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SEAL [7PRING NIGHTS IN THE PLAYHOUSES

Of the PLAYERS whose regulations have
been gained by work on the speaking
stage We decided upon cast OF persons
experienced II, che silent drama.
our decision TO compose the com
pany of screen players has been reached
because wc Know beforehand ju,t 49,
actiy what to expect from their YORK.
They understand the technique or the
business. It is foolish. | believe. to ex-
pect to transplant a speaking actor or
actress to an entirely new atmosphere
and method of procedure and expect to
get the best results.
"This idea is amply borne out by the
number of failures that have been made
recently by legitimate stars on expensive
motion picture productions. l believe
that it would not be placing the average
| too hi IA to say that not one In ten OF these
great pe0Ole Of the spoken drama have
been CT :isfactory in their work in pictures.
Sometimes it ia the exaggerated artistic
Temperament which prevents the star
from GETTING into the spirit Of the work.
"A a general rule. however. 1t Ia lack
~ krowicd-o OF picture acting that causes
the trouSin. With reasona BILE training and
some hard study Of the requirement
OF this new art tho real actors Of the
legitimate stage mould most readily into
fine c.cture actors. but usually they are
drafted at a big salary to work in one
picture. and they have gone out Of the
game before they have grasped even the
details Of picture acting.
"One great difference between motion
picture players and those OF the speaking
stage is that the FIRST must be primarily
actors or actresses. while the latter are
often readers Of lines The player on the
screen has but two methods OF conveying
thoughts expression and pantonine. He
learns these He becomes master OF
the art and claborates his means until
they are sufficient The PLAYER on the
speaking stage relies all too often on
> uuaver of the voice TO convey pathos or
mirth and other tricks Of the trade which
; are of no use in pictures The use OF the
speaking voice diiierentiates between the
two very largely
Blanche Bates the emotional actress,
knows this was interested ina recent
speech Of hcis tothc graduating class of a
school of acting Preserve your spea king
voice. sh, sud 1t is all that stands be-
tween us and the motion picture players.
Al Al Is not worth tue eAtra Two uoliars,
, what IL To bcCo "c Of u.s. MISS bates
u WIS rl-nt III thai the 81 eaking olce does
stand between TIE two. And When a
= IA, or tron the n eahing stage comes to
JIC lure, where las sII, er throat does nlIn
a lao EOoL ne IL handicapped.
'On the otner hand. tAe players who
haNe been pa me- III pictures Anow Just
: what Is required OF the n. The camera
r C,ltcnes cNdStlF WHIT taef want II to
d CatCn. 1ne' know what rnoto LrIphs well
- ana what does not. and tne' enlarge on
; one ana 10 IniuI.uIze tine other"
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Novelties in the Film Theatre This Week

Beginning Saturday afternoon the
Universal Moving Pictures will present
at the Globe Theatre Annette Keller
mann in "Neptune's Daughter" This
picture feature Is in 500 scenes that
required three months to produce. The
story Is written by Leslie T. Peacock
and produced under the direction OF
Herbert Brenon. The story briefly CON
Germs two monarohs, KING william of
the mortal world and King Neptune Of
the immortal. The former gives to his
people free fishing rights in his private
waters which happen to he In close
proximity to Ncptune's domain.
The monarch OF the sea has two
daughters, Annette and Angela. While
playing with other merma.ds one eve
ming Annette Is caught In fishing me-,
Freeing herself she has:ens to Ncp-
tunes cave TO appr.sc him OF tho great
danger that threatens them. Her little
sister, Angela. years Old. tries 10
swim her way home nlonH and IN 80
doing Is caught In a net and 10 dragged
ashore by the ns.crrncn. She Ia con-
ceaed by an abundance OF seowecd
md escapes tho eyes OF tho Cahermcn.
Lite Angela. unable to cxtrlcstc hcr-
| rels. dos nnd Ia found by her sister
/ A rncttc. who bears her body to Nep-
tune
Annette. overcome by grief. swenrs
nm onth OF venr ennco ARA ms, those sh-
feels her SISTERS a-sass'ns From an
old witch Of pNe SER Annette procur~~
charm which transforms her from
m immortal to a mortal ma Cen at her
wiz. sho II warnei, how-Yr", tina,
nh~uid she .oa, Il shs ran never Ia i'm
irortni n~a,n, Swimming ashore, she
trhnsforms herself and II kindly Old
woman wr1om sh1 meets takes her In
her home Here she lays her plans Ia
meNl the king whom she holds re-
sponsib'a for her s'stsr's death Tn.
king walking In his forest comes upon
annette CARRIED as n wood nymph. La
med!ately they ara attracted to eaci
rrher and he bong dressed as an ordl-
nary citizen shs has no knowledge Al
his identity. She dances for him AMI
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drastic efforts at making the play worth
its price are likely to be confined to the
cheaper priced theatres. The expert
ment of a London theatre manager who
is acting one act night OF popular
plays Is not unconnected with this same
idea, since It Is at the performances
which have the most powerful acts that
the audience is expected To be largest.
George NJ. Conan several years ago
decided that the average comedy OF
polite London life. such as those which
Somerset Vaughan sends to this coun-
try. contain in all about enough ac-
ton for a forty minute sketch. There
Is a disposition on the part Of the pub
lie nowadays to prefer the forty minute
condensation when the first bloom OF
novelty has passed off the work.
There has been more than one evil
dence that playwrights who are capable
Of providing the necessary thrill In their
dramas need not In the least worry to
explain the why and wherefore OF what
they are doing. In Nos Intimes" Vic
torien Sardou devoted what seemed
meaningless detail to certain plants that
grew in the garden OF one Of the char
acters. 1t was not until several acts
later that the cause Of all this interest
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A CRITIC IN A NEW FIELD

The recent election Of Adolf klauber
A reviewer Of experience and reputation
- a member Of Selwyn & Co. producers
of within the Law" appears TO Ice about
the first case on record in this country
whore the value of the trained newspaper
piun in this respect has been recognized
and sought.
The late kirke la Shelle. once n news
nlper man. esta blished himself eventu-
ally a. n successful manager. but his was
an independent effort. liwyn Barron
became Mr. MansGeld's personal repre-
sentative and George Parsons lathrop
was with Aurustm Daily But S'lwYr
& Co.'S action is UNIQUE in respect to the
fact that it represents move on the
pnrl OF a firm of successful m1nlgers
e. avail themselves permanently of the
trained reviewers services. To his new
effort he brings moreover the advantages
/ of practical experience IN the theatre
| In il he hogan his career
THE first part ever played on the
professional stage" said Mr. klauher
was Hqrrod Tenor in Only Farmer
! Daughter ard | suppose | succeeded
I in being "a mcl0drl mailcllly Impossible
"a my SURROUNDINGS, for my tyout
: that Is what II was resulted in an en-
gacenont the following season with a
oYce prominent woman star who hao
s,on better d1vs and who WIS th'n on
rtrei in eloyltiuC tho dr1ml in Suc'
,>Ityss Of art and cultivation ~ d. no
,..,oqr recorded on the main hn's of
my r1ir0rd tiue tlhlN. ! had jus
. ] ls.t,Al fs''-.psHi n
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Indeed, ne had remarkable sense
Of values No mediocre pay Of his did
he ever consider great. and have never
seen him carried away by first night
audience. He himself always knew
whether a pay got over AMI the au-
dcnce never affected his opinion OF a
play. | remember on one o'aS.on when
Nine. Modi,s ska appeared. The house
was unusually sympathetic and ! have
never seen more curtain calls Tran she
received that night. As he closed the
door 10 my carriage after the per-
Torrance Cyde Fitch turned to me
and asked: Do you think 1t WI stand
two weeks? or only one? Not for
second had he been deceived by the
enthusiasm OF a first night audience.
He never made a zoo, of himself
He was very fond Of The Truth
and often talked of il as one of his
best pays. The Tru,h.' Nathan Hale
and The city We're his favor.te pays,
"Of his love Of art much has been
said. cannot say enough about his
generosity. his fine qualities. lie GER
ta.nly had his faults but on the who.e
his faults We're trivial. while h good
! quallties--b.g ones--they were all there.
| He was generous, warm hearted and
| intensely common sense.
"To me the tragedy about clyde Fitch
| has always been that he WIS taken
away at the very time when MS talent
seemed To r.pen and mature when At
last he had acquired the d ep human
touch--touchsd its deeper poss o!iit.es
lClyde Fitch left three posuaumous pays.
| The city was one Of these. Tn other
two have never been produced and
never Will be produced. They are not
up TO the standard OF The CITY an,
The Truth and neither C'yd' Fitch
parents nor myself would c1usen, o.
have given them % tn pubic. For
, is as the au'hn" of such PLAYS us TIL.
Truth and The city tina: We wlu,
VISA him II hc remembered"
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ny LAWRENCE REAMER.

TT MAY be the effect Of the moving
pictures on the already impatient
L American public. but there is a
perceptible measure of truth in the
proclamation that the play OF swift ac-
ton Is just now what our theatregoers
news of an enterpr.sing manager OF
q Sock company who gives two per-
formances daily in accordance with
the usual custom but offers not the
whole play Of the repertoire accessible
to the stock managers but a skeleton
tied version comprising the principal
scenes. In this way II has been found
possible to act two dramas at each per-
Torrance. To see both The Two Or
phans" and "Uncle Toms CABIN" at one
sitting ought to have its influence in
coaxing the wary playgoer back into
theatres. In these shredded plays only
the naked drama survives. and there Is
no reason why its effect should not in
terest the public. But the continuance
Of any such process will rear up a
generation Of playgoers who will be
found extremely difficult to please.
To our forefathers. who were SUM-
ciently thrilled by one melodrama. II
would seem incredible that two are re-
CURED nowadays TO interest an audi
ence. 1t will always happen. however
that such experiments will be confined
to the cheaper theatres. Certainly the
novel play must always continue to
exercise its magic II 1t is indeed a sue
cessfu effort OF it's kind Then the loss
Of novelty may reduce two plays to the
power of only one. At all events such
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ment Ia the important kingly role was
due To my exceptional talent shown at
r"hea n-ai, but later knowledl of the
world hls convinced me- that it had some
hing 10 DO with an ability on my part
% invest some hundreds of dollars in
an crmine trimmed costume and jewelled
sword. which added a certain richness
- an otherwise bald and embarrassing
N seen scene. Nv salary was s. a week.
md go, mine largely | think. because
tho costumes would have been missed
"Ne PLAYED a often ~ not in bare
halls or discarded roller skating Kinks.
using tho old fashioned stock scenery
that split in the middle and rolled of on
either side such properties as We
needed were borrowed from local trades
men There were half Il dozen scenes
T. each act. and ia one Of them
Catherine Horlrd having taken sleep
my potion, WAS supposed to be dead and
wing in the tomb She was supported
on such occasions on flimsy shoe packing
boxes covered with white cheesecloth,
and more often than not my impassioned
farewell speeches TO the dead Queen
were interrupted by soto voce instruc-
/ lions 10 hurry up one rural iconoclast
referred to my aborlOuslv contrived
makeup as Hnru YIN in the phrase.
The kinG's whi-kers showed that tho
buffalo was no, extinct. Il bit of critical
dissertation the value Of which | was
rnlv able to appreciate after years of
. ,alf-"eNrr>- ion
"iiut | did get experience of a sort
hat enabled mo 10 como 10 the Froh
nan Offices the next season with tn
abel professional rather than amateu.
y .hc next season Was with John Drew
n wh0sa company Naude Adams waS
s'ii tao l,ldinS woman. though she bc-
'1~lo q star tho uoNt Vn1r Miss Adams q
o,rs' iora,ion and Kin 'li.css at this tim.
roro chprac crir'ic, and her great sus
rrss with the general public could not
sYr~r.se INV ore who had come directs
within the 7ona of hor at toni shingly mag,
/ ,etlc influence II was M his time toe
nut EtEcl Barrymore, then slip Of 8
,rl. made her stage Copu' ns Lodv Kate
'cr1V W The Raw Snop.' going on
la ~ tho as-Uranco e veteran
novice ~hi!n all the r"st of us were
liking IN our boots with nervous agi-
'.ion.
hat 7 mn irving n do now" con
lnuod MIR klnuhcr, &c 20 rcali7e in a
ouso on the sort of douhle life have
.Nd, and ! hnvo EroRt hopes Il GETTING
results IN. SclwNNs Gre rNrerienoed
'lra'rlru men ami | hrioy Thorn expert
,non %. anNtl,' eort 80 hotvaon IN
W. ourhi to hc ,hle 10 adjust our Wow.
votuta 10 m"ct the many problems tina,
,rIao IN succoasful producing
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MR.. ELTINGE EXPLAINS HIS AR

silk, linen and l think ] will have to
lake to rope to prevent a contretemps
On the stage some night. l want to
make 1t clear that my ambition in life
was not TO become an impersonator OF
women.
quite by chance some fourteen years
ago l appeared In an amateur perform
ance given by the First Corps Cadets
IN Boston. ! did a dance. They asked
me to repeat 1t at their next play.
was IL at that time, and while ! was
interested In dancing. female imperso-
nations had never entered my mind.
After the Boston Corps had produced
Miss Simplicity 1t became a Broadway
attraction, There was part In this
play which required a man to play the
role Of woman. They tried out sew
eral others, and as was to do my dance
n the play they asked me to try IT,
To my great establishment | made a hit
You know how II is nowadays. If an
, actor plays one type OF part and meets
with success the managers IN nix of n m
Immediately in connection with a SINH
lar part. That was why they engaged
me to play In Mr.. Wick Of W.ckham'
The play failed, and l didn't get my
salary. Along came an offer from
vaudeville, with 5000 week to back
It up. and which ! got I made "A lot
OF money In vaudeville. and was sue
cessful enough TO try starring.
Il have been even more successful
as a star on the leg innate stage than
was as vaudeville headl'ner. There
are reascns--oh. yes. ! doat mind tell
ing YOU sentimental ones too. WY I
should like to do the young Lo"h.nvnr'
act right now, only would like to ride
straight out to Use sunset country In
stead OF away from II. It's a singular
coincidence that the stro lgest !nce1t'v'
to continue my work Ia at tho SAM
time tho strongest incentive to mnk'ns
me chuck my Job. but hnvc dcc'dod
to wait. One thing I wan. 10 h, nblr
to do when I retire IL to Indulge my
Fad for picture buying. Pictures coat n
lot of money-Eood oncs-nnd I'm q
little bit vain about my tarto nion
those limos. I'm now n good den lih'
a kid with tho end of schoo. In sight
My people live out at Sorthport, T., I,
m I am abba tn spend n part ~ ~,
holiday wiph them. you sec, and theh
oh. th-n"--as hS made n dash for thu
dressing room door - get ready fo" h''
tango dance In tho last art. "th-n ~
going IN heat II IN where tho cours'
NJ empire takes It's way"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
CLYDE FITCH IN LIFE.
Traits of the Man Who Wrote THE
Truth"

The revival OF The Truth" which
Mr.. Ames has made at the Little Thea
ire has brought forth a score OF remi-
absences about the late clyde Fitch.
and at the first performance OF The
Truth" the other night Elizabeth Mar
bury added 10 them.
clyde Fitch was a pleasant man to
have dealings with" said Miss Marbury.
because, unlike most authors he had
40 exaggerated notion OF his own value
or his own work. lie had a remarkable
faculty Of knowing exactly how much
his work was worth. He never objected
TO having lines cut or passages
altered. He considered II In a re-
markably common sense way. Clyde
Fitch was really his severcst critic;
but AT the same time he knew how to
estimate It's true value.
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receives an invitation TO the state ball.
which she accepts as II will provide her
with the desired opportunity to meet
the king. At the ball just as she Is
about to plunge the dagger into his
heart, she recognizes in him the man
she met In the forest and whom she
loves. There IL more OF the same ro-
mantle action shown In the waters
about Bermuda, where the pictures
were taken.
The Nitagraph Theatre announces tn
second week OF Maurice Costello In
MIR. Barnes OF New York" In six reels
Love, Luck and Gasoline" or the Q d
ventures OF Bunny. Cutey (Wally Nan)
and Miss Tomhoy GILLIAN Walker In
three reels; beautiful California" q
short length reel OF superb California
9. emery and sHnscapos and another
silent comedy. The New Stcaographor.'
IN which Lillian Walker. Flora Finch.
Wnlly Van Hueh,c Mack. AiNcrt Roc
cnrd! and Etcnnc G!-ardo. appear IN
person Tho plcturcs ave all preson'ed
twice daily and tho s!loat comedy every
evening and Mt tho Saturday and Sun
day mat!nees. At tSe other r'rt.nc~s
| Il IL replaced by tho E-cnt Vl,ngrnph
animal picture wild f,cnA,a At Large"
Unusual interest has hv-n shown IN
tia Strand Theatre broadway and
Forty-ssVenth SIR o. Crowds have rllod
tho large auditorium at every perform
anco since thu opening of the nous"
asst weoh. The programme for the EN-
ru.ns ws-k 10 long snd Nar'ed, The
SPOILERS" n mnt'oH picture adaptation
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ITS curious thing" said Julian
Eltnse as he planted bunch OF white
algrettes at the apex OF smart black
wig and plunged big ha.rpin through
he holding hair ornament to ho.d 1t in
pace, MS "A curious thing how human
nature revolts against the opportunity
that knocks at ones front door and
prefers to thrust 1t aside and go forth
10 hunt for ii far afield. Have you
ever noticed that most comedians have
tt sneaking conviction Of latent tragic
talent? Many tragedians rather fancy
themselves in light comedy roles. Often
they feel that they are sure that they
could be successful in branch or their
art diametrically opposed TO that In
which they find themselves.
yes, ! might as we'll admit that the
life Of an actor who goes In for i'm
pers1natlng women on the stage Is like
that Of the policeman In the Pirates OF
Penzance.' ! am sorely tempted to
quit the job until | take myself by the
Srruf Of the neck, lguratively. and say
Hold on there, Bill. old boy, and look
over your last weeks statement
The statement" Is the summing up
IN paper of the weekly receipts. II Is
not unnatural that the very tempting
figures which reward his curiosity as to
has bank balance should put an effec-
qua, cr!mp IN his impulse to retire.
Julian F.ltlngc Is the only actor In
America who has made a fortune as a
woman" star-for people 90 to see
IiLnse not as himself out as the
woman be lmpersonatoH, THE Crlno-
Inc Girl" with the assistance OF his
Vt.rI Shima Mato, squeezed himself
INTO the dccoll, tage OF a harem gown
l'r "ontinued his observations philo-
S'ph.'al and otherwise. one OF these
took the form of an epithet unheoom
my 10 the ruby lips OF the perfect lady
pom his clothes be'orered, bu. whi'f
..H masculine tone and the aforesaid
l'n"syl.ihle he.ied. The profanity wa
H.'Ht pned by the somewhat unusua
occurrence Go IA mani OF having hi
Stay t'os burst:
THAT'S twice his week those bloom
tt -trngs have given way" B!ll hurle'
~ 'n' ,|rle Jap VINO hastened TO hi
' aud by vigorous strappin9 ant
"" succeeded IN tying knot wher'
".Y'd do the most good. See tina
NJ happen again" continued tn
ari then turning TO the inter
'rr %" went on. II wish some on
u invent corse, lace> strong enough
f.rain my bulk. I've tried leather
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in modern history who has given per-
formances in temples, converts. monas-
;cr.cs and other sacred places of re-
,g.ous character. She dances to the
hymns. chimes and oratorios.
In I.ada's repertoire this time are only
three oCcle>iastic dances. the ballad
"Lada," by G!!crc; the ballad "Trepak,
by Moussorgsky. and "Valse Triste."
by Sbe.!us shadow Dance" by Mac
Dowell; Rhapsod." No. 2. by Liszt, and
others belong to the dances OF the new
school.
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ON FILM ACTING.
views of nm Expert on the Sub,
iect.

The question Of PLAYERS going from
the speaking STAGE to the motion pic
lures is one of importance to all inter-
o-ted in the stage or the photo play.
\. PLAYER who has been before the
nuhiic through both mediums and who
/, reco rnized a. one Of the countrv's
most Intelligent as well as most popular
leading men, an actor who has studied
the art Of technique of motion pictures
. have few Others. +. X Lin, ON l. quali-
fed to speak on this subj ,ct.
while do not wish to decrv the work
If legitimate stars in any way" said MIR,
! Lincoln. their Appearance in motion
| pictures has impressed on me the fact
| that oftcntimcS a smart person may
| not understand another business. The
,rt of the photo play differs from that
| of the stage Even 'makin- up is done
/ differently. for instance. Then the work
. ING lines must hr understood Playing
1erurr the clWerl J. different from play
us before an audience. To got 'ho hc
r'su,t- one must have experience and
! have studied.
THAT i my opinion. and 1t i, the policy
Of the Photo Play Productions Company
Frank \ Ticnenor, the general manager
and myself have made study of tins phase
Of the motion picture Industry W. wis.
orr pictures t. reach the public as the
highest form Of vi.u1lizItion of the plly'
from which they will We adapted TAX,
our first production. Tho Li,tlest Rebel.
II has played from colst 10 coast and a.
a play ranks among the most popular
Now We will present It in motion pictures
and nutura iiy we want TO 10 II IN the hes
possible way After studying IA" worl
on the Screau of PLAYERS who hay" made
q success A. motion picture players anC
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forth. That may have Its influence in
changing the responsibilities OF the
playwright. since he must follow the
psychology of his public. But 1t is prob
abe that the older rules Of rlaywriting
viii ultimately prove to be safer. even
If an impatient and rather uacultivated
second generation may seem TO ignore
their effects.
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS University play.
1.-THE Merry Lunatics." at the Hotel
Aston; to be played throughout the
week. "Hagar Revelly." in dramatic
form at the Royal Theatre.
TUESDAY-"l0l Ranch Wild West
Show" at the Madison Square
Garden.
THURSDAY - Lada, the Russian
dancer, at the Princess Theatre in
the afternoon.
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NOVELTIES OF A sLIu WEEK.
One New Play To He Seen This
Week.

After the storm OF masterpieces
wh.ch h.t this de.cncelass town last
Monday night there WI. be but ono
new drama to be seen here tomorrow
night. 1t Is an evidence of the artistic
seriousness of the American theatre
that so many Of !ts unpr pared me-
d.ocrit.es were dumuod before the pub
lie one week with none to follow. 1t
is doubtful Il the most hard nd first
nighter, t. e., one who goes 20 theatres
on first nights, VIII trek It up 10 the
Royal. where "ilagar Revely.' after a
somewhat stormy career between the
covers Of book. VIII live her own
life on the stage. In the company
Will be Nance Gwynn, Mc1fee john
son. Beatrice Ingram Felix Krcmbs
and others. Daniel Carson Goodman
Is the author.
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Lada Is 10 make her American debut
at the Princess Theatre on Friday az
ternoon. She IA a dancer OF the modern
ltuss.an school. Her art IS said to be
different from tina; Of ravlowa, Isadora
Duncan and tho m thod % ia 'qua pa
croze. She IS said to b. the first dancer