AMUSEMENTS

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1783, 17 July 1926, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

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"STELLA MARIS." "The feminine Lon Chaney" is the title Mary Philbin has been given at Universal City, following the remarkable feat she performed in the dual role of "Stella Maris" and "Unity Blake," filmizatipn of Locke's "Stella Maris,," which cpmes to the Empire Theatre tonight. Miss Philbin wears a makeup so strange that she is literally another person. Strangely enough, too, in the picture preceding this one, "The Phantom of the Opera," she played opposite Lon Chaney, who himself woire one of his strange and baffling disguises. , Charles Brabin. the director of the picture expressed his amazement at the transformation which the little star, noted for beauty, was able to affect, for in the role of, the English slavey her appearance is forbidding. Her success in the part actually aroused some apprehension in the executive ranks, for it was feared that public acclaim would demand he reappearance in other roles 1 of like character, a fate that would be wholly undesirable to the actress and her employers, who have extended much effort in the direction of establishing, her as a screen beauty. , TUESDAY. y .[ Elmo Lincoln, whose screen work from "The Birth of a Nation" down to his latest releases, has identified him with the public as one of the most distinct types in filmdom. has a prominent part in Marshall Neilan's Russian drama "The Rendezvous," which is being featured at the empire Theatre on Tuesday evening. Lincoln is know as "the strong man of the movies." iH'e was discovered by D. W. Griffith. The title of "strong man of the movies" was attached to him when he worked in the "Tarzan" series. Before entering the movies; Lincoln in his boyhood had unconsciously prepared himself for various screen interpretations by roaming at large.', and studying the people he met. He began his preparatory career by running away from home "to fight the Indians." For eleven months he was a deputy sheriff in Arkansas. He has fired and run locomotives, and has been in five railraod wrecks. .And he has been shot at any number of times while doing police work. But he always survived in real life, while in screen work he-is most always killed. WEDNESDAY. ■ Modern to the last degree is the Metro-JGoldwyn production, "Confessions of a Queen," which, comes to the Empire Theatre on Wednesday. Telling of a royal marriage which nearly ended in disaster because it was brought, about by a political intrigue, and not by real love; it also shows how the disaster of Red Revolution prevented another —and a domestic one. Alice<Terry, beautiful and regal, is the Queen whose loyalty to her creed made her marry a King "Whose Heart was Greater than his Realm." and who consequently forgot that crowns and dignity are inseparable. Lewis Stone, as the 'King, is magnificient. ■Sophisticated and worldly to the utmost, he, at the same time manages to throw'warmth and feeling into his role, and at the end you are more than glad that things turn out as they do. Victor Seastrom, Swedish director, who knows much of royalty, directed this imposing drama in which, John Bowers, Helena D'Algy. Joseph Dowling, and other fine players appear.