The Washington times., 1916-07-02
Belasco: How Britain
Prepared" Films.

4. HILE q large prOportlon u
N ! the spectators at the perform
wv ances Of How Britain Pre-
pared" which opens Its sec
ond week at the Belasco thea
ter today. ore interested IN the making
of Q soldier out Of Tommy Atkins. there
IL still a largo percentage who appre-
ciats naval pictures more than those
Mr.. Urban took upon terra firma.
The British Government knew the
man and tho artist when It honored and
trusted him by sending him with the
motion picture camera to Admiral Jei-
licoe's ffagship. Tho Iron Duke. 70
photograph the great North Sea Fleet
on gaurd and IN action.
The pictures possess double value
In what they reveal and the conditions
undar which they were taken. Ihey
are introduced by motion pictures show
ing how q great modern battleship Is
built and launched. showing all the
nysoerious details Of the manufacture
Of 1b-inch gun-A feet long. weighing
nearly 100 tons-how such guns are
loaded and fred.
4 striking feature is the Aim made in
q submarine. showing the feet through
bow q torpedo 10 fired and the camera
has even caught the torpedo as 1t leaves
che mouth Of the tube and drops into
tho So.
ceipts 10 being given to the RELIEF fund
for the families Of the District national
performances are given twice daily.
Loew's Columbia: Blanche
Sweet. Films.
~ oDAY and continuing for the
first half Of the week Blanche
Sweet will be seen at Loew's
Columbia in her latest ooreen
vehicle tho Dupe."
In the Dupe" Miss Sweet - seen
and Tightly society woman Tho story
tells haw, as q oountrified young girl
she obtain employment as a social sec
Rotary In q wealthy family. The wife.
man. m:n.' oeeom ass' Jealous a his
10 her assistant. Wishing to rid herself
of her husband and compel the young
man to marry her. she manages to
sos III f Ser %sse she
also seen by the man she loves. How
the affair is adjusted, and she eyentu'
ally is united with the one she loves
Stss IN
and for the last three days Of this week
Donald Brian will be seen in n picturlza'
ton Of 1.-The Smugglers." written es'
pecially for him for his second appear
ance on the screen.
Garden: Anita Stewart in
''The Suspect" Films.
DOUBLE SHOW is scheduled
n for every day this week at tn
~ Garden theater. the main at
traction on Sunday. Monday ant
Fr,,> hail Ait ~
an intimate and interesting picture o
Russian life. The Suspect" The plo
deals with the adventures Of a younl
Russian princess who Joins a band o
nihilists in order to avenge the assas
sination Of her father, Innocently sh
Is made the pivot wheel of q peasan
to rock the Government. Miss Stewar
plays the role Of the princess, In he
support will be seen s. Rankin Drew
Bobby Connolly. Julia Swayne 9ordo
and Anders Randoif.
Two other stars who viii grace tn
Francis X. Bushman and Heverl
Bayne in their latest film. "A Virgini
Romance" a story of the South. 4
which Mr.. Bushman plays the part OF
to victory and wins the heart Of tn
deans daughter, unprecedented fascinat
ingly by Beverly Bayne.
The double feature show on Wednes
day. Thursday and Friday will be head
lined by Miss Billie Burke In 18th
Shadow of Scandal" chapter nine @
"Gloria's Romance. by Rupert Hughes
medicine Bend" with the leadin
roles enacted by Helen Holmes. lat
star of 1.-THE Girl and the Came" an
j. p. MCGOWAN. whose personality an
acting strongly suggest William
Hart. II is a drama Of the West. base
upon railroad story by Frank Spear
man and in a way is a sequel to "Whis
pering Smith"
On Saturday the program will includ
Florence Turner In INSTALLATION {
Thomas Hardy's novel Far from tn
Maddening Crowd" and Mary Pickfor
In THE Waif Of the Plains" . delight
ful comedy drama. -.-