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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1917)
T2IE SUNDAY OREGONIAX,' PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 25, 1917. .FOCTK 2M j5 ONLY BEGINNING TODAY THE WAGES OF SIN IS SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE DEATH! TROOP MO A ATTERY in Action! v. "V A A '-'-'V- N '; --.j.: . Gorgeous Also And Majestic Pictures cowloy iqembers of William S. Hart's "bores opera" troupe. Thelma Salter was born In th city of Lob Angeles. She was raised just like other children In California, the mild climate making- it possible for her to live most of the time out-of-doors. -At the are of 4 years, E. H. Allen, business manager of Triangle-Kay Bee, chanced to see the child alone, playing the part of the mother to a raily of dolls. -He -watched her for a time and then went to see her mother. Impressed with her natural mimetic ability. As the result of the conference which followed, the child was taken to Thomas H. Ince, who arranged that not only the child but her mother also should Join the company at once. ' Marvelous little Marguerite Clark. who sprang into international fame as film favorite in a day because she was- the smallest star with the big-1 Kest personality," has maintained since that day. despite the fact that the day as years ago, the enviable reputation of being "the sweetest girl in motion pictures. One so frequently reads of a popular player's having been "born on the stage" of parents whose histrionic .genealogy goes DacK 10 wnnin a lew -years of the ark that it is refreshing to learn that Marguerite Clark has never been able to find anyone even remotely connected with her family who has ever worn grease paint, or, if you prefer more classic allusions, the cnnlr. anrl Ml.lr1n ' - Douglas Fairbanks was recently asked by an inquisitive friend to ac count for his almost permanent smile. "I got Into the habit of grinning," replied Doug, "from sheer delight at lleing alive and strong." - "What appeals to you mostly in your screen work?" the inquisitive friend again questioned. - "Best of all in moving picture work," vaid the star, "is the consciousness of having to give an economio quality to the 'happenings you impart to millions of people. The tired business man goes to the film theater to get a laugh. He not only receives his laugh, but he ex ercises the emotional side of him Irons out. his emotions, so to speak. He is better prepared to meet life's battles. - "A man relaxes when he laughs, and relaxation means emotional strength. It isn't the laughter that gives us the strength.' it's the exercise of the emo .tlons. This is clearly proven by the fact that we feel Just as refreshed by jl good cry as we do by a good laugh." ; " Mary Pickford's new Artoraft pic ture, "The Poor Little Rich Girl," Just completed at her studio in Fort Lee. N. J., will disclose her in a subject which, although of typical Pickford charm, presents the famous girl star in a character quite different from any thing in which she has appeared here- ofore. For instance, who ever neara of Mary Pickford beings regular little bobcat when It comes to flghting7 yet this is Just what proves to be the case in .her new film when a gang of .street -urchins attack her in her palatial home. In the luxurious conservatory with Jfs lily pond and gigantic palms she battles with a half dozen sturdy young sters and finally sets them to rout at the cost of much expensive furnish ings as well as her own immaculate ap pearance. Bespattered from head to foot with -mud from the erstwhile lily f .v. TODAY! ' ' - y - 'ii''"! A- Greater Picture Than 1 , " A FOOL THERE WAS" . The undisputed queen of vampires in the greatest vampire role ever played .The Apparel, Regal Furnishings A 2000 Fox film 'A BON BON RIOT" Scenic pond and severely scratched, she stands triumphant as the last of the gang is set to flight. The urchins used " In these scenes were instructed to give real battle and in fighting them off the-popular little star had her hands full in every sense of the expression as well as her teeth and feet. After this fracas Miss Pick ford's activities for the day at the studio ceased right then and there and those who will witness the affair on the screen will easily understand why this was the case. Tom Mix, Fox film director-star, is a soldier of fortune. He has had an ad venturous life and here is the way he tells about it on one of the Fox Film Corporation's blanks which are filled out by all Fox players: i Name ? Tom Mix. "Wher were yon born ? 8oinwhere In Texas. Data? January 6. 2 A. M. Anything- of interest about your youth? Punched cows and went to achool. What were your early ambitions? Did not have any. Where were you educated ? Vir ginia Military Institution. Give anything In-, terestlng- about your schooling-? Took an' active part In all achool athletics. Held pole ball record for two years until my brother, Harry Mix. of Harvard, broke It. What waa your great adventure? Faced firing squad in Central America. Have you ever held any championships of any kind? Bucking horse riding, 1005, Madi son Square Garadeh. Buldogglng ateera: held world record for 10 steers, averaging 12 seconds to a steer. World record rop ing championship of 16 seconds. Canyon City, Colorado, 1811. What are the things In your life of which you are particularly proud ? My record aa a . soldier, t'nlted States Marshal, Texas Ranger, Sheriff in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, rough rider with Colonel Hooaevelt. Anything of fur ther interest concerning youraelf? Served In Cuba during Spanish -American war. Bcout In the Philippines. Was in China dur ing the Boxer uprising. Wounded in the capture of Peking. Fought in the Boer war, and was with Madero when he took Juarez, Mexico. Rene Guissart. the camera man who will photograph Mary Garden's first Goldwyn picture under the direction of Allan Dwan, is a hero of the battle of the Somme, and wears a medal award ed him by the French government for valor in action during the early days of what is now one of the longest bat ties in history. ., Guissart, in command of a gun crew, had all of his aides killed around him. and operated a machine gun without aid or support, while entirely cut off from the remainder of the troops with whom he was operating. His valor In standing by his gun enabled him to stand off a group of invaders who men aced the section of the line he was holding. Just as a detachment came to his support he was shot thr.ugh the lung, and this wound retired him. Goldwyn eeema to be the most prom ising of all the film organizations. With Robert W. Chambers, Irvin S. Cobb. Mar gOet Mayo. Roi Cooper Megrue and others on a par to write its stories, and such stars as Maxine Elliott, Jane Cowl, Mae Marsh and Madge Kennedy to en act them, it forms a combination diffi cult to match. MISS TOIJ3JO IS AT PEOPLES Strong Love Story, Involving Plot In Society, Is Screened. Clara Kimball Toung. who scored such, a decided jsucccab in "The Com- Truly Stupendous Production. Laugh Spasms mon " Law," will again be the Peoples Theater headllner today, appearing in "The Rise of Susan," a dramatic film story of much comedy Interest. Pri vate exhibition critics declare that this picture possesses even more real en. tertainment value than the picturlza tion of the Robert W. Chambers story. With the Young production will be screened a two-reel comedy, "That Dawg-Gone Dawg," while little Clara Casten, who has made such a hit with her violin playing, will appear in a new repertoire of selections. In "The Rise of Susan," Miss Toung is Susan, a pretty model in a fashion able shop. Mrs. Luckett, a society climber, is struck by Susan's beauty and lady-like bearing, and when a Countess, whom she intended to use as an en tering wedge into society, fails to ap pear. Susan is prevailed upon to as sume the role of Countess for a night. Susan is a great success and society goes mad over the titled lady. Mrs. Luckett is delighted and asks that Susan continue the role, and when the girl's uncle, her only relative, dies, she consents. As the Countess she wins the heart of Clavering Gordon a wealthy young chap Mrs. Luckett has chosen as a husband for her daughter, Ninon, who is secretly addicted to drugs. Susan accepts Gordon, but finds she Is the victim of Mrs. Luckett's schem ing social secretary, who demands money to prevent an exposure. Susan is dismayed. Determined that she will go no further with the deception and scorning the secretary, she rushes into the midst of the wedding party and confesses all. Susan disappears suddenly from view and Gordon marries Ninon. Susan's future activity as a nurse, accident that makes her blind, and final reunion with Gordon furnish material for a splendid ending to this absorbing mod ern story. MARIE EMPRESS IS AT STAR "The Girl Who Doesn't Know" to Be Shown In Film Drama. "The Girl Who Doesn't Know," the sensational new photoplay starring Marie Empress, will be exhibited today at the Star Theater. This unusual pro duction, described as a "photoplay ser mon for parents," will be augmented by the fourth installment of the popu lar "Uncle Sam's Defenders" aeries and Paramount Pictographs. "There runs throughout this excel lent picture thoroughly natural epi sodes of every day life. The differ ent problems involved are handled very well and parents will no doubt find much to think about in this won derful photoplay," says the manager of the star. " The Girl Who Doesn't Know is likely to prove one of the most dis cussed motion pictures of the year, as it is a series of well written, exciting tales, possibly with too much freedom of revelatton for prudes, that will do much good, especially as it tends to make parents the best friends of their children. "In some of the incidents the pic ture goes sometimes daringly far. yet the frankness is ever bound about with delicacy. It is telling tbe truth, not for exploitation, but in line with the purpose to work. out a problem by MIA. .ah ine oest or later. something better than preaching the precept, "The realism is justified, by the sin cerity so that the story unfolds itself aa if it were inspired to do the thing that will convince and impress the great mass of people w.ho will surely be attracted to It. "The strongest spoken sermon or written editorial could never bring home its lesson with the force and conviction that this screen play does. "We predict that the production of The Girl Who Doesn't Know will mark an epoch in the dissemination of knowledge through the medium of the screen particularly knowledge that leans toward moral and social uplift." MARGUERITE CLARK AT SUNSET Fairies and (Love Play Large Part In "Little Lady Eileen." "Little Lady Eileen." a. fanciful, ro mantic photoplay, with elfish little Marguerite Clark as Its star, will be presented at the Sunset Theater today. With this will be screened a Keystone comedy. "His Busted Trust." with Slim Summervllle, Bobby Dunn and Peggy Pearce as the featured players, and Paramount Pictographs. When sweetheart meet and woo and wed, do the sflly geese think that they are determining their own fates? Do the swains believe that they are so handsome that the girls cannot resist them and do the lassies think that It Is their laughing black eyes and saucy emiles that lure the men to propose? Then they ought to pause In their laughter some night and they might catch a faint whisper behind them. It is the faries discussing whether or not they are suited to each other! If the fairies decide that they are ill-mated, they will quarrel and part. If they seem to the little eavesdroppers to be ideally matched, then they will kiss. That, at least, is what the little Lady Eileen firmly believes. For Eileen is Irish, with all the rare charm and all the imaginative gifts of the Irish and she believes In the fairies with all her heart and soul. And why shouldn't she? If It were not for them how would she ever have found her true love and how would she ever have been rescued from the drunken brute of an Impostor who mar ried her for her money when she never knew she had any herself? Only the good fairies could have brought big Stanley Churchill to her when ehe never knew that he existed and only the elves of the air could have rolled tbe giant, boulder down upon his fleeing brother as he galloped away in cowardly fear after he had nearly killed Stanley for rescuing the cringing Eileen. COLUMBIA OFFERS THRILLER Ethel Barrymore Appears as Star In "The White Raven." "The white Raven," hailed as Ethel Barrymore'a best photoplay and a pro duction In which this popular star ap pears in the abbreviated dress of a dancehall singer and the handsome gowns of a grand opera prima donna, will be presented" today at the Co The only authentic pictures taken of the Portland boys on the Mex ican border, shown as a BENEFIT for the Battery and Troop. The boys of the Battery and Troop back these pictures with their reputations. Every man .can be recognized easily. Come and see what border life was like and do your bit to help the fund. The Prettiest Picture An Exquisite, Mischievous, Charming Irresistible " 3 U REMEMBER pictures come to tne sunset A theater beautiful, excellent and nothing but the cream, of the shows. lumbia Theater. Wtti this Metro story of the north will bet screened the first of the new Mack Bennett Keystone comedies. "The Nickr epf Time Baby." "The White Raven' Involves a story of revenge, undertaken against a man by the daughter of hiis former partner whom he has robbed.i Miss Barrymore Is seen as Nan. who.lafter her father has been broken by Lan unscrupulous banking partner, anti finally lands in a frontier mining camp, where he dies, is left there with a Segacy of but (5. This waa give the faultier by his cruel partner, who says: "Unke this and buy a gun and shoot youraelf." Nan, find ing the life of a danoehall gill unen durable and to gain money with which to study slngingr and .reach a place where she can punlsbl the. man " who brought ruin and death to her father, allows the mining camp habitues to gamble-for her. She is won by a stranger, who al lows her to go on her ptomis to return when she has accomplished her tri umph and revenge. Lar he woos and wins her without her knowledge of his real identity, and wfeen she returns to Alaska to fulfill hen- bargain, she finds him waiting and learns the truth. The revenge motive is happily soft ened by Nan's kindness to the daugh ter of the man she has brought to the gutter the man who ruined her father. William B. Davidson. Walter Hitch cock and George A. Wright are promi nent members of the - supporting cast. The screening of "The -Nick of Time Baby" marks the inauguration of a new Keystone comedy e grime. The two-reel er has as its festtured players Bobbie Vernon and Gloria Swansoo. THEDA BARA IS AT MAJESTIC Vampire Woman Will 'Pfresent "The Tiger Woman" Thed Bara, vampire of vampires, opens an engagement at 'the Majestic Theater today In "The T?ger Woman,"' In a role said to be the greatest of her career, and relegating to the back grond the famous "vamp" of "A Fool There Was." A Fox filnt ejmedy in two reels and Mutual "Kews will also be screened. The action of the play is Interna tional in scope, starting in Russia, thence to Monte Carlo, and finally bringing the scenes to Nenr York. The Princess Petrovitch (Therla Bara), Is the wife of a Russia Prince, whom she betrays to the Russia secret po lice. She leaves with her lover. Count Zerstorf (Emil De V am 59 for Monte Carlo. There he loses at the gaming table, and later Is killed tT the prin cess. Her crime was witnessed by Stevan (John Dillion). the. Count's va let, who begins a systeoaaUo black mail of the adventuress. To escape him she leaves for Amewica and on board the ship meets KXlwln Harris (Glenn White), the son of an American millionaire. He falls violently In love with her. and becomes her abject slave. He is disinherited by hi father, and being urged tor more Jewels and money by the siren, robs bis own father and kills him. He pays the tetalty by be ing sent to prison for life His brother Mark Harris (Herbert Heyes) is lured on by the "ps-incess, and eventually forsakes his wiCa and child for the princess. Meantime the black mailing servant has tracked the woman to Kew, .York, and under ; threats of in Years Characterization by the Lj- v - N Lj ANNOUNCEMENT Owing to insistent sooner t i popular demand music of The Storm Country" will play a return en gagement on Thursday, Mar. 1. Try to get in. exposure, receives money. Through a ruse, he is arrested and sent to prison. He escapes from there, makes his way to the princess' home and In a strug gle, he kills her. VIOLA DANA TO BE AT GLOBE Photoplay to Be Presented Is "The Innocence of Roth." Viola Dana, one of the youngest and most attractive of film stars, will ap pear In "The Innocence of Ruth" as the Globe Theater's photoplay headllner today. Miss Dana Is supported by Edward Earle In this tale of Greater New York. Wall street, millionaires, charity balls, a helpless and beautiful girl, an dually fascinating bad woman, and the usual high life sidelights. In this picture Miss Dana appears as an orphaned girl who is placed in charge of Carter, a man who falls in love with his ward. Reynolds, the man who ruined Ruth's father, determines to ruin the girl as well, but after many exciting and dangerous situations Ruth Is rescued by Carter, who, of course, marries her. Kwery Kolum (Note All motion picture questions an swered except thote relative to the writing and marketing of acenarlos. . Please algn your nam to all communications, and give the name or Initials under which you wish queries answered. Billy T. The cast of "Mary. Queen of Scots." an Edison picture, follows: Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary Fuller; Lord Stanley, Richard Neil!; Hannah Kennedy, Elizabeth Miller; Rizzio, Wal lace Scott: Sir Amias Paulet. Charles Ogle: Lorraine. Charles Sutton; Sir Ed ward Mortimer, Bigelow Cooper; Lord Burleigh. Robert Brower; Elizabeth, Miriam Nesbitt; Earl of Leicester, Marc MacDermott; the Court Jester. Edward Boulden; the Monk, Julian Reed; Mary's physician. William West. A. B. C Yes. the same Charlie Mur ray. He's now with Keystone, and as TODAY FOR 3 DAYS VIOLA DANA in "The Innocence of Ruth" Comedy and Selig-Tribune COMING WEDNESDAY Bryant Washburn and Ruth Stonehouse in 'THE ALSTER CASE" And Mrs. Vernon Castle in The Second Episode of "Patria" 'jv - - - - l ' Also Keystone Kare Killer, Slim Sum merville irj "HIS RUSTED TRUST" -r-- - - MARY PICKFORD in "Tess a recent note from that fun-factory puts it, "has been sentenced to two more years." Fatty Arbuckle is soon to be seen In Paramount comedies. Fatty ranks next to Chaplain in point of slapstick popularity. Fannie T., Vancouver. Wheeler Oak man was the gambler in "The Spoilers." He left Selig. was with Fox for a pic ture or two, and now is with the Mabel Normand Company at Hollywood. He will appear with Mabel in "Mickey." that much-talked-of Mack Fennett spe cial. No Information on his attitude toward matrimony. Subscriber. No. Clara Kimball Young has not married again. Your Eastern friend may be right to a certain ex tent, but it's a certainty that Clara Is not yet wedded to another. No reports heard of Clara's engagement to the man Jim Young stabbed. Her eyes are her most distinctive feature. The press agents say they are bo large that Clara must use makeup to tone them down rather than play them up. as do her sisters of stage and screen. Grace M. Kathlyn Williams married Charlie Eyeton. manager at the Moros co studio. Seena Owen married Di rector Walsh, of Fox. Sheldon Lewis I Virginia Pearson's husband. No, Marguerite Clark Is not married, al though Marguerite Snow is Mrs. Jimmy Cruze in prlvatae life. " m M. M. Art Acord. "Shorty" Hamil ton, and Tom Mix are three real cow boys of the screen. Hart's the best actor, even if his experience on the" range was not as extensive as that of any one of the first-named three. Acord was at the Pendleton Roundup one year, according to his own state ment. e Ed. B. Mary Pickford Is now at Los Angeles, care Artcraft studio. Theda Bara. Fort Lee. N. J- care Fox Com pany. Harold Lockwood and May Alli son are in Southern California. Yorke Metro Company. Los Angeles. Mrs. Castle is through with "Patria" and is on a long vacation. George M. Cohan Is in Florida, Jacksonville or there abouts, filminir "Broadway Jones."
