Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-10
CURTAIN CALLS

| OON l A1l
The Renowned Players Feature
| Film Company, with offices in Lon
| don, Paris and Leipsig, announces 1t
has esta blished a New York office In
the Gambler building, which will be
under the management of Jacob Cone.
| 1t has almost completed a picture in
| five reels for which 1t has especially
engaged the eminent tragedienne,
Nine. Kenny Lipzin, who has for the
past ten years satisfactorily per-
| formed plays In Russian and Jewish
| on the East Side of New York city.
Supporting Mr. = Lipzin in the
presentation of mis- new photo play
| will be j. Cone, who, previous to this
engagement, was for seven years lead
| ing man to Mime. Bertha Kalich,
when that actress was on the Jewish
stage. and Harold Wassberg. whose
last appearance on the legitimate
stage was under the management OF
David Belasco in the play called The
| Woman" The picture deals with
| an international problem, and will be
called "a Great Mistake"
| In exploiting the picture before the
| American and European public, the
management also announces that, in
| stead of selling the usual State rights
| customary with feature releases, 1t
will pursue policy similar to the
| booking of regular attractions. be-
cause of its unusual length, which af-
fords a complete evenings entertain
ment.
| A great vaudeville show is given
at the New Brighton Theatre, Brigh-
| ton Beach this week. The head
| liner is Miss Ethel Barrymore in
Sir ]. M. Barrie's dramatic gem,
"The Twelve Pound Look" This
will be Miss Barrymore's only vaude-
vile appearance this season. The
Twelve Pound Look is the best and
most entertaining. OF all the Barrie
| playlets, and with Miss Barrymore
and her supporting company, it Is
presented in manner that does 1t
| full Justice. Among the cast is
Charles Dalton, who was In the cast
when it was originally presented In
this country at the Empire Theatre.
Another legitimate star on the pro-
gram is Hal Forde, the English
comedian, who was recently the star
of adele" Mr.. Forde appears in a
singing and dancing specially and
relates q few humorous stories. VIII
liam Weston & Company present
Lueli IiONCl iHuoiSHi Nces AAO ~
torneys."
Florence Tempest offers a new act,
in which two young men assist her
in songs and dances. Jarrow, the
comical magician, makes his first
Temperance in this country in
three years The three Leightons
sing, dance and talk in their laugh
able skit, "a One Night Stand IN
Minstrelsy" Bloxom and Burns APP
pear in their humorous blackface
act. Hilda Hawthorne, in a novel
ventriloquial Offering, and KIuting's
Animals in series of remarkable
| animal feats. complete what is an
unusually good bill.
| Nicholas Dunaew, one of the Vita
graph players, recently arrived from
Russia, has received permission from
Madame Tolstoy to work over Toll
stoy's dramatic works for the screen.
He has selected the intense story,
1.-THE Power of Darkness" as the
first of the dramas to be visualized,
because of its remarkably vivid de-
scription of peasant life in Russia.
Mr. Dunaew. who played Nikita, the
principal character in "The Power
of Darkness" In the Russian Ian
guage, in nearly every country in Eu-
rope, is, perhaps the one best fitted
to bring out all the salient points of
it's dramatic story
The return engagement of "A Mil
lion Bid which the patrons OF the
Goodwin Theatre have requested since
the first appearance of this Vttagraph
fayorite last May, will be seen today
and tomorrow.
lack London's famous story, John
Rarleycorn," which has just been
adapted for motion-picture use, Will
he the feature Thursday. Friday and
Saturday. Tracing as it does the ever
present struggle between men and
drink. the picture presents a psyche
logical study of absorbing Interest.
The main feature picture at the
Strand today, tomorrow and Weo-
nesday will be Essenay's great
three-reeI production, Blood Will
Tell" featuring Francis x. Bushman,
tbe leading man. who won the Sat
urday Evening Post contest as being
the most popular oto-player before
the American public.
Tho eighth series of the mysterious
serial picture, 1.-THE Million Dollar
Mystery" will be the other feature
for the first half of the week. The
strand is showing the absolute hrst
run Of this picture in Newark every
Monday. Tuesday and wednesday.
In addition to the above named
features, the screamingly funny
comedy picture, 1.-THE Cumbersome
Rabv." will be presented.
The program for the last half of
the week will consist of the Eclectic
Film Company's fine five-reel feature,
"A ROYAL Imposter," and the laugh.
able comedy, "Whiskers.'
Every arrangement has been COM
pleted for the annual perambuiating
pageant to be held at Hillside Park on
Wednesday. All that is necessary to
insure the unqualified success of this
splendid baby show is favorable
weather. Should fate be so unkind
as TO cause rain the show will be held
on Friday, the 14th. on which date,
of course, the same entries will hold
good.
As a. matter of fact, although the
management would prefer to receive
entries as soon az possible, any
mother or father who leaves 1t till
the last minute may bring the little
one to the park on the day of the
show and enter the baby there ana
then The prizes are valued to $3.50.
There will be two fiat cars to carry
decorated carriages to the park. One
will leave Pennsylvania depot, Mar
ket street, at p. M, and the other
will leave the D., L. and w. at 2
D. m. Both will pick up carriages
along the car line to the park. There