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Photoplays This Week
AT THE PHOTOPLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK.
COLUMBIA—“A Woman of Paris.” Charles Chaplin's first personally
• directed photoplay. Shown this afternoon and evening. ,
RIALTO—“In the Palace of the King.” Shown this afternoon and
'"evening.
METROPOLITAN—HaroId Lloyd, in “Why Worry?” Shown this
afternoon and evening.
PALACE—"Pleasure Mad.” Shown this afternoon and evening.
PRESIDENT—“if Winter Comes.” (Second week). Shown this
afternoon and evening.
AMBASSADOR—HaroId Lloyd, in “Why Worry?” Shown .this
afternoon and evening.
CENTRAL—“Mothers-in-Law.” Shown this afternoon and evening.
CRANDALL’S—DougIas Fairbanks, in “The Mark of Zorro.”
Shown this afternoon and evening.
COLUMBIA—"A Woman of Paris.”
Charlie Chaplin’s first serious con
tribution to the literature of the
screen —"A Woman of Paris”—in
■which the comedian does not appear
personally, but in which he makes
his initial bow as a writer and di
rector. will be given its first Wash
ington showing this afternoon at
hoew's Columbia Theater.
Edna Ptirviance. for a number of
seasons Mr. Chaplin's leading woman
and generally regarded as an accom
plished emotional actress, has the
i stellar role, that of a beautiful girl
living in the country outside of Paris,
who prepares to elope to the French
capital with her country sweetheart.
In some way their plans go grong
and the girl, finding herself at the
rendezvous as the nighu train to Par
is rolls in, hoards it alone and soon
, is swallowed up in the life of the
I great city.
The cast includes Adolphe Menjou.
Carl Miller, Lydia Knott. Charles
French and Clarence Geldart.
Short-length film subjects and an
orchestral musical score will be add
ed attractions.
RIALTO —“In the Palace of the
King.”
“It the Palace of the King.” a great
photoplay spectacle of the Spanish
court in medieval days, is announced
for Moore's Rialto Theater this week
beginning today.
is adapted from F. Marion
Crawford's romance of the days when
the Spaniards were battling with the
Moors and intrigue was rife In the 1
court. The period, the reign of King j
Phillip 11. toward the close of the |
’ sixteenth century. Blanche Sweet I
heads the cast as Dolores, the lovely |
heroine. Edmund Lowe plays 9 Don ,
John, the dashing young hero of a :
war-like nation; Pauline Starke the
role of Inez, the blind sister of the
heroine: Sam de Grasse, remembered
as Prince John in “Robin Hood.”
plays King Philip; Hobart Bosworth
appears as Gen. Mendoza, father of
the heroine, and ASleen Pringle, one
of the screens latest, plays a vamp
role, that of Princess Ebolt, Emmett
Flynn directed the production and
June Mathis adapted the story for the
screen. The filming is said to have
been a tremendous and costly under
taking. involving the construction of
i a palace 280 feet high and 300 feet
long, one of the greatest sets yet con
structed for the movies.
The story concerns the lov< of Don
Juan, hero of all Spain and brother of
the king, for Dolores Mendoza, daugh
ter of a soldier. Envious of his popu
lar brother, the king sends him on an
expedition to tight th ■ Moors, hoping
1 he will never return. Although the
king and Gen. Mendoza seek to keep
the lovers apart, after a series of
highly dramatic Incidents, true love
wins.
Hal Roadie’s latest comedy, " Rough
Seas,” the Fox News and an orches
tral score arranged by Director
George Wild w ill complete the bJU
PRESIDENT—“If Winter Comes."
The super feature motion picture.
“If Winter Comes.” which opened the
President Theater last Sunday, and j
which has attracted so much attention j
during the week, will start on its sec
ond week—this alternoon and evening. ;
Much enthusiasm has In eii manifest d .
j over the excellence of the pirt-ure,
which is a product of the Fox Film j
Corporation.
The cast includes Percy Marmont. !
who practically dominates the pic- j
lure; Ann Forrest, Margaret Field
ing, Sydney Herbert. William Riley 1
Hatch, Gladys- Eeslie Dorothy .Vilen i
and Eleanor Daniels.
The many photographic novelties in
the picture, also are . source oi
favorable comment, th - mot import-I
ant of these being the double exposure!
scenes of the meeting of Young Perch ’
and his mother in spirit form, which!
nas created a great deal of talk.
1 CRANDALL'S—DougIas Fairbanks j
in ‘‘The Mark of Zorro.”
Douglas* Fairbanks will be seen on I
the screen the first four days of this)
week at Crandall’s Theater, begin
ning this afternoi n at 3. in a new
release. “The Mark of Zorro,” a pic
ture that shows ihe earlier “Doug”
at the top of his form is a comedian;
also a new Aesop Fab’.v "Do Women
Pay?" with pipe organ music.
Thursday and through Saturday will
he shown Harry iloudini's picture.
“Haldane of Hit S'rr t Service." in
V-hich the handcuff l ing is afforded
opportunity to demons; rate his un
canny ability to break from any sort
i f confinement, with scenes filmed in
Hew York, Glasgow, Hull, hundon.
Paris and Shanghai. The police of
three continents participated in por
tions of the picture. Gladys Leslie
is the leading woman. Harry Pol
lard's “Dear, Old Pal.” with Stan
Laurel; the latest news events ahd
pipe organ music will round out the
hill.
Apollo.
Today and tomorrow. Barney Ber
nard and Alexander Carr, in “Potash
and Perlmutter.” and "Golden Gems”
(Sing Them Again); Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mae Murray, in “The
French Doll,” and Harry Pollard, in
“Dear Old Pal”: Thursday. Miriam
Cooper and Stuart Holmes, in
"Daughters of the Rich," and comedy,
“Front!"; Friday, Madge Kennedy, in
“The Purple Highway." and George
O'Hara, in "Fighting Blood,” round 4;
Saturday, Colleen Moore, in "The
Huntress,” and Bobby Vernon, in
“Holding Everything.”
Avenue Grand.
Todav and tomorrow. “The Eternal
Three.” and Harry Pollard, in "Dear
Old Pal”: Tuesday and Wednesday,
Frank Mayo and Corinne Griffith, in
“Six Days”; Thursday and Friday,
Mae Murray, in “The French Doll.”
and CHIT Bowes, in "West Is West”;
Saturday. Madge Kennedy, in “The
Purple Highway,” and “Our Gang,”
in “Lodge Night."
Carolina.
Today and tomorrow. Gloria Swan
son, in “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife”:
Tuesday, “Michael O’Halloran”;
Wednesday. “The Drivin’ Fool”;
Thursday. “The Critical Age”; Friday,
“Out of the Dust”; Saturday. Mabel
Normand, in “ Suzanne.”
Chevy Chase.
Tomorrow and Tuesday, Bert Lytell j
and Elaine Hammerstein. in “Rupert |
of Hentzau”; Aesop’s fables, "The i
Circus,” and Fox News (matinee Mon- ]
•lay, 3:30 p.m.). Wednesday and i
Thursday, Marie Prevost and Ken
neth Harlan, in “The Beautiful and
Damned”; Dorothy Devore, in “Winter
Has Came,” and Fox News (matinee
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.) Friday, Wally
Van, In “The Drivin’ Fool”; Paul Par
rott, in “Winner Take All,” and
George O’Hara, in “Fighting Blood,”
round 2. Saturday (open 3:30 p.m.),
Johnny Walker and Alice Lake, in
“Red Lights”; Charles Murray, in “So
This Is Hamlet,” and “The Santa Fe
Trail,” No. 3.
Dumbarton.
Today, Deam in “Drift
ing”; tomorrow, “The Last Moment”;
Tuesday, "Red Lights”: Wednesday
i.nd Thursday. Harold Lloyd, In
‘ Safety Last": Friday, Harry, Myers,
in “The Brass Bottle”; Saturday.
AYilllam Russell, in “The Great
JNight.”
AMUSEMENTS
METROPOLITAN—HaroId Lloyd
in “Why Worry?”
Harold Lloyd will further demonstrate
his originality and versatility at Cran
dall's Metropolitan Theater this week,
beginning this afternoon at 3, in his
latest six-reel special. "Why Worry," to
be shown for the first time in Wash
j ington. An exclusive companion feature
will bo “Capt. Klein v hnmlfs Adven
tures in the Far North," a tale of ad
| venturous romance said to be more
| fascinating than any fiction, with many
1 arctic scenic studies. It is described as
a magnificent panorama of all the
pastimes, sports and trading post ac
tivities of liie far north. Whaling, bear
; baiting, hunting, scaling glaciers, bat
tling river rapids—myriad adventures
packed with beauty and thrills.
Tin musical program arranged by
Daniel Breetkin will include Herold's
■‘Zampa’’ overture. Ttreeskin's clas
sical jazz. “South Sea Kyes" ; ".Mari
anna," the waltz bit from "The Lady
I in Ermine." and "Oh Gee. Oh Gosh, Oh
i Golly, I Love You"; also a song for the
j audience. "That Old Gang of Mine."
sung by Joe Griffiths, a New York bari
-1 tone.
"Why Worry" is announced as a
funny tale of a young hypochondriac,
who was cured < f all the ills he never
had by running into a South American
revolution, defeating the insurrectionist
army, with the aid of a nine-foot giant
and a giri. and I* anting that exercise
is a belter cure-all than a variegated
assortment of pills, and love a better
tonic than the constant guest for symp
toms.
Doors will be open to the public this
■afternoon at 2 o’clock.
PALACE—“Pleasure Mad.”
A drama of love, laughter and lux
urious living, and yet of domestic
crises that arise in the affairs of a
family of modest means, suddenly
overwhelmed with wealth and cata
pulted into the maelstrom of metro
politan night life—" Pleasure Mad,”
a Reginald Barker-Metro production—
will be presented at Loew's Palace
Theater for this week, beginning this
afternoon.
"PleaV.ire Mad” is a screen versidn
of Blanche Fpright's novel, “The Val
ley of Content.” which was also suc
cessfully dramatized for the stage.
The picture reflects the wjde ex
tremes encountered by th family of
a small clerk who suddenly acquires
wealth, and the contrast between the j
two states of living is emphatically |
I marked by gorgeous settings and ;
costumes. ]
Th- cast includes Mary Alden. |
| Huntley Gordon. Norma Shearer.
Ward Cram . W inifred Bryson and j
William Collier, jr. j
The management will supplement
the featured attraction with added
screen and musical attractions, in- '
eluding a:» orchestral overture, the 1
Path*- News views. Topics of the j
Day and other delightful screen sea- I
tures.
AMBASSADOR—HaroId Lloyd in |
"Why Worry?”
Crandall's Ambassador Theater this
afternoon and tomorrow, with a spe
cial Monday matinee at for the
school children and their elders, also
will -.Per Harold Lloyd's new com
--dv. “Why V.'ony?" and “Capt. Klein
."chinidCs Adventur* s in the Far
North." with an orchestral overture,
a new issue of the world events, a j
musical not ; ! ty orchestral accompa- j
niment for she principal films.
Tuesday and Wednesday Metro's I
film version of Walter Haekett's stage t
success. “Capt. Applejack," will be |
seen under th* screen title of*
"Strangers of the Night." it was}
directed by Fred Nihlo. who made
“Robin Hood.' Cliff Bowes, in “Heads;
» P- ' and Lyman H. Howe s "Why the:
Globe Trotters Trot" will be included
in the bill. Thursday and Friday ai
new drama of the California gold rush
days of 'Pi in Vilugraph's "Pioneer
i rails, and Lige Conley, in “Kunnin*
W ild," with short reels and orchestral
music, will make up the program, and
Saturday William Russell will be see a ■
*n William Fox s production of “Alias* !
the Night M ind." a story that deals i
with the disappearance of a $I0«.0ti0 j
i package of securities from a hank. 1
Sum Laurel in “Roughest Africa" and
Screen Snapshots will be shown. j
CENTRAL—"Moihers-in-Law.”-
Mothers-in-law,’ Gasnier’s screen
version of a story by Frank Dazev
and Agnes Christine Johnston, w-il’l
ue the feature at Crandall's Central
.Theater the first four days of this
week, beginning this afternoon at :i
o'clock. The fifth release of the
"Fighting Blood" playlets and the
.Kinograms also will be shown.
"Mothers-in-Law" reveals in what
manner mothers-in-law at times hen
salvage the happiness and the (for
tunes of their sons and daughters
in-law. Ruth Clifford. Gaston Gltiss,
Vola Vale, Crauford Kent, JOsef
Swickard and Edith Yorke appeal in
the cast. J
Thursday and the remainder of the
week will be shown “The Fair
Cheater." featuring Dorothv Mackail.
with Edmund Breese and Wilfred
| Lytell, in a story of axrich father's
scheme to prevent his daughter
marrying a poor hoy. Also Larry
Semon, in "The Gown Shop." '•
Circle.
Today and tomorrow. “The Eternal
Struggle”; Tuesday, Gladys Wklton,
in 'The t ntameable"; Wednesday.
“Hollywood"; Thursday and Friday,
Andree Lafayette, in Trilby”; Satur
day, Zane Grey's “To the LastiMan."
Elite. j '
Today and tomorrow. Miltofi Sills
in "The Spoilers '; Tuesday.: Edith
Roberts, in “Backbone”; Wedbesdav
Marguerite De La Mott, in “Wander
ing Daughters": Thursday ‘ arid Fri
day. Mary Philhin. in “The M-i-rry Go
Round”; Saturday, J. Warren: Kerri
gan, in “The Girl of the Golden West.”
Hippodrome.
Today. “Children of Dust”, tomor
row. “When Husbands Deceive’’ -
Tuesday. "The Soul of the= Beasf' :
Wednesday, "Shooting for* Love”’ -
Thursday. "The Sunshine TrAil"- Fri
day* Wesley Barry, in “Rags to
Riches"; Saturday. Douglas IVlacLean.
In “A Man of Action." j
Tutankhamen and {he
Recent Discoveries in. ;Egypt
Profusely illustrated in *^l ur
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CLAPA KIMBALL
Empire.
{ Today and tomorrow. William Dun-
J nan. in '‘Playing- It Wild,” als*o com
, edy, ‘‘Cucoo"; Tuesday and Wednes
j day, Alice Lake and Marie Prevost.
; in "Red Rights." also comedy, “doing
j South”: Thursday, May Allison anti
j Richard Travers. in “The Broad
Road.” also comedy, "Don't Scream”;
Friday, Herbert Rawlinson, in “The
Clean-l'p,” also a western, "The
Naked Fist"; Saturday, Renee Adoree.
in "The Six-Fifty,” also episode No. 8
of "The Santa Fe Trail” (matinee
only) and comedy. *‘A Regular Boy.”
Home.
Today and tomorrow. Buster Kea
-1 ton, in “Three Ages”; Tuesday and
Wednesday. Elaine Hammerstein and
Bert Lytell. in "Rupert of Hentzau”;
Thursday. Derelys Perdue, in "Day
time Wives”; Friday, Lew Cody, in
“Secrets of Paris”; Jack Mower and
Eileen Sedgewick. in fourth episode,
“In the Days of Daniel Boone”; Sat
urday. Wesley Barry, in “Heroes of
the Street.”
Olympic.
! Today and tomorrow. Sir Anthony
Hope’s “Rupert, of Hentzau”: Tues-
I day. Priscilla Dean, in "Drifting”:
I Wednesday, Miriam Cooper, in “Her
Ac- idental Husband”: Thursday, Con
stance Talmadge. in "Dulcy"; Friday,
I.Buster Keaton, in "Three Ages.” and
I Pete Morrison, in "The Strike of the
! Rattler”; Saturday, Miriam Cooper
i and Stuart Holmes, in "Daughters of
| the Rich.”
f WE PLAY LOEW’S VAUDEVILLE
S BEGINNING! TODAY—COMPLETE f
CHANGE OF BOX. DOORS OPEN IP. «,
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EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
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CHANDON TIUO I RENARD AND I SALLE AND
Versatile WEST I ROBLES
Athletes I Comedy Orlylwallts I "Umh Mafcera**
»-PHOTOPLAY—FIRST TIMS BHOW!CU
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
IN "A WIPE’S ROMANCE.” A METRO PRODUCTION
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Matinees. 16c, 31c—Nlghta, Me. 3#e—Sat. Mat., Bandar A Holidays noifM
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L. Monta Bell a Director.
THK presentation in Washington
this week of “A Woman of Paris.”
the Chaplin-written and Chaplin-di
rected dramatic study for Kdna Pur-
I viance. marks the cmlmination of the
I attainment of an eagerly sought goal
by L. Monta Bell, former Washington
newspaper man and Garrick stock
impressario. who for several years
, has been associated with Charlie
' Chaplin at Hollywood in the produc
; tion of pictures.
Monta Bell is a son of Southeast
Washington, and years ago was in
troduced to the business of journal
ism. For ten years or more he wav
ered between journalism and the
stage.
He first broke into local promi
nence by presenting the Garrick Play
ers stock enterprise in 19X9, with
George Marshall. The following year.
1920, he reopened the same theater
alone. After that, he accepted a po
sition with a newspaper syndicate in
| Kew York, and thus made the ac
quaintance of Chaplin, who had just
returned from his memorable Kuro
pean trip. As the representative of
a newspaper syndicate. Bell found
his only opportunity to talk to Chap
lin en route to the cosLst, leaving New
York_oti_only two hours’ notice. As
Raphael.
Today and tomorrow, Constance
Talmadge, in" Dulcy”; Tuesday, Mrs.
Wallace Reid, in “Human Wreckage”;
Wednesday and Thursday. Monte Blue
and Florence Vidor, in "Main Street”;
Friday, Katherine MacDonald. in
"Scarlet Lily”; Saturday. Wally Van,
in “Driving’ Pool,” and Ruth Roland
in first episode of “Ruth of the
Range.”
Savoy.
Today and tomorrow, “The Eternal
Three," and Cliff Bowes, in “His New
Papa”; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Frank Mayo and Corinne Griffith, in
“Six Days”; Thursday and Fridav,
Mae Murray, in “The French Doll.”
and Harry Pollard, in "Dear Old Pal”;
Saturday. Madge Kennedy, in “The
Purple Highway.” and "Our Gang.”
in “Dodge Night.”
lhe outcome, Chaplin proposed that
he enter his service in California.
Bell promptly agreed.
For two years or more he remained
in the baofthround as far as the out
side world was concerned, but when
Chaplin decided to do ’’The Woman
i of Paris” Monta Bell was given credit '
! for the editorial direction of the
picture. This immediately brought j
j him an offer from a rival concern I
to write for it —an offer that was I
declined. Bell saying that direction
was his goal and that unless he
could direct for them ho would stay
and write with Chaplin.
The net result was Bell's accept
ance of a contract with the rival
company to direct a series of four
pictures, after which he was to en
ter into new relations with the same
firm. So before long Washington may
expect to hear of a new picture di
rected by a native son. L. Monta Bell.
Princess.
T#day and tomorrow, Constance
Talmadge. in “Dulcy”; Tuesday, “The
Drivln’ Fool”; Wednesday. “The
Critical Age”; Thursday, Rodolph
Valentino, in “The Young Rajah";
Friday and Saturday, Andree Lafa
yette. in "Trilby.”
York.
Today and tomorrow, Barney Ber
nard and Alexander Carr, in "Potash
and Perlmutter.” and Harry Pollard,
in “Dear Old Pal”; Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Douglas Fairbanks, in "Robin
Hood”; Thursday, "The Tie That
Binds. ” and Mack Sennett's “Down
to the Sea in Shoes”; Friday. Richard
Bennett and Lois Wilson, in “To the
Last Man.” and George O’Hara, in
“Fighting Blood," round 4; Saturday,
Colleen Moore, in "The Huntress” and
Larry Semon, in “The Gown Shop.”
The PRESIDENT Theater
The Avenue at 11th St.
Photoplays of Distinction. Continuous 11 lI7L _• ‘i’ ,
A.M. to Midnight, week days; 3 to 11 P.M, ” IRC CHUM Mj.
Sundays. JV. y Tribune—
Greatest picture since "Broken
“ Blossoms."
Prices: 35c to 75c
‘ Chicago Tribune—
““—““^—• You’ll be charmed by beauty
_ ___ . _ _ ___ and simplicity. You'll never
Held Over for a Second Week never
New York Mail —
Better than the book. Left
One of the truly great pictures of the * udie ” ce ' t “ ned
vea r New York Times —
J * One of the best adaptations
______ of a difficult literary work
ever filmed,
WilHam Fox's Super Feature Height of perfection,' Mar- I
mont’s performance without
“IP WIIMTPR sTfrancisco CaU
IP yTAX M ' A AaiAV Outstanding picture of the
miiiircw "a-sVisSh-. Mu..
■ ■ lllflp of screen. Singularly fine
VsV/lf motion picture.
N. Y. Sum and Globe —
With Percy Marmont as A roatiy beautiful picture.
Chicago Herald and
Mark Sabre Examiner — ’
Thought it couldn’t be done.
- KiUarde has done a bang-up
job.
If you read the book you’ll WANT N.Y. World
mm j* j •. a-■ Better than motion picture
to 566 it; if you (flan I r6ffa the audiences are accustomed to.
book you MUST see it. SuJZ.™*
School Matinee Tomorrow
TX order that the school children and
their elders may have an oppor
tunity to enjoy the fun of Harold
Lloyd's new six-reel comedy, "Why
Worry?” at both Crandall’s Metropol
itan and Ambassador theaters, it has
been arranged to give a special mat
inee tomorrow at 3 p.m.. with contin
uous performances until 11 p.m., at
the Ambassador, with the regular Sat
urday matinee scale of prices for any
scat in the house.
Screen Mothers.
AHDEX. the famous screen
mother, was an artist and news
paper reporter before she studied at
the American Academy of Dramatic
Art.
She worked in various stock com
panies in Los Angeles until discovered
by Griffith, who started her on her
tiim career.
Her present role in "Pleasure Mad”
gives her every opportunity to display
the talent for which she is justly
famed.
“Le Cid" in the Movies
“T E CID,” to which reference is
1 ■*“* made in the photoplay. "A Wife’s
Romance,” which will be shown here
this week, for the benefit of the un
initiated, is the name of the legendary
hero of Spain. He holds the same po
sition in literature and in the hearts
of the Spanish people as does King
Arthur of the Round Table among the
English, and the legendary heroes of
other countries. “Le Cid” is the epi
tome of courage, gallantry and ro
mance to the Spanish people. He was
exiled from his country and then
asked to return to rid Spain of the
many enemies which infested her.
After performing heroic service in
many ways he was finally made* King
of Caetille and after his death was
enshrined in the land as the greatest
of the great heroes of Spain.
Tivoli Nearing Completion.
■p APTD progress is being made in the
erection of Crandall’s new Tivoli
Theater, at 14th street and Park road
northwest. The steel framing has been
up for some time, but now the inside
masonry has progressed to the point
where the structure has taken definite
shape and its immense sire and the
dizzy height of the back-stage flyloft
and gridiron can be easily grasped.
When completed, it is claimed, the
Tivoli will be one of the most mag
nificent buildings of its kind in the
United States, with a total seating ca- |
pacity of 2,500. It is to be conducted
on a policy that has never been In |
operation in the Capital, it is said, and j
will be a thing- quite apart from the
usual "residential” house.
AMUSEMENTS.
Favored by the Clergy.
/''vNE of the many admirers of the
picture "If Winter Comes,” now
showing at the President ’ Theater. is
the Rev. A. J. Torrey, an assistant
pastor of the Church of the Epiphany
of this city, who Is largely engaged
In community work. Mr. Torrey,
after viewing the picture at the
President Theater, authorizes the fol
lowing statement:
"If there were more pictures like
that there would be less criticism of
the movies and more to be said in
commendation. And there would be,
too, a very much larger attendance
at the theaters of those who hereto
fore have not been in the habit of
going to motion picture shows."
Mr. Torrey also stated that h<x be
lieves in attracting men to the church
and has taken the method of exhibit
ing motion picture films to his parish
oners and their friends in his chapel
or community house with a view of
keeping them interested in church
and community work. He is strong,
he says, for sports of all kinds, and
especially for the movies “if they
come clean.”
Recently in Ottawa, the Rev. E. B.
Wyllie, at the Erskine Church, de
livered a sermon, it is claimed, based
on the picture "if Winter Comes.”
and described the book as a story
with a great moral as well as a pure
character study.
“Dixie” to Be Filmed.
THE epic of “Dixie” is to be filmed.
The romance of tbe old south
has been written and will be pic
turized by the same people who made
possible the picturization of the life
and times of Abraham Lincoln.
A1 and Ray Rockett announce that
they have begun research and have
laid technical plans for the production
of a twelve-reel picture to be entitled
“Dixie,” which will star George A.
Billings and Ruth Clifford, creators,
respectively, of the roles of Abraham
Lincoln and Anne Rutledge v in “The
Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln,”
soon to be released by the Rockett
Lincoln Film Company of Hollywood.
The Messrs. Rockett, having won
their gold spurs as producers of big
photodrama in their Lincoln work,
are confident that the picture will
carry Mr. Billings and Miss Clifford
into the front rank of American cin
ema stars, and they have lost no time
in arranging to utilize the genius of
these two players in another produc
tion which they believe will satisfy
a long unfulfilled desire—a great,
comprehensive, sympathetic and au-
SpamsK Extravagance.
more lavish and extravagant
period could have been selected
for the setting of a motion picture
than that of Spain during the reign
of King Philip 11, according to Har
riet Morris, who conducted the re
search work on "In tbe Palace of the
King.”
Miss Morris spent several weeks on
historical research when Emmett
Flynn was preparing to begin work
on “In the Palace of the King."
“The period was the age of extrava
gance." says Miss Morri/. "Spain at
that time—in the sixteenth and sev
enteenth centuries—was in the height
of her glory.
“We think we are in a period of
elegance and finery now. but think of
the courtiers of Spain then. Silks,
satins, brocades from Persia and the
far east, and priceless gems were
used to adorn the costumes worn in
King Philip’s court. Paarls were the
ordinary decoration for court dress.”
A GREAT PICTURE-WELL DONE!
The Brightest Page in History!
—When Romance Burned ith a
Reckless Passion
She was the fairest flower of sunny Spain, the
unknown daughter of a lowly soldier.
He was brother of the King, sought in mar
riage, by Princesses, hero of a nation of fighters.
Against the most magnificent background ever
conceived for a motion picture their dramatic
love story is unfolded.
Here is the year’s most astounding photo
dramatic achievement!
GOLDWYN PRESENTS F. MARION CRAWFORD’S
IN THE PALACE
OF THE KING
FEATURE STARTS 3:30—5:30—7:30—9:30 P. M.
WITH
BLANCHE SWEET PAULINE STARKE
HOBART BOSWORTH EDMUND LOWE
AND BRILLIANT SUPPORTING CAST
HAL ROACH COMEDY— NEWS ORCHESTRA
TODAY 2:91 P. M. RIALTO DAILY 11 TO 11
Dr. Wyllie, in summing up the cen
tral character of the story, that of
Mark Sabre, the role played by Percy
Marmont, said the author had created
as Christ-like a character as could
be conceived in modern life.
Dr. Wyllie said the picture left a
gripping impression which the book
did not leave. The personality of
Mark Sabre's wife, known in the
story as Mabel, he described as a rep
resentation of the "smug, respectable
I twentieth century church woman,
i lacking in the spirit of love and sym-
I pathy which was taught by Christ.”
i Continuing, he said that men “who
! are God-touched, like the character
' of Sabre in the book, are the saviors
|of the world, and in them faith in
! humanity is vindicated.”
Rev, S. O. Bland of the Broadway
Methodist Tabernacle, In Toronto,
Canada, also preached a sermon some
j time ago on the character of Mark
i Sabre and drew important lessons
1 from the character and incidents of
the book.
“It is close to the heart of Chris
tianity'.” declared the minister, “and
I humbly bow myself before the man
who could conceive such a thing as
Mark Sabre did in foregoing his re
venge on the man who had wronged
him and in burning the letter that
would clear his reputation from the
cloud of suspicion that hung over
i him.”
| thoritative picture piay of the old south
i at its best.
The fragments of southern life and
i history as presented upon stage and
jscreen should supply the quintessence
| of romance and enchantment..
The theater of “Dixie,” like “The
Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln."
I will be far flung, touching at many
. points in the south and delineating
; life as it really was lived when Dixie
j was at the height of its glory—New
i Orleans, Memphis, Montgomery, old St.
Ixiuis, Charleston, Richmond, Peters
burg, Louisville, famous old estates of
the south, steamboat life on the Missis
. sippi river, tbe swamps, the rice and
! cotton field, the Suwanee river, the
quality and the “poor white trash.”
the slave marts and the halls of gov
ernment—the south in peace and in
war.
The world famous race between the
steamboats Natchez and Robert E.
Lee is to be staged in spectacular
magnificence on the Mississippi, and
river life as Mark Twain knew it will
be one of the features of the work.
The authorship of “Dixie.” it is
said, will remain a mystery until the
time of beginning actual production,
when it will be announced with the
‘ complete cast. ©
Mussolini and the Movies
QEORGE FITZMAURICE. associated
with Samuel Goldwyn in the pro
duction ..f Sir Hall Caine’s “The
Eternal City.” has sent a copy' of th<
finished picture to Premier Mussolini
at Rome. Italy, in payment of a
promise he had made after he had
completed three months’ work in
Rome.
Mussolini, it is said, was extremely
tolerant of and helpful to Fitzmaurice
and his company during their work
in the Roman city. Permission was
secured to use as- locations such
places as the Coliseum, the Forum,
the Roman baths. Old and New Ap
p:an way and many of the most im
portant streets in the city. Entire
thoroughfares were roped off for the
use of Fitzmaurice. Battalions of
soldiers were delegated to work
in the picture and guard the players
from interference, and Mussolini
actually played a small part in the
production.
The premier showed keen interest
in the making of the picture and
several times during its staging
process showed up on location and
watched the intricate details for an
hour or two.
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