Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-02
FILMS BEING CROWDED
OUT OF MOVIE SHOWS
The Shadow Art is Becoming Less
and Less Conspicuous on Its
Own Doorstep.

New York, May 26-The American
movie NAV To a fine ambassador To for
cign countries, but 1t is becoming less
and less n proyhct on its own doorstcps
along Broadway, New York. 1t has
now come to be that movie show is
Just barely movie and pretty near
everything else but.
The old illustrated Groom Spoon"
song that went with the travel picture
in the observation car theatres ot some
wears back has been developed on Broadway
INTO musical comcv. grand opera, piano
and fiddle rccitals. shphorn solos, bell
ringing, harrcl-Iumplng exhibitions and
shell shocking blasts by magnificent pipe
organs which never cost dime less than
hundred thousand and cheap at the pricc.
Somewhere III between these events,
usually during the seismic troubles oc-
casioncd hv the organ, film sncaks
across the screen, hurucdlv and apollo
gcticallv. rs though recognizing that 4
has no right to be ntrudng insuch secret
company
III tho old DAVIS they had 4 girl NJ the
piano who could play en- fast when
The cavalry came busting over tho hill
shooting Indians from the hin and 2
trap-drImmcr who made = onr-man band
look like Omar khayyam underneath q
bounh. Sometimes she used to slip .
tissue paper thinEumaHg over tho strings
Of the piano, causing II to make that
tInnv sound.
Welt. Site and he are gone from BROAD
way replaced hv orChCStraS, ranging
from 20 "a 50, who play With utter dlsrc-
gard for the action Of the film Il a film
chooses to leap lightly from comedy 20
pathos. YOU nccdnt expect an orchestra
of earnest Broadway musicians 70 stop
right smack in the middle Of William Tell
and fiddle Of Hearts and Powers,
inst "a suit the action Of the story, Not
any more.
Seriously the moving picture has hcor
an hut crowded out at the magnificent
temples huildcd for it these last few years
and III its former host friends and pro
tcgc. tho illustrated song. now grown
up Of course There Is no danger that
It Will 20 altogether, hut tins business
at OutrankIng the films hy musical shows
Of ono kiud pr another is Illuminating e
the artistic professions Of the moving
picture pTotcSsaroS
These prctcnsions suffered enough Wher
| less Willard amt Jack Dempsey wcu
starred IN serious dramatic parts
| causing tho actors Of the Spcaky stage
To make NiStlttfN itti4 ~ a'''' ~ tAtAtft y
| art in tho movies Then came Theda Bara
to Broadway herself, IN the flesh anc
| what happened 70 the great emotona
| tragedicnnc Of the screen IN her ilrs'
/ essay at tho "speakles was something
| that no gent would take pleasure il re-
peating about lady - tho art I
any. az the movie actor IS under a partia
| eclipse in the very region where he most
wants to hc considered extremely Ritz
/ Carlton
/ Nearly every movie show along Broad
wav and most OF those IN other ING &
called movie theatres all over town i
| getting 50 much musical assistance that :
| baseball fan might say the music get
| credit for the put-out and the films only
| credit for the assist One theatre, tbs
/ Capitol. has a grand opera company o
! 20 members. headed by Karl lorn. the
| former Metropolitan star and an orchestTS
| Of 30. The films are q sunshine comedy
| and a comedy with Mrs. sydney Drew
| Draw YOUR own conclusions as 10 whethe
/ people are paying their 80 cents TO -
/ head to hear the music or see the films
/ That's what the illustrated song ha'
/ done ia the movies on Broadway. The,
warmed a viper in their bosom and nov
1 CT, am