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TODArs roa features.
Majestic Mabel Normand,
"The Slim Princess."
Peoples Herbert Rawlinson,
The. Passersby."
liberty Wallace Reid, "Sick
Abed."
Columbia Thomas Melghan,"
"The Prince Chap."
Rlvolt Lew Cody, "The Butter
fly Man."
Star Shirley Mason, "Love's
Harvest."
Circle John Barrymore, 'TDr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Globe Mitchell Lewis, "Burn
ins Daylight."
Today's Music Features.
Rivoli Orchestra concert at
12:30 noon under direction of
Mischa Guterson.
Liberty Organ concert at 12:30
noon by Henri Keates.
Majestic Organ concert at 1:30
P. M. by Cecil Teague.
LL work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy.
So decided men of the Motion
Picture league Thursday when they
Toted to celebrate on the night and
morning of August 24. Because every
theater man's day is bounded on. the
south by 11 o'clock A. M., when the
majority of the shows open, 'and on
the north by 11 o'clock at night, the
almost universal closing time, the
noun of this "shindig" have been
Bet from 11:30 P. M. until 11 o'clock
me next morning. The affair is to
ake place on either the Swan or the
Bluebird, which will be chartered for
the event A full moon Is promised
for that night, and special requests
have been made that no rain be fur
nished.
Everybody In Portland connected
rlth motion pictures, whether occu
pying managerial or Janitorial posi
tions of prominence, will be expected
to attend. C. S. Jensen, president of
the league, appointed nearly every
member the head of an active com
mittee so that of necessity each will
be present. Not only are all movie
men invited but the lnvitat'on has
een given out to include all friends
of the Industry. The only requisite
la that tickets at U.60 each be pur
chased by the guests. Melvin G. Win
stock has been appointed chairman of
the ladles' reception committee. C. W.
Koerner has been put in charge of
the committee on chartering a boat,
and Manager Phillips of the Rivoli
theater head the committee on ar
rangements. Dancing and feasting are the two
amusements which have been agreed
vpon. "No polite sandwiches," de
clares Mr. Jensen. "That won't go.
we re going to have a regular
upper.
The boat party will be in the form
t a celebration, Mr. Jensen declares,
for on Thursday evenlno- he sirned
his name to a contract which agrees
10 nave installed by Auirust 2S
euper-Wurlitser three-manual organ.
in cost of the instrument will be
420,000, exclusive of installation ex-j
penses. which will amount to four
figures. This provides for as big an
orchestral organ as the size of the
Columbia auditorium will allow.
William Glass of the Butte Miner,
who haa been in the city on business
during the past week, was a guest at
tho luncheon of the Motion Picture
league last Thursday.
An innovation In film announce
ments is that made by A. A. Bruce,
manager of the Peoples theater, who
has announced that a continued story
la chapter form haa been purchased
for ahowlng In his theater, beginning
Saturday. Its title is "Trailed by
A Dree, ana advertising of a unique
TriDiy nas mireaay started under
Mr. Bruce's supervision. The matter
was presented to the Woman's Ad
elub at its meeting Thursday evening
in ine nenson noiei and a prize of
50 offered for an orinrlnal advertln.
ing stunt. The prize will be paid If
one or more suggestions submitted by
Ad club women are used. There r
It chapters in the story which will
cover a period of over three months.
two chapters wiil be shown dur
ing the opening week. The continued
story marks the revival of an old
idea which has been adapted to the
new and more discriminating de
mands of the first-eass theater audi
ences. Interest of all Pacific coast theater
owners, as well as those in the east
and middle west, centered in the hear
ing last week before Judge Tucker to
make permanent the order restraining
union members bearing printed labels
from picketing before motion-picture
houses declared unfair.
In last Thursday's Issue of Wid's
Daily, a publication for the moving
picture industry, appears the' follow
ing item which was read at the hear
ing by the attorneys for Jensen &
Voh Herberg:
"Minneapolis Following litigation
that has been before the Hennepin
county district court in one form or
another for three years, John J.
Campbell, proprietor of the Wonder
land. 27 Washington avenue South,
obtained a permanent injunction
against the Motion Picture Machine
Operators' Union of Minneapolis, local
219, the Minneapolis Trades and Labor
Assembly, as well as several individ
uals from 'continuing in anymanner
any conspiracy heretofore entered Into
by and between said persons or asso
ciations with the purpose or intent of
obstructing, destroying, annoying,
harassing or interfering with the
good will, trade, 'conduct or patronage
of plaintiff's business.'
"It is the second decision In Henne
pin county district court upholding
the 'open-shop' policy.
"The decision was filed by District
Judge W. W. Bardwell. before whom
the action for a permanent injunction
was tried September 23, 1919, after
there had been action for a temporary
injunction heard before Judge H. D.
Dickinson as early as June. 1917.
"The permanent injunction prevents
tne maintenance of picketing or ban
nerlng of the theater as 'unfair to or
ganized labor,' the court finding such
piciceting as nas been carried on the
result of a conspiracy by the labor
unions to Improperly and unlawfully
restrain trade. -
"Say, boys, I certainly do register.
You certainly should have seen that
film we ran off the other nitht-'
bucn is tne manner in which Frank
Lacey, manager of the Majestic the
ater, nas greeted his friends since
last Wednesday evening when a film
"shot" by Black Lock company was
run otf lor the first time.
"You see. It was necessary to find
out If I would register because I'm
going to play quite a prominent part.
Should a' seen me run square into the
leading lady." The company will
leave this week for Alaska, where
outside scenes will be made. Interiors
having been completed here.
excitement started on film row
last week when llfe-eiae pictures ar
rived at 403 Davis street, of the can
nibals In the South Sea islands, re
cently visited and filmed by the ship
wrecked expedition headed by the
University of Southern California and
Ed Leammle (nephew of Carl). The
film has already been run off at the
Universal exchange and is said by
those who have seen it to contain
unusual views of tiger hunts, prim.
itive life and jungle styles. In ad
dition to the arrival of this film. Mr.
Koerner is already heralding 'Once
to Every Woman," starring Dorothy
Phillips, and the latest Lyons and
Moran comedy, "La La, Lucille. Mr.
Koerner reported among his visitors
last week A. H. McDonald of the
Oregon and Rex theaters, Eugene
Manager Hume of the Palace theater,
Silverton; - and Manager Phelps o
Hillsboro. "Under Crimson Skies.'
the Universal sea story written by
J. F. Hawkes, has been booked by
Jensen & Von Herberg for the week
of August 21 at the Peoples theater.
The next copy of the Pathe Weekly
according to announcement of Melvin
G. Winstock, branch manager of Port
land, will contain pictures of th
notifying of Governor Coolidge that
he has been nominated on the repub
lican ticket for vice-president of the
United States.
The governor requested Pathe to
furnish him with a print of the pic
ture taken of himself by the Weekly
and the same was complied with im
mediately by the home office.
Pathe office, and booked "Alan and
His Woman," "Passers y." 'Broad
way Cowboy," "Rio Grande," "Girl in
the Web" and "One Hour Before
Dawn." He also signed up for the
second series of the two-reel Harold
Lloyd comedies.
Jensen & Von Herberg have
signed a contract for the exhibition
of a serial at the People's theater,
entitled "Trailed by Three," starting
date being Saturday, August 7.
Wv M. Chambers, who has been a
Pathe salesman for two years, has
been transferred to the Pathe branch
at Dallas, Texas, in which state his
parents reside. He left Wednesday
night,
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Melvin G. Winstock already Is
starting his campaign for the next
two-reel Harold Lloyd comedy, which
he declares to be a vivacious, rapid
fire automobile .story. The title is
"Get Out and J3et Under," and it will
be released for use of theaters on
September 12.
Mischa Guterson director of the
Rivoli concert orchestra, motored to
Seaside Thursday, where he spent
the day. He was accompanied on the
trip by Walter Butchart of Seattle,
one of the Rivoli stockholders and
the treasurer of the company.
F. Scholl, former Portland organist,
has been in the city visiting J. C.
Stille, manager of the RivolL Mr.
Scholl went from Portland to God
dard's theater in Sacramento, CaL.
where he was head organist. He is
now on his way to. New York, but
will return shortly via the southern
route, stopping in San Francisco to
determine the deal now open con
cerning a contract with the California
theater for head organist.
Mr. Stille has announced for next
week an airplane film made of Port
land and the highway between here
and Hood River, showing Cascade
locks. It was made by the Oregon,
Washington & Idaho Airplane com.
pany. Mr. Stille himself did not ac
company the cameraman, as be de
clares before he takes his air trip
more life Insurance must be taken
out for the better half of the family.
Albert Creitz, concert meister In
the Rivoli orchestra, has returned
from a vacation spent 20 miles back I programme for this noon Is as fol
ln the woods from Cannon beach, I lows: "Dardanella" (Bernard and
where good fishing was a big attrac- I Black), "Cavalleria Rueticana" (P.
tlon. t Mascagnl), "The Lord Is My Light'
Rumors have It that Jensen & Von
Herberg have purchased the Heilig
theater. The report, however, has
been denied by Mr. Jenaen-
Tannhauser overture heads the
Rivoli Sunday concert scheduled for
this noon under the direction of
Mischa Guterson. Other numbers are:
"Narcissus" (E. Nevin); "Tristan and
Isolde" (R. Wagner): "Angel's Sere
nade" (G. Braga), harp, flute and
violin: "Violets" (E. Waldteufel).
Grand opera outnumbers jazz three
to one in the concert Henri Keates
has announced for the Liberty the
ater today at 12:30 o'clock. A special
feature of the programme will be the
solo by Leah Leaska Cohen. Portland
singer, who has contracted to appear
at the Liberty theater Just prior to
her return to New York. Miss Cohen
has won recognition, not -only in
distant countries but In her own
land quite unlike the prophet's
honor. Her appearance at the Lib
erty will be her last appearance be
fore leaving the city. The Liberty
A. McDonald, owner ef the Rex the
ater of Eugene, was a visitor to th
LARGEST ORCHESTRAL ORGAN IN ANY MOTION-
PICTURE THEATER IS HERE IN PORTLAND
Only One Other Instrument Like That of the Liberty Theater Exists in the Country, Says Henri Keates,
Who Plays Giant Instrument.
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BY HENRI KEATES. ,
ARTICLE NO. 1.
PORTLAND may boast of the
largest orchestral organ Installed
In any motion picture house In
the United States. It is known as the
glsnt four-manual orchestral organ
designed by Hope Jones and with the
exception of the one in Denver cite
auditorium, which is exactly the same
although built on a larger scale,
there Is bo larger Instrument of its
kind In this country. The Denver
organ has mechanism similar In
every way to that of the Liberty In
strument, but because the auditorium
la larger and capable of assimilating
notes on a greater volume
been built on a larger plan.
In possessing the largest orchestral
organ, Portland may truthfully be
said " to lead the world In organ ac
companiment for motion picture
houses. The installation of expen
sive organs is characteristic of the
west alone. Eastern theaters, even
the largest New York and Chicago
motion picture houses, have what is
known as church organs, with few
orchestral devices and with little or
no variation for possible types of
music .. This la true today, but the
east Is awakening to the popularity
of the orchestral Instruments In the
Pacific coast cities and there Is a
growing tendency to enlarge the
theater organs and have them take a
more prominent part in each day
programme.
As Is true of almost every delicati
piece of mechanism, every organ, al
though built on exactly the same
plan, has Its own personality and in
dividual characteristics. The Liberty
giant organ excels all others in Amer
lea in volume, variety and delicacy
of tone color, I believe, and I have
played on every large instrument In
Denver, Seattle and other western
cities where orchestral organs have
been installed. - The Liberty consol
embodies many percussion effects
such as harps, chimes, xylophone,
glockenspeiles, vibrating bells, sleigh
bells and drums, so that the effect
an entire orchestra is produced.
(Leah Leaska). "II Trovatore" (a)
"Miserere" (Verdi). (b) "Anvil
Chorus" (Verdi), "Faust" (Gounod).
A novel musical la that offered by
Cecil Teague of the Majestic theater
in the concert to be given at 1:20
o'clock this afternoon. It Is entitled
"The Evolution of the Dance," and
represents the Majestic organist's
own arrangement. The entire pro
gramme will include: "The Whistler
and His Dog (Pryor). "The Dying
Poet" (Gottschalk). "Angel Face"
(Victor Herbert) (latest New York
success), "Evolution of the Dance"
(C. league).
SlilM. PBIXCESS" AT MAJESTIC
Mabel Xormand Making Success In
Hard Role.
The latest production In which
Mabel Normand Is starring is "The
Slim Princess." showing this week at
the Majestic theater, a comedy which
a-lves Miss Normand every raciuty ror
revealing her well-known versatility
and comedy ability. The atmosphere
of the story !s oriental and the plot
a set in Morovenla.
The Slim. Princess" was written by
that prince of comlque stories, George
Ade, and directed by Victor L. Schert
zlnger, and will be one of Miss Nor
mand s most popular pictures.
The story Is based on the oriental
custom of the unwed elder sister bar
ring marriage for the younger. Ka
lcra (Mabel Normand) portrays the
role of a .girl cursed with a slim,
beautiful figure, when stout rotund
ity Is appreciated more by the youth
of the city. In her endeavors to be
come fat and suited to her station In
ife. Miss Normand dons .an inflated
rubber suit which, at a lawn fete,
gets punctured and the much admired
Kalora stands before the startled eyes
of Morovenian youth, growing slim
mer and slimmer with each moment.
This Is but a glancing reference to
the manifold' amusing incidents in
this picture.
In support or Miss Normand is a
small, but all-star cast. Including the
popular actor, Hugh Thompson; the
famous character actor, Tully Mar
shall; the stout and beautiful Lillian
Sylvester, and Russ Powell, as Ka-
lora's father and governor-general of
Morovenla.
Cecil Teague will play the following
concert this noon at 12:20 o'clock:
The Whistler and His Dog" (Pryor);
The Dying Poet" (Gottschalk); "An
gel Face" (Victor Herbert), latest
New York success: "Evolution of the
Dance," arranged by C. Teague.
WALLY REID "SICK ABED"
cultles through being caught oat In
a rainstorm with a pretty Jady cus
tomer and seeking shelter in a rather
notorious roadhouse. Mrs. Weems
brings suit for divorce, and Reginald
Is the star witness against weems.
flee of his mother and sisters fcnd
through sheer nerve has made him
self a member of the "four hundred."
He is known as the "king of butterfly
men" and Cody to said never to have
had a more unusual or stronger role
To avoid appearing in court and In-than he has in this picture.
criminating his pal, Reggie feigns HI
ness. When two quack doctors, one
real one, a very pretty day nurse and
a night nurse who snores, and young
Mrs. Weems all arrive in the sick
room at once, complications and
rapid-fire fun ensue.
The concert arranged by Henri
Keates for this noon at 12:20 o'clock
at the Liberty will include: "Darda
nella" (Bernard and Black): "Caval
leria Rusticana" (P. Mascagnl) ; "The
Lord Is My Light" CLeah Leaska); "II
Trovatore" (a) "Miserere," (b) "An
vil Chorus" (Verdi); "Faust" (Gounod).
MEIGHAX IN "TTtrXCE CHAP"
In order to obtain settings of un
usual beauty and artistic perfection
In keeping with the ultra-smart nots
f the story, the Gasnier company,
which produced the picture, em
ployed the services of two art dlrec-
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Liberty Shows Noted Conudr of
Different Tone.
Handsome Wallace Reid lying In
bed. a towel around his head and i
pretty nurae and two doctors in at
tendance. This is the sight that would
have met your eye had you visited the
Lasky studios recently. And you
might have wondered if Wallace had
paid the price at last for the reckless
daring that he displays In those au
tomobile racing pictures of his.
But you would quickly have learned
a different story. Mr. Reid was just
making scenes for his new picture,
"Sick Abed," which will be at the
Liberty theater this week. Not that
the picture's one of those depressing
dramas, with half the cast dying off
before the third reel.
On the contrary, "Sick Abed" is one
of the liveliest Keld pictures ever
screened. Wallle Isn't ill a moment,
not even for film purposes. He's just
shamming, according to the story, in
order not to incriminate a friend of
his in a divorce suit. And the pretty
nurse by his bedside is none other
than Beba Daniels, the dusky beauty
of "Male and Female" and "Why
Change Your Wife?" "Sick Abed
will make real Invalids forget their
pains and cause well folks to roar
with mirth.
- The story Is frankly for entertain
ment purposes only. Wallace Reid
has the role of Reginald Jay, the
young friend of John Weems, a btrsl
ness man. The latter gets into diffl-
Film Tale of Ideals Opens Second
Week at Columbia
Can you Imagine a thrilling love
story in which after the first very
few scenes there is no romance until
the very last few scenes? Can you
i imaelno a play In which three dis
tinct persons unite In playing one oi
the leading roleaT Can you imagine
Thomas Melghan in his first stellar
role and surrounded with one of the
best supporting casts film land today
can .nroduce?
William De Mille Imagined it ana
so "The Prince Chap" Is now on Its
second week of continuous run at the
Columbia theater. It opened In Port
land a week ago last night and so
lance have the audiences been eacn
day since then that It nas Deen neces
sary to hold It here lor anoiner
week. ' WT.raa
The Prince Chap" has the majority
of its action laid in the Soho district
of London, where artists, poor and as
yet unknown to fame, work, frater-
nalize and share joys and disappoint
ments. Into this atmosphere comes
an American chap, young, gifted as
sculDtor and painfully poor. He
Is engaged to a girl at home waiting
patiently for him to woo the fame
which will bring thousands of dol
lars for her bats, frocks and good
times. But fame does not come. A
dvine model asks the young Amerl
can to care for her four-year-old little
crirl who was about to be left alone in
the world and who naa once naa an
American daddy. And the girl
home, ooisoned by an ambitious and
worldly aunt and an old-time suitor,
grows restless and iinany suspicious.
This Is the background laia ior
fascinating love story which the play
tells.
Llla Lee. who played with Melghan
n "Male and Female," and Kathlyn
William, whose success in "ine
SDoilers" will never be . forgotten,
have two of the leading roles. Lillian
Leighton portrays a dowager sort of
person and Is in sharp contrast to
"Ma" In "The Danein' Fool," in which
Bhe recently appeared with Wallace
Reid and Bebe Daniels. Charles Ogle
as the old faithful servant who re
fuses to leave "the prince chap" is an
other character delightfully well cast.
Much of the productions charm lies
in the hand of Ann Forrest, a little
studio slatrle, and two extremely
youthful Juveniles, "Peaches Jackson"
and May tiiraci.
CODY IS
liCTTEIlFIY MAX
Elaborate Social Setting Prepared
for Drama of Climbers.
Lew Cody will be seen In his lates
success. "The Butterfly Man." th
screen adaptation of George Barr Mc
Cirtcheon's novel, at the Rivoli the
ater this week.
"The Butterfly Man" Is a drama of
ultra-fashionable society and Cody Is
seen in the role of Sedgewick Blynn.
a' waster and idler, who at the sacri-
(Conciuded on Pace s.)
COME!
Sunday or Monday
John Barrymore
in
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde"
Larry Semon
in
"Solid Concrete"
Open from 9 o'clock In the morn
ing imtil 4 o'clock the following
morning.
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GLOBE
Jack London's
Burning Daylight
All-Star Cast
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