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T1TE SUNDAY ORERONIAN, FOTtTXANTJ, DECEMBER 2T, 1914. " Phefo-Play ( s i? i iri f,wm limn g'tsyy ), y y-.. 4 Jl j WVb rH ''htM K"u "n:vv' 'ill LiFl- w YK":ii 'xi "-'H V j-:x the woods, the old friendship becomes love and. her ordeal in the fiery fur nace of human suffering and tempta tion past, a new life of happiness opens up to her. MAJESTIC FILM GETS LAUGHS "Tillle'B Punctured Romance" Is liudicrous Feature. A picture which has set thousands a- laughlngr and which because of Its lead ing- character must be one of the best ever. Is Tillies Punctured Romance." This six-reel farce will be at the Ma jestic today and for four days. Marie Dressier, lone known as the funniest woman on the stage, is fea tured in the picture. It is a tale of woe, a sad story of a romantic "girl" who never had a ro mance. Soon a fortune was bestowed upon her and with it came the knight errant. He was a little too short and trifle too light, it is true, but he wrote beautiful poetry and had dark, glowing eyes. Tillie was thrilled by his adoration. Her happiness was doomed to be short lived, however, for after the ceremony the bridegroom became en thralled by the sidelong glances and the slender graces of the new maid. Tlllle' happiness had been shattered and the deceivers were suffering the terrible results. The maid, realizing for the first time that she had been flirting with the master of the house, became enraged and she, too, vented her wrath on the unfortunate bridegroom. The combined forces of two angry women were too much for the little man and he went down to Ignominious defeat and surrender before their fire. The play is a rapid-fire of laughs. There is plenty of "punch." too, and Portland photoplay fans are sure to enjoy this clever comedy of blighted and unrequited love. Mabel Norma nd and Charles Chaplin appear in the pic ture with Miss Dressier. 'l?'-VC s5 if rmf- Mm A ! I. I P jiHiM i.m. TV ; .0- X V 8 BY MART ANNE SMITH. THE famous "Craig Kennedy" de tective tales, which have been ap pearing periodically in a current magazine, have been filmed and will be released serially as "The Exploits of Elaine." Arnold Daly, one of the best lrown exponents of legitimate drama, will appear In the leading role, and Miss Pearl White, of "Peris of Paul ine" fame, will be the heroine. Arthur B. Reeve, the creator of the fascinat ing stories as they appear in the .mag azine, has collaborated with Charles Goddard, the playwright, in producing the scenarios. The pictures will be di rected by Leopold Wharton. - As in the stories, the films will de pict the application of modern science to the detection of crime. : While little or nothing has been done by the National Censor Board with the pictures, it is predicted that they- will be snappy enough to hold the interest of the most critical. Serial pictures are not in favor in the city. They have almost become obsolete, in. fact, so far as local exhibitors are concerned, probably because of the failure of past ones to interest, but with Arnold Daly in the lead and a stellar cast to, sup port him. "The Exploits of Elaine" may agreeably surprise a few people and be really good pictures. i Here's hoping. STCXSET HAS COMEIY BILL Holiday Spirit Prevails With "Her Mother's. Voice" as Feature. ' Reflecting the holiday spirit, the bill fit the Sunset Theater for three days, beginning today, will be one chiefly of comedy. - "Her Mother's Choice" is a one-reel subject in which the strong voice of the mother is visited upon the child. In spite of the protestations of neigh bors, an Irishman insists upon malting a prima donna of his wife. SheXls a willing victim, but her extraordinarily strong "voice draws a rain of decayed vegetables at every outburst, so she is compelled to give up in despair. The malady, handed down to her daughter, is the cause of much confu sion in the village, when the girl re turns from the conservatory of music A comedy In which a wee boy is the chief actor is "The Baby's Kide." The child is rolled snugly in a rug on the porch, sound asleep when the carpet cleaner s wagon comes along. Rugs, boy and all are rolled into the van and carried away. Baby, strue gling free, finally manages to roll out of the wagon, far from his home, while his distracted mother and father wildly seek tneir lost child. A drama, depicting the struggle of the woman who must sacrifice her life to the . cause of others' happiness, is "When. - a Woman Waits," featuring Winifred Greenwood. A Keystone comedy and the Mutual Weekly add interest to the programme. "THREE OP rS" AT XATIOXAXi Mahel Taliaferro to Be Seen in KUin of Famous Play. In these days of universal excellence in picture production, it is rare to find attractions that stand out as pre eminent, but rare as this is, it certainly is true in the new bill at the National Theater, which opens today, present ing Mabel Taliaferro in "The Three of Us." This picture combines three points of. superior excellence famous play, popular star and highest quality in pro duction. The. plot reveals a tender and natural heart interest, and yet the development of the story furnishes a succession of thrilling episodes until the dramatic climax of the intense but manly, fight between Steve and Beresford. The star ha a Dart written around her that rf la girl compelled by circumstances to occupy a paternal position to guide a weak brother from the pitfalls of life and rear another to youth. The fearless way she bears her heavy responsibilities and finally wins the battle is a theme that impresses a large view of life. After seeing this picture one takes something of real perma nent value away and not a fleeting im pression. It is the bigge6t. brightest and best thing the National has ever shown, and if Alco and Alliance serv ice means a succession of such strong features, it will provide a welcome ad dition to the many fine pictures now being universally offered to Portland picture fans. There is also a splendid comedy of the Keystone variety. The next feature will be Max l'lgman. always a local favorite, in a five-part visualization of "The Truth W agon, wnich is equally as good as "The Hoosier Schoolmaster." which met with such favor recently at' the National.' . COLUMBIA FILM IS TEXSE ward. She is pardoned, but her mother and sister, who regard them selves as disgraced by her reforma tory record, turn her away from her home. She goes to the city to get work After many temptations and hardships. which she overcomes with unfaltering courage, she meets again the artist ot STAR HAS DASHIXG ROMANCE Dustin Farnum to Appear in Film of "Cameo Kirby." Dustin Farnum in Booth Tarktng ton's dashing 1 Southern romance. "Cameo liirby," a Paramount picture feature in five acts,- is the sparkling offering which the Star Theater will present for four days this week, be ginning today. "Cameo Kirby" is one of Booth Tarkington's most important dramatic successes. It ran an entire season on Broadway two years ago, and h played to thousands through the coun try. It is a play of pure romance and adventure, of the dashing days befo the war," when one of the prerogatives of a gentleman was to bet his money and win or lose without a whimper. ' So the hero of "Cameo Kirby" is just such a devil-may-care young Southern spendthrift who risks his money on any sporting hazard and fights at any provocation. The scenes are laid along the Mississippi River. Needless to say, the picture drama gives a wealth of setting and local color impossible in a stage production. P'or the part of Cameo Kirby. the wild young hero, there is one American actor more supremely fitted than any other and he is. of course, Dustin Farnum, who played the part in the original stage version, which is now reproduced by the Jesse L. Lasky Com pany by special arrangement with the Lelbler Company. A blended programme of entertain ing comedies and dramas will play at the Star for the last three days of the week. FACE POWDER TRAPS GIRL Highly Perfumed Preparation Clew on Which Arrest Is Made. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. A strongly perfumed face powder helped Police man Edgar H. Burrell. of Lakeville. Emotional Role in "As i'e Sow" ( Carried by Alice Brady. : Alice Brady, one of America's dain tiest actresses, the daughter of William A. Brady, the famous manager, will ap pear at the Columbia today in a film version of Rev. John Snyder's great play, "As Ye Sow," which proved a sen sation throughout the country nearly a decade ago. The magnetic little ac tress has had a varied stage career. It has ranged from singing prima donna roles in all the star revivals of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas to playing Meg in Louisa M. Alcott's "Little Women." in the latter of which she scored a triumph; In "As Ye Sow" Miss. Brady appears in an emotional role, which is one of the tensest ever portrayed before camera. The story of the production is simple. Frank St. John leaves his vil lage home in Massachusetts in disgrace and goes to New York, where a chance awaits him to retrieve his good char acter. Here he marries a wealthy girl. but profligacy gets the better of him, he mistreats his wife and little child, disappears, ships to sea. and, nothing more being heard of him. he is given up for dead. The mother and child are separated and, as time progresses. matters are complicated by the fact that the young widow- attracts the at tentions of her lost husband's brother, both being .In fgnorance of their relationship. From a shipwreck on the coast, how ever, the lost man reappears and claims his wife and child, toward whom, un happily, his conduct has not been soft ened by time. He arrives Just in time to stop a marriage between his wife and brother. Instead of profiting by past experiences and reforming, he again gives way to drink and profligacy and dies in a quarrel. PEOPLES HAS STRONG DRAMA Marguerite Clark Has Role of Tom . boy in "The Crucible." Marguerite Clark in Mark " Lee Lu ther's strong drama, "The Crucible," is the Paramount picture attraction, in five acts, at the Peoples all this week, starting today. Ever fascinating. Marguerite Clark is especially irresistible in her part in this photo-drama. Her role is that of Jean Fanshaw, tomboy, who, unjustly accused of a wild prank. Is sent to a reformatory. There her soul is re fined by suffering and the shame of her environment, to emerge from the cru cible that of a strong, reliant, but sym pathetic woman. While she is at the reformatory she is herded with incorrlglbles. It be comes, more than she can bear and she runs away. In the forest she meets a young artist, who advises her to go back and serve out her term, lest she 6e found out in after years and ber life ruined. She returns, but never forgets the young man. 'Her opportunity comes when she saves the life of the matron durins a rebellion of the Incorrigible WASHINGTON AND PARK STS. D FOUR DAYS BEGINNING TODAY JESSE L. LASKY By Arrangement With the Liebler Co. Presents ustin Farnum In the Glowing Broadway Success Cameo Kirby By BOOTH TARKINGTON ' One of the Moat Notable Film Productions Ever Made in This Country 11 AM. TO IIP. M. DAILY 1 0c Admission 10c TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY One of America's Daintiest Actresses in YE SOW" Five-Act Drama, Powerfully Depicting the" Constant Struggle . ' Between Good and Evil A WILLIAM BRADY FEATURE Elaborately and beautifully staged with a shipwreck at sea, the dar- ANY SEAT lOc ing rescue in a lifeboat, an intensely dramatic human interest story and splen did acting, are some of the entertaining features ANY SEAT IOC THEATER Entire Week Beginning Today MARIE DRESSLER In a Six-Reel Side-Splitting Keystone Comedy. Tillie's Punctured Romance y - Mabel l'pYf f Vi-CT--k. J Normand V CyiA W Charles VA' K Njr Chaplin The Funniest Picture Ever Produced. ' Admission 10 COME EARLY 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. I Mj U f ''nil! j i i"jooS OOno oooi o 00 f j AM HAL "WATS something- grood at The g Sunset" has become the first thought with theater-lovers in selecting: an hour's entertainment. S A theater where good pictures, artis- ir tic and comfortable surroundings blend S into perfect enjoyment. S Twice each week we have the first 5 selection from two of America's great- est film-producing organizations. J3e Sure to See I W1XXIFHED GRERMVOOD AND GUWAKI) CO.K.V k "When a Woman Waits" 1 A Picture Every Woman Will Want to E See! A Two - Hour Plav Condensed S Into 30 Minutes of Action and Pathos. g Another Keystone Farce . s A Laugh a Second 900 Seconds ions. B THE MUTUAL AVKEKXY, Latest War Scenes. g STOllY OP AX VNIXTE.XTIOXAI, 5 KIDXAl'IXU. HER MOTHER'S VOICE, Mirth-Provoking Comedy. E 9CriAUV4 V JCr USA WMnV 7- SliiwuuUuuiiminHiMiiiOTiMiHiMiimiinM trace and arrest Miss Sophia Betters at Ludington villa recently. . She was accused of robbing the lake ville Summer cottage of Homer Bate man, where she worked for a while as a governess. Among the Jewelry and toilet articles taken was a jar of highly perfumed pink powder, the use of which by Miss Betters led to her arrest. SEATS 1500. PHONE MAIN 3372 Today, Tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday CONTINUOUS NOON TO 11 P. M. MABEL TALIAFERRO Charming Dramatic Star, in THE THREE OF US A rive-Part Tale Df Infinite Heart Interest, as Well as Clean Comedy Famous Play Popular Star Quality Production KEYSTONE COMEDY COMING THURSDAY MAX FIG MAN In a 5-part Romantic Comedy THE TRUTH WAGON ANY SEAT lOc EO PLEq THEATER THE LEADING PHOTO-PLAY THEATER. WEST PARK AND ALDER. 1 r TODAY AND ALL WEEK DANIEL FROHMAN , Presents ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS The Charming, Irresistible Marguerite Clark -In liie Cracitble The story of a girl's triumph over her shame and imprisonment A Paramount Picture- 11:30 A. M. to 11:30 P. M-' 10 CENTS ADMISSION 10 CENTS