Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-07
SOME LOVER
IRISH? YES

WE OFTTIMES lose sight OF
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w the humanness and vivid
W personality of a screen star
because of the vehicles in which
they are presented. Certain char
acteristics and tendencies OF the
actor are presented in exaggerated
form because of the plot. For ex-
ample all other characteristics of
Mr.. Eugene O'Brien. save that of
love and passion are lost sight of
in his remarkable production, The
Perfect Lover" which has its first
presentation at the Strand theater
today.
Eugene O'Brien is a lover, it is
true, the most inspiring and extra
ordinary exponent of the divine pas
sion on the screen today. Yet he is
more than a mere lover. He is a
mans man. Of robust physique,
perfect example of health, clean of
limb and of mind he impresses one
with his attractive personality. His
eyes twinkle with the JOY of living.
First he wishes to change the type
of productions shown upon the
screen today. with so much SUM-
shine in the world why should we
resort to sordid commonplace plots?
The world needs happiness and love
and tender thoughts. If | have my
way this need shall be satisfied.
For in no other way than the mo-
ton picture can this need be salts
fled as readily. want people to
like me- for like them. And when
they see my pictures I trust that
they will feel that I am not acting
part but am living the story for
their pleasure and happiness"
A desire that thousands OF Mack
Sennett film comedy devotees have
never hoped seriously to entertain
is about to be realized. At the
Braideis theater on September 7-l3
the famous Sennett Bathing Beau
ties, whose charms have been hith4
erto silently extolled only on the
silver screen, are to appear in per-
son. They will make the journey to
Omaha especially for the purpose,
by special permission of the comedy
producer, and appear in series of
tableaux and an act staged by them
along with FIVE reels Of satire and
hilarity. entitled Yankee Doodle in
Berlin" with an all-star Sennett
cast This double attraction will set
4 new standard for motion picture
presentation. The tour of the mer-
maids is said to be as much of a
surprise to them as to the public.
The producers interest in his most
ambitious comedy effort caused him
20 yield to opportunities to add this
flip to its exhibition.
See that Wally Reid has signed
new contract-said to reach top
notch figure-good fellow and good
actor-deserves it-son Of noted ia
Their, but won his own spurs-father
was Hal Reid. playwright, who
wrote 127 melodramas-Wally first
appeared on stage at +later in vau-
deville with dad-Selig first put him
in pictures-American took him
later, made director out of him
next Universal-directed and wrote
storics-then Vitagraph and Reli-
ance-Griffith got him for Birth Of
Nation"-first big part in Carmen"
with Geraldine Farrar-paid SIS a
week-salary four figures now
been with Lasky four and a half
years-longest contract ever held by
star-new contract, five years,
makes another record-everybody
calls him good scout''-fine mixer
hobby is music-plays many in
struments-eives services freely for
benefits-wife, Dorothy Davenport
good actress. beautiful woman
stays home with baby. Next picture
"The Valley of the Giants" Strand,
September g.
Frank E. Woods, who passes judg-
ment on most of the Paramount
stories, foresees danger as far as
magazine stories and the screen are
concerned. "Commercialism and
writing should go hand finland"
says Mr.. Woods, "but when COM
merciaiism is regarded as being SO
much more important than artistic
results, it not only cheapens the
writer's calling, but makes it very
difficult to adapt many stories into
photoplays."
This is we'll illustrated by a story
related of Jack London. When that
author was writing one of his SUBJ
sequently famous books the pub
fishers wired insisting on a love in-
terest in the story at time when
London was we'll on the way with
the book, hence a girl was picked up
in the middle of the ocean, where
the story happened to be at the
time. The publishers little later
insisted on being given an idea OF
how the love interest would end, to
which demand the author answered
by wire: Virtue triumphs!"
His Majesty, the American"
Douglas Fairbanks newest photo
play and the first he has produced
as a member of the United Artists
corporation, THE Big Four" will be
shown at both the Sun and the
Muse theaters for the week begin
ming September II, it is announced
by the World Realty company, own
ers of the Sun, the Moon and the
Muse theaters. No previous pho
toplay production. authorities say,
ever has excited the interest, that is
manifest in this. The United Art
lists. Inc. composed of Mary Pick
ford. Douglas Fairbanks, D. w.
Griffith and Charlie Chaplin, it is
said, is sparing no expense and are
giving of their best talent in the \
production of their films. They are
convinced that the success Of their
organization depends to a large ex-
tent on the approval that may be &C.
corded their first productions, it is