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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREG0NIA3T, POKTLATfD, MARCH 21, 1915. : p 7t th ) ' ' " " " " l ? fcT M - fevm ' w4i Z ; f-lii 5 SM r - - 'i?vS 11 - .. '"i v i I - W-2 T1; . , ... -sw i -J-,vS BT MART AXNK SMITH. -'ryHE Charles K. Harris Feature Film I Company got a big "scoop" when it secured for its own Miss Grace Washburn, famous beauty and actress, the toast of two continents to star In their next production "When It Strikes Home." i Miss Washburn is a Western girl ot Indian extraction, who went to New York five years ago and over night became the talk of the town. She was - lauded for her exquisite beauty and powers as an actress. Every . body raved about her as a pantomtmist, ami she was hailed as the youthful - ilary Anderson. Hr first success was tn "The Review of Reviews" at the Winter Garden. Shortly afterward she went to London, where she made her debut in the London Opera-House. Here she appeared in several Russian dances starred by the celebrated Theo dore Kosloff, who in vain tried to get - her to become a member of the Im perial Russian ballet. - Miss Wash bum's love for America was too strong, .however, and she returned to this coun try and appeared in vaudeville. - It was while on the vaudeville stage that several motion picture men saw ;her.and recognizing her exceptional powers as a mimic, tried to persuade her to enter the game. At first she -demurred, but was later persuaded by ir. Harris. 7 Aside from her stage work. Miss Washburn is celebrated as an artist's . mode). She posed for Penrhyn Stan di laws and her profile was selected by Mis Sallle Farnum. the sculptress, for a frtexe for the National Gallery at Washington, D. C. Her first motion picture appearance ; will be hailed with joy by the thou sands of men and women who know her stage work. The picture will be released soon. 1 VElHiAR A. POE F1CTIOX FILMED .The Avenging Voasclence" Said to 'J Combine Extraordinary Changes. Maintaining all of Kilar Allen Poe a "-crynt&lline imagery in his screen pro eduction of two of the author's greatest poems. "Annabel Lee" and "The Tell ' tale Heart." D. W. Griffith has filmed .'"The Avensing: Conscience," one of the most graphic pictures ever produced, -which will be shown at the Majestic Theater this week. It is a story cf the workings of the mind of a --young man whose hands are stained ,;with the blood of one of his klns .'men. It was sugprested by the plot -of "The Telltale Heart.- which sug gests the idea of the murderer listen ing to the heart beats of the man whom he has murdered 'and on the other hand, the charming story of "Annabel -Lee." -".1 Magnetic Blanche Sweet, heroine of "a hundred successes, will appeufc. oppo- aite Henry Walthall in the leall( J role. In many places the play , makes abrupt transitions from the lofty and the beautiful into the most hideous depths; from a heaven of ideals into a hell of mental torture. Such work as this Is the result of a master hand. Few directors can follow the work ings of the mind of a man like poe so that in one moment you are delighted with flashes of spiritual - beauty and the next horrified at the ghastliness of what you are seeing. The picture is in no sense revolting, it merely teaches its lesson with such force as to surprise you with its vivid ness. The picture marks an epoch In the motion pioiure art. Never before has it been attempted to show the uncanny workings of a criminal's conscience the inner conscience of the man, that is so strikingly portrayed in this film. The weird visions that torture tne criminal's brain, avenging thoughts such as Poe himself undoubtedly con ceived, working in violent opposition to the good and the beauty and the Joy of life follow in rapid succession In this extraordinary play. The plot of the play Is not compli cated. - It is woven about a boy, left an orphan in Infancy, who is carefully reared by a doting uncle. As the boy grows to manhood he shows marked literary genius and this pleases the uncle greatly. His am bitions seem to be almost realised when he learns that the boy has be come Infatuated with a young woman and that she reciprocates his affection. This angers the uncle greatly, who ac cuses the girl of being "common" and forbids the nephew to see her. He ultimately causes the separation of the two. Then to the mind of the young man come thoughts of revenge. He sees with the clarity of Poe himself the ter rible thing which he is contemplating. Here the saving grace of conscience demonstrates its power. It is as if Gods hand had saved the mind-murderer from the real sin. The real surprise of the play comes at the end, which, shows how suffering may soften the character and teach virtue, and how the darkest cloud may have its golden lining. DRIG TRAFFIC TRICK SHOW Film Drama at National Theater Is Sensational Expose. The National Theater today presents one of the most sensational bills ever offered in Portland. Two Charles Chaplin comedies head the ticket They are "In the Park" and "The Champion," which, by special request from thous ands, will be shown tn a return en gagement. "The Underworld Exposed" Is probably one of the most talked of plays ever written. It teaches a sig nificant and awe-inspiring lesson. , It is in six parts. As in explanation of this play, the producers claim to have "not aimed toward sensationalism, but if truth were softened the object of the effect would become lost.". It shows in perfect detail the conditions which caused Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt to start her campaign for the saving of drug-entrapped human souls. It lays bare the innermost secrets of the underworld. It exposes the tricks and schemes of the cocaine manufacturers and sellers to spread this frightful curse through the land. It depicts how 4.45 per cent of the population of the country have become addicted to the terrible drug habit. It shows how drug nends and white, slavers work hand in hand. It shows how drugged candy often Is given to children, mere babes, to make them future customers. It shows how young girls are made to become fiends by snuffing the deadly powder from nosegays pur chased from the corner florist The story becomes a play of the most intense and vital kind. Superb settings and splendid acting are por trayed in the picture play. It shows how the head of the drug firm be comes a - dealer ana amasses a great fortune. But his son-in-law and even his daughter have become victims of the habit. And so the story goes. The play will be at the National Theater today and Monday. The management announces that no person less than IS years old will be admitted unless upon the express wish of parents. MISS H YSXE'mATHISOX FILMED Famous Leading Lady of Sir Henry Irvine's Play on Peoples Screen. The manner in which the most im portant artists have come to recognize the importance of the photo-drama Is exemplified by the David Belasco Lasky production of Mr. Belasco's hit, "The Governor's Lady," by Edith Bradley. This picturization signalizes the de but on the screen ef Edith Wynne Mathison, who is admittedly one of the most illustrious English actresses of the present day and whose fame in America is great from Coast to Coast It will be remembered that Miss Mathi son was the star selected By Sir Henry to appear with him during his fare well performances. "The Governor's Lady" has been se lected as the attraction on the Para mount programme to run at the Peo ples Theater until next Wednesday night when it will be succeeded by Marguerite Clark In her latest film success, "Gretna Green." "The Governor's Lady" Is one of the most thoroughly and typically Ameri can dramas ever produced by Mr. Be lasco, and the picturization is, there fore, especially interesting and true to life. It concerns the experiences of a woman who is married to a poor mine worker. This young man, filled with ambition In spite of his poverty, dis covers a gold mine and then, armed with wealth, reaches out for power. The wife finds it difficult to adapt herself to the change In environment To him she appears unappreciatlve. He finds a young woman, the daugh ter of a Senator, filled with his wn instincts to climb and grasp, but his wife refuses a divorce. In the long run, the other woman comes to appre ciate the error of her course; and the faithful wife takes her position as "The Governor's Lady."' Supporting Miss Mathison is James Neill. well known in Portland, where he from time to time has headed. his own stock company. POPULAR FILM IS OFFERED "The Hound of the BaskervUles" Billed at Sunset Theater. . In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best known detective story. "The Hound of the BaskervUles," our old friend Sher lock Holmes, the greatest detective character ever created, will appear at the Sunset Theater today. "The Hound of the BaskervUles" made Conan Doyle an Immense fortune. In book form it was for months one of the best seUers In both America and England. Al though other Sherlock Holmes stories have been dramatized on the legitimate stage, "The Hound of the BaskervUles" has always been regarded as present ing too many dramatic difficulties for successful stage production. The motion picture camera, however, unhampered by scenic and stage limita tions, has removed these difficulties. The result is not only one of the most ex citing films ever shown, but the best of detective dramas. With this picture, a four-act feature, the Sunset Theater changes the day of its regular midweek change of pro gramme from Wednesday to Thursday. "The Hound of the BaskervUles ' will Inaugurate this change by running four days, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday . and Wednesday. "Beating Carpets and Beating Hearts," a Keystone comedy showing John Alexander, the Portland comedian, who is hailed as the suc cessor to the famous Bunny, for the first time, and the inutual Weekly, com plete the bill. On Thursday a great five-act labor drama, "The Spirit of the Conqueror." or "The Napoleon of Labor," will be shown for three days. It deals with the conflict between labor and capital, giving labor's side of it as no other drama ever has done. MISS CLARK AT STAR AGAES "Wtldflower" Gives Actress Wonder ful Possibilities in Film. As; the result of hundreds of re quests since "Wildflower" was first presented in Portland, the Star Theater has secured Marguerite Clark -In "Wildflower" for the show today and running until Wednesday night Miss Clark attained her popularity first in "Baby Mine." It is said that "Wildflower" provides her with many situations similar to those In her stage success, in point of charm. "Wildflower" is a bewitching char acterization, constructed for Just such a star as Miss Clark. The story is the drama of the lights and shadows of the sun-kissed forest, and the depths and shadows of the human meaning Is love until the one man, waiting in aH the world for her, proved to her that It is something more than mere desire and selfishness. From the world's many heart-aches little Wildflower emerges with a wonderful lesson learned and at last finds happiness in the true love of a god man. There are many tender passages in the production, many humorous touches and some tinged With a little sadness that cree.w into any true love story of life, but Wildflower , sheds her fra grance throughout the' four reels of the subject, a thing of beauty always and always a symbol of nature's purity. "Wildflower" was Margaret Clark's first screen characterization. RICHARD CARLE AT COLTJ3IBIA Famous Musical Comedy Comedian in Photoplay, 'The Dancing Beetle.' Richard Carle, the star of musical comedies, will be seen in "The Dancing Beetle" at the Columbia for four days, beginning today. This is Mr. Carle's first appearance in photo-plays, and he is Just as funny, if not more so, in the pictures as he is on the stage. The production ifl which he Is to be seen is an adaptation of Mark Twain's comedy, "The Dancing Beetle," and the comedi an has gone him one better by making the photo-play funnier than the story. It is all about a rare beetle from Africa given to an old professor. .The sting of this . beetle causes one to dance. Escaping, the beetle proceeds to sting all the women at a house party and, when some of the guests are arrested and taken to Jail by officers, who believe them to he crazy, the beetle attacks the policeman and soon everybody Is dancing. "M'liss." the photo-play production of Bret Harte's popular story, a Shu bert feature and one of the pleasing surprises of the year in filmdom, will be another attraction on the bill. Howard Estabrook and Barbara Ten- nant are featured in the cast, and they are ably supported by O. A. C. Lund and many others. ft "M'LISS" RICHARD CARLE Most Delightful and Fascinating of "' Popular Comedian, in All SHUBERT Features. XHE DANCING 5-A'ct Visualization of Bret Harte's 1 T:.A A Story of Early Calif ornia Days. BEETlE' Howard Estabrook and Barbara Ten- THIS IS A SCREAM nant in the Leading Roles. Presented by the World Film The Beetle Whose Bite Causes Every- Corporation. " body It Stings to Dance Escapes at A GEM OF THE FIRST WATER a House Party Everybody Dances. See This I " "" T 's Great TODAY UNTIL THURSDAY AT THE TocT COLUMBIA Si -iMirnr'iiin'i nKMg.Airgin5 .. :Vi- .. .'.-l.x-ji-. .-a MaAA. Loading Photo-Play Theater W eat Park and Alder TODAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT Edith Wynne Mathison in a picture version of David Belasco's most sympathetic dramatic success of modern American business, society and politics. Governor's Lady Produced by David Belasco. This photo-dramatic classic signalizes the first screen appearance of Miss Mathison, generally recognized as the foremost dramatic artist today on the English-speaking legitimate stage. To learn the true significance of dramatic art you must positively see this production. 10 11:30 A. M. to 11:30 P.M. 10 SSSay Marguerite Clark In "GRETNA GREEN" THEATRE sJ Lira ti - Broadway Dayli.ht Interior LlehUm System-Prevent. EyrStrMa WE PRESENT, STARTING T0DAY: Sherlock Holmes Greatest of All Detectives, in His Most Celebrated Adventure The Hound of the Baskervilles In Four Acts, Adapted Direct From the Famous Novel by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE In Addition Will Be Shown Beating Carpets and Beating Hearts An Uproarious Keystone Comedy, Featuring John Alexander, ' the Portland Boy The Mutual Weekly All the World's News Pictures COMING SUNDAY A Great Labor Play, "The Spirit of the Conqueror" Showing" Labor' Side. Remember, Four Days Only SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 10 Cents 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Daily 10 Cents I Park, West Park Free Telephones Near Wash. St. Mar. 5533: A 5533 Open Joday lO: 3 O A. M. to 1 1 P. M. ANY SEAT 10e TODAY The Drug Terror OR The Underworld Exposed Six acts of the most-talked-of and criticised play ever produced. Sensational to the last degree and in so making it the pro dncers' claim is the only method in which to bring home to the public the horrible truth that 4.45 per cent of our population is addicted to cocaine and heroin. This is not a preachment, but, in its terrible directness, teaches a vital lesson. You will see the truth of the drug traffic as Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt saw it when beginning her campaign for its suppression. It exposes the tricks and schemes of the manufacturer and seller to spread the dread habit throughout our nation. It shows how the "fiends" and white-slavers work hand in hand, for the one evil easily leads to others. It shows you how children, some mere babes, are given drugged candy to make future customers; how girls are made to snuff it in nosegays. It Bhows with a terrific directness the side of life you should know for knowledge gives you power to resist and to help others. It is a masterplay of Lubin, and the greatest motion-picture play ever produced. The cast is wonderful, the scene without parallel. The head of a drug firm conceives the idea that he can personally make big money selling "coke" in small boxes from his pocket. He does so and becomes immensely wealthy. But the serpent creeps into his own home. His son-in-law be comes a fiend, and finally his daughter. But why go on? Words cannot describe this picture play. They can never begin to depict in full justice the exciting scenes which the film unfolds before your startled eyes. See and learn the truth. Persons under 18 years of age will not be admitted unless by the expressed wish of their parent. Double Charlie Chaplin Bill 'The Champion" 2 Acts, and "In the Park" Monday "The Drup; Terror, or the Underworld Ex posed" and Charlie Chaplin in "In the Park j
