THE SUXDAT OnEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 13, 1918.
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TODIT1 fILM rEtTtRCS.
fi)tlc Made Kennedy.
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Ppl PonKlas Falrbanki. "A
Ptar "Th Submarln Eri"
tunsl Slao Murray, Thl Mor
mon Maid.1
Hbrty Taylor Holmes, "Uneaay
Mony."
Clob fmnae Hayakawa and
VlTlinUtrtla. -Forbl Jden
ratha."
EVER inr Twnty Thooaand
Leairuea Under the 8" wii pre
aente4 to aa tmurd public there
ha been much (peculation over the
method employed In ub-a photog
raphy. With the preeentatlon of anoth
er aquatic production. "The Submarine
Kye," by Williamson Brothers, interest
la submarine f.lm producing; promlnes
to become greater than erer, with the
Inevitable query, -Mow do they do It?"
on millions of tonaue
The answer la "sea chamber and tube,
with powerful batteries of electric
1'Cht op the floor of the sea." The
sea chamber and tube Is a very Ingeni
ous and at th same time a very simple
apparatus. The tube, which la three
fret In diameter. Is made of rlnced
steel. Waterproof canvas Is stretched
over this frame, forming a cylinder
sufficiently strong; to rrslut the sea
pressure at considerable depths.
The diameter Is sufficient to allow
the operator to communicate with the
outer world. Throuza this submarln
chimney, a It I called, the operator
can descend hundreds of feet without
any difficulty In breathlnf. The upper
end of th tube opens on the deck of
the ship and tn lower part has a cir
cular compartment fire feet In diame
ter with a funnel-shaped window.
which forms a rentable observatory.
This apparatus was orlclnally built
by the Inventor, Captain Charles Will
Umtoa, not for the purpose of taklns;
movtac pictures, but to emplore the bot
tom of the sea In search of sunken
treasure, pearls and spona-es, or to re
pair ships. However, bis elder son.
Ernest, a cartoonist and photographer,
saw at once th possibility of aiploy
lac th apparatus to tak submarln
photographs, and his Insenulty. un
doubtedly Inherited, prompted him to
devise tn photographic chamber above
described.
I'oder favorable condition It ts pos
sible with th Williamson apparatus to
obtain hctcraph at almost any
depth. Many of th scene In Th
Submarine Kye" wer photographed In
111 feet of water.
Illsi AecMewta Ssswtwn.
To see th handsome hero dashtnr up
ts th sid of a atasreoarh and carry
las; away th heroin on his horn
woutd be quit th proper thins; In
motion picture and was. But to s
th beautiful heroine. Instead of land
tnc In ta horseman's arms, do an un
STracefut splash into a shallow river
bed. micht bav been very amuslns;.
spc!ai. If th action took pia la a
e I particularly dramatic: portion of th
plctur. Tet th latter la what hap
I pens la a film which Cecil B. DeMllle
I has esaemhleft Mnilitlns nf blta of un
expected action, causrht by th motion
plctur earners, when omatblns; want
wronc.
The reel of film comprises several
sections, assorted from various pro
ductions which have been directed by
Mr E Mill and containing- th parts
of th action which took plasa en
tlrely by accident. Fannie Wfd Is
observed walking; up to a bridg In
Japanese garden, tripping along; In
f 10.OOS opera cloak. Miss Ward tripped
all right, th brldg gav way and th
star and opera cloak landed In the pool
below.
Then came a bull fight frfom "Car
men," la which th matador, tossed by
th enraged bull, was unabl to escape
ai.d no asslstanc could bs tendered
him by his companions. Th bullfighter
was seen lying perfectly motionless
and apparently dead, whll th bull
tossed him aside. After that th Span'
lard walked away, unharmed, and th
camera went on with th action that
was supposed to t tn the plctur. Re
tween scenes In "Th Virginian a man
was kicked by the horse of th leading
man. and Is seen limping out of th
plctur with a broken leg. At another
point In the picture Dustln Famum and
Winifred Kingston ar seated by a
roadway, when a rattlesnake bobs his
head up behind them. A horseman
rides Into the plctur and shoots off
the head of th gnak before th lead
Ing actors had time to realize that pos
sible death was but a few Inches away.
Another rtetar Flm.
Every once in a while some am
bitious girl Is struck by "cinema light
nlng." The latest "accident" of this
Sort is reported from the Thomas II.
Inc Studios, tn Los Angeles, where
Paramount pictures, (tarring Dorothy
Dalton, Enid Bennett and Charles Ray,
ar produced.
Recently, when a girl of more than
average beauty and Intelligence was
needed In a. hurry, and when none an
swerlng to the pulchrltudinous re
quirements was available. Director
Victor I, Sohertslnger recalled baring
seen an attractive operator at th
studio switchboard, lie sent a mes
inter for the girl, gave her a few
hurried Instructions about what he
wantod her to do, and In lesa than 10
mlnutea Charlott Woods found her
self somewhat of studio celebrity, be
cause she proved to possess features
that phototrraph "Ilk a million dol
lars." to quote Mr. Inc. himself. Now
Miss Woods Is In another Ray picture,
and may be said to be well started on
her way to screen fame.
Madge Fowl Fans.
Th day after Douglas Fairbanks
registered his remarkable bit In "The
Lamb" two years ago not an alert
patron of the films passed him by
without a look of recognition. The
Fairbanks' of ths screen smile, shoul
ders and walk la the Fairbanks of the
flesh and hundreds of the pedestrians
very day "(pot" th actor aa he walks
th street. Perhaps he likes JU I'er- tur plus. The new pictures are wider
haps he doesn't.
able fact -
Not so, however, with a certain
young actress of comedy parts who
also has sprung Into fame. Madge
Kennedy doubtless rejoiced In the re
views and the applause which followed
the first showing of "Nearly Married.
but anyone who knows the Goldwy
atar knows that she must rejoice fa
more that a certain accident makes It
practically Impossible for her to be
recognised In everyday life by persons
who have seen her onlly on the screen.
And jo she goes comfortably along th
path of her dally routine whether 1
leads her to the studio In New Jerae
or down Fifth avenue with the earn
sublime confidence In her incognlt
that she enjoyed before "Nearly Mar
rled flashed Into popularity.
The secret lies In the color of her
hair and eyea and the accident is purel
photographic. Look at Madge Kenned
on the screen and yon find a sloe-eye
beauty with the blackeat of hair. See
her out shopping and you find eyea o
richest brown and hair of auburn. I'ho
tographlcally and physically she la a
brunette; but there are brunettes and
brunettes; and here Is one that th
camera gives a disguise which Sherlock
Uolanes himself might envy.
Ilalaar for Prehlbltloa.
Taylor Holmes, former famous Stag
comedian, now making millions laugh
In moving picture comedy-dramas, la
a student of efficiency.
On the speaking (tage dramatic
erltlcs were especially commendatory
of his portrayal of bibulous characters
and being asked abont hla work the
eccentric comedy star said that he had
learned something about such char.
actors by actual experience, but that
he how la an enemy of the habit and
an absolute tee-totaler that he la a
student of efficiency and alcohol has no
part In It that he bad made 219,000
waste motions In the ten years In
which he used liquor and that he Is
through with It alL
Tea, I am a teetotaler not merely
a never-against , (aid Mr. Holmes
"becauae efficiency dictates that alco
hot has nothing to do with the march
of progress.
"Men who accomplished things long
ago realised the necessity for formu
lating a plan of life tending toward a
big realisation and booze has no part
In ths plan It detracts and shunts a
man off on a siding."
Company Taken to Artsaaa.
The disregard for expense shown by
big motion picture producers Is well
Illustrated In Douglas Fairbanks' lat
est production for Artcraft. "A Mod
ern Musketeer." The scenario called
for scenes In the Grand Canyon of Ari
zona and Fairbanks transported hla en
tire company of 60 people there. The
photoplay has an added value In pre
senting backgrounds of scenlo splen
dor, which have been wonderfully re
produced by the camera.
Fairbanks proudest boast Is that he
has nevr faked a scene. "Patrons of
moving ploture theaters have become
too familiar with methods used In the
past." be says, "and are quick to detect
the genuine from the counterfeit. I
never use a 'double.' for if I can't do it
mvself It isn't shown at all.
"In A Modern Musketeer one of the
biggest scenes Is where we pursue the
Navajo Indians who have kidnaped
Marjorle Daw, and Tully Marshall and
I descended thousands of feet on ropes
thrown from ledge to ledge. It was
mighty cold, and the wind swayed us
uncomfortably."
Bigger P let a res Cent lag
The bigger motion picture, of a size
and shape similar to the stags of the
regular theater, has arrived at last. W.
W. .Hodklnson. the man who founded
the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
announced here today that within six
weeks he will have redy for exhlbl-
lon the Bret photoplay of the class
which he has called "the motion plc-
and higher than the present standard
and In them the actors will stand out
In stereoscopic relief, something whlJi
Inventors have been trying to achieve
for a long time.
. "The motion picture Is now SO years
old. says Mr. Hodkinson, "and this is
the first time that we have been abls
to announce any advancement In ths
picture-making process In all thai
time. The only thing the matter with
pictures today is that while we have
Improved evereything actors, pho
tography, setting, production and, moat
of all, theaters we have gone on with
the same old one-horse process that
we started with. The times demand
that we give something back to the
motion picture, and this la what I ex
pect th motion plctur plus to do."
The new motion picture la twice as
wide as the present picture is high and
Its height Is equal to the. present
width. In other words, the pictures
are taken sideways on the standard
film ribbon, which everyone has seen.
and is exactly twice as big as the pres
ent pictures now appear In the 01m.
In making the motion picture plus
the actors move on a stage nearly
twice as wide aa is now used. This
gives all the effect of the stage of i
legitimate theater and gives full ad
vantage to the costly settings which
are now used. In addition It Js claimed
that the actors can come Into the ptc
ture naturally liestead of Jumping Into
It suddenly or delaying the action by
confusing "cut backs.
Most Popular Photoplays.
Motion Picture Magazine conducted a
contest among Its readers to determine
the most popular players of KIT. Hero
are some of the figures: .
Little American" (Mary Plckford) 225
Poor Llule Hlch Gin'' Mrv Plckford). H-0
"K-becca of Sunn' brook Farm" (alary
ncKiorai ziv
"Pown to Karth" (Douglas Fairbanks).. 13
'F ame of the Yukon" (Dorothy Dalton). 215
TotDy" (Norma TalmaSge) .......210
"Honor System'' (Milton Hills) 209
In Again, Out Again' (Douglas Fair
banks 200
"Panthea" (Norma Talmsdge) 100
Amuoni" (Marguerite Clark) lJ
The Ilnrrler" m 11)3
Intolerance" (Mae Marsh and Constance
Talmadge) 188
Lone Wolf" (Hazel Dawn and Bert Ly-
tU) ITS
Miss George Washington'' (Marguerite
C.ark) 18S
"Joan the Woman" (Geraldina Farrar).. 150
Popularity Has Drawbacks.
Popularity Indeed has its drawbacks.
which fact is today better appreciated
bv Mary Plckford than anyone else.
Shortly after finishing "Stella Maria,"
her new Artcraft picture, said to be her
best to date. Miss Plckford, accom
panied by Director Marshall Neilan,
Frances Marion and a company of 6.
left Los Angelea to film the exterior
scenes for her next film in San Fran
cisco. The photoplay was to be staged
on Telegraph Hill and the first day's
activities of the film company here
were made possibly only through the
assistance of a large force of police.
who kept the. crowds well In hand.
On the second day, however, the
crowd became so great that the police
found their efforts entirely useless.
Thousands wished to shake hands with
'Little Mary." Work was out of the
question for th players and the .com
pany left the location with the hopes of
aklng up activities later. Several
rips were made to Telegraph Hill, but
he crowds were larger ana more eager.
anything. After several unsuccess
ful days In Frisco Director Neilan an
nounced that it would be impossible to
stage Miss Plckford'a new picture there
nd. inasmuch as the story, written by
Frances Marlon, Is a San Francisco
ubject, the entire script will have to be
changed, ao that some other location
can be used. It Is expected that the
company will go south to stage the
production.
Corlnae Get Chance.
A short time ago Corlnne Griffith was
sheltered little Southern girl and had
ever seen the inside of a motion pic
ture studio. But when a V ltagraph
director, William Earle, saw "her at the
Mardl Graa festival In New Orleans
and aaid, "Don't you want to come
North and work In pictures?" she
dropped him a little old-fashioned curt
sey and said, "Yes, thank you, kind
sir," and came right along. Now she
flirts with the camera every day and
her Ufa Is series of surprises. She
can't quite get "acclimated" to all the
wonderful things that come about in
the course of a day's work. It seems
like maglo to her. That's why she
makes such a charming Ingenue star
for the screen.
SEEX TN FTLM
Submarine) Is Novelty Offering at
Star Theater.
"The Submarine Eye," the Star The
ater's unusual film offering which
opened an engagement yesterday, la
not only a aclentlflo achievement, un
folding wonders of the sea even more
intimately than did "Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea," but la a pho
toplay aa well, possessing a modern
story which links together the drama
pf today with the drama of the past
aa represented by the man-made treas
ures of the sea.
Aside from the wonders of the deep,
visualized by the camera In a manner
which 'will earn for the picture the
heartiest of publlo support, its story la
fascinating and thrilling. The very
first scene shows a fight between two
divers upon the floor of the ocean.
This, in Itself, la a novel way of In
troducing the picture.
"The Submarine Eye" is emphatically
'something different." It smacks of
science, skillfully adapted for screen
entertainment, of photography, marvel
ous for its vivid revelation of the
mysteries of the deep sea, of an artful
concoction of the purely educational
and strong dramatic action.
The value of the picture la much en
hanced by the addition of a well-selected
cast. Barbara Tennant and
Chester Barnett are featured in the
story of the quest for treasure in the
West Indies.
Following the prologue, explaining
how the treasure chest fjund a home
at the bottom of the ocean, John Ful
ton. Inventor of a new periscope, hears
of the treasure and enlists the aid of
Cyrus Morgan and his daughter, Doro
thy, In a search for it. The chest is
discovered, the diver refuses to go
after It because of the depth, so Fulton
goea down. When hla hand la caught
In the lid of the cheat he Ms held prls
oner until Dorothy persuades a colored
pearl diver to rescue him.
'ITEARLT MARRIED RUN'S WKKK
Comedy Billed fct Majestic Is De-
' clared Most Fascinating.
"Nearly Married," an excellent plc
tuiisation of Edgar Selwyn's comedy
success, opened at the Majestic y ester
day as the big feature of the double bill
that will hold the- boards until Satur
day. The comedy la' a most fascinating
one, clean In every "respect and gets
me laugns Dy means oi me runny sit
uations In which the principals entagle
themselves.
Madge Kennedy, the girl with the
big eyea and wealth of hair who made
her screen debut in Portland a couple
of months ago In "Baby Mine," is the
star otm "Nearly Married." The young
people are thoroughly married In the
first reel, but have a row over the
young- wife's pest of a brohter Imme
diately after the ceremony. The wife
decides to get a divorce and the
brother, who has just been admitted to
the bar, undertakes the job. He makes
it a good one, too, for he has a clause
inserted in the decree that the husband
cannot marry again.
The wife regrets that she started the
divorce suit and the couple plan to
elope. The pest of a brother manages
to have the divorce granted. Then
there Is a frantic search for the honey-
mooners, so that a terrible scandal may
be averted.
How they try to get married by the
local justice, of the peace, how the
brotherly pest colls attention, to the
n-ever-agaln marriage clause to the
consternation of the bride, how the
professional co-respondent that had
previously manufactured th evidence
in the case la found In the young man's
room, makes eo implication that seem
Impossible to untangle. But everything
ends happily and the audience is kept
In an uproar aa th story unwinds.
Th other attraction la th fifth epi
sode of the Battl of Arras pictures,
four chapters of which have previously
been shown. The new pictures show
the progress of the battle, the tanks In
action, the bombardment and the pris
oners. The Hearst-Pa. the News Week
ly completes the programme.
FAIRBANKS HERE FOR SURE
Delayed Picture, "A Kansas Mus
keteer," Opens at Peoples Today.
Douglas Fairbanks Is here again.
Sure thing this time, for the picture
scheduled for exhibition at the Peo
ples Theater last Sunday arrived a day
later. So, rain or snow, "A
Musketeer," with sunshiny,
"Doug," supported by pretty Marjorie
Daw, lT-year-old protege of Geraldine
Farrar, will open its delayed engage
ment this morning.
In "A Kansas Musketeer," Mlsa Daw
la won as a bride by Fairbanks, who
plays the part of Ned Thackei- a mod
ern D'Artagnan after he has rescued
her from a Navajo Indian chief. Thrill
ing scenes are shown aa Falrbanka does
some acrobatlo stunts on mountain
peaka T000 feet above the sea level.
Falrbanka enjoya the distinction of
being the first motion picture pro
ducer to be permitted by the United
States Government to Invade the Nava
jo Indian reservation, which is situat
ed in the Canyon du Chelley, SO miles
from Gallup, N. M. Indian Commission
er Sella probably was influenced In his
decision to Issue a permit In recogni
tion of Falrbank's recent services in
the liberty loan drive. Other acenea in
thia picture were taken In the Grand
Canyon of Arizona, where the Hopi In
dians were photographed.
The principal motive for the selec
tion of the Canyon vlu Chelley by Fair
banks and his director, Allan Dwan.
was to obtain pictures of the cliff
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