The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 22, 1915, SECTION SIX, Image 68

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Newspaper Page Textft TTTT! RT7VDAY OREGON. AX. POKTLAXD. ATGTST 22. 1015. NEWS ODDS AND ENDS OF MOVIE PLAYERS ATiViSI . ji-jr in j. '' ' " 'JU "' "X"' -. - ""T" ; a tm m W W"'"r"" x- '-saT 1 t' "i- v: - - - - - - - -sZ---i " " - vw"; -------- DEAR BOKS: The oral thing I want to say. before I Bay anything, la that ev.rythlng la aUIl lovely be Imi) the littta tar and mylf. W tiTin I bad a quarrel about anything er injbodr for a and the sub ject of our pat mtsunderatandtng baa net bn mentioned once. I heard that tie lady had viitd the atadlo one dsy. but M.as Leslie and I were oat In tha country trying to get paatoral acene tor a thr rel now onder way. Finer baa been worklnc us hard late ly. There baa b--n no time for any thing but work at) week, and when aJrht raroe every body waa tried to beat tt and get t the bay without any preliminary meandering among tha bright lihta. By the way. F"bs. there Isn't aa reach f the latter aforesaid amonc oar set the movie fjlks la general. 1 mvan as seems to be the more or less com mon supposition. This Job Is a Job, sot Just a plar to make a reputation that will draw a full hand of mash notes wtcb every mail. Take the pastoral scene I spoke of back on pace on. It'll look to the Tecple out front like It must bava been eomething pretty soft for tha per sonnel that made up that cast. Includ es yours as ever. But tell 'em, Bobs, that that's all wrong. Nothing Ilka It. nothing whatsoever. Finny said on Monday afternoon: -Motor cars win be waiting at a A. M. In the morning, everybody be bera In aa tedloua to ma aa to soma, for a part of It waa apent sitting on a bos In a secluded corner of tha works with my beloved beslda me. We repeated our early morning stunt on Wednesday, except that there was no rain tbta time, and wa put In lone, bard day before the camera oat In the country. o. my dear boy. don't gat tha notion that It'a all play hereabouts. My mall is Increasing every week "lirfilklas la IUI lively lletwewai Ike little aiar aad Myself." r'trve tmllt. fvcht mile In the country. ;t your brrakfast some time to- Bi-M. We in.trri1 e summons all rlchl vrvbo.!y drecd for bay maklnc: but tnes'in wasn't going to shine that day. aR'l the rain besan to fall aa we were abut to seep into the cars. I'lnny ull st'ck around a while, and w- 1 1 mi ht say here that sticking aronnl means dotnc nothtne. and this to a l"mrrmcolAl bunebful of artists was the bari-st kind of work. r II o'clock tblncs looked brichter. but It was too Ute for the back-io-tbe-land stunt, so we bad to chance our makeup for studio work. The farm work waa to be attempted the follow In; !ay. I may say white I am saylnc It. old chap, that the mornlnc bad not been My Mall la larrewalasl Every Day." and I guess I am getting about aa much aa tha next fellow In my Una. Tbe alia of oar mail la something wa like to boast about, because, you know. It shows bow popular wa are and makes oa Just that much stronger with tha management atrength meaning salary and salary meaning many nice things, like tha pretty bungalow Miss Leslie and I are planning to own In tha not far distant future. There are soma other ways I could nse that salary, too. A good many people whom 1 never heard of before write to ask tha favor of a loan to tide them over an unexpected financial stringency. Then tha other klnda of charity propoaltlona that coma rolling In with the dally mall Jerusalem! You wouldn't believe tha nerve of some folks. They ask ma to coma across for everything from a public library to ticketa for tha circus. Una man wrote me he wanted to build up a private library In bla home and asked If I wouldn't Ilka to slip him a chrck for about half of tha 1000 vol ume ha hoped to stock up with. Aa be Inclosed a stamped and self-addressed envelope I did take tha trouble to reply that I would feel honored to do so but I needed the money. The wtfa of a New England fanner and mother of five wrote mo that a ctrcua waa coming and tha family saw no way of getting under tha big tent unlrea I sent tbe price. She said aha had seen ma In tha movlea and knew by my kind face that I wouldn't refuse bapplneea to anybody. I almost fell for that one. but Finny said chuck It and play tha racea If I wanted to get rtd of my dlvldendo In a hurry. Finny hasn't much heart ha'a a director. Aa ever. JIM. At the Fort Leo Studios. Director Al- Portland a train leaving at midnight bert Capellani is assembling the cast arrives In this territory In plenty of which -will support Robert Warwick in time for the evening show and for this -The Flash of an Emerald." The story reason exhibitors favor Portland as Is one that was recently published In their booking point, tha Smart Set and whose attractive ... possibilities in film form Immediately The little daughter of Fred Gamble, appealed to about a doxen directors at one of tho "Flying A" stars, dearly once loves to take child parts In pictures In which 1 her father plays. American dl Perhaps you think Webster Campbell rectors are predicting a bright future can't play baseball. See "His Mys- in screendom for little Claire Gamble, terious Profession." a "Beauty" re- who already has appeared In half a lease, and watch "Web" perform on the doxen or more American productions, pitcher's mound. He wallops out a two- . It is unusually difficult to obtain chll bagger. too, that wins the game. There dren who can artfully portray a char are some side-epiitting bleacher scenes acter they are assigned. Little Miss in the picture. Gamble, however, has been so uniform- ly successful that she probably will bo Director Reaves Eason has produced called upon to appear often from now a wonderful one-reel "Flying A" drama on In the silent drama. entitled "A Question of Honor." Vivian Rich and Walter Spencer play the lead ing roles. Yankees Too Brusque. Harold Lockwood and May Allison Robert H. Becker, assistant In sool- soon are to make their appearance in ogy at the Field Columbian Museum, a wonderful four-reel production. recently returned to Chicago with 600 specimens gathered on an lLOOO-mlle Eugene Forde, who plays Hagar In trlp fined with hardships and thrills "The Diamond From the Sky," Is In no acrosa the continent of South Amu danger of getting out of practice driv- ica. ing while the roads are so good be- Becker was the appointee of tha tween Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Field Museum authorities for the ex- Her daffodil-colored car can be seen pedition, acting with George K. hitting the highway almost any week- Cherrie, of the Museum of Natural end. History in New York, a former member as of tne Roosevelt party which mapped -William Stfwell. playing heavies with out the Rlver cf Doubt, after travel- "America," recently had the nerve to lng through the Amazonian Jungle In drive a car for tho first time through Brazil. the congested main streets of Los "The South Americans want Amerl- Angeles, and May Allison had tho cour- can goods and they are appealing for age to ride with him. None knew that them," said Mr. Becker. "There is no it was Mr. Stowell's first experience, one there to sell them. The war has "My director told me to drive that car. affected the business of every country, and there was nothing else to do," ex- j was approached by a Dane in Bolivia, plained Mr. Stowell. "I simply used He wanted me to take letters to Amer- my own judgment as to the manipula- icanbusiness firms to get their agencies tion of the apparatus. I admit being a for goods made in the United States, trifle nervous, but I got away with it. "Typewriters, motor cars and canned Miss Allison's confidence in my ability goods from Chicago and Kansas City was a big help." The only question at packing houses are the only American issue now is. Which make, will it be products which are well known, for "Billy" Stowell? "The Germans and. British have the t system for selling goods to the South Emile Chautard having finished the Americans. The American salesmen production of "The Little Dutch Girl." have been men who cannot speak the of which Vivian Martin is the star, is language of the South American peo making ready for the filming of "The Pie, and worse yet. who will not con Little Church Around the Corner." The form to the customs of the land. They play wa. one of Charles E. Blaney's o in. slap the South American on the production, and its popular success Is back, stick a cigar in his mouth and . avnr.r. tn n ennds. They taxe no a matter of easy and pleasant reflec tion. The new Brady feature, a picturlza tion of Paul Armstrong's play, "The Renegade," of which Alice Brady is the star, will be named "The Lure of Woman." As "The Renegade," the piece was a notable stage success, but that expect to sell goods. They take no heed -f the politeness and courtesy, which Is the secret of success In thes countries." Chicago Daily Tribune. Soldiers As Reporters The ideal war correspondent is title has been such a popular one in inomas the film world that its use as a name Purple patches in his le tters home nor . . is he hampered by a load of outworn Miss Brady Is now preparing for her Journalistic phrases One part ; of our ANSWERS TO MOVIE FANS ROBERT WARWICK, or "Bob." as he Is known to his intimate friends. Is a product of the West. Music was the first art which attracted him and he studied singing tn Europe, but hia voice "went back on him" and he re turned to the atage and met with great auccess. After acting on the "legitimate" stage for a number of years, ha accepted an offer from the World Film Corporation, and made his debut on the screen in "The Man of the Hour." He made a wonderful success of It. and haa also appeared In "The Dollar Mark," "Alias Jimmy Valen tine" and "Tha Man Who Found Himself." He loves his work and la conscientious and thorough in his Imperson ations. Ha Is not married. appearance In the star role of "The Ballet Girl." which will be a film ver sion of "Carnival," written by Comp ton Mackenzie, and which, when staged, was acted by Grace George. line," writes a private in a lusuier regiment. "Is only about 80 yards from th German trenches. . . . 'Have you had your rum yetf Is what they sing out very often. One of our men called out, 'Fritz, what about a hair An idea of the detail which is nec- cutr Their reply was unprintable, essary in the production of feature pic- They put up a board with some writing tures can be gathered from the follow- on it about a truce for Easter Monday, ing: In "The Sphinx," the feature hut the rain washed it off, so they being produced by John Adolfi and S no truce Ti:.-3 Bo far as I know. Florence Lawrvnre bas not returned to ple turrs. Ulchard Travers la eulng fir !ivorca. I do not believe Watty Van la married. A K'rrl;in Fan So glad you enjoy tha K.cht Off tha Reel page. Thank you for trlttnc ma that you do. r.:acha Sweet Is a littta over t feet t L A Wrtii Warren Kerrtcan. car of tha fnivvrt Company, t'nlversal City. Cal : Karl Williams, cara of tha Vltacraph Company. Fast Fifteenth at.-eet and Locust avenue. Frooklyn. N. T. and Owen Moore. In cara of tha Keystone Company. 171? Atlesandro atrt. Los Anceies. Cat. K. E. t "Svteedle'e real name la W .::- Beery. Chartes Oaplln Is not married. Beatrix Mlchalena la an American. She was born tn Califor nia. Tathe Matt Moore la not married. Retarding ta other yon mention I cannot say. R. II. Tea. E'mar Booth waa killed In an autorcobr.e accident a short time ago. E Tvn-Tcar-OM I love to get let trs front lt-year-olda. I think the girl you are rrferrlnc to Is Edna Pur slane. I btT botrt Maguerlta Snow an ! Florence La Badle answer letters, fi- sure to Inclose stamped, self-ad-!r .! ecvetopa for reply when writ Inc. N trouble at a L Writ again ao-re t!m X R. C. I'm glad you-ve come back again. Iru!:!a. li'a a:waya n!c to re ceive a !ttr In f-r. i:iar handwriting, ji'nc the only t.iinc on Jour mind la tr t'r tat Joa T :nkr is an actor. p:a Ut me put you at rt once and f .r ail II ! not. A. V. l A.ilr Ruth Roland In rjtrm ft if Path Frrs. I Con cress trrt. Jny City Height. X. J. No. I n-r ct tired. C F. Nov tnJ0. t am forbidden. C -o IUn.' I r..t married. AJJresa Kith'jn WtlUame in care cf the Unl cr..l i'rnrr.y. I'nttvrsa! City. CaL VI. C I am vurr" sorry, but aa Too !!i not rotation tha name of tha com pany t.at produced tha picture yon are Intrrrsttd la. I am unat. to give yon t"e information oa dslr. Nope, ftnn t c've eo t!op about myse'f. H. i: K No. Warrn Kerrigan la trot rrarril Lottie Ttckford played In Iota cf ot.-r pictur bM Th D.a fr.ool From tho Sky" 1 bllv Is In hr ar:y :s. No. I do cot think you ar aiy. Tou're wtK-ema M. R K If you l I acd a slf a4ird, stan-pd n!cpe. I will ba g ad to snd you th Information I bav on Tbotoplay Acting." Marty A lttr addr4 to D. W. Ortrfit"!. cara of Mutual Company. JAe Sur.wt boul.Taro. I.cs Ansel. Cat.. i I racb Mm. R F. M If you wri snd a 'f-ad-dr! s'.an-. p4 nv!op. I sha'.l ba glad ta give you a information, yoa wish. tUaa E?H I bava act heard that Jamea Cruxe and bla wlfa atarted across tha continent In an automobile. "Un der False Colors", is a two-reel pro duction. Florence La Radle takea tha part of "Nary." No. It la not a serial. Arllne Pretty la now with tha Vita graph Company. Tour vote was re corded. Mary Esther Francis X. Bushman says ha Is not married. Hla middle nam la Xa'vler. Tea. vurr good. Doro thy PhUUpa played tha part of "Sun shine" In "Tempest and Sunahlna." Goodie Hello yourself. Oena Gau tier la with tha Universal Company. Tea. tha picture of Jamea Crux baa appeared In the "Frame" several times. Sometimes. Brownie I am sorry, but I bava no Information regarding tha actreaa you mention. If yon will writ to Mary Ptrkford. In care of the Famoua Play ers Company. 211 Wast Twenty-sixth street. New Tork. Inclosing JS cents with your request for ber picture. I am sura ah will aand It to you. No trou ble at all. In ex. Anna Maria and Loretta Baaa am hearts '. I don't exactly blame yon for blng wild over Earl Williams. Ha la certainly vurr vurr much there as to looka la anawar to your quea tloca the young man was born la Sac ramentoI always missed that word In spelling tests California, on February : J. us. At present ba Uvea In New Tork. He la elng:e-!y blessed so far as I know. No. Anita Stewart and Julia fwayna Gordon are not related. T'wekkum. Gaby H. Such a r.lce letter! Thank you. I bava heard nothing recently regarding Uaby. Yea John Bonny la dead. I don't know whether or not Mr. Hall answers letters, but yoa might try htm and sa. B aura to Inclose a stamped and self -addressed envelope for nie rep:y. Fuzay Wuxiy The fact that your tarned-up nose doesn't take a good pic- tare la not a aura elgn that you could not ba a movie actreaa 'Makeup work etn wonders, yoa know. Mr. Wallace Beery plays tha part of "Swaedle." No, ha la not a "regular" hired glrL A name for a club of seven, two of which have bad photoplay comedies accepted? Let's see. How about the Two-Com'-EavenT I think that's a grand name. No. I am not a Hollander wurra, furra! Ethel I don't know his age, Ethel, but hla picture baa not la tha "Frame. Dost B. F. H. Any acrlpta aubmltted In tha $10,000 contest that tha American Company thinks available will ba ac cepted and paid for at regular market rates. No manuscripts, however, will be returned. No trouble at all. featuring Herbert Kelcey and Effie As a thumb-nail sketch, this Is per- HEARD IN MOVIE LAND called for a litter of ct. with the simplicity of Bunyan. "So Shannon, a scene puppies and their mother. A well- known breeder of costly dogs was in they got no truce." What more do you want the man to say? A little picture V RITES a Chicago movie fan who auto, purple socks, purple ring, purple what they wanted. The puppies ar- wV Is at present 'way out West: "I'm smoking Jacket and aviary. Is finally Known urccuei ui twonj uoe wo . 'i . , . , . . - i , h , th- r,hnn h fh director t " "e trenches, like this, is , . . ... . worth , a purple patch many square and advised that "brown" puppies were wtr tv th nines lu citcuv. t u 0 - having a glorious time at the studios, settled near the Quality Studio of the Meeting all the people I hoped I'd meet Metro Company. some day. Please print this: . "Marguerite Snow and Baby Julie are "At a recent vaudeville performance aa vet anneared nll settled In a cute Hollywood bun- eivtn by movie stars for St. Catherine's ih ii wmMT galow. awaiting tha arrival of 'Big Jim' Church of Los Angeles. Fred. Mace wien it wouiar crusa. (He a touring to the Coast with Roscoa Arbuckle, Charles CHogan") 1 In th.l. illrCa rived, but they were several shades too - --huor The light, and In spite of the long trip (from New Tork to Coytesville) Mr. Sidney Bracey from New Rochele, you remember.) It's evident that Julie will ba a famous singer witness her ren dering of 'Rock-a-Bye. Baby." a a a "Franvls X. Bushman, plus" purple "Adventures of the Silly Gallillies in Movie Land, Vj von: for thf PicTtur or lOlH FAVORITE PLUCR. Dorothy Glsh received tha hlsnt number of votes last wk. Her pictur therefor will appear ta tha Frama of Public Favor next bunday. Of th other ptayera voted upon, tha following were the leaders: Msbel Trune!;. Owen Moore. Miriam Nesblt. Lottie Pick ford. Chariea Cbaplln and George Lar kln. THE BILLOT. M Requests the ptaasur of seeing th photograph of arpaer tn Tha Frame of Public Favor oca wk from next tua-day. Ou'. TvuKin. oa .pllr.- Keci.T6tl rrH Me- CottAH i 4 MIS SecJoVtNW ' r ' TVC A 0AV LA-' J9l UjaitM 0S5 ' asm ice rjQCT . r. 1 ' l r II TJT K. KlN'T I KNOW A TH1H4- AeoUT STEH06ftAPrV i t"j' 'l-l 1 apts. rve YES. IP K& DOKT HR& YOU IVU APPLY ZJ " (iMaa-aMv Murray and Bob Albright did a 'quartet act' which resulted in 'Fatty' falling into the footlights and breaking most of the bulbs. "Handsome 'Wally' Reid has finished Carmen and Mona Lisa with Geraldine Farrar and Is now working on a third picture, still playing the lead for the famous, diva." Walker Whiteside Is going out on the road this Fall In opposition to him self, the object being to discover whether or not appearing on the screen is detrimental to a stage artist's draw ing power. Last Spring Mr. Whiteside appeared In a" screen version of "The Melting Pot." This season he will be stage starred In "The Ragged Mes senger," a John Cort production. Colin Campbell, who plays the part of the flying Scotchman in the new Lubln five-act comedy, "Tillie's Tomato Surprise," In which Marie Dressier, Tom McNaughton, Sarah McVtcar and others will be featured, has not been long in this country. He arrived on a Satur day morning and promptly walked up Broadway to see the big buildings. At Forty-second street a painter dropped a can of paint on his head, and when the English actor came to he found five or six stitches in his scalp and his name in all tha papers. A few days later, when convalescing in his hotel, the clerk notified him that a detective from police headquarters desired to see him. Tha sleuth was ushered upstairs and then began a third degree: "Your name is Colin Campbell?" queried tha New Tork Sherlock Holmes. "T-y-es, sir," said tha trembling Campbell, not knowing what was com ing next, although his conscience was absolutely clear. "Tou are Scotch" asked tbe detective. and in the face of his Scottish accent. Campbell could not say nay. "That Is all," said the detective. "I want you for bigamy," and it took Campbell a full hour to convince the detective that he was not the Colin Campbell who was wanted for deceiv ing two trusting, unsophisticated, and. of course, beautiful maidens. sober disdain of any feverish seeking MmTrcdinnK " Yp.t we dare swear Dogowner was compelled to return to ,f T Atkins nad any ldea he wa8 tho city and fetch the dogs of the wrm for publication be would proper color. The reason for this Is stralgntway Degin to haul In as many that light brown does not photograph long words as possible and become as as well as brown of a deeper color. So gtmed aB pompOUs and as generally tiresome as the most highly paid cor respondent of the lot. London Globe. there you are. Otis Turner, directing Nat C. Good win in the production of F. McGrew Willis" adaptation of Octave Mlrabeau's famous French tragedy. "Business Is Business," is pushing that feature for- Height and Weight of Boys. ' New York World. The Health Department has weighed . ward with all possible speed consistent and measured 10,000 New York school with the standard of the work charac- children, who, Irora July ia, inn, to teristic of "The Governor." Mr. Good- April 13, 1915, asked for working win has fallen in with the new line papers. of acting, and after having seen him- The boys of English, Irish or Scotch self on the screen in the completed por- stock weighed, on the average, 102.44 tions, is more keenly interested in the pounds. They were the lightest of all work before the camera. in avoirdupois. . The boys of Italian stock weighed Mary Nash, star of Knickerbocker 104.61 pounds. Star Features, is proving the versatility The native American boys of Amer of her artistic nature In a feature ican-born parents weighed 105.61 drama now being produced, "The Tides pounds. of Time." Miss Nash is called upon The boys of German stock weighed for romance at the age of 20, a Btruggle 106.62 pounds. with poverty in middle life . and a Those of Jewish stock weighed valiant battle for Justice for the strug- 106.92 pounds. gling poor. She handles the character The Russian, Polish or Bohemian at the age of 60 with remarkable boys weighed 108.13 pounds. They were daintiness and has won the name of the heaviest of all. the "Sweet Old Lady" in the studio. m the matter of height tbe German At the age of 80 ' she shows the boys were the tallest, with an average triumphant evening of life with those ot 62.39 inches. whose long lives have been unselfish The native American boys of Amer- and humane. ican-born parents averaged 62.38 inches, English, Scotch or Irish 62.21. William Winter, the famous dramatic the Russian, Polish or Bohemian 61.87, critic calls Tyrone Power the succes- the Jewish 60.93, the Italian 60.30. sor to Booth and Barrett. Mr. Power is The composite average height of all now enacting leading roles In Selig the girls was less than that of the ' . ... . . ' boys but they were a fraction heavier Polyscope Company s feature picture- than- th(J boysu Tt)e RuSBian, Pollsa plays. He is working at the Los An- and Bohemian girls were the tallest, geles stuios. In the past Mr. Power jhe German girls were the heaviest. has supported Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Mrs. Flske. Mrs. Leslie a Premier Unable to Write. Carter, William Faversham and others. , World's Work. a a Count Okuma, though he is the au-. Traveling film representatives mak- thoor of books and pamphlets and in ing the territory in Southeastern Ore- numerable magazine and newspaper ar gon and Northern California advise that tides, dictates all his work to a secre . , ,,.,,. ., tary and so far as is known has never the exhibitors In those districts prefer even written hia own slgnature. Tne to book their attractions from Portland truth of the matter ls that he forms the and even Seattle rather than San Fran- beautiful Chinese characters like a Cisco, because of the inconvenient train schoolboy, and, since the autographs of schedule through those districts' from the great are highly prized in Japan. many expeuienia uave ueen uuBuwesB- fully tried to get a scrap of his writ ing. A friend once made an attempt Stack Exchange. Journal of Commerce. "Ever had any stock exchange deal ings, sir "WelL Hank, I've frequently swapped hossea" the south. This condition of affairs seems to ex ist notwithstanding the fact that many whi'cn came near being successful. He of the towns in question are closer to pretended to have forgotten how to San Francisco than Portland. The form a certain Chinese character and train npon which films are usually asked how it should be written. Count shipped for this territory from San ok.umV P the br,ush, and Pa.per; ' v , , , which had been conveniently placed at Francisco usually arrives In Southern Wg elbow Dut the plot faileat the iast Oregon and Northern California in the m0ment, for be put down the writing early pert of the evening, and when with a smile and traced the character the travel ls heavy delays are frequent with his finger In the ashes of tha and audiences often disappointed. From hearth.