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Rialto-The Village Sleuth," and
"Half an Hour." '
, Typifying xPu3mountArtcraft U
week that is being celebrated na
tionally, the, "management of the
Riahp theater has made i ' strong
booking. -. . " ;
An amusing. storjr small-town
detective work is unfolded, in "The
Village Sleuth"- attract&fn . during
' the first , four days of ;thfs - week.
With Charles Ray as leading man in,
the person f Nicholas Carter Wells,'
the village , detfitive, the pJay de
velops a seriesjpf ludicrous inci
dents that eventually blossom out
into a realistic plot. ; ' "'...
As a farmer boy yitli-a' burning
desire to make a name.'for himself
as a detective, the star fails to ;ini
- press Jijs father whfch He. "Attempts
to nab a gang that is invading the
Wells watermolon patch one night.'
He seeks wider fields, and becomes
a nz.n of all work around aaii
tarium.1 A mystery develop in he
disappearance of a certain neglected
husband and of valuable jewels and
a large sum of raoney. His sleuth
ing instincts, aroused. Charlie. after
several amusingly false reports, lo
cates the real cujprit and clears up
, (he mystery.' ' ' V
Winifred Westover s leading
woman. I ' 4 ,
"Half "air Hour," from the popular
stage play by Sir James.M. Barrie is
the attraction at the Rialto the lat
ter half of this week.
Dorothy Dalton is the heroin of
Uie story of false love and unhap-
, piness. - She plays the role of the
daughter of an impoverished Brit-
.Lish aristocrat, who is practically sold
, by her father to beconie'thevwife of
a yound Aiperican. Her coldness
leads her husband to treat her bad
ly. -She finds solace in the atten
tions of a handsome yoking English
philander of her own rank in society.
He persuades her 'to flee with him
and she is at his apartment for that
purpose when he is killeM in an ac
cident. The i dramatic events that
follow lead to a reconciliation be
tween the young.,,wife and her husband.-
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Charles ' Richman plays opposit
Miss Dalton.
- 8un "Scratch My Back."
J ' Caat of Characters.
tl Romxnsy T. Roy Barnes
teton ..Lloyd T. Whltlock
If atfallna. ........ . .. ..... Helens Chsd wick
Mr. 8oor..v. ...Ceaare Gravina
Strictly comedv of the highest tvoe
If the theme ef Rupert Hughes' popu
lar success, bcratch.My Back, star
ring T. Roy Barnes, at.fne Sun the
ater this week.
Tha picture is one long series of
incitement, laughter, scerams, with a
(ouch sow and then,of dramatic inci
dent . . , , .
VaJ Romney was called "The man
who always did what he wanted to."
Everywhere he went he left a trail of
excitement behind Jiim like the sput
. tering fuse of a firecracker. It is
true that occasionally there wasvn
explosion. He attended an opera
one night, feeling; particularly effer
vescent 'There was a tyack in front.
It was a remarkably beaqjiful back,
and Val acted. He noticed her shoul
ders were 'twitching. He twitched in
sympathy and he thought she was in'
distress. -He. fidgeted in his seat.
The impulse was overpowering. He
reached out with his glove! hand and
scratched .the -fascinating back-
scratched with fatalistic deliberation
scratcheM with a sitrking sensed of
"impending disaster. From then on
some gorgeously different comedy
tripped swiftly to the finale. "Scratch
My Back" is the biggest aomedy sen
safion of the year,- trade journals
mention.. " " j ' , - '
" SrtUnd "Humoresque."
"" Cast of Characters. ' j
Mama.Kantor. .Vera Gordon
AjrahAin Knntof ......Pore Davidson
fcfosr KUntorv.-. iy .'. . ..Bobby Connelly
I.eon Kantor, later. ..... i . Oaston Glass
Ksther Kantor ; Hale Connelly
Rather Kantor, later Ann WalHck
Mannle Kantor. , . ... .Sidney Carlyle
Isadora Kantor. ...Joseph Cooler
marks important prpgress in film
dom. The picture will be shown all
week at -the Strand theater. It is
a. story based upou the theme of
mother lpvi. Tears,-laughter, hap
piness and lomance figure strikjng-
, ly thr.oughptt. '
The scene is New York's famous
lower east side and the central char
acter a youngstctAwith a soul for
music. - Receiving his s first violin
from his mother on his (seventh
birthday,' the boy, played b Bobby
Connelly, ' develops into a world
known genius. Then comes the war,
and he returns from evefseas with
a wounded shoulder that, .if is
thought, will prevent him from ever
phying again. But in, the great cri
sis of his life' the injured shoulder
is restored to strength and his happi
ness returns. '
Alma Rubens isvthe featured play
er in "Humoresque." Th story is
by Fannie Hurst, noted playwright.
Moon"La Iiucille" and "Ship
wrecked Among Cannibals."
The initial five-part production of
Eddie Lyns and Lee Moran, fanfous
comedy, team, entitled "La Lucille,"
. will be the" chief attraction at the
(, Moon ihater this week. The story
deals with two.young couples, utter
strangers to each other, becoming
embroiled in a series of laughable in
cidents. One couple is typical of
New York. The other couple is an
eloping pair of newly weds who leave
a small southern towri to spend a
quiet honeymooni in feotham. Of
course, they all meet and humorous
incidents occur in regular Lyons
Moran style. , .
-. Unique in the matter of moving
pictures is "Shipwrecked Among
Cannibals," an added attraction at
the Moon theater this week. It is
entertainment from beginning to end
in that the scenes are educational.
The picture is of1 adventure of Ed
ward Laemmle and William Alder,
American . moving picture men,
among the Kia Kia Head" Hunters
of New Zealand.
Theii' introduction to the. nattves,
APOLLO
28TH AND
LEAVENWORTH
TODAY '
Dmifiaa MacLaaa an4 Doria May ia
"Let'. Be Fashionable"
, Alaa a Sunshine Comedy.
"A PRIVATE HUSBAND"
GHANDoday
Marguerite Clark in
1 "EASY TO GET"
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Program Summary
Rialto Today until' Thursday,
"The Village Sleuth;" latter half of
week, "Half An Hour."
: Sun "Scratch My Back." ;
Strand "Humoresque." s
'Mom 'La La Lucille,"' and
"Shipwrecked Among Cannibals."
Empress "Her Honor, The May
or," today until 1 Thursday. "The "
House of the Tolling .Bell, latter
half of week. .
;Muse Today, "Scratch My Back;"
tomorrow and Tuesday, "The Rpar
ing Road;'' Wednesday and Thurs
day, "Awy Goes Prudence;" Friday
and Saturday, "Homer ConxrS
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Uhe manner in which they were .re
ceived, the cannibals bearing down
jipon tfyem along the shore, -a sur
prise attack and the cannibal slaugh
ter ceremony are some of the most
interesting points in the picture. ''
Empress "Her Honor the Mayor,"
i and "The House t the
Tolling Bell."
The cinema Drogram at the
Empress this week is a testament of
hteh class art..
"Her Honor, the Mayor," a politic
cal story, is the attraction during the
first four days. Eileen Percy as Her
Honor, the Mayor, involves , the
troblem-of political fiitrjue when
the -machinations of her enemies
pressed her. How she combats the
corrupt forces that strive agSftist
her is told in some thrilling scenes.
May McAvoy isj the star in "The
House of the Tolling Bell," which
shows at the Empress the latter half
of the week. The "theme of the play I
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ucais wijn cnivairy, ine passion ana
the superstition of the south. .
The plot hinges upon the division
of an extensive estate among the
heirs upon the 'death of its old
master. One stipulation of the will
demands that the heir who enters
the manor house must live in it for
one year. This abode is known as
"The 'House of the Tolling Bell."
Woe to the stranger who subjects
himself tobad-Juck" which; comes
to everyone who lives in this house.
A niece of tne old master' and
the ion of his disowned daughter,
unknown -to each other, take " up
residence there. Plenty of thrills fol
low. - :
The picture was personally
directed by J. Stewart Blackton.
Muss i'Scratch My Back," "Excuse
My Dust," "Away Goes Prudence' -
and "Homer Comes Home," ;
A general run of pictures in lighter
vein make up the program at the
Muse thtater this week. Humorous'
incidents mark "Scratch My Back,"
chief attraction today. The story
is from the pen of Rupert Hughes.
I Wallace Reid comes to the. Muse
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UT of New York's Ghetto
-out of jlhe
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misery rose a song that tloocl-
ed the world with melody. ;
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A, songof mother love. "A
song that needed no words,
bepause it was (played on the
strings of the human heart. -
Humoresque: A p h o t o
play? Yes, but more than a
photoplay the melody of ;:
life'itself.-.AH:;" ; :
Humoresque! -That' laugh
on life with he tear beneath
The soulof a people, in a pic
ture ithat untwist the; chains
that tie the hidden heart of
harmony. ' if, , r- ' f :;:V Cv:
fHumoresque! A photoplay
that you will never
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,-, Sad at times, humorous at times, always looking for the sil
ver lining and always finding itj this picture is one of the mosli
laudable productions in the history of motion pictures. wu "
lopes
Tht
pathos
of
a
Master"
If he comedy of "Poiash and 'PerU
. mutter
The -' mother love of - "Madame
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ENTIRE WEEK-
Njow Breaking
w , ord and Still Playing ia
fieyf York, Chicago,
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. . " $ame for Omaha'.
n kNu-W . : AT TU Ci EiutPEKT
tomorrow aid Tuesday in-s!lExcuse
My Dtisf,. a rip-roaring sort of
Comedy in which an automobile race
s the climax. l ne picture is. noi
a new one in Omaha-; 5 .'
Billie-'Burke in' "Away Goes
Prudence," ' photoplay, attraction
Wednesdayand Thursday, portsays
a character .unusual to her regular
types.:' Miss Burke experiences a
yild airplanV ride in one of ; the
scenes, - . ; '. ." .
A rural love story is enveloped in
"Homer Comes Hpme," starrrfig
Charles Ray the last two daysof this
week. How the star makes -good
m a large city in the -promoting of
the construction of a faptory-against
the connivances Of "enemies , is told
comically injhe regular Ray fashions
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TAdayDouglas acLean ! and
Doris May in "Let's Be Fashion
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Tomorrow and' "Tuesday Enid
Bennet in "The False Road.' ; -
Wednesday Brjant Washburn
in "Mrs.; Temple's Telegram." -
Thursdays , and . Frjday Wallace,
Reid ia iTh'e Dancing FooJ."" j
Saturdly Marguerjte Clark . in
"?asy to Get'" artdy he , Sent
Avenger." ; ' 'cVfv-i ,.. ; ?
squalor and J
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Fannie Hurst's
"Tht Music
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Los Angeles
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PICTURE
THE - OMAHA SUNDAY . BEE : SEPTEMBER " 5,". 1920.
Jack Pickford
In Plane Shows
Ruth Some Stunts'
On Inratinn 1iiriiib-tlip 'filmincr 6f
"Ruth of" ,he RockTes" . the PatheJ
serial to be released soon, Ruth' Ro
land was enjoying , her picnic' lunch
when ;Tack Pickford in his plane;
flew down arid invited ' the serial
queen to take a spin. ; After ' ebcpe-:
riencing a few- thrills from nose
dives' and tail spins, 'RuHi was' quite
ready. ' for terxa " firma. Clutched
tig'htly in one hand, Ruth -held the
wrappingsof her lunch, and in the
other gripped rmly two olie seeds.
"What in the world are you saving
those for?" Jack asked Ruth., '
" "I'mNiok saving them," replied
Ruth, depositing the paper and seeds
on a nearby ash pile. "I was thirik
,ii:g of the future... We may as well
start right now not throwing things
out of planes for think how terribla.
if will bejaew, years' hence, when
airplanes wsTt havftabeebme as com
nion. as automobiles are today, if
people persist in 'throwing-rubbish
Remarkable Stor
Ha. - i . .- t T "V skiwi!i.-r..'.v.ij.l.'l ,v.',-a .ssp ss
iM"-, , i . j r... V,')J,T V V
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t'arr it wi x - -vr
out as' they fl-y.. Imagine the con
dition of our gardens artd- s'treets.
"That's a fine alibi, Ruth," replied
T9ck. "but those poor little olive
- seeds, why did you. save those?"
Ruth, blushed most , becomingly.
"Don't tell if-1 tcll you' she whis
pered. '.'I was afraid to -let g(j of
'them for ,fea,r they; would ' fly into
the' machinery and clog the engine
Land wouldn't it be- awful1 to1 have
engine , trouble ; up there -"without a
single gairage handy?" :
' GRAND. .
Today Marguerite . Clarke )ti
'.'Esy,to Get.'ancws and comedy.
Tomorrow " and' Tuesday-"Let's
Be Fashionable." starring Douglas
MacLeari and Dqris May. ;
v Wednesday Anna Cornwall ; in
"The Girl in. the Rain," and I'Pirate.
Gold;" No., 3. - . --
Thursday ,and Friday "The Life
Line a lourneur proauction.
Saturday Bryant Washburn - in
"Mf,s. Tipple's Telegram."' :;-
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Screen Plays
Joseph ' J. Dowling, well known
character who gained ' fame as the
Patriarch in. ".The Miracle Man."
head;s,,the "all-star , cas of "The Ken
tuck1 Colonel," a forthcoming, pro
duction. . " " ,:-''' ;'' t' ) "s ' :' ,
r CoMtan'ce ' Bfnney, her leading
man,; Ward Crane, and , five: other
pictujre pi'incipals', " were prevented
f roni. Janding at Havana, Cuba,, for
five, days' .recently while customs
house officers nosed about. What
would' -Constance . ; attempt, to
smuggle. into, Cuba?' . ;' '' i. , " , ..
Tlie?iatest; Griffith "find" is young.
Ton . Doiiglasiwhp, wilr play oppo
site iDortqy Gish, in "A Cynic Ef
fecfT" ,
Clairr'fA'dams,'; the' dark-skinned
young; beauty . who plays leading
weminine v .role ;in ' "The. Dwelling
Plac y of - Light, : a Hampton pro
duetiop,ha taken up millinery in
herpare time. What next?
" Hobart Bosworth, directornd ac
tor'Tsays he has spent so much time
in.;the-.open air during the filming
of hisvlast picture; that he has lost
a, taste for dress suits. At that rate
he d feel like Daniel in the lion's'
den if he d try sleeping in an apart
ment. . ' ; . , .
Many film fans do not know that
Maurice Toumeur, the artistic pro-
si
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arisaasT
;; 'a Under Me humble countenance of the farmhand, who is -
i fn n a rnK rr-cz m a f
1 burns the so iQof a grejat detective, and when the big opporfun-: II I
A 'Village Sieutti "
3 ;, . V. vfl.'' a 8ma t0Wn story but pig with laughter. " ...
'THE QUACK DOCTOR" . '
yJh.'. r'":"i , ' 1 ' "' ('' i'"'4': .''';"-" A Sunahina Funster ' "' '
. ;i , Att:of tMs fpr yourc Night , CT
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Dainty shoes are only for those who
. 'end corns. , .
The way is simple, quick and easy, and
is sure. Millions of people employ it '.
' Apply Blue-jay, the liquid or the plas
ter. .That touch wil atop the pain. . '
' Then wait a little and the corn will
loosen and come-out
Then why does anybody suffer corns?
Just because 'they 'don't know. They
Vt..
and' Player?
ducer. 'was at one time a boxer
amateur of course when he was' on
the. French - stagey He must have
enjoyed. it,. for it was not long after
that he took to the movies'. .
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producer, has jqst completed the
filming of "So L6ng,'Letty." Omaha
theater goers remember well the
stage success.) The picture -will be
elcase,d soon. . s : v ;.,'"' A ' ;
Mae Marsh, . whose . retirement
from the screen5 two gears ago was
lamented by her fricrids and' ad
mirTrs, will shortly baseen again in
Roberstoh-CosJe productions. , They
all come' back. , v
Work of adapting to the screen
the first of the scries of Arsene Lu
pin stories has been --finished and
the picture, . "8J3," is now in the
.process of 'editing. ' " f "
In "Object, Matrimony," Henry
King, the director, has created for
Blanche Sweet a character th like
of whirh she has never nlaved be
fore. King missed a bet in not givl
ing the scenario to Constance tal
madge or Dorothy Gish.
Friends of t Owen Moore relate
that he .was much affected by, seeing
London' Bridge and spent most of
his time walking up and down Pic
a a b nil
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for laclies who
end corns
pare corns and keep thenv-Or they pad
them. Or they use a treatment harsh and
ineffective. - - ,-: ' .
Blue-jay is scientific. This world-famed '.
laboratory created it ' . ,
" Year after year, it is keeping millions -entirely
free from corns. '
Perhaps half the corns that start are .
now ended by it r ,
, . sAsk your druggist-for Blue-jay. Learn
tonight how much it means to you.'
"jay
Plaster or Liquid
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; Maksrs of ScsnU-5uiaiealIDiaasiaaa aad AOiaa rWuda
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cadilly. He forgot that EnglisTiinei
don t imbibe of "moonshine. ,
Mvron and David Selmick,- Both"
s6ns . of . Lewis J. Selznick, picture
magnate, are touring Eifrope. No
doubt they are trying to keep 'track
of the numerous stars overseas;
- "The Killer," Stewart " Edward
White's . latest novel, is now on. the
list of early fall releases in pictur
form. The plot deals with charac
ters about Los Angeles and-the Ari
zona-Mexican border. - v .
" For characters in "The Last of 'the
Mohicans," Director' Maurice TOur
neur should visit the Webster street
passenger station. i .',;'',' "
Miltpn Sills and Ann Forest have
been selected to play, the i leads in
George Melford's new production,
"The Faith Healer." - v '
The company filming "The Mar
riage of William Ashe,", is composed
almost entirely of English ; olayers.
Bet it's a giddy" play. May Allison
is one of. the few Americans in the
cast.". ; - , ; .;''.!
Jerome Storm, who "made"
Charles Ray. has been signed to di
rect Lillian Gish under hernew con
tract with the Frohman company.
Production work has ; begun oh
'Lavender and Old Lace," Myrtle
Reeds famous novel.
George Lloyd Sargent, despite
rumors to the contrary, will remain
with Vitagraph and is already busily
preparing to "hooty another Vita
graph production. ""V',' ; ,
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