NEWS OF THE FILMS Reel Sige DIRECTORY OF THEATRES

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 13

NEWS OF THE FILMS Reel Sige DIRECTORY OF THEATRES

CURTAIN, RINGS, FAN— COSTUMEI Here is the real inwardness concerning the photograph of Louise Glaum, star of " Somewhere in France," in which she is in a striking loose-fitting Oriental costume. A photographer was at her home, taking a series of pictures of the Triangle star. He insisted on an Oriental costume so strenuously that she pulled down- a curtain, and with the aid of a few brass rings and a peacock fan she posed for the picture which has been seen so many times in the magazines and which so many write and ask for, "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." I Richard Harding- Davis, lately dead on the French front, will leave an imperish-. able name in the world of letters. He was one of the ablest of the- American war correspondents, and Ms eloquent denunciation of German methods in Belgium did much to convince his-.fellow-countrymen that Germany was something out of the ordinary in her indifference to decency and ordinary humanity in. her conduct of that invasion. " Somewhere in France" was his first essay at film scenario writing, and is>a prononneed&uc--cess. The military flavour is most con-i vincing and the characters are probable.. Louisa Glaum, for instance, as Marie. Ohamontel, is not the usual vampire; type, exerting her sensuous charms for" nothing but the wicked satisfaction -ofj seeing-, good men- gcKwrong. She^is fpro-> vided with,.a-distinct motivo-and a-defi-^ hite objective, the stealing of military* secrets from the French Government. The mystery of the character known as " th«_ vampire's spy" is wonderfully sustained, and the most experienced picture fan will be guessing-hard-in-the last reel. "SPARTACU^" EIGHTEEN, AND KNOWS IT ALL. Mollie King, star in "Fate's Boomerang," is only eighteen years old, but that does not stand in the way of her success, for she has been on the stage since babyhood. She was only eight months old when a road company cameto the little town where .Mollie was giving her nightly concerts to private audiences, and they wanted a baby in the third act—one real, live, sure-enough baby who would blink its little' eyes before the footlights and let out an occasional yell. Mollie was chosen for the part that particular night. With great anxiety, Mrs. King was in the wings while the leading, lady was promenading on the stage with her little Mollie. But Mollie had stage fright. She started with the music, gave one lusty cheer, and

never stopped crying until she was back in her mother's.arms. The fluent lines of the leading lady were never heard by the audience, for Mollies lines were more pronounced, and they carried the day. "FATE'S BOOMERANG." "Fate's Boomerang," the latest World Film release in which Mollie King is the featured star, is something special. It is in five parts, aud deals with the trials of a man desperately in love with his wife, who is sent to supervise the building of a railroad in the Western moun- ! tains. His wife, fond of society life, ! refuses to leave her life of pleasure for the open and restricted life of the -forests, only to find later that her mother

' instincts are stronger than her desire for gaiety, but alas! it is too late. The husband is now growing with the rail- . road, getting bigger and bigger each day. He has met the little mother of the hills, j and in her finds the true love that his ! heart has sought for so long. It is staged in a wonderful scenic atmosphere.. l • ■ 'the screen sleuth. I The. detective story on the screen is a matter of difficulty, but here is what an American reviewer has to say about the Yitagraph play, " Through the Wall " : ! " The excellence of this picture shows that a complicated dotcclive story can be rendered on the screen in such a planner that one can follow the plot with the same precision and with all the suspense he would encounter in reading the novel. . AU screen sstettth storks aim at this j pinnacle of perfection, sonxe-^pproacfe it,

but few actually arrive there. The-cele-brated story "Through the Wall," by Cleveland Moffett, has. been adapted to pictures by Marguerite Bertsch and. produced by Rolin S. Sturgeon in a scientific and logical manner, great care being shown to detail, as of necessity in a play of this nature. The stoiy is replete with situations of immense force—in fact, the familiar old word " gripping " can.be applied to every one of the sis reels without any fear of overstatement. When, toward the end of the picture, the detailed explanation, or clearing up of the things until then held in mystery, takes placej it is remarkable that there is not the least-trace of an anti-climax. " 11 GLORIA'S ROMANCE*" Billis Burke, after "her surpassing suc<cees in "Eeggy," was selected as the ; .stai' for Mr, and Mrs.. Rupert Hughes's epoch-making experiment in-a new idea in the world of moving picluredom—the film novel. This romance is not a string ef ill-ebunoeted sonsational episodes

strung together anyhow, but' an. ablywritten story of a lovely girl's youth, womanhood, and mating. It showed in 4000 theatres in the United States, and was the genuine surprise of the year, creating a fashion mid a craze unlike anything else that has ever happened, Chapter I. Gloriai Stafford is the pretty daughter of a millionaire banker, Pierpoint Stafford, who is staying at the luxurious Florida seaside resort of the rich American, Palm Beach. Gloria is accompanied by a formidable governess, and gets no joy out of being sent to bed just as the after-dinner fun commences at the hotel. She is tho real thing in girls, packed full of mischief and winsome deviltry and bubbling over with life and delight in life. After a cute piece of strategy, which puts a check on her governess, she bolts out of her room, and makes for the lovely gardens of. the hotel, after apeep at the bright lights of the dining-room filled with gay dancers. Her brother has left his car in a by-path for the purpose of taking his sweetheart out for a spin. Gloria discovers it, promptly annexes it, and sets off at top speed down the gorgeous moon-lit roads. Utterly care-free, hair blowing in the wind, she speeds up the car, and the ribbon of road unwinds at lightning speed. Then the steering gear breaks, miles from anywhere, and , after two or three erratic plunges, dashes into the surf on the beach. Gloria extricates herself all rig"ht, and sets off to find the hotel. In no time at all she is lost in the trackless Everglades, and dawn finds her hopelessly lost, munching a banana with great cheerfulness, her irrepressible sweet tomhoyishness still in evidence in spite of the awful danger of her position. 1 " A WOMAN'S POWER." This story is based on two of the oldest themes of story writers—the mystic sex influence and the long-standing feudal hatred. The two sets of emotions war against each other throughout the drama, and make a natural and probable plot full of " punch " and interest. A new male star, Douglas Mac Lean, makes his appearance as Newt Spooner, and will be a satisfactory surprise to all World Film enthusiasts. He acts without staginess, and his gradual falling-off from the full voltage of the inherited hatred of his feud enemy is finely done. Mollie King, as always, is dainty and charming, and has a part which she fills jvell. "SPARTAQUS" UNITED STATES AT WAR. Now that the United States is on the brink of a larger undertaking, than tho

smashing up of the Spanish Navy, it is interesting to recall the long and difficult campaign the. Americans had to deal with in the Philippines. The native inhabitants of these islands kept up an intense guerilla warfare which caused the United States an immense amount of money and a sad waste of men. In "A Woman's Power," there are some fine scenes in the Philippine Islands, showing the villages of the Filipinos. The story of this play is fixed at the time of the SpanishAmerican War. - CHAPLIN IN THE ISLANDS. According to the latest American mail advice Chaplin hae left for Honolulu to enact a comedy among the islanders. No title is yet announced for the film; but if Charlie dances the hula-hula it will be o. record-breaker. It will follow "The r ßink".-oii-the Auatraliaa-Bcißenß,.

CHARLIE IN TROUBLE. Charles Chaplin. recently came to tgrief,' He was rehearsing a scene of a new picture, in which, as a policeman, he was to lean against a lamp-post. Down came, the post, with Charlie underneath. At; first it was thought he was badly hurt,; and he was at once removed to his apart-; ments; however, the only damage done was in not being-able to-resume work' ■for, a few days. MAX UNDER. Max Linder, the unost immaculately-*, dressed; man that has ever appeared in. films, has just discarded the. dark blue and red of the French Army, after nine months in the trenches. Linder has-been., discharged from the.army as unfit, and will re-enter the film domain, where his' appearance will be universally welcomed..,;

Next Week's Attractions:— EVERYBODY'S— ■" GLORIA'S ROMANCE^ {Billid i Burke). Openings-episode., f SOMEWHERE IN FR-ANCE"-(Louise -Glanm). PEOPLE'S PHJTURE PALACE— "A WOMAN'S -POWERS (World film). THE EMPRESS— -" FATE'S BOOMERANG,"THE KING'S— "THE ' HOLE IN, THE WALL". (George Holt). THE STAR, NEWTOWN— " GLORIA'S ROMANCE." ■" SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." ■"THE HOLE JN THE WALL." ..

A WOMAN'S POWER. First Girl: " I can't just recall what a I fugue is. Do you know?" Second Girl: " Certainly ! It's one of those horrible family quarrels that Southerners carry 'on through genera-, tiohs."—Boston Transcript. ■