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Show EARL WILLIAMS AT THE LYRIC WED.&THURS. Startles Director by Act, Hut Great lleallsiii Is Secuivd. Through nil his screen career, Earlo Williams, tho virile Vltagraph hero, has been noted for the realism which ho demands In his own acting. "Arseno Lupin," In which he plays the tltlo role and which Is the 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 Bluo Ribbon fea-turo fea-turo found It qulto unnecessary to urge realistic acting on tho part of his star. Mr. Williams himself demanded de-manded It In bis characterization. Ono sceno shows a fight on tho stairway. Tho detectives suspect Mr. Williams of being Arseno Lupin but In tho midst of the tight ho Is supposed sup-posed to get away. The landing of ,- -- - , !-rn the stairs where the fight took placo was very high so Director Scardon ordered Mr. Williams to run up to the top of tho flight and disappear. Everything went alright and finally tho rehearsals wore over. "Lights up," shouted tho director. "Now stand ready. Go!!" Everything went alright. Mr. Williams' Will-iams' fists shot out hard and fast and those who were unfortunate enough to work next to him boro 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 the floor beneath. It took tho "detectives" "de-tectives" so by surprlso that their concern was not tho result of acting but rather a result of the unexpected. I Tho Jump did not take the star out of the camera's rango. |