THE SUXDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 16, 1917.
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PEARL STANDISH DEFIES
DEATH IN "FATAL RING"
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T 'A THRILLING automobile chase
with Paarl RtanHiBh 11 nnnna'ililia
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,, ln one machine opens- the" 15th
chapter of the Pearl White-Pathe se
rial, "The Fatal Ring." Ruby Hoffman,
Warner Oland and Henry Gsell are fea
tured in this Pearl White starring pro
duction of many chapters.
" Here's a brief synopsis, commencing
with Pearl's predicament at the close
of the 14th episode:
While Pearl is struggling- with Cars
lake she is struck with a blackjack ln
the hands of one of his lieutenants.
Tom, "pursuing Carslake, is graining un
til the latter manages to slip across a
railroad track in front of a train, Tom
being halted by the freight cars.
ZZ'. Carslake and men desert their auto-
.towards a cliff. Just as the car is a
few feet from the edge Tom driven his
.machine in front of it and is butted
over the cliff. He grabs a rock during
-the fall and Is saved from a horrible
1 r-a th. Carslake and his men loosen a
boulder and send it down towards Pearl,
but Tom rescues her.
.Tom tries to persuade Pearl to give
MOVIE FANS TELL REASONS WHY
THEY ADMIRE SCREEN STARS
William Hart, Mary Pickford, Marguerite Clark, Francis Bushman,
- Douglas Fairbanks and Other Film Artists All Have Admirers.
WHY is Charlie Fairhart your 'fa
vorite motion picture actor?
Or Dorothy Plckclark your
feminine film idol
Many of the balloters In The Ore
gonfan's motion picture player popu
larity contest, which closed last Sat
urday, with William S. Hart the victor
and Mary Pickford the runner-up, con
tributed Interesting letters, some in
rhyme, giving the reasons for their
choice.
One of the most flattering letters,
written by a -Portland woman who
makes a special request that her name
be not published, is this one:
'. Marguerite Clark Natural.'
My favorite motion picture actress
Is Marguerite Clark. The reasons I
like, her best are m a.n v. hut thA mntit
important in my mind -is that I can
send my young daughters to see her
pictures without first having seen them
myself.
ext, her perfect naturalness is not
atdined by any of the others. She
ails" in her pictures in so natural a
wrj; is so impulsive, and I fail to see
- studied poses.
Is I have watched the different
rers -I have come to the concluninn
tKuX it takes more real art to be nat
itXZX before the camera than it does to
li surely is easier to have tantrums,
temper. Borrows or emotional storms
thK it is to be Just a sweet, winsome,
imUnlsive, lovable girls, and that Is
always the way we find Marguerite
Clark." , ,
Francis Bushman. JParnitev '
"I wis hto cast my vote for Francis
X. Bushman, the best motion picture
star in America." writes Miss Winona
Blake, of 6141 Forty-fifth avenue South
east. "Why do they not have him
oftner in Portland "
Anent Mary Pickford, Miss Isabel C.
NEWS OF THE PHOTO THEATERS
Continued
Ings of world-wide famous artists there
is one Corot alone valued at 5000, and
they all play their part in the unfold
ing of the story.
"The Witching Hour" Is In seven
parts and with over 2500 scenes. It has
crowded the theaters wherever played
and has received roost unusual reviews
by critics in the East.
COLUMBIA HAS CLEVER PLAY
Marguerite Clark rn "Bab's Matinee
Idol" Is Feature.
Marguerite Clark comes to the Colum
bia Theater today ln "Bab's Matinee
Idol." the last of the Mary Roberts
Rinehart "Sub Deb" stories transplanted
to the screen. If you saw "Bab's
Diary" and "Bab's Burglar," you'll
surety wish to see the last picture of
the series.
This new story has to do with Bab's
Infatuation with Adrian, theatrical
star. She learns that his play is
proving a failure and calls on Carter
up her fight for the diamond, but she
refuses, ' although she does consent tp
become his wife after her recovery.
Pearl and her aunt prepare to give
a masked ball, announcing the en
gagement of the young couple.
Carslake and the Priestess plan to at
tend the masquerade affair. Carslake
steals some Jewels, is attacked by one
of the Priestess adherents. Pear and
Tom become involved in the fracas.
Tom is overpowered by two men, but
Pearl knocks out her opponent. Cars
lake escapes and meets three of his
men outside the Standish home. He
sees a feminine figure coming towards
him and a pistol ball fells the person
he believes is PearL As Carslake is
about to pay his men Pearl appears
and holds them up.
The Priestess, speaking from the
house, investigates the prone figure
and discovers that is is Cicely, a
woman assistant of Carslake. Pearl de
mands the diamond of Carslake and he
gives her the jewels he has stolen. The
Priestess, in the meantime, takes the
diamond from Cicely's pocket.
Wanen. of 1176 Greeley street, writes:
"Please give my vote to Mary Pick
ford, to me all that Is dear-and lovable
and unaffected. In .words of an un
known author: "To do her Justice a
golden pen should be dipped ln the
moist colors of the rainbow and the
writing dried ln the dust gathered from
a butterfly's wings.' ""
To Isabel Deputy, a 12-year-old girl
of Battleground. Wash., who enthuses
over Mary Pickford, asserting that
"she Is so sweet that It makes one al
most crazy to be like her," and ex
presses a desire to become a film play
er, it may be explained that the
knowledge of the place he or she holds
ln the esteem of fandom is the only
prize of The Oregonian's contest.
Fairbanks Also Pleasing.
"I like Fairbanks because he has
lots of pep and makes you forget your
troubles. I think everyone likes Fair
banks as well as any other actor." This
from Stanley Ingram, of 1136 Maryland
avenue.
Miss Adelaide Wheeler, of 4561 Forty-
second street. Southeast, writes: "I.
know that Fairbanks Is in real life
Just what he is in pictures, a whole
some, wideawake, typical American.
There is none of this superfluous, tire
some, unreal heroism in his acting."
Millie Swanson, a Portland girl now
living- in Arcadia. Cal., writes that she
votes for Mary Pickford because "She
is cute and is the best one off the
screen. I am now living down here
where I can see her."
"That red-blooded Western actor.
Bill Hart," is a characteristic phrase
of the William S. Hart admirers. Vaun
ita Noble, of 1060 Seventeenth street
South, being one using that expres
sion. Lu B. Kverest. of 174 East Thirty
second street, says of Hart: "He Is a
sinecre actor, unc6nceited and a fine
i example of American manhood."
from ..Page 4.
Brooks, an old friend of the family, to
help her out. Brooks, an advertising
man, suggests that Adrian, whose play
deals with labor problems, should go
to her father's factory and confront
ber dad with "the world owes me a
living" a line from the play and be
forcibly ejected. Newspaper reporters
are io De mere to write up the actpr.
Bab's father agrees with a laugh and
all is well had not the Honorable P o-
Beresford. who was 'In the munition
business and taking big orders for
tngiana, come to Bab s father at Just
the same time set for the actor. Mr.
Archibald. thlnklng him to be the actor,
puts him out and makes an extra good
Job of it.
There is even a' fight between the
two, which greatly amuses the office
boys and the reporters Carter Brooks
had sent around, who give it a big
write-up as, a right between Hon.
Page Beresford, ammunition buyer, and
the big munition manufacturer, Mr.
Archibald.
In the meantime the real actor has
applied for work of the manager and
been accepted, greatly to his distress,
for that was not in the agreement;
moreover, be misses his afternoon per
formance and causes a creat deal ot
worry to his wife for he was married,
although Bab did not know It. His
wife finds him and the touching re
union between her "matinee Idol" and
his .fat and blondine wife is too much
for Bab and she collapses weakly Into
the arms of Carter Brooks, who has
also arrived upon the scene. -
HISTORIC PLAY AT SUNSET
"The- Conqueror" Plcturizes Career
of Generous Sam Houston.
"The Conqueror." that huge plctur
lzatlon of the career of that romantic
historic figure, Sam Houston, liberator
of Texas and the best friend the red-
men of the Southwest ever had, will
be -screened at the Sunset theater" to
day with big Bill Farnum in the title
role. Jewell Carmen,- former Portland
school girl, is his heading woman.
The story of "The Conqueror" De
gins with Sam Houston's early days
among the Chesokee Indians. For
these scenes 600 Siouz warriors and
squaws were borrowed from their-reservation.
The next episodes take place
in Nashville, and- for these scenes Di
rector Walsh erecte4 the replica of the
main street of the Tennessee capital,
as it looked in 1830, using an old wood
engraving as a guide. . The quaint at
mosphere of .those days is emphasised
by a scene In which a daring Nashville
youth treats cheering townsfolk to
their first glimpse of a man riding a
high wooden bicycle, then a new-fangled
device Imported from France.
The major portion of the story Is
builded around Sam Houston's love af
fair with Eliza Allen, a Tennessee rose
of the blood royal of the South.
The final episodes of "The Con
queror" are laid in Texas, where
Houston Is shown leading the gallant
gringoes ln their historic defeat
against an Invading army of several
thousand Mexicans. The battle scenes
in this part of the production, while
not such as we know exist today ln
France, are true to their period and
tremendous ln breadth and scope ot
action.-
Film Flickers.
Surrounded by enough courtiers,
ladles In waiting, knights, princes of
the blood, picturesque peasantry and
other characters dear to the heart of
readers of fairy tales to people a town,
charming little Marguerite Clark, Para
mount star, attired as a princess with, a
tiny golden crown upon her head, was
presented last week with a delicious,
many-storied and befrosted cake,
known as "Queen of All Cakes." which
was awarded her by the Ladies' World,
as a prize A popularity contest was
recently held in tne pages of that pub
lication and out of a half a dozen of
the most famous feminine stars of the
screen world. Miss Clark was named as
favorite by 1672 out of 3000 votes.
In Mary Plckford's new Artcraft pic
ture, "Stella Marls." now treing staged
by Marshall Neilan. the popular little
queen of the screen co-stars with her
self. In other words, she appears in
two chief characters in the same pic
ture for the first time she started
"play-acting" before the camera. The
two roles present a striking contrast
In one Mary appears with her curls
and her usual pretty frocks and ln the
other she portrays the part of a poor,
ragged slavey.
Violet Mersereau's next film release
In Bluebird will try out the new lip
reading experiment that President
Laemmle has ordered. The titles of
each scene will be rehearsed and
"spoken" into each scene as it pro
gresses. The proficiency in lip-reading
that the public has attained since mo
tion pictures-developed is expected to
make this new feature one that will
attract Immense Interest and will prove
popular wjth all audiences. The hint
that led to the experiment wa.s picked
up by President Laemmle from one of
the communications of "Constant Read
er" in a New York newspaper.
Mildred Harris, who makes her first
appearance with Iis Weber in "The
Price of a Good Time." Is one screen
star who never had any professional
training before entering the film work.
She began at 11 years and Is now 17
and a star. Her first work was in the
Ince productions, then with D. W. Grif
fith, and now she is to be featured in
the principal Weber productions.
Claire du Brey made her Jump to
stardom in Just one year -"from maids
to- leads." Her work in a minor part
first attracted the attention of Director
de Grasse when "The Piper's Price,"
with Dorothy Phillips, was being pro
duced. She appears as leading lady
with Franklin Farnum now -Jtist a
year after in "The Winged Mystery,"
and plays the lead also opposite Jack
Mulhall in "Madam Spy," Just being fin
ished.
Fate plays freaks with movie actors.
NEW BRITISH GUNS SEEM TO
HAVE AN AMERICAN ACCENT
Edith Lanyon Tells of Humorous Incidents of' Hospital Life Proud Wife
Brings Photo of Tatooed Husband to Show Where Baby Got His Looks.
BY EDITH E. LANYON.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. Nov.
10. We are glad to think that the
Americans) are now fighting side
by side with us. Even our new guns.
the Germans say. have a strong Ameri
can accent. It is- said that the Kaiser
haa offered 10 days' leave to the first
or nis men who brings in an American
soldier, dead or alive, with a bonus to
boot of so much per head If he brings
in more than one.
I am backing the Americans to bring
in more Germans than ever the Ger
mans will Americans.
My friend, the sergeant, told me In
his last letter that he was greatly look
ing forward to meeting some of the
American troops.
Since I wrote -last I have had two
splendid parcels of(woollie from Port
land. The things In them have been
much appreciated by our soldiers and
sailors. One hospital comfort bag, full
of interesting andi useful fittings for a
man in bed. was sent to a military
hospital for a card-party prize. It was
unanimously declared to be "just the
thing" for a wounded soldier to win.
Another went to the sergeant's young
brother, who is attached to a Highland
regiment abroad and who is in hospital
like Peter's wife's mother "sick of
a fever."
Some of the things are being sent as
Christmas presents and others have
been sent and gladly received by sol
diers and sailors, who have written
warm, little notes of thanks to the kind
donors. I was more than' glad to see
such a lot of socks.
Some great authority said once that
an army marched on its stomach, but I
am strongly inclined to think that the
British army marches on its feet, or it
never could get through so many pairs
of socks.
I took the scrapbooks inclosed In. one
of the parcels to the children's ward
at the infirmary, where they were
given tp tne soldiers' children. A child
whose "Dad" Isn't fighting is rather
looked down upon by the others, I find.
They were delighted with the Ameri
can pictures and thought some Ameri
can little girl had made the books on
purpose for them. One curly-headed
little angel electrified the nurses one
night by praying fervently:
"Pray God kill all the dam Germans,
Paul Hurst has done all kinds of thrill
ing things in . the films without a
scratch. Wiien he matte a measly lit
tle three-foot Jump in "The Love Claim"
he broke his ankle and will be out of
the game for six weeks.
, . . .
"The chief difference, so far ae I
have found, between acting on the
stage and in a moving-picture studio is
the audience," declares Taylor Holmes,
the noted comedian, who is now appear
ing ln Essanay pictures. "In stage
work the audience doesn't tell you how
to act. but ln pictures the director and
his dozen or more assistants ehout
directions to you from the sidelines
simultaneously."
Wallace Keld Is a son of Hal Reid.
the noted writer of melodrama, and
was raised in an atmosphere associat
ed with things theatrical. Born ln St.
Louis, 24 years ago, he came to New
York, at the age of 10, and in 1909 went,
West again to Wyoming. His stage
debut occurred at the age of 4, when
he took the part of a little girl ln
"Slaves of Gold." At one time he was
cub reporter for the old New York Star,
and then turned to vaudeville. His
first engagement for pictures was with
Selig. Lasky is his company now. Reid
married Dorothy Davenport three years
ago.
Nan Christy like her father before
her. worked on a daily newspaper' be
fore she adopted the theatrical profes
sion. After her father's death she was
adopted by Mrs. Will McConnell. wife
of the late theatrical wit and manager.
Miss Christiy's screen debut was with
Keystone in the Fred Mace Company.
Later ahe played with Balboa. Ameri
can and Horsley. She was associated
for a time with the late Captain Bona-
vita ln animal pictures, and has played
the lead ln such successes as "The Love
Liar," "Unlucky Jim." and "The Single
Code."
Sir. and Mrs. Sidney Drew usually
write their own scenarios and direct
themselves in Metro comedies.
Held up for- three days on Its out
door cenes near Los Angeles, because
of a sandstorm, "The Man Who Dared
God" encountered a forest fire when
the company "was taken out on the
fourth day to do the work. To make
matters worse, the Federal forest rang
ers were Inclined to impress the actors
as firefighters, and It was only by
diplomacy of the highest type that they
escaped this service. Lois Weber re
fused to postpone the work longer,' and
the scenes were taken in a fragmentary
manner in the intervals jvhen the
smoke clouds lifted from in front of
the sun.
Louise Lovely was thrown and se
verely Injured a short time ago, when
her horse stumbled ln one of the
scenes of "The Wolves of the North."
which is being filmed ln the San Ber
nardino Mountains near Bear Lake.
The horse fell just as it cleared the
focus of the camera. Miss Lovely was
entirely incapacitated for two days and
Is -still suffering from the effects of
her mishap. -.
Mary McAllister, 6-year-old star, is
an example to anyone. She is a ser
geant in the United States Army, is
studying French.- has bought a liberty
bond, and Is starting a fund for smokes
for soldiers.
Mary Mlles Minter Is named for her
other, now Mrs. Charlotte Selby, who
has toured the country in support of
many noted players. It can safely be
said that the little Mutual star was al
most raised on the stage, and she took
up the profession of her mother as
soon as she was able to toddle. Mrs.
Selby is now her daughter's business
manager. Mary was born on April
Fool's day, 1902.
Rupert Julian was born in Manches
ter, England, and educated at Stanley
College, Cambridge. His stage career
started immediately and he was soon
playing with such celebrities as Louis
Waller, Beerbohm Tree and George
Alexander. After the Boer War. in
which he was captured, he played in
Australia for seven years with J. C.
Williamson and then came to America.
The Smalleys Induced him to Join Uni
versal He was with Paramount, but
returned to Universal, where he will
direct and act. '
Mabel Taliaferro was the first legi
timate star on the American stage to
go into pictures. Abroad she was pre
ceded only by Madame Bernhardt and
the great Coquelln. Her debut was in
"Cinderella," a. Selig three-reel feta
ture. Previous to this she had won Na
tional fame on the stage, having been
William Collier's leading woman when
only 14. "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage
Patch" and "Polly of the Circus" were
among her successes. Miss Teliaferro
)s now with Metro.
Mary Thurman, the little Mack Sen
nett comedienne, wears a gown Jn a
cabaret scene that makes her look
more like a Persian princess than a
cabaret singer.. But Mary is beautiful,
also shapely, and she has the dress;
therefore she's going to wear it.
so my dad can come home again"! I
I have some very interesting children
among my out-patients. One small boy
of6 brought his young brother of 5 to
have a bum on the thigh dressed.
I inquired how it was done and the
elder brother said, calmly: "He burnt
f baby with f poker, so 1 burnt him."! !
That young man evidently believes
in reprisals.
The victim of reprisals bore the pain
of the dressing quite stolidly wfthout
complaint and evidently thought he
fully deserved his punishment. Big
brother is very fond of him and care
fullyundresses him and dresses him
again, rather superintends my work and
patronizingly promises me (quite un
asked) to "tighten f banoage if it gets
loose."
He told me yesterday, "T' baby's
burn is getting sore," so I suggested
that he also brought baby next time.
They are two lovely boys, such manly
little fellows. I am quite anxious to
see "f baby."
Big brother is not cruel or mean at
all; he simply has a strong sense of
Justice. Little brother thinks big
brother is a god.
A wee girlie of three years with a
very sore finger, which may even yet
have to be amputated, can only bear
to have that little finger treated and
bandaged when nurse promises to dress
It up like a dolly. That brilliant idea
of mine pleses her so that she laughs
instead of cries and we always have
to end up with a beautiful bow "for
dolly's sash."
"Another Boy's Cloga" ' Hart Him.
My small boy who likes the Red
Cross nurse to dress him came one day
when I was not on duty and was eo
disappointed that he has not been
here since.
He is the one who said another boy's
clogs stepped on his face. He an
nounced the fact that he would like to
stay and be the nurses' little boy and
turn their wringer. The wringer, on
further questioning, turned out to be
the bandage roller.
It is considered a great privilege to
wind up the bandages. One of my
munition girls has bumped herself on
a big shell. She only hopes the shell
will bump the Germans worse than it
bumped her.
The finger tips are all getting well.
ALL SEATS
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CHILDREN 5d
ALL TIMES
BEGINNING
THIS
MORNING
ALSO
A COMEDY
"The Witching Hour" now is screened as a six-part photoplay ! The
superiority of screen over stage in building and sustaining the dra
matic interest by means of flashbacks, real scenery, elaborate and
costly staging, double exposure an all-star cast is amply evidenced
in this photoplay. -If you enjoy a story replete with thrills, a bit of
weird and mystic with wholesome, red-blooded romance if you like
the kind of a story that carries your attention right up to the end of
six bang-up acts then you will like "The Witching Hour."
even If the fingers are a bit eljorter
than they were.
An extraordinary small and self-possessed
boy brought himself ln to have a
tooth pulled. He was so satisfied with
the masterly way in which the house
surgeon pulled it out. and I assisted by
holding"his hands and carefully wrap
ping up the tooth (by request) "for me
to take home and show me mother"
that he said: "I shall come here again."
We felt most awfully flattered. The
most important thing about having a
tooth pulled, I find, is to have it
wrapped up to take home and show "it
were a big un." The bigger and long
er rooted the better, and the more
glorious the owner, once it Is out.
A grateful patient proudly brought
the photograph of her soldier husband
to show me this. week.. She said, nod
ding towards her bahy: "You said he
were a fine looking boy, so I brought
his dad to show you."
"Dad" was clad elegantly and sim
ply in nothing but a. wrist watch and
a very fine line of tattooing. At the
waist one caught glimpses of a leopard
skin and there the photo ended. On
his chest was the crucifixion, sur
rounded by a covey of angels in full
flight. (A real Sunday occupation to
rub his chest with "lin-ammonla.") '
Body la Scrap-Book.
All up and down his arms were Span
ish ladies, wreaths of flowers and
Buffalo Bill. A butterfly perched coyly
on one shoulder and his regimental
coat-of-arms on the other. No picture
scrap-books required in his family.
His admiring wife assured me that
he was in a hot climate, and I told her
that I recognized some of the designs
as some my sailors were decorated
with. v.
We agreed that he was a most inter
esting dad for any baby to own. What
a pity baby did not inherit the cruci
fixion and the angels, and Buffalo Bill,
and the Spanish lady, plus the butter
fly and the coat-of-arms! As my pa
tient said: "Now, you know where baby
gets his looks from, nurse." I do like
patients.
When a big railway man, with sev
eral squashed fingers, told me confi
dentially that his hand never felt so
comfortable as after I dressed it, I
went quite pink with pleasure."
The way to a nurse's heart is cer
tainly through her handiwork. At one
big hospital where I was the sisters
and nurses had a set of stock pet
names for their suffering patients.
Everybody was either old enough or
young enough to be petted. The old
people were addressed sweetly as
"Daddy" or "Granny." (One old lady
who was a spinster objected to
"Granny," so "Auntie" was substi
tuted.) The younger girls were "Topsy" or
"Girlie." '
The young men were either "Jock"
or "Laddie," or sometimes "My Man,"
whilst the baby was lovingly known
as "The Brat."
Those pet names were really wonder
fully soothing and gave a "homey"
feeling.
One Boy la Obstreperous.
To turn to the darker side of nurs
ing, I had an obstreperous small boy
for a patient several days this week
who screamed and kicked and bit and
scratched. Poor nurse's arms were
black and blue. As he is a "bleeder"
we have to be very careful of him, but
he is not a bit careful of us.
His mother Is a mild Individual 'who
weeps and gently adds fuel to the flame
by sympathetically whispering to her
boy: "Is the bad nurse hurting him
then?" The little imp only has a cut
on the forehead.
vl suppose he will grow up into a
'conscientious objector or a, ."conchy,"
as the newspapers call them.
I went to church here on All Saints'
day, and the service was a very touch
ing one. The sermon was a memorial
address for our brave men who have
been killed in action during the war.
The vicar himself has lost his eon,
who won the military cross and a bar
to it for distinguished bravery. After
wards a list of the' names of the men
from the parish who have died on active
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From the Famous Stage Play by
AUGUSTUS THOMAS
service was read out. At least three
of the names were those of men I knew
well, amongst them that of my friend,
the sergeant gunner. As a friend of
his and mine writes, "He is commis
sioned in a nobler army now."
NEWS OF THE THEATERS
(Continued From Page 2.)
the soul, Fred and Nita Brad are using
the correct billing.
Hicks and Hart are two men with
advanced ideas which they have utilized
in a clever and semi-scientific manner
to present boomerang hat throwing.
The men work fast and the reports on
the act are excellent. -
The two Brownies, who do terpsi
chorean feats on and off roller skates,
are two men. They are said to be very
much out of the ordinary.
Paul Earle, a racy merry entertainer
with a distinctive personality, will
present an offering which he bills as
"Jests, chatter and tunes," consisting of
songs, stories and parodies. He is said
to be a natural comedian.
Jones and Jones are two colored boys,
who present a skit called "In the Land
of Freedom." The men are accredited
with presenting an act that is entire
ly away from other acts.
The picture will be Alice Brady in
"The Maid of Belgium." Alice Brady
needs no recommendation.
"THE SCARLET CAR" IS COMING
Franklyn Farnum to Star in Photo
play at Strand.
"The Scarlet Car," a Bluebird photo
play" ottering Franklyn Farnum as Its
star, and six acts of vaudeville com
prising the 12th transcontinental road
show, are on the entertainment menu
of the Strand Theater commencing to
day. "The Scarlet Car" Is a picturization
of the Richard Harding Davis novel of
that name, and has a plot which "com
bines twists with speed like a bucking
broncho."
Franklyn Farnum, popular star, as
the son of a small town newspaper edi
tor, for years a ne'er-do-well, gets
Jolted Into a realization of his respon
sibility at last and settles down in the
newspaper office to make things hum.
His rivalry for one of the girls of
the town with the son of the local
banker brings about a clash between
the two, and there is a gorgeous finish
with a genuine semi-frontier tar-and-feather
party forthe villain at the
last.
Through the whole story runs the
mystery of the scarlet car, the murder
and disappearance of the eccentric old
cashier of the bank, and in the final
episode the threads of the elaborate
plot are caught up with a climacteric
"splash."
Edith Johnson, Sam DeGrasse. Evelyn
Selble and Lon Chaney are among the
player supporters of Farnum in this
latest Bluebird.
For vaudeville - followers the man
agement offers a bill of diversified
entertainment qualities, . topped by
Keefer and Alberts, late of "The Whirl
of Mirth." in "The End of the Book,"
an offering of comedy chatter and har
mony singing, with rube and old maid
characters.
Other acts are: Franco Trio, two
men and a pretty maid, in songs and
instrumental music of Sunny Italy;
Clinton Sisters, classic and Egyptian
dancers; The Fostos, in a comedy nov
elty; dross, Jerome and Jackson, col
ored comedy singers and talkers, and
Haner in a novelty musical and paint
ing number.
BAKER TO PRESENT OLD PLAY
"Trail of Lonesome Pine" Will Be
Christmas Attraction.
One play that is a welcome anual
visitor is ""The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine," , which was the Christmas week
offering of the Alcazar Players at the
Baker last season and which will again
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be presented for the holiday week
starting next Sunday matinee. It is
one of the most beautiful scenic pro
ductions in stock, and is dramatized
from the widely read and much be
loved novel of John Fox, Jr., by Eu
gene Walter. It is a story of the Ten
nessee Mountains with their feuds,
their stills and moonshine.
Ruth Gates will again be seen as the
girl, June the little girl of the moun
tains who longed for something better,
and around whom the near tragedy of
the hills is enacted. The opening act
is especially realistic and beautiful
with its natural pines, its waterfall and
superb mountain perspective. Each
year Stage Director Walter Gilbert im
proves on the year before and new
beauties will be apparent in the seenlc
effects to those who go to the Baker
to see the popular play again this sea
son. Edward Horton will play the role
of the young civil engineer. An extra
Christmas day matinee will be given.
IIEILIG BOOKS MERRY FARCE
"Fair and Warmer" Will Play Four
Xlghts Next Week.
"Fair and Warmer," is the piquant
title of Avery Hopwood's latest and
finest farce, which ran for one year at
the Eltinge Theater, New York, and
eight months at the Cort Theater,
Chicago, and which Selwyn and company
will present at the Heilig Theater De
cember 26, 27, 28, 29.
Mr. Hopwood's farce tells a merry
tale of how two highly respectable and
more than averagely domesticated per
sons, discovering that their respective
errant spouses had taxed their patience
till it had ceased to be a virtue, rose
in their righteous wrath and tried to
be wicked.
"Fair and Warmer" begins In the
early morning, stays up all night and
concludes by noon of the following day,
having .in that time disrupted and re
assorted two households, devastated a
"tame robin" and brought wisdom and
repentance to saints and sinners alike.
It has not a moment between its cur
tains when its humor flags or its situa
tions slacken.
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