Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-25
| KA|SER'S V|LLA|NY
Barred At PLAYHOUSE
Vivid Film Portrayal Thrills Inn
mense Assemblage of
Spectators.

| tiCitY Of which rs ~ Il astinnch and mlcl
| Of which is q matte ofcp anon knowledge
the villaiuy of he German kaiser IL
vlyidly portrayed III Rupert Julian
master production, The Kaiser. IN,
Beast of Berlin" which thrilled an inn
mensc asscmblape that filled The PLAY
house 10 capacity last night on the
occasion of - private showing of this
wonderful film, which this afternoon be
gins II weeks engagement at that theatre
This private showing IL was M
nounced by \. Rae du Bell. in speaking
OF the next Liberty Loan, was given bv
Manager Louis Ailernann of The PLAY
house IN order tu stimulate The patriotism
al the community, and Judging by the
frequent manifestations ~ sentiment and
emotions ON the part of the spectators,
the object WAS fully accomplished while
IT was also treat that everybody ap-
preciated Mr. tllemanns guests in
cluded the Boy Scouts, who were delighted
and apprecative.
The long sofp7 of manifestations Of
brutality, savaperv and lnbumanitv on
the part oi the l'euton ruler are very
cleverlv connected through an intensely
interesting dramatic narrative. with n
ieeply-laid plot which is mover lost sight
OF Beginning with the kaiser display
ni world-eonuuest ambitions. tho story IN
the drama opens with the violation of
Belgium The kaiser and his advisers
are shown dcliborating over plans fol the
army s march 10 Paris tho Belgian treat :
Is brought IN and torn tu bits bv the
kaiser. next the German army IS seen
pouring into lnuvaln; countless hriltalltiPs
are there visited on men. women and
children In the town however, the
leader If the armed hrutce finds a power
full. lWt peaceful blacksmith ludgni-
tics toward him. his family and neighbnrs
bring death to tVu or three uf the perpc
traitors. anI finally. ~ the CONCLUSION of
the story. after HnTlin has fallen, the
Niles Turn the kaiser OVER tn the belgian
king and the ouVain black atnlth gets
his revenge through lrlng the keeper If
the prison ~ whirh the kaiser j. lntorncd
~ this thrilling phntntlav man, If
the most striking brutal incidents ni the
war including tho plotting ier th" sinking
"i the usItara. arc shown The kalsor
and his advisers arc seen arranging 10
accomplish this Goniish uhirct and,
notwithstanding tho fact chat the toni
maU,lrT ~ tho boat that sank the
Iusitania IS Decorated llv thn kaisof
who giuafe nV,r what ho has dune. the
commander IS "onsricuce stricken over
The ruthless mnrlcr of innnrout uunpn
AMI children and finally heromps insane
AMI haunts his brutal master hat
Tho kaieor has ~ rnns"i"nrn and Is
a,tnatcd only =, desire ~ bo The supreme
h"lng NJ hc whole oarth il repeatedly
manifested ~, even shows no ,nnaidcta
tlop f"r tho humhln ,u,= Who snrv" hin
a. h- palace ~ 4nvv here else hunriI'af- 4
81 n . y Il 80
if ho tells lhtm - murder their relative
thoy Vii have ~ ~ 81 rheerfulv and
Without ar,Inlhhna The captain If tho
palace guard = llpi, sort of fellow. -
-onts these f,hnifs and demands =ati7lac-
tlnn. finally knocking tho kaiser down,
but hrmg 2 Fnsslan oiiicer hp IS com
pelicd - atone hy committing sIirldc
Nr Julian admirably takes the part
of tho kaiser the other characters All uf
v hich are voll handlcd. being as follows
Captain vnn Wohlhold. Allan scars.
CAPTAIN 1on \4ogl - llrulller .
von R"thm4nn lulluog l,n Chaney
Ndmual yon IrTltz. Nafl ieutnu Field
Marshal von llm,ienhug "a, ~mth
General yon l>}u,L. lIarr, Cartel. ol,nol
Schune,ioIo W II RaiulriAao artarn
Hon litncbe Ham Nrn Met. tdnuHl
,,,n l'h-cott Walter lcla~.n t,onoral
Eurh vor lalcnha,p ld lark t,ou-
etai rnn ba,~.oler X ranter Gencral vor
,inr 1,ult1 " 'ahutn 6,oncral Nap W od
dlngcn Rraucgarl t,euctal ven
Hrct 7cndrri I corcnr;4u (,cn,taI von
Kue-olhclm Wadsvurfh Ilarn@ captain
l<ovIsrh Captain anderson ~ von
Greeelol Wntcr He'll Nlarea- he bla,k-
smith lIsn Lincoln Ioule lomenic.
Rnhrvt t,grtiDu Ihc President tlrln
aetman. Ambassador Gerard. Joseph
Glrard General rcrshnp Alitod Aleu
General lIaig II Narrw1 General lofIre.
Ilarry linldcn General paz Pedro ~"5o.
I\iue ilbori Jack Macdonald. laitle
lean Master ',ooreo llupp lanseI
Master rankic Ice Gabrielle Nl~z Ruth
Clifford tho ucv -'nadc brldo Nis-
BETTY Carl,en1cr, grandmother Narca4.
Mis- RUBY l.afavpttc Ecftha Non Nclglr.
MIS- t,rctchcp l.ciercr Ortol M'-trte~
7oe Bao
Tho plat va~ vfut,n hy Ntr iulieu
and Elliott ! I lawson Tho s,quea
costumes and general atmosphere N
each episode are correct and the proJrr.
tIon I~ splcndid
Tins IS undoubtedly hc most orportuno
aud thrilling pbotoray of tho time deal
ing with this particular subject. WITH
nothing offensive tn any patriotic Amen
can and Wilmington Is fortunate n
having il AT Tho Playhouse ior week
80 that all may soc 1t Two performances
viii be gwen each afternoon. thc FIRST
starting at - chuck. and two IN the even
lng the FIRST n .in white there vii be /.
special children matinee ~ l0}o 81
~ntuTda, morning