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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER G, 1914.
PAGE FIVE
Dram
yore; but Hint matters not to the
legion of the loyal anil, fur these two
Weeks at least, idiere will be one
heater in New York with a packed
gallery. ' . .
''Strife.'' '
On . Thursday morning, tile (!ruma
class will meet at the Woman's club
for thf reading of John Galsworthy's
"Strife." This very wonderful play
will prove a decided change from
Ike fare the club has been feeding
on for i aat weeks.. It is a tremen
dously powerful work and will give
food for real thought and discussion.
The Naked Truth.
tine of the big picture productions
v hieh will be seen here very shortly
in "The Xakcd. Truth," a story of
t'ne Latin Quarter of Paris. It is
founded on the famous novel by
Henry Bataille. a story of a woman's
love, infinite in its pathos and bril
liantly told. It ran at the Candler
tiieater in New Yolk, where such
great productions as "Ca'oiria" have
held the leading role, the Xew York I
tapers were unstinted in their praise. Thos. Comerford, Essanay Eastern Co.
The Evening fun stated it to be the I -
finest piece of emotional acting ever j temper of the American audience
snown on a screen, the xew York "whirlwind" would hardi..
r -i!
'hi T i
and The Picture
Plays
Journal spoke of it as "a revelation,"
and it did not refer to the naked-
i
i
y X-Tm
!
Richard C. Travers. Essanay East
ern Co.
ncss, while the World declared it to
be one of the great film master-,
pieces.
The Xakcd Truth will be shown at
the Lamara.
Marie Dressier MacBeth.
iThis Marie Dressier woman is cer-'
tainiy gleaning large gobs of free ad
vertising these days; but her pub
licity is at least entertaining. Just
to prove that she is a real comedi
enne, with a sense of humor as deli
cious as It is huge, she announced
that after her present season in "A
Mix-lp" is concluded, she proposes
to make a whirlwind tour of the
principal cities of the United States
in an ambitious production of
Shakespeare's "Macbeth." We should
say that "ambitious" was' a mighty
good word and that if we know the
If Tin
LION
Theatre
u Announces the com
l ing on Wednesday
m and Thursday of the
! six-reel production of
The Wrath of the
GODS
Featuring the cele
brated Japanese ac-
ll tress
IV TSURI AOKI
If
J
hardly
the tour.
Marie made this remarkable state
ment at a matinee performance at
the Alvin theater in Pittsourg last
week, and the audience did not seem
to realize that the statement was
the funniest part of the performance.
.uane Dressier as "Lady Macbeth"
would certainly be worth crossing
the continent to see and then some.
The Wrath of the Gods.
One of the most wonderful of re-
jeent productions in the picture world
is I nomas Inces' "The Wrath of the
Gods," in which Tsuri Aoki, the not-
j ed Japanese actress is seen to won
I dcrful advantage.
j A powerful and gripping story has
been evolved from an old Japanese
Ifgend associated with the ancient
Samurai family of Tamato. Tradi
tion staips that many years ago a
member of the house of Yumato pur
sued his adversary to the foot of the
j altar of Buldha and slew him. The
fcous, angry at the sacrilege, are said
to have appeared to tile offender and
cursed him. His race was doomed
to extinction and all were forbidden
to marry any member of his family.
The gods further decreed that, should
any disobey this commandment, the
wrath of the gods would be visited
on the island. The volcano of Sak-ura-Jima
woula open its bowels and
destroy all within its reach.
For years Lord Yamato, the last
male member of his race, has lived
in an old isolated part of the coast
in an endeavor to shield from his
pretty daughter the knowledge of
tlie curse that is upon .his fumily.
The girl has been forbidden to stray
far away from home. One day she
is playing alone on the rocks when
she meets a handsome young Japan
ese fisherman. The stranger pauses
to chat with her. The old prophet
of the village comes upon them and
he warns the young man that the
girl and her father are under a ban
ind ostracized by the villagers. The
prophet forbids the young man to
hold further converse with her and
he leaves, awed by the earnest solici
tations of the old man who is much
reverened by the natives.
The daughter of Yamato returns
home broken-hearted and the father
is grieved to learn he may no longer
keep the secret of their isolation
from her. old Yamuto has created
a statue of Buddha out in his garden
and both go out there to pray for
mercy from the gods. The girl, angry
at the injustice shown by a god
who would condemn the innocent, re
nounces the faith of her father. The
father is appalled at this blasphemy
but the girl is insistent. She leaves
and going down to the beach throws
herself on the sand praying the ele
ments to send her a man who will
not be afraid of the legend. A storm
comes up, the great typhoon dreaded
by the followers of the sea. A ship
is wrecked and an American sailor is
washed ashore on the following
dawn. Lord Yamato. finding the man
alive takes him to his hut of drift
wood where he is tenderly cared for
by the old man and his daughter.
The sailor eventually falls in love
with the young Japanese girl. He
desires to marry her but she tells
him of the legend that forbids rne
nuptials. The sailor tells Yamato and
hia daughter of a new God, the God
of the Christians, who is all justice
and more powerful than Buddha. The
sailor eventually converts his bene
factors to Christianity.
The sailor and the girl marry de
spite the protestations of the natives,
who, headed by the prophet, visit the
old noble. Lord Yamato tells them
that he has renounced his yiods and
the nioh tears him to pieces. An
other pari of the moo has gone to
the Japanese-American Mission to
try and prevent the marriage cere
mony. The. American minister man
ages to protect the two by secretly
sending them frcm the mission by
way of a back window.
The natives arc suddenly awed by
the spectacle of the volcano belching ;
forth smoke. The earthquake comes
upon thorn and from this moment the
picture is one long series of thrills.
The sailor and the girl return to the
hut to find it in flames and olj
Yamato dead with the cross clasred
in his arms. The girl, with the su
perstition of her race, believes the
nctivity of the volcano due to her
Befying the mandate of the gods. She
begs to be allowed to remain and die
by her father's side. The sailor
vainly tries to convince her that the
eruption is a coincidence. He finally
picks her up in his arms and carries
her to the beach. There a boat is
procured and both are finally rescued.
"The Wrath of the Gods" will be
shown at the Lion theater on next
Wednesday and Thursday, December
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Faith"-Dollars
Valley Bank
Checks
Taken, in Purchase
of
New Pianos
"The Lost Paradise," at the Arizona Tuesday
I I
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE I
I THIS WEEK. I I
I I
.,. j
THE COLUMBIA starts on its final
week of the present tabloid com- 1
pnny's engagement Monday with a
Fkit called "Mr. A. Xut," and those !
who are responsible for its presenta- ;
tion proftss" to think that it will find '
a welcome in the ranks of those who
go to the theater to laugh and forget I
the war and whatever else we have!
to forget just now. It is a comedy
that in its original form was much
in vogue some years back and dressed
up with abbreviated skirts and much
music it cannot help but be even
more acceptable than when it was a
scream in the legitimate world. It
was voted a mighty funny farce less
than a dozen years back and it
should not have lost much of its
charm in the retelling with skirts and
legs and wot not of the tabloid. It
new venture and the Columbia will
truly reserve seats. It will be pos
sible for the patron to phone for
reservations and that will in itself be
: n innovation.
THE ARIZONA today offers Wil
liam A. Brady's great play, "Mother."
with Emma Dunn in the leading role.
Anybody who has been fortunate
enough to see Miss Dunn in this part
of society life with its lesson, "The'j
Gamblers." This story drew almost !
as much attention from the critics j
when it was offered in its original !
form, as did the famous "Lion and j
the Mouse" by the , same author.!
Though widely different in theme, it I
is, nevertheless, ' a strong and virilo j
tale of men and women of today and i
trill prove in its shutter offering a ;
mighty noise-starting nrogram for
on the legitimate stage will need no j the Empress week. While the week j
further word to wish to see the pic- will be started with so much in the'
hire, for this charming little woman two above mentioned, they will have
who created the role when the play to draw mighty well to offset the at- !
was originally produced at Hackett's j tention that is sure to fall to the '
theater in New York, scored a tre-! splendid English comedy, "Lord !
mendouR hit and endeared herself to Chum'cy." Those who date back in !
everybody who witnessed the. per- I the history of the sock and buskin 1
formance. She will also be remem-! itcall the cider Sothern. father of!
bored for her wonderful work as the j the present splendid Shakespearian i
colored girl with Frances Starr in ; star, K. H. Sothern, wnen he came to '
"The Easiest Way." We understand j this country in "Lord Chumley." De-
that the film version is even more; spite the' years that have elapsed,!
attractive than the original and we j his visit is still one of the grest j
can heartily recommend Miss Dunn i things that happened in theatricals!
as one of the most worth while act-; of the diy. "Lord Chumley" will at-
resses we know of. . . tract much attention, for it has not
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- been seen here in its original form, I
day, H. B. Warner in "The Lost Par- lend the chance to see the great com-
adise" will be the attraction. ThisieJy will be welcomd by those who
34 years we had faith in the future of the Salt Kiver Valley. At that
time the founder of our establishment brought $50,(KiO in money into
the valley. The fact that this sum has grown into. our. capital stock,
valued at $150,000 at par, proves that our faith was not misplaced.
Inasmuch as the Valley Bank's funds are mostly loaned on the same
class of collaterals as we had had faith in "4 years ago, we now offer
to accept a limited amount of checks to be drawn on this bank in
connection with the securing of some new contract business. Bring
in your check book at once and select your instrument.
Our same low prices will prevail and a41 of the"- Redewill accomoda
tions will be given as always. . .. . ,
9
E. H. Calvert, Essanay Eastern Co.
will obtain for the first three days
of the week and then will give way
to an idyl of the northland under
the title of "Snow Bound." The show
is going to be the last thing that the
Lewis and Wolf people are to stage
and they want to leave with a repu
tation for having furnished some of
the best shows for the price of the
current season, and in "Snow Bound"
they hope to clinch their title.
While the Columbia will say good
bye to tabloid musical for some time
to come, it will not lack for novelty
in the offering which is to follow the
present company. Ed Redmond, who
has a pretentious following on the
coast, and who is said to be coming
with by far the best stock company
that has seen fit to emigrate to Phoe
nix, is a stock actor of no mean abil
ity and if he brings the company he
used to retain more than three years
in Sacramento, Calif., he will no
doubt find a warm welcome here.
know the dress from the gold.
MURRAY-ANDERSON'S will make
a special effort to have the public
dances during the week attractive.
should be even better adapted to the I With the Mining Cfingress in town, it
great labor play should make a won
derful picture. It was in the roie of
"Cinders" in this play that Maude
Adams made one of her first hits.
The story is intensely interesting and
I should prove one of the busiest weeks
of the winter and nothing will be
heft undone to make the dances on
j Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
nights notable. The various members
screen than it was to the stage.
THE REGALE today has for its
feature Ford Sterling in a two-reel
comedy, "The Shooting Match" in
which shot guns decide who shall hejof the Mining Congress have had the
the husband of a girl. ' It is rife with 1 hospitality of the place extended to
original and side-splitting fun in the
best Ford Sterling style. Other fea
tures will be the Xestor drama, "For
Friendship's . Sake" and Universal
Boy in an Imp drama.
THE COLISEUM so far has done
them and on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings Mr. Murray-Anderson will
lie seen in sume new dancing exhibi
tions. Tomorrow night the One Hrundred
club hedds its regular meeting, and
on Wednesday night the Supper club
remarkably well in the offerings that j will hold its initial subscription dance
it has presented since its re-opening and on Friday night the Sans Egal
and we have no doubt thut the bill
this week will be quite as attractive
in every way as those preceding it;
but up to the time of turning our
copy we had not received notice of
what this bill will lie. The class of
the attractions to date, however, has
heen so good that there can be no
club will meet again. The surpris
ingly large membership in these clubs
shows the tremendous hold that
dancing has taken on the Phoenix
people and all signs indicate that the
city will be dance mad through the
winter.
A number of very novel and inter-
doubt as to the intention of Victor estmg events are now in the course
Steinneger to furnish the very best of preparation. Formal announce-
avnilable talent to his patrons.
The orchestra under the direction
of Eugene Redewill has made a
splendid impression and is proving j about
one of the most popular teatures ot
the bill while the pictures have also
made good from the start. The new
ment will be made in regard to tnem
in a very snort time and Phoenix wili
soon have something new to talk
ARIZONA
Today and Tomorrow
Lvdia Bonelli in
"LOVE EVERLASTING"
COLISEUM Now Open
LAMARA
Coming Sundav and Monday
"THE NAKED TRUTH"
" In 5 Parts
PLAZA
Strand War Series Every
Saturday V
Regal
The sixth installment of The Trey o
i- Hearts next Tuesday and Wednesday,
Docember 8th and 9th.
SKATING RINK
Cor. 2nd and Madison Sta.
OPEN -SUNDAY, THURSDAY &
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
AND EVENINGS
W. H. TOLER, Mgr.
MlGttOK AMDERSOfi "
THAHHOUSKtMUTIJAL STAEJ
THE LAMARA has as its special feat
ure the wonderful Kleine feature that
Coliseum is here to stay and there I startled Xew York and filled the
Is a reason.
THE EMPRESS starts the new week
with "A Million Bid," a Vitagraph
masterpiece, and it will be followed
by an all-star bill through the week.
'The Million Bid" is for Sunday only
and has been written of so much in
the current magazines and Xew York
papers that most of those who fol
low the fortunes of the big things
theatrical have known of it long ago.
Following it for a two-days' stay,
Monday and Tuesday, will be
Candler theat r to overflowing for
many' weeks ; t prices considerably
more than double the ordinary. This
is "The Naked Truth," a picture
which has called forth all the super
latives of the metropolitan critics.
U is a story of a woman's love,
laid in the Latin Quartier of Paris.
and teeming with the red blood of
life as it really is. Lyda Borelli, who
plays the lead, is said to be an ex
ceptionally beautiful woman and her
work in the drama is exceptionally
fine. This is unquestionably one of
REDEWILL
MUSIC CO.
"Firm that Made
Arizona Musical"
Redewill 81k. . Phoenix
Phoenix this winter.
THE LION theater offers a good pro
gram for today, inasmuch as it is
diversified enough to please every
taste. "Daphnia," a two-reel Ameri
can drama, deserves first mention,
for it is a splendid offering from
every standpoint and the photography
is especially pleasing. "Mutual
Weekly No. 94" shows some excep
tional views from Europe and scenes
of important happenings in this coun
try. The program ends with a Key
stone comedy called "Fatty's Debut,"
in which Faety. Arbuckle plays' the
prominent part, which is an assur
ance of an enjoyable farce comedy.
Tomorrow the Lion shows "The Mill
ion Dollar Mystery" and on Wednes
day and Thursd!B..ttoe-irFat six-reel
pfoauCfion"-6r,TTOrttTOnoT the
Gods," featuring' the" Japanese actress
Tsuri Aoki.
-DEAD BROKE,
"We" are all dead broke, out cur
way this fall.- i f ..
"How do you aj'l live,' then?" '
"Oh, we lend each other a little"
3&
TODAY ONLY
"A MILLION BID"
A Vitagraph Masterpiece '
Better than "My Official Wife".
Made Famous by this company
Monday arid Tuesday
THE GAMBLERS
Chas. Klein's greatest suc-T
cess
Coming
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
I 1 Tl
screened Charles Klein's strong story I the finest pictures to be seen i
There is no reason to believe that
Phoenix, if given the chance, will not
tatronize the big New York produc
tions done by good stock actors.
There is, on the other' hand, every
reason to believe that just such a
company will find favor here. That
they are going to make a mighty ef
fort to please, and in pleasing re
main for many months is the assur
ance of the manager of the theater
as well as the owners of the stock
company. While it has not been defi
nitely settled as yet, it is expected
that the new company will open in a
pretentious .productfon of tjie "Bish
op's Carriage."
Popular prices will prevail for the
LAMARA
"The
TODAY AND TOMORROW
George Klein Presents
Naked Truth
IN FIVE PARTS
Featuring Lydia Borelli
This famous Italian actress was paid $20,000 for acting in this attraction. See her at her best.
Coming '
AUNETTE KELLERMAN in "NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER' V
' December 21, 22,' 23, 24