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Show EARL WILLIAMS AT THE LYRIC WED.&THURS. Startles Director l Act, Hut Great Realism Is Secured. Through nil his screen career, Earlo Williams, tho vlrllo Vltagraph hero, has been noted for the realism which ho demands In his own acting. "Arseno Lupin," In which he plays the title role and which Is tho attraction at-traction at tho Lyric theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, forms no exception to this general rule. Director Paul Scardon who Is responsible re-sponsible for this Blue Ribbon feature fea-ture found It qulto unnecessary to urge realistic acting on the part of his star. Mr. Williams himself demanded de-manded It in his characterization. Ono scono shows a fight on the stairway. Tho detectives suspect Mr. Williams of being Arsene Lupin but In the midst of the fight he Is supposed sup-posed to get away. The landing of , ?'"'& . ' i ' " i ? HI li 1 A - Hr IhhhhV mhhhhv HIHIH&AHIHHV 'M JNNHHHHHHk . rp-''WHBHMHk$j: the stairs where the fight took place was very high so Director Scardon ordered Mr. Williams to run up to the top of the flight and disappear. Everything went alright and finally the rehearsals were over. "Lights up," shouted the director. "Now stand ready. Go!t" Everything went alright. Mr. Will-lams' Will-lams' .fists shot out hard and fast and thoso who were unfortunate enough to work next to him bore evidence of that fact for several days. "Alright now, Earle," called Mr. Scardon. "Make your getaway." Imagine the amazement of all concerned con-cerned when, Instead of running to the top of tho stairway, Mr. Williams climbed to tho banisters and Jumped to tho floor beneath. It took tho "detectives" "de-tectives" so by surprise that their concern was not tho result of acting but rather a result of the unexpected. Tho Jump did not take the star out of the camera's range. |