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‘Sensational Photoplay That Star.
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There has never been so much ex-
Slitement In Atlanta about & motion
”-‘ Ever since the announcs
ment that the Lyric had secured and
would exhibit the famous “Hy«
orites™ people who have beeh tn touch
With happenings 'n the world of mo
tHon pletures demonstrated Interest
there have been hundreds of requesta
for seata and when the box office
apened on Priday it was ke the ad
Wance sale for “mrand oepern, or the
one-night visit of a great star
-yywmu‘ will be seen for the
time In Atlanta on Monday aft
arnoon at 2 o'clock; the pext exhibl
Hon will be that night at 530, and
then All weak every afternoor and
night through the week All sents are
Penarved and the nrice ia 20 centws for
the best seat afterncon or night
The Lyric has bullt a special pro.
duction booth and under the personsl
direction of Jake Wells a stage set
ting 1s being bullt by a crew of stage
mechanies and scenic artists The
pleture will be presented In up-to
date style, with a special musioal
'?m and novel effects
*Hypoerites™ has caused more in
sarest in plotures, than anvthing ever
zt'on the screen. It has broken the
York records held by “Quo Va
@is." “Cabdiria” and other big things
in that city. It has drawn the most
wonderfu! newspaper space that has
been devoted to anv theatrieal offer
ing this season In ~ew York Maga
sine editors have written about the
wonder of “Hypocrites™ oartoonists
on the principal papers were assigned
1o make specinl drawings and the
MAar writers on the leading dally pa.
pers indorsed the picture over thelr
wb}. signatures, and the Loneacre
ter has bheen crowded dally at
afternoon and evening performances
8t & dollar & seat
Ministers of the gospel the National
Poard of Censorship and a special
commitiee of New York's most repre
sentative citizens passed on the ple
:nn its Aret exhibition, and zhunxh!
2 known to be the most daring
:’.fl ever used on the screen, the r»i
never been a pingle adverse oriti- |
cimm |
“Hypocrites” will be a sensation .tl
the Lyric.
Don Ferrandou
The popular baritone with the Grand Opera
Voice, will begin an engagement here to-morrow.
Don’t miss hearing him!
Mon: Tom Mix, Great Broncho Kider,
in “A CHILD OF THE PRAIRIE”
Two-reel Selig Western Drama.
Also Wallace Beery in ‘Sweedie’s Hopeless Love’
Tues: “THE POISONED KISS”
Being the “Life Current” Episode in the
of ELAINE
Thurs: An Extraordinary 3-Reel
Lubin, “The Hermit of Bird Island”
Fri: “THE GIRL DETECTIVE”
Ruth Roland in a Two-reel Kalem, entitled “Old
Isaacson’s Diamonds.”
Sat: Helen Holmes in
“THE HAZARDS of HELEN”
This episode is entitled “The Death Train.”
The Vaudette
HOME OF THE MIRROR SCREEN.
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L(llfi WEBER'S great masterpices * Hypocrites,” the most daring and most-talked-of photo
play in the history of motion pietures, will open the Lyrie Monday for a week's engage
ment. This is & striking seene from the great allegorical satire on the sins of moderm society.
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Alsha Makes Hit
With High Class
Film P%'oduoti ns
The Alsha Theater, In West End, is
making quite a reputation among At
lanta’'s motion ploture houses. And It
s largelm because of the policy main
tained by Manager .“'hl in ku his
r.tn-n. the w-rg' best there is In the
ine of refined, high-class rho(o’un.
1 will permit only the best &lvlurel
to be shown at the Alsha,” sald Man
ager Corley snlum’{. “By that | mean
the sort of films that parents are al
waye delighted to bring thelr children
to see—the kind that don't have to wor.
ry yon for fear the thnplon will see
something they shouldn't™
On Mondays the Alsha is featuring the
famons “S2OOOOOOO Zudora Mystery "™
one of the greatest serial stories ever
e, Thursday, "The Exploits of
Fiaine” series are being shown, and
three each week are put on the famous
Keystone comedy tmrum
Alice Nilsson tl’lC Star
In Drama at the Alamo
Pretty Allce Nilsson will star in a
two-act Kalem feature, “Barriers
Swept Aside,” at the Alamo on Mon
day. She will be supported by a ca
pable cast including Harry Milarde,
Henry Hallam and John E. Mack!n.
The drama tells o story of modern
life. Jack and Natalle are divorced
as & result of incompatibility of tem
perament. The latter goes to work
asx & stenographer in the office of th
lawyer who represented her at the
divs ree proceedings. Jack later finds
that he's lonesome without Natalle,
and when he sees her at work in the
sl.ooinNew York—2s¢ in Atlanfa
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“HYPOCRITES”
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The Most Daring, Thrilling Sensation Ever
Recorded in Photo-Play History.
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
= ENTIRE WEEK MARCH IST.
LYRIC DAILY MATINEE 3 P. M
EVENINGS AT 8:30 P. M
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" HYPOCRITES'' IS THE WORK OF LOIS
WEBER, PRODUCED BY BOSWORTH,
AND IS THE WORLD SENSATION OF
ALL MOTION PICTURE SENSATIONS.
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Unusual Offering Wednesday:
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Ambrose’s Sour Grapes
A Two-Part Special Laugh-Producer With a
Full Cast of
Keystone Stars
¢520,000,000 MYSTERY''—the Great
Thanhouser Serial Monday.
“RUNAWAY JUNE" —-the Absorbing Reliance
Serial Friday.
Four Keystone Comedies a Week
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Home of Mutual Movies and Keystone Comedies
MEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA.SUNDAY., FEBRUARY 2% 1915
office of her |awyer, he pleads for for
glveness
The lawyer, in the meantime, makes
tove to Natalle and *-. to hold her
position, submits to his crude at
tempis at courtship. The lawyer and
Jack meer at a dinner and the former
boasts that he Is going to win Natalle,
Jack orders his butler to summon &
minister and then goes to the board
ing house In which Natalie ltves He
enters as she is kissing his piciure,
Then he forces her (o accompany him
to the home of the minister. What
happens is an interesting clima< to
an appealing love drama.
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| Play Cast, a Paramount Feature
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Noalh Webster defines fl;’“""“,‘l'wvi
plac a 8 “s persof) of extraordinagily |
!u.,“,“ minded tendencies and horbid
| impuises Old Noabh never dud have
{ any sense of humor, eise he might
| have described a kleptomaniac as the |
| wietim of an exirociatingly funny dis- ’
| eate - fun al Isast, if youdon't hap- |
pen ‘o be the Vietim ‘
: = e"bet he would have Yeen
the funi side of kiepramania I .Qé
had séen the new Klaine ph stoplay, |
f “ston Thisf” which will be shown at |
i the Maontgomery, on Tuesday J\l’ld‘
| Weunesday. It's a Ave-gut farce com- |
;flh concerring the story of twe self- |
i confeapsd Klentomaniacs, Lwo mlg
crouks and &« double wedding It ‘l;
founded in the famous Coban & Har- |
ris farce, and i feptures an origina. |
| cast, Including pretty Mary Ryan and ‘
Harry Mestayer, suppared by the
hest halancad, most (horoughly capa
blecast seen in a “movie” drama Ina |
iong time Even the "bit” parts IN’:
done by actors-—not “extras.” !
“Stop Thief” is & chuckie. then a|
roar. It's consideresd 1o be one of the
funniest stories ever fimed. Each
scenc is & new complication and by
the time the final recl comes around,
the spectator is about ready to col
lapse from laughter. Pictorially, it is
rarcly beautiful
On Monday the Montgomery will
offer a new Paramount feature—"A
dentleman of Lelsure,” with Wallace
Eddinger in the title role. The fun in
this farce is not dependent on words
or on grotesque actions, bt lles alto
gether in the actual complications of
the story, which concerns the adven
tures of a socicty man who makes 2
wager that he cag commit iarceny and
escape arrest. Naturally, he finds him
self In a serles of most embarrassing
and unusual predicaments, especially
when he tries 1o burglarnze the hom
of the girl he loves, whose father hap
pens to be Police Commjssioner of
' New York —same as “Jack” Letton is
“n Atlanta,
. On Thursday the offering will be
“Rule Q" another big Paramount pro
duction—the kind that Montgomery
patrons are always giad to see. The
play is based on asmagazine story by f
Rufus Steele, 'Keeping John Barley.!
corn Off the Train." It Is so intimate- |
ly concerned with the handling of
trains and railroad shop machinery ||
that professional actors could not|!
play it with any degree of sincerity. :
S 0 the rallroad men themselves were |
developed to play the roles. BEvery|
member of the cast is the workman
he pretends to be, and in the whole | ¢
five reels there s not a single false |!
whisker or a facial wrinkle not pen- |
2led in by nature. {
Hesser Actors Plan
{ Thrilling Scene on
~ Stone Mountain
. Bdwin Bowen Hesser during the
last week has completed over one
‘reel of slim in his first production,
which will be called “Husband or
Lover?” instead of “On*Stone Moun
tain,” the titlie previously announced
for bw picture. Completed, it will be
in four reels, and if the weather con
ditions continue to be good, it will be
finished within two weeks' time. Miss
Elaine Ivey is featured in the role of
the wife who must make the great
choice between a worthless, unloved
husband and another man, whose
every action is noble and inspiring.
The story includes a counterfeiting
plot whose scenes are lald on Stone
Mountain, and the final scene, a great
fight between secret service men and
the ceriminals, shows a fall over the
steep slde that is one of the most sen
sational feats ever attempted in mo
tion pictures. |
“This week,” said Mr. Hesser, “I
have proved my theory that correct
training in tachnlque can quickly de-‘
velop those with ability into real mo
tion picture actors. 1 have been more!
than pleased with the progress of
every member of the school to whom |
have assigned a part in this picture.
The work in each case has been pro
fessional from every standpoint, and
this is remarkable’ considering that
tm&r studies have been for only three
weeks.”
The Hesser School of Motion Pit
ture Acting seems to be a success
Already more than twenty pupils have
been permanently admitted, while
more than 80 more have been tried,
and rejected as not'having the mate
rial necessary sos professional suc
cess, This still leaves zbout ten va
cancies In the schoolpand try-outs for
these scholarships will be conducted
during the coming week. No one ll‘
admitted until Mr. Hesser has had a 4
personal talk with them, and has been
satisfied that they intend to put their|
whole heart and soul into the work..
The classes include very branch in
motion picture acting, from make up
to expression, and all the little de
tails that are so little known to the
general public but so absolutely nec
essary to screen sficcess. Im addition.
every pupil accepted for permanent
work immediately is used in the fea
ture pictures now being made here, in
parts which they are qualified to play.
Because of the high admission stand
ard set and the quick training meth
ods, most of them compare favorably
with actual professionals, even at this
early date.
In order to have better facilities for
instruction, the Hesser School has en
gaged large offices in the Alfriend
Building, to which it has moved. This
g.ves very much greater floor space
than did the old offices in the Forsyth
Building, and has the additional a{i
vantege of having the laboratory in
connection. Carl Rountree is chief
camera man and laboratory expert for
e Hesser coneern. ¥
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| P EARL WHITE, the beautiful Pathe star, who is breaking
| box office records all over the South in the ** Exploits of |
Elaine.”” She is seen every Tuesday at the Vaudette. ]'
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|'Exploits of Elaine,’
|'Exploits of Elaine,
Great Pathe Serial
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| Draws Big Crowds
Congratulations galore continue to pour
into the Pathe offices for the Southern
district testifying to the enormous
| success registered by the production of
their serial stgry, “The Exploits of
Elaine,” the leading roles of which are
portrayed by Pearl White, Arnold Daly
and Sheldon lLewis With becoming
modesty, the old-line house of Pathe in
sists upon sharing the honors with the
| Hearst chain of newspapers, which were
initially Instrumental in interesting mo
tlon pleture patrons in this wonderful
serial story basea nu scientific principles
by the graphic manner in which its theo.
ries were unfolded to its miillons of
readers,
Never ha ~ such rich encomiums been
heaped upon a simliar offering, and it
15 with much personal gratification that
the Pathe offices relcase some of the
wonds of praise. Writing fromm Rome,
Ga., Harry Diggs, of the Bonita Thea
ter, says:
“Your latest egbodo of ‘“The prlou“
of Elaine’ was shown here Friday, and
it has been my intention to write you
ere this a few expressions of alse
regarding ‘Elaine.’ Before bookr:‘ it
1 was skeptical, for serial pictures seem
to have lost their hold here, and some,
produced by other companles, lauded to
the skies as the ‘greatest ever,’ have
prover rank counterfeits and disap
wlnt(a%me public.
“With the others they have resorted
to time, thrills and spectacular deeds of
daredeviltry that have long since been
reduced to the mediocre.
“Contrariwise with ‘The Exploits of
m‘alm;,t" the imr”ll. ur{;' }mw, based on
scientific principles, built upon. logie,
and, although startling in_the extreme,
they are not impossible. ‘The Clulchiolis
Hand’ and Craig Kennedy could h
the irfterst of the most blase for months,
and then they would cry for more.
“Without a doubt, from every stand
point, of photomshy, detail of nonfl?.
mtor{. interest and superb acting, e
Exploits ‘of Elaine’ not only surpasses
any serial yet produced, but has proven
a wonderful box-office attraction. To
any exhibitor or film man, I can truth
fully say that ‘The Exploits of Elaine’
is ten times better than its producer
claimed. It is with pleasure and sin
cerltx that I write this letter of com
mendation on what 1 consider an ‘hon
est-to}modneu real feature serial.’
“Hoping you wili meet with continued
success and an abundance of it, with
kind regards.’
And still another from George N.
Shorey, owner of the Queen Theater,
"Kn%xvllle‘;k;tl‘onn.: . . el
‘‘As & ure a ng to every v,
“Plaine’ is the mogtp‘r.e]markable story in
pictures I have ever seen. It is useless
to analyze or try.to explain the secret of
such unexampled success. I only hope
your pengle have the secret well guard- |
ed, so they can give us another half
so good. The theater = manager who
fails to book ‘Elaine," provided he can
get it at a fair price, should not be |
allowed to run . a theater. This may |
seem to be a pretty strong way to put
{t, but the manager of a theater'is In
business to please the {)ubllc: and the
evidence that: ‘Flaine’ is ?leas!n‘ the
public from San Francisco to Bangor is
surely there.for ‘him°® who runs’ to
read. And the best of it is your ex
change does not ask the manager of
the theater to Sve up all the profts.
I have found ‘Elaine’ a picture spl n
didly suited to run in combination wi. |
Paramount pletures.”
World Film Awards l
Profit-Sharing Prizes
The World Film Corporation’'s profit
sharing plan among its employees in all
parts of the country is in operation and
Lewis J. Selznick, general manager of
the company, has announced the names |
of the salesmen who have captured the
initial bonuses. They are Richard Fox,
HARRY K.LUGAS
“THE SUPPLY KING"
ATLANTA, GA.
Everything for
the theater. Write
for my new fifty
page illustrated
catalogue.
10l the Chicago branch, who was given
}mo; J. Walter Lamb and Jerome Sobel,
‘orm New York office, who each were
given SSO
These salesmen obtained the largest
amount of new business based on Eross
cash collections at the lowest expense
during the first month of the profit
sharing plan’s existence.
The House With the Clean Policy
Monday—“BARRIERS SWEPT ASIDE”
A Modern Two-Act Kalem Drama of Power.
Tuesday—*“THE SILENT PLEA”
Three-Reel Broadway Star Feature With Edith Story
in Leading Role.
Thursday—Beautiful Helen Gardner in a Two-Reel
Vitagraph, “THE STILL SMALL VOICE.”
JOHNNIE KEANE and His Kid
Brother, The Keen Singers of Keen Songs
T T WY T T T TERARW AR hhE. NEW. TN, . IRRRE. . O T
Motion Picture Acting
Has moved from the Forsyth Bullding to larger quarters in the
ALFRIEND BUILDING, 971, Peachtree Street, Atlanta,
Where the director, EDWIN BOWER HESSER, will interview thoee
who aspire to become players In motion pictures. There are ten va
cancies, in day and evening classes, to be filied from the best qualified
people who apply for admission.
ACCEPTED PUPILS GUARANTEED PICTURE APPEARANCES.
For terms and information, call afternocons. When writing, send pho
tographs.
Be a Movie Star
GR AND WEEK MARCH 1t
| Daily 112, m. to 11 p, m,
"“A Dollar Picture Show for a Jitney”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday [SPECIAL
& AROBEFRT Omxgil: S SUCCESS ! Ma[y
THERE WAS” Pickford
Adapted From Kipling's “THE VAMPIRE.”, and
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“THE GIRL I LEFT | Comedy
BEHIND ME” EVERY
BLASCO'S SPEOTACULAR DRAMA. | DAY
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Wednesday Is Set Apart as Day
for Slaying the Blues—Four
Feature Comedies a Week.
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i Wit \ rosn’s Sour Orapea® »
;.L«(. Keystones ocomedy In e
| parts. with all the Keystono stasm
l\\‘.»mnu s wingie resl Keystoss
Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
| “$20,000,000 Mysters ~ the great Thas
| houser serial Monday . “"Runaway
Jupe the intensely Interesting Rell.
ance serial Friday. and a specially
selected Mutual program every day
[ln the week, there will be no dlsap
| pointments at the Strand during the
\ present week
| The class of plctures shown at the
| Strand and the manner tn which the
house is conducted combine to make
it the most popular movie bouse 'n
| Atianta
| A pare treat is promised the patrons
I‘ll the Strand in the near future, when
la number of features will e released
| with Willam & Hart, Dorothy Glsh
‘and the many big favorites !n the
| cast. These features have been in the
| courss of construction for several
'mr\n'?l snd will be & decided .flm
|to the fans when reloased. They are
| based on novels by the greatest au
thors and are of a class that will ap
peal
The pictures released through the
i Mutual have proven very popular and
'are attracting many persons to the
‘S(r:utd
There is a comedy to cure the blues,
. tragedy to make one quake and
thriil and there 's drama that makes
| the heart beat in unison. There is
i.u‘. good music