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6 N IICIE =LA ~ )M @OV IS Owen Johnson's Greatest Novel o Has Been Brilliantly Drama tized for Screen. . — . Owen Johnson's greatest novel, “The Balamander,” 'is the basis for the pho to drama by the same name, which will be one of the big features appearing at the Strand this week. On Monday and Tuesday George Walsh and Doris Pawn will be seen in a Willlam Fox play of love and ad venture, ‘“‘Blus Blood and Red,"”. Wed nesday and Thursday are the dates for “The Salamander” and ‘“The Yaqui,” a New Bluebird drama featuring Hobart Bosworth, is tiie Friday offering, On Saturday Theda Barra returns in "Gold and the Woman,” and a Metro comedy, ""The Coumt of Ten,” with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, is booked as an extra attraction for Tuesday and Thurs day. “The Salamander,” which is produced by the Moss Company, is the story of a lone girl's battle against the wolves of the city Dore Baxter, a little country girl, Hves with her grandmother, who In forms her that her dead parents were du&hd by a man named Albert SBassoon, & New Yorker, of unenviable reputa tion, known as ““The Wolf.” Her grand mother's property, to which she is heir, holds forth a promise of future wealth The grandmother is about t 6 show Dore the deed to the estate when she discov ers that it is gone The shock kills her. Dore is evicted by Sassoon's ma shinations, he having obtained the deed and claiming to have purchased the land The Jure of the city appeals Dore, who determines to go there and find Sassoon. Bhe encounters a party of traveling players, who take her to the ecity The angel of the company, Gary Lindaberry, wealthy and hnnl some, falls in love with Dore, At a later date the entire company, lm-ludlns‘ Dore, are invited to a midnight reve by Sassoon. Dore realizes that she has found her enemy, and the leading lady of the company, who I 8 in reality Sas soons' wife, also plots revenge against him. From this moment begins Dore's se eret battle against Sassoon, whom she fights with her woman's wea.vonu of beauty and seductive powers. How she plays with, tempts “The Wolf,” and yet escapes him, and lures him to his downfall 18 told In a series of artfully du!’finm plots and counterplots, clever- Iy med and replete with action in avery reel At the finish Sassoon s Detrayed by his confederate, Samuel Ladlow. Dore regains her property and s united to Garry Lindaberry, having tome unscathed through the flames of threatening lust PR RE . (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, April 1.-—Major General Bell, commanding the west ern department of the army, today was authorized to move one battalion of the Twenty-first Infantry from Vancouver barracks to El! Centro, €Cal, to guard the border there, HONDAY and TUESDAY Al Fresco, “Intermezzo” {Victor Rerbert) WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY ‘Proserpine” Alr de Ballet { Krouse) FRIDAY Hascagni’s “Parewell’ ({ Mascagni) RATURDAY Venctian Ballet {Gernert) Admission, An Orchestra Always, | Adults, 10c. of Nine Solo Children, se Musiclans, The House of Quality, Program for Week Beginning April 3 h———M__ Mond ! William Fox Presents "% ‘Blue Blood and Red’ blle dald Ke ‘"d | A picture of love and adventure, with hair-rais ing thrills and soulstirring heart action, T“flSday Added attraction Tuesday, “CHILDMOOD'S HAPPY DAYS.” a Metro comedy, with Mr, and Mrs. Sidney Drew. ' -—-——«»--—-————-—————-—————-——.—_—___ Owen Johnson's Greatest Novel, Wednesday “The Salamander’ The story of a lone girl's battle against the .fld wolves of the city. Your heart will throb in | Unison with this brave girl, and you will rejoice Thursday | ;oo ==~ y | Added attraction Thursday, “CHILDMOOD'S HAPPY DAYS.” a Metro comedy, with Mr. and | Mrs. Sidney Drew. e ————————— ———————————— | Second of the great Blue Bird Pictures. . “THE YAQUP . | With Mobart lo.w.’h in the leading role. F"day | This picture was made on the Mexican border where the American troops are today chasing | Villa, and is one of the most thrilling pictures eVer shown on the screen, THEDA BAR A In & return showing of the greatest Vampire picture William Fox has yet produced, » Stlurday “Gold and the Woman A picture that stirs the very soul and hoide with a grip of Meel. | Dlstmgmshed Screen Stars in Magnificent Features ; ¢ . ? § At Leading Photoplay Theatere Here This Week $ e s A AA A A ANN i e i Pe e sey Top, left to right, Francis X, Bushman, Beverley Bayne, both at Alamo No. 2; Lenore Ulrichs, at the Georgian; circle, middle left, Jane Grey, at the Vaudette; center, George Walsh and Doris Pawn, at Strand; bottom, left to right, Violet Mersereau, at Savoy, Crane Wilbur at Grand, Clara Kimball Young at Victoria. %&\\‘&\\\\\X\‘:}ii\,\\\\\\t\\\‘s\\‘\.N\,t\\\\\\\\\'k\‘{\‘\\\%t{\\\\\\\\ti\‘\\\\\\\&\“\\\\&\%\\\\\\\\‘.\\w\\\\\\w\\\\‘&\\\‘\\\\Y“;\\\\\\\\\K\\\\\\N}_\}ii\x\\“\\f&mmm“\\\mmw\m“\\\\\\\\“\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\‘\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\“ N\ e g . \ o g R . 5P N ' 8 P 4 N : - iR oTI Z :\s 3 \\\\\ p 5%, :{\\\ o ol ¢ # ‘3% @ ? ’/. i \‘ o 4 N ; W ; ’, A;, & 4 NN “ i { 5 N o M sy .. 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April Release Chart Of Triangle Features Two five-reel comedies, starring Doug las Fairbanks, are announced by the Triangle Filme Corporation in its April release chart, which includes also the reappearance after lon“' absences of Frank Keenan and DeWolf Hopper. As there are five release dates during the month the list of Tfl.nsk stars is ma terially increased. H. B. Warner, pre vmu-l.y seep In “The Ralders,” has a new Sullivan story, called ““The Bogv of (‘.uvlqon." Ince also presents Wil llam_ 8. Hart, Jane Grey and Willlam 'H. Thompson. Lilllan and Jrorothy Gish have new pictures from the Fine! Arts Studios, and Mack Sennett will contribute ten Keystones. ‘ The opening nmgnm introduces Fair. banks In “The Habit of Happiness,” and Miss Grey as the slum heroine of “Walfs.” Willlam Desmond, last seen. wWAth Billle Burke In P.w is fea tured wuh her. Hohm t part ofmn" young ciergyman who goes astray a is nz..m.!' by Rags, a (yllno mar in 8 waterfront saloon. arol Holloway, Robert Kortman, J. Frank Burke, Fan. nie Mudgley and Truly Shattuck Mn( the prineipal supvorting roles. A blg VICTORIA THEATER 5(: Clara Kimball Young 50 “T;\c YeI‘I(;;v “l;;s‘sport” 5 IWllliamEo‘uflenay 5c C “SEALED LIPS” 5 FLORENCE REED Ae c “The C(l))!va'rdly Way” Bp | EMoNd BrEEs: Ae “The Lure otmlge Hgans' Desire” 50 Jacklens':;mders 50 “The Shrine of Happiness” i HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA. SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1916. cathedral set is one of many provided by Ince for this production. As indicated by the title. the Fair banks comedy has a strong undercurrent of sociology. Sunny Wiggins spends his father's wealth on Bowery derelicts and I 8 %0 successful at making them hugry that an eminent specialist engages m to make a millionaire grouch laugh. Sunny’'s theories work out as -xx:ctod. cures the grouch and wins his ugh ter and satisfies his father that he is not so worthless after all. George Faw cett is the millionaire, Dorothy West the daughter, and Grace Rankin, Macey Harlam, George Backus and Willlam Jeg;'non have congenial roles. the following week, Aq;:l 9, “Lit. tle Meena's Romance” and “The Aryan” are underlined. Dorothy Gish is ¥eena Ha in the Griffith feature, and Owen M L e the Count Rudolph von Ritz, ew film fleld Is invaded by this pg: , which presents life among ;t'.a . v*n.-ylv%nl. Dnt;h‘ )l“)rgrot ars te Tonecray, James O'Shea, Fred J. Butler and &okfi Lawler are in the company. Willlam S, Hart in ““The Aryan™ pre. sents a new charactarization of his fa millar Western “‘bad man.'” While on his way home with the riches of years of hard work In the mines he awakes to L) tht,alo fortune has vanished In & night. SWeArs vengeance on the estern whites who have swindied him, takes away the woman who had engi neered the plot and makes her his slave in a vile community in which only the scum of the district are tolerated. A g.ck train of Hluhflipz farmers, lured Yy ®old, is lost in the rt. Hart re fuses their requests for aid, but Mary Jane, a young and innocent member of the rrty, feariessly goes to his settle ment and wins him over. Bessie Love is the youthful heroine. Her experience 18 an example of the possibilities of the Triangle system. One of the film finds of the year, she was first seen in “The Flying Torpedo” with John Emerson. From this Griffith feature she joined Hart at the Ince Studios. Now '#' v back at Fine Arts with Douglas Fair banks In “The Good Bad Man.” Week of Agfll 16 marks the reappear ance of Frank Keenan in “The Stepping Stone,”’ t:\;.nmyov;f A weak man's rl; through A good woman & his fall after he has discarded her Mary Boland, for many years John ‘s leading woman, has (M'rrlnei feminine role. Robert McKim Is tEB weak hushand and Keenan the r erful who helps him, ruins him and later when he has committed suicide marries the widow. Lilllan Gish and “Sold for IW" furnish the other dramatic ent. nment of tb% week. “'r‘m -u': Appears as & youn ussian girl a supported by rnn'i Hennett, w'flun long, A. D. Sears, Pearl Elmore and many other Griffith "rlcm “TW!!“ lho' cMM the mov:ln comun n “‘Sunshine Dad,” in combi nation with “Civilization's Child,” which mnu William H. Thompson for the time as & Triangle star; then Fair. banks in “The Good D: Man™ and Warner in “The Heggar of Cawnpore.” | UNWRITTEN LAW 18 UPHELD, ‘ HANFORD, CAL., April 1.-—*No Just court will protect a man who Koes into the home of another to ruin 'lt." sald Judge J. W. Ferguson when }ln dismissed the charge of murder against Alvine Maldinado, who, in ivokhg the unwritten law, sent four ‘bullets Into the body of G. Avila. SAVOY THEATER An All-Star Program Daily. MONDAY: “"DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE"” The final chapter of the greatest of all railroad series, “The Girl and the Game,” starring the most feariess of all film actresses, the pretty MELEN NOL“& Do not fail to ses this clowing instaliment. It will be the most Qhrllllfll of all, WEDNESDAY: " “THE NIGHT RIDERS The 82000 prize Western feature, starring Marry Carey and Olive Golden, “CAUGHT ON A SKYSCRAPER" L-KO feature comedy, starring the prettiest of all comediennes, GERTRUDE SELBY M THURSDAY: The beautiful and petite star, in & monster five act En'um “AUTUMN." She is supported by Paul Panzer and Lisutenant Percy Richards (The Man in White). z?h-o in & real feature subjeet. M IF YOU MISS A DAY, YOU MISS A TREATY. N Holbrook Blinn Opens the Week . . ‘e in Great Drama Entitled ““The Unpardonable Sin.” Holbrook Blinn's work in ‘““The Un pardonable Sin,” a World Film produc tion, which will be seen on Monday at the Alamo No. 2, surpasses anything he has done since becoming a screen star. This shadow dramagtells a story of a man’s downfall through weakness; his rise through the influence of vengeance and his ultimate triumph through a love thas knows no mastery. Blinn has the role o{ Walter Norman, who is brought face to face with the electric chair through drink. In “The Unga.rdonable 8in”" the star is support ed by Helen Fulton, Lila Heywood Ches ter, = William A. Norton, Charles A. Mackay and Walter Greene. “The Wall Between,” a Metro pro duction in five parts, featuring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, will be shown on Tuesday. The Metro fllm deals with an inter— esting phase of life in the United States army. Scores of battle scenes are shown, in which as many as 2,000 men appear. Most of the scenes were made in and around the forts at Savannah. The barrier that exists between the commissioned officer and the enlisted men is the theme of ““The Wall Be tween.” The dashing Bushman will be seen as Sergeant Kendall, a truly ro mantic role. Beverly Bayne says the part of Edith Ferris is the most inter esting she has yet essayed. Thursday's offering is ‘“Man and His Angel,” in which Jane _Grey is fea tured. This fllm depicts in flve reels the vietory of the “angel” in man’s na ture over his evil Im{mlsea. which lead him to threaten the life's hap(elness of the woman he loves. Miss Grey ap pears as Sonia Demetri, the daughter of an exiled Russian nobleman, who comes to this country in poverty and opens a little second-hand book store. Sonla is the “angel” in the picture, while David Tryne, played by Henri Bergman, i{s the “man.” The famous beauty, Kitty Gordon, will be seen on Friday in “As in a Look ing Glass,” which is a favorite release of the World Film Corfiwmtinn‘ “As in a Looking Glass” is a soclety drama of the moment and of course the exquisite Kitly wears all sorts of stun ning gowns. Wednesday’'s and Saturday’s attrac tions will be announced later. Monday and Tuesday: “The Habit of Happiness” featuring Douglas Fairbanks A Fine Arts Production. (Also Keystone Comedy.) Wednesday: “Honor’s Altar” with Bessie Barriscale A Thomas H. Ince Production, (Also Keystone Comedy.) “‘His Auto Ruination™ Thursday and Friday: “THE WAIFS” A Thomas H. Ince Production, with Jane Grey and Wm. Desmond (Also Keystone Comedy.) Saturday: “Betty of Greystone” Fine Arts Production, with Dorthy Gish Also Keystone Comedy, with Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle “Bright Lights” THE Vaudette's Famous Orchestra VINCENT KAY, Conductor, Children sc¢, Adults 10¢ Scenic Film Company Lavish With Flowers At Trade Exposition From the attragctlve booth of the Scenic Film Company, at the Motion Picture Trades Exposition at the Augi torium, last week, over two thousand carnations were distributed to the ladies who visited the building. This booth was, by the way, one of the most attractive there. It was dec orated with ferns, and other green pot ted plants and a number of vases of cut flowers, A beautiful statuette of white Italian marble and a number of artistic sketches by the Scenic Film Company’s experts helped to make this one of the most attractive gathering places for the fair and inquisitive visitors. LA Burdgtte, vice president and sales manager of the company, acted as host with his characteristic grace, wel coming all comers with his cordial and winning manner, nnswerini gallantly the many questions put to him by as piring film actresses. Mr. Burdette distributed the, carna tions with a lavish hand and won many a smile for his palns in pinning on the dainty floral ornaments. 80 many carnations were presented during the three days of the exhibit that Peachtree street blossomed with | them and strangers in town began ask ing whether they were in token of some local festivity. “It's wonderful how the ladies appre clate flowers,”” said Mr. Burdette. “If ?'ou want to win a man quickly, give him a cigar. But, take rhy advice, if ‘You want to make a hit with a young ad{. the skillful use of flowers will -make a better impression than anything i I know of.” | ILL AT 103, MERELY “TIRED.” ‘ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,, April I.— Born 103 years ago in Virginia and } never {ll a @ay in his life until three weeks ago, Seph Cuff, the patriarch among negro residents of the resort, is dying at the home of his daughter, Cuff insists that he is not sick, but merely “tired.” The Alamo No. 2 MONDA Y. Holbrook Blinn America's Great Actor, In '“The Unpardonable Sin” The grlpping story of a man’s downfall through weakness; his rise through the potent influence of vengefulness, and his ultimate triumph through a love that knows no mastery. TUESDAY Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne The greatest stellar combination appearing in motion pictures, in a great five-act drama, “The Wall Between” Within each o'.!: icl:'deyarfinégg.)weich!e you (ru; to? See Jane Grey “Man and His Angel” Kitty Gordon In a picture that will never fade. “As in a Looking Glass” GEORGIAN THEATER ”.a‘., Pallas Pictures Corp. Presents ol ‘ LENORE ULRICH ‘ In the Popular Play, wednesdny| THE HEART OF PAULA Thursday |VICTOR and ANITA Fril:y \MOOR! KING .. In the Great Automobile Photoplay, Sawrdy | “THE RACE” Paramount Orchestra m“.'.m and OFf Solo Artiets and the .':2: ,:::::: Fox Organ Mortimer Wil To Direct Music at The New Piedmont The announcement that Mortimay Wilson, former director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and ons ot the ~most masterly musiclans who avar played here, {8 returning to Atlanta to direct the music of the new Pledmon: | Theater at Forsyth and Luckie strests, is good news to every music-lover in the city. Mr, Wilson is himself one of he greatest artists who ever came to the «South. He is studied under the leading instructors of this country and Europs and is himself an instructor anq <F| rector who has few equals in the South His direction of the Atlanta Sym phony Orchestra made this organization an institution of which Atlanta was wall Froud of while it lasted. Recently he est the city to accept a position on ths faculty of the Brenau Conservatory of Music. In selecting a man to conduct the Pledmont's orchestra, Manager Ralph de Bruler chose Wilson as the one director in the South who could make tha most of the finished artists who compose the Piedmont’s ten-plece orchestra. Mr. Wilson is already in the city rs hearsing his orchestra, which will maus its debut Monday, when the Piedmont formally opens. An operatic program will be given the entire week. Fire-Alarm Box 23 a ' Hoodoo;ToBe Tabooed WILKESBARRE, PA., April I.—E4. wardsville Councilmen have woted to discontinue alarm box 23, because it s a hoodoo. They have prohibited num bering any box in the future 23. *Since 23 has been in service there have been many fires in the neighborhood. The box seemed to be incessantly ring ing. Every time an alarm started to sound the firemen just naturally made their way to the location of 23. Vaery geldom were they fooled.