THE BEE: OMAHA, SUN DA Y KEBKUAKY 27. 1921.
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Program for
The Week
. TUEODOK
Moon "The Killer."
( ant of t 'harat'trra.
Kulti Kmnry
William Haiiltorn
Hobby Kmory-..
Hi'ry Hjopor...
Artl Druwcr...
!! limn . . .
AVlndy Smith.
riair Adami
...Jack ronvviv
. . . . Frankl l.e
Frank I'mnpeau
Tod Sloan
...Kilwurd Fell
- - l-'rmik Havoa
J .Ms'ir ' Will Wallln..
Ruck Johnaon..t Mlltmi Koaa
Tim Watmor Tom Klrkettn
A.oyalua JuoUson Zack Wlll.aina
In "The Killer," chief cinema at
traction at the Moon theater this
week, Stewart Edward White, the
author, Ivis ottered one of the most
absorbing stories of his career.
No one but Frank Campeau could
have made the remarkable, unusual
and daring character, "The Killer,"
The itorv is woven around the
diabolical personality of a man who
finds killing is the best way of re
moving the birds, frogs, dogs, men.
women and children who annoy
him. incur his tlcspkasnre. or stand
in the way of his ambition. Into
his net falls a beautiful girl and her
voung brother. Their position is
iiopcles until a daring and chivilrous
young man rushes headlong into the
desperate .-situation, falls in lovb
with the girl and rescues her in a
succession of climaxes that arc the
.very height of good melodrama. "
v In addition to Frank Compcau,
the cast includes beautiful Claire
Adams, .Tack Conway, little Frankie
Lee, Tod Sloan, the famous jockey,
Edward Pcil, and many others, each
Riving splendid performances. How
aril Hickman's direction is un
equalled. Sun "The Furnace of Matrimony."
fait ot (iiarai'teia.
Folly Vallame Agnes Ayres
Anthony Bond Jerome Patriot
(ieneral Uront Theodore Roberts
l,mly Hro.it Hoien Dunbar
Patricia Urent .....Betty Krnncisco
Kcn Morilaunt MilCon Sills
lira. VHllance... Miiyina Klo
Mr. VnNunco... Fred Turner
llort Vallnnrc. .' I.uilen l.lttlefleld
Solomon Bacabrldse Robert Bolder
Count Hvensun Kdward Martlndel
- , Marriage is like a furnace
don't go near it unless ycu
want to be caught in its consuming
fires.
Thus sounds the gist of "The
Furnace of Matrimony," which
opens today at the Sun theater.
, Agnes Ayres, Jerome Patrick and
Theodore Roberts play the leading
roles. i
; The story revolves around the so
ciety marriage of a wealthy English
man and a popular London actress,
the confession immediately after
ward that he married his wife merely
because he had heard that she had
threatened rb sue him for breach of
promise if he jilted her. This subse
quent estrangement and the many
dramatic complications which fol
low before a reconciliation is ef
fected make a very tense drama.
The picture is an adaptation by
Julia Crawford Ivers of the new
novel, "The Furnace." by the Eng
lish writer, "Pan," which promises
,to create a sensation among fic
tion lovcrss and is just coming off
the press. .
Riltc "Hush" and "Love,
Honor "and Behave."
Clara Kimball Voting plays the
leading role in "Hush," which opens
" :a four days' engagement at the
Kialto theater today.
' ; Charles Murray, Ford Sterling.
5 Phyllis Haver and Marie Prevost
arc responsible for the continual
1 feature comedy in "Love, Honor
and Behave." which opens Thursday
at the Rialto. ..
"Hush", is an absorbing' talc of
zlove and romance, with the ghost of
' a great fear intruding itself upon
. the happiness of a truly married
cou pi'.
i "Love. Honor and Rehave" is a
light travesty of married life. . It
is a Mack Sentictt comedy.
The scene of .hc most lively ac
tion is the Gargle Inn, whither the
judge goes in the interest of prohi
"bition, and Phyllis Haver to reclaim
an errant husband. Ford Sterling,
;As a result of his experiences at the
;lnn. the judge makes up his nriud
and forever sets it there, that faith
is not to be reposed in circumstan
tial evidence, and that incriminating
appearances arc more likely to be
false than true.
A riot in ait artist's studio con
cludes the picture.
Empress "The Fall of Babylon"
'and "While the Devil Laughs."
D. V. Griffith's mammoth pro
duction. "'The Fall of Babylon,"V fea
turing Scer.a Owen, Constance Tal
; madge. Alma Rubens, Mildred Har
ris and Eric von Strheim, opens to-
Pretty Agnes Ayres .
Wears Gorgeous Gown
1 -4
For the Cinderella vision in "For
bidden Fruit," chief cinema attrac
'. .ion at the Strand theater this week,
Agnes Ayres, leading lady, wears a
gown of the ultra-modern, super
fashionable type. It is valued at
$2,000.
The episode of Cinderella has
heen sumptuously st2ged and will at
tract general attention. Beauty is
the keynot of the- production
1
Pre-Christian
Era Depicted in
Griffith Play
C ADA
KIM3AU
YOUWQ
LTO
Massive secies, the pomp and
ceremony of days gone by, sensa
tional chariot races, dancing girls
at the Feast of Bclshazzar, all arc a
part of David Wark Griffith's trc-
f mendous prodiction, "The Fall of
Babylon." coming to the Empress
rilR-atcr lor four duys beginning to
day.
No more viid and roniaut'C pic
ture of life exists than that reflected
in the pre-Christian era, when Baby
lon's walls were the boundary of a
life of passionate and mystic splen
dor. Humair'ty has outgrown
Babylon's niaiiiu'rs and garb, but in
patriotism, love and loyalty, the
hearts of men and women have not
changed. Mr. Griffith, whose re
gard for the dramatic and unusual
was so admirably expressed in his
two former master works, "The
Birth of a Nation" and "Hearts of
the World," has turned to the deep
philosophies ;ind spectacular bril
liance ofuhc days of Babylon for
bis inspiration, with the result that
"The Fall of Babylon" is a simple
love story against a background of
colossal scenes of grandeur. Slave
dealers, knaves, soldiers, court
beauties and ladies of the harem be
come the contrasting elements. The
smoke of battle and the thunder of
giant turrets pause to reveal
glimpses of thc;.e fragile beauties
who lent life and joy to the court.
Doves bearing Cupid's messages
flit about the great halls and ban
quet rooms of Belshazzar's palace,
fountains of wine splash forth amid
a myriad of vari-colored lights in
this powerful drama of crimson
conflict and golden love.
LCATBICE JOr "use
Neighborhood Houses
Grand.
Today, Tomorrow and Tuesday
Charles Ray in "Peaceful Valley,"
and Harold Llovd in "Get Out and
Get Under;'
Wednesday Carmel Myers in
"The Mad Marriage."
Thursday and Friday Mildred
Harris in "Old Dad."
Saturday William Desmond in
"The Broadway Cowboy."
day 'at the Empress theater, for a
four, days' engagement.
The story is a purple romance of
an ancient day the romance of a
lovable little mountain girl who
adored a king and might have saved
an empire.
More than 125,000 persons ake
part in the picture.
Beginning Thursday, "While the
Devil Laughs," featuring Louise
Lovely, will be shown at the Em
press.
The picture is of the underworld,
telling ot the regeneration ot a
girl who rose from a criminal to
splendid womanhood.
Strand "Forbidden Fruit."
Cast of Characters.
Mary Maddoek Agnes Ayres
Steve MruJdoHc Clarence Burton
uine.s Harrington ilailory
t iieiniore Koberts
Mrs. Matlory Katlilyn Williams
Nelson Rogers ...Forrent Stanley
Pletro liuiseppe ..Theodore Kosloff
N'adla Cralc Shannon Pay
John Craig ..Bertram Johns
Another Cecil Dc Mille master
piece !
forbidden l-rtut. a eorgeous pro
duction woven about a fairy tale, is
the chief cinema attraction at the
Strand theater.
A prereview of the. nir.ture prompts
a statement that it decidedly marks
an era in motion picture production
in this country. The picture has the
touch of Cecil Dc Mille throughout.
The story is embellished by a vi
sion of Cinderella in which Mr. De
Mille's crenius is disnlavcd to the
finest advantage.-' It is colorful, !
strongly effective and produced on
a scale of magnificence unexampled
even in this day of stupendous pro-
4uctions.
a a i !:.,.-
jvgncs AytT.s. uiu uauitiK wuiiicu
player, is a suffering wife living in
a tenement; Clarence Burton, a
gambler and crook, plays the role
of her husband and Theodore
Roberts, is an oil king, who has an
important part in shaping the girl's
career. The stoFy was written by
Jcanie Macpherson, while the photo
play was the work of Alvin Wyckoff
and Karl Struss.
Muse "The Furnace of Matri
mony," "The Girl with the Jazz
Heart," "Just a Wife" and "You
Never Can Tell."
Four especially good pictures
make up this week's -program at the
Muse theater.
Agnes Ayres, that piquant star of
filmland, is teaturcd in "The Furnace
of Matrimony" at the Muse today.
The story is a deep drama
Madge Kennedy stars in "The Girl
with the Jazz Heart," which plays to
morrow and Tuesday. In the midst
of the blare of saxophones, the clat
ter of drums and the shuffle of danc
ing feet, a love story, sweet and clean
as a country wind, is evolved.
The eternal triangle once more!
That typifies the gist of "Just a
Wife," cinema attraction at the Muse
next Wednesday and Thursday. The
story is of bitter jealousy between
two women for the love of a man.
Program Summary
Moon Frank Campeau in "Ihc
Killer."
Rialto Tod 'y until Thursday.
Clara Kimball Young in "Hush;"
latter half of week. "Love, Honor
and Behave," a Sennctt feature
comedy.
Sun Agnes Ayres in "The Fur
nace of Matrimony."
Strand "Forbidden Fruit," star
ring Agnes Ayres.
Empress Todav until Thursdav.
"The Fall of Baylon;" latter half
of week. Louise Lovely in "While
the Devil Laughs." ' ,
Muse Today, "The Furnace of
Matrimony;" tomorrow and Tues
day, "The Girl ' With the Jazz
Heart;" Wednesday, and Thursday,
"Just A Wife;" Friday and Satur
day, "You Never Can Tell."
kathlyi
n Williams. Beatrice Tov and
Koy Mcwart are the leading charac
ters. Playgoers at the Muse will enjoy
a lively comedy in "You Never Can
Tell," featuring Bcbc Daniels, next
Friday and Saturday. It is a clever
and amusing story of the "good lit
tle bad girl" type so typical of Miss
Daniels.
Plenty of Changes
After making the "Anatol" plays
by Arthur Schnitzler, the Austrian,
the basis of his latest production, and
changing the name to "Five Kisses,"
Cecil B. de Mille has changed it
back to "The Affairs of Anatol."
Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Gloria
Swanson, Agnes Ayres, Wanda Haw
ley and Elliott Dexter are in the
cast.
Girls, Can You
Abidq by These
' Commandments?
Al Christie has formulated a set of
rules for the "film follies" girls who
arc seen in Christie Comedies, as
follows:
1 Must be between ffre feet, one
and five feet eight in height.
2 Must weigh not less than 100
and not more than 130 pounds.
3 Days whciiMiot working in pic
ture, must report for dancing rehear
sal or scene rehearsals at 10 a. ni.
4 Must not alter color of hair or
cut hair without permission.
5 Must be at the studio every
working dav at 8:30 a. m.
Y 6 Must be able to, pass tests of
riding, swimming and answer ques
tionnaire on etiquette.
7 Must not smoke cigarets in the
studio nor in any public place.
8 Must not chew gum in the stu
dio. ,9 Required to participate in an
nual girls' hike.
10 Must not attend cafes or other
public places at late hours except
Saturday nights or other nights when
not calicd to work on following day.
Ray's New Vehicle
The cast which will assist Charles
Ray in Charles Van Loan's "Scrap
Iron" has been assembled. "Scrap
Iron" will be Ray's next First Na
tional released after "The Old Swim
niin' Hole," by James Whitcomb Ri
ley. Players in support are Vera
Stedman, Lydia Knott, Tom O'Brien,
Stanton Heck, Tom Wilson and
Charles Wheelock.
"Do You Take This Woman for Your Lawful -Wifey'-'Tll
Tell the World," He Replies
Oh, Gracious, Hut
Archibald Is a
Dangerous Chap
The fires of hell are not hotter than the furnace of hate and suspicion
of a loveless marriage. This is emphasized in "The Furnace of Matri
mony," a drama of a pair who thought marriage was going to be like, a
cozy wood fire and found it to be a scorching furnace. The picture opens
today at the Sun theater. Agnes Ayres plays the leading role.
Remember the Nickleodeon?
Bang-Bang Automatic Pianos Loquacious Bill
boards Flashy Wallpapers Illustrated
"Chaser" Songs All" Mpmoirs of Pioneer
' "Movie" Days What a Change !
..l imta tiUum runes to the second
t l.t-r tlisHUlsMUms on I bft Attractlvcne.su of
num. Tho hn-v;mp la analyzed In M.m
j lilnuin'a newest artW'le.
I No. 2. The He-Vamp.
I lo's dangerous, girls!
Well dressed, moustachios waxed
to a nicety, with a restless, roving
ce that misses no detail of feminine
movement, the he-vamp, confident in
his powers if conquest, mentally re
sourceful and sartorially magnificent,
toiiMitutcs ;i i.ot-to-bc-disrcgardcd
i'Mraitinii f(r the fcmaie heart. This
magnet i-; a powerful one, for the
hc-vanip know; how to make love
and thai wi'iiout seeming to know
Ii6w. And be ottimes assumes the
impeccable demeanor of the 'perfect
gentleman," or the momentary sem
blance of Ihc "he-mail." or, on oc
casion counterfeits the guise of the
"good-natured man" to win th e af
fections of his dbjectivi.
lie is a rover, am! adventurer
nniong hearts, this he-vamp, and lov
ing willial -too loving, let's say.
There is a boyish charm mingled
with a worldly-wiseiiehs that takes
hold of tlieMiiK'gination of a woman
in the he-vamp. And everyone who
knows anything knows that woman's
heart and imagination often run
riot wifli her b' ller judgment.
Yes, the bc-vamp is to be guarded
against. He i.-n't the wholesome kind
of a sweatlieait to have calling on
you even though he does call in a
super-six machine and send flowers
and candies to prepare the way for
his coming. Watch tut for him,
girls! He's ju: t too attractive to
take chances with!
An empty storeroom.
Planks spread across nailkegs.
A bedshect fluttering on a line.
One-reel pictures a few hundred
feet of film.
Five cents or a dime admitted, and
a tinpan piano, plus illustrated songs
formed the musical interludes.
The man who used the flashiest
vallpaper boasted the finest the
ater. The ticket office was behind
a hole cut in the store front.
Flashy lithographs picked up in the
wake of wild melodramas that play
ed the opera houses of that day
were used to advertise.
The more flashy the paper the
better the showman liked it. Noisy
electric pianos banged away con
tinuously and so did the shows.
Inky darkness pervaded the in
terior of the theater, lightened only
when a "chaser" was put on. This
accelerator of exits might be the "ul
cerated songs," a leatherlunged in
dividual being called upon to bellow
ngain the song of home and mother
that had been heard a half hour be
fore. Such was the early-day movie.
"The Great Train Robbery" was
the "movie sensation." It enriched
its maker and was an inspiration to
censorship. Film was then run
through a noisy machine and was
caught in a barrel to be wound back
again before the next screening
could proceed. '
In those days $5,000 put into a
picture was a fortune, indeed. Then
a few score people crowded into a
converted shack that migiit have
previously been a butcher' shop or
a livery stable. Now 5,000,000 peo
ple a day attend the photoplay the
aters of America. ,
The Capitol theater, New York,
seats 5.000 and there are hundreds
of theaters, devoted exclusively to
motion pictures, that represent more
than $1,000,000 invested and have
a weekly expense ranging from one
to $5,000. It's vastly different now
than in other days.
Could Eugene O'Brien have won
a popularity contest in Cincinnati
if his pictures were projected' on
tiblc cloths? Would "Little Mary"
have risen to fame if people had al
ways sat on top of a nail keg while
she hook her curls?
Moving pictures within 20 years
have reached fifth place in Ameri
can industry. And the greatest de
velopcment has been witnessed with
in the last five years. .
This Year to Be
Epoch for Better
Picture Plays
Film Studio Is 1
No Happy-Huntifig
Ground, Star Says
Clara Kimball Young, the cele
brated screen star of "Hush," at the
Rialto theater, believes that energy
and vital interest in everything she
undertakes is ore of the secrets of
her success in her chosen field of
labor.
Asked by an interviewer if she was
not afraid of working too hard, or
or bringing on a nervous collapse,
she replied: "Nonsense, work never
hurts anyone. People who keep
busy never have any nerves to break
down. Do you remember what Mark
Twain said about dying? He said
that more people die lying down
than in any oth,;r position, therefore,
I never give up and never lie down."
Betty Compson is to be starred
T$y Paramount ir. a series of special
productions. She bounded into
fame with the "Miracle Man."
"What changes will there b in
the nature of picture production in
1921?" repeated Frank Borage, the
brilliant young director of "Humor
esquc." when the question was put
to him.
Without hesitation he answered:
"I won't use the trite phrase 'fewer
and better,' but merely say that it
actually sums up the situation. The
phrase was originated to describe
a niore or less sincere purpose of film
makers. It comes to represent the
necessity thrust upon them. They've
got to make them fewer and bet
ter. "There arc now on the shelves of
the leading companies over $15,000,
n(0 worth of unsold photoplays.
They are in good part the residuum
of 192U over-productions mediocre
material that has settled to the bot
tom. "At last eyes arc opening. We can't
turn out photoplays like machine
made goods. Plays are the product
of thought and second thought
that is, good plays. Too many stu
dios have been turning out features
rapidly under the, prod of the 'efti-'
cieney expert' in the business office.
" 'Hmnoresque,' upon which six
months ere spent with the author
ess. Miss Hurst, collaborating to the
end. lias already cleared more than
j $1,000,000. Need any better example
be cited.
"So now the shrewd producers arc
doubling the time given to turning,
out photoplays and driving the small
er units, which are after easy and
quick returns without regard to repu
tation, out of business by competition."
Today
and
All
Week
SHOWS AT
11:00, 12:30,
2:15,4:00,5:45,
7:30 AND 9:15.
Cecil RDgMjIIgs
PRODUCTION'
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Byeanie Macpherson Presented by esse L.LasKy
j I Ct paramount Qidure
L
IKE Cecil B. DeMille's
greatest success, a
study of marriage, and so
luxurious, so colorful, so
dramatic that "Male and
Female" and "Why Change
Your Wife?" must pale in
comparison. - Nothing finer
has been offered by Paramount.
Be sure you see the
original $2,000 gown
used in the picture, at
Burgess-Nash.
Silverman's Orchestra
plays an elaborate
musical score and a
great overture.
Please arrange, if possible, to attend the
matinees and save both time and monep.
Bargain matinees except Sunday. All scats
25c, including tax, except boxes.
PI
I A. H. at an K lflr
four da 'S srxrho rOhY
A nian's mind can make a
mountain of a mole hill.
A woman's explanation can
never reverse the order. What
you don't tell, you don't have
to explain. Take this tip from
'is
KDIramiUL
mm
n Her Latest Production
"HUSH"
A vital dramatic document
dedicated to the great amy of
women who gained unhappi
ness by telling their husband"
too much.
Rialto Symphony Orchestra
Offering Hungarian Rhapsody
Number Two
Harry Brader, Conductor
IN QLD MANILA
Illustrated Organ Solo by
4 JULIUS K. JOHNSON
America's Premier Organist
CLYDE
COOK
That new Comedian
will hand you the big-'
gtst laugh of the sea- j
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"The Jockey
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