Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-14
Journeys with
Photo Players

In one little motto Is found the secret
OF the rapid advancement OF Mona
Thomas II IL: mo matter how small
the task, do II the best you can" Miss
Thomas had only n small part In "ciyi-
lization." Thomas Inoe's huge spectacle.
but 40 we'll was her performance carried
through that her work stood out and
struck between the eyes II is this kind
Of work at the Ince studio which rap.
Idly has carried her upward
From some unknown correspondent In
Portland Ore Johnnie sheehan OF the
| American. has received q red, blue,
orange, green and yellow view Of the
Spokane river. Washington. The view IL
not so interesting as the following pug
cling verse, whose authorship fortunately
is hidden:
Oh. Johnnie. you're a naughty boy; saw
| you as n sousei
And watched you rob a lady and her
poor old aged spouse,
J / never knew that you could act 50
naughty or 50 mean
I Until / went up 10 the show, and saw
you on the screen.
/ Now you may think that I'm not nice 20
call you down 40 raw,
But H0ull excuse me when ] say, that
J this IL just from Nav
\ Bessie Barriscale Is putting genuine fun
/ into her role Of an ingenue, society girl,
/ type In Triangle Kay Bee light com
edy and At the same time getting equally
as much fun out Of the performance.
In the picture she Is the redeeming foa-
/ ture OF nouveauriche family whose
striglngs for social recognition furnish
the action Under the direction Of Ray
mond West, Miss BarriAcals succeeds In
poklng lots Of fun at her climbing film
parents.
The fame OF Henry q. Walthalrs work
as a portrayor OF emotion echoes back
TO the United states from the AntipodeH,
in a letter from Australia to an actor In
Los Angeles, stating that Walthall Is
tremendous favorite across the Pacific.
Audiences In Australia and New zen-
land, both acclaim him the greatest actor
on the screen, the writer says. And
with THE Little Coloners" ever growing
popularity in this country, this is one
point on which Australia and America
are entirely at one.
Ollie Kirkby. Social Pirate" stealing
Do not fA brave S"fthhi he warning seas, but in
ollie Of The dimpied shoulder, pirate
You NAV steal my heart II you but keep
! II company.
This was the verse written on card
found in Miss ollie Kirbys mail at tho
Kalem studios, whore che IL starring In
1.-THE Social Pirate" series. Her unknown
adnalrer who drops into metre at his
home in far off Boston adds that the
only sea dangers she need fear here arc
those of romantic nature at tho Cali
fornia beaches,
Aside from directing her own pictures,
playing the leading part In them, study
ing new material In her home at night,
Cleo Madison, OF the Universal, has
nothing to do until tomorrow She says
she likes the hard work, and very seldom
rests up more than q day or two. sho
has some fine stories outlined for the
future, and the expectation OF coming
triumphs, she thinks, makes up for the
long hours Of labor. Miss Madison has
new leading man playing opposite her
In William Mong His first work under
her direction 10 In THE Crimson Yoke,
a story of southern life IN two reels with
some big dramatic moments for her.
Juanlta Hansen has a great friend in
Hylda Hollis who plays the heavy in
THE Mystery OF Submarine, the new
American serial The players often start
work at 1880 In the morning and finish
at 30 or even later, They soon will make
a trip 10 Santa Cruz island for locations
and after that 10 Point Conception light
house. THE life Of a serialits isn5t all
it's cracked up 10 be-" both artists agree
Warren kerrigan, who for several
weeks was In tho Pine mountains south
~ san Diego at work on the Universal
feature, The Silent Battle. has re
turned to the big film city, where the
finishing touches will be put on the photo
play we enjoyed ourselves hugely" said
Ksrrgsn we we're more than bo0l
feet high, and the air and weather we're
wonderful It's true that one morning
We Awoks 10 find Il deem fan Of snow on
the ground but II didn't lat long and
was a pleasant change
Myrtle stedman will he starred in a
wonderful part IN the current feature
nov being directed by william q. TaYlog
at the Pallaa studioa She is playiug
shat amounts 90 three rartHea mother
At two STAGES Or her eatsaF and ths