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THE BEE: OMAHA SUNDAY, JANUARY SO. 1U21.
Programs
for the Week
Rialto "Kismet."
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Hamilton ReVelle Mansur
"Kismet" is here.
It is probably the most elaborate
film production that has ever been
made.
. Of paramount import is the ap
1 pcarancr of Oti Skinner in "Kis
met." Presentation of the picture
will be but one week, opening today
at the Rialto theater.
The action of the play takes place
in one day and is set in the Asiatic
city of Bagdad.
. As on the stage, the action of the
play covers the whole range of hu
man emotions as rich aud disqrsined
in color as the "Magic Carpet" it
self. Otis Skinner, as Haji, the beggar,
who asks for alms in the name of
Allah at the door of the Mosque of
- Carpenters, in that day between sun
rise and sunset, rises from poverty
to affluence, and travels a distance
on the road of adventure rarely
achieved by some even in an entire
lifetime.
"Kismet" offers Otis Skinner his
debut in screen venture.
SUN "Blackmail." ,
Cast of Characters.
' Ftoule Oolilen .....Viola Dana
Harry Golden, her rather Alfred Allen
Jltchard Harding Wyndham Standing
Larry Kdward Cecil
Lena Florence Turner
Jamea Venable Jack Rol
Mra, Venable....' I.ydla, Knott
' I'olica Inspector Fred Kelaey
In the story 'of "Blackmail," which
comes to the Sun theater this week,
that seamy side of life which has
such a wierd attraction for the other
half plays an important part. The
screen version is frpm the story by
J.ucia Chamberlain as published in
the Saturday Evening Post
lt tells the story of the beautiful,
scheming daughter of a master crook
who when dying urges her not to iet
the cops forget the name he has
made notorious. Acting upon her
father's last request, the girl ensnares
a rich young mat whose main bid for
f.mic is the size of his bank roll. But
the mother of the young Creosus ar
rogantly steps in and, with the aid of
a resourceful lawyer, gives the plot
an entirely unexpected twist.
In this production of the polite tin
, derworld Viola Dana stars in a role
which gives her unusual opportunity
to display her extensive repertoire.
Her characterization of the sharp
beauty of the demi mode shows-her
m a different vein from her other pictures.
Strand "Frontier of the Stars."
Cast of Cbarnrtert.
Buck I.ealle Thomas Melfthan
Hilda Shea, Kaire Blnney
Phil Hoyt. AUhon7. Kthier
Gregory ...Kdward Kills
Uani Giis Weinberg-
llary Hoyt Florence Johns
Thomas Mcighan, the popular
Paramount star, appears as a gang
ster and gunman in his latest pic
ture, "The Frontier of the Stars,"
. which will be shown at the Strand
theater beginning today. This is by
far the "roughest" role ft which the
virile star has been seen.
Mr. Meighan has the role of Buck
Leslie, leader of the' Forsyth street
gang, which he holds because of his
cleverness, utter disregard of danger,
Rnd .two capable fists, When he is
fleeing from Phil Hoyt, a Bowery
detective. Buck hies to the roof
tops, and ' there runs upon Hilda
Shea, sistcr-in-law of the, detective,
a cripple, who has spent njost of
her life in a wheel chair oiithe roof.
From then on is unfoldea- an in
teresting study in two entirely dif
ferent personalities. Hilda with her
sweet philosophy o,f life and her be
lief that everything is good, arid
Buck with just as firm a conviction
that there is no good. Faire Binney
plays opposite the star.
-'''MOON "The U. P. Trail."
t'aat of Character..
Beauty KtaUin Kathlyn Williams
Joae Durade Robert McKim
-Mile Lee Marguerite De La Motte
WRrren ale Roy Stewart
Place Hough Jos. J. Dowlina-
Fresno Frederick Starr
"The U. P. Trail," photoplay ver
sion of Zane Grey's powerful ro
mance, has about it the great, hu
man qualities of love and supreme
sacrifice, current reviews of the pic
ture state. The picture will be
shown all this week at the Moon
theater.
Synopsis of the story is: . ,
"Beauty Stanton," a hard brilliant
flame of a woman, falls in love with
a clean young man whose courage
has first won her admiration. He is
in love with a sweet, winsome little
girl. It falls to the lot of "Beauty"
to nurse the young man back to life
and health, and she wins his grati
tude, almost his love,-when he thinks
that the other girl is dead, Then
learning otherwise, the woman, real
ising that thisman she loves could
not be as happy, with her as with the
little girl, brings about her restora
tion to him, and in so doing gives her
life.
There are many laughs as well as
tears in the play, happiness as well
as sadness and. the greatest happi-
ness in the end.
Empress "The Skywayman" and
"The House of Whispers."
Lt. Ormer Lockleaf, dare-devil
aviator, who was killed during a
stunt flight not long ago, is starred
in "The Skywayman," which opens
v four-day engagement at the Em
press theater today. 1
Announcement is made that 10
per cent of all the profits from the
exhibition of this picture through
out the country is to be given to
the families of I.ocklear- and his
pilot. Lt. JJjUon Elliott.
' "The House of Whispers," which
opens at the Empress theater Thurs
day, features J. Warren Kerrigan.
Kerrigan play the role of a young
adventurer who solves a baffling
mystery that surrounds "The House
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TODAY
BLANCHE SWEET
"Help WaitedMale"
Matinc at 3 P. M. .
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Program Summary
of Whispers." The star is supported
by an unusually strong cast, headed
by Fritzi Brunette, his popular lead
ing lady.
Muse "Blackmail," "The Fatal
Hour," "Are All Men Alike?" and
"The Valley of Doubt."
Four unusual pictures make up the
cinema program at the Muse
theater this week. ViolaDan s.tars
in '"Blackmail," whicln plays today
at the Muse.
"The Fatal Hour," with an all
star cast, is an exciting photoplay
of British society. It portrays two
adventurers who get revenge by
cheating a young Englishman of
his title and inheritance. The pic
ture will be shown tomorrow and
Tuesday at the Muse.
May Allison is featured in "Are
All Men Alike?" which is the photo
play attraction Wednesday and
Thursday. The picture presents
Miss Allison in the role of a rich,
headstrong young girl who desires
to live her own life in hef wn way
among the Bohemian circles of
New York's night life.
"The Valley Doubt," which plays
Friday and Saturday, at the Muse
theater, is a virile story of the lum
ber regiops of the northwest.
Suburban Theaters
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Today Herbert Rawlinson in
"Man and His Woman."
Tomorrow "The Double Adven
ture," No. 1, and Harold Lloyd in
comedy.
Tuesday and Wednesday Norma
Talmadgc. in "The Branded
Woman."
Thursday William Russell in
"The Man Who Dared."
Friday "Two Kinds of Love."
Saturday Elaine Hammerstein in
"The Woman Game."
Grand.
Today Blanche Sweet in "Help
Vanted Male." 1
Tomorrow and Tuesday Charles'
Rav in "Nineteen and Phyllis." '
Wednesday Eve Novak ii "The
Torrent" and "Ruth of the Rockies"
No. 13.
Thursday and Friday Tor Mix
in "Prairie Trails."
Saturday "The House of the
Tolling Bell," featuring Bruce
Gordon.
ZaSu Pitts, star of the recently
organized Columbia Special Fea
tures company, is at work in Los
Angeles on her first picture for the
concern, v
Craik Players
Portray Skeich
For Screen Play
.Introduction of a one-act stage
play to portray more vividly the
theme of the picture will be made to
day at the Strand theater as a pro
logue to "The Frontier of the Stars,"
starring Thomas Meighan.
The Craik players of Omaha will
make up sthe cast of. the sketch,
which : is ' taken from the play,
"Dregs."
Unlike the ordinary-prologue to a
picture, the act will be complete in
action and will tend to portray
with life-like interest the theme of
the picture, love and pathos.
O. W. Craik, director of the play
let, plays the role of a kidnaper.
Miss Margaret Nelson has the
feminine leading role, while Mark
Lcvings portrays a detective. Climax
of the play is when an" attempt is
made by the villain to compel the
woman to kidnap a little boy for
ransom. Heart interest is portrayed
in the emotional action of the woman
pleading for the safety of the lad.
Martha Mansfield has begun work
on the photoplay in which she will
fare forth as a screen star very soon.
Today at 11, 1, Z, 5, 6:30, 8, 9:30
T
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story of a trook
who had never
known good and airt
who had never known
evil. A romance of the
roof-tops of New York,
where, the noises of life
are silenced in the har
Nmony of the stars.
The underworld thrill of "The
Miracle Man" and the Tender
Charm of "The Prince Chap."
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A(0t aonc act play NABCT
Rialto Otis Skinner in "Kismet."
Sun Viola Dana' in "Blackmail."
Moon "The U. P. Trail."
Strand Thomas Meighan in "The
Frontier of the Stars."
Empress Today until Thursday,
"The Skywayman;" latter half of
week, "The House of AVhispers."
Muse Today, "Blackmail to
morrow and Tuesday, "The Fatal
Hour;" Wedncsdiv and Thursday.
"Are All Men Alike?" Friday and
Saturday. "The Valley of Doubt."
Film Stars Have
All Hobbies But
"African Ivories"
Many persons connected with the
motion picture industry in one ca
pacity or another have queer hob
bies on the side.
Take lovely Gloria Swanson, Para
mount star, for example: Her hobby
is (or, are) bottles for holding cor
logne, toilet water, perfumes, etc.
On her dresser there is a collection
of bottles of every sort tall, short,
round, narrow, stoppered with cloi
sonne tops, made of rare oriental
glass or earthware, dainty or gro
tesque examples.
"These bottles seem to have a per
sonality all their own," observed
Miss Swanson. "One could hardly
feel lonely with them about."
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, another
member of the Paramount stsllar
galaxy, loves to wash and polish his
own automobile. To see him in a
bathing suit hosing his big $25,000
car on its turntable at his home in
Los Angeles, is a sight one might
not soon forget.
Wallace Reid, also a Paramount
star, has a penchant for fine shoot
ing irons and his three pet rifles arc
the pride of his heart next to his
saxophones and other musical in
struments. Theodore Roberts, grand old man
of the films, loves pets and two sea
gulls are among' his particular fav
orites, to say nothing of a sacred
Siamese cat with a black muzzle and
a fawn colored coat.
Wanda Hawley, Realart star, loves
Omar and has some dandy editions
of the Rubiayat.
Adam Hull Shirk, publicity direc
tor at the Lasky studio, is an expert
conjurer and so it goes
Villain How Come?
"Gimme that cognac," shouted
the besotted drunkard, as he luiiged
to grab the bottle from the heroine's
hands. '
"Cut!" called the director at the
close of the scene. "Time for lunch."
The-booze-hound readjusted his
distorted features, picked up a copy
of ShakespearcV "Julius Caesar",
and started home to help his wife
feed their baby.
Said individual being . Conrad
Nagel the bottle adventure part of
his role as leading man to Elsie
Ferguson, Paramount star", in Wil
liam D.- Taylor's production of
"Sacred and Profane Love."
Yes, She's a True Blue
Lassie, Foiidof the Sea
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Fury of Allah's v
Wrath Strikes
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"May Allah strike me in the fury
of his wrath it 1 do not fulfill
my pledge."
These lines Otis Skinner was re
citing before the motion picture
camera, during the filming of "Kis
met," which opens today at the
Kialto theater, when last summer's
earthquake strhclc. With arm out
stretched in humble supplicatioiijhe
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great American actor recited the
lines with the clarity and histrionic
power which is his alone.
Mr. Skinner is still wondering if
it was hc fury of Allah's wrath, or
just what it was that struck the
studio at that tense moment. ' In ail
instant the place was in a chaotic up
roar as the actors scrambled for
safety, the big sets swinging to and
fro and threatening to tumble on
them any moment. There was no
harm done, however, and after the
commotion had subsided the com
pany, and working staff returned to
their work.
VIOLA DANA,1
Swimming and boating is Viola
Dana's hobby. For this chic star,
"rest" means a mad whirl of outdoor
exercises, including airplaning,
aquaplaning, swimming, boating and
yes, dancing. Among them all,
for a quiet departure from strenuous
exercises. Miss. Dana will don a
sailor suit and be ofRcer-of-the-deck
on her own yacht. This she did fol
lowing the completion of her latest
picture, "Blackmail," which is play
ing at the Sun theater this week.
, Charlie Chaplin's Plans
Edna Purviance will continue at
the head of tfie company supporting
Charlie Chaplin. The comedian has
quietly resumed his place in the pic
ture production field and taken ex
clusive control of his studios in Hol
lywood, Cal. Carter DeHavcn. who
was given the right to produce "The
Girl and the Taxi" ii the Chaplin
studios, has vacated in a friendly
spirit and is planning to build a
studio of his own. Within the next
five months Chaplin will aim to
produce three two-reel subjects, this
being the required number to ter
minate his contract witU Associated
First National, i Then he will be
come active in the picture affairs
of the United 'Artists or "The Big
Four," D. W. Griffith, Mary Pick
ford, Douglas Fairbanks and Chap
lin, and will produce five-reel pic
tures in keeping with the standard
of "The Kid," soon to be released.
Again Today and
Then FAREWELL to
'HUM0RESQUE'
The most wonderful picture in
the world A story of the smiles
and sorrows of life, blended in
a happy melody with
Vera Gordon
as the screen's greatest mother.
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First Showing in
Omaha With Music
Special Orchestra
Held over in response to the demand of thousands
The Public Would Not Let "Humoresque" Go!
Monday ami Tuesday May Allison in "Are All Men Alike"
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