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54 Xtie Dillboapd SEPTEMBER 20, W\. THE CHIILD tN.THE PHOTO PLAY. r f ■ ■ (ContiDnvd from page 14.) Amfrlciin'K. tbRt it' has bi*«o very difficnU to cbuosi- sm-crsnral eiibji-cU for this cbimtry frum tbf muss of material submitted from TbiHijsh liuiHlreilK of f^irelen comeOles of nndoiibti-fl int-rtl bHve beeii ri'leased in thh* coiintry. n'nuie of tlifm of particularly IiigU- cyi»it:. notdbly tlu' oinnvdies of Aristo- pbADPS- ijn*fM.'nleil iu feiitore leof^ths, colonftt. ami stiiKi'tl in Ihv most vlaborate mnnaer. tlieir Jmpnssiuii upon cbi^' Americaa miud lias lioeo sUsbt. It iraii. HOC luitilztbif adrent of Jhnmle. tbe- imm: himoiK Ganmont iior. tliat; t&e old worid ami tbe new became a nnit Id' tbrir |adfgnH>nt of a film's £<nccess. . Ho Ls a^; nilKclllerous and roguisb as the Uveltint rblld we have OTcr known, but which thp«ie «iti:illt!ef> tllspluye; cntenpss and eabtlety hard to at^oolate iritli a child only lire years of ase. Tbis iK nrlu-n- Jiimnii* proves the most won- dixfii'. Not onlte tsix years hare passed fincir his blrlh. yet he is able to imitate people of eveiT ti:£e iuid urullc iu life and to mimic their moftt rb:iracteriKlic eeBtiires In a perfectly (nie- to-Ufe maaner., ' In c>hlhl partB he is frank.and natural in all. .bis.; nrtions.. and it . his personality, com- bined nrlth fhl» naturalness, which marks the diff<r'n:-t' between Jimcnie and other child actors that we bav*^ seen. He is a child of laiii£h!«'r and haptklness and. his hritdit' face lln^TR in the oiinile of au who «ee blm oa the screen. I'rikhab'y no child actor has been cast in so many and different parts a^ has thifc youn^r star who: each weeic maizes fun for hundreds of llMNHtanfls* aft iM- appears In some hew character. diKcliKiinir alwayK a ' fri-sh and dellicbtful proof of :tai!« antazin;; versatility. . ..'Rnnior has it. that an old woman at 5far- sellllis. who'saw. Jimmio actlsR on the pier of the 'ohi port. KcTalmed <»ith tervor: "Ah, how sweet he is: 1 conid eat him." The old lady echoetl the thought of every audience to which the., yonth [days. IVevsatilliy Ift an easy wonl to use regarding hlni. for no matter what the part, refined or emde. srave or cay. Jocund or disnified. plead- iDfC or directing, that of yontb or that of age. weakness or strength, servant or master, eoozted occoortlni;. loved or Jilted, be plays It v.not..:aM an'.actor: coached into the part, but as s,geniuj£ liviuK the character he would portray, add displayini; Only hy .his youth, face and figure his own personality. t^BOY T. GOBLE. Father Time. But Cecil Yapp is back as'iiu in his orijdnal role of the Cat. and Uweudol.vn Valentine is the same droopiuR Water she was before. Some stisbt ehaoKes have been matie ui the method of presenting the piaj-. and the Christ- mas tree scene and the scene in The l*ulace of Luxuries have been cut out. The Blue Bird was as deiljsblfui as ever, and the ainlieace ap- pt-areil to eujo.v it. WRESTLING FILM A WINNER. [Conflnned from paee U.) iiott^ was demonstrated to the satisfactloa of an* invir*-fl ' audience, comprising prominent an(uFt'nient and motion picture joomalists of Chleiijro. at the ;5elis esiiibition rooms. 20 East Itandoipli street, this - ntemooiL Prlmarpy, in the iatiTfst and wide appeal of the snliject; 8eeondI.v. in the excellent photograpby, and, la-stly. in the spontaneity and spectaciilar action nnnsnal in a i wrestling match. . - Tbe- pictures are-mn in two reels of 1,000 'feet. t-aeh. which are sptlh off, allowing.for In- tennia;£,I<in.> in about fortjr minutes. They show every iihase of fhe meeting of the participants In the world's clijimpionship wrestling match im ia!i.>T- "Day. September 4. 1911. Frank Gotch, AuiPrleaii champion, and <3eorse Hacke ns c bmi dt, niclmimed-'the Russian Uon. de 35,000 ex- cite: fans who filled Comiskey ; Pack on this oceas'a<n are shown In all of their anlmatioii, both pn-vions to the entrance of the principals and after the match was orer. and present a wonderfnl picture Of human life. Preliminary to the boots and in the Intermission, many ring- side nntalrtes. including Referee Ed Smith. Bat- tling Nelson. PaeKT McFarland, the llarquifi of Qneensberry and others are shown, and the fourteen inin'itfS" dnraftou of the first bout, with its woiMl€frfol tactical moves^ and feints, affords a liberal education-; in 13ie sport of wrestlins a? practiced by the world's ehlcf exponents of that.jsport. The pictures, as taken by the Sells Pol.viM;ope Company, give their siwetatots an advantage in following aU of till' intriracles of the match that even the poss<'SS«>lhi of the ten-doliar seats dirt not have at the rin^rside. The films plainly show what tlie audienci- then could nor see. that in the last and iliK?Iiling fall, Hackenschmidt. evldent- Iv oven-ome by a terrific fear of Gotch. lay down l>y throwing bis own shoulders backward to tile inHt''witlmnt the least resisting struggle. The critics who viewed the pictnres at the iMatetttic last week and at the private exhi- bition this-aftemoan. are nnanimoos that they are at once the most complete and exciting lllmo ever secured of a siKirting event. The Oot<-h-Hackenschmidt Picture Company are get- ting reiulv t<> stil the state rights on these remarkable pictures, and already are in receipt of hnndreds of protTers for territory in the Vniretl States and Canada, aiul the colonies. CENTURY THEATRE OPENS. fConfinned from page 10.) the character. Siytyl was again done by Clar- II»eI Campbell, who has grown considerably dur- ing the summer, and who is a shade taller than Ma«ter Bnrford. Morris Htisick is the Tire, Vr. H. Denny plays the Dog. Alice Butler the FaSrv B«TyIoi>e. Hden Laekaye Is the Ugbt. and' Hiirriet Sterling is Kight. ■ Dore Davidson appeare^l in tbe double role of Guffcr Tyl and THE RACK STIRRING. iContinued from page 10.) •Thank you. but I'm getting credit instead of a man who did it. namely. Brady.' Where- upon he brought out the producer, Mr. WllUam A Brady, and made liim sliare in the applaiisu". "'Tue Rack la not a pleasant, airy trlUe by any means. Tt begins In a drawing room, passes tbr.>ugh melodrama with some shooting on the aide and arrives in the Supreme Court, brlugiug most of Its principals along, except the vil- lain, who was shot. '•The villain. Jack l?teemBn, was a cad who bad blasted the happiness cf the MacKenzles. llaTiDg succeeded in divorcing them, he next attacked the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon. Gordon orders iilm out of the house, but by au innocent pretext be lures Mrs. Gordon to a road house. Her husband follows but is foiled. l.eft alune with Mrs. Gordon. Freeman makes violent lovdj. but is repulsed. He struggles with the woman, when there is a knock on the door. He goes Into the corridor; two shots are lieard and the vUlain is killed. '*The husband is accused of the murder, and the trial scene aiiows the wife "on the rack.' She protests her innocence at first, but finally breaks down and says she killed the man. Then MacKensIe steps to the .stage center and testi- fies ^at he had beard tl» stmggle from the osxi room and had shot the despoiler of homes. " 'Aaa I was Joattfiear he exclaims. Quick final curtain. "Ihe ;^ay Is ssfdld,. nacoDTineing, most of (be time, and the road h,.use is.dose to vulgar. It bag Its moments of, m eto d r amatlc interest, bat they will scarcely atone for the rest of it. "Miss Katheiine Grey played the heroine, Blanche Gordon, very welL She was warmly wel- comed when she came on, having been absent from Kew Xork for two seasons, touring m Atistralia.-' Mr. MUton Slils was the husband and acted earnestly., . The .villain's part was, ably taken by Mr. Conway. Tcarle. A pictur- esque flgtire -was■ Mr. "Wilton Taylor, who did, some .good -cliaracter -work las «the:.road bonse keeper. Mr. Joseph Greene, acting the Dis- trict Attorney, bad got up in his lines in a remarkably short space 'of time al»d deserves credit for It." The World finds the play well produced and well acted but treats the play with indifference. I^et it be understood, however, that the Buch- anan melodrama possesses mncli of merit, that will arouse the morbid cnriosity of ^ew York- ers to encdiiraglng patronage. TJ3E RACK—A play by Mr. Thompson Buch- anan. The Playhouse. ' THE CAST. Blanche Gordon' ......^,....V..Katharine Grey Thomas Gordon ..JXiltbn Sills Jack Vnema.n • .Conway Tearle Panla Marsten .......~;vr.'.....Louise Kent' Elsie Rntherford ...t........l3al»el Lee Margaret £lUstan ......Ixik Gail IiOtiise Freeman ...Xeonore Oakford Effle MacEenzie E. H. Van Sell _nes Ellsworth Diva Morolda Gertrude Harrington B. H. Longford Gerald Kntlierford -. Richard Sterlinp Jimmy Cabot William Conkliii Sfarsb)*;! IZalston . Prederick Esmeltoo Doti ^aciven^e . .....A. Bomaine Calieader Harriet Kelly .........;^......;Brenda Powkrr Karl Schmidt ..: -.J.' Fraokenb>-rs Patrick Shea ..... Wlltoa Thylur Judge Doogherty T. C. Hamilton District Attorney Joseph Greene- Clerk of the Court .V..:.'. ;Robert A. WeHselis Reporter .Edmund Mortimer Stenographer ............Paul Weidenfeld Butler ...,..,..Harry Gwynette CARLOS. INSKEEP ATTRACTIONS. iteiwrts from all of the Carlos luskeep at. tracliilis are not ouly very fialteriug, but the btisiuess is trul.v w^Mirerfwi. George I*, liar- ton. g.'Heral uitmiigi*r of tills grt>wliig firm, is much elal. d at their success. The Girl and the Tramp Coin|uiuk-s. of which there are four, are playing to record business everjwherc, and When a Woman Wills, of which there are twx> J companies, is doing a \v.iiulerful t«uslue»s. The ■sueces.s of this tirui has bleu so great that Mr. Bartuu has made nrrauKriueuls for Ihe produc- tion of four companies, two of Wbeu A Woman Wilis, and two 4,f. The Girl and tlie I'ramp. These rompanies will opeu iH-giuuIng October 16. and by the first of Xoveuiber they will all be en tour, making Iu all ten attractions under his dheetJou. The I.tgbt That Leads will not take the road until the dr»t of January, owing to the amount < f work at the home oSce which requires; Mr. Bariuu's pceaencs then: every minute. LUNA OPEN WEEK ENDS. New York. Sept. 10 (Special ts The r.ili l»oard).—Krederio 'lliompsou auuouuces n^t Luna Park Is to remain open on 8alur<liiv mil Sunday fur llie rest of the month aud iicrluiiw during the entire iiioiifb of October. It wlii ij^ the first time sluve IWtt that any big Conv.t U- iand resort has retualued op'U to the (I'liiUe during then* fall uuutlis. -The Blauey-Spooner Ainusement Company will not have any companies on the road this tura- soa, - but will confine their efforts to various stock companies. Franz Leiiar's coiuing to America will be an impcrtant event in musical and tbeatrical cir- cles. It was A. H. Woods who prevailed upon the famous comiioser to make his first visit to the United States to conduct the initial performance of what he cnsiders his best opera. Gypsy Love, which .Marguerite Sylva will present at the Glcb.* Tiieatre on Monday. Octo. ber 30. A troupe of Zouaves will be a feature of the -Dustin and William Farnum pruduciioa of the big A. H. Woods play. The Littlest Rebel. One hundred and fifty peopi-.- will be emplayed in the int«:rprelation of Edward Peple's new drama. Outside of the Littlest Rebel, wbo U a girl, Perr.v Ilaswell is the only woman In the cast, and she apiwars iu tlie first act oxily. Paul Armstrong and Wilsoa Mizner are home from London with the partly flnlihed manuscript of The Gre.vhuund, which A. H. Woods wiU produce. Tbe scenes of the Dew play, are laid on sliipboanl, dealing with the life or ocean gamblers. The authors wlU make several crossings befure they, definitely finish the play to get well acquainted with deck and smoking room life. Many ocean steamship .cliaracters taken from r.-al life will be por- trayed In the cast. 1 100% PROFIT Is what manv exhibitum claim the DEACAX MU8ICAh EIJilOTKl- CAL hells iAe&miiiK them. A ccimplett* mC ctiutilAtM of 25 brlt» and coats hut $7.5.00. Ea.'wly muuDteii un ihif wait and playwl from a keybuanL Bfaktiic a ble hit wh«re ever umhI. J. C. DEAGAN 3800 N. Qark St^ Chicago 1 A SENSATIONAL MONEY-MAKER. Tbe Automat Machine mates a pirtnre In less than 2t) »econd». automatically. 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