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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-21

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New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
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STANDARD-David Belasco's Ozark
Rosaleen," with its Irish merrymaking
and rural characters. will be the at
traction this week. This will be the last
engagement Of Ozark Rosaleen" in New
York this season The cast remains
about the same as during its run at
the Belasco Theatre, the principal roles
being played by Eileen Huban, Henry
Duffey, John DAILY Murphy, P. ]. Kelly,
Lou Ripley, Dodson Mitchell, George
Fitzgerald and John Carmody Matinees,
Tu dnv. Thursday and Saturday.
COLUMBIA--Ed. Lee Wrothe, will be
at the head of "The Twentieth Century
Maids" this week. 1t will be Mr..
Wrothe's first ar pearance at this house
in five years. The scenes of his new
burlesque are laid in New York City
and Mexico. In the supporting company
are Mile. Babette. Donna Hage, Buster
P'rrv, Claire Evans Lew Marks, Bert
Marks, Lee Hickman and Owen Martin.
SHUBERT- T-RIVIERA-On account of
the success of Louis Mann in "Friend "
Enemies" at this theatre in the last
week, it has been decided to extend his
engagement for q second week, which
will begin tomorrow evening" The
next attraction will be "The Woman
in Room 49,"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

changes tailors. Not so "Poodlesv
Hanneford, equestrian star at the Hip
podrome. When he goes to the tailor
for suit to wear on the stage or in
the circus ring. the worse fit the bet
ter ne is pleased.
Hanneford goes in for coats much
too large, tattered dress shirts, volum-
nous trousers and derby hats. Even
the largest coat ordinarily made for
the ready-towear merchant who makes
speciality of "stouts" is not large
enough for Hanneford's ring uses. and
1T is necessary for him to go to a tailor
tor his ring clothes, and the yards of
material used make the bills large.
Last summer, when Eanneford was
with the circus, George Auger, the
circus giant, was measured for an ex-
pensive suit OF clothes while the show
was in Chicago. Several days later.
after the show had left Chicago, the
suit was forwarded to the giant. It
was too small, ard Anger solemnly
made tour OF the circus dressing
tents, offering the suit. which had cost
800, for SIS. Hanneford surprised the
giant by offering him his price. and
ne is now wearing it at the Hippo
drome
The venerable fur ovcrcoat in which
"Poodles' appears as he walks on the
stage is the only garment in his mis-
TIT wardrobe which has withstood the
ravages Of time and travel. The over
coat has travelled over America. Irc-
land and England with circuses. and
has been In use at tho Hippodrome for
two ypnry
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Frank Bacon Prefers Giving Public
What 1T Needs 10 What 1T Wants
Ambition Is
to Present Komelv American
Types, Such as ''OId Bill
JONES'" in "LigI,tnin' " and
"Dr. Marsh," in rs O'Clock"

How frequently you hear the remark,
Give the public what it wants and
Your fortune is made" q fetish that
many managers worship, but how few
are benefited thereby!
What would the stage be to-day if
allowed to drift along with contrihu-
tions which had an appeal only to the
masses? And how can there be an ap-
peal unless the public mas an opportu-
nifty to pass a verdict upon the OTTER
ing? And how much dependence can
be placed upon the capacity of the
masses to diffcrcntiate between d play
Of purpose and play Of venture?
Would the works of Shakespeare or
Moierc have been produced IA the al
hors had waited until the pendulum OF
public demand swung for their present
alton?
Would the charming efforts Of Wilde,
Barrie. Pincro, ct al. ever have seen
the glare OF the footlights had auth ors
waited until the public clamored for a
change from Dumas. Robertson or
Boucicault?
The pathfinder in the realm Of his
trionic endeavor is just as essential to
the public as the pioneer who hews a
road through the prmcval forest to
Kermit the march of commerce to con-
summate an objective point beyond,
and his is a task that must be effected
, now so that future generations may be
benefited.
The author, producer or player who
works rely for the appreciation of a
certain element Of thca.rcgoers rctards
the progress of his calling and dwarfs
whatever ambition or purpose he may
possess. The time-worn path Of conven-
tionality is not the road of to-day. un-
less it be that fine, big, broad highway
of hlStrionlc purpose which allowed the
giant minds and visualizers of the past
to reach their goal OF pcrmancncy in
the annals OF stage lore and reflection.
While it is true that many offerings
are presented merely to appcase the
morbid appettcs of those who 90 to
the theatre solely >or ever. .on. yet
the existence of such offerings is Of
short duration, and the plays which
breathe the spirit of patriotism virtue
and honor live-if not upon box office
nutrition, upon the appreciation and
esteem Of all who believe in the nobler
things in dramatic art.
The player who year after years ad
heres to give the public what it
wants' becomes stagnant in his art,
warped in conception and expression
and mere barnaclc upon the pro
gressive keel Of histronic activity
The player, therefore, is servant of
the public to the extent that when
lntrusted with characterization he
should give the public, at every per
formance, the very best ability that's
in him. But, when the public demands
from the player continuance in a line
of reflective cndeavor not compatible
with progress, the player should cea SO
TO be subordinate and assert AN in
dependent authority.
In my efforts as player and author
] have tried to exp orc a new field OF
dramatic thought and expression. In
"Lightnin' ,""Old Bill Jones,' while new
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

panied the pictures to increase the
effectiveness of the drama.
But" you ask, "if this first picture
play wasn't a motion picture, what
was it ?"
1t was a slow movies That is, instead
Of sixteen pictures a second, Miss
Jerry" was projected at the rate &C
hree to five pictures minute There
we're no motion picture machines in
those days, therefore Mr. Black had
to use a double stereopticon witt,
slides fading from one stage of action
to the next stage. They showed ac
tion stages just as do the speedier
films of to-day.
Each character had to be especially
posed, and sometimes posed over and
over again, because he or she hao
moved slightly out of the exact posi-
ton necessary to show progress in the
movement.
MIR. Black was his own author. titler.
scenario editor, director, camera man
ard exhibitor. For when he had gono
through the hercuean labors of pre-
pairing the pictures, he went around
the country presenting them.
OF the seventeen different charac-
ters who appeared in Miss jerry none
afterward achieved fame on stage OF
screen except William Courtenay
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Grandfather of Screen PLAY
Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
Black Made Slow
Moving Drama of Screen q
Quarter of a Century Ago,
Forerunner Of Motion. Pict-
ures of To-day

The drama Of the white sheet"-not
the mechanism Of the motion picture,
but the story on the screen-is twenty
five years old.
1t was on October 9, 1894, that Alex
ander Black, then and for many years
called "the picture-play man." gave the
premier performance of his first pict-
ure play, Miss Jerry"
The scene Of the first night was in
studio on what is now East Six
teenth Street. Among those who were
present at this historic event we're
William Dean Howells, Seth Low, tnen
president of Columbia College; Ed
mund Clarence Stedman, Frank Stock
ton, Franklin Sargent, James Lawrence
Breese, Clarence Clough Buell. and H..
E. Krehbiel.
Vague whispers had gone about. but
They knew it was a play told by the
aid of pictures, but this was all.
What they saw was u form Of movie.
For the first time men looked upon
pictures that seemed to move--upon
drama translated from the speaking
stage to the screen.
The newspapers the next day her
aided the innovation as something
really new under the sum-" Many of the
reviewers considered miss Jerry" a
prophecy Of what might be expected
when Mr.. Edison had perfected the
kinetoscope, which was promised to
make pictures "move." Oddly enough.
it was more than sixteen years after
the slow motion miss Jerry" before
full-length plays in full motion began
to appear.
Before motion pictures had been per
fected for full length plays Alexander
Black had given his first picture play
800 times, and had followed it with
others. President Cleveland, ambassa-
doris and other notables of the day
actually appeared in Mr.. Blacks dramas.
In addition to telling stories b.. pict-
ures that seemed to move, Mr. Black
showed visions and other effects COM
mon to the pictures of day. At the
first performance John Hyatt Brewer,
a noted organist of the day, accom-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

to the stage, is an old character in
reality. Every hamlet in the West has
a "Rlil Joncs,' and ! dare say New
York has few if we only knew where
to locate them. But. while | love "Old
Bill" | would rather regret the thought
of having to pay him for the rest of
my life
Now, in writing give O'clock" l
sought to depict a character in which
hoped to make my own reputation as
an actor-that of "Dr. Marsh" the
seli-sacriiicing, earnest, heroic coun-
try physician, one of the grandest
nation. Just as there are many "Bin
Joneses," there are many "Dr.
Marshes" in this country, and indeed
| drew this character from the life.
The "Dr. Marsh" of Five O'Clock" is
taken literally from the life Of one Of
the finest men | ever knew~~Dr. r. D.
Ross, of Mountain View. Cal, my old
home. On his deathbed he wrote a
pre- cription that saved the life Of a
patient. he was one of those heroes
whose lives are unsung, but who are
everywhere. While | wrote the char
acter for myself, | want to say that
when | saw Tim Murphy's crention of
the role at the Fulton I realized that
my own efforts would have been futile.
have an ambition to create certain
American types that have heretofore
escaped visualization. There is the old
ltlncrant printer, who is al encvclo-
p@dla of ideas and compendium Of
fact, but who is negative in the com
mercial side Of life; the old postman.
the old hackdriver, the old ferryman,
the old prospector-in other words. l
would like to leave to posterity char
acterzations of the West to be COM
nanions to "Davy" Crockett, Josh
Whitcomb and Rip Van Winkle.
FRANK BACON
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Savoy and Brennan Funnier Off the Stage
Than On, Seek Movies To Be Still Fmner
Midnight Frolic
Will Suffer, but Screen
Patrons Will Gain

we interviewed "the boys" during the
intermission. because they have a big
dressing room which also shelters Ted
Lewis. Mr.. Kiralfy took us back of the
stage Through what was the bar in
happier days, but is now the offine),
and we found ourself in the presence
of our favorite comedians. We ed
hoped to see them without their make
up, but this was denied US. Lavoy
leaned at ease against coat tree He
said he couldn't sit down because his
gown was so tight and he couldn't
stand up because his slippers were.
Brennan stood up because he had the
same difficulty with his trousers. We
were the only one who could and did
sit down.
And never have we had such good
time! They are funnier off than they
are on. because you never have heard
it before. Being world famous, VIC
fancied that they were going 10 be up
stage, but not in the least We all
laughed so loudly thA the stage man
ager came to see what was the matter.
80 you are going into the movies %
we. asked at last.
"My dear, Pm SO glad you asked me,
Pm so glad! We are going into the
movies. we are. And we would have
gone long ago only one hates to 20 TO
Siberia, doesn't one ?"
"Siberia ?" we said, "Why Siberia ?"
ooh, you know" replied Savoy.
"You know, my dear mean Los An
geles, you know. ] always get those
Two foreign countries mixed up like
that. Funny!"
"And are you going to like the
movies if you can work here in New
York;"
mad-I'm mad about the movies; but
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
By Harriette Underhill

Marjorie Rambeau is our favorite
interviewee, and every time she does
something new we make it an excuse to
so and see her about it. Last season
We sat III her dressing room while Che
put on the makeup which transformed
her into a disreputable old fortune
teller and wrote story about how
she did it.
This season we heard that she was
going to make motion pictures, and so
we hied us to number something Sew
enty-second Street to ask her all
about it.
A nice man, in white linen coat,
let us in and told us to. sit down
and Miss Rambeau would be right
with US. We selected chair with
a huge bird of Paradise on it and
sat down near the aquarium to get
acquainted with the goldfish. CAS-
every one knows. goldfish has no
privacy. Just then Miss Rambeau
came in
~ see you are interviewing Ma
poleon and Josephine"
eyes, and the little one down in the
bottom. What is his name?' %
"A. II. Woods answered Miss Ram
beau-"my favorite; but isn't it too
bad they can't live?"
"Why can't they live? They look
healthy"
"Yes. but this is the fourth set I've
had this month. They always die"
1.-THE poor fish," we murmured. And
then to change a painful subject: $50
you are going to make few motion
pictures with Albert Capellani!
Well, you've chosen a good director to
start with; and do You know'-and
= then Miss Rambeau discussed directors
with us for half hour
While she talked we looked, and for
some reason or other Miss Rambeau
Is far prettier than ever she was be-
fore. She is fairly radiant, and we
couldn't help thinking out loud
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

'T'm so glad you asked mel" we an
swered when friend Of ours and a
friend Of theirs called up on the tele-
phone and said: "Savoy and Brennan
are going into the movies. Don't you
want to do story about them?"
Now, we admit to being tickle, but
here are two men who will hold our
truant affections forever. They have
corner in our heart along with the
Dooleys and Charlie Chaplin, and they
made us laugh one night just after we
had lost oud only sable neck-piecc!
That's how Bert" and "Jay" stand
with us.
One place that you can always be
sure of finding them is at the "Mid
night Frolc," so we called up Victor
Kiralfy and asked his advice and he
said: "I'll have table for you TO-
night Come right over after the
show" So, as soon as ever we left
apple blossoms" we rushed over to
Mr.. Ziegfeld's Roof and arrived in time
to see Fannie Brice and everybody,
and it was in Fannie Brice's room that
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
THE MERRY WORLD OF STAGE AND SCREEl
BrooklynTheatres

ORPHEUM-Marie and Mary McFar-
lane, American opera singers; Mile.
Diane, French chanteuse, and Jan
Rubini. young Swedish violinist,
share the headline position. Williams
and Wolfus; Hurting and Francis;
Phil Baker; James Leonard and Com
pany; Fred Berrens; jim, "The
Shimmy King; Topics of the Day"
and the news pictorial complete the
bill.
BUSHWICK - Emma Carus, musical
comedy star and writer of popular
songs, will share the top'ine with the
Mosconi Brothers. popular dancing
stars. Miss Carus will present her
song-writing, J. Walter Leopold, as
sistine at the piano. The Mosconi
Brothers, Louis and Charles, assisted
by Elsie La Mont, will offer turn
called Dancing Odds and Ends"
Tim and Kitty O'Meara, with Fred
Clinton; Joe Browning; Dorothy
Brenner; Regal and Moore; Ida
Macmillan and Bert Snow; Countess
Verona; Herman and Shirley;
"Topics of the Day. and the news
pictorial will complete the bill.
At the Majestic Alice Brady comes
for one week in Forever After" Miss
Brady returned to the speaking stage
last year, after an absence Of several
seasons in the movies. In this Owen
Davis romance Miss Brady has role
for which she is eminently fitted. She
will be supported by the same cast
which appeared with her during her
season. long run in Manhattan at the
Playhouse.
At the Montauk "Fiddlers Three"
John Cort's Cort Theatre musical COM
edy success of last season, with Tavie
Beige, the Belgian prima donna, still
as its featured pla er, will play sim
gle weeks engagement. The original
Cort Theatre cast is still in support of
Miss Beige
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Marjorie Rambeau Speaks
OF Her Silent Aspirations

you're going TO screen beautifully
your eyes and your hair-but don't let
any one induce you to make it lighter.
just because you are going on the
screen. You would be spoiled"
'You know the very first time you
interviewed me mother told you
Nssn't q beauty, ard she has been
telling me the same thing all my life.
SO there isn't much chance of my
being spoiled"
eyes, and we remember, too, that we
disagreed with mother even then; and
now-weli, you are going to be a sort
of a cross between Katherine Mac
Donald and, Edna Purviance, the two
greatest beauties of the screen"
'I'm not so much concerned with
the way | look as | am with the way
! act. l do hope ri get good stories"
"You should have had Cheating
Cheaters' and The Eyes Of Youth your
two stage successes"
"But some one else has done them;
so ! was thinking of Madame X"
But aren't you too young? Oughtn't
you to leave those parts for people
who can no longer do the young girl
thing?"
"Well, I never was very keen for the
young girl thing even when | was in
my teens. played Madame Sans
Gene and The Resurrection at fifteen
or so. You know ] used to be q reg
uiar play pirate and brought out my
own version OF the current plays, in
stock"
eyes, you certainly have not been
idle. And thus was virtue rewarded!
Look at your success, and now you're
going to be another success in pict-
ures."
"That remains to be seen; but oh, l
hope SO. can hardly wait to begin"
"Here are our best wishes for a
golden future on the silver screen and
our best wishes for your gold fish, too,
Napoleon and Josephine, not forget
ting A. II. Woods, for whom we have
particular fondness."
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

J. Stuart Blackton's "The Moonshnc
Trail"; a Merit comedy, CHASED Out
of Town.; and Travelog, "Woods of
Paris" special musical programme
has been arranged.
LAZA-Sunday, Monday and Tues
day. Lord and Lady A7gy," with Tom
Moore and Naomi Childers; "The
Trials Of Texas Thompson": "Thc
Wren" (solo), sung by Alys Michot;
Plaza Review.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, "The Right to Happiness"
by Alien Holubar, with Dorothy Phil
lips "Until" (solo), sung by Alys
Michel; Plaza review and comedy.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
New Films Coming
To New York Houses

this week in What Every Woman
learns" adapted from Eugene Lewis S
novel The av Miss Fortescue." In
the cast are Milton Sills, Irving Cum
mings and Theodore Roberts. Lawrence
Grossmith viii DC seen in comedy,
"Making Good With Mother" The
overture will be from LA Traviata."
Judson Howes will sing Because" and
Paul Gruppe will play cello solo.
At the Strand D. W. Griffth's
Broken Blossoms" Will be the feature
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

think we are going to be rotten, il
you know what | mean"
you're going to be wonderful if you
know what we mean. Arc you going
to wear those clothes" >"
eyes, jay and are going just as we
are, my dear, and throw ourselves on
the mercy of the public. Five reel
comedies. Can you see us doing five
reels? l ask you, my dear!"
when do you start and who is the
produccr?"
That's secret which we can't re-
veal for a week yet. If Bert doesn't
mind your seeing him with his wig off
(hc's bald-headed, you know, come
and have dinner with us and then We'll
tell YOU all about it. Where shall we
dine?"
And, emulating Bert Savoy, we an
swered: II love, I love, l love the Ritz!
My dear, Pm mad about the Ritz, l
am
The Ritz it is" said Jay Brennan
and then q perfectly heartless stage
manager came and dragged them away
H. r.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

1t is taken from Thomas Burke's "The
Chink and the Child from "Limc-
house Nights and has proved to be
the great directors masterpiece. Man
aging Director Eaton has staged pro-
logue TO the picture. There also will
be scenic study. the Review, and
comedy cartoon. Three movements of
the peer Gynt Suite" viii be played
as an overture. Estelle Carey viii be
the soloist.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room"
Castor Leroux's detective story, will
open at the Broadway Theatre for n
three weeks run. This is a Realart
picture, directed by Emil Chautard.
with Ethel Grey Terry in the leading
fo!e- Ihere will be a prologue on the
stage.
Charles Ray will be at the Rivoli in
Crooked Straight" directed by Jerome
storm. Margery Wilson is the leading
woman. Mack Scnnctt's comedy "Jrn
N Alts Pace" a Prizma in colors.
THE Last Of the Scrninolcs" and ~
Pictorial are also on the bill. As nm
overture the orchestra viii play "Lcs
Preludes." Anne Roancr. Eduard AZ
oano and Martin Brcfcl win be heard
in Il PagIiacci," and willy Stahl viii
play Kreisler's "Tambourin Chinois."
Msdgc Kennedy viii be at the Strand
Theatre Brooklyn, in strictly Conf
dcntial.'
AHAJLr,fty Jrs stft~rT,
gramme for the first half Of the week
will include Tom Nix In "Tho Speed
Maniac" Mutt and JEFF IN "Pretzel
Farming"; a Larry Scmon comedy.
Duh carc'; "ihe Open Road" with
mn all-star cast; Harold Lloyd
latest Fox Ncwe bi weekly The feat
are for the second half Of the week
WI be gEadaiine Traverse in "Snares
Of Puris"; Kay Boo comedy. "Cas",
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Sunday Concerts Tonight

Vaudeville bills. known officinlly as
Sunday concerts. will be held tonight
at the Winter Garden and at the Cen
trail, Selwyn and Forty fourth Street
theatres. Eddie Foyer, cowboy poet"
will offer at the Harris Theatre nov
city in what he terms q prologue" in
which he acts the poems of famous
nut hOrs
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Lesser To Do as Romans Do

Sol Lesser has invaded the concert
fie d via the Vatican Choirs, direct from
Rome. lie has purchased the rights for
concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Seattle and Portland.
Mr.. Lesser plans to present these con-
cerJs Immediately after the Choirs
complete their Eastern tour.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
English Army Officer Becomes
Farrar's Military Director

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon McGee,
an English army officer, knows all
about Egypt, so he was in constant de-
the filming of "Flame of the Desert"
Geraldine Farrar's new picture. In
addition to giving moral support
Colonel McGee directed tho military
manmuvres Of the troops in the pic
ture.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Little ''Poodles" of the Hin
Finds Giants Suit Useful

When man goes TO a tailor for
several sizes too large, he generally
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Shadows on
the Screen

"a Daughter of Two Worlds" from
the book by lie Roy Scott, has been de-
cided on for Norma Talmadgc's debut
as First National star. James Young
has been engaged as director, and he
and Edmond Gou.ding are responsible
for the scenario
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

"Eyes OF Youth" Clara Kimball
foung's picture made from the stage
success, viii be shown simultaneously
IN sixty cities in America the wecA Of
November 15..
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

new feature oY 1.-THE Screen Maga~
zine," issued by Universal, is depart
ment called "Horss Sense" This viii
ss symposium of timely obscrvations
collected frog, the press. Tho aeries
VII be animated with cartoons.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

Alice Joyce began work, this week,
on the Vifagraph production, The
Sporting Duchess" George Terwilligsr
will direct Miss Joyce.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

Jack Holt will play the leading role
IN Metros production of "The Best Of
Luck" which is being put on the
screen with an all-star cast. Ray c.
Smallwood is directing from scenario
prepared by A. $. lie Vino.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

A. rather ambiguous announcement
comes from the World Office. Il saws
World Pictures has secured for dis
tribution five-ree feature made by
the Sunset Pictures which bears the
title OF You Never Know Your Luck
With House Peters" The picture is
founded on the story by Sir Gilbert
Parker with the same title.