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',: "ipiH.WJ'. 1 - ' I '!;,. ' THE TIMES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921 FIVE i I TOMORROW. Read the family history of the Talmadgps, how they started and how Mother "Peg" helped them along. Watch for It! TIMES SCREEN and STAGE PAGE "A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND -THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN." n A a I i Seen On The Screen TOPKNOTS. Fitting the hair to he features is an art that screen actresses seem to have learned quite well here's CONSTANCE TALMADGE, for instance. She knows tthat a Huffy hairdress suits her face, so she wears it thaJt way. Golden brown, full of lights and shad ows, it makes an alluring top piece to the vivid young woman who owns it. Like her sister Norma, Con stance began her screen career at the old Vitagraph studio, at tracting the attention of David Wark Griffith by her "good work, so that he cast her in her first big role in "Intollerance." She has been going up ever since and is acknowledged as the best light comedienne on the screen. Not so long ago Constance be gan exhibiting signs of dissatis faction with her state of single blessedness, until the day after Christmas when she .and Dor Why Gish, James Rennie and John Pialoglo got into an auto mobile and drove to Greenwich, where they were married. Con stance picked John, who is a wealthy Greek tobacco merchant, and Dorothy chose James, who has been her leading man for some time. Constance's work is going along just the same, .domestic felicities not interrupting the wheels of cinema progress, for which the public Is grateful. Her last picture is "Mama's Affair," which went big in New York and will he shown in Bridgeport be fore very long. As a pleasant coincidence the picture on which Constance is working now is "Wedding Bells." A motion picture is never "shot" in the sequence of events in which it is to appear on the screen. Sometimes the beginning, ending and middle of a picture are all taken on the same day. if the action happens to occur In the same "set." This minimizes cost and time of production. "Set" is the word applied to the background for any scene, whether it be merely a desk and chair, door way, window or reception hall. It Is a shortening of the word "setting." ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY High School Auditorium Thursday Evening, March Third ALEXANDER GUNN Pianist ROSE DREEBEN Soprano Will present a delightful program of piano and vocal music. Admission to this con cert is by invitation. We have a limited number of seats for this recital which we shall be pleased to pre- sent without charge to those desiring them upon personal or written application at our warerooms. THE ALFRED FOX PIANO CO. 172 FAIRFIELD AVE. ELITE Main & Charles St. Tel. N 952-4 MATINEE and EVEXTA'G Alice Brady "THE NEW YORK IDEA" REALART A sparkling comedy of Mar riage and Divorce. By Langdon Mitchell. Century Comedy Bray Comic Have You Had Your Pasting Party Yet? Girls and boys all over the city are gleefully planning Pasting Parties. Coming home from school last night Martin Feeney shouted across 'the street to a couple of his playmates: "Comin" over t' my house t'night My father'll bring home a 'Times' and you bring over' yours ,and he'll give us the Screen and Stage page, and then we can begin to paste. "My mother ithinks the Scrapbook club's a fine idea. She used to keep a scrapbook when she was a girl. She has it now, and I love to read it. Mother says a scrapbook is just like a history only you can do it your self instead of readin' it out of a book. Won't it be nice when we grow up to have our own scrapbooks to read ourselves and perhaps 'to have our children to read, too, just like I read Mother's "Did you hear what the prize for the best scrapbook was goin to be? The Times hasn't announced it yetj but my fatner heard tnat its gom to be the beginning of a savings' ac count in some of the banks. There'll be three prizes, too, so we'll all have a chance. "I'm crazy about the club. All you have to do is to ge a scrapbook, or make one yourself, so long as the pages are no bigger than 8 1-2 by 12 nor smaller than 7 1-2 by 10. Then you fill out the blank that's in the Times every night, send it in, so they'll know that you belong to the club, and that's all. "Can't we have a Pasting Party over to your house tomorrow night? Then I'll ask Tom if his mother won't let him have one over to his house Saturday afternoon. "I'm goin' to cut out my clippings neatly and not let the pages get finger-marked, so's I'll win the first prize. But there's two others, so we can all try. "G'bye, Jim. See you t'night'." BOYS AND GIRTHS, NOTICE! Send in your blank right away so you. can belong to rthe Times' Scrap book club. " This club is open to children from 8 to 3 6, and the condi tions are given above in Martin's conversation to his friend, Jimmie. The best book, most simply arrang ed, most neatly placed and planned, and most cleanly kept will be award ed a prize, which will be announced soon. There will be a second and third prizes, 'too, so you will all have a chance Ho get one of the three. Mothers and fathers axe support ing this club with great enthusiasm because of the incentive that it gives to children to have their own little histories of amusement activities of this ireneration. and of the added in centives of care and neatness and thought that are so necessary in the contest. Sign your blank now and send it in. Mary Pickfoxd's little niece and namesake, who was recently adopted by Mary's mother, will make her first screen appearance in Douglas Fairbanks' next Ignited Artists' pro duction, "The Nu." Despite the fact that the world's most famous screen actress is her aunt, tiny Mary had to begin her picture career doing "atmosphere as an " extra. Francis N. Bushman and his wife. Beverly Bayno, the motion picture stars, who have not appeared in any film production for a long time, are scheduled to open a vaudeville en gagement shortly. Phone Barnum 4475 Miiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii; I WELCOME I 1 STRANGER 5 Is the Motto at i ATLAS i I TURKISH 1 BATHS 1 247 FAIRFIELD AVE. SS Whether yon arc fat, lean, 5 aenemic, nervous or run down. A Million In Scene from "The Killer," By ELTDA BEDELL The renaissance of Tod Sloan, the famous jockey, will shortly be enact ed before .the eyes of those who follow the movies, for Tod is to appear in a Hampton production of Stewart Ed ward White's novel, "The Killer," and it will be his first public appearance since the great royal and aristocratic personages of the English turf turned "thumbs down" on him some tims ago. Tod, of course, has grown older, graver and chubbier. He has no longer the svelte, slim figure of the jockey, but the same determination that made him ithe greatest jockey in the world is backing him in his en deavor to win back as much as possi ble of the million dollars he won on SCRAPBOOK I want to join your Scrapbook Name Address Age Mail at once to MOTION PICTURE EDITOR The Bridgeport Times, City. "Movie" Goose Rhymes Tin j. and pmx. Diddle diddle dumpling, my son Will Went !to a show with his best girl, Phyl. The .film was romantic And not a bit pedantic Which pleased both Phyllis and her sweetheart Bill. WEST END Tel. Bar. 7773. TONIGHT Realart Presents WANDA HAWLEY in "Her First Elopement" 5 Acts (From the Stage Play by Alice Duer Miller.) With Jerome Patrick, NeD Craig, Herbert Standing. EXTRA! "MUM'S THE WORD" -3 Reel Comedy The 'Movies!1 Tod Sloan's First Movie. the turf and lost in wildcat ventures and luxurious living. Mixed Up the Shoes. There is no reminder in the present Tod Sloan of the Tod Sloan who, as jockey king of the turf of England, insisted on walking up five flights of Stairs to his room in the Hotel Cecil, so that, on the way, he might have the pleasure of mixing up all the boots and shoes that stood outside the doors, thereby driving manage ment and guests almost crazy the next morning. Tod's life has been both successful and stormy. His debut in th movies looks auspicious. Fame doesn't often come twice in a lifetime, but, you never can tell! CLUB COVPON. Club. Tell The World If you have a complaint or a griev ance or a criticism, let's hear it! Get it off your chest and you'll feel better! If Alice Brady wears an evening frock when she should have donned a sports suit, tell us about it If Bill Hart wears a sheriff's shield over his right breast in one scene and in the next over his heart, and you have no ticed it, tell the world, through us. If the hero climbs a sooty chimney, only to emerge spotless at the top, tell us about it. A section of this column will be devoted to YOU! Who knows? Per haps the producers will hear your wails and resolve to do better. Tours for film perfection, MOTION PICTURE EDITOR. In filming "Snowblind" ithe Gold wyn company went all the way to Banff, Canada, to take snow scenes; but when they got .there they found no snow. They had to charter a train every day to ;iake 'them to Lake Louise to find real snow. 1UE TALK OF BRIDGEPORT Breaking All Keeords CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S 6 -Reel Wonder Picture, To Accommodate the Crowds "THE KID" Will ho Shown 5 Times Daily, 1 :8Q. 8:20. 6:10. 8:0O. 9:45 THE SIGLER BROS., And .Splendid Vaudeville Show P. G. GILLETTE OPTICIAN BP 20 P. 0. ARCADE "PEST" VERSES! Who WilTWrite The Best One? Pest verses keep coming in. Where's yours? Tell us all how you feel about the Pest who sits in the movies and talks and laughs and tells every body around him, within hearing dis tance, what he knows about the show, what's going to happen next, that the picture is rotten, that the star is a scream, that the villain's a frost; meanwhile airing his views to an unap'preciative audience.. HOW DO YOU LIKE HTM? What do YOU think of a man like that? -What would you like to do to him? What would you like to have happen to him? Would you like him to die a quick death or a lingering one ? Anyway, write in just how you feel about it. and get it off your chest. Best verse at the end of a week gets a couple of tickets to Poli's, You can write it blank verse, free verse or regular verse. Let's go! Here are today's: A LA BOWERY. I once heard a guy Say, with a cry: " 'The Kid' is a muff!" The house, with a sniff. Yelled: "Throw out the big stiff, He has hollered enough!" Lt. N. WHERE, OH, WHERE? He talked out loud. He spoiled the show. Where is he now? He had to go! W. A HI OODTI II R STY OXE. He's a pest. Such a pest. You see him everywhere. He sets And he. frets With discomfort fills the air. To a show He doth go And he tells the world the story. Would we still him? Sure, we'd kill him, And view his body gory! FAN. Miss Pickfod's next film will be Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's "Little Lord Fanntlroy." This will be the first aBtempt on the part of Miss Pickford to play a hoy's part. PARK. Joe Hut-tig's "Social Maids" will be the burlesque attraction at the Park theater the last half of this week. "Jimmie," Arthur Hammerstein's attractive musical comedy, will fea ture Frances White and Ben Welch as headliners. It will be shown on Monday evening, March 7. PLAZA. Capacity crowds are still greeting every showing of Charlie Chaplin's greatest six act masterpiece, "The Kid," at the Plaza "theatre, where it is shown five times daily, starting at 1:30. There is no use going into detail, let it suffice to say that it is the crowning achievement in Charlie's successful career. The Zigler Kids, world's champion boxers, at the ages of six and eieht, arc the talk of Bridgeport in their boxing match which they stage at eyery perform ance. The little fellows are real comers in the game. Dave Harris, the novelty songster and song writer, Chief Little Elk and Co., and others complete a very good bill. Starting tomorrow, Thursday, the Sunshine Girls, in a girly musical comedy offering. Will and Marion Moore, presenting "Where's the Rice?" written by Tommy Gray, Goldie and Thorne, he talented sing ALL THIS WEEK A STIRRING, GRIPPING MELODRAMA THE BIG GAME A Thrilling Story of the Great Outdoors Among the Snowclad Forests of the Canadian Northwest. EVERY LINE A THRILL See It! See It! See It! TWICE DAILY POPULAR PRICES NEXT WEEK A Comcdv with Music Victor Herbert's "THE ONLY GIRL" Thurs. j Fri. and Saturday MATINEE DAILY JOE HURTIG'S NEW EDITION OF THE SOCIAL MAIDS WITH Those Dancing Wonders Geo. Niblo Helen Spencer A CHORUS OF BEAUTY and CHARM Amusement A DALLY FEATURE. POLI'S Vaudeville and feature picture, Charlie Chaplin in "The Kid," a great picture. Matinee and evening. Feature goes on at 1:30, 3:15, 6:10, 8 and 9:50. Special music under direction of Samuel Davey. LYRIC Stock company presents matinee and evening "The Big Game." A virile play dealing with a big husky who is suffering from the birth mark of cowardice. How he finally finds himself and revenges and punishes the villain who has taken his wife from him makes an in teresting play. PLAZA Vaudeville and feature picture, Charlie Chaplin in "The Kid." Matinee and evening. Feature goes on at 1:30, 3:15, 6:10, 8 and 9:50. Special music under direction of Carl Larson. PARK Tonight, "Bringing TJp Father," a comedy based on the cartoons made famous by George McManus. Music, too, with a large and goodlooking chorus. Performance begins at S:!5. EMPIRE Feature picture, Annette Kellerman in "What Women Love." Matinee and evening. Feature goes on at 2:10, 3:40, 5:25, 7:25, and 9:15. Program also includes a comedy and a hews reel. Special music under direction of Charles S. Ferrett. WEST END 1241 State street. Feature picture, Wanda Hawley in "Her First Elopement." Program also includes comedy and news reel. Evening performance only. Feature goes on at 7:45 and 9:15. Organ music. ELITE 2314 North Main street. Feature picture, Charles Ray in "45 Minutes from Broaway." He is a young sport who learns a lot about friends. Program also includes last episode of "Ruth of the Rockies," with Ruth Roland, and f'.rst episode of "The Son of Tar zan." Feature 7:45 and 9:15. Evening performance only. LIBERTY 12 92 State street. Feature picture. Buck Jones in "Just Pals." Matinee and evening. Feature goes on at 2:15, 7:15 and 9:15. Special music by the Beethoven Trio, under direction of E. Rhey Garrison HIPPODROME 1411 Stratford avenue. Feature picture. Norma Tal madge in "Yes or No?" Program also includes comedy and weekly news reel. Evening performances only. Feature goes on at 6:30 and 7:30. Special music under direction of John Reybock. STRAND 1414 Main street. Feature picture, Louise Lovely in "The Little Grey House." Performance from 1:30 to 10:30. ers, Aldine aij Wright and others complete the show. Announcement is made of the booking of the year's greatest melo drama, "Outside the Law," for next Sunday. LYRIC. "This is the sort of play that will appeal to most people," said Miss Ruth Amos, popular leading woman of the Poli Players. "I am more than charmed with my role and am certain that the play will be a suc cess. There is nothing appeals more ithan a 'play of the out of doors and I am a firm believer in all out of door exercises." The production is one of the old fashioned type of melodrama and keeps the audience thrilled from beginning to end. Next week the Players will be seen in a comedy with music written by America's greatest composer, Victor Herbert. "The Only Girl" is a snappy comedy. There is no chorus but the players and several addi tional artists will give musical num bers and specialties. WEST END. She was ijretty and very wealthy. Apparently every man in the world wanted to marry her. It became a terrible bore until one day a man just up and kidnapped the young lady! As a matter of fact, he thought she was a wouiu-oe yam ;empire: Continuous 1:30 to 10:30 -EVERY DAY OF THE EAR( (Sundays Excepted) TODAY I LAST DAY SHOWING S Annette Kellerman In a Mile a Minute Comedy Drama What Women Love i s DIRECT FROM APOLLO THEATRE, NEW YORK arupp wm&tsmtr BEN 1 1 mil PRETENTIOUS MlJSlCOMKT SEX By Otto Jarbach, oscar Mammerslein, Frank Mandel. Music by Herbert Stothart. Seats at Box Office Now Prices 75c, $1, 51.50, $2, $2.50 Calendar pire" who had been trying to graft on his brother but that only added spice to the situation. "Out all night on a yacht with a man!" -can't you just imagine what her shocked guardians would say? And how the real "vamp" would chortle at having such a fine, weapon delivered into her hands? But they fooled them all. How? Well, that forms the fun of "Her First Elopement," fthe 30-knot an hour yatchting comedy which will be shown at the West End theatre to night. It is Wanda Hawley's latest Realart starring vehicle. SUPREME FEATURE. VAUOEVtUt rHOTO-PtAW NOW PLAYING harles Chaplin in the Comedy that Took a Year to Slake Follow the crowds to KID New Vaudeville Bill Louis & Fred Berkoff A Torpsieliorean Fantasia Added Feature VIC PLANT &CO. in a Matter of Form HAZEL GREEN & CO. A Mirthful, Musical Offering Georges Gaiuier & Co. FRtCK & ADAIR P A T 15 N E W S Learn to Dance QUILTY'S SCHOOL OF DANCING Private Lessons Every Afternoon and Evening. Advanced Dancing Class Every Eridav Evenihs. MONDAY MAR. 7 Only One Performance s supper bid IfELCff POLI'S 1 HE CSSsts I 11 tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiinii; '. i Wiifii