Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 October 1915 — Page 12

Some Movie Features This Week

MRS. FISKE IN "VANITY FAIRT AT THE GRAND

»1 \R1 MILiES MINTER In "EMMY OF STORK'S NEST," AT VARIETIES.

IN (MKFEAMS

Famous Screen Vampire Here As Carmen, and Dramatic Star As Becky Sharp.

With Theda Bara in the Fox production of "Carmen" and Mrs. Fiske 4ir the Kleine-Edison version of "Vanity Fair" the Grand is certainly offering classy film entertainment this week.

All who know the story of "Carmen" chiefly through the version of Bizet's opera as seen from time to time on the stage, will find welcome relief in the T\rilliam Fox visualization from some of the artificial episodes carpentered'into a working libretta by the industrious Meilhac and Halevy.

The fatuous and incredible ruse of "Carmen's" escape, the introduction of the pale Michaela, the improbable absence from the amphi-theatre, for theatrical reasons, of "Carmen," the one person most likely to occupy a seat of honor are all much changed.

Of Theda Bara's wonderfully wicked •(beauty much has been written. As rewailed In "Carmen" it is a beauty not of mere sculpturesque outline but of the vividity, strength and grace of the consta-nt play of move in face and eyes. A face that might have been that of Carmen, the raven-black hair that (wreathes eyes that ever lure and .mock eyes that caress into forgetnersa of duty and honor, that glitter in fiendish triumph over the dead lips that have not lived to speak slightingly of another woman, and that coolly tantalize the suitor who has accomplished his revenge.

Of M"ts. Flake's appearance as Becky Sharp in "Vanity Fair," which follows "Carmen" at the Grand, Kitty 'Kelly wrote in the Chicago Tribune: "When we have such a combination -Tag this—Thaclseray, 'Vanity Fair,' and

Mrs. Fuke—in pictures, the Implication is that pictures are slipping insidiously into the heights rather won and held by the highbrows. Nobody paid much attention in the days when the movies meant wild chascs and careless spillings of gore and the kidnaping of unwilling maidens. "Of course, many of'them mean little more than that now, and can be frigidly scorned, but when a picture producing company ca'sts its eye at such a classic as Thackeray's 'Va.nity Fair,' remembering the delicacy of satin that gives it its character, and then is aided and abetted by such a player as Mrs. Fiske—it is meet for the highbrows to arise arid look things

'The Only Cirl" Soon

Due at The Grand

Among the announcements of 'ittractions soon to be seen at the Grand, it is safe to say that none will prove more delightful to the theatergoers than the engagement of "The Only Girl," one of the season's greatest musical comedy successes, for which Victor Herbert composed the music and Henry Blossom wrote the story.

Playgoers who recall the delights of "The Red Mill," "Mile. Modiste1' and their other collaborations will be interested to learn that "The Only Girl'' as be on a he be fort.

RABBIT DISCLOSES TREASURE.

PRATT, Kan., Oct. 30.—A Mexican, hunting six miles east of here, ran a rabbit into a hole. He pulled the bunny out, but the rabbit held to a sleeve of a man's jacket.

Further investigation by the Mexican showed that a large swag of heavy silverware had been hidden in the hole, wrapped up in the jacket. The police are trying to decide whether the silver was hidden treasure qr the proceeds of a robbery. They suspect the latter.

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The Familiar "Jay Circus," Surrounded By Acts That Are New to Terre Haute.

Another gala bill has been arranged for the Hippodrome theatre for the first half of the coming week, which, judging from the merit of the attractions offered, should break the attendance record of the house. Heading the list of the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday bill will be Sherman-De-Foreet company, in their comical creation, "A Jay Circus," an act that, while not new to Terro Ilaute .audiences. has caused as much Hearty laughter as any other vaudeville offering sent here. The actions of the two typical "rube3" who attend the circus with the expectation ol' getting "trimmed," but are bent on getting their money's worth, are highly ludicrous and laugh compelling from start to finish.

Billy S. Hall, with Jennie Colburn, in Mr. Hall's novel cojmedy skit, "Bud Weiser," is to be another comedy feature of the bill. Hall is a comedian of the irresistible type, and appears in an original vaudeville creation that is chiefly noted for the number of hearty laughs that can be crowded into the twenty minutes it occupies the stage.

Still another comedy feature will be the offering of Clark and Verdi, Italian comedians. Their act is absolutely different. It has originality in abundance and a naturalness which makes special appeal.

New popular song hits, clever character songs, and bright witty chatter, makes up the gist of the offewng of Dora Felletier, character comedienne, which adds another good number to the program.

Richard Wallv and company furnishes the novelty portion of the bill. Wally does things with billiard balls, cues and other paraphernalia of a billiard room that are seemingly impossible. He is styled "The Human Billiard Table."

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MORE NOVELTIES FOR THE HIPPODROME

At Ihe Hippodrome

The Australian wood chopper.1*, Jackfon and McLaren,, champion axemen of the world, are to furnish the headline number for the week-end program ab the Hippodrome. The men come from the far-away timber lands of Australia, where for several years they won the championship a3 axemen, and now in vaudeville they reproduce the chopping contests that were held in the Australian countries. Huge trees are chopped through in almost unbelietvable quickness 'and accuracy. Besides the men are skilled in axe throwing, of which they give an interesting and exciting exhibition.

Another feature will be George Fisher & Co.. presenting a laughable comedy sketch entitled "Partners." A on as re ad as an Perimutter" stories will enjoy "Partners." as the act is very similar to th-. comical happenings of those two funny cloak and suit merchants.

Charles Seamon. "The Narrow Fellow," offe'-p. i'-ith his funny dyings and songs, grote? dancer ai •. Scotr and Wilsn- laugh makers, and the Three English in songs and novelty acrobatic dan completes the bill.

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TERRS HAUTE TRIBUNE.

It isn't a bad thing for the town or the motion picture game this clashing of the rival "Carmens."

TODAY

HOUSE

SUPREME BEYOND DISPUTE William Fox's Sensational Hii

CARMEN

FEATURING THE GREATEST CARViEN" THE WQhlO HAS EVER SEEM

Makes Other "Carmen's" Fade Into Oblivion

CLEVEUftD PLAIN DEA E3, FRIDAY, OCT. 29, SAYS: Cleveland has seen two screen versions of "Carmen." It has yet to see the best. Director Raoul A. Walsh has scored the greatest triumph of his career -with the Fox "Carmen" On the question of which is the better photoplay there can be'no two opinions. Summed up in one sentence our judgment is THAT "FOX" HAS INFINITUM'S THE BEST PICTURE.

FIRiT SHOWING IN CLEVELAND TODAY

See fh Real Rsgl "Carmjji"

SHOWS DAILY MATiKEE 1:30 to 6:00

1:30, 2:SJ, 4:10, 5:20,

6:30. 7:50 and 9:10

Coming:

Hundreds of people who are not regular patrons of the movie houses, some of them "ferninst" the silent drama, have

HH&8W visited the Grand or the American within the last few days with the result

Lhat

the list of

no vie fans in this eotion has oeen considerably enlarged. "Carrrfen" Will

Hiu.i t: O'liKlGN tjie Qrand and the American today and when two little boxes of celluloid are sent on their way something like 20,000 tickets will have been collected by the gentlemanly ticket takers at these two theaters. And that represents a lot of local interest in a story that has been told in various ways to several generations.

I regard the Fox version of "Carmen" as a great production and I regard Gerald ine Farrar as a gi'eat actress. Lasky had the players. Fox had the "types" and a great director. Both were "there" with the unlimited bank roll. See both "Carmens."

When A1 Myers was playing second baso for the Philadelphia base ball league base ball club "Syd" Farrar was the first baseman on that team. "Syd" Farrar had a small daughter who used to sing while watching the boys, practicing. Her name was Geraldine. After years of hard work she became famous as a grand opera prima donna. And now, she is a film star! Louie Torner, by the way, declares that in the old days when "Cod" Myers was the

Headliners at the Hipp. This Week

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Mrs. Fiske in "VANITY

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Ay M/oue O'Brien.

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One by one the road shows booked at the Grand for the month of. November have canceled. All that's

left is

the U. S. marlhe band. Then we are to have the K. of P. minstrels which Will help some. This will be a great show. Raymond Prltchett, who is directing rehearsals dopes it out that with the material in hand the K. of P. minstrels will surpass any show he has hitherto staged. And Prltchett is unquestionably our one best bet as A stage director.

Billy Brady is still insisting the spoken drama is disappearing. One of Mr. Brady's pet stars, Robert B. Mantell, is now a Fox film star.

Joseph Santley will join the big company Charles Dillingham is engaging to support Gaby Ieslys in "Stop! Look! Listen!" (Richard Carle and Harry Fox have already been signed.

Tod Sloane, the Indiana Jockey, is acting in a vaudeville sketch called "Forty Winks," which is now being done in England. One of the scenes is labelled "The Day of the Race." And that's where the former husband of Julia Sanderson pulls his Wig stuff. •KV

"A World of Pleasure," the new Winter Garden spectacle,-is according to Burns Mantle, the nakedest entertainment yet exhibited in New York. As Mr. Mantle puts it, "tights have come to be looked upon not only as an unnecessary expense to the producer but as rather a cumbersome bit of impost wished on to the dancing coryphees by convention. At first the knees only were bared, as in Scotland. Then the dancing .Dolly sisters taking a tip, it may be, from the Isadora Dun-

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can-Maude Allan, scnooi of classic nudes, went naked from socks to trunks. And a season later the "ponies" of a chorus followed the Dolly style and justified the experiment by rollicking as a yardful of schoolgirls.

Then Mr. Ziegfeld,. never averse t*j relieving his beauties of as much covering as Anthony Comstock and the law permitted, reduced his costumers' bills 40 per cent, and now his followers have adopted the. rioe powder tunic as the last word in daring display. We do not know Just Where they will go from here, but I give you my word as an experienced: if somewhat timid observer, they are most assuredly on their way." 7^

An old actor writes a warm appreciation of Sir Johnston ForbesRobertson, the greatest English-speak-ing actor who will make his farewell appearance In this city shortly. "Forbes-Robertson," he says, "stands alone as the exception to the rule that one should beware of one of whom nobody speaks 111. I am certain that he has not an enemy in the world. I have acted with him at a London theater and have been rehearsed by him as a member of his company, and I know him to be one of nature's gentlemen. Perhaps he Is too kind, too considerate, and too sensitive for work about which there is a good deal of 'rough and tumble' that the public knows little about. Things are better now, but in the old days It seemed to be the correct thing for a stage manager to shout and swear, and browbeat both actors and actresses. "Forbes-Robertson w&s Mary Anderson's leading man in the days when she

gave us

her gloriously beautiful

Juliet. She and

Forbes-Robertson

were

very great friends as well as co-work-ers at the theater. He designed the costumes for several of her productions. 'Nothing, by the way, could be more touching than the devotion of Forbes-Robertson to his father, who was blind for years. They lived together in Bedford Square, England, and only those behind the scenes know of the example of filial love that has been shown by this great actor all his life."

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Francis X. Bushman, the QualityMetro star, will begin work this week in the picturization of "The Yellow Dove," the big novel which George Gibbs has just completed for D. Appleton & Co., publishers, and which the Metro Pictures corporation accepted from manuscript for the screen production. It is expected by the producers that "The Yellow Dofve" will be one of the sensations of the year, and preparations are under waj' to give it an elaborate production.

Marguerite Show, who has been playing leads opposite Francis X.

Pctures, Singing and Music Unexcelled at

The Orpheum

TOUA1.

'•Th« LlsMhouic lly the Sea''—Three act Essanay. starring Darwin^ Karr.

MONDAY.

"The Coquette"—Four act Kalem, featuring Miss Rea Martin in a role.

TtJESDAY.

Hetarnt-Sellje Pictorial Ufewil, 'Between Father and .Son"—Two act Biograph.

WEDNESDAY.

"Despair"—Three act Essanay, starring Edna -Mayo and Bryant Washburn.

THURSDAY.

"A Western Governor's Humanity" —Three act Lubin, portraying Governor Hunt, cf Arizona, in the title role.

SINGTXG AND COMEDY. The Orpheum Four are singing their latest comedy hit today, "Exhortation." or ''Doin's at a Campmectin'" This is a feature worthy of head-line honors on any "big time" vaudeville bill. "The Best Show in the World for

Five Cents."

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1915.

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Busnman, Quality-Metro, productions, has been given a company of her ojvn and hereafter will be featured alone in four and five reel productions. Her first production will bo ^'Rosemary, That's for Remembrance."-

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