The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
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At the Majestic

| a double bill for Sunday, the Majestic theatre will have Charlie Chapin in "The Fireman" and Winnefred Greenwood, 1 supported by Franklin Rickie, in Dust" This IS a fve-act sociological drama, which deals with a subject of vital in- terest to every man or woman. The pie ture has received a great deal of praise for the delft manner in which the pro- ducers have handled a problem that is faced in everyday life.
 "The Fireman is the second of the series of Mutual Chaplins that are now famous.
 The management has made arrange ments for the showing of the entire series so that if any of the Chaplin fans have missed the Mutual 'Chaplins they will have the opportunity to see them at the Majestic.
 Because of Manager Frankels fixed pol icy to make each succeeding offering bet ter than the last, he has engaged as a special attraction for Christmas week Cobb and Larose with their Honeymoon Girls
 This is without doubt one Of the high est priced tabloid shows that has ever played Birmingham. The above com pany with the help of Gene Cobb, who in the east is known as Honey Boy Cobb' is conceded a second Honey Boy Evans" and is in the class with Fields and Primrose
 Miss Stella Maytield prima donna, will no doubt be well received by the Majes- tic patrons, as this will be the first time a real primma donna has appeared at the popular priced houses of Birming- ham.
 The host of pretty girls and plenty of new song numbers and assemblies are bound to score a success
 dress and makeup mean real, hard
 work.
 For the first time in the history of the
 motion picture industry an original pho toplay is to serve as the basis of an opera. This is "The Cheat which was written by Hector Turnbull and produced by the Jesse L. I.asky Feature Play com \ pany, with Fannie Ward as the star It was released on the Paramount pro- gramme last December and made ols-
 tinct sensation in this country and abroad.
 Marguerite Clayton says she will have the following menu for Christmas dinner: Turtle soup, salmon salad, Vermont tur- key with trimmings" plum pudding ana New Orleans coffee and lot of other
 things. She will cook it all herself The
 Essanay star is the champion cook of the
 photoplay world-at least, that is what
 her guests proclaim her to be.
 Henry B. Walthalrs superfeature. 'The
 Truant Soul" will be seen at the strand
 beginning next Sunday
 My masterpiece" says Mir Walthall.
 And it is play in which he appears In the greatest dramatic role ever conceived
 for screen purposes.
 "The Truant Soup stands as MT. Wal thalls geratest dramatic effort. It is
 powerful, gripping play. one in which
 the famous screen star holds his specta-
 tors tensely on edge by his splendid art. It is the story of a hidden menace. of a great fear. and the millions of Walthall
 admirers in America and abroad will like
 him in the part
 A Triangle movie is being made showing a stage on a stage and a director direct , ing the director directing the stage play. , Enid Bennett, new player with Ince-
 Triangle, is to be accompanied by all the f frogs, toads, turtles goats and snakes in : and about Inceville in her first picture. Margery Wilson delayed the progress of Q -. f who was injured by the discharge of a
 blank cartridge in his face Cheaper to
 delay company than hire a nurse?
 When western Fox players haven't any . thing else to do, they get 'chased' by I U. s. patrol boat. At least, the publicity , man says so.
 . A cauliflower, poor thing, was recently made the subject of a story by Fox Film.
 Mrs. Zissner left an inheritance of Ho,- 000 to her granddaughters providing they , could cook, bake and sew Now comes June Caprice who claims to know all
 about it. That is the Fox press agent claimed the attainments for her. v Richard Bennett, noted screen and I stage actor has completed his engage
 ment with the American Film company
 at Santa Barbara, with production Of f ''The Gilded Youth" latest of the se- $ ries of Bennett features offered through e Mutual exchanges. '"rhe Gilded Youth s has been finished and soon will be re- e leased.
 E The phctoplay is five-reel feature, h combining comedy and drama, and Ben netts versatility is shown by his skllful
 handling of each The story hinges upon e the marvellous transformation effected by e 1 a sable overcoat on a young man of 0 shiftless habits and business instability. T The former stage celebrities who are I TOW at work in the Lasky studio at Hol- t lywood have formed new organization e the first of it's kind-caled the LaslSy . Players. The object of the organization is the occasional presentation of one-act
 plays and scenes from established dramas r for charitable purposes. @ The first performance of the new or = ganization was given on December at t the Glendale Eks lodge, the services Of n the players having been secured through | Director George Melford. who is mem e Der of the lodge. The celebrated re- f hearsal scenes from Sheridan's "The v Critic were chosen as the vehicle of h the players debut.
 : The leading factors in the movement = for the forna ton of this company were ! Marie Doro Hobart Bosworth. Frank
 Reicher. Theodore Roberts. Fully Mar 0 shall and Fannie Ward Other members t of the company are Raymond Hatton, l. Horace B. Carpenter, James Neill, Mae n Murray. Jane Wolff. Anita King. Flor : ence Smythe. Edward J. Le Saint. George O Melford. Wallace Reid, Tom Forman. Bob