THE STJXTJAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEF 3, 1916.
army, visited garrison, took charge
of it: had himself wined and dined by
the Burgomaster and elite of the town
and had the payroll of the garrison
turned over to him. After a riotous
week of fun the exposure came. The
shoemaker was thrown into prison. But
universal laughter greeted his esca
pade, and his delicious adventure made
him a general hero. Van 'Dyke Brooke
has written a scenario based on this
actual happening and is directing Dan
iels in it. ,
ORECOX GIRL, IS HEADLIXEK
Margarita Fischer tn "Pearl of
"Paradise" to Appear at Star.
Margarita Fischer, the Oregon girl,
In "The Pearl of Paradise," a desert Is
land drama with a strong Robert Louis
Stevenson flavoj- and some of the most
wonderful scenery put on the screen,
will be the head liner at the Star The
ater today.
This photoplay is said to be an un
usually strong one from the three view
points of dramatic interest, photog
raphy and characterization.
Miss Fischer plays the role of Tulita,
known to the Inhabitants of one of the
South Sea Islands as "The Pearl of
raradise."
Her father, Gomez, a Spanish fugi
tive from justioe, has reared her In ig
norance of the evils of the outside
world. Piete Van Dekken, 'the cap
tain of a Iutch schooner, and the only
other white man the girl has ever
seen, is infatuated with her. John
Dellow and his fiancee, on a yatchting
cruise, are forced to jump from the
yacht and the next morning Dellow
is found on the beach by Yulita:. Go
mez orders John shot, but Yulita saves
his life and Gomez tells Dellow of how
years before he had married an Amer
ican girl after accidentally killing her
husband and another man. They had
fled to the island and there the mother
had died shortly after Yulita was born.
Later John realizes his love for the
girl, but also remembers that she is a
child. Van Dekken comes to the
island and engages in a fight over Yu
lita. Denise, Dellow's fiancee, is also
saved and found by John, who takes
her witb, him and leaves Yulita alone
on the island. He then sees Yulita
start out in a boat after them and
plunge into the sea. Dellow awakens
from his dream in time to save Yulita
from Van Dekken and the next day
sails for home with his "Pearl of Para
dise." STRONG DRAMA AT SU3TSET
"His Brother's Wife" Is to Head
New Programme.
"His Brother's "Wife." a Brady-made
World picture, and one of the strongest
offerings of that company, with the
popular Ethel Clayton and Carlyle
Blackwell in the stellar roles, will be
the photodramatic offering at the Sun
set Theater commencing today.
"Wings and Wheels." an aerial Key
stone comedy, with "Baldy" Belmont
end Ora Carew as the chief funsters,
will also be presented.
"His Brother's Wife" Is a strong
drama, and gives Miss Clayton an op.
portunity to display her versatile his
trionic ability. She plays the role of
a woman who, to save her husband,
unconsciously compromises herself with
her brother-in-law.
The story is about two brothers.
TUchard. a successful manufacturer, and
Howard, who goes to Australia to seek
his fortune. Richard loses his factory,
on which no insurance is received, and
is finally driven to poverty. Richard
is taken ill with tuberculosis, and
Stella, the wife, has to pawn her jew
els to keep, the family from starva
tion. One day she goes to the pawnshop
to secure more money, but it is re
fused. One of the customers in' the
phop is Howard, who has returned
from Australia and is unsuccessful in
discovering . the whereabouts of his
brother Richard. He overhears Stella's
appeal, and, attracted by the beauty
of the women, offers to give her the
money if she will be entertained by
him. She finally decides to make the
sacrifice.
A few weeks later, with the money
Stella has received, the family pre
pares to go to the mountains. A let
ter from Howard is discovered, and he
is sent for. He enters the room, to
come face to face with the woman of
the pawnshop. They go through the
ordeal without Richard knowing of
their former acquaintanceship, but the
husband finally learns the truth and
the proud wife leaves him to embark
upon a successful stage career. At
last Richard realizes the love the wife
held for him, he forgives, begs her for
giveness and their child is taken from
an orphanage to live with' the once
more happy parents.
WILLIAM HART' AT COLUMBIA
"The Devil's Double" Is New Type
of Movie Production.
William S. Hart, star of so many
film successes, will be seen at the Co
lumbia Theater today in an entirely
new type of production, entitled "The
Devil's Double." Enid Markey and Rob
ert McKlm are the other leading play
ers. Admirers of Hart are going to get a
ehock to find him playing the third
person in a domestic plot in this pic
ture. And, thanks to author and direc
tor. Hart does it without abandoning
his old role of Western bad man.
The photodrama tells of Van Dvke
Rarleton. an artist with an ambition to
paint a. master delineation of Ltifer.
He is unable to find a model for the
figure until, going West for his health,
he meets Bowie Blake, the worst man
In the worst town of the worst state
in the Union. Bowie is not anxious to
he immortalized on canvas, and tells
Carleton so in no uncertain way, but
the sight of the artist's wife, Naomi,
leads him to change his mind. When
the painting was half done Tarleton is
Tiorrified to find that his model, who
has fallen in love with the artist's wife,
is losing the satanic expression of his
face, and to bring it back he deliber
ately provokes Naomi. When the trio
go to a lonely camp in the mountains
the story comes to a climax. Bowie,
Fpurned by Naomi, refuses to pose for
Tarleton, and leaves him in a fit of
anger. Repenting, he returns and finds
that bandits have invaded the camp,
murdered the artist, slashed the paint
ing and are about to ride off with
Naomi. Bowie rescues her, but discov
ers that she has lost her mind. Some
J,ime later a shock restores her power
of thought, and Bowie tells her that he
intends to have her as his own. How
ever, his better nature triumphs and he
takes her back to town unharmed.
PAULINE FREDERICK APPEARS
Former Baker Player Is Anthor of
Play at Peoples.
Pauline Frederick, one of the screen's
greatest emotional actresses, appears
at the People's Theater today in a
photoplay that to Portlanders will be
a novelty. This novelty consists of
the presentation of Willard Mack,
former Baker stock favorite, in the
dual role of author and leading man.
Since leaving Portland Mack has
achieved nation-wide reputation as a
playwright, and more recently he has
turned his attention to the film field.
"Nannette of the Wilds," the offering
of the People's for today, Is his latest
drama.
"Nannette of the Wilds" Is a story of
the Royal Northwest Mounted Police of
Canada, and depicts the battle between
a gang of smugglers and the Royal
Mounted, with Nannette, the fearless
girl of the wilds, playing a prominent
part in many thrilling events.
One of the most difficult roles which
the motion picture producer can ask
bis stars to play is that of the girl of
the wilds the uncouth, unkempt crea
ture, dressed In rags, with hair stream
ing, lacking all the little feminine
touches and adornments which are
so dear to the heart of every girl and
upon which so many of them rely for
a large measure of their personal at
tractiveness. Nannette is the daughter of a
French-Canadian smuggler who has
been reared In the woods and into
whose heart there has been instilled a
deep hatred of all things pertaining to
the law. It is part of her father's
strict code that death or injury to a
Red Coat a member of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police is a benefit
to humanity. The mounted are the
great enemies of the liquor smugglers
because they will go to any length
and will brave any danger to run the
smugglers down.
Though she does not know the mean
ing of the word fear, so far as her own
safety is concerned, Nannette is in con
stant dread of the law for her father's
sake.
The battle of wits which she wages
with O'Brien, of the Royal Mounted,
in the effort to protect her father and
at the same time shield Baptlste, a
half-breed, who has killed one of the
constabulary, makes an intensely
thrilling photoplay and the picturesque
surroundings amid which the action
takes place adds greatly to the effec
tiveness of the picture.
THEDA BARA IS IN OLD ROLE
Vampire Woman Appears In "The
Vixen" at Majestic.
Theda Bara, most popular of William
Fox stars, and the screen's greatest
vampire, returns to her old role of dev
astation in "The Vixen." which is the
Majestic Theater attraction commenc
ing today. This picture will be pre
sented together with Fathe News and
a comedy.
Miss Bara plays the role of Elsie
Drummond, a girl who has but one
idea in, life, to gain power, in "The
Vixen." Her main idea in life Is the
conquest of men who interest her and
who, she sees, can be useful in her
life.
That is why Elsie uses her flrBt op
portunity to take Martin Stevens (A.
H. Van Buren) away from her sister,
Helen (Mary Martin.) But Stevens
loses his money and Elsie casts him
off. Then she meets Knowles Mur
ray (Herbert Heyes). another admirer
of her sister, and she captivates him.
He marries her and takes her to Paris
with him.
A few years later Elsie and her hus
band and children . return to Washing
ton. Stevens is wealthy again and
trying to win Helen's hand. -But the
girl does not love him and she has
been deluded so often, through her
sister's plots, that she has no more
faith in men.
Elsie makes a final effort to bring
Stevens back to her. Then he realizes
what tricks she played on. him before,
how she had forged letters and ar
ranged meetings, and he wants to de
nounce her to her husband. But Helen
knows that the revelation of this to
Murray will mean the future unhap
piness of his children and she prevails
on Stevens to be silent.
Elsie, chastened for once, returns to
her husband.
WOMAN LION TAMER BILLED
Kathlyn Williams to Appear at Globe
in "Into the Primitive."
Kathlyn Williams. "The Lady of
Lions," whose exploits with leopards,
Bengals, Nubian maneaters and oilier
ferocious beasts has earned for her an
enviable reputation as a daring cine
ma actress, will be seen at the Globe
Theater today in "Into the Primitive."
This Selig-made photodrama, in
which Guy Oliver plays leads with the
star, deals with life in the wilds of
Africa and is replete with thrills and
wonderful photographic effects.
"The Missing Chapter." the 11th
story of "The Scarlet Runner," the
Earle Wrllliams-Vitagraph motor se
ries, will be screened. This two-reeler
presents Edith Storey, one of the most
popular of Vitagraph stars, in the role
of heroine.
"The Scarlet Runner" will be con
cluded next week, when "The Car and
the Girl" culminates the romance
started in today's story.
A comedy will also be on today's en
tertainment, providing seven reels for
the fans.
Film Flickers.
FOURTEEN companies are engaged on
three bjg open-air stages and in. the
mammoth interior, or "light," studio at
Mack Sennett's Keystone studios. Each
company has its own director, but Mr.
Sennett personally supervises each pro
duction that is made at the comedy stu
dio. Shirley Mason, featured in several
forthcoming Kleine-Edison releases, be
gan her stage career at the age of 3.
Her first appearance was in support of
the late Joseph Jefferson in "Rip Van
Winkle."
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Alexander Hesse, one of vaudeville's
most successful portrayers of French
and Italian characters, appears in sup
port of Harry Watson, Jr., In the lat
est "whirls" of "The Mishaps of Musty
Suffer."
Charles Gunn has just signed a two
years' contract with Thomas H. Ince
as leading man. His first picture under
the new agreement will be in "The
Snarl," with Bessie Barriscale and
Howard Hickman. Mr. Gunn, who has
to his credit many legitimate years of
experience as leading man. made his
first screen bow under Thanhouser and
will be remembered in his first Western
Coast picture as leading juvenile with
Tyrone Power.
The Western Vitagraph, alert to the
exigencies of the fickle taste of the
motion-picture public, has begun a se
ries of single-reel dramas, "The Dan
gers of Diana." Under the directorial
eye of David Smith. Jack Wetherby will
rescuelovable Mary Anderson from any
dangers that Diana will bring to her.
Actor-Director Henry King is not
only directing, but co-starring with
Helen Marie Osborne, the Little Mary
Sunshine of Balboa-Pathe fame, tn a
sesies of six five-reelera by Dan F.
Whitcomb.
At the Lasky studio $9,475,248.23 was
wagered on the Presidential election
$4.13 of this being cash.
Edward Earle. the handsome Metro
leading man. is headed toward Los
Angeles. At the request of many mana
gers he is touring their theaters in a
personal representation novelty sketch.
Mr. Earle will be remembered for his
two years of legitimate fame, and fol
lowed by three years of screen experi
ence. Margaret Whistler, who played the
"heavy" in support of Ella Hall in the
Universal five-reel feature, "Mary, Keep
Your Feet Still," was so overcome in
portraying the terrible role that Direc
tor Conway had to cut the scene until
Miss Whistler could control herself.
Director William Wolbert, of the
Western Vitagraph, is laying out plans
for the sets of a Dig new production,
"Aladdin of Broadway." in which Will
iam Duncan fills the leads. Miss Storey
plays a difficult double character, that
of an Arabian mother, and of the hau
breed daughter, whose father is an
Englishman. Lord Fitzgerald, played by
William Duncan.
Mary Maclvor, a new ingenue beauty,
has been selected to play the lead oppo
site William S. Hart in the current Triangle-Kay-Bee
production by J. S.
Hawks.
Dorla Baker, the clever little screen
Words cannot describe the wonders and
marvels of "Tropic Love" at the Star.
It's one of those super-pictures that
come along every now and then to prove
to the world the tremendous power and
progress of motion-picture art.
So innocent is sunny
Yolita that she sees no
wrong- in bathing before
her lover one of scores
of amazing situations del
icately handled in this
truly exceptional master
picture starting today at
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Or "The Pearl of Paradise" a smashing, tense drama of the South Sea Islands, totally unlike anything you have ever seen before.
The star is beautiful Margarita Fischer, who is utterly lovable as the sunny, innocent child of nature. It's a Mutual Masterpicture
and it invites comparison with anything you have ever seen before. This great 6-act feature alone is an ideal evening's entertainment,
but the Star, for good measure, gives you
"BRIDGET'S
This new Black
it's a "knockout."
seen here and
actress, has received much praise for
her work tn "Alias jimmy v mounuo,
produced by the Burbank Stock Coro-
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cess litle Doris has been offered the
title role in "The littlest tieoei."
As a "Girl of 1776." Vola Vale is ap
pearing in support of Fannie Ward in a
current lasky feature.
William Duncan, one of the small
number of really big athletic men
claimed by the screen, is contributing a
series of ten articles to an Eastern
newspaper syndicate on the screen sig
nificance of athletics.
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It is announced that when Cleo Madl
8on"s contract with Universal expires
on January 1 she will enter business
for herself.
Antonio Moreno loves his California,
though there is now a crumpled rose
leaf in his flowery couch. He Is get
ting fat and who could ever see a
romantic leading man fat? Now,
though, the which has never happened
to him in New York, the Los Angeles
Vitagraph vigilance committee spied
a threatened disaster to their handsome
leading man s-s-s-t! 'tis a double
chin! He is now Punklng at the Los
Angeles Athletic Club, and what those
coaches do to him there would wring
the hearts of his friends.
. . .
Harry Pollard, the head- of the- Pol
lard Picture Plays Company, of San
Diego, was highly praised by several
prominent naval men to whom he gave
a trial run of "Miss Jackie of the
Navy." Their attention was attracted
by the careful way in which the de
tails -on board ship were directed, and
they were delighted by Margarita
Fischer romping all through the com
edy in the title role of "Miss Jackie."
While running In a Rolin comedy last
week Harry Todd stumbled in chasing
a man, and when they picked up the
remnants.it was found, that the liga
ments were torn from the bones of his
W?g below the knee, necessitating a
plaster cast, bandages and other pleas
ant remedies. Nice, gentle work these
comedy players have to keep the world
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Hobart Bowworth, the famous Lasky
star, who is appearing with Mae Mur
ray tn her new production under direc
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Diamond comedy is
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no advance in prices.
tion of Robert Leonard, had his right
foot crushed during the taking of a
furious scene. Immediately upon its
conclusion Mr. Boaworth was taken to
his home, but is expected soon to be
able to resume his work.
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Commissioner Bell, of the New Tork
City license bureau, -has ordered that
the following pictures Bhall not be ex
hibited in New York City: "The Sex
Lure,", produced by Ivan; "It May Be
Your Daughter." Moral Uplift Company:
"War's Women." Exclusive Features:
"Protect Your Daughter," Radio Films;
"Twilight Sleep." Twilight Sleep
Company. The "Sex Lure" was objected
to by reason of the title as used in
advertising and "Twilight Sleep" be
cause, it Is claimed, an agreement In
regard to its showing has been violated.
Exhibitors have been notified not to
show these pictures under penalty of
revocation of their licenses.
After losing her in "Seventeen," Jack
Plckford is now violently courting
Louise Huff in the Famous Players'
adaptation of Dickens' well-known
novel, "Great Expectations." As Wil
liam Sylvanus Baxter . in the Booth
Tarkington novel. Jack strove valiantly
to- win the heart of Miss Huff, but
failed miserably in the last few hundred
feet of film. What the outcome of his
new siege upon the lady's heart will
be is still a matter of great uncertainty,
but he is receiving much more en
couragement in his love making under
the tutelage of Pickens than he did
under the. guidance of Tarkington
which would tend to prove that the
good old-fashioned methods of court
ship are more effective than the new
fangled ones.
Twelve-year-old Eleanor Crowe left
the Fox Company last week to accept
a special offer made to her from New
York City capitalists, in view of the
big future the screen offer her to fea
ture her in a series of pictures ranging
from the Ella Hall type to strongly ro
mantic leads.
Last week at the Mack Sennett-Ky-stona
studios several hundred feet
were "shot" of one of the most elab
orate "seta" of the year, which portrays
a Western gambling hall in a Montana
township. Mack Swain is featured as
the grizzled Sheriff of that wild and
woozy burg, infested further by cow
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boys, miners, girls In bedizened ballet
skirts, gunmen, card tables, faro wheels
and all other sorts of novelties.
Blanche Sweet, the Lasky star, was
graciously granted a two weeks' vaca
tion. Just as she had time enough to
pack up a trunk or two there was a
phone from the studio and she had'to
turn right around and go back to her
war paint.
Director Rupert Julian, at Universal
City, is making fast progress filming
Charles Dickens' famous story, "A
Christmas Carol." in which Julian
plays Scrooge, supported by Harry Car
ter as Jacob Marley, and Agnes Ver
non. Francelia Billington. Claire Mc
Dowell, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Wads
worth Harris and Bennie Suslow.
The Signal Film Corporation is well
along with its production of the sev
enth episode in their latest Helen
Holmes serial, "The Lass of the Lum
berlands." Many scenes were made at
the Yoseralte at the time of the com
pany's last trip there; the remainder
will be taken this week .t the Los
Angeles studios; then the entire com
pany will leave for a five days' trip
tc. El Portal.
A particularly realistic scene in "The
Madness of Helen," of which Ethel
Clayton is the charming heroine, shows
an automobile accident which results in
the girl's insanity. You see some men
with a hose washing down the pave
ment, when, around the corner, whirls
a big touring car containing a pretty
feminine figure. The tires come in con
tact with the wet surface, the car goes
skidding across the thoroughfare and
against the curb, there is a crumpling
of wheels and the crowd rushes up.
Ambulance, doctor, fractured skull
dementia.
Director Frank Lloyd has performed
a miracle. The Scotchman made scenes
In which several thousand took part
at a cost of $27.50. At the time he
waa in Sacramento getting scenes out
side the California Capitol building. In
cluded In the mob were Senator Bird
sail and State Controller Chambers. The
populace of Sacramento wanted to en
Joy the novelty of working before the
camera, with the result that Lloyd kept
down the expense account and greatly
increased the personality of bis play-,
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A Powerful Love Theme
Startling, Breath-taking Battles
A Spectacular Bullfight
The Most Exquisite Settings .
A Soulful-eyed Beauty ,
A Soul-stirring Fire Scene
A Death Struggle With Naked
Savages
A Funny Monkey Catching FisH
A Genuine Journey to Strange
Lands .
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Many Improvements Catering to Your Comfort
era. The scenes were for & Fox pic
ture, which stars AVilliam Farnum.
Bebe Daniels, whose winsome person
ality shines in each of Pathe's "Luke"
comedies, has taken the advertising
alogan "an apple a day keeps the doc
tor away" seriously. Bebe. a while
ago, thought she was getting too
plump, but lately has been making over
her clothes. Now she confesses to have
lost 10 pounds by a secret treatment.
At last the secret is out the Rolin
star orders apples by the box and eats
nothing- else. Oregon apple growers,
please write.
The" Anti-Cruelty Society, of Chicago,
has written to- William A. Brady, director-general
of the World Film Cor
poration, asking him not to Issue ny
motion-picture showing animals under
going cruel treatment, on the ground
that such exhibitions have a demoraliz
ing effect upon the public. Mr. Brady
readily assented to the request, which
met with his entire approval.
Director William Robert Daly and
Frltzl Brunette (Mrs. Daly) have re
turned to Loa Angeles after a few
weeks of touring In Southern Cali
fornia by way of a vacation after their
several years of constant film work.
Cleo Madison has the distinction of
being one of the few successful women
directors in motion pictures. Her clever
work as a directress and leading
woman for Universal comes as the
crowning triumph of her stage and
screen career, which includes notable
successes in leading parts. She re
ceived her first chance to prove her
histrionic ability in a stock company
at Santa Barbara, about eight years
ago. One engagement led to another
until finally in "The Trey o Hearts"
she became recognized as a star of the
first magnitude.
A fund of J462 was collected at the
Keystone Film Company's studio and
presented to the widow of L. B. Jen
kins, a former employe of Mack Sen
nett's forces, who was a victim of the
Santa Monica racetrack catastrophe. In
which a racing automobile swerved off
the track and took a toll of four lives.
Mr. Jenkins waa a cameraman, and it
waa while in pursuit of his duty that
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he met sudden death. He was crank
ing his camera when the powerful
racing car bore him to the ground.
After stopping stove lids, runaway
flivvers, rabid motorcycle and fire en
gines with various parts of her
anatomy for twj years without even
sustaining a bruise. Polly Moran. Key
stone comedienne, has finally reached
the hospital. It was nothing more ex
citing than the stumbling of her horse,
the fair Pauline being precipitated to
the ground and incurring in the process
one broken arm, a sprained ankle and
severe contusions.
Jeanne Eagels has the distinction of
being the only leadnig lady in the films
with a name like that. Her work in
Thanhouser plays shows experience,
and if you started talking shop in Kan
sas City you'd find that she did stock
there once upon a time in the not-so-dim
past. One of her latest triumphs
was "The World and the Woman." An
other is her hair. A third is her com
plexion. Recently she returned to the
stage.
Grace Darmond was for several sea
sons in stock companies until she en
tered pictures through Selig three years
ago. If such a thing as fame can be
reduced to terms of arithmetic. Miss
Darmond doubles her popularity with
each appearance. She has played lead
ing feminine roles in the following pro
ductions: "Your Girl and Mine." "The
Millionaire Baby," "A Texas Steer."
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
and "A Black Sheep," and has sup
ported Tyrone Power. -Harry Mestayer
and others. At present she is being
featured in Pathe's serial. "The Shield
ing 'Shadow."
Harry Hilllard was educated for the
medical profession. He turned to the
stage soon after leaving college, ap
pearing first with Blanche Ring in
"When Claudia Smiles." "I decided
that making people laugh was more
therapeutic than medicine, so I pulled
down my shingle and took to the
boards," is the way he explains it. As
leading man for Universal and Fox,
where he now Is, he has played In "The
Strength of the Weak," "Artistic In
terference," "The Modern Thelma" and
"Romeo and Juliet." His favorite di
versions are riding and awimmir.g.