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Show "HEARTS OF WORLD" HIS CHILD ARTISTS Children of the stage and the motion mo-tion arc ever a constant wonder to grownups. The latest juvenile wonder won-der to bo seen on the screen In Master Ben Alexander, G year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander, of Pasadena, Pasa-dena, Cal., who appears as the littlest brother in D. W. Griffith's "Hearts of the world," coming to the Orpheum theater August IS. This little fellow, so small that he appears almost a babe in arms, truly is a wonderful child actor. While "Hearts of the World" has been a tremendous tre-mendous triumph for Mr. Griffith, for( the beautiful Lillian and Dorothy Gish, and for its managers, Elliott, Corn-stock Corn-stock and Gest. surely when the final J score is counted, all who have seen i this remarkable production will give credit to little Bon as being wholly I worthy of the order of merit and the war cross for bravery. This little chap accompanied Mr. Griffith and his company to Franco and to the battlefields, where, within atcual range of the giant guns, ho proved himself as brave as any of his older associates, acting his beautiful scenes often during bombardments by the Germans. In one sccno especially this tiny youngster risked his precious life to help In securing a very vital situation in the story. In this scene, by a fortunate circumstance, little Ben was unharmed when buried under an avalanche of plaster and laths. When audiences look upon this scene and see the tiny actor buried under the wreckage, there is a catch at the heart strings, for to many it appears as though he were caught in the awful holocaust- When the dirt is dug away and his little form moves the audience sighs with relief on seeing him blink through the dust and filth. And when ho looks up and smiles, showing that he is unhurt, there is a general feeling feel-ing of gratification. |