| This splendid actor, has immortalized the ideal type of Italian on the screen
as well as the stage. He will again be seen in the role of the sympathetic
Italian, in the newest of his "Sol Lesser" productions, "One
Man in a Million," for which he wrote the scenario. Mr. Beban has enjoyed
a most unusual career playing at one time or another in musical comedy,
drama, minstrels, and now the silent drama. He was born in San Francisco.
Coming to New York he scored a tremendous bit with his intensely human characterization
of the low caste Italian in "The Sign of the Rose." His is indeed
a splendid art, his depletions demanding that he put all his genius and
soul into his work. That he does this with telling effect is certain, if
we are to judge by the reception his pictures receive throughout the world. |