Arizona republican., 1915-01-31
News of the Theaters, Music,

| times. Beginning at the age of five sine appeared with many of the legi innate stars Robert Mantell, Henry Ludlow, the Ben Greet Players and finally with The Clansman" He: very first appearance was in Ben Hur" Like all the prominent movie stars she loves tEe broad outdoors and all the sports that go with it. Riding is her favorite amusement and since she has been in Phoenix she has taken advantage of the op- portunty to explore the desert and the mountains.
 She wonders if Phoenix realizes how fortunate it is to have a man like Romaine Fielding at the head of the company that is located here, because in all the list of great pro- ducers none has yet been found who has been so well able to embody the spirit of the land" in his pie lures. "I think" said Miss Burns. that he comes closer to nature as it really is than any man l have ever worked with and I am so glad to have the opportunity or working
 
 that he makes of this wonderful country yon will realize that he has grasped the most vital things in the lanscape and put them into the pictures in a way that brings their beauties home to the minds Of every one who sees them"
 The most popular young lady in Phoenix came to the Lubin Co about six months ago and since that time she has appeared in The Valley of Los Hope" "The Hour of Disaster and Two Thousand Miles West. which is now being finished here Her sister, Miss Elsie Burns is with her here playing ingenue parts very cleverly. She would have figured very largely in this story, only her fire.- steed which was roped and hog tied outside the Board of Trade building broke loose and ran all the way across the street to a tempting looking patch of grass and she had maj from disaster.
 Sinners
 Miss Emma Dunn, whose marve- lously beautiful work as the girls mother" in Sinners" has given to that very obvious melodrama it's best reason for existence, says that the real sin of that production is the fact that cruel managers again force her to play the part of an old woman, instead of allowing her to appear in the blyth9somness of youth In all probability the general pub lie looks upon Miss Dunn as a wiz ened up old lady. all wrinkled and | faded. whereas she is still in the 1 full bloom of youth.
 l When Richard Mansfield produced Peer Gynt" he had engaged an eld- erly woman of large stature to play the role of his mother; but when he found that he would have to lift her up and carry her around, he baked and decided that he would take someone who would at least not be a physical burden to him. It so happened that Miss Dunn, who was then in the late teens, was little and easy to lift so she got the part. | Fate, She played it with a tender ness and sympathy that won Cor her most enthusiastic praise from critics and public alike and from that day on she was doomed to motherhood" Her next engagement was with Bel asco in "The Warrens of Virginia" and nobody who saw that beautiful play will ever forget her exquisite portrayal of the old Southern mother with the General Warren of Frank Keenan it will live through time After this engagement Miss Dunn rebelled against mothers and because she had done such good work MT Belasco gave her the part of "An- | nie,'' the colored maid, with Fran ces Starr in The Easiest Way" and her work there proved that she was quite as capable in other lines as she was in maternal roles Then came Mother" and again Miss Dunn was called on. With rebellion in her heart she accepted the part with an ultimatum that it was positively the last time that she would ever appear in any part that called for a character more than eighteen years old. It was the beauty of her per formance alone that saved Mother" from oblivion and after she had played a long engagement in that Belasco claimed her once more and again she was seen as a Sweet old lady, in ''The Governors Lady" When MT. Brady decided to pro- duce Sinners" he sent for little Emmy and offered her the role of mother in that play. She told him that she had positively decided never to appear in a mother part again but that she would like to have a chance to play the part of Polly" Brady said he thought it a verywise decision and for her to take Polly" along with her and read it over and see how she liked it. When time came for rehearsal, Brady explained that while she would undoubtedly make great Polly. in justice to both the public and herself she should es- say the role of Mrs. Horton. After much approximation and many tears.