4 4 TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. ApP rlS t ,M 4 rfiJ 3Cf Xk. V Vli ' s?aZ rr, A. Sr -' 4 i ' t Columbia-Mary Pickford. "Tha 1 s tffiZ, M , J.' daWrfV "COvSE .?y;.- ' - -I- Pride of the Clan." I t ' ' J'OciartcSy. iCWM - t N----- . ' I J Sunset Mary Pickford, "Hearta I JZO1 x Sn ? M rf"' " Vi 4 t . 1 , ," ' 4 Adrift." C C - 1 Vf 1 V-":'- 7 i ..r .'.:.- vwr.t..ii , - J 4 Star Pauline Frederick and j . -'t,V 4 V W V ' ': If " t 1 v O. t Thomas Melghan. "The Slave t ? - ? 7' fi I TJ -Cj ' " t:' ' Lj jf, ' X' J Market." t ) ." , J I N M .S-f' a---- VV T Broadway "Twenty Thousand I -, 'vcVi ' - I W -&r . . - . . . -Av" ' " .' Leagues Under the Sea." I " , - JwL A" Jik rtfi"" 5 . -S. C ' v ' . L f Peoples Clara Kimball ToungT. I W ' " ' K,. . A (SH&R yrt .- V1" V?etJ'i - V V I "The Foolish Virgin." ( . f ff . v ' ' II lUV 7S . ' 'f V ' V -O. WVv 1 I Majestic William Farnum, The V . ? ' kXt ' - JS- I I ' V "T - v n V I Price of Silence." t - i - , II 1 v ' .VV' " 4 Globe Viola Dana. "Children of I y x ' " TT mgw v. rl" II I ' T ? s 4 w- ".AX HT not make "Movie week'? Never in the history of film exhibition have the leading photoplay theaters presented suqh a combination of attractive programmes as those in augurating screenings today. The galaxy of stars on the various bills include such players as Mary Pickford, Clara Kimball Young, Pau line Frederick, William Farnum, Viola Dana. Thomas Meighan, Matt Moore, and Conway Tearle. But stars don't always mean high class entertainment. So scan the list "of photoplays more closely. 'That film sensation of undersea photography, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the 6a," a submarine drama of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo, Is the longest and most ambitious of the offerings. You have a choice of Mary Pickford in "Hearts Adrift," that famous old suc cess that ranks among her greatest productions, or her new Artcraft pic ture, "The Pride of the Clan." Clara Kimball Young appears In a picturiza- tion of Thomas Dixon's The Foolish Virgin." Pauline Frederick Is billed In "The Slave Market." while William Farnum is to greet his followers in that much-heralded Fox child labor ubject, "The Price of Silence." ' . After more than a casual observa tion It is not difficult to label this the best combination programme in Port land's history, a galaxy of features, if that much-abused word may be used, that merits an outpouring of fans to celebrate a "Movie week." Here Is a chronological list of a few of the interesting film happenings of 1916: January 8 Metro acquires services of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Drew. January 12 Thomas H. Ince injured In $250,000 fire at Inceville. January 15 Mary Pickford-Famous Players Corporation formed. N January 17 Virginia Pearson signs with Fox. January 22 Death of Arthur' John son, popular motion picture actor. January 29 Formation of Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation by Lewi3 J. Selznick. February 5 James Young sues Lewis J. Selznick for $100.00, alleging alien- Clara Kitnball Young. February 17 E. H. Sothern. an nounces intention of making pictures for Vitagraph. February 22 William Gillette signs with Essanay. March 4 Chaplin signs $870,000 con tract with Mutual. April 1 Pavlowa makes screen de hut in "The Dumb Girl of Portlci." - April 7 Williank A. Brady assumes control of World Film Corporation. April 15 Biograph closes Western Studio. April 24 Chaplin sues Essanay for distributing "Burlesque on Carmen." May 7 New Vitagraph formed, with capital stock of $25,000,000. May 21 Alice Joyce returns as Vita graph star. June 2 "Civilization" opens in New York. . June ,3 Governor Whitman, of New York, vetoes censorship bill, i " June 10 Mary Garden signs con tract with Herbert Brenon. June 22 Mry Pickford' Film Cor poration formed. June 22 Page Peters, Mbrosco play er, drowned. July 9 Motion picture theaters closed to children in New York to check"! epiaemic or lnrantile paralysis. August 19 Essanay engages Max Llnder. French comedian. August 26 Thirty thousand photo play fans of Portland sign petitions asking for fairer censorship. August 27 Henry Ford sued by Vita f:raph for $1,000,000 for published statements on "The Battle Cry of .Peace." August 27 Vitagraph absorbs V. L. S. E.. buying Lubin and Essanay shares in corporation. September 2 Mrs. Vernon Castle chosen for lead in International serial. "Patria," September 7 Valkyrien sues Fox for $25,000 for not starring her. . September 12 Sidney Olcott. Famous Players director, resigns. September 16 Arthur Hoops. Metro director-actor, dies of heart failure. September 13 Lillian Walker ia Juued in motor accident. October 7 Lulu Warrenton. former Universal director, forms company to produce pictures for children. October 11 Irene Fenwick Joins Fa mous Players. October 2f President Wilson against legalized censorship. October 31 Governor "Whitman stig matizes censorship as abhorrent to American spirit. November 4 eorge M. Cohan an- W "Movie week", X " ' f A f L f , ' J ! . ' t ... - A' 41 thl. Portland-si - X - J . .. 4 .17 V . - " . - ,V . A V S - j CVarca SftmbaH Voun&, J . ... - nounces entry in film field as producer and player. November 9 Max Under arrives fronii Europe. November 11 Ralph Ince leaves Vitagraph to become Independent pro ducer. . December 7 Fox announces new pol icy of big Farnum and Bira features. December 8 Ethel Barrymore an nounces permanent "retirement' from stage for the screen. Richard J. Jose, known the world over as America's foremost contra-tenor, who appears at the Sunset Theater next Sunday in song and film, first claimed attention when as a lad of 10 he was adopted by a burly miner of the Nevada camp in which he lived, and considered at that time the wildest spot in America: thrown into a gam bling hall and commanded by the hilari ous gathering to sing. The boy was cold, his sockless feet were lacerated by his well-worn shoes and hunger pains gnawed at his little body as he sang in a sweet plaintive tone, "Silver Threads Among the Gold." The place was soon hushed in silence, the roulette wheel stopped, the clink ing of the chips and coins were silent and from that gathering of fearless gamblers not a sound came, while most of them were actually crying. When the song was finished and the tension was at the breaking point, someone said, "Do you know any more songs. Bub?" Dick nodded and started to sing "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Men who had not seen the inside of a .church for years removed their hats and fell to their knees on the floor. The boy was forced to sing this hymn three times. All gambling was sus pended for the night, and the boy'F presence threatened to put the. place out of business. After the episode in the gambling house, the news spread about the camp j how the boy's singing stopped the game and from , that moment the star of Richard! J. Jose's career began its as cendency. . - - For 20 years 0r more, Mrl Jose has been recognized as the world's great est contra-tenor. . In reviewlng'the events of the clos ing year, the historian of the motion picture industry must perforce yield a position of first importance to the ad vent and growth of Selznick Pictures. When Lewis J. Selznick severed his connection wifh the porgramme pro ducers last February and announced the organization of the Clara Kimball Young Corporation, to present eight big pictures a year on the open booking market, the ever-ready critic wise acres shook- their hoary locks and mumbled prophecies of speedy disillu sionment and failure. Today Selznick Pictures include the Clara Kimball Young productions, the Herbert Brenon productions and the productions of the new'Norma Tal madge and Robert Warwick STilm Cor porations. At least three other stars of international prestige will Be on the Selznick list before the end of Janu ary. - Mr. Selznick was the first producer to recognize the value of the star sys tem. ... He was the first producer to give fullest recognition to the great au thors of the day and pay full value for their work. . He was the first to give the full measure of credit to the geniuses of photodramatlc direction. e Here's a concoction the press agent has provided eulogistic of one Captain Nemo, the hero of Jules Verne's "Twen ty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea": The first man whose wealth was meas ured in nine figures, the first billionaire the Rockefeller of fiction his wealth drawn from coral beds and lost treasure ships. Invented the first self-contained diving suits that required no air hose nor life lines. . Invented the electric light years before the first incandescent bulb was shown at the American Centennial Exposition. Invented the first submarine 80 years be fore an uadersea boat was made practicable. Invented the storage battery for motors years before electricity was ever used as a motive power. Invented the first tireless cooker. Inveated undersea guns that first elec trlcaHy charged bullets by compressed air. The first man to harness static electricity and convert it into an effective weapon of defense by. charging the shell of bis sub marine with the -deadly current. The first man to terrorize the sea with a submarine that sunk merchant ships. The first man to cross an ocean In a THE SUXDAT1' OBEGONUX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 7,. 1917. submarine 42 years before the Deutschland. The first -nan to overcome the crushing water pressure in ocean depths, a feat that science has not yet been able to duplicate. The first man to fulfill the dream of countloss Inventors and explore lost treasure ships where they lie In the ocean's shadowy depths, still untouched by tike band of xnsn. The first man tofl take a huntlns; trip along- the bottom of the ocean and slay monsters of the deep la their native ele ment. The first man to put a practical window In submarine. The news that Mary, Pickford will be seen on the screen in- the character of a Highland lass in "The Pride of Pne Clan," has created considerable inter est among, officers and members of Scottish societies throughout the coun try. The fact that "America's Darling" has selected a story of bonny Scotland as her next vehicle is hailed with de light among sons and daughters of the heather In,, this country and many in quiries concerning the coming photo play have been received at the Artcraft V.BVryi-Waftllf rtT ft ' -rJ'" c.-r. :A..JM:..:.JX..-. . ..tcJ Conway Tearle as Jim Anthony and Clara Kimball Young as Mary "The Foolish Virgin" Peoples. Come early if.yoa can Come any time-11 A. M. to 11 P. M. offices as well as at the headquarters of the Pickford Film Corporation. "It is Indeed gratifying to learn' the world's most popular girl will visualize for all the charms of the Highland lass." said Robert T. Ferguson, of the Caledonian Society. "For a long time I, as well as many of my friends, haye longed to see 'Little Mary' in a Scotch role and it is with great delight that we hear she will shortly be seen in "The Pride of the Clan," which I un derstand, concerns the daughter of the chief of a well-known Scottish clan. I am sure that Miss Pickford. who is of Celtic extraction and a native of Canada, will prove most effective in her characterization in the new photoplay and we are planning to make her ap pearance as a lass of Scotland a gala occasion." e Probably no development of recent months In -the land-behlnd-the-screen has occasioned such general regret as the gradual disintegration of the Grif 1 3 - - j lnaBMMfcM1M,JJMKa 'I I 'II I III ---aMvBMMaMM,M. fl As much difference in cost and quality be tween this NEW Clara Kimball Young pic ture and the old as between a 1918 model Lozier and an 1898 bicycle. Go today. fith combination of players those who have been with the) ;reat producer since the early days of his ascendency. Of those who twinkled faintly in the Biograph days and burgeoned in the Reliance-Majestic era to reach theix climax in "The Birth of a Nation," few remain. The last to go are the Gish sisters, Lillian and Dorothy, following closely on the departure of little Mae Marsh. Walthall, the "Little Colo nel," was the first to leave something like a year and a half ago. Wally Reid was next- Mary Alden and Ralph Lewis, two other principals in "The Birth." went next. Several of the old Griffith directors, notably Christy Ca banne, Allan Dwan and the Franklin brothers, have departed for more lu crative, spheres, Dwan accompanying Norman Talmadge, Cabanne to direct Bushman and the Franklins to pro duce "kid plays" for Fox. With them went roost of the Fine Arts Kiddles. Dainty little Fay Tincher also depart ed Fli Arts before the holidays, al- She did not know the man she married and then? Starting this morning Not an ancient, made-over picture, but direct jfrom the studio America's supreme emotional favorite YOU In a lavish By Thomas Adams in lowlng Douglas Fairbanks to monop olize comedy honors for the "lot." for a little while only, it is said. Well, it was a great combination while it lasted and made much film history. e e In the history of photoplays there Is no more striking an instance of the reward for painstaking effort backer! by an exceptional talent for expressing emotion and superlative physical beau ty than in the career of Clara Kim ball Young, the famous Selznlck-Pic-tures star, now starring in "The Fool ish Virgin." Miss Young's entrance to picture work was unexpected and sudden. She was doing well on the stage, playing with the Orpheum Stock Company in Philadelphia until J. Stuart Blackton. of the Vitagraph. happened to see her. He sent for her and made herva small offer. With the foresight that has helped make her the great film star she Is today. Miss Young recognized the possibility of a brilliant future in CLA MA AIL.! NO picturization by her own talented players of e Foolish Virgin ' Dixon, author of "The Birth of a Nation" EO PL Alder Street at Wes Park - Marshall 880, A-20S7 the "movies" and accepted the chaneei at a quarter of the salary she was then earning on the stage. In a surprisingly short time she was playlnjr leadv in dramatic and comedy productions. Her early training in the famous Vitagraph school she considers mainly responsible for her more re cent triumrhs. Now the high cost of living ha risen up to smite the hapless motion picture directors in Los Angeles. No. this is not a tale of eggs delivered in Tiffany boxes at Tiffany prices. It Is simply the recording of the fact that the good citizens of Los Angeles, hav ing discovered that their property Is occasionally Valuable to the motion picture people, have proceeded to de mand exorbitant prices for the privi lege of including their premises in th offering of a scene. When Georg Beban and Donald Crisp attempted to take a scene in a quiet street for tha C'APc!ide.1 on Pat S. Column t. 1917 company of V