THK .'BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JANUARY 22. 15122. "Tol'able David' Starring Barthelmess, Heads Movie Programs Griffith Star As Mountaineer oiiKialto Screen 8-M 'Hieni of. Shcba Continue at Sun; Lila Lee and Jack Holt at Strand; Marlon , Daticft at Emprcs. . At last, Richard Barthel meM' production. "Tol'able David" will be shown in Oma ha. The Ilialto theater will feature the - attraction thin week. Proclaimed as one of the .year's greatest photo dramas, "Tol'able David" is paid to tell a beautiful story of mother love and boy love that has its locale in the mountains of Virginia. Gla-f dys Hulette plays opposite young- Barthelmess. The romantic story of "The Queen of Sheba" in its visual ized form will continue for another week at the Sun the ater where, for the past week, Betty Blythe thrilled thou sands of movie fans in her role of Sheba's queen. Jack Holt and Lila Lee co star in an appealing story of stage life. "After the Show" at the' Strand theater this week. Maurice Flynn is fea tured in "The Last Trail," a story. of an outlaw, at the Moon theater this week. Mar ion Davies is the chief attrac tion at the Empress theater throughout this week in an engrossing photoplay, "En chantment." , Tol'able David." ' ITow love and adoration on tlic part of a carefree mountain youth for his big brother lits htm 'from boyhood to manhood in a single day and causes him to scale insurmount able heights in behalf of bis brother is the story which Richard Barthel roess portrays to the public in "Tol 'able David," which opens today at the Riaho theater. The play, replete with thrilling ad ventures staged in the mountains of Virginia, is full also of heart thrills wound around simple family life. A new-born babe who pulls at the very heart strings with the message his entrance ilno the world carries, is among the characters. David's dog, his courageous father, tender mother, pitiful sister-in-law whose life is blighted by the tragedy which "befalls his hero-brother, al carry the same message. The touching love theme which runs through the story, being the fcasis for many a delightful romantic scene, not untouched by comedy at times, furnishes a beautiful back ground. Mr. Barthclniess, who first appears before the public as a star in this play gives a sympathetic and under standing portrayal of the youth "David," which will bring an answer ing heart throb from all who sec him, it is said. "Queen of Sheba." . "Queen of Shcba," which coni inues at the Sun theater this week, lias scored a tremendous sensation, t nd the theater has been packed to the doors daily since the first show ing of this remarkable screen pro duction. The romantic story of the ucen of Sheba and her love affair w ith Kirfg Solomon has been staged on a scale of colossal grandeur and the gorgeousness of the "ancient Orient in its full glory has been re produced with remarkable fidelity. The sensational chariot race scene t lias scored one of the biggest hits' -ver known in tne worm or tne screen, as nothing like it has ever been filmed before. This great scene shows six cnariois, eacu arawn hy four horses racing madly around a great arena, while more than S,000 .people are shown in tne crowds, une "of the chariots breaks down, . the driver is thrown directly in the path of another chariot, and by a remark able escape the prostrate driver emerges uninjured. This incident is said to have really happened at Hollywood while the picture was being taken and although the. injured driver was badly shaken vi, it was little short of a miracle that he was not killed. "After the Show." Isighlv pathetic is the theme of Will-ii-i deMille's new picture produc- he .shown this week at the Strand theater. The story, written by Rita Weiman, deals with' the stage, and lp.ck Holt, Lila Lee and Charles Ogle are the featured players. Eileen, a chorus girl, is the pro-t-rre of Pop, an aged stage door 1 ccper who guards her jealously f;oiii the intrigues in which stage ;;:rls and wealthy bounders largclv iigure, to the disadvantage of the former. When Eileen meets Larry Taylor, who wins her love, Pop is suspicious of the truth of Larry's t-ciitiinents towards his ward. When he finds her slipping out of his life. Pop resorts to a daring expedient which has a dramatic finale. But, -happily, after a period of dark doubt., true love has its innings and all are rendered happy." - . "The Last Trial." . "The Last Trail," which opens to rt; y. at the Moon theater this week "said -to be a story virile in plot, nsationat in "situation and fascinat v in incident a story that "screens 1 .ricctly." In. the sustained mys t .-ry attaching to the work of a soli- ' v-y outlaw it holds an engrossing Merest for the spectator up to the .f'nal climax which is startlingly ef f ctivc in a scene showing the blow i:vj np of a great dam and-the 1 sweeping away of aviirage by the flood. The manner in which this i fiTC" scene gripped the first show- . . RIAL.TO Downtown Programs Sun Betty Blythe in "The Qucc.i oi Mieba. ' Strand Jack Holt and Lila Lee in "After the Show." Ilialto Richard Barthclmcs in "Tol'able David." Moon Maurice Flvnn in "The Last Trail." Empress Marion Davics in "En chantment. Muse Today. "The Last Trail;' tomorrow and Tuesday, I he Break, irg Point;" Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. "The Spenders;'' Satur day, "Footfalls." ing audience was a fine tribute to the picture's director, Kmmett J. Flynn who achieved distinction by his di rection of "A Connecticut Yankee" and "Shame," both special produc tions of a most ambitious character. Maurice Flynn has the leading role of "The Last Trail." and is al.lv see. ended by k'.va Novak as the heroine. Kosemary Ihcby is also in the cast. Muse Program. Deep drama is featured In the cinema programs at the Muse theater this week, beginning today with "The Last Trail," a story of an out law, . starring Maurice (Lefty) Flynn. Bessie Barriscale takes the screen tomorrow and Tuesday in "The Breaking Point," revealing the revels of so-called society a gay Bal Masque and a swimming party wherein shapely nymplrs disport. "The Spenders," a 6tory of the great west, opens Wednesday for a three-days' run at the Muse theater. Claire Adams and Robert McKim have the leading roles. "Footfalls," one of the prominent releases of the season, plays next Saturday at the Muse. . , . - A picture with a vital, pulsating story, with an insight into one of the great factors of the present day is found in "Enchantment," starring Marion Davies, . at the Empress theater this week. ; Miss Davies 'shows us the real modern "flapper," that product of present day civilization. She is spoiled, but she has ideas of her own and knows how to carry them out. Men are much attached to her. They besiege her with invitations to din ners and dances, and her parents de cide she must be "tamed." The story tells how this doctrine was carried out. It's a Paramount. Supporting Miss Davies are For rest Stanley, leading man; Edith Shayne, Tom Lewis, Arthur Rankin and Corinne Baker. At His Own Titles? When Irvin S.Cobb was writing the titles for "Pardon My French,'' starring Vivian Martin," it is said that he laughed himself to sleep every night. Whether he was laugh ing at his own work, that of Miss Martin and her cast, the work of Sidney Olcott, the director, or the plot as evolved by Edward Childs Carpenter, the author, was not dis closed! Anyhow, "Pardon My French," which is her second pro duction, is said to be funny. Miss Martin plays, the part of a maid in the picture, and does it so well that few masculine spectators who" have seen the film on preview haven't gone home and taken a stand against men servants. A but ler may be just as efficient but he's liable to swipe your cigars. Mme. Rosanova Returns Mme. Rose Rosanova, distin guished Russian actress, who -was sent from New York by the Gold wyn company to California to play the mother role in "Hungry Hearts," returned home this week. It will be a happy time for her, as her daughter, whom she has not seen 4or years, has just arrived from China, and Madam's work in "Hun gry Hearts" was highly praised by the studio officials. From Convent to Movies v : - Betty Jewel, newest of ingenues and screen beauties, is the latest D. W, Griffith "find." She is a convent bred ' girl and came directly from her studies to assume a prominent part in "The Orphans of the Storm." the new Griffith classic, original! v named "The Two Orphans. Miss Jewel was termed by -many the "Third Orphan,"- the other two be ing Lillian and Dorothy Gish. : Ince on New Play. - "The .; Brotherhood of Hate," Thomas H. Ince's latest production, was started this week directed by Lambert Hillyer. Frank Keenan, Marguerite de la Motte, Lloyd Hughes and Edward Burns are in the all-star cast. , , : Still Playing Kate Lester had her first stage ex perience in 1890. when she plaved the role of the Countess in "The Two Orphans," in New York. She has supported Richard Mansfield. W. H. Crane, Julia Marlowe and John Drew. The Bee is offering $140 in prizes in its 1922 amateur photographers' contest. Picture Industry Will Celebrate Tenth Birthday The motion picture going to have a birthday party. It will be 10 years eld in March, and for two weeks, beginning March 5, all of the thralcrs throughout the country are going to unite in a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the youngest of the arts. Of ccAirse, motion pictures arc more than 10 'years old. As a matter cf fact, they arc now nearly 20 years old. But as a dramatic entertainment they actually had their artistic birth 10 years ao when Adolph Zukor persuaded Sarah Bernhardt to star in a multiple-reel feature picture, called "Queen Elizabeth." At that time the nulion picture was a fading novelty a toy which was beginning to pall on the public's taste. Adolph Zukor, president of - Fa mous Playcrs-Lasky corporation, had been an exhibitor of pictures; in deed, he owned and operated a chain of theaters in New York city. A man of vision, he saw that the motion picture had great possibilities and that unless something revolutionary in the use cf the new art was intro duced pictures would cease to attract anybody. He begged the men who were then producing pictures to make bigger and better films; they laughed at him, saying that the picture was only an amusing toy and was good enough as it was. ' Pictures Were Dying. But, as an exhibitor, Mr. Zukor knew better. He knew pictures were in danger of dying from their j own mediocrity. Authors and actors alike viewed the film with scorn. In telligent, discriminating people con demned the "chase lictures," the two-reel thrillers, the " custard-pie masterpieces a vulgar, tawdry and dull. And exhibitors were at the mercv ot tne him nianutacturers, who had a monopoly and . refused tc raise the standard of their produc tions. So Mr. Zukor took the "bull by the horns and organized his own com pany. The first picture to be re leased was "Queen Elizabeth," with no less a celebrity than Sarah Bern hardt in the title role. Going to California, Mr. Lasky and his associates made "The Squaw Man," with Dustin Farnum in the stellar role. Many interesting anec dotes are told of the difficulties of financing and refinancing which the young men experienced before the picture finally reached the market to reap a harvest almost undreamed of. The Lasky studio was built around the crude little building where "The Squaw Man" was filmed. The pres ent plant affords more than 25 times as much floor space, covering two city blocks in Hollywood, while the nearby Lasky ranch of 1,200 acres affords a wide variety of scenery for exterior backgrounds. Today, Paramount pictures made in the huge studios of the' company in New York, Los Angeles and Lon don, are distributed through 30 branch offices in the United States, six in Canada, nine in Great Britain, two in France, one in Denmark, one in Belgium, five in Australia, one in New Zealand, one in Mexico, two in Brazil and on contract to every other country in the civilized world. For March S, the opening of the anniversary, Paramount announces da and date release of some of its biggest productions. These include Cecil B. DeMille's "Fool's Paradise," Gloria Swanson in "Her Husband's Trade Mark," Wallace Reid in "The World's Champion," "The Dragon's Claw" and "The Mistress of the World." George FiUmaurice's pro duction, "Forever," adapted from "Peter Ibbetson," will also be avail able at that time. , . ' -Gertrude Olmstead. the Elks' beauty prize winner, who was given a moving picture contract by Carl Laemmle, has just completed . her first leading role. Miss Olmstead supports Herbert Rawlinson in . his current photoplay,-' "The Scrapper." Edith Halior, beautiful Zeigfcld Follies girl, has been engaged to play the feminine lead in "Human Hearts," now being directed by King Baggot at Universal City. The Broadway beauty will complete a notable-cast for this forthcoming pic ture version of the late. Hal ".Reid's well-known -melodrama.- V-It vincludes House Peters, Russell -'. Simpson, George' Hackathorne, Mary Philbin. Snitz Edwards and Gertr.ude Clare. '- ' ? - Poor old Robinson Crusoe has been lured into the movfes at last. Daniel D.e Foe's hero has not as yet been assigned to any star, but Uni versal is willing to consider any stal wart star for this role in a1 forth coming serial, .a- report states, j Margarita' Returns , ' Margarita Fisher, well beloved screen star, whose- absence from the silver sheet has been mourned by her admirers for more than a year past, will shortly be seen again in a new bigttraction, according to a recent announcement. Miss Fisher is the wife of Harry A. Pollard, tlie well known director, who is picturizing "The Leather Pushers." Day of Lone Star . j Is Over, $ays , Well- Known-Producer The day of the star alone in the motion picture business,! accordingly George II. Melford, noted 'producer, who has just finished "Moran of the Lady Lctty," featuring Dorothy Dalton and Rudolph Vanentino. "I don't mean that we won't have stars any more, for we shall al ways have star players," said Mr. Melford. "But I do mean that you can no longer. take a big star and a poor story and make a good or suc cessful picture. "A great picture demands two things, at least a good , story and good acting. We,, have . plenty of good actors, but flwe haven't .always had good stories. '. The demand , for good stories i1 so .great nowadays, however, that the producer who leans on a star alone- is- foredoomed' to failure. The public won't bite. "Closely related to that is ' the fact that the day of the person who thinks he can' dash, off a good mo tion picture story ill three -weeks i also gone. Time-was when an au thor thought nothing-of sitting down and throwing something together and calling it an original story for the movies. "That is no more.. Big five and six- reel stories new call for the dra matic qualities and. skill of a stage play, for the closely woven technic of a good short story, and for the scope and detail of a novel. That is why so many stage plays 'and novels are being made into motion picture plays and so many success ful novelists and dramatists are giving all their time to writing sole ly for the screen." - Word from Rome, Italy, brings the information that J. Gordon Edwards has nearly. finished his elaborate prn duction of the spectacle "Nero." With the excentinn of a rntinlc nf n1avr taken with hjm, Edwards used Ital- ian talent. SECOND AND FINAL Gorgeous Beyond Words - Ask Anyone Who Has Screen Plays By Kennebeck' No sooner had the "Japanese train ing hip Taisi .Maru touched at Los Angeles harbor than id officers and men made a bee-line for Scssuj Hayakawa's studio to express Japan's pride . in- his "achievements. Mr. Hayakawa showed -his. appreciation hy exhibiting to jhe. party some of the mysteries of picture making. ' .' Florence Vidor is-tiow at tits ltvad of her own company and can turn the tables on her director. The reason is that he is her hulaiid the brilliant young King Vidor who has to his credit many successes. , Edith Roberts .'should, worry lie cans Cecil B.- ilc' Millc has prolong ed his stay in Europe. Havi-ig finished with "Pawned" '.at the I.kc studio,: . Miss -. Roberts -is enjoying rest, anil recreation, awaitirtg the re turn of. Mr. de 'lille,: to hom she! is under; contract.' .,'y '". , . - -, For a time ' MarstiallXfilan . has fciven'up I. is studio activities in order to launch "Pcnrod," which he deems his greatest achievement. Wesley Barry, who plays the name role, is to appear in person in several large cities with - the film. As an automobile pilot in "AcrOs., the Continent," a' new forthcoming release, Wallace Reid , will dash' through a big fire built on the road-I way of a transcontinental race, the machine catching fire in the process. Mary MacLaren,- disguised as a mechanician, accompanies him. Laurence - Wheat,, - fresh : from Broadway, is the latest addition to the Hollywood film colony, joining Thomas Mcighan to play a leading role in "The Proxy Daddy," Mcigh an's latest picture "Which has just been started at the Lasky studio un der the direction of Alfred Green. The Chariot Race Six great charioti, each drawn by four hones, plunging mad ly around the arena a crath a mK an axle break a chariot overturn! the "driver thrown to the ground then right? over the driver, and the wreckage of the chariot, four hore and another chariot plunge madly on to victory. yorrost andtPldyers What it promised as Norma Tal mailge'sv biggfst production is now tit 'under way. lt.h a costuine iln.r.ia based on llalac's "Duclus of Langcais." An exceptionally strong cast is sup porting Guv Hmcs Post in his film of Richard Walton Tiillv's play, "The Masiiiirrador." It includes Edward Kimball, Herbert Standing, Lawson Butt, Barbara Tcnnant and Marcia Manson. William V. Mong, who has come forward with rapid strides in the past year because of several great charac ter portrayals, is to be featured in the ikext'-fFrothingham production, "Tilt Man Vho Smiled." Leah Wyant, a recent addition to the Hollywood film colony from New .York, lias been cast for the rote of "Fanny Blaine in William de Mines 'production of "Bought and Paid For," the famous stage play. Miss Wyant was the original "Beauty" in George V. Hobart's stage play, "Ex perience." May Allison has sold her Bever ley Hills home andfis going east for a stage engagement. GRAND 'i'i;.? Today, Tomorrow and Tuesday . JOHN BARRYMORE "THE LOTUS EATER" Continuous Show Beginning at 3 P. M. HAMILTON; Firit Timet at 10 and 20 Cent "The Little Minister" Also 'Winners of the West' and Corned WEEK SHOWS' " . popular star Mkkll thrill m yeargv . I f dm If t . staged in the Mfclfeau " J0HNHY jllHCS.;-, I I ' A CHANCE' : 'P jj . . i l i - wM'f . r- i ill n't i & - i a ' PRICES Including Tax, Matinees (except Sunday) . . . .35c Evening .' . . .......... . . . . . . . . 50c Children .....25c Seen It OTAtivt - cmpkcss He'll Leap Into River, But Not in One-Piece Suit Sarwrl Yitter, who at the age of VS has just made hi debut as a mo tion picture actor,' Mid that lie was willing tu do anything for the screen but that he drew the. line on one piece bathing suit. i "1 fre as young i I ever did," said Mr. Yitter, who is one of the most popular personalities in the slu dio, "but I still like some of Xhf styles that prevailed at the time ft the civil war or was it the war of 1812? better than those thai fashionable right now.' Dix Golf Champion Richard Dix is the proudest actor on the Goldwyn lot. He recently an nexed the president's cup in the Cal ifornia Country club golf tourna ment, winning by a score of 08 for 18 holes. As Mr. Dix has only been flialfo .mphongPJaijer Overture . Xroldo;yerdi Pca-fbcmanccs start at i r ' : . - . . Hfs'Firet Special Production! TOLABLE iW': ,' . DAVID?. gpJ. 1 I .V,ttlYVI - ,.yW.-WIv.T..,--,.v, ini::y.ij:n:r.i:irti(iu PRINTERS-LITHOGRAPHERS OFFICE SUPPLIES LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FARNAM ATI3IT OMAHA playing gulf for six month entrant cpii!prif! prulri well as craclt playrri of he can't be b1uird for d his trophy. In Dorothv; VaUon't next "1'haron of Lt 'all.y." jM used vi ill be ho! with coppc i reason is tint" horfc liod . may strike sp.uks front, flint and set d.nigeroui fiirs nn Crocker-Muffinst! 55Ki(-acr9 near Merced, la!., where cU will be made.- - George Metford's tiexf . product win Me an a'laiMAiiuii ui uir seav lional htory.'"Thp Cat'That Wat.. Alone." by John Colton. . It will started at the LasWy. studio eariy ner month. '. Dorothy . Dalton w ill b featured. .' ." 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