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Caribbean sea. Hr Ev. wn born a
child of love Abhorred by her uncle for
her unoonvectlonel birth and cut off
from human betng her only compan
ion the wheeline; grulls and cycrnetM-
the vhlte-capped, rolltne: waters, the
tarn winds and pentie trade sephyrt.;
her plrturee Lhe golden eea-weed, the
p blue of the tropic waters, the
crimson hyblsoola powim In rich pro
fusion around the solitary li-ht. and
the flee ay cloud, on Uie dim horizon.;
her music the cry of the wheeling birds
the roar of the en fry eea and the pen
tl splaxhlnr of the placid waves
acatsat the Juttinr rock a The blazing
tro-pio stars the countless srems of the
southern cross were ber cherished
Jewels. Here Eve rrew to womanhood
untlL out of the fog. frste sent her lore.
Out of the for came a stalwart
young- American who met and loved the
child of the mlsta The play Is one of
calm and storm fire and passion.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES,
Peoples Dorothy Gish, "Nugget
Nell."
C o 1 u m b I a Marguerite Clark,
-Girls."
Majestic Mitchell Lewis,
'Jacques of the Silver North."
Liberty Bill Hart. "Square Deal
tSandorson."
Star Robert Frazer, "Bolshe
vism on Trial."
Circle Henry Walthall, "The
False Faces."
Globe Nazimova, "Out of the
Fog."
Sunset Mack Sennett comedy,
"Yankee Doodle in Berlin"; six
Cloverio bathing girls in person.
THE last seven days have added the
names of Wallace Reid, Frank
Keenan, Mitchell Lewis and Fred
Quimby to the calling lists of Portland
motion picture exhibitors and fans.
These four men formed for Portland
a large part of the aftermath of the
first annual convention of northwest
exhibitors and allied motion picture
interests held in Seattle during the pre
ceding week. Other echoes of the con
vention have reached Portland and
Oregon through its own exhibitors and
members of companies who attended
the conclave in person.
Among those who attended the con
vention from this state were: C. M.
Hill, branch manager of the Famous
Players-Lasky company; J. J. Parker,
owner of the Majestic theater: J. A.
Jennings, owner of the Sunset theater;
.Toe Biadt of the Echo theater; W. A.
Graeper of the Union-avenue theater;
all from Portland, and L. E. Partridge
of Tillamook, Ed Hudson of Albany,
K. L. Burke and J. P. Cotter of Baker,
Ted Johnson, formerly of Boise and
now of Baker; W. A. Humphrey of the
Eugene theater, Eugene; A. H. McDon
aid of the Bex and Folly theaters, Eu
gene: C. Danz of the Star theater. As
toria. and Ernest Ely and O. Phelps of
the Liberty theater, Miiwaukie.
The repeal of admission and film
rental taxes was petitioned by the con-
ventioners, who also sought the repeal
of the daylight-saving law. The al
leged political campaign now being
waged for the Sunday closing of
amusement places will be combated
through educational means, according
to resolutions passed. The second an
nual convention also will be held In Se
attle, but there are possibilities of the
1921 convention being held in Tilla
mook, for L. E. Partridge of that city
has served notice that he will fight
hard for the screen people to come to
his home town for the third annual
convention.
Wallace Reld Plca.cs.
Wallace Held was the first one of
the star contingent to arrive in Port
land. He made nine personal appear
ances during last Sunday afternoon and
evening at the Columbia theater and
through it all remained serene and
pieasing. His last appearance, which
was at the Columbia, was voted by
many, however, to have been the most
pleasing. J. C Jessen, west coast rep
resentative for the Motion Picture
News, introduced Wally and by the
time he had repeated his introductory
remarks a number of times he became
weary of conventional phrases and ex
perimented in a field new to both him
self and Uie star.
"How many would like to hear Mr.
Reid tell a funny storyr' he queried.
After the polite applause had died he
asked: "How many would rather hear
him play his fiddle?" The handclap
ping was decidedly more enthusiastic
but it knew no bounds when Mr. Jessen
had finished his third question: "How
many would like to see Wally
iiiramyr
After a brief period of persuasion
Kirl in the audience volunteered to
come on the stage and be Wally's part
ner. But Wally was not much of an
expert in navigating her through the
difficulties of the latest dance and be
lore he and his partner had -tripped
their liht, fa nt antic Lues very mauy
times the girl had slipped and the
shimmy was temporarily interrupted
while Mr. Reid assisted in picking her
up from the stage. And so ended Mr.
Reid's last appearance in Portland.
He left that same night for California
where his last picture, "In the Valley
of Giants," is in the cutting process.
Incidently Mr. Reid made a number of
talks in which he explained the new
distributing plan for the Famous Play
ers-Lasky organization and In which
he also showed himself just a whole
some American chap such as the Amer
ican public loves to worship whether
he be in pictures or politics.
Frank Keenan Appears in Person.
Frank Keenan found Portland an ex
ceedingly friendly place. He admitted
it. And exhibitors and distributors
who knew Mr. Keenan well smiled at
his exhibition of friendliness. His ap
pearance at the Columbia theater
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday came
simultaneously with his own special
production, "The Master Man," which
offered perhaps the greatest possible
evidence of the true genius of the
actor and producer.
During one of his addresses Mr.
Keenan said: "The last century was
devoted to the discovery of electricity.
The one we are entering into now
will discover a greater thing for us
and this great war has brought it
about. It will be the discovery of life,
of real life, of true life, of honest life.
That Is what we are all working
towards now. That is why there has
been a spirit of unrest through the
world for some time past. The war ha.
been a poultice that has brought the
Inflammation to a head and we are
standing just at the point where it is
nearly bursting and waiting for what
will happen.
"This feeling of unrest Is being taken
advantage of by extremists and de-
structiomsts who offered a remedy
and as there was no other remedy In
sight many well-meaning workmen
said: 'This is the way out. we will all
be extremists."
There has never been a labor dif
ficulty in this country, a strike or
anything of that kind, that has been
definitely settled. A strike has been
settled but there has been no precau
tion taken to find out the cause of
that strike and prevent others. Why?
Because labor and capital on each side
never forgot the one dominating char
acteristic in human nature self In
terest."
Exchange Director Visits Portland.
Fred Quimby, national director of
Pathe exchanges, joined Mr. Keenan in
Portland on Thursday. His visit re
sulted in the reorganization of the
Portland Pathe office which will take
it from under Seattle and launch It
into independent operation. B- J.
S perry, local representative, will have
his present staff of six persons in
creased by four new employes, among
which will be another salesman, an
other shipper and another clerk. Pic
tures and all other supplies now will
come to Portland direct from Pathe
headquarters.
Mr. Quimby believes serials wfll
eventually come Into their own on the
western coast. Mr. Quimby should
know whereof he speaks for he has
under his supervision 160 salesmen. 31
managers and several hundred other
employes. Last year 6000 reels each
month were released through him to
15.000 theatera Five thousand reels by
the way, means 60,0t0 reels or 60,000,-
000 feet of film a year.
Lewis Here la Person oa Sueca.
Nothing was lacking In the opening
presentation of "Jacques of the Silver
North" yesterday at the Majestic
theater. Manager Lacey had just three
features for the programme, any one
of which would have made it an excep
tional offering among screen theaters
of the country. His features included
a unique and elaborate stage setting.
a detailed musical programme which
followed throughout the entire pic
ture, and the personal appearance of
Mitchell Lewis, star of the picture. The
picture will run all this week and it
will be, of course, the musical pro
gramme and the stage setting. There Is
just a chance that Mr. Lewis again will
be present in person during its show
ing today.
A snow scene typical of the far north
is the feature stage setting Mr. Lacey
has arranged. A crude little cabin is
on one side of the snow-packed vista,
while opposite is seen a river filled
with Ice. The picture opens in the dark
with the dimmed lights gradually
bringing to view the northern scene in
a most effective manner. The musical
numbers played on the Majestic unit
Wurlitzer by Cecil Teague create an at
mosphere that strengthens the great
dramatic possibilities of "Jacques of the
North."
Mitchell Lewis was not a new figure
to those who have followed screen or
stage in recent years. He has been
seen in Portland on the Orpheum stage
and took the heavy leads with both
Farnum and Faversham in "The Squaw
Man." He also had prominent parts
in "The Nigger" and "The Barrier."
With a company of ten he is at work in
filming scenes at Hood River for his
next picture which has the working
title of "The Last of His People." In
this he takes an Indian role. Views of
Mount Hood, the Columbia river and
Oregon mountain ranges will figure
conspicuously.
Manager Stllle Has Visitor.
G. A. Farla. Seattle manager of Vita-
graph, was a visitor in the office of
John Stille, manager of the Peoples
theater last Thursday. Mr. Faris came
down to Install Harry Oviatt in charge
as Portland resident manager. Mr.
Oviatt will take the place of R. F. Hill
who has been transferred by Vitagraph
to the Salt Lake district.
Astoria Site Purchased.
Of paramount Interest to Oregon ex
hibitors was the news last week from
Astoria that Jensen-Von Herberg has
purcnasea a . site for a new 6100.000
theater. Theconsideration is said to be
about 118,000, the site being located at
Bond and Fourteenth streets, a location
deemed in every way admirable for a
motion picture theater.
BILL HART IS AT LIBEniTY
"Square Deal Sanderson' Offering of
Xoted 'Western Player.
To be fair above all to give the
other fellow a chance, no matter what
his character Is a code that obtains
In the west today as It did long ago.
In William S. Hart's new picture,
"Square Deal Sanderson," which will
be this week's attraction at the Lib
erty theater. It is seen how a pursuer
shoots a horsethief In the back. This
so angers the watcher that he is al-
mosot gratified when the dying culprit
manages to revenge himself by shoot
ing bis assailant.
There is a lovely girl Ann Little
plays the part who owns a ranch In
New Mexico. She is beset by scoun-
areis who are trying to get her prop
erty. She is rescued by the hero.
Square Deal Sanderson, played by Bill
Hart, and or course they fall in love.
There Is hard riding, fighting and
gunplay a-plenty. There is romance
and the breeziness of the west In every
toot oi nim. it is a picture to see and
see again and to remember because it
is so graphic and withal so wholesome.
The supporting company is of the high
est grade.
This week's Liberty programme also
includes "The Immovable Guest,"
Flagg comedy of satirical vein, and
kino grams. In addition Murtagh will
be at the Liberty unit Wurlitxer or
gan. For his concert this noon at 12:30
o'clock Murtagh will give the follow
ing selections:
Popalar sons medley, "Heart of Wetona.
"LMxielsLnd." "Jon&nya in Town" . . . . Fel.t
"Cradl. Sonir" H.uaer
nonao uapnecioso. . . MenflniMohn
"I Love You Truly" Carrie Jacob. Bond
Selection from "The Only Girl". Herbert
which will be shown this week: at the
Columbia theater.
One of the delightful situations In
the film is that confronting Harrison
Ford, who has fallen hopelessly In love
with a beautiful girl and Is seeking ad
mittance to her home that he might
woo her. His beloved is living under
the impression that she is a man-hater.
having been Jilted in her younger days.
and having sworn a hatred of all men.
has hung above her door a sign read
ing "No man shall cross this threshold."
Such a glaring defiance might have
Intimidated most young men, but not
Edgar Holt. He Is a young lawyer and
man who perseveres. He simply
goes around to another room across the
courtyard, crawls across a suspended
shutter and enters ber window. Thus
he gains admission into her presence
without crossing the threshold. And he
wins the girl, too. It Is all an accident.
but it s too good to give away. One
has to see the picture and find out.
Walter Edwards directed this pro
duction, which is the first to be made
on the Pacific coast by Miss Clark in
four years. It was adapted from a
play of the same name by the late
Clyde Fitch, a celebrated dramatist.
whose sister. Miss Louise Fitch, is well
known among Portland and University
of Oregon circles.
PLAY OF" FAB NORTH FEATURE
'GIRLS' IX COLUMBIA OFFERLVG
M&rgruerite Clark in Typical f bow Is
Star for Big- Drama.
Comedy is rampant In the new picture
"Girls." atarrinaT Marguerite) Clark.
Majestic Offers "Jacques of the
Silver Nortlr" for Week
A stage reproduction of a beautiful
but terrifing scene typical of the far
north has been made for the Majestic
theater at the direction of Manager
Lacey, who desires to offer Portland
motion picture fans "Jacques of the
Silver North," which will be this
week's bill at that house.
In addition to the special stage ef
fects. Mr. Lacey has worked out a
lighting scheme which will heighten
the wonder and beauty of the play.
Mitchell Lewis, star of "Jacques of the
North," may be present today at each
performance. He has established head
quarters at Hood River for himself
and company, where he is filming
scenes with the Columbia river and
Mount Hood for his next picture, "The
Last of His Race."
"Jacques of the Silver North" h
an excellent cast, each man being pro
ficient in his particular line of work
and adding aest and realism to this
hardy and thrilling picture or the
north woods.
Mitchell Lewis, himself. Is the typi
cal man to play the role of a Canuck.
Fritz! Brunette plays the lead op
posite Mr. Lewis.
Captain C- A- Van Auker. recently
returned from overseas, where he was
the American commanding officer at
the British royal air station at Tad
caster, has a prominent role In the cast.
Cecil Teague, Majestic organist, has
announced the following programme
for his concert this afternoon at 1:30
o'clock:
"Cavallerla Rusticana" CMascag-n!)
Meditation from "Thais" Massenet):
two annea are played simultaneously
"Alabama Lullaby" with the right hand
and with the left hand well, gueesT
inund bv C Teague: Kamennol tw-
trow (Rubensteln; Diplomat march
(Sousa).
FROSTIER STORY AT PEOPLES
Dorothy Glsb In "Xugcet Nen I
Feature Attraction.
"Nugget Nell," a story of a girl with
a gun. a real man and a coward, is the
vehicle in which Dorothy Gish will be
seen this week at the Peoples theater.
It is her latest picture and Manager
Stille has ssserted with an authorita
tive air: "This week I have the best
show in town, bar none."
Familiar faces as well as new ones
wiU be seen in the cast of 9Iugget
Nell."
Raymond Cajinon, who played the
part of the young country lover in
"Battling Jane." takes the part of a
handsome coward In this ft-atnre-
David, Butler, known this tun as
"Big Hearted Jim." will be remem
bered as Monster le Bebe in "The Great
est Thing in Life."
Emily Chichester, who played the
part of the helpless girl In "Peppy
Polly," has a gay young Ingenue part
in this picture.
Wilbur Hlgeby. well-known leading
man. take, the part of Nell a uncle.
This Is his first picture with Mios Uish.
And a new face, never before shown
on any screen, comes In the person of
Retina Sarle, "The Che-lld." Miss Sarle
is 14 years old, a Dutch girl, born In
India, the daughter of the governor of
an Last Indian province. This is her
first motion picture.
BATHING BEAUTIES APPEAR
Sunset Patrons Will See Real Girls,
Aside From Films.
Six Cloverio bathlnr beauties will
appear In person this week at the Sun
set theater during the presentation of
Mack Bennett's special feature, "Yankee
Doodle in Berlin."
"Yankee Doodle In Berlin" Is a bur
lesque of how the Yankees beat Ger
many. Mr. Sennett has heretofore
identified himself with two-reel come
dies and picture goers have found his
name synonymous with fun as it is
generated by his group of comedians
and bathing girls.
The American forces, knowing the
kaiser's weakness for a pretty woman.
dispatch Captain Bob disguised as a
dashing girl Into the German linea He
is commissioned to get the enemy s
plans for an expected drive. His big
opportunity comes when he meets Hin-
denburg, the kaiser and the crown
prince. Each of these discredited men
is Jealous of the other and it is a
pretty race between them to see who
is the favored in Bob's estimation. The
kaiser has plain sailing until his wife
learns of his cute capers. But he
steals away and gains admittance to
Bob's chambers, where the latter lures
him to his downfall through an orlen
tal dance. Hindenburg finds it out and
tells the kaiserin. who comes again on
the scene and gives him a sample of
his own Prussianlsm. He makes a
rapid exit. So does Willie and Hinden
burg. Bob has gained the precious in
formation and the enemy la beaten in
no time.
STAR HAS BOLSHEVISM FILM
Beautiful Hotel Royal Poinds una of
Palm Beach in Setting.
The famous and beautiful Hotel
Royal Polncianna of Palm Beach. Fla.,
la plainly seen in the picture now being
shown at the Star theater. "Bolshevism
on Trial." founded on Thomas Dixon's
popular noval, "Comrades." This ex
quisite hotel, with its towering marble
columns and spacious halls. Is not a re
production of the Polncianna, but the
famous hotel Itself.
Before the winter season opened the
entire cast was transported to Palm
Beach, where a great many shots were
taken In and around the hotel.
The locale of this tremendous and
timely photoplay centers about the
Island of Ventura, a bankrupt winter
resort off the Florida coast, which has
been turned Into a socialistic community.
Instead of using an Island off the
Florida coast for the filming of the
picture, the nearest realism possible
was obtained and Palm Beach, which
is on the Florida coast, is used.
The picture is a stirring one. telling
the story of a young man. the son of
millionaire, who becomes obsessed with
the idea that by means of a socialistic
community all the wrongs In the world
can be righted. Socialism becomes
bolshevism, with all Its adherent greed
and misery- The story of a beautiful
love which even bolshevism cannot kill
rnns throughout the picture.
"THE FALSE FACES AT CIRCLE
Henry Walthall Assisted by Good
. Cast in Feature Film.
"The False Faces." starring Tfenry
W 't hall. Is the feature which, will be
at the Circle theater today and tomor
row. The cast which supports Wal
thall Includes Mary Anderson. Lon
Chaney, Milton Ross. Thornton Ed
wards, William Bowman. Carrie Mc-
Uarry and lXritnt Pasqua.
The plot dt.v with Michael Lanyard,
known to the Varlstan underworld as
"The Lone Wolf," but who has re
formed, crawls out of No Man's Land
into the French trenches. He reveals
to the commanding officer information
of value regarding the Germans and
proves that he is matching his wits
against the German secret service In
behalf of the allies.
The Lone Wolf has two objects In
view, one to reach America the other
to kill Karl Eckstrom, formerly
French apache, but now connected
with the German secret service. Dur
ing the Invasion of Belgium Eckstrom
had slain the Wolfs little child and
left the wife and mother to die a lln
gerlng death. The Wolf steams for
America as a passenger aboard the As
syrian. On the second nirht out, while
he Is watching, a destroyer sink a U-
boat, he finds at his elbow a young and
beautiful woman, who he later learns
is Cecelia Brooks.
The presence of German spies aboard
the Assyrian Is disclosed to the Wolf
and It is also revealed that Miss Brooks
Is being watched.
TALE OF SEA IS AT GLOBE
Nazi
'Out or the Fog" Features
moxa in Maine.
-Out of the Fog." which will be this
week's attraction at the Globe theater,
was adapted for the screen from the
powerful stage drama. "'Ception
Hhoais." and srives Nazimova many ex-
Film Flicker
rr the layman the word "lighting
JL probably means little or nothing,
but to the maker of the movies It means
everything. If the lighting of scenes
Is not good the entire production Is
marred. The spectator senses some
thing is wrong and the manufacturer
know, what la wrong. Because of the
photogrsphy and the lighting, the sal
aries of cameramen have been rocket-
ins. Some of them command $-v0
weekly. The star has come to appre
ciate that almost as much lies In proper
photography and llfrhunc as In story
and direction. The lighting can make
said star look chalk-like or help to
smooth out the wrinkles and give his
countenance that soft tone so pleastntr
In closeupa The cameramen of Los
Angeles recently formed sn organisa
tion, beneficial and protective. They
were the laat to organise and. never
theless, are among the moat important
functionaries in the manufacture of the
silent dramatic eflecta
With Sunday. August 10. set as the
release date for "A Man's Fight" un
usual Interest is being shown In this
latest Dustia Faraum offering, which
report says by Its story, dramatic aitu-
ations and novel treatment sets a new
high standard of production. Addi
tional Interest accrues from the fact
that for the moment Mr. Farnum da-
parts from his cu.tomary cowboy role
to be eeen in the character of a younft
easterner of aristocratic New York
family and later as the business anil
political head of a group of Independ
ent mining Interests who are bucking
the copper trust out In Arizona.
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parent, admitted free to M ATI.
fclKS except on Saturdays, Sun
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