Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 July 1917 — Page 9

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JThomas Dixon's Sequel to "Birth of a Nation" Opens At the Grand.

Thomas Dixon's sequel to "The jBirth of a Nation," "The Fall of a Nation," begins a four-day engagement itt the Grand today.

A percentage of the gross receipts during the engagement will be given "to the Red Cross.

In writing and staging "The Fall of e Nation," Thomas Dixon has kept particularly in view the world strugigle between democraoy and imperialism as it affects the United States. .After a prologue exemplifying the foreign immigrants' debt of gratitude to the union, the play proper opens with the scenes of political conflict preceding the great conspiracy against the i .fe of the republic. John Vassar's ^national defense bill la defeated in congress. Virginia Holland, though admiring his pluck, spurns his principles and encourages. Charles Waldron, the professed friond of Peace.

Practically without warning the storm break* over New York when 20,000 aliens of European military training rise at Waldron's signal, capture the national guard armories overnight, and train the big guns on New York's unarmed citizenry. A wild exodus ensues to Long Island where an American army is hastily raised. But while this is taking place the •powerful fleet of the confederation or northern Europe has met and defeated the Atlantic squadron. The convoyed imperial army, 150,000 Btrong, effects a landing and in a three-day battle routs the Americans utterly.

Waldron puts on regal uniform arc! 'Is hailed viceroy of the "Provinces of North America." The well-populated part of the country is captured by the foreign legions. Vassar is a fugitive in the west. Waldron sends forth Virginia on the mission of enrolling, her American sisters In the "Woman's Imperial Legion of Honor."

The final scenes of the play show Virginia as of the stuff of Joan of Arc.

Many Paramount Releases for July

Three Morosco stars, eight Lasky loading players, and three Jeadlng lights of Faiyous Players will appear In Paramount releases during July, i-?* Kathryn Williams and Wallace Reld ^co-star for the first time in "Big Timber," a Morosco production from Bertrand Sinclair's story of the great outdoors. William H. Taylor directed the picture.

In "The Cook of Canyon Camp." another Morosco play, George Beban and (Jeorgfe Beban, Jr., appear. Beban replaces his customary Italian characterization by impersonating a French Canadian. This release is scheduled tor July 19. "At First Sight," by Famous Players, will serva to bring- Mae Murray to the screen arrain. The story is by George Middleton. Sam Hardy plays opposite the star In the picture -which is released July 2.

The second Famous Players release of the month, that of July 9, is "The Love That Lives," with Pauline Frederick In the lending role. Robert Vigrrnla directed. Miss Frederick has a role Quite different from those she Is usually seen in, appearing as a scrub woman the early part of the picture.

On July 23 comes "The Long Trail," with Lou Tellegen and Mary Fuller in the leading roles. This is a tale of the Canadian lumber camps. Others in the cast are Wlnnifred Allen, Franklin Woodruff, Frank Farrington, If. Tidmarsh and Walter Gilford.

The Lasky release of July 12 is "Forbidden Paths." starring Vivian Martfn and Sessue Hayakawa. It is the. stoi y of a young Japanese who falls in love with the daughter of his American partner. 'What Mnney Can't Buy," starring Louise Huff, Jack Pickford and Theodore Roberts, comes from Lasky on July 16. TlTls Is the first picture to be directed by Lou Tellegen. It involves the adventures befalling a young American when he becomes Involved in the politics of Maritizia. "The Squaw Man's Son" will be released July 26. Wallace Reid and Anita King are in the principal ftles. This drama is a sequel to "The Squaw Man," which was the first picture produced by the Lasky company.

The fourth Lasky picture of the tnonth, that of July 30, is "The Crystal Gazer," starring Fannie Ward. This is described as an unusual mystery story, and was directed by George Melford,

DOROTHY DALTON BACK.

Dorothy Dalton returned to Culver City last week from Chicago, where she has been spending several days with her parents. Miss Dalton stopped in Portland, Ore., on the way bnck tt the Culver City studios, and appeared at the movie ball of the Exhibitor's league of Oregon. She alsc# appeared before large audiences at the Liberty theatre in Seattle, and the Portola theatre in San Francisco. Her next Triangle release will be "The Flame of the Yukon."

CAST FOR BR0CKWELL FILM.

A cast of pnrisual 'excellence ha& been gathered together for Gladys Brockwell's new William Fox photo-drama under the direction of Otis Turner. Jewel Carmen, who has been playing opposite William Farnum Bert Grassby, who was leading man in "Her Temptation," and will have a sUnilar role again, and Willard Louis, the veteran Fox player, are included aa, song the principals.

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TOM MIX 19 AGAIN GRKETING OLD FRIENDS FROM THBJ SCREEN AT THE FOUNTAIN.

MOROSCO FILM

Former Star of "Bird of Paradise" Ii Movie Luminary At the Orpheum Today.

In the strangest of all eastern countries—Algeria and the desert beyond— is plaoed Lenore Ulrich's latest Moros-co-Paramount photoplay, "The Road to Love," which will be shown at tiie Orpheum today only.

Very strange events have been recorded on the film, but nothing could be more extraordinary than the screen story of Hafsa, a celebrated beauty who lived her fateful life in this exotic land. Scenes of the desert, the oasis and the city of conflict, daring, adventure, love and romance blend in this photoplay.

On Monday and Tuesday George Beban will be seen in the Morosco-Para-mount photoplay, "The Marcellini Millions." In this picture Mr. Beban again depicts the role of an Italian as in "An Allen" and "Pasquale."

This time he Is Guido Battel!!, an Italian truck gardener, who, with his wife and "bambino," is living quite contentedly on a little farm. By some strange trick of fate a distant relative dies without a will, and as Guido is the nearest kin the immense toUuae falls to his share.

The bewildered little family moves to the ancestral hall, where they are at once taken possession of by two designing crooks, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, who pose as their social mentcra, being in reality mere social vultures hovering over their expected prey.

On Wednesday and Thursday Kathlyn Williams and House Peterq, the two Morosco-Paramnunt stars, w^TI be seen in a picturization of Willard Mack's thrilling story, "The Highway of Hop?." The scenes of this photodrama are mostly laid in the famous Death Valley of California, through which year after year ftundreds of peo pie struggle and toil in their search for gold.

The Ml! for Friday and Saturday will be the Vita£raph production of "Clover's Rebellion," with Anita Stewart and Rudolph Cameron as the stars. Julia Swayne Gordon also has a prominent part.

There's Method In Charlie Chaplin Capers

The popular supposition that Charles Chaplin produces a picture by Just dashing out anything that comes into his head is all wrong, says a mam who knows him well. "Mr. Chaplin dashes through scenarios Just about the way a watchmaker dashes through the work of repairing the repeater. All the uproariously funny Chaplin farces have been made slowly and painfully. He never works from a regular scenario, bat after getting the idea evolves the story when the actors are before the camera. He rarely tells the people in his cast what to do—he shows them. He locates his own locations. He's a gre^at waster of film. One of Mr. Chaplirv's latest and best pictures in which you see him in a favorite pose may be found in another part of the paper. We hope you will like it.**

FOX ENGAGES DE VBIE8.

Henry De Vries, the protean actor, known for his excellent portrayal of the various characters in his vaudeville sketch, "A Case of Arson," has been engaged by the Fqx company to support Theda Bara in her production of "Cleopatra." Mr. De Vries will also be remembered as the originator of the "Submarine Spectacle," now being shown on the big time vaudeville circuit.

LOFS SWA1T SONG.

"The Long Trail." a July Paramount, is Lou Tellegren's celluloid swan song as an actor, for he has forsworn the buskins for the directorial megaphone. It is a story of the Canadian Northwest, taken last winter, in which, among other players, appear likewise, Mary Fuller, Sidney Bracy, Winnitred All«m, Franklin Woodward, Ferdinand Tidmarsh and Frank Farrington.

'CLAYTON FILM IN AUGUST.

Tlje next Ethel Clayton photo-play for World Pictures Brady-made is entitled "Souls Adrift," to be published late in August. Miss Clayton's leading man in this drama is Milton Bills.-

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NORMA TALMADGE IN "SKLINICK^ PHOTOPLAY AT THE AMERICAN.

MART PICKFORD IN AKTCIUFT PHOTOPLAT AT THE, AMERICAN THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. T* »''7"

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VIEWS AND NEWS OF THE THEATERS AND THE PLAYERS "FALL OF II NATION" TO AID BED CROSS

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SCEXE FROM "CIVILIZATION'S CHILD," A SE^UEI, TO "CIVILISATION^ NO DOUBT. AT THE CRESCENT THURSDAT.

LOBBY CHATIER

MIQTJE O'BRIEN

With the silly season half gone and the opening of the theatrical season of 1917-18 only six weeks away, with very little prospect of seeing any regular performances until then, Jocal the-atre-goers are beginning to realize what }t means to be denied opportunity to see and hear live actors in action.

There was and is some prospect of sretting the Booth Tarklngton comedy, "Seventeen," which had a successful run of two weeks at the Murat theatre in In

Baxter, which we recently had at the Orpheum, made the biggest kind of a hit with local film fans.

W. W. Kelly, now mayor of Birkenhead, England, is visiting old friends in this country. Many old timers will recall him as the enterprising young chap, who was known in the theatrical world as "Windy" Kelly, thirty years or more ago. He took an American actress named Grace Gartland over to London, renamed her Grace Hawthorne and began a publicity campaign in her behalf that startled the natives. One of the favorite stuats of 'Windy" Kelly's was to issue passes for double the number of seats in the chaeaper portions of a theatre, having the notion that many of the holders of these ducats would purchase the higher prioed seats rather than go home without seeing the American actress. Kelly was one of the first of the American theatrical managers to lease a theatre in London. He owns three theatres in Kngland now. Grace Hawthorne was rated a good stock actress in America. Kelly made her a big money maker in England, largely through his "Warsted Yankee methods."

dianapolis, for at least two performances at the GroJid. At present, however, there are no open dates at the Murat except on Sunday and Stuart Walker isn't anxious to have his players work on Sunday. Jrlo would, however, consider a trip to Terre Haute to entertain 'local theatre-goers, giving two performances providing Manager Galligan would guarantee that the trip would be profitable. There's the rub. Mr. Galligan is convinced Mr. Tarkington's comedy would pack the Grand, but doesn't see why he should concede to Mr. Walker what he doesn't have to concede to Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger, the Shuberts, Mr. Belasco or Mr. Savage.-.Those who have read the Tarkington romance would bo delighted with the play, for it was superbly acted the night I saw it in Indianapolis recently. The film version of "Seventeen," with Jack Pickford as Billy Continued on Page 12, Column 4k

The heirs of Hoge, the Zanesville, O., soap manufacturer and theatre owner, who bequeathed $600,000 .to the actors* fund, are preparing to make a bitter fight against the carrying out of provisions of a will which they claim was the result of unsettled mentality. Hoge was the real discoverer of Otis Harlan, the Zanesville comedian. He financed "Otey's" early efforts. Then the late Charles H. Hoyt took Harlan up. The actors' fund, an admirable institution, has been depending for years largely upon the revenue derived from benefit performances given annually in the larger cities for existence. The greatest of dramatic and lyric stars have given their services to these benefits, twenty or thirty top

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FOR FOTH DATS, BEGINNING TO DAT,

Why stage favorites go into motion pictures is easily answered by Leila Frost, who was Emma Jane in "Rebeoca of Sunnybrook Farm." That engagement with Edith Taliaferro was a joy, she declares, but what followed turned the course of her young career. She rehearsed five weeks for a production that lasted only one week. Then she went Into the filfns. Thomas Pixon selected her for the ingenue in "The Fall of a Nation," and the wisdom of the choice was proven by her extraordinary success in the role.

FARNTTM AGAIN AT WORK.

William Farnum, the Fox star, will begin work this week on a new picture, the first Farnum film at the Fort Lee studios since 1915. Frank Lloyd, who has directed all the actor's pho-dramas in California, will direct the new feature. "A Tale of Two Cities," "The Price of Silence," "American Methods" and one other story yet t(5j be released are the pictures made on the coast. Mary Martin, who played opposite Farnue in "A Wonderful Adventure" and "The Broken Law," will have a similarly important role In the new film to be made here. Wanda Petit will also have an important role.

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SCENU FROM "THE FA 1,1/ OF THE N ATION," THE THOMAS DIXON-VIO-TOR HERBERT PREPAREDNESS PHOTO-SPECTACLE AT THE GRAND

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KATHLTN WILLIAMS IN "THE HIGHWAY OF HOPE" AT THE ORPHEUM

Why Stage Favorites Go Info the Movies

How Luck Favored Norma Talmadge

Although long ambitious to become a moving picture actress, it was a combination of accident and luck that made the wedge into the movies possible for Norma Talmadge. Mistaking her for the girl engaged to play a certain role, a busy director was unaware that he was "shooting" a novice until the bona fide player put in her belated appearance. Then he engaged Miss Talmadge, on the strength of her nerve, as an extra girl, and gave ber the long coveted offportuAity.

WORLD FILM'S ATMOSPHERE.

"The Price of Pride." for early publication by World Pictures Brady-made, haa a western locale, but no oftwpunchers, Indians or red licker. Still it contains.a superito and diligent band of railway banditti, a heavily patronized roulette layout and sundry other elements characteristic of new countries. Carlyle Blackell is the star, wth Evelyn Greeley and June Elvidge as his principal associates, heading the cast.

LOUISE'S START.

Louise Glaum started her sensuouu idrenlng on the beginning drimatic skids of "Why Girls Leave Hosia."

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Mary fcickforcl, Forma Talmadge an3 Ethel Clayton In Feature Filma This Week.

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Norma Talmadge la a Selznick' photoplay, Mary Pickford in her qwn production, and Ethel Clayton in a World photoplay are the good things s. promised at the American this week.

Today and Monday, Miss Talmadge will be seen in her latest featurec photodrama, "Poppy." This is adaptedfrom the play by Ben Teal and John P. Ritter, which was taken from Cynthia Stockley's novel. The story ia intensely dramatic throughout, dealing' with the life of a young girl who graduates from drudgery to refinement.

Miss Talmadge plays the part ot Poppy Destin, whoseMlfe is moulded by three men, Luce Ablnger, the unscrupulous, Dr. Brahan the generous, and Evelyn Carson the lover. These persons have become known as "the three worst men in South Africa" on account of their adventures with women, but two of them prove that they are entitled to less sinister i scription.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Ethel Clayton will be seen In "The Stolen Paradise," a World photoplay.

The bill for Thursday, Friday and Saturday is "A Romance of the Redwoods," in which Mary Pickford is the star.

This production ^ras staged under the personal direction of Cecil B. DeMllle, who also wrote the story in collaboration with Jennie Macpherson. Mr. De Mille, it will be remembered, is |i the producer of "Joan the Woman." the famous cinema spectacle concerning the maid of Orleans. i

The art of Mary Pickford, |he superstar, combined with that of Cecil B. De Mille, the producing genius, means a new standard of excellence on thei screen. In direct contrast to her previous triumph, "A Poor Little Ri^lv Girl," Miss Pickford'* newest vehicle presents a red-blooded story of the west, replete with dramatic situations as well as incidents of typical Pick ford charm. 'Supporting the star in her forthcoming picture Is an unusual ly effective cast including Elliott De* ter, the popular leading man and husband of Marie .-Doro, Charles Ogle, Tully Marshall, Raymond Hatton and Winter Hall. *!,• 'J

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Many types and kinds of oriental dancing are performed by the native dancing women In Lenore Ulrich's new Morosco-Parambunt photoplay, "Thru Road to Love," at the Orpheum today The scenes of the fantasia, which play so Important and critical a part of this love story, are truly oriental.

In these scenes native dancini? wtfmen sway and spin to oriental music in the weird steps of the barbaric Algerian dances. As they sit at ease, smoking and' discussing the merits the performers, the native Algeria^ men in their exotic garb make k picture long to be remembered and stamp the story with the mark of reality, This realness of atmosphere given a strong punch and great attraction to this fascinating story of love and adventure.

Kathlyn Williams jNow a Scrub Lady

Kathlyn Williams, the MoroscoParamount star, will be seen at the Orpheum this week in a picturization of Willard Mack's thrilling story, **Th# Highway of Hope." Miss Willlamp introduced in the picture in unique manner. At first all 'that It seen in a wooden stairwa/, then a cascade of water pours down the steps i this Is followed by feet clad In henvj shoes, and gradually, scrubbing down step after step, Miss Williams appears. Her usually beautiful hair hangs lr coarse strands about her face and dowij over her torn gingham dress Latrr In the plcturp, after months ol, prI%tion on the desert, Miss William* is seen handsomely gowned and $ capable business woman. p* 4

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Lasky "Discovered" Madam Olga Petrova

The appearance of Olga Petrova, tl* Russian aotresg, in "pictures prcducv, by the .Jr-sse L. Lasky company foi Paramount, recalls the fact that it wa* Mr. La-sky who first introduced t.hte.,4 great actress to America. A few years ago, while Mr. Lasky was making hi* customary trip to Europe in search ol new talent for his "Folies Bergere%"J he heard of a remarkable y.oung gir.' at the Tivoll in London, who had created a sensation by her singing. H« attended the performance, was greatly impressed and proceeded to negotiate

for a contract with her to make hei American debut under his manage ment. Mme. Petrova proved to be 8 phenomenal success in the "Folies1! and later went Into, vaudeville and so appeared in the serious drama. I

NEW DESMOND PLAT.

Director Walter Edwards has jus completed production at the C'dvei City studios of the nest Triangle-Inw play in which William Desmond will N presented as star. This is a detectiv4 story by John Lynch and J. G. Hawkrf Th'il iipporting cast includes Robearf Mc. i, Margaret Thompson and

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