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Show M L,Hi.-- Ahi - - pji- - . . " i' otaKf- w n j & ffisk - 7f ,f DECEMBER 1921- - 16, Screen Star Tells , At The Theaters ' By LON CHANEY lluhffial Heavy " Af ? M.SMraaijissM r jjT uia t Columbia 0 Watch ThiSP&ge Each Issue for Review of Comirig Theatrical Events head "props" (chi letAtproperty the age man). of eighteen I pro- duced several of the Gilbert ft Sul livan operas amateur performances given for the benefit of the stage-hand- s union, Soon after 1 became a member of the Columbia Opera company as manchorus singer, transportation ager and wardrobe man, all for the princely salary. of fourteen dollars per week. I had my reward, however, tor at the end of the season became the companys comedian and stage manager. While with them, had a repertoire of about fifty operas. Then I joined Wade ft Frazees Musical Comedy company, appearing in "The Royal Chef,", 'A Night for a Day, "The Broken Idol and "The Time, the Place and the Girl." At the close of that season I decided to return home where I became interested in a motion picture theater. That was, however, for only a short time. I found I couldnt resist the lure of the footlights and joined Zlegfelds Musical Comedy company, which was producing "The Girl in the Kimona." At the end of the season I found myself In California. While there I joined Kolb ft Dill, appearing with them ttt "In Algeria." f In Dutch and "The .Motor Girl throughout the largest cities of the country, When we arrived in Los Angeles, I visited Universal City. Alan Curtis, who was directing the comedies, cast me for an eccentric part oppo' site Mas Asher. Our first scene was taken on the Venice, Cal., boardwalk before thousands of onlookers, I felt as if I were dropping in an elevator. After my comedy 1 was cast for an underworld heavy. That was five years ago. Since then Ive played all manner 6t parts from young men - of eighteen to oldsters of ninety. Ive been killed in almost every picture but only in one have I been permitted the luxury of dying in bed. UNEMPLOYMENT NOTE The pictures wherein I did my best work are The Miracle Man," "The An Eastern woman couldnt get a Penalty and "Outsider the Law. maid. "Maid," yon know, la Eastern for hired girl. So she advertised she would furnish lodging for maids husband. It took her two daya to read the replies. - , Woman Cored by Dr, Lorens Years Ago Meets Him la New York .Hotel Place To Go ; t i An inspiring scene was enacted In lobby of the Murray Hill Hotel in New York during Dr. Lorense first week in the metropolis. Dr. --Adolph Lorens, the miracle of bloodless surgery, waa man, seated In the lobby, resting after dinner. A young matron, accompanied by a friend, discovered him. She flnng her arms around his neck, thrusting a bouquet of chrysanthemums Into his arms. f Abashed the eurgeon arose. He looked surprised. She was the first to speak. "Doctor, yon dont remember me, do you?" Dr. Lorenz admitted that he did not. "I am the girl yon operated upon It years ago when you were giving free clinics In New York city, the aid. "I waa eleven years old then. I had never had the use of my legs np to that Ume. Yon cnred me. Oh, doctor, how can I ever reps yon? The young woman then told Dr. Lorens she waa Mrs. Theresa Weiner. She was Theresa Glncksteln when her parents took her, a helpless cripple, to Dr. Lorens. The young woman had been a victim of congenital hip die-Dr. Lorens asked her , to walk across the lobby. - She walked, then No hopped, skipped and jumped. one in the lobby conld guess which leg had been crippled. All said it was the left So did Dr. Lorens. Mrs. Weiner turned and laughed "It was the right leg. Dr. Lorens then turned to those grouped around him. There was a trace ot tears. Slowly the surgeon spoke: ' -- This is a fee that cannot be turned into money. It Is the greatest joy to a doctor to have one of his old patients come back to him and greet him as this woman has. I am repaid." He drew 4hex woman closely, and with a boyish twinkle in his eye. said: . . "Give me a kiss It shall be the fee. She did. , Her financee years, which Wagenhals and Kemper will present at the.iColumbla theais ter on Monday, December 19, one of making what Is undoubtedly of the the most spectacular tours Abcountry ever achieved by a play. rae solute capacity audiences are the at each performance given of The Bat" and thousands, literally, who desire to see the performance, are secure lfinding themselves unable to seats. The success of "The Bat" on tour The play 1b not hard to understand- itself Is 100 per cent entertainment. It la thrilling, mysterious and draMore, it Is uproariously matic, defunny. Critic after critic hascharclared unequivocally, that one acter in "The Bat" Is unquestionably the funniest character ever no matter what seen on the character of the play. And this, mind you. In a play that has been called the greatest mystery play ever written. Wagenhals and Kemper have spared nothing to make this tour of "The Bat" a triumph. It is produced in splendid fashion and the cast is a notable one, including ee It does, Lizzie Evans, William L. Thorn, Lucille Morris, Josephine Morse, Joseph Mv Hollcky, Arthur Hughes,, Edward Pawley, Paul Huber, George Allan Wilson and Bernard Thornton. receive no gifts from your finance' save those which can be returned id csBe the betrothal Is broken." The bbject of language is to convey Ideas. In putting this Idea over "finance 1 a much better word than "fiance. It means more. Every husband is his wifes finance, or ought to be. In K AT THE END OF THE WORLD Saturday Matinee, 2:30 illiam Fotf-prese- Poets never have been ahle to pen encomiums worthy of worgaa whose life is given to her childrens welfare above all else, nor critics to find' sufficient anathema for women , who place themselves and- - any imagined "art" or "talent above motherhood. 'WflATEVEK--SH- E fy Mltf-ni- p ot Merty Wive and Sweetheart! The pretty girl who' Is a good dancer attracts a lot of admiration, but unless she develops into a wife of average looks who is a good cook, she Is going to he mighty lonesome some day. If Old Ultimate Consumer and There is only one confidant Taxpayer end Vox Populi were ever you can rely upon yourself; '- Elmo Lincoln -- and to form a club and forget about ev- you cant always rely upon him if either a woman or liquor geta hold erything else except taxpaying and of him. consuming, nobody ever would have to write to his congressman about It isnt much use to be going if legislation. yon never arrive. - In . AD VENTURIS OF TARZAN , Snub pollard Comedy k MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th . 4 0 Wagenhalls and Kemper ' j i' f 3 are A widow. Aeta lota of but did yon ever notice, sympathy, that la if she Is not too badly hampered, she has more generlly money end better clothes after her loss than before? V v, By Mary Roberts - ; Present 4 fv ' . Rinehart and The Dramatic Sensation of New York and Chicago Avery Hopwood and Dire Mystery Deep-Dye-d ; Provides Thrills in The Bat The Bat Furnishes Plenty Of Thrills at Broadw; There Is no reason why anyone desiring a thrill this week should not have one. "The Bat, which opened at the Broadway theater last evrning, Is one grand and glorious series of thrills and exciting episodes front the minute the curtain rises, ' and they are of the kind that gives the audience a creepy feeling and upon leaving the theater everybody is looking about expecting almost anything to pop ont of a corner. After seeing the play there Is no longer any doubt aa to the truthfulness of the myriad of press notices that keep The Bat continually before the eyes of the public by telling of Its phenomenal success. - ', Who Is the Bat? So cleverly is this mystery maintained that until the very end of the third act the audience la in u state- - of bewilderment endeavoring to solve the puzzle. They think the identity has been established and events are so arranged that one may hear over the theater a sigh of relief and, quick aa a flash things are all tangled again. The Bat is melodrama and every and breath-takin- g means.of creating excitement has been used, but It Is the kind of excitement where to scream and ejaculate la a sign of pure enjoyment. The intense situations are relieved the moment at by comedy, which was very thoughtjust right ful on the part of the authors because there is no Aoubt If there were not something of the kind there would have been a number of hysterical women and men in the audience Denver Poet., . , , lngsisnw terrlf,nK mfstery and bewil. degrn the i Wch opened mt th Broadway theater Sun ,e,y to Shrl11 viewers to a n on nervou exhaustion is The Bat. night! first performance Broadway this season? rfthe rlUty!nhe7tae(ih!rtiay Urge W" Wtted Uencee to attend nothing of the t,K?.Wr.Vd ont wlth the deliberate i obtions Intention th ndlenc wl,h sense of i foreboding wholly detach?!?? ,h ot e ory, whi albeit, are direful " admirable story of crl committed under Mn which is circumstances, the plot he solution of its myst provides an almost iLsi"1 ot 'Peculation. The d matlc r nlth a tremendoussm?risn ijfth 5 - It ml!?. VTT end of the last act. would not do with the effort ifoa dLrin!-JC,twry 14 h lw atd by the police as h? h ProlB a large snm money which he LhLto one Miss Cornelia VsiTttordCT ldp! ,n the country house ? we1lodr"n- - thouh Biosphere of the j ? (hie of the Many of the Intense Scenes in THE BAT 4 NIGHTS IN NEW YORK t "Which ever you ordered, air." v Mountain News. More than 86 per cent of runaway The Wise Welter. or raspberry rNtq-i- Also that ; Prices, Nights Thrills and Laughs 40ft I SOc to $2.50-;le'8:15TPI.- , MAIL ORDERS NOW N,GHTS in CHICAGO .j)ec . CDCAQ WI&CtlON CRWAUACC COLUM tv Meet Runaway Marriages Fizzle ,! this blueberry pie, waiter? J A i failures says the marriages preacher In New York's Little Church Round the Conner. Of course, some others are also, hat not so many, not so many. ntr Mmm EgiRgK -- hair-raisi- are well bred," writes the etiquet editor of a dally, "you will you Hi. Columbia Monday j any-stag- Scene 'From" THE BAT, Playing at the COLUMBIA Theater, Monday, JDec. 19th: the t Rine"The Bat, by Mary Roberts undoubthart and Atery Hopwood, succesa Id edly the greatest dramatic -- Paid With a Kiss Betty Compson The Bat Coming to i ? The Tonight, 7:30, 9:15 Then- - , 0r f When I was ten fears old, I start d in the show as a business clearer of "props." "If v h. THE PROVO POST How Career Started ' eW t,Y t FRIDAY, v v Wja . t ' 3W j |