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THE SUNDAY " OREGONTAX, PORTLAND. MARCH 16, 1919. v - v f 3 Vv w - VJ-EUv- r ' ' : vv ' .. u t sin . - n.- "s.vPRV;fc.j, '4.: V '7 y i . JIMS 'fm Wn f- W : ATr7 " - CpnS'tM rto, 7atrcf&. 'r Sfjf .&fftrt.$raJ2 Soot'". TODAY'S FILM FEATCRES. Sunut Harold Lock wood. "Pala Ftrt." liberty Anita Stewart, "Virtu ous Wtvea"; Fatty Arbuckle, Love." Peoplea Dorothy Glsh. "Boots." Columbia Cecil B. DeMille'a "The Whispering Chorus." Majestic Constance Talmadgti "Mrs. Leffingwfll's Boots." Star Bessie Barriscale, "The Heart of Rachael." Globe Prank Keenan. "The Mid night Stage," Circle Mrs. Charlie Chaplin. "Borr6wed Clothes." "T-lAMOUS PLATERS - LASKY com rpaoy are In search of a title. That la. they are In search of Lady Diana Manners to star in their produc tions. It wa David Wtrk Griffith. In "Hearts of the World." who first brought Lady Diana to the attention of the public and made everyone re 'alize what a rreat screen beauty bad ieen lost to the world when this dacgh ter of English nobility bad been born to the purple. She Is tall, graceful and exceedingly good to look upon. All of these things Famous Players Lajky fully appreciate. So because the head of that concern believes nothing impossible ne Das dispatched William Keefe Griffith, a publicity man. over seas to see it the lovely Diana cannot ee persuaded to permit herself to be gain pnotograpbed. It sounds like a good press yarn, but the information does not come from the publicity men but rather leaked out soon after Mr. Griffith left for Eng land. e e Held Playera Injured. Nearly every member of the Wallace Held company was injured in an ac cident recently in northern California -.when a train caboose, carrying the Reld company of players. Jumped the track on a trestle bridge near Arctas and turned over. Wallace Reid sustained m three-inch scalp wound, which re. quired six stitches to close. Grace Dar mond and others in the company, suf fered similar cuts and bruises. None, however, was seriously injured and it is expected that all will have fully re covered in a day or so, when work will be resumed. "All In the life of a player." is what they are all saying congratulating themselves that they !wercn t killed. e e Ftlaa Eveata. Some events you win never aee in the Animated Weekly Review: The Kaiser enter the capital of France- Paris. France. Snowball battle between Eskimos and Zulua at the foot of the sphinx. Cairo tgypt. Motion picture actresaea battling In long skirts. Long Beach. CaL Prominent film leading man objects to being photographed. New York City. John D. Rockefeller lowers price of gasoline ten cents. New York City. Pet canary whips vicious bulldog. Wlnsted, Conn. Francis X. Bushman Joins Mack S.n eett'a Keystone company. Los Angeles. CaL Roscoe Arbuckle wins thin man's race t Llks' picnic, Hollywood, Cal. Picture Play Magazine. Release la Purchased. Behind the appearance of Miss Anita Stewart in "Virtuous Wives." the first production to be mado by her own com pany, is an Interesting series of events, which started a year ago when Louis 8. Mayer, Boston film magnate, sought 14 ebuia ber release Xrom tiia .Yiu- graph company and launch her aa an independent star in a aeries of produc Hons based on famous stories. Mr. Mayer l'lnally concluded hia nego tiations with the Vitagraph organiza tlon by paying them a cash bonus, said to run Into five figures, for canceling; the contract they held for Miss Stew art's services. This is believed to be the first time that a motion picture pro ducer has paid an extravagant sum in addition to the amount Involved in the direct contract with the star, for the release of that personage from another agreement. see "TyeeV Are Valuable. David Warfield once discovered wonderful type of bearded ruffian in Chicago. Of course there's nothin' un usual in findin a bearded ruffian in Chicago, the unusual part of it is that Mr. arf ie!d brought him on to New York to appear In a new play. When the ruffian landed in New York he proceeded to buy himself some clothes and incidentally to shave off all hi ruffianism. This whole story is told by Jack Plckford, who says he can match that experience of Warfield's, He dis covered a bearded cowboy workin' in his picture who, reallzin' he was "wonderful type." threatened to cut off his luxuriant whlskcra unless put upon a -weekly salary. He was. as Dorothy Sets S tries. When Dorothy Gish created her famous part of The Little Disturber in "Hearts of the World." she set the younger feminine set of the nation to dolu two separate and distinct things. one v. as to walk like The Little Lis turner. Soon after the large city ahowinga of the picture you could aee hundreds of girls on the atreeta imitating the funny little swagger walk that Dorothv did in the picture. The other thing was to reset tba millinery styles for the year. If you remember correctly, you saw girls everywhere In the United States wearing "tams" with jaunty aide sweep. Millinery shops all over the country made them and sold them by tne nunareas. So with "Boots." which Is Miss Dor othy's new Paramount picture, the girls win nave stui another item to add to their wardrobes. It is a new and still Jauntier tarn with bells on it. De scription is too vague to convey the idea, but it Is safe to say the girls win get toe idea. e e Mary Jane and Ben. Two noted screen children. Mary Jane Irving and Ben Alexander, have strong parts in the new master picture. "The Heart of Rachael." in which Bessie Bar riscale is starred. Ben will be remem bered as the Juvenile star In Griffith's 'Hearts of the World." Mary Jane, who made her debut with William B. Hart, has appeared in many pictures with Miss Barriscale. Aad Ha Made the Movies. Lloyd Hughes, a youth of 19 years. from Bisbee, Aria, is the latest find of Thomas H. Ince. Young Hughes was taking a course In the polytechnic school in Los Angelea and in a spirit of fun Joined a bunch of atudents who one day sallied forth at the behest of moving picture casting director to furnish a crowd. The boy photographed well was conspicuous for his natural ness. Mr. Ince happened to see hia pic ture and gave his casting director, Freddie Fralick, the difficult task of finding the boy. Imagine atartmg out to locate. In a city of 600.000 population, a face that appeared in a mob acene in the pictures. But f raiica succeeuea in running down the youth. He was invited to meet the producer, was given a test before the camera and today haa a long-term con nect with a nice fat figure on it locked up 4a fcU aaistjr deposit vault, Hr. Hughes makes his debut as an Ince player In support of Enid Bennett in a picture just nearlngcompletion under the direction of Fred Mblo. He will b seen in juvenile roles. ASTTA STEWART RETCRX Unusual Programme Combination at Liberty Theater. The return to the screen of the beau tlful Anita Stewart, apparently lost forever to the silversheet. In "Virtuou Wives," a magnificent picturization the Owen Johnson story-success and the latest Fatty Arbuckle comedy, "Love," Is the unusual programme com bination at the Liberty theater. "Virtuous Wives," which received an elaborate trade showing in Portland many weeks ago, has been a long time in reaching the public, but it's a picture worth waiting for. A certain strata of society where the pastimes of wives is to play with other men and where the husband are too busy piling up fortunes to notice their wives' indiscretions, is ruthlessly exposed, with good argu. ments on both aides as vindications, bu with the men a little in the lead. The virtuous wives are the ones who are so in action, but not in thought the ones who have degenerated morally under the glitter of a fast social ex istence. . The characters are finely drawn and real, while their problems become all absorbing. . Excellent acting, a master hand to direct them, has made this pos sible. Its a picture which pleases by its beauty, thrills by its force, and satisfies by its intelligence. Anita Stewart is a delectable morsel as Amy Forrester, in tne kind oi role that girls will love. She is adored by nearly all the men in the cast, and this Is not at all surprising. Her absence from the screen makes her appear prettier than ever, conway Tearle, Mrs. DeWolf Hopper and the late Edwin Arden are other prominent players In the cast. 'Love ' is Just what may be expected from Arbuckle a comedy full of laughs, with slapstick and burlesque the chief weapons of mirth, not for. getting Fatty's girth. SLIPPERS CACSE TROUBLE Mrs. Lefflngwell's Boots" at Majestic Theater. Shown Bow a pair of pretty slippers can cause more trouble than any jealous husband can handle is humorously told n Constance Talmadge s latest picture. Mrs. Leffingwell s Boots, in which she is presented at the Majestic theater. This picturization of the- Augustus Thomas stage hit, a comedy-drama of many laughs. Is a story of a young woman who loves pretty clothes, and, much against her husband's wishes, she buys a pair of expensive embroidered slippers to wear to a fashionable dance. Unknown to both, a replica of the pair s in existence, and were purchased by Walter Huntley to give to his fiancee, Mabel Brown. Mabel becomes angry at Huntley, however, and breaks off the engagement, so Huntley gives the sllppera to his maid. During the evening of the dance Huntley Is very attentive to Mrs. Lef fingwell. Her husband. Is furious and goes tor a walk In the garden, but aa be passes the window of Huntley's room be looks up and sees someone removing pair of slippers, but in reality It is the maid trying on the slippers that Huntley gave her. Leffingwell immediately demands an explanation, which runs over a period of several weeks, involving several other persons. The two pairs of slip pers kutp making their appearance at, very Inopportune moments. Huntleya maid haa gone away and Is working in another place and It is not until the maid is located that the mystery of the two pairs of slippers is solved. Harrison Ford, George Fisher and Fred Goodwins are supporting mem bers of the cast. Christie Comedy and Pathe News are also screened. "BOOTS" IS PEOPLES FEATURE Dorothy Gish's Latest Paramount Picture Is Scream. Comedy and melodrama are gener ously mingled with telling effect In Dorothy Gish's latest Paramount pic ture, "Boots," which Is being shown at the People's theater. The humor ous element predominates in the pho toplay, but there's aufficlent heart In terest and thrills to keep suspense alive from beginning to end. Dorothy Gish has another role that suits her to perfection. Even in the coarse., attire of the boarding-house drudge her physical charms shine ad she endows the character with such rresistible sparkle and subtle appeal that it is likely to rank as one of the best studies with which this popular star has yet favored the screen. "Boots is a slavey of romantic dis position employed in a London boarding-house and in love with a youth who lives there. The latter, unknown to her, is employed by the secret service and watching a woman boarder who is conspiring with bolshevists to de stroy with bombs a building where a peace conference meets. He makes love to the woman in furtherance ot ms plans and "Boots grows jealous, i Boots" accidentally fans tnrougn me cellar floor into a tunnel, where the bombs are hidden. She fights with the woman conspirator, stuns her and rushes to the conference in time to give the alarm and Insure the capture of the malefactors. Her secret Service lover explains and the girl 18 made happy. One of the most laughable and yet intensely dramatic situations develops in the extremely vivid and femininely ferocious hand-to-hand fight between "Boots" and the scheming Mme. de Valdes. Heroines are not ordinarily called upon to engage in such rough and tumble scraps. Richard Barthlmesa Is Miss Gish's leading man. News pictorial and comedy are other subjects shown. COLUMBIA CLEVER DRAMA AT C "The Whispering Chorus" Tells Sto ry of Human Interest. Conceded to be one of the most dra matic photoplays ever produced, "The Whispering Chorus," a Cecil B. DeMHle production, with a cast including such prominent film folk as Katherine Wil liams. Raymond Hatton. Elliott Dexter, Tully Marshall. Edythe Chapman and Guy Oliver, will be shown at- the Co lumbia theater today. The picture is based upon the Perley Poore Sheehan story of the same name. The theme is one of self-sacrifice and contains nearly all of the elements that appeal successfully to the human emo tions. The story Is of a man, burdened by debt, who steals money from the cor poration with which he Is employed. To escape arrest he drops out of sight to lead the life of a hermit fisherman, leaving his wife and mother in igno rance of his whereabouts. He ex changes clothing with a body which he fishes out of the river and tne po lice are not only convinced that Trim ble Is dead, but that he was murdered. Assuming a false name, he becomes a stevedore and is hunted by the police as the man who slew himself. He re turns home clandestinely to see his mother and is arrested for his own murder. His wife, who had married again In the belief that she was a widow, sees him after his conviction and, rather than destroy her happiness, he convinces her that they had never met before and goes to his doom smil ingly. The story Is replete, with dra matic situations that thrill. Comedy and other features are billed for presentation. grounds to exploit the pulchritude of the star. The story deals with a woman who remains sweet and lovable through two matrimonial misadventures. There seems to be no particular moral to the story, unless it be to forgive one's husband no matter how badly he treats you. Certainly women will argue that (Concluded on Page 6.) BESSIE BARRISCALE AS STAR Kathleen Norris Novel Filmed for Star Theater Audiences. "The Heart of Rachael," a filmatlon of ' the well-known Kathleen Norria novel, with Bessie Barriscale as star and an unusual cast, including Her bert Heyes, Gloria Hope, Herschel Mayall, Ella Hall, Edward Coxen and those precocious kiddies, Ben Alexan der and Mary Jane Irving, opened yes terday at the Star theater. It s being shown with a timely news pictorial. Divorce, its use and its abuses; the right of a woman to free herself from fashionable sot; the glory or real love: the influence that a divorce cre ates to bear upon one's future life and happiness these are the mam elements of "The Heart of Rachael. Miss Barriscale, who has been mis cast in so many pictures, has a role that suits her admirably in this pic ture, while the acting generally is par ticularly praiseworthy. The story has been given an excellent production, with rich and tasteful interior set tings and outdoor scenes chosen with an eye to beauty and to provide back- 1 1torothyi I p GISH I J SATURDAY L , 121 1 hi i ?; BILL IE BURKE I n $ ; , In "GOOD GRACIOTS I 3 f j I ASAJELLK j U liiiiiii 0 ' Washington at Eleventh TODAY AND WEEK FRANK KEENAN The IN Midnight Stage r ' A Western Melodrama That Will Raise You From Your Seats - Rip and Stitch, Tailors . A Mack Sennett Comedy One of His Best STANLEY JARVIS BARITONE Appearing Each Evening The Cannibals Are Coming Next Saturday 2 DAYS, STARTING TODAY AT THE CIRCLE 4TH AT WASHINGTON Mrs. Charlie Chaplin (Mildred Harris) IN A- r V " Jf "Borrowed Clothes" The story of a poor but beautiful girl who was about to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of her family by wedding a man she did not love," but who was saved by the man she thought unworthy of her. Also Her World Kenowned Husband CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "The Landlady's Pet" Admission: 15c, 10c, 5c Open from 9 o'clock in ' the morning until 4 o'clock the fol lowing morning.