2 Seer? Jjras&LS'&j&4"J!,&rjrirrlcr Jj&lZtrtrxrr : ;" fwl It , ii Jjl ilk' TODAY'S FII.M FEATURES. Columbia William S. Hart, "Sand!" Majestic Miriam Cooper. "The Deep Purple." Rivoli Corinno Griffith, "The Garter Girl." ' Liberty Katherlne McDonald, 'Playthings of Passion." Peoples Km ma Dunn. "Old : Lady 31." Star Tom Mix. "Desert Love." ' Circle William S. Hart, "T h e Toll Gate." Today' Mnsleal Features. Liberty Organ concert at 12:30 o'clock noon, by Henri Keates. ; Rivoli Orchestra concert at . 12:30 o'clock noon, under, di rection of Mischa Guterson. Majestic Organ concert at 1:30 P. M. by Cecil Teague. AMERICAN plan of open shop Is now actually in effect in Port land. Victory for exhibitors was spelled lrhen pickets were recalled from in .'. front of the Liberty, Columbia, Majestic, Peoples and Star . theateft on Thursday evening as the result of a temporary injunction gotten out by Jensen & Von Herberg. The peftion for the injunction contended picketing is Illegal when it was not a case of employe against his employer, as In ; the case of a sympathetic strike. The suit was based on the fact that only 25 per cent of the stock is owned by the firm of Jensen & v on Herberg, When organists of the Jensen & Von Herberg houses defied the local theatrical association of Portland and vicinity by returning, some of them on the very day on which the .- strike was supposed to have com ' menced, the tide turned in favor of the exhibitors. Love Devis, less than -- 20 years of age and now playing first relief at the Liberty, was the one who ' . first broke the ice and returned to work. By Monday all the regular places were filled. When the injunc tion was put into effect ' Thursday '., each house had its usual quota of operators, electricians, stage hands and other employes. In addition a list ' of 25 applicants for positions as oper- S atora was on file. Orders for a. three manual Wur- '.'litzer organ to cost $25,000 or more '-and to be installed in the Columbia -, theater within the next 60 days was "'also, another effect of the injunction. The policy of installing expensive or- I. .hestral organs in their houses and Z'ot employing the finest musicians ob- tainable was inaugurated by the firm - of Jensen & Von Herberg and is a . strictly western cinema character istic When the unions forced or' jz chestras of stipulated eizes in the larger houses it made it impossible tor money also to be invested in in etruments as expensive as a- huge - organ. Six months' experience of operating orchestras has not proved T successful for the reason that nan- - agers declare enough really trained and skilled artists cannot be found. at this time in the northwest. Therefore the orders for a new organ at the Columbia and for re : modeling the Peoples organ have been given and search has already com menced for men who will command high salaries but who will be able to furnish real music. The Columbia organ will be three manuals, as the size of the house will not allow a "giant"- four-manual .. instrument, as that ' of the Liberty TZ It will resemble in many ways the - Majestic orchestral organ, which is also as large as can possibly be in m stalled In a house of that size. Interesting side - lights of the - strike were brought out during the picketing. Mrs. Bruce, wife of the Peoples manager, crossed the etree - as if to enter the theater, then ap parently for the first time noticed the union girl and her huge banner. ; "Why are you picketing thia the . ater? asked Mrs. Bruce. "wen, it s there s a strike, was t the uncertain answer. "What's the strike about?" Queried Mrs. Bruce. "I don't know," the girl replied. "All I know is that I - am making som extra money.," Eurth.ec .questioning 1 4 N brought out the fact that the girl was in the employ of a local laundry in which she worked eight hours. To eke out her pay ehe was putting in from four to six hours in addition to her regular day's work, earning more money but putting in days of from 12 to 14 hours. Several of the employes called out did not know why their own unions were acting against the theater. Members of the Peoples and Colum bia orchestras volunteered to come back, but were told that the unions had put the orchestras in against the firm's will, had ordered them out in defiance of the theater owners, and now the unions could put them in again. So far the unions have failed to do this. The strike had its funny features. A. C. Raleigh, manager , of the Co lumbia theater, furnished amusement to several newsboys late one night while he pasted up his huge posters in the lobby. When he had finished, so he alleges, there was enough paste In that vicinity to have attached posters on any of the surrounding buildings. ; During "the early hours of' the Saturday morning when the strike was called no musician had appiared for the Columbia theater. Mr. Ra leigh began to be worried and about IS minutes before the house was scheduled he went down to the organ and tried out his own skill. Just at that moment a negro opened the door. "I see your ad for musicians," he volunteered. He was received with open arms and before heknew just what had happened he was sitting at the console. ""Ah, don' know nothing about or gans ah plays the piano," he ob jected as Mr. Raleigh proceeded to explain intricate stops, pedals and keys. "Ah don' know that ah wants this Job." xou ve already got this job, was the answer as Mr. Raleigh literally forced, him back onto the bench and again began explaining the xnechan ism of the organ. At. 11 o clock the Columbia doors were opened and simultaneously the programme flashed on the screen ac companied by organ mtosic At S o'clock that afternoon an experienced organjst-j appeared- at the Columbia ready for duty. "Say, don you folks have a regl'ar musician?" demanded the first substitute. vvhy.'yes, ordinarily, but the boys worn out on a little strike todav Mr. Raleigh explained. btrike! Ma goodnees, why didn't you say so?" and shaking his woolly head the man dived into his pocket ana orougnt out his union card. Negotiations for purchase of the Rivoli theater caused considerable at tentlon on -film row last week. Sev eral parties representing- Portland, Seattle and eastern interests are bid ding on the theater. It was errone ously reported at one time that Jen sen & Von Herberg had bought if xnis was denied both by J. C. Stille. manager of the Rivoli, in whose hands the sale rests, and by C. S. Jensen. resident member of the firm of Jensen & Von Herberg. The Rivoli was pur- cnasea jasi jecemDer Dy Seattle men, among whom was Mischa Guterson, who because of his $25,000 worth of stock was made managing director. He was employed at a salary of $500 ween.iv as airector or the Rivoli or chestra. Management of the Rivoli declares that with three - exception tne tneater Has made money each week, but that difficulty in getting pictures is the hardest factor that has been coped with. Northwest film men know that the real trouble started when Goldwyn sold to com petitors VThe Silver Horde," a pic ture which the Rivoli had already puoucaiiy announced as purchased ami which the Rivoli . considered breach of faith and therefore brok Its contract for exclusive showing of leaiures maae oy that company. .'., -. Frank Lacey found an excited man in his audience last Thursday evenin when John C. . Rorison saw in the news -picture then showing on - th Majestic screen a picture of his brother -in Poland. Mr.. Rorison ar rived in Portland Thursday evening at fi o'clock and bis .train to an ill if.taTr-j? Francisco leaving several hours later, he found time hanging heavily on his hands. Accordingly he visited the Majestic theater. In the news reel was a picture of the Poruzuick Polish air service at Kosciuszko Escadra and in this picture he recognized as one of the aviator's his brother. Cap tain' Harmon C. Rorison. Until a month ago his famiry had been six months without word from Captain Rorison. Mr. Lacey cut from the film three-minute pictures of the Captain. These were given to the captain's brother and one of them will go back to a worried little mother in Wil-1 mlngton. N. C. i - j W. E. Keefe, manager of the Amer ican Lifeograph company, will leave next week for New York where he hopes to coneummate a deal with the First National Exhibitors' circuit for ne releasing of a series of six sa tirical comedies produced in Port- and during the . last six months. These pictures have all had pre- iewings. most of them at the Colum- la theater. Their showings were nannounced. Chuckles, rinoles of laughter - and wide grins gave Mr. Keefe and other members of the or ganization who scattered themselves through the audiences, indications of tne strength and success of the pic tures. Portland Is famous for its conser-ra. tlveness. It is a city which gives approval only with deliberateness and incerity and therefore the cordial. warm manner in which these satirical comedies have been received lead local exhibitors to believe thev will also be successful in houses scat tered throughout the country. New andileasing photograDhic ef fects have been employed by the American LIfeogTaph-as the result of devices invented by Lewis Moomaw, one of the company officials. Close- ups are wonderfully effective because of hazy backgrounds which serve as neutral element and so bring into 6trong relief the features on the screen. Marvelous scenic views are shown throughout each comedv and tne pnotography here, also, attracts attention by remarkable perspectives wnica give an unusual appearance oi -neptn. "The Golden Trail." a drama made by the American Lifeograph and shown In Portland last winter, has been sold to the Arrow Film company, which will sell it with state rights. Another drama is now in the cutting process anT will be taken east to be placed on the market by Mr. Keefe when he leaves next week. The American Lifeograph company has received a three months' vacation. It will reassemble next autumn and if Mr. Keefe's plans are successful work will be started on another series of six satires which will again be dedicated to the weaker sex the male. Every dog has Its day. Not so with motion picture houses. Should four more religious sects enter the field the third biggest industry of this country will be doomed, it is feared. A campaign launched by the Ortho dox Protestants of Dallas to close amusement places on Sunday was recently defeated, it is said, by - the action of Seventh Day Adventists, who demanded Saturday as the one day on which business places should be closed. The situation became more Involved when in evident satire, mem bers of the faith suggested that if motion picture bouses were to close at any time during each week, the period should-commence at Bundown on Friday evening when their. Sab bath started. . C. W. Koerner, Universal branch manager, spent last week visiting a score of Oregon's more prominent exhibitors living in the Willamette and Rogue river valleys and on the coast. While he was gone George Bourke, district manager, held down the office. Mr. and Mrs. Bourke plan, to leave for Seattle and Butte during this week following Mr. Koerner's return. Those who were on Mr. Koer ner's calling list were George Bligh of the Liberty and Bligh theaters of Salem; C. F. Hill of the Globe theaters of Albany and Roseburg; F. .White side . of the Crystal theater of Cor vallisj; A F. McDonald of the Rex and :-"rf' 111 'A &&J ill Ite h ' 1 1111 " THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, JULY 18, 1920 - y t j III I Oregon theaters. Eugene; George A. ' Hunt, operator of the Medford Rialto; O. K. Bergner of the Vlning in- Ash land; Robert M. Marsden of the Noble theater, Marshfleld; D. M. Hull of the Liberty in North Bend; and" C. A. Gage of the Liberty in Coquille. Although Mr. Koerner has been in Portland several months, it is his first oppor tunity to go on the road and actually study the cinemas in Oregon. His trip was made possible by Mr. Bourke, who ha inaugurated the policy in all northwest Universal exchanges of the local managers knowing per sonally the territory in which they place films. In addition to Mr. Koer- ner's visits the regular universal salesmen are on the road. The Oregon Film exchange of Port land, Or., has sold all Its propertyf holdings, contracts and accounts, to the new Interstate Film exchange. Inc., of Portland, Or., with branch offices in S-iattle and Spokane, Wash. The new exchange is incorporated in Orepon for $5J.O00, fully subscribed by H. G. Mapes. president; L. A. Todd, vice-president and general manager; G. C. Mapes, secretary-treasurer. They are now operating by buying franchises for the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, Franchises on other territory eventu ally will be contracted for. The prpers of incorporation call for, in part, the buying, selling, leas ing and rentals of films, slides and accessories, to transact a general do mestic import and export business. Mr. Mapes and Mr. Todd, formerly branch manager for General Film company, Portland, have been con nected with the film business for a great many years. "High and Dizzy" Is the next two reel Lloyd comedy to be released. J. J. Parker, of the Majestic theater, want ed this picture for a showing begin ning yesterdny. On Tuesday he noti fied Melvln G. WInstock. local Pathe manager, and seeing difficulties In the yay for lack of time, Mr. Win stcck put in a long distance call for the New York Pathe office. New York was willing to accommodate Mr. Par ker, but saw difficulties in the way of landing a print In Portland in time for the Saturday showing. Permis sion was asked to telephone the labo ratories at Hollywood. This was granted and Los Angeles was request ed to furnish an immediate pTir.t of "High and Dizzy," which was done, and yesterday, in the forenoon at the opening of the show at the Majestic theater, "High and Dizzy" was on ex hibition and people were laughing at the antics of goggle-eyed Harold Lloyd. "For speed in the matter of service." said J. J. Parker of the Ma jestic, "I believe this achievement holds the record for the United States." A. B. Cleland, formerly Portland representative of Hodkinson corpo ration, has been appointed as man ager of Seattle, the position formerly held by P. G. Lynch, now Seattle Pathe manager, and Frank H. Cassil has been appointed Portland repre sentative of Hodkinson and will l-ortly make a tour of his. territory. getting acquainted with the trade. Mr. Cassil was particularly pleased with the way "Riders of the Dawn" went over at the Majestic theater. "The Girl in the Web," Blanche Sweet's latest production, has been sold to the Rivoli. As Miss Sweet will make her personal appearance in Portland at an early date, th Rivoli expects to put this picture on wnue she is in the city. W. M. Chambers, for two years past connected as a short subject sales man with Pathe, will shortly leave for a similar position out of the Dal las, Tex., office. Walter Wessllng. Pathe western division manager, re turned to Seattle Thursday and will leave almost immediately for Los An geles. W, G. Carruthers, special fea ture salesman for Pathe, left yester day for a complete tour of central Oregon points. Will Hudson, camera man' for Pathe Weekly, has been in the city all vek and is picturizing a big sensation from an aeroplane, de tails of which will be published next ween, -i can't tell what I am after said Hudson, "because I want it to be DRAMA - X 51 the best scoop that has ever beifc at tained in America." Pathe has signed a new lease for larger quarters and as soon as the dates of possession are fixed will announce the location. "We will have," said Manager Winstock. "the best equipped exchange west of Chicc-tfo when we get in our new place." Jazz is slowly but surely losing its place in Sunday concerts. A year ago the concerts had one, and never more than two, classical numbers. Today, however, one noon concert will be played with absolutely no jazz on its programme, and another will have but one group, which is of the popular ballad type rather than Jazz. The Rivoli programme to be given this noon at 12:30 o'clock will be as follows: Robespierre H. Lltelf realise Macabre Salnt-Saens Am Sprlngbrunnen A. Zabel Harp Solo Hubert Graf Elegle Massenet Uanco of the Hours A. Fenchlelll The weekday concert pieces will be: Rebesplerre H. Litelfr Am Sprlngbrunnen... A. Zabel Harp Solo Hubert Graf Henri Keates, who presides at the Liberty consule, has arranged the following programme for 12:30 o clock today: Strains of Klllarney R. Becker Lovely Night Offenbach Traumarei Schumann Estudlantlna 'Waldteufel A Perfect Day Carrie-Jacobs-Bond Chloa Lyons Dear Old Girl (by request) Haydtn, Hall and anyaer Aids Verdi Cecil Teague. Majestic . organist. will play the following numbers at 1:30 o clock this afternoon: The Diplomats Sousa Peppy Tune of Yesterday ana TMay. Kammenoi Ostrow Rubenstein la Sweet September ....Monaco LIBERTY SHOW'S FAMOUS PLAIT Passion's Playground" Is Picture of Monte Carlo and Gambling. Out of the sanctity of a Scottish convent. Mary Grant, through whose veins flowed the blood of her gam bler-father. Is thrown Into tne glamor of Monte Carlo's famous society. This is the central thought of Katherine MacDonald's latest production, "Pas sion's Playground," adapted from the world-famous story. "The Guests of Hercules," by C. N. and A. M. Wil liamson. This picture will be shown on the screen of the Liberty this week. Never in Miss MacDonald s career has she been afforded a role with the romantic and dramatic possibilities that come to her as the convent girl warned aforehand to beware of the memory of a chum who had three years before fled from the convent to become lost in tne maze or. gamoier nasslons. It Is in the strange meeting witn the mysterious runaway girl that the Messrs. Williamson have provided, a Climax ror tneir great pioi. rirageu to secrecy, Mary Grant takes upon herself the disgrace that accompanied the strange fate of the "missing- girl. The famous gambling hall or Monte Carlo, where men ajid women from the ends of the earth, memoers or tne nobility and royalty, adventurers and the idle rich, assemDie at tne snrine of chance, is faithfully reproduced In "Passion's Playground." Some typical scenes of the sort of crowds that frequent the notorious gaming resort, where great fortunes are won and lost in a single evening, have been Introduced. , RITOIil BILLS O. HEXET STORY 'The Garter Girl" la ' Something - Different in Film Drama. A breath of pure country air and a touch of theatrical color blended Into a human-Interest story charac terlzes ' "The Garter Grl," adopted from the O. Henry story and shown this week at the Rivoli theater. It is entirely different from the average feature, and this in itself makes the film an achievement in motion picture art.' To get something different in I this day, when there are hundreds oX 1 ns ! If iv ? viv v.. f &llr x ,w? , - V II ' ' Ik 11 7; ' irf'w , -j (- L 1 .1- - 4"-' ' ... . 1 TS- in iJI& .: - hjc rot 1,- - - - yf -.PSv.; v . pictures on the market, is worthy of special mention. Surprises, suspense, humor and love are cleverly blended in a background of artistic beauty set off by thrills and spectacular feats. It is not a story of the impossible. , Neither Is it a tale of weird, fantastic imaginings, but rather a story of life as It ex ists It is the beautiful simplicity, the closeness to human nature and events that come within the range of the average mortal, that make "The Gar ter Girl" something more than a mere film feature. It becomes a living, pulsating reality, telling life's story with all of its queer little twists and urns. The story deals with Rosalie Rav, a vaudeville actress, who every after noon and evening swings over the au dience and kicks a garter from her shapely leg. It disgusts her to see the young men and old fight for pos session of this memento. The ad vances made by men In the profes sion and especially those made bv Brad Mortimer, her manager, force her to the decision of abandoning the life. Rosalie seeks seclusion In a small hamlet and becomes a eoloist in the church choir. She becomes the sweetheart of the minister and final ly tneir engagement Is announced. Rosalie feels that at last she has dis covered a man who is different from the rest. One day In the minls-ter" tnrtv Rosalie opens a treasure - box. and what she sees' there convinces her that all men are alike. She returns to her old life and Brad Mortimer. iierpert Kawlnison. In "Th wr-iri and His Woman," will come to the itivoll next week. Today's concert at 12:30 o'elor-k noon, under the direction of Misrha Guterson, will be as follows: "Robes pierre- (jri. L,ttolff), "Danse Ma- caDre- (baint-Saens). "Am SDring- brunnen" A Zabel). harp olo, Hu- Dert urar; "Klegle" (Massenet): Dance of the Hours" (A. Penchielli). on week days the two selection win De played each afternoon and evening; "Robespierre" (H. Litolff). Am Sprlngbrunnen" (A Zabel) ha 'OLD LA DT SI' AT PEOPLES Women's Home Admits One Slore; Smiles and Tears in This Film. Kachel Croners' celebrated stage play, "Old Lidy SI," as adapted to the screen with Emma Dunn as the star, will be the feature at the Peo pies theater until Tuesday midnight. On Wednesday "The Shadow of Rosa lie Byrnes," starring Elaine Ham merstein, will be the attraction. Emma Dunn created the leading role of Angie In the New York stage production of 'lie play by Lee Kugel and was specially engaged for star dom on the screen In the same char acter. Angie is a personality of rare sweetness, and Just the sort of "mother" role that brought fame to Miss Dunn in the theater. In a story of qualntness and infinite charm. Angle end Abe, her life's part ner for 60 years, are reduced to pov erty. Ate is planning to go to the poor farm, while Angie, with the few dollars they have saved from the wreck of their lives, is headed for the old womsa's home. The thought of porting Is anguish to the lifelong lovers. At the doorstep of the old women's home. Angle lalters. The inmates take pity on the -couple, and. although it is against the rules, admit Abe as "old lady 31" he being the only male In the louse. But he Is happy to be near Angie and everything goes well until the 30 spinsters and "wid der women"- in the institution get their dander up when Abe is too at tentive to one of them. The ensuing incidents are of the sort that bring many smiles and an occasional tear. The play is in the very best vein of Rachel Crothers. one of America's leading women play wrights. Henry Harmon, who played Abe on the stage, re-creates that role in the screen version. Others in the cast are Winifred Westover. Antrim Short, Graham Pettle, Lawrence Un derwood, Clara Knott. Carrie Clark Ward, Sadie Gordon, Martha, ilatto. IW - VV II -' r! ' . - 1 '" ''",'.'''''11 Xs L v X ST May Wells and Ruby Lafayette. John E. Ince directed the production from the scenario by June Mathis, and Maxwell Karger, director-general, personally supervised it. SAXD" IS EXPRESSIVE TITLE1 Sew Hart Picture Opens for Week at Columbia. In these days of extravagant titles for motion pictures, it Is pleasing to record that the William S. Hart pic ture which opened for a week's run at the Columbia theater last night, bears the expressive name of "Sand!" It presents the popular delineator of western types in a characteristic role and Is thoroughly entertaining. band! has a double meaning. refers to the locale of the picture the broad expanses of the southwest ern "bad lands" and to that desirable ingredient in a man's makeup that helps him over difficulties and en ables him to dare much. Bill Hart is that kind of hero. Part of it is con summately good acting, but there is something in that homely face of his and sureness of movement that makes you believe he could really do in real life all that he accomplishes on the screen. Bill Hart has rationalized the Western." He has kept all the ex citement of gunfights, clashes with "bad men. holdups and the like. There are cowboys in "Sand!" There's the local "bad egg" and the fight-breeding saloons. But it has all the true-to-lifeness of your own home town and the folks next door. Mr. Hart's own characterization , of the cowpuncher hero is as clear as a cameo. He is a sort of D'Artagnan of the plains a straight shot, a stout heart, but inclined to wander where his whim rfireets. Few people realize the amount of care taken In. the selection of loca tions for modern screen comedies. "Solid Concrete," which will be shown, at the Columbia theater on the same bill with "Sand!" Larry Semon, Vitagraph comedian. is director as well as scenario writer of all his comedies and with each new production he has three functions to fulfil. In "Solid Concrete" the action takes place in a huge stone quarry and stone-crushing machines, gigantic cranes and a fully equipped- black smith's shop were a few of the prop erties needed. Larry Semon, the director, located all these and then made "Solid Con crete" a real comedy of the quarry yard. He works in the blacksmith s shop, takes a ride on the big cranes, falls off a trestle and generally plays the kind of a boob always getting into trouble. But the owner's daughter loves him despite It all and he comes Into full honors at the end. But the real triumph of the comedy is the trim to life color which Mr. Semon has put into the story through the legitimate background of the stone crushing Industry. WOMAN'S SOUL IS BARED Majestic Is Showing Miriam Cooper In 'The Deep Purple." That the goodness and beauty of a woman's bouI is something environ ment and circumstance cannot destroy is shown in "The Deep Purple," at the Majestic theater this week on the double star bill also featuring "High and Dizzy" and Harold Lloyd. The heroine of 'The Deep Purple," which is adapted from the sensational stage success by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner, is a sweet, unsophisti cated country girL Fresh from her rustic home, she is precipitated Into a seething vortex of crime and intrigue in the underworld and made the tool of a scoundrel blackmailer. Unwittingly she becomes the pivot of a blackmail scheme involving a prosperous young mining engineer. The conspiracy is exposed. In the eyes of the law the girl is an accom. plice of the blackmailers, but tne min ing engineer feels instinctively that the girl is a victim of circumstances and that her sweet, wholesome nature Is not a sham. How the girl justifies his faith and wins his love is revealed with telling effect by Walsh in this drama of love and faith. Miriam Cooper, whose superb act ing in "The Deep Purple" will win lavish praise from the thousands who will see the production at the Majes tic theater, is a protege of D. W. Grif fith. Under the master director's tutelage, the actress first learned the rudiments of her art and has since developed into one of the screen's most finished and skillful Interpre ters of emotional roler Previous to her debut In pictures. Miss Cooper was an art student. A chance meeting with Mr. Griffith re sulted in her decision to abandon the palette and brush in favor of a career fConcluded on Pare 6.) COME! Sunday and Monday BIG BILL HART in "The Toll Gate" VILLI AM S. HART la 'THE TOLL GATE' PARAMOUNT ARTCRAFT PICTURE Comedy 'Squeaks and Squawks' THE CKROLE f I'M 9 Open From 9 o'clock In the Morn- Ins; TntU 4 o'Clock the Following Morning, C XXJi