| Show clara kimball young in screen S reen triumph ra magda the screen production 0 of magda herman js a great play Is s a red letter event in motion picture history directed by emile chau tard the clever frenchman Fre ilchman whose successful productions have rapidly brought brou glIt him to the front as one of the foremost directors in the couii coun try and photographed by jacques bizeul one time dine ottic offic al photograph 41 00 iv va V r ja I 1 ov V CLARA YOUNG adjo COMP MV N ara W er of the fine rine arts ministry the mechanics of the feature have been well taken care of and clara kirn kim ball youngs i oung s interpretation of the title role sets her among a notable company of world falaus tragedy ennes magda received alts english pre mier infer back in 1895 in the famous daly s theatre in london with no less a star than the divine sarah herself in the title role london went mad over the play and bern hard for many years regarded it as one of her most successful jimperson Im person allons later eleonora duse the great italian tragedienne played magda in italian daly s again being chosen for the initial production her suc cess in the translation was followed later by an equal triumph when she rendered the play in its english ver ion As long as she remained on the stage duse held fast to magda as one of her favorite characters and in consequence it haa has been indis sol ably associated with her fame the years previous to Bern bernhardt hardts s opening at daly s madame modjeska won the hearts ot of new yorkers when she made them acquainted with the tragic heroine and her performance was followed up a wv fwu lg S pie of years later by duse when she came for an american season magda also proved a splendid act ing vehicle tor for minnie maddern fiske in the late nineties and tance nance 0 neill made her first great success in it with magda as the play miss young as the star and the superia five producing organization which was engaged to put it forth there is every reason to believe that the picture will touch the high water mark in the motion picture industry magda is an established stage classic and miss young youngs s previous experience both on the legitimate sige and before the motion picture camera makes her the ideal choice for the tremendous role which mine mme bernhardt duse and the others have used with so much success the story abounds in strong action and in addition affords extraordinary opportunities for the display of raw now erful emotional acting be sure and see this wonderful production at the afar theatre on saturday |
