Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21

,,au,n Arden has some interesting
.,,nes TO say about tho decline OF modern
,osc art, and lays the blame upon
the stage directors
rt rouId infinitely prefer to be a poor
-,,,ral than good COPY" he says with
,hosis "and now after many battles
t. directors who wanted TO do my
M'l,.,ry WV for me and make me initiate
tll 1n ono else, [ am left alone TO play
~, norts in the way ! conceive they
n Mia he played. ! had lesson early
- NV theatrical life upon this very ques-
~ li w ond it made a lasting impression
mon me. coming as 1t did from inc Breas
uyv ,..,,, booth himself. At the time of
~, hSei speak / was a member Of Mr..
st,,s company. playing Shakespeare in
a." oid Boston Museum, that great school
" a.. host dramatic art. one day l was
" .io,, n part in Othello and went TO
Fpooth asking him how he wanted me
~, % %.ioy cassie and If he had any ideas
4 " ". ~, ~ instruction. no. | have not said
~ pooth very gently, but the part
must be played well or tomorrow some
s one else will play H. ,,
Mr. Arden. considerably disturbed out
rnt upon his mcttle, went honeand stuu-
lad the part as ne h'u ~
w. IJo analvzed It until he had gotten a
w. conception Of Cassio's character OF
-, emotion OF which he was capable.
,,s ri, vod the part and in n way to meet
Mr Booths approval
Not long afterward tho young actor
20. mt of an engagement. and starving
=. hail bedroom in New YORK. lie
sariod himself food in order to keep ms
eotbInr presentable, and thus make IL
sssIer 10 place himself Finally he was
sgarsd n small part with the Madison
SSnaSara Company, at that time the most
ssornnent of all tho New York COM
paUios ITo was given his part, studied
:. nerafully, and then went to the re-
h,orsaI After he had played the char
IT, ns he conceived It, the director
yelled at him. ,.
'Iie "Here, you" he said; IT won't have
,.u NAV il that way. Do this and this
.US .US gthis" and showed him what he
rrasnt Young Arden replied, DO un-
dsrstand you to say that you want to
Az nv thinking for me, and that you
jsave mo no option as to how / snall
Nav nv part?" The director replied that
tbst was correct, and that he was PAID
10 do the thinking, and the actors were
merely to carry out his ideas.
'sThen YOU want another man for TINS
rart" said young Arden. IT refuse to be
rarrot." and he left the stage and the
iob which meant so much to him.
Nr Arden is frankly pesslmlstic as re-
rords the future of the American stage
Under present conditions. He says that
.Inca directors do not want originality
and initiative in the actors those qualities
arc Incoming atrophicd. When tho leW
real stars of the stage are gone there VIII
no none to take their places. for the newer
reneration. with few exceptions mas not
been permitted to develop it's own taleh''
.Whiteside in Movies
Walker Whlteside has at last succumbed
IN tho trend Of things theatrical and is
now working in pictures. his first venture
bpinr "The Melting Pot" by Israel ZanS-
will John Cort has surrounded MT.
Whltesde with a cast of well-known play
ems both from the legitimate stage and
the world of pictures. The picture has
been emheIished with number or DIG
scenes In the Kishcnef massacre scene
800 horses were used to help out the
realism Of the bit" Great pains were
taken with the reproduction OF the IN
terror of the Metropolitan Opera House.
IN which Mr.. Whiteside. as the poor mu-
siclan risen to fame, directs a symphony
orchestra of 100 men before an audience
Of several hundred.
Lubinitcs Fight
Joseph Kaufman. director and leading
man with the Lubln Company, had three
Of his teeth knocked out. and Earl Met
calfe also q Lubin leading man, received
q special assortment OF cuts and bruises
as the result of a sensational fight in
the studio this week while Kaufman was
filming Shannon Flies three-reel drama,
darkness Before Dawn
n I'm thp drama called Tor
fight between Kaufman and Metcalfe in
the formers library. Both men are
young athletic and good boxers, and they
agreed to put over a realistic battle.
They did all right. Roth fought as hard
as they possibly could, using fists, feet
, and everything they could lay their hands
on. The library was wrecked, and when
the scene ended, both Kaufman and Met
ealte looked as though they had been
through railroad wreck, Their clothing
was torn, both were cut and bruised and
Kaufman was minus three teeth.
Emmett Campbell Halls two-reel
drama, "Such Things Really Happen"
which Is an attack upon the fake schools
which guarantee, for a consideration, to
make photoplay writer of any one will
be released by the Lubin Company May 6.
me cast includes Orml Hawley, Earl Met
!alfe. Arthur Matthews, Herbert Fortier,
Noihploh dreene ana Eleanor Barry. Han,
VINO is one of Lubin's best-known writer's,
mas been conducting campaign against
lhese fake scenario schools for some time
and has put a number OF them out OF
business, 1t was to show the methods
employed by swlndlers of this type that
ne wrote Such Things Really Happen"
"Ne'er-DO-Well" Ready
The Ne'er-Do-Well" is completed.
from beginning to the last thrilling
Scene, eXnenSa nIIad bfgb as tho dining