The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
NOTABLE FEATURES BOOKED AT TR|ANON THEATRE FOR WEEK
Nance O'Neil, Julia Dean and Virginia Pearson in Galaxy of Stars at Local
 PhOtOplay House

Manager H. M. Newsome announces the following programme at the Trianon for this week, opening today, in which sev eral notable stars are booked
 "The Writing on the Wall' Animation of the famous play of William J. Hurl- burt, by the Vitagraph company, in which Virginia Pearson and Joseph Kilgour are co-stars, will be shown at the Trianon today and tomorrow. The story of "The Writing on the Walp' follows:
 Irving Lawrence, wealthy owner of a large number of tenements which are an eyesore to the health and fire depart ments, shows his disregard for others in his private life. Payne, his wife's brother, arrives for a visit with his bride Muriel and 1t evolves that the girl is victim of Irvings disregard for others in the past Complications develop, during which Irving's wife, becoming aware that her husbands mode of living is not all it should be. misunderstands 8 situation between Muriel and he, and she denounces them. An estrangement be- tween all concerned follows, during which a terrible fire breaks out in Irving's ten- enents. His little son is believed to be in one of the burning buildings, and Irv- ing needlessly sacrifices his life to save the boy after which a reunion is eff fected between Muriel and her husband.
 KENNEDY SQUARE,
 Antonio Moreno and Charles Kent are co-stars in Kennedy Square" a photo play from the popular novel of the late F. Hopkinson Smith. produced by the Vitagraph company, under the V. L.. s. F. banner. Kennedy Square will be shown on Tuesday.
 1.-THE WITCH"
 A William Fox production, '"The Witch, '' with Miss Nance O'Neil, will be shown on Wednesday and Thursday at the Tri- anon.
 At the close of the great mob scene fin 'The Witch,'' the picturization of Sar- dou's famous play, ''The Sorceress, ? Nance O'Neil, who is being featured in this film. collapsed. The work had been gruelling. Starting at 10 o'clock in the morning there had been continuous re- hearsals and scenes produced, all of which were done under a broiling sun.
 In the mob scene, where Miss O'Neil ' is supposed to be burned at the stake she is carried over the heads of an in- furiated mob of nearly a thousand men and women. Miss ONeii's work in this scene was particularly hard and trying to the nerves and at It's close she col lapsed. She was able to walk to the studio door, but at that point lost con- Z trol of herself and burst out crying. $ Fans and cold water were applied liber- ally and in 10 minutes she was ready to ! tetFe part III another ndfd scene
 THE RANSOM
 The story of The Ransom which is Scoming to the Trianon theatre on Friday fahd Saturday, as the next release on the Equitable programme illustrates the power of mother love when devoted to thwarting the efforts of a man to wreck ther daughters life in the same way in which he wrecked her own Julia Dean, the star of the piece. plays the part of the mother. It is tale of theatrical life *ln Which love. intrigue, vice and crime Splays prominent parts all the threads of sthe thrilling narrative leading up to the sprice the mother pays as ransom for <her daughters safety and happiness. That the sacrifice was not unavailing, and thai rthe daughter escaped the perils which were gradually encompasslng her. makes fthe conclusion as happy as it is logical. Eand the ending of the picture leaves a sthrfll which is a mixture of ioy and xserrow--joy that the dangers which Threatened the lovers have been brushed aside, and sorrow that the mother should {have made the great sacrifice without the daughter knowing the relationship which fexisted between herself and the woman To whom she owed her rescue from the machinations of those who sought to encompass her ruin.