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- THE" SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, JTJXE SI, 1914. 7 SHUBERTS ENTER MOVING PICTURE FIELD WITH TWO MILLION DOLLAR CONCERN AND MANY PLAYS Amalgamation Is Made With World Pilm Corporation, With Fifty-five Distributing Branches Banking Interests Underwrite All Stock Lina Cava - lieri Makes Her First Appearance Before the "Movie" Camera in "Marion Lescaut' Joseph Kilgour Engaged for "A Pair of Sixes." 1 VH I V J if 1 tf . ' sYastnoS .sters -.4 Oasnty Quartette, fopearng A 7Ao JJajrmerscst2 Spoof rarcfe.r? t J J f?0tgA ?b eaj sif s jfcSaazimer"- Star-2 Pem-rer 1 w MsSefarnsCop J7 ... Ernest 7?-csex: BY. LLOYD F. LONERGAN. AiEW YORK -June i'O. (Special.) 111 The Shuberts are trying- to catch ' up with the other theatrical en terprises that have taken a hand in moving pictures, and with that object in view have united forces with the World Film Corporation, of 130 West Forty-sixth street, which has 55 dis tributing branches throughout the United States and Canada. The new corporation will be known as the Shu bert Feature Film Corporation, and has been capitalized at J2,000,000. It has been brought into existence for the purpose of manufacturing into motion pictures practically all the plays of the Shubert Theatrical Com pany and others to be acquired by the firm from various sources in this coun try and Europe. The Shubert Feature Film Company is to make all the picturizations and the World Film Corporation is to ex ploit them throughout its various branches. A number of important bank ing interests are associated in the new venture, all of the stock of the new corporation havincr been underwritten by the banking firms of Edward B. fmlth & Co., of New York and Phila delphia; Huhn. Edey & Co.. of New York, and George A. Huhn & Sons, of Philadelphia. Among the directors of the new Shubert Feature Film Corporation Are l.ee Shubert. George B: Cox. Frederick Kdey: Herbert H. Dean, of E. B. Smith Co.; George A. Huhn. of Philadel phia: Joseph L. Rhinock: Van Horn F.ly, of the National Properties Co., of Pittsburg, and "VV. A. Pratt, of E. B. Smith & Co. . Director to lnterchangce. "Under the terms of the contract the World Film Corporation acquires a large interest in the newly formed Shubert Feature Film Corporation, which, in turn, receives a generous share of the capital stock of the World Film Corporation. The election of of ficers of the new corporation will take place in a few days. There will be an Interchange of directors in the two cor porations. A partial list of the theatrical pro ductions affected by the alliance in cludes plays controlled by the Shu berts, William A. Brady, Charles A. Blaney and Owen Davis. Some of the plays that will be put into motion-pic- ( ture fijrm by the new corporation in clude the Xew York Hippodrome spec tacle, "America"; the Drury Lane and Manhattan Opera-Houae success, "The Whip"; "The Midnight Sons." "The Lure," "Girls," "Marcelle," "The Blue Mouse," "The Summer Widowers," "The Girl Behind the .Counter," "The Blue Moon," "A Chinese Honeymoon," "The Earl and the Girl." "Way Down East, "Little Miss Brown," "Bought and Paid For." "Baby Mine,'" "Mother, "Little Women," "The Balkan Prin cess." "A Gentleman From Mississippi," "The Little Church Around the Corner," "Across the Pacilic,." "The Boy Detec tive" and others. Mrs. Philip M. Lydig hasvlio inten tion of going on the stage. When i printed report that she was preparing for a dramatic career, by studying un der Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, was shown to Captain Lydlg. at his office, 15 Broad street, 'he laughed. "This is the first time It has got ten into print," he said, "but the rumor Is now quite old. Mrs. Lydig, who is in Paris, way told about it and has characterised it as entirely ridiculous. "It is true that my wife has been studying with Mme. Bernhardt, .but she has been doing so only for recreation, with the idea of adding, to her own pleasure and that of her friends. Mrs. Lydig has not been in good health for two years, and. if there was no other reason, her health would prevent the posibility of a stage career." Cavallerl In Movies. Lina Cavalieri and'Lucien Muratore were seen for the first time in motion pictures at the Republic Theater, at a matinee presentation of "Manon Les caut," by the Playgoers' Film Com pany. The picturized version of Abbe Prevosts novel is in six acts and 300 scenes. The principal members of the supporting cast are . L. Abingdon, Charles Hammond, Frank H. Wester ton, Henry Weaver, Dorothy, Arthur and Frank Hardy. H, H. Fraiee has engaged Joseph Kil gour for the Chicago company of "A Pair of Sixes." which will open on Au gust 9. Mr. Kilgour will appear in the role of Vanderholt, the lawyer, which is being- played In the Longacre The ater cast by Frits Williams. In U, H, Fra-zee's Longacre Theater z z - Jbw2 r i Same 1 1 gin in September at a theater to be announced later. UsVsdm JSSSsdKZ ffcasetKr Sconr a7 sfS Stx&rcer- of this week "A Pair of Sixes" reached its one hundredth performance in New York, with the same cast of play ers who have been identified with its success since the first performance here. In addition to the company. hich will remain in the Longacre Theater indefinitely, Air. iraiee Das arranged for special companies, with well-known players, to present "A Pair of Sixes" in Chicago, beginning August 9, to the Pacific Coast beginning Labor day, and in Boston early in October. The London season ol the farce will be- ANCIENT VASE IS FOUND Cyprus Excavations Kcvcal Frag ments of Early Art. BERLIN". June 18. (Special.) Dr. Ohnefalbach-Richter, the famous anti quarian, has written an illustrated ar ticle on the ancient civilization of Cy prus, in the course of which he de scribes the chance discovery or a vase of the fourth century B. C, which ranks as one of the finest examples of ancient art ever found. "It first escaped the eyes of my work men altogether," he writes, "when I accidentally found a single fragment in the earth dug out of a tomb. After a good baksheesh had been promised for each of delivered fragment, I succeed ed in finding the whole vase with the exception of one small bit, and in glu ing together with my own hands the 68 pieces, and thus obtained the mas terpiece of art." CUSTOMER KILLS THREE Landlord Asks for Money and Falls Before Aim of Visitor. BORDEAUX, June 18. (Special.) When asked to pay his bill In a res taurant yesterday a customer named Emile Lafort produced a revolver and killed the 'andlord. . - He then fired at the landlord s wife and her sister, both of whom are fatally wounded. Afterwards he surrendered to the police, . .' . . Your Gas Range, is the Work Bench of the Home niiiiiiiiitijrmniuniiminniniiiiiniiniinHmnmninnu.'tj 1 5 II J K S E 8 iiiioiiiuiiiiiiinitiniiiiiiuuiiiiiiuiiruA You can no more expect to get modern results with old-style equipment in your kitchen, than you can expect S jeweler to succeed with the tools of yesterday. Thousands of successful home-makers have found that the surest way to get satisfactory results from the kitchen is to install A "Garland" Cabinet Gas Range i Ovens and Top Glass Oven Doors .... Arts Jutt the Rizht Heisht 5 TeU What U Going on In.Id. Alununized Linings, Racks and Drip Pan Will Not Rust Perfect Baking Ovens W . . . . Even! 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Mr. Aborn said something that Is regrettable, insofar as Ameri can singers are concerned, in the fol lowing: 'You would naturally think that when you wish to engage American grand opera singers you should look for them In America, but, strange as It may seem, you must search almost anywhere except their own country for them. - We have heard many splen did voices in this country, and there are enough of them here to make up the casts of many fine opera com panies if they were retained and ex perienced In the grand opera repertory. Their opportunities for this in Amer ica are very small, as there are few lesser operatic organizations from which they can graduate to the larger ones. Europe is lull or grano. opera companies, re-nglng from the smallest to the greatest artistic standard, and it is in these institutions that young American artists acquire a large repertory and develop their talents. Part of this is . true, out there is growing tendency among impre sarios to refuse to sign with singers this country, and there are cases where singers have been told that if thev will eo abroad and be "Bandy- on the other side the contracts will be signed, and this with experienced, excellent artists who have made rep utations in Europe and America. The singer is "on the rack," eo to speak, either way. Because being on the other side only means if some one else is not more available, or perhaps cheaper, she may get the contract, and Instead of being tree to siuoy ana to rest up for the new season, most singers are kept uneasy, restless and forced to cross and recross the ocean Just becaune the managers now prefer to sign their contracts on tne otner side. Mr Aborn announced further that there will be some performances of opera in the original language at tne Century next season, although opera English will predominate. i-a Boheme," Travlata," "Lucia." "Pagli- accl" and "Cavalleria Rusticana" will have six performances in English and two In Italian. "inengrin ana Tannhauser" will each be given the same number of presentations in tns- lish and two In German, ana an tne balance of the repertory will be given in English. Ontti-Casazza is ts be seen at the opera everywhere that something of imnortance is to oe seen or neara. in speaking of conditions in this country, the impresario of the Metropolitan said that New York had the cheapest opera In the world, inasmuch as there is no limit to the number of "star" singers that are offered In the same nroductlon. together with the care of detail in orcnesira ana enwus, iu .ay naught of the staging, tie inaicates that whenever there are extra good ingers to be heard prices are put up to 10 and $15 and called festspiele" schedules. He also indicated that Buenos Ayres. and not New York, t responsible for the high prices demand ed by the artists, as the prices that ity is willing to pay is peyona an d- llef or conception. Caruso, for instance, was orrerea (7000 a performance and Toscanlni 114.C00 a monta. tne tenor was of fered 20 or 30 performances at this gure. but the reason it does not in terfere more than it does with the Met ropolitan is because It, being a very short season, does not make it worm while to go such a distance under any consideration. Caruso continues to be satisfied at $2500 a performance at the Metropoli tan and when he sings In Germany or London he gets the same figure. There Is no doubt, however, that New York sends up the value of an artist materially even with an artist who was as well known as Mme. Hempel. Since her return to Oermany she has become a perfect crare there, and the offers that have-been made to her fop Covent Garden prove what her New York suc cess accomplished In thnt direction. She was received with great acclama tion upon her return to Herlln, where she sang "Miml" to the Rodolfo of Her man Jadlowker, who is another ex ample of what a New York engagement can do in the way of widening the Eu ropean favor. Mme. Hempel Is due In London shortly, where she will sing some of her well-known roles at Covent Garden. ... There wss great excitement in Purls when the Boston Opera Company gave the first German production of Parsi fal" under Felix Welngartner. with Mme. Matzenauer as Kundry, a role she has sung in New York during the era- son that Mme. Frenuitad was 111. .lo seph Urban, the stage manager of this company, came In for his share of praise and there was special comment made concerning the boy choir from the Holy Trinity, where Alexandre Gull mant was organist for 30 years. The company Is meeting with bitter opposition from the Grand Opera In Paris, for which blame Is attached to Andre Meesager. It Is said that he was to come to America to condui t French repertory for Mr. Russell, but inasmuch as he required the engage ment of one of the young sopranos of the Paris Opera, the deal was not con summated. Palowa, who lias never Interested herself In modern society dancing. Is to lead a'movement to standardise the ballroom dance. In order to enllxV the aid of American composers, she will of fer a prize for the three beat composi tions submitted for her use. the con testants to be limited to composers of the United States and Canada. Her manager. Max Rsblnoffs. ssld that these compositions, clearly writ ten, must he In his hands not later than August 1. Each competitor must send only -one plecs of music, which may be in two-four, three-four or four four time. The prizes will be 1500 for each of three pieces selected and the winners will be announced before Mmo. Pavlowa opens her sesson In Novem ber. . It Is absolutely denied that there Is any idea of Alfred Herts leaving the Metronolitan. where he Is regarded by the public, by the organization and by the press of this country as one of the strongent assets of that house. But I It will not be denied that the great German conductor stole quietly to Ber- In and was married recently to Lilly Dorn, a highly attractive Vienna con cert 'singer, well known in Amertra. where she has appeared professionally for several seasons. The young couple are spending their honeymoon near Potsdam, where tney nope to escape the social attentions of their many friends In Europe. They will return early to this country, where both have large circles of friends. Marcella Craft, who has been sing ing In opera In Germany for a num ber of years, will return to this country next season where she will sing the songs of Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, on tour with that well-known composer. ... The death of William Hummersteln, son ' of the well-known niprearl". came us a surprise to the theutrlfwl world. .Mr. Ilammersleln. who f'r some years hail been the rnnlrnlltna: spirit ami general nmner of the Vic tor Theater end roof ardn. whs one of the most rrnoectcd men In the pro fession, lie was 40 yeurs old. The Phubcrts are the l-itrt to .nler the mo-ie world, the announcement having been made thitt a new orssnl satlon will be formed to be known in the Shubert Feature Film 'nrpnrstlon. It is capitalized at fi.oun.ono, end wilt exploit many of Ms own plays, us well as those of William A. HranV. Among the production will be tla 1 1 Ippoilmme eneclai'le, "America." "Tbe Whip." "Iliiuiihl snil Paid For." 'The Blue Mouse. and hundreds of other well-known pluys, old and new. A number of theaters here and In the West h;ive been sccureil. ... Pavld Helnsco hits srransed to pro duce all his nT"" s at Ihe H , instead of taking them to several New York houses. His first prodm-llnn if the new season will be an aduptetlon ef a play from the German it still be called 'The Varnishing Hrlde," end It htis been done over by Hyilncy Hoeen feld. It will open out of town In Au gust and come to the Helssco In Sep tember. ... "Manon Lescmit" is announced f"r Its first film production with Lina Cav alieri and Muralors In the principal roles. The ply on the film Involves six sets and ion scenes. Another Important film production f will be "The Great IMvlile." the former success of Maraaret Anahn and llrnrv Miller, and a novelty In the wy of adaptation will be the pictures of the old song "After the Ball." In whli N the principal figures will be Herbert Kelcey anil Kffle Hhannon. 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