Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-16

ton, which his efforts had almost
wrecked in the forming, but which
he was thought to have consumated.
While the DreWs have the lead
ing roles, there are over 20 other
important characters interpreted by
the original New York cast. Mr..
Tully has provided a very elaborate
scenic production for the Drews'
new speaking vehicle.
1t is in "a 1919 edition of her
kaleidoscope of dance, color and
song" that Lucille Cavanagh is to
appear as the stellar attraction this
week at the Orpheum. Presented in
this elaborate offering by Martin
Beck, she is assisted by Wheeler
Wadsworth, Mel Craig and William
B. Taylor. Although the trio of men
is to appear with her in the intro
ductory dance, their principal work
is less to dance than to express the
spirit of the dance. One does so
with a saxaphone, another with the
violin and the third with his singing
voice. Miss Cavanagh is now one
of the most popular stars to come
over the Orpheum circuit. Leo
Beers is to be featured on the bill.
His stories, little songs, ability as
a pianist, and personality have made
him a favorite with vaudeville audi
ences. Caroline Kohl, is to appear
in a one-act play by Elisha Cook,
mo Sabe." She is also presented
by Martin Beck. PATRICIA and
Meyer appear in skit called 1.-THE
Girl and the Dancing Fool" Jim
and Marian Harkins, talking about
their neighbors, offer much that is
laughable. Songs are contributed by
Irene and Bobby Smith, pretty and
talented. Will Ferry, known as
TIE frog" is a novelty. Impor-
tant news events will be filmed by
Kinograms. and the Orpheum
Travel weekly is to show trails of
the Canadian Rockies, also lakes,
waterfalls and glaciers.
A question that arises after see
ing THE Heart of Humanity"
which will begin a weeks engage
ment at the Brandeis theater this
afternoon. is "Where did the director
get all those child actors and ac-
tressesfp The answer is: They are
not actors and actresses. Let Dor
othy Phillips the star of the film ex-
plain it.
ALLEN Holubar, the director, en-
gagged about rs children. They were
picked from all parts of Los An
geles, and it may be interesting to
those who have seen the orphanage
scenes in The Heart of Humanity"
to learn that some of them were
orphanage children. Their big treat
at the end Of each days work was a
feast of ice cream cones.
To explain Mr.. Holubar's meth
DDS, am going TO expose an animal
trainers trick. When you see
trained horse or elephant marching
and apparently keeping time with its
trainer do not be deceived. The
trainer IS keeping time with the ele-
plant
"On the same principle Mr.. Hol-
ubar secured his wonderful child
pictures. He studied them with the
camera always in readiness. In a
large group Of children, their moods
S;hange rapidly and by first secur-
ng pictures of them laughing or
crying, he was able to build up his
story to the scenes. AS is we'll
known in pictures we do not film
connected story. We assemble the
scenes afterwards. Very few of the
child scenes were rehearsed or even
acted. We gained the confidence Of
the children. Mr.. Holubar suggest
ed they play at this or that and
when they were so engrossed that
they had forgotten the camera, he
told the camera man to grind. OF
course IL cost tremendous amount
of wasted film footage, but we think
it was worth IT. don't your"
"The Devils Pawn, with Edward
]. Donnelly as the devil and Bessie
Barriscale in the role of the unfaith-
full wife, will be the attraction at
the Boyd this afternoon and even
ing. 1t is a Aim produced by Thorn
as H. Inee, regarded as one of his
best It will start at ] o'clock and
other performances win be at 5, 5, 7
and 9.
Special emphasis is placed on the
heraiding for the week of March Is
over at the Orpheum where the |
k.,afssv,s4. ...;tI. bac.... -, o.rd,,,st .o,, I