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New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
By Harriette Underhill

Having seen all of Grifith's pictures,
but never having seen the power be-
hind the throne, we seized the earliest
opportunity when David Griffith re-
turned to New York last week and in
sisted on an interview.
Some one said to US: "Make up your
mind just what you want to talk
about and then don't waste any time.
He is a busy man and he hates being
interviewed"
But we knew we'll enough what we
wanted to ask him. We wanted to ask
why ne was the greatest director in
the world. And we insisted on in
terviewing him in his own Office.
When we arrived at the Griffith
suite, David Work was busy rehearsing
his company for the next picture We
went in unannounced and stood in the
centre of the room. All around us
were our screen favorites, most of
whom we never had seen in the flesh.
There were Robert Harron, Lillian
Gish and Dick Barthelmess; and then
we saw the greatest director in the
world and somehow knew it was he.
He left his rehearsal fiat and sat
and talked for an hour, and without
putting the question to him directly
we found out why he is the greatest
director in the world. 1t is because
he knows everything
And we made up our mind that we
should not make the mistake of letting
him talk of extraneous things.
"a director said recently that he had
better results directing people without
brains than those with brains. What
do you think of that Mr.. Griffith ?"
81 think it would be difficult matter
to find a person without brains. That
director probably confused the art of
expressing one's'self in words with hav-
ing intelligence. That is wrong. When
select my people l look for bright
minds and simple natures. One per-
son may have a complete conception Of
the emotions and the power to por-
tray them much more clearly than an
other person who can analyze those
emotions and catalogue them for you
"Mae Marsh was one Of my cleverest
little stars, and do you think she is
not brainy? She has an almost un-
canny insight into the fundamental
motives and she throws herself body
and soul into part
What is it that you do, then, that
other directors do not do? Every one
whom you direct does such marvellous
work. Are those ideas their own or
yours reflected in them?"
II can only tell them exactly what
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Florence Martin is a complete sur
prise. Perhaps it would be more ac-
curate to say that she is an enigma, for
she doesn't surprise you as mucn as
she battles you; and yet you have the
feeling that you would be more sur
prised ii you understood her better.
But this is becoming rather involved
and in moment we shall have to
resort to "If you know what | mean"
In the first place we had confused
Florence Martin with Mary Martin, ar d
we thought she was going to be big
and blonde and she is small and dark.
AT least she has dark hair and the
biggest bright, blue eyes we ever saw.
Miss Martin was born in Dublin, which
accounts for her eyes and general
delectableness, and she has that most
excellent thing in woman-a low voice
She seems shy, and at times we could
hardly understand what she was tell
ing us, even across the small table in
the window on the Fifth Avenue side
OF the Gotham.
"What is your ambition in life ?" we
asked
ITO be a great actress" she replied.
"Not merely good actress but a great
one! Nothing else would satisfy me-
"And how are you going to accom-
plish that?"
by working"
"And not by wishing? Don't you
believe like Topsy iA The Gold Dig
gers that if you set and concentrate
you'll get what you want?"
"No, do you?" .
Eyes, indeed! Didn't you ever sit
and look at the telephone and make
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
eNew Films at New York Houses

Margaret Loomis ard Walter Hers are
seen in "Why Smith Left Home" which
was directed by Donald Crisp.
MIR. and Mrs. Carter De Haven will
contribute one Of their domestic come
dies, "Why Divorce ?" and the Rivoli
Pictorial win contain some special feat
ures. Greek Evans will sing Wilfred
Sanderson's ballad. "Captain Mac" and
Gladys Rice will be heard in Nevin's
"Narcissus."
At the Strand Theatre Brooklyn
Tom Moore Will be seen In Lord and
Lady Algy."
At the Plaza Theatre TOE day, to-
morrow and Tuesday: "Checkcrs," the
racing melodrama; Bray Photograph
Plaza Review, aria from Massenet's s
",Manon" by Alys Miehot Wednesday
Thursday. Friday and Saturday: "The
noodlum." with Mary Pickford; Plaza
REVIEW, Berceusc from "Jocelyn," sung
by Alys Michot
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Charles Brown
A Monk, a Girl and Thrills

Darwa's statuesque Indian keeper by
means of a cabalistic sign meaning
obediencc-a friend of Roberts found
1t OF the parlor floor, where the cold
FLOODED monster of science had provi-
dentially dropped it and even the in
stallment OF Darwa and her Indian
under the roof of a bishop, 50 plays
into the hands of Professor Silvio az
merely to hasten the great experiment.
For Professor Silvio has been rearing
Darwa in the jungle only in order to
bring her to England and introduce her
to that other member Of his experiment
whom he has already brought to Eng
land, though they ight so much more
easily have met in the Jungle; we mean.
! of course, old Teddy Monk. For we are
arriving at the Darwnian theory at
| last.
The author Of "a Scream in the
| Night has two original points of view
First he conceives Of the Darwinian
theory as having only just burst upon
US; he is excited about saving a world
which. to most of us, seems to have
long since survived Then his concep-
| ton Of that theory has nothing what
ever TO DO with general evolution but
with only monkey evolution; his real
| test IS whether, in a single generation,
monkey father may have human
child; If so, Darwin wins; if not, Adam
and Eve Hence marriage has been
arranged and will shortly take place
between Darwa and the Teddy Monk.
That legendary home of dark ro-
nance, hunting lodge, stands only
about a block from the bishops house
and the cold blooded monster Of
science rents it is a laboratory. Here
in onehalf of a cage divided in two
only by a thin board partition, we see
the Teddy Monk chewing strawa
Partial as we are to him we admit
limited. Yet such is the professors
luck that he does not even have to
kidnap Darwa.
On the eve Of the fatal wedding a
| detective, who has never ceased to
4, hang about the front hall since the
Senator was murdered, overhears Pro-
fessor Sylvio tell Robert that Darwa
is herself the offspring of apes and
as much my property as any slave"
Realizing that this is a lie and feel
ing that one i'll deed denotes another,
he promptly arrests Professor Sylvio
for the murder of the Senator, but the
monster Of science replies with cold
blooded logic that he cannot be held
for the murder Of a man who is still
alive whereupon the detective. plac-
ing little enough reliance on the police
lorce, hands Robert horse pistol with
which to guard the professor while he
goes after the Senator TO what proves.
We need hardly say, q false address.
Robert soon tires Of pointing the
horse pistol at the professor and locks
him IN room, upon whose threshold
he plants Darwa's statucsquc Indian.
pistol and ali; being then quite un-
aiGnnd and having recently heard thai
heinsh things are going forward II The
hunting 'ocEe, he naturaiiy thinks !.
would be 4 good place to take Da,1vl
for a walk, without, Of course, men
tioning this to anybody.
There they find the Senator tied to
post that he may be tortured by his
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Martin Seriously
Considers Concentratim

some one call you up7 or didn'. W
ever VIII any one into giving you wb,
you wanted ?" VA
NO. never want any one to cal, r.
on the telephone unless they Vs.,
and never want them to give me an,
thing unless ! deserve it. do y
wish to propitiate any one. do n,
want assistance. wish TO win on n
merits. Am l not right ," -
Perhaps so, but one method ia -
what you want any way you can-oni
get it. We don't want to make neor'
give us our own way. We want to maj
them want to give us our own wav y
Il see," musingly. Its a great IA.
and believe you are right You hss
helped me at q critical moment,
Which made US feel like regular Mn
Atlas.
How long have you been on N
screen and how did you happen to 90
II was in Guy Empey's play Pack II
Your Troubles which he left to =
back into the army and when he mad
The Undercurrent' he asked me To h
his leading woman. We have ju,
finished it."
And how did you start on the stage
In stock or in the chorQs?"
mo, ! started at the top. playing IN
title role in Peg o My Heart an
then I went back and began at tn
beginning, in stock and in music,
comedy. I've been on the stage Al
years and it is the only thing in tn
world really care about. must be-
| shall be great actress, and 4
achieve that | would work night an
day. Yes, I'd even set and conceu
: trate! II. U.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
THE MERRY WORLD OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Nevertheless, science prevails; Rob-
ert is knocked out, Darwa is locked in
the cage; the Teddy Monk begins to
snap his jaws like one of those nice,
mechanical bears which delighted our
childhood and to wave his woolly arms
through the bars, like child implor-
ing its mother. Sylvio has given Darwa
revolver with one bullet in it; curl
ously enough, there is absolutely no
danger from this bullet unless it is
fired through the eye into the brain.
key and will have to look sharp in
order to kill herself.
She is about to make the attcmpt
when she remembers that it will be
better to pray. After prayer Darwa
has an idea Reason-she possesses it..
No animals possess it. Therefore, hu-
man beings cannot be descended from
animals. There is nothing in the Dar-
winian theory. The race is saved
Some of us have so little public
spirit that we might find this but cold
comfort against imminent circum-
stance, for the partition has begun
to give way.
But God sends Darwa another idea
Monkeys initiate. She turns an empty
chamber of the revolver to her eye
and fires. The trusting Teddy Monk
longs to initiate: She shows him how
to turn the bullet to his eye; having
done so, the nice old woolems drops
over dead. The detective arrives with
reinforcements. All is we'll.
We are speaking with nothing but
sympathy for the unfortunate actors
when we say that mono of them, except
Stephen Grattan as the Senator, con-
trived to pull much of a performance
out of this material. Also, we hope
that we have not misrcpresented the
authors idea about Darwinism, which
we could gather only from his plot, he
himself conceiving it as so delicate a
subject that it cannot be mentioned
save through befuddling wells. 1t will
be plainly seen, however, that within
those wells is wrapped a~subject still
more delicate.
The real insinuation of the story,
the bright hope that is dangled before
the audience throughout, is that of
seeing a lady assaulted by an ape.
Whether the author knows it or not
whatever his excitement about saving
the world from irreligion, this is the
real reason why Darwinism is called
in and why the picture exists at all
Now such an idea is certainly thrilling
and, personally, we are all for thrills
! But at least let US be sure what thrills
| they are.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Vaudeville

PALACE-Irving Berlin will head the
bill The composer plays and sings his
own hits. Harry Akst will help out at
the piano. "Bee" Palmer, the shimmy
girl, will begin her third week at the
Palace and it will be a contest be-
tween Palmer jazz and Berlin ragtme.
Miss Palmer's Six Kings of Jazzapation
have some new jazz music and she has
new stage setting and new frocks.
Another engagement is tha- of Kitty
Doner. who will make her first appear
ance in vaudeville, assisted by Rose
Doner and Bobby Dale and company in
"a League of Sorg Steps" by Arthur
Swanstrom and Carey Morgan. Moss
and Frye are down for "How High Is
Up? How Gomez" Mile Diane and
Rubini will do an act together.
RIVERSIDE Irene Bordoni and
Lieutenant Gitz-Rce Will bring their
Franco Canadian alliance to the River
side this coming week. VIII NJ Cressy
and Blanche Dayne, Elizabeth Murray,
George Whiting and Sadie Burt, FL
Brendel and Flo Bert, Hubert Kinney
and Corinne, Los Rodiques, Mabel
Burke, Aschi Troupe, Topics of the
Day" and the News Pictorial will COM
plete the bill
,a5. acoLoN1IA9I;-Jimmy ON n; Hussey, com, e" !,
edan' ,a,.;I and his HI Sc. company in "Move On"
|
the Colonial Others on the bill are
"The Creole Fashion Plate" "Mrs.
Wellington's SURPRISE" Regal and
Moore, Daisy Nellis, The Lorner Girls,
! "Topics of the Day" and the News
Pictorial.
E1GHTY-FIRsT STREET - George
Loane fuckers dramatic picturization
of "rhe Miracle Man" heads the bill in
conjunction with an attractive vaude-
vile list headed by the Four Marx
Brothers and their comedy company in
Grant and Bill Jones, "On the Ragged
Edge. the Belle Sisters, "Topics Of
the Day" and the News Pictorial.
ALHAMBRA-Emma Carus, musical
comedy star, and more recently writer
OF popular songs, will head this bill;
Ruth Roye, Nile. Rhea and company,
Meh niger and Meyer. George II. Rose
ner, Lee Kohlmar and company, Miller
ond MACK. "Thc Four Of Us" Bessye
/ Clifford Maxine Brothers, "ropics Of
The Day. and the News Pictorial.
EOYAI.-The Mosoori Bros rs, Louis
aud Charles, win ho'd hoadiino honors
on The BIZ a. the Royal. Assisted by
Else Ia Mont. they viii offer a turn
entt]ed Dancing Odds and Ends. !"
LOEW {; AMURlCAM-Wil Stanton.
- " ,''c " inteA Nafoen, assisted by
Rosa!ind May q Co.. IN au originul
novelty, called His Last Drop will
be one Of the tcpliners OF the vaudeville
rr9grAmma the frat half Of the week.
Others will be Mel Klee, the black
laugh; jeff Healy g. Co. in a comedy
piaylar, "a business proposal"; Van
and Vernon, the peach and the stew;
Ling and Long; Robinson and Thomas !,
he Pcaci Duo and the Three Martells.
''Fatty' Arbuckle in Back Stage" and
Anita Stewart in Her Kingdom of
Dreams will be shown in the theatre.
Bert Hanlon, late of George White S
Scandals Of 1919" will head the pro
Grammc from Thursday to Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Drawing by William Lahe ,
Dorothea Mackaye

daughters screams; but they find also
that Professor Sylvio, who, despite the
Indian at the door, has had enough
cold blooded logic to get out os the
window. He and husky servant show
Robert his rival in the cage and then
fall upon him in a fierce fight. 1t
really is a grand fight, especially as
Darwa, instead of merely covering
uselessly in q corner, like most hero
bough 10 bough, climbs the wall
springs from rafter to the chandelier
and swings between Robert and Sylvc
just in time to kick the latter in the eye
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Sci Lesser Buys Canadian
Rights to s'The Sky.Eye'

Sol Lesser, who controls yankee
Doodle in Berlin" and the Mack SEN
nctt Bathing Girls, announces the pur-
cf ase Of United States and Canadian
rights for "The sky-Eyc," produced in
60 operation with the u. s. Army Air
Service. Mr.. Lesser will release the
picture on a state-riRht basis.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

VIII Rogers will he seen ct the
rand in q Goldwyn picture, "Almost
. Husband" from "Old Ebcrczor," by
1pie Reade. The picture MS directed
81 Clarence d. Badger end the sup
porting cast includes Peggy Wood and
Herbert Standing. A Clare Briggs
comedy, Company" Burton Holmes
'ravelogue, an analysis Of motion
study and the Strand Topical Review
are also shown. The symphony or
cnestra will play "Slavonic Rhapsody"
Eldora Stanford will sing an aria from
Louise" and the Strand Male Quar-
tctte will be heard during a sneciallv
tagged prologue to the feature, sing
'ng Southern melodies.
Robert Warwick, in an Mizzoura.'
y..l appear at the Rialto. In the cast
se Eileen Percy, Robert Cain. Noah
ry, Monte Blue and Milla Daven-
\ Post nature scenic, "Midst Peace.
Scenes" will be shown, and the
s4!to Magazine will be supplemented
..lh cartoon.
The Rialto orchestra will play Cold
marks "Sakuntala" overture Sascha
fdelman Will play a violin solo from
Gassenet's Les Frihnycs," and Harr,
hdison and Frank Wolf will contrib
.te "The Last Of Summer" on the
marim baphone.
At B. 8. Moss's Broadway Theatre
Alexis Kosloff, Of the Imperial Russian
Ballet, presents an ensemble Of jungle
beauties in fantastic adam and Eve
dance The presentation is staged II
conjunction with the showing of the
Select picture, "A Scream in The
Night" The "jungle beauties" appea,
IN leopard skins similar to those worr
by Ruth Budd, the featured player ir
n Scream in the Night"
Bryant Washburn, in a Paramount
Aircraft picture, "Why Smith Left
Home" will be at the Eivoli this week
The story was adapted by Elmer Harri,
from Ceorge Brosdhurst's comedy
Lois Wilson, Maym Kelso. Winter Hall
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Busy Edgar Lewis jun ps
Into ''Othcr Mems Shoes

Edgar Lewis, having formed his own
picture corporation, is hard at work on
his frst story, "Other Mons Shoes u
by Andre Soutar, the noted war cor.
respondent Of the London Times. The
formation Of this company is natural
climax to the praiseworthy work that
this director has done in motion pic.
lures work that is characterized by
every one acquainted with motion pict.
ures as direct, red-blooded and sin.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

in Order" Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's
play, in which John Drew and Mar
garet Ellington appeared in this coun-
try and in which Sir George Alexander
played in London. Hugh Ford is d.
rectng the production.
Motion picture films are to be used
to help put out Americas fires, in Il
nationwide educational campaign which
started on fire prevention day, Octo-
Der 9.
This country's fire loss last year
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Sidney Franklin, who for the last
few months had been loaned by Joseph
NJ. Schonck to Mary Pickford to direct
her in THE Hoodlum" and "The Heart
Of the Hills" is now back in New York.
He will direct Constance Talmadge in
her next picture, "At the Barn"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

The Serbian Relief Commission ha,
ordered from Carlyle Ellis. of Auto
graphed Films. a copy of he motion
picture entitled "Our Children" Il i;
10 be shown throughout Serbia to ait
in educating the people i'm the propei
care Of babies and The reduction Of
infant mortality.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Richard A. Rowland, president Of
Metro, has extended an invitation to
King Albert and his encourage to visit
and inspect the million dollar Metro
studios in Hollywood.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

was more than s317 100000 Excepting
the San Francisco earthquake year, tn
largest in history, America has hal
four times as many fires as Europe.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Shadows on the Screen

More than 5000 children of the
Mount Loretta Orphanage at Staten
Island viii pose for Edgar Lewis's new
picture, "Other Mems Shoes" 70 be
released through Pathe.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

The man who invented musical COM
edy is now motion picture player
He is John L. Shine, in the B. A. Rolfe
produetioNs Of The Amazing Lovers
and "The Red Virgin" the last named
row being in course of production at
the a. II. Fischer studios.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

EugoNe Mullin Will arrive this week
from California and will begin a once
in establishing q studio for the Gold
wyn company IN the East. For several
months it has been known that in ad-
dition to their Culver City studio, the
plant near New York, nd on Mr.. Gold
wyn's return from California he an
nounced that there would also be one
in England
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Al last the Bible from Genesis to
Revelations is to be made into motion
pictures. The subtitles will be taken
from the Bible and used as they are
The Historical Film Company Of
America is the official title of the
producing cOinpanV
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

The Rome New York Pictures Cor
poration announces that plans are on
foot to commi ission an ocean steamer
to transport its players and scenic ef-
fects between America and Italy.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
ADJUSTMENTS A

Elsie Ferguson has commenced work
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Jean Calhoun is Monco Salisbury's
new leading woman and will appear
opposite him in "The Phantom
Melody,' which Douglas Gerard will
direct
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr. who is
covering the Famous PlayersLasky
Photographic expedition in the Cana
dian Rockies, has been made q chief
Of the Stony Indians. The ceremony
took place at an encampment 800 miles
from Bantf, Alberta.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

BROOKLYN ADJUSTMENTS
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

The screen rights of "The Official
Chaperon" have been purchased by
William Fox Natalie Sumner Lincoln,
an American writer of international
reputation, is the author.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-28

dry goods business, under the f1rm
name Of Ridley & Flanders. Mr..
Ridley was a man Of staunch and
upright character and will b great.
ly missed in the community. having
been prominent in the business az.
fairs Of the town and at the tine q
his death holding the once Of firse
selectman. He was q member Of the
Masonic orders Of the town and had
filled several Of the higher ofnces
and was a member Of the A. O. U. W,
Of Hamilton Lodge. Degree Of Hon
or and Of the Independent Order Of
Foresters. His only surviving sv.a-
tives are several cousins.
Harry Wyman and Oral Page were
weekend guests Of relatives in town.
Mra r. A. 6turtevant has closed
her home at Oakland Heights and
will leave today for Augusta. where
she will pass the winter with her
daughter. Mrs. Ralph Herrick
Miss Matte Sturtevant, who 10 EN-.
ployed in Halloweil. passed the
weekend with her parentA Mr.. and
Ars. E. W. sturtevant
Robert Currie resumed his duties
Monday at the Cascade wooden mill.
after enjoying a weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs wesley Fletcher and
son Harold of Fairfield were week.