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4 M L J. TODAY' FUJI FEATURES. Peoples Sessue Hayakawa and Myrtle Stedman, "The Soul of Kura-San." Plckford Nance 0'Neil, "The Iron Woman." Majestic William Duncan and Mary Anderson, "The Last Man." Columbia Bessie Love, "A Sister of Six." Sunset Norma Talmadge, "Going- Straight.'' Globe Irene ' Fenwick, "The Woman Next Door": Earl Will iams, "The Scarlet Runner." t THERE is still a chance for motion picture "talent. ' If you don't think so, consider .the cases of three of the winners of photoplay .Magazine's Beauty and Brains contest-; Helen Afnold, of Louis ville; Lucille Zintheo. of Spokane, and Aletia Marton, of Dallas. Miss Arnold was signed by the Froh man Amusement Company and will soon appear in "The Witching Hour." Khe is well on her way to stardom. Lucille Zintheo, the Spokane girl, has been engaged on a three-year contract by Lewis J. Selznick for Herbert Bren on pictures. She was offered a Brady contract, but Selznick tendered more money. She will have a small part in the Nazimova picture, "War Bridee," and a more important role in "The Queen Mother," starring Florence Reed. Miss Marton makes her debut in the first of the Norma Talmadge films, also released through Selznick, a screen version of "Panthea." Miss Zintheo is a decided brunette, with remarkably expressive eyes and a brilliant smile. She is a native of Detroit, and 21 years old. Miss Marton is an opposite type, being a stately blond. The winners of the Beauty and Brains contest were eleven in number. These girls were taken Eact, enter tained, conducted on a tour of the stu dios and then given the "once over" by the producers. Several more of the prirls undoubtedly will be given con tracts to appear in the celluloid. Knowing that the moving picture en thusiasts of the Nation would be in doubt as to how their votes should be caet on November 7, until they learned the political predilection of their fa vorite stars. Photoplay Magazine un dertook to make a canvass of the ac tresses now in California who will cast their first votes for President. Here is how they stand: Kathlyn William If I ever vote anything but the straight Democratic ticket, take me back to the lions, lock me in and. throw the key away. Wil son, of course. Fannie Ward If I v. '.-re old enough I to vote; mister, I would do my best for Hughes. I think he's a terribly nice man, who ought to be encouraged. Mae Murray- I can't vote here, but if I could it would be Hughes, because he's from New York, and,' besides. I like the way he parte his whiskers, and. besides, I never knew anything good to come out of Jersey. Marie Doro I shall vote for Wilson because I do not believe this is a time to change Administrations. . Dorothy Gish Hughes and Fair banks, if I had a vote. I think Doug las is a perfect darling. Myrtle Stedman I am for the demo lition, abolition and utter annihilation of the entire Democratic party. Cleo Ridgley After using Wilson for four vpnrs I think we should use no - T thinlr ' a luct a T"i 1 Tl .1 i fl In ! those serious things. And those sub titles he writes are grand. Wilson, that's all. Anita King Judging from his make up, I consider Hughes a better busi- : Tiess man than' Wileon and will cast' my vote accordingly. I Louise Glaum I'm for the Johnnie ' who wants to have rum abolished. 1 think his name is Benson. Bessie Barriscale Wilson has saved the country from chaos. He gets my first vote. Dorothy Dalton The prices of cloth ing have gone up so high during Wil son's Administration that I will vote for Hughes. Winnifred Kingston As long as Oliver Morosco is not running I'll vote for Hughes, as hie platform is much superior to that of Wilson. Vivian Martin I simply can't see Hughes, he's too handsome. Let me have homely men" about me. Me for Wilson. Charlev Murrav" (who is not an ac tress) I am not in favor of any change! of Administration at thte time, so will vote again for Andrew Jackson. ' , "Gee. isn't she tiny and he is so fat!" "My. goodness, look at him, he must weigh a ton!" "Well, I'll wager my new Fall lid that she doesn't tip the scales at a hundred." " .- How many times have you'neard these remarks when watching a mo tion picture show? Just to relieve your fagged brain, we will let. you in on a secret and tell you Just how much a. lot of these people weigh. Promise to keep it a secret, Hough! William Duncan, of the Vitagraph tips the scale at an even 200; Jack "Warren Kerrigan, of the Universal. goes him one better and makes the hand stop at 201.: Bud Hamilton, of Kalem. Uds the beam at 205, while Mignon Anderson, of the Thanhouser weighs 94. Max Asher, of the Uni versal, goes in at 206, and William F. Russell, of Mutual, tips 203. Richard C. Travers, of Essanay, goes up to 207 and stops there, while "Fatty" Roscoe Arbuckle goes way up to 285 and Lil lian Huff, of the Famous Players, can't bulge more than 95. Viola Dana claims possession of all of 96 pounds, while Wellington Playter, of Palo Alto, gets away with 232. but poor Helen Weer, try as she may. can't weigh a hundred but comes mighty near. it. for she weighs 99. ' There is only one film playffc who 1 'Go'" weighs over 300 pounds, and that Pierre La Colosse. a French heavy weight wrestler, who appeared in .a Mutual picture some time ago. and who will be . in a coming Vitagraph. He weighs 342 pounds, and is, without a doubt, the biggest human thing in movies. The retrenchment ax was swung with vigor at many of the studios during last month, the casualties having been very large at the American in Santa Barbara and at Keystone. Harry Grib bon and Louella Maxam were among the victims at the latter and among the important players who left Santa Barbara were Jack Richardson and Louise Lester, the last of the "Flying A." There was also a slump in the "extra" market, owing to the com pletion of "Joan of Arc" and "The Gar den of Allah" by Lasky and Selig, re spectively. William Fox continued his raiding tactics, having annexed Mar gery Daw. erstwhile Laskyite, and Charles Clary, of the same company. Other Fox acquisitions were Director Harry Edwards and comedienne Julia Faye, of Keystone. "When William Gillette and his wife went fishing the other week two miles from their cabin in the Yosemite Val ley and Mrs. Gillette slipped on a rock and sprained her ankle, and Gil lette sought and obtained surgical aid from Helen Holmes and Paul Horst, at the location camp where. Miss Holmes' Signal-Mutual Company was filming "A Lass of the Lumberlands," Gillette, to show his appreciation, offered to make Miss Holmes a present of a big cinnamon bear he had "spotted" in a cave near by. The offer was accepted after delib eration, and a. few days ago the bear was trapped and delivered, weight 500 pounds. Snow weather at EI Portal, the southern gateway of Yosemite National work, decided Director McGowan to move his - camp to the Los Angeles studio for Interior filming until the Yosemite a'tmosphere should clear up, and he ordered bruin expressed to the Signal's Los Angeles zoo. The property man took a turn of chain around the cinnamon's left hind leg and the assistant property man climbed off the lid. Then things began to happen. There is an expression "as ugly as a bear with a sore head." It fits in here. The cinnamon started for his late home in the cave by the river. Bears don't run but they usually get there. This one got as far as the length of his chain (which had been snubbed around a tree for safety.) The chain broke under the strain of 500 pounds of meat, bone and muscle hurlinsr' itself over the li:is. Irnl i1iT7r if lilt 1 .. I V5 ,V l 1 II 1 1 II i IE SJ i ' ' 3 1 i ' I V - ' i- VW NEVER - fk If: FORGET J I THEATER BROADWAY and WASHINGTON " i r- y. kjfMi Ira air, rcr THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, PORTLAND, 3T01 , is t Cv 5 r ground. The bear turned a somersault, got up very angry indeed, and charged the crowd, made up of the members of Miss Holmes' company, including her self. Leo Maloney, character man support ing Miss Holmes, shot the bear dead with a rifle handed him hurriedly by one of the party. Kentucky, land of the bluegrass and thoroughbreds, claims Harry Booker, oldest comedian of Mack Sennett's or ganization, as its own." Possessed of that Jovial nature and indomitable youth common to most comedians of mature years, he is beloved by .lis as sociates and is fondly referred to on the Keystone "lot" as Daddy. As a motion picture comedian Mr. Booker stands out as one of the clever est cnaracter men to be recruited from the ranks of the legitimate. The vau deville team. Booker and Canfleld, of which he was the Junior member, were well known to theater-goers of a gen eration ago. These two comedians held a partnership record that was never equaled in the theatrical world. They began working together as young men in the old variety days, long be Br f h Also , - 11 -Of si's fore the vvofd "vaudeville- was Known to theater patrons, and remained to gether for over 30 years, until Mr. Can field's death a few years ago. Charley Murray's reason for desert ing the "boards" in favor of motion pictures is that domesticity is en.loyed and the night and Sunday work of the legitimate stage is not known to the picture profession. Murray will be remembered for his work as a member of the musical comedy team of Murray and Mack in "Finnegan's Ball." "Mc Fadden's Flats" and other stage come dies. "Considering the fact that I have lived in a trunk on the road for 23 years, can you blame me for loving the picture game?"' said Murray. Having attained a success in the movies, his "road trunk" is now covered wit'j cob webs In the garret of his home. Murray is' 44 years old. He was born in the hamlet of Laurel, Ind.. aud re ceived his education in the ublic schools of Cincinnati. Ohio. He is one of the leading comedians of Mack Sen nett's big company of screen actors at the Keystone Film Company's Ktudio in T.os Anfreles. Of H the film plays (Star of "The Social O h;yV lis- "Oi , ill f : . ; v. ; wL It's harder for some than others, and it doesn't always end as happily as this. Motion Picture News says of this picture: "Norma Talmadge never did anything better." Keystone Side-Splitter Ambrose's Cup of Woe Coming! Mary Pickford In "Hulda From Holland' yJJJJCy fKf o, 1916. ,4 V3tXNr-5'6 V - ...of: IrvwoA;. ,"7z in' which Murray has been prominent "The Plunderer" Is considered by him his greatest success. Florence Reed, who will begin work immediately Under the direction of Herbert Brenon on the next f th.H progressive producer's contributions to Selznik Pictures, is one of the mutt attractive figures on the American stage. In her comparatively brief lareer. for she is one of the yo.inger L jtars. she has known practically no such thing as failure. Strikingly hand some in appearance and gifted with re markable dramatic fire, she has never failed to win her audiences aJid her engagement by Mr. Brenon is a dis tinct acquisition to the list of start which have appeared In his photodra mas. Miss Reed's most recent big success was made in "The Yellow Ticket." that tremendously emotional drama of po litical and social Intrigue In Russia. In the leading role Miss Reed starred for the long New York run and then toured for a season. No less spectacu lar was her previous achievement In "The Typhoon." This was the role which brought her before theatrical Secretary" and "Fifty-Fifty") ' ' ... :h; v- ssi ssi Sou cfCu rck Ji3r?fnSSejct Door ' audiences as a star of the tirst magni tude. Among her other notable engage ments was as a member of the great all-stir- cast of "A Celebrated Case." which appeared at the Empire Theater, New York. "dblXG STRAIGHT" AT SUNSET Xormi Talmadge Stars In Thrilling iftopy of a Reformed Conple. Norma Talmadge, one of the bright est twinklers of feminine film stardom, headlines the Sunset Theater pro gramme today In "Going Straight." an unusually forceful drama from the Fine Arts studio dealing with the ef forts of a reformed couple to "go straight" after they had abandoned their old life as crooks. Miss Talmadge. Ralph Lewis, as the husband, and Eugene Pallette. as the villain, are' the principals in the cast, while a number of the Fine Arts kid dies are Involved in play. John Rem ington goes down Into the slums to negotiate the purchase of n warehouse That we buy the whole Triangle and Paramount Pro grammes to pick the best for you THAT'S WHY 11 in the Triangle-Fine Arts Masterpiece A O 2 W nil FOUR DAYS COMMENCING TODAY w r . ' for a client, and there meets Jimmle Briggs. a gangster. Briggs recognises Remington as his old partner In crime, Higgtns. Reming ton and his wife, Grace, used to work with Briggs in many house robberies. Remington and Briggs serving time in prison for the last. When released Remington finds he has a. haby, and for the sake of the child reforms. Briggs blackmails Remington until he has no more money to give him. and then demands that John help hint in one more denl. threatening to expose Grace and send her to prison for com plicity' in the crime. Remington agrees. L'naware of his danger Grace has gone to spend the week-end at the home of a wealthy friend, the very place Briggs has chosen for the robbery. The men .iimmy their way into the house. Remington goes for the safe and B. iggs into the rooms upstairs in search of jewlery. Briggs enters the room where Grace is sleeping, the girl is awakened, and a struggle ensues. Remington follows Briggs. witnesses the struggle, and knocks the crook to the floor. unconscious. The other guests are aroused and rush to the room. The wife, with rare presence of mind, plants the husband's mask and gun on Briggs. and tells the guests that her husband followed her to the place in time to save her from a des perate burglar. Unfortunately Briggs escapes, and his desire to be revenged on the man who has "double crossed" htm leads to a smashing finish. BKSSIK liOVE AT COLUMBIA Xeiv.tilrl Film Star Appears in " Sister of Six." Bessie Love, the little Los Angeles girl who flashed into stardom in such spectacular fashion, and six of the Fine Arts kiddies, are the attractions at the Columbia Theater in "A Sister of Six." a tale of love, plot and hattl In the early days of California. A new Key stone comedy will be an additional feature. "A Sister .of Six" presents Miss Love In the role of a little New England lass settled in California in 180. t which time the atmosphere of Mexico was dominant in the state. The story deals with a conspiracy between Garcia, owner of a Spanish grant, and Lone street, a tynlcal adventurer, to obtain possession of- property belonging to Caleb Winthrop. The ranch is in the hands of Amos Winthrop. brother of Caleb. Amos Is killed by Garcia. Meantime a romance has developed between Sepulveda, Win throp's head vaqnero. and Miss Pru dence, daughter of the dead Winthrop. SUNSET SHOWS SATISFY TffCT T V 2 TL A ,..,,! (ji t
