The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-10
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON.
Nazimoya, supreme star of stage,
has achieved an added triumph in her
latest screen production. "Out of the
Fog" which will be shown at the
Washington theatre on Sunday for a
threeday engagement. This play Is
ar s.3aptation for the screen from her
grea. sage success. 'Ception Shoals"
q Play which created great comment
r,,t:; care and abroad and which was
noted FOR the intensity of its dramatic
situations
Madame NaZimova is an actress Of
unlaIe and original talent. She IL
kncTn as the woman of a thousand
moods and her art is as great in light
fantastic or whimsical moments as 1t
Is in the heavy emotional drama for
which she is internationally famed.
She was born in the Russian Crimea,
In little town on the shores of the
Black sea, but was educated in &C.
neva where she decided on the career
of violinist and studied accordingly.
She made her first public appearance
at the age OF twelve at a concert i@
her native town, but it was not long
the drama. She studied under the
great Stanislawsky, who considered
her an artist Of great ability even at
an early age. AS leading woman in
Russian stock company, she played
more than two hundred parts.
Hale Hamilton, the clever star of
That's Good" the latest Metro COM
Cd NH xr-fl1 he of
the Washington theatre on Friday for
unusual distinction both on the stage
and screen.
Mr.. Hamilton rose to fame on the
boards through his clever delineation
of virile, dynamic roles in such pro-
auctions as "Get-Rich-Quiek Walling-
ford" by George Randolph Chester.
a play which made him internationally
famous, THE Fortune Hunter" THE
Ne'er Do Well" and "a Pair of Skies"
His stage success naturally led the
young actor to the screen and he made
his picture debut with Metro as the
leading man for May Allison in 1.-THE
Winning of Beatrice" His work was
such that he was at once made a star
and it was coincidence that his first
picture should have been Five Thous-
and an Hour" written especially for
him by George Randolph Chester, the
author of his greatest stage success.
Another Metro production in which
he gained distinction was Johnny on
the Spot" "a dashing comedy-drama.
Mr.. Hamilton is also playwright
and numbers among other plays, "The
Return of Mary" which he wrote es-
pecially for May Allison. He was born
in Chicago and educated at the Shat
tuck Military Academy, where he was
noted for his skill in athletics.
A star like Tom Moore usually has
a clearly defined idea of what he does
best and what sort of character he
therefore likes to assume. In his ca
reer on the screen before he became
a star in Goldwyn Pictures, Moore
has played over three hundred roles.
On the stage he played fully one hun
dred, most of them with stock compa-
MES presenting Broadway successes.
Tom Moore is frank in saying that
the part of Harry Lathrop in "A Man
and His Money" which comes to the
Washington theatre, beginning We'd
nesday, holds especial appeal for him.
Temperate in his opinions, he does
not announce with the customary en-
thusiasm of the actor that there never
was a role like that He realizes that
his Characterization of a society
spendthrift in "a Man and His Money"
in its fundamentals is not unlike the
other parts he has assumed. He does
say, however, that the part is more
human than he has ever been able
to make such a fellow in previous
photoplays.
1T is my belief" says Moore, that
people nowadays want to see them
selves reflected on the screen, not
impossible heroes who surmount ter
rifle obstacles, escape fearful dangers
and generally crowd the adventures
Of a dozen D'Artagnans into single
hours life in the cinema. There is a
vast difference between being life
like and being dull. In my early days
before the camera it was thought that
action was the only worth while ele-
ment in producing photoplays. Char
acterization was given no thought.
People had to move rapidly and con
stantly. 1t didn't matter if they for
got to think 1t is different, inspiring
ly different-nowadays.
MURRAY
William Desmond. in THE Prodigal
LIAR" showing at the Murray Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, wears chaps
and six-shooters, posing as a real
western desperate in order to furnish
romance and adventure" for young
girl from New England, who imagines
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