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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1922)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. JANUARY 1, 1922. Maude Adams' Famous Characterization of "Babbie" on Screen "Little Minister" Plays at Strand; Tom Mix at Moon 6 M Jackie Coogan at Rialto i" "My Boy jH Lou Chanfy At Sun in "The Night Rose." The field of cinema art in Omaha this week is replete with appealing stars, human interest plots and action that would thrill a cynic. Even Babbie is with us! For she takes the screen at the Strand theater in a pic turlzation of "The Little Minister" that Maude Adam immortalized on the stage. Bettv Compson is the star. "The Night Rose," featured play at the Sun theater, offers an exceptional study in char acter work, with Lon Chaney and Leatrice Joy in leading roles. It is an underworld story, deep with human in- rerenf nnrl nputhincr with hpo.ii. tiful settings. 'Jackie Coogan, juvenile herd- of movieland, promises his greatest picture to Omaha movie fans in the presenta tion of "My Boy" at the Rialto theater this week. Pathos predominates. Tom Mix takes the screen at the Moon theater this week in "Trailin"', an outdoor story woven about a pet horse. ) "Little Minister." For rare beauty of background few pictures that have been screened this season can equal the picture version of Sir J. M. Barrie's "The Little Minister," which Penryhn Stanlaws, the artist-director, produced with Petty Compson in the role of "Lady Pabbie," made famous on the stage by Maude Adams. The picture, which will be shown at the Strand theater this week, gives many views of the picturesque vil lage of "Thrums," (Kirriemuir, Scot land) Barrie's birthplace, in contrast with the famous .Rintoul Castle, built after the style of the old Normar castles, with high ceilings, stone mul lioned and leaded glass windows, high arches and ' huge stone stair ways. In the village the homes of the poor weavers are shown as well as the town hall and kirk. The look out scenes,, taken on top of Mount Hollywood, also present delightful silhouette studies. The story deals with the daughter of a Scottish Lord Rintoul, who plays the part of a, gipsy girl and whose incognito is revealed only after a series of thrilling events take place. George Hackathorne is the leading man and heads a large and capable supporting company.. &rWftoyM Paalitwltvclevicfc , Jackie Coqfatt., " , " istranc? S- I . rf :;Jzl..j.u.jjLJ NEMPRESff .MU5E-. r'.altp , p " r moon xZIZonCftsney sun i Downtown Programs ' Sun Lon Chaney in '"The Night Rose." Strand Hetty Compson in "The Little Minister." Rialto Jackie Coogan in "My Bov." Moon Tom Mix. in "Trailin'." Empress Today until Thursday, "Experience;" latter half of week, May McAvoy in "A Virginia Court ship." . Muse Today, "The Night Rose;" tomorrow and Tuesday, "Up the Road With Sally;" Wednesday and Thursday, "What's a Wife Worth?" Friday and Saturday "A Slave of Vanity.",. Suburban Programs Mix at Moon. Tom Mix' is to play this week ai the Moon theater in "Trailin'." The story involves a deep mystery affecting several lives, and is based on Max Brand's novel of the same name. , Mix, is first discovered in a drawing room 1 with his wealthy father, and those who never have seen the western 'star in a Tuxedo will be curious to see him in this pic ture. Later he goes to the west and is mistaken for an . ordinary tender foot, but the folks out there soon discover their mistake. Mix shows them a few things about horseman ship anck fighting. " - i There is" plenty of gunplay, pretty horsemanship and snappy action in "Trailin',", to say nothing of a love romance in which the beautiful Eva Novak figures. .Mix is credited with another win ner in this new vehicle. " " . Coogan at Rialto. "My Boy," which is scheduled to star a week's day run at the Rialto theater is said to be one of the most fascinating stories ever shown on the screen. ' . ' ' sThc star of the production is Jackie Coogan, v made famous through his work with Charles Chaplin in "The Kid" and as a star in his own right in "Peck's Bad Boy." Pathos and humor have been skilfully blended by the director into a - production that grips the heart and compels one to return to the theater to see the picture Sain- . ! . . . As an orphan who has arrived m New York, friendless and homeless, Jackie makes an appealing figure. The story, written especially for him. furnishes this little star with a part that fits him to perfection and al lows him full" sway to demonstrate that be- possesses exceptional his tronic abilitv. , . "Night Rose." . - i r 'i . i ine igni Kose, a mciourania from the pen of the famous novelist, j.eroy Scott, will be shown at the JHun theater this week. In this picture the power of a Hamilton. , - Today Buck Jones in ."The One Man Trail." Tomorrow and Tuesday Con stance Talmadge in "Lessons in Love." ' Wednesday Will Rogers in "An Unwilling Hero." Thursday Kathryn MacDonaH in "Passion's Playground." Friday Feature and "Miracles of the Jupgle," No. 1. Saturday Edna Walker and John nie Murphy in "Play Square." leader of the underworld is seen to reach into the very halls of justice. Political heroes are the pawns of the mighty character who controls them through fear and through a. secret organization of cutthroats and rob bers. However, the leader of this gang is undone by a woman, a fact that has often occurred in reality. ' Lon Chaney, who will be remem bered for his remarkable character ization of a legless thupr in the Gold wyn production of "The Penalty," has the leading part in "The Night Rose." , Barthelmess Stars. "Experience," which open today for four days at the Empress thea ter, is a symbolical picture, but its dramatic interest is in no wise les sened thereby. The story deals with Youth, who goes to the city to make his fortune, but who falls under the sway of Beauty, Pleasure, Wealth and Temptation. When he finally meets Crime, Vice and Habit, he is saved by Love and Hope in a drama tic manner. When he rejoins Love, his happiness is complete and Ambi tion returns to Iiim., Richard Barthelmess has the lead ing role. May McAvoy, who . will be seen at the Empress next " Thursday in "A Virginia . Courtship," is shown in the earlier scenes of the" picture as a barefoot little- hoyden, a sort of little white Topsy, who ) keeps the whole plantation in an uproar and drives her guardians to distraction because she will not develop the dignity proper for a southern belle. ' Connie Talmadge at Muse. "Up the Road with Sallie." which plays at 'the Muse theater tomorrow and Tuesday, offers Constance Tal madge, a capricious and vivacious type of character. She plays the role of a light-hearted young girl who meets with several spicy adventures in life that provides humorous situa tions. Lon Chaney takes the screen at the ' Muse today in "The Night Rose," a story of the underworld. Would a woman give a baby to save " another woman's life? This is one of the vital questions dealing with life that is answered in "What's A Wife Worth?"' which plays Wed nesday and Thursday at the Muse. Casson Ferguson and Ruth Renick have the leading roles. . 1 . Pauline Frederick is the attraction at th.e Muse next Friday and Satur day in "A Slave of Vanity," a story of a woman who could not marry honorably and retain her fortune. HAMILTON 40ta and Hamilton Today 3.00, 4:30, S:00, 7:30, S:00 Buck Janes in "ONE MAN TRAIL" Abo "Winners of the Weil" ana' Coma4y uslbr Theater Apollo Theater 17tk and Vinton Streets 29th ana Leavenworth St. FOUR DAYS STARTING TODAY "A Child for Sale" Age, four years y parentage, legitimate; health, excellent; disposition, charming; rea on for tale, high lost of airing. A strong story with an everlasting im pression and great human appeal, featuring CREIGHTON HALE, GLADYS LESLIE, DOS3Y CONNELLY and JULIA SWAYNE GORDON. Sunday and Monday Continuous Show Starting 2:00P.M. j Avoid Vulgarity . ' In Scenarios, Says Noted Writer Here are a few simple rules in scenario writing as expressed by a noted writer in "Photodramatist," a guild for scenarists. Avoid the type of story in which that which you really mean as sug gestive and vulgar is studiously con tradicted by clever titles. This de vice does not fool the public any more and life of that kind is not worth repeating through the medium of any art. N Some vaudeville artists (?) are so insecure in their position that they, have to resort to smutty jokes to win the laugh that keeps the player em ployed. Avoid that type of story. If you can't come with clean hands from the creation of. a plot, don't write it. Think nf t? effect it will ave, 'if produced, on the minds of the young or the men utid women of immature minds. In telling astory be sure that the revelations you make of the "seamy side" of life are justified, necessary episodes, not merely dragged in to appeal to the morbid-minded. Since virtue must triumph over vice, and good must crush evil, it is needful, of course, that both phases of life be revealed. It-is in the manner of the revealment that the artist is proven. ' Putting "Ha" in Hottentot. The Hottentots, according to a news report, are so fond of Charlie Chaplin they give him a place among their taiany gods. " ; Charlie can make 'em laugh in any language, in any . climate, . in any clothes, in no time. ... I Blondes Will Get "The Air" Soon Look 'Em Over and "Weep, for Comes Now . an Anthropologist Who Says Towheads Will Vanish. - - Look era over and weep, for in two generations there will be no more beautiful blondes' like Pearl White and Eileen Percy, according to Dr. Austin O'Malley, noted an thropologist of Philadelphia. Which declaration causes Shirley Mason to chuckle and cast a triumphant eye at all the blondes who have been her screen rivals. So, madam, 'forgive your husband for casting his lingering eye on Miss White and Miss Percy when you go with him to the movies. His in terest may be sentimental, but more than likely he'll tell you it is purely scientific and get away with it. For the blonde is' vanishing, ac cording to! Dr. O'Malley. In two generations, he says, we in the United States will see no blondes ex cept the imported or the drug store variety. He fixes - the deadline where blondes will exist at the 45th paral lel of latitude. This traverses the United States approximately from Bangor, Me., through St. Paul, Minn., to Portland, Ore. "Blondes " cannot survive below the 45th parallel," says the scientist; and even in Minnesota they will have a hard time of if. This, of course, means that the American race will soon be all dark almost Mediterranean. "It's a sad blow for the motion picture stars of blonde persuasion," says the doctor, "for all great hero ines of history , have been blondes. But the brunette is to have her day, and in two generations, when we come to speak of the American type of beauty, we shall refer to the brunette." "Isn't it intere'sting?" says Miss Mason, and Estelle Taylor shakes her. brunette curls as she replies. "Interesting? Oh, very." . Revelation Fred Myton, a scenarist, has inter esting tales to tell of picture mak ing in. New York. In one of his scripts he wrote some scenes to be made in the Grand Central station. "Oh," they told him, "we can't make scenes in the Grand Central I" And then they told him why. .. It seems that a film company went down there and took scenes of peo ple their actors and others alight ing from a train. Among the unpaid "atmosphere" was a man with a woman vtho was not his wife. But wifey saw the picture, recog nized hubby and the strange woman and entered suit for divorce. Irate hubby sued the film company . and recovered! the railroad had a lot of annoyance in the matter. Ergo, no pictures in railroad stations! Top Many Cheap Guys in Movies; . Absorb All This ' The expense to which motion pic ture producers often go to obtain a few feet of film- required for a par ticular effect is not realized by the general public. Recently at a film studio in New York city a cabaret scene was built that in itself cost several thousand dollars. Ti.. onn ........ t .'J t M I . t Desiae a,.iun jazz orcnesira ana sev eral dancers and singers. It took three.,days to shoot the scene with all of" the extras on the job. When jt was over the director said . that, probably not more than a couple of hundred feet would be used. A'couple Of hundred feet will pass on the screen in less than three minutes.- : Incidenjally Pearl White, the star, wore a 'jjown in the scene which she bought in Paris at something like $2,000. . . Order Duck Suits Now ' Rockcliffe Fellowes, the "caveman cavalier' of the films, who has gone to Miami, Fla., ' to play opposite Corinne Griffith in "Island Wives" for Vitagraph has telegraphed a Broadway firm to ship him another half dozen suits of white duck. "Rocky" explains that he went south to make a motion picture, but some of the chocolate-hued natives appear to be under the impression that he came down there to be a real millionaire - yachtsman and a . dis penser of superfluous white suits. The master ehotodrama, when it comes, will not attempt to prove any thing. It will be its own proof. L 1 "lUf .'r"IFl'3j 't-"'"' f Babbie is on the screen at last. 1 1 l s " uT"l Fr" -' yil" " Mf '. V : What a character what a girl! "the most . fUj j jw ij ir HP' a rail tempestuous petticoat that ever swung!" 4' f Mmlaf The little witch beguiles everyone. ' The hand- wKji aii5w ijjffijjra jittl ' 8om young minister comes to rebuke and stays . jpfj JtylilL Miss Compson never had. a better role than that 7 i i8 "S 1 i"l'Sj? rHFr!M j ' '' f'.'ViJX ' '-f of the girl who pretended fo be a gypsy and "t f& Jfyj iw turned a whole town upside down. ' Jf & GPft5S5 WL Bring all the family Slari the ' -jfp JI1 " - V Nop Yar M a picture that is ' , jMlM wMf ffTlr"" Y I T"lf I so wholesome ana enjoyable you Wj".' j'lffjp ill lf TOTIf Toonerriiie, Comedy, Strand Orchestra Cf HJEtill "The Skipper Has h. s,,,, Diwtor g PS3vTy.j!JfaT'j5 Kgv:i j Playing at aa Overture a?g im g i . U'TMnff r.,v ' HuFlmg "Memoric of ScoUand" 33 I ' itStrf? R- 'fftlW:Ji - ' i I -Jul a lot of fan and nonaenae. Haupt on the Organ 'jtJi vMi t is I M i j i-ililli LI yi I K 1 kit i u iJiS" Cinema1 Infidels. , . Meet the cinema infidel. Katheriue MacDonald has just fuir ished a picture called "The Infidel" and she believes there are many "in fidels" identified witb the motion picture industry. She doesn't mean the type of in fidels who refuse to credit the world with a Supreme Being,, but "un believers" in general. Here are some whom she classifies as "cinema infidels:" The fan who thinks all daring stunts are faked. The theatergoer who believes every star has a double to do all hazardous acting. The movie enthusiast who doesn't believe screen stars are as lu-autifui as they appear on the silver sheet. The cynic who doesn't believe the produceds are making bcttcjr and there is a trood man or woman the, film industry. .; i lie sman town aressiuaKcr wi says all expensive gowis of tnc film arc simply niakcshms. Julius Caesar was tie . first rulet to style himself an emperor. V ith Jackie! 7 5ie lad is inclesoriLaHe ' To ,w, him is to love rrimhatk all; ills lovable vav reach dovnmyour iL X. i j u 1 t j ' ci u ucti. tuiu. ua ttg up a. ouu Limes. Casncudss Clauclc Dillinvatcr. 1 ChieP Silva'tonue Singing 5 Oliver Ihreads i Aiticrn the Gold JOHNNY HINES man. CdttcaftonjzL Comedy Torchy-Q Frame-up Scenic DcLuxe faxdoftAcSAy 'Blue Water Rialto Symphony Ochesba 'Jiarnt'SracCar: 'Tlir ilwrJuyo 'LaGazzaLadra'tKossini J duiiu3 I. John.soiX', i Yoo Hoo17 I 16th and Binney GRAND TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY A one-reel feature film deal ing with the interesting and instructive side nf eilectricitv. Of interest to everyone. Also Showing Sunday ETKEL CLAYTON fn . "The Price of Possession" MONDAY AND TUESDAY Afnea Ayrea, Jack Holt, Wanda Hawley 'HELD BY"Ti?E ENEMYn