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- By GILBERT
Isaid * n-omia ?.t th% first night of m
~"fh* Tr-esaur** Just before the first ^
rfrtaia w*at up. "Oh. my dear. c|
iWrti a gravedl*g*r la this play. a
I simply can't stand those d<
4^xu; sr.owa. 1 wish we hadn't ^
jTlii >9i? of U?at U not that ~rh? 1*
1>uw is * cojMdy. Th? p?r?- ?>
dfcff?r t auri.' prorldcs * certain ?
&C4Mint U innocent laughter. No. C1
TV- joke is that the Theater Guild. t(
wjuc* pjNidace4 the play, has made sj
14* repetat*oa oa drear tragedies, tj
h|E\W?? poetic drama and problem T
l4ar* I* ssade something like a is
ifcl fortm* out of "John Fergu- y
*41' u?' "Jane Clegg" Oa form. P
past performances, the dear lady ri
euas rljrh- *
*And ?T(S the actor*. helpe4 along o
b# the r^dMr ironic and un-Anglo- a
slxoa lramcrs of DarW PinskL con- a
rjv?d to throw a little gloom over A
proceedings. In case Pinski is it
-unfamiliar nam*. I may mention n
tBax he haa written for twenty years o,
t Ar Hm Tiddish theater, and this U t>
flrsc agipearancs? oa or near g
His plays haTe bee? n
a?d pafeliahed. At last he <3.
sJjfcCiaa. richly deserves it. y
^3 mentioned ""The Tavern"" when
i?wse prodnesA. The amusing part j,
?cd satire is thai it follows, al- 34
nsoFt for an entire act. the lines of a
?* mtif piayiet George M- Cohan ^
pit os at a <Jambol or a Frolic of n
ijjim ma'. la tills the conversation, jj
^bdl l?ad utterly a? sense, was
tt?e by line *?** ?? from the old
stuSfery &t ntejodrsina. *tJovnior.
?? ^i.yj the truth?" "Unhand
f*fw t TrmrtaaT and so on. Cohan
-?-y ^rs.*^ t? met the thing into a
Tfn otr into vaudeville. But he
a?gxss?a-ty saved the Idea. gave It
l i l>. oDhesicm. and worked it into
~Jhe Ta rera."
tn ladeiphls newspaper n\9JU
n L-TTd Balderxton. who has
living abroad since the beginof
the war. 1s soon to have a
v^odevil.e sketch produced- On a
rseeat '"Wt to this country I re ufemi4
my acquaintance with Bal4Hn
arid ia a spirit of levity rrTArkcd
that our playwrights never
?i%d three locales for their plays:
Earth. Heaven and HelL They had
Tzaed the first and last. not daring
t*# tone*1 Heaven. A few days later
Bt^erslon read me his playlet, respiting
from that conversation. It
wy* produced hero in New York hy
the I>uJ-ch Treat Club under the title
oJ? ""Cress Styx." and so captivated
tUfe audience that two offers wera
2immediately made for it- It will
n(fm appear in a revue under the
titje of "Beyond the Beyond.'"
~Meera~ is the third of that series
of spectacles -which Oscar Aache
began *.n London, and which he has
b?ea una&le to finish because he is c
?t?2 tied up in the third year
nf the run of "Chu-Chln-Chow." t(
Aphrodite" got itself a production
Hee-wb-ere. bat "Mecca" had to come c,
to the Century for its first night,
ahd so coming had the inestimable
advantage of Michael Fohine, whose *'
ballets are the high point of the p
gorges*is spectacle. c
I aa*r Fokine at work on one occasion,
training American girls as 1
they were members of the Rus- a
sian ballet. (By the way. do they e
nail It the Soldiers'. Sailors' and P
"Workmen's Ballet now?) It was 0
wbrth the girls' while to labor un- e
der that taskmaster, because of the *
chores he trained for "Aphrodite."
I_ believe not a single one returnoa >
foT "Mecca"?for the excellent reason
that one season's training with s
^okine had given them such pres- J
tige that they had set up as dancers, f
teachers of ballet, and otherwise be- t
came too prosperous to continue. P
As a spectacle "Mecca" is luxurious. ^
It has. so far. caused r.o comment s
oA morality. That is apparently re- a,
nerved for "Afgar," which is still to V
come
r
* Fred Stone celebrated an anni- 1
nersary of sorts when he returned s
t? New York, but as "Tip Top" has *
been seen in the great world before, 8
ahd as Stone himself is a fixture, h
little remains to be said. Kxcept, ^
of course, that he is the liveliest ^
fHcture in the world. Another show F
which opened one day earlier than a
Stone is "Jim-Jam-Jems." in which *
somr of the authors of "Listen a
lAster" were implicated. What Sa- t
*oy and Brennon do not do to an
Automobile is done by Harry Lang- '
rfon. and though I could not trace
tfce relations between the title, the J_
pjot and a collection of epigrams ''
occasionally seen on the bookstalls. *!
T" suppose that is because I missed *
a line or two in watching Ada Mae "
^oods and the oth< r attractive
personages on the scene.
. John Murray Anderson is a pro- E
ducer who astonished this world ii
t I LOEWS Q
I "THE GH
5 A gripping, fascinj
? deeds are made tt
toonding in its dra
the faith that pass
usual and remark?
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A STAR
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KEATON
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KjBfitif'M in <r jjaB
MK PLAYS 1
SELDKS.
or? or lug with a profusion of
Id Ideas In til* "Greenwich Village
ollles" and "What Next?" In the
jrrent Greenwich Follies, now reloved
far from the Village, and
sing wall In an uptown house. Mr.
aderson offers among other things
danca In masks. It Is astonishig
to see the change In character
ITected by the put4hg on of a
lask. Anderson, noticing the sue;ss
of th? experiment, harked back
> the days when he had tried the
una thing with masks made by
he talented Edmund Dulac. W.
. Benda, the magazine illustrator,
i responsible for those used this
ear. And presently Anderson prooses
to put on a combination maionette
and pantomime show. In
hich he will reduce the number
f paid actors to some ten or twelve
nd by the use of masks will have
whole population on the stage,
nderson is aware of a revival of
larlosette interest In America. I
jet. the other day. a professor*
f French at Columbia, who has
een writing marionette play* and
ettlcg them produced, and he told
>e that there are more than a
oaen good marionette productions
early la the larger cities of the
jontry. Also that more are comig.
It may not be precisely the
ime thing, but in the interest of
complete summary I should menon
the existence of a theater of
lagic on Sixth avenue in the ThlrieflL
Larry Meets Stars.
I-awrence Beat us, manager 'Of
LoeWs PaJa,ce Theater, has been
mixing In film high life once '
again. During* the past week
Larry made another Journey to
the Union Station, bearing with
him the symbolical keys to the
city, to greet a private car load
of film celebrities, including Bert
Lytell. Martha Mansfield. Herbert
Rawlinson, Montagu Love, Dolores
Cass in *11 and others. These
film celebrities were en route to
New York from Memphis, Tenn.,
where they had contributed to
the festivities attendant upon
the opening of Loew*s new State
Theater there. N. T. Granlund,
general press representative of
the Loew Theater, was in charge
of the party.
Warfield's Ro
When a youngster in San Franisco,
David Warfleld had a passion
or the atmosphere of the theater.
Usually It satisfied him if he
ould be permitted to stand in front
nd gaze at the "three sheets;" but
here came an hour when the imulse
to penetrate the charmed
irele overmastered family objecions
to contact with the playhouse,
nd the adolescent David obtained
mployment as an usher at nothing
?-r week save the unspeakable Joy
f seeing all the performances and
stablishing an actual footing, such
s it was, in a domain that had
een the radiant dream of his
oung life.
At that time there wae living in
an Francisco a poor man who
eeded an artificial leg. Some Of his
riends undertook to promote a
heatrical performance for the pnrose
of raising a leg fund. Usher
Varfleld volunteered for the occaion
and went on as a story teller
nd imitator of actors he had stud-*
ed.
That was the taste of blood that
oused the actor passion in him to
he pitch of intensity, and he reolved
on the daring enterprise of
ecoming a real actor. His first
alaried employment was as a merrier
of a repertoire company at
iapa. California. It lasted one "week,
'ho crash was a cruel hurt to the
ride and ambition of our ardent
spirant for glory; but he resolved
o set out for the city on foot and
gain took his place as an usher at
he old theater.
In the autumn of 1890 he cut loose
rom his Pacific moorings and
ourneyed to New York. He reached
here November 17, and after scourng
the city in Quest of opportunity,
e procured an engagement in an
-ighth avenue concert hall, where
lis salary was J15 a week.
In less than a year he ws* called
p an important place in Russell's
'omedians, then playing at the
iijou Theater, the identical house
n which he was later to be the
OLUMBL
ECOND TRIUMPHANT WEEK
BEGINNING TODAY AT 3 P. M.
his epic program will be presented
>r a second great week, owing to
tense public demand for further
Krwings of
MAURICE TOURNEUR'S
rwerful and poignant adaptation of a
ory that has already become a IVash'gton
film sensation. It is?
IEAT REDI
By H. H. VAN LOAN
ating tale of the Far West, in wl
> praise his Maker, in a climax t
imatic power and appeal. A tale o
;es all understanding. Directed w
ible brilliance.
FEATURING
ETERS m MAJOI
XTRA ADDED ATTRACTIOf
BUSTER KEATON
f
COMEDY?HTER~THE F!RST 1
?"OWE WEEK"?
.UMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTf
JJON. BRUSILOFF . . . DIRECTOR
ture?"Robin Hood'' (D, Kov,
OLD FAVOR
* : ?*
Bessie Bay* Tavern.
Residents of Laurel Canyon, a
fashionable suburb of Hollywood
were pleased to discover that Bessi<
Love, one of their neighbors, had
purchased the "Log Cabin Tavern,'
often called the community nuisanc<
because it was a rendezvous of parties
seeking revels during all hours
Bessie is going to use the place foi
ber own abode, and already an architect
and a force oC carpenters ar?
busy making it one of the shovs
places of the canyon.
mantic Career
record-breaking star for an entire
season.
He thus came to actual realization
of the American actor's dearest
hope?an engagement on Broadway.
It turned out that he wai
on the straight road to success
But the golden summit was : yet
afar. The seasoiv of 1892-3 found
him struggling along with Anni<
Lewis in "A Nutmeg Match." Thai
was followed in 1894-5 by a returr
to Russell's Comedians in an experiment
named "The Review.*
which had its first trial on the
stage at White's Theater in Detroit
It was a disastrous failure, but ii
led to Warfleld's present wonderful
career.
George Lederer, then producing
musical comedies at the New York
Casino, engaged Warfield but hesi:
tated to allow him to present hli
characterization of Einstein ir
which he had made a hit in "Th<
Review."
It happened that a benefit baseball
game had been arranged between
two teams of actors and Warflefl!
was asked to take part. H<
made his appearance in a spectacular
manner, appearing in his
full stage make-up as Einstein
When he walked across the field
collarless. with shabby frock coal
and old derby hat jammed against
his ears, with straggy beard ami
expression of earnest intentness th<
people thought the character was
real and greeted him with hysterica!
screams. Then it dawned on then
that It was a stage make-up ant!
the screams gave way to roars ?l
applause.
Lederer h#*ard of the hit of th<
ball game and the next week Warfield
introduced "Einstein" for th<
first time on Broadway. This was
in "The Merry World." "Einstein,'
in a manner, afterwards becam*
"The Auctioneer."
Madge Bellamy, who supported
William Gillette in "Dear Brutus."
will be leading woman for Douglai
MacLean in "One a Minute."
f\ THEATER
I
EEMER"
.
lich a man's mishat
is utterly asf
border love and
ith a cast of unRIE
DAW I
i?NOW
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I It Is not always the new show, or I
I even the show that stays longest
I on Broadway, that wins the best
I honors. Her? are four old favorites
I of the new season. Upper left? I
I Florence Darling in the Midnight I
11 LOEW'S
' I -TODAY AND
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H leered the spenders, "joyl
sought the lure of night-lif?
r I 'he, a little city sparrow \
f Hj chirped and smiled as she
?Then came a real man,
! B green of woods and fields i
ij never known. Why did
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MACK SENNI
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MTT US JEFF CAfilODI?
PALACE SYMPHC
THOMAS j. ita
Ofertune?*" Tone Pi dura of T
p?Hy
beginning Tomorrow Ma tine e i
525 Reserved Seata S5c at Dally Mi
Broadway Let* Waaklnj
GEORGE WHITIN
In tho Local Premiere of Their Fissy.
"Little Miss Melody" f
Nine Play em In the Caat a
MAUDE LAMBERT J
The Mnafcal Comedy Star
la Another of Thefr Stlran
f.
The American Comedian
| ROBERT EMMET KEANE *
IX A CHATTY EJTCOrMTERl
BK8SIE RENPEL LAi
A Him In "Hl? Pay Off"
BREESi * rMYRA ROV HAR
"M firry Moniuli" "A Whirl. A
TODAY?3 * kits?H;un * Me
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Rounders at the Caatnry Promenade;
right?Helen Wolcott, who
has been starring In "The Hotten- j
tot"; lower left?Grace La Rue In |
"Dear Me;" lower right?Virginia j
O'Brien on tour in "Buddies."
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PALACE I
^ALL^WE^ ^ '' ~ ^ B
4ICKEN!" =i| I
-hounds" and worse, who %\
: in this gay cabaret! And ^Pf
?ith an ache in her heart, -i
danced before them.
who showed her the deep
?nd a mighty love she had Hi !
she suddenly fly away?
TOM
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ATTRACTIONS ^
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TOPICAL Tin?flllE IEWS jj
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ror?director %
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Lnd Ending Next Sunday Hifht.
Ulneen Except Sat, Smn.. Uslidija
rton See Ita Latest Iflt
G& SADIE BURT
Funny and Fantastic Feature de Luxe.
Miniitnre Operetta with Book and Lyrioe
Jack Lait and Xusio by Out Edwards.
nd Eight Distinct Nambera
I ERNEST R. BALL
Tke Popular Gompoerr
lallng Sl?tim PltMlotuc.
Th? Prim* Duwom
BETH BERRI
lilted br JAY VELIE ft PAUL O'NEILL
With Excluiim Lyriei ud Xuic by
L?? Dirld '
iknr WilKr * Maybclle Palmrr
Skf'a Hard to G?t Alow With"
RAH A CO. "Topic* of thr Day"
?mll?. A BpU." KIpaaframaT R<c
Inlyitl Kllaoi* 4k >\ llllam*. Etc,
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Neflan Stan 'Em Quick! j
What la considered the record
In "dlaooT.rinr' *nd sl?nln? ,=
& new star for motion pictures
waa established recently In New !
York by Marshal Neilan. the dlreotor-produeer.
While attend- 1 i
in* a roof ihow in Manhattan. ,
Netlan spied Irene Marcellus In a
group of beauties behind the I
footlights.
In Are minute* Mr. Neilan was 1
behind the scenes being intro- ,
duced to Miss Marcellus. "Do
you want tp bo a star In motion I
pictures?" asked Mr. Neilan. "I
would be most delighted." re- 1
Marcellus. ,
"what salary do you wantr*
tsked the producer. The amount I
was named and he voluntarily 1
loubled it. Prom his pocket he
Irew an old envelope, wrote the |
term? on the back, obtained the
lignatures of Miss Marcellus, the I
manager as witness and
Aen signed his own name. In
lust about the time it takes to
Jfcll# the deal was closed.
>troheim is making
elaborate picture
in "foolish wives"]
i
^ Word from Universal City is that
Srich Von Strobeim. in producing
Foolish Wivee," a stdry from his
>wn pen centering about Monte
?arlo, is making the most elaborate |
md expensive motion picture of the
'ear. i
With the production less than a i
hird completed Von Stroheim has
ilready spent more than $400,000 for 1
ho elaborate settings and repro- i
tactions of scenes from Monte j
*arlo. These settings have been i
nspected by French army officers
tnd other Europeans familiar with |
;hs great gambling center and pro- j
claimed as near perfect as possible I
;o achieve in stagecraft.
Among the big settings for |
'Foolish Wives" is the re-creation :
it Universal City of the Monte Carlo '
>laza at a cost of $100,000 and the |
abor of almost 200 workmen for
hree months. | I
Fifty workmen Isbored at top j
epeed for nine weeks to construct
PAVLOWA
And her Btltet inuc with
Symphony Oreheatrm
Poli's TheaUr. Wed.. Oct. 17. 4 p. m.
Miai{UD?at Mr? W:l*?n-Or??r*
ia Droop't. 13th k 0.
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jj First national's Most Vivacious
g Her Unparalleled 'Washington Pi
? tures of a Breezy Young Woman
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I First National Presents the ?
! constance
J /* ? Papery Comedy Ban
. of a Penniless Q*rl Wk.
, cf Trick Reference? Oot I
, Trouble and a A1UUona*r
i"GOOD RE
, Supplemented by Sabje,
Tmu.-Wed.?Thomas Ma,
! ADDED COMEDY BIT,
! Tkwrs.-Fri.?Anita Stewar
' MACK SEKKETrS LA TBS
} Saturday?Eileeii Percy
2 COMEDY BIT. ' DTK AMITE"!
ALWAYS A GO
i Crandal
' 9r TODAY?
| CLARA KIM
In Equity < Great Pxcturxzal
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Comedienne S??ru to the ?e?
vpularity, in a Sprightly Corned]
Who Forged a Fete Personal Rec
the World and Only Setted Her
i Dollar of the Tu>o Million Pur,
Figure It Out for Yourself and
we didn't
COMPLEMENTS OF THE
comics
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're?"my gold ex q1rl" (h
ed concert orchestra .
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... will be the next picture A&d* bv g
d Ow? Moore Mr Moor* *rrlT#4
I from Europe recently.
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