Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-08
LAST BIG PLAY
OF SEASON
Observation-Disclosures

Conan & Harris have another gel.-
nine success in Going Up" fresh
from its run of two seasons in New
York. 1t will be seen at the
Brandeis theater for four days start
ing on Sunday. June Is.
Fashioned from THE Aviator by
James Montgomery, with lyrics by
Otto Harbach, with melody and
song by Louis A. Hirsch. Going
Up provides an evening of enjoy
ment largely due to its interpreta-
ton by Bobby Watson, Mary Lane,
Bette Parker, Lillian Raymond,
Ethel Dale, Jay Dillon. James H
Manning, Raymond Ellis, William
Wadsworth, Arthur Cunningham. P
II. Leonard and big chorus.
The story related in Going Up
is interesting and timely. 1t is.all
about an alleged aviator, who
though he has never been in the
air, is forced to make a fight in a
real4 airplane to win the girl OF
his heart. He makes the fight, but
not before the audience has under
gone paroxyms OF laugtcr. while
watching the preliminary prepare
tons, which are attended by so
many farcical situations as to keep
them in constant state of merri-
ment.
Tickle Toe" Kiss Me-" IF You
Look in Her Eyes" Going Up
When the Curtain Falls" The
Touch of Woman's Hand" and
DO 1t for Me" are a few of the
song hits.
Lyman Fl. Howe has made a
picturesquely beautiful trip along the
Ocklawaha in the Florida Ever
glades an important feature of his
latest Travel Festival which
comes to the Brandeis thcater for
four days starting today.
Ocklawaha, the mysterious, has
long been the goal of tourists. It's
narrow winding course leads through
tropical jungles.
There are numerous other notable
features on the latest Travel Fcsti-
val' program, including a novel ex-
position in motion of the insignia
of the United States army; the ex-
citing capture Of sea elephants,
swordfish and sharks among the
islands of the South seas; daredevil
! exploits of human skylarks in
somersaulting warplanes over the
city of Washington; hunting and
fishing expedition into the Cana
dian wilds, including the riding of a
wild 0moose by an adventurous
guide a demonstration of Goth
century efficiency wherein single
caterpillar tractor moves a large
frame dwelling through the streets
of a city; picturesque tour of
Japan. revealing the sacred shrines
and queer everyday customs of the
f1owery Kingdom; up-to-the-minute
views of the gcysers, waterfalls and
strange formations OF Yellowstone
National park. and scenes of Italian
sky warriors i'll training in the
Alps. 5 XIX.
When people ask me how to
learn to act, | always feel like say
ing that the hardest thing in acting
is not to act 1t brings to mind
comments without number I've
heard about actors, such as:
He doesn't, do thing in the
part, but he certainly is good" O..
A remark like that usually means
that the actor referred to is mas
ter of technique, so much as that he
forgets about it, and just goes ahead
and is himself, H. 81.
The best photoplays today are
those written for the star. This is
to help the actor of actress in being
natural. The principal character is
drawn as nearly like that of the one
who is to portray it as possible,
Then ali the star has to do is to
be herself throughout the picture,
act as she would in everyday life
under similar circumstances.
Take the pictures which have
been selected for ME recently, Blue
Jeans" Flower of the Dusk" and
The Gold Cure"
The heroine is in all OF them a
girl who is almost grown up-mind
you, not quite grown up-and who
is a little tomboyish and is simple
and unaffected and has sense of
what's funny. She grows up in the
picture, when she has her romance.
All of these stories appealed to
me. / enjoyed playing in them, and
/ think the reason they were well
received was because l did on. the
screen just what would have oc-
Cured to me naturally.
So my advice on how to act is
don't.
In some future articles which |
am now writing | shall take UP this
interesting subject more fully and
discuss the technical side of the &C
tors or actress art.