THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 8, 1918.
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LOVES A LAUGH
SHINES ON SCREEN
On tre Screen ir Omaha
CONSTANCE TALMADGE, sis
ter of Norma Talmadge, has
arisen as an exponent of comedy
drama until she stands at the head
of the many motion picture stars,
who bring smiles. Until recently
Constance did not hunt the lime-
alight, except in a stnctly business
manner, but in a recent interview
she has given her views on movies
and comedy.
t "You know," she said, "I love fun
, more than anything in the world
I suppose because I am 18 and
V when I play a comedy yart I can
get into the spirit of it so easily.
I understand it, it seems so much
more what life really is, or ought
to be, than parts which call for the
" depiction, of suffering. Later I may
grow to like" emotional roles but
now I like the happy parts."
"And how about those famous
' vampire roles?" .she was asked.
, "Never! Not a one," she answered
with vim.
Miss Talmadge, who is a slim,
? laughing girl, is the chum of Dor
;.; othy Gish, whose name has ,been
well known in motion pictures for
years. The two can be found to
gether every moment they are not
, working, bach is an araent aa
miref of the other's work on the
screen, but Constance's real screen
favorite is her older sister Norma.;
She never misses seing a first show-,
ing of Norma's plays and lives in
despair because she fears thatsh
can never tct as wen as sister.
, Miss Talmadge will be seen at
the Strand the first of this week in
her latest and probably the funniest
of her comedies; "Sauce for the
Goose," in which she proves that
the best medicine for a neglecting
husband is the same treatment ap
plied to him.
. "A bridge of ships is the road to
France," declared E. N. Hurley,
chairman of the United States ship-
ping boafd, and against the back
' ground of present war activities in
American ship yards ' World-Pictures
announces the picturization of
a tense love story bearing the title
of "The Road to France" and star
ring Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn
Greeley. This superpicture will be
shown on Tuesday at the Sun the
ater. .
As a fitting foreword to the pic-
, ture, Mr. Hurley is shown speaking
on the importance of ships and ship
building to the glorious future of
; j our country. The launchings of a
large number of ships on July
Fourth are shown, together with
' views of notables who were present
these including Judge E. H. Gary
and Mrs. Gary. The latter is seen
christening the ship "Liberty as
she slides from the ways. ,
The scenic environment of this
J' master film embodies the most in
1 - tcresting section of the nation s ac-
tivities leading to a successful ter
A mination of the world war. It shows
the evolution of a steel cargo carrier
' from the laying of the keel plate to
t - the christening of the ship as t
takes to the water. Interwoven in
" the picturization of the fabrication
' of a ship is a romance breathing
' patriotic fervor which will strike a
'. ' responsive chord in the heart of
evary true American. Here is a
' . propaganda of a sort that is most
' earnestly desired by our country. It
- is a mental tonic that should, and
i no doubt will, stimulate every son
"and daughter of "Columbia" to do
i even bigger things that democracy
may survive and make this world ot
ours a safe place to live in.
A riot of Egyptian splendor that
outrivals the time of the real Cleo-
- patra is the predominant feature
' -of the Wm. Fox Theda Bara super-
' picture, "Cleopatra," in which Miss
Bara plays the title role of the
' . Siren of the Nile, and which is to be
shown at the Empress theatre for a
whole week starting November
10th. The costumes. worn by Miss
J Bara throughout this spectacle are
wondrous creations. The entire
world was combed by Mr. Foxs
' assistants to embody in ths mas-
terpiece every accurate historical
detail which history describes as
having graced flie court of Cleo
patra. In addition to the deco-
;t rative creations embracing the va
- rious periods in which Cleopatra
: reigned, there have been used more
; . than 10,000 people to add color and
life to the photodrama.
Bills for the Week
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Close-Ups and Cut Outs
-By Could-'
J.Wavren Kerrigan
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does not contain the rather morbid at
mosphere which haa tinged several of the
later plays of Mlsa Barriscale and to which
aha has objected.
Strand Constance Talmadg-e In a new
and most charming comedy drama, "Sauce
for the Goose," opened at the Strand yes
terday and will appear again today and
tomorrow. It la a role In which Miss Talf
madne dellKhta. one In which there are
extravagant rlsea to dramatio momenta for
tha young wife and husband, ending in
gales of lautchter for the audience. Miss
Talmatfgo plays the part of a young wife
who seems to have lost the love oi ner
husband. When he neglects to take her
to the oDera for which they have tickets,
she yields to the Importunities of a young
man about town and he Decomet ner es
cort, ' ending- up with a supper at his
apartments, afterwards. She gives nuDDy
a real scare concerning ner Deiuro u
morning comes and "sauce for the goose"
when applied reversely proves to be the
ideal cure for th( recreant husband. In
addition to the feature there Is being
shown a Bill Parsons comedy and the
Strand weekly and Harry Silverman's
orchestra is present In full number. The
last half of the week, t the Strand will
see another of the popular Tarzan tea.
turea, this one "The Return of Tarzan"
heln a annuel to 'Tarzan of the Apes,"
which was shown here last winter. The
new story ahows the Jungle man in civil
ized life and a thrilling love story has
been built with Elmo Lincoln playinr the
part of Tarzaiu. . :
Empress The purchase of a New Tork
newspaper by the German government as
the first of what was to be a chain of
Imperially owned publications, is the basla
of the plot of "On the Jump." a timely
William Fox patriotic comedy featuring
George Walsh and which Is to be shown
at the Empress for tha first half of the
week, starting today. This is the best
George Walsh picture that he has appear
ed in yet, from all reporte. The star's
athletlo skill enables him to perform all
sorts of stunts and as a modern Paul Re
vere, riding a wild steed, he sells more
than 1100,000,000 worth of Liberty Bonds.
He has been a reporter on a paper, which
it later develops, was purchased by the
German government. He exposes the Teu
ton plot for newspaper control, arrests
the German master spy and destroys the
fountain head of the sabotage work.
"Flower of the Dusk," the charming ro
mantic play, adapted from the novel of
the noted authoress, Myrtle Reed, will be
the feature at the Empress for the last
half of the week, with Viola Dana as
the heroine. To keep him in Ignorance
of their poverty she does fine needlework
and so.aupplles him with the many little
luxuries to which he has always been ac
customed. To what lengths the devotion
of this little lame girl goes In her love
and sacrifice) for her beloved father and
of his lasting love for his dead wife, the
charming play ahows with powerful In
tensity. Hate Tom Moor In a comedy auccess.
RlaHo "The -Great Love," a war ro-
5 mance filmed under the direction of David
1 1 tv r.riffttb. and starring Lillian uisn
'. i Menrv Walthall. Robert Harron and
. 'George Fawcett, returns to the Rlalto as
"lta opening attractloln after Its four
; weeks of darkness. The play scored a
i , ' decided success when here at Its previous
showing and It Is because of the demands
of hundrds of people to see It that the
nonaamment la booking this feature again,
The atory deals with the awakehlng of
the leisure class to the tremendous needs
i of the war, and for the first time An mo-
t Hon pictures' this producer has brought
i ' before the camera the flower of the wo-
manhood of England, showing them at
" their war labors of caring for the wound
! ed and the various activities that they
have undertaken. The atory of the play
' ' la of a vouna? American who enlists In a
: '.Canadian regiment In the early day of
- the war and while training In England
' enters Into a charming romance with a
, pretty little miss of tha Isles. Later there
are complications with German spies and
he Is Instrumental In deteatlng their alma
, and bringing them Into the hands of the
i authorities. There Is also being shown a
Vltagraph comedy. On Tuesday and for
1 th remainder of the week there Is sched-
' uled "The Hun Within,' a thrilling story
- ot the. war, and how It Is being met In
- America,
t Sua In' "The Appearance of Evil," In
which ah appears here today and to
, morrow, June Elvldge has an unusual and
stirring drama and one that Hvet long In
. memory. Playing with her are Prank
Mayo and George McQuarrle. There are
bit ot comedy through the theme that
llghteir the plot and bring many a laugh
1 from the audience. On Tuesday and Wed
nesday one ot the greatest of the pre
' pa redness films ot the fear will be shown,
' Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greely ap
. pearlng In "The Road to France." In the
play there are shown some of the 1m
" mens shipbuilding yards that have been
constructed for the government and the
' , work that has been undertaken la con-
- - netting America with foreign chorea. The
closing and of the wek will be filled with
' .' Bessie Barriscale In her new play, "The
' f , Heart ot Rachel," a new type ot play tor
" ' this star and one la which It Is reported
she has made an even greater success
thaa In her previous dramas. "The Heart
.& achi" Is But a comedy drama, but
LOT H R 0 P ro.RwD
Earle Williams
in
"An American Live Wire"
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
CONSTANCE TALMADGE in
"A PAIR Ot SILK
STOCKINGS."
GRAND Sir1
Wallace Reid
in
The Firefly of France
apollo ra
J. Wanen Kerrigan
IN
"A Burglar For a Night"
0RPHEUM 5?Jft
William Desmond '
IN
"Wild Life"
"Just for Tonight," reopened the Muse
theater last night and will be seen there
again today and tomorrow. The play is a
charming bit of make believe with action
a plenty and a role In which Moore ap
pears welL . On Tuesday there will be
shown Gladys Brockwell in "Kultur," a
dramatic play ot the starting of the world
war and exposing much of the Intrigue
that led to the events that started the
declarations of war.
i Maryland Francis"' X. Bushman and
Beverly Bayne appearing in "The Brass
Check" will be the feature of tha bill at
the Maryland, with the addition of a Sun
shine comedy. The big feature of the
week here will be the showing Tuesday
of H. B. Warner in "God's Man," a one
reel production of New York City with
a Btrong moral built Into the plot of the
story. The picturization of the scenes
of the city are said to be the finest work
of that kind that has been made up to
date. -
Grand Wallace Reid In ''The Firefly of
France" will be the feature for today, fol
lowed by Douglas Fairbanks on Monday
and Tuesday in "Bound in Morocco," a
story of Algiers. Mary Miles Mlnter In a
mystery comedy drama, "The Ghost of
Rosy Taylor," Is the leading part of
Wednesday's program, and on Thursday
will be shown Jewel Carmen In "Lawless
Love" and also the Allied War Review.
Friday comes William 8. Hart In "Self
ish Yates."' a strong tale of a western
mining camo and the regeneration of a
real bad man, while the closing play of
the week will be Gladys Leslie in "The
Little Runaway," supplemented by epi
sode No. 3 of "The Fight For Millions"
and a comedy.
Apollo J. Warren Kerrigan In "A Burg
lar for a Night" will be the lead In the
program for today In a light drama
wnerein A-errigan piays ina pun ui .
young man who turns safe blower for
one night In order to obtain hold of some
valuable papers that mean his fortune and
the love of a pretty girl to him. The
management of the Apollo has entirely
renovated the theater and has placed In
a new seating arrangement and new seats
In the four weeks that It has been closed.
Orpheum, South Side William Desmond
In "Wild Life" will be the photoplay of
fering at the Orpheum today In addition
to the regular Sunday vaudeville perform
ance. Manager Ellsworth of the Orpheum
has made extensive Improvements in his
theater during the four weeks' enforced
closing. He announced' as an opening
feature that he has obtained pictures of
nearly a hundred of South Side boys who
have gone to war and they will be shown
as a part of the Orpheum's program this
week.
Lothrop Earls Williams In "An Ameri
can Live Wire," heads the bill at the
Lothrop today In a pleasing comedy drama
with plenty ot action built Into the plot.
In addition there will be shown the Pathe
( IQTHROP) J
News and a comedy. On Monday and
Tuesday comes Constance Talmadge In "A
Pair of Silk Stockings," with a Sunshine
comedy, "A Tight Squeeze." Jack Pick
ford and Louise Huff In "Sandy," Is the
bfferlng for Wednesday with the Allied
War Review on the program and on'
Thursday will be shown Wallace Reid In
"The House of Silence" and the Pathe
weekly. The closing two days of the week
will be filled with a double feature, Tom
Mix appearing in "Mr. Logan, U. 8. A.,"
and there is also a Big V comedy and
Mutt and Jeff cartoons.
THE STARS AND STRIPES AND
UNCLE SAM ARE GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME.
Big cannons roar, the world's at war,
The cause brought on by Bill,
Who claimed the right to rule by might,
Yes bow unto his will.
Now In the start, we took no part,
Just neutral, goodness knows;
We would be yet, till Bill got set
A-sleppln' on our toes.
REFRAIN, j
The Stars and Stripes and TJncle Sam ara
good enough for me.
He never has, or never will, submit to
tyranny.
He's slow to anger but for cause he'll
rise up in his might,
Demand fair play and Justice for the
weak, or else he'll fight.
The east, the west, give up their best.'
The flower of our land.
To do or die, and not ask why.
But ready at command.
They sail away, with spirits gay,
To France beyond the sea.
As on they go, comes the eoho,
"My country, 'tis of thee."
REFRAIN. .
Our cause Is Just, but one thing must
Be settled once for all.
End wars by might, that don't seem right,
For reasons great or small.
Until that day, we're there to stay.
And fight on till we see
The world at peace and warfare cease
Thus help humanity.
New Tork City. E. X. FIELD.
n r
ly I happened the is using her
own name in the movies.
"My mother and I went to New
York, for I was determined to go
on the stage. When we got there
I walked into Mr. Savage's office
and demanded a part, with my mind
all made to use a high sounding
stage name.
"A bland secretary eyed me cold
ly so coldly that my brain ' was
dead.
"'What is your name, miss?'
"'My name is M-May Allison.
And I got the chance to go on 'The
Quaker Girl."
William Russell has done most of
;he exterior scenes in his new west
ern "Where the West Begins," and
interior work is expected to be com
pleted in a couple of weeks.
Gladys Brockwell has completed
her gypsy story, "Love's Pilgrim
age," which is said to be a strong
dramatic story, well suited to her
style of acting.
Doris Kenyon has completed
"The Street of Seven Stars" and
will commence shortly on "The Inn
of the Blue Moon," another pleasing
comedy drama.
Catherine Calvert will make her
next appearance in "Out of the
Night." Miss Calvert will be known
best to American playgoers as the
widow of the well known play
wright, -the late Paul Armstrong.
Frank Mills, well known stage
star, has been engaged to play op
posite Edith Storey in a series of
films. Mills has played under such
theatrical lights as Charles Froh
man, David Belasco, Lee Shubert,
Klaw St Erlanger and William A.
Brady.
Bessie Barriscale appears in cow
boy chaps and costume in her new
est story, "Two-Gun Betty."
Beatrice Joy has deserted the
films, temporarily at least, and
iojned the Wray Stock company in
Johnny, Get Your Gun."
Elinor Fair is to play opposite
Rupert Hughes in his new feature,
"The Unpardonable Sin."
And now the call is going out for
women to enter into the field of
moving picture scenario writing.
The word from the studios that as
that moving picture appeals more
to women than it has ever to men
indicates that women should be
able to write the sort of stories
that would have a strong appeal to
other ) women.
Dorothy Gish has buitt a new
play, the first which she has made
"on herown." It is to be pre
sented under the title "Battling
Jane,' 'and in it Dorothy battles
through five weeks of real hilarity,
for the play is a simple comedy ef
fect all the way. through.
Arrangements have been made for
the stars of the Universal, Vita
graph and Famous Players-Lasky
companies to go to California from
their eastern studios next month,
as it is figured that with the loss
of working days considered and the
high price of coal this year the f
move will be cheaper than trying
to obtain the necessary heat.
Vera Steadman has been engaged
to join the bevy of pretty young
girls appearing in Sunshine come
dies. ' ,-
William Fox, one of the big pro
ducers in the film world, will move
his Entire forces west to the Pacific
coast for the entire winter. He cal-
Why He Left
Luclenne "Did you go to the showT"
Yvonne "Sure, I did."
Luclenne "My, but you're back early!"
Yvonne "Well, I looked at the pro
gram and It ' said 'Fourth Act same as
Act One,' and I beat it out after the
third act. Didn't want to ' see the same
ne twice." Everybody's Magazine,
culates that the price of coal and
lights in the east will about break
even wtih . the traveling expenses,
and he is the gainer of the fine
weather of California all winter.
Brittania, the famous war-scarred
tank of the Marne, which has made
a tour of the United States in pa
triotic causes, is to appear in Sun
shine comedies, which will be some
change from its original grim pur
pose. Charley Chaplin is pretty popular
with the boys at Camp Kearney.
One of his admirers, a brand new
private, was on guard duty the
other night. A form appeared put
of the darkness and "Who goes
there?" rang out in approved man
ner. . "Chaplain," came the answer.
"Oh, come right in, Charlie."
Polly Moran. the "Sheriff Nell" of
the Mack Sennett comedies, is going
into vaudeville with a monologue
on life in the motion pictures. We
hope she gives out gome trade se
crets. William Desmond has a new role,
a comedy role, in "The Pretender,"
in which his cowboy self turns
schoolmaster and wins a pretty girl
with his original method of teach
ing. Rose Marie Thebes, who had one
of the leading roles in D. W. Grif
fith's "The Great Love," has been
engaged to carry the feminine lead
in "Out of the Western Seas" for
the Triangle.
Jack Conway is a hard working
director and came drjwn with a ner
vous breakdown last week. When
the doctor told him he would have
to quit using his mind for a while
or he wouldn't have any, Jack had
the retort all ready.
"That'll be fine, doc, if I can only
lose it, I'll be movie actor at
twice my present salary.'
Baby Marie Osborne has finished
her play, "Dolly1! . Vacation," in
which many of the scenes were tak
en in one of the nation's big iron
foundries.
Herbert H. Heyes is to play oppo
site May Allison in her forthcoming
screen production, "Kate of Ken
tucky," another charming story of
the south.
Russel Tfiaw, one of the mdst dis
cussed boys in the world, appears in
support of his mother, Evelyn E.
Nesbit, in her new play "The Wo
man Who Gave" which is being
made this month.
Herbert Heyes, six feet and two
inches of imposing personality, is to
play 'opposite Bessie Barriscale in
The Heart of Rachael."
James Reardon, a veteran of the
present war and retired because of
wounds and being gassed, is working
with Jane And Katherine Lee in
"Swat the Spy."
Gail Kane, one of screenland's
feminine stars, .has a wardrobe of
male attire that any man might
envy. There's a suit for every day
in the week, fifty or sixty ties and
rail the other fixings. Mos of it
was acquired for her new play 1 he
Daredevil
Anna Case, who is to star in "The
Golden, Golden Chance" has been
entertaining her, fellow workers dur
ing the rest periods with her won
derful voice. Even the hardened
electricians and stage carpenters,
who will hardly deign to look round
unless the studio is burning down,
stop work when she sings.
SOLDIERS JAM
TOWN AS BAN
LIFTSAT FORT
Lid Taken Off Saturday Noon
and Hundreds Get First
Passes Issued Since
October 3.
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ASPIRATIONS
By DICK WILLIS.
'Til be a famous artist," cried Adolphus Vincent Brown,
Far pa and ma both say "I am the genius of the town.
At four he drew a ptg-pen and papa was very pained
It one could not decipher It unless it was ezplalnedl .
At ten he got "a hundred" for a map of the U. 8.
At fifteen had a picture In the Sheedunk Dally Press.
When nineteen years o'ertook him, why ot course be knew It all.
So he started for Chicago with his canvas, paints and mahl
But the stores thought he was Joking and the publishers got coy
And the dealers said, "Go home and try to learn to draw, my boy!"
Then Adolphus got real wrathy and returned to Sheedunk, Mo., '
And earns his dollar every day behind a spade and hoe. ,r.
a re
"I am destined for an authoress," said Hilda Llbby Jonesf
"I'll be a Queen of literature I feel It In my bones."
At school her compositions were exceedingly admired.
And .her pa and ma extolled her until everyone grew tired.
She wrote a HttTe drama and the town said It was fine;
Composed two poems, one called "Spring" and the other "Summertime,"
Her stories In the loeal press were full of lova and fire,
So she paid a dollar every week a typewriter to hire;
She purchased reams ot foolscap wrote on both sides of each page
And when they came "Returned with thanks" It put her In a rage
For the editors refused her and the magazines said "No"
And now she tends the general store at Milton Center, O.
"I'm going to be an actress," said Miranda Miriam Greenj
Her family had said she'd be the greatest on the screen.
And Klickitat (in Kansas, please) applauded In amaze.
As Miriam took the leading parts In all the local plays.
She was awfully cute as Portia and a ripping Peter Pan;
In fact from farce to tragedy her great successes ran.
So she said she'd be a screen star and she ran away one day,
And Joined a movie company, but never got her pay
They could not see her talent, sure It was not undertaood.
The director got quite nasty and her fellow artists rude.
So she swore that she would quit It and never more would roam,
And now she cooks and sweeps the dear old parlor floor at home.
The Influenia ban was lifted ft. '
Fort Omaha at 12 o'clock Saturday
noon and hundreds of soldiers got
passes, the first that have been is
sued since October 3, when the in
fluenza epidemic hit Omaha.
The quarantine has not been lifted
at Fort Crook. Soldiers are still
interned there. Officials stated Sat
urday that the ban there might noi
he raised for still another week
There are not a great many flu casei
at the post, but officers have agreed
that the continued quarantine will bi
an added precaution.
More than 50 soldiers at the Oma
ha Balloon school died during thi
last month from pneumonia follow
ing influenza. There was a total ol
more than 700 cases. There hav
been" no new cases for several dayi
and there are now only a few pa
tients in either the Fort Omaha or '
tjhe Fort Crook hospital.
150 Apply First Day
for Officers' Gimp;
State's Quota is 250
Capt. G. I. Burrer, in charge of
examining candidates for the offi
cer's training camp at Camp Fre
mont, Cal., which will open Decem
ber 1, has been swamped with ap
plications in person in his office in
the Chamber of Commerce. He in
terviewed more than ISO men Fri
day, the first day after he arrived
here.
Nebraska will be allowed to send
250 men - to this camp. Although
the applications have been plentiful
thus far, Captain Burrer declares
that the chances for real capable
men, preferably between the ages
of 25 and 35 years, are excellent and
will be for several days. High
school education is but a minimum
requirement and men who have de
ferred classifications because of rea
sons other than industrial, who
have graduated from colleges or
universities, have an excellent
chance of being accepted.
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Davison Decorated. '
Havre, Nov. 2. King Albert oi
Belgium has conferred upon Henry
P. Davison, chairman of the war
council of the American Red Cross,
the Order of Leopold, the highett
Belgian decoration. The decoration
was given Mr. Davison following a
reception near the front by the Bel
gian king and queen.
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FRANCIS BUSHMAN and
BEVERLY BAYNE
IN
"The Bras! Check"
TODAY
and
MONDAY
JUNE
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"The Appearance
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