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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Wbe Gholuttotp Of Il S5tar
Mrs. s6tske

st, Clair held her in his arms, lest the
audience see just how elongated the
wasted child was. On another night
sne might be expecting to play ittla
MARY. Morgan in "Ten Nights in a Bar
room and bring her audience to tears
with that classical lyric. Father. oh.
father, come home with me now" oniv
70 find out at the last moment that she
was was to appear instead in "Cardinal
when she was fifteen, Minnie Mad
defn appeared at the head of her own
company, starring for the first time
IN "togg's Ferry" Then came "Ca-
price," one of her earliest and greatest
successes. I'm Spite Of ALI" followed
with Richard Mansfield in her sun,
porting cast, and thereafter Feather
braln," In which Wilton Lackave was
her leading man.
Her marriage to Harrison Grev Fiske
occurred when she was twenty-three
ana for three years after this she
llved in retirement, devoting her tai
.ents to writing. Among the pTavs from
her pen are "Tbe Rose" played hv tba
late Felix Morris; "Not GuiltvS an-
ceepted by the Kendalls; "Fontanelle !"
played by the late James O'Neill, and
",Countess Roudina," written in col.
laboration with Paul Kestcr.
In 1893 Mrs. Fiske appeared as Nora
in Ibsen's "A Dolls House" Her; suc- =
cess IN this role was so great that she
determined fe hd1 at to return to the stage.
used used "A Dolls House," "Cesarine,"
~rDiyoreons" and Mare Delrouche'"
In In her second season she appeared in
%Iess," which quite took the country
by storm. After series of other
plays she created the greatest role of
her career as Becky Sharp in the
dramatization q, of Thackeray's vanity
Mrs. Fiske's famous study Of p
daughter of the slums in Edward Sell
don's salvation Nell" constituted an
other triumphant achievement.
Later Mrs Fiske presented the public
with still another group of sharply in
daIlvidualized women with such plays as
Hauptmann's "Hannele" Mrs. Bump
tead-Leigh," "Erstwhile Susan" Philip
MoeIier's Nine. Sand" and "Mis' Nelly
of N'Orleans"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Ruben's Idea of Sanuggler
In THY Name Is " oman
Gained by Study i'm Spain

Back OF Jose Ruben's adinirable rer-
formance OF the willy old Spanish
smuggler in "Thy Name Is Woman" at
the Playhouse is deal of first hand
observation. Ruben travelled through
Spain on several occasions and availed
himself of the opportunity to study in
their native haunts folk whose char
acteristics, mode of life and of thought,
he rightly anticipated he would some
day be called upon to portray behind
the footlights. In the case OF the char
acter in which he is now appearing
Pedro, the fox, the willy old rascal
whose ostensible occupation is that of
a tanner but whose real business in
life is that of smuggler-Ruben
enjoys the advantage of having known
such son of Spain. The Pedro he
knew was Just such man asShe per-
sonates in "rhy Name Is Woman" and
he was a tanner by trade. Whether or
not he was also a smuggler was some
thing Ruben did not inquire into
Ruben's knowledge of Spanish types
has served him we'll before this, for in
stance in his performance of the dope
driven Spanish pianist of Sacred and
Profane Love-" a wholly different char
aeter from his Pedro of "Thy Name Is
Woman" but in common with Pedro
possessed of certain racial character
loblSs WHICH SerNeu 10 nelSnCen Ine
effectiveness of his performance.
Ruben of late has, so to speak, been
running, and not unnaturally, to Latin
types. His performance of De Musset
with Mrs. Fiske in Madame Sand
overnight establishment him as an actor
of unusual attainments. In his next
appearance hereabout he was a Russian
--Boijdan, the ballet master of "The
Dancer" Then came his Spanish char
acter in Sacred and Profane Love-"
which was followed by his appearance
early this season as another Russian
the Feodor Mazinoff of "The Checker
board"
Every time he plays a Russian, says
Ruben, he invariably loses the object
of his affections. AS Spaniard, how
ever, he is inclined to be moreA for
tunate in the pursuit of the eternally
desirable feminine. as in Sacred and
Profane Love" With all rules, how
ever, there must be the notable excep-
ton, and so in his present role III "Thy
Name Is Woman" Ruben is not so for
tunate in his affair of the heart. But
at that this Spaniard triumphs accord
ing TO his own lights, for with revenge
in his heart and knife in his hand he
keeps what Is his.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
Meeting an Old Friend
For the First Time
Near Santa Bcbarc

IN San Francisco and yet that isl the
way many people think they have to
tell story for the stage or the screen.
Now. whatever any one may say of
santa Barbara (and they have) they
can't say that | didn't begin at the be,
ginning and go straight through"
We happen to know that "Near Santa
Barbara" used to be called "IIer Man"
And, somehow, that seemed singu-
larly fitting title for Willard Mack
play. so we asked why the change.
We'll" said the author, 81 think Her
Man sounds like a crook play; and,
call it that, when Clara Joel has all the
work to do" Miss Joel is Mr.. Mack's
wife-in the play. As usual, it is the
woman who pays and pays.
Finally we asked this author-actor
whether he thought professional peo-
pie ought to be married, "I'm begin
ming to think that they shouldn't; at
least not to each other. All quarrels
start from the same source"
"And that is?''
"As to their relative dramatic tall
ents."
Having settled that We went on to
our next question: "Why will Il stage
manager never let you be natural They
Wot even ieI you use your natural
voice. They say Keep it light; keep it
lighth and they make you count eight
before You speak and they make you
cross the stage and sit on chair when
you feel like leaning on the mantel-
piece and looking into the CRATE fire"
"Well, | never do. I say Never mind
the business. Do anything that seems
natural TO you 1t all depends on the
mood of the audience. Sometimes you
can hold them spelbouni for several
seconds waiting for your next line.
Sometimes if you stop for an instant
they all start to shuttle and cough,
and you've got to jump in and beat
EN- to itgmake more noise than they
can. And this having to go three
PAGES east each night at the same cue
is all wrong. 1t doesn't work out that
way. Go wherever you like on the
stage. I'll find YOU is what I say to
my fellow actors"
"Well, you wouldn't have much
trouble finding them on this stage.
You're very near Santa Barbara,
aren't you, il that's Santa Barbara ?"
and we pointed to the backdrop, which
was only one foot away from the door.
Here the doorman turned out all the
lights and in the theater that is the
sign Of a murder, usually. So, because
we believe in signs, we went home and
didn't make the doorman prove it.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Blacktou and Kane AffiIiatee1

j., Stuart 2lackton and the Arthur
). ZANE Pictnsa Corporation win be
associated IN the distribution through
out the United States and Canada Of
the drst of the series of photonlavc
featuring Lady Diana Manners. Com
modore Blackton, on Monday, announced
ms association with the Arthur S. Kane
Ptctures Corporation after the com
Pletlon OF the last details by which
TINS nlg English production will be
distributed throughout North America
A contract was signed Monday be-
tween the Arthur S. Kane Pictures
corporation, representing Commodore
Blaekton, and the Independent Films
Assoeiatlon, Of Chicago, by which the
assoclaelon VIII distribute this produc-
Jpn thfough lts affiliated member ex-
changes in each territory.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Motion Picture Fame
Practically Served to
Molly Malone, She Saws

Molly Malone, who has the leading
wcman's part in George AIDES .irsure.
Just Out of College," at the Capitol
ehls week, disproves all the thirgs that
are always being said to girls w%o want
TO go into motion pictures. There is
no need to dwell on those things.
Every one knows them-that il is next
TO impossible to get part in the first
place and, when one does, it isn't any
good and it takes years of heartbreak-
ing struggle to become leading
woman, if one ever doesl Whenever
MISS Malone reads all that, she may
we'll say: "Is that so ?"
FOR she didn't ever ask for her first
psrt. 1t was offered to her-and on u
sliVer salver, so to speak. 1t happened
not long ago that Miss Malone was
visiting some friends in Los Angeles
ana one day, as lark, they went on as
supers" IN picture being made at
the Goldwyn studio. Something about
her attracted the attention of the
uireeeor-ae felt she had that very
real, II sometimes indefinable, thing
known as screen personality. SO wheE.
ene scenes with the "supers" were fin
iished, he asked Miss Malone If she'd
Ike to join the company. Shed never
considered it before, but in that mo-
ment she knew she wanted more than
anything else to be motion picture
actress. She said yes and she has been
working at the studio ever since.
Sne gave a good account of herself
IN Stop Thief" with Tom Moore. and
IN Its Great Life" and then she was
chosen to play opposite Jack Pickford
In George AIDES delightful comedy.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
|Deburau Discloses the 1
Secret of Holding the
Mirror Up to Nature

Not since Hamlet talked to the play
ers at Elsinore have the secrets and the
fundamentals of the art of acting been
SO brilliantly disclosed as when Debu-
rau makes up his son for his old part
of Pierrot in the last act Of "Deburau"
at the Belasco Theater
Although Shakespeare started the
discussion in the sixteenth century,
<Sacha Guitry's continuation of it as
presented by David Belasco has the
fascinating freshness Of universal APP
peal.
1t starts soon after Lionel Atwill, in
the role of Deburau, has asked that
his boy Charles be allowed to appear
as a new Deburau, a young Deburau
Permission being finally granted, the
father begins to help Charles to get
ready to make his debut.
Says the great Deburau with enthu-
siasm:
NOW pay attention If you please
Get this firmly fixed in your head,
Actings as easy as Smelling peas.
If--tel1 me now and tell me truly,
Are Are you nervous about tonight?
Say that you are. But are you in a real
49, fright?'
Truly now, sara"
Yes, [ am, I'm terrified"
"As he should be. He's terrified.
But that's our own affair
The audience doesn't want a share.
Shake in your shoes IN your dressing
Feel sure you've forgotten
Your parti That you're rotten
In what you remember. Turn 50 pale
That rouge won't redden you. Be GER
tain you'll fail.
Walk forth as a criminal walks to his
But once on the scene
once the raps start TO sound and the
curtain to rise
Let your fright fly away with It up to
the flies.
Once You're over the brink.
IL you must think of yourself ar oil
think ''''
You're the greatest actor the worlds
ever seen.
NOW, remember this, be sincere
But never be trite.
And never, oh, never
IFE 10 be-or to seem-too clever.
nat you mean, when you do II must
OF course be quite clear
ana II must seem quite clear what
your going to do.
For an audience must always feel sure
of you.
Yet, when YOU do IT, If r7ust sa,,, 49,,
dentally done.
mat not so difficult as it sounds.
~ 8 an effect quite easy to got
Wheh an audience is watching YOU
ana play hangs on You
Nh-and before ] forget
never, on any grounds,
Never play second TO any oneI
NOW as to our dumb show aIwavs In
WHateycr comes most naturally to Won.
IN IN audience isn't difficult
10 Please; II you find them 90 tb,+,z
your fault.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Bill Hart at Best i'm
His Polarization of
'O'Malley of the Mounted

lingo Riesenfeld is a great adro;rar
OF William S. Hart. He has great af-
1ectlon for the rugged motion picture
star, though the admiration is due pri
marty to Hart's work on the screen.
mere IS manliness about the West
ether Wnlch captures even the most
urban cltyite. Hart is "man's
man." and is admired by most men,
The big Westerner is one of the great
actors who came out of the West and
whose vogue has increased instead of
diminished.
,, mere are many men who swear by
Hart; 10 the younger generation he IS
an idol, but to the older generation he
is the epitone of all that is honorable
and manly. Like the knights of old
who fought for a lady's smile and bIed
Tor dainty glove, Hart is the personi-
hcatlon OF that romance which was
alive in the West. A hard hitter, a
wonderful horseman, a dead shot. he
represents the fearless and humane
pioneers who made the West one of the
glories of America.
1t is for the "oldtimers" who still
like a bit of excitement and romance
that Hugo Riesenfeld especially pre-
sents Hart whenever he can. Every
body likes Hart, but Mr.. Riesenfeld is
particularly keen to have the "old-
timers" who remember Geronimo and
Sitting Bull and General Miles. have
real thrill.
Hart is an experienced Snowman and
knows just what his millions of ad-
mirers want. His knowledge is based
on many years of work in pictures.
tie has learned the exact percentage
of lngredients-how much romance.
how much fighting, the quantity Of
horsemanship and the necessary mum
per OF shots to make it a real Hart pic
tufe. lie writes his own stories to get
the exact quantities of each in proper
proportions.
Harts newest screen production,
""0'Malley of the Mounted" is from
his own pen. Lambert Hillyer, who
has come to be a sort of right-hand
man to Hart, adapted the story to the
screen and directed the production.
One of the features of "O'Mallev of
the Mounted" is that Hart plays two
roles-one member of the Northwest
ponce and the other as the same officer
olsgulsed as cowboy and playing tke
game or bandits so as to worm the
secrets from the gang and capture
murderer. 1t is a combination of two
plays-both the hunter and the hunted
A rodeo is an interesting and thrill
ing bit of action. The wild riding
of steers and horses is always big
feature of the annual circus and the
."lld West shows which the "old-
timers| always attend in the guise of
adults taking children to show. The
rodeo that Hart has woven into his
newest picture is an important part of
the story 1t is at the rodeo that
o'Malley seeks the slayer. The youth
was noted for horsemanship and
O'Malley comes to the conclusion that
1T would be at the rodeo that he would
be prominent figu2e-no mastes
horseman can resist rodeo.
"O'Malley OF the Mounted" will he
the principal screen attraction at the
Klvoll Theater during the week com
mencing to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

Mrs. Fiske, who is now appearing
in "Wake Up, Jonathan" a Sam II.
Harris production at the Henry Miller
Theater, is the possessor of theatri-
cal record not equalled by any other
woman on our stage to-day,
1t was at the age of three that Mrs.
Fiske, then little Minnie Maddern,
first appeared behind the footlights.
She made her debut as the apparition
of the child in the fourth act of "Mac-
beth" Her lines on this important oc-
caslon were not such as lend them
selves easily to baby lisp. Far from
it. She had TO rise from a caldron
with the branch of shrub in her
hand, and enunciate that prophecy
about Birnam wood which runs:
Be on-mettled, proud; and take no care
Who chafes, who frets or where CON
spirers are:
Macbeth VIII never vanquished be until
Great Birnam wood TO high Dunsinane
Shall come against him.
With such heroic utterance her
portion, it is not surprising that on
the first night the debutante's conso-
rants played her false and that she
warned Macbeth against the wiles of
persplrers rather than conspirers. The
Macbeth of the moment happened to be
Earry Sullivan, and upon hearing the
mangled lines he burst into such peals
CT laughter that he could scarcely
finish the scene.
Whether this established her as a
cpmedienne or not, history does not
record, but at any rate her infant
lepertory grew rapidly and she was
soon in demand for child parts with
such actors as Edwin Booth, John Nc
Cullough, Lawrence Barrett, Helen
Modjeska and Mary Anderson. When
she had heightened the sum of her
years to twelve, she had at her com
mand an extensive repegtory 'of con
trasted roles that she might be called
upon to play with little notice.
One evening would find her in severe
black, playing the role of Widow
Melnotte in "The Lady of Lyons" and
the next night she would be revealed In
cchaste white with ingenue curls play
ing Little Eva in 'Uncle Toms CatSn.''
The chief difficulty she found in play-
ing the latter role was to obey the in
junction to keep her legs well up when
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Proposed Blue Law
Will Make Sunday Blue

Dofothy Fhllllps, who will soon be
seen in Man, Woman, Marriage an
allen Holubar production released bv
FIRST National, does not believe in blne
Sundays. Says she: "Box office re-.
celpts prove that rs per cent Of all the
picture fans go to the theaters on Sun
day. Now, if the movie houses are to
be closed on Sunday, What are thev
gong TO do, and what are we going to
do, tor that matter? To close the the
aters on Sunday would mean the fall
ing OF OF one-fourth of the business
cone by this great industry.
Inc picture fans do not desire Sun
Day closing, but they are being urged
py rev TO support the move for blue
legislation. If the fans are warned of
the danger confronting them thew will
snow solid front and defeat any move
TO take from them their cheapest and
most harmless diversion. | have fip-
ured out that at least $4,000 fan photo
graphs are being mailed daily directly
to motion picture enthusiasts Each is
probably seen by five members of a
family or close friends.
I'm order to make direct appeal to
the ian to keep on his guard and not
permit his Congressional representa-
tives to be inveigled' into passing a
blue Sunday statute | am inclosinp
with every one Of my photographs sent
out personal appeal to the recipient
not only to awaken to the fact that his
personal liberty is ut stake, bat to com
municate with the Congressman of his
district and urge him to act against
any proposed blue law act introduced
in Congress.
"If all the stars would join in this
movement we can reach more than one
hundred thousand persons daily with a
direct appeal which cannot fail to have
good results. Not only have a number
of stars already promised to take UP
this work, but they have promised to
use their influence to have still other
artists join the movement"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
New Story fo,. Miss Binney

katharine Giliiker, whose lead among
the title writer's on the screen was rec
ognized by her engagement to handle
Passion" has just made her debut as
q scenario writer. She has sold an
original story to Constance Binney
which this star will film as her next
production.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Lessons in Love- for Constance

=. INC screen adaptation Of DougIas
Murry,s play "The Man from To-
ronto," First National feature for
Constance Talmadge, will be known a.
lessons II in Love" The picture is a
Chet Withey production. MIR. Whitney
IS now at work on Wedding Bells" a
perturbation of Salisbury Fields plav'
Talmadge. NpN''''e NiisS
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Tom Moore and Rene Adoree

The engagement of Tom Moore has
just been announced to Rene Adoree.
of musical comedy fame. Miss Adoree
went West to play opposite Mr.. Moore
in made in Heaven" Goldwyn pic
tire. So IL seems this match was made
in Los Angeles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12
WEEKLY SHOOT
 OF THE GUN CLUB

Twenty four shooters took part in the weekly shoot of the Blrming- ham Gun club Saturday afternoon and some fine scores were registered
 The 50-bird match was tie be- ween pr. Frank Nabers, Cliff Ab- bolt, Jr., and B. F. Strader; each broke 49 out of the 50 birds. Second place was tie also, as M. c. Tyler of Clarksdale, Miss, and Mrs. Carl each broke 4S of the clays.
 The 100 targets was won by Cliff Abbott, Jr., who made the phenome- nal score of 99 out of his %, miss ing his third target and then break ing the next 97 straight. Second place in this match went to pr. Ma bers, who powdered 97 of the little clays. Third place in this match went to Mir. Tyler of Clarksdale, with 96
 Tyler was high on the double tar gets breaking P out of 24. The iong runs for the afternoon were: Clifton Abbott, Jr.. s7; pr. Sellers, 67: Strader. 34; Dr. Majors. 54, and 35; Mrs. Carl, St. Scores:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12
Giants Fighting
 for Euery Chance
 to OUerhauI Bucs

New York. September 11.-The New York Nationals. fighting with Pittsburg for leadership of the league, today renewed their efforts to have President Heydler reverse his decision in throwing out game won by Cincinnati in Pittsburg May |2s. When the last few innings of that contest were replayed. victory went to Pittsburg. If the original victory by Cincinnati had been ai- lowed to stand, New York would have been in the lead this morning when the Pirates led by fraction of per cent.
 Officials ot the New York club as- serted that President Heydler had disregarded the official reports of his umpires and acted solely on affi- devits signed by Pittsburg specta- tors and players. In renewing his previous request that Heydler sub init his action to the leagues board of directors, John McGraw. vice president of the New York club. said:
 we filed our protest with Heydier a soon as he ordered this game played over Heydler so far has re- fused to act on our protest. We in sist however, that he immediately call a meeting of the board of di- rectors to act on our protest. as we are within our legal right in appeal ing from his decision.
 "In a close race like the present one we don't intend to be beaten out by technicality as we were in 19OS."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12
Tompkins Signs Memphis
 Boxer 10 Represent s. A. C.
Joe Maranga and Abie Kabakoff Are Newest Additions to Tompkns' Stable of Boxers--lf Able Shows
 Enough, He Will Meet Stribling

first workout tomorrow, and if he looks fit will send him against Young Strbling next Monday night, September 19
 Stribling was originally scheduled to meet Garcia, but Garcia was al- ready signed up to box in Memphis on september 19. and when Stribling asked for a postponement of his fight Tompkins had to call it off in- definitely, making il possible to ger another opponent for Stribling for the bout
 stribling will arrive in Birming daily until Sunday.
 Tommy Tompkins received the championship belt which Stribling won in Atlanta when he beat Fred die Boorde. and it Is now on dis play in the Goodyear Raincoat com pany, 213 North Twentieth street.
 The public is invited to watch both Stribling and Kabakoff work out during this week, So that it may get a line on just what to expect next Monday when Stribling defends his title here.
 Jack Allen and John McGinty. the pride of Pratt City, will have it out in the semi- wind up of eight rounds to see who has best claim to the lightweight championship of the city. This bout should prove a thriller as both men can hit like triphammers.
 George Wilson and Hollis Arnold and James Pike and Kid Harlan will furnish the three round prelimina- ries. Biscoe Seals will referee the emi-finsl and final bouts. Tickets which have been bought for the bout today will hold good for this bout next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12
AMERICAS ENTRY IN
 INTERNATIONAL RACE
By Associated Press

Glouce'ter Mast, September IL The schooner Elizabeth Howard owned by w. W. Howard of New York city, was last minute Amer:- can entry for the international fish ing vessel races off Halifax, begin ming October 22. The entry list which closed tonight, already bore the name of the schooner Mayflower. built by Boston syndicate, as the other representative of this countey.
 Advisability of holding a series ot elimination races to determine wheth- CT the Elizabeth Howard or the May flower shall sail against the Cana dian challenger, will be discussed at d meeting of the American race com mittee next Tuesday.
 The Elizabeth Howard, with gross tonnage of 142, a length of, 119.6 feer, width of 25 feet and a depth of 1ts4 feet was built at East Booth Bay harbor, Maine, in 1916. She has been used considerably for freighting.