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The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Brains, Not Beauty
Triumphs in Cinema,
Asserts Frank Lloyd

Hereafter youth and beauty are
to have first call in the stage presen-
tations of the Shuberts. according
to an announcement of that firm.
Another exponent of the same idea.
Florenz Ziegfeld, has announced that
beauty is not the only qualification
for stage success but Is the most
importane one.
Let the stage have an idea we
are discarding and welcome" COM
mented Frank Lloyd, the director of
many of the best screen produc-
tions.
Mere physical beauty" Lloyd
added, lis a poor reed to lean on.
and the makers of screen drama
have at last found it out. l have
no hesitancy in saying it Is of the
least value. The screen players who
have come to dominate the field are
not the sweet buds from the garden
of posies: they have had their day.
On the feminine side the lasting sue
cesses are not noted for physical
charm and on the male side quite
the reverse IL the rule.
Ray, Hart, Rogers. Fairbanks and
others who pull The crowds, are not
Beau Brummels. They express char
acter. purpose or vigorous ambition.
The feminine stars whose beauty
holds have the spiritual beauty,
which is quite different from the
kind meant by ShubeTt and Ziegfeld.
On the stage it is Mrs. Fiske. the
Sotherns, men like w. II. Crane and
the Barrymores who make the
drama worthy of consideration.
The public is tired of the poseurs.
The essence of drama is conflict, not
physical comeliness. A player has
got to mean something besides being
pawn in saccharine, conventional
romance or a fashion plate"
Hal Reid. who wrote many fine
melodramas in his time, is author of
Confession" at Polls this week.
He wrote the play and starred in 1t
with great success for several sea-
sons. Now 1t has been made into a
motion picture and it striumph is
even greater than when 1t was a
spoken drama.
Henry B. Walthall is the priest in
Confession" and never in his ca
reer as an actor has he done better
work.
A large crowd of people, includ-
ing Gov. Edwards of New Jersey and
other public officials, attended the
formal opening of the new Fox stu
dio and executive building at Tenth
avenue and Fifty-fifth and Fifty
sixths streets, New York. last Mon
day afternoon. Music and addresses
made up the program. and the Wis
itors were invited to inspect the
large plant. Many of them were
interested in seeing for the first
time how motion pictures are made.
Philip Merivalee, who plays one
OF the principal roles in David Be-
laseo's latest production, Call the
Dpctor." is a nephew of Herman
Merivale. the author of the famous
drama. "Forget-Me.Not." which has
recently been revived in New York
under the title of 'Foot-Loose."
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Dancing Is Silly" Says Mary.

Miss Pckord admits her marriage Douglas
made difference her M For instance she is going
dancing Louea Parson The Morning Telegraph
Douglas doesn't like it," she explained and think it is
rather silly myself like dance with my brother Jack
this thing of dancing every stranger that along
rather silly lot of foolish frtaions suppose
Douglas bit jeaous brunettes AS for me-
a blonde"
Miss Pckford said she enjoyed every minute of the honey
trip New York One of the especially worth
membeng visit the Opt Indians Mr. Fairbanks took
his picture "Fhe Moycoddle" there show
Indians who had been his and who had
picture before They delighted with themselves the
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Todays Amusements.

Carrck-Garrick Players in "Polyanna"
PolIs-"The Confession"
Cosmos-Vaudevlle and films.
B. F. Keih's-Vaudevile
Loews Palace-Charles Ray in Paris Green"
Moores Ralo-"Dont Ever Marry"
Crandalls Meropolan-Vola Dana in Dangerous Men"
Moores Strand-"The Sport OF Kings"
Moores Garden-Wiiam s. Hart in THE Toll Gate"
Loews Columbia-Owcn Moore in THE Desperate Hero"
Crandall's-Frank Mayo in THE Girl in No 90"
Crandaps Standardization Dana in Dangerous
Glen ECho-Rcsort attractions.
Great Falls Park-Resort facilities.
Steamer Enthusiastically excursions Mount Vernon at
10 a. m. and 2:3o p.
Marshall Ha-Resort amusemerts; Steamers at 10 a. m
2:3o and 6:3o p
Chesapeake Beach-Resort attractions.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
At The RESORTS

CHEVY CHASE LAKE - Lakeside q
dancing pavilions; music by Meyer
Davis Orchestra.
GREAT FALLS PARK - Concerts
afternoons and evenings by the
Great Falls Ladies' Orchestra;
free dancing, fishing and boating.
MARSHALL HALL Washington
river resort; Steamer Charles
Manchester makes three trips
daily. 10 a m, 2:30 and $3.50 D. m.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH Bay re-
sort; free dancing, salt water
bathing, fishing and other attrac-
tions.
GLEN ECHO PARK-Five of the
best rides known to parkdom;
other attractions and dancing
every week night.
COLONIAL BEACH Washington's
Atlantic City: steamer st. Johns
every Saturday and Sunday.
OCEAN VIEW, VA.-Popular water
resort in Virginia. formally
opened on Decoration Day. Nor
folk and Washington steamboats,
feature weekend trips sto resort.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

done it or seen it done somewhere
else"
A small. faced blue felt hat Of
the Grand Army of the Republic
style, bearing n gold cord around
II which he wears, marking him as
an inmate of an CID soldiers home.
lay or one erd of his dressing-table.
That hat expresses g great deal
in the play" it was sugges ted.
Yes" he replied. We'll, there
aren't many oil the cid boys left
now. Somehow, every time ] am
near soldiers home 1 want to
so in and talk with the men inside.
l always do it. II attracts me. It's
mighty sad There are lots OF Bill
Joneses inside these homes. Did
you know that: Well, there are.
Men whose homes have been torn
to pieces by trouble or illness or
death, and men who just + on
living, day after Gay, with nothing
in view, but the happiness they can
get out of their own storehouse CT
imagination"
Mr.. Bacon has a strange policy
concerning the accer ting. for read
ing, of MANUSCRIPTS sent to him by
ambitious writers OF stage works.
He will not accept plays sent in by
mail unless he Is assured the play
has bcsn produced.
Il get q let of plays" he says.
THE writer's ask me to read them.
They think / may want them for
myself. / won't read them. 1 just
send them back. or answer end say.
No, can't do it,
That's because don't want any
boy to ever accuse me of stealing
lis idea. I might W rite play some
time myself"
Renewed Efforts are under way
to find some one who can play Frank
Bacon's role ir "Lightnin'," for it
is becoming more and more appar-
ent that the original organization
would be eight or ten years in
reaching all the cities that want to
see 1t. 1t ha4 been definitely decid-
cd, accordingly, to dispatch a sec
ond company thrcugh the South
next season. and on the stage of
the Gayety Thcater during the last
week no less than five actors were
tested for the part. The only actor
who ever has l.Iayed the psrt. ex-
elusive Of Mr.. Bacon, is Will NJ.
Cressy, who acted the rcle for two
weeks last summer. the while Mr..
Bacon caught up witn the various
shows in town.
Julius Tannen, back from
trans-continental swing, brings the
sad news that Will Rogers is nm
ished forever-aye. forever-with
the old-fashioned speaking stage.
Mr.. Rogers Is vastly taken, he says,
by the movie world and Is content
to linger in IT for the rest of his
life. When he feels the urge to be
humorous he writes set of flm
captions.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Frank Lloyd has been considerably delayed in
getting back into production. The stage play, The
Great Lover" which to be his picture, at
the last moment proved unsatisfactory. Although
every preparation had been made for its production
the matter has been entirely given up. Mr.. Lloyd
is now searching for another story.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
rus WEEKS SHOWS

GARRICk-Tonight at $3.50. the
Garrick Players in "Pollyanna;"
tomorrow night at $3.50, Garrick
PLAYERS In THE Eternal Magda-
lene.". Robert McLaughlin's pow
erful portrayal OF the scarlet
woman; cast includes Malcolm
Fassett, Anne Morrison. Edward
Mackay, Everett Butterfield. Amy
Dennis, John Roche. Edith Camp
bell Walker and others.
NATIONAL - The Aborn Comic
Opera Company's second Offering.
starting tomorrow night, the Gil
bert and Sullivan comic opera.
"Ruddigors".
POLPS - Hal Reid's Confession"
beginning today at D. m; Henry
B. Walthall seen as star. Special
choir of male voices in prologue.
BELAsCO-"Are You Fit to Marry"
story by Jack Lait, based on
Ballinger baby case:
ID. +. KEITH's-Marie Cahill; Al
Ian Rogers. tenor; George N.
Brown, worlds champion walker;
Maurice Diamond and Lola Grille.
in ''Terpsichorean Bits of 192O;
Cousin Eleanor" Frances
Nordstrom playlet; Three Weber
Girls: Joe BrownIng's "A Timely
Sermon;" Davis and Pelle; Hart
ley and Eastman; topics of the
day and Kilograms. Bill opens
tomorrow.
COSMOS - -Four Jacks and
Queen" Jean Chase and company
in "Peggy's Wedding Day" Staf-
ford De Ross; Selbini and COM
pany; Hilbert and Malle; Marie
Russell and company; Matthews
and Dale; David Wark Grifhth's
The Idol Dancer" Sennetts Let
Her Co." and the Pathe News are
other features. Bill opens tomor-
row.
RIALTO - Marshall Neilan's first
comedy production, Don't Ever
Marry"
METROPOLITAN V. Esmopd's
Dangerous to Men," with Viola
Dana in stellar role.
PALACE-charles Ray in Paris
Green" based on story by julien
Josephson.
STRAND Arthur Somers Roche's
The Sport of Kings" with brill
liant cast.
COLUMBIA-"The Desperate Hero"
starring Owen Moore, first four
days: final three days, Doris Ken
yon in The Harvest Moon"
GARDEN - Second week of The
Toll Gate" the first of William S.
Hart's own productions.
KNICKERBoCKER and to-
morrow. Viola Dana in Danger
Gus to Mem" Tuesday and We'd
nesday. John Barrymore in DIR.
Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE" Thursday
and Friday. Bessie Barriscale in
The Notorious Mrs. Sands" Sat-
urday. Mrs. Temples Telegram"
with Bryant Washburn.
CRANDALL's - First three days.
Frank Mayo in The Girl in No.
Friday. Niles Welch in Re
claimed" Saturday, Blanche Sweet
in The Deadlier Sex"
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Lloyd Ingraham. Mildred Harris Chapln's di-
rector, appeared in new role last week. witness
in the cross-suit of Mary Miles and the
American Film Company. IngraLam was called TO
teStify on the Vagaries Of temperamental and
told how they made the producers stand around"
MISS Mlnter won her getting a verdict $4,000
for back salary The company failed to prove i,s
charge that she delbera tey spoiled a film
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

When a hastily constructed stage" ship to
pieces under high water pressure Ted Solman. H.
rectng the Metro-Jack London productions hoped he
secured realistic picture version of the ShpwreCk
In The Mutiny of the ElsinOre. But the cameraman
was caught in the deluge. and though he valantly
continued to turn the crank. he len
and spoiled the picture. Now the studio carpenters
are groaninG under the task Of constructing a
ship.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Anna Q. Nilsson is filming the San Francisco
water trent scenes for Hobart Bosworth's play
Bucko McAlster," having left the Is
lands where she sojourned for fortnight with Bos-
worth and William Conklin, the heavy
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The Frohman Amusement Company is branching
out To its duo of stars, Ruth Clifford Jack
Sheriff., 1t has added Lillian Gsh who for the past
ten years has been D. w. Griniths leading woman.
IL is said that Miss Gish is to receive annual sal
airy of 100000 for three years.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The next picture for Jack Pickford. who is max
Ing The Man Who Had Everything" has been select
ed II is to be Just Out of College" Al Green,
has directed Jack in most of his later releases, will
continue in that capacity.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Half the film world be heading for
Coronado Beach Not many days ago Gloria Swan
accompanied by the yivacious Parisienne, Bea-
trice La Plante, packed and hied herself the
famous resort. And now Mildred Davis has ANNOUNCE
ed that she expects be exhausted by the time
next Harold Lloyd comedy is completed and Coronado,
she declares will be her destination.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Frances Guihan has put photoplaywrfing on the
spoken basis having installed dictophone in her
Office. To this she talks her continuity
serial broadway Bah" and is believed that she
is the only scenarist using such mot thol.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Work The Furnace" the William D.
Taylor production, commenced Lasky's studio
May 81 The story deals largely with English life.
Agnes Ayres, Milton Sns and Theodore Roberts
prominent among those of the Mr.. Tayors last
picture, which completed under the working title
of THE Boy, has been retitled The Youth"
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

After a long engagement a S leading woman for
j. warren kerrigan. Fritzie Brunette has
the ranks OF stars. She is to have the impor-
fant @ role In an allstar cast in The Devil Pay"
the cast will be Joseph J. Downg, who played the
name part in The Miracle Man" Roy Stewart,
long star in western pictures made by Triangle
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

After afternoons work her picture
Bonnie May" Bessie felt all broken up" as
she expressed it, One which called for the
smashing of soup tureen had to be done six times
before the correct effect was achieved Each time
perfectly good tureen its death" Bessie
predicts that the production will be a smashing
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

In the David Butler production. Smiling All the
Way. the plot has passed the opening stage the
heroine, LatriCe Joy. after going through
evolution represented by scuery maid. artists model
and restaurant keeper is about don the gilded
cioth OF success Leatrice is making frantic
the Los Angeles shops in search gowns sufficiently
costly-and invisibIe-to make the blase movie audi
sit
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

In the Mildred Harris Chaplin picture her d-
rector, Lloyd lngraham. has introduced Kid" a
marvel dog Kid does obey the sharp
of command customarly used by the master toward
a trick dog Quick conversation is intelligible o
him; apparently as IL is TO the ordinary human. In
addition to acting kid" also stalks Los
Angeles carrying pipe in his mouth wearing a
blanket bearing the of we'll pown pipe shop.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

, Shirley Mason has turned director and hand
ing the megaphone in conjunction with Howard
Mitchell during the production Of her current Fox
picture, Peter from Nowhere" When he company
went on location last week Miss Mason to
slst Mr.. Mitchell in the handling of a crowd Of
types.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The first dramatic photoplay ever made in natural
colors, The Gulf Between" in which Grace Darmond,
az present the lovely blonde Kosmik serial
The Hope Diamond Mystery is the featured lumin-
airy, will shortly make its appearance.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The latest of the film Iumind-es TO take theiI
pen IN hand is Bert Lytell. who has been inspired
to write starring vehicle himself for his Broad
way, New York appearance.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Reissues of old successes are becoming common.
Now 1t is said that Cecil b de Miles old Wives For
New will be given fresh showing next month.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Notes Of the Film Folk

An unusual honor has been conferred upon Ida
May Park, Americas foremost woman director. The
intercollegiate Guidance Association
requested Miss Park to write article her pro-
fesson a vocation for women. to be distributed
among the colleges of the country aid 70 women
undergraduates who planning to enter some
cupation. Miss Park has directed many OF the lead
ing stars, the latest being Bessie Love.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Israel Zangwilrs comedy, Merely Mary Ann" is
to be filmed by Fox with Shirley Mason Mary Ann.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

No less than six stories from scenario writer,
H h Van Loan, are TO be released within MONTH
The Great Redeemer," Tourneur special Danger -
all star; The Third Eye Pathe serial; THE Noble
man." with Eugene O'Brian; Fighting Job" with
Harry Carey, and a new Hope Hampton picture.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Johnny Dooley. is at work on the first fve-reel
Radin comedy, to be named "SkinninE skinner"
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

=. Maurice Tourneur claims have made a great
discovery in Barbara Bedford, mid girl who
is visiting in Los Angeles. She will appear in his
first Big Six feature.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Kathleen Kirkman will play opposite Lewis Stone
in Beau Reval," by Louis Joseph Vance, which will
be made into a pretentious production by Thomas H.
Ince
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

william Fox has engaged Boris Rosenthal, a re-
putedly able player Unidentified with the Hebrew
Actors Union in New York, and will feature him
under another name.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

- The title of Samuel Merwin's story. Dinner at
Eight will be called Crooked Streets" the screen
Ethel Clayton is the star.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

lease notable for the weakness Of its plot and the
strength OF Its cast Most noteworthy of those sup
porting the Russian Charles Bryant and the
beautiful "vamp," Claire DuBrey.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The young juvenile actor Charles Gordon, has
been cast for the masculine lead in Bonnie May"
Inc second OF the Callaghan Bessie Love
Gordon is an Englishman and has been in this
try for but a brief period. - -
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Acting is not the only talent of which Beatrice
La Piante can boast The little Parisienne actress is
an ADEPT at the art of modelling and sculpture Dur
Ing her vacation she has been instructing Gloria
moldng of
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Thomas Meghan has gone East TO do 18th,
ers' studio ~ -
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Australia has reached it's the and
taken a screen beauty that many American producers
overlooked. She Is Kathleen Key who recently sup
ported Douglas MacLean in of his comedies.
"Showy" Baker. the leading film producer OF the
Antipodes will feature Miss Key in future pictures
She sailed for Australia from San Francisco the last
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Tom santschi, who recently returned from the
picture. THE North Winds Malice used to be an
animal trainer. At his new Hollywood home he is
spending his brief vacation in nstructing a newly
acquired lion cub to sit up and beg.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Clara Kimball Young has completed work or
Arthur Wing Pnero's Mid Channel" in which Ethel
$50 S
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

In the Blanche Sweet picture the tentative title
OF which Is .Leona Goes A-Hunting,' there occurs
bit OF long distance acting One scene shows the star
seated upon rock the Santa Monica beach watch
ing the approach of Henry King, who both directs
and plays the lead, along the sands Coronado.
Finally when she rises and they the is
Catalina! You'd know it in the picture, but the
haste with which the production being COM
pleted necessitated the mixture of locations.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

Red Potage." the novel from which Ida May Park
Is 70 make her first special production is rapidly
suming the shape of complete scenario under tke
able hands Of the famous woman director. -
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

CRANDALL'S - First three days.
Frank Mayo in The Girl in No.
90" "Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday. Niles Welch in Re
claimed" Saturday. Blanche Sweet
in The Deadlier Sex"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-07-30

River, spent several days the past
week here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oda Wright and two
children, of Rockcreek, spent Sunday
here and attended church services.
Gus Vessels was business visitor
at Fredericktown last Friday.
Helen and Willie Layton, of St.
Louis, and Ira Fraysher spent Friday
evening with Dora LEM.
Clara Womack, of Fredericktown,
passed through here Monday enroute
to her home at Womack.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LEM and dau-
grter, Dora, motored to Fredericktown
last Wednesday evening.
Helen and Willie Layton, of St. Lou
IS, came down last Tuesday to visit
their sisters, Mrs. Edward Fraysher,
and Mrs. w. E. Lunsford.
Mrs. John Pirtle was taken to the
home of her daughter last Thursday,
Mrs. Miles Barron of Flat River is her
daughter.
Mabel Gamblin of Castor, spent
Sunday evening with Mabel Barron.
During the electrical storm here on
last Saturday, L. B. Meredith was
struck by lightning and rendered I'M
conscious and the horses which he was
driving were also knocked down.
Edward Frawsher was a business
visitor at Ferdericktown last Satur-
day.
VIM. Layton returned to St. Louis
last Saturday after spending the past
week here with relatives and friends.
Beatrice and Blanche Westerman re-
turned to their home at Fredericktown
Wednesday, after spending several
days here with their uncle and family
There was singing given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Fergu-
son on last Friday night.
J. B. Dimes and granddaughter, De-
loris Lee Dimes, of Feredericktown,
spent last Tuesday here.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
bert Kennon, of Mine La Motto, was
brought here and buried in the Pirtle
cemetery Sunday evening.
Reverend Kennon held church SER
vices at the church of God here Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Coin of Flat
River, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Lunsford.
VIM. Ferguson, of Arkansas, broth
er of F. M. Ferguson, is the guest of
his brother here
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Lewis, of Liber-
tyville, attended church services here
Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-07-30
KNOB LICK ROUTE l

The wind storm on last Saturday
evening did considerable damage to
the wheat and hay stacks on this
route.
Mr.. O'Herron and little son, of the
Lead Belt, are visiting his sister, Mrs.
Moore, of Knob Lick, Route 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Bayless of the
Lead Bet, are visiting his mother,
Mrs. Joseph Bayless, of Knob Lick.
Miss Nettie McClarez spent last
Sunday evening the guest of Miss
Mary Williams, of Knob Lick Route /.
Miss Edith Hibbits of Knob Lick
Route |, has been visiting her
aunt Of st. Louis, Mrs. Ausimano.
Mrs. Moore Of Knob Lick, spent
Sunday and Monday the guest of her
mother, Mrs. O'Herron, in Elvins.
The Knob Lick base ball team
played Germany team Sunday. The
score was 9-18 in favor of the Knob
Lick team.
The dance at the home of Mr.. Wal
ker Saturday night was attended by 4
large crowd. Ali left at a late hour
after spending an enjoyable evening.
Miss Amy 0homes, of this ruote
was called to st. Louis Friday on ac-
count of the illness of her sister.
A large crowd attended the ice
cream social at Libertyville Saturday
night and all reported good time.
Lansing Moore and Chas. Hulsey,
Of Doe Run were Knob Lick visitors
Sunday.