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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1921.
Program for
The Week
Strand "Too Much Speed."
Cut of Charorter.
Putty Rhos.de Willitt juia
Virginia MsrMurran Aim Ayr
Fat MarMurran Thrndorr Roberts
Tyler Htllt Jck KIrharrtKon
Jimmy Rodman Lueivn I.lttlrdlit
"Howdy" 7ker Ouy Ollvsr
Billy Dawson H'nry Johnson
Hawks Jack Herbert
The popularity of the automobile
race pictures in which Wallace Reid
has Marred has resulted in the
' screening of "Too Much Speed," an
other original Byron Morgan story
with the race track as a background.
In this new picture, which opens
today at the Strand theater, Mr.
Reid again will be seen in the pilot's
overalls and helmet, speeding around
the course to the speedometer's tune
of 110 miles per hour, and winning
a race and tht consent of the girl's
father, to her wedding.
The picture is a continuation of
the experiences of the characters in
"What's Your Hurry?" Mr. Reid's
previous automobile picture, and the
three principal characters of that
story, Dusty Rhoades, played by
Mr. Reid, Virginia MacMurran,
. A A I A
played Dy Agnes nyres anu ri
MacMurran, played by Theodore
Roberts, are attain brought to life.
Dusty Rhoades is on the point of
marrying Virginia, when he races a
rival dealer on the open road, and
enrages old Pat MacMurran, who
declares the wedding off. Dusty
elopes with the bride, old Tat pur
sues and both are jailed for speed
ing. After serving his sentence,
Tiuttv. with Vireinia's help, secret
ly buvs Pat's Pakro racing car, which
has been out of the game for two
years, enters the big event and wins
the race.
Sun "Boys Will Be Boys."
Cat of Characters.
Prep ' O'Day Wit Roircra
I.ucy Irna Rich
Tom Minor C. E. Mason
Bublotte Sydney Alnsworth
Judra Prlaat Ed Kimball
Bahy H. Milton Ross
Sheriff Brack , C. E. Thurston
Kitty Maa Hopklna
Mra. Huntor Cordelia Callahan
Aunt Mandy Nick Cogloy
Farmer Bell Burton Halbert
Will Rogers will be seen in one of
the best character parts he has ever
played in "Boys Will Be Beys," a
picture taken from the story by
v Irvin S. Cobb, which comes to the
Sun theater this week.
Rogers has the part of "Peep
O'Day," and it is about the adven
. tures that befall him before and
after he falls heir to a fortune that
the storv is based. The action oc
curs in a little Kentucky village and
the main characters are Peep O'Day.
Judge Priest, Lucy the school
teacher, Mrs. Hunter the willing
widow, Sublette, a crooked lawyer;
Breck the sheriff and Kittic the im
poster. Peep O'Day is a good-natured,
dreamy and mysterious Irish host
ler, gentle and abused. He sudden
ly falls heir to a fortune in Ireland
and his first thought is to enjoy the
boyhood which he has never had.
He consequently plays all sorts of
boyish games and tlie neighbors
think he is crazy. Sublette uses this
as a hook upon which to hang a plot
1 with which to get Peep O'Day's for-
ttmeY Lucy, the sweet young school
teacher in love with the young town
lawyer, undertakes to teach Peep
; O'Day his lessons in the school
house. Mrs. Hunter, the willing
widow, also out for Peep 0 Day s
money, sees them there and starts a 1
scandal. Sublette and his accom
plices import Kitty from Louisville
to impersonate Peep O'Day's cousin.
She is a good-hearted soubrette and
in a court house scene, which closes
the story, comes out strong . for
Peep O'Day and shows up Sublette
and his gang.
Larry Semon in "The Rent Col
lector" Is the comedy attraction at
the Sun theater.
Moon "The Big Town Round-Up."
Caat of Characters.
T.arry McBrtda, ranch owner... TOM MtX
Pea W, ''tho Runt".. ..Gilbert Holmes
Allca Beaumont .1 Or Carewo
Luther Beaumont, her father.
Harry Dunklnson
Mildred Hart Laura. La Plant
Rodney Curtla William Buckley
Jerry Casey William Elmer
Tim Johnson William Crlnley
When Tom Mix opens at the
" Moon theater, today, in "The Big
Town Round-Up," he will exhibit
what is said to be an exceedingly
fine line of ' rescue work. The
"Round-Up, In which the action
switches from a ranch to 'Frisco and
back again, is crowded, of course,
with thrilling incidents else it
would not be a Mix entertainment.
Among the thrills are a number due
to rescue work.
For example, Mix rescues a girl
from a ruffian's insults by throwing
the ruffian off a speeding train. He
rescues this same girl later from a
bunch of city' thugs in a cafe. He
. rescues the heroine from a big rattle
snake on his ranch by his accurate
long distance aim with a rifle. He
rescues her again in the city when
she falls before a stampeding steer
at the stock yards. And he saves
from death in a city park a little girl
who is hanging head down oa her
runaway pony. Also he is kept
tolerably busy rescuing himself from
his enemies.
When Mix isn't rescuing some
body he's fighting a gang of thugs
with intermissions for attention to
the only girl.
Ora Carewe is his leading woman.
, The story of "The Big Town Rund
Up" was written by William Mc
Leod Raine and the picture was di-
- rected by Lynn F. Reynolds who
also made the scenario.
Rialto "The Jdol of the North
s and "One A Minute."
Dorothy Dalton takes the screen
at the Rialto theater for four days
this week, beginning today. Her
vehicle is "The Idol of the North,"
a romance of gold and the Great
Northwest, of a dance hall beauty
who knew how to handle men.
Miss Dalton has a role similar to
that in her great success two years
ago, "The Flame of the Yukon."
She plays Colette Brissac, daugh
ter of a French-Canadian miner,
who fled to the wilderness to es
cape arrest for having killed a man.
She is left without father and mother
in a mining town built up overnight
and obtains a position in the Aurora
Borealis, a saloon and dance hall of
the town. She soon becomes one
oi the biggest drawing cards of the
saloon and plays unmercifully with
the miners, "trimming" them for all
they are worth, but still remaining
the most desired of all the girls.
In the dance hall she meets Martin
Bates, a young engineer who has
ome frofjf New York after a series
of financial difficulties, and who fast
becomes a worthless drunkard. In
order to get even with the way she
has treated them the miners force
her to marry Bates. After the first
shock Colette decides to make the
best of it and determines to make a
man of him. After many incidents
of dramatic interest she succeeds
not only in regenerating Bates, but
also in winning his love.
Douglas MacLean in "One A
Minute," which opens Thursday at
the Rialto theater, offers some novel
comedy situations that premise to
make a dyspeptic laugh.
Empress "Children of Night and
Hearts Are Trumps.
When a Wall Street magnate
walks into a death trap set for him
by a criminal gang, defies the peril
which confronts htm for love of a
gjriand battles desperately for his
life in an underworld den; and when
these things are set forth in a love
romance by a celebrated author and
translated to the screen by a well
known producer, it is safe to say
that here is "some" motion picture.
All of which is by way of an
nouncing that the picture, "Children
of Night" is to be presented at the
Empress theater for four days be
ginning today. And William Rus
sell is the star which increases the
joy of expectancy,
Russell enacts the role of a promi
nent financier, and Ruth Renick, his
leading woman, the role of the girl
a girl affiliated with a criminal
gang until awakening love for the
financier leads her to repudiate such
association and aid him in defeating
the plots against his life.
"Hearts Are I rumps, which opens
Thursday, is the story of a Scotch-
man who is forced to leave his na
tive land. He goes to the United
States, where he accumulates a for
tune and regains the family estate
in Scotland. One of the thrilling
episodes takes place in the Alps,
where the little heroine is threat
ened by a death trap set for her by
the villain.
Muse "Boys Will Be Boys," "The
Millionaire Vagrant," "To Please
One Woman" and "The New York
Idea."
A program of wide entertainment
will be at the Muse theater this week,
beginning today with Will Rogers in
"Boys Will Be Boys." .
The picture is a homely, becoming
vehicle for the noted star. Rogers
has a clever character part in the
hpicture.
In "Ihe Millionaire vagrant, at
the Muse tomorrow and. Tuesday,
Charles Ray. shows how easy it is
to live five weeks on $30.
A story of real life in a real town
of real people who love and suffer
and at last find happiness is con
tained in "To Please One Woman,"
which plays Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Muse theater. It is a
story that reflects every aspect of
American life.
Alice Brady takes the screen next
Friday and Saturday in "The New
York Idea," a story of high life in
Gotham mingled with divorce and
scandal.
Harmony at Sun
Featuring catchy song hits and
"wicked blue" melodies, the Lyric
Four , will elaborate on vocal music
at the Sun theater this week in con
junction with the presentation of
Will Rogers' famous picture, "Boys
Will Be Boys."
Manager Harry Goldberg has con
tracted for this quartet as an added
attraction.
It'll be no grand opera when
those four musical warblers step out
on the Sun theater stage and. give
vent to the audience. They'll sing
some "knock-outs" in the way of
up-to-date song hits.
The quartet will appear four times
daily.
Alice Lloyd as 'Extra Girl
While filming scenes - for Edith
Roberts' latest feature. "The Gos
lamer Web," in the First National
tank of Los Angeles, King Baggst
directing the picture, induced Alice
Lloyd, ihe famous English musical
comedy and vaudeville star, to ap
rear as one of the "extras." Miss
Lloyd, who was playing at the
Orpheum theater, a few doors away,
not only took part in the picture
early in the evening, but was so in
terested in the work that she rushed
lack to the bank after finishing her
vaudeville act and appeared in sev
eral more scenes.
Last Days of Pompeii
"the Last Days of Pompeii" is to
be filmed by George Kern. Barbara
Bedford will have the role of the
blind girl. Others in the cast will
be Raymond Cannon and William
Conklin. The volcanic eruption will
be filmed in Hawaii
Downtown Programs
Sun Will Rogers in "Boys Will
Be Boys."
Rialto Today until Thursday,
"The Idol of the Narth;" latter half
of week, "One a Minute."
Strand Wallace Reid in "Too
Much Speed."
Moon Tom Mix in "The Big
Town Roundup."
Empress Today until Thursday,
"Children of the Night;" latter half
cf week, "Hearts and Trumps."
Muse Today, "Boys Will Be
Boys;" tomorrow and Tuesday,
"The Millionaire Vagrant;" Wed
nesday and Thursday, "To Please
One Woman;" Friday and Saturday,
"The New York Idea."
Suburban Programs
Grand.
Today and Tomorrow Tom Mix
in "A Ridin' Romeo."
Tuesday Corinne Griffith in "The
Broadway Bubble.
Wednesday "The Beautiful Gam
bler." Thursday and Friday "The Sea
Wolf."
Saturday "Lahoma.
Five Days
Only
A picture with the speed of light and the ,
sure fire interest of a government bond. ;
COMING FRIDAY For Two Days Only
BUCK JONES
in "GET YOUR MAN"
(EXPRESS)
Elsie Ferguson Popular
In this year's annual poll of the
seniors of Yale college, Elsie Fergu
fen, famous star, was voted the
hvorite actress of the day. Each
j ear the college boys !c.t their
favorites,- in ke-.ping with tradi
tion of Old Eli.
The Rialto theater, New Haven,
recognized the student preference by
lowing Miss Ferguson's latest pic
ture, "Sacred and Profane Love." In
rontest among the art students of
Ihe university for the best life-size
sketch of the head of Miss Ferguson,
many drawings were submitted
which w.stc placed o.i exhibit in New
Haver.
Best Dressed Stars
Corinne Griffith and Catherine Cal
vert, acknowledged to be the best
dressed actresses of the screen, and
noted for their grace in wearing
their gowns, are seen together in
"Moral Fibre," the production now
being filmed under the direction of
Webster Campbell. Although the
roles of the two stars are entirely
dissimilar, both have excellent op
portunities to "dress the part." In
the earlier scenes Miss Griffith ap
pears as a country miss in short
dresses, but later she appears in
elaborate frocks. Miss Calvert's
role enables her to play the lady of
fashion throughout.
Oh, Come With Old
Khayyam He's to
Be Filmed Soon
Call boy, page the famous "loaf
of bread, jug of wine and thou," for
the oft-quoted and misquoted lines
of the Persian poet have felt the call
of the silver sheet; and Omar Khay
yam, himself, who if alive today
would be legitimate prey of all pro
hibition enforcement officers, is to
become a hero of the cinema.
"The Beloved Romance of the
Grape," or "Persia's Prettiest Pet."
are tides the ultra-commercial dis
tributing organizations might like to
wish on.the big new spectacle which
has just been launched, but Ferdi
nand Earle, who is the guiding gen
ius in the production of the world's
most widely-read prosodic paean has
put his foot down and says it will
be known purely as "The Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam."
Nashaipur, the home of the Per
sian astronomer, will be brought to
Hollywood, and the romance that
has always been confined within
book covers will burst forth onto
the celluloid.
Such famous quatrains as:
"Oh, come with' old Khayyam
and leave the wise."
To talk; one thing is certain that
life flies;
One thing is certain, and the rest
is lies;
The flower that once has blown
forever dies,"
and others will form the animated
sub-titles.
For more than a year bearded
scholars have been delving through
tomes of Oriental literature breath
ing the incense laden atmosphere of
medieval Persia, in order that "The
Rubiayat" may be a celluloid docu
ment of fidelity as well as beauty.
Collectors of Oriental costumes
from all over the country have been
circularized, and have agreed to loan
the multi-hued toggery of the Far
East in years gone by in order that
Producer Earle may make a spec
tacle worthy of the volume.
Houris beautiful enough to make
the mouth of the late cigar store
Indian water, will parade before the
argtts-eyed camera in dances that
would make a sultan's favorite dis
penser of wiggles turn gr,een with
envy. ,
The bureau of Oriental research
employed with Mr. Earle is as nu
merous as the faculty of a small
fresh-water college.
A score of America's best known
painters are busy day and night fur
nishing the atmospheric back
grounds, which, under Mr. Earle's
new science of production, will in
many instances replace more artis
tically the ordinary motion picture
sets.
Sir Frederick Warde, Edsin Stev
ens and Hedwiga Reicher will have
the principal roles. Other notables
of stage . and screen who will be
seen are Mariska Aldrich, Arthur
Carewe, Robert Anderson. Paul Wei-
gel, Jesse Weldon, Snitz Edwards,
Warren Rogers, Ramon Samiegos
ana tsig Jim Marcur.
Starting
Today
Another Victim! Ah,
Sacrifice His Soul
Alluring Collette's chief joy in
resist her charms. And she found a
One day her methods failed to work
battle to make lives worth while
ing Dorothy Dalton at the Rialto here the first four days of this week.
Mae Marsh to Stick
Mae March is not to desert the
screen next season as has been vari
ously announced in some of the daily
papers. This statement was made at
the time a story was sent out that
the popular film star had been signed
on a long-lime contract to appear
in stage plays under the management
of John D. Williams. It was said
that the first play had been chosen
for Mae. But we learned that she
expects to work in pictures simul
taneously with her stage work.
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SNOOKY (the Humaneze) in a 2-reel comedy, "WILD OATS"
Bud and Sul Cartoon Shrinera Parad at Dcs Moints
SILVERMAN'S STRAND ORCHESTRA
Next Sunday JACKIE COOGAN in "PECK'S BAD BOY"
She Would Lure Him to
for Her Womanly Charms
life was to "trim" the men who couldn't
lonesome miners' town an easy mark.
I The rest is love and a heart-stirring
in "The Idol of the North." featur
Pickford to Frisco.
Mary Pickford's motion picture
producing company will permanent
ly locate near San Francisco.
Such is the announcement made
by Alfred Green, director of the
Mary Pickford studios at Los An
geles, '
"The Northern California region Is
unsurpassed," declared ' Mr. Green,
"and I am amazed that Griffith fail
ed to see the supremacy of this re
gion for motion picture production."
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Films Changing
Faces of American
Race, Artist Says
Motion pictures are changing the
faces of American men and women,
This is the belief of Henry Give,
well-known artist, who has just com
pleted portraits of a number of fa-
mous film stars, including Gloria
Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Wallace
Reid, Agnes Ayres and Wanda Haw
ley. ;
"Motion pictures are making the
American face more mobile, more
plastic," said Mr. Give. "Because of
the necessity of interpreting thouehts
and actions entirely by means of
lacial expression, film actors have
developed faces which register emo
tions as quickly as the surface of a
placid lake records the passage of a
summer breeie. This is not only
true of actors and actresses, but its
effect is seen in the faces of millions
of movie fans. Gloria Swanion's
feminine admirers have acquired all
the facial mannerisms which Miss
Swanson shows on the screen, Wal
lace Reid's manner of lif tintr his
eyebrows has set all the young men
of the country to lifting their eye
brows, too.
"For years observers, both here
"and abroad, have declared, that the
typical American face was rather
stern and set. This was true un
til the movies come to be such a
power and influence. It is true no
longer; the American is becoming
s facially expressive as the French
man or the Italian."
Mr. Give, whose paintings have
for a long time decorated the covers
of popular magazines, will give an
exhibition of his portraits of screen
stars in a Fifth avenue gallery next
fall.
Wedding Bella
Two weddings to take place soon,
according to rumor, are those of
waiiace Beery to Aiona Lisa ana
Allen Weyman to Priscilla Bonner.
Mr. Berry has purchased a home in
Hollywood and is expected to take
liis bride there within a couple of
weeks. Mr. Weyman is a rising s
young director of the colony, and
liis marriage to Miss Bonner of the v
Vitagraph company is scheduled ta
take place in June.
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