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SECTION FOUR Dramatic, Photoplays and Real Estate News VOL. XLI PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY JSIORNING, MAY 21, 1922 NO. 21 " Ivci' i f? YXt MilCIT1 fm:ii - vfvp if fM'' bi:-'--: ,7::, v i?Mnl3 Vwr-JCk 'V;.--.fc5 J.4 -ml ' v? 1 v Vv. , V . w , - Xf. rince enables him ."to look well under' L1"- J . t " the. bad weather.". " " . " j1hwhi'"T' . A mink fur coat, valued at $10,000,. I ' . ' ' 1 1 1 1 I I 1 ' ' 'I I ' ' P'ays a. leading and dramatic part in If-, .ill I tW A Sf "Brothers Under Their Skins," which I 'WMiiijB'vytw,MWt'isatiOTTO n.nin i mm wj'V!litm ihwhimihjd 1111 H ,s ' 'k M 3t 'aT' 4j A E. Mason Hpper .is directing for I f J4&jl-??r1&4' , i V 1111 I l' .,,X V A Blonde' and beautiful Claire- Wind- . " I - fS -V W IV a 7T 11 -is " i l f fl wilfe is.fe sor, working , "Brothers' Under j -fiT ti : V TTW , - f 5 V-f jfl Their Skins." was described the other f ' f j JVfPi &Jjfc l T tl ' P it ? $ V I jfeCS day as- being "of Swedish distrac- " tS 2 ' - x V" t&Ti&T IJ tXVJ 1 tion." The, ethnological humorist who ' I M ffi ' ' .?T JT STHt Wt I H made the observation has success-- I J . . -T PJf.W " 4 HtfS& 1 l I - ! ; : L ; : i ND now Victor Herbert, the re- sober. "One drink will make an actor nowned orchestra conductor, comes out in defense of the movies and the people that ' make them. The recent attacks of the re formers have nettled and irritated the noted composer. Mr. Herbert ' knows whereof he speaks. His association with mem bers of the industry is extensive. He has lived with them and played with Gold wyji. The coat Was rented by them. - .". the studio and is Insured for the full While appearing: as guest-conduc- amount, tor at John Kumsky's New. Capitol ....' theater. Detroit. Herbert, in an inter view, expressed his sentiments re garding those: who attacked the whole picture industry because' of the actions of a, few in Hollywood, -. He is quoted in part as follows: "Thousands of people in an Indus- fully eluded the. police. of Culver City, try and a couple of sensational police : cases bring the whole industry into ' Helene Chad wick,' of Gold wyn pic disrepute. - tl"e fame, loves to collect auto "What do these reformers know graphs and doesn't care who knows about the picture or theatrical world? it.", Mary' Gaeden, who visited the Xt the people who make pictures are Goidwyn stutlios recently, was added immoral, then I am Immund. If the to her list of alphabetic scalpsi people who entertain us from the stage are immoral, then I urn im- N'orman Kerry, who suffered . an moral, for we are all alike, and it is attack of "klieg" eyes, has returned a terrible thing to brand any class of to work: He is playing a prominent people as immoral." rele in "Brothers Under Their Skins," .''." ! Peter B. Kyne story now under the Mildred Davis, who has three direction of E. Mason Houoer generations of' writers back of her. "dropped into poetry" recently and a friends of hers sent her effort to a "fan" magazine. The magazine not only printed it but sent her one William de Mille has finished Nice People," his production for Para mount, with Wallace Reid. Baho Xaniels and Conrad Nagel, and is now paper dollar. Notwithstanding such eneaeed in the work of cutting and o-oacuiuiiiig me mm. When he fin ishes he will turn his attention to an adaptation by Clara Peranger of Uooth Tarkington's story, "Clarence," with Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres and May MeAvoy. an auspicious debut in the literary world, however,. Miss Davis has had the banknote framed and is going to continue in motion pictures. '...' Laurance D'Orsay, the celebrated Knglish actor, who is well known as the original "Karl of Pawtucket" in August Thomas' famous play of that name, has been added to the cast supporting Richard Barthelmess In "The Bondboy," which will be the young screen artist's next starring vehicle. - . . 'i '. Scf7? Sjt?77 2?&7t (sretJ,4c&'ze7fj-cj7 oY" rector says she looks four years younger than she did two, year? ago, it figured? "Exercise Harry Myers, Emmet King, Percy Pembroke, Josef, Swickard, Noble Johnson. Thai is the cast with which Robert Hill began production at Universal City on "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." Harry Myers is famous as "The Con necticut Yankee." ' Gertrude Olm stead won . the Elk's beauty contest and made good as an actress.. Kmmet King is rioted particularly for clerical roles. Percy Pembroke has been Diving for pearls and battles be tween a. nnwhAtif ait ,,i .. .... wiiu a ma- How-s v,.lc Su aim a near-pirate schooner swers Helen " yy crqoKea pearlers are a few . . ... of the stunts now engaging the at- Mary l,deB one of the-best known tention of the company making "The character women on the screen, is Man Unconquerable" for Paramount rs.iin fr i.p i.-if,,- roast to' Jack Holt is the- star, and N-. Tork tn'nlnv the, nart of Richard Barthelmess' mother in his forthcom ing production of George Washington Ogdep's "The Bondboy." This will be the fourth of the series of pictures in which Mr. Barthelmess is being starred; by Inspiration Pictures for First National release. His most re-, cently completed production, "Sonny," is slated for release this month. ; " . ' pictures. Gertrude Olmstead. i? is he- who manipulates the machine gun.- . .. :' Maxwell Karger, official of Metro Pictures and formerly general man ager of the local studios of that cor--poration. was stricken on the train while en route to Hollywood. He leaves a widow and two children. He was 4.Y. , ; '. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. L,iterty Norma Talmadge, "Smilin' Through." . "- ' , .. ..; Majestlc--Zane Grey's "Wildfire ; story, "When Romance Rides.' rtivoli Anita Stewart, "The Woman: He Married ", Peoples Jean Paige, "The Prodigal; Judge.'.",.' " ", Columbia Vera Gordon, "The Good Provider." ' Circle Fox special, "Thunderclap." "j ; ' ' -'. . ; ; ;; Hippod.rome Viola. Dana, "Seing's Believing.",' . ,. ... , :'. 1 Having completed the .cutting and titling of "One Clear Call," his latest; The latest in protective screen or featured in western dramas., Josef '" woman 8 C1UD- production, Director John M. Stahl Swickard was the French father in "arted by Helen Ferguson. Mary Ja now looking for a stoTy for- his "The Four Horsemen." Noble Johu- Pickford has been nominated for the pext picture. . A number of plays have son is the big fellow who combines Presidency. Membership is to be by been SUDmitted, but none of them a great physique with dramatic 'nvitation only. -The object is to pro- measures up to standard. Human" in ability, and did his best work with tect the good names of the picture terest is the principal requisite for Louis Glaum and House Peters in actresses. It is a commendable move- theae vehicles, but they must also "The Leopard Woman." rpent Helen., by the way, is looking have regular, everyday sort of people younger than ever. When she was for characters, , a strong climax and Raymond Hitchcock, comedian, who only 17 she had played seven neg- a consistently good, logical plot. is featured in "The Beauty Bnop, wives, anu now sne iooks too youthful for matronly roles. One di- J ing in Peter B. Kyne's '.'Brothers whether of the city or' of the country. Under Their Skins," which E. Mason is not fond of cynicism or satire or Hopper is directing, will go to Vienna sarcasm, and Rayr; has been careful in May to star in a series of pic- to- avoid a false or unsympathetic tures backed by American capital, atmosphere. v He has consistently The actor has only recently returned chosen natural and wholesome themes from Italy, where he acted before the and they have been found to appeal camera. The leading woman in these equally to the high-geared city foreign pictures will be Hazel Dawn, . dweller and to the calmer living former ' screen and musical comedy rural citizen. '-' ; ''"." " ;. : " star.. Mr. .Kerry will leave for New York as soon as he finishes "Brothers Under Their Skins." ; SOUTH SEA ISLANDS VOGUE TAKES BIG GRIP ON MOVIES The finest pair of masculine under pinnings seen in filmdom-since Will Rogers wore tights in "Doubling for Romeo," are now being exhibited by Antonio Moreno, who is playing the Norman Kerry, who is now appear- Part of an Italian dancer in "The Bit terness of . Sweets. which Rupert Hughes is personally directing at the Goidwyn studio. The athletic . Tony wears beautiful . purple tights in one of the dances. "Aren't they gor geous,"' said feminine, observers. '. ' ' Location Fever Current in Magazines Also Casts Its Spell Over Mind of Writers for Silver Sheet. ' - I HE South Seas vogue that has been current in literature has hit The picture chosen as George Arliss' next United Artists' Production is an adaptation of "The Silent Call," a play' by Jules .Eckert Goodman .con-, starring Mary Miles Minter, is re- trolled, and Dlaved orleirially by Otis f erred to-in the studio as "a South skinner. Forrost Halsey has prepared Thirty years of travel without the aidwf a single .Baedecker Is, the rec ord of My Mayer, who has produced the Hy Mayer Travelaughs, now being distributed by. R-C Pictures. Mr. Mayer's' last trip took him through all continental - Europe; "where he photographed the pictures that com prise" the current series of -Travelaughs: " ' ,'"."T; "y ' . . - After -a- year's .absence from the screen Mr. and Mrs. Carter' Do Haven are to return in a series of two-reel domestic comedies. The De Havens are' both, screen and stage favorites, and their resumption of their screen work is the.:result of a demand, re ported by theater' owners throughout the country, for some comedies to take the place of those produced by the late Sidney Drew and Mrs. Drew. The De Haven comedies will be dis- pletes his part in "The Black Orchid," which. Rex Ingram is now directing at the Metro studio. -.,.''' Upon the completion of "Blood and Sand" at the Lasky studio. Fred Niblo will ' head his -own production unit .at the Louis B. Mayer studios, where he recently directed Anita Stewart in two First National at tractions,, "T?he Woman He married" and "Rose O' the Sea." Since h'is de sertion, of stardom on the speaking stage several years " ago Mr. Niblo has devoted himself to mastering the art of picture making with the result that he is now considered one of the foremost dramatic directors in the industry. "The Three Musketeers" and "The Mark of Zorro" are among his latest successes. '.-"-."."' Jousting was a popular sport among the knights of the twelfth century and the re-enactment of such a con test is one of the features in the Douglas Fairbanks version of ''Robin Hood." One thousand players parti cipate", wnerp , tnese scenes were "shot" at the Pickford-Fairbanks stu dios at Hollywood and Doug won the day after what he termed the . most strenuous test of his picture career. Mack Sennet's big special feature, made under the working of "For Love or Money," is to be released soon un der the title of "Crossroads of New York." The comedy in this film, ' it Is said, is tempered with the most thrilling melodrama. The cast con tains Kathryn McGuire, Noah Beery, Ethel Grey Terry, George O'Hara, Robert Cain, Herbert Standing, Will iam Bevan, Mildred June, Charlie Mur ray and others: Alfred E. Green, who recently com pleted "Our Leading Citizen," star ring Thomas Meighan, has been chosen to direct Wallace Reid In the latter's new Paramount picture, "The Ghost Breaker," the production of which has been started at the-Lasky studio. Lila . Lee vwill be Mr. Reid's leading woman. Funny how the. Latin atmosphere, clings about Lila Lee. She was a South American bea-uty in "The Dic tator," with Wallace Reid as star; In "Blood and Sand." Valentino's star picture, she plays Carmen, a the "new Cosmopolitan production. began his stage career many years ago as a clerk in a shoe store In Auburn, N. Y. " . ' "Hitchie" says he just "fell in" to comedy parts. It took him very little time to make a name on Broadway. ; - - -. Constance Talmadge's suit for divorce against her husband, John Pialoglo, wealthy, young tobacqo Im porter of New York, will be set for early trial in the-Los Angeles court. Filmland believes;, he" will not con test, although the charge is cruelty. George Walsh is suing Tom . Mix in a California court for t25.000 charging that Mix borrowed Joe r lnB auuiors ana lecturers join ner nusband, and ; finds that he Walsh's horse, for use in a picture who Plcture the Pacific atolls as lotus has succumbed to the South Sea lure and has refused to return the animal, islands ' flowers and sunshine, and a" native woman; , On the other :. ;. , . Where nature provides food, drink and hand, Phyllis meets there a young The , most tinusual .- ifre-view ever amusement, where one has only to lie man, a wealthy plantation owner, held was the one which Universal under a spreading palm and enjoy who has kept his Ideals and morals. gave to; Louis Victor Eytinge in the love without: obligations and peace as well as his American efficiency. state penitentiary at Florence, Ariz, unbroken by responsiDinties. lnis is -The Man Unconquerable' starring botn in and out the theater. Eytinge is a "lifer" in the peniten- a very popular view, typinea by rea-. Jack Holt, pictures still another as- . v . . ..,. Reports have it that the book files sufficient contrast to Mr, Stahl's last production, "One Clear Call," adapted TASK OF PICKING LOCATIONS FOR MOVIES NO SINECURE Not Always a Case of Rolling Over Attractive Country in Big Studio ' ., Cars Many . Features Not So Comfortable. 7 . l"" " P-' Piccure witnout a grass skirt or a the continuity, and Arliss has just V , " 'V 't, , '2m -I plexing ,quest,on"The South Sea beach comber." There is intense Ugun work 0l it,underth6 direction -! ""'S; isles: paradise or prison?" has been drama hm . whw wvni.. t.. ...... . . . . .. .... voive in a general way aoout the , .. . .. or iiarmon weignt, wno airectea mm tv(bi j j, , TTl OT- Itf.oD Afintttl Q.pf,rao n C .. . . . . .. ",J V...LL.1 to J I a. x . ..,,.., . . . .. ju. w in -ine Jtiuiing fassion. worrying the scenario writers. newly mar ried couple. Theater lovers throughout the coun- John M. Stahl's next production will try will have the opportunity t see be based on an original .story - by their , stage favorites- in: Starland the director, according to announce Revue, "a: single reel motion picture nient frem the Louis B. Mayer studios. subject, which presents all the Broad- Hundreds of books and -olava were way . favorites, in intimate views of read by the scenario staff in the search for material for this picture. ,. but. none of those suitable were in tiary, and from his cell sent out his eric - onen s dooks, w ime snaa- pect or lire peiow tne equator. The ows in ine opuui seas ana t aynw soutn t-acuic arcnipeiago is the scene ac ' the Louis B, Mayer studios "are Isles of the South Seas. of the climactic sequence of "The- now hetnir dusted off anrt snrtoH nn Z, ' ' .' ... t - i . . , , . - A . - ..... , . ..- irom ine novel Dy j? ranees iNimmo On the other band, there are au- Bonded . Woman,' starring- Betty preparatory to a big spring produc- r.. -; mh. photoplay entitled "Peterman." The company liked the play, but not the title and asked Kytinge and his com panions in the blue-gray penitentiary to select a title.: They chose "The Man Under cover." hrt who With Mhnrnlv Hahripal romnoi . Antrala Mcu f,-. ... ........ . " V. on arive.-. r. . mayer, ai present film u now beIn g prep&red ind wlll pens, characterize the "'tropicil love"' leaves her home in San Francisco, holds the' film rights to a- number of h.kii k. f. .k-ti. itv,i as sordid indulgence,, the flouting of and sails -to reclaim . the man she popular novels by; such authors as.' a 'week or two.. convention as vice, and the languor loves, bhe finds him drowning the .Harold MacGrath,- James Oliver Cur- as laziness. Of such Is "The Cruise bitterness of his soul in drink! Here wood, Kathleen No-rris and Frances ' Lewis Stone, noted screen star and of the Kawa,'! written by "Dr. - Trap-; are shown all the meretricious attrac- Nimmo Greene, and also has options former, stage celebrity, haa been, en rock," and a smaller but increasing tions that lure a man to his downfall, on two current' stage sucesses. gaged for the leading role in the number of other volumes. - But another side is effectively ..-.'. - - next John M. Stahl production, prep- The undeniably romantic flavor of shown, for Angela gets her man on Figures compiled by' the Charles arations for which ' are now under this region has made It the scene of a board a small schooner, and contrives liay Productions indicate that Charles way. This; bill, will be Mr. , Stone's number of motion pictures. However, to get him and herself left alone on Ray's pictures have about even pop-, second picture under Mrs" statu s di- it has been the aim of their authors a desert island of the group. Here ularity In large cities and small. The- rection, having scored a big hit in "Brothers Under Their ' Skins,", says and directors to present life as it is, the man conquers himself and his evilv large ones favor him by a. trifle. It his "The Child Thou Gavest Me," that the only way to play a "drunk." and to avoid argument or preachment. , desires, and-finds regeneration, and is felt by those who plan Ray's pic- some months ago. He will start at and- be convincing, is to be totally "South of Suva," a Paramount picture love. tures- that the - average- movie-fan,-the Mayer studio as soon as he com- A "pillar" made of soft cloth used In a ballet set In "The Bitterness of Sweets" caught fire the other day and went up "like a rocket. The neighboring pillars, in this story by Rupert Hughes, escaped the flames. Pat O'Malley,' who is appearing in WHAT a wonderful assignment! To the ; average fan who looks at the -screen and ad mires the beautiful out-of-doors, pho tographed from mountain tops and valleys, the jungle or rolling plains, the thought no doubt appeals to them that if only they could be. commis sioned to go out. and find locations for filming they would, never ask for anything closer to a sinecure. It must be admitted, however te dious and oftentimes difficult the work: of a location man necessarily is, it nevertheless attracts those who do not know, what an arduous task it is. To show what a location man is up against, what he must know and how he goes about his work, we will take for. an .example .the' exterior require ments for ' "Suzanna," Mabel , Nor mand's newest production. , Among the many scenes to be por trayed in-this new comedy drama, an original story typifying the early and romantic days of southern California, about the time of 1835, are several that will afford an idea of the vast amount of lands controlled by the rich old Dons of that period and the immense herds of cattle, of the long-, homed variety, ' which spread ' them selves out in picturesque fashion on the broad expanse of plains and hilly country. Naturally, such atmosphere r could not be found within many miles of the film city. To get It required the services of, someone familiar with the country of today and with more than a smattering knowledge of what the country was Jike during the period in which the story is laid. v - Loaded . down with tents, ropes, shovels, axes and cooking utensils, ready for any emergency, the location men started. -. e t The crew1 headed south ' was con-' fronted with more real thrills than were those who took the opposite way. During the day they had to contend with flooded roads, alternated with shifting desert sands, all the while in readiness to "get out and get un der," never knowing when they were to be mired or up to their, hubo in the soft sand. " . ,' On more than one occasion they had . to be towed out of difficulty. Their nights, spent out in the open country, were not entirely given over to peaceful slumber owing to the fre quent interruptions of a not too har monious blend of throaty calls from mountain lions and coyotes. . - As souvenirs of this expedition, which was headed by . Bill . Guthrie, the Sennett zoo has been added to a full-grown brown bear and a lynx were snared, and, strange to say,-the bear was taken much easier than the lynx, which had to; be fought by three men before being subdued. .. .. Spanish lass; and now she'll be a Castilian princess in "The Ghost Breaker," In which Wallace Reid will have the stellar role. The complete cast for "Someone to Love," the most recent Thomas H. Ince feature to enter production, is announced as a near-perfection "bal ance" in characterization. The cast includes Madge Bellamy, Cullen Landis, Noah Beery, Vola Vale, Harry Rattenbury, Carrie Clark Ward, Bert Sprotte, Lincoln Stedman and Larry Steers. -i The "Someone to Love'.' company is on. location near Santa Cruz in northern California under the direc tion of John Griffith Wray, who di rected "Hail the Woman." In "Evidence." lilaine Hammerstein i .......... ... i mniaa impel ByiictLCb cm atucas nuu iiiauiM into society and makes her snobbish relatives like her. " Owen Moore in "Reported Missing," experiences the thrills of being shang haied, taken to sea and wrecked in a studio typhoon. Thompson Buchanan, supervisor at the Lasky studio and also a playright of national note, left this week for a short visit to San Francisco where he will confer with Henry Miller, the distinguished actor, upon- a play Mr. Buchanan has written and which will oe put Into rehearsal shortly with a tentative title of "He Stoops to Conquer." The cast will include such leading lights of the stage as Henry Miller,; Blanche Bates, Ruther Chat terton and Bruce McRae. - - David Powell, who was Gloria Swanson's leading man in "Her Gilded Cage." will play the leading male role with Dorothy Dalton in her latest Paramount picture, "The Siren Call." - - T. Roy Barnes went out to the Cal ifornia desert to grow the beard he wears in his "Happy Jack" character ization for . "The Old Homestead," which will be produced soon as a Paramount picture by James Cruze. He - said he had to get away from his friends and that the desert was the only place to go. Out there he associated with the coyotes while growing the hirsute decoration. - Leah Baird, Ince star, is in the hos pital recovering from a serious op eration. She will be out In two or three weeks. . ' Max Linder leaves for New York: next week where he sails for France on a long and well-earned vacation. ...... Billy Dale, former vaudevllliaji, has begun work as "gag" man for Harold Lloyd at the Roach "studios. . , ' Nazimova, the exotic, is reaping the benefits of pioneering. Ten years age she was first with Ibsen. Now she is accorded" signal orders for her "Doll's House" by the, famed Norwe gian author. Gilbert Warrenton, cameraman to Alfred E. Green at Lasky's, has in vented a new periscopic finder which is a great assistance in "setting up" fqr the shot and also saves much time and annoyance. ..'' Hal Roach has added J. A. Howe to the directorate force at his Culver City plant. Mr. Howe is one of the old timers in the game, beginning in 1912 as assistant director at the old Reliance Majestic .with Griffith as director-general of five-reel comedy dramas featuring Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, the late Bobbie Herron and others. For the past six years he has been directing at various comedy lots with 101 comedies to-his credit. Mr. Howe has also written all, of his stories. He -is a' native of Kansas City, Mo. , ' . , : , . Selznick News Is digging ud men, formerly prominent, who are now pic tured in their retirement, prizefight ers, politicians, authors and such like being recalled to public attention. . ' Harry "Snub" Pollard essayed the "role of director to his new bride when a news film photographer' was taking some pictures of the couple In front of their new -home: at Serrano and Franklin,' Hollywood. The photogra pher had "gagged"' up a little action and so "Snub" agreed' that' he would instruct Mrs. Pollard in "putting it Over." His-better half,, who has nevef seen pictures in the making, was not - Concluded on Paae 2.)
