Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-24

A LICE JOYCE. one of the pho
n toplay's most beautiful and tall
- ented stars, was born in Kan
sas City, Mo-, daughter of John
Joyce of Norfolk, Va, and Vallie
Mcintyre of Frankford. Ind. After
being educated in Annandale, Va,
she removed to New York, with
limited experience in amateur theat-
ricals and an intense determine
ton to succeed along some lines of
endeavor.
Her first position was as a teie-a
phone operator in the Gramercy ex-
change, and then she became an ar
fists model. Neither of these posi-
tons satisfied her and when motion
pictures beckoped, she was quick to
join Kalem and was cast in a rail-,
road story. She pictured beauti-
fully and showed real dramatic abil-
ity in her first picture, registering
even more effectively with each suc-i
ceeding release. Her early successes
include The Girl of the Music
Hail." School for Scandal" "The
Face of the Madonna" THE New
Minister" and "A Celebrated Case"
Miss Joyce rose to her present.
eminence in the silent drama with
Vitagraph, which she joined May ISL
1916. Albert f. Smith, president of
Vitigraph, selected her to play the
part of Mary Turner, in within the,
Law" and her Characterization was
declared by critics to be an eveni
more finished piece of emotional
acting than that of her predecessors
on the speaking stage. Miss Joyce
is appearing today and tomorrow
at the Strand in one of O. Henry'si
we'll known stories of human inter-,
est, "Everybody's Girl" And somel
of these days she expects to appear
in play of her own writing, for she
is in addition to being a successful
actress a scenario writer of &C
knowledge merit. a
Theda Bara is the god-mother of
the One Hundred Fifty-eighth in
fantry, which has been stationed att
Camp Kearny, California. Recently
she visited the camp when the regi-
r:ent was staging series of ath-I
letic events. After all the gamesl
were over, it developed that prettyl
nearly every man in the regimentI
had camera of some sort, and ALL
of them insisted on photographed
Miss Bara. Within the space of al
half hour more than 1000 of Miss
Bara's boys" had snapped their
godmother.
AS each one took picture, Miss
Bara requested that a copy of the
photograph be sent her with the
name of the soldier. "When a
Woman SINS" the latest of Theda
Bara's plays, appears at the Rialto'
this week.
1T isn't a motion picture, it's a
fashion show" said the critics when
Ethel Barrymores newest play,
Our Mrs. McChesney," was thrown
O.. the screen for the first time. For
the scenario was written from Edna
Ferber's stories of the same namN
which ran with such favor in theI
Post last year. /
The play is about woman travel =
ing woman, who finds the hardest|
customers succumb to brainwork,
and>to a quick and a good guess at
the critical moment. And several of
the scenes of the play are built in
the shop of one of Fifth Avenues
most stylish modistes and the cos
tunes all come from her place.,
Among garments displayed are eve-'
ming wraps and gowns, street and
sports costumes, dinner and alters
noon frocks, both for the debutante
and the young matron, and all the
hats. shoes and other accessoriesl
which 60 to make the tout ensembleI
of perfectly groomed woman. TheI
clothes are worn in the picture hyl
twenty of the most beautiful girls inI
New York. These models were
chosen for their beauty and grace,
both of face and form and make a
gorgeous feature in very clever
picture. Much alluring lingerie will,
also be glimpsed during the scenes,
revealing what will be the correct
wear of the under as well as the
outer garments. 1t is a scene which.
will appeal alike to men and women.
showing, as it does, the latest and
most exclusive of modes for the
coming season.
Miss Barrymore made great Sic
cess with the story on the stage
last year and in the screen version,
which appears at the Empress this
week, there have been made efforts,
to enlarge the scope of the scenes
aud of the stoY