Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
GUS BENNISON, who mad
COWBOYS RISE.


name for himself on the
- stage in Johnny Get Your
Cum makes his bow to Omaha to-
day in motion pictures at the Muse
theater in ooh Johnny" Louis is
hard 10 describe, to state he is a
typical cowboy is far short of the
mark and Louise Lands has written
Of how she met him better than we
could do in three columns,
The cowboy and the press agent
we're talking.
That is, the press agent was do
ing the talking. The cowboy made
indistnet sounds from the othe7
side OF his dressing room door.
Lady here to see vol" said the
press agent, as he skillfully avoided
being hit BY a piece of scenery which
was being dragged across the stage.
Something that sounded like
Good Lord" came from the dress
ing room.
TELL him I'm not a lady" | said
hastily. I'm just a reporter" and
! lodged a rope which fell suddenly
from heaven or the flies.
"She says she's not lady
amended the press agent, She's
reporter"
Come on in" he said, and in we
went, toAa room that was agrees
siveIy masculine in the way in which
garments and makeup towels were
slrewn about.
eHow do like Johnny" he
smiled, with a fash OF white teeth.
Why, Johnny is Justine. The
test is my home, and I know its
people When this part was given
to me I was just naturally tickled
10 death, that's all.
Western melodrama, as we used
70 know it, is just about gone. But
The real cowboy of today is just
Interesting as he ever was
Funny jump. wasn't it, from cow
punching to the stage, and from
there to the movies? But / got there
gradually. I begun by joining
troupe of fellows who carried their
show and their scenery and the COM
pany all together in a big wagon.
We Travelled all ethrough the west
that way one season, making one
night stands in the various little
towns. We were the first show that
ster played in many Of them"
Norma Talmadge began her pic
ture, The Heart of Wetona," at the
Strand today, as a plain, ordinary
American girl and ended up as an
Indian princess. It was filmed on an
Indian reservation in California
called Idyllwild. which consists of
$50 Indians and 20 log cabins. There
we're times during Miss Talmadges
work when it looked as though
the snow would come and 60 before
the picture was finished.
According to all reports-and
there are vital statistics from the
coroner's Office to prove it-there
were wild times at Idyllwild, an In
dian reservation 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, Chief Darkcloud
who was scheduled to play Ouan.
nah in this delightful Indian story,
succumbed to the ravages of Span
ish influenza. Darkcloud was the
ideal type for the character and it
took several days to locate another
man who could play the part. But
at last they found one, stalwart
white man with a spine as straight
as ! Hiawatha's arrow, who was so
realistic in his Indian role that he
called forth genuine praise from
Director Franklin.
Norma had been in Idyliwild but
few days when the natives insist
ed on giving a party in her honor.
The entire reservation turned out
10 do their share toward making the
party a success. A celebration,
such as the Indians of the reserva-
ton had not seen in years, was
held, It consisted of tribal dances
and a barbecue and, most impor-
tant, Norma Talmadge was made a
princess OF the, tribe.
Here Is what Theda Bara says Of
the heroine of "Salome," the Fox
spectacle which begins a fve-day