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MAE MURRAY, FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY STAR, IN PARAMOUNT
PICTURES.
Daring the Allied Bazaar in New York City five million dollars was raised
for the Allies. James Montgomery Flagg. the well known American Illustrator,
was Instrumental In bringing many hundreds of dollars into tho treasury
through tho sale of the sketches ho made from life of different people, both for
themselves and for sale.
Tho accompanying illustration, drawn by Mr. Flngg, of Mae Murray, the
Famous Players-Lasky star in Paramount Pictures, Is ono that created a great
deal of favorable comment
Miss Murray gave her personal services to the committee and sold auto
graph photographs of herself, the first having brought fifty dollars.
The day has arrived when the screen
sets the fashions tor a vast number
of the women in this film-entertained
and enlightened land.
The amount of money spent by the
moving picture studios on the gowns
worn in their productions is more
than anyone would believe except, of
course, the film magnates who foot
the bills, and wonder an occasional
wonder whether directors really have
to always provide dresses of the rar
est material and most fabulous price.
The director would probably say
that he must, if his star is going to
fill the eye of the discriminating wom
an patron of the pictures as it must
be filled. These fair fans of the film
know what's what in the world of
fashion, and they must be sent out of
the theater admiring the gowns of the
star they have seen, realizing that
they have been shown the newest
mode, and eager to see what new cre
ation the actress will reveal to them
in her next picture.
To make its picture plays sartorial
ly staisfying to women patrons, the
Triangle Company is spending, it is
announced, $10,000 a week at its vari
ous studios. Some of the most strik
ing and up-to-date dresses worn by
Triangle stars in current releases are
shown in the picture herewith. Brief
descriptions of the several gowns fol
low: Fay Tincher The costume is of
black and white taffeta throughout.
Its oddest feature is the long collar,
which is trimmed with two rows of
black ribbon.
Bessie Love In a black and white
silk jersey sport suit. Collars and
cuffs are white. The sport hat is of
pink silk ribbon faced with white
straw.
Bessie Barriscale Sport suit of
cream serge with a black satin collar
and broad bands of blnck satin on the
coat, the points of which carry long
black tassels. The hat is also of
cream serge and black satin.
Dorothy Gish An effective all
white tennis suit. The eyes are shad
ed by a broad-brimmed sport hat of
black.
Mary Thurman Afternoon frock of
yellow chiffon and black satin sleeves
and yellow daisies with black centres
at the girdle. The daisies trim the yel
low lace hat, and black satin ribbon
finishes it.
Enid Markey Pink silk reception
gown. Tho full overskirt of black
chiffon is trimmed with handmade
flowers of pink. The same flowers
trim the bodice, and there are jet
bands over 'the shoulders.
Mary Alden Evening gown of toso
chiffon over rose silk. The hoop skirt
has a short over-skirt edgH with gold
braid and embroidered witli gold flow
ers. The chiffon at the shoulders is
caught with gold and silver flowers.
Margaret Thompson Simple but
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VALENTINE GRANT AND SIDNEY OLCOTT, STAR AND DIRECTOR FOR FAMOUS PLAYERS IN PARA
MOUNT PICTURES.
People hesitate In the waltz and the 20th Century Limited seemingly docs at a few places on Its way to Chi .
cum, but It's even more rare for a director to stop in the midst of the making of a picture, and then for
the purpose of sprlnBlntr some Irish witticism on n star. But that's whnt happened when Sidney Olcott, director,.
did while making "The Iunocent Uo," In which .Valentino Grant Is stnrred. That's why the picture was taken.
Speaking of fun and rests and hesitations In photoplay work. It Is apropos to remark that holding down a posi
tion in motion pictures is not n cinch One little star said that "If yon are looking for work, select something else
like translating the Bible Into Chinese ionpliiL' the moon In nn aeroplane, composing n brand new opera, stopping the
war In Europe or making the dove of peace set lie down for life lu Mexico; but don't class the Job of a screen star
with any of these as a 'cinch.' "
very effective black and white taffeta
irock set off by white fox and white
Milan hat with white taffota ribbon.
FILM NOTES
William Fox, president of the Fox
Film Corporation, has notified Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson and Secretary
of War Baker, that he and his corpo
ration have granted full pav to everv
employee who has or will voluntarily
enlist in the military or naval ser
vice of the United States during the
Mexican crisis.
Mr. Fox has notifed his employees
throughout the United States that
their salaries will be paid to. their
families each week, from the dav
they are mustered into service until
they are honorably discharged. Their
positions in the corporation will be
held open for them until they return,
no matter how long they may be re
quired in the service of their country.
Mme. Petrova in Three Characters
Mme. Petrova. star of the PoduIui
Plays and Players appearing on the !
metro program, will be seen In sev
eral distinct characters in a forth
coming production as yet unnamed.
In a brief allegory Mme. Petrova is
seen as Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Later she appears in a gypsy camp,
where several thrilling scenes are en
acted. Afterwards she is seen in the
role of a Quakeress. The scenes were
photographed in a small settlement in
Pennsylvania.
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May Allison, co-star with Harold
Lockwood in Yorke productions
which are released through Metro,
recently received a highly-polished
elephant's tooth mounted on gold
from an unknown admirer in Bom
bay, India.
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"Theie are drawbacks to every
Arcady," declares Arthur Donaldson,
the famous stage light who plays the
deep-dyed villain in "A Woman's
Honor," the dramatic William Fox
feature. "While we were in Cuba tak
ing the exteriors for this picture, I
bought, for a small sum of six and
eight cents, the same cigars that I pay
a quarter straight for in the United
States. I got the habit. And when I
left and wanted to buy out the stocK
of one of the factories at that price,
to take home with me, they wouldn't
let mo out of the country with more
than a measly hundred. Not even a
hundred and one!"
June Caprice, the little New Eng
land girl who Willinm Fox himself
discovered on her native heath Bos
ton will make her debut in July be
fore film fans. Miss Caprice is only
seventeen years old and was born in
Arlington, Mass.
The bright Arlington miss will have
her premier next month in a story of
tho out-of-doors, when she plays the
title role in "Caprice of the Moun
tains." William Fox has brought this new
est of stars into film'.and as a result
of his own keen observation. He
decided that he would enroll the girl
for his productions, regardless of the
fact that she had no previous experi
ence. Deliberately, Mr. Fox present
ed his plans for the development of
the seventeen-year-old into an actress.
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Devore Palmer, who plays Minotti
in "A Woman's Honor," William Fox's
feature picture, says that although
Cuba has many charms there are
quite a few things we would never get
used to if he lived there a hundred
years. One is to meet a buxom lady
of color, coming down the street with
a huge perfecto projecting from the
corner of her rosebud mouth. Mr.
Palmer is not averse to milady's ciga
rette, but he thinks a perfecto or a
corona corona is going it a bit strong
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne are starred in "Romeo and
Juliet," which is Metro's contribu
tion to the Shakespearian ter-cen-tenary
and by far the most elaborata
production oi this type ever filmed-
Mill Depends on Hughes.
If Chas. E. Hughes is elected Lane
county will have another shingle mill,
according to an announcement made
by A. S. Buck, president of the Buck
Box factory in Eugene. The mill site
is located three miles above Cushman.
Girls Are Being Enrolled.
An office at 847 Washington street,
Portland, has been opened for the en
rollment of girls who wish to join the
National Service school that will be
held at Vancouver barracks for 10
days beginning August 24.
Sorrows of a Comedian
By
JOHN BARRYM0RE
SO much has been writ
ten by really clever
pen-wlclders concern
ing the breaking heart of
the clc : n as ho cavorted be
for tiie laughter-shaken nu
dtence a la "Pagliaccl"
that it were best to explain
that this is not going to be
a tearful lamentation, but a
groucb. It is a protest
against the iniquities of this
world which give a pervert
ed sense of humor to the
public whereby it professes
to see something funny In
the physical anguish of a
fellow-mortiil.
Why should you and your friends sit comfortably in n mo
tion picture theatre and laujrh with glee when a photoplayer is
seen to fall overboard into icy water? Why is the human mind
so constituted that it gloats over tho sight of a man being mal
treated and generally bruised, the degree of mirth bolus In pro
portion to the amount of anguish experienced by the victim?
Probably we shall never V.now, so we can but record the fact
and marvel at the ericnia. I shall never forget a fight In "The
Dictator," a Famous Players production for Paramount Pictures,
in which I played. My valet and I were to nttack a taxtev')
chauffeur, and, In the midst of a flgui, wo were to fall on! tho
dock Into the East River. When we came to that part of the
struggle and actually took the plunge our Satanic director danced
up and down on the dock with glee.
"They'll die laughing nt that," he shouted, as we floundered
around In the water. "That was great stuff. I thought you had
knocked him out, .Tnck." From which It seems only logical to
Infer that if we had both been killed outright onr epitaph would
have been a deafening shout of laughter, raising the roof of ev
ery picture theatre in the country a pretty thought, is it NOT?
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