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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVEB A Movie Page For Busty R SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916. j fA-. n , ,' I l . - Dressing for a vampire part is not so simple a matter as soms people may suppose it to be. In view of some exhibitions which have been seen on the screen, it must be evident that there are actresses who regard it more as a matter of undressing than of dressing. The course does indeed simplify matters, as it requires no particular care to get rid of a. certain amount of cloth ing. But from the bigmniner of my ex perience in the playing of these roles, 795 Model 85-4 f.o.b. Toledo EST P-w In! ,m0iM fees i THE PEACOCK PRESS Think of It It has the famous Overland 35 horsepower motor Now at the height of its development More than a quarter of a million in use Driving more automobiles than any other motor of its power ever designed. And never before has anyone anywhere ever built so big, fine and comfortable a car to sell for anywhere near so low a price. REESE iaM m a m I have entertained altogether differ- cnt views. I hold that the woman who displays herself brazenly to men ! may momentarily attract attention,' rVi tnnwi U rrama rln.a vovnnl she suggests. She wears as much rlnt.hinir s anv nther wnman nn thi stage, but she wears it differently. Ami so 1 have dressed ior every part I have played, I think I may truly say, without having once ap-1 peared in an immodest gown. In the various Triangle-Ince productions in which I have appeared, I have played dance hall girls, women of the "gay white way" and sirens of the half world, who cling to a semi-respecta- bilitv with one hand while they reach for their prey with the other. In ality repellent to women patrons of no characterization have I found it at Triangle pictures, all necessary to resort to an extreme If there is one form of amusement display of shoulders or to indecorous- above all others which is dependent ly clinging attire, in order to convey ' on the good will of women it is the to the audience the fact that I am moving picture. Women do not want attracting men through physical lure. to see pictures on the screen which Take for 1 instance, the "devil ; they would not want displayed in gown", one of the dozen I designed their own homes. They do not want for "The Wolf Woman." It covers ; their children learning in film the me all up, from ankles to wrists, and atres things that are not allowed to leaves just my face peering out from ' reach them in books or through other its enveloping hood. Why may such avenues. And so I want every char a gown be truthfully .represented as acterization I make to be one to which alluring to men? Because it is so no woman who sees it can object, different from what any other woman ; In this I believe I am succeeding, wears, so odd and fascinating in its and it is a source of much pleasure very concealment. to me to think that this is so. J 112 & GALLOWAY, Agents for Union County The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio "Muds in U. S. A." fur (BMP' "The Serpent." a single scarf of shaded crepe de chine caught up on the head and wound the whole way lIown tne f'Surc- reveals only an arm .at a local theater Sunday night. One and a modest display of shoulder. Yet scene represented the hero and hero I I hold that it stamps the wearer as a ine being chased by a hugh lion. A siren who knows her business. And ..... i j , s with the peacock dress. Men nave not progressed so iar in codes ot civi- ligation that there is not still a strong Strain if tno l.nvKovin in m.ct nf (Um 1 and it vesoonds to the bizarre in women's attire. A woman who wears headdress, train and fan of peacock feathers will catch any man's atten- ;,. pu0 u : 1. i. . am, that n accomplished siren should require. I have been told that a dress called the "spider gown" made people gasp. 111 fne if io enf nuito nirrt. in tna neck. But because it is slashed , ncrass the front Hinimnallv. the black velvet being contrasted with wnitc silk overlaid with a net spider , web and a spider, it has caused some startled comment. I hold that this is simply because it is unusual, and not because it is indecorous, j I have one very strong reason for dressing these "vampire" roles as 1 ! do without impropriety and that is that I do not wish to render either the parts I play or my own individu- Inch Wheelbase! The wheelbase is 1 1 2 inches. It has cantilever springs and four inch tires. And the price is $795. See us at once they are selling faster than we can get them. Model 85-6, six cylinder 35-40 horsepower, 116-inch wheelbase $925. l i NOTES FROM FILMLAND. Continued rumors concerning out sire parties starting a new thenter, the following is a good answer: What's the Answer? Prosperous town Two picture theaters . Another experienced showman With some backing and some capi tal Looking for location Arrives. Surrounding country well settled Money in circulation No amusement save pictures Existing theaters not entirely mod ern Looks like a snap Will erect new theater In good location . And take all the business. Investigates film service Surprised to find best pictures Utilized already Shows well attended People pleased. Would-be competitor takes first train That's all. Frank Alaxandcr from Imbler, who l is witn the Keystone Comedy Co., was much in evidence in "The Snow Cure". This film was shipped to ! Imbler for a special showing. ! Driving all night to get a pfogram j seems quite a handicap these modern ; times but there arc still "boobs" in me DooKing department ot some ! flm exchanges. . , I A VOCii "l mucin tr mniilnnt h . nimnil ,7" "'" aumer.ee screame-i out, . Why don't you run faster, you fool." J ' ' ; A Little Verse About a Little Star. Anna Little's gaining weight; ' It filaRCS the P. A. KOffl. FM' if the kittle star grows big, She won't be Little any more. www Fannie Ward is one of the wealth iest women of the stage, and main tains homes in London and Holly wood. Theda Bara "Vamps" Again Theda Bara's new photoplay for '. FOX filmS iS near Completion. MiSS ' B.ara ha? a "vampire" role her first i slnce "e tremendously SUCCCSSIU1 the "The Eternal Sapho.' A. H. Van Buren, who had the male lead in "Hep Doublo Life", has an important part in the photoplay. In cluded in the cast are Herbert Heyes and Mary Martin. Griffith says "Intolerance" is his last picture, and that he will take up the stage next as a means of find ing expression unhampered. Last Word in Grace It beats all how gracefully these movie actors can do things. Here's omy now who bustered up to a happy Chicago family, extracted all the love and still left hubby so good natured that he paid his wife's expense to Califilmia to see her hero. D. W. Griffith directed part of his masterpiece, "Intolerance from a balloon. i www The following line was in a Than houser expense account the other day: "One ton of hay to fall on $8." The auditing department investi- $ 795 Model 85-4 f . o. b. Toledo mmiwwm "Maid In mWr ! ! ii 1 f - i , "; i feWfe - rm s4 n y $ TSURI AOKI, LASKY STAR, IN PARAMOUNT PICTURE8. It is seldom that artists of one nationality extend their friendships to tho shores of alien countries. The great operatic and dramatic stars o.f Europe, it is true, are well known in America, but the I.nsky studios boast of n little Japa nese Miss who has won the hearts of thousands who have seen her in Para mount Pictures. She is Miss T-surl Aokl, who is as popular as her unique hus band, Sessuo Hayakawa. , They are appearing together in a photoplay en titled "Tho Honorable Friend," which touches upon a phase of Japanese Ufa in America and which will be shown at Paramount Theatres. i gated, then 0. K'd the expenditure. The hoy was purchased to put be side a cliff 30 feet high. Tula Belle, one of Thanhouser's child actresses, leaped from the top while Miss Marie Shotwcll, the star of the picture, and Ernest Warde, the director, held their breath and wondered if $8 worth would be enough. It was. Too Affectionate Scenery "Cut to five feet," the censors bleat, "That orgy. in Reel Four,, "Where the fresh breeze caressed the trees, "And wavelets kissed the shore!" mm There was a man in our town, And he was most unwise, He tried to run a picture show, And diun t advertise. Helen Holmes Adopts Baby Helen Holmes has formally adopted a baby. The little tot had been employed to work in a few scenes in the earlier episodes of "The Ivass of the Lum berlands." Miss Holmes saw it and fell in love with it. She inquired after the condition of its.parents and learned that they were needy. As she grew better acquainted with the child her interest deepened and at length she asked if they would consider part ing with it. They said yes and when the company left Areata Miss Holmes had with her the little child. The child is a girl of eight months and hereafter will be known by the name of Dorothy McGowan. Theda Barn has completed her seventeenth picture under the William I'ox banner. The direction -was in charge of J. Gordon Edwards, and the photoplay marks Miss Bara's return r to the "vampire" role in which she is i pre-eminent. "Strikes me that the manufactur ers of this country are not taking i advantage of their opportunities,"! savs William rox s cynical Villain, I btuart Holmes. "Here thousands of girls all over j the United States who have joined j military camps and yet, they toll me ! that them's not a single brand of khaki-tinted face powder on the mar- j e ' , , Jack Warren Kerrigan will go into ! vaudeville upon the expiration of his 1 present contract with Uie Universal. I .., , . rnon .... It's only in certain secUons that vio- j lent and gaudy sex stuff will continue i t, good business. If all the films that ; were made and exhibited were nine y- nine and forty-four one i hundredths per cent pure ft would build up a j st'ong, honitny constitution for the entire industry. Metro and Vitnernnh hnrl n recent imti. mm i t.. ciapn in uue, j no vncei 01 .iii.-i-i It 1 fl..A .1.. 1 41... proiinine; conce irern and r-hnnred its I play to "Tho Wheel of! Emily Stevens th,, Law. Japan." Seena Owen, the Spokane girl who has not been seen recently in Tri angle pictures, is a member of tho "Intolerance" cast. In a recent interview Pauline Fred erick, posing for an illustrator and, a sculptress at the same time, declared that she had no technique didn't even know what it was. , i Would You Do It? ' i Few persons realize that the dang ers which moving picture actors of ten go through are real dangers, and, not mere faked deeds made for the camera, where the actor in question , 13 not a far-famed "damedevil '. In the case of Gladys Cobum, the -new William Fox star, this is especial ly true. Miss Coburn had to fall from a , swiftly moving yacht for one scerie in a new William Fox photoplay. She did. But the worst part of it is that Miss Coburn is no Neptune's daugh ter. In fact, she cannot swim. Yet. she did not hesitate about the plunge, but it is betraying no confidence to say that sha was genuinely glad when Fritz Lciber "saved" her. www The Wise Exhibitor ! "What's a working title, Pa?" "They're all working titles, my boy;. They've worked me a good many times." Gevaldine Farrar, the noted Ameri can grand opera singan, has returned to New York from Los Angeles, where she has been working at tho Lasky studios. Once more comes the news that Theda Bara was born on the Sahara I More than ninety per cent of th? i photoplayers in the thirteen William Fox companies in the eastern and western studios began their theatri I cal career with more or less auspici I ous parts in the spoken drama. . .-.., , .-. . In I,,ch Another Rumor Is Killed There seems to have been thrown into the channels of news, or at least jnlo the broader paths of rumor, that Marguerite Clark, the celebrated littla star with Famous Players, has been captured by another company and that her name has been written on the dotted line of a long time contract with tho new concern. This report is however, incorrect. Famous Flavors , r.mi i, i,(u tt.i lu.,,. Miss clark is stm a membw of thcir fnmiIy an(, wi, rpmnin on pnramount Bcreeng indefinitely, . CHICHESTER S PILLS T.fldltnl Ank yur I'rntaM for nt-rftM-irr'H iMamoml It rand I'llln m Ki d and i.ttd m--ilitc o fc'Ni'T "rx . y-. S9i Vv. t'"M. cealtlt With llhm Ihlvm 1 Tnle n olhor. liny of rnnr " I fc, rf amm h Jmi 11AMI1M ltlMM IM l-M, for CKLlQGiSISEKyi'.HRiv
