The Washington herald., 1914-08-16

| fMr -Iessey a a graduate Of Dean Acad-
envy Franklin. Mass; OF Wiliiston semi
nary, East Hampton, Mass. ana Amnerst
College II was in the latter city that ne
was born and raised. Tne tAet .ia, shst
he stIll owns q home tucked AwnS -tnere. ,srt
He Is married. May Abbey was bis vile 2,
maiden name. Mrs. Lessey y nt the
nresent time with the, Edison Company
| playinE emotional leads and character
parts. Miss Abbey was starred with
| Aubrey Boucicault 10 The Greatsr Love.
For the present she will not be associated
with her husbspd In the Universal Com
pany.
aThe Man of Her Choice" will be
shown at the Lyric Theater. Fourteenth
and Irving streets northwest, tomorrow.
The story runs, as sfoilows; - -
Cast-The Girl. Grace Cunard; the Mar.
Harry Montague: the Servant. Francis
In ''rhe Man OF Her cAolcs" the Girl.
| the Man. and the Serrant are east away
upon an uninhabited islahd-yes, and
the dog The Girl and me Man are en-.
gagged. The Man, being just an. ordinary.
lower case man after all. thinks hrst Of
himself and his comfort The Servant
| finds edible berries and the Man must
have the largest portion because he is
the master The Servant catches hsh
and the Man must have the biggest one.
| In fact, the Servant becomes man and
| the Man a servant-to his own comfort.
The Girl watches these things. little
things, unnoticed in the whirl OF civilized
life, but bringing such message IN the
waste OF sand and sea The Servant, who
has become a man. loves the Girl and she
knows. When they are rescued and she
| is in peril of returning again to the raise
| standards for which stands the Man,
who is servant. the Girl decides she is
woman and takes the man of her choice
the Servant who has become Man.
Moore's Strand .Theater, formerly
Moore's Orpheum Theater, Ninth and
D streets northwest, entirely renovated
throughout, with the new entrance on
Ninth street abIaze with myriad lights.
will throw open its doors to the public
on Monday. August a. the initial at
traction being the worlds motion tab
lleaux masterpiece, "Cabiria," by Gabrielle
d'Annunzio. This monumental work had
private showing a few weeks ago upon
the lawn of the White House before
President Wilson, the members of his
| Cabinet, and q few invited guests For
two months this wonderful Photographic
feature has been crowding the Rnicker-
| booker Theater in New York. and this
marks its first showing south Of the
Metropolis.
1
ton, superior to ''Quo Yadis?' and cost
S25O, 900 to complete. D'Annunzio. 1tsly's
famous novelist, has taken as an inspi-
ration a period in the early history OF
| the Roman Empire when that nation was
at its mightlest. The action of the play
takes place in the third century before
| Christ when the Romans were hghung
| the rival empires OF Carthage and
Greece. The story is romantic and partly
| historical, magnificent scenes follow one
another in rapid succession and nothing
| heretofore so marvellous in beauty. poetic
| sweeps, and finished art has been seen
on the screen as this spectacle-drama
of the struggle between Rome and
Carthage.
| An augmented orchestra will give
! specially arranged musical score through
out the production, while in the temple
| scenes a mixed chorus will chant the
ritual OF the ancient NEUROLOGICAL priest
hood.
Harry Pollard, in his production OF
The Silence OF John Gordon" presents
classes of movie patrons. Miss Marga-
rita Fischer and Harry Pollard will be
seen to advantage. while Fred Gamble
and Joe Harris have splendid parts.
Asked how he liked putting on photo
plays with children in them. Harry Pol
lard, of the Beauty brand at Santa
Barbara. answered that when II meant
putting on kid pictures with Ksthie, that
he did not mind II at all, for she is SO
| intelligent and such a natural little &C
| tress. Kathie loves him anyway, and is
not afraid of him and wants to please
and besides she likes to work with
| 'Auntie Margarita." The subject, "A
Midsummer's Love Tangle," and the sub
! ject Her Really Mother" give a good
idea of what this clever little girl can do.
Mr.. Pollard has begun production on a
one-reel comedy, 'Susie's New Shoes"
in which Miss Margarita Fischer. as the
young wife. meets with serious compli-
cations in her shopping tour. accusing
| the innocent Mrs. Casey OF stealing her
purse. The real culprit is her own hus-
band. How matters were finally cleared
| up is told in a very clever and humorous
photoplay.
The Rosary" which will be an impor-
tant Selig featuie. is in process Of pro-
| duction at one of the Selig Western stu
dios. The Rosary" as portrayed by the
selig stars is an adaptation Of the SOUL
| Inspiring drama which has been so ia
| vorably received all over the United
States under the auspices of Rowland
and Clifford. 1t will be an exceptionally
elaborate production.
| Film rights to the popular Torrance
| ORourke' stories, by Louis Joseph
| Vance, the distinguished writer and
! author of The Trey O. Hearts series,
, have been acquired by the Universal
| Company. and production will begin i'm
mediately. with ]. Warren Kerrigan in
| the title role.
The Empire Of Illusion will be the
first of the O'Rourke stories to be pro-
| duced. 1t will be remembered that II Is
| in the charming story that O'Rourke
sets out from the boulevards of Paris TO
! found an empire on the sands Of the
! Sahara.
The Long Trail will constitute the
second feature Of the series. This intense
I story is laid amid the turbulent politics
OF an obscure European principality.
| The third of the series will be The
! Pool of Flame" a story which opens in
India with the theft Of a sacred gem
! and the plot of which gallops around