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SECTION FOUR MM Dramatic, Photoplays and Real Estate News VOL. XLI PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1923 Klt- w -V ! I $, V I I WM'Xn ' I m - - -i- I - , ill s- s - f ' Jim . I(t....., -w fp.,,,,,,,., wfi'F'" 1 with pirate ships and desert. islands. Alice Calhoun is experiencing: the thrill of depicting for the first time in her screen career the character of a bad, bad ; girl, in the person of Mag o' th' Alley, in her new feature, "Little : Wildcat." Mag is the subject of some psychological Miss Gordon made the "hit of her, weeks. "Clarence". nil! be followed life" in Detroit, according to'press by "Notoriety,". an original story by dispatches. She was" asked by city Mrs: Berahger . . ' officials to make her stay, longer."' but previous engagements made it impossible. . . Buster Keaton's" latest -First ."Na tional two-reeler, "The Vision," is experiments that effect a remark- nearing its final shooting stages. able transformation in her charac- BT HAMILTON WATNEJ. r " Just due; have you noticed V how be next week's feature attraction 1 ORB healthy signs are being considerate they are?; Haven't you at the Majestic theater. It Is a story evidenced by the motion noticed now that the. warm weather of the north, and the hardships en- ilcture producers. Now, they Is with us or supposedly so they countered by a young haif-breed re beginning "to kid" each other! are releasing a . fine assortment of college graduate who attempts to For a long time the various pro- "snow pictures?" . hoM his own. among white men. ducers have taken themselves so ' Magazine editors usually run . v seriously that it was almost depres- summery stories at this time of the At last Walter Long, noted as one slve. Each male of the species year. Winter and Christmas stuff of the most despicable vlllians on particularly, from the inspired one in the periodicals runs at a season- the screen, has a refined and genteel who wrote the story up through able period of the year. . - . role. In all of his later works, Long the various stages of direction who But the motion picture producers has; been cast as a sort ,of a cross shot it, and. the man who produced reverse that, and while the man- between Captain Kidd and Attila the It, they were czars. And ditto with agers are tuning up their ice-coolinir Hun. But in "Across the Contln- , TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. v Liberty Betty CompBon,Tom Moore, "Over the Border.": Majestic Mabel 'N'ormfcndi "Head Over Heels." ' - Rivoli Rupert Hughes' classic, "Come on Over." Peoples "Love's Boomerang." ' Columbia Dorothy Dalton, "The Woman Who Walked Alone." Hippodrome--"Poverty of Riches." r Circle Griffith's "Way Down East" ' . ter, and in the process the psy chologist, of course, forgets the psy chology of the thing and marries the girl. There is a. real plot, ' and some very fine acting in the fea ture, which unfolds swiftly and car ries the interest from the first foot - As progress is made on the new. feature, indications are that it will tan studios. ' prove one of the. most pleasing you.. . Vltagraph-releases of-the year with Patsy Ruth Miller as a. Spanish senorita, and Earle Williams as a Spanish-American young blood, sup piled with a cart-load of money and a sunny disposition, the two set In a sleepy little South American vil lage; things are likely to happen. They do. To visit one portion of the Sennett comedy lot, a person would presume they': were in one of the city's pounds. A collection of dogs of va ried sizes, breeds and colors has been assembled for use In the new picture starring Ben Turpin, w-ith "I traveled for days, and. days "and Phyllis Haver in the leading femi mont'hs and months, I never did nine role. -' , know how many miles I traveled. . This latest . Turpin special is one but I'm sure it's the longest ' trip of a.' series of independently pro anybody ever took." . . ' duced attractions , for release So if you can beat from "Jackson- through the Associated First Na- ville' to Jerusalem" just drop Miss', tional Pictures, and will be known Dindroth a line at the Cosmopoli- asi "The Frozen Trail." She'd like to meet ' .;. Marion Davies, .Cosmopolitan star, " thinks cold water one of the best ' The latest' Mack Sennett com- cosmetics In' the 'world. She never pleted Is "Oh! Daddy!" directed by' uaes not water on her face and pre- Roy Del Ruth, featuring Billy Se van and Mildred June. , This picture is sixth of the series of 12 two-reel comedies with Be van and Miss June being produced by Sennet for First . National: fers cold cream to soap. Coffee Is taboo and one of her favorite forms of exercise is fencing. Richard Barthelmess finds it nec essary to use in the tiroductlon "Over the Hill." policeman in a ble city. In the ct. . : .n nialrej 4n ,Bir. nocrf a T.Tin.4A t r i ii... about nowadays. a different gender for the femmine pla.nts to -bring down the tempera- ent com ng to the Liberty, with c0. player , ..Qver the Hill." . Ralph rU a bicycle in his next picture. some time ago, had an excellent the picture-makers are turning crooked, but wealthy automobile 8 Trea J . u pay. article in "The Saturday . Evening , loose an abundance of northwest manufacturer. Post" On thA makine- Of movies. anA ArMin. cnnw fflm. mnntlv ahnt 1 citing the fact that it was, a chronic in the vicinity or Truckee, Cal. , : Mabel Normand, the pretty little v....a, - If WaUaoe R6id haQ Lewis, a famous character actor He wasn t born wnen tnese ma ever alnei, "Th Hlrth of Nation": chines were so popular, and he ex- tk oh,rr, ,, h0!t f MT'Ella Hall.tuid Claire McDowell. perienced the same falls that all Lauded by the press as one of the cano in getting most - fascinating screen dramas, Richard has to "One Clear Call" last week made its debut in Chicago where, it "crowded the big hew Chicago theater to ca pacity at every performance. .. . "One Clear.- Call" v is John M. Costumes costing $100,000 were used in making "When Knighthood Was in Flower." Apparel for the king and queen and princesses and all the court attendants had to be provided. Miss Davies in the rola of Princess Mary Tudor wears 15 dif ferent costumes,, each having its own set of specially designed jewelry. Jess Robbins, case of too many cooks- Inevitable result. -with the star of -"Head Over Heels," now "Lefty" Flynn, former Tale ath- showing at the Majestic, who sailed the Mission Film corporation. "The name it would be "Speed." The ard says art is producer of the Business," Naturally all right, but he est of this able director's achieve- this encouragement is being felt In his production . of the next comedy of the series, "The Ladder Jinx." Ma- boys have in learning to' ride the. otani s latest au-scar proauouon. 11 comedy, "Too , ;.- Much a middle unmanageable silent steeas. ticn- ra.iiri.uii.cu uj i ereai- 6C0red without doubt merits to date. - aV.V.JMn , tha rhlmnAV 11U11U1KT BUtr JUtil I. ACCp UUl w. UUJOULB LU .UHIKIIU pillllE., 1110 ' V. .-IJ . ai Phriti nt h. ,rfiM..Mr1. W -Mil n 11-Amfirlran fuliwk' Km for Eurone last week, is scheduled Shepherdess and -the Chimney " f ' , v - --v.- - . - ... . ' . .. . . ... -rfif... , ' t. tWmaH last-moving pictures, in tne past -patcnes. 01 Kin ana oruisea oones dies, is the first to have , a sane arole of considerable importance to return to iionywooo apout tne hfl n. r,-.ftfl ma.aiv in automobiles, for art's sake. . Work has .been started on the W David Klrkland 1, hollahnratlno- , . .' j j t . m A . - j - ir nil no An gnn.nrfn to inp srycpn . -- - - ' script for Norma Talmadge's next with, Robbins in this production, Robert Vignola, director for Cos- First National starring vehicle, Rob- which is based upon', the Edgar San Francisco and will be enacted Now h Is the storm center: of a mopolitan productions, has all the ert Hichen's - "The Voice From the Franklin story,' and deals jrlth the jentuoKy ieuo, a iigm in an eie- movie stars DacKea on tne Doaraa aumn.. , . . superstition aDout wanting unaer a Vator, a mad chase after an ocean when it comes to receiving unique . .-.- ... ladder. Robbins is ; undoubtedly liner, a haunted castle in Spain and articles through the malL '. - John M. Stahl is completing prep- building a new type-of screen cora- a fight witli ghosts. All these take The director's mail held ahuge arations for the - filming , of The edy. clean, subtle and refined in de- i i mi si x it i it i i a. b it. i j ThU ft eAIfli 0. '. A P"P- " Vi I o ncvt rwr rid n P x . Tri. i j i i i t . i. i Tinrla nane whA annoorn in ann n j hi- n i . . . piuco in xaeAiauBi.J3reius.er, auayi- coconut , ngnt oil me , trees in o a-. - vitagrapa-is aisiriDUiinff me NSTth.. tl ' " LT. 12L1 sd from the play by Paul Dickey Honolulu recently. The coconut "on, under the Louis B. Mayer ban- 8eries. . and Charles W. Goddard by Jack wan Annlatlv Plastered on one ner - lor Associated Kirst National - . - '. . . - . Cunningham. 1 . - - . . . . . - . . . no uhk faucu XUO.U1.V i return to normar. Friendly Out un- in uorotny jjanon s , tne woman imuu-w ui -a-ueuci m mmucuk. " - - - --- fought in prize fights, or led armies merciful, he is "joshing" the char-. Who Walked Alone,"; now showing production on another comedy that by Kathryn Cuddy, dramatic in- in a revolntlon as in "The Dictator." acteristic feature output of the at the Columbia. Since leaving col- win De ready lor release aDout "u j.c.-.o v. No . . th . tn nt of . various big producers. Initially, ft lege, Mr. Flynn has been dividing Christmas. was an experiment "Cold Feet," his time between the movies and a . the hilarious burlesque on the 2600-acre ranch that he owns . and Many of the scenes in, "Love's northwest mounted uolice. which operates in Colorado. Boomerang" which is the closing at- by San ..Francisco school children who have appeared: in a. stage ver sion of the story. traction at the Peoples theater, were port.of Mauel Normand in the lat- France. French circuses are not so is lucky and jrood fortune smiles ter's "Head Over Heels," now show- large or pretentious as the Ameri- with special broadness when four lng at the Majestic, has been on the can ones and travel rfrom town to of them are found in a single hand. 1 1 cr a ntnpa cVia vol oil. via,, n 1 A 4 , . . m . , . m . . . , . - . i And he is to bo commended, for - luwn Dy " inateau 01 wnirnng TO tne opamara, nowever, tne ace was shown at the Columbia recently, was the original effort." It was such an unqualified hit thaC it. en couraged Christie to continue the series. now, it is said, he i s tearing ' into across tne comment on a nair aoz- ox spaaes ropreoeuw mo oupi i-iuo , Wisconsin, went west when a few. en BDeciai trains. The American eDitome of good luck. And, so It is the "shelking-- tendencies of many. months old anfl found a place on David Powell, Paramount leading man, arrived In New York last week from the coast, where he recently side with postage stamps. The fruit was opened and divided among the cameramen and prop boys release. producers. One big outfit has company of expensive stars working motner aown at uxnard, cal., on anotner "shelky" thing; and just about as When Robert J. Flaherty," scien close as professional ethics permits, Ust explorer and motion, picture Christie has a bunch of funmakers producer, whose work, "Nanook" of working on another two-reel up- the North", shows at the Columbia roar "out-sheikine" th mnrJi over-' i - -Dn;n' T.a... iimno- done sheik! The ' result will be 8Cenes -for the work, he carried e n pants: awaited with merry anticipation. ' along a small portable phonograph. Additionally, the heart-string and The Eskimos. . who had seen only "sob" stuff will be no - exception. two other white men, were fright Many of the alleged .mother-love ee(j Dy the piece of machinery that productions are due for a good- could talk. natured lambasting along comedy ,-mWar had assured thefti there lines. ,. ..v ... were no devils contained in-the box, The initial one, "Cold Feet," was that they would stay and listen to an audacious stroke! ; The north- the music. . west mounted, unquestionably an ' i, excellent, organization -of fine men. Jean 1 De -Briac, who appears- in has been Curwoodlzed and roman- support, of' Tom Moor and Betty tically lauded to the point of over- Compson in the S4r Gilbert Parker Idealization. . Irving Cummings pic- story. "Over the Border," now show Sydney Algler, John M. Stahl's as sistant in the making of "One Clear The many friends of Richard Wal- Call" and "The Song of Life." will ton Tully, stage anoV screen pro--again be with the director on the Thomas H. Ince,. who has been In d-ucer, wjU mourn with him over tne production of "The Dangerous Age.' tL ai T. 'wSTw company wMoh Produced "Love's that Rodolph Vatentino te known as flni8hDd WOrk opposite Dorothy the east for some weeks, is -,"' his sister, "Anne. Born in prevIousto his entry into the film the Los Angeles stage -with her Boomerang,": spent" several weeks th "espada," or ace of spades. In .T,aiton the Irvin WlUat nroduc- n.M n ,h, t hi atndioa'at Nevada, City, Cal., she moved with industrv. Mr - Aleier was an actor on with such a company, traveling through picturesque Brittany. Theodora Kosloff worked only 19 minutes the other day, because a boat leaked 4nd completely saturat- '31ood and Sand," the Paramount Dalton in the Irvin Wlllat produc- peoted to return to his Btudios'at Nevada City, Cal., she moved with industry, Mr. Algler was an actor on tlon, "The Siren Call." Mr. Powell an early date. : In ' the meantime her family to Stockton, where Rich- the speaking stage, playing, leads in picture, adapted from the Vicente will'sct , as leading' man for Alice fnm production is being- kept at rd Walton Tully was born. Always musical, shows, and vaudeville Blasoo Ibanea novel by June Mathls and produced by Fred Niblo. guerite Courtot and Raymond Mo- Under ordinary circumstances th1a Kee, now playing the leading parts Brady lp "Missing Millions," the its peak at the Inco plant. musically talented, she studied first sketches. Paramount pioture that Joseph at Sayirs college, In Lexington, Ky., ' . nunihurt m atari anon at the ti i - -i- where she won several medals. ; With the selection of Ruth Clif- There is no doubt but that Mar- t ti . ..nin . . . . . , , ... . .Abroad- har teachers innLuiii sufh fnr nrininoi mi.. . uwue. Duu.w. lure lor r irst iitt.iuiia.i win oe ina ... . . . .. Lonely Road." written by Charles worldywld6 celebrities as Edouard In "The Dangerous Age," John M. Elizabeth Red, . first prixe win- L0gT,e, Work -will start on this de Reszke ' rls, .Teichfuss In Stahl added another star to the list would not be amatter of tremen- in the Elmer Clifton production 0f .the . famous Los Angeles production almost immediately after Vienna, and Shakespeare in London.' of celebrities being assembled for dous concern, but.it is a real trag- "Down to the Sea in Ships," have Ttm)0 -ibeauty contest,'' who the completion ;of "White Shoul- Upon returning to California Anne his new Louis B. Mayer-First Na ouij. wuou jour ; iwiuw a"-""" clinched . ner claims. to oeauty Dy aors the George Kibbe Turner uiiy oercam Famous as a concert tional attraction. .Lewis stone has Btory now betn filmed. at the Ijouia Perxormer ana nereir tauffht many, aireaay been engragea for one or tne 3 tui.nTMkn a Ka if thtt wAn Af 1 fi7fl. TJtsLsui fnmn fttftlv A Tvnnnlar con- . - It was only after the r' ' ZZ Z Is T." ZZZZVCZZ - 11" Dn boiw; mm ,.,. m . " 1 Li awu. u--u" OT.n., iui-ui iv..ui.. j in i" xmrnes xsig i? our contest winners, silver dewdads and similar flossy vertising "Marguerite Courtot col- makes her screen deBut in the R-C impedimenta. lege ice as sweet as the dainty and comedy-drama, "Thie Understudy ," , -., ' .- . ' charming1 star to -whom it Is dedi- Btarrlng-Doris May. 5 The latest star In .the film firma- cated," and "Raymond McKee col- " . ; 1 . men Is Johnnie Walker, ramem- lege ice a red-blooded delight." ,; Betty Compson says she. will have berered for his work: In- "Over ' the . to put rollers under her house to Hill," who is to star in a series of R-C Pictures corporation will soon. get the correct motion of a rolling B. Mayer studio. . . : ' Henry King, director of Richard of Calif ornlas leading stage and leading parts and contracts for sev- conoert singers and players. : ' eral other screen favorites are now -' being drawn up. ' Although at least - Clara Reranfirpr. amAHa.1 aoanariat . . ... L . , Barthelmess, has received en invl- fnp wiinl 7. vt ml Wa. , Z .l a weeK more wm " cousumea lu tat'lon mkk Vila t nittir. in William de Mille, has arrived at completing of the cast, Mr. Stahl Janan He t tL Ms n Paramonnt West . Coast studios ls now 8hooUfig.on "The Dangerous afar -wth Jim ' Tt from NeW 1o' bHef bUt busy Age," filming location scenes. . star with him. The Invitation period of work ln eollaboration with : . comes from , several Tokio , girls. the producer. she will aid Mr. de Eddie Canton in, movies! When. They say they saw. a. picture of him Mille in the editing of "Nice People." where and how comet . It's hard to directing Barthelmess. ' . "Clarence," the Booth Tarklngton believe, but it's true. , Of course he " . .. ' " play, which Mr, de Mille will pro--is only on the . screen long enough Vera Gordon, who co-starred with duce next, is already scenarlzed and to make his bow and juggle a bit Dore Davidson in The Good Pro- requires only the producer's final for the thousands of picture' fans Monroe Salisbury's latest screen er returned to the fold andt scored weaves a teisa drama -around -the- and life boats, and now in "To Have v-der."-is making personal appear- approval. Production work on this who have never had the opportunity six pictures for R-C. Mr. Walker release "In the Name of the Law," ghlp if they don't quit putting her torially had almost been canonised lng at the Liberty, is an uncle of ' " "" wnrcn "" in sea stories, -mere was " At tne as "Cameron of the Mounted." the famous De Briao twins, that , T. 7, " ul -"e"- Christie joyously, took a crack at pair of mischevious youngsters who deserted acting to becomo a motion Name of the Law is described as house, a ship wreck and everything, that! Furthermore, he got away are weli known W all picture fans. Plcture torr Following a year one of the few motion pictures to In .-rha Bonded Woman" Miss with an excellent comedy offering . .-, of directorial experience, Mr. Walk- take the policeman seriously. It Compson rides schooners, sail boats that offended no one. - I But to give the producers . their production, ;,"The Great -Alone," .wUl hie big success as the "black sheep" s'mple homol Hfe of an American and to Hold" she has an experience ances throughout - the northwest. Is scheduled - to start t ithin k two , (Concluded an Page 2.)