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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Sunset "Still Watere."
Hellig: "Civilization."
Peoples "Public Opinion."
Pickford "The River of Ro
mance." Columbia "Hell-to-Pay Aus
tin." T & D "Fathers of Men."
"Gloria's Romance."
Majestic -" The Serpent."
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'HAT part will the motion pic
ture play in. the solution of
crime?" was a recent ques
tion asked the motion picture men by
m. psychologist. The question came at
father an appropriate time, for an an
swer was found last week in a start
ling Incident concerning the recent
bomb explosion at San Francisco dur
ing; the preparedness parade. Every
where on the streets motion picture
photographers awaited the big; event.
Photographers had their cameras
ready not only to snatch the parade
itself, but details and feature ma
terial.
Ona photographer had his camera
focused where the nurses and doctors
were to have been, at the corner of
Etewart and Market streets. Just be
fore the bomb exploded the camera
man turned his machine on the crowd
Just around the corner on, Stewart
street . and obtained some excellent
"close-ups." Among those who were
suddenly and unexpectedly photo
graphed were several persons suspect
ed of having played an important part
in the outrage.
Not even when the pictures of the
parade were shown in the San Fran
cisco motion picture houses was this
bit of film exposed to the public The
man who ' took the picture, however,
knew he must have gotten something
of value and told the police. A tele
gram to the film corporation's head
quarters brought the film and now the
police are using it as an important
part of their clew and evidence.
The film men and scientists believe
that in time the camera will be one of
the most Important agents in record
ing crime. As in the case of the San
Francisco calamity whenever there is
to be a great public occasion there is
an army of cameramen on the street
to record every detail.
A novel method is under considera
tion by the detectives and police of
various cities of photographing a sus
pect with the motion picture camera.
There will be the great advantage of
having absolute proof in the film and
of learning every peculiarity of gait
and gesture of the suspect.
Probably it never occurred to you
as. you went to the theater week after
week and saw one after another of
the Triangle stars in the pictures that
they ever did anything but hurry to
and fro from the studio and stand in
front of the camera day after day. But
they do. x
There may be people in the world
more fond of fun ond sport than the
heroes and heroines of the screen, but
they would be hard to find. Nearly
every one of them has a fad and nine
times out of 10 the fad has to do with
outdoor sports of some kind.
In the various fields of sport to
which they turn their attention they
are usually expert. The Gish girls
and Bessie Love are among the best
tennis players of all the women on the
Pacific Coast. Right alongside the
bungalow where the Gish girls live
there is a tennis court that is cared
for as attentively as the courts at the
finest clubs. There one or the ether
of the girls may be seen almost every
day, slashing away at the elusive ten
nis ball as though her life depended
on it
Enid Markey is an enthusiastic, not
to say inveterate horsewoman. She has
several fine saddle horses in her sta
bles and every hour of the day she can
escape from the studio sees her out
along one of the many beautiful rides
near Los Angeles, sending her horse
along at a merry clip.
If one wanders over toward the golf
links connected with the Country Club
he will be quite likely to find Chester
Conklin and possibly Bill Desmond,
driving or putting, and each, withal,
with the skill of a professional.
Of course the modern style of motion
pictures makes athletes out of the
screen folk anyway. Such little stunts
as taking flying leaps from second
story windows to near-by trees or leap
ing from the roof of a house to a
horse's back are fairly good . training
for golf or tennis or almost any kind
of sport.
When the weather favors there's a
gymnasium and a pool at each of the
studios and then the strenuous life is
confined a bit.
The picture folk themselves will de
cry the idea that they are a more
strenuous lot than their neighbors who
know th scren only from their seats
in the theater. Athletics, and partic
ularly the outdoor variety, they believe
provides Just the needed mental and
physical relaxation from their work in
the studio that they need.
Thirty children, ranging from 3 to
15 years in age, appear in support of
Mary Miles Minter in several' of the
scenes of "Youth's Endearing Charm."
When time for the filming of the
scenes, representing an orphans' home,
came around; Director William C.
Dowlan made repeated efforts .to find
children enough to participate in the
scene. A survey of the American Mu
tual studios brought to light less than
half a dozen kiddies young enough to
be placed in the scene. Residents in
and about the studios could only fur
nish as many more.
As a last resort Direetor Dawlan
got into communication with the offi
cials of St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum,
in Santa Barbara, and managed to ob
tain kiddies enough to continue with
the scenes. Miss Minter, when she
heard of Director Dowlan's success in
obtaining children enough, appointed
herself a committee of one and led a
parade of nearly a dozen autos to the
institution. There the children were
taken aboard and brought to th stu
dios.
After the scenes had been completed,
which furnished no end of amusement
to the little orphans, the Mutual's lit
tle star, together with various other
Players connected with the American
Mutual studios, entertained them at a
luncheon and then escorted them Into
the projection room, where they had
their flu of motion pictures.
The medical faculty of the Univer
sity of Minnesota is co-operating with
film organizations in showing a series
of films that will be a part of the reg
ular course of instruction In the Uni
versity of Minnesota, college of medi
cine. The first film shows the symp
toms of various diseases and the sec
ond the recovery. This system ' has
been in use in the medical schools of
Germany for several years, and it is
almost certain that the plan will work
out admirably in Minnesota.
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"This studio means as much to the
artist as the church does to the devout
worshiper; therefore, you will kindly
observe .the silence and respect due the
artists and their work.
, "HERBERT BEENON."
This unique sign is displayed promi
nently on the walls of the new moving
picture studio where Herbert Brenon,
creator of "A Daughter of the Gods,"
is now engaged in directing a photo
dramatization of Marion Craig Went
worth's play, "War Brides," with Nazi
mova as the star, to be released through
Lewis J. Selznick. In many of the
most important moving picture studios
the actors go through their scenes to
the accompaniment of the almost deaf
ening din of hammering by carpenters,
shouts of property men, chattering of
bystanders, other distracting sounds.
Mr. Brenon's idea, which would seem
almost revolutionary, if put into effect
in many studios, is that the artist is
entitled to every aid in concentrating
upon the work in hand.
"When Lowell wrote The Vision of
Sir Launfal " said Mr. Brenon, "he shut
himself up in his study and did not
reappear until, his work was finished.
Imagine a poet endeavoring to write
beautiful lines in the midst of a babel
of sounds! I believe that one reason
the photo drama has been slow in
evolving a high type of acting of its
own is that too little attention has
been paid to the sensitiveness of the
players. I would no more think of
asking a star like Madame Nazimova
to play the tense scenes of 'War Brides'
to the accompaniment of hammer and
saw than I would think of trying to
read a delicate lyric of Arthur Symons
to a friend while riding in the subway."
Pursuant to this idea, the mechanical
force and all other persons who have
business about the stage while scene
are in progress wear rubber-heeled
shoes and are under absolute orders to
maintain silence so far as humanly
possible.
PEOPLES' OFFERING THRILLS
"Public Opinion,'" Starring Blanche
Sweet, Great Film Drama.
Even if an accused, innocent person is
acquitted by a jury, she is still con
demned by public opinion. " Such is the
idea on which Margaret Trumbull, the
celebrated novelist, has builded "Public
Opiuior.," starring Blanche Sweet this
week at the Peoples Theater that and
facts. For the plot corresponds to a
recent care tried in the New York
courts.
"Public Opinion" is unlike any of
the recent screen' dramas and far more
interesting than the average, for until
the very last flash on the screen the
audience does not inow whether the
girl will continue scorned in public
opinion or vindicated.
The part that th talented Blanche
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Sweet has in the play Is a thoroughly
human and strong one. She is the
victim of circumstances, the villainy of
a man and yellow journalism. Her role
is that of a nurse who, when new in
the . profession. Imagined she fell in
love with a doctor, and eloped with
him. On the train she discoverd that
he was married. The story leaks out
and is published in the papers, so that
when later she fancies she has lived
down her mistake a woman recognizes
her. There is a young man in
the story, whose mother is married
to a fortune-rhunter, a physician, who la
slowly poisoning her.
After a quarrel with the stepfather
the young man goes to live at the
boarding-house where the girl is stay
ing. In a crisis he is called home,
and insists that the girl be brought to
nurse his mother. When th young
nurse arrives she discovers that the
doctor is the man who formerly tricked
her, but she is afraid to tell.
The medicine she gives to the mother
kills the woman, and a physician called
in pronounces it murder. Who is really
responsible. The doctor lets the detec
tives think that the s nurse gave his
wiie poison xnai sne migni- ne iree to
have him, and the newspapers print
glaring stories of the crime.
Even when the Jury, at the instiga
tion of a young millionaire, the fore
man of the Jury, acquits her, people
and the press think she is guilty and
that her beauty and youth have swayed
the Jury. Her lover gives her up and
a mob awaits her outside.
There are several scenes after that.
more murder and crime, a third man,
and the tightening of nets about the
innocent girL Never once is the audi
ence shown until the end what will
really happen. The play is one that
will bring tears to the eyes.
FATHERS OF MEN" AT T & D
Robert Ekleson and All-Star Cast to
Present Drama.
"Fathers of Men," a Vitagraph Blue
Ribbon feature, a tale of the woods and
pioneer life, will be shown at the T &
D this week, beginning today. Rob
ert Edeson and Naomi Childres and
an all-star cast present "Fathers of
Men," a play with many heart throbs
and beautiful scenery. Billy Burke
will also be there in Gloria's Ro
mance, which grows more exciting
with each episode.
In "The Fathers of Men" Howland
is a trapper supremely happy with his
wife, Jeanne, and son, Robert, in their
cabin in the north.
Blake, a trader also married Is
traveling to the nearest trading post-
Out with Robert for a sled ride,
Jeanne had run her sled into a snow
slide, and but for the timely assistance
of Blake both would have been killed.
Jeanne escapes unhurt, but Robert
suffers injuries which necessitate an
operation. While Howland takes the
boy to the nearest doctor. Blake is left
to look after Jeanne. Blake wins her
love and when Howland returns with
his son, recovered, he finds the cabin
empty. Heavy-hearted over the loss of
his wife. Howland vows to be avenged.
After some time the latter tires of
Jeanne and leaves her to return to
his wife. Sorrowful now for his treat
ment of Jeanne, he returns to the
cabin where he had left her, but finds
that she has already gone, leaving no
trail.
Twenty years later, Howland, a lieu
tenant in the Northwest mounted po
lice, tells his son, also a mounted man.
of the sorrow which Blake caused him.
and Robert Joins his father in a vow of
vengeance. When Howland sees Blake
by the side of a murdered man an op
portunity presents itself, and, though
he knows that Blake did not commit
the crime, he succeeds in having him
convicted. In escaping from his guards
Blake is fatally shot. In Blake's cabin
his three sons hear of their father's
death, and. against the admonitions ef
David, the other two set out to repay
Howland. After killing the latter and
stunning Robert, they escape.
Many stirring scenes follow and girls
are brought into the plot. A touching
climax and romance complete the fea
ture. Another feature on the programme
today will be House Peters in "The Rail
Rider." a World Film railroad play, in
which House Peters is'seen at bis best.
Maurice Tourneur, the author, has skill
fully succeeded in making an-inpres-sive
story by blending a sweet love
affair with a tale of financial intrigue.
Zena Keefe supports Mr. Peters in this
feature.
HAWAIIAN'S ARE AT PICKFORD
Film Play Is Thrilling Plot Laid
Among Thousand Islands.
A feature programme will be intro
duced at the Pickford today, when Ku
lolia's Hawaiian Troubadors will open
a week's engagement, dividing time
OREGONIATT, P0RTXA7TIJ, , AUGUST 27, 1916.
with a splendid photoplay, "The River
of Romance." Harold Lock wood and
May Allison, two of filmdom's most
popular stars, head the "River of Ro
mance" cast, which promises to be one
of the best of the week's movie events.
There are six persons, all native Ha
waiians. with the Troubadors, and they
carry their own scenery, lighting ef
fects and costumes. Dances, solos and
instrumental music will be given by
them.
"The River of Romance" is a five
part Metro wonder-play, produced by
the Yorke Film Corporation. The Thou
sand Islands, in St. Lawrence River, was
the principal background used in pho
tographing the many colorful and pic
turesque scenes. While there Director
Henry Otto arranged to use the famous
castle of George D. Boldt. the manager
of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, together
with the country estate of T. A. Gilles
pie. - the Pittsburg millionaire, who
owns one of the largest islands in the
group. In addition to these locations,
many other beautiful places were used
in staging some of the scenes.
The hero, William Klssam Kellogg
(Harold Lockwood), an heir to mil
lions, starts to demonstrate that he
l - can make money on his own account
with the aid of a decrepit one-cyunaer
motorboat. His patrons, ignorant of
his identity, call him "One-Cylinder
Sam."
To the regions of the St. Lawrence
and the Thousand Islands comes the
beautiful and charming Rosalind Chal
mers (May Allison) from New York for
a visit- She is delighted with "Sam,"
even though the circumstances cause
her to think he is a burglar.
How she, being an expert on engines,
comes to his rescue when his craft
breaks down and pursuers are shooting
at him, and how both narrowly escape
drowning and how he finally carries
her away in true cave-man fashion be
fore revealing his identity constitute
some of the. thrills with which the story
abounds.
There is a strong supporting cast, in
cluding Lester Cuneo, Dan Hanlon. Bert
Busby. Lee Walker. Mrs. Mathilda
Brundage. Lillian Halpern. Phil Masl
and other well-known screen artists.
SERPENT TO BE SHOWN TODAV
Theda Bara Has Treading Kole In
Play at Majestic.
At last Portland is to see th famed
"Serpent." one of the recent Fox sen
sations, that will be shown at the Ma
jestic Theater this week opening today.
Of course Theda Bara plays the lead.
She is the vampire as usual, but only
an innocent little Russian peasant
maid at the opening of the play and a
daughter of a serf of Grand Duke
Valonoff, who is nothing more than a
wealthy libertine.
The Grand Duke sees for the first
time Vania, who is in love with Andrey
Sobi, a peasant. Valonoff is enrap
tured with her and decides that he
will see her again. To further his
purpose he leaves his gold cigarette
case in the serfs cottage. The case
is found by Ivan, who, fearing that he
will be accused of theft, sends Vania
to return it to its owner.
The Grand Duke greets Vania Joy
ously and makes ardent love to her.
Following her seductions, he lavishes
upon her every gewgaw that her heart
desires. The sudden change in station
is almost beyond the comprehension
of the daughter of the poverty-stricken
serf. And yet she likes her new life.
Valonoff. ultimately tiring of Vania.
makes no effort to conceal the face
that his infatuation nas wares. jo
sDite her pleadings, he casts Vania off.
and devotes his attention to some new
charmer. It is the turning point in
Vania' life. That she ever would" be
separated from the Grand Duke has
never been conceivaoie to ner. Due
analvzes the cause of her plight, and
she resolves the cause into one word
Man! She reasons, that sho has been
trod on. ground beneath the heel of
Man, and she determines to bara her
fangs. Her prey is to be all men, not
one. Her beauty enables her to come
within easy striking distance of her
victims. And her venom is potent.
Vania arrives in Paris. The war is
in progress. As she watches one of
the lorg lines of wounded soldiers pass
by she notices a face which awakens
memories. She makes inquiry and dis
covers tnat wounded officer is Prince
Valonoff. son of the Grand Duke. She
helps nurse him back to health, and
he. too, falls victim to her charms.
Shortly after their marriage the
Grand Duke, who is ignorant that the
Prince is wed. sends word that he is
coming to visit bis beloved and only
son. The prince is called away before
his father's arrival. Vania greets the
Grand Duke, who' does not recognize
her. He makes love to her after she
has lured him on. The prince returns
at the appointed hour, known to Vania,
and, finding his wife clasped in the
arms ox his owl lather, commits, sui
cide. The last drop of venom from
"The Serpent's" fangs has found its
mark
HEILIG RCNS FILMS LONGER
"Civilization" Makes Powerful Plea
Against Race Hatred.
"'Civilization." the ironically power
ful and satirically eloquent motion
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picture spectacle, opens its second week
at the Hellig Theater today. Its first
week here was a big one and the suc
cess of the play in the East has been
pronounced warranted.
The 'picture is built on a mammoth
scale. Naval battles, submarine war
fare, trench fighting, romance and
thrilling adventure all are combined
in the picture. From the standpoint
of ' photography, exceptional lighting
effects and elaborate scenes and action.
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Gotch vs. Jim Essen
Ritchie vs. Lew Steffens
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Production
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everywhere, by. every
person who has seen
it and by Miss Clark
herself, to be her mas
terpiece. It's an original drama
of circus and canal
boat life a story that
reaches the 'tenderest
depths in the "still
waters" of the human
heart.
It's the one play youH
remember for all
time.
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