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48 PLAYERS IN GRIFFITH PICTURE AT THE RIALTO There are nearly as many actors rhose work shows in "Orphans of ha Storm." p. w. Griffith's newest >hotoplay. which opens its second fconsecutlve week of showing at Moore's RIalto Theater today, as in the combined casts of all the' "speaking" plays at the height of the theatrical season on Broadway. New York. The registry of their names, addresses and photographs would suffice to launch one of the biggest of dramatic agencies. In deed, an "Orphans of the Storm" alumni association. If organized, would have a large membership. A rapid survey of the still photo graphs shows G68 persons have unit roles In this picture individually costumed and calling for individual business. They are real actors, es sential to the drama of the scenes |In which they appear, worthy to be j set down in any stage program as ^delineators of "bits." Among the phalanx are former i (tars of New York and London j itages, players of principal roles in : earlier Griffith epics, sterling "char acter men" and "character women." expert dancers, champion wrestlers, accomplished fencers, child wonders, artists' models, even pierrots and Pierrettes of the sawdust and tan bark?a gathering of all the talents that make up # the many-sided amusement world.* . Also there are thousands of ex tras used in the mass or ensemble | | scenes. \f1L.U ENCYCLOPEDIA IN 1,000 REELS IS IRBAN'S PLAN Charles Urban is preparing a now | Kineto catalogue, which will list I [about 35 per cent of the material j which will be embraced by "The Living B*>ok of Knowledge.'* the I world's motion picture encyclopedia. ' [which will include a minimum of i 1.000 reels. These are all exclusive of the j "Official Urban Movie Chats of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of j America." Among these are series Iunder the following cYassiflcations: j {?Historical, including the "Great j ^American Authors" and the "Great [statesmen" series: naval and mil itary, maritime and public service |series: the "Great Outdoors," na ture and picture poem series, all of j [which have to do with outdoor life; |thc natural history series, the bril- J liant animal kingdom series and the 'Modern Truths from Old Fables." | |being motion picture versions or j the Fables of I^a Fontaine; the j (Urban science series, including sec- j jtions In biology, popular science, [sociology, psychology, and a special j *?*ries devoted to "Health and Sani- [ tafion"; Industrial and agricultural J | series, special groups devoted to j "*Kxceptional Happenings." "Sports i and Pastimes." a series on cooking, -ailed "Culinary Art" and an ex- ! ?tisivc series devoted to travel in j all countries. .(RA\DAI,LS. METROPOLITAN [Marshall Neilan preterit? , Penrod witH , Freckles Barry ASSOCIATE MT\RS Marjorlc Daw lull r Rar?ball < lura llorton "Sanjtbinr Sammy" (?ordon <>rlfTith and 4ft?ClfTfr Ja%enilr??40 In a Perf'ct Fiffht-Recl Pirftiri'a fioti of th*? F(imoii.T Tnrkinqton Stories That Have Made the Whole World Laugh. OVERTURE "BARK* 1%' TOYL.WD" I Vletar Herbert > Washington's Finest Orchestra .V. M1RSKY, Conducting < oacert Namber?Violin Solo ALEXANDER PODNOS >m?Prlua Srrnlo?Topic Shubert Garrick Next Week?Seats Thurs. ADOLPH KLAIBUR Present A Dramatic Novelty THE CHARLATAN By L?n*rd Pr?ki,a 4 Innt ?uul With a Notable Cast WEEK OF MCN. APRIL I7TH THE SELWYNS Present THE PEERLESS PETROVA HERSELF IN THE DRAMATIC TRIUMPH "THE WHITE PEACOCK" ?r PKTROV.4 ?AIL ORDERS NOW?OrchMtr., M and M: BmJcony, *2. SI.40. |J. 50c. EMERSON TO STUDY SCREEN CONDITIONS ON THE CONTINENT An investigation of the motion picture industry throughout Eu rope will be conducted during the coming sea?on by John Emerson, president of the Actors' Equity As sociation. which is leading the flght for the proposed Fordney tariff on ! foreign-made photoplays. Mr. Emerson, who sailed for Prance under doctor's Orders, will take this opportunity to ascertain the facts about the unprecedented expansion of the foreign film in <1 us try In behalf of the Equity and also of his fellow motion picture directors and producers. Mr. Emerson will be accompanied on his tour of French. English. Ger man, Italian. Austrian and Checho slovakian studios by his wife, Anita Loos, who is herself an ex pert on certain phases of the in dustry. "There seems to be some sort of ^COSHOS Next Week, Beginning Monday, April HARRY KRIV1T Pre?e*ti fit PARDON A Mnnlral Cock-tail In Oar Art, by Keymour Brown V% ith ? ram of ltroa?l"a>- favorite* and a clever beauty chorus. An art tb.it In fcoted for It* rhrrry, catchy. original muolc. rlrvrr1 nit nations, bright hnnaor and Ha nna?hlng winging flnale* LAURIE ORDWAY Assisted at the piano by IRENE FISHER in aa set that ia all lsaghter MR. & MRS. MELBOURNE In their original comedy novelty and lao|hl&| aucceai "On the Sleeping Porch" MOREY, SENNA & DEAN A wplendld trio of entertnlnera In assga. comedy and music offering "ALTON & ALLEN JOHN BLONDY & SISTER Eccentric in ?on? and dance I Artlatio Athletic Aohievementa FIRST Universal Offer*? I SHOWN ~_ run FRANK MAYO only FEATURE ln a Picture of Mystery. Thrill and Romance AT THE films "TRACKED JTO EARTH" matinees Special 2-Reel Comedy? MONTE BANKS in "BEWARE OF BLONDES" Thr bent lauKhniakcr ur have had for some time. Shown at all performances f%TKR vvrioV%l. M-fw's MOVIE CHATS ^ PALACE 'msb TODAY AND ALL WEEK HAIL THE WOM, - Wdh the greatest cail of stars ever assembled on the screen! hduduy ?FLORENCE VIDOF^ ? LLOYD HUGHES ?THEODORE ROBERTS ?MADGE BELLAMY ?TULLY MARSHALL/ ?CHARLES MEREDITH | ?EDWARD MARTINDEL ?VERNON DENT ?GERTRUDE CLAIRE ?MATHILDE HRUNDACE SloryjrmthtJIasttrttnif C.GaHtaerSuIl Ldirected bf JohnGr\ffith\ " LOEWS COLUMBIA is -BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON Has the honor to present for th*. first time in Washington the brilliant George Met ford super /traduction for Paramount, featuring those .two famous stars of the silver&heet! RUDOLPH VALENTINO AND DOROTHY DALTON In one of the most powerful and splendid stories of lore and adventure on the high seas ever brought to the silversheet?A tail that sails through a thousand thrills and captivates with the force of its power, beauty and love-appeal! "MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY" BY FRANK NORR1S, NOTED AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS" AND OTHER NOVELS. CARTOON ? NEWS VIEWS ? OVERTURE concerted effort to cover up the facta about the foreign film Indus try/' said Mr. Emerson. 'This It not so much an effort among: Amer ican producers, however, who them selves really know little of what la proing on abroad, as It Is among: for eign! producers who carefully censor every bit of ncws about movie ?tJty dfos before It g*oes out of their countries As a result, the wJTole European Aim industry lB shrouded In a most mysterious imojte cloud. No one knows how mairV studios there arc or how big: they are. al though we occasional*? j^ear reports of enormous 'movie' cities going up outside Berlin and Other places." * 11 I* understood that Frits Leiber contemplates a vaudeville season with a Shakespearean program. It will be Charlton Andrews who -will make a play of "The Sheik" for th? Shuberts. Marcia Manon has been loaned by 1 ,t>. Frothlnfham to Richard Wal ton TuUy for a prominent part in "The Masquerader." Miss Manon will be seen next In "The Man Who Smiled." Tomorrow All Night Week T The Only Theater In Washington Offering Exclusively American and Foreign I Stars ef the First Eank. Matinee* Wednesday and Saturday DAVID BELA8CO Presents LIONEL ATWILL THE GRAND DUKE A Parisian Comedy by Sacfca Gvltry Direct From the Surrrsaful Kngacrmeit Lyceum Theater, York Supported by the Original Company, Including: Lina Abarbanell Morgan Farley Vivian Tobin John L. Shine WKEK COMMENCING NEXT Rl'NDAY, APRIL ? Matinees Wednesday and Saturday ZIEGFELD FOLLIES THURS. I Prices?Eveninfs. Balcony. $1. $2. $3: Orchestra. $4. Wed. Mat.. Balcony. $1, $1.60 and $2: Orchestra. $2.50. Sat. Mat.. Balcony, $1, $1.50 and $2; Orchestra, $3. Add 10% War Tax te All Frioes. Mail orders, accompanied by remittance and self-ad dressed, stamped return envelope, will be filled in order of receipts. MAIL ORDERS NOW Next Tuesday 4:30 National Theater PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, Conductor NINA KOSHETZ, Soprano-Soloist T. ArtfcSf mnit>. iif? isoa ?; m. X. w. = MATS. 9JLASC ? ..., DIRECTION C* "SmP m r Beginning Thit Afternoon at 3 P. M. EE H VAUDEVILLE GEMS OF PUREST RAY SERENE = = ? MESSRS. I,EE & J. J. SHl'BERT PRESENT A CAMEO MUSICAL COMEDY SOME GIRL >5 = With a Cast of Broadway Favorites, Including I-on Is Simon. ? Shep Tamp. Nina Olivette. Ray Crane. A. Barhour Halliday. Jane Taylor, Eleanor Bennett, Florence Earle, Herbert Light, ? Joseph D. Miller, and a Chorus of "Some" Girls. v: = RUDINOFF "ON THE FRONTIER" = BOBBY O'NEIL & CO. LOUIS In "Four Queens ft A Joker." = SIMON & CO. In "Too Many Chauffeurs" 55 SHl'BERT NEWS WEEKLY MATINEES Fleta Herbert n BROWN & SPENCER i In "Moments of Melody" zzz PITHY PARAGRAPHS = AT TIF.9F. BARGAIN PRICES Except on Sat- , MGBTS 1 2 5 c-5 Oc 3Qfisv 2 5 c-$ 1i COMING NEXT WEEK | ? Return encasement by popular request of the Shubert's great est of all cameo revues 1 THE WHIRL Of NEW YORK I ?? With Nancy Gibbs, Herbert Hoey, Pursella Bros., Kyra, Bard = ? and Pearl, Keno ft Green, Roy Cummins, Billie Shaw and a ZZZ ? great company including a delirious bunch of early spring buds ? in the chorus. The show that haa shattered attendance records ? everywhere. =r = SEATS ON SALE NOW = CAPITOL flaeke If lw Like All this week Lew Stark'n brand new burlesque nensatlon "MILE-A MINUTE GIRLS" With Fanny Ray Hcid and Lee Hickman and many others. In cluding? 20?FLAPPERS?20 Two shown today. 3 p. m. and 8:16; Weekdays, 2:16 and 8:15. WreatllMK Thursday Mfkt. Amateurs' >l*kt Frtday Always a Gm< Shaw ^ Crandall's Theater Nlath At E ' f-^TODAT-MOM.?TlKS.^t fir?t Time on a Watkington Screen FIFTY, CANDLES from the Saturday Evening Post Story by Eail Derr Biggers featuring Marjorie Daw Bertram Grassby am? Dorothy Sibley ?EXTRA? BUSTER KEATON In the Cleverest Ccmedy Ever Made THE BOAT C7WED,?THl R.?FRI.?HAT.U CORINNE GRIFFITH In a Great Drama of the Tropics ISLAND WIVES Lloyd Hamilton in-The Rainmakev" k0BEkS0N s?h6ol 6F PERSONAUTY Harriett* Gunn Roberson. President. Builder of Distinguished Person*.: ties. Men and Women Spring Term Opens April 3 Free Lectures Opening Week MONDAY. 5:10 p. m.. Memory Training. 7:10 p. in.. Personality Building. S:10 p. m.. Science of Reading Folk. TIKSDAY r?:10 p. m.. Roberson Player*. 7:10 p. m., Principle* and Clinic. Applied Personality. J*; 10 p. m.. Principle* and C.inic. Apjihetl ChtnKtfr Analysis. WEDNESDAY 5:10 p m.. t'haracter as Revealed in Handwriting. <Advan?ed?. 7:lO p. m. Character an Revealed l> Handwriting. < Beginners). 8:10 p. m.. Photoplay. Journalism and Short Story Writing. THlRSDAY ."?:10 p. m.. Platform Arts and Short Story Telling. 7:10 p. ni.. l*ublic Speaking. 5:10 p. tu.. Events of the Hour. FRIDAY 5:10 p. m . Etiquette of Today and Art of Conversation. 7:10 p. ro.. Personal Culture. 8:10 p. ni.. Personality Club. SATCRDAY 5:10 p. m.. Personality leaders. 5:i0 p. m.. Correct English. 8:10 p. iu.. Straugors' Club. By Mail Personality School Send for Catalogue. SCHOOL, AfTIVITIES Roberson Strangers' Club. Roberson Sunday AfterntK>n Club. Roberson Per sonality Club. Roberson Entertainers. Roberson Players, Roberson Hikers. Roberson Singers. Roberson Alumni. Rolierson Prayer Circle. Roberaon <?olf >n>. Roberaon Council. Roberson Authors' L'lub. Roberson Students' Night. Rober ?on Happiness Circle. School. 'J00 J03 Bond Building. Fourteenth Street and New York Arenue TODAY DIM TA SCHEDULE 3to 10:30P.M.75c KlflL I U 3-5:50-8:15 P. M. NOTE?BEGINNING TODAY CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE PRICES DAILY?35c, 50c, 75c, PLUS TAX 10:30 A. M. TO 1 P. M., 35c?1 P. M. TO 7 P. M., 50c?7 P. M. TO 11 P. M., 75c D. W. GRIFFITH PRESENTS ORPHANS OF THE STORM WITH LILLIAN AND DOROTHY 6ISH AND 6REAT CAST SHOWS START DAILY 11 A. M.?1:30?4:00?6:15 AND 8:30 P. M. DOLI'C tonight ? 9 MATINEES ? ^ Thur. & ,saf. : g&Sjg: A^tnrVlo^. ??* y?A?i?^? hit : J o?CMi?TtiAU9 j ****-? : r ............. ! ^rtteJ2" *8 ?!i v."?""i |T yI j To." Pop. Mat. |f\ A Pe*i??ti4bl? Cm^ 1 ?ifl* jlvJ ^""^DicecT /? a 91 x ?onn->9 cun *i <o ?a ^ jr ?? cfertToev TaeATBe. m: I RKTI R* KKGAUKMBNT. SUNDAY, APRIL 16?MAIL ORDERS NOW WILLIAM HARRIS. JR.. PRKKBNTH FAY BAINTER IN 'EAST IS WEST' ? **"? *""? I TMr. I'l.A V TIHT M ALI. \KW UIKk I """ sa.??o. ri..vi. | U|(;H kor two fomd i?-:%vt? I ri..v?. ? i.oo. * (IJt. POPI LAR THI R*DAY MATIXBE. BK9T l*KAT?, $IJO. o D'ilf Mi \ I S?Bdif i0,? \ j Holidip t^0-.?:1?>e j i Prices ?j,? ItrKlDMinK T?M?rrun tiatiorr nud i.n?i|ufc \rxt ?unda? Ni^hi I AN APRIL SHOWER OF SMILES AND SONG Ritraor^liarr Ananal Knicacrnirnl of A mrrtra n <.rratmt Daarrr* MARION MORGAN DANCERS la a >fw >pertarular (.rffk l)anrr Drama la a frolocnr and Thrrr Splendid Srrnf. I ntHl. .l "IHil l N OK I IU>\" WITH JOSEPHINE McLEAN A*D CARL HABERLEIN Tte TAM III ICC "Gentleman from i Famiu; I wlfl if IOC Mississippi" Star And a Specially Selected t ant. Including Ml*?i XII.\ M \l la file \fw Oae-Arl t nmrd), ?? Memories."* !?> Ho% Rriant ELIZABETH BRICE la SoBKa Of Dr'Julilful Mflody and Mirth Rirluklvrl) for Minn Hrlrr hj Netllle Flrr*on A Few Minutea With JACK hkwv The Xuaical Chatter Box The Hilarious Hobo | A Hippy Addition (HtV AHCtRX 1 Riymond Ma-ie and Hu Bif Company %\ VI.It-: A ll\R I IU\ Mrrhan'n l.raplng Hound*?'The I nn*unl Dm<??Other I'ain l>:iturr? T(1DAYDAPHNE POLLARD ? 9 y ? I K "D0C" BAKER, VAUGHN COMFORT, ?1 W11 I ? I AND ALL LAST WEEK'S BLUE V Ul I U RIBBON BILL. WE PLAY LOEWSVAUDEVILLE 5 STRAN0! NINTH -AT D m& . BEGINNING TODAY. COMPLETE CHANGE OF BILL niscrssiNu tupu s ok the i?av in iirsinnors vki\ ?' SENATOR MURPHY ! FREELY ADMITTING 1ie IS *thk I'EOrLK'S ?*Hol?'?: * JAS. & BESSIE AITKEN HAZEL GREEN And Her Bean Brum me la ' On Paradua Roof CARLTON & TATE Offer "Opera and Uproat ROBERTS & BOYNE > la "Law at 6aa'* / PHOTOPLAY IX)PI'lau and winsome SHIRLEY MASON IN WM. fox'S PRODUCTION. 'the RAOOKP HEIRESS" ^Vddef^^jUractlonii^Mjilrl^le^Hteel^jmie^^and^^rv^^^XWeL^ MATINKKS HATE XKiHT* 10c-31c^b20-50 K\CEPTIXG KATI RDAVfS, Sl \l)AVS AMI IIOI.||)U? S / 4 4 - GAYETY 9th Near F St SMOKING PERMITTED PRESENTING High-Class Burlesque Only THIS WEEK The Sporting Widows A Hurricane of Fan With AL K. HALL The Speed Demon of Laughs A COLOSSAL GATHERING OF AMERICAN BEAUTIES SKIT WEEK?"FOLLT TOM >