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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1022.
Mae Murray Portrays Fashion,Revel and Love in "Peacock Alley"
"Why Girls Leave
Home' at Sun;
Desmond at Moon
"Situnhy Mpht," Cml De
Mille Play, Cuntluufi at
Strutid Hrrt L)lrll at
l!ntrr.
Another atory of the night
life of Paris and New York
that bespeaks gorgeous set
tings, queer character,
scarlet atmosphere and the
bewildering glamor of stage
life Is told in "Peacock
Alley," starring Mae Mur
ray .t the Rialto theater this
week. The picture went over
liig on the west coast and on
Broadway.
A novel picture that re
veals present day shortcom-
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Girls Leave Home," which
takes the screen at the Sun
theater this week. Anna Q.
Nillson has the leading role.
"Saturday Night," which
continues at the Strand the
ater this week, is marked
with demonstrations of fash
ion, revel and love with silk
lingerie playing a prominent
part. Leatrice Joy and Con
rad Nagel have the leading
roles.
William Desmond is the
attraction the first three
days of this week at the
Moon theater in "Fightin'
Mad," a western drama.
Peacock Alley."
Paris with its roads to ruin.
The man a young chap from In
diana with midwestern ideals, a girl
back home and a contract to close
in Paris for his firm.
The girl Clco of Paris, particular
of its cafes a gay little nobody who
had made of htrself a very celebrat
ed somebody.
Put them all together and they
spell a shining story of true love,
outlined on new gold against the
vcrmillion velvet background of
Parisian and New York night life
in "Peacock Alley," which opens to
day at the Rialto theater.
The story pictures the romance of
a famed Parisian dancer who falls
in love with a small town American
youth and then finds that his home
folks will not accept her because
she has been a dancer. The couple
gi to New York, but troubles come
thick and fast upon the two who,
for a while, find life a very drab
affair.
As the dancer in this colorful pro
duction, Mae Murray scored with
the finest bit of characterization she
has ever done. She is supported by
a notable cast headed by Monte
Blue as the youthful husband and
this screen favorite brings to the
part all that genius for which he is
noted.
"Why Girls Leave Home."
Statistics show that 65,000 girls
disappeared last year. Why?
Contrasting the lives of two souls
dragged out of the pit dug by their
parents, "Why Girls Leave Home,"
which opens today at the Sun thea
ter, reveals a startling story-of pres
ent day problems that strike home to
many parents throughout the land.
Anna Q. Nillson has the leading
role.
The story deals wit,h every home
in general but for the sake of clarity
presents two specific instances. One,
the home of a rich merchant who
indulges his daughter's every whim.
The other, the home . of . the rich
man's employe, who represses in his
daughter every youthful instincts The
result is that both girls leave home
and attempt to fight the battles of
life alone. Later their paths cross
and together they work out their own
destiny in a manner which is at one
time of compelling interest and at the
same time true to life.
"Saturday Night"
Revealing a society marital mix-up
of exceptional interest, Cecil B. de
Mille's latest Paramount picture pro
duction, "Saturday Night," continues
this week at the Strand theater. The
theme, which proves that men and
women who marry outside their own
environment, frequently find time to
ablv Dresentcd.
The leading players, including Le
atrice Joy, Conrad Nagel, Kdith Roll.
ert and Jack Mower, vet their por
trayals with artistry seldom seen in
the movies. MiM Joy and Mr. Nagtl
are society folks, while Miss Roberts
and Mr. Mower are of a lower social
class. Cupid gets busy with all of
them and the result is a mix-tip
through matrimony that would baffle
any other producer than Mr. De Mille
to straighten out, Cut he does it with
his accustomed grace. The photo
play is said to be tilled with stirring
and beautiful scenes, all of which
will please picture fans.
"Fightin Mad."
There is a wealth of romance and
advenutre, with daring feats of
horsemanship and perilous escapades
portrayed in "Fightin' Mad," featur"
ing William, Desmond at the Moon
the first three days of this week.
The youthful hero gains the
friendship of his vomrades of the
border patrol by his expert use of
his fists and then proves that he is
just as good a rider and fighter
when they set out to rescue his
sweetheart who has been captured
by bandits.
"The Roof Tree," said to be an
exciting story of the Kentucky hills,
will bring William Russell to the
Moon theater for four days, begin
ning Wednesday. It tells a strik
ing story of a young Virginian who
falls in love with a Kentucky girl,
after a murder in his home town has
forced him to flee to Kentucky to
escape the wrath of the slain man's
family.
"The Great Moment"
A story of romatic quality, with
that continental flavor which has
been imparted to most of her stories
by Mme. Elinor Glyn, is included in
"The Great Moment," featuring
Gloria Swanson at the Empress
theater this week.
Monte M. Katterjohn, working
side by side with the author, pre
pared the screen version of the story
which opens at an orgy in St. Peters
burg when a British aristocrat is
captivated by and marries a woman
from the plains of Tartary a Gypsy.
The latter leaves him a daughter,
Nadine, and in this role Miss Swan-
Tou Art Cordially Invited to Her
FLORENCE KINNARD
(Lyrle Soprano)
At U Schmoller & Mueller
Recital Hall
February 18 at 8:15 P. M.
1614-16-18 Dodga St.
GRAND 'ScuJt
TODAY
Tomorrow and Tuesday
"THE SHIEK"
Continuous Show, Bef inninf at 3 P. M.
HAMILTON
40th
and
Hamilton
TODAY and MONDAY
ELMO K. LINCOLN
in "Tha Romance of Tarzan"
"WINNERS OF HAROLD LLOYD
THE WEST" COMEDY
Vaudeville & Pictures
M Two shows.
in one.
ALL SHOWS RUNNING IN ROTATION
11:30 Continuous 11 P. M.
Vaudeville 1:30 8:309 P. M. Photoplay 12 2:30 5 7:3010 P. M.
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Gloria Swanson
in
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'The GREAT4
MOMENT
CtgwunounigHdure
TiHE girl, a wild fypiy tone fat her heart,
had wasted her youth in sheltered lu
tjry. The man. blazinjr civilization's path
through the wilds, cared nothing for woman
or love until you'll want to sea the great
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Cast Includes
MILTON SILLS
Prices: Matinee 25c, 35c; Night 30c, 40c; Boxes, 50c
sou has one of the greatest of her
screen career.
The tempestuous nature of her
mother is transmitted to the child;
the longing for the nomadic life is
an inborn passion and she takes the
Knight Bayard of history, "without
fear and without reproach," as her
ideal. A love story follows a vivid,
colorful, perfevid romance, the story
shifting across oceans and con
continents to America and the wilds
of Nevada. Later the scene of the
story is taken tip in Washington
and the strict official life of the
capital. Finally, the lovers find
happiness in the Navada hills tast
ing of heaven and becoming the
equals of the gods.
Nazimova at Muse.
"CamiHe," which features Nazi
mova at the Muse theater today, to
morrow and Tuesday, tells a story
of Armand Duval, the young Pari
sian law student, who loves Mar
guerite Gauticr, called Camille, a no
torious Parisian woman. Together
they leave the city and decide to live
for each other, he sacrificing his ca
reer and she abandoning her mode
of life. The climax comes with Ca
mille's leaving Armand so that he
might continue his career, and her
death in neglect and poverty.
"Partners of the Tide," a deep
rooted story of the sea, features
Jack Perrin at tht Muse theater
next Wednesday and Thursday. The
picture shows same remarkable
thrills.
Claire Adams and Robert McKim
have the leading roles in "The Mys
terious Rider," which plays at the
Muse theater next Friday and Sat
urday. The picture tells a love ad
venture story centered about the
foster daughter of an Arizona
rancher.
Freckles Barry has enough freckles
to provide atmosphere for a cubist
drawing with a sorrel top to repre
sent "Sunset" Seven thousand two
hundred sixty-three freckles. Count
'em yourself 1
The "Movie" Hope Chest
Ambition of Young Ladies to Be Happily Married
Gone to "Dogs," Says Casting Director Aspira
tion of Flappers 'Is to Become Movie Queens.
In the golden era when mother
was a girl it was the custom and am
bition of all right-minded young la
dies to be happily married. With
that goal ever in mind, they created
what was known as a "hope chest,"
and into it went, when time and
money afforded, those delicate little
lacy nothings so dear to a woman's
heart.
But in this age of flappers, bobbed
hair, short skirts and jazz the aspi
ration of all young ladies is to be
come moving picture queens. Mar
riage seems to be of secondary im
portance, a sort of necessary evil to
the modern girl. She no longer pre
pares hope chests, but has given that
task to others. Gcorgeadeily speak
ing, she has "passed the buck," the
recipient of this so-called "buck" be
ing the motion picture studios.
In the casting offices of these fa
mous film factories one will find
huge filing cabinets, the hope chests
of today, filled with photographs of
present and would-be screen hero
ines. In the days when weddings were
in vogue and marriages enduring,
happy fiances divided their secret
cedar chests into compartments, each
sweetly-scented section reserved for
a certain intimate little something.
This is true of the chest of 1922, only
these intimate little somethings are
photographs. They are intimate be
cause the advertisements have told
us that a photograph is the only gift
one cannot buy. However, these re
productions are of such an artistic
caliber as to snare and inveigle the
eagle eye of the casting director and
arouse within his breast a desire to
see a little more of the alluring bit
of femininity.
Scattered throughout the Fodunks.
the Yonkers and the main streets of
our lands are anxiously waiting the
living copies of these photographs.
Kach day they are breathlessly hop
ing the letter, telegram or 'phone
call will arrive summoning her, him
or it to that mysterious, enchanting,
motion picture studio. The flicker
ing film is like the light of a candle
and ambitious moths are lured by its
brightness. Some are burned and
fall by the wayside, but many reach
their coveted place in the sun.
When a story is ready for filming
at the studios the script is given to
the casting director. The characters
are minutely described in the scen
ario and it is his duty to find the
players for the various roles.
He turns to his files, the hope
chest, for he hopes to find the physi
cal counterpart in his records, and
searches for the face and figure to
correspond to the brown-haired,
brown-eyed, superbly-formed heroine
of the scenario. In all probabilities
there are a score of unknown but
ambitious Talmadges listed under
this general classification. But it is
up to the casting directors to pick
the right one. Most likely he is per
sonally acquainted with several.
These may be summoned, but the
unknown has an equal chance, and
particularly so with the present de
mand for new faces on the screen.
These brown-eyed dreams are sum
moned to the casting office. Here
they are interviewed by the author
of the story and the director. Tests
are made and to the successful one
a contract is given. If not, the
search is continued elsewhere, and
that's why casting directors are gen
erally bald-headed.
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TODAY-'TOMORHOW- - TUESDA Y
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MORAN
in a comedy
of the. suburbs
STRAP-HANGER.
DANCE DU VENTRE
ColoreoC Novelty
showing Original,
Shimmy Shakers
of Soiffli Africa.
COMING WED, 3 DAYS ONLY
WILLIAM RUSSELL
in a story of
Virginia i7louniain feuds
"THE ROOF TREE"
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WILLIAM DESMOND
ROSEMARY THEBY
JOSEPH DOWL1NG
Has more thrills than a
centipede has bareieet.
(X pkotoplay anyone
wclluJss regardless
cf the type ofpictur
they prefer
Famous Funny Fads
of
Film Folk
Norma Talmarfge amassed so
many votes in the recent popularity
contests that Postmaster General
Will Hays had to put on extra car
riers. Constance is the heavvweight of
the Talmadge family. The star of
"Polly of the Follies" measures five
feet five and weighs exactly 120
pounds.
Mack Scnnett has been such a suc
cessful hypnotist director of Mabel
Downtown Programs
Strand "Saturday Night."
Sun "Why Girls Leave Home."
Rialto Mac Murray in "Pea
cock Alley."
Moon Today until Wednes
day, "Fightin' Mad;" second half
of week, "The Roof Tree."
Empress Gloria Swanson in
"The Great Moment."
Muse Today,, tomorrow and
Tuesday, Nazimova in "Camille;"
Wednesday and Thursday, "Part
ners of the Tide:" Friday and
Saturday, "The Mysterious Rider."
Norma nd that lie could name hit own
salary for a turn in vaudeville. In
stead he called "O Mabel" to do
"Molly O."
If Mabel Nnrnund could wear all
the clothes and gowns that have been
namrd after her famous character,
"Molly O." she wouldn't have to gc
near her costumer's again for a year.
an-aiaannaast
Anita Stewart promised to deliver
a film on contract time and then
called it "A Question of Honor."
Keeping promises is a virtue with
the dainty star.
Suburban Programs
GRAND
Today, Tomorrow and Tuesday
"The Shick."
Wednesday Marie Trevost in
"Don't Get Personal."
Thursday and Friday "Danger
ous Curve Ahead."
Saturday Madge Kennedy in
"The Girl With the Jazz Heart."
HAMILTON.
Today and Tomorrow "The
Romance of Tarzan."
Tuesday "It's a Great Life."
Wednesday Frank Mayo in
"The Shark Master."
Thursday Bryant Washburn in
"The, Road to London."
Saturday Tom Moore in "Hold
Your Horses."
Chaplin'i Next.
Charlie Chaplin's next picture mav
be "lite Three Profiteers." And it
may not.
When aked the eliaracter of his
new piece Mr. Chaplin hesitated. He
did not want to misrepresent his mer
chandise. "It is intended he said, "ta he a
comedy."
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