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Emotions in
^Experience"
How Director Fitzmaurice
Solved*Problem of Rep
resenting Human Traits
Is it possiblo to select a type to per
?wrrtTy each humvn emotion, every vir?
tue and every vice?
Do people in their outward aspect
suggest their dominant traits of char?
acter? The first answer to this ques?
tion is likely to be "No." Quite in?
stinctively we are likely to think that
I* is ridiculous to believe that habits
of mind and heart can leave so strong
an impression upon the features of an
individual, that such individuals can
be classified Into groups, typifying, for
instance, passion, frailty, frivolity, con?
ceit, snobbishness, love and the other
??motions and human characteristics.
But George Fitzmaurice, who di?
rected the Paramount screen version
of "Experience" from the famous stage
play by George V. Hobart, has shown
that men and women do fall into men?
tal and emotional types by the selec?
tions ho made of men and women to
piay the various characters in the mod?
em allegory.
In "Experience," ?which will have its
first showing on the. screen of the Ri?
voli Theater to-day, Mr. Fitzmorris
shows how emotions can be repre?
sented by physical types. Playgoers
who saw Mr. Hobart's drama on the
Broadway stages six years ago will
recall the story/ a tale of the adven?
tures of youth. All the characters are
rersonifications, and, despite their
names, are not symbolic shapes, but
vivid, human beings. It is a modern
story, and the people are the people
we all know?the people of the shops,
ot the theaters, of the slums and of
talatial residences. It is as cosmopoli?
tan as New York itself.
Thirty Important
Tarts in the Play
There arc no less than thirty impor?
tant parts and 500 minor parts in the
screen production. When the news
was circulated that "Experience" was
to be produced in the Paramount stu?
dios there was a great influx of re?
quests and personal calls. Nearly
every motion picture player in New
York, as well as a great number on
the speaking stage, thought there
might be a part suitable to her or his
particular style.
The principal character, that of a
youth, was not difficult to cast because
almost from the beginning it had been
decided that Richard Barthelmess was
to play the part. Barthelmess is
youth itself?enthusiastic, clear of eye
and with a figure which reflects buoy?
ancy and optimism.
Love is the next important character.
Hundreds pf young women were inter?
viewed before the choice fell upon Mar
jorie Daw.
The selection of the actress who was
to play the part of Beauty was placed
largely in the hands of the public when
the producers decided to have a con?
test for the r?le and asked for the
photographs of every beautiful young
woman in New York. No less than
6,000 competed for the honor of play?
ing Beauty in "Experience," and after
several weeks of careful study Edna
Wheaton was selected, not merely as
a motion picture type, but also as a
public expression of a great city's
feminine ideal.
.Sita Naldi Selected
To Play Part of Temptation
Then came the character of Tempta?
tion?a peculiarly difficult formula to
express in human form. Nita Naldi
was chosen for the part. She is a dark
beauty who has become noted for her
interpretations of exotic r?les, one of
her best portraits being that of the
Italian dancer in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde," the production that starred
John Barrymore.
The character of Excitement, rest?
less, charming, always changing, will
o'-the-wisp, alluring and dangerous,
was a difficult problem. A long search,
many interviews, debates, and Sybil
Carmen, a young woman whose name
is an index, was chosen for the part.
Pleasure was the next character to
bo cast. The figure had to be pleasant
to look at, yet must give a sense of
danger. The producers went direct to
the stage to fill the part, caoosing
Lilyan Tashman, a ?smart-looking
blonde, who played the part of Trixie
in "The Gold Diggers" at the Lyceum
Theater.
While it was-comparatively easy to
cast the players in the more "wicked"
r?les, because these figures have cer?
tain dominant characteristics, it was
not so easy to cast the part of Hope,
for instance, Hope is difficult to per?
sonify, yet, when coupled with Love,
as it is in this production, the char?
acter becomes easier to find. Demure
Betty Carpenter was chosen for the
part
In a himilar way the young women
typifying Fashion, Vice, Habit, Degra?
dation, Frailty and Mother were pains?
takingly picked from the multitude of
applicants.
Socially Prominent
Persons Play as Extras
Casting the malo r?les received just
as much attention and study as did
that for the feminine parts. The play
era had to represent certain char?
acteristics in facial expression as well
as portray the temperamental char?
acteristics of the parts. John Miltern
was cast in the part of Experience, the
figure which stands at the side of
Youth, with advice which is seldom
followed. K. J. Radclilfe was given the
r?le of Ambition, and Charles A.
Stevenson, who played Wealth in the
stage production, was cast again in
the same r?le in the photoplay. Genial
Jed Prouty was given the part of Good
Nature, and J. Furey was cast as
Poverty.
Socially prominent persons in New
York were recruited for the extrava?
gant cabaret scene. They were induced
to go to the Long Island studios gio
appear before the screen as extras.
Personifyin
Um t^oproacf^ay Picture Houses'
Vaudeville
PALACE?George Jessel, in a travesty
on revues, "Troubles of 1921," heads
the bill. Crane Wilbur and Martha
Mansfield, in "Right or Wrfngp" is
the second feature. Others appear?
ing are Else and Paulson, Miller and
Mack, Harry Holman, Bob Hall, Bill
Robinson and Elly.
RIVERSIDE?.Gladys Clark and Harry
Bergman, in "Tunes of the Hour";
Wellington Cross, Emma Haig, in a
dance recital; Harry Delf, Erwin and
Jane Connolly and the Chinese Prin?
cess Jue Quon Tai form the current
bill.
FIGHTY-FIRST STREET?"Annabelle,"
a musical comedy; Al Raymond,
Marshall Montgomery, Monsieur Adol
phus and Theresa and Wiley are on
the vaudeville bill, with Anita Stew?
art in "Sowing the Wind" for the
picture.
FORDHAM ? Patricola, Sully and
Houghton, Emily Darrell, Ed B. Ford,
Marguerite and Alvarez, with the
picture, "Wet Hold," forms the pro?
gram for the first of the week. Be?
ginning Thursday, Elizabeth Brice,
Swift and Kelley, Espe and Dutton,
Jean La Crosse and Lottie Pickford,
in "They Shall Pay."
HAMILTON?Franklyn and Charles,
Anderson and Burt, Virginia and
West, Baxley and Porter, with "Wet
Gold" as the film, is the bill for the
first of the week. Beginning Thurs?
day, Seven Honey Boys, La Bernicia,
Emily Darrell, Holliday and Willette,
Ed Ford and "They Shall Pay" form
the program.
LOEW'S AMERICAN?"Life's Darn
Funny"is the picture early in the
week, with James Kennedy, the Gyp?
sy Trio, McCormick and Winehill,
Lee Mason and others on the vaude?
ville bill. Beginning Thursday, Co
Uni's Dancers, Henry Horton, Raymo
and Rogers, Allen and Sweeney and
the feature film "Carnival" are on
the program.
MOSS'S BROADWAY?"My Cousin,"
the only photo-play in which Caruso
ever appeared, is the picture
throughout the week. Joe Cook,
Alexander Brothers and Evelyn, Joe
Darcy, Rives and Arnold and others
are on the vaudeville bill.
PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE?Galla?
gher and Shaw, Primrose Seamon,
Cushman and Clark, Martini .and
Coakley, the Andover Four and
others form the bill for the first of
the week. Beginning Thursday, Paul
Decker, Chung Wha Four, Gertrude
Taylor, John Farrell, Weston and
Cutting and Dietrich and Gerard ap?
pear.
PROCTOR'S TWENTY-THIRD STREET !
?Val and Ernie Stanton, Betts Seals,
Bernard and Farris, Siegrist and
Darrow and others, with Eugene j
O'Brien in "Is Life Worth Living?"
form the bill for the first of the
week. Beginning Thursday, the pic?
ture will be "Wealth," with Pressler
and Klaiss, Maxie, Goodnow and :
Deering and Kilgart and O'Dell on ?
the vaudeville program.
PROCTOR'S FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET
?Frank Cornell, Hawthorne and
Cook, Wood Sisters "and Foley, Jack
? McAul'iffc, and Ethel Clay?on in
"Wealth"?make up the bill for the
early part of the \veck. Beginning
Thursday, the picture will be "Wet
Gold," with J. Rosamonde Johnson,
Keegan and O'Rourke, Hickey and
Hart and others on the vaudeville
bill.
PROCTOR'S 125TH STREET?."Wet
Gold" is the picture, with Coogan and
Casey, Mignonette Kokin, Marc Mc
Dermott, Maxie, Byrd and Alden and
others on the vaudeville bill. Begin?
ning Thursday, Eddie Carr, Betts j
Peals, Bernard and Ferris, Este and i
Dooley, with Lottie Pickford in j
"They Shall Pay" make up the bill. \
Phyllis Haver to Remain
In Sennett Comedies
Phyllis Haver, the Mack Sennett
beauty, is not to leave that company.
She has signed a contract with Mr.
Sennett which will keep her busy for
the next two years. It is probable that
the announcement that Mabel Normand
would return to Mr. Sennett ia^what
gave rise to the rumor. Miss Normand,
however, is to play the lead in "Molly
0," which is Mr. Sennett's initial dra?
matic offering;. Mr. Sennett's entrance
into the dramatic field, however, will
not in any way curtail his output of
slapstick comedies.
?yojerxs' JrtxaJjs x*%
Brooklyn Theaters
BUSHWICK?Harry Carroll's "The
Love Race" is the chief feature of a
bill that includes Frank Wilcox, Har?
ry Breen, Lillian Herlein, Francis
Dougherty, June and Irene Melva and
Waldron and Carlton in a "danseo
logue."
ORPHEUM?The bill is headed by Fay
and Florence Courtney and their
"Ultra String Quartet." Horace
Golden's illusion act, Stan Stanley,
Newell and Most, Greenlee and Dray
ton, Reddington and Gr?nt and others
complete the program.
LOEW'S METROPOLITAN?"Carnival"
will be the film feature for the entire
week. The vaudeville bill for the
first of the week presents Colinin's
Dancers, the Texas Comedy Four,
Curtis and Fitzgerald and others. Be?
ginning Thursday, the Seven Musical
Spillers, Dave Manley, Nada Nor
raine, Woolford and Stevens and the
Juggling McBanns will appear.
NEW BRIGHTON?Valeska Suratt, in
"Jade," is the headline attraction. J.
Francis Dooley and Corinne Sal?s,
Eduardo and Elisa Cansino, William
and Joe Mandell, Bert and Betty
Wheeler, the Wilton Sisters and
others also appear.
STRAND?Charles Ray, in "The Mid?
night Bell," is the feature film. A
Mermaid-Make comedy, "Holy Smoke"
and "The Rose Girl," a dancing num?
ber, are other items on the bill.
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Valeska Surratt
Her Own Producer,
Author and Star
The premi?re of "Jade'' at the New
Brighton Theater introduces Valeska
Surratt in the capacity of author and
producer as well as star.
Besides writing the playlet with
Chester Du Vonde, the actress super?
vised its staging. She has some posi?
tive views on pictorial backgrounds.
In particular she is a stanch advocate
of stage realism.
"The same public is catered to by
the drama, musical comedy and vaude?
ville," observes Miss Surratt. "There i?
no such thing as a different clientele
for any of these theatrical subdivi?
sions. All the average theatergoer de?
mands is a good show and a run for
his money, whether he goes to a legiti?
mate theater or to vaudeville.
"Therefore I cannot comprehend how
the man or woman who would rave
about the wonderfully realistic rain
storm in Mr. Belasco's 'Tiger Rose'
could be expected the next night to
accept a musical comedy setting that
boasts a purple ocean and a yellow
sky.
"Futuristic painting apparently is a
license to do anything at all with a
brush and call the result art. Inas?
much as nature has selected green as
the color of the grass and decreed blue
for tho seas and the heavens, it does
seem rather egotistical for the scene
daubers of musical shows to think that
they can improve upon her scheme of
colors.
"In our little play '/i spade's a spade'
and a door is a door. Everything is as
practical in construction as it is me?
chanically possible to make it, and,
most important of all, we have en?
deavored to conform absolutely with
the color dictates of nature."
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i^harjotet? on t?je Screen
Agnes Ayres, while waiting for a
story which will introduce her as a
Btar, decided not to be idle, so she is
playing the feminine r?le opposite Ru?
dolph Valentino in "The Sheik."
"School Days," the Gus Edwards mu?
sical show which Harry Papf is put?
ting on the screen, will have its pre?
mier in Los Angeles.
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Albert Herter has drawn a picture
symbolic of the spirit of "The Grim
Comedian," Rita Weiman's photoplay.)
for Goldwyn, which will be released in !
the early fall. The drawing will be ?
Bhown in the film.
Scena Owen will be seen in the lead?
ing r?le in "Sisters." a Cosmopolitan
picture, the story of which was written
by Kathleen Norris for "Good House?
keeping." Robert Viguola will direct '
"Sisters."
Dumas's immortal roman "Camille"
has been brought up to date for the
Metro picture so that Nazimova may
wear the latest Paris gowns and ride in
automobiles. The leading man is Ru?
dolph Valentino, and never surely was
there a more ingratiating Armand. Ray
Smallwood direeted the picture.
Universal will offer "Wild Honey"
as Priscilla Dean's next picture. This
is the story which Cynthia Stockley
wrote with no idea of adaptatiop, but
Lucien Hubbard is said to have made
an excellent film play of it. Mis? Dean
will go to work on it as soon as she
finishes "Conflict."
The tempting bait of ?1,000 weekly
salary for a tour of the Moss Empires,
the London Palladium and the Gulliver
Tour of England has been declined by
HoudiniA the wizardous mystifier.
Houdini is now heading his own film
company, making four special feature |
pictures a year. He has completed his
i first production, called ''The Man From
I Beyond," and has started his second,
j temporarily called "Haldane of the Se
? cret Service."
Edna Purviance has, for the first
I time in her screen career, deserted
i comedy. After finishing "The Idle
j Class," with Carlie Chaplin, she went
over to the Gok]"""'i studio to help
make an all-star picture.
In the Fox production 'The Lady
From Longacre" William Russell is to
have a romantic part?something new
for this Fox star. The story is from
; the novel by Victor Bridges, with the
j scenes laid in London and in a mythi
i cal kingdom. The production is well
under way.
Constance Talmadge is taki?"? a i
?vacation in Canada. She has just
I finished work on her latest picture, ?
? "Good for Nothing," by John Emerson
and Anita Loos. Kenneth Harlan will
j be seen in support of Miss Talmadge,
I and others in the cast are Frank Lalor,
j George Faucett, Nita Naldi and The
! resa Maxwell Conover,
"Two Faces West*' will be the next
I release of the Hallroom Boys Come?
dies.
j "Lucky Carson" is the title of the
picture in which Earle Williams will
j star immediately after "Bring Him In"
| "Lucky Carson" is an adaptation of
! the novel "Salvage," by Aquilla Kemp
I ster.
Th* Plaza Theater is being remod
| olied so that the seating capacity will
be doubled, but Harry Creighton In
galls, the architect, insisted that the ,
decorations by Alphonse Mucha should
r. t be disturbed. As the former stage
has been converted into seating space
the Muha pictures now occupy- the
eenter of the auditorium.
In Picture Theaters
ASTOR?"The Old Nest," the Goldwyn
picture by Rupert Hughes, continues.
CAPITOL?"A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court,"' the Mark
Twain 'comedy, is being shown for
the first time at popular prices. A
special music program accompanies
the feature picture.
CENTRAL?"Thunderclap," a William
Fox feature, enters its second week.
CRITERION?"The Golem" continues.
The supplemental program shows
views of "Old Prague," the scene of
the picture. The music remains the
same, with the "Eli, Eli" lament as
the chief feature.
LYRIC?"Shame," a William Fox pro?
duction, enters its second week.
PARK?"A Virgin Paradise," a Willi*?
Fox feature, goes into the second
week. ?
RIALTO?Gloria Swanson, in "The
Great Moment," by Elinor Glynn, is
the feature film.
RIVOLI?"Experience," a Paramount
Production, with Richard Barthel?
mess as Youth, is the chief feature.
This play by George V. Hobart was
adapted to the screen by Waldemar
Young. The cast includes John Mil
lern, Marjorie Daw, Charles Steven?
son and Jed Prouty.
STRAND?Charles Ray, in his latest
production, "The Midnight Bell," a
screen version of Charles Hoyt's play
of the same name, is the screen at?
traction. The "I Pagliacci" overture
and a new youthful soprano, Caterina
Guerrieri, are the chief features of
the music program.
FORTY-FOURTH STREET ? The au?
thentic Tex Rickard pictures of the
Dempsey/Carpenticr fight are shown
every hour from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
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Novel Features and
Hot Weather Sport
At the Resort Parks
The Rocking Chair Movies at the
Brighton Beach Baths are an inter?
esting diversion for all fair evenings. !
Only first run pictures are shown? and
the program is changed four times
weekly.. Stern's Band supplies the
musical program,
There will be a christening down at
Luna Park to-night. The ceremonies
will take place in the Big Lagoon,
with Arthur Pryor, conductor of the
band, as master of ceremonies, and the
blind new little tiger, who is to be
named "Luna," as the center of atten?
tion.
One of the pleasantest places that
can be found for those who dance
even when it is very hot weather is
the pavilion at Palisade Amusement ?
Park, which is so high up on the brink !
of the Palisades that river breezes ?
swt-ep through the place continually j
and make it an ideal spot for those j
whose slogan is "on with the dance." \
Starlight Amusement Park, at 177th j
Street and the Bronx River, announces
its activities for the week just begin?
ning as including a song festival, a
dance carnival, Fred Snongberg in
fancy and high diving, daily band con?
certs and the annual outing of the
Woman's Social Betterment Society.
Down at Steeplechase Park arrange?
ments are being made for an aquatic
carnival, to be held in the indoor pool
lute this month. Invitations have been i
extended to Aileen Riggin, champion j
farcy diver; Helen Wainwright, Ethel- !
da Bleibtrey, Charlotte Boyle and Alice
Lord.
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Four Noted Artists
Represented on the
Criterion Program
In creating the elaborate program
w>ich surrounds "The Golem," Hugo
Riesenfeld found that he had no less
than four noted mrtists represented in
Pis entertainment. These are W. T.
Bend*, the painter who created the
modern dance masks; Tony Sarg,
father of the modern marionettes, car?
toonist, painter and creator of artistic
silhouette screen comedies; Foshko,
painter and illustrator, who has turned
his activities toward the creation of
stage settings, and Professor Hans
Poelzig, Europe's architect genius, who
is building Max Reinhardt'3 new thea?
ter in the Alps.
The Btnda mask dance i.ow at the
Criterion has three different numbers,
one a charming and dainty bit of
choreography, the second with a Japan?
ese mask and a third with a fanciful,
humorous mask.
Tony Sarg's Almanac, the third
edition of which is called "Why They
Love Cave Men," is pronounced the
smoothest and most artistic of the
many mediums used to porrray comic
stories. Sarg developed the idea from
old Chinese puppets, creating his own
unique figures of prehistoric men and
v/omen and animals in primitive
episodes.
Foshko, who has become noted as a
black and white artist, portrait painter
and caricaturist, created the atmos?
pheric setting for "E}i, Eli." the pro?
logue which introduces "T'.'e Golem,'
capturing in the soft-toned staging th*
spirit of the ghetto from which th<
residents were driven by the king'i
order.
Professor Poelzig created the set
tings that appear in "The Golem," th
architectural expression of the spirit o
the people of the ghetto, little ol
buildings thnt lean against each othe
like old men?whispering houses tha
have mystic secrets.
These four men?Benda, Sarg, Foshk
and Poelzig?represent the graphi
arts. On the musical side of the pre
gram is another gathering of interesl
ing personalities. Lazar Saminsky, th
Hebrew composer, who is at preser
visiting the United States, wrote a
original lament entitled "Min a Met
zar," and Josiah Zuro, a member of M
Riesenfeld's musical staff, arranged th
prologue, which includes many Hebre
chants, one of them being "Eli, Eli
?
Six Productions in New
Conway Teaile Serie
"Shadows of the Sea" will be tli
first release on the new series of Col
way Tearle productions. It is fro
the perl of Frank Dazcy, and was dor
into scenario by Lewis Allen Brown
It has already been filmed under tl
direction of Alan Crosland, and is no
ready for showing. "After Midnight
by John Lynch, second of the Conwi
Tearle series, is a Ralph Ince produ
tion, and has Zena Keefe in the leai
ing r?le opposite Conway Tearl
"Love's Masquerade," next in tl
series, was written for Conway Tear
b> Edward Montagne. It was direct!
by William P. S. Earle. Winifn
Westover has the leading feminii
r?le. "The Man of Stone," by Jol
Lynch and Edmund Goulding, scenar
by Lewis Allen Browne; "The Hon
of His House," by Andrew Soutar, t
celebrated English novelist, and a
other production as yet unnamed coi
p?ete the series.
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Elsie Ferguson and
Mae Marsh as Co-Sta
Elsie Ferguson hss broken a long-<
tablished rule and permitted hers*
to be "snapped" by the motion picti
camera for the first time outside of I
regular screen work. In answer to
special request from Jack Cohn M
Ferguson makes her bow to Scr?
Snapshots fans in the next issue, n
in process of editing by Mr. Cohn, w
succeeded in obtaining an especia
timely subject of Miss Ferguson lea
ing ihe ?n? and outs of ?ifesavi
aboard an ocean liner.
Sharing honors with Miss Fergui
in this issue is Mae Marsh in the r
she loves best?that of "wife ?
mother." Here fans will pay a v,
to the home of the star and see 1
with her baby and as mistress of a coi
try estate and trying to please the an
ence with whom ahe'd rather make gt
than anything j? the world.
Bringing Up
Father, RayV
Hardest Jofc
And Now Pater Work? f^
Charley, Presiding QVf?,
the Corporate Affair?
"You'll realize your folly when yon*:
older."
Such was the remark with wW
Charles Ray's father brought to a tu^
a long but fruitless attempt to \?.
suade the son from entering upo?
life which he considered a hop?]?
struggle for a young fe?^ .
Charley's temperament. Not ?,.
years later Ray the elder found Mb.
| self occupying the presidency of tB!
Charles Ray Production Company ^
reward of his son's diligent efforts j?
his chosen vocation. To-day he i
tremendously pfoud of his son's attain
menls, and the suggestion of hit cbc?
having forbidden his boy to yield ^
his innate proclivity, which han tf?,
mately brought fame and fortune ti
j his door, causes him some ?j5.
comfiture.
| Road to Stellar Position
Far From Smooth
A less tenacious person than Charl??
Rsy might have given up in despair
after a similar sequence of hard
knocks and adversity. For durit? |,?,
first three years in motion pictures h?
played many a thankless r?le; his name
received l?ltle or no .?otice to indien
his having participated in the Busier,
ous productions. But the boy struggle?;
persistently for the big things tha:
were to come.
He is fond of relating his first ?
periences in films?now that they are
but vague memories. One particular
picture was "The Favorite Son." and
he appeared in it with Grace Cansrl
"I was so sure that I was punk in ?t"
admits Ray, "that I didn't have tie
nervo to see the review of it in the
studio. However, although I watched
the director and the other officiais
closely for a few days thereafter, th*y
did not seem to hold anything again?;
me, so I felt a whole lot better. I wa?. ut?
terly disgusted with my seeming failure
to do the work I wanted to do. The?
was only the thought that if I got out
of the projection room I would ww.
never again try to <ii the impossible.
Then, to my astonishment. I heard Mr.
Ince's voice above the clicking of the
projection machine: 'That's a clever
? piece of natural acting; that boy fiat
| something in him.' You can imagir,?
how much better that made me fee!.
Charles Ray's
Quarrel With the Clock
I The only regret that Charles Raj
has is that there are but twenty-ion*
hours in a day. For besides starring
in his own productions he directs their,
supervises the preparation of the
scenarios, assists in the cutting and
editing of the completed product and
manages the business affairs of the
Charles Ray Productions. Therefore,
it is quite evident, why he would like a
little more time than the clock and
daylight saving time allow to aceoa
plish all the things that fall on bit
youthful shnulders. In fact, he is such
a hard worker and so devoted to h's
profession that he did not find time
to go on his honeymoon until several
years after his marriage. Of his pro?
fessional work he says:
"Good acting is the result of hard
thought. I lie awake some nights
thinking how I can improve a bit of
'business' and similar things. ... It
is my intention to continue produeini
such pictures as I have produced in
the past?the wholesome, human nature
interpretations which ring true to the
clean, entertaining side of life."
His latest production, "A Midnight
Bell," will be presented at the Strand
Theater to-day.
Championship Fight
Pictures on View at
44th Street Theater
The authentic Tex Rickard motion
pictures of the Dempsey-Carper.tier
fight in Jersey City, July 2, sre being
shown continuously at the Forty-fourth
Street Theater every day, including
Sundays, from II a. m. to 11 p. m.
These pictures show in detail the
great event, from the building of th?
arena with its seating capacity of 90,
C00, up to the blow that ended the
struggle in the fourth round and the
ovation given both men as they left
the ring.
One of the outstanding features ef
the films is the introduction of ?k?*"
motion photography, erabling the au?
dience to see every move of the two
contestants slowed down to one-eighth
their normal speed. This affords ?n
opportunity to study the tactics
trf
the fighters. Fred rick C. Quimby >-<
directing the exhibition. The picture
is shown every hour on the hour.
"Way Down East" Issued
For General Circulati??
"Way Down East," which only re?
cently ended a run of forty-tbrt*
weeks at the Forty-fourth Theater ??<'
proportionately notable runs a* * ,p<'
cial show in a few of the other l?"**
cities of the country, is now to be o"
tributed to the motion picture i*'
aters. The United Artists Corpos?ti?8
wi'l handle the picture for booking
in every part of the United State? ***
Canada. "Way Down East" made s ?*
markable record as an exclusive ?
traction, playing successfully^ ?t "
with manv scats at ?3 and $3 ?
larger engagements. Its groas w?
last year were $4,*2S,72O0. It eTOt*
in New York, $570.803.40; in Bo?^'
$327,128.67; in Philadelphia. *191"'*
v. Pittsburg $197,846; in Pro???*
$82,210; in Brooklyn, $14l.9?4.7s,
Cincinnati, $58,901, and in B?lt??
$92,724.
Jack Roa?rh tol>?*ut
Jack Roach, who scored m "*"?
rau, will be seen in support ot
Calhoun in "The Rainbow. ' ?>?* ^
be Mr. Roach's screen d?but, but
ward Jose, the director, expect? $
things of him.