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THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1918.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATtRES.
Columbia Dorothy IHUton. "Un
falthfulT William Desmond.
-AUrrtan Bubble."
8tar "The Zeppelin's Last Raid";
Fatty Arbnckl com jr.
Samet William 8. Hart. "Be
tween Men"; Charlie Chaplin.
The Adventurer."
Liberty Charlie Chaplin. "A
Doit's Life": Wallace Reld and
Kathlyn Williams. "The Thin
We Love."
Valestic Constancy Talmadge,
The Studio Olrl."
Peoples Pauline Frederick. T
Tosca."
Globe Jack Plckford. "The Dummy."
-rIIE presence of William S. Hart.
I one of the four most famous of all
screen stars. In Portland on
liberty loan drive mission, is the out
standing; feature of today amona; Port
land film fans, relegating for a time
the gossip anent Dounlss Fairbanks.
Mary Plckford. Owen Moore and Mrs.
Fairbanks, whose names are linked to
tether in a domestlo tangle.
Big Bill, who was in Portland not so
long ago, and greeted thousands of his
admirers from the Columbia Theater
tags, is on a Governmental errand this
time, patriotically devoting two weeks
of his time to swing around a circuit
of Western cities In behalf of the third
liberty loan.
The screen's famous "bad man" is
due this moraine from Tacoma. A
committee will take him In tow and
during the afternoon he will be taken
over the Columbia River Highway. To
morrow will be an exceedingly busy
day. for he's scheduled for a number of
appearances before various organisa
tions, the day's activity culminating
with an appeal before a mass meeting
at the auditorium at night.
Mr. Hart has expressed himself as
feelinc hihly honored by the Invita
tion and the fact that he has been In
t routed with o important a mission.
As he says: "Every dollar I possess is
tn bonds except and that Is In
war savings certificates."
William & Hart, with Vary Plckford.
Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chap
lin, rank as the "BlK Four" of the film
world, the most popular quartet In the
realm of the silent drama.
While Hart Is making bis tour of the
Went. Including Los Angeles. 2alt Lake,
Ppokane. Seattle. Tacoma. Oakland and
.an Francisco. William Farnum Is also
devoting his time to saeech-making in
the same territory, other stars are
active in the "whip the Kaiser" fi
nancial campaign in Southern Califor
nia, while In the East a squadron of
players, n addition to the much-adver-Used
Plckford. Fairbanks. Chaplin.
Clark and Dressier, have been drafted
Into the service of L'ncle Sam for a few
weeks.
Kay Ttarker wlik W,rM.
Do you remember Fay Tlncher. the
girl of the stripes who used to play in
Keystone and Triangle comedies? She's
the eccentric dresser who was with
eWoIf Hopper tn "Don Quixote."
Well. Fay dropped out of sight for a
long time and then started In to make
pictures In Los Angeles. None of them
received much of a circulation In Ore
. ion, but Fay has now signed a con
tract with World Film Corporation and
she'll soon be among those making
regular appearances la the theaters of
the Northwest.
Miss Tlncher Is about 13 years old. a
Topeka. Km, girL and comes of a
noa-Uieatrical family. She received her
training for the legitimate stage under
the tutelage of Arthur Hopkins, and
appeared with marked success in
vaudevHle In New York and on tour.
Returning to New York three and a
half years ago. after a brief tour,
director for David Griffith approached
her In the sitting room of a New York
hotel and asked her if she would like
to go Into pictures, "t don't mind,
Miss Tlncher is quoted with having
renlled. The director, who did not
know her Identity, then took Miss
Tlncher to see David Griffith, and Miss
Tlncher. who did not know who Mr.
Griffith wail? decided that she might
as well play a part in The Battle of
the Sexes." Such artists as Ionald
Crisp. Lillian Gish. Owen Moore, Robert
Harron and Mary Alden were aireaay
at work on the feature.
Ten days after her first appearance
in Mr. Griffith's office he had signed
her to play leads in comedy drama.
Stage Willi Caastaaee.
since Constance Talmadge's picture.
-Th studio Girl " has reached the pub
lic. Miss Talmadge, it Is stated, has re
ceived four offers from producing man
agers of the stage, who have sought to
induce the sprightly miss to abandon
the screen for the stage. The allure
ment of a healthy contract is said to
have been held up in each Instance.
Two of these offers have come irom
Eastern managers, one from cnicago
and one from the Far West." the state
ment reads. In each Instance the man
niicinr the offer has been a prominent
figure In the theatrical world, and In
two cases men or isauonai repuimuun.
oninions as to the type or actress misi
Talmadge's talents fit ber for vary. One
manager asserts that she's a farceuse
of high order, and invites her to "come
East and talK terms. ahwhw
she's one of the best exponents ot tne
old-line "high comedy" that he's seen.
Then came two others seeking her for
traieht drama.
Thus." runs the tale irom uaimauge
headquvters, "Constance .is exceeaiug
lv nuuled."
She has not yet been able to decide
whether she is a farceuse, a comedienne.
or an emotional actress.
In nassing. it may be said tnat fliiss
Talmadge will be able to sign none of
the contracts, for she Is bound lor a
number of years to the Select Pictures
Corporation, who produces her pictures,
and to Lewis J. Selxnick. who presents
her In them.
How Charlie Came America.
Alfred Reeves. Charlie Chaplin's old
vaudeville manager, who Is now asao
elated with the famous comedian In the
business management of his new Holly
wood studios, tells an interesting story
of how Charlie came to America, and
how later the little funmaker left his
management to Join the Keystone Com
pany.
He says and entiles a dry emile
when saying It "You know I really
wanted Sid Chaplin, but the London
management wouldn't let Sid come.
You can have Charlie, If he a any good
o you.' Mr. Karno told me and I had
o be satisfied. Sid gave his consent-
hen I had to win Charlie. I told him
about the money some American come
dians were making, promised him more
than he was earning In England and,
finally, got him over here. I remem
ber taking him to eee George Cohan.
How much does he getr Charlie
asked. "Oh, hundreds a week. 1 told
htm: he's a rich man.'. 'Well,' says
Charlie It e can do It so can 1.' Aft
er some months on the road Charlie
received an offer from Mack Sennett,
who had seen him work in Los Angeles.
Though 1 hated to lose him 1 told him
accept It. as the salary was more
than we could afford to pay. When we
parted on the railroad platform at Kan
sas City. Charlie rave me this taking
wallet out of his pocket and In it
thia bill with a slip of paper on
which was written 'From Charlie to Al
for a farewell toast.' "
Pnallae la Daredevil.
Pauline Frederick, star of the Para
mount version of "La Tosca," made ner
debut as a "daredevil" at Fort Marlon
Fla., when she made a sensational fall
of 30 feet from a parapet of the fort
into the water In the death scene of "La
Tosca."
The scene follows the killing of her
lover, Mario, by the firing squad, after
Tosca has stabbed Scarpla, the Chief of
Police. In escaping the pursuing sol
diers, Tosca Is supposed to be shot and
fall Into the water. Miss Frederick
could have allowed a "double" to do
this scene for her, but Edward Jose,
ber director, was not wrong in sup
posing that she would accomplish the
feat to keep the picture up to the very
high standard which prevails through
out.
There is an actress in "La Tosca'
who Is superbly happy at the chance
to make herself Immortal on the screen.
She Is none other than Elise, and under
less enchanting and romantic circum
stances happens to be Miss Frederick's
personal maid.
Elise plays the part to which she la
eminently fitted by experience and
training, that of maid to "La Tosca,
the temperamental heroine of Sardou's
great drama.
lace Praises Hickman.
Howard Hickman, who gained wide
fame by his splendid portrayal of the
role of commander of a submarine In
"Civilisation," the first great Thomas
11. ince spectacle, repeats the achieve
ment in "The Zeppelin's Last Raid.'
Mr. Ince's newest superproductlon. In
the latter, however, Mr. Hickman is
seen in the role of a commander of
Zeppelin, the L-Z 7, and he and Miss
Enid Markey, who also starred in "Civ
ilixation, are the central characters
about which the story of the growth
or aemocracy In Germany revolves.
Mr. Hickman has had a long and
noteworthy career on the stage and
screen. Until recently he was one of
the leading players of the Triangle
Company and appeared in many pro
puctlons supervised by Mr. Ince.
"I regard Mr, Hickman as one of the
leading artists of the screen," declared
Mr. Ince recently in discussing the mer
its of the popular player.
Cavalrymen to It en cue.
I'nlted States cavalrymen stationed
at Eagle Pass. Tex., play an important
part in "Heart of the Sunset," a pic
turizatlon of Rex Beach's story.
About CO American sharpshooters,
among their number some of the
world's greatest horsemen and crack
shot. were prensed Into serviea
h 4$ Photos of
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424 Washington St.
through the courtesy of their com
manding officer, who gladly consented
to help Director Frank Powell out of
predicament resulting from his failure
to gather enough Texas cowboys for
several big scenes in the picture.
That no band of cowboys could have
accomplished what the gallant border
defenders did In the way ot riding ana
shooting is amply attested by tn
filmed results. The United States
sharpshooters never went after a horde
of snipers or a force of treacherous
Vllllstas with more determination than
they showed in their dash Into the
enemy's lair to rescue the pretty hero
ine and the man who had come single
handed to her defense.
Mere Than She Bargained For.
Dorothy Dalton. the Thomas H. Ince
Paramount picture star who recently
adopted as her god-children the entire
membership of Company JJ, lmn Engl
neers,' now at Camp Kearny, Cal., is
finding that the epistolary care and at
tentlon required for the proper god
mothering of a lot of enthusiastic cor
respondents. Who seemingly nave notn
ing to do in their spare moments but
to write letters to her is something of
a staggering proposition. Miss Dalton
at first tried the expedient of sending
a letter to the entire company, but this
met with 19 protests, each protestant
declaring that he thought a really,
truly godmother of a band of fighting
young Americans ought to think
enough of her proteges to write each
of them an. individual communication.
Anybody who will try to write 194 let
ters, and all couched in different
phrasing, will quickly discover that it
a Gargantuan tasK. inasmucn as
Miss Dalton, In order to earn her
weekly wage, must give some little
portion of her wakeful moments to her
screen work, she is in a quandary, De
cause Uncle Saras young engineers
cannot be fed with carbon copies, and
multlgraphed letters will not do be-
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cause it is not exactly au fait, comme
11 faut. de rlguer or anything of the
sort to send a godson a typewritten
letter; postcards fail to solve tha prob
lem; a night letter smacks too plainly
of being duplicated 194 times; so the
godmother of these young American
engineers at Camp Kearny figures that
she is in for a siege of letter writing,
the like of which she never dreamed
of. But, she argues, if her "boys" can
spend all of their time getting ready
to fight for her and for her country,
the least she can do is to spend a
goodly portion of her time writing let
ters to them, which, she says, is exactly
what she is going to do.
"Start on Stage." Says Elsie.
Elsie Ferguson, who has duplicated
her stage success in motion- pictures
.or Artcrart, in discussing the best
course to pursue for the amateur de
siring to get in pictures, recently said:
"The time has passed when Inexperi
enced people will be able to attain a
position of importance in films. Real
artists have come into the industry and
the cost of production has become so
great that directors can no longer take
the time to train their people in the
art of acting. I would emphatically
urge that beginners start their career
on the stage. If they would attain real
artistic success. I would advise them
to get positions in the chorus. The
other girls around them will act as a
support during their first days. Thus
they get used to stage ways and study
the art so that when the opportunity
comes to play a little part they will be
equipped for success."
Miss Ferguson, whose latest Artcraft
picture, "Rose of the World," is said to
be her best emotional vehicle, also
stated that too many beginners make i
the mistake of copying successful art-
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ists. "When I started to study my art
by observing the methods of others,"
said she, "it was rather in a negative
way. I said to myself that to copy
what they did would mean -the elimin
ation of all the personal qualities from
my work. What I could learn with the
greatest advantage to myself was what
to omit. By following that plan I
could build up my own artistic method,
yet not bs a copy of somebody else I
had Been." Miss Ferguson started her
career In the chorus of a musical com
edy. Her. ascent to her present place
on the stage has been gradual, but it
has been steady. Her advice, therefore,
comes as a result of actual experience.
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