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The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Dorothy Gish Declines
"Double" in Air Stunt
Famous Little Screen Farceuse Does Her Own
Flying as "Pat"

Dorothy Gish is no piker. She be-
lieves In being thorough. no matter
how painful-or dangerous. A GER
tain young director discovered that
recently when the vivacious star
was making scenes for Flying Pat"
AT this point" he told Miss Gish.
consulting the script, you ascend
in an afrpIane-but Of course, that
can all be fixed with a 'double'-and
-
I'll 20 up" cut in Dorothy. and
that determined little chin of hers
seemed to go up also.
and when you're in the air, the
plane goes wrong and crashes
down" went. on the director, sup
pressing a grin. You are nearly
killed"
Nevertheless. I'll go up" said Dor
othy firmly. She hadn't liked his
grin.
But, Miss Gish," he protested, be-
coming alarmed at last. Your part
in the action can just as well be
flmed on the ground And Mr.. Rem
nie'-the leading man-"is supposed
to be with you at the time. Perhaps
he wouldn't care to go up and
risk"
Mr.. Rennie," returned Dorothy,
was a captain in the Aviation Corps
in France. Don't worry about him.
When do we start?'
Co Dorothy went up, as you can
see IL you go to Loew's Palace today
where she will appear in Flying
Pat" her latest Paramount picture.
for the full week.
Collection of valuable furs that
will make feminine eyes open
wide Is one of the high-lights
OF Behold Ny Wife,. the Para
mount picture that begins the sec
gagement at Loew's Columbia to-
day. The story was adapted from
Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, The
Translation of a Savage" and. like
most of this famous authors works,
the scenes are laid In the Canadian
Northwest.
To secure the proper atmosphere.
Director George kelford took his
company to the Sierra Mountains,
in Northern California and there in
the snow-clad peaks and valleys
most of the action was filmed. Some
Of the scenes represent dog trains
coming into the trading posts from
hunting expeditions. the sledges
laden down with funs Several
prominent furriers on the Pacific
coast loaned the choicest specimens
from their stocks for these scenes.
Some Of the loads which the In
-elIans carry upon their backs during
the course Of the story are worth
INTO SIX figures.
Admirers of Elliott Dexter. the
Young screen player who scored
such SUCCESSES in Cecil B. DeMille
pictures Ike -Old Wives for New
and 'For Better, For Worse" and
was about to be starred when he
was stricken with a serious illness.
will be glad to learn that Mr.. Dex-
ter has now recovered and has re-
sumed his motion picture work after
nearly a years absence. Mr.. Dex-
ter has one of the leading parts in
"Eehold My Wife"
Thomas NJ. Eastwood, manager OF
CrandalFs Knickerbocker Theater
announces as the first of q series OF
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

Mohammed was the sort Of skipper
who believed that the shortest dis
tance between two points was a
straight line, and what he believed
he put in practice.
Reginald Barker, who directed the
latest Goldwyn feature picture. The
Branding Iron" which opens a
weeks engagement at Moore's
Rialto theater today, was in a sim
liar position, when IL became neces-
sary to photograph certain scenes
in the mountains near Truckee. Call
ifornia. He had to go to the noun
tains, and bring with him a COM
pany of actors and actresses. light
ing equipment. for there is little OF
the precious sunlight in the depths
of a mountain forest, and all kinds
of stage property.
Had the scenic demands OF this
picture been only more flexible, the
entire company, bag, baggage, and
equipment. could have easily been
loaded into touring cars and trucks.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

NEW YORK, Dec Ere the cur
tain rises this evening upon another
of those oo-la-la Broadway produc-
tions, q wishful first night audi
.poe shall have laid astonished eyes
upon this name:
Lady Lillian Maxwell-Willshir
And lest carping first night voices
be raised. Morris Gest, who fathered
Agar" the show in question. today
made emphatic declaration that the
program means just what IT will
say.
He has, he said. in this last offer
Ing of his the only section Of Eng
lish nobility upon the American
stage. Furthermore. she wouldn't
be there. he added, IL she weren't
stony broke and likely to see her
ancestral halls going in soak to
have the price.
Mr.. Gest stirred up such an awful
row that one went round to the
stage door of the Central Theater
to view Err Ighness at her first re-
hearsal.
She is a slender little girl whose
eyes look as il they had taken their
color from a gorgeous jade necklace
she wore. She was wrapped in a
long mink dolman beneath which a
pair of sub-nosed bronze slippers
looked as II Nell Brinkley had
drawn them.
She removed her hat and thought
someone had lighted her before my
very eyes. She has the reddest hair
in New York. England, the world. 1t
II anscends mere red. II also Is or
ange. Under the light 1t scintillates
and flares. II is redder than any
thing I ever looked upon save only
fame end OF a cigarette in the dark.
To tell the truth she looked more
indigenous to Broadway than to
Burke's peerage. Still one learns
fast on the street OF a thousand can
dle-power.
And her voice was Mayfsirish and
reassuring. She admitted that she
was broke. and continued:
Conditions among the aristoc-
racy OF my country are frightful-
oh. quite frightful. Most of our
money is gone; its in the pockets of
munitions makers and profiteers.
so even IL II were not being done,
ever so many of US would find IL nee
essary to go to work. And II Is be-
ing done. My friends have taken up
sewing. plain and fancy; designing.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Actors Hypnotic ,
Themselves, Says
Playwright Dickey

Self-hypnotism is the secret Of
good acting, in the opinion Of Paul
Dickey, co-aUhor with Charles W.
Goddard of The Misleading Lady,"
The Ghost Breaker" and the new
comedy drama. "The Broken Wing"
which was recently seen here at
the National and which has just be-
gun a New York engagement.
1--WE do hear lot about an actor
living his part" he says. 'I think
there is much more to it than the
mere words signify. Many actors
who honestly believe they are 1iv-
ing the part are no more in char
acter just before the performance
and during the intermission than in
the audience. They are Bill Jones
or Mary Smith until they step on
the stage, and then they attempt a
swift metamorphosis that Is not at
all convincing. The moment they
step of the stage they again are
Bill Jones or Mary Smith.
You don't catch any of our really
fine actors taking any such chances.
They know, as Sir Henry Irving
knew, that the must begin to live
the part long before the perform
ance, live it throughout the play
and expect to be some time resum-
ing their own personality. Irving
used to make up an hour and half
before the curtain. Then he would
call q cab and drive. alone through
the streets scoldfng himself into
the role he was to portray. When
he made his entrance he was not
u
nerisms. He was definitely the
character he was Interpreting. In
other words, he simply hypnotized
himself. just as surely as though he
were under the control of a mes
merist."
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
9 THE SHADOW DRAMA AND ITS LATEST PLAYS g.
Is Morris Gest Spoofing
About Title in "Afgar?'
Broadway Vainly Searches Burke's Peerage
For Chorus Girls Name.

millinery-all sorts of work to bring
in a living wage.
you'd be astonished at what titled
families are managing with too.
Actually many are keeping up ap-
pearances on about what they paid
their servants before the war! OF
course, they've had to let most of
their servants go and mothers and
daughters take turns at caring for
their homes"
This little woman. whom Mr. Gest
declared to be the wife of Sir Ger
ard Wiltshire, seventh bar.
on of that name with ancestral
estates in Sussex, Che said, admitted
that $40 per Saturday night had
lured her to this bold. bad city. Her
lovely, plaintive voice went on:
mo. poor Gerry didn't come over
He is a nice chap. but broke. In
fact. he's going through bankruptcy
proceedings-dreadful! I've taken .
modest apartment up in the eighties
and I'm going to begin to save just
as my friend, Lady Diana Manners
did. after her father the Duke OF
Rutland, consented to her going
into the movies"
One asked il she intended to go
back to friend hubby when she had
save enough to lift the mortgage, or
whatever it Is they lift or those
moss-grown old rockpiles.
with a flicker of dropping lashes
surprisingly weel beaded for an
amateur attempt-she said NO" In
stead she's going to aykight here
and trail a career. She hopes 1t
will wind up in Shakespeare.
Il think I'd like to player
Titania.' And ! do hope America
will like me-"
1t will. One can't but imagine
the glorious redness OF that hair
galvanizing weariness out of the
T. B. \. element, at least.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Paramount Lists
Its New Photoplays
For l920-2l Season

Much varied entertainment is in
store for theatergoers in tfe three
winter months. according to the an
nouncement of Paramount pictures
released for December. January and
February. The December pictures
are:
Thomas Meighan in Conrad in
Quest of His Youth" by Leonard
Merrick: Dorothy Gish in Flying
Pat" by Virginia withey; Roscoe
Arbuckle in The Life of the Party.
by Irwin Cobb: "Heliotrope," by
Richard Washburn Child; Lois
Weber special production, ITO Please
AN Amateur Devil" by Jesse E.
William S. Hart in The Testing
Block: Enid Bennett in silk Hos
iery," by Agnes Christine Johnston.
For January. Paramount will re-
lease Maurice Tourneur's produc-
ton, The Bait" by Sidney Toler;
Dorothy Dalton in In Mems Eyes"
by E. Phillips Oppenheim; The
Jucklins." by Opie Read; Wallace
Reid in The Charm School" by
Alice Duer Miller; Billie Burke in
The Education OF Elizabeth" by
Roy Horniman:. The Inside Of the
Cup" founded on Winston Church
Ills novel: Douglas MscLean IN
The Rockies Return" by Agnes
Christine Johnston: Midsummer
Madness" by Cosmo Hamilton:
Fitxmaurice production. Money
Md" by ouida Bergere: THE From
tier of the Stars" by Albert Payson
Terhune.
The February releases are: Ros-
coe Arbuckle in "Brewster's Mill
IONS" by George Barr McCutcheon;
Dorothy Gish in The Ghost In the
Garrett" by Wells Hastings; For
bidden Fruit" by Jeanie Macpher-
son; Douglas MacLean in Chick
ens." by Herschei 8. Hall: The Pas
sfenate Pilgrim by Samuel Mer.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
CnndaH'a

For the FIRST three days Of this
week, today through Tuesday, Gran
dall's will present one OF the most
colorful pictures in which Norma
Talmsdge ever has been starred.
Selects opulent perturbation OF
The Isle OF Conquest" supple
mented by the SewelI Ford comedy.
'Torchy on High" picturing Johnny
Hines. On Wednesday and Thurs
day. Wanda Hawley will be seen in
Food for Scandal" with "His
Watch Hound" as the added comedy.
while on Friday and SATURDAY.. Alice
Brady will be screened in Mrs.
Fiske's celebrated success. The
New York Idea"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
knickerbocker.

Today and tomorrow the knick-
erbocker will present for the fret
time in Washington First Nationals
perturbation of James Oliver Cur
woods story OF the North Wood
"Nomaos OF the North" with cash
Customers" starring Harry POLLARD
as the added feature. On Tuesday
and Wednesday the bill will present
Cecil B. De Miles production
Something to Think About" with
Elliott Dexter and Gloria Swanson.
On Thursday and Friday Alice
Brady will be screeed in Realart's
camera version of Mrs. Fiske's
great success. The New York
Idea" which will be followed on
Saturday by Bessie Love in Bonnie
May"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Columbia.

Behold My Wife" George Mel
ford's great Paramount pictUriZs-
tion Of Sir Gilbert Psrker's famous
romance of Canada and England.
The Translation OF a Savage" will
be seen for a second week at Loew's
Columbia beginning today. Mabel
JulIenne Scott, Milton Siils. Elliott
Dexter and others are seen In roles
of prominence. The story concerns
a young Engiisman who married q
raw Indian girl. sent her home 70
disgrace his afistocratic relatives
in England. and found her. several
years later. q radient woman
Splendid added hits complete IN.
program.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
To Stage Tsgore Plays.

Several East Indian plays written
by Sir Rabindranath TsEore are to
be produced in New York this sea-
son under the direction OF the Shu-
berts and with the aid of william
Faversham.
The poet is in New York after an
absence OF four years. and has
brought four OF his plays that have
been produced in India in the native
theaters. one OF which has been seen
on the London stage.
II was while he was talking with
Mr.. Faversham in the actors dress
ing room at the Booth Theater re-
Gently that he told OF his desire TO
have his works produced in Amer
ica and Mr.. Favefsham asked to be
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Palace.

Flying Pat" a gingery. jaZzy,
just-wed romance by Virginia Phil
ley withey. with scenario by Harry
Carr and r. Richard Jones. is the lat
est photoplay romantic farce that
brings Dorothy Gish, the screens
premier farceuse. to the program Of
Loew's Palace Thester for the full
week beginning next Sunday after
neon at . o'clock. Miss Gish is sup
ported by James Rennie. The star
is presented as a young bride wish
full OF q career" who started cut to
earn to fly. came 10 earth with a
bump. found herself in a scandal,
with a frantic husband who later
understands and forgives. The ex-
ira added attraction is a hilarious
Sunshine comedy, AN Elephants
Nightmare"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Rialte.

The latest Goldwyn production.
The Branding Iron" an adaptation
Of the famous story OF the same
name by Kathryn NewIin Burt. will
be the chief attraction at Moore's
Rialto Theater all this week. be-
ginning today. A vital story OF hu-
man desires with a powerful love
theme. the picture is said to be a
fine example of production. MagnI-
ficent settings and photography are
noticeable throughout. An all star
cast includes Barbara Castleton,
James Kirkwood. sydney Ainsworth,
John Carver. Richard Tucker ana
Albert Roscoe. Special orchestral
numbers and selected subsidiary
subjects are offered.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
PHILADELPHIA Orchestra.

DIR. Thaddeus Rich, concert master
and violin virtuoso. and Mr.. Michel
Penha, noted Dutch violoncellist,
will be the solo artists In the sec
ond concert of the Washington
series of the Philadelphia Orchestra
to be given at the New National
Theater Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock. DR.. Rich and Mr.. Penha
will be heard in Brahms Double
Concerto for violin, cello and or
chestra. John Alden Carpenters "A
Pilgrims Vision" composed es-
pecially for the Philadelphia cele-
bration of the tercentenary of the
Mayfiower landing. will be offered
for the first time in Washington by
the orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Actors Take Rank
Above Mere Butler

David Butler does not think
much of the intelligentsia OF
went recently to Aim some out
door scenes for .The Sky Pilot"
At the hotel where the players
stopped, he walked mp to the
landiady and quietly nskedi HAS
a room been engaged for But
lerfr
"WeIl, sir" she replied. .we're
lust plain folks. aud never did
have no special place for buffers,
and didn't know Mr. Nidor car
ried one along with him. All the
rooms have been took by the sc-
tors and actresses and Euess
sou'll have to sleep I'm the stable.-
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Frieda Hempel Concert.

Nine. Frieda Hempel, formerlv
soprano OF the Metropolitan Opera
Company, is announced as the
soloist at the third concert Of THIS
season OF the New York Symphony
Orchestra, to be given at the New
national Theater, Tuesday after
noon, December II, at 4:so o'clock.
waiter Damrosch. conductor of the
orchestra, ts arranging q delightful
program for the occasion.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Across the World
In Two Hours

sydney Ainsworth. Goldwyn
player. became convinced of the
wide scope of moving pictures
recently when he appeared on a
San Francisco street and in a
London mansion within a period
of two hours. Mr., Ainsworth was
working in a night scene in the
studio for Rupert Hughes The
Cup of Fury" when he got a
call to hurry out to the back lot
to play. a roue roles in an ex-
terror set representing Pacific
street in the infamous Barbary
Coast section OF Frisco. The lat
ter scenes were for Gertrude
Atherton's "Out of the Storm"
an Eminent Authors production
which opens a weeks engage
ment at the Strand Monday.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Metrspolitan.

Beginning today and continuing
the chief attraction At the Metro
politan for the full week. will be
shown 'sNomads of the North" First
Nationals film version Of the story
Of Gods Country" by James oliver
Curwood. In the screen adaptation
an element of human romance has
been added. This counter-plot Is
enacted By a stellar cast led by
Lon CLANCY. noted as The Frog
in The Miracle Man" Betty Blythe
Lewis Stone. Francis Mcdonald and
Melbourne Mcdowell The climac-
terfc scene depicting a raging for
est IRE Is one of the most remark
able episodes ever recorded by 9
camera
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

special Sunday musical offerings to
be presented during the month of
December. beginning today. the in
itial Washington appearance in
miniature joint recital OF Miss Bea-
trix E Hurley, a brilliant young
pianiste. and George Roosevelt
Flemmer, violinist. These distin-
guished young artists will be heard
at the knickerbocker today, pre-
liminary to an extended concert
tour of the United States and Can
ada Their musicianship is sound
and their attainments notable.
The recent disturbance created at
Polls Theater by Almas Temple,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, which
completely baked the opening of
Betty. Be Good" at that theater
last Monday night. was created in
part by the attendance of Elmer
fHommedieu, assistant manager of
Loew's Palace Theater, and Harry
Howe the scholarly attache of the
same theater. L. ]. Stutz, by virtue
of his Masonic affiliations, was per-
mitted to attend the latter part Of
the proceedings and at the concIu-
sion of the event, all three ad-
journed to the Cafe rEnfant, where
recherche Dutch treat of wheat
cakes and Java completed the cere-
mony.
Harry Jarboe. manager of the
Gayety Theater, received a note this
week from little Bobby Barrie, fea-
tured comedian seen earlier in the
season with Maids of America"
that he has resumed work after two
weeks illness with appendicitis.
Lawrence Beatus. manager of
Loew's Palace Theater, is enjoying
the climate of New Orleans this
morning. The itinerary of his we'd
ding trip calls for a four-day stop
at the st. Charles Hotel there, after
which Larry and his bride. formerly
Miss Ida Zirkin, will visit Atlanta,
Ga. and its environs for another
short stay. Mr.. Beatus is due to
reach Washington on next Sunday
morning. at which time he will face
the housing problem along with
other venturers on the high seas of
matrimony this season.
Carl Levi, of the Loewe Theater
Iorces, Is renewing Lawrence BeatuS
as manager of Loew's Palace Thea
ter during the latters wedding trip
in Southern climes.
While filming Conrad in Quest
of His Youth" the new William
DeMille Paramount picture. star
ing Thomas Meighan, which opens
a weeks engagement at Moore's
Garden Theater today. Mr.. DeMille
took extraordinary measures to pre-
serve the atmosphere of the set
tings. many of which represented
old English home interiors, with
rare old relics as properties and fur
nishings.
Many of these properties were OBJ
tained with much trouble and at
great expense, and Mr.. DeMille did
not. wish them carried of. or even
moved around the set. So he placed
placards in conspicuous places all
over the settings after finishing
work each day. The placards read:
Anyone taking or removing
any of the properties or fur
nishing on this set will be
guillotined."
Needless to say, everything re-
mained intact. and fortunately no.
body lost his head.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Garden.

Thomas Meighan will be the fea-
tured star at Moore's Garden The
ater this week. beginning today,
when his latest Paramount-Artcra
picture. produced by William De-
Mile, and adapted from Leonard
Merrick's novel. Conrad in Quest
Of His Youth" will be given its
premier showing in Washington.
Margaret Loomis appears opposite
the star. others in the cast includ-
ing Mabel Van Buren. Kathryn
Williams, Msym Kelso, Sylvia Ash
ton. and Charles Ogle. Magnificent
settings perfectly in keeping with
the theme of the story enhance the
beauty OF the production.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Anna Case Recital,

The third concert of the Ten stal
series. under the management of T
Arthur Smith, brings to the New
National Theater next Friday after.
noon at 4:3o o'clock Miss Anna Case
the celebrated American. soprano
One of her best programs is as.
sured for the recital Friday.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
At the Arcade.

Another of those delightfully."- old:
fashioned Paul Jones" dances will
be the order OF the night at the
Arcade tomorrow. and the balance
of the week will be devoted to the
regular nightly dance program so
popular with the many patrons of
the Arcade. with the single excep-
tion of Thursday. when dancing will
sse transferred to the beautiful BALI
room on the floor above.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

The famous David Belasco play
The Heart of Maryland" will soor
reach the picture theaters. Vita
graph is making 1t and Catherine
Calvert is the star who will pre-
vent the curfew from ringing to.
night"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

Tom Powers, as previously chron-
icled herein, is departing from Bah
to play in. the Fannie Hurst play,
Back Pay" which John d. wnl-
ians is producing. The Bah" role
will be played by. Donald Gallaher.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

P. S.-Much as one hates to admit
il, one trailed the Maxwell-Will-
shire dynasty through the latest
Burke's peerage bookAin vain. For
which reason one suspects a typo
graphical error somewhere.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Braslau Concerf

Sophie Braslau. the brfllian con-
traito from the Metropolitan Opera.
VIII be heard In recital for the first
time In Washington Thursday 4fter-
noon. at 4:ao o'clock at the National
Theater under the management Of
Mrs. Wilson-Greene.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

win; The KentuckiaRs," by John
Fox, jr.; Ethel Clayton in Hugh
Ford's production, The Price of
Possession" Lois Weber produc-
ltion, What Do Men want2"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05
Sars's Marionettes Again.

Tony Sarg and his marionettes
will begin a season of thirteen aft
ernoon and morning performances
in New York on Monday, December
IL. presenting a dramatization Of
rip Van Wrinkle"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

Harry Jarboe, manager of the
Gayety Theater. received a note this
week from little Bobby Barrie. fea-
tured comedian seen earlier in the
season with Maids of America
that he has resumed work after two
weeks illness with appendicitis.
Indiana daily times., 1920-07-01
Deposit City Funds
i'm Six Local Banks

Six local banks and trust companies
have been awarded deposits Of the city
sinking aud flood prevention funds.
The awards were made at a meeting OF
the sinking fund commission yesterday
afternoon.
The sinking fund. amounting 20 ap-
proximately $3.50, 600. will be distributed
July 1.
They were awarded as follows: Aetna
Trust Company. $4,000 at 81 per cent
interest and 100000 at - per cent;
Peoples State bank. $1o5 600 at 526 per
cent; Washington Bank and Trust Com
pany, Sl0o0 900 at 5.25 per cent; Bankers
Trust Company. $50 600 at 5125 per cent; ;
Meyer Kiser bank $4,000 at sos per cent,
and the Union Trust Company the re-
mainder, amounting 10 approximately
S275 900, at 5.0O3 per cent.
The Union Trust Company was award
ed the deposit OF the food prevention
fund Of Sl55.00o at 50o5 per cent interest.