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"By Wsstsroolt Peeler
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: TVTKW , YORK. Oct 2J. The . men . who
JL furnish, America's plays and musical
hows are learning at great coat that the
public will na longer pay limousine prices
for Jitney productions. The -prevailing
lasts is far lUrtls-Royee- attractions at
flivver Detroit rates, and there are 2500
or 1000 jobless actors adrift on Broad
war, telling; the world about it.
Howard Kyle, secretary of the Acton
Fidelity league, estimates that there are
5000 r 8000 "legitimate actor" In the
land, and about half of them are out of
' work because of failures on Broadway
or On the road so early In the season.
Kyle recommends, and David Belasco
' backs him up, that managers wno hoist
ed the price of a show ticket to IMS last
year now reduce the price materially or
suffer ah even worse slump in business.
Actors are swarming into town from col
lapsed road shows, Kyle says, and gen
erally speaking,' the season Is off to a
disheartening start
BELASCO PLATED SAFE
Belasco may Indulge himself in a little
crow at the expense of other producers
because he declared himself with $2.50 a
ticket a year ago when the others were
taking the vacuum cleaner to the well
stuffed purse of the public. He could
have had 13.50 for "The Gold Diggers."
but he didn't take It and the show is
running yet.
On the road the principal and ancient
complaint Is that shows come along, her
alded by 24-sheet posters to contain "the
original Broadway cast" but when they
arrive they are found to be filled with
ordinary journeymen actors, Instead of
the stars who put the pieces over on
Broadway. So they, have been "dying"
In the provinces while David Warfleld
' himself. In a revival of a 10-year-old
play, 'The Return, of Peter Orlmm." is
breaking provincial records, and Lenore
Ullrich, also herself, In "The Son-Daughter,"
Is reported to have played a return
week In Baltimore to a bigger box office
than nn the first enrairement.
"Bab" Is opening In New York, at the'1
Park theatre, and tickets for the opening
night were to be had In the cut rate
agency, known to all Broadway, for 60
centswhich Isn't a decent -tip for a
waiter any more. You will understand
what that means when you recall that
last year's first night seats were very
carefully distributed to chronic first
nighters for as high as $10. "Bab" Is a
dramatisation of Mary Roberta Rlne
hart's Sub-deb stories.
OTHERS AT CUT BATES
Other Broadway "successes" were .of
fering their tickets in this same sly
manner. You could get one for Florence
Reed's show, 'The Mirage," at the New
Times Square theatre, for $1.50; for
"Kissing Time," at the Lyric, at 50 cents,
and for "The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer,"
a new show, at the same prices. William
Hodge, in "The Quest of Honor," was to
be seen at cut rstes, and so were "Be
' cause of Helen," "The Treasure." Alice
Brady, In "Anna Ascends," "Opportu
nity." "A Blue Bonnett," "Ldttle Miss
Charity" and the Century Review.
It is claimed that some shows are be
ing kept on Broadway at a loss to give
them reputations to take with them Into
the "sticks," but they can't be held up
forever.
Booth Tarkington's "Poldekin" has dis
appeared, and so nave "The Sweetheart
Shop," "Crooked Gamblers," "Come Sev
en" and "Marry the Poor Girt." "Genius
BROUGHT BACK TO PORTLAND SO
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MRS. JOHN LfiADER, gifted, Portland,"" woman; as Alma
Willys, in "Finicule Finicula,"to be presented by Port
land Drama league players at the little Theatre October
29 and 30.. Mrs. Leader is.declared toplay an exacting role with'
exceptional understanding and
and the Crowd" died on Broadway.-and
the corpse was sent out on the' road. .
"Paddy the Next Best Thing," an Eng
lish play, was panned on Broadway, and
is now In Boston. "The Cave Ulrl
gone, and so has "cnecaerDoara.
Movio Caravan to Move 'Soon
A caravan of 800 people, under the
supervision of .Erich von Strohelm, will
leave Universal City, Cal., for Montefey
In the near future, where for four weeks
they will be engaged on the most elab
orate motion picture set ever constructed
outside of a studio. The cliffs at Mon
terey have been transformed into a
duplicate of the Casino and Hotel de
Paris at Monte Carlo as they appear
from the Mediterranean. Bridges, ter
races, roads and woods have been built
up to make the scene true to the original.
These scenes are for Von Strohelm's
Universal - Jewel feature "Foolish
Wives."
Los Angeles Plaza Rebuilt
The technical department of the B run-
ton studios has -erected a genuine repro
duction of the famous Los Angeles
plaza as It was In 1830 for Douglas
Fairbanks' latest United Artists film,
"The Curse of Caplstrano." The set was
built at Sunland, In the San Fernando
valley, and was derived from old en
gravings and drawings In the possession
of Fernandes Pico, an aged pioneer
resident of Los Angeles. A elaborate
northwest village set has also been
erected for Dustln Farnum's new inde
pendent production, "Trail of the Axe."
A play by Eva UnselU scenarist of
many Paramount successes, is soon - to
be produced In London by Evelyn Nell
son Terry, a niece of Ellen Terry, most
famous of 'English ' tragediennes. .
-7-rAe gfory of a mother's Idv which,
htu all th pathos and all the laughter
Dvorak? s famous melody
SPECIAL MUSIC
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Hair Sacrificed;
For Effect in
New Photoplay
Five hundred -extra players, cast as
Indians-for -Maurice Tourneur's filmtxa
tlon of Cooper's Immortal book, "The
Last of the Mohicans," had their heads
"scalped" In "order to look, like real war
riors in; the plcture.-
Their hair was oiled and brushed down
flat then bronze silk stocking caps,
made for, the purpose, were pulled tight
ly over their craniums, with -the result
that they looked like bald Indiana Then
small scalping locks, or tufts of hair in
wig form were stuck to the "scalps"
and the picture was then made. Of
course these players were "background,"
and the deception could not be discovered
on the film. -
For "close-up" action, four leading
actors and IS players actually shaved
their heada to play these roles. The
picture -will be released this fall by
Associated Producers.
Goldwrn Bays Pictures
In addition to handling its own fourth
year productions, Goldwyn has acquired
five motion 'pictures for release In the
near future, following the success which
Its distributing corporation made of
"The Revenge of Tarsan," produced by
Numa Pictures, Inc. These five pictures
are "The Song of ' the Soul," starring
Vivian Martin; "Pony (working title),
with the same star; Betty Compson. In
"Prisoners of Love" : a picturiaatlon of
Robert W. Chambers . novel of Revolu
tionary days,. "Cardigan," and.Hobart
Bosworta in rHla Own Law." s
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LOS ANGELES, Oct l Which does
' the most good for the world, the
portrayal of a "hero' In films, or that
of the low-down, despicable .individual
who plays the Villain?
-This is the latest' argument In film
circles. ' Jade Holt leading man ' for
Mary Miles Mlnter, takes up the cud
gels for his profession while "Bob" Cain,
famous heavy, is equally Insistent for
his side of the rssn - '
Says Holt: "A role that furnishes a
good example for other- people Is the
kind desired by player who hop for a
future in films. Nowadays nine tenths
of a show's patronage to com posed of
families mothers, fathers , and, their
children. If the character -you. inter
pret is wholesome and pleasing, a. parent
who sees your work will insist that hi
children visit your production, ytepul
sive parts may attract the sensational
lovers once perhaps twice but in the
end patronage dies out because the ap
peal is not to that surest of sources, the
family."
Cain, now appearing In the William D.
Taylor Realart special, "The Witching
Hour," believes Holt, is "wrong., all
wrong." "One expects tae ordinary per
son to be good," he says. "And there is
no particular lesson to ber learned from
a man or woman completely .'vtrtueua
At least their conduct does not- stand
out or make a definite, : heavy Impress
on your mind. But take the villain, for
instance. He's mean, he's despicable.
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Real Bad Man
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he's everything he ' should not be.; Peo
ple are revolted by him and determined
that neither they nor - their children
shall be like him.- He teaches a .whole
some lesson ot futility of badness, a les
son that strikes home to everyone.
"I'm. for the. .bad majw I'm . con
vinced that he has the roost powerful in
fluence -for- good or, believe tne, ' 1
wouldn't have -played Villains for so
many, long years. ; '.
Chaplin on Way
To Fight Divorce
Los Angeles, Oct 23. (L N. 8.)
Charlie Chaplin denies offering Mildred
Harris Chaplin $200,000 for her separate
maintenance, and is on his way from
New York to Los Angeles to fight di
vorce proceedings Instituted by Mrs.
Chaplin, according to information re
ceived here. Chaplin has been in New
Jersey awaiting the outcome of the nale.
of hie latest picture, it is said. - Mrs.
Chaplin, accompanied by her mother,
will arrive here Saturday nlfcht to re
sume the divorce fight it was stated.
Chaplin is coming to Los Angeles to be
near his stricken brother. Sydney, who
is ill following a sertojis operation. '
Much Work for Frank Mayo
An elaborate production program has
been arranged by Universal for Frank
Mayo, one of its most popular stars.
He will soon begin on Max Brand's
latest story, "Tiger," in which he will
be directed , by , Jacques Jaocard. This
will be followed by Augustus .Thomas'
play. "Colorado, a sister 'drama '" to
"Arlaona" and "In . Missouri." - After
that it-is planned to have Mayo appear
in "Davy Crockett the frontier drama
made famous by his grandfather, Frank
Mayo the first
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THE picture ' spectacle , which W.
Griffith has evolved from the famous
rural drama, ; "Way Down East" naa
scored such a hit that this producer
manager announces that within the next
sir weeks 20 companies will be sent on
tour'to play the first class theatres at
their jxrevailing scale of prices for regular-
road attractions. Each organisation
will be a separate unit comprising , two
baggage- carloads of ' equipment and
effects and carrying an orchestra Ho
interpret the score which Griffith has
devised as part of his presentation of
this story. V
The picturiaatlon ot "Way Down East"
was introduced at the Forty-fourth
Street theatre. New Tork city, and it
is now in its seVenth -week. The metro
politan engagement is the greatest ever
achlved by an attraction of this descrip
tion and the - weekly receipts are ex
ceeding from $4000 to $5000 those taken
by "The Birth of a Nation"' for the
corresponding period of its run in New
Tork. The prices charged - for "Way
Down East"-in New York range from
50 cents to $3, with box seats selling
at $5.
Griffith announces that it is not his
intention to charge, as heavy a scale
as this on, the road, but he made this
scale for New -York to establish that -a
motion" picture spectacle -when properly
done - can vie - with the highest prices
charged by the current stage successes
and dp equally as large and in this case
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larger business than the, musical comedy i
and dramatic offering.
In addition to Jie New Tork engage
ment "Way Down East" la being pre
sented' for Indefinite runs at the Ma
les Uc theatre .and. Tremont temple m
Boston the Chestnut Street Opera bouse.
Philadelphia : the Curran theatre, San
Francisco, and the Auditorium. Los An
geles. The same wonderful records are
being piled up In each city. The com
bined receipts for the five - shows are
running, between. 180.000 and $W,000
weekly. With 20 companies under way
by the middle of November .It requires
no mathematical, genius to etlnte the
enormous business that "Way fewn
East" will be doing tor the remainder ej(
the season.
Griffith announces- that his present
plans, embrace similar -bookings for the
seasons of 1S21-18IJ and 1I2J-2J, whleh
means that "Way Down East" will con
tinue as a first class traveling attrac
tion for at least three years to come
and will not be seen in aay other -playhouses
throughout the world, but those
given over to the - bookings ot traveling
theatrical attractions at the regular scale
of prioes charged for these shows.
Zletrf eld ,HGbadiiat' In the "Movies
s Madeleine Lubetty, who is the latest
beauty to .graduate from the Ziegfeld
fold into motion pictures and who will
have an important role In ."Cardigan,"
by Robert W. Chambers, which is to
be one of the early pictures of Kendall
productions, .has e number of hobbles.
She is. fond of golfing, swjmmlng and
reading. She says her favorite authors
are Stevenson, Thackeray, Barrie and
Chambers. Miss Lubetty 1 French and
came here from Paris about 11 years ago.
' Bonne Wilde The first First National
release of Mr. and Mrs. Carter DeHaven
is "Twin Beds," a picturiaatlon of the
famous stage success.
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Hart Sues, to
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Protect First
Of His Films
STARTTNO a campaign to put a stop
v. to the exhibition ot his old film
disguised under new and false titles.
WlOlam 8. Hart, motion picture star, '
has filed suit in the superior court of
Lot Angeles county against the Peeriett
Film Service, a corporation, asking for.
an injunction, an accounting and danv
ege in the amount of $150,000. A second
action has been brought against one
L. F. O'Donnell, a theatre proprietor, to
restrain him from ehowing old pictures
under false titles, an accounting and
125,000 damages. These suits are but the
forerunners of others. The star's attor
neys, Wetherton, Hoyt tt Jones, have in
preparation five more suits which will
be filed In the next few days against
other offenders.
Hart Instituted a proceeding before
the federal trade commission at Wash
ington in lilt to restrain Joseph 81m
monds, who was doing buslnens under
the name ofW. 1L Production com
pany," from putting out these old pic
tures under false titles, The commis
sion held that the practice Is Illegal and
has a tendency to mislead and defraud
the public, and issued a restraining in
junction. This decision seemed to have a salu
tary effect, for a time, but it was only
temporary. Recently other distributors
and exhibitors have resorted to the same
practice and Hart has again found it
necessary to institute suits.
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