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Till: BEK: OMAHA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY lt. 1922.
Mark Twain and Booth Tarkington Masterpieces Reach Screen
4TThc Yankee" at
Sun; i'ennxT
Opens at Kialto
Conoie Tulmailgc Pla)i t
Strnl in Telly of Follie"
Mix at Moon Cb
iria at Kmprc.
With "Penrod.M "A Con
necticut Yankee in Kin? An
thur'i Court." Corwtanee TmI
madge In Tolly of the Fol
lies" and Tom Mix in "Sky
Hisrh" comprising the high
lighta in cinema art at Oma
ha playhouHes this week, ad
mirers of the silver screen
may expect probably the most
appealing array of pictures
that ever struck Omaha
screens. ,
At least, these attractions
are presaged as the big at
tractions of 1922.
Wesley Barry has the lead
ing role in Tcnrod." a Booth
Tarkington story at the Kialto
theater this week, while Har
ry Myers is practically made
a new screen luminary in "A
Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court," which opens
today at the Sun theater.
"Polly of the Follies," which
plays at the Strand theater,
is said to be a symposium of
unbridled fun, exasperating
ioy and side-splitting comedy.
Tom Mix in "Sky-High," at
the Muse theater is said to hit
the high spots of his thrilling
career in this production. The
story is laid,, in the Grand
Canyon of Arizona.
"Polly of the Follies."
If you want to know the fate of
the thousand or more girls who setk.
fame and footlights in the big citv
go to see "Polly of the ' Follies."
starring Constance Talmadge, which
opens today at the Strand, theater.
The star portrays the role of
Tolly Mearham, country girl of
broad ambitions and little experience,
in her own inmitable style of humor.
One of the unusual features the
picture presents is the training of a
Broadway beauty chorus for the an
nual opening of the Follies; and the
renowned Mr. Flo Ziegfcld has been
drawn upon for this character. Ber
nard Randall, accomplished screen
actor, plays the role of the beauty
connoisseur with gifted ability.
The leading man is'Kenneth Har
lan who tilled a similar role in Miss
Talmadge's previous pictures. George
Fawcett comes in for more promi
nence in his excellent endition of
society leader's husband.
"Sky-High." -
"Sky-High," starring Tom Mix at
the Moon theater this week, shows
Mix as an immigration officer near
the Mexican border, whose business
takes him to the Grand Canyon of
Arizona to break up a gang of
smugglers who are sneaking Chinese
into California. Many feats of dar
ing, including a thrilling ride through
the canyon in an airplane and cul
minating in a drop from the plane into
the Colorado river, are shown in the
picture. .
Mix admirers are now wondering
what Mix will do if somebody writes
a story for him with scenes laid on
the brink of Niagara Falls. Most
of them will bet on Mix and not on
the falls, no" doubt.
Eva Novak, a star in her own right,
plays the eastern girl whose troubles
cause tht" story.
. "The Leather Pushers" is an add
ed attraction at the Moon theater.
, "Penrod."
To thousands of men who are still
young enough to remember the cap
ers .and secret societies of their boy
hood there is a delicious treat corning
in Marshall Neilan's presentation of
"Penrod," at the Rialto theater this
week.
, "Penrod" is the film adaptation of
Booth Tarkington's inimitable boy
hood creations. The picture furnishes
a vivid reminder of boyhood days
with its opening scenes taken in the
headquarters of the American Boys'
Protective association.
This is a secret society of which
Tcnrod is the charter member and
president. It has its headquarters in
a cave dug into the ground and en
larged to provide kneeling room for
the 30 disciples of the freedom of
American boys. The orginzaticm has
"nishiashions," "symbols "gaps" and
the typical black crossed bones of all
secrpt societies and pirates.
Frowned upon by the more -sedate
ciders of the rural city the American
Boys' Protective association under-
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Downtown Programs
Sun "A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur'i Court."
Strand ConsUnec Tatnudgc in
"Polly of the Follies."
Rialto-'Tcnrod:'
Moon Tom Mis in "Sky
High."
Empress-Today until Thurs.
day. "Cabiria;" latter half of
week. I'.lainc Ilammcrstcin in
"Handculfs or Kisses."
Muse Today, tomorrow and
Tuesday, "Too Wise Wives;"
Wednesday and Thursday, "East
I.ynne;" Friday and Saturday,
"White and Unmarried."'
Did Wm. D.Taylor
Have "Filmphobia"
When Murdered?
goes one of the queer twists of plot
that makes the elders thankful for
its existence.
Freckles Barry has the title rot",
having been selected for it as the
ideal Penrod after numerous consgl
tations between Booth Tarkington
and Mr. Ncilan.
"A Connecticut Yankee."
"Mark Twain's masterpiece. "A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court." has been made into a motion
picture on a scale worthy of the sub
ject.' Issued as a special production,
it will open an engagement at the
Sun theater today.
Known to the multitude of Mark
Twain lovers as "The Yankee," this
story is regarded not only as a great
classic of American humor, but also
as a forceful satire directed against
those who sigh for the "good old
times." Mark Twain set out to show
that the wortd we live in is the best
of all possible worlds, and the time
we live in is the best of all possible
times.
This he did by taking a typical
young American, bright as a new
penny- filled with smart, up-to-t!ate
ideas, and setting him down in a
medieval court, where he. could judge
for himself whether the knights of
old were more courageous than the
men of today, and whether life as a
whole was more comfortable then
than now.
The Yankee is played by Harry C.
Myers, a well-known light, comedian.
. "Cabiria."
"Cabiria," which opens today at
the Empress theater for four days,
presents in impressive manner the
story of the last Punic war. Rome
and Carthage, gripped in mortal
struggle, hold the center of the
background as Gabriclc d'Annunzio's
absorbing story unfolds itself on the
screen. The spectacular thrills, from
the burning of the fleet to the de
struction of the doomed city, are
abundant: but they fill in the atmos
phere. Of greater importance is the
tender love story of Cabiria and
Maciste that the poet" soldier has
woven into a real e;vc of the screen.
A story that abounds with - ro
mance, action and human interest is
promised in "Handcuffs or Kisses,"
which will star Elaine Hammerstein
at the Empress theater for three days
beginning Thursday.
The story tells of the hardships
endured by a young girl while "do
ing time" in' a largo, reformatory.
"East Lynne" at Muse.
Hugo Ballin's modern film version
of "East Lynne," that famous melo
drama, will take the screen at. the
Muse theater next Wednesday and
Thursday. It depicts a slice of life,
dramatically mingling happiness and
tragedy. Mabel Ballin has the lead
ing role. . x '
In conjunction with the presenta
tion of "Too Wise Wives" at the
Muse theater today, tomorrow and
Tuesday, the theater management an
nounces the showing of "With Stan
ley in Africa," an adventurous story
based on historical facts. "Too Wise
Wives" is a tale of two wives who
thought they knew things that they
didn't a story of two husbands who
didn't know things that they should
Thomas Meighan is the attraction
at the Muse next Friday and Satur
day in "White and Unmarried," a
story of a Yankee in gay Parec.
BOYD
SENTER
SAXOPHONE KING
MR. BOYD SENTER W
signed a contract to play
dance muiic at the Enprtu
Rustic Garden for the bal
ance of the season, at the
highest salary erer paid a
musician for this kind of
work in Omaha.
New Musical Norelties Each
Week
Eycry Eycning DANCING vcry Yep'ng
Empress Rustic Garden
One of the last interview that
William UeMiiond Taylor, noted di
rector, permitted his press agent to
send broadcast for publication dealt
on a "disea-c" called "Filmphobia."
Taylor stated that it possesses
dangerous possibilities which might
easily wreck the future artistry of a
director.
"Filmphobia." said .Mr. Taylor,
comes on you after you have been
directing pictures for a year or more.
Its manifestations arc that you gage
ci'.rt'l hinrr hi film ht ail f lurrlii Vltlt
lose your pleasure in other forms of
art for their own sake. A picture
director suffering front 'lilinphobla.'
and t speak from experience, read
a novel and sees in it only screen
Mtuaiions and iniccs the literary
values. He sees a beautiful sunwt
and immediately f'cls for the 'blue
glass' which would translate those
lambent color into the grays, whites
and black of the motion picture. The
motion picture is a hard taskmaster.
It i very apt to engross you to the
exclusion of all other interests.
When this happen you're suffering
from 'filmphobia' and need a change
of scenery.
"To cure himself of actual or in
cipient 'filmphobia' and to renew Ins
contact with the "Other allied art,
savs the man who recentlv completed
"The Green Temptation." a Betty
Compson picture, "Every active mo
tion picture director should have at
least three months away from the
tudio every year. And more and
more they are doing it. Cecil It.
I Je M ills i now in Furope; D, W.
("rimtlt takes appreciable time be
tween each effort."
Powr Iiotlolpli.
Rodolph Valentino became an actor
because a wealthy I-ong- Inlander,
who promised to hire him as a land
scape gardener, decided not to put
in a golf course. If the contrary had
been the case Valentino would prob
ably be planting pansies now.
Two stars who will appear in a
new orbit are tiarcth Hughes and
Bessie Love. They are to be fea
tured in a series of special produc
tions by Louis Burston. 1
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Wire
From Filmland
William DcMille has completed
"Bought and Paid For."
Ince has bought "The Indian
Drum," an Edwin Balmcr tory.
Sennet has retitled Ben Turpin's
comedy originally known as "Rob
in's Nest," to "Step Lively."
Kmmett Flynn lias made tests cf
more than 20 trying to find a woman
lead for ' "A Fool There Was."
Lewis Stone will play the male lead.
The Katherinc MacDonald sub
ject now completed has been t it Toe"
"The Heart Dealer." The cast in
eludes Charles (irrrard, Nigel
llarie, Charles 1'l.iry, Moiut Kings
ley and Ethel Key.
Production has been Mailed on
"Val cf Paradise." under the direc
tion of Joeph llenaberry. co-starring
Jack Holt and Hebe Daniels.
Tcn more days will be required
tn complete the filming of "The
Mas(jurrader," by Richard Walton
Tully, under the direction of James
Young.
Eddie Cline lias linUhcd directing
Buster Kcatou in "Relations." The
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picture has no ingenue'. The cast s
Kate Price. Monty f'tslliiis and
Whcrzcr Dill, a star Pacific Oihi
league pitcher.
Jerome Storm is making the bit
scenes for "The Laud of l.ruinnitiff
Again." The complete iast is
John Gilbert, liarhara lledfurd, 1'ar
bar,! l.aMarr, Rubert Kortman,
llershal Mayull and William A.
OrlruriMid.
Paul Powell h.is been
to direct "The Ordeal,"
Agnes Ayrvs, from W.
Mi-ughau's iuigiii.il story,
by Hculah Marie Dix.
assigned
starring
Somerset
adapted
MERES HER BIOGEST PICTURE
A Thousand Laughs spiced with, love and tears
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Broadway Belles
Vamps andVillians
Sta Struck. Girls
Home made Fill-urns
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