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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 13, 1919.
Close-Ups and Cut-Outs
By
,' Natalie Talmldge, who recently
arrived from the coast with her sis
i tcr, Constance, is now a member of
the cast for the next Norma Tal
madge production. Natalie will play
Janie, quite an important part in this
story by Arthur Hornblow. Natalie
Talmadge has appeared with both
her sisters, N'ovma and Constance,
in previous productions, but never
sefore in quite so important a role;
she has also been associated in a
business way with her sister's com
panies ' A Rochester, N. V.. criminologist
has found a new use for motion pic
tures. He takes pictures of the
cene of the crime and exhibits them
n court. He might go a step fur
ther and have Pathe's "slow" cam
era snap the criminal at work, then
there'd be no question of his guilt.
John William Kellette has been
engaged to direct the Paramount
Briggs comedies by.Aler Yokel,
ice president and general manager
of Briggs Pictures. Inc. Carl
Schultz, who was associated with
Mr. Kellette at Fox, has been en
gaged as technical expert and studio
manager for the Briggs comedies.
Jean Paige has renewed her con
tract with Vitagraph for two years
and will play opposite Harry Morey.
Elliott Dexter, Famous Players
Lasky screen star, is reported as re
cuperating following a nervous
breakdown.
Arthur Shepard, one of the orig
inal staff at the Lasky studio, when
it was founded six years ago, and
who has since held the position of
(lead of the scenic department,
leaves this month for London to
take up his chosen profession of
painting.
f Arthur Ashley and Dorothy
Greene are to costar in a series of
pictures for the World company.
v "Vengeance," Alice Joyce's next
Starring "vehicle," will mark the re
turn of Harold Foshay to the Vita
graph company.
Herbert Rawlinson is featured in
APOLLO THEATRE
Today Special
DOROTHY GISH
"PEPPY POLLY."
Also
2-REEL BIG "V" COMEDY.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
I,
; Robert
Si3? JSi If J-TeRE is Irene Castle, celebrated
SssjiSfl4 beauty and danseuse, in a passion-1
, fffiiCI ' ate Robert W. Chambers love-play.
fylLJ "The Firing- Line" is the line )
- G-i2222b WffjllJRw L5 where hearts meet, and the incandes-
N1JJ Jl 't cence of love melts all opposition.
, Spf j; 7 The picture has an atmosphere of
silks and society, of ball-rooms, yachts, 1
n . I I. Palm Beach and mountain homes.
Qptadlf 7 JK jt .g gtory. Q a yQung society
girl who marries secretly. Then she
i ' . I falls in love with her true affinity.
. x " T- I A divorce will brine dishonor on her
t -f- l m .
Gould -
a six reel picture called "A Danger
ous Affair."
Monroe Salisbury has quite a repu
tation as a wit at Universal City.
A baby pig was used in "The
Open Road." in which he was work-ing.-V
-"That pig is just like all other
actors." Salisburg told Rupert Julian
his director.
"How is that?" queried Julian.
"He's cute and everybody loves
him when he's young, hut when he's
old he eventually becomes a 'ham.' "
Marie Walcamp and her company
left for northern California last
week, where they are to make the
scenes for "Tempest Cody."
Henry B. Walthall is to appear in
a picture, "Parted Curtains." In
the cast will he Mary Alden and
Margaret Landis.
Breaking Into Comedy
By Josephine Hill
What is funny about you?
I've got a pug nose and an awfully
funny face when I'm made up
and I can look like the old maidiest
old maid you ever saw, with my hair
combed tight back and my eyes
made crooked!
Well, you don't really have to be
funny looking to get into pictures'as
a comedienne, but you have to show
your director that you can look fun
ny before the camera. In other
words, make-up has a lot to do with
it. Every comedy characterization
must, he a study in camouflage.
How to look? is the question. If
you answer it correctly in such a
way as to strike a popular chord
your success is assured. If not
back to the farm or to hubby and
the kids.
The public, so they tell me, wants
fresh faces and fresh "business" in
comedy. If you are pert you see
I'm a'ddressing those of my own
sex especially if you have personal
ity then choose comedy for your
life work. You must have a "way"
with you. You must be sharp and
clever in your line, too. And per
haps the most important thing is
having a line something different
from the others.
If you are creative if you have
imagination then you can play
corned v !
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X. UsJ V I v provide a solution vvnicn is me curnajc
fVVN N I of the picture, and a climax that will
1 Week's Bill ftt the Empress
i
The Empress theater can well be
caHed the "coolest spot in town"
with its Typhoon Ocean Breeze
cooling system now running and
manv people drop in just to cool off.
A well balanced bill in vaudeville
and photoplays is scheduled for
this week. The vaudeville has two
feature acts, one being the harmony
singing by the Gallerini Sisters.
Popular songs, comedy and ragtime
numbers with an occasional ballad
constitute their program. The other
is the aerial act of Zeno, Dunbar
& Jordan. W. H. Zeno. famous as
the" catcher of Stirk and Zeno act;
Archie Dunbar, flyer of the Four
Casting Dunbars. and Gus Jordan,
comedian and all-around gymnast
of the Flying Jordans, have been
brought together in an aerial act
that is conceded to be the superior
of any act of a like kind. The
comedy bit of the bill will be pro
vided by Santorus and Webb, whose
act "The Customs Officer and the
Wop," is sure to bring the house
down. Violet and Charles, who
close the bill, have a novelty act,
in which Violet the lady in the act,
runs through an exhibition on the
Bills for the
Rialto Irene Castle In 'The Firing
Line,'' which is showing here today to
Wednesday, is a pirturization of the fa
mous novel of the same name by Robert
W Chambers. Irene Castle has the role
of Shetla Cardrcss. who finds love and
happiness after traveling a thorny road.
She is admirably supported by a clever
cast of players. haded by Robert V, Steele
as leading man I.ila Lee in "A Daughter
of the Wolf." which is the bill Thursday
to Saturday, is portrayed as the daughter
of a fur sniiiiRsler in the wilds of the
Canadian northwest. From desert to Ice
and snow that is going some and she's
good in both roles, which makes it still
better. The picture is filled with action,
thrills and suspense and finishes with a
bang.
Straml Constance Talmadge In "The
Veiled Adventure." which opens a four-day
run here today, is a romantic comedy plus
drama, which holds you to the end. It is
(he story of Ceraldlne Barker, a young
and beautiful society girl, whose marriage
to Reginald Crocker, a society fop. is
averted by a young man from Texas. Miss
Talmadge is supported by an excellent
cast. Including her popular leading man,
Harrison Ford. Bryant Washburn in
"Putting It Over," which will be shown
Thursday to- Saturday, shows the value of
persistent application as a means of get
ting results. The star plays the role of a
young rube who goes to the city to make
his mark In life. .How he raises his sal
ary from $10 to $',o a week in order to win
the hand of his sweetheart is thrilling
and most humorous story.
Sun William Russell in "The Sporting
Chance" will be featured here today to
Tuesday. The star appears as a young
New York millionaire who, on the very
point of killing himself, is drawn into
an anitizing st ries of adventures center
ing about a priceless emerald and takes
upon himself the blame for a murder
committed by an attractive young woman.
presents
AbA r,rntc WVmt is she to do ? ill II
trapeze, while the comedy is fur
nished by Mr. Charles. Brown's
Saxaphone Six, who made such a
hit here during their last appear
ance in Omaha, headline the bill
for the last half. These boys are
artist when it comes to playing the
saxaphone and their repetoire is
almost unlimited.
Two Boys Get Suspended
Orders to Kearney School
Izzy .Sherman, a white boy, and
Willie vNewton and Edward Dixon,
colored, were Riven suspended or
ders sending them to the Kearney
industrial school, for an escapade in
Elkhorn, Neb. The order was made
by Judge Troup yesterday in juven
ile court. The boys testified that they
walked to Elkhorn and there pro
ceeded to rob a mail box. They got
a number of letters and extracted
three checks from the loot. Not
knowing what to do with the checks
they asked a man who advised them
to burn them up, which they did.
Then they were arrested by the con
stable and turned over to the juv
enile court.
Current Week
The picture is Hve with brisk sctlon
and snappy surprises and the spectator I
la kent guessing until the surprising cli
max is reached. Virginia Pearson in
"The Bishops Emeralds." which will be
shown here Wednesday to Saturday, is
an intensely dramatic story of English
society life, depicting the struggle be
tween the second wife of the bishop of
Rlnlev and her first husband, thought to
be dead, but who reappears in her life
as an international crook with the In
tention of stealing the bishop's priceless
emeralds. The picture develops Into
strong drama which holds Interest to.
the end.
Mim Sessue Hayakawa In "The Man
Beneath." has the story of an absorbing
drama of racial barrier into which is
woven a thrilling black hand conspiracy,
as the attraction here today to Tuesday.
Billy Burke In "Peggy," will be the fea
ture on Wednesday and Thursday. The
picture abounds with humorous scenes so
typical of the winsome star and has a
romance which appeals to all.
Frnk Keenan in "The Sliver Girl." will
be shown Friday and Saturday. The pic
ture tells an unusual love story touched
with strong emotion and sublime self
sacrifice and contains a big engrossing
theme for the man it is even more so
for the woman for it deals from the very
beginning with a woman s problem.
Emnret "The Upllfters." the latest
comedy-drama In which May Allison is
starred, comes to the Empress theater for
four days starting today. The play is
adapted from the story of the same name
hv Wa ace Irwin, published in the isatur
day Evening Post. It tells the adventures
of Hortense Troutt. a dissatisfied stenog
rapher. who wanders Into the realms of
Bohemia, where she becomes "comrade
In name and servant In reality to a clique
of long-haired men and short-haired
women who deem themselves the "un-
Consignee 7maa$e (sj J mMiro
Sftarri Carey
shackled free.' Alma Rubens, the tem
peramental beauty, is sppn in her latest
production. "A Mm 's Countr-," ihp last
three days of the week. She has the role
of Kate Carewe. the fcarlet woman of the
mining camp, a reckless dare-devil danrver
who dominated men and met hr mat h
in a "tenderfoot preacher."
Grand William Desmond in "The Mints
of Hell" will he th feature here today,
with a Harold Lloyd comedy to complete
the program. Doris Kenyon in "Wild
Honey" will he shown Monday and Tih-s-
day. The bill for Wednesday is "The
Warrens of Virginia," Paramount special,
and Kuth Roland in "The Tiger's Trail,"
No. 2. Thursday Clara Kimball Young
LOTHROP 2&i
CATHERINE CALVERT
in "MARRIAGE"
Lloyd Comedy Pathe News.
GRAND
16th and
Binney
WILLIAM DESMOND
in
"THE MINTS OF HELL"
Harold Lloyd Comedy.
Supported by
Helen
Jerome Eddy
Man Bfaeaih."
ADAPTED FROM
Edmund MitcfeelCO
His Blood was Red
His Skin was Brown
His Heart was White
He Accepted,
With the Fatalism
of His Race, The
Man-Made
Barrier Which
Made Him
"The Man Beneath.'
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Screen in
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will aprear in "Masda," and Friday Mary
Plckfnrd in "Hulda From Holland" will
be offered, as well as 'The YlHaee
Smithy." a Mack Sennett comedy. The
final day of the week will have "The Mid
night Patrol," a selected special.
Suburban Harry Carey In "Riders
of
Vengeinee" and a Mack Sennett ronp-dy is
the bill for to, lay. on Monday F.dytlie
Story in "As the Sun W'Mit Uown" and
Screen Marar.ine win be shown Tuesday
will have the same feature. "As the Sun
24th and
Lake
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
in
"A LADY'S NAME"
Good Western Feature and Comedy.
UBU
24th and
Amei
. HARRY CAREY
'Riders of Vengeance'
Mack Sennett Comedy.
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uttusuLI sloru is uvfoUed.
Boa will W nmdifieZ.lh.nllel,
yd tkeff riven
surprise
Omaha
Went Down." and "P.pi Glove." No IS
Marguerite Fifh-r in 'Tut Up Your
Hand.s" will be f"HtuPMl Wwlntfdav, with
a Lyons Mnran i umt'ily t , romDlet th
program. "Put Cp V'.nr Hands" will also
he i-hinvn 'in Th-ir. .lay, ith a Harold
I.loyd comedy. Cm Fridav Hessie Bar
risr.ile in "Panslfil Thr.a.ls'' and Ruth
Koland in -Th Tigr s Trail. ' No. 2, will
be shown. Saturday will have Catherine
Calvert in "Marriape for Convenience." an
Arbuckle comedy and "Outing Chester."
Hamilton Franris X. Bushman and
Beverly Bayn in "Poor Rich Man" will
be the feature offering at. the Hamilton
tod a y.
Diamond Constance Talmadee in "A
y s Name" will be. featured here todav.
with a good west.-rn feature and a comedy
to complete the bill. Monday there is
offered Pauline Stark in "Shoes That
Dance" and a Triangle comedy. Kuth
Rciand in 'Tiger's Trail," No. 5, and in
"The Price of Folly" will be shown Tues
day, with a comedy and Patha News to
complete the program. Wednesday Mon
tague Lovp in "The Quickening Flame"
and a comedy will be offered. Frank
Glendon in "jihy the World Forgot" and
a comedy will be shown Thursday, and
on Friday Fmily Wehlen in "Sylvia On
a Spree" and Marie Walcamp In the
final episode of "The Red Glove" will be
offered. The final day of the week will
have Betty Thompson in "The Devil's
Trail" and an Eddie Polo comedy.
Orpheiim, South Side Two acts of
vaudeville wilt head the Sunday show at
thii Orpheum and as a photoplay attrac
tion thre is offered Beatrice, Michelena
in "Just S'iuaw," with a Harold IJoyd
romdy to complete the bill. The pro
cram for Monday i Grar Valentine in
"Th I'nchRstened Wonmr," and on Tues
day Margaret Marsh in "Conquered
Ha rf s." will he shown. Wednesday there
is offered Mary Allison in "Almost Mar
ried." Thursday and Friday's program
will feature Fanny Ward in "The Cry
vt thrt Weak."
fjotlirop Cat h line iTa Ivert in "Mar
riage." is the feature hero today with a
!I-iio!d Uoyd comedy and Pathe news
remplet ing the bill. Monday and Tues
day there is offered Viola Pana in "Satan
Junior." and a pond romdy. Mabel Nor
nnnd in 'The Pest," and a. comedy will
h shown Wednesday and Thursday Doris
Kenyon in "Wild Honey." will be fea
tured. T.iillie Lturke in "Peggy," will be
shown the last two days of thi week.
HAMILTON Zz:
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
BEVERLY BAYNE
in
"POOR RICH MAN."
BUSY IRENE
STILL WORKS
IRENE CASTLE, star of the Par-amouut-Artcraft
special picture,
ti. I ...t.:.i. ...:n
x riling iuir, w nun win
be shown at the Rialto theater to
day, has an enviable war record as
entertainer and nurse. She spent
many months on the firing line in
France and as a nurse in British and
American hospitals in England, she
won the undying respect and grati
tude of every wounded soldier to
whose comfort she devoted all of
her time.
After her husband's death Irene
Castle "enlisted" as an entertainer
and worked until her health broke
down. On the way to England
crossing on the Megantic. full of
troops she found her first wrk,
singing, dancing, and telling stories
to the boys as the boat plowed its
v ay through the submarine zone.
Then one night there came a sub
marine warning, and an hour of
terrible tension before the ship es
caped unharmed. By that time it
was 2 a. m., and Mrs. Castle pro
ceeded to give an impromptu "per
fcimance" to "make the boys for
set" and cheer them up for what
wa- left of the night.
Though she was commanded to
appear befor the king and queen,
and also had Marshal Joffre as a
spectator, the greter part of Mrs.
Castle's work was with the
"blighted" Tommies and doughboys.
fr-
. Fritzi Brunette, William Russell's
leading lady in his latest picture,
"A Sporting Chance," which is
showing at the Sun today, says she
is only just beginning to live down
tht nickname of "Georgia cracker."
This uncouth label was pasted up
on her when she first entered Pic
tiire-Land, some years ago, because
of the broad dialect that folks who
are born and educated in Savannah
come by naturally. Since then, she
explained, daily assocition with hub
by Bob Daly who is a Bostonian
of the Bostonians has virtually
eliminated the "yall" from her vo
cabulary. Miss Brunette's beauty is as dusky
as her surname implies, and in her
role of Gilbert Bonheur, the only
woman figuring in the cast of "A
Sporting Chance,' she is said to be
more exquisitely charming than
Beauty, Truth and Love, in the
persons of May Allison, Kathleen
Kerrigan and Pell Trenton meet
again in "The Uplifters," the latest
play in which Miss Allison is starred
and which comes to the Empress for
four days starting today. This ideal
trio appeared in "Everywoman," the
Henrv XV. Savace nrnrlnrtinn in
which Miss Allison made her stage
cierjut. ne was seen as Beauty,
while Miss Kerrigan pnarfrl Tn.ft.
and Pell Trenton the Kina n( r.nv
Separated since then by work in
other productions, these three
friends meet again in this clever
comedy, w;hich will be shown at
the Empress.
Beginning on August 3, the Muse
Theater will offer one show each
week. The first of this series will
be the big stage success, "Oh Boy,''
adapted from the Elliott, Comstock
& Gest road show. Albert Capel
lini, the screen genius who directed
Nazimova in "The Red Lantern,"
has evolved a perfect film musical
comedy. The cast includes June
Caprice. Creighton Hale, Flora
Finch, Zena Keefe. W. H. Thomp
son. ToscdIi Convers. Grace T?aU
J. K. Murray, Lefty Flinn and many
others, including a hraiitir
which willl present songs from "Oh
tsoy. uther attractions booked are:
Mildred Manninc- in "The Wcf
viiivio, u. rai H ill X lie mail
Who Turned White," Mildred Har
ris (Mrs. Charlie Chaplin) in "For
bidden," Zazu Pitts in "Better
Times" (produced by King Vidor,
who was responsible for one of the
most popular successes of the past
season, "The Turn in the Road"),
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