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.Programs
for the Week
Strand "Conrad
Youth."
in Quest of His
Tnnt. of rhamrttrf.
"npt. Conrad Warrener ..Thomii MlRian
JJ)n Mhl Vn Huron
',, Mnyra Kelmi
i" Bertram- John
Kosallnit , Marimt Looinla
JUry 1'ago Sylvl Aahton
J lin Charlm Orla
Wra. Ailalle Kathlyn Williams
T'le Kuth Ranlck
Conrad at 17 Eddla Sutherland
, Persons of middle age, who have
'convinced themselves that life has
yielded up its full share to them and
there is nothing left for them but to
die, will do well to see "Conrad in
Quest of His Youth," starring
Thomas Meighan, which will be
shown at the Strand theater this
week.
In this picture, Mr. Meighan plays
the title role of Conrad Warrener,
and shows how youth may be re-'
gained. The picture deals with his
quest. He first seeks happiness in
reliving the romances of his child
hood, but each attempt in mis direc
tion only plunges him- moje hope
lessly into old age.
He finally falls in love with a
beautiful girl, whom he thinks is a
stranded actress, who to his surprise
proves to be the Countess of Dar
lington, who, before her marriage
was a popular London show girl. He
then discovers that to be young one
must be in love.
Rialto "Dinty." .
Cunt of Character. ,
"Dlnty" O'Sulllvan Wesley Barry
Toreen O'Sulllvan Colleen "Moore
)anny O'Sulllvan Tom Gallery
JuilKe "Whltely J. Barney Sherry
Huth Whltely i Marjorle Daw
Ja.lt North ..' . Fat O'Malley
"Klnif" Porkh
Noah Beery
Rut Lung
Jlrs. O'Toole ..
Walter Chutig
Kate Price
Wesley Barry makes his bow to
the picture-loving public in "Dinty,"
his first actual, starring vehicler at
the Rialto theater this week.
Advance reports state . that the
freckle-faced youngster of "Daddy
Long Legs," "Don't Ever Marry"
and "Go Get h" has in this latest
film made the finest performance of
his brief but brilliant career.
"Dinty" is the tale of a fighting.
San Francisco newsboy, "Dinty"
O'Sullivaii. It deals with his rise
to the head of the Newsboys' Thrust,
and the prominent part he plays in
running down a band of Malay high
binders who have stolen the assist
ant district attorney's fiancee. Path
os, humor, romance and adventure
are the four elements that Marshall
Neilan has woven into the plot.
Marion Fairfax,, the clever sub
titler of "Go and Get It" and other
screen successes, prepared the sce
nario for "Dinty" from Mrs. Neilan's
story. Many of the scenes were
photographed in San Francisco's
Chinatown and x waterfront, . and
some remarkable1 effects art said to
have been obtained, ,
SUN-r"Once to Every Woman."
Cast of Character.
Aurora Meredith .. .DOROTHY PHILLIPS
Matthew Meredith ...William ElllnKford
Mother Meredith ....Mrs. Margaret Mann
Patlenra Meredith ......Emily Chichester
Virginia Meredith Elinor Field
Phlneas Seudder Robert Andersen
Mrs. Thorndyke Mary Wise
Jullantlmo Rodolph Valentino
Dorothy Phillips, who won suc
cess iir a dozen previous screen pro
ductions, notably her two most re
cent photodramas, "The Heart of
Humanity" and "The Right to Hap
piness," stars in "Once to Every
Woman," playing at the Sun theater
this week.
In this picture, Miss Phillips ap
pears first as a country school girl
who has been spoiled by her family
because she is better looking than
her two younger sisters ; and be
cause she possesses a sweet voice.
It is this voice which finally inter
ests a patron of music, who sends
her to Italy to study for grand
opera. Later, in a series of the
most magnificent settings seen in
motion pictures in years', Miss Phil
lips' is seen as a prima donna mak
ing her New York debut in a new
opera. ;
A jealous Italian lover creates a
terrific scene in the opera house,
and as a result of the shock the
singer loses her voice. The social
world, which had been at herfeet
during her great success, deserts her
in the hour of need, and she Is tne
same child to the folks at home she
had neglected, but to whom she"is
the same child as'in the'days of old
Here she finds true happiness and
contentment. u
Moon "Going Some."
Cast of Characters. ,
J. Walllngford Speed Cullcn I.andli
Jean Chaplu Helen Ferguson.
Helen BlaU Lillian Hall
Ml t;allaBher Lillian Langdon
Donald Keap Kenneth Harlan
Mrs. Roberta Keap ...Ethel Orey Terry
Larrv fllass Wlllard Louis
B.-rkeley Fresno Waller H(ers
Skinner -M. B. Flynn
"Going Some," showing at the
Moon theater this week, is a story
full of action and up to the usual
Beach standards in every respect.
The cast chosen for this production
.is an all-star one, and includes Cul
lcn Landis, Lillian Hall. Willard
Louis, Lillian Langdon, Maurice B.
Flynn, the well-known foot ball
player, Helen Ferguson, Kenneth
Harlan, and a host of others popu
lar with the lovers of the screen.
Wagering a big cattle ranch
against a sheep ranch upon the out
come of a foot" race is one of the
excitement producing elements in
"Going Some." The picture is all
that Harry Beaumont direction
with the assistance of the
author can make . it. Most of
the action centers around the two
runners and the owners of the
ranches. The runners hold the des-
tiny of many people in their power
to win or lose the eventful race.
Before the time arrives for the
athletes to try out their physical
prowess, oil is discovered on one of
the wagered ranches thereby en
hancing its value a great deal. The
possibility of such a discovery was
not taken into consideration s;when
the wager was made; hence arises the
question of whether it would be fair
to carry out the original terms on
which the bet .was based. Obviating
the necessity of legal assistance, na
ture allows things o take their nor
mal course. The solving of this in
tricate puzzle makes a story of ab
sorbing interest. .
Muse "Once To Every Woman,"
. "Felix O'Day," "The Broadway
Bubble" and "The Great Acci
dent." j
Some extraordinary pictures are
booked - for the Muse theater this
week, beginning today with "Once
To Every Woman," starring Dorothy
Phillips. Mother love is the theme
of the plav.
icr stars "Felix O' -
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TUOMAC
MElGPAM
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Program Summary
Rialto "Dinty."
Sun "Once to Every Woman."
Strand "Conrad in Quest of
His Youth."
Moon "Going Some."
Empress Today until Thurs
. day, "Just Pais;" latter half of
week, "Her Unwilling Husband."
Muse Today, "Once to Every
Woman;" tomorrow and Tuesday,
"Felix O'Day;" Wednesday and
Thursday, "The Broadway Bub
ble;" Friday and Saturday, "The
Great Accident."
Day" tomorrow and Tuesday. It
is a virile story of hate and love,
joy and sorrow, friends and enemies.
"The Broadway Bubble," starr
ing Corinne Griffith, plays at the
Muse theater Wednesday and Thurs
day. It is a sensational tory of a
beautiful society woman's stage
amibitio'ns and her attempt to
achieve fame in a theatrical career
without her husband's knowledge.
Miss Griffith plays a dual role.
Tom Moore is starred in "The
Great Accident," playing next Fri
day and Saturday. Moore portrays
the role of a care-free son of a poli
tician who aspires to the office of
mayor of the town of Hardiston. By
a series of amusing incidents the op
posing political faction manages to
twist the public sentiment into vot
ing Wint Chase (Tom Moore,) into
the office his father had fought tor
in a long political campaign. The
success of the conspirators, and the
manner in which the young mayor
tackled the enormous job before him,
affords comical situations.
Empress "Just Pals" and "Her Un
willing Husband.
Buck Tones and Blanche Sweet
are the cinema stars at the Empress
theater this week in their latest pic
tures, Jones starring in "Just Pals,"
thd first four days, and Miss Sweet
in "Her Unwilling Husband" the
latter halt of this week.
"Just Pals" concerns the com
radeship of a homeless man and a
nameless boy, and the man's love
for a charming girl school teacher in
a western town. Thrills are supplied
by such incidents as a proposed
lynching and an atempted bank rob
bery. The farcical plot of "Her Unwill
ing Husband" hinges on a standing
invitation between two close male
friends. Une, John Jordan, bache
lor, drops in on his pal, Gilbert Len
ox, for a brief visit. He finds in
the house, two Chinese servants and
a pretty girl, whom he thought was
Gilbert's wife. When Gilbert ar
rived at the house, she introduced
Lenox as her husband. Complica
tions follow, which develop into far
cical comedy.
Out of Sight.
When Blanche Sweet, star of "Her
Unwilling Husband," which opens
an engagement at the EmpferS" to
day, was one of Gertrude Hoffman s
dancing girls, one of her friends in
the company unknowingly stopped
at a boarding house in Pittsburgh,
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Miss Sweet accompanied
her
friend to' a physician to be
vac-
cinated.
She w?.s very anxious to have tt
where the scar would net show or be
exposed when she appeared on the
stags. .
"Oh yes," said the M. D., stroking
his beard. "What is vour business?"
"Why, I'm with, Gertrude Hoff
man one of her dancing girls, you
know."
"Well, said the man of medicine,
as he laid down the virus, "I guess
if that's the case you'll have to take
it internally.
Mollie King in New Picture.
Mollie King, popular star of
screen and stage, has resumed pic
ture activity in New York following
an absence of several months. Dur
ing that time she became the mother
of a fine younir son. In private life
Miss King is Mrs. Kenneth Alex
ander, wife of a wealthy Ken
tuckian.
Her new vehicle is entitled, "Her
Majesty," and is a screen adaptation
of an original story by Elizabeth
Ethel Donohcr. In it the blonde
star plays a di"&r role.
Miss King, it will be remembered.
deserted the musical comedv taee
more than a yi-ar ago at the end of
a long season on Broadway . in
"Good Morning 'Judge." Her mar
'afee to Mr. Alexander followed.
Since that time she has acted before
the camera for American Cinema's,
"Women Alcn Forget," a picture
that has injoyed excellent vogue.
"Her Mafcstv ' will Jie readv for
, p iblic showing ;.').it luli.ty time.
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Suburban Programs
"GRAND. I
Today Robert Warwick in "Jack'
Straw."- " - ,
Tomorrow and Tuesday Marion
Davies- in "April Folly."
Wednesday Eddie Lyons and
Lee Moran in "Fixed by George,"
and "Ruth of the Rockies," No:
Thursday and Friday WillianvSS.
Hart in "Sand."
Saturday William Farnum ill
"The Joyous Trouble Maker." . '
HAMILTON.
Today Eugene O'Brien in "The
Figure Head."
Tomorrow and Tuesday Priscilla
Dean in "The Virgin of Stambbul."
Wednesday Edith Sterling in
"The One-Wav Trail,"
Thursday Gladys Brockwell in
"White Lies."
Friday "The Secret Gift," all
star cast..
Saturday Mabel Notsmand in
"Jinx."
Lon Chaney In Fights
While Lon Chaney and Wheeler
Oakman are locked in mortal strug
gle on the second floor of the Chi
nese bazarkeeper's , house in Tod
Browning's Universal production,
"Outside the Law," Priscilla Dean
and Ralph Lewis are fighting with
"Broken Nose" Murphy on the floor
below and the police are clamoring
at the door. The fight will take two
weeks to film.
"There'll be blood and gore from
the cellar to the toof of this setting,"
remarked Tod Browning with a
yawn.. "I've filmed enough fight
stuff to cut into a history of the late
war." Probably not more than S0O
or 600 feet of this film will be used
in the completed picture,
HAMILTON HAMILTON
TODAY
J.O'BRIAN
In
'THE FIGUREHEAD"
TIKKMMS EftElGHAN
. In William De Mille's Photo Offering
"Conrad in Quest
Of Mis Youth"
Cast includes Kathlyn Williams, Margaret Loom! and Chas. Ogle
Theda Bara in
Stage Play Is
Not Big Success
Theda Bara met with varied for
tunes in the critical columns and at
the box office during her first week
in Chicago as a'speaking star. The
opening was a turn-away and it
looked like a bonanza, Business fell
off Tuesday, went up Wednesday,
slipped Thursday and Friday, good
Saturday, grat Sunday.
She finished some $10,000 under
the predicted $25,000. Strangely,
the advance for the second weeif
was bigger than for the opening,
and it promises to exceed the first
despite the heavy premiere. The
critics were mainly kind, though
more indulgent than enthusiastic,
and almost every one said Miss Bara
was better than the play, "The Blue
Flame."
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COMING TO THE
MOON
CHRISTMAS DAY
ALL THIS WEEK
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Bachelor Conrad went back to his
boyhood home and found it cold
and leaky! 1
Went to his firsj; dream maiden
and found her fat and forty!
Went to the passionate love of his
youth and fell asleep! -s--
"You're old, Conrad old," he said,
and was giving up the quest when
wow! s
You'll laugh many a time and per
chance a tear will mingle in
ANNETTE KELLERMAN
appears in a slow motion diagnosis of her famous dives , and it
literally explains the secrets of the grace and skill of a woman
with whom none have been able to compete in
The Art of Diving
. -' HARRY SILVERMAN'S ARTISTIC ORCHESTRA
Playing the wonderfully descriptive overture (by requett)
"A" HUNTING SCENE"
Chaplin Won His
Fame Over Night;
Mabel Found Him
Mabel Normand has been taking a
rest. She admits it. All play, and
no time off to play at play had tired
out the tirejess Mabel and she chose,
for the first time in many moons,
to rest up for a few months Now
she is preparing to resume her la
bors at the Gojfdwyn studios in Cal
ifornia, refreshed and ready to once
more give birth to those facial ex
pressions which . have so often
brought laughter to the face of the
tired business man, giggles to th.;
face of the untired flappers and broad
mirth to the whole face of the world.
For no one has as yet been able
to compete with Mabel ahem Miss
Normand in that fielcr" which she has
made her own ever since she was the
heroine in the old-time Keystone
comedies. And thereby, by the way,
hangs a tale, or story, or whatever
if is that hangs that way Mabel
Normand, herself, discovered Char
lie Chaplin.
Now if that doesn't entitle a per
son to immortality and a place in the
hall of fr-me, I ask you, what is the
use of doing great things?
Mabel was on a brief vacation at
the momentous hour when she cast
her eyes first on the then unknown
figure whose feet were to become a
national symbol for humor. She
was visiting a vaudeville theater and
beheld Chaplin in a skit some peo
ple still remefnber that remarkable
skit, in which he pl?yed the part of
an intoxicated audience in a theater
within the theater and it tDok Miss
Normand just once glance to recog
nize genius. It takes genius to rec
ognize genius. So hc immediately
wired Mack Scnnett: Chaplin was
forthwith '"nailed" fcr fame
Owen Moore in Comedy.
In "The Chicken in the Case,"
Owen Moore plays the part of a
bungling small town youth who re
quires a wife in order to obtain an
inheritance. He .borrows one and the
complications that result give Mr.
Moore one of the. best comedies In
wh'ch he has been sein.
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This Week
Bucsloaei
Wesley Barry Head of
v City Newsboy Trust
When Dinty O'Sullivan, played
by Wesley Barry in "Djnty," seeks
to control the newsboys in the city,
he uses big-fisted methods and es
tablishes 45 branches1 over the city.
How he controls the trust is told in
a memorable manner in "Dinty,"
playing at the Rialto theater this
week. V
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Orice in every womans . life. ' ' comes a certain
icat muiittjiix ; it win come to you-last as it
came to Aurora. Meredith. Vhat doJuou think
it is? Wll know when you see this preatpict
ure -a play that every woman will understand.
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Movie Troupe on
Location Finds
Bottomless Pool
Discovery of a "bottomless" pool
in the bed of the middle fork of the
San i JctHqtiin river near Balloon
Dome has been, reported to the Cali
fornia state fish and game commis
sion l.y Wiffiam D. Taylor, motion
picirre ditector. ' I
Descent of a granite c'iif 1.S0O feet
high was made hy TaylJr and his
jniide to reach 1-e river, hich runs
for miles between unscalablepreci
pices. Because of the velocity of the
water Taylor was unable to
reach bottom with a quarter
of a pound of lead on his line. The
pool, 150 feet wide and 350 feet long,
is stocked with quantities of fly
hungry trout, Taylor says.
Tracks of bear, deer,' mountain
lion and wildcat were found on the
candy tshore, 'where tl'.cv rame to
'rink. The Indians say tint no hu
nijyj, being had oyer stood before at
the bottom of: he big tnl;.",
Olive Tell, who is to be Eugene
O'Brien's leading woman in his new
picture, Kcgret, was educated m
France and learned' her stage art
at the Sargent School of Acting in
New York City. The school did
her that she became
star in a ffw vmtq
ADDED FEATURE
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Ancient . ..neral
Scene in "Kismet;'
Story of Sac I
A funeral procession such as
might have been in ancient Bagdad
is but one of the many touches th
will add realism to "Kismet" whir It
has been visualized for the screen
wiWi Otis Skinner in the stellar role.
The scene, which only occupies
the screen for a moment takes place
in front of the Mosque of the Car
penters, where Otis Skinner, as
Hajj.'the beggar, is carrying on his
ancient and honorable profession of
extracting coins from sympathetic
pass-by. ,
The procession is headed by the
high priest who is followed by the
bier, carried on the shoulders of'
four husky natives of the Orient.
Following is the widow, alone, call
ing upon Allah to save the soul of
her beloved deceased while the
mourners form the remainder of the
unique procession. '
It is one of the many scenes that
adds unusual atmosphere to the big
nroduetion. and is nrohahlv the first
ftime that an ancient funeral has
been so well staged and photo
graphed. "Kismet" will be shown in Oma
ha soon.
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