T1TE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTLANIX, MAY 21. 1922:
rush and In its picturizatlon not one
whit of this atmosphere hag been
lost.
Norman Dawn conducted one of
the most original beauty contests
ever held when filming "The Son
tf the Wolf." Mr. Dawn was on lo
cation in the north. He needed some
score of Indian girls for extras. So
the company sat in judgment upon
the dusky ladies, who paraded their
dusky complexions and gay-colored
blankets before them. And Mr. Dawn
states that he Is willing to prophesy
that none of the winners will ever
appear in Ziegfeld's Follies and that
nary a one of them will ever marry a
Broadway millionaire.
SOMETHING NEW IN DADDIES
BOOKED AT RIVOLITHEATER
ThiB Is One of Bachelor Variety and Features Thomas Meighan in Big,
Wholesome, Compelling Human Story.
LASKY GOES ABROAD TO GET
EUROPEAN WRITERS FOR FILMS
Producer Will Confer With Some of Leading literary Lights; Will Try
to Induce Them to Write Directly for Screen.
Kiser Movie Outfit Again
Goes Out on Location. -
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Company Journeys to Oregon City
"to Shoot" Scenes In Woolen
Mills.
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I'HOtlAS MEIGHAN, POPULAR PARAMOUNT STAR, WHO WIIX SOON BE
SEEN HERE IN HIS LATEST RELEASE, "THE BACHELOR DADDX-"
THOMAS MEIGHAN. Paramount
star, has a great, big, human
hobby. He loves children and
loves to work with them. It is
hardly necessary to describe the en
thusiasm w'th which Mr. Meighan
entered into his work to play the
bachelor daddy of five kiddies in his
new Paramount picture, "The Bache
lor Daddy," soon to be shown at the
Eivoli theater.
A Paramount star for two years or
more, Mr. Meighan's popularity is
founded on his stage and cinema
achievements. He turned his atten
tion to the screen when the industry
was young and from the start was
one of its brightest exemplars. His
memorable work in "The Miracle
Man," followed by such pictures as
"Male and Female," "Why Change
Tour Wife." "The Prince Chap" and
others, placed him at the front of
screen stars.
The works of Edward Peple, au-
characterized by delightful charm.
They are big, clean, human stories of
life, whose sweetness and charm are
enhanced by the depiction of delicious
child characters. Another of Mr.
Peple's stories, "The Prince Chap,
was picturized some time ago.
Alfred Green is a director who rose
from the ranks of assistant directors.
Before his venture into the studio,
however, he served two seasons on
the stage, playing in various produc
tions. His first pictures were made
at the Goldwyn studio and included
"Double - Dyed Deceiver," and "Just
Out of College." He directed Mary
Pickford in two of her successes,
"Through the Back Door" and "Little
Lord Fauntleroy." His success with
that type of tory made him particu
larly desirable as the director of "The
Bachelor Daddy."
Olga Printzlau adapted "The Bachelor
Daddy." She scenarize "The Prince
Chap," which was produced by Will
iam d Mille. She has made an inti
mate studv of children and child life
and has written a number of stories
and scenario in which child charae
ters played principal roles.
"'IMPRESSION is the thing
IN FILMS," SAYS TOURNEUR
Director, Before Sailing to Make "The Christian," Declares Realism
Has Been Overemphasized.
AN "apple-blossom" wedding was
staged Tuesday beneath - the
blossom-covered apple trees Id a big
Hood River orchard.
The principals were two of Kiser
Studios, Inc., staff of movie folk,
with President Fred H. Kiser, as
master of ceremonies, assisted by
Broderick O'Farrell, director. '
The scenes photographed will be
a part " of the two-reel educational
film, one of a series of ten being
produced by the company.
A group of directors, cameramen
and movie actors and actresses go to
Oregon City Wednesday to film a
number of scenes in the Oregon City
Woolen mills for the two-reel educa
tional "Fleeced with Gold," which de
tails the story of the production and
the manufacture of wool into the
finished product. They took with
them the portable lighting system so
that proper lighting effects may be
obtained for the indoor "shoots."
The staff at the big studio on Mil
waukie street, which formally was
opened last week will be kept busy
during the next three or four weeks
on the series of educational films that
are to be distributed by one of Amer
ica's largest motlon-pictifre produc
ing and distributing companies.
Gladys Walton, Portland echool
girl, who entered motion pictures two
yeais ago and who is crowding the
field for honors, is going to visit her
home town on a personal appearance
tour. Carl Laemmle characterizes
her as "the greatest find since Mary
Pickford." She will return to Uni
versal City to begin work on a
comedy-drama of the type in which
she is popular. It is to be called
"Second-Hand Rose."
Marie Prevost Proves She Is
Perfect Mannikin.
If Star Tires of Movielnnd Easily
She Cnn Get to Be Fashion
Model.
"M'
OTION PICTURES already
have superseded the speak
ing stage in ability to por
tray mental conflict," said Maurice
Tourneur on the eve of his sailing
for England to film "The Christian" j
In its natural setting.
"Much has been said about the fact
that we are going to photograph
scenes in this production 'realis
tically,' " Tourneur continued. "That,
to my mind, is not the important
thing. We have passed through the
period of physical conflict and crowds
so far as the screen is concerned.
What we are after now is the psy
chology of the thing the mental
action of the characters.
"The screen is a better medium
than the dramatic stage for getting
over psychological effects. We can
simply slam our ideas across. For
instance, what better way is there
to express corruption than to show
a closeup of the check with which
a man is bribed? It takes much
longer to put a mental state like
that across in words.
"That is why I don't think the
cast of 'The Christian' is of much
importance. I believe you can get
more to the spectators by showing
a banging shutter, by indicating the
howling of the wind, or the shriek
ing of a woman. Motion pictures
should be Impressionistic.
"No artist thinks of his public. If
the public likes the results of his
work fine! If the public doesn't
all right. But it must be remembered
that in the motion picture industry
the public is not sold direct. The
exhibitor is the first and most im
portant critic from a-financial point
of view. I think it would be a won
derful thing if we coold reach our
public with no middlemen. From the
creator right to the public!
"You see we couldn't reach any
measure of success if we were trying
to please anybody except ourselves.
It's the same old story that If you
want to meet a girl or a man fav
orably with all your heart you gen
erally meet them wrong and make
a bad impression. 'Let 'em come to
you' is the best motto. Do your best
and see what happens."
Tourneur, who, it might be men
tioned, has long enjoyed an enviable
reputation for the "composition" of
his photoplays, emphasized particu
larly in his frank chat the belief that
"we in pictures now are conveying
subtle states of mind," and that
"there is no sense in sacrificing
reality for mere beauty of sets."
There is food for thought in what
Tourneur says. And there is no
doubt about that. He was for la
years an, actor on the speaking stage,
mostly in France, and he has brought
to the screen a wide experience, a
fine insight into human nature, and
an overwhelming desire for artistic
perfection.
When a director like Tourneur Bays
that the motion picture has already
passed the speaking stage in its
ability to portray psychology, and
when he asserts that the day of the
"crowd" pictures, and the pictures
of "beauty" settings rapidly are pass
ing, he is worth listening to. "The
Christian" already has been made
into pictures twice, once by an Eng
lish! company and once by an Amer
ican one.
"All any one who doubted that the
art of motion pictures has progressed
amazingly would have to do," Baid
Tourneur, "is to look over those two
first versions of 'The Christian.' They
were fine in their day. Now they are
something to be laughed at."
IF Marie Prevost. completes her life
without serving as a fashion
model it will be through absolute
will power n her part. Never does
the fair Marie try On dresses or wraps
but what the manager of the estab
lishment in which she's "trading,"
getting a glimpse of her in the mir
ror, tries to engage her for a model,
the secret of the whole thing being
that Miss Prevost knows how to wear
clothes!
In "Hr Night of Nights," the pres
ent Prevost starring vehicle, the star
is a model through a number of
scenes and, though professional
models were engaged for the scenes
also, Miss Prevost outshone the most
experienced manikins in wearing and
displaying the gorgeous creations.
It matters net if it is swimming
suit, organdie frock, sport clothes,
evening gowns, street suit or elabo
rate furs Marie Prevost can display
them to a queen's taste.
Work on an. elaborate production
of "Faust" has begun In Hollywood
by Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the
artist. It will possess the novelty
of having backgrounds painted on
canvas that could not be matched by
the usual sets built at studios,
Katherine Perry, wife of Owen
Moore, will appear with him in his
current pioture, "A Previous Engagement."
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Jesse L. Lasky, nho will take swing around old world and try to im
port some of Its authors to Hollywood for picture writing.
FOR the purpose of interesting
more European authors In writ
ing directly for the screen, Jesse
L. Lasky, first vice-president of the
Famous Players-Lasky corporation,
will soon sail on the Olympic for a
five-week sojourn in England, France,
Spain, Italy, Austria and Germany.
Mr. Lasky will be accompanied by
Mrs. Lasky and Gilbert Miller, general
manager of Charles Frohman, Inc.
Mr. Lasky has an appointment to
meet Vicente Blasco Ibanez, author of
"The Four Horsemen of the Apoca
lypse, in Madrid, for the purpose of
discussing with him the details of
"Blood and Sand," starring Rodolph
Valentino, which is now being made
from Ibanez' book and play of the
same name. It is expected that the
picture, now nearing completion at
the Lasky studio in Hollywood, will
be finished in time to have a print
sent to Madrid for the Spanish au
thor's inspection during Mr. Lasky's
visit. Mr. Miller produced the Ibanez
play at the Empire theater last sea
son. Otis Skinner was in the leading
roje. "
Among the authors with whom Mr.
Lasky is going to confer are Sir
James M. Barrie, Arnold Bennett, Ed
ward Knoblock, Joseph Conrad, Rob
ert Hichens and Rudyard Kipling, in
England; Andre Rivoire and Henri
Duvernols, in France; Melchlor Len
gyel, in Germany; Arthur Schnitzler
and Ernst Klein, In Austria; Ferenc
Molnar and Andreas Nagy, in Hun
gary; Ibanez and Martinez Sierra, in
Spain, and Darlo Niccodeml, Gina
Rocca and Enrico Seretta, in Italy.
Through Mr. Miller, who has an
extensive acquaintance among Eu
ropean authors, Mr. Lasky has been in
communication with these writers. As
a result of this trip it is expected that
most of these authors will come to
this country to write directly for the
screen in the Lasky studio. On his
last trip to Europe the film producer
persuaded Edward Knoblock, Elinor
Glyn, Henry Arthur Jones and Somer
set Maugham to come to this country
and study motion picture technique
in his studios and write for his screen.
"The conferences with authors,"
said Mr. Lasky, "really will he only &
small part of my work abroad. I ex
pect to spend as much time as pos
sible studying European methods of
producing pictures, especially in Ger
many." .
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UNIVERSAL PLANS TO MAKE
"IVANHOE" INTO SERIAL FILM
Attempt Being Made to Lift Much Discredited Form of Pictures Into
Favor of Intelligent "Fans."
men and women, all colors, sizes and j nties as James Kirkwood, who plays Stuart Holmes. Sydney Franklin. W.
shapes. The cast Includes such celeb- I opposite the star. John Davidson. I H. Bainhridere and others.
ANNOUNCEMENT by the Univer
sal company that it will make
"Ivanhoe" into a serial film
calls attention to what this company
is doing to lift a much discredited
form of motion picture into the favor
I of intelligent "fans." The use of the
DANCER GRADUATES FROM
VAUDEVILLE INTO PICTURES
Doris Deane Industriously Prepared to Make Prominent Place for Her
self in Land of Movies.
BIG PICTURE THEORY RUNS
AFOUL OF NOTED PRODUCER
King Vidor Points Out That Many Films Costing Less Than $30,000
Have Been Real Successes.
SOME motion picture producers
have recently predicted that the
film of the future is the "big"
production, made with large numbers
and at heavy outlay. That not all
the movie leaders think the same way
Is shown by the expression of King
Vidor, director of "The Turn in the
Road," "The Jack-Knife Man" and
other smaller successful pictures.
Said Vidor: "Those who express such
sentiments wholly misread such signs
as we have to guide us. They do not
take into account the very important
factor we call by the little word 'ap
peal.' "What has lived on the stage? Not
the sumptuous, extravagant specta
cles. They have had their fleeting
moment and passed out of memory.
What one can be mentioned with Joe
Jefferson's simple comedy 'Rip Van
"Winkle," with its record of nearly half
century?
"To take a more modem instance,
the ontstanding piece of our national
tage Is 'Lightnin,' Frank Bacon's
simple, homely play of trivial produc
tion cost.
'The most popular film of recent
years is 'The Miracle Man,' which was
produced at moderate cost, and others
of great artistic and commercial suc
cess that cost comparatively little
could be cited. A modest picture
with a beautiful dog as its Btar has
broken all theater records in Los
Angeles.
"Some pictures costing not over
$30,000 have swpt large fortunes into
the pockets of their makers. The big
spectacle has its market, but the
smaller picture with that elusive
thing, appeal, will never be passe."
Jack London, who at the time of
his death was regarded as Amer
ica's foremost writer of adventure
stories, wrote the "Son of the Wolf,"
which has been made into a thrilling
motion picture by Norman Dawn, with
an all-star cast including Edith Rob
erts and Wheeler Oakman. Mr. Lon
don was living in the Klondike, where
the story is laid, when he wrote the
novel.
"The Son of the Wolf" was one of
the first of his series of red-blooded
tales of the days of the Alaskan gild
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producer (has renamed chapter plays
is in line with what has already been
done to turn established fiction and
actual history to account.
Universal has recently completed
two subjects that are convincing evi
dence of the sincerity of its purpose.
"The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe"
is said to give with general fidelity a
picture of the interesting events that
made De Foe's hero worthy of a place
in libraries everywhere.
It has also made with care as to
historical accuracy what it has titled
"In the Days of Buffalo Bill." The
name is evidently a concession to ex
hibitors who want what is sometimes
termed pep" in a title, but the com
pany says that the film is a serial
recital of important occurrences in
the winning of the west.
Still a third chapter play has to do
with the exciting events attending
the acquisition of Alaska by the
United States, and the subsequent ex
ploitation of that wild region's moun
tains and streams of wealth.
Thoughtful people have sometimes
wondered that movie makers have
drawn upon the fevered imaginations
of scenario writers for blood-and
thunder stories when history is so
rich in exciting events that are
"Stranger than fiction" and hold real
significance.
WITH THE MOVIES IN MIND, DORIS DEANE ENTERED VAUDEVILXE,
MADE A PIjACE WITH MORGAN DANCERS, THEN ENTERED FILMS.
SOMH girls are "just dying to get
into the movies. Some look
at their reflection in the mirror
and just sigh. Some try to break in
through the influence of friends. And
there are some sensible ones who, re
gardless of their attractive appear
ance and native talent, settle down
and do the logical thing they work!
Doris Deane is Clyde Cook's new
leading lady. She did not glide
gracefully into the Fox studios along
a perfumed path of roses, either. She
worked, and worked everlastingly
hard!
Miss Deane is an absolutely new
comer to the screen. It is her initial
debut into studioland. That charmed
vicinity was always her ambition.
But she did not slam up against those
almost impregnable gates unprepared.
Miss Deane wisely sought vaude
ville for her training. And in those
ranks she rose rapidly. She was in
dustrious, studious. . Ultimately she
made the Morgan Dancers. That In
itself is an achievement in vaude
ville. ' ;
While playing in southern Cali
fornia, Miss Deane's work attracted
the favorable attention of the men
higher up in movieland.
When the ' long-sought-for oppor
tunity arrived she was entirely pre
pared. She walked away with the
screen tests. Subsequently, when she
got down to real hard work before
the camera on location and in the
studio sets, she convincingly mani
fested the extent to which she had
conscientiously prepared herself.
Hard work is more productive of
results than mere sighing and
wishing!
Ingram to Screen "Toilers
of the Sea."
Hugo's Famous Novel Will Be the
First of Series of Six Biff Productions.
EX INGRAM, whose productions
XV of "The Four Horsemen," "The
Conquering Power" and "Turn to the
Right," have placed him in the front
rank among producers, has announced
that during the next two years he
will make a series of six big pictures.
The first of these will be a screen
version of Victor Hugo's "Toilers of
the Sea."
At the present time Mr. Ingram is
engaged in the making of a new pic
ture written by himself and entitled
Black Orchids." This production
will probably not be finished until
the fall, at which time his recently
completed production of "The Pris
oner of Zenda" will be released. Fol-
loging the completion of "Black Or
chids" Mr. Ingram will begin the
screening of "Toilers of the Sea."
Within a space of less than two
years Mr. Ingram has lifted the mo
tion picture into an incontestable
place as an art. For his production
of "The Four Horsemen of the Apoc
alypse" Tale university conferred up
on him the degree of bachelor of fine
arts. This is a step never before
taken by an academic body.
The most promising thing about
Rex Ingram is his discontent with his
achievements. He is striving always
for a high ideal, and he is satisfied
in proportion .to the proximity of the
results of his efforts to that ideal.
For all that he has already done
more than enough to establish him
self as one of the big artists of the
motion picture for all time, Mr. In
gram feels that he has but begun.
Priscllla Dean, star of Ouida's fa
mous drama, "Under Two Flags,"
occupies one set with a cafe scene
of a hundred persons including both
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THE MOST PRETENTIOUS MUSICAL EVEXT OF THE SEASON
SALVATORE SANTAELLA
AND AN ENLARGED RIVOLI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN A
SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT DE LUXE
"March and Procession of Bacchus" (From the Ballet "Sylvia") Leo Delibes
"Kamenoi Ostrow" (Cloister Scene) A. Rubinstein
"CONCERTO FOR PIANO IN A MINOR". E. Greig Op. 16
(a) Allegro molto moderato. (b) Adagio (c) Allegro moderato molto e marcato
. Mr. Francis Rlchter, Soloist
"The Fortune Teller." Selection Victor Herbert
"OVERTURE SOLENNELLE," 1812 P. Tschaikowsky Op. 49
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