4
TU"ET STTTTTAT OTTETTCrXO PTOTEAJD; DECEMBER 9, 1917.
5 j,w s.J
1 x m;
" 3aT:
- ' - - i Vi yA ill - U --c ,
Mi - 1 ,50i ; I e i "'V 1 - ill
; -J vi u 'lv ' - - - i c'- - Ml."- 'Vis ' - - - -s Ml
llte -r.. - - - Mf , V ""f-. - - ' ? . III
' - rwit -. -X vi -.:--i-f . ". I If : - 1 . x . r; - I
r I,- , -rr '-.sx.--; i - -v.ts?- : .. 'V m .. . s : .-.-piJ
- K : "i'-'-'l- --rl . '-pvXT-f '.--'ti .ii-.-- ' s -; t&'Ml
tN v' - V- 4 : ir - !V.u- t : -.,?s:f r--' r-J i J p- zz& I
' f- -r - iyt?v i.H . i
N?5v' " . ',Jr- " I f;V2L" L't ' "J I lfc--f! elded in favor of Btralgrht "Rubo.-
x- ( iT- 'J I I In th futur will sign herself Aim
If ' ' , ' , t 7 ?V J4 V SYjrZc2.rrt-CJoOBCr- artX Rubens. "ir the easiest way,"
v, " fiiVLxZ' J J rotSis. ;''7Z Sfozror I cure. Alma.
"NT
&cztz& Srom " TPat rzi&r'.' t:zojo&&
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Liberty William S. Hart, "Th
Silent Man." x
Majestic Rex Beach's "The Auc
tion Block."
Peoples Tyrone Power, "The
Planter."
Star- Douglas Fairbanks, "Down
to Earth."
Sunset "The Honor System.
Columbia Billle Burke, "The
Land of Promise."
Globe Sessue Hayakawa, "The
Jaguar's Claws."
AFTER months of work on the more
than 60.000 letters that were re
ceived in the -Neglected Wife
contest, founded on Pathe's serial of
the same name by Mabel Herbert Urner,
the three judges have awarded the
- prizes to the seven lucky winners, aa
follows:
Firt priz, $1000 Mrs. Louis Detlefa. 3788
West Thirty-third street, Cleveland. O.
Second prize, $500 Miss Anne B. Gor
don, 31 Aniosland road, Norwood. Ps
Third prize, S100 Mrs. D. C. Cameron,
.Austin. Nov.
Fourth prize. J100 Mrs. F. A. Dow, 83
Park street, Attleboro, Mass.
Fifth prize, 100 Frank Hoffman, 13
East Second street. Pottstown, Pa,
Sixth prize, $100 Mrs. Claire Palmer
Thurston. 564 West Drive, Woodruff Place,
. Indianapolln. Ind.
Seventh prize, $100 Mrs. Helen S. Paz
9n, 147 Townsend street, New Brunswick,
-JK. J.
The Judges of the contest, who were
Mabel Herbert Urner, the author of the
serial; A. Berst, vice-president and
freneral manager of Pathe. and Louis
Joseph Vance, one of the foremost
writers of America, after reading the
letters, were steeped with enough
maxims to regulate the domestic prob
lems of America.
A large number of Oregon residents
entered letters in this contest, and
while the judges gave several of them
places in the 100 best contributions,
none were lucky enough to win a cash
prize.
Mary Starts Red Cross Fund.
In addition to her many war duties.
Including acting as "godmother" to 600
soldiers in the artillery corps and 144
In the aviation corps, Mary Pickford
has started a unique fund for the bene
fit of the American Red Cross.
The popular Artcraft star received a
Jetter from Harry Green, Pasadena, Cal.
Enclosing 4, which he stated was a
day's pay, and which he wished to do
nate to the Red Cross through Miss
Pickford. as he desired a receipt signed
personally by her. She quickly real
ized the value of the idea and deposited
the money in the Hollywood, Cal., bank
s the nucleus of a new fund. More
contributions have begun to arrive and
"America's Sweetheart" Is devoting a
part of each day to answering the com
munications from contributors.
This novel method places all con
tributors on an equal footing, regard
less of the income received, for the do
nation from the man earning but a few
dollars a day carries the same spirit
end represents the same sacrifice as the
more fortunate individual whose in
come is large.
- All donations to this worthy cause
should be addressed to Mary Pickford,
In care of the Mary Pickford Corpora
tion, Hollywood. Cal., and these will be
deposited and forwarded to the Nation
al headquarters of the Red Cross after
Hiss Pickford has written her note of
appreciation to each contributor.
Oregon Aids Chaplin Studio,
Much of the success for the excel
lence of the new half-million-dollar
motion picture plant owned by the
world's greatest comedian, Charlie
Chaplin, in Hollywood, Cal., belongs
. to Oregon. It is from the arrest tlm
ber lands of the Northwest that many
thousands of feet of sturdy pine has
ieen drawn and used in all of the im
portant construction work.
Of chief Interest at the new studios is
the massive stage, which extends over
a. great area and permits a working
fpace of more than 20,000 square feet.
.exclusive or the concrete foundation.
the big span is constructed entirely of
pine.
There are some 20 or more buildings,
including the dressing-rooms, labora
tory, carpenter shop, scene docks, fur
niture rooms, garage, executive offices
end administration structure.
r The Chaplin studios will be
jleted within three weeks. The last lap
of construction work was reached this
rweek with the laying of the foundation
for the administration building. An
s-rmy of painters are engaged putting
on the finishing touches of the com
pleted buildings, carrying out a general
color scheme of French gray and white.
Hundreds of visitors have already
Inspected the plant and experts who
nave watched the progress of the work
from day to day have declared that the
Chaplin institution is far ahead of any
thing ever before attempted tn motion
picture s'udio construction.
Tneme of Film Affects Players,
1 It is a well-known fact that mem
pers or tne theatrical profession are
probably the most superstitious class
sC people in the world. No one actor in
a. thousand will permit a hat to be
placed on a bed, nor will he allow any
of his best friends to whistle In his
iresing-room, or look over his head
Into the mirror while ha is making up.
An Illuminating Insight into the super
stitions of actors was disclosed in the
production of "The Devil Stone." the
Oeraldine Farrar-Artcraft production
-which will be released next month,
and which centers about s theme of
superstitious belief.
- While a number of the actors en
gaged in the produotion were stand
ing on the Lasky stage with Cecil B.
Se JtHllat producer of the picture, be
lDo tz7 7Za. t 's-j5 rtAr T
fore entering upon the dsy's work, clg-
arettes were offered to the group by
one of the actors. Two players of the
cast lighted their cigarettes from a
single match and a third one was on
the point of using the same match to
light his weed when he was stopped by
a rude hand which dashed the burning
luclfer to the floor.
Don't do that!" exclaimed the actor.
"Don't you know that is the worst luck
In the world?"
What's the matter?" asked Mr. De
Mille, "Has all this superstition in the
picture gotten under your skin?"
Well, maybe it has and maybe It
hasn't." replied the actor, smiling, "but
nevertheless I noticed that when we
were scheduled to begin this picture on
Friday the 13th, the set wasn't ready
or something transpired, conveniently.
perhaps, so that we didn t begin work
until Saturday."
Hart Has New Protege.
It doesn't often fall to the lot of a
small . boy to enjoy the unusual film
distinction that has come to young
Harold Goodwin, who appears in Will-
lam S. Hart's newest photoplay, "The
Silent Man." Harold is a bright chap
who has been doing various odd bits of
acting at the Ince studios for some
time, and whatever he has been called
upon to perform he has done excep
tionally welL This was particularly
so Tn the case of "The Sawdust Ring,"
a personally supervised Ince picture, in
which he shared honors with the ad
vertised 8 tar. In "The Silent Man"
young Goodwin plays a role in which
he is called upon to display marked
dramatic talent, and for many hun
dreds of feet of film he and Hart mo
nopolize the interest of the audience.
Harold took to the motion picture
with the close of the school season
in California last Spring, and when the
Government announced that no more
amateur wireless outfits would be per
mitted to grab messages from the
ether. Harold was an ambitious and
expert wireless operator, and his aeri
als high above the Goodwin home in
Los Angeles were the envy of all the
youths in the neighborhood. When he
applied to Mr. Ince for a chance to act
before the camera It was discovered
that Harold "screened" unusually well,
and he was immediately engaged as
a regular member of the Thomas H
Ince forces.
He Knew Fairbanks.
A. H. Woods, the prominent theatrical
producer, tells of a funny incident that
happened during his recent trip to
Southern California.
As it Is the custom of every tourist
to hire a dollar-an-hour automobile to
go sightseeing Woods tipped the driver
at the, start of the trip to insure a
worth-while journey, settled back In his
seat and contentedly smoked a cigar.
"We are now passing so and so s
house, the Prune King," announced the
chauffeur from time to time, until
they had entered .Hollywood, the film
colony, when the controller of the gas
oline conveyance pointed with pride
to a large white mansion on top of
a hill.
"That's Douglas Fairbanks hangout.
He earns $8,000,000 a week and is kind
to dogs and flowers."
The theatrical manager's eyes wid
ened. His chest swelled, caused by the
fact that one time this same Douglas
Fairbanks starred under his manage
ment, "Take me to the entrance of this
wonderful home. ordered Woods, with
the gesture of a King.
The chauffeur looked at htm In
amazement. A tourist in a dollar-an-hour
machine wanting to call on Fair
banks struck him rather humorously,
and he laughingly replied.
"Why, your nut is ertfeked. Tou'se
don't - know Doug. I'd get an awful
bawling out if I took you into his
.house," as a&ld automobile gradually
left the Fairbanks home in' the dis-
tance.
aluefc Crook "Stun- Here.
Students of the psychology of crook
edness ought to find living illustrations
of examples customarily expatiated
upon in dry text by authorities on the
subject in Rex Beach's picture, .."The
Auction Block.
The gentle art of the "frame-up" and
the "double-cross" as practiced in
some strata of society is exemplified
In realistic action in the course of the
story, which has been described as em
bodying an undercurrent narrative of
'blackmail piped with thuggery."
Lilas Lynn is a beautiful young ad
venturess with what might be said to
be a legitimate purpose revenging
the death of her father, whose life had
been' sacrificed years before to the
greed of Jarvis Hammon, once the su
perintendent of a steel mill, but now a
millionaire man-about-town. Lilas in
gratiates herself in Hammon's affec
tions for the sole purpose of ruining
him in the eyes of the world.
Working with a band of blackmail
ers, Lilas entices Hammon to a lonely
country roadhouse, where, with the aid
of a flashlight powder previously
planted" by the crooks, the million
aire is photographed with the adven
turess in his arms.
Eventually this band of crooks turns
upon Lilas in the hope of profiting by
revealing her hand in the affair. This
move Involves innocent persons and
eventually results In the intervention
of a man whose power over a crooked
police inspector enables him to demand
that the gambling-house conducted by
the leader of the gang be raided.
Here another "frame-up" Is enacted.
this time by the police. Working on
instructions, the inBpe'ctor "plants" a
revolver in the pocket of young Jimmy
Knight, wayward brother of Lorelei
Knight, heroine of the story, and he is
hustled off to court to face a long term
in prison.
Billle Bnrke Goes a-Travellns:.
New York City, a little town in West
ern Canada and next it is rumored
Florida. These are the places where
piquant little Billle Burke, famous
comedienne of stage and screen, has
been stopping during these strenuous
times, when every day must be record
ed with its sufficient number of cellu
lolds tucked away Inside the camera
with thousands of feet of pictures of
Billle Burke laughing, weeping, in
triguing or waxing sentimental in
them.
Her first . Paramount plrtnre. "The
Mysterious Miss Terry, was taken in
New York City and her second, "The
Land of Promise," took her and her
company of actors, directors, camera
men and script writers to Manitoba,
Canada.
It has not been definitely decided
where the third will be filmed, but
there are persistent. rumors to the ef
fect that Florida will be the location
When she heard of this Billle Burke
laughed and sail:
"That's what we thought they'd do
(the scenario department) as a sort of
poetical Justice for allowing us the joy
of the visit to Canada. Why they can't
write Northern plavs for us in the
Summer and send us South in Winter
will always be one of the riddles of
tho universe to me! However, 1 don't
mind the travel, in fact I rather like it.
for I've been living in Pullmans or on
steamships half my life, I believe.
"You see, I was born in Washington,
D. C. but a very short time after my
advent into this queer old world my
nurse packed up my tiny things and
we started for France, where after a
few years I was placed In a convent.
"As my father was an actor, known
as 'Billy' Burke, I decided to follow his
footsteps and took his name for mine.
I have worked In the principal musio
halls and theaters of nearly all the
large European cities, as well as those
of America, where later I made my
stage debut in "My Wife' with John
Drew at the Empire Theater."
' Another Irving Story.
' Tyrone Power, who played Bassanlo
in Sir Henry Irving's last appearance
t the Lyceum Theater. London, as
Shy lock, tells a story of the famous
actor that sounds fairly characteristic
"Some wealthy bounder who hap
pened to be connected with the finan
cial end of the Irving series at the Ly
ceum addressed the actor as 'Irving,
says Mr. Power.
"'Why not Henryr said sir Henry.
beseechingly Oh, why, why not
Henryr
"There was always a rivalry between
Sir Henry Irving and Sir Beerbohm
Tree, continued Mr. Power, who. is
starred in a new Mutual special pro
duction, "The Planter."
"Once Sir Henry needed a white
horse for one of the Lyceum produc
tions. A livery stable helper brought
round an animal which Irving viewed
with some suspicion.
'"Wy, Sir 'Enery. e s as tyme as a
ousecat, 'e stood arf an hour on our
styge w'en Sir Beerbohm Tree "ad- 'im
the other dy,' said the hostler.
"Did, ehr snorted Sir Henry 'Bit o.
a critic, what r
Will Plot h rime Tse Bine Bird."
Maurice Maeterlinck's world-famous
play, "The Blue Bird," is to appear in
motion picture form, to be presented
by Artcraft Pictures. Considered one
of Maeterlinck's greatest works, this
production was staged both in - this
country and abroad and occupies an
Important place in the annals of in
ternational theatricals. In London
It originally opened st the Boudoir
Theater in December, 1809, where it at
tracted wide attention. The play of
fered 10 scenes and took four hours to
portray on the stage. With its Amer
ican appearance in New York, at the
New Theater, in February, 1911, the
production was revived with two addi
tional scenes.
The 'film version of "The Blue Bird"
will present a big spectacular cinema
produced by Artcraft, under the direc
tion of Maurice Tourneur, the talented
French director, whose recent work for
Artcraft as displayed in the Elsie Fer
guson pictures has further enhanced
his high standards of production. The
important task of adapting the famous
drama to the screen was entrusted to
Charles Maigne and actual "shooting"
of scenes has already commenced at
the Fort Lee studios.
Like Father Like Son.
"When I was about 17." relates
George M. Cohan. "I considered my
self a classy dresser. One day. resplen
dent in screaming hosiery, a striped
waistcoat and a 'speaking necktie, I
went into father's library.
"He looked me over, and the more he
looked the more disguested he became.
" 'Son,' he finally blurted out, "you
look like a d fool!" Just then an
old family servant came into the room.
'Georgle,' he said, you look Just as
your father did at your age.'
" "Yes," I said, 'father was Just telling
me about it.'"
He Drew the Line.
"I was In a barber shop In Los Ange
les one day," relates Jack Pickford.
"when an Irishman came in to get
shaved. After he was seated and the
lather about half applied, the barber
was called to an adjoining room, where
he was detained for some time. The
barber, who was an Italian, had in the
shop a pet monkey, which was contin
ually imitating bis master. As soon
as the latter left the room the monkey
grabbed the brush and proceeded to
finish, lathering the Irishman's lace.
After doing this he took a rasor from
its case and then turned to the Irish
man to shave him.
" 'Shtop that!" said the latter firmly.
'Ye can tuck the towel In me neck and
put .the soap on me face, but, begorrab,
yer father's got to shave me!'"
Dolores Caslnelli, who many of "the
old guard" of picture fans will recall as
a former Essanay star, back in the days
when Francis X. Bushman and Broncho
Billy were making the Essanay trade
mark famous the world over, has left
the Cooper-Hewitts for the Mazdas of
the speaking stage. Miss Cassinellt
was Induced to abandon motion pic
tures by an offer from Madison Corey
to sing the prima donna role in his new
musical comedy. "The Grass Widow,"
which was written by Channlng Pol
lock and Rennold Wolf.
Decides to Be a "R.ube.
So much confusion has been caused
by the spelling of Alma Rubens' name
that the Triangle favorite and ber
mother have decided 'to change it. Al
ma's real name Is Rueben, but It has
persistently appeared in publications
as Ruebens and Reubens. To end all
controversy the pretty actress has de
an d
do-
"THE AUCTION BLOCK" THRILLS
Film From Rex Beach's Popular
Xovel On at Majestic.
"The Auction Block" opened yester
day at the Majestic to enthusiastic au
diences of Rex Beach's admirers who
seemed to like his photoplay of metro
politan life as well as his stories of
the wilds which have heretofore been
shown in Portland.
"The Auction Block." pronounced by
critics as Rex Beach's greatest story,
tells the life history of Lorelei Knight,
daughter of a small-town politician
(Conclurt-d on Patce ft. Column l.
n
The
Greatest
Human
Story
Ever
Told
-uqsLi, .ii. mm
"fTWWWHiiUlli . wisis i issfwsiii nsi,.usisi, i.( i npsssif iiiss.isi i
- - - - "V- -' ii r - - - i 1-' ' ..i l
. The
Til
It Makes r)
You .
Weep!
It Makes
You
Laugh!
It Makes
You
Think.
The magnificent super-spectacle for young and old the sen
sation of America.
"The Birth of a Nation" was a triumph of Grandeur; "The
Daughter of the Gods" was a triumph of Beauty; "The Honor
System" is a triumph of Humanity.
Cost half a million dollars. 1600 hor6ea are used in Mexican border
battle scenes. Startling scenes actually photographed in Yuma and
Florence prisons, Arizona. Enthusiastically indorsed by ex-Governer
Hunt of Arizona.
At the jnitial Portland, showing of "The Honor System," at
increased prices, thousands were turned away. It is for you
that our policy of return engagements of such plays as this
was formed.
!L,r . -
BEGINS TOD A YNO RAISE IN PRICE
Matiness
Till 6:30
10c
Sundays
Evenings
Holidays
15c
Children tZ! g-
Any Time JJL
hi
1
Mils.