Evening star., 1919-08-24

New Policy OF w eek huhss@ Ss
srs." the first of the new seasons
bookings. inaugurates week-run
po,icy at the Metropofitan Theater'
! the r street 'Crandan house. 1t fs be.
iieved this will enable the greatest
uossible number of patrons 70 view
the splendid array OF this ana 0.nsa r
aecured. Among those In immeoiate
urospect are Olive Thomas, in her lat
est picture, "The Spite Bride eugene
0Brien. lin his first individual stellar
play. "The Perfect Lover Na1lm4sa. I've;
: IN .aThe Brat" one of the most I'M
pressive subjects in which she ever
has been filmed, and many others OF
equal interest and Importance.
The expense of producing super
feature embodying so many extrava-
xances as Checkers" can be imagined.
but Checkers" it is announced. marks
oniy the beginning of a season OF su-
uerior offerings at the Metropon-
tan. exceptional in conception ana IN
execution.
ming Sunday, August 81. will present
no photoplay attraction for show
ing of less than seven days. in order
to assure the highest quality OF MIN
production for its patrons
The change in policy is largely que
to the revolutionary change enected
In the photoplay producing world
= change which generally goes into
effect on September l. Heretofore, the
program system" of picture selection
has been adhered to generally
throughout the flm world. and its
g evils. it is said, have long been rec
ognized. Under the old system. 1t
was almost imperative for theater
of the type of the Palace to run pro-
ductions 1t might otherwise reject.
simply because the theater was
bound to present the full line OF at
fractions of a certain producing con-
Germ. or else lose the advantage of
the better pictures made by that con-
Germ.
The program system, it is claimed.
is dead. and in its place moviedom
has chosen "the selective booking
plan," which means just what its
name implies-the selection of pic
without obligation to take other
works of the same production COM
pany.
A sample of the quality of pictures
that now will be seen at the Palace,
each to be presented for a full week,
of the Giants" a powerful adapta-
tion of story by Peter B. Kyne. a
famous writer of fiction. with Wallace
Reid in the stellar role; for the Sec
ond week in September. Douglas Fair
banks, in His Majesty, the Ameri-
can" the first picture to be released
by Fairbanks under his new affiliation
with D. w. Griffith. Charlie Chaplin
and Mary Pickford. and Elsie Fergu-
son. in "The Witness for the Del
fense."
SPuAcho in Picfufes-Usually ii
has been found sufficient to embody
just one overpowering climax in a
film feature to meet the essential ele-
ment inelegantly described as
punch" Checkers" the mammoth
photo production of the famous Henr,
Blossom racing play. however, has sc
many amazing episodes to punctuatt
nance of the tracks that at times thu
senses are almost staggered by the
events reflected upon the screen.
Among the more novel incidents
that may be mentioned are such ex
citing scenes as a freight train il
flames plunging through an oper
draw-bridge into the river many fee
below; the complete running of !;
mile-and-a-quarterr race by genuin,
thoroughbreds at one Of the mos
famous courses in the country, on
gala day, at the height of the season
death-defying race participated
in by an express train. high-pow
cred motor car and giant. late
lation of the oriental mysteries o
underground Chinatown and a,
unique elopement are other pulls
Quickeners.
Some Writer.-The Goldwyn Pic
lures Corporation recently announces
five-year contract with Octavius Ro,
Cohen to write photoplay stories.
In signing the agreement the mo
tion-picture company came to an un
derstanding with a very remarkabl
nof., Doxr C4f