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"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
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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.
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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
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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
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