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31os Shqc I Games TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 17, 1924. PART II. T7T A i Ocatcrs amusements Cnrcrtalnmcms Cttmttts 3muscrarnts-eiucrtainmcnt3 Arbuckle Is Corpulent Comedian Stages Comeback OIR ECTION WEST COAST THEATRES- IMC. il ft i.i a i in mm in i rm Fa? 1 I 1'.

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COI -K MOOKR. in tier uew triumph "THE PERFECT FLAPPER" A GREAT mvsteRV MELODRAMA Jilt il UMMart A 1 "A JJV 1 if Yi mi 111, 1 naw ,11 inn, iiiiiib niiniiniaiiniiiMifi ir Mian tfiiimiMBtiinini ifgrma virnra enrnrp Roscoe Who returned to vaudeville in San and who is on the current Dill at vantages here. I to Li'iiUJ-' 'W Tf i-ii rmnirn.1, -TiinOT i rr una i a tip to the rumsopjeopircly) FIBST IMg SHOWN! IS Hit very levy people who have NOT FAREWELL SOON to his latest and best! Are you going to miss it 11 A.M. Mats. 55c to I I P.M.

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LOUIS (X MACLOON fjS1 rV-tw incis lrUaKOtE Fro Harm "Tha Headliner on New Program i I Arbuckle made his return to public life in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. He appeared. on the Pantages stage and. amid a rousing welcome, he did his little act. that the act amounted to a great deal, or will mark a mile stone In the history 'of vaudeville, but the audience did not mind thaL "Fatty" waa back, that was the thing! A prologue in "moving pictures preceded his" offering.

In It were a trio which the screen has not seen together for many a day Fatty, Buster Keaton and Al St. John, who made such a team before the three embarked upon their several careers. It Is slapstick of thrr, old type and went over with, a bang. If yesterday's audiences are representative of the public as a whole. Fatty will be on the screen in record Aim, staging a great comeback.

"Crullers and 'Dousrhnuts" was the vehicle through which Lane and Freeman exhibited their comic wares, and rather a comic trick it proved to be. The two could easily have been better and their action dragged in 'parts. However, in' the end the tempo picked up considerably and passed readily. Lew Van and Turah Tyson came on with a variety of eccentric steps and were of a type not so often seen together. Their dance though not in the leant sensational, was interspersed with real talent.

Their final stunt, picking tunes with saxophone and clarinet, was poor, but the dancing made up for any faults they might have had. Frank, Freddie, Georges, though their trick was the height of nonsensical In the beginning, turned out to be veritable geniuses on the violin, bass viol and piano, respectively. "Mary's Pony Boy" was easily one of the cleverest performers on the his capers brought out true applause from an audience satiated with animal acts.1 Though last on the program. Roland Travers was not the least Interesting, with his "illusions extraordinary" in tho mystic field. He left the audience truly in a daze, wondering how he did his many tricks.

"Try and Get It" is the screen offering, starring Bryant Washburn, supported by Billle Dove and Edward Everett Horton, a mi io-comeay on me experiences of a collector in his effort to collect a bill of long standing. It 'was adapted from the. Saturday Eve-i mug font story. "The Ringtalled Galliwanipus." and is well worth seeing, if only to view Bryant Washburn and Billy Dove. A Monty Banks comedy, "Screen Snapshots," and "The Lone Indian," a northland scenic, -completed the program.

Additional Players oh Benefit Bill There have been star lims-ups' many times before at 'benefits, in this cityr according to Harold Lloyd, chairman, the galaxy that will scintillate at the Actors' Fund Bonc'fit in the Philharmonic Audi-, torlum Saturday evenlne will be so dazzling that it will- be hard on the eyes. In addition to the celebrities already announced, the following stars have declared that 'they will he on hand to playrparta asalgned to them: Charles Ray, Moiite Mary Carr. Conway Teurle, Sylvia Beamer, Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Russell Simpson, Colleen Moore. Conrad Nagel, Alleen Prln-gle, Robert Fraser. Eleanor Boai'd-man, Mae Busch, Betty Biythe and Walter Hiers.

So many acts have been offered the Committee that only a tentative program has been arranged to date. The last-minute rearrange ment will find many acts' on the. Din mHi can not be announced now. The following acts have been decided upon; The Ruxsiun Orchestra, "Billy" Gould. "Twas Ever Thus," a Writers Club playlet, by Percy Heath with Louise Dresser, Helen Ferguson and Arthur Hoyt: T.

Roy Barnes, Ernest fcelrher and his pupils in a new ha.llnt! 'AlexnnilAr rnri- "Potash and Perlmutter;" Colleen Moore, Bessie Love and several girls In a sketch called "Amateur 1 Night;" another bevy of stage andi screen stars in "The Casting Office" where several of the big surprise features will be Introduced; "The Big In. which fifteen well-fcnown stars will appear; a headline act from the Orphcum, a headline aot from- the Hillstreet; a sketch in which will appear fifteen of tho handsomest and actora on the screen, and "Movie-Land." a tabloid comedy by Wedgewood Nowell, in, which will appear Ernent Torrence, Dorothy Phillips. Grey Terry, William H. Crane, and a number of well-known Btars and a big beauty chorus. Desmond Unit to Big Bear on Location William Desmond and members of his company have left Universal City for Big Bear Lake where exterior ecenes will be filmed for his newest starring feature, "The Measure of a Man," which Arthur Reason Is directing.

It is a story of the north woods in which Desmond plays the role of "parson" in a little logging settlement. The film story Is nn adaptation by Isadora Bernstein of the novel of the sums title by Norman Duncun. Members of the Desmond cast are Mary McAllister, who plays the romantic leading rolo opposite him, Msrln Sals. Francis Ford. Albert Smith and William J.

Dyer. Eddie Dodds- and William Wyler are Rosson's assistant directors and Jackson Rose Is the photographer, PROGRAM The school of speech of the Unl-verlty of Southern California will preent a program in BovarU Auditorium. Thlrty-rmh PIhco and t'titvernity avenue, this evening. The offering will Include readings from contemporary drums and a scene from the dramatization of "fellas Maruitr." FLOOD OF TALENT ALICE BR-DV HIT IX TABLOID VKS10N OF l)ianiXGn By Klngsley It is flood tld the Orpheura again this week, with a bill that not only reachsa high-water mark, but sloshes all over former marks of the' past several 'mouths. Alice Brady Kivlng us of the West our first peep her.

But we hope It won't be our last. Even those of us who have loved her pictures were agreeably tur-iaed at her stage appearance. ter full. tense" emotionalism. which carries one irresistibly along on its flow; her deep, strong voice, exaggerated slightly for the part of the woman of the underworld ahe plays; and her vibrant warmth and beauty, are all quitd irresistible.

1 was surprised to note Miss Brady has blue eyes; rhey photograph so dark on the screen. Miss Brady's playlet ts "Cassis Cook of the Yellow. Hea." a tabloid version of "Drifting," her latest stage, success by John Colton, author of Kaln." It tells a romantically dramatic tale cNa man hnd woman of the underworld pos-tiic before each other as the decent sort. Her support is adequate, but not outstanding. Bert and Betty Wheeler crash the gates for a hit -in "Bits of Everything," anrj might have added "funny'' to the title.

Bert down -on the Job literally, epea-Ing most of his lines nonchalantly from his reclining position on the stage; and his fooling is of the sort that has to be seen to be appreciated. Ju.st to say he weeps cupfuls literally as he r-nga song, that he blows up a toy duck balloon and lots it die comically, that he dances amusingly, doesn't read particularly funny; but it all is, screamingly co. Betty Wheeler sings but it wouldn't matter whether she did or The pair got a tropical reception. Mind reading cannot be hard on one, for Emma Sharrock looks Just as young as she did ten years ago when I first saw her and Harry, also of the Sharrock clan, deliver their by-way-of-being immortally classic Midway Ballyhoo and Mind-Reading act. They are Just as funny as ever to me and apparently to the house.

is charm as well as class to the act of Ina Hay ward and Dora Maughn, assisted by Mtaha's Orchestra, the girls having beautiful voices and using them to good advantage in operatic and ballad numbers, sung easily and with no attempt at high-brow effect. A backdrop of tapestry effect adds beauty and dignity. Thut amazing "hinfant Dainty June Hovlck, with her singing newsboys and lovely Rose Louise, makes a mammoth hit. This tiny elf has the talent and assurance of a grown woman with the beauty of a child. Worth more space far more than I have to give the act.

The Ramsdells and Deyo put over a very beautiful dancing act; the, Browne Sisters are said by those who like the accordeon to play it beautifully; and Wee Geor-gie Wood over for 'an other smashing hit. MISSION PROGRAM IS REAL TOP-NOTCHER of PI ennnr'' will give you pleasure, I'm sure. You may see mem down at the Mission, where doubtless this film will have a run. It is close enough to life to be fascinati Ing deeply enough to be painful. us cnaraciers are.

reaL There ls.no vilUan; no hero; no heroine. the butler is human! Pola, Negri has done a good deal for our films. She has freed our actresses from their former restraints. So Marie Prevost and Claa Bow flap unhampered as flappers de Both do brilliant work. There is some very clever psychology in the story, especially subtle being that part in which the father of one of the girls, subconsciously fearful that she will follow in his own naughty footsteps, harshly condemns her stepping out with a man whom he designates a "rotter." i also the desire on his part for vicarious virtue as reflected in their children see.n quite commonly in families, and which looks no like hvoocrifiv to tha niitniM Perhaps acting, honors go to Edythe Chapman as the mother of the girl who nearly gives herself in free love, and as the wife of the wandering husband.

There Is an me meaning ana poignancy of despair in her simple gesture when she discovers the eHrl' chief in giddy husband's fective all through. Just one criticism. I havn nntnrt it nn wV in ner motner scenev? she seems more iiko me school teacher than the mother! There is a prim U'lthrlrnwlrti? fit hm .1 brws to her sides instead of the nroau sweep or a mother's arms. Indeed there is a lack of. the enveloping tenderness of a mother many times, it seems to me.

She Is so very great In her work that mis one naw in it nurts us. I wlnh somebody would star Clara Bow. I'm sure her "infinite variety" would keep her from wearying us no matter how many scenes she was in. Wilfred Lucas, wonderful actor that he is always! is beyond praise in. the role of the erring father.

A great situation, that, by the way, In which, calling on his young Innamorata, his own daughter en-ters to visit' her frlenl, with neither girl knowing before that the father was the other girl's lover. William Beaudine, director, and Eve Un-ell. author, have given us one of the best pictures we have seen In msny months, both he. cause of the good story, and he. cause of the humanness of its characterizations, the tempo, and couple of scores of vividly significant touches in the way of buMneM.

1 Dnan Johnson Is a dainty darling In that Christie Comedy "Aggravating Papa." which Is as funny screen farce sn we've seen. The old-fashioned songa will please all the eld boys and girls and mayhap some of the young ones. May McAvay fGr "Bcn-IInr" Role Unofficial woM received venter, day Is to the effect that May Me-Avoy, who Is fast developing talent of the highest order on the screen, will play a featured role In "Hen Hur." Tt I expected that Miss MeAvoy will tall for Europe sometime within the next few weeks, the ex-rt dote not being yet set. No more clever or beautiful young actress could possibly be ssm 1 LOVE! EDWARD SHELDON OVEB THK OAKUKN WALL, HEART CALLTNQ OI TO IIKAUT, THEN Thw (iallnpiDg HfHf-IWal, lani(lnK Alarm, Bugles bhrllly tailing the Wild Horsrmen of Har. JSS-i 'U tfta 8eT tha Staaa laaidM Cat'a Moaw" Sidiwv Chaalla Loul Fannea Ford Stirllaa Chaatar CMklia LiHila Rlckwa OPSAA PtftVUQUJE Fiijuttroa.

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K. Hlrrll THE TELCfHOXE SIRL "Klat Laao'' H. Wltwar POMAL0 EIUAH 0 iWMSFarlTII'S it v. 1. Arbuckle, Francisco last week with success, BEAUTY IS LITTLE AID TO ACTRESS Pretty Girls Are Refused Chance to Act, Says Contest Winner most beautiful girl, In America says beauty' Is a handicap on the road' to success.

Four years ago Eugenie Gilbert, because of her father's Illness and financial left the Marlborough School for Girls in Los Angeles and entered motion pictures as an "extra" at $3 a day. She had won numerous beauty contest? and anticipated a speedy rise to fame. Since then Miss Gilbert has' Captured enough beauty-contest medals to ballast a battleship but only now, at the end of four years of working and waiting, has she gained her first real opportunity to act. This came when Clarence Badger selected her as a supporting player in "One Night in Rome," which is being filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio with Lau-rette Taylor as the star. Most people believe that "the beautiful are dumb," according to Miss Gilbert, who, in Madison Square Garden, New" York, last year was presented with first prize in a pulchritude contest in which eighty-eight sectional contest winners from all portions of.

the United States competed. "Employers do not favor beautiful girls in offices or stores because they not only believe that beauty and brains do not mix but also that a good-looking girl has too much Of her time taken up by men employees," she said. "In motion pictures beautiful girls are used chiefly as 'clothes horses' to add to the attractiveness of a scene by parading in stunning gowns. They're seldom, given a chance to really act." Miss Gilbert Is now 20 years of ge. She earned the home in which her mother, father and herself live and another piece of property and an automobile as well.

She says she will never marry. "I have enough expenses now," she said. ''I can't -afford a husband, at least until I become a "Wanter" Is Another Epic of Humanness Eternally dissatisfied people, and their name la legion will find an epic of human nature dedicated to them on the Alhambra screen this week. The picture ia titled "The Wanters," and is the latest product of brain and hand of John M. StahL.who gave us "The Dangerous Age" not so muny seasons ago.

It is human to strive continual, ly for something new. something better than one has. The working girl would be happy with clothes and cars and money but give her these and she finds that they alone do not bring contentment. Always there is something Junt ahead, Junt out of reach, to Inspire each Individual to a little greater exertion. And it isn't the working girl alone the rich, are wanters, for while they can buy every material thing their hearts may ielre, they cannot purchase happiness.

And what constitutes huppine? Judging from the picture, It Is love, because that comes to the hero and the heroine In the last reel, and they are happy. But the picture closed there. -If It had gone on into their marrlod life a little more, there would have been something else the girl would have wanted, or thst the man would have wanted, and they would have boen once more. In that gencr'nl aspect of dissatisfaction "The Wantera" measures up to the applicability toward everyday life that the earlier of the Stahl succcaues did. But the particular story Itself Is one that Is apt to be considered more thentrl-ral than Its plot la plausible and possible, but not probable A rather large group of satisfactory players constitute the cast.

Headed by Marie Prevost and nob-crt Ellis In the lending roles, the players Include Huntley Gordon, Norma Shearer. Gertrude Astor and Lincoln Steadnmn. Louise Fh renda la also seen In a short MIkh Prevost seldom does better work than she exhibit In thin picture, and Mr. Kills sml the rent of the cast are also entirely iwti factory. Lloyd Hamilton provides the comedy on the bill with one of hi latest laugh pictures.

Everjnslht tvJJ neAjii. rfif i ll MATlWt9.M$AT. twlim Dally 2:15. Tlckrti Stub 6e From Rohert W. Chamber' Sfcwj -Greaf War Co CAROL DEMPSTER LIONEL BAfiRVMORE NEI-L HAMILTON LOUIS WOLHCIM Another Griffith Clastic That Yotfll Naver Forgtt chosen for the role, one of the leads, which she Is to play, than Miss MeAvoy.

Ever Bince "Sentimental Tommy," her admirers have been prognosticating great things for Miss MeAvoy, and she is gradually fulfilling their highest hopes for her. Lillian GMi VI Lillian Oih is ill In Switzerland, and unable to return home, at this time, according to word received by her friends Miss Gish lately completed "Kou-moia," In Italy. Dexter Heads Varied Bill at Hillstreet With a well-balanced bill. the Hillstreet is featuring Elliott Dexter in ''A Good Provider." a one- act and one which is find ing great favor with the-audiences. Mr.

Dexter of course, needs no introduction, for in screenland he ts a familiar figure. The actor has chosen a neat little comedy for his vehicle, one which has withal etrjjng heart interest. The story has to do with the father of the household, who-la "a good provider," and it is in this light that his family have come to think of him. The means with which he brings about a reversal of the situation is both clever and unique. Mr.

Dexter has the butler splendid one cannot say the Fame, however, for the mother and daughter Secondary interest is in the photoplay, "After the Ball," vlth Gaston Glass, Miriam fend Edna Murphy. The plot is the familiar one of a wayward son who marries out of caste, is driven out of his father's house, and finally lands in prison. Ho -serves five years while everybody suffers both in the play and in the audience; the story ends conventionally and everybody is happy. Nevertheless the picture is not a bore, as one would imagine from the commonplace plot, for the fine handling of the characters keeps it and. the "action moves along at a nice speed; Aside from the Dexter play.

honors go first to Ben Welch In I the vaudeville; if only a jokester, at least; he has the merit of having new stories. The Weber Sisters are well built and were scantily clad, so their act was a considerable success. Groh and Adonis, the man and the trained dog, were good in an acrobatic stunt; the dog showed real talent. Clara Howard was popular with her audience in her burlesque; however, she considerably overdoes her acting. McCor-mick and Wallace, ventriloquists, offer a tlresornn act.

The comedy? an H. C. Witwer "Telephone Girl" affair, added! to the amusement of the diverse bill. BABY DOLLS HAVE GOOD SUMMER SHOW The Baby Dolls at the Burbank Theater this, week are proving a refreshing contrast to the hot weather season in their light, airy costumes, and with their breezy song and dance numbers they pro-' vide an atmosphere that takes the spectator away from the oppressing sultriness to a cool, shady place. Lee Bud Harrison, Henry Sheer and Bob Fitzsimmons are Just as funny as ever in their Individual comedy roles, and the feminine contingent consisting of Ruby Dr-by and Fern Emmett, with William McKee, provide many entertaining moments in their own original numbers.

LOUISE AS Bill I'll DAY Today is Louise Fazenda's birthday. The sprightly little comedienne who is aiding in making "Galloping Fish," at Grauman's Rlalto one of the laugh-fests of the season, rays she might be tempted to forget the date but as June 17 Is also the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, she hasn't the heart to detract In, any way from the brilliance of the day and so acknowledged it as her natal day. By way of celebrating. Louise Is to visit her chum and co-star, Freddie the trained seal, who is making personal appear ances at each performance at the Rlalto. ACTHESS STILL I HOSPITAL Heads Hopper, Metro-Goldwyn-Muyer player, la still confined to her bed at Angelus Honpltal, where she was operated upon a week ago for MppeudlcitM.

While she 1s In no donger, her condition is Improving slower than was expected. i IlELIEF WOItK 'MX'SICALE A mimical for the benefit of European relief work- will be given at the home of Mme' Jooeph Arthur Donato, 304 Koutli Coronado street, today at 3 p.m. Keimle Worthern Hteven. lyric reader of famous tongs, will be the soloist of the afternoon. (Phot).

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WED. AND SAT. THOMAS WILKES Presents GENEVIETOBIn Comedy Star TPF RRADY In Guy Bolton's Comedy of the Movies POLLY PREFERRED" PUBLIC LECTURES C. INARAJA DAS of India International Vict-Pres. Theosophicol Society Ninht.

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