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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: juNE 8. 1919.
DIRECTS ACTORS
ON OCEAN BED.
'New York. A new epoch in mo
tion picture production was opened
by Xfaurice Tourneur, noted "largc
V scale" producer, in directing his
actors through scenes on the ocean's
bed, the Famous Players-La sky cor
poratioii, No. 485 Fifth avenue, an
nounced fast night. At San Pedro
Harbor, Cal., Mr. Tourneur de
scended in a diving suit to the bot-
k torn of the Pacific to direct a battle
between divers in search of a chest
on a sunken wreck through approx-
" imately 1,000 feet of film, in his new
picture, "The White Heather." News
4 or the startling feat was supppressed
until, photographic experts had pro
nounced .successful the pictures 'tak
en, by camera men "inside the Wil
liamson submarine tube.
'My presence during the taking of
the underwater scenes was abso
lutely essential," said Mr. Tourneur.
"I. would be impoAle to explain
action' lasting an entire reel to the
cast on the surface of the water and
1 i expect them to carry it out under
extraordinary conditions on the sea
bottom. It was far simpler for me
' . ' to stay with them and stop the
action ..where necessary to explain
' what was-needed by gestures or,
in njauy cases, by ordering every
one back to the surface for a talk.
' The ;"brilliant light rays from the
bell enabled the camero men to co
operate perfectly and saved us from
. disturbing fish shadows also from
attention by stray sharks.
"A director must v stay with his
cast wherever the picture is taken
on land, on sea or in the air, as
the treaties say. It is the only way
to sectire co-ordinate' action on the
part of all characters." x
'.The chief difficulty in the taking
of this long piece 'of action under
water was the impossibility of carry
irig or reading the director's script
on the ocean floor. It is essential
that the director follow Jus scenario
.to the minutest detail, especially in
prolonged action, so that Mr. Tour
neur was forced to memorize his
notes word for word before descend
ing. His success in the undertaking
preludes the probable production of
ut.der water pictures of all types
varying from fanciful mermaid
scenes to spectacular U-boat battles.
'-Norma Talmadge has become so
imbued with Russian atmosphere
since she finished her latest Select
picture, "The New Moon," a Russian
story, ; in which she is presented by
' - Joseph M. Schenck, that she has
( taken to the'"Russian ballet and is
now' studying classical dancing and
Russian ballet with Adolf Bolm.
Mr. Bolm came to this country
with the Serge Diagheleff Ballet
. Russe and remained here after Ni
jinski and the others went to Aus-
tralia, to produce several operas at
; the Metropolitan opera house.
-Miss Talmadge is at present: tak
ing, two lessons a week, and as soon
she is far enough advanced in
her bar work, will form a little class,
including her sister Constance, Anita
' Loos and Mercita Esmonde, known
in private life as Mrs. Harry North
rup, which will take four lessons a
week. Miss Talmadge insists.it is
not a fad and says that ever since
she played the part of the youthful
dancer in a former Select picture,
"The Safety Curtain," she has been
, determined to make a serious study
of the dance and now that the op
oortuuity affords itself, she is going
to take advantage of it.-
'"The New' Moon" will be seen to
day aft ths Strand theater.
?Vallace Bcery, the well-known
- .notion picture actor who appears
, nt "TJie, Unpardonable Sin," prom
inent ir; the support of Blanche
Sweet, will remember his engage
ment in the picture for a long time
and for very practical reasons.
In order that he might "look the
part," he was .called upon to play,
Mr.. Beery found it. advisable to
manufacture a scar about six inches
Vi'ong on his left cheek. The "manufacturing;"-was.
dope with the aid
tit the homely first-aid prcparatidn
known'ps Nu-Skin, the'cheek being
'' pulled into a "pucker" to represent
' ijhe :scar. and held irt that positfon
by' the sticky collodion substance
which dries tightly enough to' re
semble liquid glue.-',. ,
The-scar was a wonderful success
from the standpoint, the director,
and Beery screened i perfectly- 'or
the part. , It so happened, however,
that the filming of the Beery scenes
. required such a long time that when
the actor tried to get back to his
normal cast of ' countenance he
tound it and is still finding it ex-
trcmcly difficult. For days at a
time Mr. Beery slept with the Nu
Skin on his fac;, finding it easier to
keep the makeup on than to put it
on a-fresh each morning, and when
the time came that he wanted to be
without the scar tosecure another
engagement, where, a comely- face
''would fit better than a disfigured
one, the 5 "scar' had ; been so well
wrinkled in that it refused to come
out. As recently as a-week ago,
Mr. Beery was making daily trips
to a beauty specialist, a la Lillian
. Russell, to "have his beauty ironed."
, "The Unpardonable Sin." has
played with great success at the
i Boyd all the past week, and on ac
count of the many calls for seats for
the coining week the management
- ct the picture has decided to ho'd
it over for another complete week's
engagement, starting today.
Or special interest to the public
: the Typhoon "Ocean Breeze"
lant that Ledoux and LeMarquand
.. ire now installing at the Empress
' theater in otder to keep their pa
tron cool and comfortable during
the hot weather. This cooling plant
consists of four eight-foot Typhoon
. twin blowers and four six-foot
- Typhoon twin blowers.
, These large blowers are being in
stalled cn the roof of the Empress
'heater and will be operated by four
15 horse-power - variable speed ma
tors which will regulate the breeze
in the theater in accordance with
the weather.
It is said tha't this "equipment
when completed will cost over $15.
000, and is the only one of its kind
in the state of Nebraska.
, Artists on roller skates will wel
eorot the announcement that Wed-
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nesday night will be the date of a
roller skating candy carnival at
Lakeview park. Contest events for
speed and for ' fancy skating have
been arranged, with prizes for the
most skillful,, and by the arrange
ments of the carnival all skaters will
receive a box of sweets.
Maxwell Schwartz,, the singing
whistler, who has been appearing
at downtown theaters in Omaha, is
scheduled to be at the park every
evening between the hours of 10 and
11 p. m. at the dance palace and
will sing several of his songs.' Mr.
Schwartz will also hold a number
of songs open for requests from the
audience.
Al Wright's orchestra will furnish
the' dance music for the dancers and
will accompany Mr. Schwartz in his
singing and whistling numbers.
The heaVy rains of the last few
days have done wonders fpr the
flowers and trees over the Lakeview
grounds. Everything has the fresh
ness that a rain could bring in the
way of natural beauty and with the
leturn of sunny days the manage
ment believe that the park grounds
are as pretty as could be imagined,
Reports from the fishermen on
the lake are that the fish are there
in plentiful numbers and many par
ties have been made up to capture
the finny ones. - . ...
Edna Mae Cooper has an import
ant role in "Peg o' My Heart," now
beinsr filmed at the Lasky studio. ,
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PATHE NEWS
-ANNOUNCE.
,OLIVE THOMAS . in "UPSTAIRS AND DOWN."
EUGENE O'BRIEN in "THE PERFECT LOVER."
ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN in "LOVE OR FAME."
' A Trio of Start in Perfect Pictures.
Your House Will Show Them Soon.
Oneh Office, Select Pictures Corporation, 1510-12 Howard St.
Bills of the Week
Sun While unending courtship may be
that "consummation most devoutly to be
wished," the Bryant Washburn photoplay,
"Ail Wrontr," at the Sun today until
Tuesday, clearly demonstrates the futility
of endeavoring: to Inject millennium Ideas
into these prot-aio times.
Bryant Washburn, one of the mnt
popular leading men of the screen today,
gives a screamingly funny impersonation
of the hero of this amusing cometly
druma, when the said hero attempts to
put Into practice his theory that the
living apart of man and wife will cnilile
them to "escape the contempt bred by
too close an association" and thus per
petuate unending courtship. Just why this
theory does not work out is the m :ans
of providing a solid hour of delight ns
Warren Knit's trials and tribulations are
unreeled and flashed upon tho silver
creen. '
The last four days of tho week there
In to be shown Bessie Barrlscale tn
".losselyn'K Wife, her newest photo
drama. When Olbbs Joselyn fell under tho
spell of -his fascinating young stepmotner,
his wife, Ellen, suffered tho tortures of
suspicion and the mental agony of a
wife iteglected. The stepmother was a
heartless love siren true to no one, ami
man mad.' A drama of love lntrlxue
and mysterious murder developed in rhe
fashionable Long Island mansion, culmi
nating, hi the conviction of Olbbs as the
murderer. Now tho little son of the
Josseiyns revealed .the cause of old Jos
aelyn's sudden death, makes a powerful
and "thrilling drama of real life. Set
beautiful Tlessie Barrlscale in a screen
drama tiation of the great story by Kath
leen Norris.
Strand. A thrilling story, a beautiful
and talented star, a splendid cast, excellent
direction and .some wonderful photog
raphy all go to make up Norma Tal
madge a latest picture. "The New Moor,'
in which she Is presented at the Strand
today to Wednesday. c
"The New .Moon" - is the story of a
Russian princess, Marie Paviovna, who
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takes refuge In a small store in the guise
of a peasant girl. When the decree la
Issued, ordering all the women in the
country to (register in order to be na
tionalized, the princess refuses to reg
ister and Incites the other women of
the town to follow her example. Thv
authorities discover the true lineage of
the peasant girl who is leading the
women to tpvoH and try to force her to
register, with dire results to themselves.
"The Final Vloseup' ' which will be
shown at the Strand. Thursday to Satur
day, presents Miss Mason in the role of
Nora Nolan, a department store clerk,
who spends her vacation at a seaside
town. At the hotel where she stays there
is a man named Gregory who wan there
presumably in the train of Emily Wester-velt-Mobre,
a socTMy girl, but who actually
is a thief. A robbery occurs and lit tic
Nora, whom they discover is just a work
ing girl, is aneusftd.
To show them that she Is innocent,
Nora captures the rogues in the act of
robbing the hotel safe, her only weapon
being an iron frying pan. "
Rinlto Rex Beach's
mit upon the screen.
latest work to be
"The Brand," will
be the attraction at the Rla-lto the first
three days of this week. The "Story of
the "play is built upon the days' of the
mad rush for gold and wealth in Alaska
shortly after the discovery of the metal
there and deals, with tho-moral and social
life of the territory at that time. The
theme of the story is the ,1ustice meted out
to the wrongdoer in his ultimate attempts
to find satisfaction. The drama caused
considerable stir at the time of it's first
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jersonai appearance ofAmcricasfircmostehaixbr Actor
tit?. GEO. BEBAM .VHEARTS of MEN'
showing a few weeks ago but the censor
ship boards of several states declared that
to cut the picture would be to ruin it
and that there was nothing that Mr.
Beach had depicted that was not true
to life and true to the history of the life
there at that time. The final four days
of the week there will be presented George
Beban in ."Hearts of Men," with Mr. Be
ban himself making appearances on the
stage both afternoons and evenings. He
is making a trip through the country ap
pearing in person wherever his newest
photoplay work is being shown for the
first time and making a talk on tho film
of today as compa.vd to the three or four
years ago when he appeared in a com
plete series of the old style photoplay.
"Hearts of Men," tells of an Italian Immi
grant to the United States who by a
strange trick of fate becomes a gunman
in Arizona. A tense love tory runs
through J.h action of tho play.
Mitwe Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese
star, plays the part of a gambler of tho
Orient in his newest story. "His .Debt,"
which will be the screen attraction at the
Muse today till Tuesday.
Tho Japanese gambler's boast was that
he always paid his debts, wether financial
or moral. He owed a debt of revenge to
the man who tried to kill him, and he
started out to ' pay it. But he owed a
greater debt to the girl who saved his life.
"When brought face to face with the alter
native of taking his revenge .on Ms enemy,
or paying his debt of gratitude to tho girl
by sparing her lover, he paid the greater
debt.
Constance Talmadge in "The Girl of the
Timberclaims" will be the feature of Wed-
presents Suncjay.
A drama of storm passions
and -frozen trails; of the primitive
das Inthe silent White NortfO
where man made his own laws
and wrought his own vaneanc
Close -Ups and Cut-Outs
By Gould
Olive Thomas, Eugene O'Brien
and Elaine Hainmerstein are the
trio of stars that will head the list
of the new Selznick pictures cor
poration and announcement is made
by the company that releases - on
the new productions of all three
stars will be made early next
month.
Olive Thomas is to appear in
"Upstairs and Down," the pictUr
ization of the stage success of the
same title, Eugene O'Brien will
head his own company in "The Per
fect Lover," a love romance with the
handsome, star in a role that ought
to make him a 'matinee idol' and
Elaine Hammerstein is to star in
"Love of Fame," a thrilling , love
romance of the battle of love "and
ambition.
William S. Hart's press agent in
forms us that Big Bill is to remain
in pictures another year. This P.
A. is all mixed up. He forgot to
preface this announcement with any
rumor Bill was quitting.
Universal has engaged Reggie
M orris to produce one-reel come
dies starring George Ovey.
Joseph Kilgour, Eileen Percy,
Stanton Heck, William Carrol!,
Jules Hanft and John Hack support
Bert Lytell in "One Thing at a
Time o'Day."
Jay D wiggins has been, loaned to
Universal for a fat role in "The Ter
rible Bandit." Mr. Dwiggins tips
the scales at 350.
Viola Dana is supported by Irving
Ctimmings, Ruth Sinclair, JJilly Ma
son and Florence Carpenter in
"Pliant Patricia."
Ethel Ritchie, formerly with Ba
br.a, has been engaged to play with
Mary McLaren in "The Weaker
Vessel."
"Upstirs and . Down," Olive
Thomas's new production, has come
out of the cutting and editing room
and is now ready for showing. The
photoplay was adapted from the
nesday and Thursday. The story deals
with a conflict between homesteaders and
a sang of claim jumpers: who try to got
tteir lands away from them. Miss 'Tal
madge Is said to have a remarkably strong
role In "The Girl of the Timberclaims.",
Rifle In hand she takes her stand at the
head of the settlers when there Is a pitched
battle between them and the claim Jump
ers. The final two days of the week there
is offered Priscilla Dean In "The Ex
quisite Thief."
As Blue-Jean Blllle, Miss Dean Is a
super-crook whose own underworld fellows
do not know her for what ahe Is the
most sensational of society thieves. One
night, exquisitely attired. Blue-Jean at
tends the Vanderfllp dinner in honor of
the engagement of their daughter to an
English aristocrat Blllle disposes of the
detective on the scene and at the point of
a gun holds up the throng of be-jewelled
guests.
And In the eyes of "Smythe" the fiance,
there gleams a ray of appreciation. From
this point the action is fast and furious.
A thrilling auto smash-up and a fight
between "stoolpigeons," Shaver Michael,
Blue-Jean's right bower, and the police are
two of the exciting incidents In this power
ful screen drama.
Boyd "The Unpardonable Sin" 'will be
held for another week at the Boyd theater,
beginning today. The story, written by
MaJ. Rupert Hughes, excited a veritable
storm of controversy throughout the
United States when It ran in the R-"d
Book magazine. Harry Oarson has made
a truly remarkably picture based u;on
the story. Blanche Sweet who has thei
leading role tn the picture, hus been wel
comed back to the screen In the big photo
play and those who have seen '.The Vxu
pardonable Sin" was unanimous In their
opinion that in none of her previous pro
ductions has Miss Sweet done more ar
tistic work. Supporting Blanche Sweet, are
Matt Moore. Wallace Beery, Edwin Stev
ens. Mary Alden, and Masters Bubby Con
nolly and Wesley Barry.
Apollo Alice Joyce In "The Third De
gree," a picturizatlon of Charles Kleine's
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Monday a Tuesday
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well known stage success of the
same name by the Hattons. and
Miss Thomas in the character of
.Mice Chesterton, the innocent little
mischiefmaker, has a role well suited
to her personality.
Janice Wilson, sister of Lois, is
now leading lady for Frank Keenan.
Monroe Salisbury was hurt while
taking snow scenes in the San Ber
nardino mountains for "The Great
White Darkness," his new screen
vehicle, according to telegraphic re
ports from Tinecrest, Cal. Salisbury
fell down a declivity when a leap to
save Claire Anderson, a member of
the Salisbury cast, missed by a few
inches. The star was severely bruis
ed about the head and arms and re
ceived several cuts.
Josephine Hill, who played the
role of "Cuddles" in Gus Edwards'
boy and girl revue, "School Days,"
when Lila Lee succumbed to the lure
of the silversheet, has herself fallen
a victim of cinemitis. She has signed
contract with Universal to co-star
with Xeal Burns in one-reel come
dies to be made under the direction
of Al Santell.
William Hart is in the Mojave
desert country with his company
taking scenes for his new photo
drama, "Wagon Tracks," a story, of
the emigrant days. A whole fleet of
prairie schooners were built to be
used in the picture.
Sydney Chaplin, brother of the fa
mous Charlie, and his business
manager is to appear in a series of
four comedies for the Famous
Players Lasky. He will be at the
head of his own company and will
make the pictures at his own studios.
Sydney appeared in a number of
comedy films a fe.w years ago, but
has not been . working before a
camera for some time due to the
amount of work he had in investing
Brother Charlie's money.
Many scenes of Marion Davies'
next two pictures, "The Dark Star,"
and "April Folly," were taken
aboard ship.
Presents
A picture that has nothing wrong but
the title, and that's
"All Wrong"
With
Bryant Washburn
He found his wife in her pajamas with
his best friend, and when mother came,
che saw no you're all wrong.
Also
'The Janitor's Wife's
Temptation"
A tempting Keystone Comedy that cen
squeeze a laff from a turnip.
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ALICE JOYCE
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WALLACE REID
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Pathe News. .
Harold Lloyd Comedy.
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ANNA Q. NILLSON and
FRANKLYN FARNUM
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FATTY ARBUCKLE COMEDY
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WALLACE REID
in LESS THAN KIN"
Lloyd Comedy Path New
Chester Outing Picture
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FANNIE WARD in
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COMFORT
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WILLIAM RUSSELL
"WHEN A MAN RIDES ALONE"
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