Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
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LARA kIMBALL YOUNG,

The Road Through the Dark" be-
. longs to every war work society
that size has been able to enter. She
IS kntwn as Uncle Sans Pal"
around the studio.
81 One of her projects is the Clara
Kimball Young Unit for the Militia
Of Mercy" which provides all the
boys who were connected with the
studio with sweaters, socks and all
manner of knitted things, Miss
Young supplying the wool for the
girls who do the work And she's
The most willing buyer OF candy and
cigarettes for troop marching by
that the world knows, in addition to
being good Samaritan to a number of
p boys in the trenches who have no
g friends to send them personal
Z things.
: AS fairy godmother of the Cali
9 iornia United States Armed Guard,
! she is fairly busy whenever in the
= west and she'sa live and enthusiast
s member of the Smoke Fund COM
! mittee for the army. And as a
Z. Liberty bond salesman Miss Young
I. has proven that whenever she
: wishes to give up the film business
1 she could make living selling al
j most anything that had a price on it.
] The Red Cross, the Y. NJ. c. A. and
the Knights of Columbus and other
!. organizations have all found that
: Miss Young is more than readytto
! do her Bit and that generally
!. means substantial aid.
Bert Lytell, star of "Unexpected
! Places" to be shown at the Empress
!. the first half of the week, has only
I recently left the speaking stage for
I the silent drama where he appeared
!. in one production, The Lone
! Wolf" before signing up a long
!, term contract with Metro in whose
!. productions he will nova appear cx-
clusivey. His first picture with this
company was The Trail to icster
day." and he has followed it with
! "No Mans Land and Boston
Blackie's Little Pal, both clever and
dramatic plays which have brought
him added fame
Mr.. LyteH* comes of talented |
theatrical family and is All artist by
inheritance as we'll as by education,
he is considered one of the most |
gifted of the younger generation of |
American actors. His father and
mother were both noted players.
and his grandfather, J. X. Mortimer,
was, for years, one of Augustin
Days most brilliant stars. Mr..
Lytelps latest Broadway success, be-
fore he renowned the stage for the
screen, was "Mary's Angle i'll
+ which he was co-starred with Irene
Fenwick. III devoting himself en-
tirely to motion pictures this clever
and popular actor finds that he has
more scope for his artistic talents
! than OH the speaking stage and con-
siders the work more interesting as
the Developments in this art are
rapid and far-reaching.
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Opportunities to observe weird
fellowmen come so seldom as to
make worth viewing the picture the
Muse is presenting this week. The
film reveals the psychology of the
saNages in such graphic fashion as
. to cause skeptics to believe i'll the
Darwnian theory 1t is an easy
task to look down on primitive
peoples and to regret their lack of
taste in wearing sticks through their
noses and not having the services of
a metropolitan barber, but it-reSultS
in the conclusion that. the gap be-
tween the ape and man is COM
paratively short one, after all. True,
the stick that the oannibals in the
cinema affect is not pleasing, but
one may get just as callous 70 It as
to high waist-lines or riplet skirts
or anything of the sort. The film is
interesting in not only being a mir
ror to those who see it. but for the
good reason that the majority of OBJ
jections to travel pictures have been
removed. 1t has something of
plot, in that the photographers
Martin Johnson and his wife, lead
their pictorial story to the climax OF
being. captared and escaping through
. the aid of a British man-o'-war,
finale that might have been properly
DOIIOWtu II OIi dulC-pSllulll ulSI d
ture or theatricals.
For the first time in the history
of the motion picture industry this
city will come ahead of New York
in the matter of pre-reease trade
showing of big production along
Broadway lines, when Louis B,
Mayer will present Miss Anita Stew
art in her first super de luxe pro-
duction, "Virtuous Wives" at the
Rialto theater next Thursday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. While this trade ;
showing will be primarily for the
benefit of exhibitors, Mr.. Mayer is
also anxious to have present all per-
sons interested in the showing of
bigger. and better movie productions.
The showing will be given to the
accompaniment of a full orchestra
and surrounded by every detail and
establishment that usually charac-
terize a New York trade show.
While admission to the show here
Is by invitation. any person inter-
ested may arrange to attend through
the First National branch here.
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.Severa, military organizations in
California and other states have re-
erested Mary Miles Minter to be-
come the honorary colonel or other
ranking officer of their organiza-
tons. But because of her loyalty
to her first promise, said to be one
to southern regiment, stationed
near her .borthplace. Shreveport,
La, it is rumored that Miss Minter
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