4 y . :RfXi 1 Ha V; vf vv .;. Mf CSa.r-i. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Sunset Clara Kimball Young, "Lola, the Surf Girl." Star "The Little Girl Next Door." Peoples Lenore TJlrlch, "The Road to Love." Majestic Clara Kimball Young, "My Official Wife." Columbia Douglas Fairbanks, "Flirting With Fate." Globe Henry Walthall. "The Sting of Victory." ALTHOUGH there are any number of moving picture theaters In Oregon approximately 200 there are but two real Oregon theaters. One Is at Salem and the other at Eugene. The eky seems best represented among film homes, for there are 18 Star theaters in the state. Next comes the Grand, with 14, one of them open ing yesterday at Bend. Then comes Gem. with eight; Rex. seven; Orpheum. Feven; Lyric, six; Electric, five; Peo ples, five; Majestic. five; .Columbia, four; Isis, three, and Ideal, two. There is but one Pioneer, and that Is located at Powers. Multnomah is em blazoned on but one. fit. Johns being thus distinguished. There Is but one Movie, at Hermiston; a Bungalow at North Powder, a Twilight, a Bell, a Midway. Of family theaters there is but one. honors going to Estacada. There Is a Wigwam at Oakland, Antlers at Rose burg, a Cozy, a Cosy, an Echo and a Para gon. Burns has a Tonawana, the only In dian name in the state. Long Beach has a Row, but whether that applies to nquatic exercise or nbt is a moot ques tion. There is a Joy at North Bend and a Gay in Portland. Incidentally Portland has 47 theaters where pictures are ilasned, and 4s or these are devoted exclusively to the celluloid brand of entertainment. But, wonder of wonders, there is not a Best In the list. No, and not a Dime. This is vouched for as absolute fact by G. A. Reed. Portland manager for the Mutual Film Corporation, who nailed these facts from the Mutual mailing list. Following close on the heels of the announcement of a booking of a great 31st of varied photoplay-subjects for its Ktar theater, comes the statement from the Peoples Amusement Company that it has Just renewed Its contract for first-run Paramount pictures for the Peoples Theater. Paramount pictures were the first of the "features" or extra-length pictures to come along and upset the whole photoplay world. Until their advent, mixed movies of mere blood and thun der were all that theaters had to offer and they were In more or less disre pute with the more discriminating class of amusement-lovers. Wiseacres stood back and prepared to watch the Paramount policy prove a failure, but instead it met with such success that "very producer swung1 into line and the entire Industry was revolutionized. Feature-pictures with big stars and big plays mounted lavishly became the vogue about six months after Para mount blazed the way more than three years ago and today society theater parties at motion picture theaters are cot at all uncommon and it has be come the favorite amusement of the "classes" as well as the "masses." Under the new contract, the Peoples will offer this Winter such pictures as Lenore Ulrlch in "The Road to Love"; Owen Moore and Irene Fenwlck. in "A Coney Island Princess"; Marie Doro In "Oliver Twist": Frank Mclntyre In "The Traveling Salesman"; Lou-Telle-gen in "Victoria Cross"; Marguerite Clark in "Snow White": Vivian Martin In "The Right Direction": Kathlyn Williams In "The Redeeming Love"; Blanche Sweet In "The Evil Eye"; Fannie Ward in "Betty to the Rescue"; Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in "Great Expectations": Mae Murray tn "The Deliverance": Pauline Frederick 5n "The Painted Woman"; House Peters and Myrtle Stedman in "The Happiness of Three Women"; Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reid in "The Show Down"; Lenore Ulrich In "The Conflict"; George Beban in "His Sweet heart"; Marguerite Clark in "Rackety Packety House"; Theodore Roberts tn "The American Consul"; Sessuo Hayakawa in "Back to His Kind"; Marie Doro In "Lost and Won," and a number of others. The ultimate In comedy has been at tained. Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin are in pictures together. This is no tale of broken contracts or shattered hearts of producers. It all came about as a perfectly legitimate part of a day's work and the two high est salaried fun makers are still safely wedded to their respective arts. Fairbanks was enacting a scene of "The Matrimaniac" across the street from Chaplin's studio. Charlie was cut ting capers in front of the camera and spied the Triangle-Fine Arts' star. Telling his director to wait a minute, Chaplin rushed Into the street In his grotesque make-up and sat down on the curb to watch Fairbanks. "Now make me laugh. Doug," he said. 'Til be your audience." Fairbanks entered Into the spirit of the occasion and soon hei and Chaplin were romping together, unconsciously reeling off a skit that it would take nearly all the money In the motion picture business to buy. Although the Triangle-Fine Arts cameraman continued cranking his ma chine, the hard-hearted director or dered the scene deleted as entirely Ir relevant to the story In hand. Botu Fafr basic and Chaplin how ever. Insisted on having prints devel oped to add to their private collections. Clara Kimball Young's first appear ance before the camera was with the Vltagraph Company under the direction of James Young, with whom she had previously appeared In vaudeville in an act in which he was starred. So pleased were her new employers with her work that in the year 1912 they sent her around the world with her own company. Her "stock" began to rise. The trip around the world was ap parently symbollc--she returned to shortly don the colors of the World Films. And then her aforementioned "stock" did more than rise it bounded up with the sky the only visible limit. Miss Young made a series of five reel subjects for World which gained her International fame and paved the way for the organization of her own company and the distribution of the Selznlck pictures. , Edendale is a section of Los Angeles where Mack Sennett makes his Key stone comedies. This week the "fun hardened" Inhabitants of Edendale, who have so often commented that "what they didn't know about the Key stone plant Isn't worth telling," were aroused; unsuspectingly "taken in" and ridiculously fooled by the big chief- of the fun plant. The Edendale residents were awak ened when Mrs. Brown spread the news among the neighbors that a new smart shop a regular city ladles' emporium had sprung up overnight on one of Edendale's principal corners. Th fact was heralded in all parts of the little suburb and the next morning the full population of Edendale's weaker sex was there at the designated corner long before the opening. Sure enough, there was a swell little shop with a true metropolitan air, and the windows were smartly . trimmed with several gorgeous hats marked with sale tags. The doors opened about 9 A. M. and the ladies went in pell-mell. Thev were busily engaged for the moment in inspecting the fine stocks and they failed to notice the bewhlskered low- comedy "salesman" at a far corner of the store. But after the feminine eves had feasted themselves on all the con tents they wandered over to the frowsy gentleman in cnarge. There, standing .";l':'-..-V- A J-'v -.I--. 'a - There Is No Extra Charge - for the films we buy and lay on the shelf. We do that to insure you a guaranteed programme. That's why "Sunset Shows" are obtaining such an envi able reputation all over the city. - COMING THURSDAY Willard Mack and Enid Markey in ALOHA OE I ance before the camera was with the I f . - - t t V .VO i - $L - i.X' i I THE STJNDAY in peaceful repose, they saw Mr. Wal rus, or In "real" life Chester Conklin. The ladies looked astonished and grew more peeved when Director Harry Williams smiled upon them as a Key stone cameraman made the last turn of his crank. Silently, in single file, the surprised Edendale ladies stalked out of the shop and in turn each gave Director Williams a haughty stare. Williams got several feet of good "sale stuff" on this scene to augment the many other vivid scenes that have been filmed for "Double. Crossed," a new Keystone featuring Chester Conk lin. He rented a vacant store and con verted it into a smart shop with all its fancy trimmings, but the Edendale ladies thought, it was the real thing. Metro is releasing a new 14-episode motion picture serial called "The Great Secret." Probably the reason for call ing it that was to make the women folks talk about it. W. Christy Cabanne. who directed The Great Secret," the new Metro serial, was for several years chief of staff to D. W. Griffith and Mr. Grif fith's only assistant In the direction of "The Birth of a Nation" and "In tolerance." Mr. Cabanne was born In St. Louis less than 30 years ago. He draws a larger salary than any man of his age in any business in the United fetates. Caeanne. who Is a descendant of an old French family In St. Louis, Is very French In at least one thing, he can get alorig, like Napoleon, on four hours' sleep at night. But his players cannot. Though some of the actors and actresses in "The Great Secret" think Cabanne a cross of Simon Legree and an alarm clock, he Is extremely popular -with them all. There. is no Adamson law In the nlm industry. - At the forthcoming National con vention of the International Associa tion of Rotary Clubs, which Is to be held In Atlanta in April. 1917. W. H. ( ' V Tf y a a a The Girl That ''" -,'' '' LOLA, or "Without a Soul" The most remarkable character ever put on the screen, and one of IMiss Young's greatest triumphs So areat la her popularity that Miss Yennjc has recently become bead of an eight-mUHon-dollar corporation her own com panyformed to give bigger and better opportunity for the display of k won derful talent. OREGOXIA3T, PORTLAT, Kemble, who has been lately appoint ed, chairman of the- motion picture trade section of the association, will ask tlie convention for Its support In a fight against local censorship as at present in vogue In this country. Mr. Kemble Is the president of the Kemble Theaters' Corporation of Brooklyn. N. Y., and conducts the Triangle Theater there and also controls the Triangle Exchange. - The motion picture trade section of the Rotarians comprises 69 theater managers in as many cities In this country, and there are six members who conduct theaters in 'either Great Britain or Ireland. There Are 265 Ro tary clubs now In existence, with a membership of almost 80,000.; Under the heading of "Lost Oppor tunities" the press agent of the Peoples Amusement Company- has written in red Ink the name of one of trie world's greatest artists, Madame Schumann Heink. It happened thus: When the noted songbird recently filled an engagement in Portland she sauntered away one afternoon and went trt thA Star TK 1 fr tn ka RuatrtT rMlchelena In "The Unwritten" Law." One. of the employes of the theater thought he recognized Madame Schu mann Heink, but the press, agent dlt not hear of it until too late to verify it. A few days ago Pi N. Mendelsohn, of Seattle, who -owns the picture, met the songbird's manager at Medford and also the great artist herself. She told him how much she had enjoyed "The Unwritten Law" at the Star. Mendel sohn quickly realized what a splendid opportunity for publicity this would have been, but It was' too late. It came out, however, that the tal ented Schumann Heink spends much of her spare time in visiting photoplays and is in reality what is popularly V7 I i,n tmu j j i) ijisy; iiii t . iimm in 17" Or in the famous Owen Davis stage success Broadway and DECE3IBER 10, 1916. &x 35X 4v W CA .,r? known as a "moving-picture bug.'' She never misses an opportunity to enjoy the wonders- of the screen. A striking instance of loyalty, or whatever one might call it. took place during the final scenes of "The Girl Philippa," the Robert W. Chambers story just completed by Vltagraph for scene presentation. It-was in the bat tle scene near Sheepshead Bay In the village built for an encounter between German and French troops. Among the "extras" engaged to play soldiers were two Frenchmen. Dick Leslie, the makeup expert, had two German uniforms left when time came to costunft these men. and no French uniforms. They demurred at putting on Germal uniforms. In vain It was explained to them that this , was just in play, and since all the French cos tumes had been given out it was neces sary to dismiss them. As an Indication of the-depth of their principle in the matter they were sorely in need of the work. Both had to bor row enough money from Leslie to take them back to New York. Mme. Petreva. the celebrated actress starring in Popular Plays and Players pictures for the Metro programme, has signed a long-time contract with a prominent graphopbone company (The Columbia). She will .give both songs and recitations, making at least one toiftoiig Millions Worship n m ; All-Star Keystone Frolic A SURF GIRL TTnI s Washington double-disc record every month for a period of approximately 18 months. This will not in any way interfere with her motion picture activities. The star will sing songs and arias from operas, which will give her an opportunity to display her fine so prano voice In passages calling for the coloratura work for which she was famed on the concert and operatic stage. The first of these will probably be Vinya's song from "The Postillion." Her recitations, however, will for the most part be of her own writing. Mme. Petrova has equal .proficiency In writing, acting for stage or screen, singing and dancing.. One of her first double-disc records will contain four recitations of her own composition. Remember Harry Lyons, one of the prominent members of the Dudie Lyons and Lee Moran Nestor Company? Don't be surprised if In the future you look In vain for his name on the cast of the Nestor comedies. You won't find it, but you will see a Harry Nolan mentioned. Rest easy; Harry Nolan and Harry Lyons are one and the same. Harry found It expedient to change his cognomen recently In order to avoid a political mixup. In Los An geles County. In California, there is a State Senator named Harry Lyons, and the two were continually getting their mail mixed up. Harry Lyons, the Senator, kept getting the mash notes 21 x J- U -nmswrnr i mi . ii m,n.i.i Mi..-,:, , i I n i A , ii '' II ourJJays r- im ' " Only 's- " ' Commencing I ' i ' Today Pis' ' h A' ' - ' - - 5 (TNJ. ; Jr; iff Matinees .. 10c Y : ' ' ill Sundays, Even- MX f j' 1 ings and Holi- gL Children . . 5c ::zt::::::n of Harry Lyons, the actor, and Harry Lyons, the actor, received daily invita tions to speak at political rallies, to forward silver mugs to babies that had been named after him, and to hurry up this or that bill of interest to his local constituents, all of which were I undoubtedly intended for Harry Lyons, While motoring from Santa Barbara to L'os Angeles In his twin six Pack ard roadster, James Kirkwood. who di rects American-Mutual photoplays fea turing Mary Miles Hunter, narrowly escaped death when his auto skidded on the steep Chalk Cliff grado 30 miles north of Los Angeles. While he was some distance from his destination, rain set in and made the oiled road greasy. Half way down the steep incline the heavy car com menced to slide and skid. and. fearing n amnl.r til. K1.Aa V t .1. . n 1. .. - w u f I'm I 1.1.1 vxa.nco. nil n r tin 1 1 i.i.iinri the lesser evil, and ran the machine into the white fence set on the very brink of a deep canyon. The hurrying bridegroom-to-be saved himself, but he ripped out a hundred feet of fence and slightly damaged his auto. PLAY IS STUDY IX CHARACTER Sunset Theater Shows Clara Kimball Young In "W ithout a Soul." An actress could hardly ask for a better chance for picturing contrasted characters than Clara Kimball Young has in "Lola." or "Without a Soul." the World reissue which will be of fered to Portland photoplay fans at the Sunset Theater today. This is the first in a series of eight pictures, films that practically mads the "queen of the scroen." This sensational and unusual photo drama presents the beautiful Miss Young at first as a charitable and lovable young woman, the daughter of a famous scientist. Her father has discovered an electric ray that will call -he departed ,to life, and after an ac cidenr he applies it to her. The girl is brought back to life, but she has no soul. She Is wholly selfish and a voluptuary. She now takes up with the man who In her former life nhe had de.-pised. She leads him a mrry danc? for his money, but she e: