The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

days The star diffidently went to the
managers office with the request for
the loan of 5 cents.
BLESS my SOUL What in the name
of fortune do you want with it?''
The star pointed to the weeks
growth on his chin. 81 can't play
Romeo with that decoration, can II"
"Oh, that can be put right"
You'll loan me the money, then ?"
Nonsense; I'm not going to waste
15 cents at a barber shop. Wen play
The Merchant of Venice and YOU will
be Shylock.'
Are churches allowed to run bibli-
cal pictures that have not been CEN
sored by the state? That was the
question raised this week by Lew Ma
thanson, manager of the Cozy and
Best theaterS- Williamson and the
Rev Festus Foster, a censor, engaged
in hot argument because the former
was showing a film at the Cozy upon
it's arrival in the city. Williamson ex-
planned that the train was late and
that Miss Carrie Simpson, another
censor, would arrive in a few minutes
to review the picture.
Foster ordered the film to be taken
off and the show stopped Williamson
fatty refused. 1t was learned that
Mr.. Foster had attended church the
evening before where biblical pictures
were shown without having been
taxed So a reel. Williamson pointed
his out to the minister. The latter de-
clared that he was going to take the
church matter up with w. D. Ross,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, but insisted that Nat hanson's pic
ture be taken off the screen until CEN
Sored. Then Ross was notified and
the theater manager did not talk very
nice to him, charging discrimination
in favor of the churo hes. Tie trouble
has not yet been settled and more will
undoubtedly be heard from the picture
| theater owners soon.
An interesting interview with David
Belasco was published in a recent is
sue of the Cleveland Leader by Ar
| chic Bell, The Leaders dramatic edi-
| tor. Belasco made two statements
| that stand out in the story. One was
the remark that actors are becoming
extinct; those who remain are making
acting a business instead of an art"
| In talking of the moving picture bust
ness he said that lit will probably
reach its fullest development within
| two or three years. 1t is not So en-
tertainment. except in rare cases"
The worlds most expensive luIlabied
| baby is the little daughter of Alma
Gluck. grand opera star and Efrem
zir1baIist, the famous Russian violin
list. Mamma Zimbalist has given up a
season which held $150,000 worth of
| recital and concert contracts for her
| just so she might sing her little baby
|
| 'Rock-a-by-Baby' it costs her some
thing like STA. 1t is the most eXpen-
| sive little baby in the world as far as
| lullabies go. There isn't a baby
prince or princess in all Europe or
| the lands of the east and there isn't a
| millionaire's tot in the western world
who gets such tremendously expensive
| goodnight songs crocned to it when it
closes its eyes at night does the lit
| tie ZimbaliSt baby.
H. S. Montgomery, owner of the
| Iris theater. has sent the following
communication to the State journal
concerning an article appearing in the
issue of September IL:
Saturday evenings Journal con-
tanned an article by San under
triple-deck caption To Draw Them
| In which was an injustice to the
| play Vampire, in which Olga Pc
| trova was starred. Following is part
of the article in question which
prompts criticism:
Motion picture producers have de-
ve1oped habit of putting misleading
titles to many of their feature photo
plays Many examples of this prac-
tice have been noted in Topeka lately
and the idea is not getting the produce
ers anywhere as far as its popularity
is concerned. THE Vampire" with
Olga Petrova, was a shining illustra-
ton of this
"Insinuation is implied that the Iris
is party to questionable methods to
obtain patronage. and we resent the
inference. In our advertising we Spe-
officially mentioned the fact that the
Vampire in question was an alto
gether different type than the charac-
ter portrayed by Theda Bara.
1T is a we'll known fact that the
Iris does not pander to depraved
taste. The Iris has higher ideals.
From the producers it receives its
playsin regular sequence, and once in
while we will get n play rot up to the
quality we would wish, yet there has
no. been a single picture shown that
was not worth more than the price of
admission
A tip 10 local press agents: Can the
gushy adjectives and kindly desist
from putting a capital letter on every
other word in your copy.