Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-05
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Tyrone Power. of the legitimate
stage, has become a star in Bluebird
photoplays. He was engaged to cam
Needham's Double" play produced so
! long ago that PaImer's Theater and
the late A. M. Palmer figure in the rec
ords.
The stage version. was so planned
that Mrs. Willard might introduce him
self as John Needham and Joseph Nor
bury, his double" in different scenes;
| but the trickery of the motion picture
camera mas entirely reversed this old
fashioned method of playing doubles" "
and In the screen version Mr.. Power Is
said to participate in some remarkab BILE
achievements.
More than one thousand different
titles were listed and carefully zone
over by experts ere "Gloria's Romance"
was SELECTED as the title. of the new
George, Kleine motion picture novel
from the pen of Mr.. and Mrs Rupert
Hughes. Billie Burke, the $4,000 per
week motion picture star, .enacts the
leading role in the production and as
Gloria Stafford appears as a vivacious
and charming young society girl
Ralph w. Ince is about to start on a
railroad drama, which we are told, will
be a, second "Juggernaut." The name
and length Of the picture is, not. known
weeks to complete the filming. Lucille
Lee Stewart; Mr.. Ince's new leading
WoIndn' I1untiey Gofdon, and william
Dangman will portray the. principal
characters and will be assisted in its
enactment by company of recognized
ability.
LOCAL THEATERS
Mae Marsh, who plays the role the
Flora Cameron in The Birth of a Ma
Clever Actress orpReum for return
In the birth engagement for three
of Nation" days beginning Mon
day with daily matt
nees, is known all over the country as
the girl with a thousand faces. Her re-
markable rise to the position in the
motion picture field that Maude Adams
| holds in the legitimate drama is due to
the careful manner in which ID. w.
! Griffith, the master producer, has stud
led her personality and brought out
Little Miss Marsh has only been in
pictures two years but she has already
reached the top of the ladder 4 few
| seasons ago she came to the Grifffith
| studio to watch her older sister work.
She was raw and undeveloped but
Griffiths keen eye saw great possibili-
! ties beneath the surface of her anxious
eyes and mobile Countenance. lie want
ed a half-grown girl for n work he
was finishing and he selected her. Now
she has the most likable role i'm all the
thousands of characters that crowd the
Griffith masterpiece. She is the joyous
note of youth In the most remarkable
drama the film has yet unfolded.
One of the most stupendous produc-
| tions the Jesse l.. Lasky Company have
ever made for the Par
Mae Murray amount program is
at the Regent ITO Have and to Hold
To-day. now being shown at
the Regent. The photo
rlay is taken from Mary. Joinston's
| famous novel of the early days of Vir-
ginia and as Lady Jocelyn Leigh, Miss
Murray is said to be seen at her best.
Besides being a gripping romance. ITO
Have and to Hold" is Historically cor
] rect, the costumes and scenery having
been especially prepared by a score
of artists after months of careful re-
search.
]. Warren Kerrigan. moving picture
! favorite of theater- going millions, will
appear Tomorrow only in THE Gay
Lord Waring."
The delightful musical comedy girl
act, "The Courtroom Girls" opened at
the Majestic Theater yes
! At the terday afternoon to an an
Majestic. preciative audience. The
act is a humorous forecast
| of what "mere NAM NAV eXpect in the