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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, J LTLY 22,1916. ,
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S.? HERBERT BEERBCHM TREE AND HIS FRIENDS OF THE TRIANGLE FINE fRTS STUDIO.
LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP ROW DOROTHY GISH, SEENA OWEN, NORMA TALMADGE; SECOND ROW ROBERT HARRON,
HARRY E. AITKEN, PRESIDENT TRIANGLE FILM CORPORATION; SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE, OWEN MOORE,
WILFRED LUCAS: LOWER ROW -DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, BESSIE LOVE, CONSTANCE TALMADGE, CONSTANCE COLLIER,
LILLIAN GISH, FAY TIN CHER, UE WOLF HOPPER
By Sir Herbert Beorliolim Tree think I would have suspoited what' A NOTE FROM FILM DOM.
My real initiation into the cinema Wus going on, but not a bit of it I I
brotherhood of California took pince still hnd now i;rown accustomed , to Viilesk.-i Suratt, prominent actress
I should suy, ono pleasant afternoon -thinking of Hollywood uc one vast witJi the William Fox companies, is a
'some four veekn aflcr my arrival at niovinK picture staffe, I pulled up, '(Mutant lolatioii of Mrs. Mary fi.'sur
tlu Trianttle studios, in Hollywood. It jumped out of my car, and was ruah- rtt, who was executed in Vashiinrtp;:,
was quite interestinir. ing to Mias Collier's side, when lio jn 18H5, for complicity in the assassi-
I wus walking ulong one of tho prin- tailed out: "Avctmt, Sir Herbert, or , nation of President Lincoln. The mem
, cipal stroetn, KlaneiiiK into the shop you'll .erah my scene!" I )ftrs 0f the family have always had
windows, and enjoying a particularly I aviunted, and after that they ' great doubts as to the guilt of Mrs.
balmy t atmosphere, when 1 wus sud- couldn't surprise me. I Mary Surrult, and have protested
lenly seized from behind in a power- .Another most democratic institution i firmly that she w:-s innocent.
Jul grip, and a gag was thrust into 0f (he film fraternity I discoveied in My grandfather, thougli, says
my moutm- Of course I struggled vio- n much shorter time after my arrival I Miss Surratt, "thought it advicrble to
lontly, but it was quite no use. Two among the Triangle players. In fact, change the spelling of the family
uuny iuiiowh jiau me, ono oy me arms
and the othor about the body, and ull
my efforts for freedom were in vuin
My emotions mnv ho imagined. All
apout me 1 saw persons going. fibout about 8 a. iff, I was feeling quite hun-
! their business, quite unconcerned as I Bry. Suppwed my fellow plavers
writhed in the grip of my captors. nulst be in like plight, and lamenting
boveral individuals glanced ut mo and wjth me our evident absence from any
cmiled, nodded to one another and : 113e (!f supplies.
fvidently enjoyed tho proceedings All of a sudden r found myself sur-
hugely. It seemed to me as though I ,0iindcd by red bandanna handker-
must be having some astonishing chiefs. They were knotted together at
nightmare, from which I should the turner, like t.l bundlo trnmner Valeska Surratt coninleted her work
presently nwaken and find mys.-lf safo carries on a stick. Where they came in the new William Fox film in two
in bed at my hotel. from I had no idea. I had not noticed weeks. Her director, Rolland West,
But nothing of the sort. I was them previously; they seemed to says this is the quickest time he has
dragged across the sidewalk, still ut- spring from nowhere'. I was almost. : ever heard of for a star,
tering incoherent cries and trying to tho only person who did not possess I
free myself, and thrust into an auto- one. When they were opened, there I Paalirr Frederick woul.l like to
mobile which had been standing at the were sandwiches of nil kinds, tarts, ! meet the o: iginator of that excellent
'curb. My assailants piled in after me, j cakes, fruit. excellent food, and how i phra.;c "Pa ldlo your own canoe" face
"the chauffeur threw on all speed, and .we did relish it, with the glorious np- jto face. She took his advice while in
Max Figman and his wife, Lolita
Robinson, are to appear in weedy
Metro comedy rehaso.i. ' "Love Me,
Love My Dofj," is the first.
Big Companies Jiorjc
The Famous l'layers Film company
and. the Lnsky Feature Play company
have been merged into the Famous
I'laycrs-Lasky Coiporation, according
tj advices f:om New V'ork, with a cap
ital stock of 12,500,000.
Co-incident with this news comes
the information that Maiy Piekford,
reported to be on the verge of leaving
i j t. i I J-... nnmi. linn ivhs T.nnrpinrp rnis;'ii in I "iiivu.i iujvioi ,vfijuii.ii.v- u.
it. cuuui utiL nave uccn nmie ukui a uuy ;, - . , " ; , , .
or two. Wo had been workinff all .lav. i PtH it With one 'r'. I have often bean ithii month for the new concern.
. , thP l.-r nnvt.lon nf Tha nilit. ! tempted to spell it with the two rs' As both concerns haua 2o-yir re-
whan nnv t vi,'kt trSiwlti titl1itrl h,.u ingnin, us a sort of silent prorf of my t leasing contract with Paramount, a
fact that wocked the merger with Tn-
l eliff in tli innncpnee of Ann!; Mnrv fact that Tjlocked the merger With In
angle, 11 is not. tnougnc tnat tne new
Chloria Aikin. the Carrie Nation of I company will release tnrougn any otn-
niotion pictures, is a great lover of j er organization.
flowers. However, through rji unfor-
iThi.s will bring many additional thous
! ant 3 to the annual frontier show.
! 1 lie show itself will bo superior to
j.'iny-.hing heretofore sta.-red: More and
j bet...er bucking horses than ever wi'l
be up for the riders, the relay races
will have not less than tsm strings cf
four horses each and there will be
moie competitors from all over 'he
we:;t in thj steer roping and IvC.mg-
.More than a thousand mmlications
for ticket reservations have been re
ceived r.vhich is the biggest numbo
ever received at this season for any
one of the former KoumvUps. Many
notod oeoplc of national f. me .'orta;:i7
plate being present, of which Secre
tary of Treasury McAdoo has already
assured the Round-Up that he wi!! be
present.
Four Sons as Pali Bearers..
At the funeral of Mrs. Teetje Oh
ling, an honored pioneer of Albany,
frtllf enno r,r.4-nA 11 1
.wui uvuo hlibu ua pun uearers.
School Children as Gardners.
Clackamas county leads the state
by 80 per cent, in the number of
school children engaged in gardening,
according to the statement of School
Superintendent Calavan of that
county.
C-rrics Case to Surreme Court,
j Mayor Best of Pendleton has ap
pealed to the supreme court for a
change of venue from the justice
i court in a charge -against him of hav
l ing used improper language in a pub
! lie place.
turrata error she plnntcr parsnip in
iteud of nasturtium seed.
away we iwent. la a few moments the
pressure was somewhat modified, I
petites we had! That night I had to j the Adirondack last week and reports
throw myself on the mercy of my , that the wafer up there is about two
got the gag out of my mouth, and .companions, but after t fell I possessed hundred degrees older than ice par-
shouted for hell). A policeman ran mv own red bandanna, which my : ticulni ly whsn you take an tnvohmtary
out into the road and commanded the (laughter. Iris, would fill and knot urnbath. All Miss Frederick wishes to
chauffeur to halt. As we cr.mo to a
atop, my companions released me, and
the chauffeur turned around, with a
grin o nhia face.
Just thon "another motor pulled up
beside us, and a chap jumped out of it
a perfect stranger to mo and
thrust a slip of paper into my hand.
"Thanks Sir Herbert." he saul. "llial s
sk Mr. Origin-.tor is whether or not
he his ever followed his own advice.
for me whenever it looked as though
we were off for a long cnlcal.
Then, the willingness to work, th;
absolute setting aside of personal com
fort or ease, for the good of the work
to bo done there again was democ
racy, in its highest essence. Due day. spies.
I remember, I slipped awitv from the' while it is true there in no trick
studio, for just an hour, to keep a j photoplay about Charlie Murray's
or
Polly
The Keystone company has put an
extra watch on the outer portals of
its I os Angeles studios to keep away
to'ng to ho 3 great 'bit.' If the check J luncheon ongngemont. I suppose it i whiskers, or Mark Swain's clever eye
isn't enough, just say so." The check was because I was in sucIt a hurry to brows, or Chester Conklin's salary 01
i., for two hundred pounds. Cam- Ret buck, and not keep the company . Uujse F'azeiida's features or P0II3
aiu fell iW M0r;mS -VWT,-thfc Kcstonel which he Sold personally. addiiTg scv
Zdlaard I so tf0"?1"' " ,t'?Mtllthut lt -eral hundred additional simoleons t,
mudgnn i . I got trade secrets in the ay of photogra- Uh p flnri. chanlin. before leavinir fo,
eras had been clicking away when I waiting, that I slipped as I was step
was bundled into the automoliile, and l""g i' '' mmui,
o....t ,. K.. 1 ,.11,..! tho nnlicoman. I my head against the
had been Hiding in the making of a a nasty gash under my eye, which hied phic effect
Hazel Dawni's favorite ffc-wn is
well, to be frank, it isn't a gown at all.
It's a pair of overalls which she don
ned to paint her porch at Amityville,
while recuperating, as it were, from
the effects of rehearsals of tha Fam
ous Players' production. "Tho Feud
Girl," for Paramount Pictures.
Though Pauline Frederick has been
a member of the Famous Players stel
lar forces over a year and has learned
about all there is to know concerning
the art of screen acting, she has not
learned everything thoie is to know
about motion picture "properties."
This she very clearly demonstrated by
sitting on a papier macho replica of
a fence railing in the studio. When
Director Joseph Kaufman picked her
up off the floor she declared that tho
only serious injury sustained was the
ruffling of her dignity.
Charles Chaplin, Mutual com?:iinn,
aided materially in the raising of $5,
000 for the widows and orphans of
France at a garden party held in Los I
Angeles. Chaplin appeared at the fete I
with several hundred nutographs,
Oregon Delegates Put in Bid.
That Portland should get tho meet
ing of the National Education a3.
sociation in 1918 is Ube opinion of O.
M. Plummar, who hao returned to
Portland from New York where he
went as a delegate to the convention
and city superintendent Alderman,
who is now on his way home. Port
land was second in the choice for 1917.
! Boys Take Long Walk.
1 Thirty-two young boy3 walked 36
miles in a day and a half on their re
j turn from a two-weeks outing near
I Lebanon. They were in charge of
I John H. Rudd, state secretary of
I boys' work of the Y. M. C. A.
Sawmill for Itoseburg.
Kendall Bros, of Pittsburg, have
agreed to build a saw mill and lease
the railroad which the people of
Rosoburg are building to connect
their city with a big timber belt.
Took Poison but Was Saved.
Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, aged 30, who
was recently left a widow and with
a child to support took laudanum on
account of despondency. She sent
-Tlfcr hnv ift fi nnicjhhfir frt toll wUf
had happened and medical assistance
arnvuu in nme to save ner me.
home is in Milton which was
place of her birth.
Her
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. . i ' ' "Z'",Z?.i ..." r.w f iv Mevorth.-I ss I hastened i " ""J T ,,V; Vfc VV.V "omi'. powted with tne tinance com-
picture ior uns iiiuii wn..... ....... ..- . IT ... " .-r..vw, ...-., - , m,ttee n fuitatantinl check and said
er seen beforce. I told him the to tne stumo, siauncnrng t ie ui.kh, as day passes that somebody is not ; t, t ;f ncwled all they had
amount was niguiy !iiumiu.i, - ----- ivuuriuuuii; ,iiuuiiu m
though the manner in which 1 had I did not ask to be relieved from the way in which the Keystone da.B
been called upon to earn it was some- work. I had seen too much of the will- .things. If the thing keeps up a draw
whnt disconcerting. : ingness with which other players who ; bridge will be installed, with counter
But when I told people about it had suffered injuries had let them-1 signs and passwords,
later on, thev just laughed, and said selves be patched up, and pone right I ...
it was one of" the customs of the coun- ahead with their work. A doctor at- T(UIr thousand eight hundred re
try. Here is a true democracy, I leimeo 10 my wuumi, il nrauj quests for autographed photographs
thought, if ever there was one the covered with plaster and make-up, and worp m.eivcd -by Charles MeCish, the
principles of social equality couldn't I worked all afternoon and most ot
be carried much further, I am sure. the evening with my face throbbing
Up to the time of which I speak, I and smarting. No one thought I was
had piyit so much time at the Tri- doinir anything out of the ordinary
angle studios, and "on location" that I'nrt I wasn't.
I hadn't seen much of the town of Hoi-: 1 hnd manv other experiences thir
lywood, and the remarkable events ing the filming of "Macbeth" which
which are continually transpiring in impressed me deeply with the wond
its Htrects without attracting more erful spirit of camaraderie which nre
than the most casual attention of tho vnils among the players. The whole
passers-by. Otherwise I might have Triangle colony consisting of about
been prepared for my own ordeal, and , five thousand persons, rich and poor,
I might not have come near spoiling a : great and small, connected with the
Rcene for Miss Collier, a day or two Griffith, luce, and Sennet t studios, is
)ntpr- i lust erent group of good fellows.
I was motoring this time, nnd hap- That I have been privileged to learn
nened to be just passing a bank, when ' there really is a place where such
Miss Collier came bursting out of the a spirit prevails is one of the reasons
door, in tenrs. and pursued by a chap why I am glad to have been associated
who was shouting at her and evidently with the only film contribution to the
annoying her greatly. You might Shakespeare tercentenary.
to do was to let him know.
Kound-l'p Prospects Good
Pendleton, Ore., July 20. With con
ditions practically insuring an attend
ance in excess of the great crowds of j
1912 and 1913 when 75,000 people wit- '
1 u i, : i . : . : i. n..M..i r i :
wonderful motion pictute artist, in an . , . . . c. .u
hour and a half, ami she has pur- i ;"n " ,Zt ",, w-m
chased a two-revolution press. I nual Rounl-Up for Septen uier .1, 22,
. land 2A. and made preparation for in-
Tl omas Moighan, who is seen in "eased seating capacity in the bleach
support of Victor Moore in "The1"8 nn(1 ",?ntes exhibition ever
Clown.- alwnvs has something serious ; tood. The railroads have increased
happen to him in every production in!'he terr."?ry included in tho Round
whi.h he appears. In "Out of Hark-1 Upspeml rates so that this year they
noss' he was overcome bv the smoke ! will extend as far east as Salt Lake
and bndlv burned, and he still bears on thc l"1lon pncific; Missoula, Mont.,
the scars of the bums he received in ion thp Northern Pacific and south to
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." In lhnn r rnncisco and north to British
"The Sowers" he was severely cut : Columbia.
about the face with a Russian knout. ! Thc fact tnBt tne Round-Up is the
and in the present production of "The ; '"ffgest and practically thc only nt
Clown," while making scenes on the 1 traction of national interest on the
t'ncitic least this fall has caused the
desert, he was forced to lay for sev
eral hours in thc hot sand, was over
come hy the heat and had to be carried
back to the hotel. -
eastern and transcontinental lines to
advertise it cxtensiely and use it as
a basis for western tourist business.
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