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A - admits, she would far rather have . t 'f fJUr&A Wf" '.J - Y -1 I ' - F . f ' k- ' - ' j ' . if !' J fi e;i;i isf stayed and finished the "piece." A'" 7 .77-. raL -T Jn . " : - f t t i? ' i " N M " i ? 5 ? S ,N t iter, this her way led her on from . J frT-i , " - f J I I " I 'Jf v 1 " " I;?- I I?" - Tl 1 play to play on the stage. Including - - , J 'It- L - S T- - ' ' i H I ? 1 " lv I such famous productions as "Father t y"n-"nw"'1. wemi ' ,V slf f 1 ; ' r 'f l f iW (,' ! ! 1 jj ' i and the Boys." "The Spendthrift." Of- i J ? ' JUlK ff I ' - I ; f I ' - V r ' ' ' "-" Vl 4 i f ! I I ' ' It 1 - . i . - T ficer 666." "Stop. Thief " "The Only Son" .i ' r ' , w " a "5 tl ' . I' V" . - ."''. t I i I S I ' , . , - . , ? end others. . W M - - I l F f . " It . L , -"A W 4 ti-ft-L W Among bar other accomplishments V t ' 'If Jr J . f 1 ft t t - i I ' - " i it I A4 h ',11 I I Vivian Martin is an expert cook and V, f T ff . . . 1 f " 1 !"? 1 ' 'tH J fa. V P - il I V V delights In ooncostlng delicious edibles. V JlJZZ , ' - " jL ' , 1.; " SVF? - ' J-X-t--' ;. Famous Feminine Spies. V f I ' . J TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Peoples Vivian Martin, "Little Miss Optimist." Star William Russell. "Pride and the Man." Columbia Pauline Frederick. "Double Crossed." Majestic Dustin Farnum. "The Bpy." Sunset Charlie Chaplin, "The Champion"; "Two Little Imps." Liberty Dorothy Da.lt on, "Ten of Diamonds." Circle "A Regiment of Two." THE early days of the motion pic ture were individualistic ones. There was little or no co-operation, such as Is necessary to produce the highly developed photoplay of to day. Rivalry often was carried to the point of utter indifference to results. . Today? Well, one hears many yarns of the eccentricities of stars and direc torsthe . outbursts of artistic tem peraments goaded to the breaking , point but the public la so critical that the most perfect co-operation Is re quired. In reminiscing of the past. H. M. Horkhelmer, of Balboa, contributes the following anent the early days of the movies": Th co-operation was marvelous and the eplrlt of helpfulness beyond belief. For In stance, a picture would be produced and maybe It would be good. Then the author of the story would puff up and proclaim: "That sure was some story 1 wrote. The continuity was horrible, but the story was so STood it went over anyhow." Then the continuity writer would tell the stage manager: "Ge. that was a lousy tory. but I developed a crackerjaclc con tinuity and saved It." Then the director would kick In with this: The scenatior that that fried egg handled me was a cross between a railroad time table and an almanac. I had to throw it away and write the story as I directed it. and so 1 saved the picture. Clever direc tion Is the whole thing.' The star looked the picture over and re marked to the telephone girl: "It's a good thing they had me la that picture. Honest. Carrie, that director didn't know enough to put syrup on his cakes. I had to tell him what to do half the time and the othes half ha didn't do anything. H might direct a section gang, but as a director of pictures he does not exist. If it hadn't been for ms that picture'd been In the garbage can." The cameraman: ."Honest, Uus, this gang Is a net lose. The story was rotten; the di rector, as such. Is the best teamster X ever saw; the star is nearly as good an actress as a soft-shell crab and baa nearly as many brains, but believe me, Gus. I was there and the picture Is cinematographlcally per fect. It takes photography to xnaks a pic ture." Then the big boss would call them all to. aether and Impress upon the mind of each that he or she was a stewed prune, conclud- Ins with: "This picture looks like a custard pie that has been tossed into an electric fan. but by clever cutting I can save lu You alt better look for work In a canning factory; you sure don t know how to make pictures. He "Touched" GrliriOu E. V. Durllng, Los Angeles corre spondent for the New York Telegraph Is contributing to the gayety of film dom with a series of articles charged to Spike Robinson, one of "Doug" Fair banks' athletic henchmen. Here's the latest: "How I Touched D. W. Griffith for Fifty In the Hotel Astor lbby." ay spike Kob lnson (Llctated. This is straight stuff I'm giving you now. No kidding or anything. I know them all. I remember well one Christmas morning I'm clean, not a nickel In my leans. Believe me. things looked pretty tough. So I thinks of Griffith, who Is always good for a touch. Well. 1 beats It up to the Astor and waits for him. I seen him some down, but I don't make the touch then. I wait tilt he has breakfast. As soon as he has breakfast and lights a cigar I goes up to him and says. -Merry Christmas. Mr. Griffith." and he comes baik at me and says, "game to you. Spike." I know him well; he always talks to me. Well, then I makes the quick touch. says, "Believe me. tt don't look like much of a merry Christmas for me. I was out with a lot of those guys from the Vltagrapa last night, and I'm clean. I wish 1 had about fifty dollars. With that Griffith digs Into hla Irtslde pocket and puaJs out that big long wallet which Is UntiFwlth all kinds of $o0. S1O0 and a 1000 bills, and slips me a half cen turr. ' Just then up comes Wilfred Lucas, all prepared for a touch, and when he sees Cncf slipping me fifty he knew I had beat him to It. so he Just saya "Merry Christ mas. Mr. Griffith." and Griffith come back at him. "Same to you. Wilfred." and beats It before Wl'fred could say another word. Now. that's on the leveL This Is straight 4epe I'm giving you. -N o kidding. Vivian Martin Optimist. Winsome little Vivian Martin, star cf "Little Miss Optimist," was born user Grand Rapids. Mich. At the age of 6 she was playing with Richard Manfleld In "Cyrano de Bergerac." by Ildmond Rostand. Possibly it was this early start end the unprecedented suc cess which has followed it that has made her one of the happiest and most optimistic stars of the screen possi bly it was Just the fact that she was herself Just adorable Vivian Martin. At any rate, the critics agree that "Lit tle Miss Optimist," her latest Para mount picture, is well named. Vivian continued her Juvenile work with Andrew Meek snd Charles War ner end later riayed the title role In Peter Pan. Miss Martin s own ver sion of the way she received the notice of her engagement In this production is extremely amusing. She says that she- was "js tarring" In The presence of Greta Glaum In the William Fox special, "The Spy," recalls the fact that acores of women of the highest intelligence were employed by the Confederacy as spies. Most of these lived In Washington and got their In formation from Cabinet officers and departmental heads, who made frequent visits among the social lights of the capital. A Mrs. Greenhow is popularly sup posed to have won the battle of Bull Run for the South. She obtained ad vance Information about the move ments of the Union troops and for warded it to the Southern commander. These women stole maps and plans and most of them had lodgings near the War Department. They would invite young and impressionable officials to tea and there would carry on an en lightened discussion of Federal iniqui ties. In such manner they got their Intelligence. Often they smuggled their Informa tion across the lines In the linings of honest-looking coats and the recesses of innocent-looking bustles. They would burn stsrnal llerhta from srarret windows and cross the Potomac at dead of night with muffled oars. At one time the Government caught and imprisoned about a dozen of these spies, but they cajoled their captors in Washington into allowing them to One of the best known of all was Belle Boyd, daughter of a Federal of flcial. She was sharp-featured, black eyed. quick-Iongued and of wonderful enersy and spirit. She was a beauty of 2a and cared not to what lengrths she went in order to gain the information she desired. Dorothy Dalton In Many Plays. Dorothy Dalton is one of the many players who achieved stardom under the guidance of Triangle. She was one of the first members of the organiza tion of players, and rose rapidly from comparatively unimportant roles to those of the first rank. She has been seen on the Triangle programme In "The Disciple." "DArtagnan." "The Raiders." "Civilization's Child." "The Captive God." "The Jungle Child." "The Vagabond Prince." "A Gamble In Souls," "The Female of the Species. "The Weaker Sex." "Chicken Casey." "Back of the Man," "The Dark Roads" "Wild Winship's Widow" and "The Flame of the Yukon." Hart lias Narrow Escape. William S. Hart narrowly escaped In jury last week while making the last scenes for "The Narrow Trail." the first Thomas H. Ince production to be released by Artcraft. The scenario called for Mr. Hart mounted on his famous pinto pony. Fritz, to ride across a narrow chasm during a chase in the mountains. The means selected for passage was an old tree, half rotted with age, that was thought sufficiently strong to carry the weight of Hart and the pony; but it proved otherwise, for aa the screen star was half way across the tree gave way and horse and rider were precipitated to the bottom of the chasm. Although they turned several somersaulta Hart stuck to his mount. Both were severely bruised but no seri ous injuries were sustained. Mabel Wants to Vote. Russian grand dukes want to last November to cast our first ballots. I wish I'd had a few hundred feet of It 'shot.' I wouldn't mind trying that kind of screen propaganda on a politician. feeriously," the star of "Joan of Flatbush," continued, "people in the Fast don't realize what a colony of voting actresses there are in Cali fornia. In the Fast, of course, women can't vote, and even actors, if they are In the 'legitimate, don t get a chance to set up a legal residence in New York unless they have a Broadway success that opens In August and runs through to November of the next year. "Hut, oh! you Los Angeles I Tbree Trainers for "Dong." Douglas Fairbanks employs three trainers to keep his In condition for his thrilling screen stunts and pugilistic demonstrations. They are. namely: Bull Montana, the well-known Italian wrest ler; Spike Robinson, the ene-tlme Eng lish champion of the padded arena, and Tanaka, the celebrated student of ju- jutsu. Bull, Spike and the Japanese atlete have their share with "full of pep" Fairbanks. He never lets up. conse quently bis trainers are victims of con tinuous abuse. As the result of his reverence for physical preparedness, the screen actor is always in perfect condi tion. He is a capable wrestler, under stands Jujutsu and can handle the gloves with the ease of a champion. He holds the distinction of never faking a screen stunt or fight. "Real Ism may be a bit uncomfortable at times." said Fairbanks in a recent In terview." but. as Barnum once wisely said: 'You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Another Girl Role for Mary. Artcraft announces "The.Uttle Prin cess as the next vehicle for Mary Plckford. This subject has appeared th wide success both In book form and on the stage. The book, which be came popular throughout the country under the title of "bara Crewe, is from the pen of Frances Hodgson Burnett. In 1903 Miss Burnett dramatized tne book and at the Criterion Theater the story was staged under the management of Charles B. Dillingham. The story presents a typical Mary Plckford aubject, oa the order of "A Poor Little Rich Girl" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," and discloses "Lit tie Mary" In a type of characterization in which she is most popular namely, the little girl in short dresses. Work has already been commenced on this new picture at the Leaky studio in California, under the direction of Marshall Neilan, whoso achievements in the film presentation of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" has attracted wide attention. The manner In which "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and "The Poor Little Rich Girl' have been received all over the country prompted Artcraft to ob tain the rights to another popular book and play of this type by a prominent author. Younger 'Leading Men. "We are now engaged In developing young men under the draft age to take the places of our young leading men wno nave neen called to the colors." Carl Laemmle, president of the Unl versa! Film Manufacturing Company, imparted this information upon his ar rival at Universal City a few days aro, when asked if the mobilization of the Liberty Army would not have a serious effect upon the ranks of the young men who play the leads in Universal pic tures. "For a time." continued the head of the big "U" organization, "there was every indication that the necessity of filling Uncle Sam's wants would cripple us as far as young leading men were concerned, but we hit upon the idea ef replacing them with the younger men, and we are meeting with gratifying success. "We have in our organization excel lent material among the ambitious 19 and 20-year-old actors, quite a number requirements of cinema production. Consequently they are fitting into the leading roles In a most satisfactory manner." The vote. So does Mabel Normand. "It may be amusing to some people, says the picture star, "to read the frantic appeals of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Grand Duke Michael and the rest of their set. But I know how they feel. I've Just come from Los Angeles. California, where I was a full-fledged voting citizen, over to Fort Lee. New Jersey, where I'm only a star. The Russian also-rans have my sympathy. It's an awful come-down for all of us." In spite of tbe name of the new starring vehicle, on which she Is now engaged. "Joan of Flatbush." Mabel Normand wants It distinctly under stood that the story has nothing to do with suffrage. "I don't believe that the screen is the place for propaganda." she saya. "I want to give my audiences good, healthy amusement and lots of it- But if I catch a Sheriff or a Governor or a dos catcher around the Goldwyn studios I'll give him a little lesson in suffrage he won't forget. "I'm going to present him with a mental picture of Lillian Giah and me of whom have been with us for several Koing down to the poUs, arm in arm, years and are familiar with the exacting More . Film Realism. Mollle King, star of the new Paths serial. "The Seven Pearls." had a real thrill the other day that wasn't on the programme. A scene was being filmed beside a huge cliff, 6S feet high, with a telegraph pole close beside under it. The scene required tnat miss Kinar. hanging from a rope, be let down from tne cilfi. stand on top of the telegraph pole, and with a broken tele'graph wire, make electric flashes. The scene had to be taken just as darkness was com ing on to get the proper effect- Miss King got over the top of the c(ff all right and was just about to reach the cross-arm of the telegraph pole, swinging in mid-air, when the knot about her waist started to slip. She seized the rope above her with both hands and clung to it sj she was low ered to tbe grounu. Dut, 12 feet above the earth, her grip loosened and she fell the rest of the way. 'Fine," said Donald Mackenzie, the di rector, for the camera nan had been grinding" all the time. But Miss King was laid up for two days because of the injuries she sustained. Fatty Theorizes. Roscoe Arbuckle. who is "Fatty" to all fans, advances the theory that movies are popular because they are dark places where everybody can be perfectly natural. He says: , "In the subdued light of the movies you can be yourself. There Is nobody paying any attention to you whatsover. Look about you and you will see every body confining his or her gaze upon the entertainment being flashed before the vision. Even if they could see you In the darkened auditoriums, they wouldn't look at you for fear of miss ing on tbe screen a scene that would disturb the continuity of the story. "And when you laugh you laugh wholeheartedly and do not give a bang about the fellow across the aisle. And if your tear ducts are tapped by a bit of pathos you don't have to hide your face behind a programme and furtively wipe your eyes, for there is nobody to see whether you are crying or not. The chances are the lady in the adjoining seat is weeping to her heart's content, but you can't see and you don't care. "After all. it is merely another tri umph for the democracy of the screen over the autocracy-of the stage." a. e Anita Loos, who supplies Douglas Fairbanks with clever stories and cap tions, when recently asked the type of scenarios she wanted for future Fair- banks-Artcraft productions said: "It is much easier to tell you the type of stories we don't want. "No desert island situations in which girl and man are shipwrecked. "No dream stories. "No stories dealing with dad order ing son from house, and the latter hav ing to make good. This is a good theme, but we've done it, and won't do it aealn. - "No ancient stories which Include business of reincarnation. "Nothing that would call for Douglas Fairbanks to play a foreigner. He la too American to get away with any other type of part. "Do not favor gangster stories." Anita Loos is assisted In tbe reading of the submttted scenarios for Douglas Fairbanks by Ruth Allen, well known in theatrical circles. Pearl's Serial Ingredients. "Adventure, peril, mystery, romance and a little love, mixed in the proper proportions, are the right Ingredients for a serial." said Pearl White, the charming star of the Pathe serial, "The Fatal Ring," which is appearing at mo tion picture theaters throughout the country. "I have found that the same Ingre dlents in real life win keep a person young in looks and young in heart and , brain.", continued Miss vv lute. "OI course, Sarah Bernhardt's recipe for love as the elixir of life may be all right for some persons, but I have made it only a small part of my recipe. "You may laud peace, quiet and a simple life all you please, but when I am mentally fagged and Inclined to think life a drab affair after all, rive me half a day's excitement in front of a cameraman and sunshine Is my mid dle name. ' Old Ponoe de Leon, made famons by school books, came to this country looking for the fountain of youths He didn't find it, but, if you remember, hf didn't die young. Why? Because in the search through the wilds of Florida for that mythical spring, his days were filled with adventure and the elixir he (Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.) The "Two Little Imps" are even funnier than Chaplin. JSi, c0- Jr 'r- JMSi - - I III I III muni SII1MI1IHH-I I itsil Ml I mi in in i.iiS! nm. ,S1, , AN UNSURPASSED ALL-COMEDY , BILL. THE COMEDY "CHAMP" IN HIS 'KNOCKOUT" SHOW, AND THE CUTEST KIDS ON EARTH, (NEXT TO YOURS). Imagine ' the cutest four-year-old girl you know. Imagine her dancing a hula-hula in her nightie with the parlor lamp shade for a straw skirt, and in the dining-room of a swell hotel at that. Then come and see Jane,