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New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Going On To-day
DAY

American Museum OF Natural History; al
Metropolitan Museum OF Art: admission
free.
American Museum OF Safety: admission
Van Cortlandt Park Museum: admission
THE Aquarium: admission free
Geological Park; admission free.
"A Modern Miracle Under Our Eyes" will
be recounted by Mrs. A. G. Learned. st.
Marks in the Bouwerie Tenth Street
and Second Avenue. p.
Address by Captain Robert Rosenbluth on
Russia To-day; Special References TO
Jewish Conditions" 1872 West Seventy
second Street ,. m.
THE Federal Prohibition Amendment"
at the Waldorf Astoria, 4 p. m.
Meeting Of the Young womens chrstian
first Street and Lexington Avenue. so
p m.
Address by DR. Wise on What Ideals Can
Be Retained in Marriage" Carnegie
Services Of the First Church of Divine
Science. Waldorf Astoria, IL a.
Display Of paintings by the Society of In
dependent Artists waidorf-Astoria. all
Meeting of the Marquette Club, Waldorf
Lecture sp,, h., hy Dr. s s razkes caaman on
Branch Y. NJ. c. A. Bedford Avenue and
Monroe Street. Brooklyn. p. m.
Breakfast of the Holy Name Society. Hotel
Commodore.
Lecture by Bliss Perry pilgrims and
Puritans in Their Relation to Twentieth
Century America" Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, p. m.
Dance of the Cosmopolitan Charity League.
Hotel Astor, y. m.
Meeting OF the Unity Society. Hotel Astor.
p.
Services OF the Church of Life and Joy
Hotel Astor 11:l5 a. m.
Meeting of the Young Folks League Hotel
McAipin. 2:30 p. III.
Meeting of the Church of Silent Demand.
Meeting Of the United Umauer Relief
Hotel McAlpin. 1870 p. m.
Violin recital by Jacques Gordon. Educa-
Round the-table discussion by the Eclectic
Society on "Ethics and Patent Reme-
dies, Pythias Building. 149th Street and
Institutional Synagogue on True De
mocracy." 112 West 116th Street, $50
p.
Lecture by DR.. Alfred w. Martin on "An
Ethical Philosophy of Life. Public
School "a. Glenmore and Stone avenues
Brooklyn D. M
Dinner OF the Wolnens Democratic Club
Hotel Commodore.
Dinner for the benefit OF the 1920 Million
Dollar Annual Income Campaign of tbs
Brooklyn Federation OF Jewish Charities
Commerce Club. $50 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Meeting of the Irish Women's Council.
Hotel McAlpin. p. m.
Dinner of the Levy Benevolent Society
Hotel Commodore
Dinner TO Miss Elisabeth Marbury, Hotei
Commodore.
BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURES
MANHATTAN
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Mrs. W. G.. C. Brewer a Mother

Mrs. and Mrs. William G. Gelston
Brewer of IA Morningside Drive. are
receiving congratulations on the birth
OF. son yesterday. Mrs. Brewer was
Miss Mary Helen Mason Faxon. of
huntington, Long Island, and Louis
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURES
MANHATTAN

Organ Recital by Harold V. MilIigan,
at Washington Irving High School. Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets and Irv-
ing Place. gao D.
AN Up to Date AmericanIsm" by DR.
Alexander Lyons. at Public School 101.
lllth street. west Of Lexington Avenue.
Public Forum
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Half of Force Out

According to Mr.. Ross, the churches
here and throughout the country have
been asked to contribute money for the
assistance of the former EMPLOYEES.
many of whom may not be able to find
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Katherine Hayden, who recently
played leading role in
'sThe Storm"

thusiasm. She came to New York some
three years ago, determined to go on
the stage and to succeed regardless
of the hard work and length of time
it took. Speed and an 'overnght dis
coveiy" have not figured in her calcu-
lations, although she possesses beauty,
charm and personality in a degree sur
passing many a favorite
Her progress has been steady and
sure. Starting with no stage expert
ence as an understudy in one of the
FAR and Warmer" road companies.
the next season brought her small
part and an opportunity to understudy
the leading feminine role in "Hamil-
ton" George Arliss's interesting his
torlcal vehicle. You may remember the
barmald in the first act, whose thick
blond braids, falling far below her
waist, frequently caused audible COM
ment and speculation in the audience.
She still has the braids, as any one
who saw her in "The Storm" can tes-
thy, and before "Hamilton" closed she
had played the leading role a number
OF times at the Knickerbocker.
A prominent role in "The Boom
erang's" first road company was an
other step forward, and the exactinp
Far Part OF Manette, the only woman in
The Storms" cast Of five, should give
her a wealth Of experience and leave
far behind any future necessity for
only understanding
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Unknown Writers Have
Big Chance in Screen
Work, Says Sam Rork

The young man and young woman
who struggle away at their manuscripts
alone, unnoticed and unaided--in other
words, the unknown writer-is to be
the one who will supply the screen with
its greatest successes within the next
twelve months. Not that the tried and
tue writer's of great fame will not
contribute their share of stories, but
the young author is the one from whose
pen must come the new ideas, new plots,
new situations and new photoplays
These deductions were offered re-
Gently by Sam Rork, president of the
Katherine Macdonald Pictures Corpor-
alton, after careful tabulation of
both motion picture and stage sue
cesses Of the past season.
"lf you will glance through the list
OF Broadway successes you will find
that the unknown writer of yesterday
figures largely in the list" Mr.. Rork
said. con the other hand, plays by
solne OF oUr most famous writers have
been the biggest lemons of the year.
iherctoIe, | contend that the young
writer-the unknown young writer-s
about to come into his own The
motion picture public is demanding the
story, and, no matter from what source,
tne story must be the first and biggest
consideration in production plans.
The star will always have a place
IN our entertainment programs, but no
star-no matter how famous nor how
universal his or her following - can
continue in favor with the picture pub
nc unless given good stories as their
starring VehicleSD
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Name Cast for Mystic Film

Inc cast tor the first dramatic mys-
sic picture, in which Howard Thurs
ton, the magician, will star, has been
selected by George Kelson, director for
the Howard Thurston Pictures, Inc,
be Twisted Souls"
-, The scenario was written by Mr.
Thurston, and is based on certain psy-
CHIC experiences he has had in India
and China. according to his announce
ment. While in the picture, it is
SAID, the magician takes advantage of
the opportunities afforded for exposing
some of the fraudulent methods Of
alleged spirit mediums, he also takes
advantage of his opportunities for re-
vealing some of the truth of esoteric
spirituai!sm as demonstrated by the
Yogis of Hindustan.
The story of "Twisted Souls" is
placed in America, but there are seve-
raj scenes in India. The cast includes
Eric Mayne, Horace Braham, Donald
Hall, Evelyn Sherman, Marian Nasmith.
Muriel Egan and Grace Rollins.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Spend $500, 900 to Film
Dead Men Tell No Tales
I'm Vitagraph Studios

Dead Men Tell No Tales" one of
the most widely read books of E. w.
Hornung, author of "Raffles," is to be
made into film production by the Vi
tagraph company. This book has been
read throughout the English speaking
world and has been translated into sew
eral European languages.
Every thrill has been transplanted
from the original story to masterful
scenario by Lillian and George Ran
dolph Chester. The latter is produc-
ton editor of Vitagraph. He and Mrs.
chester recently adapted "Trumpet ISL
and," another big Vitagraph special.
from the story by Gouverneur Morris
Tom Terriss, who directed Trumpet
Island" will put on Dead Men Tell
No Tales"
Catherine Calvert, who is the perfect
type described by the author in his
story has the leading feminine role.
Ana an Gustave von Seyffertitz, Percy
Marmont and Holmes E. Herbert will
portray the chief male characters
Other prominent members will he
James 9: Spottiswood, Roy Applegate
The thrills in Dead Men Tell No
Tales" are of the sort that are trans
!. terabie to the screen, although their
magnitude will mean film production
on scale hitherto uninterrupted. One
OF the early scenes of the picture, for
sasa instance, will be the burning of pas
senger snip at sea, engineered by the
pLotoers to cover the theft of a large
shipment of Australian gold for Enc
land. Another scene shows a fight on
the deck of sailing vessel, in which
one of the criminals and his supporters
pT proceed again upon the theory that
dead men tell no tales" The hero es.
capes CO apes from sinking lifeboat in the
midst of school of sharks. and al
though it is anticipated that this will
De De a difficult scene to retain it is said
.nat the company will make a special
Trip to the Caribbean Sea, if necessary
FToductlon on the film will be started
at Vitagraph's Brooklyn studio next
week, and Albert E. Smith president Of
enat company, has announced that it is
expected that the production cost will
exceed $500,O0O. WILL
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

n newspaper does his most severe
trimming. OF course, there are objec-
tions now and then, just as every re-
porter at some time in his life secretly
denounces the city editor or copy desk
for cutting his masterpiece. Every lit
tie item that is submitted to us--and
there are probably more free lance re-
porters in the movie field than in the
newspaper profession to-day is, in the
opinion of its producer. the greatest
bit that ever has been turned out.
Every one will tell you that his item
is only q thousand feet long. or only
two thousand feet long, and so on.
We look at them all, because the
greatest weakness in the motion pic
ture field to-day is the shortage of
small features. good little farce come
dies, good scenics, good incidental mat
ter. Whenever anything appears that
has ray Of promise we buy it and
then take out of it the matter we can
use, matter that will hold the interest
of the public.
"The Tribune told the readers of two
instances of cutting. The instances
might be multiplied q hundredfold.
There are brilliant ideas to run a GER
tain number of feet or a certAin num-
Der of minutes. We try to use these
comedies, or farces, but not for the
length of time scheduled by their
makers. In other words, we believe
that our audiences are convinced that
a lion can run after they have seen
him cover a hundred feet. We don't
believe it necessary to stage mara
thon, as one producer did recently.
Gas for the scenics and news weekly
matter, some Of the scenics produced
these days are so beautiful, their pho
Biography so superb, that it seems al
most criminal to take foot out of
them. But l have to remember that
the feature picture is the thing the
public pays to see, and all the rest,
even the music and soloists, is Incl
dental. ! can't feed my audience too
much caviar or too many oysters or
clans before the main dish comes on,
or their appetites will be destroyed.
So am often obliged to cut the seen
is no more sacrilege in that than there
is in playing selections from great
musicians work. The time and temper
of the audience must be considered in
both cases.
'As for the news weekly, we cut just
as the newspaper editor cuts. We try
to get the best material we can out of
all the news services. Sometimes there
is so much that we can give the public
only a glimpse of each news item, pay
ing especial attention, of course, to the
most important happenings and to the
magazine features, very much as good
newspaper does.
printed reports that producers or
directors or others are uniting to pen
allZe exhibitors who cut their products
are interesting if true. l understand
that amateus have taken it upon them
selves to cut the big seven and eight
reel specials for reasons best known to
themselves. That, of course, is unjust
20 the producer and ultimately bad
business for the exhibitor"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
In Picture Theaters

ASTOR-"The Breath of the Gods" a
spectacular love story, and a com
edy. Music by augmented orchestra.
"Shipwrecked Among Cannibals" con-
tinues.
BROADWAY-Blanche Sweet in "The
Girl in the Web" Broadway Sym
phony Orchestra, led by Enrico
Leide. A comedy and news reel
CAPlTOL-"Going Some" adapted from
the Rex Beach stage success. Mrs.
Sidney Drew presents John Cumber-
land in comedy. A new orchestra
programme and news reel.
CRITERION-"Humo starting
into eighth week, breaks all long run
records of Broadway pictures, go
lone VS.. Shenandoah" Mack Sennett
comedy, remains. Thalia cannon, a
new dancer; Emmanuel list, basso.
Jean Booth, contralto, and orchestra
RIALTO-Robe w. Chambers's "The
Fighting Chance" with Anna @. Will
son and Conrad Nagel starred. Rial
to magazine, a Christie comedy en-
titled "Kiss Me, Carolne," and Sc
lectlons from Jules Massenet's
"Manon" by orchestra. Sasha Fidel-
man, concertmaster of the Rialto or
chestra, will play Tivadar Nachez's
Gypsy Dances"
RlVOLI-"The World and His Wife"
dramatic study of gossip, with all
star cast. Overtures of Euryanthe.
by Carl Maria Won Weber. "The
Musicians Holdup" will be the musi-
cal comedy selection. Current news
and scenic.
and Get It," news
paper play, and musical novelty con-
sisting of pictorial interpretations
and brief story of the famous
overture civilian Tell" Rossini,
while the orchestra plays it.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Temperament Is Fast
Losing Its Hold Upon
Actors, Producer Says

Temperamental stars are thinp of
the past, if we are to take the word of
Marshall Neilan, the motion picture
producer and director. And, consider
ing the fact that he has handled manv
of the most famous stars, including
Mary Pickford, Marguerite Clark.
Blanche Sweet, George M. Cohan, Ruth
Roland and others, it would appear he
knew whereof he spoke.
This old order of temperamenta1
stars he says, "is now thing of the
past, especially in the motion picture
business. The shouting, driving. rant
ing ga dlrector also is thing of the past
Inc Old order of 'temperamental
stars is passed largely because the
most successful present day directors
nave acquired the knack of meeting
precarlous situations with tact. In Other
words, temperament is harnessed into
the scenes and then forgotten.
me great stars of to-day have ar
rived at their successful place through
an unusual investiture of mind and
soul in their work. People who love
their work do not have to be urged to
apply themselves, and the ones whom
1T really is necessary to manage trv
TO- and generally do, eliminate. it
usually is the near-great who act like
the newly rich.
Temperament, then, as it is known
TO actors. generally crops out in near
stars. After while it wears off and
tne patient assumes more natural
attltude. feel safe in saying that to-
we call Temperament in the stnd;o
than there is in the average business
house. The young people have learned
that self deceit and arrogance and all
that do not make for success. Thev
are being themselves, and that is ali
mat IS different between being tenn
peramentaP and having common sense y
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18


Venus or an Adonis Indeed, MANY
promising career has been shattered
through trading unduly upon ones
own stock of natural beauty.
What is much more necessary than
personal beauty as generally under
stood is what I may call grace of
presence. And it is within everybody's
power to acquire this. To enter
room erectly, proudly, aggressively,
head held high, shoulders straight, to
possess grace of carriage and grace
of movement. these are readily acquired
and absolutely essential.
"In fact, no one, however talented,
has any right to seek a place upon
the stage or screen until he or she can
walk properly and gracefully, can
radiate charm as he enters a room and
rhythm as he leaves, can sit and rise
easily and prettily."
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

ton and appreciation Of American
audiences, and the fact that they are
ree-quarters made up Of women. and
II there is one subject they are in.
terested in it is anything pertaining
to the heart.
"A little book once was published
called How Men PROPOSE and it ran
through many editions. Everybody
enjoys seeing others make love, and
In the theater one has great chance
to see it. In other words, at the the
ater people really pay to get lessons
from artists in how to make love sue,
cessfully. They instinctively copy
what they see on the stage and un-
consciously try to make love in real
life as it is done before the footliehts
Just think of the hundreds of girls
who have gone to see Irene and de-
cided that in their own lives, if the
opportunity would present itself, they
would act just like the little girl on
the stage"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Film Writers Give "Tip"

Young Scenario writer, you who have
written them by the dozen and had
them all ejected-here is a word of
warning.
John Emerson and Anita Loos, who
are successful in turning out copy for
the screen and who are writing a
series of stories for Miss Constance
Talmadge for the next year, declare
that no scenario should be written in
less time than three months. With
that idea N mind they have started
their new contract between them
selves and the star, and three months
will be devoted to each new scenario
they prepare.
=, THE trouble in the past has been
that picture companies give the actors
all the time they wish for making the
picture" Mr.. Emerson says, "but they
demand that the scenarios be written
in week or two. More time must be
STORIES"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Hard Work and Seeming
Obscurity Fall to Part
Of Stage Understudy

ooh, Pm only understanding this sea-
son." Is the way in which Katharine
Hayden, feminine understudy for the
Broadhurst productions, modestly dis
fessional activities.
Just how much ability, hard work and
versatility this apparently obscure task
involves will be revealed by the fact
that at few moments notice she
stepped in, took the part of the old
English mother of sixty years of age
in "The Wonderful Thing" and at the
next performance, when Jeanne Eagles
was taken i'll, played with taste and
understanding the difficult role Of Jac-
queline I.aurentie, a charming French
girl.
Manette, played by Helen Nickel
lar in "The Storm" is her other
achievement That is the part in which
she is cast for next season on the
road. She had an opportunity to ap-
pear as the French Canadian maiden at
The Forty-eighth Street Theater at one
of the. evening performances and
proved herself amply suited for the
task.
81 feel that this season of study has
meant more to ne than all my previous
work combined is Miss Hayden's YER
dict. 81 have an Unsuitable curiosity
and thirst for knowledge of all kinds
Of people-and New York is the place
to satisfy such !. craving"
Born in the Middle West, Miss Hay
den spent her childhood and early teens
in Nome, Alaska, and has an abundance
of Western "pep" and "jounce" and en-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Do You Attend Theater to
Learn How to MakeLove?
Harold Says You Do {!

There is no single feature of a
play" says Patti Harold, who plays
compared to the love interest. For
the fact of the matter is that, of
Course unconsciously people go to
plays to get tips on lovemaking.
"The folk in the audience watch the
love scenes on the stage for possible
future reference, without really know
ing it. That is why actresses have
to be students of emotion and attempt
to strike harmoniously on the chords
Of sentiment.
"In many dramas and comedies the
dramatist has not attempted to portray
the passion, merely to hint at it. He
relies for his effect upon the percep-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
PetrOva Home at Great Neck

Mime. Olga Petrova, who has alter
mated for the last few months between
the screen, the legitimate stage and
vaudeville, has returned to New York
after forty weeks tour in vaudeville.
She has been singing original songs,
the words and music of which she
wrote herself. Poems she has heen pub
Nshlng also were written by herself.
1t is for the purpose of writing sew
eral sketches and short stories for
magazines that she is returning to her
home at Great Neck, L. |. She has
been offered places in Broadway PLAYS,
screen productions and vaudeville. but
as yet she has not announced her plans
for next season
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Hugo Riesenfeld Defends
His System of Editing"
Films; Answers Protests

Hugo Riesenfeld, managing director
OF the Rialto, Rivoli and Criterion
theaters, against whom storm of pro-
test has been aroused by an article
printed in The Tribvne of Sunday,
June 20, in which the methods used
in his three theaters were described
yesterday answered his attackers.
''The controversy" he said, "if it
may be dignified by that title, is raging
around the right of theater manager
to cut pictures.
stances in which apparently hopeless
pictures had been turred into sue,
eesses by my staff, chief of which is
Joseph La Rose, who is now back with
me after term with the c. L. Chester
Corporation, where one of his main
duties was cutting pictures. Contro-
versy or no controversy, The Tribune
told the truth not only as the writer
saw it, but as I see it. 1t was fair,
thorough summary of what we have to
do IN our theaters to prepare our pro-
grams for the public.
ut is we'll to remember that word
the pleasure of directors, stars, or even
producers. They are run for the peo-
pie who support them, And bearing
that in mind, should like to add a
few things on the subject of cutting
pictures that may supplement the ex-
cellent story previously printed.
First, and most important, The
Tribune writer very carefully pointed
out, that when he was talking of cut
ting pictures he did not refer to the
big feature films. 1t is very seldom
that we are obliged to alter a big five
reel picture. l might say with perfect
%r-,1A n hof koxy IL
to cut or to ask permission to cut a
Paramount feature. In other instances
where cutting seemed necessary
have consulted the producers of the
picture-pla and they. in turn, hope,
consulted with the director or others
most intimately concerned. In every
case that l have called attention to
the need for such treatment, permis-
sion has been given to make the needed
alterations and they have been made.
In one case we had to retitle about one
fourth OF picture and the producer
was thankful for having the situation
called to his attention. Whether the
director was consulted by the producer
do not know, but do know that there
has never been a complaint about the
action from any source; there might
nave been, from the public, had not
the changes been made.
$50 much for the feature films and
the recent announcement in q theat-
rical publication that directors were de-
nouncing Riesenfeld for cutting pic
lures. No names of directors were
given, of course, because there are no
directors denouncing the methods we
use here. My experience has been that
directors are not at all sorry to have
their pictures run at my houses.
1T is the small comedies, the scenics
and the news weeklies in which we do
our hardest cutting, just as it is in the
straight news that the city editor of
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Faire Binney i'm New Picture

The police at Coney Island found
their duties increased a few nights
ago when the crowds that had gone to
the beach to escape the heat fought to
see Thomas Meighan and Faire Binney
and q, group of extras make scenes at
Steepiechase for "The Frontier of the
Stars" Mr.. Meighan's Forthcoming
Paramount picture, which is being di.
rected by Charles Maigne. When the
motion picture party moved to the
beach, illuminated by "a special light
ing system, the curious mob attempted
to storm the cameras, and Kid Broad,
the prizefghter, who appears in the
picture, was pressed into service as an.
auxiliary aEns OF the law.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Selznick Signs Ten Writer'S

Myron Selznick has purchased ~.
Gently the scenarios or screen r;ohts g
TO stories of ten of the foremost n1av9 W
wrights, novelists and short stoyv rs
writer's of the day, according 10
an announcement just made, This
does not include the contract under
winch Herbert Kaufman's famous edi-
5orlals are being picturized exclusively
oy Selznick pictures Corporation, it is
The list of the ten writer's is said n
embrace the names of Franz +. poot "
ard, George Barr McCutcheon. Edith
Ellis, George V. Hobart. Pelham Gren-
vile Wodehouse, Frances Marion
Lewis Allen Browne, William H Ham
by, Michael j. Phillips and Roy Horni-
man.