New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
SHADOWS ON THE SCREENS

Tighty-sixth Street; Wednesday and
Thursday, New York; Thursday and
friday, Circle and West End; Satur-
Gay, Royal; Saturday and Sunday,
Forty-second Street and 10th Street.
Roscoe Arbuckle, in n Reckless
Romeo" will be shown Monday and
Tuesday at Loew's New York Thea
tire and Roof. Lillian Gish and Will
frid Lucas, in "Souls Triumphant"
will be shown Monday, and Dorothy
Dalton, in "Wild Windship's Widow"
on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day within the Law" will be the at
traction. Friday is double feature
day and will bring Alice Brady in
Maternity" and Franklin Farnum in
bringing Home Father
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"
is still rocking at the Broadway The
atre, although the restraining order
which was obtained by the Universal
Film Company against Commissioner
Bell is only temporary. at is foreign
TO all our beliefs, to all our institu
tons, to our heritage of liberty" said
L. II. Cochrane, vice-president of the
Universal, referring, of course, not to
the picture, but to the censorship. Mr..
Ccchrane agrees with the Commits
s.oner in stating that the picture
deals with birth control, but there
their paths diverge, for the former
will not admit that it is IAN offence
against morality, decency and public
welfare"
"The newspapers and the magazines
have been full Of il; the. legitimate
stage has had no difficulty in present
ing the topic; it is in every ones
mind and consciousness, but it must
not appear on the screen"
"Joan the Woman" will close its
season at the Park Theatre next Sat
urday. Continuous performances will
be given this week.
zone Law for Both" will begin its
second week at the Lyric Theatre to-
day. Two performances are given
daily.
"Christus" will enter upon its fourth
week at the Criterion Theatre.
For the first time since its opening,
the Strand will eschew its regular pro-
gramme and will present in its place
Benjamin Chaplin in his famous cycle
of Abraham Lincoln pictures. 1t is
said that this picture will cost more
than any picture which ever has been
presented for the same length Of time.
The Lincoln Cycle" will have its first
showing next Sunday.
"The Submarine Eye" the William
son brothers latest achievement, will
have its premier at the Liberty Thea
tire within the next two weeks. The
exact date is not yet definitely settled.
The picture is said TO be full of
thrills, which sounds reasonable. "The
Submarine Eye" expects TO occupy the
Liberty for the summer.
Douglas Fairbanks's next picture,
now rapidly nearing completion in Cali
fornia, will be released on June II. The
title of this production, which was
originally "a Regular Guy" has been
changed to "Wild and Woolly.'
Geraldine Farrar-Tellegen has just
arrived in California, and is busy
house hunting. She is accompanied by
her father and mother and her hus-
band, Lou-Tellegen.
Emily Stevens, who just finished
strenuous and fearful season in "The
Fugitive" has returned TO the screen
via the Metro studio. Miss Stevens
will make four pictures, for which she
will receive $4,000. "1he Stacker"
five-act play of the war, written and
directed by William Christy Cabanne,
will be Miss Stevens's first vehicle.
The Art Drama rise to say that
they are not in the market for scripts
Of any kind. What they are asking for
and Offering real money for is a suita-
Bile trademark for their organization.
They have received thousands of sug-
gestions, but none which have been
suitable.
Elsie Ferguson has arrived in New
York, and will begin her first Aircraft
picture this week.
Maurice Tourneur will direct Miss
Ferguson in Der new picture, which is