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Show s THESALT KAKE" TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING,' FEBRUARY vaudeville acts which are fully up to the Loew Casino standard, headlined by the Bills This Salt Lake Opera quartet, comprising Mary Atkinson, soprano; Edward Dwyer, DftAI U ASP YAPBIVIILX. . oontralto; Fred C. Graham, tenor and diand rector, and Alvin Keddington. bass. SALT LAKE Pivlewe, the tneosiperatvle, As a special added attraction. Curg her Ballet 2tuse, tomorrow sad Tuesday Peterson, director of the Casino orchestaint. OHPHKt'H Lict tin today, vtudeem blit, tra, will offer a selection on the violin. with Hackett A ltelmar and Users new bill which opens at the Paramouhew bill, with Llfbtner Slater a AUiesSrr. open Wednesday alght nt-Empress today for an exPAVTAOES "Prlrata Property." Walton tad tended run, is calculated to dispet the Brant, Kennedy and Prune!. Mabel BlsadeU. severest cats of blues. The feature picHebert kwe end Lionel Berry more In "The ture. "Chickens, Is an adaptation of the Devil'S Uerdrn Yancona Saturday evening Post story, BtPPODROMB-Eve- ry week. Ralph Ylllles, and the leading role is taken by night this In "Tti end Sgsaw that popular young light comedian, Dougcompany Clonlnger Man." Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and las Mae Lean, supported by Gladys George Saturday. ' and a capable company. SOCIAL HALL "Under Cover, by Ho Cooper Th comedy also Is a feature Thura-da- i In Itself, being th latest offering of tost Megrue, all thl Weak, with tnaUhae and Saturday, grotesque English comedian, Clyde Cook, a following LOEWS LASUS'O Lw vaudeville, headlined wRo has established, such among the fane In a brief period. This by tli Jutland Plea, and "Lurt of ivuth, a feature plciare, comedy is called "The Jockey, and is said to be the best thing hs has done to data MOTTO PICTURES. ssd roe four dap. " "Chickens ts the second of AMERICAS RePtke comedies to have been directed by Jack atantag Agnes Ayree. Conedy. view. Nelson, the. "first having been The le Rookie's Return. Poaaesslng originality PARAMOUNT EMPRESS Douglas Tk and creative ability, Mr. Nelson has han"CblckcM; Cljdn Cook, oowady. dled the clever comedy situations of Jock. 3 EM On week, now pitying, Hobart Boa worth "Chickens in a manner new to screen la "A Tkouaasd to On.1 temedT. - Kerrtfna t "Tb technique. gROADWATr. Wtfren of Whlesers"; KirtR Baited "la Balk MAKKlNG ttiw departur. In motion Ro " ' Bockltt. tfc production,- a special featbro and Larry Beni on, film based upon an undercurrent of preevenMINIMA' Tka Torrent. t-day and embellished with thought until Tuatila ttidalgkt. , thrills and romance Instead of vice versa, seen be will the at American theater for reads them and to wonderful were the four days, beginning today. , could, early word pictures thee on Thl Imagine himself right thero on th docks sands of workers who make up the newsat Ban Franeleco, paper world and It entitled Go and This play was first jprodueed at the Get It, the most Important quartet of Morocco theater, New York City, and ran words In the city editors vocabulary. It for a whole year followed by five coneecu-tir- e Is a First National attraction, months at th Corf theater, Chicago, of Tho the theme production ts In the Within the past month Oliver Morocco broader sens of the word a serious argudecided to release th comedy to the atock ment on tho question of whether human theaters, and th Ralph Clonlnger comorgans may b successfully transplanted pany will be the flrst xompany In th Into the bodies of animals. Ralph weet to produce Cappy Rieka To supplement this question which Clonlnger will be seen a Matt Peeslev, at present puzzling the brightest minds who worrlee Cappy greatly, end then of the day. Marshall Neilan has Introsteal! his daughter. duced airplane maneuvers that . have on the screen. never been equalled Harry Bedley will appear Miss Ceppy Bond-hil- l, old bluff a.dogi Ricks, the at Florence Rieka, hie daughter, and melodrama. threaded Pearl 8. Van Norman will have the part A6MASHINO Interest that adds to of Lucf Bartlett, her aunt. S than dramatic from rather detracts the Cappy Ricks will open for a week engagement, commencing tonight, with strength of Its situations Is "A Thousand matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- to One, J. Parker Read, Jr.'s, production Hobart Bosworth, starring day. which yesterday began a week's run at OR a second year, at least, Sewell th Gem theater. Ethel Grey Terry, the popular English office Fords celebrated ctross, I seen in support of Hooart live to on th Bosworth lq A Thousand to One." boy creation will continue of Miss Terrv won her way Into the hearts screen through th impersonation of the American people with surprising Johnny Hines, according to an announceEducational ment Just mads by Picture. alacrity, and promises soon to be a alar The present contract, which expire In in her own right. ,Her role opposite Mr. April, has been renewed in time to Insure Bosworth afford her every opportunity no Interruption In the work. There sr td display her channlng personality and already seven volumes of th Torchy exceptional dramatic talent. . an A strong supporting oast throughout stories published In book form, and Hobart Horn orth's first Assocpresses in a mark eighth is to come from the short time, so that there wrlll be no lack iated Producer release as one of the seaHines himself has son noteworthy film productions. Rowof scenario material, definitely abandoned the vnusicaj comedy land V. Lee directed. stage to give his entire attention to these comedies. t HERES a new angle to the marooned- According to a New York story, tho selection of this young actor to portray Torchy was much of an aecident. Ford, Shortage of gasoline causes a governWho ha a delightful home in Florida and ment aviator to land on an uncharted who believes In comfort rather than great Island in the Pacific and there he finds wealth, declined many offers for the th girl who married a millionaire, but screen right to these stories, because he who really loves the airman. Eve Novak Is the blonde star In this believed there was no actor who could feature, that will be shown at the Klnema properly Interpret hla character. Then on a trip to New York to confer theater until Tuesday midnight. . The picwith hi publishers, he happened to drop ture was adapted from Georgs Rix'a Into a theater where Hines wa appearing story, "Outff the Wnbqe, He was struck with The situations in the 'story are not only la Just a Minute. th resemblance of th young actor to hi origin they arc supermodern. The girl, character creation, and remarked to th cast away on an uninhabited island friend who accompanied him that her through a queer set of circumstances, was ths Ideal Torchy. meet the man ahe loved before her marIt eo happened that On the other side riage. Me is a government aviator. The of Ford was a producer who had vainly girl thinks her husband Is dead. After ought the screen rights for the stories.. some amusing ad ventures., "together, cut- Th next morning before Hines was out minatlng in a fight with outlaws, they W Bed the producer had hi contract, and return to civlllzatton to find a legal fight then called on th author at his hotel. A before them, for the husband ii still alive. few words of explanation, a laugh all Larry Semona latest comedy, "Th around, and Torchy came to th screen. Suitor," is th cofeature on the program, (TNDER COVER. by Roi Cooper Me-- v WARREN KERRIGAN'S latest Brun-fo- ll grue, said to be One of the most sensational stage successes of the last "The House of production, twenty-fiv- e years, will b played at So- Whisper,1 a gripping mystery play by cial Hall theater one week beginning to- th n novelist and playwright. morrow night with matinees Thursday Winism Johnston, has been released by and Saturday. W, W. Hodklnson, and will be shown Under Cover is a -mystery crook play at the Broadway theatre commencing toof love, laughter and thrillsnot a dull day. moment from curtain to Curtain. la undoubtThe House of Whispers Edwin .R. Wolfe, who I directing the edly one of tho finest pictures Kerrigan play. played in the original New York has produced tn years and la excellently company for. forty-eigweeks, and his adapted to his virile, romantic type. He experience there Is proving a valuable as- Is seen In the role of an adventure-lovin- g set In giving "Under Cover an adequate young clubman who undertakes to surpresentation. solve a baffling mystery whtca rounds "The House of Whispers, an exhouse. the eternal triangle Is clusive apartment ANEW formIn of"Lure Kerrigan Is supported In this picture of Youth. the Metro special which will be featured on by an unusually brilliant cast. Frltxl played opposite the th new bill opening today at Loews Brunette, whoof has his successes of tho past tar in many Casino theater. This throbbing drtma. In which th year, Is again seen in the leading femvillain of the play coasts to be a villain. inine role, Is the story of a famous actress who has com to recuperate tn a small town and hesrd of "The House that has discovered a diamond In th rough EVERYONE but the one that Jo in the naive Robert Dent. Dent becomes tmoanlng Joe Laurie, Jr , the pint th protege of the actress, and his un- built who come to th usual adventures in climbing ths ladder size comedian, this week). Is much more unique of succese make an Interesting story. and interesting and has long been the In addition there are a number of talk of theatrical Broadways Jo Laurie built a houw-o- f laugh and there he spends his vacations. It la up tn Massachusetts and some peopte think that ts th frst laugh. In this house that Joe built there ar stair that fold up when least expected, picture that fall and go right back Into place before you have a chance to pick them up, a rolling In th guest room that look all right hep you go to bed but when you get up you find the celling has been lowered and you try and get dressed on your hands and knees Ion On napkin hanss suspended on an elastic over th dining room table and after yon use it It snap right back Into place this sates laundry bills. He takes his guests out hunting and has fskt rabbits sit over tho- place, his shoot cap his shotguns the fishing lines break unexpectedly, bottom of hi boats corrp out, hts ananchor. chors don t I Laurie had twenty Friars visit him last Summer, who posed for a moving picture that was to be shown ,at the when they got back: after Jumping, running, changing clothes a dozen times, chopping trees and various other stunts for th camera, h told them he forgot to nut tn a Him. He lhea to laugh and laughs to live he claims making hts guests laugh saves Jots of money foe food thev get fat aad when' the summer is over he knows what Jokes are fbod and what jokes will flop. Mse-Fnrl- hundreds of Salt Lake people who treasure pleasant recollections of Willard and the excellent, stock company fhlch he maintained In this city for considerable length of time will doubtless be pleased to learn that Mr. Mack written another play. f Mr. Macka latest bid for fame is entitled "Near Santa Barbara." At one time before tt reached the stage It was called Her Man, but Mr. Mack concluded a new title. that "Her Man smacked a little too much of a crook play and conferred New York critics generally have been exceedingly kind to Mr. Mack in their on Greenwich is view at famous which the Village reviews of "Near Santa Barbara, theater, but they have carefully refrained up to this time from giving anybody any concrete Idea what it is all about. l.lfe, the New York humorous paper, sheds ths following dim light on Mr. Mack's ! effort; 'The sheeting In 'Near Santa Barbara! all done offstage, 'BiilThere la a great deal of reaching for the drawer hi which the gun is kept. The play Itself is a eon talk and comedy relief, with a sheriff, a Japanese ventional mixture of etrong-ma- n boy, a Mexican and a bundle of poker X. O. U.i. The result, however, is not quits so obvious as it sounds. "Willard Mack wrote the play and Willard Mack Is the hero. If any man may be called a hero who hat Just lost $14,000 worth of un negotiable paper at poker. And Clara Joel hat some very nice little checkered dresses, aside from being a pleasing person to have about. "But the acting honors of the evening must go to Mr. Joseph F. gwtensy. who ' plays the villain, for hie remarkable portrayal of a man who baif just received a has the stoking of the bloody nos in a fist fight. For, realistic scenic effect Alma in In tho Night Watch beaten a nautical tolls. elnoe-th- e dey when Lionel "Incidentally, Mr. Sweeney le the most likable-villai"'Atwflt was Brinks Jit the grass.' Mias Harrietts Underhill, who criticises plays and such like for ths New YorkTribune, also journeyed to Greenwich Village for the purpose of looking "Near Santa Barbara over, but she met Willard Mack for the first time and became Interested to advise the public what the play .Jn Jiim to.such an extent that she also forgot Mr. Mack was about. Miss Underhill, however, made a fe wcornment-concernin- g Interest read his In Ihfs city. For example- - " with be admirers will which by "For the last two pears we have had a standing engagement with Willard Mack to be Interviewed. When he did The Big Chance, when he did Tiger Rose and also when he went to Uoldwyn we thought 'here is a story.' But always something happened. Mr. Mack wrote to us and apologised, and we wrote to him and apologized, but still we htd seen him no nearer than across the footlights Somehow we ididii t regret this very much. We had an Idea that Willard Mack thought himself most fasftBatinjr&ian and altogether a pretty wonderful sort of person, Now we ahave-met him and we don't care whether be thinks this or not, for we think so, TUB it n - loo. ' Ho 18. v v ' Film fans will be pleased to learn that "Way Down East Is to play a return at the Salt Lake theater. Manager George D. Fyper announces that Engagement the big Griffith production will be seen again at the playhouse for five days, opening March 1. And doesnt It come as a surprise? T, Daniel Krawley, best remembered of all stock company managers In Salt Lake, is golnr Into the "movies. Mr. Frawley, who came to Balt Lake from Denver more than twenty-ftv- s years ago with the stock which Grand the has opened company Bigned a contract with the Metro theater, , people to direct productions;. . barSYsck to the old day when you read that Charles Rich man, one of the most famous actors In the country, has gone to Palm Beach, Fla., to play the lead with Norma Talmadge In pew screen production by Channlng Pollock. Ktch-nia- n played here with the old Lyceum stork company in the early. 80s and Pollock luado lus home here as a boy. M&KtS yeur future of art in America Is a sub. which bo one I better qualified to speak than Is Mile. Pavlowa, the great Russian dancer, who Is to b at the Salt Lake theater for three performon February 21 and 23. - ances illle. Pavlowa, herself one of the worlds greatest artists, has been coming to America fbr ten years and during lust time she has watched the steady-hero witheigp Interest, growth of art Asked by-a- n Interviewer, the other day what ahe thought 'or Hie future of art ahe replied; and America !n "1 am Inclined Europe, to think that the future, at least, of art is hers In America rather than in Europe. I have not seen as yet In Europe signs of a return to normality and creaUveness on the part of the . artists They still experiment rest lewis-- Laukhig very deep you try to berotrangej-Dknow of the cubist ballets? Do you know of the Ballet promenade. attempted some three year ago at the Paris opera?. In the orchestra. In place ot musical Instrument there were ten tickIt was too 'absurd, ing typewriters. there was scandal. But that is only one the crasy things musicians specimen of and artists are doing In Europe. Isn't AU the world today la nerves. that true? Hero In America Is great nervousness, too, but here ts a youth and health sure to make themselves felt Hero are jgen- In a constructive way, erous Impulse and a lack of fear. la of America full talent. ( do not have to say thaU Anv one with an unprejudiced mind and powers of observation realised that long ago. America, advanced treIncidentally, has. mendously In art in the last ten years which is about the length of the period during which I have been tn touch with The thing to do and ondit.ons here the only thing that young men and women in this country need to help them to their own is a real eqplnt of art, a concentration on purely artistic. Ideals, and deliverance from the oppression ot - meie When thev encounter these things thev flourish and grow In the moet surprising manner. W hen a girl of any nationality lives In a small place, with few things to . stimulate th with provincial point of view. It la hard to tell what there Is In her. 8he la for the tune being without very much capacity -But give her -- a few ter months, not only of physical training, but ot travel, and contact with' people and with art and you have results that are often surprising, Mile. Pavlowa brings with her to this count y her complete London company, most of whom were trained In the ballet school which she has established and Mowed In England, Bhs brings to Salt Lake her entire company and scenic equipment, exactly as It was seen in New York and other large cities of th courftrs.- - The entire company and scenic equipment wss brought to this ceuntrv from England, The company, Including the symphony orchestra, numbers ncailv Th) people and it requires two of the largest baggage oars obtainable to trine- port tho scenery and costumes used Mile. Favlflwa will be at the Salt Lake theater for two days, February :i and 1v.HU - money-makin- g. some of the best song comedy stunts Intermingled. William Selblnl and Jeanette Grovlnl present the "Follies of Vaudeville," a diversified offering humorously amusing throughout. They are excepand expert tionally lively Jugglers Herberts cyclists. Loop the Loop Dogs and Leaping Canines form an animal act as good enough to please the grown-up- s well aa the kiddies. Cats, pigeons and roosters share In the funmaking of the act. Kinograma and Topics of the Day are more ihaa usually interesting this week. Private Property." a real musical edy with real comedians and a bevy ot Broadway beauties along with magnificent acenic embellishment and beautiful wardrobe as ..the- - headlines Besides Ahe headliner, the bill Is composed of many feature acts. Including Walton and Brant, man and maid with aa act far above the Ms-bstandard in the line ot BfondelL a vt various miss with much personality and a style all her own; Kennedy and Francis, a pair of black-fa- c boys, who deal out real laughs tn an act "The Argument; Robert programed bwan, who juggles almost anything; th Barnes Sisters, clever on violin, piano and In song, and Joseph R. AYaynt, at tho Pantages organ. Tho picture feature ts "The Devil's Garden, a complex story which gives rare opportunity to Lionel Barrymore aud Phyilg Rankin for the display of great ability. With the change of bill on Wednesday the Pantages management will present another bill of excellent vaudeville, Including thd RIgoletto Brothers, accompanied by the bwanaon Sisters, In an inimitable display of cleverness along many lines, Walter Law and company In a Colvin and superb dramatic playlet; Wood, supreme; Kurt and Edith Kuhn. Paul Conchas, Jr. and company and other big acts. Th feature photoplay will be King Vidor clever pioduction of "Th Jack Knife Man. wltn Florence Vidor in the leading feminine role. com- e! g; re READERS of the Saturday Evening reveled In the Cappy Ricks stories by Peter B. Kyne, when published in that widely read weekly. One -- I two-reel- s J. well-know- ht - ' LIGHTNER SISTERS AND ALEXANDER WITH BIG COMPANY AT ORPHEUM arrelled club-hous- ik -- c. k Jjt n, II 1 ' - . a of the Morton's adaptation in the Night French melodrama, Watch, produced by the Messrs, in the Century theater, brings to the American stage th type of patriotic red-.- .. be fire- - beloved - by t h Pa rtwaaGl Frenchman a play in which Madame Ger- vase i'Hautevtlle discovers that the man she has married was born In Potsdam and in hla benedlctlne covertly puts poison'court-yard band In the while plays the "MnrariHaise. end the Frenchman wll Of tlsterine two have to gargle quarts before he can get even half of his voice back. In which Captain Or give him a Luoien Gaboriau shoots his wife through the middle when he finds her turning over the plans of the Bal Tabarin.to her lover, a German spy, and he will throw his hat so high in the air that H will take a hook- crew to- get It off the chandelier. The French seem never to tiro of this boulevard George Cohanlsm. War or no war--, the glory of French arms Is unvaryhokum. Bernhardt and ing Rejane have taken advantage of tt even It is a rare aa their lesser confreres. season that doesn't disclose at least three such tournaments In patriotic hocus "Alsace," "The Biege of Berlin, "L Occident, the "Servir, of Henri Klstemaeckers and other such purveyors to the popular tadte follow one another In rapid succession, "In the Night Watch Is a member of the procession." T It contains all the ingredients dear to th boulevard heart. There ts the heroic French naval officer. There Is the German foe. There Is the scene In which the Hun Is laid low. fehu-be- -- -- rt we-t- . M . - amt-ladd- box-offi- ce po-eu- s. rs two-fist- ed f plas. Mlciuiei 1 -- hes-pere' y Along French Lines. 1 you liked h vaudeville bill at th JFOrpheura closing tonight, you will b certain to vote the highest approval for tho offerings ion the program opening Jt ednesday night, for every act Is of the lame high caliber and the show in Us one of thd greatest ever assemonllrety bled on tho Yarfety stags. First there are the famous L'ghtner Sisters and New tons Alexander, a fun- a peer Upon ths making sage today. They are the bills headline attraction, assisted by William Taylor pud ths Dancing MacDonalds and ten ptefty girl. The trio in themselves were COWBOY. frelt from th Wyoming Slwavs headliners, but to give vaudeville-goer- s range. Joined Hoot Glbuon's outfit of an oven better and bigger act, they broncho busters at I ftlversal City, A musical comedv producing a one-ato make th new man fed right. that Is declared to bo the best thing of Hoot took him to a popular cafe for dinHs kind ever attempted In the varieties. on ner the dav of hla arrivat Th blit Miss Winnie Light ner, vaudeville's funof fate was Greek to him. Jle ordered niest girl. Is featured In the splendid persoup. formance given. "bhall 1 bring you a halt portion? There are three big feature act to sgd the waiter. Fnlie and variety to tho preteDtlous blit "What? asked the cowboy. "The Pint Rise Jo th way you order here. Red. "That's I.eurte, Jr will present "W hatlraro, In explalaed Jloot. Which be outcome mbit comics. II Is It! replied ned, brightening "Gh. baa evolved something really new In "AH right, bring mo a half portion, up laugh srvU. of beef, and a few and s quarter-sectio- n Jimmy Lucas Is another popular come. , acres of celery. dian and travesty artist. He calla bis act empires and Pools," and he and bis K WANTS a Mg back yard! and clever insistent, Franeen. beriyoodles rave of fun "spoofing the movies. James P. Conltn and Myrtle Glass form for Mm to get one, he will get It. '1 he i he third featured act with their thorone who clamoring for more room for hi faml'y to exlat in Is Jerk Holt Paraoughly enjoyshl musical travesty skit and Th tailed Ths Four Reason mount leading man, a great lover of the Tour Reasons. ' It ts the last word In great outdoora. who clainia that living in fun and frolic, an apartment house Is far from the couiee fin th rain b'H are Ed llealy and that he Intende to follow. wanted ' snltl I have a)ey A'hn . roes, who show th very Iatet ' Famed trio with ten Tempi headlines Qrphetun bill cnenlnc Wednesday with Mr Wlmt 1 la on In ennsa heir of Ho't. "Is a cnev little cot'nge on-th e'yle musical that least ill riierisiiiing of' singing acts, with- splendid comedy. couple of acree ot ground Author-Comedia- pubUd-b- unworthy - -- trto-wlth- out fatalk. The only way that so slsndcr a acon- . ble may be given body is through otownratlon slant barrage of authentic im ovident not This ta and acuta ait Mr Chapin's case. He manages a few rha bulk and that Is mild of his writing ts unillumlned. Miss George, n the role of. the lany nowhere, bus guilty ol the insult, gets extract omed. works tooth and nail to out there .Is none to extract. And to tho uncritical It therefore appears that her performance la a flat one. It Isn t fmt: it ts merely futile. as the husband of tho aggrieved lady and her ambassador to thq enemy, is amusing simply because Lawrence Grogsmltn He get little help from Mr. amusing. is miscast fn Chapin. Warburton Gamble the role of. the InsuRer s husband. ComHe foi te his play every seenas edy la not much with his hands upon bis hips, baek-and If he were sutrermg from a stiff were about to Indulge In some setting-u- p acexercises. Ernest Lawford, a skilful tor, can , (Jo nothing with the vacuousa material assigned to Mm. All In all, and effort on regrettable waste of time the part of an actress who has alienated-h- er 3 1 of vaudeville Is running A BIG,strongjollyatbillPantages this week with (C Weiks New Play by Willard Mack Gains New York Approval 'Such a senes of humor God has riven to but few men. We consider him even more entertaining off than he lson. It was 11 ID when Mr. Mack joined us on the stage, and at U JO we tore oursdves away only after he had promised to talk real soon again. And he has written two new plays, and he asked us If ws would read (hem and help name them. Could anything be fairer than that? "The reason Mr. Mack is so entertaining ts because of his clear vision. He sees all people anvl things Just as they are. He will describe a scene to you and will take each character In turn Ihe exhausted movie director who go Into a restaurant in Los Angelei to register thought, the noble movie hero who doer the same, and the adoring Ingenue who goes to watch ths registration. Hs showed us how each one looked and talked. , 20, 1921. Anna Pavlowa, who will be seen with her Ballet Snsse theater tomorrow end Tuesday. at the Salt lake mmTiG .A antf Same Old Sacrifice.- - There Is the scene In which the hero s wife sacrifices her fatr-nathat th honor of her noble husband may ' be preserved. And there ts the playing of the national anthem at the close of the second act. These elements are combined in a melodrama that is at times interesting to an American audience, and at time somewhat too obvious to achlevs the necessary effect among a distant, and uot so hysterical, people. The second act of the play, a combination oP Orand Guignol melodrama and Winter Garden scenic effects, la perhaps the moat engaging to an American audience. The scene Is th upper deck ot a man o' war cleared for action. In the distance, and through the enveloping darkness, a mysterious battle cruiser approaches. An interchange of signals pers eommander thof suades the ths oncoming vessel 1 'FwncL.' Prcatiiti-- 1. . however, hts suspicions are aroused. it possible that the signal code has fallen Into tlie enemys hands, and that the apThe proaching ship Is German? calls forwt tgnaMnth second code. There is a pause. The other ship fall to flash back the correct lights. Hell breaks loose. The canllon roar and the splintesa 41 y The French, ship. Ja .struck... by a torpedo aad begins to sipk. The strikes up the Marseillaise, and down comes the curtain. Of such stuff Is trua melodrama, .made, -- - By GEORGE a play as even Grace George might con aider good. ! This lalSYl rvfeiWibfif'?t'r"Tha New at froth comedy Morality. an attempt by Harold .Chapin,- - an Indifferent craftsNEW man who has been heavily sentimentalized beoauss death came to him on the battlefields of ...Franc,, Sentiment, and criticism are, however, not on speaking terms. And thus the- - unfortunate fact presents itself that hts play is the of o-- rathar. to confect a light, wttty comedy. The recold. sult Is hbvtous. In every so often, true, enough, One The tightness has all th substantiality there ts a. fleeting suspicion that the ac- ot concrete, and the wit Is negllgible.On a and that senses perspiration, rolled up sleeves, the tress has missed her guess fairly good play Is about to be exhibited biting of pencil ends, hard, tough work. disIt Is aa if a coalbeaver had decided sudby her, but regularly the suspicion Is and go into unfounded. to be covered denly to abandon No actress on our stage ha contrived the pastry business. It is as If a dash runner bad set himself to go more cunningly to kin herself than this Miss George. A comedienne of very nigh the mils distant. these belabored has year gift shs gifts, In and year out with so thumping a series Far Beneath Dignity. of sausage opera that they have gradualThe play Is a fitting companion to th By virtue of ly been reduced to a Jellv. of Inconsequent productions unher apparent complete Inability to select string Mies George during the latter covered proper material for herself, or perhaps be- part of by her career, such things as "She cause of her indisposition to trust to ths Would and "The Ruined Lidy, She'Dtd," lost has of she others, wise decisions "Just to Get Married," the position among American actresses "Eve's Daughter, the of and th like. Letters," Sylvia thst should rightly be hers. is as far beneath her dignity as one theater admires the of Itthe No critic of th as a American comediennes first talents of this Miss Georgs mors than 1; soft-shts beneath Joseph Conand no critic has a harder lob persuading rad 'a It dance the same trick that "She himself to continue attending her suc- Would andtrie She Did tried, and, like the cessive suidjal public appearances. latter,ct fails. For the ability to build a three-aplay out of a trifle Is vouchAgain Disappointed. safed to few dramatists. In "The New Last year, indeed, determined' not to be Morality, Chapin has attempted the conpresent at the funeral pyres which the struction of a comedy mountain out of a excellent actress was annually staging thematic molehill. But, when the last herself, I swore off until such a time curtain comes down, ths molehill is still (or shs might treat her reputation with a molehill. JXAN NATHAN. in? ted', V VGRK, Feb. 13. It th consistency with Mis Grace George picks bad On would think that, by ths 1awcf averages If nothing Also, shewould once in a while slip and accidentalVr pick a good one. But no. Her talent remain steadfast, and her Jins of vlctO' ries unbroken.- - Bad play - succeeds bad play as certainly as a cough follows a labort-ousHKf- hvy-witted.,m- coal-heavi- lOd-ya- rd i the Justice that It deserved. But, hoping against hope, 1 recently again found myself In her auditorium praying that th rise of th curtain might at length reveal a play In soma degrea worthy of Jier effort. And what happened? When th curtain lifted. It again disclosed as poor There is, s Implied, a minimum of A married woman has InploL sulted another married woman who has set her cap for the former's husband. 1 ht Insulted a oman demands an apolorv. The Inaulter declines to provide It Follow 4 wo hours and twenty-fiv- e minutes of dull plenty of room my 'kiddles Could have to frollo and play., 1 want them to have a pony, a couple of dogs and a cat or two. I love animals so much myself, end t pride myse'f In the fact that they have Inherited - .their love for dumb creatures from me,. conditions ana th "With present-da- y to high cost of living. It Is hard enough even find ,an abode that you can call home. I feci sure, however, that times will change ante that the dav Is not far away when I will find JusEFh type of home tliat I have long craved. admlre In your favorite. Mors than likely. she tramp five miles eacjv day, refuses her favorite brand of chocolates, plays tennis, golf, swims, rows and goes through all torts of gymnastics to stay In your favor and th favor of thousand of others who admlr her as much s you do. Verily th motion picture star's Ilf Is an easy one. or so the public seem to only look Into think; but If they could the Ilf of a star 1 believe most girl would swear off being stage struck and Just keep on "tickling tne keys of a typewriter or sewing buttons on brother Johns coat, happy In the- - thought that consume all Ihe chocolates, adwet together a good time Is sxpected they can bosses or brother John give them bv all.! Th two of them can be relied miring Just get stout or keep thin, accordon to make anv and all who hear them and to their nature, and do Just as they laiish. Just now Rogers Is playing In a ing stuplease all their life, t picture of Cobh s out at the Goldwvn dio and on of hi favorite pastimes ts telflng of an occasion when Cobb was to THE proudest little girl in Atlauta Is child with Harris, the speak In a small town. The chairman of the evening believed whom Eugene OBrien finished out the himself to be an orator, and so he grand march Pic-luMotion at the Atlanta launched forth into a long and enthusiconvention on the second night of There were the celebration astic siieech of Introduction held recently In that city. reran y verbal flourishes, but fhigtly It ws - It in this way; Martha Mansended "I wish to introduce to you Ir- field. happened who was leading th march with vin 8. Cobb, th famous writer and Mr. O Brlen. saw a wounded soldier but he got no further. A tall, lanky figure standing, leaning on his crotches. With unfolded himself from a front row seat a word of advice to her partner, she left Oh, gosh! I thought It him stranded on the middle of the floor and exclaimed. was Ty." and hurried to the soldier s side. This left Eugene in an'embarraselng position. HAVE been groping our way Around him worn gathered the flowerg of to screen technique through th Georgian Imautteg. and hearts stopped beating In many a breast before Ihe movie last few jeers, and now at last w have star mad hla selection of a substitute It says William de Mill. Paramount In partner. futile It waste "But why producer JuMt what little Ives felt when th honadaptation of olher literatures than thst was conferred upon her tt la Impossiof ths screen? .laving an wiulpiirant and or to describe, for she was. so overthe channel of expression, we ar or now ble th whelmed that only confused blushes came reedy to build up a reel Isliterature her feelings. ts now express but art. a sliver sheet. Screen art technique, It now has It verv deflnlt AT ALLISON, Metro star, feceutly with different screen styles, aa clearly differentiated as are th various sivles of written boohs Ths screen is now In doubt about It, your aura la a worm old about the earn a imidltlon. relatively rose a In the "Whit ar you talking about" the sisspeaking, that the dtsms time of tho mlrsrle and morality plav, ter queried, scenting something out of unIs stlH crude slid In other words, II the ordinary developed.' "Why. don't you know you have an stirs? Everybody hss an sura, and 1 If your favorite often amuse mjself by trying to flgur ENA KEEFE fs. tnnvl star were setting sleut.wmuld out Just what variouse people's aura bom dttflcult. vour favorite If ahe ssld: "I goms are essv, son she etlll b s soul think have a realty don t know wtrat I ran do to ef- - w nom von rrlmeon-hued. and vice verse... sre renllv t.eneraliv It lake some great will It that r1' Bur f ,rl to iludy that lain seriously, s'lpbllhe figure youi w re v M 2 babv-blu- re-rl- u ee . 1 Ip-- a -- man-o'-w- ar .. er Cast Is Promising. FYr the divulging of the piece the have assembled a company of names Including Robert Warwick, Macklyn Cyril Bcott, Edmund Lowe, Max Ftgmap, Miss Janne Eagels and Miss Warwicks method Margaret Dale. Mr. are aptly suited to 'melodrama of this species; his strut, swagger and bass-druelocution fit into the. scheme nicely. Bad actors are pretty nearly always good actois tn melodrama. Miss Eagelst la very pretty, but emotional acting not her atrong point. As a consequence. she drops the important scene In ths first-hal- f of act it. wherein she Is called upon to build the action crescendo to the battle scene. Miss Dale wears so absurd a gown, that the dramatic scenes In which she figures become metamorphosed Into comedy, Mr Bcott is satisfactory as the villain, though Mr. Low le a very wooden seducer. Mi. Figman is good in a small part, and Mr. Arbuckla fair. "John Hawthorne, a play by th hlth- erto unknown David Uebovlts, find th M. Llebovlts still fsr from fame. Produced by the Theater guild in the Garrick theater and summarily put Into th discard. It revealed a moderate skill in English composition, but none at all In dramatic It was an affected piece In-of writing; tt wai overly pretentious; It vited damaging snickers. Ehd-ber- ts m help everyone. In figuring out peoplws true character. Take Nazlmova, for Instance. I d aj her eura was midnight blue with splahea vermilion. 1 d call Viola of a warm orange and Mary Miles luma Mlntcrs Alice blue. T never care much for people with avender auras; they ars too nambv pamby and lack will power and decision. ' sun-kiss- -- people laugh, asserts pop Is without a Moore, doubt the finest thing a .motion picture actress tan do, but it Is also the .hardest. j Bringing a tear to the eves of says this Marshall Nnilan star, "Is comparatively essy. Any actor of any experience and ability can do that. re"But making people laugh, without sorting to slepstkkand with the comedy kept absolutely clean, is far more difficult. If the situation Is not developed correctly. If the player overacts tn hie eflort 1o get the laugh over, or If he does not play up,tall)e exact pitch re quired rathe laugh (alls Bat. Instead ofbringing sn Instantaneous and wholesome laugh, the comedy situation draws merely a snlckejf "Deeplte this, I alwavs welcome Pie opportunity to put over a laugh People nowadays want to laugh, rand they air better for It. The value ot one good laugh And when one cannot be overestimated. realize how many persons see a single motion picture, one also realizes th tremendous effect of a bit of genuine comedy." SfJAKtNG . plav-goer- s. SCENARIO editor at Universal Citj, Cal, clglms he overheard thl con-- , versatlon tn hla anteroom th other dav. Two women scenario writers were Walling to e him and conversing en odd Finally thev subjects to past the time began to talk about diet- - Bald th youngs er of the two womenIK) you believe ths Flench sclonllst theory that our literary work Is affected by what we eat" If that Is so." replied th older woman, "Id ad via you to stop eating fudge. A - MANFFIELD. FHznick a Ur. M ARTILU qaa seen chopping recently In a suit n nde of a material which at first glam e appeared to be leather, but a closer inspection disclosed tt to Ira ona of tho pew corrugated fabrics so popuivf tint Intei. . ftf" |