Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-27
"MovIEs" ACTRESS HERE.
selis Character Woman Member

"henpeeked Henry" Company.
One of the best known character wo-
men in the moving pictureSworld, Miss
Louise. Willis. is in the city this week, a
member of the "Henpecked Henry
Company. SIany theater patrons of
this city have seen Miss Willis hundreds;
Of times on the movie" screen in char
acter parts in the Selig feature films
Miss Willis Is considered one Of the
best character actresses in moving pic
lures, owing to her great, versatility.
She has Travelled extensively and has
faced many dangerous situations in
posing for "thrillers"
Miss Willis, tells many stories con-
corning her experiences in the making
OF picture dramas, and confesses tina
while there is a great element Of dan
ger in many Of the photo plays. owing
to the desire of produce rs to obtain SEN
sattonal films, yet there is a fascination
about the work which makes the legit
innate theatrical life tame in compari
son..
Miss Willis is an excellent character
woman on the legitimate stage as we'll
as in the Canvas drama and her work
is one of the bright spots in Hen
pecked Henry"
Jack Trainor, the comedian and man :.
aser Of 'Henpecked Henry" had an ex i.
perisnce during the past winter which
Is worthy Of notice. owing to the strange
predicament he got into because he
was So insistent on looking his part"
Mr.. .Trainor, who appears in the char
acter OF a henpecked husband, has his
head shaved every Monday morning,
and then. in the course of the play, re-
fers to the hair cut his wife gave him.
For three seasons Mr.. Trainor has been
playing and living the part. and every
week during that time has visited the
tonsorial parlor for the purpose of re-
straining heigrowth Of his hair. La st
winter. when the mercury wasta dozen
degrees or more below zero. the show
was touring Michigan. and the loss Of
his head covering became rather un-
comfortable. He was true to his char
acter. however, and on arrival at a
small town In northern Michigan be-
took himself to the BARRIERS for the
weekly head shave
Long use Of the German American
dialect on the stage has resulted in
Trainor using that jargon more or less
when out of character. and on the par
barber had done an I'm usually good lob.
the comedian walked briskly out OF the
shop, his teeth chattering and the COL
lar. Of his great coat drawn up close to
his ears. He accosted a native to in
quire the way to the postoffice, and
quite unconcernedly began his ques-
tioning in his Germa n American dia-
lect The native replied to his ques-
tons, but after he had started on his
way. he glanced back and Trainor
heard him remark: t"'tf
Hes nut
Unfortunately Trainor did not follow
directions closely and wandered a
block or two away from the postoffi ce.
In the meantime the native had spread
the word that an insane man was
wandering about town. having just ar
rived from the insane asylum from
which he had escaped the night before.
The town constabulary was sent out on
the job and in q short time the officials,
together with half dozen citizens,
were on the comedians trail. He was
overtaken. arrested, and hailed into
court, on a charge Of being an escaped
lunatiC. Trainor had a hard time ex-
planning the situation. and when he de-
clared that ne shaved his head every
week. the native who had started the
pursuit, again declared:
HE sure Ii nut
Trainor had an appreciative audience
that night but he was forced to pay
l0r T. number Of passes.