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EXHIBITORS and producers will
both remain in the Motion-Picture
League of Oregon, which
will continue to work for the benefit
of the industry as a whole.
This decision was made at the last
meeting of the league Thursday noon,
when it was decided to appoint an
arbitration committee which should
settle upon all matters occasioning
more than usual argument between
the wholesalers and retailers of the
came. President Jensen appointed on
this committee Melvin G. Winstock,
representing the producers; S. rhil
lips, representing the suburban
houses, and I. 1 Cohen, representing
downtown theaters. The question of I
representation at the Cleveland con
vention was finally dismissed with a
telegram sent by the league stating
the preferences of Portland film men
on the subjects now under discus
sion. One hundred dollars was voted by
the league for the entertainment of
the international Kiwanis convention,
to be held in Portland next week. This
is in addition to $500 pledged to the
Kose Festival committee.
Politics entered the discussion at
Thursday's meeting, with the result
that a star vote on the presidential
election was taken. Johnson received
18 votes. Wood 12 and McAdoo, Pal
mer, William Jennings Bryan and
Lowden received a few scattering in
dications of favor. When the vote
was counted A. C. Raleigh, manager
of the Columbia theater and a strong
Wood man, rose in all his dignity. "1
6uggest we recount the votes and
keep tb on how many were written
In the same hand," he said. "It
" seems to me more votes were account
ed for than there are members here."
Ralph Winsor, formerly assistant
" manager of the Liberty, has been
made a star In his own right. The
Star theater, with its new policy of
thowinir first-run western features
and catering to business men of the
citv. has been entrusted into his care.
miniature reproductions of the Star
stage. 30 by 40 inches in else, and
representing the originality of Ralph
Ruffner. who has under his charge
the Star advertising, have been con
structed. They will be placed in the
lnhhiRH of the Peoples. Majestic and
Lfberty theaters "a straight case of
toe big fellows helping their little
buddy out." according to air. tturr
tier.
Frank Talbert, the Portland boy
who has been made manager of the
Universal sales department. with
h.nilnnarters In the New York office.
will arrive this week. Miss Jennie
VVltr. cashier of the- local exchange,
v,o roHicrncd her position and is
hastening preparations for the wed
ilng which will probably take place
this week.
Mrs. J. C. Koerner. mother of C. W
Koerner. local branch manager of the
Universal exchange, arrived last week
nd with her son has taken an apart
ment at the Stelwyn. The local
Universal boss now goes home via
the markets and the bakery. Mrs.
Koerner has been wintering In
ljouisiana and Mississippi. Her home
Is in Havre. Mont.
Among the Portlanders who will
travel to Vaklma for the opening of
the new Liberty theater Tuesday, will
te Mr. Koerner, who will meet there
George Burke, Universal chief for
the northwest, and bring him back
to Portland. Mr. Burke has been in
"Z. Seattle during the past week. Mr
Koerner accompanied him north bu
. returned Tuesday.
. .1 .'-Manager Partridge of the firm of
Partridge & Morrison, operators of
the Glen theater. Tillamook, was in
Thursday and F'riday conferring with
Mr. Koerner. He was interested in
the Universal strvr series which have
been purchased" by the Astoria
Amusement company. Liberty theater,
St. Helens; Bligh theater. Salem; Na
tional theater, Seaside; Arcade. Pen
dleton: Emma, Payette; Grand. Ore
gon City; Bungalow; North Powder;
Liberty, North Bend: Rex, Mount
Angel and Morrow, Morrow.
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Miss Hazel Benson left Thursday
night for Takima. where she will or
ganize the ushering force of the new
Liberty theater to be opened Tuesday
evening. The first National exhibit
ors' attraction. "The River's End."
which showed at the Portland Liberty
several weeks ago, has been chosen
as the opening picture- The theater
has Just been constructed at the cost
of $200,000.
seven days was his record for last
week. He says it is just as easy to
pay $2 down and $2 a week for the
rest of his life as to be paying half
that much.
Douglas Jarmuth has resigned as
manager of the Peoples theater. His
place will be taken by A. A. Bruce
of Tacoma, who has been in the em
ploy of Jensen & von Herberg for
some time. When Ralph Ruffner left
the management of the Rialto theater
in Butte to come to the Columbia in
Portland, Mr. Jensen appointed Bruce
for the job. When Jensen & von
Herberg took over the Tacoma motion
pictures Bruce was assigned to the
Victory.
Shrine decorations were trp at the
Liberty theater Friday night and
early yesterday morning. The red.
green and yellow are much in evi
dence around the lobby of the thea
ter, where also have been used large
and massive reproductions of the
Shrine symbol. Inside decorations
have been started, but more elaborate
tunts are planned by Paul Noble,
manager. A midnight matinee will
be given at the Liberty during the
hnrine convention, which, according
to the Liberty manager,- will be a
compilation of everything jazz and
nice.
Albert Gillette, baritone, has been
engaged by Mischa. Guterson. manag
ng director of the Rivoli. for a mid
night special performance to be
given at that theater during the
Shrine convention. Just how Gil
Iette will participate in the pro
gramme neither Guterson nor John
Stille will say, other than he will be
exceedingly devilish in the costume
of Mephistopheles. a more elaborate
part of its kind never before having
been seen in Portland, they declare.
High flying may literally be said of
C. S. Jensen, now that he has pur
chased a Lincoln bi-plane for his own
personal use. During May he sent
to Tacoma for a film which had
missed connections and brought it
here in record time. A week ago he
wasted six hours bumping into Seat
tle, tired, sooty and disgusted. A few
nights later he repeated the per
formance back to Portland. A few
days still later he completed the deal
for his own airplane so that future
trips to Seattle, Butte and Takima
may be made in short order and
with none of the railroad disadvan
tages.
The plane cost $6200. Mr. Jensen
has for his pilot a former American
aviator who flew overseas. He hopes
within a short time to be able to
pilot the machine personally. Since
the purchase of the plane Mr. Jensen
has been discovering how many
friends he has and how many of them
have never yet had an airplane ride
although they have many times
wished for the experience. ,
The Columbia theater having had
much publicity on new and lovely
spring costumes, has now come ou
In summer attire. Pretty white middy
suits nattily trimmed with blue braid
have been donned by the Columbi
ushers, while Andrew, he of th
smiles and kindly attentions, and th
door man are wonderful to behold i
white serge. None, however, can com
pare with the glory of their lord
Fire starting In the screen room
at the Antlers theater, Roseburg, at
10 o'clock Monday night destroyed
nine rolls of film and two moving
picture machines valued at $1350. and
severely burned the operator, Adrian
j? isner.
The film took fire as the last reel
was being shown. Fisher attempted
put out the blaze and had almost
ucceeded when sparks dropped Into
the film box and started another
blaze among the reels that had been
hown.
Fisher then closed the openings in
the steel-lined fllmroom, preventing
the flames from spreading to the
auditorium.
Films burned are now being re
placed by Manager Winstock of Port
land, who wired to New York for
duplicate prints of the serial being
showed.
The fight of the Dallas churches to
close the moving-picture theaters in
the city on Sunday was lost Wednes
day, when the citizens of the town in
a special election decided they want
ed the Sunday evening shows by a
vote of 407 to 260, ending a bitter
fight.
Church members appeared before the
city council with a petition signed by
several hundred people asking the
council to close the Sunday shows, as
they greatly interfered with their at
tendance at church. The council re
ferred the issue to the voters.
Several years ago the same question
was brought up and the council de
cided to close the movies, but In a
suit in the Polk county circuit court
Judge Harry H. Belt decided that
the shows had a. license to run on
Sundays.
A debate on the subject was held
recently in the theater building by
representatives or Dallas churches and
the picture show interests. Rev. Clar
ence True Wilson of Portland was one
who spoke against the shows. The
Seventh - Day Adventists took sides
with the moving-picture houses.
Mount Hood ror many of these
scenes.
"I am going to report to the inter
ests representing all the motion-picture
producing companies centered in
Los Angeles that the scenery along
the Columbia river and between here
and Mount Hood is the most gorgeous
I have seen in the west, from the
standpoints of timber and river
views. I feel confident Los Angeles
producers will feel repaid in trans
porting large companies to Portland
after the rainy season."
Mr. Silsby will take back with him
descriptions, not only of country
surrounding Portland, but of the Mc
Kenzie river pass east of Eugene,
which he plans to visit on his way
south. He will leave Portland late
tomorrow. Another side trip which
he has taken was to Chemawa, where
he endeavored to find Indians who
will appear in Harry Carey's western
pictures. In Los Angeles. Mr. Silsby
declares, there Is an Indian shortage,
Mexicans and other nationalities be
ing substituted.
"An art director does everything
that a director does not," said Mr.
Silsby. in describing his own work.
"A director attends to the dramatic
part of the film. Designing all of
the sets and costumes ana supervising
everything but the acting that ap-
Wilson Silsby, said to be the high
est salaried art director in the mov
ing-picture industry, is in Portland
on business. As designed for Mrs.
D. W. (Linda) Griffith, Bebe Daniels
Harold Lloyd. Rupert Julian and
many of the best-known stars, Mr.
Silsby has made a national reputa
tion. "I am here to report on the
advisability of bringing companies
into Portland for location work In the
mountains and along the Columbia
river for the many large features
which will be produced in Los An
geles tnis coming year, liver since
the release of "Jacques of the Sliver
North" the Cyrus Williams-Bradbury
feature, great interest has been taken
in this part of the country. This fil
in which Mitchell Lewis was the star,
has made a fortune since its release,
and has been pronounced a master
piece to pictures. The - company
ART DIRECTOR MAKES VISIT
TO PORTLAND.
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Wilson SlUby.
To investigate possible loca
tions for film companies, Wil
son Silsby. art director repre
senting Los Angeles producers,
spenet last week in and about
Portland. He will leave tomor
row night and expects to report .
to the California producers that
on- the Columbia river and in
the country between' Portland
and Mount Hood amazingly
beautiful timber and river
scenes may be found.
He intends to recommend
transporation of companies to
Portland this summer and ex
pects as a result of this report
that any number of large com
panies having as many as 40
persons each will be here dur
ing ruly and August. Mr. Silsby
was here with Mitchell Lewis
last summer when scenes for
"'Jacques of the North," filmed
out of Portland.
and master. Two new suits within worked out o Portland tut as
pears on the screen belongs to the
duties of the art director."
Ernest Richardson, a Portland high
school boy, has become known in Los
Angeles as an artist. Much interest
was taken in Richardson's work dur
ing the Rose Festival of last year, at
which time he assisted the commit
tee and designed many of the most
beautiful floats in the parade. Rich
ardson started in the art field by
making illustrations for the high
school magazine. Last year a New
York artist saw some of his sketches
and persuaded him to go away and
study. Since then he has been a
pupil of J. Francis Smith, the Ameri
can representative of the Academy
uLian of Paris. He has just fin
ished a portrait of Patricia Palmer J
the Williams-Bradbury star, which is
pronounced to be a masterpiece for
a boy so young. Richardson is in fhe
employ of the Los Angeles Times. He
is saving his iney from this position
and commissions which he has had to
go to Paris and finish his education.
He is the son of Mr. ana Mrs. leo
Richardson. 248 East Twenty-eighth
street. Portland.
Doret Maupin, who attracted atten
tion during her engagement at the
Liberty theater in the prologue to
The Idol Dancer," gave a programme
of dance numbers for the American
Legion banquet at the Hotel Multno
mah last night. Miss Maupin will
also be a special entertainment fea
ture for T. P. A. and other coming
festivities.
Riders of the Dawn." the latest
Zane Grey story, has been purchased
by Jensen & Von Herberg for exploi
tation in one of the Portland theaters.
Among the visitors to the Pathe
office during the past week were
Jack Cooley of Silverton, J. T. Sparks
of Condon. John C. Uglow of Dallas,
Ross Nelson of Independence, J. P.
Kiggens of the U. S. A. theater. Van
couver, and Art Kolstad of Hood
River. They all purchased material.
Walter Wessling. western division
manager for Pathe, arrivea in tne
city Wednesday morning for a visit
after spending a few days in the
Seattle and Spokane offices. At Spo
kane he bid temporary farewell to
Pete Carroll, the Spokane manager,
who has been called to spend a week
at the home office in New York. Mr.
Carroll has just Installed a "new
branch at Butte.
A lot of people around the Pathe
Pertland office are happy because
the home office In New lork has au
thorlzed a substantial elevation in
the salary checks.
WAXJDA HAWJL.EY AT PEOPLES
hater to her companions: "My dears, i
you are well rid of the hateful brutes, j
and now we shall be comfortable and
happy and consider some worth-while
careers."
And over on the other side of the
town, in the forlorn do'e-cote of the
erstwhile happy newly-weds, the
Jovial bachelor was cheering the flag
ging spirits of the deserted males by
calmly asserting that they needn't
worry that women are easy to tame
pooh Just make love to "em and
they become docile at once.
"But you don't know this reformer,
this man-hater, this feminine disturb
er of other people's love affairs." the
deserted men assured the gay bache
lor. ""Man-hater, is she?" scoffed the
bachelor lmperturbably. "Pooh that
kind is especially easy to tame. Why.
11 wager I can kiss her within a
month."
That, briefly sketched. Is the com
edy situation of the Realart picture.
Miss Hobbs," starring Miss wanaa
Hawley, which will be featured this
week at the Peoples theater.
WALLACE REID AT LIBERTY
Comedy Situations Are Shown In
"Mlts Hobbs."
Given: A group of men and a group
of women, separately located at any
two spots on the habitable globe.
Problem: Keep them apart.
The little feminine group was com
posed of one reformer, one disillu
sioned bride and one defiant fiancee.
who has Just broken her engagemen
and joined the Amalgamated Order of
Man Haters.
The men's group consisted of one
forlorn and desertea bridegroom, one
disconsolate and rejected fiance and
one jovial ana extremely eiigibi
bachelor whose senee of humor had
thus far so filled his life with amus
ing adventures that women bad failed
to interest nlm.
Said tne reformer and chief man
The Dancln' Fool" Is Feature At
traction for "Week.
Wallace Reid, in a new screen com
edy, "The Dancin" Fool," will be the
attraction at the Liberty theater this
week. The photoplay is said to pre
sent the star in a role that is un
usual and that ideally suits Mr. Reid's
buoyant personality.
Wallie is Sylvester Tibbie, lately
arrived in New York from a country
town to work for his Uncle Enoch in
the iue business. The latter is a
hidebound conservative, with the re
suit that his profits have pretty well
dwindled off Into space. Sylvester,
known as Ves," shocks his uncle
with the modern Innovations he in
troduces and is In a continual row
with him. In the meantime, "Ves1
meets Junie Budd. dancer In a cabaret
In which he happens to drift. Tne
rilscoverv that "Ves" is a cracker
Jack dancer results in his becoming
her partner at xne uaroen oi kobcb,
a hizh-class cabaret. Thus he works
by day at $8 a week and by night for
$200.
But srradualiy -ves tocuses nio
attention on business, to the dismay
of Junle. and goes on tne roaa tor
his uncle with a big advertising
scheme that is marveiousiy success
fill He returns in time to rescue the
big business and to claim Junie for
his own. BeDe janieis pia.y io run,
nf .Tnnie. and Raymond Hatton. Tully
Marshall, and Lillian Leighton are
also in the cast. The picture was
(anted from a popular magazine
inn bv Henry Payson Dowst. Sam
Wood directed.
son and leaves the father to his little
parties and his clubs. When the
years of old age begin to descend
upon the father he longs for the com
pany of Mary. But she is not willing
to come to him, and her mother, for
social reasons, will not bring her.
Elbert Carstairs has only one
method left to turn to. kidnaping.
He induces his young ward, Varney.
to do the kidnaping, with the aid of
Peter Maginnis. They fit out the
Carstairs yacht, Cypriani. and make
elaborate preparations to slip into
Hunston and lead little Mary away
to her father.
When the Cypriani pulls in along
the shore of the Hudson town the kid
napers trouble begins. i ney nave a
varied and warm reception in which
Peter must display to the local
toughs that he can handle himself
ery well In the pugilistic game.
There was to be no force used in
the kidnaping, eo all of the profes
slonal rules must be abandoned. It is
up to Varney and Peter to invent a
way to get tke lady to accompany
them back to New York on the yacht
in a peacable and voluntary manner.
Mary takes a hand m tne events
herself. The kidnapers and she be
come friends, on the surface, and
before they know it deeper than the
surface. She does some entertaining
and they meddle in local politics. It
seems that every time inai imngs
are all planned for the final getaway
something prevents. But finally
Mary's way wins out. Her lamer
wants her mother, too, so they con
sent to really go to New York and
live again in her father's house.
CAPTIVATING XORMA HERE
RIvoll Has Excellent Talmadge
Romance Release.
Norma Talmadge will be at the
Rivoli this week in the leading role
of the dramatization of Henry Sydno
Harrison's novel. "Captivating Mary
Carstairs."
Norma Talmadge, in her lovable,
winning way. plays the part of Mary
Carstalrs as the daughter of Mr. an
Mrs. Elbert Carstairs of New York
The Carstairs family has been sepa
rated for several years. The mother
Jak.es Mary, to .Huns ton on toe iiud
told with a cast which includes such
names as Theodore Roberts, Monte
Blue, Wanda Hawley, Clara Horton
and Raymond Hatton, and who have
(Concluded on Parte 8
COME!
Sunday and Monday
we offer
Clara Kimball Young
in
Her Greatest Picture
"Eyes of Youth"
'EVERY WOMAN '
IS
KEPT
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Feature Production at Columbia
Held Over for AVcek.
"Everywoman." the Violet Heming
production which has been at the
Columbia during the last week, has
proved so popular that it will be re
tained for another seven-day show
ing. Capacity houses have failed to
accommodate the patrons.
A curious feature about the film
Everywoman" is that its appeal has
been universal and, from all com
ments heard, it has proved entirely
satisfying. Yet, if its story be
analyzed, it will prove that "us
girls" don't have such an easy time
after all and that, possibly, the other
sex Isn t much better off.
It tells of a girl Just an ordinary.
pretty girl who goes In search of love.
She is told several ways to find it.
but some of the methods being more
delightful and easy than others, she
tries them first. Finally, as a last
resort, having found that flattery,
wealth, passion and revelry have led
her nowhere, she listens to the words
of truth and forgets her search for
love. And then, unsought love comes
to her. When she starts her quest
she is accompanied by beauty, youth
and modesty. Modesty leaves her
when, as the crowning success of herj
etage career, wealth entertains lav
ishly for her but refuses to have as
his guest Modesty.
Beauty during the wee sma" hours
of that same revelry is stolen from
her and held for ransom. Youth re
mains with her somewhat longer, but
when Beauty having deserted and
Everywoman. penniless, most needs
assistance, she. too. goes. Every
woman's one faithful friend is her
maid. Conscience, who, although sev
eral times cast off. remains with her
until the end and eventually saves
her for Love, for whom she long has
sought but failed to recognize.
Such is the story of "Everywoman,"
The masterful way in which Miss
VAiino- hnr(lin th. rnl.n nf u pli'h
young woman, a grand opera star.
dope fiend, will thrill you.
Also a Comedy
"All Dressed Up"
THE
Open from 9 oVlork In tfce noni
InK until 4 o'clock the following-morning.
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"The Heartof a Child"
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