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BÁTURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 103S,

THE STAR

TO-DAY at 5.30 and 9.15

4

CONSTANCE TALMADGE

in

WEDDING BELLS"

She would bob her hair;

and hubby didn't approve.

Then the chimes began to jangle!

HAROLD LLOYD

in

NOW OR NEVER

Here's Harold again

Still in trouble-and still

an object of mirth-poor chap!

THE CHINA MAIL.

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CINEMA CHATTER.

THE GRAND

SATURDAY to MONDAY, (Documber 24th)

SPECIAL XMAS BOOKING

of

D. W. GRIFFITH'S

wonderful

WAY DOWN EAST

In this joyous season when, the better side of humanity is uppermost "Way Down East" be- comes the ideal entertainment.

Thrills it has in abundance; comedy a-plenty; but its greatness lies in its utter simplicity, its divine tenderness.

STREAMLABERTITAT:19:CUTTERE

PROGRAMME. FEATURES.

TO-NIGHT.

Coronet." A Small Town

Idol."

World-Moon Madness."

Star.-"Wedding Bells" and

"Now or Never."

Grand-Way Down East."

"PENROD."

"

UNCHARTED SEAS.'

PARISIAN GOWNS IN ARCTIC

A now picture with the setting Iaid in Northwestern wilds presents no obstacles to the wearing af many stunning costumes by Alice Lako, Metro's youngest star.

TROUSERED HEROINES IN MOVING PICTURES. Left, Constance Talmadge in "The Dangerous Maid"; contre, Dorothy Mackall in The Fighting Blade"; right, Anna Q. Nilsson in "Ponjola, “*-. The movie, precursor of changing styles and custorns, aro reflecting to-day more than any other medium the complete cuaucipation of woman,

The ladies, not satisfied with their newly acquirod personal liberty, a voice in politics and an active part in business, now have a penchant for men's attire which gives promise-or should we say threatena?—

go even beyond the "knickers" stage.

Though many of the scenes of "Uncharted Sens," the little star's newest production, were taken in the ice fields of the far North, Miss Luke wears an elaborate array of gowns during the course of the pic-Q.

turo.

An evening gown designed by the youthfut player is made of midnight blue chiffon velvet. The bodice is composed of iridescent beads with narrow strips of the beads support ing it over the shoulders, The narrow draped skirt falls in a long graceful train from the eboulder. A huge spray of French flowers falls That the possibilities of the coli-iron the waist down the left side of lion have never been fully realized the skirt. An elaborate varicoloured is the contention of Peared Scho- ostrich fan completes the pictures field and Marshail Neilun who prove

be.

COMING BIG CORONET PICTURE.

que costume.

Even the movie heroines are appearing in men's trousers these days, and if, as someone said once upon time, clothes make the man, then the pictures Constanca Talmadge Dorothy Mackal and Anna Nilsson shout volumes.

of

The movie peach of the bathing beach, with her seant attire, seems to have passed into the discard. The costume picture era has swooped down upon us and with it comes the heroine in bifurcated garb.

And so it is that threo big First National feature productions revent the feminine stars swaggering through their roles in masculine attire masquerading Between times they, like the enlighton-

lag men.

model. The material is a beautifulN SE soft, clingy chifou velvet of a deli- cate green tint. It falls in a long, narrow, train, the edge of which le

their argument in different ways. Another stunning gown is made bound with a wide band of heavy Te Pourod Schofield, played by of green and gold broaded metallic fur. The collar and cuffs also are Freckles Barry no one could possibly clath, faslianed en train. Softwide bands of the same fur. A soft realize how deadly the cotillion can chiffon over drapes form the semi-pink satin lining offers the only

sleeves. The skirt is fashioned in touch of colour to the costume. Marshall Nolan has taken the long, clingy lines that so become the "Of course," said Miss Take, "I more humen, and modern view by slender figure of Miss Lake.

do not have much opportunity to ovidencing that the cotillion hezrocz For the ice scenes where warmth display a wide variety of clothes in Most of the scenes bide unrealized possibilities for humour in the life of boyhood. and comfort are more to be consider this picture.

than style, Miss Lako bas de- will be taken in some fur northern One of the episodes with which signed an elaborate fur outfit. This spot, where all I will be permitted Poured is to ouuvuise film followers consists of a beavy centslin coat that to wear will be something suitable occurs through the sedute stops of the outillion at the dancing class of completely envelops her, and a cute for the climate, rather than for its little turban of the same fur. The artistic value. But I love pretty which Master l'enrod is a prominent was made especially for her, clothes, and I find great pleasure in ent, if unruly, member.

and to meet the requirements of the spending my spare time designing Penrod's partner is a tiny tat of frozen country to which the ven- costumes for my future produc. five, the only one reusining for hin to invite after he has tried a dozen tured during the production of this different doorbells. And bow wel gripping tale of the ice region of the

far northern borders. come his invitation is, can best bo

gauged by the little muss per greeting:

"O, you bad, horrid, boy. Why couldn't it be any one but you?".

tion."

Uncharted Seas" is from Mun sey's Magazine story by John Flem- ng Wilson, prepared for the screen by George Elwood Jenks. The cast supporting Mise Lake includes

A negligee that is unique in the realms of intimate femining apparel, It has poue of the familiar soft, Rudolph Valentino. Carl Gerard,

lows the originality of its wearer, delicate, pink touches about it. Fred Turner, Rhea Haines and

The incidents of the dancing But it is distinctly an Alice Lake Charles Mailes.

school sessions constitute anly one

of the laughable opisades through | manne a BOSE TO BE SO M

which Penrod galavanta on his reck- less course towards manhood. Mar- shall Neilan has reproduced Booth Turkington's famous boyhood cres- tion with utter fidelity and has made a large cast of juvenile actors de wonders in the portrayal of parts.

PONJOLA,"

WELL-KNOWN STORY ON THE SCREEN.

First National Pictures have re-i cently presented upon the screen too novel by Cynthia Stockley "Panjola the tremendous moga zine success of a few months ago. Anna. Q. Nilsson is the star. The part is an unusually difficult one, as it is necessary for the heroino to masquerade as a man for the greater partion of the story. To do this requires a great deal of cleverness, and pretty Miss Nilsson is mid to make a very convincing young man with her hair cut short, and suitable masculino attire. James Kirkwood is also in the picture. He has the part of Lundi Druro, the man who, returning to Africa, finds his fiancée married to another man, with the result that he takes to drink:: When Dostond, the masquerader, be- comea Druro's secretary, she makes a desperata.effort to reform him.

Those econes, of the man broken by fever and drank, fighting to keep his sanity, and the guardian angel, Desmond, (Lady Flavin in disguise) are remarkable for some fine acting. The picture was made in South 'Africa, and the backgrounds of night -campe, caravans, and kaffir villages keep up the atmosphere of a picture that wanders far from the trite patha followed by many plote....

Phyllis Haver in MACK SENNET'S

A Small Town Idol

ed members of the same sex in any other town, village or hamlet, take to their knickerbockers for golf, borseback riding, tennis, hiking, etc.

Anna Q. Nilsson jauntily wonds her way through "Ponjola" with felt hat, modern suit of riding brocches, snappy man's coat and boots.

She goes the others one better by having her hair clipped short for the periods when she doesn't wear the hat, crificing her beautiful blond hair to the barber's shears for the sake of art and freedom.

Dorothy Muckaill' masquerades As a dashing cavalier of the Cromwell period in "The Fighting Blade," in which she dons silken breeches, lace, silks, bright colours, fancy capes and curls.

Constance Talmadge, as a court dandy of the seventeenth century in "The Dangerous Maid," oven disports a rapier at ber sido. Like Miss Mackaill, she has the feminine advantage of wearing brilliant vests, lace at the neck and culls, bright coloured coats and other masculino fripperies of a bygone day so properly labelled "unmentionables" by Thackeray.

BOYS!

I'll be at the CORONET

Monday In

on

"PENROD"

It?

How about

Yours

'Freckles'

POTASH & PERLMUTTER.

GOLDWYN'S PICTURE HAS

ORIGINAL STAGE STARS. Welcome to "Abe and Maw- on the screen! Thanks to

russ

Samuel Goldwyn, these two famous comedy characters have transferred their quarrels to the movies now.

Starring

LILLIAN GISH

and

RICHARD BARTHELMESS.

partnership, and the two, in their "A SMALL TOWN IDOL"

scanes together, show how well their long secciation serves them in the film game.

MACK SENNET COMEDY DRAMA.

Rosie, who fancies berwolf a fashion model, and pinsa for Niver- side Drive and luxury, is cleverly A live lioness, the centre of the portrayed by Vera Gordon. One of frightened gaze of more than five her beat scenes is in the shop, where [hundred revellers, is one of the she dons one of the new gowns, and sensations in Mack Sennett'a · six- Abe almost loses a buyer as a result, reol comedy-drama "A Small Town. When she realizes her failure as a Idol." And the lioness is held in model, she weeps. Whereupon Abe leash by pretty Marie Provast. rushes to her, beseeching her not There are nearly a thousand per- to cry-especially on the light goods sons who will take the witness stand which spot so easily. The scenes in and swear that the spectacle of the shop showing the models ex-Marie leading a lioness in a glow hibiting pretty gowns will appeal to jaud fascinatingly fearful parade is Indies.

no product of the caraman's

Fred Jackning mani

The romantic interest is supplied trickery. by Abe's daughter Irma, and the pulated the scene so that what was poor young musician from Russia. really not dangerous at all has the

"Polash and Perlmutter" is a

departure in screen attractions, and "ppearance of being so. Marie took' And no understudies either. No the addition of sub-titles by Mon-the leash of the beast and with vast loss famous actors than the original tague Glass, the author, add much assursace led her about the got and pair, Barney Bernard and Alexander to its humour.

Carr, are starred.

This type of picture, that con- taina such an abundance of real honour, is as scarce as it is popular. The comedy values of the stage play and the Montagua Glass stories prove most adaptable to the screen.

BABY ACTOR.

was apparently the least concerned. person in the episode; but her mother sat outside the fange of the camera's ane-eyed vision (and like- wise outside the range of the beast'o

Possible rage) and wept quietly with

right for her daughter's safety.

The scene in which the dainty land piquant beauty appears with

Michael John O'Flaherty, six A little dash of melodrama has been mariba old, is the best baby motion added, which, however, never loses

Thus, ay picture actor who ever performed the comedy reaction. Pataab, under escort, proceeds to before a motion picture canera, e figlo beast is the climax of a court where a trial for felony awaits necording to Constance Talmadge of A Small Town Idol" wherain spectacle introduced into the stury him, he adtuonishes his boloved

Roais, screaming for a taxi in which Michael appears in a scene in it is Abown how Ben Turpin to follow, to ride on the under "Dangerous Business, wherein teostracized from his home town socks He finds ground, and thus saya both time is seen reveling in a tub administer- work in a great city.

ed by Konnoth Harlan, Usually employment ut a big motion pictura and money.

Barney Bernard has no trouble in the filming of baby soenes of this studio which just at that time is projecting his pereouality on the kind results in the wasting of many engaged in making an enormous screen. He is a clever entertainer, feet of film. Not so in this case, production. One of the "sets" of who can interject an occasional however for only two retakes were this production shows a vast arena appealing note into his performance. necessary to film the bally in just wherein Iloman revels are disclosed. Alexander Carr is Perlmutter, the the eart of action which the scenariole episode of the lioness and Marie

is & part of these revels. other balf of

T-

HERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW A

業

TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m. TO-MORROW at 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m.

THE KING OF COMEDY MACK SENNETT

presents

the

astonishing demanded.

SMALL TOWN IDOL

a screamingly funny 8-reel burlesque of all

the time-worn old "thrillers" of bygone movie days.

BEN TURPIN, PHYLLIS HAVER & MARIE PREVOST.

MONDAY, December 24 (XMAS- EVE.)

XMAS ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY I

WESLEY BARRY

and focks of clover kids

in

"PENROD"

Marie Prevost in MANK SENNETTS A Small Town idol."

FRIDAY, December 28th

ANOTHER BIG COMEDY FEATURE'!

CONSTANCE TALMADGE Saucy, sprightly, chic as ever

in

DANGEROUS BUSINESS »

A recent accident in filta-land was. caused by a director's' rashnoea. He had ordered some extra men to Duke a toup from an altitude cau- The sidered dangerous by them. rash director insisted that the man make the leap; the men as stub- bornly refused. "I'll do it myself," said he. And he did, with the reguiti that he is in a hospital nursing a broken leg and iwa cracked ribs.

That isn't the policy of Mr. Sei- nett, who will not permit extra hazards to be taken no matter how important he deems the episode. No thrill that was ever screened is worth a life," says he, "and the director who asks another to under- take a hazard he will not risk him- self, is yellow."

Accordingly there were many re hearsals between the trainer of the lioness, the Jungle Majesty herself, Marie Prevost and Macit Bennett. The latter, during the entire pro kiminary work-out period with Me. Lioness, was as close to the beast' as Mario, and prior to the staging of the promenade Mr. Sennett made the round trip with the animal and walked at Mario's side when the. held the leash.

When the trainer of the Eonese announced that it was safe to pro eced the cameras began to click and the march heg.

Marie said afterwards that at na timo did eba havo the slightest fear, She knew that the lioness knew that she was unafraid and on this nico basis for an understanding betwe them she proceeded calmly through the scene.

Mack Sennett said that he was reminded by Mario's remark of Mark Twain's gominant on barking! dogs" "Esbrybody knows that barking dog won't bite. You know it and I know it; but does the dog know it 2"