Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-31


) of this and past generation.
country has been with Nat Goodwin in
Never Say Die" Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell in "Pygmalion,"\Dor Keane in
"Romance" and Lewis Waller in Mon
sieur Beaucaire."
Leonard Grover, the grand old man
Of the stage and screen, who Is more
than eighty years old, plays the role of
IAN old man Of the Capulet family" AS
an actor manager of an earlier day, Mr..
Grover was a close friend Of Abraham
Lincoln, who often attended Growers
Theatre in Washington. Mr.. Grover was
a member Of the committee which
erected the monument to Shakespeare
In Central Park. Y,
Horace Vinton. thirty years ago, a
Broadway idol. and always. capable
actor, has the part Of. Prince Escalus,
the dignified and noble ruler Of Verona
at the time of the feud between the
houses Of Montague and Capulet. Mr..
Vinton has appeared In scores OF not
able Broadway productions, and only
recently made his debut In the silent
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w. Lawson Butt has the role Of Ty-
bait. He has appeared with Sir Beer
bohm Tree, Lewis Waller and F. r.
Benson, playing well known Shake
spearian roles. He will be remembered
by theatergoers for capital perform
ance of the renegade monk in THE
Garden Of Allah" Mr.. Butt was In
Grace Georges production Of Much
Ado About Nothing" and be played Bill
Sykes in a recent .all-star cast Of oliver
Twist"
Helen Dunbar, the grand dame" Of
motion pictures, and long member Of
the Bushman- Bayne company, has the
important role Of Lady Capulet. Miss
Dunbar has enjoyed long and enviable
position on both the speaking stage and
the screen, and for five years It has
been her ambition to play this role in
a screen production Of Romeo and
juliet" with Mr.. Bnshman and Miss
Bayne.
Adella Barker, delightful character.
actress, is seen in the prominent part
of Juliets nurse. She was last seen on
Broadway in the character of Mrs. Nc
CURE, in young America" She has
had such parts as Coralie In "Papa's
Wife," with Anna Held, to the negress
in Thomas Dixon's 1.-THE Traitor" Earl
Ter in her career she was Identified with
the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Lionel Belmore, who staged some OF
Sir Henry Irving's most elaborate pro-
ductions, plays small but important
role in this big feature Mr.. Belmore
was formerly member Of the directing
force with Mr.. Bushman and Miss
Bayne, and poduced "A Virginia Ro-
NANCE" in which they were starred on
the Metro program.
Many prominent actors and actresses,
approaching that this was to be an
epoch making production. volunteered
to accept small parts lust to be IN the
picture" Among some Of these artists
are John Burke, Eric Hudson. Edmund
Elton, Lewis sealy, Eiwyn Eaton, =. z.
Sullivan, Morgan Thorpe Alexander
Lotus, Robert VIVIAN, Barry Macollum,
Norman Macdonald and many others.
John Davidson. who appears as the
dashing young Paris, an all important
role, is one of the few actors in the big
cast, who has not appeared in Shake
spearian productions. But he is one OF
the foremost actors Of the country in
his line, and has been in several well
known Broadway plays. Mr.. Davidson
has been with Mr.. Bushman in nearly
all his Metro productions.
John w. Noble. one Of the greatest
directors Of motion pictures in the
country, produced Romeo and Juliet
He was assisted by a. large corps Of di-
rectors, each especially qualified in his
particular line. Among these assistants
were Leander de Cordova. Edward Els
ner, Harry Sothern and Rudolph de
Cordova. The scenery was built under
the personal supervision OF Edward
Shutter. In addition to many preten-
tious studio sets, Mr.. Shutter construct
ed an entire Italian city, for the action
staged in picturesque old Verona.
Sumptuous settings were made. neces-
sary by the wealth Of the two great
families, the Montagnes and the Capu-
lets. to which Romeo and Juliet be-
longed. All the furniture, costumes and
hangings are Of the richest known in
italy at the beginning OF the fourteenth
century. period when luxury was one
OF the distinguishing features of every
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