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Show r ) rt A M A A N I V A ( ' U V. V 1. L E. i , r; k prv - -r i i ppndronto v,-i ufinviiio. with Hhfci'wooil ;t i id ram pan; In "Tim Liuxu-r' ;unl tii: Cross Nursf-" ;i.s li.'.KlllliOfs. .Ww bill Thursrliiv. VII,K "fir; Conn s l.'p Sniiilnc," rni.lnr rumfly in four ylliidors, npt-ns t on is hi , prcsr-nU-d by the Wilkes iihivf.-r-s. linns sill w.-ok, with 1 1 t;i t hic.-s Til ,irrtl;i y :i tul .HjitunJay. PANTAijKS-Nnw .vimwhiff, ;l bill of M-en iV.itiriv-s, hernia by l'r;inlt I pi i i'iimtoii n ml Churloi t; Taylor in i icijixo CIioo.s'h muHif'Al ' coitHjfly, S';int.--.l, ;i Wile," Three shows rptlly. New bill opens Wt'dn-r-sikiy. nil I 'I I KI'M Vitinlcvilln bill, Ii-.;uled by Lew Hiiro, with the beautiful I in it twins find Hurry ',r;ivd und i 1 1 1 1 ibi 1 1 '. thlH n ft or noun and eve- igitn. Now show, witli Tools Paka, renownerl hula-hula rlancor, and her nalive M.'iwalian singers and instrumental instru-mental is ta, opens next Wednesday evening. MO VI NO PICT U RES. PARAMOUNT - KM PRESS ' Pauline Frederick lu "Double Crossed"; Pa the News review; Paramount pletoKraphs. Commencing Thursday, Thurs-day, Julian Eltlnse in "The Countess Charming. " Continuous, 12:30 to 11 ). m. BROADWAY Today and tomorrow, ' 1 Douglas Fairbanks in . "Double Trouble." Wednesday and Thursday, Thurs-day, Lew Fields and Madge Evans In "The Corner Grocery." Friday and Saturday, Gail Kane in "'The 1.-! ride's Silence." ' SALT LAKE AU week, beginning Monday, the spectacular picture, "Jack and the Beanstalk." Perrorra- nnuea at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 o'clock. MEH1JSY "The Poisoned Ring," "Gray Ghost" foature; Ruth S tone-house tone-house In "A Limb of Satan"; Nestor comedy, "Minding the Baby," with Moran and Lyons featured. 1 AMERICAN Belle Bennett and Roy Stewart in "The Bond of Fear"; Triangle comedy; Universal weekly. STRAND Ella Hall 111 "The Charmer," Charm-er," comedy. TO THOSE who like the sort of fun that comes from hilarious situations, situa-tions, that are cleverly presented and can appreciate the very newest new-est comedy .sent into the west, after a successful New York career, the management man-agement of the Wilkes promises enjoyment enjoy-ment in ''Ho Conies Up Smiling," a motor comedy, in four cylinders, by '.vron Ottgley and Emii Nytray, which lu he presented at that theater for ensuing week, beginning tonight, .1 mulinees Thursday and Saturday. Sjinething of the merit of the play may l-o gained in the news that two famous actors of the American Majc as William Morris and .Douglas I- nirl tanks played leading roles in the original production of "He Conies -L'p Smiling," at the .Liberty theater in .New York. It is a bubbling, racing, delightful conglomeration of unusual situations, clever lines and delightful fun-making. Briefly, it is the story of a gay, hand- some, debonair and talented young j tramp, who for a brief period is thrown by fate into the clothes and position of a famous young financier. The erstwhile erst-while dreamv young tramp is called up- on to associate with the rifh young man 's friends, ajid after the story is ell started a likeable love affair is injected, and the plot rolls merrily along through what the authors term are ''four cylinders" of mirth and frolic. The leading role is that of Jeraboain Martin, otherwise known as ' ' The Watermelon," a graceful, good-looking youth, who is attractive, prepossessing and picturesque. He is a lazy, idle j young dreamer, too young to show any ! of the marks of his iit'e as a tcamp, yet . . clever, quick-witted. This is the role that will be taken by Kalph Cloninger, loading man of the Wilkes players. Miss Xana Bryant, leading woman of the eompanv. will be cast in one of the most delightful roles in which she has been seen in her three seasons at the Wilkes. It is doubtful if any actress has achieved a greater popularity than Miss Bryant, and each succeeding week seems only to enhance this popularity with Salt Lake rplaygoers. Something of the breeziness and freshness of the fun in "He Comes L'p Smiling ' ' is intimated in tho manner in which the authors designate the act and action. Thev put it something like this: First cylinder A country roadside road-side near Milford, Conn; second cvlin-der cvlin-der A grove back of the Clovefdale Inn, two hours later: third cylinder A deserted house in Vermont" five davs later; fourth cylinder Harriett "s Bar Harbor home, three months later. MUSIC and dancing, girls and an exhibition of ultra-fashions, might be said to be the keynote key-note of the vaudeville bill which is to end at the Orpheum theater the-ater this afternoon and evening. Lew Briee and the beautiful Barr Twins have danced themselves into the high favor of Salt Lake terpsiehorean lovers, lov-ers, while Harry Girard and company in his musical playlet of the far north, are artists of song rarely equalled in ensemble and individual numbers. ''The Headliners," a stage satire by Aaron Hoffman with Henry B. Toomer and company, has provided the fun of j the programme, while Kita Boland in j her inimitable song sketches, Carl j Darto and Billy Rialto with their bal- j aneiug numbers, Edwin House with an j excellent recital of songs especially adapted to his wonderful bass voice, and .June and Irene Melva. ip a musical oddity, have rounded out a bill of unusual merit. A show of entirely different general gen-eral characteristics is to open next Wednesday evening. The principal i - ! AT THE PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS TODAY il'l I III 1 r Kl;u mmmmm 11 I ; -j Yf mmmmwrnmmaa ill 111 WilMB0lmsmmXIM I e4' '-' " PA11UNETQEDE?ICK l , l Pauline Frederick lii her latest Paramount picture, " DouWe-crossed, " which is the big feature at the Paramount-Empress ' today and. for the subsequent three days, is supported by an unusual casfc; Incidentally it is a veritable fashion show because of the stunning gowns displayed during the unfolding of this thrilling high-class crook story, in which the wife "double-crossed" a member of the gang in a successful effort to shield her husband. ' nowned hula hula dancer, with her company of native Hawaiian singers and instrumentalists. Miss Paka made her last Salt Lake visit two seasons ago," scoring one of tho greatest hits ever made on the Orpheum circuit. Other features of the bill will be the Joseph Hart and Arthur Hopkins presentation pres-entation of William Gaxton and company com-pany in the novel one-act play, ''Kisses." by S. Jay Kaufman; and Kalph Dunbar's Maryland singers, singing southern songs of the sixties, also a feature which has successfully played the Orpheum before, scoring heavily with Salt Lake audiences. Charles Olcott will offer his original travesty, "A Comic Opera iu Ten Minutes"; Min-utes"; The Flying Weavers, daring and accomplished aerialists; Dorothy Brenner, Bren-ner, the lady dainty of sougland, in exclusive ex-clusive songs, and Mcintosh and his Musical Maids, Scotch singers and dancers, comprise the balance -of the show, which will appear the usual' five evenings beginning with Wednesday and the four matinees starting with that of Thursday. SALT LAKE is being given a treat this week at the Pautages theater, where a collection of vaudeville vaude-ville stars is furnishing an excellent ex-cellent line of entertainment." Large crowds are extending a welcome to the bill, and it is estimated that a record-breaking record-breaking attendance will have witnessed wit-nessed this bill by nextTuesday night, when the show will continue on its tour of the Pantages circuit. ' ' Wanted, a Wife, ' ' the latest musical mu-sical comedy from the pen of George Choos, is the stellar attraction, and features such well-known fun-makers as Fraixk Harrington and Charlotto Taylor. A beauty chorus that makes even Salt Lake's fairest look to their laurels also contributes some good sing ing and dancing numbers. The plot of the play deals with the adventures of a young bachelor, who must wed to keep from going to jail, anil how he finally wins the girl he really loves fills the act with interesting moments. The Royal Gascoinges are making a hit. They are jugglers in every seuse of the word, and they prove their ability to tiie marked satisfaction of their audience. Some daring feats of balancing are performed, ranging from the juggling of eight chairs to a tiny slip of paper. Some excellent comedv is also included ih this act, and this makes it decidedly entertaining. "Women" is the title of the sketch being presented this week by Charles Smith and company. This act is out of the range of the usual one-act playlets, play-lets, and deals with the habits of women w-ho gather together for a social chat. The three wTomcn iu the play discover that they are all married to the same man, and the comedy situations situa-tions 'that arise are numerous and decidedly de-cidedly funny. Other acts on this week's bill, which will close next Tuesday night, are Mile. Eozika, the artistic dance soloist, solo-ist, who is assisted by the youthful violinist, Louis Kauffmau, aud the Lucy Lucicr trio, purveyors of good singing and funny talks. The fifth episode of "The Fatal Ring," starring star-ring beautiful and daring Pearl White, is shown as a special added attraction to the vaudeville. For the coming 'week, opening with the matinee next Wednesday, Manager Frank Newman has announced the following fol-lowing feature acts: " Oklahoma Bob Allbright, the male Melba; Ed W. Rowland and Lorin J. Howard in "The Movie Girl," with Jessie Maker; "A Breath of Old Virginia," a romance of yesterday by Tom Barry; Joe 'Morris and Charles Allen in "During the Intermission"; In-termission"; Harry Holmes and ie-Vere ie-Vere in "Themselves," and the Ron-I Ron-I das Trio, trick cyclists. The sixth episode epi-sode of "The Fatal Ring," starring Wilkes Players in Motor Comedy Tonight1 vwy Jywww iMnqw.iwmMfi ,wtwi,n. w n.iwiy. iw n' j' ?"f A'.yl 3 vr:.r :1. V"5 IP- 3 r- J fopSrk Z.. Ait: r fo -otss. tf- zfer Alb::: ft" - 3 X J ' - S .. ., l- r.-tt.i'.i i .J. l..Jjg.'.'l -r.( Four popular members of tho Wilk es players who will be seen tonight and tho ensuing 'week in the first production here of "Ke Comea Up Smiling," Pearl White,' will be the special added -attraction. THE Liberty, theater announces a number of features this week which will appeal to theatergoers. theater-goers. The headline attraction, Sherwood tind company, presenting "The Bugler anil the Red Cross Nurse," will please the most fastidious. It has that necessary military smack that is so essential to. the up-to-date vaudeville show. . The act is a musical and comedy melange .based on the humorous hu-morous side of life behind the trenches " Somewhere in France. " Sherwood is an exceptional cornetist ind does the unique feat of playing two of these instruments in-struments at the same time. Chadwick and Taylor, "America's youngest colored entertainers," bring a bit of Dixieland to the Liberty through the medium of classy songs and dances with a touch of the old plantation melody and songs that warms the audience audi-ence to the actorfolk. De Costa and Madeline, dancers and masters of the xylophone, present a lively symposium of terpsiehorean stuff enlivened by the always popular musical musi-cal instrument. Waldow brothers and Godfrey spring something new in the way of gymnastics gymnas-tics and keep the audience on "pins and needles" with the thrills they in-duco in-duco while performing their many athletic, ath-letic, feats. The McFarlands are a classy pair of entertainers. They have a line of jokes that has never been heard here, and the songs they sing are the very latest on Broadway. A Lonesome Luke comedv com-edv also is seen. A new programme opens Thursday afternoon, but on Wednesday night the local amateurs will tryout for professional profes-sional booking as usual, and a good lineup has been secured for this occasion. occa-sion. -B- N filming the famous fairy tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk," which S will appear at the Salt Lake theater thea-ter for one week, beginning tomorrow tomor-row afternoon, William Fox says he realizes the indelible place that such tales have in the brains and hearts of all normal people, and he knows that they have the same strong appeal to new generations that they possessed for untold former ones. "Jack and the Beanstalk, ",' the first of the great pictures that Mr. Fox has made iu this series, has required a specially-built city for children, a castle for the biggest "sort of giant, and a royal ourt. Besides the beanstalk itself that reaches into the skv, and all the things that a modern boy and girl would want to serve in the introduction of the film-drama. There are ten reels to this wonderful story, and that expresses its only limit. The floodgates were opened as the making mak-ing of the film progressed. All that monev and brains aud energy could do to make a film truly great were expended. ex-pended. Some $600,000 was used in the creation of ".lack and the Beanstalk." and 1300 children have a part in it. There is a wonderful child born for the part, who enacts the role of the hero who kills a giant, and his little princess has all the grace of a woman and the fascination of a child. There is real splendor in the court, and the courtiers and maids of high degree that inhabit it. As to the army that Jack marshals when he goes in search of the giant, it is like the most picturesque of the Crusaders iu their golden days, with the fresh eh arm of youth added. As to the "iant himself, he is eight feet six inches tall, aud almost too terrible to contemplate. The story, as it is made into a glorious glori-ous film drama, has a modern introduction, introduc-tion, where Francis and Virginia, neighnors' children, have the tale of 'Jack and the Beanstalk" read to them, and determine to find the enchanted en-chanted forest. They elude their nurses, journey into the woods, and fall asleep a 'night ip coming on. Francis dreams, 1,.,'nr.U l,n iE tho 1 a f-V ff heQn- stalk fame. Then is seen the cottage of the widow, who is about to sell the cow to purchase food. Jack starts to market, and meets the butcher and, on the advice of his god-mother, who appears ap-pears to him. he sells the cow to the butcher for a mess of beans. There are tears anil heartaches when his mother sees only the beans in payment for her cherished cow. She throws them away, but Jack has faith in his god-mother, and slips out and nlants them. Astonishment reigns when, the next mornhig, the beanstalk is found outside the window, with its t op stretching up into the sky. Up this ueanstalk goes Jack, and there he finds his god-mother agaiu, who tells him that he must kill the giant who holds thv. land in terror, uud who long ago rotioed his father of his heritage. Dangers and adventures are before him, but there is also ,a beautiful princess to he won and perhaps a royal throne to be occupied. She points to the walled city in the distance, and Jack begins his wonderful experiences. TWO big attractions, together with the customary single reels are scheduled for the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress during the coming week. Commencing todav and running for four days is Pauline Frederick's latest screen offering entitled "Double-Crossed," "Double-Crossed," a society drama of the kind in which this famous emotional actress shines, one calling for a lavish display of gowns and thrills galore. Starting Thursday Julian Eltiuge, the famous female impersonator, will be seen in his first screen drama under the title of "The Countess Charming." In addition ad-dition to the Pathe Review and war pictures today, there will be shown a wonderful local picture of bird life on Bird island, Great Salt lake. Briefly, the story of "Double-Crossed," "Double-Crossed," today's ofiering, follows: While attending a house, party with her husband, Eleanor overhears a conversation con-versation between a detective and her husband, in which the latter is commanded com-manded to produce a receipt held by Lawrence Worthington, their host, under un-der penalty ofbeing exposed for a petty theft committed years before. To save her husband, Eleanor obtains the receipt and motors to the city the next day "with it, where Foley has promised prom-ised to "deliver to her the signed confession con-fession of her husband. Foley tricks her to his rooms, obtains the. receipt, but refuses to deliver the confession.. He promises to give it to her that evening even-ing if she will return. While he is obtaining ob-taining the paper from his desk, Eleanor puts two sleeping powders iu a glass of wine, but he discovers hor and in the tussle that follows Foley strikes his head on a buffet and is rendered unconscious. un-conscious. Eleanor escapes, and while trying to restore the receipt to Worthington Worth-ington 's desk is discovered by her husband. hus-band. She explains matters to him and a complete understanding is reached. Meanwhile Foley recovers and phones his political boss that six masked men had broken iuto his rooms and stolen the receipt. NEVER is the desert small, either in its cruelty or in its romance, and often the romance is cruel. It was almost that for Mary, the woman who felt compassion for the judge whom she trusted. In "Bond of Fear," a stirring Triangle production to be shown at the American theater today and tomorrow, the struggles of three hearts will grip the attention and compel unbroken interest. Without name, reputation, brother or friend, even peace of mind, old Judge MeClure became a wandering . hound of the desert, scuttling from one hiding place to another until he died while fleeing from friends who - wished to take him back to the old life of power and social prestige. He had shown no mercy from . the bench, aud nature judged him by his own code. The Golden Rule had held no meaning for him, for he had left his brother apparently appar-ently dead, and later betrayed the woman wom-an who loved him. The desert has a strange way of settling set-tling human accounts without resort to written laws. That the great justice of the outdoors holds the scales in "Bond of Fear" is forcefully shown in the spectacular sandstorm scene which makes this play a notable feature of the season's programme. ONE of the scenes in the Bluebird photoplay, "The Charmer," to be exhibited at the Strand theater thea-ter today and tomorrow, with Ella Hall in the star role, will be especially espe-cially appreciated by men who recall "the old swimmin' hole" and by the kiddies who venture into more or less muddy pools for the crowning joys of "playing hookev." Incidental to the story" a group of village urchins entice one of the boyish heroes of the occasion into a secret raid on the "swimniin' hole," and Director Jack Conway was, of course, right on the job with his cameraman. cam-eraman. The simple adornments of boyhood are left in scattered abandon on the bank, temptations for the "villain" who has been omitted from the general invitation, and while the lads disport themselves in their "birthday suits," the mean bov ties in well dampened knots the shirts and "pants". of the bathers. His method ot revenge gets him into trouble, and his efforts to escape just retribution lead to a chase that suggests a quickstep parade of the Adam kids in the Garden of Eden. The incident is just another of those "nature touches :! Jack Conway has become famous for in bis production ol Bluebirds. It will carry the "old boys" back to their youth and be extremely realistic to the' kiddies. A WONDER programme of features fea-tures w-ill be the attraction at the Broadway, Sunday aud Monday, Mon-day, Douglas Fairbanks in ' ' Double Dou-ble Trouble," and the second chapter of tht thrilling serial, "The Fighting Trail." Douglas Fairbanks has some excellent, as well as serious, effects to displav in "Double Trouble." As one personality, Fairbanks has to be timid and retiring. His fear of his stenographer stenog-rapher or the girls at a Sunday school picnic is laughable. This is when he is Florian Amnion. Hit on the head with a club in the hands of a thug. Fairbanks becomes another an-other personality. As Brassfield he is aggressive and ruthless. He attains a lr;j.lincr nnsitinn n'i '" ' "'"" t i RENOWNED HULA DANCER WILL BE ORPHEUM'S HEADLiNER WEDNESDAY , ,1 pi Pil&;4;j j III MIMM 1 tils wfc lit iifefpiiif v:- ftfeste- mm irf w;.? teg mm',mWttm$ mmw im 0 Kj ' Mil-it P I VllJIIlili 4 Ml m mJ Toots Paka, the noted Hawaiian hula dancer, who, with her company of native singers and instrumentalists, will be one of the headline features of " the new vaudeville bill opening at the Orpheum theater next Wednesday!. evening. irN flourishing boom city called Bakers-town, Bakers-town, lie is very lively and popular and " becomes a candidate for mayor. He cannot understand howhe has such violent and extreme clothes in his possession. pos-session. He also finds that he has been accustomed to live iu a very lively hotel. He does not know what he may have done while wearing these loud checks, and resolves to confirm his doubts. lie goes in the person of Amidon to a trance, medium. Ho is transformed again to 'Brassfield. Such are the disclosures in regard to his corrupt business deals and numei'-. ous affairs of the heart that the clairvoyant clair-voyant turns him back to the religious and respectable young banker, but he is a failure at the big business built-up by Brassfield,' and is again transformed to that character. As this latter, Fairbanks Fair-banks is aggressive and expeditious in business, but he is without scruples in regard to his dealings with his fiancee and his other women, and in politics he is not above bribery.. He sends a poor man to jail for daring to oppose him, aud he nearly breaks his sweetheart's heart. The clairvoyant turns him back to the good young Amidon, for the sake of his fiancee and the public, as he has been elected mayor. It appears that the two characters one good, but rather weak, and the other strong, but corrunt will gradually merge into one character which will have all the good points of both. RUTH STONEHOUSE in "A Limb of Satan" at the Mehesy theater, plays the role of waif in an orphan asylum, who is returned re-turned "with thanks" every time she is adopted. Finally, after a number of adventures, she sacrifices herself for another, but everything ends happilv, making this three-'reel Gold Seal drama a charming picture. "The Poisoned Ring," a "G raj-Ghost raj-Ghost " feature with Eddie Polo, Pris-cilla Pris-cilla Dean and other noted fiim stars, is on the Sunday programme. Polo, in this picture, plays up to his reputation by overcoming several men single-handed and climbing up a water pipe and thus escaping by a hand-over-haud climb along a telephone wire. ."The Gray Ghost'' himself presents a mystery bj' disappearing from a steel safe. "Murdering the Baby'' is the Nestor comedv featuring Eddie Lvons, Lee Moran and Edith Roberts. The interchanging inter-changing of a colored baby for a white baby causes a number of funnj complications. com-plications. "Pete's Pants." a "Black Cat" feature, fea-ture, is on tomorrow- 's jirogramme. Hart appears in the two-reel western drama, "Double Suspicion," a special Bison feature. Tuesda.v is all-comedy daj .Alice Howell will play in " Balloonatics. " a Century comedj' of unusual excellence. ANNA HELD 'S VISIONS" will be seen in vaudeville at an early date. Miss Hold's deep-rooted love for France and the cause of the allies was ---" '"'- '-" !! tour. It is not surprising, therefore, that this international comedienne has struck a serious note in the new vaudeville act. Twenty people are engaged, including an elocutionist and two singers, and thejr will present a patriotic spectacle in six tableaux, showing the dauutles-V courage of France, the loyalty to hu ps man rights of England and America's deathless love of libertj'. WORKING day and night since war was declared, the greatest great-est engineers of this country have pooled their knowledgt' and trade secrets and produced "Tho Liberty Motor," which War Secretary Baker pronounces the greatest achievement achieve-ment of the war. Those who see The Tribune edition of Gaumont-Mutual weekly No. 142 when- it is shown on the screen will have an opportunity ( to witness the testing of this wouderful engine which will meet any aviation requirement at any altitude, sea level, or miles above the clouds. This new motor is of such a typo that its parts can be made in different factories and 1 assembled anywhere. Among other topics in this issue are many relating to the war. Two men o iron nerve are shown in thri'H'1 stunts qualifj'ing to carry dispal'r" '.,1 and drop bombs on the enemy. ' Til.. W pretty chorus girls of two of New York's spectacular theatrical successes, "The Follies" and " Hitchy-Koo, " raise money to provide tobacco fof our soldiers in France. A number of recently re-cently built submarines pass through aai eastern canal. - ' ' Feminine readers will be interested in the early fall coats from Fifth avenue. ave-nue. The Gaumout company announces that the latest fashions from Paris and New York will be shown in earlj- issues is-sues of The Tribune edition of the Mu- tual weekly. v THE daredevils who play the priestess' followers in the Pathe serial, "The Fatal Ring," took a big chance the other dav and barely escaped with their lives. Director George B. Seitz of Astra had arranged for threo ofi ; them to drive an automobile from the front of a Hudson river ferryboat into Iftie river. As four, persons were necessary neces-sary to take the jump and only three were willing to take the chance a dummy dum-my was placed in the back seat of the car to fill out the crew. The cameramen camera-men were stationed on a tug boat, the captain of which was instructed to bejf , on the watch ready to pick up the men after they had made their plunge into the water. Tho signal to start was to be given by the tugboat whistle. In due time the whistle blcw; tho -J cor shot from the ferryboat far outc I into the water, flinging the crew. ' i I right and left. The three men, . by the strong current, contented t!1T selves with floating on their backs, "V-'S peering to be speedily picked up. The tugboat captain, however, put on full speed and dashed in a different direction. direc-tion. "What's the matter with you!" yelled Mr. Seii.. "Why don't you get (Continued on Following Page.) ' AT THE THEATERS : (Continued from Preceding Page.) those boys?" "Thunder!" said the captain, "I'm after the drowning one. I See, he's sinking. All you can see aic his feet!" Mr. Soil, looked where tiie captain pointed. The captain was about to rescue the dummy! PRESIDENT 11. M. HORKHF.I-MEK HORKHF.I-MEK of Balboa studio, in recalling recall-ing early days in the movies, said: ''The co-operation was marvelous and the spirit of helpfulness beyond belter. be-lter. For instance, a picture would be produced and maybe it would be good. Then the author of the story would puff up and proclaim: " 'That sure was some story I wrote. The continuity was horrible, but the story was so good it went over anyhow.' any-how.' ''Then the continuity writer would tell the stage manager: 'tiec, that wa-a wa-a bum story, but I developed a eracker-jack eracker-jack continuity and saved it.' ' Then the director would kick in with this: 'The scenario that that fried egg handed me was a cross between a railroad time table and an almanac. 1 had to throw it away and write the story as I directed it, and so I tave-i the picture. Clever direction is the whole thing. ' "The star looked the picture over ami remarked to the telephone- girl: 'It's a good thing they had me in th:;t picture. Honest, Carrie, that director didn't know enough to put syrup on his cakes. I had to toil him what to do half the time and the other half he didn 't do anything. He might direct a section gang but as a director ot pictures he does not exist. If it hadn 't been for me that picture 1 been in the garbage can. ' "The cameraman: 'Honest, Gus, this , gang is a net loss. The story was rotten; rot-ten; the director, as such, is the best teamster I ever aw; the star is nearly near-ly as good an actress as a soft shell crab and has nearly as many brains, but believe me, Gus, I was there and the picture is cineniatographically perfect. per-fect. It takes photography to make a picture.' "Then. the big boss would call them all together and impress upon the mind of each that he or she was a stewed prune, concluding with: " 'This picture looks like a custard pie that has beeu tossed into an" elec-trie elec-trie fan, but by clever cutting I can save it. You all better look for work in a canning factory; you sure don't know how to make, pictures.' " WHEN" Douglas Fairbanks learned that Victor Fleming, his photographer, pho-tographer, had been drafted for service in the United States army, he advised him that his salary In full would continue until he returned re-turned to the studio, after the war had been settled. Fairbanks also presented Fleming with a complete photographer's outfit and negotiations are now under way with the head of the censorship board for permission to photograph social events that happen from time to time between be-tween battles. This film when completed will be turned over to the censorship committee, to use for special patriotic purposes. Fleming feels happy that he has been selected to fight under the American flag and feels confident that he will come back smiling. He was the only member of the Douglas Fairbanks organization subject sub-ject to the requirements of the- recent selective draft bill. BALBOA claims in Kathleen Clifford, Clif-ford, its newest star, the smallest small-est nurse in captivity. Under five feet and a hundred pounds, she none the less has a war record for actual field service. Asked to tell of her experiences on the other side, she was none to anxious to recall the horrors hor-rors by discussing them. 'I can't bear to remember it," tiny Kathleen said, "nor to seem to make use of the experienco for personal advertising. ad-vertising. So many women have done so much more that the eight weeks I put in at Ypres, doiug my bit, is hardly hard-ly worth reviewing." It was with a reluctance one knew unfeigned that the lit tl o actress finally consented to tell something of what came within her ken in those first dark 'days in 1914 when chaos seemed to reign in the camps of the allies. After that, Miss Clifford showed the scar on her thumb, which she calls her "honorable "hon-orable wound," received in removing a piece of shell from, a soldier's back. "I rode out one day with a French surgeon's wife to visit him," Miss Clifford Clif-ford continued. "We met him on the road, or rather beside the road, for it j was there he was operating. Of course, ! things are much better now; but there was no nurse preserit, and I helped. 1 j didn't get nervous, cither. That was; how he came to get me in as a specially appointed nurse. Thereafter, every day ; I donned my khaki suit and rodo out on the ambulance. Although we went very near the firing line, I was never 1 wounded. "One day I was lunching with a sol- : dier .just back of the outermost trench. ! He was very glad of the few hours' rest, he said. We were just spreading our lunch from a basket uader a. tree when, zip a sniper got him and the poor brave fellow died right there in a few moments, against my shoulder. "The men were wonderful in their bravery. They' became accustomed to the terrific noise, though we all at times ! went stone deaf. Their senses seemed j to become numbed to all danger, even to pain and wounds. Ono husky young chap made an engagement with me to dance at the 'Four Hundred' ball in Paris the following week. It was all laughingly done. '"Late" that evening he entered the surgeon's tent and said: 'My throat seems all husky dou 't know what 's the matter. ' "'Matter!' exclaimed the surgeon, after a hasty examination. 'The matter mat-ter is your throat 's shot to pieces. it was tr'uo. His Adam's apple had been nipped good and plenty, and in tho excitement ex-citement of battle he nover knew it. But he showed up at the ball all right, iust the same, with his neck tied up. Surelv, that was one of the biggest compliments I ever received. ( "1 would gladlv have remained longer, but the' field service is very nerve-racking. ' ' |