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it.WitStjr-i Sixths' s t :ZMt!rmiMMmffljmttwmsB&' THE AftlZOXA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1915 PAGE FIVE Drama, an Picture PI beginning in Xo etrdie r 1 S 1 7 l-.or sal ary takes another upward jump. It is saiil that ti e Metropolitan di-ii- torate believes that tiiere are times hen it is unwi: to play with lire. They arc nil wearing band ages on their fingers. ays states that tho si little inter act ilia; in "Pn tonr is to lie :oes on to sav seems to lie not at enything having to Why? Chicago exchange "far west" has shown st in H. P. Wai ter's iter ("over" shat his terminated. Then it that the far west ail interested in io Willi the theater. So ninoh so Itiat protlueers are f-ane-elcing their 1 kings west of t'hioigo for th remainder of the. fiumhi except in a lew special instances. That Was Too Much A little doe dancer, somewhat fat am! nearing forty, was telling his troubles to a group of friends on Proailway one lav. lie hail just reacheil the (Treat AVhhe MJay alter a irnrc or less dinsterous trip through the southern states with a Minstrel tn.upe. "Tina's was certainly hard" lie said, "and they keeps getting wor"e and worse; lnt I sticks to it. Wliy in some of them )M.tash ami j turpetitine towns things was so !,ail i the people would Mar.it at the win- J lows of the hash house where we : was calin" and yell to us to slip em I a roll. l;ut at I'oidele t!a. tl.ey tot! ir.y goat. Hilly left the show audi they wanted me to Pe liotn -ni! men at the same old salary. i epiit." 'iUy?;' sV V I S3', :V1 . 4", ." " .A , , "Old Curiosity Shop," at the Empress on Wednesday and Thursday THE another pro in ARIZONA is entering upon bi, wee!-; today. Its opening vvill uffer Kohert AVarwick in "Alias Jnnmy Valentine." so well known through the version and in ok form i tiraw liif ;llidienccs. It i WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE THIS ! THE COLISEUM today Kllis Musical ('onietly 'o. time and tomorrow the 1 loneymooners v ill replace lar company. For ten Klliv. oiapany has done a A play dramatic sure to ould l.e I hard to think of a man better suitcil In the role of Jimmy than lion War jwiik and the cumbimition should make ;in ideal attraition. ! For .Monday, Tuesday and AVed I nesday the Arizona lias its liii;Kc;.L attraction or the season with the ex- ( ccpti.m ot "t ahina. 11 is the film I ersion of Iiex leach's famous stoic. .j, j "The Spoilers." This picturesque and i rusKcil lomance of Alaska has :i hive it li suleiiiiid imagination that r t lie last prips and holds tne synipatiues. i'.ix. liroadway I uiovinir, 1:1.1 -;! f ul nn-,1 wholesome in this popu- i its human inu-rest. absorbing in situ weels th.!ntion. "Th ' Spoilers" is a thrilling, prosperous I red-blooded story of stronir men bat- alone is the play inif card; but a itself WEEK of ;'ers the j storv 1 i Marguerite Clark in "The Goose Girl," Arizona, Thursday business and while, in some respects, the achievements of the company have fallen somewhat short of ex pectations, it has in evefy way iieen a vast improvement on anything that has ever been seen at the Coliseum, in lii'iia Yiienne esiecially and Karl Hall and Alice Iewih the company has teen ai led by principals of high caliber. -Mr. I'ayne who is nianasins1 the Broadway lloneymooners conies to 1'hoenix with an enviable reputation. He has sp nt many successful seasons in F.l I 'a so. l:illa.s. Ft. Worth and other of the larger Texas cities. Ho has made" his entrance unostenta tiously and while not promisiir any thing that seems impossible, he says that he has a company which he leels sure will prove satisfactory and that he will be frlad to be judsedby their work on tneir first appearance on Monday nisfht. There are sixteen r people in the r.roadway Honeymooners and Mr. I'ayne says that they are all compe tent artists and that he fels sure many of them will become, fast fav orites here. The policy of two per formances a night ar.d two changes .f bill each week will he followed. The opening hill liroadway." will be "Along tling for supremacy, with all their ; Winnifred power of mind and muscle alert for j every cast of chance. i The picture shows one of the most j realistic fiehts thttt ever has been screened and the vhole thing throbs i-:nd pulses with1 sensations. William Farnum plays the lead while Kath erine Williams will b seen as great draw a means of bringing Clara Kimball Young before the public it performs a double ser vice. Few women appear to such great advantage on the screen as this tine niiist. The story of the pi ty is of course well known here, it was played with very great success by 'he Redmond company at this same theater. Following "The Deep Purple" and shovvinu only three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, what is really one of the best pictures that ever has i cine to Phoenix. It is "Salambo, often referred to as "the little "a biria." The scene is laid in Carthage and Salambo is the daughter of Amilcar, the ruler of that nation. It is a story of love and intrigue film ed in splendid fashion. The settings 'ire superb and the scenes display all the pomp and glory of those olden days. One of the hift features at the Columbia is the popular programs by the n-w orchestra under the leader ship of Hubert lTatt. As everybody knows, Mr. Pratt is a violinist of no mean ability anil his programs are always well selected and attractive. For today he has a long and varied program arranged which should prove . most attractive to all the patrons of i the house. THE LION theater presents today as tile feature attaction of a good program of Mutual Movies, Sidney 1 i.'.y in tile Thanhauser two reel drama. "On the Prink of the Abyss." 'i"!ii' is a strong dramatic offering and in addition to Pracy. Frank Far lington and Minnie ISerlin are among the players, which insures a good presentation of an interesting story. j"The Mutual Weekly" has its regu ;lar rhowing today and gives a splen-' 'did idea of the world's doings. The 1 laughing number of the program to i day is a Keystone comedy called "Springtime Peeling" and it's very ! funny. I Next Wednesday and Thursday, the ! I. ion will present Dorothy dish in I the well known comedy drama, ."Minerva's Mission," which contains ; a very laughable plot in which "lli j form" in every sense of the word is practiced on everybody anil includes I tr ion ilie W ! n f " Criitri' 'mil tJri 1 n T-1? i v llreenwood is seen at the C3T4S The Mutual Weekly Cherry, Kverybody remembers the tremendous sensation Iiex Peach's book created and it is said that in film form it is much more virile than the novel. For its Thursday offering the Ari zona has Marguerite Clarke in "The (Joose :irl." This charming little actress is aeiiuiring a vogue that is almost as all embracing as that of Mary Pickford, and there is . good reason for it.. She is one of the tnii.it attractive of all the film artists. In "The (loose Hill" she will have un usual opportunities to display her charm and the story itself is de lightful. . For Friday and Saturday Kdwanl Alleles in "After Five" will he the attraction. Some week. THE COLUMBIA, by way of mak ing good its claim to pictures of un usual attractiveness, is offering for today, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day Paul Armstrong's great play, "The Deep Purple," in film form. Not st i he World s New3 in Pictures ' War Pictures I.if? .n Freiu a t r e n ches. iii'iird a."-; hurried to hospt'a'.c. A view of from the c-hurc h f Seattle, new lil-' ' 4 ' " "V"-: ' vV ! I . V.'tc NX Scene from "The Deep Purple," with Clara Kimball Young at the Columbia, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2, 3, 4, and 5 Lat the Wi tin Vitrimoui f-teeple. James Scarlett Wash , invents presorv er. General Tom .Thuir.b anJ wife receive the keys of the city from Postons -Mayor. Sub-title: "Tho (jeneral's I torse." Torpedo Boat Destroyer ten der "Melville" is launched at Caiiu'en, X. J. Roadbed "Cave-in" cause.-; .ser'toc'is wreck near Clare liiont, X. H. Sing Sing Prisoners areknit iii.g warm mufflers for Polish soldiers. Sub-title: Mrs. Krnest Schc tling, wife of the famous pianist, who teaches tile class, and Thos. Mott Osborne, the new warden of the prison. Secretary of the Navy Dan iels breaks giound for me morial at Arlington Ceme Iiij. Views of tho Upper ana Lower Genesee Falls from which the famous Pan Patch made his leap. Tiny Fire-Escape demon strates its usefulness in saving lives. Klevcn-slory drop from Munsey Puil 1 ing, Washington. -IX V. Bomb Plot to destroy St. Patrick's Cathodial is foil ed by tho arrest of Frank Abarno and t'harles Car bone. The "Kroonland" and the "Great Northern" passing through the Panama Canal. U. S. Cavalry in training at Fort Thomas. .TODAY AT THE LION THEATER Jf r.ion hich in will 'The Truth of Fiction" be greatly enjoyed. THE EMPRESS today has the Lu bin three-part drama "The Attorney for the Defence," as its main feature and in addition there is the Yita giaph .comedy "Postponed" featuring Wally Yan and Xita Frazier, the 1 iearst-Selig Xevvs pictorial with some splendid views, including that of Pincoln Beachy's last flight, and i the Kssanay comedy "Slippery Slim's ; Wedding Day." . j For the usual Fielding clays, Mon- ! iay and Tuesday, there is the Vita- ,:, graph Hroadway Star, feature, "Two j ,,, Wome n," ti drama of human interest ! ,,f with Charles Rithraan in the leading role. As everybody wtio has followed tilings theatrical knows, Mr. Richman is one of America's foremost leading men and in "The Idler," he has one of the best parts he lias ever played. He is welt supported by Catherine Cottntiss and other well known ar tists. Following "The Idler" comes Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Du Parry," Ameri ca's greatest emotional actress, in the greatest triumph of tier career. This gri'at play by Pelasco was writ ten especially for .Mrs. Carter and lan for two years at the Pelasco iter in Xew York, ttie sensation two seasons. It is said that the in three ! arts by James Oliver Cur- film version is fully up to -that of wood and produced by Ralph Inc". the speaking stage and in some ways Tile eirania pictures two women of excels it and Mrs. Carter rises to widely differing types and their ef- j the great scene with all her old time feet on the world. j fjre. Here is a picture that should The Fielding .feature will be "Hii; j n,it be misse d. Western Way," a one-part I.ubin Kor Thursday comes another Kx which give Mr. Fielding ample op- ploit of , Klaine-, one which will keep port unity to display his talents. I the hearts of Elaine's many ardent There w ill he two comedies, "M us- followers pumping overtime. tang Pete's Pressing Engagement ' i o and "The Fable of the Galumptious m f n AND THEIR FAMILIES i fjme , one Girl," both Essenays. On Wednesday and Thursday Hep worth Pictorial Revival of Charles Dickens' "Tho Old Curiosity Shop" in five parts will be the attraction. This should prove really interesting. . It will be followed by a good one-reel comedy. For the week end. Friday and Sat- 1 J - 4.1 greatest effort elate has been family." Very ways the attachment for him and bad for has sniel that "the of civilization up to attaching man to the likely, but in man has been bad the family. It. "The Idler" at the Lamara today has developed in him a type of pride which has 1 4" LORETTA BLAKE EAINIY MUTUAL INGLNUC pe-rnicious t led him to i deem women and children as pos- sessions a pride no less false j when sugar-coated with sentimental ! or chivalrous talk of the "my wife," ! my mother, my sister, my children" I variety. Men's families have been ! for the most part either a. source of this false pride or else a millstone i round their necks; sometimes both. : Most middle-class men are hope- lessly dulled and stupefied by mere grubbing to get the family bills ! paid. In the "wage-slave" class, j both the men and the women share ; the same stupid fate, the women i always getting the worst of it, how- I ever, for child-bearing is added to 1 their other labors. Men have been ; apt to assume that their responsi- i bilities to women anil children were wholly disi-harged by merely paying 1 over cash, without much personal service. Poth men and women have ; j meant well, but the men have been j rather stupidly selfish, and the women stupidly unselfish." Mary Ware Dennett in May Century. ' TEACHER OF SINGING Room 7 Board of Trade Building i nlay. Charlie a two-part t in which he as he was in Chaplin will be seen in omedy, "A Xight iff," is said to be as funny His Xew Job." This means -a jiae ked house for this en- ' vagemcnt. Resides this big attrac- i tion there will be "The Sage Prus.i j i e'1," a. Yitagraph Proadway Star ' feature in three' parts, and the Hearst ! Selig News Pictorial showing some1 j interesting pictures direct from the t seat of war. SELIG PRESENTS g - -MONDAYrTUESD AY. AND, WEDNESDAY Jfi The Most Wonderful Story Ever Filmed yc THE ;i not tier LAM ARA today splendid picture. will show The Idler," A Virile Masterpiece The Picture With the Punch Powerful! areweli! TONIGHT ELLIS MUSICAL COM EDY CO. in Bandits Coliseum I m$ 'tfSM I II issa i From Rex Beach's Great Book IN ' NINE EEELS Two Shows 'Nightly First Show at 7:15 m Featuring WILLIAM FARNUM PRICES Children, 10c Adults, 15c and 25c Arizona TODAY ONLY Robert Warwick in "ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE" if? am art Sunday and Monday Sunday and Monday Box-pffics Attraction : 0-. C. H ADDON CHAMBERS Comedy-Drama London Life, Love and Intrigue - p) Lrn Featuring CHARLES RICHMAN CATHERINE COUNTESS CLAIRE WHITNEY STEWART HOLMES NO ADVANCE IN PRICES Hours of Shows: 11:00, 12:25, 1:50, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30, 8:55 Tuesday and Wednesday MRS. LESLIE CARTER, IN MADAME DU BARRY