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The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Actor III Picture
Al Strand piayci
A Thousugd Purfs

Edssrd coapcIly, nov ~lsh VEL
lam H. Crane s,.d buster kraou IN
the sa5sierd.-' which oISnJ q week 3
engagement st the stran9 Thoator
today. NJ the cinema attraction ~
the vaudeville and picture prosraIn.
recently scored the HIT o. his nerccn
career by his performance OF UncIe
Nat In Metros Production OF Shore
Acres" II was a performance tn 4
critics ranked Ne comparable TO th-
original sthge creation OF James \.
Herne.
As q companion figure 10 his per-
formance OF the old New Englsndcr.
Mr.. Connolly has the creation Of
George AIDES -liarso Covington." In
which he starred both In vaudeville
and on the screen as the Virginia
gentleman OF the old school
In these contrasting types OF The
North and South. Mr.. ConueIy hss
achieved two portraits OF permanent
interest They stand out in a carer
in which Mr. Connolly has crca'sH
more than a thousand parts In stool
on the legitimate stage, in NSudeyins
and IN motion pictures.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

Rassian Hymyhenf bfehtstfa,
Modest Aitsehuief, eeAduet6f. fiH9
". Mems. csiiist, wshe iAft wesk
charmed patrons OF The Metfsb6ti=
tan with his rehdittsa ~ ths
''Bcroeuss' from "teesisH," feeeifsa
his musical education al the tteibsie
Conservatory, uefmshf,
Emil Harrison, pianist, faFMsfiS Y
acconnpa mist with Biisf bfseskiH 81
tho concert stage, ~ an heHBF
graduate from the tihesiH uhitsF=
sity school OF Musie IN tdHeeiH,
Nsbr. v. De Militia. fiutis,, IL the
orchestra's representative ~ The
famous Naples ConservstetF, ~
which he In n sraduAts, ana Emil
Splitter, oboe, occupies q simiisf PCS
sition with regard 10 the Vienna
, Conservatory.
When the orchestra is not In the
pit musical Interpretation Of the
pictures at the Metropolitan IL sups
piled by Milton Davis. y pipe or
ganist. whose skill has placed him
in the forefront OF wAshinsten's
masters OF the triple. manual key
board. Mr.. Davis To- gifted with .
rare facility In making the organ
reflect accurately tho spirit and the
tempo OF the pictured scene.
with such complement OF
artists and every member of the or
eanization n killed musician, capa-
Bile Of Intelligent Interpretation OF
any composition placed before him.
IL is perhaps not to be wondered at
that the Metropolitan Symphony
should 20 soon have earned the dis
tinction Of being known as one Of
Wsshington's finest orohestras.
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lna's New Play Is Proper, .
Despite Chief of Police
New Haven Gendarme Who Stopped Per.
Torrance Had Queer Idea of Salacity,
Says Producer.

William Harris, jr., makes this
statement in regard to "Bluebeard's
Eighth Wife," the French farce in
which he presents Miss Ina Claire at
the Garrick Theater Thursday night:
Because of the chief Of police In
New Haven interfering with the per-
formsnces of this play. an erroneous
impression has been created that
'Bluebeard's Eighth Wife has sal
acious qualities. In my opinion 1t
has none whatever. II It had seemed
to me that sort of play. should never
have produced II. During the long
Paris engagement this farce by Alfred
Savoir was generally praised. / was
glad to be able to purchase the
American rights. considered
'Bluebeard's Eighth Wife to be not
only a fine technical achievement,
with exceptionally witty dialogue. pu,
also a farce OF essential Significance
THE theme as interpret II is that
of a struggle which ensues when
domineering man who has been ac-
customed to ride rough-shod over
women, meets his match. In this
case the lady is his wife-the eighth
as 1t happens. Other women attract
ed him previously, but instead OF hav-
ing affairs with them. he marrieo
them. When he found he no longer
loved them, he divorced them. They
Were merely incidents in his life. In
the first act of the play he has found
the woman he really loves. but in
stead Of giving in to him at once,
she proceeds to teach him a lesson.
The means which she uses, may be a
trifie bold, but they are assuredly
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

1t Is doubtful IL any local musical
Organization has ever leaped into
such, Immediate popularity as the
symphony orchestra at Crandaifs
Metropolitan Theater under the con-
ductorship of N. MIrskey.
When Mr.. Mirskey assumed the
direction Of the Metropolitan sym
phony on August 1 he set about .
sweeping reorganization that re-
suited in the early requirement Of
a vastly improved personnel and a
perfectly balanced ensemble. The
Metropolitan orchestra, as now con-
stituted. is Id every sense, a SYM
phony organization. The instrument
tation is such that any symphonic
arrangement can be done full justice
and any desired effect attained in
the musical Interpretation of q pic
tured subject. The full playing
strength of the orchestra, always
in the pit during the projection Of
the daily bills, save for the early
morning and dinner hour perform
apces Is thirty.
Mr.. Mirskey has an especially
complete grasp Of the art OF con-
Quoting. particularly in conjunction
with the screening OF the modern
photoplay. He was graduated from
the Warsaw Conservatory with the
degree of B. NJ. and pursued a
musical career that embraced
orchestra work, solo appearances as
n violin yirtuoso and conductorships
of important symphonies in all of
the principal European capitals. His
experience in America has been as
wide as on the other side.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Monday ReheGrsaLs
Thing of the Past
In Shubert "Vaude''

The time-honored Monday morn
ing rehearsal. which for years ha,
been the bane of the performer's
life, Will pass into the discard when
the shuberts inaugurate their pro-
grams of select vaudeville at the
BoIasco Theater within a fortnight.
How the acts contest for the right
to sing some favorite song, the bat
ties with the ORCHESTRA director over
cues and business OF the performers.
the spotlight mans worries over
when and when not to turn on his
rays. the task Of instructing ths
property men and other back stage
problems are all synonymous with
Monday a. m. in the two-a-day
houses when an entire new list OF
performers arrive to prepare for the
first performance that same after
noon.
To eliminate these problem, ana
do away with the jerky, uneven
opening Performance, the Shubert
vaudeville companies will travel as
unit, each carrying its own musf-
cal director, manipulator OF lights.
and other essential employees thor
oughly familiar With the business
OF the -a1tiye xhnE -.
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With the development Of the INC.
tion picture. Mr.. Mirskey displayed
a remarkable gift OF synchronixa
tion. His scores at the Mctropoii-
tan have been models Of perfect
timing Of the orchestral number to
the pictured scene. Possessing all
of these qualifications for leader
ship IL Is not surprising that Mr..
Mirskey should have insisted upon
the highest type of musicianship as
the chief essential of membership
In the Metropolitan Symphony. The
Metropolitan orchestra 10 literally
an organization of solo artists
equally at home with the classics.
the standard operatic and ballad
numbers and the distinctive school
OF modern composition represented
by the American popular song.
Among the soloists of the organi-
zation may be mentioned those who
already have identified themselves
in the minds OF Washington theater-
goers by splendid individual per-
formances.
Alexander Podnos, concert master
and assistant conductor Of the SYM
phony, Is q solo vioiinist whose at
tsinments have gained recognition
throughout the United States Mr..
Podnos Is a graduate of the New
England Conservatory, where he
was a scholarship honor pupil.
Miss Viola Taubert Abrams. harp
iste, whose prelude to Salvation
Nell' Is still a fresh memory in the
minds OF music lovers. is a graduate
of the New York College of Music
and was formerly soloist with the
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Cecil DeMille Pictures
E Classics of Detail Care
apnous Producer Noted in the Profession For
His Attention to Minutiae.

is declared that never in the his
tory Of the screen has a more bril-
liant undertaking been successfully
accomplished. 1t took a general to
handle this great task skillfuIly,
and Cecil p. DeMille has all the
qualifications for, a general.
Two striking figures appearing
in one big scene were Elinor Glyn
and Lady Parker. wife of Sir GIL
bert Parker. Both the latter and
Nine. Glyn are writing for Para
mount Pictures.
AT Airdale dog. which motion
picture directors declare Is more In
telligent than a great many humans.
which takes directions as readily as
most actors. and which rides to and
from work in a private automobile
alone and unescOrted. is one of the
most interesting players in Passing
Thru" Douglas MacLesn's latest
Paramount picture. which comes to
Loew's Palace today for a weeks
engagement
Patch Is the canine comedians
name. He belongs to a Los Angeles
dog fancier and is in constant de-
mand by a number of film COM
paniss. Good dog actors are scarce,
so Patch has little to worry about
when his human colleagues are
looking for employment during the
slack seasons of production.
In Passing Thru" Patch appears
in a number of important scenes
and Is a vital factor to the final
outcome of the story. During the
filming OF the comedy he rode to
and from the studio each day In a
private car. In the morning Il
called for him at his home, he
jumped into the back seat, and was
whisked away to work In the
evening the same car returned him
to his kennels. Nobody ever accom-
PANIED him. except the driver Of the
car
William A. Setter, who directed
Passing Thru" was able to COM
plete n number OF difficult scenes
with Patch in remarkably short
time because Of the dogs Intelligent
understanding OF what was wanted
OF him and his mental and physical
agility in carrying out Instructions.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Real War Strategy Seen
In Filming Ibanez Film
Infinite Precautions Necessary to Prevent
Injury During Filming OF
Battle Scene.

No general ever worked out his
strategy for a decisive battle with
greater care than that bestowed
upon the plans for the motion pic
ture reproduction of the second
battle of the Marne, a feature Of
The Four Horsemen Of the Apoca-
Iypse."
Although many thousands of men
took part in an engagement that
TO all appearances was as deadly as
the one that proved the turning
point of the world war, the ar
rangements were such as to make
serious accident almost impossible
For many weeks Waller Grams
chief at Metros West Coast studios,
and a large force Of assistants
worked on this system until 1t was
pronounced fool proof"
The setting for the battle consist
ed of a complete French village, q
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castle with many turrets and tow
ers. and a background of wooded
hills. All the buildings are de-
stroyed by mines and shell fire just
as was the case in the original bat
tie in France.
The castle and all the buildings
of the village were built so as to
break away" properly at the de-
sired time. There were more than
200 break and moro than
essary to occur in the village alone.
These break Always" were neces-
sary to insure the falling of the
buildings at the proper moment.
More than SO, 900 feet or copper ca
BILE were laid and sixty storage bat
teries installed about the location.
The telephone control for the set
ting was a head receiver and breast
transmitter worn by Mr.. Ingram.
This was directly connected with
fifteen telephone control stations
placed at various points through the
set. These stations could be called
at any time by Mr.. Ingram.
Mr.. Ingram had a relief map show
ing the location of all the mines,
break always" and guns. Each sep
arate unit was marked off on the
map with its control number. When
desiring to set off a mine, fire a gun
or pull a "break-away," he had only
to call that section.
A battery OF fifteen cameras was
used for the filming Of the battle
scenes. These cameras were under
the direction of John Seitz, chief
cameraman for THE Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
METROPOLITAN.
The Old Vest. witt alI-.t.r c,

The Old Nest, with all-star east.
The 1s21-25 season at Crandall's
Metropolitan Theater opens this after
noon at 3 o'clock with Goldwyn's
production of Rupert Hughes heart
warming drama. THE Old Nest" in
terpreted by a great all-star cast and
directed by Reginald Barker. The
story, briefly is that boys and girls
will grow up and leave home; will
forget birthdays; will even commit
crimes; will in fact do everything to
vex and tear the maternal spirit. But
IN the end the old nest calls them.
They come winging back. The cast
includes Mary Alden. Dwight Critten-
den, Helen Chadwick. Louise
Lovely. Cullen Landis. Nick Cogley.
Billie Cotton, Molly Malone. Lefty"
Flynn, Roland Rushton, Fanny Stock
bridge. Johnny Jones, Lucille Rick
sen. and Buddy Messenger. An es-
pecially interesting musical setting
has been arranged by N. Mirskey,
conductor OF the Metropolitan SYM
phony.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
RIALTO.
"aIether O'Mine.,

Mother OMine." Thomas H.
Ince's greatest dramatic produc-
tion, is announced for showing at
Moore's Rialto Theater all week,
beginning today. The perturbation,
a melodrama of metropolitan life
adapted from the widely read story
The Octopus" written by Charles
Belmont Davis, is enacted by a Sc
lected cast OF unusual talent con-
sisting of Lloyd Hughes, Betty
Blythe, Joseph Kilgour. Betty Ross
Clark and Claire Mcdowell.
The plot, briefly deals with the
involved situations arising from the
desires OF Robert Sheldon. the only
son Of his mother, to seek the op-
portunity that the city has to offer
over his native small town. The
unselfsh sacrifice and determine
tion of the mother to rescue her son
from danger Is the basis of some OF
the most suspensive situations ever
screened. The production has been
staged on a most lavish scale and
will undoubtedly appeal from the
spectacular viewpoint alone.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Quaint Settings
Distin0lish IHce
Picture at Ri0lt0

A quaint and picturesque setting
representing the Dutch dining room
OF n metropolitan hotel. which ap-
pears In Mother o. Nine" Thomas
d. Ince's stirring meIodrams OF cos
mopoiitan life, opening at Moore's
Hiaito Theater today, the showing
20 continue throughout the week.
psihtedty Indicates that In the mat
Ter % artistic originality the mo-
lion picture continue: 20 set ths
standard. 10
A magnificent and spacious room
was erected, COVERING the entire
HB6F Of one of the Thomas ii. Ince
Studies stages. Al one end was a
bread stage, cuftained with heavy
bisSh, In ths center of the room
ess A taspis.fioored dancing floor.
bBFasFsa By quaint rsilings sur
febHaiBe Individual dining tables
Ths table lamps suggest Dutch
viiNAfNiiis, with the furniture. wall
dissertations, Lsnd other embellish-
issHts following closely the srchi-
tsetsfs ~ Holland.
fbs stan ~ the dining room. how
eFsF, tasst stfitips1y and effectively
esFEIss etf the general atmospheric
yessYgs, Fhe walters are all dressed
w sbgFt Jackets, bAiIooning trous-
eFy sHa fisttsrsE wooden shoes
Nbie sH their heads perch the
sRgFi Visefsa. baEsy-topped caps OF
the Nelheftssds
.Fss sssiBtsst hGure Of the entire
ensemble. however. IL the head
waiter Attirsd in the garb of a
butsb bpfEemsster, with lace adorn-
iBs the front Of his elaborate velvet
suit, n run about his neck. a cock
sas hat with a Towering feather
stib stockings covering his chunky
isss, shiny slippers. and a shep-
herds stan. he leads the guests to
THAR tables. q fat and genial host
rssurrected from past centuries
All Of the settings. furniture. dec
oratIons and costumes used in the
quaint scenes were originated and
manufactured by the Ince technical
~xperts.
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Lovely and others. For Tuesday
and Wednesday. the Kninkerboeker
will present Alice Brady IN THE
Land of Hope" supplemented by
the bonneville comedy, Meeting
ALI Trains" Wanda Hawiey. sup
ported by Walter Heirs, wiir occupy
the screen on Thursday and Friday
in Her Sturdy OAK" Bebe Dam
iels will be pictured on Saturday
only in "Ons Wild Week"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Vivienne Segal and Ina
Claire in New Comedies
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM FACE OnE.
Swanson. and including Elliott Dex-
ter. the noted DeMille actor; Bebe
Daniels, a star in her own right;
Wanda Hawley and Agnes Ayres,
both OF the same picture rank:
Monte Blue. Theodore Roberts,
Theodore Kosloff, Raymond Hatton,
Polly Moran and Julia Faye.
The DeMiIle screen version Of
THE Affairs OF Anatol" was made
by Jeanie MACPHERSON from the
play by Arthur Schnitzler. The
theme deals with an impression
able young man of wealth who
finds time to interest himself in
the affairs of q number of young
women. but who eventually dis
covers that 1t pays best to attend
to ones own Affairs and let others
do the same. DeMille's well-known
penchant for gorgeous and opulent
interior settings have been given
full sway in this his great
est production. and II is probable
that from the scenic as well as
from the dramatic. the production
will far eclipse DeMiIle's own bril-
liant record.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

-s.s invariabIs satisfaction ex-
pressed by pubic and critics alike In
pictures. produced by Cecil B. De-
Mile results from their unsurpassed
zccurzcy IN all details OF their max
ing because Mr.. DeMilIe is noted in
the profession for the aare he gives
TO the minor details as well as tho
maJor problems OF a picture.
Ceeil b DeMille Possesses, for
ono uking. a remarkable memory for
nassss and faces. Ia - not at all
unusuaI To hear him call for some
enc while directing a big ensemble
sceneefor one of his pictures. using
his Tsame when possibly he had met
him but once, and when, in all prob
ability, the person was 70 erely an
extra in an iueouspicuous part
More over. in every detail he eKs
h bits a knowledge that Is profound.
Hc knows the camera Thoroughly,
ing. composition and so On. His
dramatic instinct is superb, and in
All matters Of makeup, gesture and
technique he is entirely at home.
True. -ha does not make the mis-
take Of trying to attend to the de-
tails himself. having a competent
and efficient stan to. take care of
these. but he does know what has
to Be done. and never fails to note
an oversight or omission.
The Affairs of Anatol.. which
was written by Jeanie MACPHERSON
and suggested by the play by Ar
thur Schnitzler. and which will be
presented for the first time In
Washington at Loew's Columbia to-
day. awss exceptionally complicated
sinCS it was divided into several
episodes. each introducing certain
important new characters The
scenes were varied in character, and
the utmost finesse wss reqcired to
get over the action in 4 forcetul
and telling fashion. The beauty
~ the settings designed by the
famous Paul Tribe. FSench artist
and decorator. served as an ad-
nirable background for the incl
DENTS Of the story. white a dozen
well known people most OF them
stars in their own right, pGayed the
principal roles Miner parts were
taken by competent players. and IL
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Garrick Girl In Film.
washingtonians will be af

washingtonians will be afforded
their first opportunity, this after
noon to see the screen debut Of
Madge Benamy, the dainty little
beauty who appeared with the Gar
rick Players in the 'feading role Of
Peg o, Ny Heart" and other pro-
ductious last season. Miss Rellamy
went straight from her stock role
to motion pictures and in Passing
Through" the new starring pro-
duction for Douglas MacLesn at
Loew's Palace this afternoon, she
viii be sssa as his lsading woman.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
PALACE.
Douglas MacLean In "Passins
go. Through"

At Loew's Palace this week Doug
las MacLean, the Washington screen
star. will appear both in person and
on the screen, his personal appear
ance being In connection with show
ings of the run of his latest star
ring production. Passing Through"
Mr.. MacLean IL expected to reach
Washington today. and make his
first personal appearance on the
stage of the Palace screen, at the
time that Passing Through" Is
given its initial screen presentation.
Passing Through" IL the humor-
Gus tale Of a young man whose
penchant for assuming the troubles
Of others involves him in q perfect
series of complications. The story
was written by Agnes Christine
Johnston. The picture was directed
under the personal supervision OF
Thomas H. Ince. Mr.. MacLeah's
supporting cast includes Madge Bel
lamy, formerly OF the Garrick
Players of this city: Willis Robards,
Edithe York, Otto Hoffman. Cameron
Coffey, Fred Gambold, Louis Nath-
eaux. Margaret Livingston. Bert
Hadley and others.
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Manager at Strand
Goes to Baltimore;
Returns With Wife

Those associated with General
Manager sparrow. OF the strend
Theater and circuit, noted the un-
usually Important and spry manner
with which he stepped into his Of
nee Thursday mqrning Of last week
his hat set At jaunty angie. a
smile on his face and a twinkle
In his eve
The office was hardly prepared
however. for the thrill they 70.
ceived when news came over tho
long distance phone later that
their genial -boss'' had driven over
70 Baltimore the day before and
without fuss. feathers or advance
announcement. taken unto himself
wife. They were hard TO con.
vince but after getting the boss Ia
a corner, he admitted IL was true
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

In observance Of the usual Gus
tom of giving theatergoers Of the
Capital IN advance glimpse OF what
rhe new theatrical season may have
TO ofrsr-durinE its early weeks
Harry NJ CrandalL owner OF the
CrandafF Theaters in Washington,
yesterday announced through his
-Necutfye Offices a partial list of
the Attractions to be given premiere
presentations at the Metropolitan
and Kniekerbocker theaters within
the next two months q.
The new season opens impress
sively today with Goldwyn's pro-
duction of Rupert Hughes finest
drams,- SThe Old Nest" directed by
ReEfuenb Ba rker. and interpreted
by a specially 'hosen cast that in
rludss-rhe names OF a surprising
numbsr-bf sra-s. This picture in
New F6rk enjoyed an extended
broadway run at the 81 scale of
prices 1T deserved IL. The Old
Nest" will be presented at the
Metropolitan and Knickerbocker at
the regular house prices of ad-
mission
FoiIow1ng The Old Nest" will be
presentsd for the first times locally
Norms-Talmadze's latest production
for First National, a perturbation
Of ChsnainE POIlock's last seasons
stage success, The Sign on the
Door which in turn will be sue
ceeded BY Charles Rays most re-
cent contribution TO the Joy of liy-
Ing aRd going to the movies" /"
"Scrap-Iron."
The October bookings include
Helene Chadwick In another of
Rupert Hughes remarkably human
dramas Of everyday American life.
"Dangerous Curve Ahead" Miriam
CoOpsF->and star cast in Raoul
waish's~ special production of
"Serensde:" Marshall NeiIan's most
pretentious camera drama, Bits of
Life" :"-,IConstcnce Talmadge in
"woman's Place" and Charlie Chap
lin in ms new and thoroughly unique
creation. The Idle Class"
Conspicuous among the Novom-
her offerings at Crandall's Metro
poIitah and Knickerbocker will be
Pola Nsgri's Incompatible Oriental
spectacle drama. "One Arabian
Night. This drama will be fol-
lowed by Anita Stewart IN The In
visible Fear" Three comedies Of
outstanding merit are listed among
The attractions of greater length
Those are Harold Lloyd in Il Do"
Buster Keaton in The Playhouse"
and Larry SemOn IN The Bellhop."
Throughout Rupert Hughes event
fuI IftaFafy career he has shown a
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
CRANDALL'S,
Alice Joyce In sThe Inner Cham

ahCN SoSCc hu "AnC amer OnAnDer.U y
Alice Joyce will be screened at
Crandalls the first three days OF the
current week, beginning this after
noon at Q, in Vitagraph's new pro-
duction of The Inner Chamber" a
splendid film version of Charles
Caldwell Dobie's famous novel,
The Blood Red Dawn" The story
concerns the experiences of work
ing girl who achieved happiness
only after having demonstrated that
bungled love affair may, with
patience and effort. be Transmitted
Into eventual married bliss. Pedro
de Corboda Is cast in the leading
male role. On Wednesday and
Thursday, Alice Brady will be seen
in ''The Land of Hope" Thomas
Meighan Is listed as star Of tho
Weekend bill at Crandall's in The
Conquest OF Canaan" the filmiza-
kioa Of Boeth Tarki1gton's romance.