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4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, FOKTLAXD, NOVEMBER 23, 1919. THE ILENT ' IMJMAr' " ' " t i III...M.IIIIIHI' 1 ' . ' -V 'A s i f , . - 1 .? I f kV V ' , !'!- vVvfi ; I"' A : 1 .,:r fLj&'ZJk' I -' '1 I . Y?m - . -gi . ... - - si !jK xr I- 1 smilt- v I AJ! 1 v r' - O'TSr-: fyjr . ; r (?xa . - V ( if n .1 , m - I f'SzkJ - -rLy x lu - I - - s h K - ' x 1 I : . Ap - . I Cs - , i ' TODAY'S FILM FEATURES... Columbia Dorothy Dalton, in "ii'Apthe." Strand Tom Moore, "Lord and Lady Algy." Majestic Alice Joyce, "The Vengeance of Durand." Liberty Roscoe Arbuckle. "The Hayseed"; Anita Stewart, ."The Kingdom of Her Dreams." Peoples Special production, "Teeth of the Tiser." Star Douglas Fairbanks, "His Majesty, the American." Sunset Eugene O'Brien, ' "The Perfect Lover." Circle Bessie Barrlscale, "The Cast-Off." -T EWIS H. MOOMAW and Jean I , Hersholt, directors for the American Llfeograph company left Thursday for Bend, Or., with a corps of 50 persons to film the ex terior scenes of the big- timber story which Lifeograph is now producing under the working title of "Men of Today and Tomorrow." The story is from the pen of Eliza teth Mahoney, staff writer of the company, and, as the title suggests, Is a drama of the present day. While the logging industry and the big mills of Oregon will play an important part. it is primarily a story of existing labor conditions in the northwest, round which is woven a romance of the timber. For this production Lifeograph has secured an all-star cast from Los Angeles headed by Lee Hill, Carol Bolloway, Georgia Woodthorpe, Jean Hersholt and Bert Sprotte. The cast Is augmented by local talent, among whom are Mary E. Baker and Russ Dudley, daughter and son-in-law of the mayor of Portland; Broderick . O'Farrell, formerly of the Baker stock, William Dills, Albert Garcia and others. Labor Problem Theme. The labor problem is treated in an original and masterful way. The au thor has hit upon the unique idea of giving the leader of the laboring men a position of authority over the men ne Is trying to uplift. The effect of sudden power upon the reformer with fcis ideals of world brotnerhood, and the working out of the problem from this angle, give a novel and entertain tng twist to the story which holds Interest and suspense to the end. Hundreds of lumbermen will an year in the logging and mill scenes and the scenic beauty of Oregon will be a feature of the production. It i the aim of Walter McMonies, presi dent of Lifeograph. to make this story an exploitation of the lumber industry of Oregon and no expense i being spared to carry out his plan to make this one of the biggest timber stories which has yet been produced. Christmas Shopping- Osu Motion picture theater managers are "doing their Christmas shoppin early, and every day sees numbe ot out-of-town exhibitors on fil row visiting the exchanges and look. ing over features suitable for the holiday season. Incidentally, the tendency of ex hibitors all over the state to feature bigger and bigger pictures at all tunes makes the holiday picture prob lem a more serious one this season than ever before. Exchange men can remember when axhibltors in the smaller cities were content through the season to run the ordinary "programme picture" and save Thanksgiving and Christmas Iand similar occasions for the bigger features. In the past year or bo all of )e exhibitors have gotten into the habit of shopping for the bigger features at all times of the year, with the result that when they come in on their holiday shopping excursions now it has to be something even big- er than the "big pictures" they have been running through the months before. There is another phase of the holi day picture problem that is always with the exhibitor. Producers "not once in a blue moon" issue a picture bout a Christmas or Thanksgiving theme. The reason is not far to seek. An exclusively Christmas or Thanks giving or Christmas picture is not es pecially useful to an exhibitor except ing during the week in which Thanks giving or Christmas comes and for the rest of the year the exchange man is apt to have it on his hands n account of its unseasonableness. On the other hand, exhibitors are ot looking for the usual type of pic ture for holidays. The eternal trian gle, the villain and the vamp are quite out of place in the season of universal holiday and good will, and the exhibitors want uplifting subjects and pictures with titles that appeal to people in the holiday mood. Uplift Themes Wanted. An example of the effect of a timely title is found, according to Sol Baum. local exchange manager, in the pro duetion "The Right to Happiness,' which soon is to be shown in one of the Jensen & Von Herberg theaters in Portland. This title has caught the fancy of nearly every exhibitor in the state and there is an unceasing flood of re quests for bookings on it as a Christ ma 8 feature because of the' appropri ateness of the title to the season. Local exhibitors are beginning to put on the extra holiday touches that the season demands and some of the theaters are using special stunts al ready. E. J. Potter of the Clinton theater s giving away a number of turkey hanksgivtng week on admission tickets to the theater, and in addition to this he has recently held special shows at which the children were all admitted free. A rather unusual discovery I made on some of the kiddies free enter- tainments," he says, "is the fact that more grown-ups were numbered in the audiences when the children came free than on many occasions when there was no such arrangement." Mr. Potter opened Friday with "The Great Radium Mystery" with a chil dren's party which met with immense success. O. M. Whittington. manager of the Grand and Liberty theaters in Bend, Or, was a visitor in Portland early last week arranging his holiday bookings and making plans for spe cial programmes in accordance with the season. S. Le Rouge of Battle Ground Wash., brought to Portland Thursday the problem of holiday programmes for. three towns, and thereby hangs the tale or the development of a re markable small circuit under his man agement. He began with the Wonder theater at Battle oround. wan, a 100-seat house, and by sheer showmanship in creased : ls business until he was twice compelled to enlarge the seat ing capacity. When "The Kaiser" was produced he was one of the first exhibitors to book it. although at the time it was one of the highest-priced features on the market. The mannerin which he exploited it was an epic and he von the distinction of having beaten theledy is one of real excellence and is record 01 every otner tneater in the United states, in proportion to the size of his house, in the results he Grot from the showing. Shortly thereafter he branched nt into a circuit and he now operates the Ridgefield theater, Ridgefleld, Wash., and the Peoples theater, Ta- colt. Wash. Among others, exhibitors in Port land last week were: Ross Nelson, manager of the Isis theater, Inde pendence, Or.; Henry Zollner, former manager of the Rex theater. Mount Angel; R. H. McDonald of the Rex theater, Eugene; A. J. Moran of the Rialto, Medford: Lew Cullins of the Casino, The Dalles; W. E. Boyland of the Lobby theater, Cathlamet, Wash.; . H. Park of the Molalla theater, Mo- lalla, and S. Danz of the Liberty, As toria. L. A. Drinkwine of the Palace, Ta- coma. was in Portland to attend the Shriners' convention and also to look over the film exchanges. Walter Johnson, formerly of the Palace, Silverton, has moved his home to Portland, but retains an interest in the theater and has been arrang ing future bookings. ine Universal exchange has re sumed publication of "Reel Stuff," a rour-page magazine of film news car rying Information about the latest releases that is gotten out for circu lation among the theater men. Dean Collins is editing it. Liberty. Grief over the mistaken belief that his son is a check forger causes the death of ' the prominent banker. James Warren, lu "Her Kingdom of Dreams," starring Anita Stewart and which will be shown this week at the Liberty in conjunction with Fatty Arbuckle'a- new picture, "The Hay seed." As his last wish the elderly Mr. Warren asks that his son Fred marry his stenographer-secretary, Judith Rutledge, played by Anita Stewart. The ceremony is performed and War ren passes away unknowing that the person who forged the check is the same one who will undermine the happines of Judith and Fred. Judith's marriage to Fred probably saves the latter the difficulty of proposal of his own volition, for he was deeply in love with Judith and he felt that his affection was re turned. However, the marriage was performed under such unusual cir- cunvetances that both Fred and the lovelorn Judith make efforts at first to conceal their mutual love. Reason to believe that Fred sin cerely loved her was in the process of fomentation in Judith's mind, when a series of affairs with questionable women seemed to occupy Fred's at tention. How Judith's loyalty and srood judgment served to incite Fred to let his wife know that he loves her forms the basis of this most pleasing picture. Fatty Arbuckle is said to score decided hit in his new comedy. "Hay seed." Mr. ArouCKie nas the role or a ru ral letter carrier who falls in love with the pretty daughter of a widow. He has a rival who robs the widow of J00 which she has placed In a let ter in payment of a mortgage and which she has IntruBted to Fatty. The comedian buys a mail order sui of clothes and a huge paste diamond engagement ring, which makes him an object of suspicion when the theft is discovered Fatty is arrested at a picnic after several humorous scenes, but the real thief. Fatty's rival in love, finally is exposed and all ends welL Th onm. I well worth seeinr I Columbia I I An unusual story of great dramatic I power is told in L' Apache." the new. Dorothy Dalton picture now showing at the Columbia theater. As the title implies, the scenes are laid in the Parisian underworld, where the deni zens of the bohemian quarters mingle with the notorious Apache band of hold-up men and thieves. Mis Dal ton plays two contrasting roles with admirable finesse, differentiating be tween the two with the skill of the trained actress. At the start, she is an Apache dan cing girl who has married a brutal leader of the band in order to save name of her brother. He ifl her partner in the dance which nightly entertains the people of the demi monde. Miss Dalton reveals herself as a dancer of exquisite ;race and ivaclousness. But she always con eys to the audience the intense hatred with which Natalie Bourget regards the man even as she smiles in his face in the dance. Finally the girl flies from her mas ter and by chance encounters an American girl who looks exactly like her. Helen, the American, has been leading a life of shame with Forbes, a profligate millionaire. Wishing to onceal it from her family, she sug gests that she and Natalia change positions. Natalie agrees. Mies Dal ton plays also the part of Helen and wears some wonderful gowns, which made the women open their eyes. Helen finds it impossible to go on with life and ends it all in the Seine. The same night Forbes is murdered by the Apache, Natalie's partner. Weeks later when tne girl is find ing happiness in a villa near Paris she is haled into court as Forbes' murderess. But by a startling twist she is able to clear herself and win ove and a bright future. Portraying both the dancer and the rich Ameri can, Miss Dalton has one of the rich est and most entertaining roles in her screen career. She is both the vivacious gamin of "The Flame of the Yukon" and the gorgeously attired heiress of "Extravagance." The man ner in which she enacts both parts NEW STAR ARRIVES IX CITY. V 1 t Miss Carol Bolloway. leading; lady, -who has Jnst arrives 1 Portland (or the filming- of "Mem ( Today and Tomor row," the new plctnre. pro duetion of .which has already been started by the American . Lifeograph company. with grace and. skill Is a tribute to her genius. "L'Apache" tells a well-developed story with all the elements of a suc cessful screen vehicle thrills, ad venture and love interest. This sup porting cast includes such prominent players as Robert Elliott, Macy Har lan, Austin Webber, George Furry, Frank Cluxun, Alice Gale and Louis Darclay. Joseph De Graese, who did such fine work as director of "The Market of Souls," the previous Dalton picture, again handled the megaphone to perfection in "L'Apache." Peoples. There is something fascinating about a really clever crook in action. especially when he performs his la bors on the screen and has no oppor- unlty to raid your strongbox. How doubly interesting the master crimi nal becomes when he abandons his inful ways and turns detective in or der to use his talents in tracing a mysterious murderer is demonstrated at the Peoples theater, where "Teeth of the Tiger," the picture relating the latest adventure of Arsene Lupin, the notorious ' French crook, opened a week's run last night. Readers of Maurice Le Blanc's thrilling Lupin stories will recall that the final escapade left the clever criminal aparently dead. However it developes fortunately for the world of fiction and the screen Arsene sur vived and is living as a respectable citizen in an American suburb when the action in "Teeth of the Tiger' begins. He becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of his millionaire acquaintance, Henry Forbes. Mystery surrounds the crime and several innocent persons are sus pected. But the master hand of Lu pin, trained in the Inner workings of the criminal mind, discovers the guilty one and brings him to justice after a series of hair-raising adven tures. A pretty love story is worked into the plot, which is thoroughly convincing throughout and kept last night's audience baffled as to the identity of the murderer until the last moment. The choice of David Powell to play the role of Arsene Lupin was a happy one. He is a good actor and he looks the part. Marguerite Courtot, long favorite with screen lovers and talented actress who seems destined now to come into her own. gives an excellent performance in the part of Florence Chandler, the heroine. Others n the capable cast are Myrtle Sted- man. Templar saxe, JOBepn Herbert, Charles L. MacDonald, Riley Hatch Charles Gerard and Frederick Bur ton. "Teeth of the Tiger" is a Una exam pie of how much more vividly the screen can portray a mystery adven ture story than can the printed page, when the picture is placed in the hands of capable players and thoroughly competent director. The late Colonel Roosevelt was a lover of Le Blanc's works. President Wilson says he enjoys nothing better than a good detective yarn. Thousands us agree with him in that respect, if in no other, and to dyed-in-the-wool admirers of good detective stories "Teeth of the Tiger" will make a dou ble appeal. Much of the picture' merit is due to the excellent directing of Chester Withey. Strand. Proof that a truly clever comedy is in no way dependent on its lines but can stand upon its situations only is "Lord and Lady Algy, the latest Tom Moore release, which is showing at Strand theater. "Lord and Lady Algy" is the deli cious story of a. matrimonial crisis brought about because the wife was better judge of horseflesh than her husband and because the hus band was too good a judge of whisky. t is humorous at every turn. It is more than that It snows tne real souls of a fine woman and of a man udged by the world to be worthless but who at heart is courageous and noble. A wonderful race is shown In Lord and Ladv Algy." The horse of which Lady Algy was so sure and the animal of which she is so scorn ful is shown in the screen version of this nlay and not Just merely de scribed, as of old when this play was on the spoken stage. The cast of Lord and Lady Algy" was carefully selected and is said to be fully as strong as any of the cast which j formed the background for William Faversham and Maxlne Elliott when they appeared in this play. They were in Portland in the same vehicle only last spring. Gladyes Brockwell comes to the Strand theater Tuesday in "Chasing Rainbows," a pathetic little girl whose pot of gold and happiness seem temporarily lost. It is filled with moments of humor and pathos. One of these is when Sadie,, a poor working girl, sets an example to her 'superior" sisters by taking a fallen girl into her home and starting her on the straight road. "Stie s just a kid, Billy. Men can't help a girl like Allie, and women won't, as a general thing. Nobody can really. I guess, but just another girl one that understands, Is one ol the captions of the picture. Another thrilling moment is when she defends herself against a drunk en beast, finally covering him with gun. Pathos is Injected by such scenes as the one in which Sadie is shown tenderly and fearlessly pro tecting a sick man from rough west ern bullies. His friends told of it in this way:. "It was the touch of her lips, the light of her eyes, the sound of her voice that he took wtih him into the desert on the 'long trail."' Finally, in one moment of surprise. Sadie receives the reward of her good ness and finds the pot of gold- at the end of her rainbow. Majestic. The science of flirtation, with its sharps and flats, its lifting of left eyebrows, its coy glances, its demure, shrinking and sidewise glances. Is all portrayed to the very limit of the theme at last on the screen. A film that frankly tears flirtation apart and reveals its anatomy will be shown this week in Portland. This production is entitled "The Vengeance of Durand" and will be the feature attraction at the Majestic theater today and tomorrow. Alice Joyce, star of the picture, is called upon through some of its most dramatic situations to employ flirta tion upon four different men. The young woman is cast as Marlon and later as Beatrice Durand, a bride who commits suicide, and a daughter who works revenge of her mother's death. through flirtation. Tragedy marches along spiritually beside the girl who contrives and applies flirtation. It is a tragedy of her own soul. Beatrice, using all the arts and arti fices of the vampire, is called on to wreck and destroy the souls of not only unloved courtiers, but that of the roan she worships. Miss Joyce through it all conveys a sub-conscious suggestion of her sorrow under every smile. In the end the girl wins her way against fate and is saved for a happy fulfillment of dreams. "The Vengeance of Durand" has some of the most gorgeous settings Icver seen in a picture. Its happen ings occur mid the socUtl whirl in great receptions, balls and dinners 1 within a splendid chateau. The char acters are drawn from among a class of beings who dwell at the very to'" of cultured, finished aristocracy Chivalry, romance and modern knight llness find play throughout against a contrast of equally dynamic eviL Big minds are seen at work in the fashioning of their own and the des tiny of others as the story winds its way. Followers of Cecil Teague, organist at the Majestic theater, -are becoming more oand more ardent in their' ad miration, as evidenced by the steadily growing attendance at the " Sunday afternoon half-hour concerts. Mr. Teague has arranged a programme of the following numbers for this after noon at 1:30 o'clock: "Blue Danube" (Strauss). "Minuet" (Beethoven), "La Gloconda" (Ponch ielli). "Traumerei" (Schumann). "Bunch of Scotch Heather" arranged by C. Tague. Star. Douglas Fairbanks, in "His Majesty, the American." has been brought back to Portland as the special fea ture for this week at the Star thea ter. This picture is undoubtedly "Doug's" biggest production. It has a number of plays within the play. . The locale j Includes New York. Mexico, a trans continental European trip and a quaint little European principality. It is a drama primarily, but the com edy just more than oozes out at every turn and crisis of the picture. The production is spectacular in a number of scenes, including those of Mexico, in which Villa's hundreds and hundreds of racing steeds are shown, and those of the little principality showing the armed opposing forces of the loyalists and the radicals. "His Majesty, the American," bears on a timely subject. It represents the dishonest trickery by which a few ill-natured, coveteoua men have elect. ed themselves leaders of the laboring people of the lower type. It shows how parts of this class have been deceived and how they are led into situations which hurt not only them selves but others. There is a fairy-like element in "His Majesty, the American," and there is a king and a beautiful princess. But the king is not at all according to fairybook kings, he has no regal robes and his rule Is abri trary and cruel. And he does have a wonderful kindly smile and while it can't be heard, everyone knows it must be there a contagious chuckle The princess, however, is quite ac cording to Hoyle. She is exceedingly beautiful and wears the most fairy like bewitching clothes. In private life she is known as Wanda Hawley, but in "His Majesty, the American," she is just the princess. Sunset. The man who says the right thing at the right time kisses a girl in a certain way knows when to make love and when not to. and always remembers the little considerate things a woman loves so well is "a perfect lover." Anyway Eugene O'Brien's interpre tation of "The Perfect Lover" gives that impression. Cast as a popular young artist whose studio is the head Quarters for a group of society women whose husbands are too busy making- money to give them the attention they desire, O'Brien makes a signal hit as a screen artist. No two women have the same con ception of a perfect lover," and of those women who have seen the screen portrayal of "The Perfect Lover" no two seem to be of the same opinion as to its merits as a criterion lover." However, It being a hard thing to decide at one screening, the management of - the Sunset theater has brought back the picture to Portland to let those who desire see it again and those who haven't seen it to get in on the argu ment as to who and what is "a per fect lover." The wealthy young matrons who haunted the artist's studio in the picture thought he was "the perfect lover," but others may have a dif ferent opinion. Circle. Bessie Barriscale, In a seven-reel photoplay never before shown in 'I Portland, "The Cast Off," has been obtained for the feature of the Circle (Concluded on Pave 5 ) Come-Today-Come Also Monday TUB 4th at Washington Bessie Barriscale IN i "The Cast-Off From a 14-year-old orphan to a glitternvg star is the tneme of this production. A pic ture filled with intense real ism and human interest. Also a rollicking Billy West comedy "BACK STAGE" and a Mutt and Jeff cartoon, Open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock the following morning. for "a perfect 99