Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

Page 4 Camera! News Section Came / California Main at Eighth Henry Walthall in "The Unknown Purple' Miller's Main at Ninth Priscilla Dean in "The White Tiger" Metropolitan Sixth at Hill Hebe Daniels in "His Children's Children" Loew's State Seventh at Broadway Blanche Sweet in "Anne Christie" Rialto Broadway at Eighth Harold Lloyd in "Why Worry" Criterion Lon Chaney in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Million Dollar Third and Broadway Mary Pickford in "Rosita" Alhambra 731 South Hill Mabel Normand in "The Extra Girl" Hollywood Egyptian Hollywood Blvd. and McCadden "The Ten Commandments" Mission Broadway near Ninth Claire Windsor in "The Acquittal" Clune's Broadway Broadway near Fifth Cullen Landis in "Pioneer Trails" This Week's Theatre Notes An exceptional bill is promised Hillstreet patrons next week beginning with the matinee Monday with Virginia Pearson, famous stage and screen star as the special headline featuie and a diversified program of Orpheum circuit standard acts. Virginia Pearson will present a one-act dramatic play, "The Second Chance," written by Sheldon Lewis, who is also a member of her supporting company. The playlet tells a dramatic story dealing with the present crime wave and is said to be rife with thrilling incidents and tense situations. William Demarest and Estelle C'ollette are also featured offering a musical oddity, "Strings and Stringers," in which they sing, talk, dance and play stringed instruments Anothe rfeatured entertainer is Joseph K. Watson, a modern nomologist who discourses on humorous biblical events and timely subjects. Harry Jolson, brother of the famous Al. Jolson, is an operatic blackface comedian who has developed the family trait of unique enteitaining methods. The Stewart sisters, petite dancing girls, and their orchestra of feminine jazz musicians will offer a novelty musical and terpsichorean divertissement and the Stealey brothers, Danish athletes and acrobats will complete the vaudeville portion of the program. The feature photoplay offering will be "Money, Money, Money," starring Katherine MacDonaM and the screen program will also include "Say It With Diamonds, a Carter DeHavcn comedy; "The Steel Trail," a Wm. Duncan chapter play; Aesop's Fables and the Hillstreet International News. "Why Worry" continpues to delight Harold Lloyd's admirers at Grauman'a Rialto Theatre. The comedian's two sided partners, Jobyana Raylston and John Aasen, the young Norwegian giant, come in for their full share of applause. Cecil B. De Mille's "The Ten Commandments" which opens this week at Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre is pronounced as the masterpiece of the season's offerings, a big spectacular production with a cast which includes many bright names of filmland. It is just a wild tumult of joy and applause that meet those talented stars, the Duncan Sisters, in their own show at the Majestic Theatre. Never in all the naughty, joyous life of Topsy has that deathless character been played, I am sure, with the mischievous gusto and verve which Rosetta brings to the role — and never was there a more hug-able, squeeze-able, holdon-your-knees-able Little Eva than Vivian. This pair alone are worth the price of admission, as they always are, no matter whats how they are in nor how much that show costs. They are the golden laughter (iold Dust Twins. Several new numbers, songs and dances, have been introduced by the sisters, and there is a very young, very lovely and accomplished terpsichorean, Harriet Hoctor, who wins much applause. Harriet Bennet is about the sweetest, charmingest-voiced prima donna we've heard in many a long day, and grows on us each time we see her, while Aimee Torrianni as Chloe, continues to please mightily, even though it does seem too bad she hides her attractiveness behind a black make-up. "Topsy and Eva" is a pure delight. "Pioneer Trails," at Clune's Broadway is a vivid page from our early history and its appeal is universal. This David Smith triumph tells a story of the early west, when the man with a quick draw and ready courage ruled. It portrays skillfully the life of the period when men and women were drawn into the unknown wilderness by the lure of gold and is replete with thrills and human touches as well, as an absorbing romance of charm. Every detail of the picture has been given careful consideration by a staff of experts and the cast includes such artists as Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, Bertram Gressby and Otis Harlan with probably a thousand others in the spectacular scenes. From all indications, Universal's production of Victor Hugo's famou sclassic, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," is due to establish records for a downtown Los Angeles run. Since its opening at the Criterion theatre two weeks ago, the production has been playing to capacity houses, with hundreds turned away at every performance ,and there is no sign of a let-up in the rush to witness the picture. Wallace Worsley, the director, has scored a triumph of artistry in "The Hunchback," and Lon Chaney, in the title role, has given a performance to the silversheet that is due to be talked of for many years to come in the profession, and that will be long remembered by the public as one of the most thoroug characterizations that has ever graced the screen. Patsy Ruth Miller, Ernest Torrencc, Brandon Hurst, Norman Kerry and all the other principals in an exceptionally large and famous cast score personal triumphs. Settings, lighting, photography, the huge mob scenes, all are on a scale of magnificence that is unusual even in these days of super-features. The presentation at the Criterion is on a scale of magnificence fitting the subject. For the atmospheric prelude, the belfry of Notre Dame Cathedral, with the huge bells, is reproduced, and blending with their chimes comes the faroff sound of organ and choir, apparently in the Cathedral hundreds of feet below. The score, especially arranged for the production by Adolf Tandler, conductor, has been arranged to fit the tempo of the picture and greatly enhances the dramatic values of the screened play. Morosco 744 South Broadway 'The Ladv Killer" Mason 127 South Broadway Dark Egans Pico and Flgueroa Edmond Lowe in "The Waning Sex" Hippodrome 320 Sooth Main Belle Bennett in "Flesh and Spirit" Orpheum 630 South Broadway Vaudeville Pantages Hill at Serenth Vaudeville Hillstreet Hill at Eighth Katherine MacDonaid in "Money, Money, Money' Burbank Main near Sixth Musical Comedy Majestic 845 South Broadway The Duncan Sisters in "Topsy & Eva" Tally's Broadway 833 South Broadway Ernest Truax in "Six Cylinder Love" Symphony Broadway near Sixth Tom Mix in "Mile-a-Minute Romeo'