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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
"Liberty William S. Hart, "The
Cradle of Courage."
Columbia George Melford'a
"Behold My Wife."
Rivoli Louise Glaum, "Love
gladness."
. tojestic Hex Beach's "The
North Wind's Malice."
Peoples "The Poor Sirup."
Star Olive Thomas "Darllns
Mine."
Circle-Jack London's "The Mu
tiny of the Elsinore."
. Globe Olive Thomas, "The
Flapper."
Today's Music Features.
Rivoli Orchestra concert under
direction' of Salvatore Santa
ella at 12:30 P. M.
Liberty Organ concert by Hen
ri Keates at 12:30 P. M.
Majestic Organ concert by Ce
cil Teague at 1:30 P. M.
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THE most important event of the!
, week in Portland motion picture
circles, and many other cities of
1 he northwest, was the announcement
Tuesday that final settlement of the
iTbur-months" strike of musicians, op
erators and other union employes of
Jensen & Von Herberg houses had
been made by representatives of the
theater owners and employes late
Monday night at a conference in the
Liberty theater at Seattle.
.After etrenuous sessions lasting
several days, an agreement was
reached which proved satisfactory to
both sides. In the interests of set
tling the controversy, both parties ac
cepted certain compromises, but each
gained victories on some points.
With the signing of the settlement
pact the boycott maintained against
Jensen & Von Herberg theaters was
lifted by the unions. This was a wel
come announcement to many union
people of Portland whose motion pic
ture entertainment was curtailed dur
ing the strike through loyalty to their
organizations.
One week from tomorrow men and
women who formed the orchestras of
the Columbia and Peoples theaters
will return to their usual places at
these houses. Although both sides
have renewed friendly relations, 4 it
was decided that some time was need
ed until reorganization and installa
tion of union and non-union employes
could take place. Therefore Novem
ber 22 has been chosen as the date
for the formal renewal of things as
they were last June.
-According to the terms of the peace
pact, every musician and operator
who walked out last June 30 will be
reinstated in his former position in
the various Jensen & Von Herberg
theaters in Portland. Seattle. Tacoma,
Butte, Yakima, Wash., and Bremerton',
Wash. Union employes who remained
at work during the strike will be re
turned to good standing In their or
ganizations, ine unions agreed to
leave the question or the number of
musicians employed by any theater
to the owners. A new scale of hours
and pay will go into effect November
22. Musicians will have a six-hour
working day. six days a week, instead
of the former seven-day working
week. Approximately tne same rate
of pay will be given for the present
scale of hours as the old.
"I want to get my thanks across to
the people of Portland who stood by
our firm during tne important crisis
through which our theaters have just
passed," sid C. S. Jensen, senior
member of the firm, upon his return
from the Seattle conference.
"Why., the strike occurred has. al
ready been explained. Hundreds of
Portland people, believing our stand
was Just and right, patronized our
theaters regularly. They helped to
shield us from financial strain, and
through their co-operation we were
able to continue the Bervice and
standards for which our firm has
stood in the motion picture life of the
northwest.
"We deeply appreciate this help and
we Intend to show our appreciation
by rendering to them as much service,
in as friendly a manner, as it Is
humanly possible to do."
Elmer Pettingell, Portland attornev
who attended the Seattle conference
in the interests of the Portland mu
sicians unions, expressed the opinion
on nis return here that the settle
ment of the strike would be a great
benefit to. everyone concerned in the
motion picture business of the north
west. "Both sides carried on a hard
fought campaign, and the amicable
compromise reached in Seattle should
prove a satisfactory solution." said
Mr. Pettingell.
The Portland police quartet will ap-.
pear this week at the Liberty in a I
singing act. The Quartet recently I
LEADING PORTLAND MUSICIANS ARE IMPORTANT FIGURES
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was organized by Chief of Police Jen
kins, and the bluecoat songbirds have
become popular for the music they
have provided at various civic gather
ings. They will present their act five
times daily during the week. The
members of the quartet " are R. L.
Crane, Ralph Gowanlock, Ed Lawson
and George Johnson. Their appear
ance is appropriate, as the feature pic
ture of the Liberty programme is "The
Cradle of Courage, in which William
S. Hart plays the part of a policeman
on the San Francisco force.
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Bert Lytell, famous star who has
appeared on the screen in Portland
in several feature pictures, is sched
uled to visit this city in person the
end of this month, according to Will
iam Ely, manager of the Hippodrome
theater. Mr. Ely received word last
week that Mr. Lytell has started on
Wi tour of the Loew theaters of Greater
Newf York. Upon completing this he
will appear at Loew theaters in vari
olar other cities and will stop in Port
land on his way to Los Angeles.
Mr. Loew recently purchased con
trolling stock of the Metro Film com
pany, which has Mr. Lytell under
contract. .
John Stille, genial manager of the
Rivoli, denies the Implication that
the drawers of his desk contain, un
der, the camouflage of, old shoes, a
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treasure that is surprising in a
community.
"Owning the stuff these arid days
isn't a habit, it's an absolute art,"
says Stille, who is noted as a close
associate of the man who drives the
water wagon. "There was nothing of
the sort hidden in my desk, and the
worst of it all was the slander
against the shoes. They are the best
pair I have, and I keep them in my
drawer all polished and ready to
wear with, my dress suit."
The singing voice off-stage that
added a pleasing effect to the recent
showing of "Earthbound" at the Co
lumbia, was that of Miss Gladys Jus
ton, a well-known Portland girl and
talented contralto soloist.
A new projection room is nearing
completion at the new offices of the
local Famous-Players Lasky t ex
change,, 444 Glisan street. When fin
ished, exhibitors will be entertained
by preview chowings of all new films
of the exchange.
Norman Peel, who came here a few
weeks ago front New York to handle
the exploitation work of the Portland
Famous-Players Lasky exchange, re
turned early last week from' a trip
through southern Oregon. He visited
Left Henri Keates. Center Vincent
Kaonlfa. Right Cecil Teagof.
Final settlement of the long strike
of musicians' unions against Jensen
& Von Herberg houses brings Vincent
Knowles back to his former position
as leader of the Columbia orchestra.
Knowles and other members of the
orchestra have been reinstated by the
local theater owners and will take up
their work here again on Novem
ber 22. -
Cecil Teague, Majestic ' organist,
and Henri Keates, who plays the Lib
erty organ, remained at their places
during the four months of the strike,
with the exception of a few days at
the beginning of the trouble. Accord
ing to the terms of the peace pnet
signed by owners and unions, Tea;;ue
and Keates have been restored to
union mme-bership in good standing.
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SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER
the motion picture houses of Ash
land, Medford, and North Bend, and
reports that exhibitors in these cities
are running very close to , Portland
in their programme.
There are hundreds of children in
the United States who have the mak
ing of great artists if they only could
obtain proper training under capable
instructors, but often the financial
resources of their parents prevent
these youngsters frpm getting the de
sired instruction.
Robert White, 10-year-old Portland
boy. seemed destined for this class.
Fortunately, however, the lad came
to the notice of Salvatore Santaella,
orchestra leader of the Rivoli. who
was so Impressed with- the youth's
talent that he arranged to devote two
hours a week to piano lessons for
the boy, free of charge, and Mr. San
taella. who has had many child pupils,
predicts a brilliant future for the lo
cal youngster. ,
New sales methods are being in
jected into Portland film row by
John Brill, who came here two weeks
ago from the New York city office to
assume the management of the local
exchange for Universal. Film manu
facturers recently began to include
IN STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
rhymed reviews in their press books
which are sent out to newspapers and
magazines as advance matter. Now
comes Mr. Brill with a rhymed letter
which he sent last week to every ex
hibitor in the state of Oregon, to in
troduce the latest reels featuring Joe
Martin, the almost-human ape, whose
pictures have been shown before in
local theaters. The new form of sales
letter is novel and has a punch, and
as a result will be adopted as a regu
lar weekly feature of the exchange.
Perusal of Mr. Brill's latest adventure
into the field of poetry reveals the
author as a first-class film expert
rather than an embryo Shakespeare.
'
F. W. Teufel arrived in Portland
Thursday, accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Teufel will become manager of
the People's theater here, but will not
take active charge of the house for
several days, as he is spending his
time now getting acquainted along
film row and studying conditions in
Portland. He was formerly manager
of the Rialto theater of Butte, Mont.,
where he spent the last eight months.
When the interests of the firm of
Jensen & Von Herberg in the Rialto
were acquired recently.-' Mr. Teufel
was brought to Portland by C. S. Jen
sen to enter the organization here.
"I am delighted with Portland,"
said Mr. Teufel shortly after his ar
rival here. "It seems like a real mo
tion picture town, and it was a grat
ifying surprise to me to see the large
crowds at the matinees of the various
theaters thi3 afternoon. I have no
definite plans to announce until I
have a chance to size up the situation
here, but my first duty will be to
serve the picture fans, whose wishes
are the prime consideration of our
business.'"-
That motion picture exhibitors can
make good in fields outside the thea
ter was shown by the results of the
recent primary election, when John
Kigg-ins, owner of the U. S. A. theater
of Vancouver, Wash., was nominated
mayor of that city by a two to one
vote. .
Mr. Kiggins was in Portland dur
ing the week buying films. He showed
a copy of the only bit of publicity
propaganda that he issued during
his campaign. It was a little eight
page leaflet which carried on one
cover the title, "What I Have to Say
About My Opponents, by John Kig
gins." This title was the only mes
sage in the booklet, which contained
blank pages.
William Wood, who watches over
the mechanical needs of the five or
gans in local Jensen & Von Herberg
houses, last week completed a marimba-xylophone
attachment to be added
to the Columbia theater instrument.
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Henri Keates, Liberty organist, an
nounced for his special Sunday con
cert this noon a patriotic programme
reminiscent of armistice celebrations.
The programme consists of:
a) 1a Marseillaise.
(b) American National Anthem.
The Lost Chord Sullivan
Le Secret Cavtler
Sextet Donizetti
Fantasy of Scotch Melodies. . .Arr. Keates
TJiree new members of the Motion
Picture league of Oregon are Larry
Keating, part owner of the Lyric
theater, J. A. Johnson, manager of
Pantages, and Lee Pearl, of the Baker
theater management. They were in
itiated into the mysteries of the order
of film men last week.
The regular Thursday noon lunch
eon of Portland motion picture men
at the Benson hotel was omitted last
week because of the Armistice day
celebration. '
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The Rivoli orchestra will play the
following programme under the di
rection of Salvatore Santaella at the
regular concert at 12:30 P. M. today:
Overture. "If I Were King" A. Adam
Kumoreske A. Dvorak
Selection, "Katinka," (request) .. .R. Frlml
Melody in F A. Rubinstein
Waltz, "Spring, Beautiful Spring" .....
. Paul Llncke
Hungarian March Rokoczy ....... F. Liszt
The postponed meeting the Hudson
Parent-Teacher association will be
held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Frazelle will speak on "Chil
dren's Playthings."
Tr a recent number of the Photo
play Journal appeared an article on
a subject which is the ground for
much discussion among motion pic
ture followers, namely, the so-called
"happy ending." The Journal said
in part:
"Robert E. MacAlarney, prominent
scenario editor, is perhaps the most
authoritative person in the United
States on the subject of motion pic
ture stories. He is art implicit be
liever in the "happy ending," the turn
or. twist to a picture which suddenly
snaps the threads of a plot and brings
hero and heroine into each other's
arms, reconciles parted friends, saves
the hero from an evil end, prevents
suicides. murders, accidents and
chickenpox from affecting the super
human lives of the puppets who move
across the screen.
"Mr. MacAlarney argues that the
public wants to leave the picture the
ater with mind refreshed, with smiles,
not with tears. He says that there
is too much suffering, too many sor
rows, in real life; that the picture
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producer should bring a ray of sun
shine to the picture spectator; that
the picture should preach hope, not
despair, faith in things - as - they-
shouid-be. Mr. MacAlarney is far
from alone in this attitude. The pic
tures that are produced in every stu
dio of the country work toward the
happy ending. They admit of no '
other. . Rarely does some daring di- j
rector, or some famous actor, tempt
fate by producing a picture which
ends unhappily.
"John Barrymore'a 'Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.' D. W. Griffith's "Broken
Blossoms' and more recently Maurice
Tourneur's production of 'The Pa
vilion on the Links' were concessions
to art instead of to what is supposed
to be the public taste.
"The tide, obviously, is turning.
Pictures have suffered in the past
from the arrows of taunting critics,
those who said that the photoplay
panders to immature taste, that it has
never even approached the dramatic
intensity of the stage play. The pro
ducer must give the public what it
wants. Pictures cannot be made with
out money. Money must come from
the public and the public will pay to
see only what it wants.
"What do you think about the
'happy ending? Would you prefer
to have seen Leon Kantor turn in
self-abnegation from the hope of win
ning his bride in Humoresque,' or
did you enjoy the final twist that
restored the strength of his shattered
arm? Or would you have made Jekyll
finally dominate in Stevenson's story.
crushing out the evil Hyde, and finally
winning the girl he loved? Or would
you have saved the girl in 'Broken
Blossoms. so that the honest-Bouled
chink might clasp her in his arms?"
BEHOLD MY WIFE BILLED
Columbia Showing Thrilling Film
of Canadian Northwest.
A picture that is distinguished by
its breadth of theme and background
comes to the Columbia theater for a
week's run. It is "Behold My Wife!"
George Melford's latest production,
based upon Sir Gilbert Parker's thrill
ing story of the Canadian northwest,
"The Translation of a Savage."
The central characters are an In
dian girl and the aristocratic young
Englishman who , marries her in a
moment of rage because of word that
his fiancee back in England has
thrown him over, due largely to his
family's efforts. Determining to hu
miliate them, he sends his redskin
bride overseas to them. Then he pro
ceeds to go to the devil in his own
way. However, dramatic events
bring about the regeneration of the
man and the- translation of the girl
into a beautiful, cultured woman, and
the ending is a happy one.
"Behold My Wife!" has the rare
good fortune to have a cast of play
ers that interprets each role with
rare sympathy. Mabel Julienne Scott
is the heroine and Milton Sills por
trays the part of the young English
man. Elliott Dexter and Ann Forrest
also have important roles. The pic
ture is a Paramount and was adapted
to the screen by Frank Condon.
RIVOLI SHOW'S LOUISE GLAUM
Exotic Beauty " of Silver 1 Screen
Star in "Love Madness."
On the screen Louise Glaum, who
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Parker Read Jr.'s newest super-production,
"Love's Madness," seldom de
lineates the outdoor type of girl. And
yet, in reality, 'that Is exactly what
she is.
Miss Glaum has recently purchased
a u;w yacht, "The Cinema," and as her
studio is but a short run from the
yacht's mooring, it has become a
familiar sight to habitues of the
beach to sfe the trim, white craft
cleaving tne waters of the Pacific
with the screen's exotic beauty at her
helm.
Most of her time when not busy be
fore tLe camera is spent aboard the
Cinerra, which is said to be one of
the most lavishly appointed pleasure
boats on the west coast.
To Charles Stumar, the c'nematog
rapher responsible for the photogra
phy of many successful special pro
ductions, are attributed the spectac
ular lighting effects that feature the
settings in "Love Madness."
Mr. Stumar is a graduate of the
College of Technology in Hungary and
ranks high among motion picture
cameramen.
"A Fresh Start," a comedy featuring
Marvel Rea, is an added feature of
the new Rivoli bill.
WASHBCRX IX 'A FULL HOUSE
Peoples Has Delightfully Con
ceived Comedy This Week.
Bryant Washburn has in "A Full
House." his new comedy drama, a
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delightfully conceived comedy role
"A Full House" was scenr.rized by
Alice Eyton from the famous Fred
Jackson stage farce. It will be pre
sented at the' Peoples, starting Tues
day after the close of the present
feature, "The Poor Simp."
In the production Mr. Washburn
appears as George Howell, a young
attorney who gets Into most amazing
difficulties when he leaves his bride
for a few hours to go on a business
trip. This journey has a most amus
ing maze of complications involving
another man's love letters, stolen
jewelry, policemen and thieves. Mr.
Washburn's impersonation is a finely
drawn characterization.
Opposite the comedian is Lois Wil
aon, the pretty and popular leading
woman. It has been-some time since
Miss Wilson has appeared in a Wash
burn picture. Hundreds of her ad
mirers will welcome her back to the
company. -
Other well-known players In the
cast include Guy Milhan, Hazel How
ell, Vera Lewis. Catherine Wallace.
Lottie Williams, John Wild, Z. Wall
Covington and Frank Jonasson.
WILLIAM II ART AT LIBERT V
Cowboy Star Appears in Hole of
Policeman.
In "The Cradle of Courage," which
shows at the Liberty theater this
week, William S. Hart, the famous
cowboy star, appears as a policeman
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Adapted from a story
written by
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