Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-23
WHY NOT PHOTOPLAYS
OF ELTZABETH'S DAYS?
Metros Romeo and Juliet" Sug-
gests a Good Way to Cut the
Movie Royalties
BN the Photnplnr Editor

In the hght Of the victoriR Theater's ALL
week run of Metros Romeo and Juliet"
with Mr.. Bushmsn and Miss Bayno. begin
ming today. let ms consider the question Of
tragedy and the movies VIII photoplay-
goers accept as general thing. unhappy
stories. dead heroes and heroinos cadaver-
Gus happenings Undoubtedly they will. n
tho stories are good enough and II they
arc produced with sympathy and art But
tho public Is beginning TO he wary Of pre-
calculated misery OF the sort that springs
from design and not from natural sequence
OF human events. That Is why the direct
ors had better be looking around for ade-
quate scenarios In case the Romeo and
Juliet business starts a furore for dole
tul tales ON the screen.
" they want TO save money usually
spent ON royalties, we suggest that they
take the Metro tip and 10 In for Eliza
Nethan drama, Not necessarily shakes
pearc. but. perhaps Marlowc and Webster
and their spiritual brothers Movie people
arc naturally skcptical and conservative.
and the foregoing advice may sound a bit
hiEhhrpw. hut, accept our assurance there
Is more sterilization OF action, more "pomp
OF pagcautry. rapture Of rhyme" more dash
and gore and viVidity In THE Duchess OF
Msln' and "Tamerlane" than in half a
dozen modern shilling -shockers.
Speaking Of Romeo and Juliet" Theda
Bara. who Is TO do Juliet In the William
Fox version Of the play. Is out with another
or those chipping interviews. Please listen 3:
Thcda Bara who Ia a firm eugenist has
a new theory about tho character OF Juliet
According to the beautiful actress who
nortrays the unhappy heroine In the Will
Ham Fox version OF Shakespeares MASTER
piece. her parents were lily mated.
'Julcts father Is sixty years old or more
when the play begins" says Miss Bara.
while her mother Is twenty-eight They
must have been married fifteen years
previous to this The union was evidently
worldly. arranged by Lady capulct's
parents"
Annette Kcllermann. whose limbs are as
melodies vet" in "a Daughter OF the Gods ="
az the Chestnut street opera House. where
she appears noble and nude but hardly
antique" daily viii leave early this week
for this city, to address the state Federation
ot women's clubs on health and hygiene
The report that she will also speak on
Bare Facts About Jamaica" Is untrue
Norma Tamadge's first Selznick made
feature will he "Panthea." and not The
Price She Paid" "Panthea." by Monckton
Hofre, acted FIRST In New York city before
the "foots" by Olga Petrova, has an in
volVcd theatrical history. n was said to
have been written for Doris Keane who,
however. never played Il. and william
Faversham was at one time dlckering for
the rights.
\ feature Of the forthcoming Mcclure
series, seven Deadly sins" Is that each
star, as she appears in her particular play.
will be supported. by not one. but several
well-known leading men.
The Matrimonial Is the title OF Douglas
Fairbanks next picture for the Fine Arts
Triangle. The athletic star IN working on
n In Los Angeles now. under Paul Powells
direction. The actor collaborated with
Octavlus Roy Cohen on the scenario.
Variety" has lovely department.
"Driyel OF the Films" from which this is
piucked.
while Henry Pewt was enacting an
important scene in The Golden Gloom a
large piano fell on his neck. With great
presence OF mind Mr.. Pewt held the posi-
ton until closeup was taken. A heavy
orchestraton will be arranged for this
picture"