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develops in addition to the rapid and
gripping action, an unusual amount of
heart interest and romance.
On the same bill will be shown pic
lures OF the Pendleton Roundup, held
in the famous Oregon rodeo show CEN
ter September 22-24. 1921. This is a
two-reel feature replete with hair
raising stunts performed for $4,000
worth of prize money. Comedy is in
terspersed by Tom Douglas and Bill
Turner.
\ delightfully."- human story is prom
ised in The Girl from Nowhere" a
Sclznick production starring Elaine
Uammerstein. which will be presented
later in the week. The role of Mavis
Cole. played by Miss lIammerstein, de-
mands skillful Interpretation of many
dramatic moods. The story carries an
interesting romance through numerous
complications and ends with a surprise
that gives that engaging twist TO an
entertainment as exemplified in whole
some screen diversions.
An exceptionally strong cast was en-
gagged TO support Antonio Moreno IN
The Secret of the Hills which will
be shown later during the week. The
list includes such well known names
as Lillian Hall. Kingsley Benedict
George Claire, Walter Rodgers. Oleta
Otis. J. Gunnis Davis. Frank Thorne
and Arthur Sharp.
Another picture scheduled during
the week in The Lure of Gold" with
Neil Hart. for which a definite date
will he announced later.
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MENCKEN DOESN'T
THINK POOR FILMS
ARE ACTORS FAULT
Supercritic FlOuts a Jackass
Public for Watching
Such Stuff.

"The kind of jackass who likes the
movies as they are is the kind Of jack.
ass who keeps them what they are!"
says H.. l.. Mencken, Americas hyper
critic and the nan who invented the
phrase, Il disapprove!' in a torrid
scoring of the movies in Screenland
Magazine for June.
Il have yet to see any motion pic
ture from beginning to end. Once I
went to see Chaplin. He was very
amusing but his play was garbage. I
doubt that the actors are to blame for
the badness of the movies, so much
talked about. They do the best they
can with the material provided them"
Then where do you think the blame
%lies" he RAJ asked.
1.-THE trouble is that most of the
authors who write for the movies are
sadly incompetent. Broken-down nov
elists are turned out to pasture at
Hollywood. And the amazing thing to
out their money to such frauds"
"As to the morals of the movies. l
am convinced that most of the allega-
tons made against film folk are alb
s%olutely false. Take the hectic tales
of wild orgies that are supposed to
take place when film folk get together.
1t is true. perhaps. that so-called rough
parties may occasionally take place.
but this is done. under prohibition. BY
every American who has the means.
Every time / am in New York 1 am
invited to half a dozen such affairs.
I am too old to enjoy them. but some
times l go to observe the sports of a
moral people. The worst Of such gath
e~ringss. in my experience, are given by
respectable business men, not by act
ors.
And isn't it absurd to demand that
movie players conduct themselves like
monks? 1t is precisely like demanding
that congressman be men of honor.
The nature of their profession makes
it almost impossible. Actors are sur
rounded at all times by the grossest
sort of provocation to immortality. And
most of it comes from the wives Of
respectable business men"
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duct Of this stock company. There is
a board Of control which includes Mr..
luxor, Mr.. Lasky, s. r. Kent and
Cecil B. DeMille. The board of adj
m%instration is made up of Mr.. Lasky,
president; Cecil DeMille. director; Rob-
ert r.. Kane, Victor H. Clarke and
Frank e. Woods. There is also a
players board of control, of which the
members are Conrad Nagle, Lois VIII
son, Thomas Meighan, Sylvia Ashton
and Theodore Roberts.
Courses of training include every
thing connected with the motion picture
art. The technical branches are divided
into two parts-physical training and
studio training. Under the physical
training there are the subjects Of
health, action dancing and fencing.
The studio training courses are very
elaborate. They include cinematogra-
ply and lighting, pictorial values. stage
mechanics. stage business, makeup, cos
tuning, architecture. interior decora-
ton, direction and acting.
In the realm of the higher ideals of
picture making there is a department
of creative effotr which includes pho
todramatic analysis; p%hotodrama -
theory and practice; photocomedy;
scenario, and motion picture history.
Under the title of expressional branches
three subjects are taught-physical ex-
preston, life study and pantomime.
The subjects and the men who will
handle them as the faculty of instruc-
ton are: Photodrama-theory and
practice. William DeAlille; pictorial
values, Penrhyn Stanlaws; motion pic
ture history, George Melford: dancing,
carriage and fencing. Theodore Kos
loft; physical culture, Norman Selby
kid Mccoy: costume theory, Paul
Tribe: architecture and interior deco
ration. Max Parker: cinematography
and lighting. Alvin Wyckoff: acting,
George Fitzmaurice; scenario. Frank
E. Woods; direction, Cecil B. DeMille:
makeup, George Fawcett and Theo-
dore Roberts; p~hotocomedy, James
Cru1e
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ANIMALS ONLY IN CAST

Century comedies have the reputa-
ton of possessing more and better
trained animals than n other COM
pany. This reputation they are living
up to in their latest release. a picture
in which all the actors are animals. It
is called Horse Tricks" and stars
Queenie, the educated horse. She is
supported by Maud, the trained mule.
Tiny Tim. the pony. Stripes. the re-
bra, Jennie. the organ grinding mon
key. and Pal, the dog.
The Stern Brothers were given the
idea of making this picture because Of
the success Of Nuts the film star
ring Brownie with an all dog star
cast. They are at present
working on a comedy idea which will
feature a cat, in answer to repeated
demands from exhibitors for more of
these four footed comedians.
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IS pice of 1922" Rated
Best Winter Garden Show

follows. And then a score or more
girls are disclosed dressed in the dainti-
est of simple frocks listening to an
other girl reading from some romantic
book Into this scene comes Valeska
Suratt. She is gorgeously gowned with
strings of pearls and diamonds glitter
ing all over her frock and framing her
face. She selects two of the girls and
with an arm around each tells them
they must be true to themselves. The
happy is the mother with a
home, neighbors, and-respectability."
A contrast punch? Yes, and-the
audience leafs it up"
Almost instantly there is a novelty.
An artists model in all-over tights
poses for viii Oakland who sings as
he pretends to paint. Then the girl
walks to the blank canvas. poses a
minute or SO in strong light. steps
away and in the dim light her silhou-
cite is clearly outlined On the canvas.
1t remains there until the bright light
m on again. She steps to the can
vas and takes another pose, which is
fixed" for a while until on comes the
bright light again. And then both
model and artist pose before the magic
ia'u INV thN 'dhNd
around the stage and vanish.
In a %Javanese Temple
Another novelty of astonishing quail
ity and great beauty is a scene in q
JavaneSe temple. A wOodcarver sings
TO a %Javanese idol. AS lie sings across
the stage wandcrs Il girl who is the
color of jade from head to foot. A
girl in g~listening yellow follows her.
,lz,, x,,t -, c,n,- nnI 4. ~.rt -, Ill.,
and then a girl in black. Their bodies
shine as though the colors were ap-
piled in oil.
Two Little Wooden Shoes is a
dainty idea in delft. A huge platter oc-
cupies the rear Of the stage. 1t is dec
grated with human figures in blue and
white. So perfectly are they blended
into the platter that it is a minute or
so before n realizes they are alive.
| And then from all parts of the stage
and down the famous runway come
other delft colored figures to march
and countermarch and pose in one of
the cleverest and most quietly charm
ing first-act finales seen in any show
of recent memory.
The second act-the 80 scenes are
interrupted by only one intermissiOn-
is as full of beautiful, surprising,
sometimes almost shocking but nearly
always funny and melodiously enjoy
able scenes. They range from a song
sung by Adele Rowland-"On a Little
Side Street in Paree" and acted by a
dozen or more persons illustrating the
song story, to a burlesque by Arman
Kaliz and James Watts on the opera
''Tosca." These present a contrast in
art which may be said to be the aim
of the presentation. That is. "Spice
| Of 1922" is built on the idea Of startl-
ing contrasts. The fully -dressed fol-
lows the almost nude, z bit Af senti-
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HAS SCHOOL
RUN FOR FILM FOLK
TO IMPROVE QUALITY
Better Pictures Are Expected
as Stars Learn All Phases
of Work.

One of the most radical departures
ever attempted in an effort to improve
the quality of motion pictures was an
nounced n few days ago by Adolph Zu-
kor. president of the Famous Players
Lasky corporation. 1t is the formation
of the Paramount Stock company and
school at the Lasky studio, Hollywood,
with classes for the instruction of play
err in every branch of their art and with
complete rules governing the players
conduct inside and outside the studio.
The object of the school is to es-
tablish a perpetual reservoir of talent
from which can be drawn the stars of
tomorrow. and the results are expected
to be the development of 4 corps OF
screen players such as has never been
assembled before by a picture producing
organization and the raising of the
standard of productions to new levels.
Operation of the school and the rules
governing the players will be effective
Immediately. said Mr.. Zukor.
I'm organizing the Paramount Stock
company" Mr.. Zukor said. we have
only one aim-better motion pictures.
therefore we have assembled an or
ganiZaflOn OF men anu WoH'tu "Ho ~!
their work have shown themselves to be
the leading personalities on the screen.
Many of the men and women i'll this or
ganization already have achieved the
positions of stars: others have shown
that they have in them the magnetism
and ability TO become the stars of to-
morrow. Altogether. we have. in the
Paramount Stock company. a group OF
players who will give Paramount pic
lures the finest casts it is possible to
assemble.
But none of US wishes to stand
still. Therefore Famous Players
I.asky corporation has placed at the
disposal of all the people in he studio
its entire resources for their artistic
development along principles of proven
soundness.'
Directors as Instructors
In many respects the school will be
one of the most remarkable ever at
tempted. Famous directors will act
as instructors and the pupils will have
among their number men and women
known throughout the world as the
leaders of their profession.
Thus. the stars under the Paramount
banner include Gloria Swanson, Ro-
dolph Valentino, Betty Compson. Elsie
Ferguson, Thomas Meighan. Wallace
Reid, Dorothy Dalton, Agnes Ayers,
Jack Holt, Bebe Daniels. Mac Nc
Avoy, Pola Negri. Wanda Hawley and
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Mary Miles Minter. most of whom work
in the Lasky studio.
Others in the Paramount Stock com
pany are such well known screen play
ers as Lila Lee. Lois Wilson. David
Powell. Conrad Nagel, Theodore Rob-
erts. Sylvia Ashton. Walter Long,
Charles Ogle, Clarence Burton. Kath-
Ign Williams. Ethel Wales. Helen Dun
bar. Leatrice Joy. Anna Q. Nilsson,
Milton Stills, Theodore Roberts, Walter
Littlefield. Robert Cain. George Faw-
cett, Bert Lytell and William Boyd.
In speaking of the aims of the school.
Jesse l.. Lasky. first vice president of
Famous Players, in charge of produc-
ton. says:
The Paramount Stock company IS
the first effort in the history of mo-
ton pictures TO develop motion picture
actors in purely motion picture tech
niQue. 1t also is the first time motion
picture players have had an %opportuni-
ty to broaden their technical education
so that their training may embrace a
knowledge of oil phases of picture pro-
ductiOn.
Unlike the student body of most
schools, the members of the Paramount
Stock company are persons who al
ready have established regulations in
their life work of acting for the screen.
Therefore. the purpose of this school
is not TO instruct in the fundamentals
of screen art. except as such instruc-
ton may correct minor faults, but to
broaden the working knowledge of the
members the stock company to the end
that they may increase the versatility
and have q wider outlook on their art.
I'm the arduous work of the studio
it too often is the case that an actor
finds little time to study anything in
connection with his art save the par
ticular role, he is called upon to play.
But the membership of the Paramount
Stock company not only includes men
and women who are the foremost stars
of today. but also players who. with an
established reputation gained by good
work. will be the screen stars of to-
morrow. To assist them in their prog
ress this training school has been or
ganized. because the motion picture
has progressed s o rapidly that the com
ing star of the screen must be equipped
with q broad knowledge of all phases
of his art"
Rules and Courses
Complete rules and regulations,
courses of study, officers and instruc-
tors have been provided for the con-
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A CASE OF SON.STROKE

His business that of manufacturing
Illusions, Robert Il. Leonard, director
of Mae Murray in Metros 'Fascina-
ton fails to be impressed by the man
ifestations of the spirit world. Even
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's recent ex-
perience in Cleveland. when communi-
cation was said to be so closely estab-
lished with his son that the spirit
stroked Sir Arthur's arm, Mr.. Leon
ard explains as a natural phenomenon.
"A simple case Of son-stroke,' were
his words.
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By BRETT PAGE

New York, July 1j.-The fastest, one
of the best staged and certainly one
of the most consistently entertaining
revues seen this summer. If not all
season. has come to the Winter Gar
den. 1t is Spice of 1922 was writ
ten by Jack Lait with music and mel
odies credited to Everybody and is
presented by Arman Kaliz.
With two characters who appear at
various unexpected m~oments-a police
man and a censOr-to hold the show
together" Spice of 1922" romps along
at a mile a minute clip. Scene follows
scene with almost breath-taking speed.
Speciality after speciality tips into one
and back to full stage until 32 sep
arate scenes have more than lived up
to the tradition of opulence which is
the record of the best Winter Garden
shows.
The names of the principals may con
vey this idea best. Adele Rowland,
Valeska Suratt. George Price, Jimmy
Hussey, Jane Richardson. James Watts,
the Rath Brothers, Midgie Miller,
James G.. Morton. Flavia Arcaro, Cecile
d'Andrea, Will Oakland, Sam Hearn,
Hasoutra. Gattison Jones. Jack Train
or, Harry Walters. Florence Browne,
Helen O'Shea, Mile. Marion, Rex Sto-
rey and James Gaylor. Twenty-three,
count 'em.
The revue opens with a scene outside
the tent of the block-party stunt which
recently worked Park avenue. There
is a barker who balIyhoos about the
dancer inside and all she docs for 10
cents. Up goes the full-stage curtain
and the dancer is seen-living up to
the rather lurid description of the
barker. Suddenly she is interrupted
by q wild yell from somewhere in the
audience: MY husband" A commo-
ton occurs out of which energies a
woman leading her husband out of the
theater and then a policeman struts
down the aisle. climbs owe the foot
lights onto the stage and demands to
see the manager. Arman Kaliz ap-
pears and the policeman threatens to
stop the show. That is. he will if his
comrade, the censor. agrees.
Down another aisle and up on the
stage comes the censor. Sam Hearn,
in rube makeup. The manager CON
trives to gain at least a hearing for his
offering and they depart from the stage
and the show goes on.
1.-THE Origin of Spice
A scene in the Garden of Eden, en-.
titled "The Origin of Spice" begins the
revue proper-or improper, if you pre-.
fer-and gives. the keynote to what
follows. Cecile D'Andreas as Eve, ir
the scantiest of costumes, Harry Walt
ers as Adam. Hasoutra as the Spirit
of the Snake and Helen O'Shea as the
Spirit of Virtue, present a cOlOrfuI
Interpretation of the fall of man which
is as artistic as anything of its kind
Broadway has ever seen.
James Watts. starring in a burlesque
Of the Garden of Eden scene, instantly
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1t is a new type of role for Miss Wal
ton. who heretofore has been seen only
in flapper parts.
Not Guilty Mondays attraction.
with Sylvia Dreamer. is n drama of
such naturalness as to give it an appeal
that is certain to prove irresistible. 1t
is life. One feels it from the moment
the first character makes his entrance.
Every now and then the developing
dramatic action is given a sudden twist
and a real surprise is unfolded. Twin
brothers love the same girl, but one Is
a murderer. The innocent one taxes
the guilty ones role. The girl loves
first one and then the other. The ac-
ton ranges from the heart of tie
Adirondacks to India. The villain IS
deeply villainous and the hero refresh
ingly se~lf-effacing. There's a swing
to the story which will please.
Who killed Morris Beiner? The
w%ellknown theatrical agent is found
stabbed to death in his office. one
hand clutching part of a womans
dress. On a memorandum pad is the
name of a woman Where is that
woman? That is the mystery de-
veloped by Find the Woman" with
Alma Rubens, a Cosmppolitan-Para-
mount picture coming iutSuaS anu
Wednesday. The story was written
by Arthur Corners Roche and Tom
Terriss directed the picture. Adven-
ture, complications, excitement and
romance are said 10 be offered in
great measure by this new photoplay.
Feminine charms can be appealing
even in buckskins as Teddie Gerard,
featured player of Inspiration Pictures
Inc. latest release, The Cave Girl"
ably demonstrates. The picture shows
Thursday and Friday. Miss Gerard
has the role of a primitive girl who
has ensonced herself in the secureness
of the wilderness. Unfortunately for
her ideals, Il party of New York social
highbrowS bent upon bridge and match
making invade her retreat. When
their cabin burns zip they come to
her for refuge and in the cultured
company of society the cave girl
emulates her ancestors IN fighting
for the man she loves.
Laughter is infections. 1t is also
healthy. A s~ix-reel connection of
hilarity is coming next Saturday. Its
title. is Matrimony A Failure is
one that must gain your interest I'M
mediately, for if you are married al
ready then you will want to know
Just what this motion picture version
has to offer; and if You are not mar
ried. then you will still want to know
for the same reason.
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IMPERIAL

Queen of Sheba" the William Fox
super special which created a tremend-
Gus sensation during its run at a
prominent New York theater. comes
to the Imperial thcater, starting Sun
day. Metropolitan critics described the
picture as a marvel of beauty. color
and dramatic force, and as a spectacle
unsurpassed in magnificence. All wrote
with wondering approval of the page
antry attending the arrival of the
Queen of Sheba at King Solomon's
court. and declared the chariot race
cheered by 5000 spectators to be one
of the most thrilling scenes ever shown
on the screen.
Queen of Shcba" was a year in the
making, after Virginia Tracy had writ
ten the story following a long search
of volumes and documents for infor-
nation regarding the worlds most
beautiful woman. The production was
directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The role of the Queen of Sheba is
played by Betty Blythe; Fritz Lieber,
noted S~hakespearian actor, is King
Solomon: Claire de Lorez is Queen
Amarath. wife of Solomon; and Nell
Craig is seen in the role of the
Princess Vashti. Sheba's opponent in
the chariot race.
From all reports. based upon the
New York run, Queen of Sheba'
promises to be the screen sensation
of the season.
Eugene O'Brien comes later in the
week in "Chivolrous Charley"
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dUlA6CS sUAt. .4-H
ALCAZAR
Sunday and STANDARDIZATION
Roundup" and Below the Dead
Line" with J.. B. Warner and all
star cast.
To be shown during balance Of week
Neil Hart in 1.-THE Lure OF Gold"
with comedy, 1.-THE Dreamer;
THE Girl From Nowhere" with
Elaine Hammerstein and comedy,
Just in Time; Antonio Moreno
in Secret Of the Hills"
IMPERIAL
Beginning Sunday-Wm. Fox pro-
duction, Queen of Sheba."
To he shown later In the week
Eugene O'Brien in "Chivalrous
Charley"
LIBERTY
Sunday-Only showing of Gladys
Walton in Second Hand Rose;
Santchi In Daring Danger" with
comedy, Upper and Lower"
Monday-Single day showing of
Sylvia Dreamer in mot Guilty
and comedy. "A Colorado Knight"
Tuesday and Wednesday-Alma
Rubins in Find the Woman;
comedy, "A Nick Of Time Hero"
Thursday and Friday-"The Cave
Girl" and comedy, step This
Way; eighth chapter Of Robinson
saturday-All star cast in "Is Mat
rimony a Failure?" and Reginald
Denney in Never Let Co.; added
attraction, How to Grow Thin"
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At fhe
7heaferS
This Week
GRAND

Indoor Sports ii skit, with two
men and two girls featured in a mix-up
which threatens never to unwlnd, IS
the headline Pan" act at the Grand
ltheater. and the management guaran-
tees it is a regular summer comedy.
Full of fun, wit, and starred by a
lcouple of pretty girls. the act is well
deserving of its place at the top OF the
bill. Indoor Sports as may be mag
ined, are a couple of young chaps
spending their leisure time calling upon
two girls who live in a double apart
ment. Mr.. Wiseacre warns his chum
not to allow himself to be hooked into
a proposal but. as is usually the case
with wiseacres. is hooked first himself.
| All is merry and bright. howevr, and
the skit ends with the far-off tinkllng
of double wedding bells. Hugh Her
bert and Harlan Thompson play the
Indoor Sports"
Straight from "Laughland'
Bob Willis with a bagful of new tricks,
in the shap of bright chatter and snap
by songs. Bob boasts that the vaude-
vile fan is not BORN who can resist
laughing at him.
Some neat dancing. a few catchy
melodies and some rapid fire patter
makes my Girl" in which Ward and
| King, two of vaudeville's bright comics.
well worth while. If Ward or King APP
peared as m~onolOgists they would be a
big attraction.
'Shadows That Talk are something
unique offered by Gordon Wilde and a
good company. They show animated
l%silhouettes flashed upon a silver screen.
A new bill will open Saturday night.
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n LIBERTY

The lovable little girl in the popular
song, Second hand Rose Will be
seen here as a screen heroine Sunday
when the Liberty theater shows Sec
ond-hand Rose Gladys Walton's latest
Universal picture. The film story was
adapted from the song. and deals with
the romance of a pathetic waif. reared
in a secondhand store and pawn shop.
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AlCAZAR

The management of the Alcazar
theater announces Below the Dead
line" as the feature attraction for Sun
day and Monday. This is said to be
one of the most thrilling melodramas
of the year. In it are featured }. Is.
Warner and Lillian Biron, both of
whom are experienced screen people,
and of whom great things are expected
as motion picture stars. Below the
Deadline" is a fast moving story OF the
underworld. showing the harbor crooks
work in their effort to steal along the
waterfront. The heroine of the picture
is married 10 the leader of the gang,
whose true character she never sus-
pected. Donovan. the detective, is her
former sweetheart. and with these
three characters as principals there