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BT MART ANNE SMITH.
THE motion ' picture Industry In
Holland has profited as a result
i the war. according to Jan
Leendertz, of tho Hollandia Film Manu
facturlng Company, who has been : in
i ?Jiis country, recently. He said:
5 ; "After the war broke out there was
k great boom In the motion-picture
I trade, becauae so many of what you
call the legitimate theaters were closedw
At once there . was a demand for
cheaper amusement ' and the motion
picture supplied it.
; "Prices were lowered a little in the
picture houses, due to the depression
caused by the war, and because there
was a fear that Holland might be
dragged into it. Now we know
i We shall not be implicated In the con-
roversy. and things were beginning to
r .-brighten up to a . considerable extent
rwhen I left Holland."
Kinetophote will handle the Hol
? -landia productions in this country
J through the K. C. Booking Company,
' - Incorporated in the United States, and
3 the K. C Booking Company, Limited, in
Canada. -
I J CATHERINE COUXTISS IX KTLM
I I Former Portland Favorite 'With
f Charles Rtchman at Majestic.:".-'
t' Miss Catherine Countiss. the . Port
land favorite, who appeared . with
Hi marked success with the Baker Players,
3 is with Charles Rlchman, Clare Whit-
'ney and Stuart Holmes in "The Idler"
rat the Majestic Theater, beginning to
J j;dayd r
X X The idler is Mark Cross, a young man
?f good family, who in a fit of dare
deviltry has emigrated from London to
the Far West. John Harding, also
i -well born of wealthy parents, but dis-
inherited, is also seeking his - fortune
t in the gold nelds. - One day Hardlne
receives a letter from a firm of London
solicitors informing him that his father
has died and that he is now Sir John
Harding, Bart. He sets out at once to
make his preparations for hi return to
J .. civilisation and to take up the station
in me inai is ngmiuuy nis. Hut that
very day he becomes involved in a quar
rel with Felix Strong and Felix is shot
accidentally during the dispute...
Harding is accused of murder, out
flees to England in time to escape the
vengeance of a posse, beaded by Simeon
X - Strong, who is determined to avhnsre
Tears after in Londot
Harding, who has married the girl both
he and Cross -were In love with before
they emigrated, comes face to face with
Cross and Strong. In order to: win Lady
Harding for- his own Cross " plots to
have Strong kill . Sir John In a dueL
Strong slaps Harding in the face in or
der that he may involve him in "an af
fair . of honor" and avenge his brother's
death. Cross in the meantime lures
Lady Harding to his rooms, where Sir
John comes to seek her. . She hides in
Mark' Cross'u bedroom, but reveals her
self at a dramatic- moment when-Hard
ing springs at Cross' throat. Her splen
did nature, as-shown in her denuncia
tion of both men. one as a husband
without faith In his. wife and the other
as the wouldrbe destroyer of a home.
overcomes them with shame.. They
shake hands and Mark, parting forever
with Lady Harding, 1b off "on a long
trail.
A Vltagraph - Sidney . Drew ; comedy
completes the bllL
' Next Sunday the Majestic offers Marie
Dressier, Charles Chaplin and -Mabel
iNormarKi m Time's ' Punctured Ro
mance," in six reels.
BILIi OF VARIETY AT SUXSET
"In tle Conservatory" la Clever Je-
- , .. - tective Drama. -The
b!ll; at the Sunset Theater , be
ginning 7 today promises to please ' if
Variety is the spice of life." 1
x nere are . tnree good dramas, a
comedy' and an. educational subject..
In ' the Conservatory" is . a clever
detective .drama, featuring Mayre Hall
and Boyd Marshall.
It concerns a - young man who,, after
stealing some jewelry, confesses his
guilt and is taken into custody by. a
"detective. Alter the two men get
out or the house the . detective con
fesses to the prisoner that he himself
Is -a dip. The next Instant the hand'
cuffs snap, jthe prisoner springs for
ward) and the "detective" finds . that
the tables have been turned. He dis
covers to his chagrin that -- not only
may thieves masquerade as detectives
but that detectives may also pose as
thieves. - - - t.
i A picture sure to send thrills down
the spines of "kid fans" is "The Bar
rier of Flames, featuring Helen Badg-ley,"-
the "Thanhouser . Kid" and Shep,
the dog.- ' " -
Shep daringly rescues his adorable
playmate when. 'the .vicious tongues of
flame threaten. to lick them both out
of existence.
- "Shep" is a collie, a big. intelligent
brute that loves his little mistress,
and is her constant companion on the
screen and off.
. A most attractive and unusual pic
ture is "The Silent Way." the story of
an Indian and a white girl. In the first
stages of tuberculosis an Eastern girl
goes to Colorado to regain her health.
She overlooks the main thing life in
the open, and her condition grows
worse.
How an Indian, observing her con
ditions and knowing the cure, abducts
her and makes her live the half-savage
life of the red man for eight months
makes the denouement of this picture
realistic and Interesting.
A Keystone comedy, "Fatty's Magic
Pants," and the Mutual weekly con
clude the programme.
GREAT FEATURE FILM BILL-ED
Peoples' Christmas Week Offering 19
"The Sign of the Cross."
The most. Impressive of all sacred
dramas, "The Sign of the Cross," has
been done to photo-play at last, with
the great . actor, - William Farnum. in
the heroic role of Marcus Superbus.
It will be the big Christmas week at
traction sit the Peoples Theater, In an
engagement that begins today.
Probably no other actor in the world
is so fitted in physical appearance and
dramatic power for the dignified part
of this immortal stage hero as Mr. Far
num. "The Signs of the Cross" is the
most mammoth photo-play production
in the long list of extraordinary screen
success - turned out by the Paramount
Picture Corporation. ----- -
Directly supporting Mr. Farnum are
Rosina Henley, In the part of Mercia,
the- Christian maiden who converts
Marcus and curbs his savage instincts;
Ethel Gray-Terry, as Berenice; Morgan
Thorpe,- in the dramatic role of Favius;
Sheridan Block, as the cruel Nero; Lila
Barclay, as Poppaea, and Rienzi de Cor
dova, as Philodemus, among the many
members of an all-star cast. There are
supernumeraries and minor characters
by the v hundred. Between 400 and 600
persons were used in the production.
- Though this is its first American re
lease. "The Sign of the Cross ws sent
to England shortly after the .comple
tion of the great film last Spring and
played there during the Summer until
the outbreak of the war with tremen
dous success. Even the conservative
British papers were enthusiastic over
it. The London Times unreservedly
termed It the most-wonderful and im
pressive motion picture ever shown.
"THE GKETHOCXD," NATIONAL
Original Plot . of Underworld Uf e
Portrayed in Big Film.
Nothing ' stronger has ever been of
fered to local- photo-play fans than
"The Greyhound," by Paul Armstrong,
which commences a four-day run at the
National today. In originality of plot
it Is. the equal of "Alias Jimmy Valen
tine" by the same author. Both of these
plays were remarkably successful.
when produced on the speaking stage.
At one time five different companies
were touring different sections of the
United States while each ran over
year on Broadway.
"The Greyhound" in pictures Is put
on just like a regular play. It is in
five acts. The cast is headed by Electa
Protorotls. a famous star, and she is
supported by a well-balanced cast. The
settings -are of the finest, while the
artistic nature of the photography
comes in for well-deserved praise. It
is absolutely perfect. With the Na
tional's shadow box screen the actors
pass before the eye for all the world
just like they were actually acting on
the living stage. That illusion is perfect.
The story deals with & character of
the underworld, "The Greyhound." Sur
rounded by male ' and female slaves,
who do his bidding, he plots and plans.
engages in crooked gambling, tries to
separate lovers, and does a wholesale
lot of bad deeds. The moral tone of
the production, however. Is clean, be-
the
cause the whole trend is to show
utter futility of such a life.
A humorous scene is furnished where
in the Greynound's poker player, who
has deftly stacked the cards, is trimmed
of his bankroll by a cleverer player.
"Ambrose's First Falsehood," a fascin
atlng one-reel Keystone comedy, rounds
out, beyond doubt, the best attraction
ever presented at the National. A new
show will be presented again on Thurs
day, in which the feature will be
"Hearts and Masks," wherein the
famous and popular star, Kathryn Will
iams, plays the leading role..
BARBARA TENNANT FEATURED
Columbia Announces Engagement of
"The Marked Woman.".
Barbara Tennant, the beautiful and
talented actress, will be presented again
at the Columbia Theater by the Shu-.
berts, this time In "The Marked Wom
an," a wonderfully dramatic produc
tion in five acts. Miss Tennant is called
upon to exert her abilities to the limit
of her powers, as she is successively a
Nihilist girl in Russia, a fugitive from
that country, a suspect in China, the
enforced wife of a Chinese Prince,
finally his widow, and through all her
harrowing experiences, the beloved of
a gallant young American Lieutenant.
The offering is richly staged ana the
star is supported by a mammoth cast..
Olga Petcoff. a beautiful young Rus
sian girl, is the character taken by .the
star. She is driven to Nihilism by the
brutality of the Cossacks toward her
sister, and she flees from Russia on a
secret mission to China. On her Journey
she meets and falls in love with Lieu
tenant Dare, of the United States Navy,
a circumstance that alters the entire
course of her subsequent career.
At Port Arthur she falls Into the
hands of the Russian - police and nar
rowly escapes being -sent to Siberia.'
Shipwrecked-- in Chinese waters is her
next adventure, and she is fortunate in
being rescued by Lieutenant Dare. A.
meeting with Prince Ching, the Chinese
Prime Minister, follows.. This powerful
man falls in love with her, and die
covering her love for Dare and her
friendship for the Russian Ambassador,
threatens to have them put to death
unless she marries him.
Four years later the boxer rebellion,
of 1900 breaks out. Lieutenant Dare,
at the head of a force of marines and
soldiers, attacks Prince Chlng's palace
and rescues Olga. The latter"s little
boy is accidentally shot by his father
and the latter also meets death.
"FALSE COLORS" IS AT STAR
Fascinating Theatrical Life Story
Told by Gifted Actress.
"False Colors," a fascinating four
part story of theatrical life from the
pen of the gifted actress, Lois Weber
(Mrs. Phillips Smalley). who also plays
one of the principal parts in the drama,
will be the Paramount Picture attrac
tion at the Star Theater for four days,
starting today.
. "False Colors" Is a portrayal of a
type, the type that habitually sails
through life under false colors. The
story is Impressively pictured by the
Bosworth players.
Lloyd Phillips, an actor, deserts his
baby girl and for 19 years exiles him
self from bis old companions and ac
tivities, after the death of his wife.
Finally conscience leads him to bunt
up the child he bad left with other
persons.
The girl, however, has - run away
from her abusive guardian before her
father appears. She goes on the stage
and there in time achieves a notable
success.
A spurious daughter Is introduced to
the old actor. He believes her to be
his own. The girl herself is Innocently
deceived as to her parentage. Not until
after many complications have resulted
do they learn the truth. Then Instead
of hating each other, they fall In love
and the actor- is consoled for the loss
of his child.
The talents of the real daughter have
by this time been recognized. . She is
starred in a great play. On the open
ing night her father and his new wife
are " among the spectators. It - is a
scene intensely dramatic when the
actor recognizes in the successful star
the baby girl he had left years and
years before.
Making this scene especially strik
ing is the fact that it is taken in a
real theater, and before a real audi-
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TODAY, TOMORROW, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
The Striking Engagement of " - ' . .
"The Greyhound"
"Written by Paul Armstrong (Author of "Jjmmy Valentine")
Underworld Theme, in 5 Parts
One of the Biggest Dramatic Hits New York Ever Saw
Big Play, Big Cast, Perfect Photography
AMBROSE'S FIRST FALSEHOOD
A Keystone Comedy .
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SHOW CHANGES THURSDAY WITH
Hearts and Masks
STARRING KATHLYN WILLIAMS
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Washington and Park Streets
FOUR DAYS STARTING TODAY, DEC 20
BOSWORTH
Presents
Another Masterpiece -
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: With an All-Star Cast
PHILLIPS SMALLEY LOIS WEBER
ADELE FAERINGTON COUE.TENAY FOOTE
DIXIE CARB v HERBERT STANDING
A play of intense dramatic expression dealing with the crime of
self-love.
Intimate-views of stage, life behind the scenes. -
11 A M. TO 11 P. M. DAILY
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the: leading photo-play theater;
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BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS BILL
WEEK STARTING TODAY, DECEMBER 20
Daniel Frohman Presents
William Farnum
In the Stupendous and
Impressive Photo-Spectacle
Tine Sign of
"j time Cross f
Wilson Barrett's 'Sublime and Immortal Drama, in Five Acta
A Paramount Picture
Wonderful, Elaborate Mechanical Effects and Marvelous Settings
11:30 A M. to 11:30 P. M. DAILY
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THEATRE
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Catherine Countiss
THE PORTLAND FAVORITE
AND
Charles Richman
CLARE WHITNEY AND STUART HOLMES
A $10,000 CAST
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By C. Haddon Chambers
AS PRODUCED BY DANIEL FROHMAN
"WHO IS WHO"
A Sidney Drew Vitagraph Comedy
ADMISSION
10c
Coming Next Sunday
MARIE DRESSLER
Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand
In "Tillie's Punctured Romance,'' a Six-Reel
Keystone Comedy.
enee that packs the house. Twelve
hundred persons were engaged In its
production.
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electrical phenomena produced by tho
radiation of luminous particles from
the planet, which constantly renews
them.
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A Norwegian scientist has advanced value In Swiss cheese than In swIrs watches.
THEATRE
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Oavlitfht Interior Llshting System Prevents Eyestrain
FOUR EXCELLENT PLAYS
. Sunday. Monday and Tuesday
The Barrier of
Flames
Two-Act Drama Featuring "Shep," the Thanhouser Collie, and Little
Helen Badgley in a Thrilling Rescue.
Keystone Comedy
'Fatty's Magic Pants
One of "Fatty's"Funnlest. ,
Mutual Weekly
Showing- Latest Current Events.
In the Conservatory
The Cleverest Detective Drama in
Many Months.
The Silent Way
An Indian Abducts -a White Girl
for Her Own Good.
lOc Admission
lOc
TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY
The Beautiful and Talented Actress in
6Tlie Marked
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Five-Act Dramatization of Owen Davis' Powerful
Story Produced by the SHUBERTS.
ONE OF THE GREATEST DRAMATIC
TRIUMPHS OF THE SEASON
An Offering of Magnificence and Dazzling Splen
dor, With a Story of Intense Human
and Strong Heart Interest.
TEN CENTS ANY SEAT TEN CENTS