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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rOIlTIJLXD, JUNE 9, 1018. -j-p a!,, r. 'w iJ.L..r r,.iI..-.. . ., . . a--- !""'T llicJIMJILIJUllJy , r&H- ft I i t-- . ! J - i 1 j 1 N;-.4-:rv,- f ' - - y Vd r- r:.,- - . f ' jv . - - -:A . . . ...V . ::mm$Mitf? hi A Vyr'-rJ? . ..... ?.: - -..v;v5 . . , - . - .ks. 1 f V ' , w ' " it i t-'V.'' f -rv,X , :' W ci'i.LjL "7f--' . Vr '-trK ,'d-M6lie):W Jr -fie Ill -3--:-3'Sw-A ii-H 1 5; J my? . H ' - ':r-'vV :r&.' 1 ifJc: &:'- - i'i . . . .xfef visa u - - yJ'.i . VV cfcssr , -yC. n x. y yi &iS;A I . , : ? . cJXT V TODAY'S FIIjM FEATURES. ColumtU Wallace Reld, "Be lieve Me, Xantlppe." Btar Mary Plckford. "The Little Princess." Sunset "Doug" Fairbanks, "The Matrlmaniaca"; Bill Hart, "The Primal Lure." Liberty U. S. Marine photoplay. "The Unbeliever." Majestic T heda Bare, "Cleo patra." Peoples Sergeant Arthur Guy Erapey, "Over the Top." Globe Blanche Sweet and Thom as Meighan, "The Silent Part- . ner." IT'S not o long: ago that the biggest film producers In the business would eay to their directors: "Here's Mary Falrhart, make a picture for her. Don't worry about the etory, ehe'll put it over." Nowadays the film world realizes that even the biggest of the stars can not "put over" a weak story. Jt's been tried too often with dismal results. 80 the demand Is ever for better stor ies and "The play's the thing" la a slo gan to conjure with In the realm of the ailent drama. That motion pictures are getting the best talent In every phase of endeavor for the lovers of the moving drama Is perhaps beet exemplified In the fact that the Famous Players-Lasky Cor poration and Artcraft Pictures have rounded up many of the most famous works of great writers of this and past decades. In their endeavor to give the public the best etorles obtainable they have not overlooked a single writer of note and they are still looking for others who have not yet become famous and who are now trying to writ original stories. In the list of writers whose works are being transplanted to the screen are such as Judge. Willie Brown, El- wyh Barron, George Broadhurst, Agnes and Edgerton Castle, Dane' Coolidge, H. B. and M. G. Daniel, Beulah Marie Clx, William C. DeMllle, Owen Davis, John Emerson,-Larry -Evans, Frank X. Flnnegan, Marlon Fairfax, Maxmllllan Foster, Bret Harte, Laurence Housman, Julia Crawford Ivers, -Henry Arthur Jones, Julien Johnson, William J. Locke, Joseph C. Lincoln, Anita Loos, Charles Maigne, Frances Marlon, Jeanie MacPbearson, Johnston McCulley, Sir Gllttert Parker, Olga Prlntzlau, David Graham Phillips, Alice Hegan Rice, Ed ward Sheldon, C. Gardner Sullivan, vlctorlen Sardou, Perley Poore Shee- han, Margaret Turnbull, Mark Twain Count Leo Tolstoy,- Florence Vincent, Harry Leon Wilson and Charles Whlt- taker. 'Poll's" Chatter Offends. Can lip readers tell what a parrot Is talking about? That's a question that has been agitating Mary Pickford, her director and all of their aides. In film ing "Captain Kldd, Jr.," her new Art- craft picture, a parrot plays an Import ant part, as naturally there , would In a play that savored of buccaneers and hidden treasure. And naturally 'Toll Is expected to talk about "pieces of eight" and other piratical things. But the particular parrot engaged for the part had never heard of pieces of eight or Spanish doubloons, although she excelled in piratical language. And that's where the problem arose. "Poll" evidently had been brought up under highly improper auspices and when ehe grew talkative those within hearing either fled from the scene or covered their ears. Numerous authorities were 'consulted about the probable effect on those who specialize In reading filmed lips, but no one could state with any degree of certainty that expert lip readers could not tell what "Poll" said. So it was decided to take a chance anyhow regardless of results. "Poll" can't lose much at any rate. Directors Claim Credit. George Baker. Metro's west coast di rector-general, was discussing the rea son why certain film stars, once having felt the leadership of a certain master of film craft who created them, seemed to have lost considerable of their act ing ability and. In consequence, much of their popularity. I 1 neard a story the other day that plains it," he said. "A famous Penn sylvania political boss had been desert ed by one of his lieutenants who was, seeking to set up his own machine. Let him try.' the boss said, when he heard of the other's plans. 'It's true max x xaugnt mm all he knows, but I! didn't teach him all I know.' " Does Are Popular. Great Danes have become the rags In photoplayland slnoe "Teddy," the Keystone dog, and Robert Warwick's and Harold Lockwood's monster ca nines have Bhown the screen how excel lently they photograph. The other day Roy Stewart motered out to Monrovia, a ' few miles outside of Pasadena, to some Dane kennels owned by a Rus sian named Graf, who Is doing the weirdest things imaginable with 10 or 40 of his enormous pack, breeding them to Siberian wolves, wildcats, - bears, lionesses and nearly all of the species of a circus menagerie. ' Roy wanted a dog. but couldn't make up his mind whether it should be a brindle. a black, a blue, a tan. a harle quin, or what. Seeking to make his decision, he had Graf place the dogs shoulder to shoulder, six In alL' "Which do you chooser the cowboy hero asked a friend. "If I had my pick I'd choose them all," was the reply. "Gosh," grinned Stewart. "that's what I've been wanting to do all the time, -but I didn't want you to call me a darned fool." And he wrote out a check for the outfit. Metropolitan No Film Rouse. In the Spring many folks go more or less crazy. One day it was reported that the Metropolitan Opera-House would be used as a picture theater at the close of the opera season. Of course the thing was . impracticable, as the grand old ark Is built upon the general lines of grandfather's barn, only with greater optical problems. The big laugh, however, came when the aristo cratic owners of boxes protested against this invasion of their sacred precincts, to which the New York World replied that If these boxholders would take the trouble to look at the luxurious Rialto or Rivolt. they would see what a compliment -moving picture patrons would be paying the .Metropolitan by going there at all. WaUy IB Bad." Now that everything is settled and lovely and cooey, there ought to be no real harm In letting you In on a little matter that almost disrupted, for the time being at least, the happy tran quillity of the domestic bliss of.Wally Reid and his wife. Dorothy Davenport. Wally and Dorothy attended a Red Cross benefit at the Hotel Huntington, one of Pasadena's most scrumptious Winter hostelrles, and Wally was called upon to act as auctioneer. He had auc tioned off everything within reach and was looking for new objects to offer and new pocketbooks to conquer, when someone passed him up a genial bull pup that demonstrated Its gentleness and affectionate disposition by poking a salivary tongue In the auctioneer's face. Wall s eyes were for the crowd, not for the dog, when he raised the animal aloft and called attention to its beauty. He saw that his wife was making frantic motions to htm, but he inter preted these as meaning that he should hold the dog for a large and specially spectacular sale. As the price ran up. Miss Davenport's gesturing became more violent. When the price reached 1600 and Wally yelled "Sold!" he heard a faint shriek come from his fond help mate's direction. He had,' If you must know - and haven't already suspected, sold his wife's own bull pup. And he had to buy It back! And what Is worse, he himself had given the pup to her on her last birthday. BRIGHT COMEDY AT COLUMBIA "Believe Me, Xantippe" Chock Fall of Humorous Situations. "Believe Me, Xantlppe" call it "Zan tlppy" and let it go at that Is a rol licking screen comedy, a real film laugh. This Harvard prize play, which pleased Broadway's most blase theater goers, seems destined to prove an even greater reliever of dull monotony as a film attraction, judging from the re ception it was accorded yesterday at the Columbia Theater. Wallace Reld, perhaps the most pop ular young leading man of the day in the camera world, has never done any thing better than his George McFar land in the Ballard play. His ease and naturalness and perpetual state of good humor are qualities which result In winning his audience' in. every scene. Anna Little, "Wally's" regular leading woman, makes a captivating - Dolly, while Jimmy Cruse gives an unusual characterization of Simp Calloway, the bold, bad bandit. The MacFarland of the story is a New Tork clubman who makes a bet of 120,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. He forges Brown's name to a check and then disappears. His photograph Is printed on millions of posters and sent all over the country. George lands in Colorado and while hunting he reaches a hut where Dolly, daughter of the Sheriff, is staying alone. Dolly Identi fies McFarland by an expression used In the poster, "believe me, Xantlppe." She holds him up at the point of a gun and makes him a prisoner. - George saves the girl from the disa greeable attentions of Simp Calloway, an outlaw who comes to the cabin, but the girl delivers both men over to her father. Then George, thinking his bet is lost, wires to . his friends. They come to claim the bet, but it develops that as Dolly Is not an officer of the law. the capture was not made In ac cordance with the terms of the wager, and McFarlaad wins both money and girl. There's a laugh In the picture from first to last, the .author, director and players overlooking no opportunities to tickle the risibilities. , THE DA BAR A. AT MAJESTIC 'Cleopatra' Most Stupendous Photo- - play Ever Produced Here. "Cleopatra. with Theda Bara as the Siren of the Nile, is the attraction at the Majestic today and until Friday night. It is playing at regular prices, namely 20 cents admission. When "Cleopatra" was here before several months ago Us unexpected success prompted the Majestic management to try to book the production for an additional week. The photoplay had been circuited direct from New Tork. howevar, and other cities refused to postpone their bookings for the accom- modation of Portland. Hence the re turn engagement. "Cleopatra," with Theda Bara. has enjoyed one of the greatest successes of any photoplay and has caused as much if not more contention. It opened In Chicago recently after a Ion tilt with the censor board of the Windy City and Is now playing at the Colonial Theater for the first time. Two-dollar prices were charged in New York and Washington. "Cleopatra" Is oneof the most stu pendous photoplays ever produced and Is not a preachment. Following his tory as closely as it is possible for a photoplay. It portrays the life of the greatest woman In ancient times, her amours, her disappointments and finally her death. Thousands -of soldiers take part In the ancient battle scenes. - There are naval battles with scores of ships en gaged and all the splendor of ancient Egypt and Rome is there in lavish profusion. Added to the "Cleopatra" attraction Is a reel of the official war film, "Brit ain's Bulwarks," showing England part In the present struggle, and the Hearst-Pathe News has the latest war events. "LITTLE PRINCESS" IS CLEVER Mary Plckford Production Pleases Audience at Star. Mary Plckford In curls and short dresses, a few snatches of her engag ing comedy, a few less of pathos, and a beautiful production are the principal Ingredients of. "The Little Princess," an adaptation of the Frances Hodgson iConcltlrird pn Pg 5. GLOBE Washing-ton at Eleventh lOc .-B-a.mKI Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan in "The Silent Partner" Also MACK. SENNETT COMEDY "Ail International Sneak" Broadway at Washington. Today and all week, with the mules, the minister, the maid and mm wmm eg-K . 11 ( r ... mm I K K vrf- r- Kri'Hi - K AN ) ) C W 5s jr in the Scream of the Screen "THE MATRIMAN1AG " "THE PRIMAL LURE" A Story of Big Trees and Big Men, with V; ', ill Sundays and Evenings 15c; Week Day Matinees 10c; Kiddies, all times, 5c Continuous 10 to 11