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"EVERYWOMAN"
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ALL-STAR CAST
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Onetof the Year's Successes
When First Staged by
Henry W. Savage n
New York. '
"Everywoman,' Walter Browne's
modern morality play, which has
been made into a motion picture by
the Famous Players-Lasky corpora
tion, stands as one of the landmarks
in theatrical history. Not only did
the play mark the introduction of i
new form into modern drama it is
modeled on the morality play of the
middle ages but it opened the way
. for a long line of dramatic specta
cles, each presented with a special
musical setting, which have Jince
been found in each season's list of
entertainments. It was neither play
nor opera, but a blend of both, and
it continued to attract tremendous
audiences for several years after its
original production. ' .
"Everywoman" was first produced
by Henry W. Savage at the Herald
Square theater, New York, February
27, 1911. The fact - that Walter
Browne, the author, died two days
before, somewhat saddened the play
ers, but the first performance was
received with favor and the play was
"at once established as one of the
year's successes. The elaborate
scenes, the special musical score by
George Whitfield Chadwick and the
splendid stage direction of George
Marion all came in for a share of
praise.
Real All-Star Cast.
The cast which originally present
ed the play was probably the near
est to an all-star cast that has ever
been assembled. Laura Nelson Hall
appeared as Everywoman and H.
Cooper Cliffe was the Nobodv.
Sarah Cowcll LeMoyne was Truth:
Frederick de Belleville, Wealth, and
Tohn L. Shine played Stuff, Stella
Hammerst, daughter of Oscar Ham
merstein, played Vice. Three young
girls, all of whom today are fea
tured players, appeared as Youth,
Modesty and Conscience. Theyfwere
Patricia Collinge, later to- star in
"Pollyanna" and "Tillie;" Juliette
Bay, the baby vamp of Frederick
and Fanny Locke Hatton's "Up
stairs and Down," and Wilda Bon
nett, singing the leading role in
Fritz Kreisler's new operetta-, "Ap
ple Blossoms," in which she is fea
tured with John Charles Thomas, is
, one of the bright spots of the cur
rent theatrical, season.
Lavishness Displayed.
The cast for the Famous Players
Lasky photoplay version of ."Every
woman is equally brilliant, having
been recruited from the ranks of
the leading motion picture players
now available. Violet Hemihg, fa
jmous for her-beauty as well as her
talent, who last season played the
leading feminine part in "Three
Faces East," appears in the title role.
Wanda H'awjey is Beauty, Theodore
j Roberts, Wealth; Bebe Daniels,
' Vice'; Irving Cummings, Passion;
Tully Marshall, Puff, and, Xharles
Ogle, Time. ' '
' ' In making the photoplay version
Violet Heming as "Everywoman"
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eeu gicat.r laviahuvs ha uv:n dis
played in the sets than in putting on
the stage version. It is interesting
to note that Wilfred Buckland, now
art director for the Lasky studio,
was technical supervisor for: the
original production as made by Col
onel Savage. His knowledge Of the
play has been of utmost, value in
making the film version. Just as
the stage production of "Etery
wcman" marked an epoch, in the
atrical production so does the Screen
version mark a high point in the
making of motion pictures. ''. .-.
Beautiful Gowns in
'Everywoman' Delight
Women Who See Play
Every woman love beautiful
gowns and in "Everywoman" imul
titude of fashionable modistes' most
modern creations are shown. In' the
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lore it oomes a purely syrnooiicai
story of lite itself, a bazaar is shown
that is declared to be a veritable
fashion show. .The gowns are ex
quisite and of varying charatter.
Evening costumes :of the finest of
materials are features of the gaming
room, palace of wealth and other
ornate scenes.
Remarkable scenic effects have
been secured in the picture. One of
the' most spectacular is the banquet
hall of wealth, the part played by
Theodore Roberts. It is built in the
shape of a dollar mark. One circle of
the "S" contains a swimming pool,
while the other is occupied by a
dance floor. On these two stages
beautiful girls in the most remark
able costumes of ultra-modern mode
disport. For the big theater scenes
in which Everywoman makes her
debut, a thorus of extremely pretty,
girls in flnique costumes was em
ployed The stage was literally cov
ered with, real flowers, which gives
an idea of the extravagant scale
upon which the spectacle was filmed.
'EVERYWOMAN IS
MODELED AFTER
EARLIEST DRAMA
Tale of Adventure, of Emo
tional Struggle and of Love
Triumphant.
The screen production of Walter
Browne's successful play, "Every
woman," marks the arrival in mo
tion pictures of one of the earliest
forms of drama. Modeled after the
morality plays of the middle ages
it tells a modern story with an ap
peal which is universal and timely
in every age, the story of the pil
grimage of Everywoman in quest
of Love.
Drama, as we know Jt today,
is. an outgrowth and development of
secular celebrations held in the
courtyards of churches and cathe
drals on feast davs. At first inci
dents in Biblical history were pre
sented in a manner to seize upon
popular attention. Later the stories
of miracles were acted in an attempt
to set forth a part of the teaching
necessary to man's salvation. To
complete this teaching, which was
almost entirely theological of the
ethical side of religion dealing with
matters of conduct, and it was this
ethical teaching that the morality
plays endeavored to bring to men's
minus. '
Conflict f,or Human Soul.
By means of such personifications
as "The World, "Flesh." "Mankind,"
"Mercy," 'Justice,'- "Death" and
"The Seven Deadly Sins," the mor
ality plays represented, irf 3 graphic
way which would appeal to the
people, the conflict between sin and
righteousness for the possession of
the human soul. The early morali
ties were broad in theme but, little
by little, their character changed
and farcical matter introduced to
lighten the solemn tone. In these
later plays the character of Vice
played a part. He was usually rep
resented as a court fool whose func
tion it was to worry and trick his
master, the Devil. Vice survived
in the fool fn Shakespear's plays,
though it is hard to recognize him
in the philosophical touchstone in
"As You Like It.'-
Lesson Which Amuses.
In the motion picture "Every
woman" Mr. Browne tells a tale of
adventure, of emotional struggle and
of love triumphant, with all of the
entertaining qualities of an every.
day romance or a story of business
intrigue, yet through it all there runs
an allegory which carries a forceful r
lesson while it amuses. His char
acters, cailed by . such names as
Truth, Passion' and Youth, are all
everyday type's. Passion, for ex
ample, is an actor; Bluff and Stuff
are theatrical managers; Puff is a
press agent; Wealth is a dissipated
millionaire,, and Truth is the kindly
mother of a young physician whom
Everywoman finally discovers is
Love, having first believed him to be
Sympathy, Compassion, Respect and
other attributes of Love. Vice, Mr.
Browne retains, .not as the court
fool, but as the woman of the
streets, who eventually disappears
with the Devil.
The tremendous success of the
stage version of "Everywoman"
demonstrates the soundness of the
playwright's judgment in adapting
the' age-old form of play to modern
uses. The simple sincerity of the
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and Jerome Storm, the director, fa
mous wherever pictures are shown
Storm has been directing Ray pic
tures since "The Girl Dodger," and
he and the young star have seven!
ideas in common in picture-making,
the most dominant being that of
realism in the depiction of small
town types and episodes.
In this picture Charlie is seen aa
a laborer in an iron foundry, only
an insignificant cog in a big in
dustrial machine, until one day he
saves the life of his employer, who,
out of gratitude, promotes him to a
position of responsibility. But other
things besides business success in
terest the boy, notably a girl, and
the feud that exists between her old
grandfather and his employer, be
tween whom he eventually effects
a reconciliation.
Gladys George is Ray's leading
woman and Charles Hill Mailes,
Williarn Conklin and Mollie McCon
ncll re in the cast.
A new electric table lamp has a
shade that can be inverted for us1
as a cooking bowl and a stand that
contains a toaster, and grill which
can be placed inside the bowl.
What Paramount Presents Today
GEORGE H. Melford'a N special
production, "Everywoman,"
which has already been accord
ed an enthusiastic reception in pre
release showings in several first
run cities; Billie Burke in "Want
edA Husband," and Charles Ray
in "Red Hot Dollars," form the trio
of releases on the Paramount-Art-craft
schedule today.
Walter Browne's modern morali
ty play, "Everywoman," has been
transferred to the screen under tjie
direction of Mr. Melford in such a
skillful manner as to elicit the high
est praise ' from newspaper critics
not onjy in New York, where it
was shown at the Rivoli theater,
but in Boston, Columbus, Chicago
and other cities. .
Will M. Ritchey wrote the sce
nario of "Everywoman," and Mr.
Melford was given unlimited time
and money to build a handsome and
spectacular screen performance.
How well he succeeded, at least in
the opinion of the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation, may be
judged from the fact that he has
since been elevated to a position on
a par with the foremost directors
in the industry, his future pictures
to be known as George H. Melford
Special Productions.
Violet Heming plays the title role
and is featured in the production
along with Theodore Roberts and
Wanda Hawley. The supporting
cast includes Margaret Loomis, Mil-
story stood out brilliantly from the
fascinating setting of music and
spectacle. In the motion picture
version the appeal of the universally
interesting theme, presented with
very care for spectacular effect, yet
with the camera's opportunity for
intimate detail, strikes home with
far greater force. From the make
shift pageant of the twelfth century
to the lavish screen production of
the twentieth the morality play has
moved in triumphant progress with
ever-increasing power for entertain
ment and instruction.
dred Reardon, Edythe Chapman.
Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Irving
Cummings, James Neill, Raymond
Hatton, Lucien Littlefield, Noah
Beery, Jay Dwiggins, Tully Mar
shall, Robert Brower, Charles Ogle.
Fred Huntley and Clarence Geld
art.
"Wanted "A Husband." the
Billie Burke picture, is based upon
Samuel Hopkins Adam's story, "En
ter D'Arcy," which, when published
in serial form in Collier's Weekly,
attracted much attention. Clara
Beranger, who wrote the continuity
for "Girls" and "Come Out of the
Kitchen," for Marguerite Clark and
"Sadie Love" for Miss Burke, pre
pared the scenario, .nd Lawrence
Windom directed.
The story is of ' c light comedy
type In which V.. Burke excels.
The titles in the early scenes say
that D'Arcy was a slovenly, unat
tractive wall paper designer living
in the Greenwich village quarter of
Xew York. Because of her alleged
lack of personal lure, she is taunted
by her -two girl roommates, who
have lately taken unto themselves
male admirers. To get even with
them D'Arcy invents an admirer of
her own and starts a course of train
ing with a burly ex-pugilist that
makes her blossom like the rose into
a radiant beauty. So, out of the
mess which her deceptions lead her
into, she derives what she wanted
a husband.
Miss Burke's leading man is
James L. Crane, who also appeared
opposite her in "The Misleading
Widow" and "Sadie Love." The re
minder of the supporting cast in
cludes Margaret Linden, Charles
Lane, Edward Lester, Bradley Bar
ker, Helen Greene, Gypsy O'Brien,
Mrs. Priestly Morrison, Frank Gold
smith and the redoubtable Kid
Broad as the trainer.
The latest Thomas H. Ince pro
duction starring Charles Ray, "Red
Hot Dollars," is another of those de
lightful country boy stories which
have made not only Ray himself
Out julieen Josephson, the author,
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