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IS THE WASHESTGTOT POST SUNDAY DECEMBER 12 1920 Sjy rr i i I i jl I Tl i ii tii Am i ittti i ji hum ii i i i i i i ii rtrrn I ii imiv tf rip ri IP i ES5S6Sr Hi a HTilMili a II IM Carter De Havens Views On Uplifting the Screen rHIS department during tne period of the ascendency 01 the motion picture has expressed a rrequent aesire 10 perceive a tendency toward elevation the subject matter and treatment jp comedies deBtined for enactment sbefore the camera The wish has eemed to elicit Scant support among tthose who derive their livelihood and sort of questionable fame from the creation of custard pie throwing contests that strive to pass as screen fcumor Now however comes Carter De feaven a schooled farceur of considerable vogue who seems to be at one with the more forward looking Observers of the cinema with notions ihat at least promise to parallel our bwn There is a strong and very real tiesire on the part of picture followers everywhere for a higher type of fcomedy picture to fill the place now occupied solely by the multitude of Hlapstick slambang offerings said Mr De Haen commenting on his latest photoplay version of the stage success Twin Beds People the world over love the irtiriilniis and the comic went on JM stage while on the other hand wit ness the tremendous success and popularity of Twin Beds and other i plays of its Kind What is true of the spoken plafi not less true of the screen I be eve and it is my intention from now on to endeavor to supply a demand which I have long felt existed for rod straight comedies Prom all reports Mr and Mrs De Haven haVe made a flying start in direction in Twin Beds1 which will be the Associated First National attraction at CrandalPS Metropolitan and Knickerbocker theaters begin ning today To those who do not recall vividly the action of Twin Beds If any such there be there may lar td be a menace in the anndttncemgfit that the scenario re4ulres Mr De HaVeh to Simulate hazardous Indifference the statutory demands of the eighteenth amendment during1 mtfeh of the Comedys Irresponsible coltr He Such is not the 6as however fdr dafter De Haven who so successfully registers intoxication as the temperamental Signer Monti has had the benefit of vast experience in depicting gentlemen who have imbibed not wisely but too welL In one of his first starring vMdols Of day LOEWSiCOLUMBIA CABT0DEHAVD14MilMl iN Twin Beds MOTOPOUTAN The executive organization of the Harry Cfaftdall enterprises last wek again Buccumncd to the wanderlust On last Wednesday night Joseph Morgan general manager of the Crandall Theaters and Nslson Bell In charge of advertising and publicity made a quick dash to Roanoke Va to I make nrellmlnarv rhg ejnnts for the early opening of AMUSEMENTS De Haven and that humor vhich vehicles of the speaking stage Th aDDeals to the Intellect is always more appreciated than the brand which is forced over with a padded mallet Very rarely has there Deen 6uccessfu slapstick comedy Girl In the Taxi Mr De Haven Staggered convincingly about the stage for 450 nights until he began to feel that he had been an inebriate from of the birth wrrn iPfcWtlrffcyMAHin Realism in Photoplays irwui rinr i and not only covered himself With glory In th boht but ateo showed his gameness throughout the picture AKB a picture believ able That is the motto which nowadays hangs in the of fice of a successful motion picture director or producer Make it so there is no flaw that can be picked by a public which Is so ready to criticize a poorly produced phoLoplay Uncle Toms Cabin without the floating ice would not be Uncle TofflB Cabin The public would be disappointed Take this same ice and mount it poorly in a motion picture and the illusion would be much worse than leaving out the 108 entirely One of the foremost directors of the new school 1b Robert Thornby directing Pathe Specials for Jfesse Hampton Thornby is a pioneer of the picture industry and has not only gTown with the business he has grown ahead of It Malte a picture believable is his motto And In Half a Chance the new Pathe Special which opens a weeks engagement at Moores Rialto Theater today the many illusions and big scenes have been handled with the Lkill of a master of his art Wh4h we bgh Work ort Frederic Ishams story Half A Chance said Thorftby I insisted on the widest latitude possible because of the magnitude Of the production In the first plac I set the BtUdiO workmen to work building a replica of an underworld stfeet of the Old Barbary Coast I wis Very fortunate in securing the a a friend of mine Who a familiar with every cranny and nook of the ace Which Is how extihet The dimly lit streets with their habitats looked most reaLstic When completed They were believable Interiors of barrooms and other resorts were built and also a replica of the old Cloverleaf Sporting Club In one instance he makes a high dive from the top deck of a ferry going across Frisco Bay We could not fake this so I had to charter the ferry fof the day Probably the most difficult thing to put over with realism in photoplay production is what we call water stuff This is something which is hard to fake Half a Chance called for a storm at sea with the ship sinking and the passengers in a panic scurrying to the lifeboats I oa assure you it was no easy matter For some of the scenes we had to charter a huge ocean liner THOMAS MHGHAN ConrddlnOoestofHisYoulh MOQffiS GARDEN A British Novelist Leonard Merrick Who wrote Conrad in Quest of His Youth the new Paramount picture starring Thomas Meighan which opens its Second coh secutive week of showing at Moores Garden Theater today is one of the most representative Of contemporary English authors He has written numerous short stories and novels and his pen still busy One of his most recent novels is Worldlings which has receved the praise of frtics Many of his stories are rich ir the atmosphere of theatrical and Bohemian 1 fe London ad stuient art ss writers actors and music an I i ll i IlUfl I JR2aiHIPOv mBKBBSmmM nwM VTcjHBHHBS MMfvu a WmiX9BiiMMmimWm swS3BBSyMBBBBBBBBra iMMmmMMMMMl lIlBaBM IM Hdfd ChMice iHHR 753aMSSSS runi rcnwiM BdShSSk RILUCRUPIft IN A 7 jrTrx jz tTjimm6 ThriciniaKVnan i nil uiu roniuucu I3uy WBrjrM mmmamm8Rss uitrujyivurjwm nwi i ii ii iiii mjbiiiih piii wwwmmmwimwwwwiiwwiI 3BgjjOBJBJBKnBBBEv iBJBJBJBBBBBJBBBI tng audience S235852358SSSBBglS259SS5Si VXiO 5v tomorrow morning fciiMni mmmmaem I Trandalls new Rialto Tbeater there 3n Tnilrsday night John Payette slstant General manager of the Crandall circuit and Reginald Jeare the Washington architect who las designed many of the Crandall heaters left for Kew York to ar ange for the Installation 61 a new set of decorative drops for the pro cenum of the Metropolitan Theater AMUSEMENTS MOORES NINTH AT TODAY 230 PM ALL WEEK 11 A MM 11 A POWERFUL DRAMA OF LIGHTNING CLIMAXES AND TREMENDOUS HEART INTEREST KALEIDOSCOPIC AS GO AND GET IT VIRILE AS THE 8EA WOLF TBRILLING AS THE SPOiLERS A ROMANCE WOMEN WILL LOVE A PLAY MEN WILL REMEMBER JESSE HAMPTON PRESENTS MtMMM1ssvMWMMMMlWtWWll Her Unnatural Villainy HE Dorothy Cummings who pres sion of being well versed In the appears as the diabolical art of living the unhurriea graceful Lady Cray In George Fitz A When I was out an the coast she uui aiuuu1 special Baldwin her cool friendly voice Mr Or Idols of Clay LoeWs Columbia Fitzmaurice sent for me three today and the Dorothy Cummings of otr times to come East to do ple Bi uta tr tures but each time I was right in umBlcul ei th middle of a production I was to sons On the screen we have a bizarre feline creature who takes to drugs tries to ruin poor Innocent little Mae Murray by inducing her to cultivate a taste for the demon rum artd finally in a fit of tipr sh pair because fche cant i i liav 1 Potvoll lovp hr tho i rR him to shoots aersolf or tw evidence so that looks I muit ature recital by Miss Beatrice 3 Hurley planlate and George Roosevelt Flemmer violinist met lnstaftt favor from a distinguished and discriminate ng audience figure prorninently in them Two of his best known short stories circumstances accusing Mae of hf are Whpenngs About Women aftd dastardly deed But in real life she The Man Who Understood Women i a soft quiet voiced patrician as and The Actor Manager is another uhlike the wicked des gmng person of his best novels Other stories such Just described aft Ethel Barrymore ib as Conrad in Quest of His Youth unlike a Theda Bara vampire are of a ohilosoDhical hature and have Miss Cummings is English to her ine uiu iuvei ieo1 oyui ling viuu i wu i i where prize fights made history and Pveti very popular with the public dhger ps although her home is in where grudges Were squared in the In the picture Mr Meighans leading Australia She gives one the im ring Ip this particular scene Mahloh woman is iviargarei wiorais an act Hamilton put up one of the prettiest fess of signal talents battles I have ever witnessed against Billy West who has no small reputa stutz manager of Loews Co Mon on the coast as a boxer Indeed lumbia Theater declares that Behold then news spread that We were going My Wife the Paramount special that to film this fight we had no trouble to closed its run at the Columbia last secure extras for onlookers Many night is one of the most popular pic that gathered around the ring Were tures ever exhibited there and Could from the ranks of our highest paid have run for three Weeks had hot screen stars who take the interest in this fistic sport Hamilton is an all around athlete doLady Joan lnOn With the Dance but here again I Was prevented trm doing so for thesamereason However I had Just completed Lad lee Must Love under George Loane Tuckers rection whn haa another wire from Mr FltzmauViee lm ni rf to sft aay somehow for i pa Ido1 of Clay I los of a is ss Cummings i urf ih Paranount but there are more to follow While in California she played in The Woman and the Puppet with Qerldme Farj rar and with Bessie iBarrtScale in The Woman Who Understood Bhe has been appearing tp thfelast three seasons in Tiger TigeV witb Frances Starr under the watchfdl and ap SHIRLEY MASON IN vTheGirIofMvHerMr KNICKERBOCKER How I Got Into the Modes preciative eye of David Belascp By WILLI A VA CltJtASL I had sertd such a long apprenticeship on the legitimate stage that I naturally didnt have any uphill job to get into the movies Bays Willam Favfereham brilliant dramatic siar Any actor of standing has opportunities to get into pic ures whether he makes good is another matter Lawrence Beatua the benedict man ageribf Loews Palace Theater is due to reach Washington some time today from his wedding trip to Jacksonville New Orleans and the Bouth and to assume charge of the Palace again tomorrow morning Many comments wer made by pa trons of the theater last week upon the clarity of the various colorful soenes of Nomads of the North the feature of the bill at Crandalls Met ropolitan While the photography disclosed in this unique First National subject was exceptional much of the sharpness of the screen image was due to the Installation last Friday night of a new radium gold fiber I screen of the latest and most improved model Elmer LHOmmeaieu assistant manager of Loews Palace Theater upon whom much of the task of managing that theater during the absence of Manager BeatUS has fallen Will pick up his routine again tomorrow morning hoping that Mr Beatuswlll have no more wedding trips 1ft this incarnation i Black Crook Actor Still Going Strong What really took the effort on my part was to decide whether or not I which he remained for many months really believed in and wanted to ap Soldiers of Kortuneatd Ransomes pear in pictures Folly both jffer 93 7 elm excellent At first I was among those who parts TO i scoffed at pictures I wouldnt ree In the original corriparry of Strong ognize any art or see any future in greatest prior booking arrangements made yoauouon necessary the opening of tidols of Clay When local playgoers see Eyes of the Heart the Mary Miles Minter opening at Crandalls At the Picture Houses Metropolitan Twin Beds turing Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven The chief feature of the photoplay bill at Crandalls Metropolitan Theater this week will be First Nationals film Twin Beds starring Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven In this camera rendition of the convulsing comedy ot apartment house honeymoon ers by Margaret Myo and Salisbury Field Mr and Mrs De Haven are supported by a number of plajers who enact for the film the same roles they created upon the etage Conspicuous among these is Helen Raymond CftSt as MYb Monti wife of the Italian tertor whose bibulous inclinations supply the motivating influence for most Of the complications Fea 1 Fitzmaurice starring Mae Murray and David Powell will be presented I at Loews Columbia Theater today at 1 3 oclock as the featured attraction of the Current week Like all at tractions shown at the Columbia this season the length of Its engagement will be dictated solely by popular demand for further showings Supplementing the featured attraction will be seen screen subjects of shorter length Palae BUlie Btilrke In The Frisk Mis Johnson1 For the week beginning this afternoon at 3 oclock Loews Palace Theater announces the extraordinary engagement of Billle Burke the famous and beautiful star of atag and screen in The Frisky Mrs Johnson the notable picturization by Edward Dillon of Clyde Fitchs famous stage play of the same name Garden Conrad in Quest Of His The added attractions are headed by the latest Mack Sennett comedy My GoOdness The Pathe news Literary Digest Topics and a splendid orchestral overture directed by Thomas Gannon are supplemental features Knickerbocker 0fwin Beds Featuring Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven Mr and Mrs Carter De Haveft two of the most skillful farceurs appearing before the camera will be the pictured stars of the bill at Crandalls Knickerbocker Theater today and tomorrow in First Nationals amusing picturisation of the popular farce Twin Beds On Tuesday and Wednesday Lon Chaney will be seen in The Penalty and Mary Miles Minter will appear Thursday and Friday in Byes of the Heart On Saturday Shirley Mason will be seen in Girl Of My Heart Knickerbocker Theater On Thursday one man of the cast will bear particular scrutiny for of all the players in films he most surely deserves the title Encyclopedia of Stage Lore Fred Turner possibly knows more people on the American and English stage than any other living man Just to say that he was a mmber of the original Black Crook company will identify Mr Turner to thousands as an actor of exceptional experience It was nearly 40 years ago when young Turner left the Latin High Shool In Boston to become call boy at the Boston Theater where Lester Wallftck and Mary Anderson were reigning favorites Then came Black Crook and Around the World in 1 Eighty Days Under Two Flags Harry Lohmeyer manager of Cran wlth Blanche Bates and The Only I jairs Avenue Grand Theater last Way with Henry Miller followed eek returned to his bfficial duties before he became a member of the aftera protracted absence due to ill Henry Harris organization ith ness heart he niaved Skinner in botn America and England for several seasons Nine yarB ago he entered pictures in Griffiths The Escape The Miracle Man ftebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Furnace William Taylors special production for Realart are among the other notable film plays in which Mr Turner has appeared Tne part of Dr Dewey the disreputable down at the heels pessimistic slum physcian in Eyesof the Heart is a real gem of character interpretation Very artistically does Mr Turner play the role showing how occasional flashes of old time brilliance can burst through the degraded personality of a man who has hopelessly wrecked his life In contrast to Laura the little blind girl played by Miss Minter for whom he holds out promise Of Sight Turner does remarkable work this line To me the screen simply didnt exist Finally however productions became more elaborate and they reached the point where they could no longer be ignored by any serious student of the drama I expect for the rest of my career to have a judicious mixtuie of legitimate stag and the motion pictures on my theatrical frill of fare Thomas Eastwood manager of Ciandalls Knickerbocker Theater announces as the second of hie special mus cal offerings on Sundays and Mondays during December a series of violin solos by Henri Sokolove one of the most skillful violinists in the Cap tal accompanied by the Checkering ampleo piano Last Suhdays mlnl AMUSEMENTS Matt Manntx has been appointed musical director at Crandalls Avenue 6 and Theater vice William Dolan resigned HALF A CHANCE IIIksvNk M9Bp iiyplflBK KB wM 1RH 3 WITH DANCING Odldrea DUPONT Adults STTJDIO OF DANOB 8 Dram cle Phoa Trnik 1SS AMUSEMENTS RACHMANINOFF PIANIST 1 nils Theater Wd tec 15 4i30 PM I Beat now oa at Mri GreeDaa Concert Btutaa la Droops tBth and TETRAZZINI NATIONAL THEATEK TEirESDAT DECEKBEJL 16 4 SO 6eaU now on tsJe at Mrs Qreenei Concert BureU In Droops 13th nd MAHLON HAMILTON AND LILLIAN RICH FROM THE NOVEL BY FREDERIC I SHAM ADDED FEATURES Rialto Symphony Orchestra Daniel Breeskin Conducting Overture Hejre Kati By Jno Hubay i i Short Subject Selected Comedy Exclative Showing Latett FoX NetVB MOORES YonOj With Thomas Mdighon Thomas Meighan Is featured at I Moores Garden Theater this week In the latest Paramount production an adaptation of Leonard MerrlekB famous novel Conrad In Quest of His Youth as staged and directed by William DeMille lch opena its second consecutive week of shoWlhg today The star is excellently supported by a cast including Margaret Loomls Mabel Van Buren Kathiyn Williams Maym Kelso Sylvia Ashton Charles Ogle and Ruth Renlck infj iTSsPiL Srssa Rialto Half A Chance Featuring Mahlon Hamilton and Lillian Rich Half a Chanoe Robert Thornbys initial Pathe special feature as adapted from thft Widely read novel of the aame title by Frederic Isham With Mahlon Hamilton and Lillian Rich in the stellar roles opens a weeks engagement at Moores Rialto Theater today the showing to con Hnnft throuerh Saturday neizt A special interpretative score has Theater wJlL Inftludft An Old Flh been arranged by Daniel Breskin con loned Boy starring Charles Ray dnctine the Rialto Symphony Orches and Mack SennettB two rtfcl farco tra Interesting knd amusing Bhor i ixm a ijoy On WeAnfttday and subjects Including comedy and an ex Thursday Hobart Bosworth and Anna elusive showing of the Fox news will Nllsson will be screened In The round out the prOgTam Brute Master and Harry Pollard will cavort through the brief absurdities rvOnTTiMA dftl flwH of Cash Customers For the week jend Joseph Dowllftff Will CCuyj TOOls ot ClArr tne latest Para the screen in The Kentucky Colonels Sneunt special production by George an adaptation of Ople Reads story Crandalls Charles Ray in An Old Fashioned Boy A double feature bill tot the ilrtt three dayB of this week ftt Crandalls AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS night ftM Mmm JraJ fflfnff weds a K5ilil oirtECTlO Of MESS SMUB6RT SW 1 Sr WASMiNGTONS PLAYHOUSE QEAUTlPUU uucviat io stu i heater i ji NUfht Curtftih IUea Precise MS at 22Q SRarp I ywjigrry ATIONAL Toinprrow NlfhlEK Oaly Theater la Wafthlfttttth OflrlnS Eiela lTely American mad Fttrrit Stark of first Rank Matinee tedsday and Saturday A NEW BARR1E PLAY CHARLES KROHMAN Presents Ruth Chatterton in rto ifEW HiaY Mary Rose GAR NINTH BETWEEN TOOAY 230 ALL WEEK 11 A 11 By BARRIE AUTHOR OF PlBTBtt PAlf DEAR BRUTtTeV THE LITTLE MI MISTER EflTC AWM0Yf0M7f7meaFACHA Gtotffiv AQAPrtO BYGRAmfU BAftKEtL Mr atwilis Supporting Company of 125 People HUBERT DRUCE JOSEPH HERBERT BIDJIKY TOLER ROWLAND BUCKSTOfm TOttX SHINE JOHN ROCHE EDMUMJ GURrErf BERNARD A RElNOLD ST CLAUt BAYFIELD MORGAN FARLEY ELSIE MACBlAY ROSE COGHtAS MAROOT KELLY HELEN REtMER SALLtE BERGMAH HOPE SUTHERLAND PAULINE MERRlAM MARIE BRYAR LYLIA BUttNAND Isabel leightow Note DEBURAU BIdefrom belns a play of wonderful appeal carrlea a production of Hanuastk proportiona Uptard ot 50 JbecBanlck are qnirea to ei the naitttfrOilB afeHVei ertahi mtut rise at time advertised to flolak the play at a reasonable hour PUy produced under tho PERSONAL DIRECTION OgMR BBLASeO win who be here for the entire engagement Next Week Commendnft ftfondftr NUckt Settta thanday CHARLES DfthLtNGHAft PRESENTS JOSEPH OAWTHORN THE HALF MOON A WONDERFUL UUSICAL COMEDY WtTH JOSEPH SANTLEY OSCAR SHAW MAUDE EBURNB IVY AVTrER MAT THOJBPSON And a Full DUlingkam Chorus BURTON HOLMES HlhteELft IN NEW MOTCSTORIES OF TRAVH TONIGHT SPANISH CITIES ALSO TOMOrlROW MAT AT 4 30 rterVea SeatawSB fliS OfettM Opna IP CONTINUED BY DEMAND THOMAS MEIGHAN In WILLIAM DE MILLES PRODUCTION CONRAD IN QUEST OF HIS YOUTH Based on the BvbkU LEONARD MEBBICK A PARAMOUNT PICTURE i 0RGHESTkASU8SlDlABim 4fe 1 SZft 2Sf SeJ 3ssi Agyjtffjjfi54 ft1 jf fjr 1S93rBiifew5S sa ife5 35e rj SitJsSfi yV3iijr3ErwaCV rfri XS Hrwh5sJG3a5SiS i tm88aB5mmm ms.