Show j jf I 1 1 w l. f f E WS of Y YS S SAND AND i- i A IThe I The Portrait of Anita 1 An Exceptional Interesting Two Part Feature to Be Shown at the Liberty Theatre Today and Tomorrow j CAST Anita humble Spanish girl of early California Francolla Francolia a. a J Padre adre Andrew Androw lW on Anitas Anita's Mother Elizabeth Stone Don Fran Francisco cl rich young artist LamAr La mar Johnston Johnton SenorIta Dolfina Delfina a a. coquette Lucille Young Senor Benor Garmino admirer of ot Eugene Eugeno Jose Do Don Francisco's co's cos peon neon i Sidney Diamond I Innkeeper A Von yen Harder This Thle exceedingly picturesque play pIny of Qt early California da daya days days-a a two-reel two drama drama- will mil be seen with unabated Interest by every movie audience before whom It Is produced The Spanish-American Spanish setting setting set set- ting Is rich In color colOr suggestive o of ot ro ro- ro mance manco The costumes aro are equally BO so All AU of ot the tho elementary passions love hate a avarice self sacrifice and revenge revenge- are arc shown In a n convincing way When It comes to reviewing the tho story however one ono Is confronted with the 03 Os- differences between a play playas as written for tor tho the legitimate stage stage to to be acted by speaking Individuals who deliver the playwrights playwright's lines with exactly tho the shades of ot meaning he has devised to re reproduce reproduce reproduce re- re produce his hie conception of ot plot and action and and the scenario so frequently fro fre used In building up one or two reels of ot the silent eilent drama dramn In fact tact the task of ot reviewing re a tl motion picture ture play from such scant scanty material or the lack of It It would be bo a liberal education in kinetic drama methods to the tho scenario writer and writerS and would siva give a most mot severe Jolt to his belief beller that comparative amateurs ma may frequently produce stronger more goes s-oes on the errand Because wo we see him acceptable work than old hands at the guIDe game It If If for exam example le one sees ues a play of ot this description put upon tho the screen for his benefit in the projecting room he may lack the names of ot scenes cast and characters char char- and acter and though the action has s been perfectly clear and comprehensible on the screen he will find It difficult to tell teU the coherent story without material facts tacta aa u groundwork work If It h gets the tho very abbreviated scene list to work from without tram without seeing teeing the Olm he film he must puzzle out tho the probable story atory from a list t of ot seemingly IY detached and Irrelevant tate stage sots sets with no scrap crap of or dialogue or de descriptive titles to assist him A very large proportion of ot motion picture plays are produced in Just this way Players ar are requested to report on the studio stage In certain cos cos- Plate FlatH and accessories representing merely one corner of ot a room are act set up upon upon upon on the tho floor A section of ot stairway is shown own lown through an open door at the back furniture Is I placed upon a rug In lino line with the corner The actors are placed In certain positions positions ordered ordered by the di director director director di- di rector to go through with certain motions then then packed Into a 0 waiting motor car ear carand carand and whirled ort off a few miles into the country country country coun coun- try to stand upon uon uP-On uP the tho porch of or some somo wealthy resident residents resident's s country house or seat themselves under a rt pergola in his Italian garden arden while the camera ra man roan turns the crank crank and and the d days day's s work will cover a a. dozen or more apparently dl disconnected connected sometimes the actors themselves cant can't puzzle out until they see seo them projected with other sandwiched and arid dissolved scones scenes on the screen After Attel At- At I tel ter watching matching two hours' hours work in ono one o of the studios the other day daYI some of the tho actors asked the author what It was all aU about what about what the story was As nearly as we can make mako out from tho the scene list of or this play play apparently apparently all aU tie the director had to work from In producing producing producing pro pro- It It the the story is something like this in cold print Don Francisco has noticed the tho beauty of ot Anita during his morning rides In the tho vicinity of or the tho Californian pueblo near which his hid fine hacienda is situated Ho decides to paint her portrait calls portrait calls upon Anitas Anita's mother and leases lease a 1 bedroom in tn their house which one assumes he uses also as 88 a studio We see Anita talking t. with t ti fae padre padro on a a. bench in the little garden back of her dobe house and Infer that she sho is a good girl and devout Catholic Cath olic As a matter of ot course the young artist lodger is Introduced to Anita by her mother Equally Equall as a matter of ot course coune the two tall fall in love lo during the painting of or the tho portrait portrait and and Don l Francisco's Francisco's Fran Fran- ran ran- cisco's Intentions aro arc proved to bo be unusually unusually un un- usually honorable for we are shown a wedding part party with the padre officiating Then the s scene changes In the second reel to Don Francisco's hacienda where hacienda where with tho the house and grounds full rull of ot guests he be seems to go o in rather more moro for tor the social stunt than he does for Cor pain painting tins tins- One infers that Anitas Anita's lack of or breedIng breedIng breeding breed- breed Ing due to her somewhat lower station In life Ute originally Is becoming to got get on his nerves In spite of ot her undeniable beauty and and that tho the Senorita Delfina Is occupying occupying rather more of ot his attention than Is strictly in their social relations We see ee Anita at nt the window window watching them in the garden We see her write a ato note to the good padre padro and dispatch it by Jose We e are even that Jose Joa saddle i his cayuse ride oD off and arid arrive at the mission Then we see Anita snatch up a knife from the table and go 1 out Into the garden but garden but don't dont be alarm flier alarmed cd That knife business dOt doesn't amount to any any any- thing Weve We've looked all nil through the seen scene list very carefully and theres there's no mention mention men men- tion of oC even a 1 cut finger o fio the knife t is probably local color introduced for tor a momentary momentary mo mo- thrill i 4 Theres There's Quite a a. bit of or pr pronounced at at on the thc part of or Senor G no to toward toward to- to ward the Senorita Deinna to make Don Francisco a trine trifle more oro n-oro ardent ar ar- dent Then theres there's the business ta J of Ani las la's wandering about with her own putting owr le ture ture putting it on tho the easel In the tho str- str dlo presumably to remind her husband of or her hel existence existence and and lugging It around aroun the grounds for some somo other reason Eventually she rides a. a away from tho the ha ha- clenda on a donkey which the tho padre leads an and returns to her mother and her hr former home Then we see nor her In bed bed- mother and padre bending over her And AM the play winds up with Don Francisco ithe Ir the pueblo graveyard seeing graveyard seeing visions This is literally all that any sane Bane person person person per per- son can possibly make out of ot the seem list upon which the play Is built Yet Yeton Yeton on tho the screen It Is la a coherent and beautiful beau beau- little story story full full of ot color and sentiment senti ment Does the amateur scenario suppose this result can be reached wIthout without without with with- out considerable knowledge e and experience ence in motion pIa play technique The Portrait ot om Anita will be th the feature offering at the Liberty today an ani tomorrow The matinee performances an arE from Crom 2 to G c and the evening performances perform ances 7 1 to 11 |