THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAy. PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1917.
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which Is removed when it is revealed!
that the young bridegroom inherits
money.
James Young is the director of this
picture, into which he is said to have
introduced many excellent touches
that heighten the effect of the comedy.
PEOPLES HAS FAXXIE WARD
"Betty to tlie Rescue" Is Comedy
Drama Written Specially for Her.
Fannie Ward, star of "The Cheat"
and other Lasky photoplay successes,
will be the People's Theater headllner
today. Miss Ward appears in "Betty
to the Rescue," a comedy-drama writ
ten especially for her, and one which
presents her for a time in overalls.
In "Betty to the Rescue" Miss Ward
has a play for which she Is especially
adapted, and which is unlike anything
in which she has ever appeared for the
Lasky organization. Instead of the
beautiful society matron as she was
seen in "The Years of the Locust," the
captivating star is now a romping.
hoydenish tomboy with tousled hair,
bare feet and is clad frequently in a
dilapidated pair of overalls.
The scenes of "Betty to the Rescue"
were laid in the wonderful orange and
mining districts of Southern Cali
fornia. Betty's dying father, who has
sunk all his money in a mine, leaves
her in the care of some friends who
make her believe she is wealthy until
their orange crop is wiped out by a
sudden frost. How Betty realizing this
takes the management into her own
hands, and accidentally discovers that
her mine is worth a fortune, and goes
Into the arms of the man whom she
loves, is depicted in a careful and de
lightfully original manner.
During some of the scenes Miss Ward
wears her famous moleskin costume,
which was made out of the skins of
moles captured by her gardener at her
famous Kngllsh estate 'near Stratford,
bt. Giles, England.
Supporting Miss Ward in the cast are
Jack Dean, James Neill, Charles West,
Lillian Leighton and Ted Duncan.
"THE LIBERTINE" AT STAR
Powerful Moral Drama Creates Sen
sation Wherever Shown.
"The Libertine," the seven-reel pic
ture that played to capacity houses in
Seattle for two weeks and otherwise
created a furore in the cities in which
it has been exhibited, will open an en
gagement at the Star Theater today.
This Is the picture that, because of its
frank handling of a rather delicate
subject, almost succumbed to the Tort
land censors.
"The Libertine" Is a story of modern
life, strongr and gripping. It brings
home with grim realism the lesson that
"once In every man or woman's life
comes the moment to decide in the
strife for truth or falsehood, for the
good or evil side.
The heroine, a young girl, pure and
lovely, who is the main support of her
widowed mother, is engaged to marry
a clean, wholesome young man, who
has been h-er chlldhoocr sweetheart.
Her path is crossed by the modern lib'
ertine, the man who "can afford to
play the game." A thoroughly de
praved society is always ready to make
a favorite of the libertine, while his
victims bear the burden of sham
alone. But the picture carries a surprise
finish, and the story ends bringing
close to the hearts of the audience the
powerful and timely moral of a great
play.
This is not a "white slave" picture,
although it does deal with the dangers
that beset the paths of young girls.
Pre-exhibition criticisms Indicate that
while the picture is powerful and even
daring, it presents nothing objection
able, but hammers home a great moral
with unusual strength.
The role of Jim Mills, the libertine,
is played by John Mason. -while Alma
Kanlon plays the girl. Of this picture
United' States Senator Stone wrote to
Mr. Mason: "It is a modern Bible and
should be seen by every soul ' In the
world. It is great for truth and proper
knowledge."
COLUMBIA HAS GOOD FILM
confesses to her duplicity and explains
the motive for revenge, and warns
Marcus of the impending disaster. So
the girl leaves the judge for jimmy,
who has just been released from
prison.
A Vitagraph comedy and Pathe News
will round out the programme..
GLOBE PRESEXTS W.AR FILM
"A Daughter of the Hun" Is Un
usual Seven-Part Feature. -
"A Daughter of the Hun." an unusual
seven-part feature showing scenes of
actual warfare on land and sea, opens
an engagement at the Globe Theater
today.
This spectacular photoplay was made
In France by the Film d'Art, with a
noted cast of French players. Scenes
in the trenches, said to be the most
realistic ever presented in pictures, ar
tillery duels, and a bombardment of a
fortress that results in the sinking of
a battleship, are among the war scenes
depicted.
Through this series of war pictures
runs a love-story involving a little
French girl who lives with a Hun, an
alien in the land of the French. The.
girl believes herself to be the daugh
ter of the stranger, and as her life is
wrapped up In the struggle the French
are waging against the Germans, her
heart is broken when she learns that
her father Is a German spy. Her hopes
of happiness and love with a French
officer are crushed until she learns
that she Is really French and only the
adopted &aughter of the Hun.
Film Flickers.
" Henry B. Walthall, as the old-fashioned
phrase has it, was "cut out" to
be a lawyer. The great screen star
studied at the University of Alabama
for two years. His theatrical talent
first showed Itself in amateur dra
matics while he was still at college. He
attracted the attention of a magnate
of the stage and was given a role in a
stock company. He remained on the
stage but a short time, going from
there into motion pictures and leaping
almost Immediately into fame.
Dr. William Robert Pike, of Paris
and Los Angeles, examined 30 children
a dav for 12 years while engaged In
the practice of medicine in Paris, and
recently, after an examination of Helen
Marie Osborne. Balboa's Little Mary
Sunshine, he pronounced her the best
developed child of her age he had ever
seen.
Douglas Fairbanks Is Shown in
"American Aristocracy."
Douglas Fairbanks, the chap the film
world is engaged in discussing these
days because of his retirement from
Triangle and the linking of his name
with figures to make Charlie Chaplin
envious, will appear at the Columbia
Theater today in "American Aristoc
racy." The story Is laid in a Summer
colony chiefly occupied by the Ameri
can aristocracy of beef barons, hatpin
kings and chewing-gum lords.
Cassius Lee is an outcast because he
has never had his face in the adver
tising columns of the newspapers.
Nevertheless, he pursues the beautiful
Miss Hicks, daughter of Leander Hicks,
the hatpin king. His rival Is. Percy
Horton, wealthy young: manufacturer
of malted milk.
Miss Hicks prefers Lee. Owing to a
close resemblance to his enemy, the
malted milk magnate hires Lee to im
personate him in a series of desperate
deeds, taking the credit himself as the
hero of the racing car and aeroplane.
However, the deception does not fool
Miss Hicks, who daily falls more in
love with the Southerner.
A mysterious craft appears In the
harbor and the Southerner finds that
Horton is loading her with gunpowder
concealed in malted milk bottles and
destined for Mexico. He is trapped In
his rivals factory while making his
discoveries. At almost the same time
Hicks and his daughter find out the
truth and come to the factory to de
nounce Horton. The magnate takes
them prisoner, intending to force them
to go to Mexico on the steamer.
Lee manages to escape, flies over the
harbor in his hydroaeroplane, clambers
aboard the vessel and holds off the en
emy until the Federal authorities can
come to the rescue. He Is rewarded
with the hand of the fair Miss Hicks
and gains the regard of his father-in-
law by Inventing a newer and better
hatpin, through which he eventually
becomes rich and famous.
"THE BITTER TRUTH" ARRIVES
Majestic- Theater Screens Virginia
Pearson Picture Today.
A theme of revenge, conceived In the
bitterness of a moment of sorrow,
keeping dominant through a long term
of years, and finally spending its force
only after it is about to accomplish
its purpose, lends Its Interest to the
newest Virginia Pearson picture. "The
Bitter Truth," to be screened today at
the Majestic Theater.
Miss Pearson portrays the part of
Anne, an inhabitant of Blossom street,
a typical girl of the East Side, whose
lover, Jimmy Graves, is a crook. Anne
goes to warn Jimmy that the police are
after him. is caught with him in the
raid, and both are Imprisoned. Thus
the grain of bitterness and revenge,
directed at Judge Marcus, the man who
sentenced her to five years, is lm
planted in her heart.
When released from prison the girl
learns that Marcus aspires to a highe
office. She attracts his attention by
permitting him to rescue her from th
Hudson River, and then he takes her
into his home as a companion lor his
wife. Husband and wife are not happy
and Anne works to widen the gap be
tween them. She enters the employ of
the enemies of Marcus and promises to
compromise him. However, Marcus
falls In love with her, a feeling that Is
reciprocated, and on the night of the
exposure Anne discovers that she can
not ruin the man she loves.
Bo Just before time for the curtain
t be thrown back and the couple d
closed to the enemies of the judge Anne
Billy Garwood almost landed in the
hospital this week when Director
Charles Miller wanted some real "fight
stuff" in the picture, he plays opposite
Knid Bennett. The company was on
"location" in Los Angeles, and Miller
had rehearsed Garwood and another
player In a fist fight until he was sat
isfied that they were ready to be
"shot." He told the fighters to "scrap,
and scrap hard." This they did, but
with the result that Garwood had two
dislocated toes, a sprained ankle and
many minor bruises and scratches.
George Fisher has won a reputation
for his study of roles and his ability to
play them sympathetically. As the
Christ in "Civilization" he evoked ap
proval by his reverent and skillful han
dling of that part. Fisher got his stage
start with a stock company in Milwau
kee, where he played Beauty in "The
Boys of Company B." In Los Angeles
he was persuaded by Reginald Barker
to enter pictures, and he went with the
Triangle Company and then to Amer
lean.
S. Rankin Drew is the fifth member
of his family to Join the Metro forces.
He recently became a director with
that company. Although well under
30. he has added greatly to the distinc
tion of the family name. He first ap
peared in the multiple-reel picture play
Thou Art the Man, and his work in
this production set the pace for his
later successes. He directed and acted
for Vitagraph with notable success.
On the speaking stage he has been as
ociated solely with his father, Sydney
Drew.
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Gladys Hulette has been acting since
she was two years old. and hasn't
grown tired of it yet. ion may never
have heard of Arcade, N. Y., but that
is where she was born nevertheless
She was educated by private tutors and
learned a lot about life with lie Wolf i
tv ir "W rmr " Nqlmova in "The I
Doll's House and Kalich in "The
Kreutzer Sonata." She joined Vita
graph in 1910 and is now with Than-
homer. She recently shone in "The
Shine Girl."
Anita King enjoys the distinction
of having been the first woman to
motor across the continent all by her
self, yet she is not a motorist. Her
vocation is acting in Lasky photoplays
but her avocation is being a Ciiy
Mother of Los Angeles. Her duties
as such are to look out for the little
girls who run away from home to be
movie stars. Some of Miss King's re
cent film vehicles, were "The Race,"
"Anton the Terrible" and "The Heir to
the Hoorah."
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Working with the conviction that
J the story Itself is the most important
thing in photoplay production, the new
series of eight Crane Wilbur features
which are being produced by David
Horsley under the general title. "The
Morals of Men," Is expected to meet
with great success.
An example of the development of
photodrama from a powerful basic
idea is the story of "Unlucky Jim." the
first of the five-reel features to be
finished.
Lillian Hamilton, as a little girl.
federated dolls not so much from the
mother instinct, but because they
served as actors in the little dramas
she staged on the nursery floor. Her
early efforts were divided, between
humorous recitations and Dretty
dances. The longing to be a come
dienne persisted despite her grand
mother's desire that she be a mission
ary. At eighteen she is a recognized
tar who makes mirth for the world in
Vogue comedies.
John Bowers played opposite Mary
Plckford in "The Eternal Grind."
Hulda from Holland" and other photo-
dramas during an eventful screen ca
reer which Includes services with
Metro and World, as well as Famous
Playera The latter pays his salary
now. Six years of stage experience
gave him a valuable foundation for
the leads he plays in pictures. He's
another one of those brunettes that
the cinemas prefer; is 6 feet tall and
is 175 pounds of real American.
Francis X. Bushman, star of Matero's
new 14-episods Photoplay serial. "The
Great Secret," owns a lovely country
home called "Bushmanor" at Green
Valley Springs, Maryland.
Harry Lonsdale was born in Wor
cester. England, and was educated at
the Worcester Cathedral. An unusual
career on the stage and In opera pre-
ceaed ms appearance in pictures in
1910 with the Selig Company.' He first
played with Mansfield in "Beau Brum-
mel." It is said that he can sing any
role in any Gilbert-Sullivan comic
opera, having long been identified with
tnese productions. He was 12 years
with E. S. Willard. in repertoire, and
two seasons ith Nat Goodwin.
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COME EARLY.
"The House of Hits"
Washington at Tark.
STARTING TODAY. COME EARLY.
Phone Main 3452.
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Mary Birch Maurice, who Is known
to millions of fans as "Mother" Mau
rice, has been In the public eye since
Civil War days, when she used to make
stirring speeches. Her first theatrical
appearance was In the Pittsburg Stock
Company nearly 50 years ago. Like
many of the old-time players, she used
to act with Edwin Booth. Since 1910
she has been with the Vitagraph Com
pany. 'She is especially adapted to
playing character parts.
Mae Murray, the Lasky star, will al
ways be remembered for her terpslcho
rean antics at Ziegfeld's Follies and
as a teacher of new dances before
entering pictures. "To Have and to
Hold" was one of her early pictures
which scored success. "The Plow Girl"
is a strong drama in which she was
featured recently.
Madame Fred DeGresac wrote "The
Great Secret," the new Metro 14-epl-sode
photoplay serial. As its name
implies, "The Great Secret" is a mys
tery story and the secret is not dis
closed until the 14th episode. And yet
they say a woman cannot keep a secret.
John Masoi
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'THE LIBERTINE
STAR THEATER
Not a "White-Slave" Picture;
an engrossing drama of today.
As Jim Mills, whose money does its share toward keeping the
lights burning on Broadway.
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As the girl only a working girl but the pride of her widowed
mother's heart, in
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Where to Sell Your Photo
Plays.
IN answer to many queries relative to
prospective markets for photoplays,
the following information may be
clipped out and pasted in your scrap
book. It's a "where to sell" list:
American Film Manufacturing Com-
"The Libertine" is a story of modern
life, strong and gripping. It brings home
with grim realism the great lesson that
"once in every man or woman's life comes
the moment to decide in the strife for truth
or falsehood for the good or evil side."
The heroine, a young girl, pure and love
ly, who is the main support other widowed
mother, is engaged to marry a clean, whole
some young man, who has been her child
hood's sweetheart. ,
EVERY
School Teacher, Husband, Housewife, Clergyman, Mother, Brother, Shop Girl, Sten
ographer, Sister, Father and Every Sweetheart should see
"THE LIBERTINE
Her path is crossed by the modern Lib
ertine, the man who "can afford to play
the game!"
A thoroughly depraved society is always
ready to make a favorite of the libertine,
who defiles pure womanhood, while his vic
tims bear the burden of shame alone! .
A surprise finish comes like a breath of
June roses, and the story ends bringing
close to the hearts of the audience the pow
erful and timely moral of a great old play
forever new.
"Tour picture, THE LIBERTINE,
is a modern Bible and should be seen
by every soul in the world. It is
great for truth and proper knowl
edge." W. J. STONE, U. S. Senator.
The House of Hits"
Washington at Park.
Phone Main 3452
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2 P.M. 3:30 P.M.
5 P.M. 6:30 P.M.
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pany, Santa Barbara, CaL Synopses
only for five-reel plays; Westerns or
costume not wanted at present.
Arrow Film Corporation, Times
building1. New York Clean American,
modern dramas, five reels and up, also
serials.
Balboa Amusement Producing Com
pany. Long Beach, CaL
Thomas Edison, Inc., 626 Decatur
avenue. New York City.
Essanay Film Manufacturing Com
pany, 1333 Argyle street, Chicago, 111.
Famous Players Film Company, 124
West Fifty-sixth street. New York City
Modern American stories, synopses
only, suitable for Marguerite Clark.
Pauallne Frederick and other stars.
Fine Arts Film Company, 4500 Sun
set boulevard, Los Angeles Flve-reel-ers.
featuring youna: ffirl most desira
ble, also two-reel comedies. Comedy
dramas preferred. Simple synopses
only.
Fox Film Corporation, 130 West Forty-sixth
street. New York, ot 1401
Western avenue, Los Angeles. Always
in market for good strong five-reel
modern dramas, comedy dramas or
good Western stories. Submit in five
or six-page synopses form.
Kalem Company, 235 West Twenty-
third street. New York City.
Metro Pictures Corporation. 147
Broadway. New York City.
Pathe Exchange, 25 West Forty-fifth
street. New York City Material for
serials.
Morosco Photoplay Company. 222
West Forty-second 'street. New York
City Plays suited for Vivian Martin.
Myrtle Stedman, Kathlyn Williams and
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A dramatic story of the vengeance of a beautiful girl
Two-Reel Foxfilm Comedy, "BRAIN
STORM," With Hank Mann.
4 Days
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Special Pathe News Scoop first pic
tures wreck U. S. Cruiser Milwaukee.
Starting
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Lenor 01 rich. Synopses of from 600 Forty-sixth Street. New York. City .
to 2000 words, or in form of book, mag
azlne or short story.
Selig Polyscope Company, Garland
building. Chicago, Ill
Lewis Selznick Enterprises. 12s West
Forty-sixth street. New York City
(Clara Kimball Young Film Corpora
tion). (Norma Talmadge Film Corpo
ration), (Herbert Brenon).
Signal Film Corporation (Helen
Holmes features), 4560 Pasadena ave
nue, .Los Angeles, Cal.
Thanhouser Film Corporation, New
Kochelle. N. Y.
Universal Film Manufacturing Com
pany, 1600 Broadway, New York City,
and Universal City, CaL
Vitagraph Company. East Fifteenth
and Locust avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
World Film Corporation. 130 West
Good stories of any kind, five reels.
Synopses preferred.
Gaa Kills Rich Woman.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 14. Mrs. Jennie R.
Scbadle, widow of the late Dr. Jacob,
E. Schadle, prominent socially and pro- :
fesslonally In the Northwest. waa
found dead from gas poisoning in the
kitchen of her Summit avenue home
hre today. Five Jets of the gas stove
were open. Mrs. Schadle. reputed to .
be very wealthy, was heavily interest
ed in wheat transactions, and records
found near her body showed she had
followed closely the rapid drop In th
price of wheat.
Rend The Oreironlan classified ads.
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Remarkable Photodrama of a Girl, a Spy and the
World's War.
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This is the first motion picture drama to be produced
on the firing line in Europe. The shelling and sink
ing of a battleship, artillery duels, and the burning
of a city at night, are but three of the thrilling scenes
in this seven-part spectacle. ,
FOR THREE DAYS, COMMENCED TODAY
No Raise in Prices
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Coming Wednesday, Four Days Only:
"AT PINEY RDDGE" Selig Red Seal
BigTJouble Bill "Billy Smoke" Vitagraph with Mary
Anderson and Wm. Duncan.