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Show "The Spend en" at Kinema Today Joaeph J. Dowllng haa been an actor on th, ,ta and aeraetl ,lnc, ll. Ml, only vacation waa a year of aervice in th. Civil war aa drummer boy. In pic-turea'h, pic-turea'h, ha, had many role,, creating the title role of "Th, Miracle Man'' among other, and interpreting Zan, (irey, "Place Hough" In "Th, V. H. Trail." Mr. Dowllng a lea hi, frlende think that the hlghwater mark of hie long career la reached In hla delineation delinea-tion of that unique character, "t'nrle I'et, Bine,," In Harry lon Wllao n'e fa-mo. fa-mo. etory of New York life "The Bpeiidera." which will be aeen at the Kinema Kin-ema thetr, until Tueaday midnight. ''I'm Juat beginning lo learn how- to act." aald Mr. Howling In reply lo the grlulana W Ma frl4fc-ae war frocialmlng him th, flne,t character ar-et ar-et of the aireen. "Jlv me twenty mora year, and I will be able lo portray Ufa proiierly. I will have reached that laae when I know what not to d, which I, th, blggeat thing an aetor ha, to learn aft,r th, rudlm,nta of ma piofea-alon." piofea-alon." . Mr. towllng think, that h, haa played In every town In th, United Htate, that eupport, an opera houae or a echoolhouee auditorium during hie tour, aa a boy. between 1 and 170. "I lived In a trunk and many time, had to camp out un.ler th, open ,ky." aay, Mr. Dowllng. "Moetly. w, were houaed by the hoapi-tallty hoapi-tallty of the townspeople, who In thoae daya eeldom aaked pay for board and lodging. I don't think that my one night eland.' aa w, called them, profiled me muoh. aa far aa learning acting waa concerned, but they wer, a ,plendid educator ed-ucator in human nature. Borne atag, and acrean character, for which I am given the credit of creating I took directly from life a, I aaw It then, and th, quaint character, I met In the back wood, town, hev, furnleh,d me with end lee. material. Nllea Weloh. Clair, A dam a. Robert Mo-Kim Mo-Kim and a hoat of other itara appear la thia aenaatlonal atory of real life. |