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STAGE AND SCREEN THE GAZETTE TIMES. STAGE AND SCREEN SEVENTH SECTION. PITTSBURGH, 4 i tr- oo AW Sam" Grand iJvtW 1 1 AMD Novak ano wJOHN v. By T. REEL.

voi HO was the first little boy to win fame in the movies? No. (3lAOVa Maitoi -not Jackie Coogan and not Wesley Barry, who came before 5aw OUiT Jackie did. either of tbem came to the front there another youngster who jumped into fame over night, lost as Wesley and Jackie did later. "Daddy Long- Legs" gave the Barry kid opportunity to "steal the show" from Marry Pickford and waa famous the next When Charlie Chaplin engaged Jackie Coogan to work in "The Kid" he opened the door to celebrity to the "Hearts of the World," D. W.

Griffith's great war picture, did as much for another youngster, little Ben Alexander, whose acting 7 la that picture was one of its most touching and human incidents. Now Ben, a much larger lad than he was. is with u3 again and he will be! aeen among the stars who are appearing in Pittsburgh's leading cinema theaters this week. These stars include many who are very popular i and who havemany admirers here. 1 Ben Alexander will be seen in "Penrod and Sam- in the Grand ana I lm the Liberty; Betty Compeon and Richard Dix, in "The Woman With 1 Tour Faces," In the Olympic and in the Regent; Gladys Walton, in "Sawdust," in the Cameo; Jane Novak and John Bowers, in "Divorce.

la the State; Miriam Cooper, in "Her Accidental in the I) 4 ft maeSORoM and In the East Liberty 4 Casseraphaae; Viola. Dana, in "Her Vfctal "Millions." and Ben Tut pin, in 1 Shriek of Araby." in the Al- avfi on the program will be the latest number of Reginald Denny's "Leather Pusher" series, "The Widower's Mite." It is from the pen of Witwer. The picture shows Denny in the role of Kid Roberts, ex-heavyweight champion, who i-j trying to recover his boxing till-. Th- story tv'm of an experience in W7 MlltlAM OOOPCR dTANiXV ACCIOCNTAL MUOBANO fiLACirATOMr hasnbra; Katharine MacDonald. in Ta Lomly Road." In the Garden.

Supplementing the featured attrac- on the bills will be additional of merit, including whK-h the reigning champion topteat news, travel and scenic farcical Alms and rpeclal music by large orchestras and orchestral organs. Announcement!) of the ex to show him up by fighting him vi hile he is in a weakened condition. This rituation leads to many hibitors follow: Grand. utrnny nas ice support of HaydtD Stevenson and other capable play "Penrod and Bam." a soven-r-l photoplay adaptation of BOolIi pro. aiso on ine uranaa program will be the Current Events Weekly.

"Topics of tb.3 Day." Tarkington'a novel of the samv Pl it ji. skub D6TTY LOMPSON name. is to head the pro(rran in 'n woman with Four. Facets the Grand all this week. This is a tale of boy1 life, -producej in a wy to appeal to grown-ups Just as much as It does to younpstirs.

The ca-U Includes Ben Alexander, as PeniuJ. "Movie Chats" and special orchestra music. The orchestra, directed by David Broudyt will play Lucius Hosmers "Southern Rhapsody" as an extra number. "Penrod an. SiJin" relates the amusin; story of i fcnia.1I town social feud.

Orchestra and pipe orgrsn will fr- features. J. the play. In the cast are Niles Welch i Popular Rim Star Herbert Standing. Kdith Ynrbe wit.

liaiii Robert Daly. Matthew Betz ana Frank Brownlee. A Century comcdv and International News Events ure Joe Uutlf rfield, Buddy Mcssingor. Xrwton Hall, Gertrude Mt-ssinger. Jre Oene Jackson, Juveniles, and Gladys Bronkwcll, Rock-elifTe Fellowfs, Mary Philb' Gareth iluFhi, TCllllam V.

a.ui Uobby Gonlon. An added attraction Coming Attractions DourU MvrUta in -A Xn t4 Ae-to." supported by Mfwn Sc Mctto and Itarmmtd Matti. w.tt on the bill, which also includes a musical program by Organist Howard Webb. Olympic. In "The Woman "With Four the attraction this week in the Olym "K- Began as Violinist -1 Mar T1 Vtm VkVH l'r it.fc i ib -n.

jni ty. w. f.i in eft unit! ir trw v1n4wi f.r tv teTt.r' aa ti4rt the rcafnivt ar wfc in two of HoUnj A OarV IbrtTS. tie Lttrty. N-nn and Khodr iv.

pic, Betty Compson and Riehard State. "Divorce" will be shown this week are the principal players. The story 1 rfATM Mac Donauo nuen. and thn iat. Kifih tnu.

Is the work of Bayard Veiller. To a Rowland t- Clark's State. Fifth downtown. IN "MCi.ONCLY ROAD fevenue, downtown. Charles Bennett Antonio Mtvno and ftete IwnwU in this social drama, starrir.c Jane co-Lr for the finr: unv in Th Kx- hring to book a ring of dope traffickers, men of wealth and powerful.

th? district attorney resigns his position and gains the aid of a clever girl crook to open a safe which the paper incriminating these nefari titrrs." thr feature oxt week In Novak, is said to have painted a series of motion paintings answering Star of "Sawdust" Boy Actor Is Veteran Of Stage and Screen Ben Alexander learned to act almost before he could talk at any rate before he could talk plainly. Although lis jmunif actor, who tin the role of Penrod )n 1 Sooth Tnrkirxnon'H "IVn-itkI and Karn." whit will be in the 'rund this w-lc is only 1') years of he can look back upon a career tii.t coverrt ix or seven' irtare nut- UnwUnd Clark's ttnctit, and lischland vfnt. It emnAr. Mcc? Fatau Mitxiowa Almamora, rne greatest question civilization has beer, called upon to solve. Ministers Afraid of No Jinx; iMtigi JVjrjvoi vn "Tnr Ameri ous operators.

she tells him that cano" Is Ann ntnrA fee wwk in reformers, families have been asking what is the irreat iinderlv-n there is but one man who can do thi.s UoUnd CUrVs trick, and he is in urison. An escant 6 rV nverue. downtown. Tb lar fi effected, but the crook, believing' It? that the district attorney is trying to win the girl's love, refuses to u'd him HOUGH TALE B6 mm Walton, who has the Renting in the role of the girl crook encnej I rtde in "Sawdust," in the Canit-fi by a dbrtrW utturney to bi-ip Theater this week, sjtvs that cnumi.o great campaign aruinrt a cry-: anil hard work, in addition to ability. evil of tbe da.

1 'niton are ttie chief rrquisit-s of success in t'-n tnomvtiU tn a Am Kranrlw fighting the way to the top in ttiovini; tuanilrn, a wid autu chase an pictures. Miss Walton's friends al. pwap-'il convict. Jlu-Jltju hundred are prone to attribute her success to incident and episodes culcuijf-d to tier beauty sunny oi.i sition. keep thing hummtn arc th ma.

lty of this drm.itl- Iory. MUif. r-, 'tn uivone. Is it beeause romance! just naturally fades away Does the man usually tire of the woman or does the woman usually tire of the I 'I because the other woman or the other man too frequently are n-ypnnniWc for the life -separation? Bennett has rjtj.o.-;ed the tier', baby-faced vampire who spends all trying to cause a married man forget his wife. Th- producer tays no greater argument for an "Tl.e Mn Miriam CoopenFZ.

iv "Aern Acciocntal rUSBAMD OAMriCAPHOMC prod nr-cd as a i--Trn-r-1 jt'M) bnr-kl as tb Je. i ttiis- t-f lu in tho irail ompson appeant In xcveral ductitw n-M -o- k. tM Stnmne Mof dy trv-rn-in thlsi idory. ftrit a an wld woman it'K. Jul 9.

Man St then as a young girl an! rtl'l an-' l.ajt a rut ittctttdins Ailc characl.T. th- Jaint. TrT une of thf ftiuan h- I'rnrk h-rid4i. Jtn Mri-! nB It-lug turne.j upon JoM-ph A-i. Frrtbctrp Mrv Then they seek (he paper by different tactics.

Jt is the center of a mad struKKle for its possession, and a series of climaxes are piled on top of one another ere thu attorney obtains the document and sonds the guilty ones to prison. In the end the giri is reformed and -wins the love, of the district attorney. In the east are fleorge Pawrett. Theodore Van KHz. Joseph Kilgour, Guy Oliver, James Farley, KulaHe Jensen and (iladdeu James.

The comedy offering will be Mr. and Mrs. Carter )( Haven in "Borrowed Trouble." Completing the program will be the Pathe Review, international News, "Fun From the Press" and music by the Olympic jazz orchestra under tho direction of I'm-berto TCgizi. iii.arcment or coccment divorces can be put forward than that advanced in this screen drama. The lesson is driven home by a startling twist Jhe plot, in which the daughter of a divorcee, who.

as child, had mourned the dissolution of home ties Liberty. Booth Tai-kington's famous of lKy life, "I'enrod and fam." will be presented in picturized form this I wet in Uowland 4 Clark's Liberty. I'enn nntl Shady avenues. This pic- I ture is acted by- a cast which in- eludes, as the kids-. Benny Alexander Ite Butterworth.

fiuddy i Newton Hall and Gertrude Messingei. the arch villain of I h- pt- tra Itotrlrr, hum t- f.nilt. lb. fJrnd ki. -T i -jt r-r ti t.

'hatji and -J rrn r-rttr frt'-il i Bit hard Ins a t-e dtctrh attorney t.tH.rir" tl ptayit a M-m j'i-ltr in the picture Al PI. i u. tn hln laleitt TS Ktb-Mnan." a CI nnd who takes matters in her own hand to save her own child. "Tht Salesman." A I St. John's latent comedy, is the farcical offering.

rrred nJ mlnr mi's t. while tlie adult roles are handled bj Rockcliffe Fellowes. well. William V. Montr.

C.areti bty Blaclutonc. Eaat Liberty Camerspkon. II- t-t-1 h' r. Many roarrlacei. ar ia brater by Katt-rrn Kf i way or another, but tiw story of 'b l4ir fmiruiw r-t-i girl who m.4 rn-d a ber-atu.

I 'e r-r, f' lt. ttt. baled htm i rj'ber n-w utteU. iu fnu he tfnw. "Hrf A i-1 rvrt it "btf.

bital Iluebani" th title -f I It r' t. liudhes and Mary i'hilbin. lleun 1 AK xanndor. who plays Ft nr'-d, i. out of the lest know child actorM on ih.

screen, and he is said to have e- celled himself in a remarkable nir- trayal of this character, Itutt' r- I i rirt, t. t.4 tmwtf4 worm will be Nctt a.s Sam, his bud! et ,1, 1V ph t- be ohow ltd. r. 'b if tH the fjt I.i-erty afnerfbre ini'f" --r t. r' wbirh will appear rum r.

t-n own lJ, Vttt Verre: tanlr. Mit-hei r4 i tt, Maud- lii. t.ar Tti. kr ftd tn ttt. w1.m Kjte I-lt The tnry -w j- 4 .4 I dramatic tbund'f bn't.

t'rJ Mu h- --r uti rr'n Hatred has broken up inenv a marriage, but now comes in which it caused a marriage, "Ht Accidental Husband," which is h. feature this wet in Rowland Clark's Biackstom-. Fifth uvenue. downtown. MiriAiu Cooper and 1'ri-rest Wanlt.y ilay h.

uding roles, supported by Mitchell Lt Richard Tucker, Maud- Wuyr.e end Lt r't-r. It tells a tale of .1 girl v. ho a ui.iu tc. marry even with the depth of hate within her. simply because' in saving his life she lost "tier father.

Ttoughout life slit endeavors to cause him pain. hates r. yet remains by her. She carries on a flirtation she knows it v-i 1 her ire He tnkes ht to hi ttiotht-r's home. Th.

lit had been engage. narry Cameo. An ii.genioud story comprises the plot of "Sawdust," in which Gladys Walton and ht-r suppfrting cast appears In the Cameo this week. Miss Walton plays the ro'e of Xita Moore, a little circus p.rt-riiier, who. falling from a high wire, accidentally nashes the hat of brutal and him raging violently at ht-r with his whip.

Her oe-clsiou to ijuit tht show and her roaming life iiuereFts "Runner" Bayne. a circus gambler, who finds her a home with Col. and Mrs. Wentworth. a lonely Virginia, tmiiy, whose daughter had disappeared in her youth and never been found.

They lavish all their love on the young- circus who, by clever innkrup, helps gambler in his scheme of indueing the old c.uje to believe that Nitfi and conspirator in miscl.ieus atl-ventures. Buddy Mcwiinger. the stai of Messintrer Comedies" -ries, plays Koddy Bitts. the mortal t-nerny of I'enrod and Sam. Ills sis-tti, Ctrrtrude Iessinrer.

I.t l'enrod's little sweethetrt. The major iwjrtion of the picture i dcsTibe an one sue-cession of laurrhs. chuckles nnd smiles but lhfn are moments of pathtv especially the scene which shows tbe death t.f IV-nrod's dog. "Puke." Olhei interesting films complete the pro-cram. nelutiins' a fdiort (nnn-ily Sr'r' 71.t tlr ef a ef.r t.u.ts eery repeet the uti1 Mt, ifl-nivtnc.

ratatniti li ih mental lew r-T tbe in nottt ef IM aetintt Ul-t. and tb unionthnett nt t.lb ef te -t' t.ladya ullnn. Mi-s Walton all n. eo- -ilb-d "Jinx" to her ctallon rt suet tn tul the pictuma In wtut she ht. appeared.

For Instance, ritrhl in the tnldot tht! making t.f "Kawdum" cam a uthdjy of the star tYtdtJ. tip' thirteenth, but niton riev-r this tn worry h-r. And on il.ii-"un;uk" birthday. t.r i'iw d. would M.

4 el.e 44 1.1 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.f Welcomed By Scouis nurrtmndincs in it fcse.if tt.n tl lawt e' tt.r tlwtr. It l4ttle lb4t kfd'ltf a a. I Bra AJeuadrr. rwes, and so many screen ila. that he haa lost count of tbeni.

Ben waa born in Coldfleld. NVv. On the stage but work has included many roles, anions them that of Penrod in the original Turkingtou play of that name. "Heven 'Miles to Arden" also presented him In a jrootl role, and another "The Little Teacher." Tbe first big photoplay in which Ben appeared was 1. W.

Onffith's "Hfarts the Wcrld," in which t'ic remarkable human arpetl of liin work ereated a veritable Kensutiou. At that time there were nu'Mrapers throUKhout the rotintry thai did not Trint Ben's picture over and over ijfain. Luier includ'yl "The Turn tn the Road." "The Battle of Youth." "White Heather." "The Heart of flachel. "Joelyn'B Wife." "Tangled Thread "The Triflt rs," "The Family Honor. Hie Une." i(oen Besvie RarriB'tle pro- MUCtloUS.

1 enfif1 I r-rol la "Me It I It 4 tntie tar re. wit t-e ie5j-. in frlt ta ttt me, them. 'he plot then brings on a eonspirocy. The he n.i, Moore is tlieii- piissiriK dstughter.

Th lr Tt re bo t. rr. tar raj -e, najpiriess i until vriieit-t ni t-ejet I ttil most stmll i tnnt inn If the inoived tiid i iot inrtiii l-itnctpg t- trotiblt by th-lr own -rpr wnp, jit tf.isl it l.ire. -l Misit jlton'n bc ajw-t. jb not only will ry r.

thing on but as tny timen iia ber ltrt lor a.k. I'Csewiiy. a lawyer, learns the trut i iind exposes the eiri's pa.t. to the ere I K. t-4r.

14 U't Ii 1. Mi. i.ji 1.4 4 ,1 itll Mr-tHltW Virginia couple. After a series of interesting complications, a happy Recent. and Kichard iM.x will be seen tnis week in Bow la ml and Clark's Besent.

IVnn nnd Highland avenues, in "The Woman With Four Fares." Its presentation, originally announced for last week, win delayed due to censoring, but it now has received the state seal. Thri'l after thrill is said to develop as the story is re led OIL It was adapted by fjeorge Ifopkin? fron a doy T-y VMjt, 4' 1 placd in a. flirtatious a rol-which suits the: wtli-knov. irichard Tuckt r. hrokt n.

The win hates her fitrhis and risks his iile to save her. A special added featur -is entitled "''an "ouUr It rliowa Luis Firpo. heavyweight champion contender, in action-with many of th- it known fifhters. AlltstnW. Kt 4 follows and tho colonel a uf it r.a r.

te, 1 n- imirr a i w-i 1 1 rrwri a i m-jj i mmas I'tminf 1 -itiflitij vi-" lri tn -t-r F'stjt nnd his wifa finally adopt the circus girl as their daughter. A romance between the heroine and a young lawyer ia 1451. of the pleasing features of rerorl for with action and T3e-4r. tjt4 Ith a MrM Veto I Miliiori et "sr ty'-ten-. pep.