Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Bills of the Week.

Sun-"A Little Brother Of the Rich" q
six-reel feature film Of love and intrigue
having Its setting in college hamlet In
New York state, will be shown at the Sun
theater Sunday and the first three days
of the week. Kathryn Adams one Of
the three stars in the film, began her
later becoming the star Of many of-vita-
graphs successes. In the role of Sylvia
1Castle. . cashier in cheap restaurant
earning few paltry dollars week. was
q life against which beautiful Sylvia Cas-
tie rebelled. Arriving in San Francisco
at time when her fathers bani> had
made an unfortunate transaction, she &C
cepted the first work offered. Then into
of the stage. Acquiring dramatic art
under a broken down actor, she soon won
the plaudits of Broadway. Her name
| was blazed under the halo of thousands
Denouncing rascal lover, she marries
| another to reform him. bringing happiness
for which she had longed and prayed.
It's film drama Of life, full Of pathos
and pleasures, ending as all good stories
end-in contentment.
I Muse-In a typical small American town,
| Helen prayton, the belle Of the neighbor-
hood. has for long time been going
with 'CEet" Vernon (Tom Moore). but
while she likes Chef she is inclined to
rebel al not being allowed. wider range
of choice. So she welcomes the visit of
John Calvin (Herbeft Heyesl, young
| architect. A swift courtship is followed by
an elopement and Helen finds herself
keeping house for young husband who
Eas still to make his place in the world.
But while Calvin can always find plenty
Of money to spend downtown, he is stingy
whole wardrobe with $40 bill. Through
Mrs. Hammond, wife Of one Of Calvin s
business acquaintances, Helen finds a
means Of getting money by exercising her
talents for intprior 10 Nc
start OF the story told in "The Lesson" In
which Constance Talmadge is starred.
MO0n-George Walsh's "The Winning
Stroke" which treats Of life alta great
American university, appears to have re-
vived the old question Of comparativ ad-
vantage, as between the college man and
the non-college man, in dramatic work
on the stage or the screen George Walsh,
in his own person and in his screen prep
aration. would seem to supply an argu-
ment in favor of college education for
the film actor. A goodly portion of his
popularity is due to what he brought from
his college. career at Fordham and at
Georgetown. His devotion to college ath-
letics threw him directly into line with
his present screen work and carried him
rapidly to the top. The perilous stunts
that are the joy of Walsh fans are the
immediate result of gymnasium training.
Strand-Girls who have decided to-marry
men who are not interested in women
and who will not even speak to or look
at other women after marriage, may bene-
fit by the experiences Of Billie Billings,
as played by Constance Talmadge in "A
Temperamental Wife" which starts here
today. Miss Talmadge plays the role of
Billie Billings. strongly determined to
marry only man who is averse to all
women She ?nds this person in Senator
Newton of Nevada, rather timid bach
elor who is so bashful and of a type so
exactly like her ..idear' that she deter
mines to marry this solon regardless OF
cost. Unlike other courtships, Billie be-
comes the sutton and the bashful gentle
man from Nevada fdoes his best to keep
from entangling domestic alliances. But
the wiles of the capricious Billie are too
strong for the senator. He falls victim
to her charming self and small period
OF welded bliss ensues. Then follows a
series Of unusual incident in which Billie.
the Bulgarian count and the senator
figure.
RialtO-Poverty is often the artists sole
reward. No one is more positively con-
WINGED Of this than the artists wife, who
bears most of the burdens of perjury on
her own shoulders. Theda Bara. in
La Belle Russo" plays the part of one
Of these heroic women, who strives to
make her husband happy despite the slen-
der revenue which daily grows more
slender. Secretly she gives dancing les
sons and with her earnings buys her hus-
bands pictures which no one else will
buy. But Miss Bara also portrays the