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TItE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 18, 1922 -l -Je jr,jt 41' I ' it U learned that Lora Rogers - T - Sfc-SlSWj V JlPai i Ml SX-VSf? H ll will be a member of the Ful ton Stock compan;- at the Fulton Playhouse next season, as well as playing there this summer. George Ebey is associated with Maude Ful ton In the management of the Ful ton players, and he has made his selection of Miss Rogers and others in the company after a three weeks' inspection of stock companies throughout the east. Isabelle Lowe will play the leads and besides Miss Rogers the company will include Dorothy Blackburn, Vaughn Mor gan, Walter Weeks, John Miljan, Charles Bird (the latter to act as stage manager). Nana Bryant , closed last week with the Fulton stock, having com pleted two years with the company. Mr. Ebey has just returned from a six months' tour of Europe, during which plans were made to stage Miss Fulton's play, "The Brat," in a London west-end theater', next win ter. In the summer stock Crane Wilbur is playing leads and. during his engagement will appear in four new plays of his own writing, in cluding "The Monster," controlled by A. H. Woods, and An Imported Wife," a future George Broadhurst production. Mile. Susanna Caubet, recently married to Wilbur, will be co-starred with him, making her first appearance In "The Imported Wife." Bessie Barrlscale is to produce a new play by her husband, Howard Hickman, at tine Fulton, " during August. The new Mrs. Wilbur, by the way, is the Susanna Caubet who ap peared with Mr. Crane at the Or pheum a short time before it closed. She is a nilece of Sarah Bernhardt and is a direct proof that talent is not Inherited. After the death of Gaby Deslys her furniture in London was sold at auction. Among the objects was a bedroom suite, which has now been acquired by an American film company, and will be used for the ' Black Orchidaceae," a picture in which lewis Stone and Barbara La Marr will be the protagonists. The manner in which Lillian Rus sell selected her stage name is told by a correspondent. Her own name was Nellie Leonard. When Tony Pastor asked her what name she was to be billed under Miss Russell looked over a list of acts scheduled to appear at Pastor's and noting one containing the name "Russell," se lected that for the last name. The selection of "Lillian" as her first name was done similarly. At Pas tor's Miss Russell received HO a week and played an extended en gagement. Recovering from a slight opera tion undergone in a New York hos pital, .famine iredenck has re turned to Odgensburg, N. T., her home town, to spend the summer with her mother. Her husband. Dr. Charles Ruther ford, later will join his wife in Og ' densburg. Schedules showing the assets and liabilities of the estate of Olive Thomas, who died of mercurial poi soning in the American hospital, Paris, France, September 10, 1920, have bean filed with the state tax commission, and are expected to be made public shortly. The actress, the wife of Jack Plckford and divorced from Bernard Krug Thomas in 1915, left no will. With the consent of her husband, Lourene Van Kirk, her mother, and James Michael Duffy and William Leroy Duffy, brothers, the surro gate's court appointed Nathan Bur kan, attorney, administrator of the estate. Pickford is reported as having as aigned his one-half interest in the estate to his wife's mother. This Is said to have ben done to eliminate family friction. November 22, 1920, at a public sale conducted by an auctioneer and ap praiser, 26,921 was realized upon Miss Thomas' personal effects, said to have been almost her entire es tate. Among the sales was a gold toilet set of 20 pieces purchased by Mabel Normand for $1425. An action wu filed last June against Miss Thomas' esWe by the eSteutoYo of the Daniel Neuman es tate for $9473 alleged du for fur nishing her apartment. The largest item on the list was $1874 for a bedroom suite. The deceased i3 also survived by a stepsister, Harriet Van Kirk, 8 years old. The engagement of Jack Pickford to marry Marilyn Miller, appearing in "Sally," is causing much dis cussion. Miss Miller is the widow of Frank Carter, who was killed in an automobile accident May 9, i920. Carter died intestate, leaving (ex cluding $25,000 in Hfe Insurance, payable to his widow, and mother) an estate of $14.163.Y3. out of which, according to an accounting filed in s Jf1 w pi t-Wm " w?W, the surrogate's court, received $5894.95. Miss Miller From a salesman of tin cars to an avaricious pursuer of his pound of flesh isn't such a frightful jump after all, thinks- Barney Bernard, and so he is going to try it. Bernard will appear next season in an indefinite series of matinees of "The Merchant of Venice" in one of the Selwyn theaters and thereby hangs an Interesting tale. Although Bernard impersonated Shylock in a San Francisco theater when he was 23 years of age and has often since thought he would like to do s in the east, he has had no intention actually of 'following out his wish until recently when he was ap proached by a wealthy patron" of the aeronautic business. Having seen Mr. Bernard's port rayal of Abe Potash in "Partners Again" at the Selwyn theater, this gentleman became so obsessed with the idea that he is the logical star for the famous Shakespearian role that he immediately approached Mr. Bernard with an offer of $50,000 to back a production of "The Merchant of Venice." Of course, the proposi tion fired the Imagination' and am bition of the senior partner of "Potash and Perlmutter," but he coulija'( see his way clear to accept ing tne offer because the success of "Partners Again" means that he will be tied up with this production for some time to come. "How about four matinees a week all fall and winter?" proposed Mr. Bernard's would-be backer. Mr. Bernard asked for 24 hours to think It over. At the end of this time he agreed to undertake It and immediately rented a place at Great Neck, where he has already estab lished himself, and is spending every moment in studying the role of Shylock and conferring with the man who is financially backing the production. As one condition of the contra'ct demands complete secrecy concern ing this gentleman, Mr. Bernard refuses to divulge his name, but says he is not only a financially national figure, Jut an art collector or international fame. Abie's Irish Rose,' which comes to the Heilig tonight, is the first break in several weeks of darkness at that theater. There are three companies doing "Abie's Irish Rose' and we are to see the second com pany, organized by Mr. Morosco after he saw that the first company would have a big run at home in Los Angeles, where it is playing the piece in stock. Anna Nichols wrote "Abie's Irish Rose." She the wife of Terry Duffy, the Irish comedian who was here in "Wait Till We're Married," and the girl who played the lead opposite him in that play is playing the role of Rosie In this new .play. A second company and then" a third was put out in the piece and the third has taken the play into New York. Opinion seems to be divided as to its comedy. The story tells of Abie, a young Jewish boy, who falls in love with a demure but wild Irish rose. The two marry secretly and complications set in when Abie tries to introduce his newly-acquired bride into the home of his thor oughly orthodox Jewish parent. The older Levy's pet aversion is the Irish, so a "Bki" Is added to the bride's maiden name of Murphy as a subterfuge to get into the good graces of the Jewish father. Sol omon Levy is very much pleased when he hears that his Abie is going to marry Rosie Murphiski, and all goes well until the rabbi is performing the ceremony, then Patrick Murphy, the bride's father, with a Catholic priest, arrives. Then their troubles begin in earnest. A year passes. Both the disowning fathers hear that they have become grandfather, and on Christmas eve. unbidden and unknown to one an other, they visit the young Levy. That in substance Is the story of "Abie's Irish Rose." Th engage ment opens tonight at the Heilig. On June 22, for three nights we are to have Elsie Janis and her "Gang" in a new musical show. She wrote the lines, directed the dances and produced the piece, and is her self occupying the big epot in its developments. John Drinkwaters play, "Abraham Lincoln," is coming some time this summer. It is en route to this coast. Last week it was in Omaha. Robert McKim, who has for years been a popular stock actor in cities along the Pacific coast, comes to Pantages theater tomorrow matinee as the head-lining attraction on the new week's programme. McKim has won a name in pictures as "the meanest villain of the screen," and in his sketch "The Re-Take," he will give the Pantages patrons a close-up of one of these roles. After the sketch he makes a personal talk on stage and screen life. Rhea Mitchell, a Portland girl, and an other one of the clever players which the Baker stock company has given to the stage, is Mr. McKlm's leading woman. A warm welcome is in store for Rhea from lier many schoolmates and friends In Portland. In conjunction with McKlm's act there are five other acts on the programme, including Johnny El liott and girls. La France and Byron, Nada Norraine, the Four Byron Sisters and Will Morria - Frank Stafford, who is at the Hippodrome this week as the head- COMEDY ROLE WILL INTRODUCE ACTRESS TO PORTLAND. if A. 5 . Mlaa Helen Sara Grossman. ."Abie's Irish Hose" at the Heilig theater tonight will introduce to local theater-goers Miss Helen Sara Grossman, who plays the important comedy role of "Mrs. Isaac Cohen' in the Oliver Morosco production of the Anna Nichols Irish-Hebrew play. Miss urossman comes from a thea trical family and has been on the stage since early childhood. under the management of her fa"ther, Samuel B. Grossman, she was comedienne in turn at New York; Chicago, Winnipeg and San Francisco. She recently closed three-year stock season in San Francisco. Miss Grossman created the role of Mrs. Fiver Choldek in "The Business Game," and later toured the country in "Listen, Lester.' ill"" ' II line attraction, has been well known Utf"" JNMir - JfM in vaudeYille on the Pacific coast r V0 tiesll MM for a good many years as an enter- t, W jgaJ tainer, and his present vehicle gives s? , v -jytow K him opportunity for imitations of fZftWm ? "Wl V ''?r creatures jf the air and forest. j I Jtte t ' Texas Guinan, who is coming in person and in a photoplay to the Hippodrome next Saturday, is ant other In the long list of attractions which have been presented this spring under the Ackerman & Har ris management: Miss Guinan has been termed the "female Bill Hart." Her abilities as a horsewoman and range rider are conspicuous. MOROSCO'S SHOW POPULAR "Abie's Irish Rose" Called Irish Hebrew Mirthquake. Oliver Morosco's 1922 contribution to the theater world promises to exceed in popularity all of his former great successes. His latest offering, , "Abie's Irish Rose," the Anna Nichols Irish-Hebrew mirth quake, will be the attraction at the Heilig theater for four- nights be ginning tonight, with a matinee Wednesday. "Abie's Irish Rose" is a matri monial mix-up in which a rabbi, a priest and a Methodist clergyman all' present themselves to perform a marriage ceremony for a little Irish girl and a young Jewish lad, to satisfy the scrambled religious tendencies of various Interested parties. Abie and Rose-Mary are married secretly and complications of high order arrive when into the Orthodox Jewish atmosphere of old Solomon Levy's home comes his son bringing with him his bride. He walks in with trepidation for Solo mon's pet aversion is the Irish, so a "ski" is added to the bride's maiden name of Murphy as a sub terfuge to get into the good graces of the Jewish parent The elder Levy is very much pleased when he hears that his Abie is going to marry Rosie Murphiski, and all goes well until the rabbi is performing the ceremony, then Patrick Murphy, the bride's father, with a Catholic priest, arrive. Then their troubles begin in earnest A year passes. Both the disowning fathers find that a wonderful thing has happened. They have become grandfathers, and on Christmas eve. unbidden and unknown to one an other, they visit the young Lev ye. xne pjay is said to have an O. Henry-like climax, which is much too good to disclose. ELSIE JANIS SHOW COMING Comedienne to Be Heilig Attrac tion Beginning Thursday. Elsie Janis and her gang, as the popular comedienne and mimic designates her supporting company which is composed principally of ex-service men, will be the attrac tion at the Heilig theater for three nights, beginning next Thursday, with a special matinee Saturday. Miss Janis, who established her self as an actress-manageress in both London and Paris last season, is responsible for the entire pro ceedings she will present in this city, again proving herself one of the most versatile entertainers of the American stage. She wrote the plot, where one is discernible, and the lines, composed most of the music, staged the entire show, de signed the costumes and then to prove her faith in herBelf, she pro duced the show. Two years ago, after her return from France, where she spent a year or more entertaining the Amer ican doughboys. Miss Janis rigged up a revue based upon some of her experiences with the American ex peditionary forces on the war swept fields of France. The com pany then was almost entirely made up of ex-service men and the show was a great success. Her present revue has many of the young men vho made their first stage appear ances at that time and thus Elsie programmes her show "same gang, new stuff." This time the popular little comedienne has concocted a real show and her doughboy actors are real entertainers, no longer de HEILIG .PHOJiK MAIN 1. OLIVER MOROSCO CO. THE DELIGHTFUL Br ANNA NICHOLS TYPICAL MOROSCO PRICES INCLUDING WAR TAX -EVENINGS- Entire Lower Floor. .. .?2.20 Balcony, first 5 rows. . 1.S5 Balcony, last 17 rows.. 1.10 Gal., first 7 rows (res.) .85 Gal., last 7 rows (adm.) .55 TICKETS NOW SELLING TICKET OFFICE SALE OPENS TOMORROW HEILIGTs THIR, 'HIS 'RI SAT, WEEK DBinCS lUni limflfi WAD T4Y 1 iiivuw iiiukuumu linn inn mmusiaki show pendent upon their uniforms for special consideration and apprecia tion. ROBERT McKIJI IS BACK Villain of Films to Appear at Pantages in Person. Robert McKim, who is known to every devotee of motion pictures, returns to Portland In person this week at the Pantages theater and a TONIGHT 8:15 TOMORROW, TtTES. AND WED. Popular Price Mat. Next Wed. (?rjcco.) PRESENTS COMEDY SUCCESS CAST -POPULAR WED. JIATr Entire Lower Floor. .. .$1. 65 Entire Balcony 1.10 Gal., first 7 rows (res.) .55 Gal., last 7 rows (adm.) .55 FOR ENTIRE ENGAGEMENT June22.23924 SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY eve - s.s $2.75, $2.20, $i.r 11.10. 85-55c SAT. MAT. j 82.20. 81.63, $1.10, 85-53C ' warm welcome awaits him, because of his personal acquaintance here I and the high place he has won In tne movies. Mr. aiciiim neaas me new bill which opens at the' Pan tages tomorrow matinee. McKim, the heart - slayer, home - breaker, thief and all-round scoundrel of the films, who has been killed more times than any other man In America. Is revealed In a playlet of movie life called "The Re-Take." He appears as a director of a pic ture and the rne is the corner of the studio, where the making of photoplay is in progress, witn his wife in the leading role. How the director even sacrifices his wife on the altar of his am bition" and egotism provides the dramatic action. It is a cleverly acted skit, say the critics of other cities, for McKim had wide ex perience on the speaking stage be fore entering pictures, tie is as sisted by Rhea Mitchell and Bert Hadley, who are also experienced in picture1 and stage work. Miss Mitchell is a Portland girl and made her first professional appearance at the Baker theater, and has since become a star in pictures. At the close of his sketch, McKim gives intimate sidelights on his work and life. - As the added attraction on the same bill with McKim will De Johnny Elliott and girlSL Elliott is an agile dancer, and has a quartet of pretty girls who are talented singers and dancers, in an elab orately staged dancing act. La France and Byron, blackface comedians, contribute a big share of comedy to the bill Vlth their skit, "Defeated," In which one ap pears as a fighter and the other as his trainer and manager. Their dialogue is alive with laughter. The Four Byron girls also ap pear In blackface and display their gifts as Blngers. ' Their voices blend pleasantly in a programme of popu lar numbers. Nada Norraine, an attractive girl with a big voice of unusual range, pleases with a repertoire of popular and semi-classical numbers, and is becomingly gowned. Will Morris creates much amuse ment with his eccentricity as he fools with a bicycle. He Is an ex- ' AATINEE3 A 0 SATURDAY AH0 SUNDAY- CONTINUOUS LA FRANCE A BYRON DEFEATED NOW PLAYING l . :-v PM 4 jt&Slfd W$k ' ' ' ' Id " FfiSdSB I I choice of those who B t-J'.tii jjf' ' Environment Sl Jvl k I Picnic Facilities '1 J y-N-v and General ?! Recreation if 'I a-. L.-"' Come Ont Today Joiirlilllf f O'CENT'ARE if Lose That Gronch! ifilraf I jrom FIRST" 1 'T I g ALDEvlj . CortllHV Dor Circus Jfc B 111 1 today afternoon - V J FRANK W. STAFFORD In the Wonderful Fairy Story, "RIP VAN WINKLE'S MILLER, PACKER & SELZ "Triple Allinnce of Nonsense" ARNOLD GRAZER In Artistic Moments FIVE STAR "TTTF- POVERTY OF RICHES" Next Saturday June 24-30 TEXAS GUINAN in person and on the screen port pantomimist, cyclist and acro bat. H, K. Evenson, director of the Pant age orchestra, promises an un usual musical programme, and tho Pantagescope will show an Inter esting group of Pathe pictures. "HIP" BIUD IS BLEND OF FCN "Rip Van Winkle's Dream" Fea tured br Vaudeville House. The iew bill that opened at the Hippodrome Saturday supplies a novel entertainment, blending as it does a bit of familiar American legend. Irresponsible ' vagaries of singing, dancing, comedy and thrills and a contrasting glimpse of the mission country and Spanish color of Lower California. "Rip Van Winkle's Dream," the featured offering, is a worthy head liner, in which Frank W. Stafford and company appear. Mr. Stafford himself portrays Rip, making him a delightfully whimsical chap with a host of accomplishments. In a dream that brings Joy to his 20-year nap he enoounte-rs a fascinating Indian princess, played by Marie Stone, a singer of ability, and to her he discloses- his ability to whistle In imitation of the birds of the forest and to imitate in eounds many fa miliar objects. An Indian brave .Is faithfully portrayed by Chief White Wing, a redman, in a dance convey ing his hatred of the white' man, and a -star of the company is a beautiful Llewellyn setter, whose intelligence wins frequent applause. Two men and a girl, billed as Miller, Packer and Sets, form a popular trio. The eccentric, comedy of the two men keeps laughter stir ring continually. A pretty girl with a mezzo-soprano voice wins appre ciation and the harmony Blnglng of the three is pleasing. A Spanish flavor Is imparted to "Ramona's Acres," presented by LeHpen and Dupreece, who appear as a Spanish senorita and a cow boy whose ludicrously bowed legs are good for a laugh at every step. The lady possesses a melodious sing ing voice, a ready wit and awesome (Concluded on Paste 7.) -NIGHTS 1 a.9 I Pfl TO 1 1 PM ALEXANDER- PANTAGES PRESENTS THE POPULAR i VILLAIN OF THE SCREEN APPEARING IN PERSON IN A NEW PLAYLET THE RETAKE. WITH A CAST INCLOOING ftHEA MITCHELL AWB6ERT HAOL.E.V VAUDEVILLES MOST BEAUTIFUL, EXTRAVAGANZA JOHNNY ELLIOTT AND 6!lf UAOMAItV TH WHOM STUM Quartette. 1 NADA WILL MORRIS JUST A NOT' NORRAINE GJtJ. M TM THE. VOCEL. J Vnodevllle 3:30,7. O P- M. Plctnrex 3, 4:30,8, 10 P.M. Continuous Show 1 to 11 P. M. NOW PLAYING LE HOEN & DURREECE In the Novelty "Ramona's Acres" DREAM" MARIA RACKO & PARTNER Amazing Physical Exploits PICTURE PLAY Richard Dix, John Bowers, PrinKnt" Beatrice Joy, Louise Lovely and Irene Rich. . Next Saturday June 24-30