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NDK5 Or THE PLAY5 AND PLAYERJBY “BOB” M’KNIGHT.MUSSY hair and drooping,•‘misplaced eyebrow distinguish a literary man from a man of affairs whose militant mustache resembles that of Wilhelm II., and whose cranium covering lies flat and slick. Also, a literateur imbibes deeply of ardent liquor, but the m. of a. stimulates himself with cigarets alone. Further, an occasional twitch of an arm and shoulder of him who writes is a sign of drug addition, while the oposite’s artificial poise is at once healthy and commanding.“The Price of Fame” gives Marc MacDermott extraordinary freedom in portraying these antithetical (so some would believe) types—that is, as much freedom as double photography will allow.- This particular d. p., however, allows much. How the director must glory when he finds a picture of a man shaking hands with himself (as Mac does with Mac in this film) a success.Mr. MacDermott goes through a long serious of contrasting emotions in his dual role, and they are very good emotions to illustrate what the director has Jin mind. But they appeared to be somewhat overdone.GOOD AS A SATIRE-JHE story in itself is not markedly convincing, especially when the political boss says to the literary brother: “If your successful brother should die, you'll make just as good a senator.” Though unconvincing, it is good satire. The brother does die, and the pictures show that the scrib-bling, drinking, yet soul-worthy brother does become senator.Plus the purple toga, Marc in his writing screen self is handed the heart of his brother’s sweetheart. This is something like the East Indian custom by which the brother of the dead man must marry the bereaved widow, only more pleasant. Here neither man nor woman appears to mourn the decedent.Naomi Childers, in a kittenish mood, portrays the girl. Mary (Mother”) Maurice enacts the mother role, which lasts through the Thanksgiving dinner period of the film. L. Rogers Lvtton is correctly cast as the political boss. And there is a city editor—for the piece involves a newspaper office—who looks like Champ Clark.The Price of Fame” was made by ' Vitagraph, and is shown with the latest episode of “The Scarlet Runner” series (read the story in the Sunday Examiner) at the Ziegfeld Theater this week.ALF. HAMBURGER'S Playhouse re-** turns to pictures to-day with Warren Kerrigan and Louise Lovely in The Measure of a Man,” a Bluebird.M • •DETE MONTEBELLO, the chimpan-' zee star of The Masque of Life,” which opens to-day at the La Salle, arrived Saturday to meet all comers from the stage to the screen house. Brush up your Italian, German or French if you want to interview him about the war, for he understands no English. If you can speak Hollan-daise, you can talk with Lulu, his monkey companion. She was bornGCX5JIP OF TACET/l EAT RElt;5AARON JONES, who is New York, announceSumatra and knows more about the language of her overlords thana- Pig does about Latin.• * *lodge back at studebaker.JACK LODGE has come back to the Studebaker as manager, succeeding Saul Goodfriend, who returned to New York. Mr. Lodge gave a lecture on deepse^ diving at the Saturday morning performance. He managed the diving exhibit at the World's Fair of ’93. Ned Holmes probably will manage the New York exhibition of “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.”• * *DENNIS J. SULLIVAN has been made assistant general manager of Mutual, assisting President Freuler. He formerly w*as head of the serial department.• • *“WAR BRIDES” HERE SOON.back from ounced yesterday “War Brides” with Nazimova will follow “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” at the Studebaker December 4. Herbert Brenon, the di-rector-producer, is expected at the opening. This engagement will be for four weeks and is substituted for the Kellerman picture, “A Daughter of the Gods.”• * *lt;lt;QLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in ‘The ^ Foolish Virgin,’ ” continued Mr. Jones, “will follow ‘The Masque of Life” at the La Salle. Norma Tal-madge and Joe Schenck will pass through here soon on their honeymoon V est. Schenck will meet Roscoe Ar-buckle in Los Angeles and there start him to making comedies for Selznick release. Arbuckle just signed a ten-year contract with Miss Talmadge’s husband.”* * *p M. BROCKELL, formerly with Paramount, succeeds H. A. Spa-nuth as associate manager of the Central Film Company when the latter takes up his active duties as head of the newly formed Commonwealth Film Company.* • *AE MURRAY, whose latest Paramount play, “The Plow Girl,” was released last week, will become persona non grata at the Hollywood (Cal.) Hotel if she doesn’t watch out.Watches and Diamonds on monthly payments. Loftis Bros. Co., 2d fi., 108 N. State—Advertisement.IVIMOTION PICTURES.
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Mon, Nov 20, 1916
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