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5 at the hands of Burke, an International criminal. One of Burke's gang in forms the police that a job is to be pulled off and In trying to ecape, Hurke Is shot aria the boy captured and aent to a reform school. Many yearn pass and "The Lone Wolf" Is operating as a thief asalnat the wishes of a Bans' of criminals known as "The Pack." I.ucy Shannon is a trained nurse caring for D Morlban. the leader of the pack. When "The Lone Wolf is m MARY PICKFORD PLAYS GODMOTHER TO MORE THAN 700 MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ARMIES Popular Young- Movi Star Has Her Entire Studio Knitting; for the Fighting- Men and Many a "Sammy" Will Thank Her for a Warm Sweater, Cap or Pair of Wristlets Movie Dedicated to Soldier. ;TFIftie Price o asked to Join the pack he refuses and defies them. They aet out to either make him join them or. kill him and durintr one of bis encounters with them he meets and falls in love with Lucy. He determines to g:o straight and returns some jewels he has stolen, after having secured the plans of a submarine invention from one of the members of the pack. He bargains with the French Minister .of War to pet safe conduct to England, offering the plans as payment and after many thrilling adventures and escapes he reaches England with Lucy after an .ood Tlmne" A beautiful rehearsal of the old human tale of the moth and the flame. Her dream of a good time came true one week of fairy land and happiness, and then , aeroplane trip and a battle in the sky. . Film Flickers. -rr ' y i i:.r t ".-"", -;: - t-v T - . j... .... ..'i.-.r-f- J. . J . .;3ir I ' " n U ': if s '1 ' of ; .LATINO godmother to more than ioa healthy soldiers demands much Mary Pick ford's time these days. Keeping these boys suppjled with smokea." candy and other little lux rtesUo,olte a little Job la Itself. Mary has the entire studio knitting for the soldiers and many a Sammy will thank her for a warm sweater, cap or pair of wristlets when be arrives "over there." A special performance of her new picture. "Stella Marls." In camp. Is be ing planned for the fighters by Amer ica's sweetheart, and several famous film stars will appear In person on this occasion in a big entertainment es pecially prepared for them. ' NEWS OF THE PHOTO THEATERS Continued from Pace 4. in The Ptue Bird." but the clrcum- are such that they wiil t viewed with reverenca rather than ex ci'e Ibouc ate of immodesty. "An absolutely nude figure symbol ising Innocence and purity, or creatures the great hereafter, can by no stretch of the imagination be com pared to too much exposure of the clothed body for a sinister purpose. The appeal is entirety different. In the one there being no shadow of sexuality and In the other the thought being en tire I y suggestive. "Neither in the story nor In the scenes where nude people are shown In The Blue Bird Is there the slightest taint of objectlonableness. The work was a notable addition to the world's greatest literature and In the entire production I have had In mind the Idealism of the author and have en deavored to plcturixe bis thoughts. "Beauty has been the keynote of the whole effort and everything has been harmonised in accordance therewith. In selectltng the cast for the sym botlcal figures In the play beautifu women have been chosen and no ex pense has been spared In the beauty of the costumes and the settings. LOIS WEBER STORY AT STAR Mildred Harris Starring la "Tbe Price of Good Time. The wonderfully appealing eharae terisatlon of Mildred Harris, a girl who was doing "kid stuff" but a few months aro. is the outstanding feature of "The Price of a Good Time." the great Lois 'Weber human story which Jewel Pro ductions is presenting at the Star The atcr. Miss Harris, recently a Triangle player, has risen with almost meteoric rapidity to stardom and her perform ance as Llnnle. the girl who is given a taste of luxury for a short week, and then suicides when she Is unable to bear the suspicion of mother and brother, is unquestionably her crown lor achievement. The suggestion of a sex muddle car ried In the title is never a reality In this picture drama. It resolves Itself into a human story, well told and strong, preying heavily upon the sym pat hies, particularly In the latter reels, and entertaining from the Drat. There were many unable to suppress sniffles after an afternoon showing at the Star yesterday, and when a picture can produce such results on an audience it Is deserving of tbe highest praise for its realism. The picture is devoid of anything objectionable, and while It carries a good healthy moral un der the cloak of absorbing entertain ment. "The Price of a Good Time" ranks among the best of the recent Lois Weber productions. Miss Harris Is seen as Llnnle. sales girl at a perfume counter In a large department store operated by Wlnfleld. The girl has been reared amidst dis tressing surroundings. Her father Is a paralytic.' her mother neglectful and her brother absorbed In anarchistic doctrine. Preston Wlnfleld t Kenneth Harlan), son of the department store owner, notices the girl one day, sees the forlorn look In her eye and sug gests that she spend a week of pleasant evenings In his company, r'or six nights she enters a world she has never known and enjoys herself thoroughly. The seventh she elects to spend In the Wlnfleld home, which Is deserted, and this Innocent evening Is misinterpreted by her brother, who appears on the rene. and a fight ensues, which Is topped by the police. I'nder suspicion, the girl returns borne, bat life Is unbearable and one day she flings herself beneath . she wheels of Preston's car and dies. JI.WESTIC PJLAY IS "THRILLER" "When a Man Sees Red' I Adapts tlon of The Painted Lady. a screen biluxday Evening Tost story. "The Painted Lady," is the big feature at the Majestic The ater, this week. William t'arnum is starred and this is undoubtedly tbe reason why the title, "The Painted Lady." Is not used with the film ver sion, which follows the published story closely.- Jewel Carmen, tbe Portland girl plays opposite William Farnum as th "lady." The production Is a most thrill Ing one and is characterised as a "su per de luxe photoplay." .The story begins In San Francisco, on the Barbary Coast, where Luther Mnith's sister has been attacked by th captain of the ship "Albatross." Luthe Smith (William Farnum) comes borne from a long voyage and finds his sis ter dead. By chance he later ships on the vessel commanded by the captain. e soon discovers th captain s char acter. Meanwhile, th "painted lady." wh had befriended Smiths sister durin her lifetime, takes a cruise with a mil nonatr to a South, Sea Island port, where Smith eventually lands. There Is a shipwreck and th "painted lady falls into the clutches of the captaii who. finding that he cannot do wit her as he like, offers her for sale to the native Chinese and neirroes. There are thrilling rescues and Luther Snut finally wins th love of the "painted iaa y. The programme Is comnleted bv Foxfilm comedy, one of those slapstick things that are so unreal as to be funny. The Hearst-Pathe News gives the latest film events of th Army ac tivities. cause of the high artistry they -call for. but In this picture Miss Talmadge veritiea the praiseful verdicts ber per formances have always brought forth. First as Ruth Grahamc, the poor lit' tie seamstress, and later as Jeanne La Fleur. the wanton Bal Tabarln cabaret I nese theater audience stormed the stage T ESPITE all rumors to the contrary, i 1 J Anita King, former Portland girl and now a Balboa film star, asserts that she's not married. Several matri monial yarns have been spun anent Anita within the past few weeks. Mary Miles Minter won a popularity contest and a 11500 automobile vi Photoplay Art, a Southern California film magazine. Betty Compson was second. e e Jules Raucourt the Belgian actor. Is cast to play opposite Marguerite Clark In the film adaptation of Granville Barker's "Prunella." Paramount Is to be congratulated upon the name change in Vivian Martin's latest picture, as "A Petticoat Pilot" supplants "Mary Gusta." ' . , Vitagraph has started work on "Over the Top," which is to feature Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, . soldier-author- lecturer. e e e ... Haze Daly. th "Honey" of the Skinner stories. , is co-star with - Tom Moore in Selig's "Brown of Harvard. William . Russell's contract wifti American has nearly expired, as has that of Francella Billington.f his lead ing woman, and rumor has it that neither will be seen in that company's productions again. June Elvldge. star of World-Pictures Brady-Made, was a choir singer in the Middle - West before she sought the rainbow's end in New York. When any of the citizens died June received 15 for singing at the funeral, but not enough of them passed away to make the perquisites pay. So Miss Elvidge started East, where she has already overtaken fame and is in close pur suit of fortune. see Agnes Ayres, of the Vitagraph, who Is co-starring with Edward Earle. has brother in France with the American Engineer forces. Miss Ayres gives every spare moment to knitting for her I friends in camp here. The shot that rang around the world the murder of the Archduke of Aus tria is vividly reproduced in "Fields of Honor," the Goldwyn plcturlzation of Irvln 3. Cobb's story starring Mae Marsh. ' 9 "The Screen Telegram," a twice a week news reel of a new type, Is an nounced by John R. Freuler, of th 3sutual Film Corporation and parlous allied rum enterprises. According to' cable advices, a Vien- Y 'RIMROCK JOXES" IS THRILLER lta a Han bee Ked. uLaLUiA fit Larry vaaa it a usee it eld. Adventurer, Leads at Colombia Theater Today. Wallace Reld. handsome leading man who Is usurping matinee Idol honors these days will be seen at tbe Columbia Theater today In "Rimrock Jones." plcturlzation of the popular' Dane Coolidge story of that name. "His Punctured Reputation." a Keystone ccmedy. is another feature on the pro gramme. Rimrock Jones" Is said to contain the rough, wild and woolly stuff that delights and thrills school girls, so ciety life and scenes In famous New York hotels which sppeal to older women, as well as the strong, virile characterisation of Reld. As "Rimrock Jones." th Arizona copper miner, he adventures through the photoplay, winning out In the end with th help of pretty Ann Little, who plays the part of Mary Fortune, a deaf stenographer. The excellent sup porting cast includes Charles Ogle. Guy Oliver. Ernest Joy and tiny George Kuws, the laughable and likeable Japanese player who has appeared so often recently In Paramount produc tlons. notably those of Sessue Hava kcwa. Miss Little particularly has added more than a "little" to the success of he production as Mary Fortune, the girl stenographer who saves Kimrock's mine snd stands valiantly by when all seems dark and hopeless. Needless to say, a happy ending has been supplied and the photoplay winds an roost satis factorily even for th most exacting taste. NORMA TALMAGE AT LIBERTY Roscoe ArbncLIe Will Re Seen In Paramount Comedy, "Out West." Norma Talmadge. brilliant young emo tional star. In ber latest photoplay suc cess, "Ohonu of Teaterday," and Ros coe Arbuckle. In his newest Paramount comedy, "Out West." comprise the promising screen entertainment at the Liberty Theater today. In "Ghosts of Yesterday" Mlaa Tal madge is said to rise to really great heights of emotional acting In the por trayal of th two parts which fall to her In that production. Dual persuoaiiiy rules axs rar ts- slnger. she delineates both characters with remarkable fidelity. Howard Aiarston, an able young artist. Is redeemed from a life of dis sipation by Ruth, whom he marries. and work on whose portrait is sud denly stopped by her untimely death. Broken-hearted, Howard goes to Paris, and there he finds in La Fleur an exact physical prototype of his late wife, but woefully different mode of living and her outlook on life. How the love which grows upon her changes her Into a real lovable woman and how he, too. finally comes to love the changed girl, provides a thrilling master-play of tense emotions. In his new comedy Fatty plays the role of reformer, successfully, albeit very humorously. Thrown off a freight train into the heart of the Western desert. Fatty lands eventually in the village of Mad Dog, described by the fervid scenario writer as "the tough est, wildest and wooliest town in the West." Here our intrepid hero mixes up with more bad men than Nick Car ter ever Imagined In bis wildest flights of fancy, and after finally cleaning them out sets out to reform the whole Mad Dog village, with the help of a pretty Salvation Army girl, several hundred feet of film and a barrel full of comedy situations. "STELLA MARIS" AT PEOPLES nd wrecked the house just because one of the actors drank real beer In a scene, whereas the unfortunates watch ing him hadn't had a taste of Pilsener in months owing to war conditions. There's trouble brewing for Louise Huff. Both Jack Plckford and Theo dore Roberts demand an explanation, All because Louise, in speaking of a ber (change in leading men. 'said: "It's quite Mary Plckford Plays Leading Role in Artcraft Prodnction. "Stella Marls." a plcturlzation of th William J. Locke story of that name. which many consider the best photo play In which Mary Plckford has eve appeared, continues Its screening to day at the People's Theater. Miss Plckford "Americas sweet heart" proves her right to high rank as an actress in this Artcraft produc lion, for Little Mary plays a dual role, that of a beautiful young heiress, and a deformed orphanage slavey. Comedy, pathos and the dramatic commingle to make this an unusual photoplay offer Ing. Miss Plckford plays the role of Stella Maris and of Unity Blake, two entirely different parts, each carrying a power ful appeal. The characters surrounding the Art craft star in the .production have been especially well chosen. Conway Tearle, who has maintained a notable reputa tion on the stage and In films for some years, was engaged to go to the West Coast studio of Artcraft to play the role of John Rlsca, English journalist and gentleman, who proves an ideal selection for the leading supporting role. Camilla Ankewich, a member of th Leaky stock company and one of he players accompanying Julian El tinge to Portland last Summer, is cast for the difficult part of John Rl sea's wife, a woman whose finer sensibilities hava been utterly lost through drink. Herbert Standing, the eminent Eng lish actor of many years of stage buc cesses, appears ss Sir Oliver Blount, sn English nobleman and uncle of Stella Marls. Miss Ida Waterman is he distinguished yet motherly Lady Eleanor Blount, while Josephine Cro well appears as ant aristocratic Eng lish spinster. SCXSET GETS "THE LOXE WOLF" Most Melodramatic of "All Motion Pictures to Be Screened Today. "The Lone Wolf. one of the most melodramatic of all motion pictures, a production which hits the high spots thrills and stunts, will be screened the Sunset Theater today, together with a Sidney Drew comedy. Hazel Dawn, Bert Lytell and a corps of well-known players are presented In this Herbert Brenon plcturlzation of the Louis Joseph Vanca story of a Paris adventurer. A prologue shows Marcel, an orphan aif and drudge at a Paris hotel and later known as "The Lone Wolf." re- caiviajf Jus IirBt.iflsUuctiuM ia crime a jump from the youthful Jack Pick ford to Theodore Roberts!" Jack won't stand for being called youthful and Roberts wants to know if he is to be classed as "aged." The situation requires some, very neat dip lomatic work on the part of Miss Huff. Eugene O'Brien has resigned from the cast of "The Country Cousin," which recently completed a long run at the Gaiety Theater, New York, in order to take an Important part In the new Norma Talmadge film, "By Right of Purchase," work on which began at the Talmadge studio in New York a few days ago. www Bebe Daniels, appearing with Harold Lloyd in Rolin comedies, is the cham pion knitter of the country. She has sent sweaters to 14 soldiers now on the firing line, and, unlike her many sisters contributing to the cause has not used I pink or baby blue yarn, but the regula tion color. Now that Roy Stewart Is the star of the Triangle 18,000-acre Wild West studio, it has been suggested that the place be renamed. How does Stewar- ton sound? i e DoraldJna, the beautiful, young and wonderfully formed Spanish girl who is the current New York sensation in a series of Hawaiian dances will soon be seen on the screen with Antonio Moreno and an all-star cast, in the forthcoming production of Rudyard Kipling's "The, Naulahka. Bud Jamison, the "baby" vampire of the Rolin studio, is seriously consider ing the purchase of a car. He has sent word to automobile salesmen that he is ready for measurements, and the chances are that soon something en tirely new In the way of three-ton trucks will be on the market. A pretty girl Is Alice Howell. If you have seen her In any one of her numer ous comedy successes, however, you will be inclined to think this is not the same young lady. Nevertheless, it is. Aside from being as funny as any one could possibly be. Alice Is a re markable young woman. She seems to be made of rubber and some other substance that Is impervi ous to injury. She can be dragged around by an elephant. Jump from a balloon, or be butted by her pet goat, without any apparent discomfort, and some of the scenes in which she ap pears are positively unbelievable. - Now Playing "K r - ill ! .. :.aCTW:M Mildred Harris in Lois Weber's great photo play that has stirred the country to its depths TAR THEATER ADMISSION J5c tlons of fair Pathe stars, proves not to be such a villain after alL At a recent patriotic dinner held at the City Club. New York City. Mr. Oland adopted 10 French orphans. Bryant Washburn lept to Instant popularity when "Skinner's Dress Suit" was released, and he Is today one of the two or three most popular young stars on the screen, the reason prob ably being that his work so perfectly typifies the American spirit and philos ophy. Ethel Barrymore, Metro star of such successes as "An American Widow," "The Eternal Mother," and "Life's . Whirlpool," has returned to the reg- ular Btage for a time, having" opened on Christmas eve in Alexander Dumas " drama, "The Lady of the Camillias," at the Empire Theater in New York City. "LODOLETTA," LATEST PIETRO MASCAGNI OPERA, FIRST HEARD AT METROPOLITAN IN NEW YORK Onida'a Story of. Two Little Wooden Shoes," Albeit a Tragedy, Has Much of Simple Merrymaking and of , c . -; VholesomeJoy in It. BY EMIL1E FRANCES BAUER. -V T EW YORK, Jan. Z6. tspeciai.j 1 "Lodoletta," the . latest opera, of President Carl Laemmie, of the Uni versal Film Company, announces that there have at last been obtained X-ray pictures showing the bones and joints of the human body in actual motion. The discovery is expected to have an immediate value . in rebuilding war- shattered soldiers. Its adoption by the base hospitals, both here and abroad. will be Its first practical use. The ex pErlments have been conducted with secrecy and this is the first announce ment of their success. Close on the heels of his success as Paphmitlus, the monk. In support of Mary Garden In "Thais." comes the an nounce msnt that Hamilton Revelle will be seen within the-month in support of Rita Jolivet in "Lest We Forget," the long-advertised drama of the Lusltania, soon to -be released by Metro. Mr. Re velle plays a French soldier, a pollu. nd It is said that his opportunities are qual to those afforded him by the Goldwyn film. www Warner Oland. the Pathe villain who has tiuUIed millions by hia ptraetu- Pietro Mascagnl, was" given its first hearing In this -country .at- the Metropolitan Opera House on' Saturday afternoon,. January 22. The book,- by C Forzano. follows the story of Oulda's Two Little Wooden Shoes." Thje littl tragedy has much of simple merry making and wholesome joy in it. The Italian composer has woven a score simple, peaceful and graceful to fit It There are no perplexing chords and discords for the hearers to ' re solve no modern musical problems to solve. Mr. Gatti-Cassaza have given the opera a fine production,' with Ger aldlne Farrar and Caruso in the leading roles. The tenor rose to the heights in the role of the painter, as he did in the role of that other painter, Julien of the happily remembered "Louise." He sang beautifully, brilliantly, as did ' Miss Farrar, who made a delightful little' Dutch maiden. A large audience gath ered for the premiere and expressed keen enjoyment throughout the per formance The story begins In Springtime In a little Dutch villege, where everyone is preparing to celebrate the 16th birth day of Lodoletta a little waif found In a basket of flowers by the lakeside. by Antonio, who has brought her up as his own child. A passing party of strangers interrupts the. decorations, among them the Parisian painter. Flammen. who has iieen sent out of France by Napoleon III for expressing anti-imperial sentiments. He is' 'at tracted by the Madonna In the little shrine, the care of which is Lodoletta's special concern. He wants to buy it from Antonio, but the latter says It would grieve Lodoletta. Then Flam men proposes to borrow it In considera tion of a gold coin which. to Antonio represents the means of purchasing two little red wooden shoes, longed for by Lodoletta and the bargain ia made. Lodoletta returns from the market and is presented with the red shoes by Antonio. Her happiness Is unbounded. And the peach tree is in bloom an other gift of God!" exclaims Antonio, who goes to gather her some branches of blossoms, while Glannotto, a fellow villagers who long has loved Lodoletta, seeks, without success, to talk to ber The merry-making is suddenly Inter rupted by .Antonio falling from the peach tree and injuring himself fatally.. His death overwhelms Lodo letta, and she is alone and In tears when Flammen comes again on the scene at nightfall to get the Madonna. He speaks to her. learns her origin and her misfortune. Her simple charm fas cinates him and he comforts her as one would a child. When she falls aBleep he departs, but without the Madonna, which Lodoletta for once has forgotten, and before which he lays a bunch of roses with the words "For Lodoletta," - Flammen takes Lodoletta as a model, snd in the second act, her picture is about to receive the finishing touch. She dreads the departure of the painter. though the villagers and the children resent his presence and have begun to look upon Lodoletta with suspicion. Her village lover makes a fruitless ap peal to ber, vad explains ny. Lbs thll-, dren mock her. She begs Flammen, who has been permitted to return to Paris, to take her with hlnl: Yielding to sthe promptings of his better self, he 'flees temptation, and goes alone. The closing act brings us to Paris on New Y'ear's Eve,, to the villa and garden of Flammen. His friends have gathered to celebrate the occasion but Flammen cannot enter into the festivl ties. His friends rally him about the little Dutch model. She had disap Deared from the village and all h efforts to discover her had been in val He admits his love for her and rejects the suggestion that she has found an tither lover. The gayety at the villa Is at It height, when Lodoletta, almost ex hausted, reaches the garden. She.has wandered far and has found Flammen' house at last. She sees the vill illuminated and thinks he is expecting her. As she watchts the gay thron around Flammen, who she believes has forgotten her, the dlsiliuslonmen ;Miss Marie Morrisey, contralto, was the guest of honor at a reception giv en by Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Buck las Wednesday evening in their beautiful new studio ' in Sixty-seventh street. Among the noted guests present were Mme. Eleanore d . Cisneros, Yvonne de . Treville. Alary de 'Hissem Moss, David Bispham. George ' Hamlin and Mrs. Hamlin. Bruno Huhn,- Mme. Nels sen Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Mar tin, Miss Caroline Wood, Emil Zoller, Mrs. Charlotte Babcock, ESward C, Babcock and Edward C. Babcock, Jr. Miss Alma Voedisch, Mrs. Marie Bosse. Dr. Frank E. Miller, Mr.' and Mrs, Walter Bogart, Roy J. Keith William H. Nolan and Edwin B. Still man. , James K. Hackett, actor-manager, was revealed in tbe light -of a com poser, and heard his song, "The Girls of Yesterday," sung by Richard Con key. Miss Morrissey . sang a song by - Ameta Schumann, who also was among the guests.. The contralto has had all lier voice training with J3ud ley Buck. She starts next week on an extended concert tour. , Private Peat, who was a frequent comes. She casts aside the little red shoes, and falls helpless in the snow. Flammen escorts his departing guests, singing merrily, to the gate and as he urns back, he finds the pair of wooden shoes, badly worn, and their owner cold in death. So ends "Lodoletta, and In the gen- ral favorable impressions of the new pleasing simplicity, stands out a vivid opera, which is old-fashioned in its pleasing simplicity stands out a vivid scene between Lodoletta and Flammen in the second act; the death scene of Antonio, which is marked by one of the most impressive bits of the score, and the children's chorus in the first act. visitor In Portland before he left his home in Edmonton, Alberta, for "Over There," has some interesting stories about the music in the trenches. Dur ing one of his recent talks on "The Boys in the Trenches," he said: "The Boys' first memory of music In the trenches is whizzing shells. As soon as we get over the shock of that, we begin to make our own music. Trench songs have to have pretty stir itiihi rnyUun, and 19 ' as.U&U Lave , given, us some snappy ones. I suppose "Keep the Home Fires Burning" is the most popular. That is one of the songs that, came from the front. Ivor Novello, the young English lad who wrote it, had it turned down by several pub lishers. When he went Into the trenches, he had literally millions of copies of it printed, t was told, and distributed it everywhere. The next thing, everybody was singing it, whistling it and humming it and it is still going big. Another popular one of Novello's is "A Laddia in Khaki." . "The 'boys like parodies, too, and every chap has a' chance to show hia literary skill in twisting words. 'My Little Grey House in tbe Dell," short ly became, , 'My Little Wet Home in the Trench,' and there are many other favorites. 'The Marseilles' is a great favorite, and many of the old war songs have been revived 'The March of the Cameroon Men,' 'The Boys of the Old Brigade,' 'The Soldiers of the King and a lot of the old Boer war songs. And then when the ragtime songs and .the war time songs are sung we get down to the heart songs 'Annie Laurie' and 'Home Sweet Home" you know the rest.' 1 "The boys need lots of music In the trenches to keep their minds off the hell of It." IIIIIlIIIIIflllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllLZ globe! Washington at Eleventh E 10c miimmimiiiimmimuimiiiiimm MAE I murrayI an "On Record 99 E LiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimniuiiiiiiiiiinuiG i