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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1917)
THE 3IORXTXG OHEGOXIASV THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1917. o : - . a-u-in.i ni-ii'iKiirnmMmnipnniidnniiHiiiiiimiiHiHiiiiiiiiniinnmi II This attraction will give you as much Beyond dispute here is the most delightful, the most human, the most appealing character ever created by the sublime art of America's sweetheart and yours T Toy as any entertainment you ever knew, regardless of what it may have cost you. No advance in our prices. ' ll ' ) F ' ' - I r . jf ;w - i L JT ' ! -'PSc--& - r-1 TI TO. T 1 r :1 ! TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Star Fannie Ward, "Winning of Sally Temple"; "Fatty Is Fea ture Flllurn." Peoples Mary Pickford, "A Poor Little Rich Girl." Majestlo Joan Sawyer "Love's Law." Columbia Frances Nelson, "One of Many"; Max Linden, "Max Wants a Divorce." Sunset William S. Hart, "The Return of Draw Egan"; "Black Eyes and Blue." Globe Warda Howard. "That Bort." M Peoples. ' ART PICKFORD, most popular of all motion picture stars, returns to the Peoples Theater screen to day in a picturlzation of the well known Eleanor Gates story and play, "A Poor Little Rich GirL" Early-exhl-bltlon critics declare that this Is the best of all Pickford productions, which means much when compared with such successes as "Tess of the Storm. Coun try" and "Hulda From Holland." In this latest Artraft production and ber very newest picture. Miss Pickford plays her first American girl role since "The Eternal Grind," more than a year ago. Incidentally It is her first Peo ples Theater appearance since "Hulda From Holland." As Gwendolyn, the "poor little rich girl." who had all that money could buy. but scarcely knew her parents. Miss Pickford is afforded a role of ex ceptional Pickford qualities. The story tells of how Gwendolyn -who is left entirely In the care of nurses and serv ants as a result of the social and busi ness "duties'" of her parents, finally brings about a big change in the lives of the members of her little family. The play takes its name from the wealth of material comforts with which the girl is surrounded, and her poverty in the happiness and affection she craves. It is said to have a wide ap peal to young and old alike. behind her and roes Into the wilderness to her Gypsy friends: this girl fur nishes the leading motive of Interest in bove'a Law. Holmes playa a sympathetic role that of -Andre, a gypsy. In this latest ox photoplay. He imprisons Innocent a young girl cast off by a wealthy uncle, and she falls in love with him. Later she wins fame as a dancer, but iinauy realizes that her heart is back in the gypsy camp, and turns her back on tame and fortune. Columbia. "On of Many," a film story of the struggles, sorrows and regeneration of Shirley Bryson, a little manicure girl whose love for her mother blinds her eyes to her duty to herself, will be offered at the Columbia Theater today with Frances Nelsoi and Niles Welch as the featured players. With this will be shown "Max Wants a Divorce," the second two-reeler in the Essanay series featuring the famous French comedian. Max Llnder. "One of many" lays bare the pitfalls that beset the path of young girls who go out into the world to grapple with modern conditions, and flays those who take the attitude that a rich man can do no wrong, that youth, beauty and innocence are fit commodities to be sold over a counter or across a mani cure table. "Max Wants a Dlvorre" deals with a fortune left Max provided he remains a bachelor. As he gets word of the bequest Just after his wedding cere mony has been performed, naturally the complication Is serious. i Star. "The Winning of Sally Temple," a rhotoplay based on Rupert - Sargent Holland's celebrated novel, with Fan nie Ward as the star, and "Fatty's Fea ture Flllum," a two-reel, L-KO con edy, which Is said to be one of the big laugh hits of the year, will be pre sented at the Star Theater today. Miss Ward, the perennially youthful utar, appears as an actress In "The "Winning of Sally Temple, which Is said to be an unusually attractive pho todTama. The stage favorite is hired to impersonate a noble lady of Eng land, and her impersonation leads her into all sorts of stirring adventures. In cluding an attempted kidnaping. A real lord falls in love with her. fights valiantly in her behalf, and finally wins the love of the actress. Jack Dean, Horace Carpenter, Walter Long and Eugene PaJletto are In the supporting cast. Sunset. "The Return of Draw Egan," one or the best of all William S. Hart bad-man pictures, starring the popular Bill and featuring Margery Wilson and Louise Glaum, will headline the Sunset's pho toplay bill for the week end. "Black Eyes and Blue." a two-reel Keystone comedy, and a Burton Holmes Trav elogue installment. will also be screened. In "The Return of Draw Egan" Hart is once more a Western bad man, an outlow on whose head Is set a huge price. Egan escapes from a posse after a battle in wsich nearly all of his fol lowers are killed or captured, and then fchows up in another town. His prow ess with the six-gun earns for him a Job as town marshal, and he holds the rowdy and criminal element of the town in his power until one of his old aids shows up. Then trouble breaks, with a finale that shows the exposed outlaw victor over his enemies and conqueror of the heart of a girl. Majestic. Joan Sawyer, the dancer, makes her motion picture debut in the William Fox photoplay. "Love's Law." at the Majestic Theater today. The cast in cludes Stuart Holmes, the Fox villain, and Olga Grey, recently with Ince. A comedy and scenio will also be screened-. A i girl who forsakes a life of ease and happiness, a life which is making her famous for her dancing ability, who leaves the white lisrhts of the city Globe. inst eon. a rum tale or a woman of the nether world, and her supreme renunciation to save the name of her daughter from shame; Mrs. Vernon Castle In "Double Crossed," another episode of the preparedness . serial "Patrla"; and Freeman Armstrong, the Portland man who has Just returned from the European trenches, in his blackboard lecture on modern trench warrare, comprise the attractive week end programme at the Globe Theater Warda Howard Duncan McRa ni Ernest Maupaln are featured In "That tsort, an unusually strong production. Miss Howard plays the role of Liana Laska an actress, whose life is wrecked by a deserting husband. She Binics very low In the social scale, be coming a notorious character on the continent, but attempts to reform for tne sane or her daughter. She protects the girl from a marriage with a worth less man, but it is at the sacrifice of her own happiness; she promises never w see ner again. Screen Gossip. Aaoir zukor gave a dinner recently ur airy ricmora at the Alexandria Hotel. Los Angeles. This was of the nature of a reception for Miss Pickford. Among the guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. deMllle. Mr. and Mr wim.n. C. deMIlle, Fannie Ward. Margaret II lington, Mae Murray, Mrs. Beatrice deMille, Marian Selbv. Mnhel TCni-mo n.i Olive Thomas. Madam ilHHch t.iJ McPherson, Blanche Sweet. Dorothv Gish. Jack Dean. Marko Hellman. Carl Page. Jack Pickford. Elliott Dexter. Antonio Moreno and Marshall Nellan. The father of Jimmy Cruze, star of "The Million Dollar Mystery." who has Just been signed for Fox Films, crossed the plains with Brigham Young and was associated closely with the Mor mon leader In the foundation of his colony. In "Max Wants a Divorce." Max Lin der"s next comedy, everybody In the cast has blond hair except Max. He is a brunette. Incidentally Max has discovered that American women are the best dressed In the world. Also incidentally, they say that Max has such small feet that he patronizes the children s department at the shoe shops. Wlllard A. Coley. -who has been seen In many roles In Paths pictures, has been supenaed while on a visit to his home in St. Augustine. Fla.. by Direc tor George Baker, of the Metro, and sworn In to the Juvenile lead opposite Emmy Whelen. ,-v Ferguson, formerly connected with Fox. is planning to go to the Coast In June probably to Hollywood to establish his own film company and produce pictures. 'p-u",er & Dahnken are to tu!ld a 6000-Seat picture theater in San Fran cisco. Alice Joyce, one of the brilliant stars In itagraph's orbit, has finished her work In three big pictures without a ryl.rest ,n Detween. "Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation," "Within the Law and "The Courage of Silence," all have been completed. The last-named .aJ?y ls releaael. and the other two will be seen in a short tne. So Miss Joyce Just packed up bag and baggage and hied herself to where one could go out without several wrap pings of fur. For two weeks the little lady win play around on Florida sands f ? H.en TAth a nlco coat of sunburn that she will have to hide under pow- n.d makuP. she will be back at the Vitagraph studios In Brooklyn i Before ahe was In pictures Jackie Saunders was an artist's model, posing for such men as Harrison Fisher Chandler Christy and Clarence Under wood. Mary Charleson. who hss been so successful In recent Henry Walthall 55 A i .;- - - V. f '"V S X ) X : .:v.rX- J, ; -I ;.. V l Q) j J f :( V:; i f ? i fcy.----.-:-1-. rtnwWWV As this latest, greatest Artcraft production is revealed you forget that she is Mary Pickford and know only that your heart is throbbing and pulsing with sympathy and love for charming little Gwen, who is - iPon)ir 99 ncirn Cbiiit From the noted novel and play, by Eleanor Gates. Positively the photoplay event of years a genuine treat for young and old. Today, "Little Mary" comes home. See her at the It- Alder at AVest Park Phones: A 2087, Marshall 8S0 don't let the h kiddies miss this! startiog tills morning continuous daily from 10:30 A. M. in prices pictures for Essanay, hae been offered stage engagement, but declares that she will spend the rest of her career in pictures. "Charlie Chaplin is successful be cause he takes the curse off worry," says one critic. Webster Campbell. Unlversitv of Michigan boy, who has been In pic tures and stock for several years, is a new Essanay player. Someone started something amonsr the Los Angeles film folk by claiming Alma Reuben to be the girl with the perfect profile. Edward Jose, veteran director, will be with Norma Talmadge In her third Selznlck picture, "Poppy." It will be filmed at Palm Beach. Mary Pickford has taken over tlu Hollywood, Cal., home formerly occu pied ty Gerald! ne Farrar. Ah I The secret Is out. Theda Ban admits that she ls self-hypnotized when she ls playing those devilish vampire roles. More than 6000 peoTle were nseri in Fox' picturlzation of "A. Tale of Twn Cities." Bill Farnum is the star, slav ing a dual role. Dorothy Dalton Introduced th uku lele habit at the Ince studio, and Regi nald Barker right away engaged an Hawaiian quartet, which action Miss Dalton didn't consider complimentary tu xier piaying. HATPIN USED AS DAGGER 4 Insane Woman Stabs Herself ar,.l Result May Be Fatal. HOQtTAM, Wash.. March 14. (Spe iaL M". Minnie Williams. of Hoquiam, stabbed herself with a hat pin while in the County Jail at Mon tesano late yesterday, shortly after she had been committed to the Fort Stella.- coom Insane Asylum. The suicide at tempt, which may prove fatal, followed one yesterday morning at her home in tioquiam, when she tried to shoot her- en. Mrs. Williams' dauehter nrt ann-ln- law were with her at the Jail when the attempt was made. At a moment when neither of her comnanlnn wnci ooking she seized a hatpin lying on WARDA HOWARD in "THAT SORT" A Great Masterpiece, and MRS. VERNON CASTLE as Patria in "Double Crossed" Also hear life stories of war and its' consequences by FREEMAN ARMSTRONG Just back from the trenches. Today Friday Saturday pT) i 5 1 a chair and plunged it Into her left breast. It is thought the lower part of her heart was touched. She was taken to the asylum today. IRRIGATION PLANT MODERN East Fork District Sliovrs Good Financial Report. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 14. (Spe cial.) According to an annual finan cial (statement and report of George R. Wilbur, secretary of the East Fork Irrigation District, the organization will begin the coming season as one of the most thoroughly equipped plants of Its kind In the Northwest. Since the district was organized In 1913 Is sues of bonds totaling $226,000 have been sold. Or this sum $100,000 was remitted to bond and stockholders of the East Fork Irrigation Company, the plant which was bought. The remain ing $125,000 and an additional $4500 has been expended In construction and Improvement work. The district, according to the secre tary s report, sola the balance or its bond Issue, the sum of $23,837.60, last year, while a total of $41,733.49 wae spent last year in construction. Centralla Jitneys Face Protest. CENTRALI A, Wash., March 14. CSpeclal.) At a meeting of the City Commission yesterday a protest was entered by Tower-avenue business men against Jitney drivers lining their cars along the curbs. The merchants assert that curbs and walks are obstructed along with a view of their show win dows; that the men expectorate on the sidewalks, use objectionable lan guage and that they are not observing the recent order of the commission that Jitneys must stand at least 60 feet apart. The commission promised to take the matter up with te Jitney Driv ers" Union. .'"'" """ M mil il I mi ii Willi J KMJUaMM HART-AT HIS BEST! L S i 71 u "i n r i m 3 -M L -D-JVi C - v S w A With LOUISE G LATUM in "THE RETURN OF DRAW EGAN" The best of Hart in his best role and his best Sroduction truly a supreme achievement. I you wonder what made Hart famous see - , this picture ! With .Keystone "Black Eyes and Blue," and Burton Holmes Travelogues. Only Today Till Saturday at the . a V WHO IS THIS GIRL? lou never saw her, but youll wonder at her charm and beauty when you do! She's JOAN SAWYER famous dancer and model of whom the N. Y. Evening Journal says: "Miss Sawyer will undoubtedly attain the higrhest rung of fame in the world of pictures. To a nat ural grace and ability to act are added a beauty of coun tenance almost without equal on the screen today." SEE HER LN AW as INNOCENCE, surrounded by the SEVEN DEADLY SINS: PASSION, HATE ENVY MALICE, JEALOUSY, . PRIDE, IDLENESS. - Also Comedy and PATHE NEWS- Showing war pictures and inauguration of President .Wilson. ' TODAY FOR 3 DAYS . a-i j - . UUI KC:-4J, 1;i:3A v
