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An Outdoor Movie
Julius Caesar"
for the West

The movies are doing their share in
the Shakespearean anniversary ceebra-
ton. Herbert Trees Macbeth" for the
Triangle is an example of the screen art.
But out on the coast they are doing still
more. The movie actors are to act
Shakespeare in the flesh. on May 10. at
Hollywood, the stars of several movie
companies are to give a production OF
Julius Caesar" in the natural amphithe-
atre country. The cast viii include Tyrone
Power, as Brutus Frank Keenan,, as Cas-
sus; William Farnum, as Antony; Theo-
dore Roberts, at julius Caesar; DeWolf
Hopper, as Casca Douglas Fairbanks, as
OctaVius: Courtenay Foote. as Decius
Brutus Constance Collier, as Portia, and
Sarah TruaX, as Calpurnia. In the more
minor roles a host of prominent motion
picture players will be seen.
A natural amphitheatre In Beechwood
canyon, outside of Hollywood, has been
chosen as the scene of the drama The
spectators will be distributed over vast
auditorium, in which arrangements will be
made TO accommodate $4,000 persons.
Walls which rise sharply on all sides, win
provide acoustics which will allow every
spoken word to be heard
In the centre will be a large space
which will be used as the stage. On the
canyon wall to the right of the auditor-
tum, VIII De the mouse OF caesar 10 ths
left is the space where the gladiatoriaI
contests viii take place, and above it, on
the left wall of the canyon. the Enclosure
from which multitudes of Romans viii
look down on the contests A half mile
down the canyon. in the rear Of the stage
is an elevated plateau. which will repre-
sent the plains Of Philippi"N
The action viii be continuous. the
close OF one scene the lights will out
They win then be flashed upon the cta-
tors, and then Immediately Will 30 on
the next scene. II is to be an effect some
thing in the order OF the "cut-back' OF
motion pictures. The battle scene will be
staged by one of the leading film pro-
ducers. and il Is 10 be so timed and di-
rected that il will work It's way from the
background TO the central stage at the
moment of the climax.
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spollt child then. I'd never been denied any
thing. so when first met him fanced him.
singled him out and went after him. My
parents showed great foresight when they had
me christened Eve. l was very Eve-y as
a girl.
Liv,-Wore you?
Eve-very. I know much better now.
Liv.-Do you?
Eve-Oh, very much better.
Liv,-Tvo always thought Eve must have
hean pretty nice sort OF person. She looks
1t In her pictures.
Eve-The long-hUired 1t. ns a famous writer
once called her--the lonE-hnired II. IT'S a silly
story. anyway. 1t ended 50 miserably, like
mine,
Llv-But YOU didn't marry him.
Eve-She didn't. either. did she? But |
would have He had only to ask me. | was
clay in his hands and I was happy five years
ago. Oh. those days! l used to stay with his
mother weeks at a time Our mutual bond
was music. lie would play In the great hall
and ! would lie In the hammock the lawn.
listen and dream. Wonderful dreams. too;
and he was In all of them. Are you interested?
I.Y,-Yes, / am.
Evo-One day half in a spirit OF mischief,
l promised to Join him I'm celebrating Chopin
anniversary-at night. when the house was
still, What a little fool was in those, days
l wonder II I'd do It now? Oh, II | hadn
gone! There was no reason why we could not
have celebrated Chopin > daylight. But no,
l insisted It had to be night 1t seemed more
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while she occasionally strikes a rich, deep
note, showing that the note Is latent in
her range, for the most part she plays
with n curious and terribly nerve-trying
head tone, from the roof of her mouth,
which, you feel. IL pushed, would be too
close to a falsetto for comfort. She does
not shade the part, and in her effort to
swing the play she strains moro and
more to project this weepy woe by over
emphasizing the sob, which she lacks the
physical resources to make big and
resonant and powerful. Indeed, wherc
has she ever had the training for such
a role? II she had played Mrs. Danes
Defense" "Zira," East Lynne" and a
dozen more dramas like that, she might
make a go of this one. As 1t is, with
out the proper training, and without tho
proper help from some. more experienced
player in the company. she Is beating her
wings futilely. Norman Trevor, to be
sure, as the Prime Minister, is good
actor. but he projects his part largely by
native dignity, which is about all the role
calls for. Nor is II certain that his ad-
vice would be welcomed. We are not at
all sure that Miss Ferguson was not made
a star too soon.
THE Cohan Review of 1916" at the
Astor Theatre, is sheer foollng running
burlesque of many OF the seasons plays
and mostly unintelgible to those who
have not seen these plays To those who
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Chad's PRAYER
From "The Little Shepherd Of King
dom Come"

From "The Little Shepherd Of King
dom Come"
NOD, l hain't nothin' but a boy,
" but / got ter ack like a man
now. Pm a goin' to run away now,
and l reckon you know it. l amt
got no daddy and no nanny, and
| hain't never had none as knows;
but Aunt Jane here, she's been just
like a nanny to me. Pm goin'
now. And | don't want you to
think that Pm a-complainin', for
| amt; and I'm tryin' to find me
some place where l can lay my
head here in this earth, and earn
my livin'; only it seems sort of
curious as you'd let me be down here
and nobody carin' for me except
my kin Melissa, who Pm goin'
with. But Thy ways is inscrutible,
leastwise that's just what the cir
cult rider says; and | amt got a
word more to say. Amen.
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keenan, Keen on the
Magic of the Movies
The Star of "The Stepping Stone" Analyses the
New Art of Expression and Finds It's Power
Commensurate With the Theatres
Bv FRANK KEENAN,

HNHERE is no question of the drama I'm
Il pictures equalng the drama In speech
The two will be commercial rivals for a
long time, but neither will usurp the place
of the other as an art. on the contrary,
each will take It's own place. forge its
own path, be shaped by its own nature
and limitations. SO each will grow less
and less like the other except in the
fundamentals-th general subject. hui
manity.
The eye appeal OF pictures has pecul-
lar power. The mechanism of It's In
lueuce is curiouslv direct physiologically
simple But words have their potency.
too. and will always have. The spoken
drama will gain in beauty and in appeal
by being robbed of some of its effects
for the making of photoplays, but in
beauty, variety, size and naturalness of
scenes the stage play can never compete
with the picture In swiftness and sure
ness in the development of certain kinds
of situations II is again at hopeless dis
advantage.
But 1t still has n profoundly impor-
tant field all its own, and, like II man
robbed of sight. it will develop In un-
expected and compensating ways. II will
be better written, more expressive and
better expressed than hitherto. And this
last Improvement will be directly due to
the photoplay. which is revlving the al
most lost art OF vivid dramatic express
sion. For years we actors have been US
Ing word sounds to cover a multitude of
deficiencies in our ability to express hu-
man thought and emotion by action We
have let the dramatlst and the scenery
do our work--or much OF it-and have
gone out after social recognition and
other false gods.
In the olden days the actors world was
a world apart and whether It was n poor
world or not, 1t kept MIN in living. vital
touch with his art He may have talked
ridiculously in Shakespearian quotations
and spouted and posed on the stage and
off, but this business of acting was his
lfe's devotion. The great Shakespeare
was Il vital inspiration to him and he
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win.--A man2
Eve-Of course II was man.
Which, tell me, what was he like?
Eve-He was very like Sir Philip.
Wln.-Oh. was he?
Eve-Nery, only he was younger.
WHILE Is old isn't he?
Eye-oh, don't know! Not so very.
Wln,-Oh, he is
Eye-He's too 9d for you-naturally.
Win.-Oh. muchl
E!ve-Of course he ls-much too old for YOU
What kind of a lover Is he-now--I mean what
kind OF lover is he?
Win.-Oh. don't!
Eve-Oh, that kind?
Wln.-I never let him make love.
VIM hate to be alone with HIM
Eve-Does he talk much?
win.-Sometlmes.
Eye-Great big words?
Wln.-Yes, how do you know?
Eve-Oh, lots of them make love that way,
YOU know, cOnversationally, especially TO quite
young girls. Some of them play the plano
WHILE does.
Eye-NO,
Win.-Oh, yes
Eve-Fancy that. Plays it we'll?
Win.-Oh, yes. The only times l ever liked
him at all were when he played TO me,
Chopin tO-Yery young girls.
Win.-No, Elgar.
Eve-Elgar-Oh, really? 'Pomp and cir
cumstance." Fashions change. even In music.
Has no always-behayed htmselrg
Win.-Always.
Eve-He is not an ardent lover
Win.-NO. quite cold.
Eye-Dear me. he must bs old!
Win.-OldP
Eye-Cold.
WHILE Is.
Eve-peqr me. it must have been an amaz-
ing courtship!
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T HARTLEY MANNERS is not relying
eJ A.. on peg OMy Heart" alone to bring
success either to him or his charming
wife, Laurette Taylor, as all who have
witnessed THE woolng of Eve" at the
Broad will testify Here is a portion of
the dialogue which savors more of Sutro's
"The Two Virtues" than of Mr. Manners
great success of a few seasons ago. The
first scene Is between Eve and her newest
adnirer, Livingston, an American. II FOL
lows upon his proposal of marriage, ana
explains her refusal by narrating Ewes
early affair with an ardent admlrer VINO
proved too ardent The second. between
Eve and her cousin Winifred, who is now
engaged to said ardent one, speaks Tor
itself
Evenly dear Mr. Livingston. one OF ne
chief characteristics OF our very ren' anu, Sap' h J
news, houses. furniture and women at first
hand.
Eve-Im secondhand and not clisible'
Iiv-second-hand; how's that?
Eiy.-so % have ave- later all. what difference
dOfs f:yaGMiRs II Nine was rather serious.
I.iy.-Alino is very serious-now'
I.EZHow Ions, ago?
l.iv-HOw many?
iIy-Hm! Very much IN love?
Evs-Very-Yery much,
Iiv.-Engaged? , ,,..-,
Eve-Not quite. On the Drink Iottefihs' +
I.iy-what broke II oftg . -,
Evc-The old Adam that lies deep In all
mems natures. He gave mo my first glimpse
OF the abysmal brute. Enlightenin6 but uh-
pleasant.
Liy-Amerlcan?
EVe-NO. English
LIv-Oh-ah
Eye-oh. what does it natter
LIv-Young?
EVe-At the time.
I.lv-GOOd looking?
EVe--I thought so-then.
I.iv-'rreated you badly?
EYe-Oh, very!
l.ly-What fool!
Eve-Wasn't he?
Eve-Thank you. Mr.. Livingston.
I.ly.-WheTs Is he?
EYe-I don't know
Lslv.-Really2
EYe-Really.
i.iv-Havent you written to him?
EYe-No.
fIy-DIdnt you hear from him?
EVe-NO, | haven't written to him; haven't
heard from him; l don't know where he is,
Liy.-A real quarrel eh?
EYe-I quRrTelled; he said nothing. What
a long time ago 1t seems. was just
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Can the Anti -Suffs"
Find An Answer to
Mary Shaw?

The ''antis" are finding 1t difficult to
obtain an argument Strong enough to
offset the practical example for suffrage
afforded by Mary Shaw, the legitimate
actress who has temporarily left the
legitimate stage TO present One-act play
called 1.-The DiclSey Bird" in vaudeville.
Miss Shaw will be seen in this playlet at
B. Il. Keith's Theatre next week. Aside
from the fame and popularity she has
gathered through her career on the stage.
Miss Shaw is one of the prime workers
for votes for women" and one of the
most active of American clubwomen and
has found time for her propaganda and
has worked for the cause without inter-
ference with her professional career or her
domestic duties. for Miss Shaw is at one
and the same time an ideal mother, a
theatrical star of correct proportions and
an ndefatigable worker for the advance
ment of womankind, In fact. all of Miss
Shaws work, regardless of its kind has
been in the nature of uplift. The Central
Federation of Women's Clubs, probably
the largest woman's organization in the
world, having a membership of more than
= million and a half. has entrusted its
work 10 a group of committees, The
Drama Committee is composed of three
women, and Miss Shaw is one of the num-
ber. Her profession has helped her ma
terially in her work for the federation
The theatre compels one TO travel from
invaribly addresses the local members of
this organization.
In this capacity Miss Shaw has en-
deavoTed TO increase the demand for an
intellectual drama and to keep the classics
perennial Miss Shaw is also on the Ad-
Yisory Committee of the National Board
of Censors OF moving picture films, and
president of the Gamut Club, an organiza-
tion composed of women OF the allied arts
Actresses, singers, painters, sculptors,
writer's etc. In recognition of Miss Shaw's
wonderful work, the Criterion Club an
institution which is very similar to the
Union League Club, but composed OF
wealthy women instead. of wealthy men.
made Miss Shaw an honorary member,
il would seem that these activities would
keep the average woman busy, but not
so with Miss Shaw for she has already
become a devotee Of vaudeville and her
appearance in 1.-The Dickey Bird" is being
recognized as one of the seasons most
important features.
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drawbacks. Nobody denies it, Imagine,
for instance keeping the lions of the
cameraman when he found they didn't
take a fancy TO Daniel. It's doubtful
whether the Roman Senators and mob
would have kept out of range and
given the machine a good clear view OF
Brutus stabblng Caesar. And of
course, if Peepins Tom lost his eye
sight, Lady Godiya would probably
have cracked the lens of any camera.
But what would such little accidents
matter compared with a film of a
choice line Of martyrs in the Coliseum,
taken by special arrangement with the
management? or little Moses padding
round in the bulrushes. with Phar-
aoh's daughter in the offing? or
Cromwell prorOguing Parliament with
the words, Take Away That Bauble I"
thrown on the screen? Such sights
would be worth untold gold to us to-
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has Just come from switzerland to be q
governess for the Prime Minister'S little
girl Margaret will impersonate her, take
her place. Just little more speed in the
playing and this act would make perfect
burlesque of the long -arm-of- coincidence
drama, without single change
Margaret goes to the Prime Minister'S
house, of course. and of course she falls
in love with him, especially as he discovers
her secret and instead of turning her over
to the police, still keeps her in his family
"a curious proceeding for a Prime Min
lister In times of such grave national peril
Her brother is assigned to murder the
minister when Margaret fails to accom-.
plish this end and Margaret in order TO
save both her brother and the Minister
SO arranEes matters that the brother
shoots her in the dark, and escapes think
ing he has killed his quarry. We really
expected to see Margaret get up again and
fall into the Minister'S arms. Why not?
II would be no less improbable than the
rest of this rigamarole.
Miss Ferguson. as Margaret. Is no doubt
supposed to express blind hate. dawning
love aud sublime self.sacrfirc There /. II
scene where the Minister Cross-questions
her, for all emotional parts must be
written to show the actress breaking down
under strain. and saying, You ask me so
many questions, and I've got such head.
ache, and | want to 60 to my room now"
There is n scene where Margaret con-
fronts the Minister'S trusting little child.
There is scene where the Minister speaks
in kindly fashion of the Germans. and
shakes her resolution. And 80 on. But
for all these tricks of the sentimental
melodrama, the part nevertheless Is ii -
strangely monotonous key of unreleved
weepiness and to project unrclieveG
wecpiness for whole evening is beyond
Miss Fergusons powers especially in this
big theatre In the first place, she has
not yet developed anything like the ply si.
cal resources. Lacking both the native
power and the training of an actress like
Margaret Anglin. her sob and her crooiied
smile are both for row c. and are lost
before they get to the vasty rear of the
auditorium. In the second place, in her
efforts to color her tones to the moods
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went at the art OF expression with n
big reverence in his heart
Much of that same impulsive devotion
has come back to us again under the in
spiratlon of this new and expanding art
form-the photoplay. Under the tremen-
dous impetus of the thing we are striv-
ing nightly and happily I'm isolated
groups not unlike the old theatrical coter-
les. The photoplay is daily demanding
q little better than the best we have to
give, and we are trying new experiments
to meet new situations and making new
discoveries that lead TO still further pos
sibllities. We are I'm it heart and soul.
We, out here at the studios live and
dream little but pictures. day and night
And what is demanded of film actors
Ia chiefly ability in pantomlme-the very
thing that has so nearly disappeared from
the stage. But II is not the traditional
or conventional art OF pantomime that Is
needed, but a subtle, delicate thing, new
forged by the extraordinary requirements
of the intimate, new art.
The present-day use of the Closeup"
view on the screen for example, is the
equivalent OF having the spectator within
"A yard or n foot OF you, watching every
CULVER OF n muscle while your face, un-
aided by even n whispered exclamation,
tells the dramatic story. That is a real
test OF acting.
And that new-found art OF expression
many of us will sooner or later take back
to the stage and It will be no small fac
tor in bringing about the revival OF inter-
est in the spoken drama that will come
when the two sister arts have settled
and accepted their essential differences
and gone their respective and divergent
ways
AS for the photoplay despite the ham
dicap of its humble origin In the nickel
odeon--a handicap It Is magnificently
overcoming-it is true and heaven-born
art expression 1t is not as the bromide
goes. in its infancy, but In vigorous young
manhood-virile. impetuous, fearless and
uncritical. 1t is an art of amazing poten-
tialities that is developing at high speed.
Many of us will gladly devote the rest
OF our lives to 1t and we will be richly
rewarded.
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wins the great matrimonial contest for
Penelope by drawing his own bow after
eight suitors fail
Runnymede. England-King John
signs the magma charta with three
gold-mounted goose quills.
Troy Asia Minor-After a 1O-year
siege the Greeks get Troy's goat in
exchange for a wooden horse,
Westminster England-Canute the
Great, with the aid of the sea, calls
his courtieTs' blur.
London, England-Gallant Sir Wal
ter Raleigh assumes office as head of
the department of streets as result of
famous cloak episode.
New York City-Fulton insugurates
the first Hudson River excursion line.
Thrace-Paris announces the verdict
in the famous beauty contest,
OF course. there would have been
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A Very Bad Drama
and Clever Review
Walter Prichard Eaton Thinks Margaret
Schiller Pretty Poor Play, but Says
Cohan Has "Some" Review
BY WALTER pR1cHARD EATON

yTTHY G. NJ. Cohan, in his burlesque of
w the seasons plays let Margaret
Schiller" escape Is hard to see, unless he
thought that the task of burlesquing 1t
was too easy. In fact. there are scenes in
this latest drama from the pen of Hall
Caine which could be beautifully bur-
lesqued simply by hitting UP tho pace Of
the performance and emphasizing just a lit
tie more the emotions OF the players. And
this Is the play i'm which Elsie Ferguson
is spending a year of her precious youth,
when she should be learning to act We
say learning to act Intentionally, because
in the role of Margaret Schiller. in this
melodrama, playing In the big New Am
sterdam Theatre, she shows that as yet
there are r. whole lot of secrets still
sealed for her. In fact. at times she acts
downright badly, and the harder she works
to save the play. the worse she acts. We
have no objection to her taCklinE melo.
drama: probably IL would be good thing
for her, il she could tackle a good melO-
drama under competent direction or play
ing opposite to Otis Skinner or Rose
Coghlan. and If she could tackle 1t for
few weeks only. But to spend season
in this Caine rubbish Is little short of
crime, for she is getting worse instead of
better. and working harder and harder
along wrong lines to save an impossible
situation
margaret SChlller is young German
girl. living in the home of her uncle and
aunt in London, after the outbreak of the
war Her father has been imprisoned, and
died In prison, which has made her and
her brother very bitter We see them. with
their old aunt. when the play begins The
aunt says II will be all right. because the
uncle won't lose his job in the conservatory
where he has taught the piano for 30
years. Presto enter uncle. lie has lost his
job. Then they say IL will still he all
right, for they can live on son FriederiCh's
salary Presto, enter Friederich. and he
has lost his job. Then Margaret says II
there were only some way so she could
get into the house of Sir Robert Temple.
the Prime Minister, who is responsible for
these cruel alien enemy laws, she'd fix
him. Presto. enter a family friend who
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When you cat banana frittrrs
Every undertaken filters,
And the caskct makers nearly go insane.
Some little bug is going to find YOU some day
Some little bug Will creep behind you some day
with "a nervous little culver
Rc'll give Cirrhosis ,of the liver:
Some little bug Is going to find YOU some day
when>cold storage vaults I visit
| only say what Is II
Makes poor mortals MI their systems with
such stuff.
Now, for breakfast. prunes are dandy
II stomach pump is handy
And your doctor can be found quite soon
enough.
Eat plate of fine pigs knuCkles
And the head d.stone cutter ChuCkes,
While the grave digger makes note upon
his cuff
Eat that lovely rcd bologna
And YOU II wear u wooden kimono, 4
As your relatives start scrapping bout Your
stuff
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Some little bug is going to find YOU some day
Some little bug will creep behind you some day
Eating juicy slice pineapple
Makes tho sexton dust the chapel:
Some little bug is going to find you some day.
All these crazy foods they mix
VIII float MS cross the River StyX,
or they'll start us climbing up the milky
way,
And the meals we eat in courses
Mean hearss and two black horses
So before a meal some people always pray.
LuCious grapes breed 'pendcitls
And the juice leads to Eastritis
So there's only death to greet either way
And fried liver's nice but, mind you,
Friends will soon ride slow behind you,
And the papers then will have nice things
to say.
Some little bug Is going TO find you some day.
Some little bug Will creep behind you some day.
Eat some sauce. they call II chill.
ON your breast they'll place lily;
Some little bug Is going to find YOU some day.