THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE ; NOVEMBER 9, 1919. '
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Gus Edwards Finds
y Real Genius Here
Many a genius is sewing on but
tons in a shirt factory or hanging
up casings in a packing house, ac
cording to Gus Edwards, actor pro
ducer. . The stage and screen of to
day are ultra-commercial, he be
lieves. It is seldom that the poor
girl or boyt hungry for the theatrical
chance gets a taste of it
Yesterday Edwards discovered
10-year-old Sarah Janoff, daughter
of Herman Janoff, 4612 South
Twenty-fourth street. The produc
er says that the child has stage tat
ent. She will be given a chance.
, Sarali is poor. She s has never
taken a dancing lesson' or voice
training in her life. She has walked
a mile to practice on ai old-fashioned
square piano. In the dark
kitchen in back of her father's tailor
shop she has "play-acted." She has
danced for the Queen of the Fairies
danced on her toes, in a pair of
cast-off gym slippers.
Edwards "found" Sarah yester
dayfound her because he believes
that in the poor quarters of the big
" cities of this country there is un
found talent. The genius of the
slums is greater than-all the theaters
of the world could hold at one time,
the actor asserts. Every day, ac
cording to Edwards, some undis
covered genius enters a sweat shop
because there is nothing else ahead.
Genius dies because there are no
institutions to give poor children a
chance at a dramatic or musical ed
ucation without charge. Child la
bor laws in many states interfere
with a stage appearance before 16.
' . "The duty of the public," Ed
wards states, "is to give the child
genius of the poor district an oppor
tunity." If you know a child with
inborn theatrical talent inform a re
sponsible theater manager, is the
plea of the producer. ,
"When a Man Loves" has been
selected as the title of Earle Will
' iams new Vitagraph feature. It will
be released in December. Of course,
girls, 'tis said there are a few men
who 'love the other 11 months of
the year.
Fannie Ward and Her Pretty Daughter,
Child-Heiress to the Barnato Millions
Here are the central characters
in an international romance, and a
heart-touching tragedy, which has
resulted in an American girl, the
daughter of Fannie Ward, the ever
young screen and stage star, be
coming the wealthiest child-heiress
in the world. i
Mrs. Jack Barnato, on the left, the
daughter of Miss Ward (pm the
right), and Jose Lewis, one of South
Africa's most famous diamond mag
nates, has just come into the Bar
nato millions through the death of
piptain Barnato of the Royal Fly
ing corps, (in the circle). Mrs.
Barnato was wooed and won by the
dare-devil aviator in a romance that
began with their youth. The story
of their love match Stnd of the un
iimely end of the gallant British
soldier, who was in a squadron
which bombed Constantinople and
Adnauople, contains more human
interest than 'any screen or stage
play in which Miss Ward ever
starred, - not excepting "Common
Clay," her greatest cinema triumph.
In this cut Miss Ward looks al
most as young as her daughter, and
one woutd hardly conceive that her
stage triumphs began when the
present generation was in swad
dling clothes.
Concerning
Ora Carew
ine zaci .inat sne was born in
Salt Lake City, within a stone's
throw of the house where Maude
Adams first saw the light of day,
undoubtedly influenced Ora Carew
to go on the stage and, finally be
come a motion picture actress. She
saw Maude Adams act, at the old
Salt Lake tkeater built by Brigham
Young, wnen Miss Carew was 4
3 ears old. It was the first time her
mother nad taken her to a matinee,
and the impression made upon her
by the star and play, which was
ine Little Minister,' is still re
tained. A few years later, when she
attended the Roylin Hall Seminary
in Salt Lake City, the girls organ
ized a Maude Adams club and oc
casionally they would receive a
letter from their stage idol.
When Miss Carew was 15 years
old the family moved to San Fran
cisco, but the young lady still en
tertained the hope of some day go
ing on the stage. About that time
the Gayety theater was opened in
San Francisco with musical comedy.
The principals' all came from New
York, but the chorous was to be
entirely Californian. 'Miss Carew
was one of the last to put in her
application and the stage director
was so pleased with her youth, good
looks and vivacity that he made
room for her in the first production,
after gaiuing her mother's consent.
After two years in musical
comedy, in which- she graduated
from the chorus in singing and act
ing roles, she came to Los Angeles
to play leads with the Mck Sennett
company, and her screen popularity
was immediately established. , She
followed her success ' appearing in
the comedy films with triumphs in
the more serious photoplays, ap
pearing with Fine Arts, Griffith,
Goldwyn and Lasky before coming
to Universal City. Under the Big
"U"' banner she Jias played in a
number of successful features, espe
cially "Loot.". Her latest which she
will appear in is "The Peddler."
Lydia Yeamans Titus snaps her
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fingers at heredity and says a loud
"poo-hoo" when anyone -tries to tell
her that one inherits characteristics
from one's parents. The reason she
scorns a theory in which renowned
scientists believe is . that she is
deathly afraid of horses. And her
mother was a bareback riderl In
her day she was the most daring
equestrienne in Australia, , where
children ride, before they can talk.
Even after Mrs. Titus was born, her
mother continued her daring stunts
on horseback, but retired before her
child was a year old and went on
the stage. One of the first play
things the little girl ever had was
a pony, but she shrieked when
taken near it and absolutely refused
then, and later, to get on a horse.
When she signed her contract with
Goldwyn recently, the one stipula
tion she made was that she should
never be asked to ridei She is will,
ing to swim or jump from windows
or do other things which take nerve,
but the daughter of one of the mos"t
famous bareback riders in the his
tory of the circus will not have any
thing to do with horses.
Barbara Castleton arises to pro
test against the announcement that
she has a part in Gertrude Ather
ton's "Tower of Ivory" now being
filmed at the Goldwyn studio. She
says it would be nearer the truth to
say she has tour parts, tor in the
woman sne is to play there are
four distinct characterizations to be
made. First, she is a half-starved,
ragged-looking factory girl. Next
she is a dancing girl in a rough cafe
on the Barbary Coast of 'San Fran
cisco. From these phases she pass
ed to that of being the pampered
pet of a wealthy rake.
To be featured on the programs of
theaters that had' heretofore con
sistently refrained from showinir any
comedies at all is a distinction won
by Paramount-Drew comedies, star
ring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew.
The high calibre of this series of
two reelers presented by Amedee J.
Van Beuren, dispelled the perjudice
of the management of the California
theaters in San Francisco and Los
Ansreles for short subjects in humor
ous vein which are so essential for
a well balanced screen program.-
Beginning with- "Romance and
Rings," the initial Paramount-Drew
release which was followed in turn
Ly "Once a Mason," "The Amateur
Liar," "Harold the Last of the Sax
ons," and "Squared," all these com
edies starring Mr. and Mrs. Drew,
were featured at the Californian
theaters. Delighted with his suc
crsi& in nrrstntinir these comedies
the manager also booked "Bunker-
Mrs. Drew appeared as an individ
ual star, supported in the latter by
John Cumberland.
Amedee J. Van Beuren, the pro
ducer of the Paramount-Drew se
ries is now devoting his attention 'to
Paramount-Truex comedies in which
the popular screen and stage star,
Ernest Truex is the headliner.
In view of the fact that in "The
Breath of the Gods" Arthur Carew
is playing his first Japanese role
in motion pictures. It is interesting
to note that his first appearance on
the professional stage was made in
a similar 'character, although, of
course, not as prominent a role.
"The Breath of the Gods" is Uni:
versal's starring vehicle for Tsuri
Aoki (Mrs. Sessue Hayawaka), in
which Carew appears as her Japan
ese lover.
Arthur Carew, who is an Armen
ian by birth, and the only man of
his race on the American stage or
screen, graduated with honors from
the American school ot dramatic
?rt, receiving the David Belasco
gold medal, an annual prize at that
institution. In the same class with
Mr. Carew were Jane Cowl, Kafh
lyrt Williams and Ford Sterling, all
of whom have achieved success on
the stage as well as in pictures.
After Carew left school he re
ceived an offer from Belasco's stage
director to play a small part in "The
Darling of the Gods," the famous
drama . of old Japan in which
Blanche Bates starred. He played
this throughout the New York run
of the piece, and understudied one
of the leading roles. But although
he has since spent nine years on
the dramatic stage and three years
in the silent drama, he has never
until this production had occasion
to make up as a Japanese.
Another, of Sir Gilbert Parker's
books has been translated to the
screen. "You Never Know Your
Luck," made by the Sunset company
of San Antonio, Texas, has House
Peters in the principal role.
It has been said that Edna Ferber
is one of the foremost American
women writers of today. It has
further been said that "The Gay Old
Dog" is one of Miss Ferbers best
efforts. Published as the second
story in '"Cheerful by Request," a
collection of her short stories, the
New York Sun said, " 'The Gay Old
Dog' is the best story in the book."
The Publishers' Weekly said. " 'The
Gay Old Dog' has character work
that will live." The New York
Times said, "One of the best stories
in the book perhaps the very best
i not a woman's story, but a man's,
'The Gay Old Dog" Grant M.
Overton in his book, "The Women
Who Make Our Novels," wrote,
"Miss Ferber is going forward. The
evidence of it will be found in 'The
Gay Old Dog.' " Edward J. O'Brien,
who every year compiles the twenty
best stories of the year, selected
"The Gay Old Dog" as one of the
best of the year 1917. Hobart Hen
iey. the motion picture producer-director,
was one of the many who
read and admired the story and it
immediately became Mr. ' Henley's
ambition to transfer it to the screen.
This he has admirabjv done in the
feature, "The Gay OW Dog." which
will be shown at the Empress for .'
four days, starting today.
Will Rogers just can't let prohi
bition alone. His latest, duly sent
out by the Goldwyn press agent, is
as follows: "Streets that used to be
lighted at night and real crowded
h,ave been used for robbing pur
poses xnly since July .l. They tell
me, too, 4hat they are beginning to'
put footrails on soda fountains to
make some people feel more at
home."
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is U
reach the screen, and John Barry
more has been picked for Mans
field's famous role.
Two Anita Stewart features will
be released by Vitagraph before the
holidays. They are "The Combat,"
a story of the Canadian northwest,
and the "Suspect," a mystery drama.
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