LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEB
A Movie Page For Busty R
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
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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,
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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.
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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
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& GALLOWAY, Agents for Union County
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio
"Muds in U. S. A."
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"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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I A VOCii "l mucin tr mniilnnt h . nimnil
,7" "'" aumer.ee screame-i out,
. Why don't you run faster, you fool."
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; 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.
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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.
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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-
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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!"
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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
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Jack Warren Kerrigan will go into !
vaudeville upon the expiration of his 1
present contract with Uie Universal.
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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
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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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,
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