SECTION FOUR mm n Dramatic, Photoplays and Rose Festival Pictures VOL. XLI PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY - MORNING, JUNE - 23, 1923 NO. 26 vi lFfT.rr- , J" '' 'V'Jfrfc.-gj.. J 5i 1, m G BY HAMILTON WAYXE. potts, received a most enthusiastic US METZGER, inanager of the reception. ' The prediction is made varii theater. last week In that "Hurricane's Gal," which is ious newspaper advertise- forthcoming First national attrac- ments asked the tlieatsrrgoing pub- tion. will be a surefire winner, lie a very . pertinent (jut s-tion re- ' , . . ' : .. . . grarding' their attitude with refer ence to good pictures, ,, v : On a -comhination . vacation and. business' trip, Salvatore Santaella, Considering the present persistent conductor at" the Rivoli theater, Is ,. cry for better photoplays,, the quear- In New Tork. W hile in the east -tion was aptly put; Manager Metz- visiting: relatives and renewing ger is a member of the censor board.' acquaintances In musical circles. He was playing an. attraction .that Mr. Santaella will purchase music was worthy of the nmst enthusiastic and orchestra scores, to' add to the ... support. Did he get it? . He . em- Hivoli' musical library. '. During his phatically did not!- absence the. orchestra will be con- In' the early part of the run of ducted by Harry Linden, assistant that particular captivating picture, conductor and concert master. The which was noted for its excellent latter, before,, he 'joined, the Rivoli story, wonderful characterization, orchestra was an instructor in the and which contained every essential Metropolitan school of : music in element of a really standard .photo- Chicago, where ; he was alsi con play, Mr. Metzger became so dis- nected : with 1 the Chicago .Grand gusted with the slim patronage that Opera company. , " he decided to take oft the sterling " :;,.,.;.' photoplay and put on something ' J. C. Stille, . ex-manager oT the .that would at least pay expenses Rivoli theater, now representing in oven if the picture he had in mind. a special' capacity the Universal was necessarily of a lower standard Film corporation,, spent a: few days" tJfan the one that was playing. He last week in Portland visiting with ' . would have been justified Jn ..his ac- Gus A Metzger, his ex-employer, tion. He Is not running the Rivoli Stille for a - few . weeks - was in for. his health. . He; and not. unlike charge of the Sea.ttle theater owned other managers in this-crty, is stren- by the Universal. For a time he uously endeavoring to give the pub-' was in Salt Lake City on uie same He the better class of pictures and mission. ' nine times out often when the man- ' ' ' agers do exhibit something that is Lo's Weber, star; producer, airec really worth while they lose money! tM and alt around woman, who re- Mr. Metzger was prevailed upon centiy returned from Europe,, staged '' to give the picture a further chance. a studio revue at her "plant re-.. , Not only he but 'the photoplay centiy with stars galore appearing. critics had their fingers on the 11 'waa a benefit for the Postwar , pulse. And before the run of the Service leagoie. Stars were on hand, picture was finished that pulsation t0' because they posted 100 forfeit was so discouragingly weak that the for nonappearance, and all. worked entry on the business book of the that Ruth Roland, who . is Rivoli for that week was radicaUy sama 8lnset. warbled and yodeled, and incidentally unflatteringly n,d "" t-"r were on the big Siv Pa piiiiiiip;t . ;V'-:ci iMw.-.-.'jr:-' y 4 f W V 1 f 1 " TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Liberty Wallace Reid, "Across the Continent." . Majestic Monte Blue, "My Old Kentucky Home." , Rivoli Jack Holt. Bebe Daniels, "North of the Rip Grande.' Columbia Thomas Meighan, "Our Leading Citizen Hippodrome Doria May, "Boy Crazy." Circle De M ile's "Fool Paradise." . mfumi- is-1 jr. f4 .j 7. 1 on the wrong side of the ledger! Two picture houses in the down town theatrical district are. now on the dark list. One was a represen tative house, the other played ex cellent ' -econd-run' pictures. . The truth of the matter is that those houses did not close for repairs, nor to give the managers a vacation. bill, which -was followed by a regu lar Saturday night dance. s. ' ' ; . Alice Brady wears glasses before the camera for the first time in her motion picture career In "Missing Millions," .'which Is now in produc tion at Long Island Studio. . Miss Brady effects a disguise with the glasses, which Is essential to the Seldom were inferior Pictures shown isn&k role whlch sne plays , this at the Peoples theater. Yet it had to close; and despite the fact that It belonged to a chain of theaters controlled, by a powerful- organiza- 'Boston Blackie" story. Gloria Swanson .has comimenced work on her next Paramount p4c- tion, it could not be permitted to ture, "The Impossible Mrs. Bellow," continue playing a losing game ow- at -the Lasky studio. Previous to her: ing to lack of public support of return from Europe, Sam Wood, who good pictures. is directing the picture, took many According to various, announce- .of the scenes in New York in which ments from various organizations, the star does not appear, the public has been making a de- T. Roy Barnes will welcome the mand upon the theater managers daywhe'n he can:appear In public for better film attractions. Man- with his face barren of the tramp ager Metzger has stepped out and beard he has grown for his role of turned the tables. The managers Hapipy Jack in "The Old Home now undoubtedly will do a little' de- stead," . directed by James Cruze. mandlng of their own. If the public "I'm tired," he explained, "of steal really wants nothing but the very ing through back alleys to get to the highest class of photoplay attrac- studio." , tlons the managers will screen pic- ' " '-.' tures until they are blind seeking A black cat-figures almost ' daily the right attractions regardless of on the call sheet at the Lasky studio the enormous price that the pro- for -Irvin WiUat's production for ducers tack on to them. But when Paramount, "On the High Seas,",, in they find them, exhibit them and which . Dorothy., Dalton .and Jack exploit them, those same managers Holt are featured, are absolutely warranted In -making . . their demand that those attractions Tw different types of ghosts will be fittingly supported. - be seen shortly in Paramount pic- , t tures. In "The Ghost Breaker," "In the Name of the Law," the Wallace Reid's picture which Alfred Emory Johnson production, . Is the Green is .directing, they will , be latest motion picture to break int Spanish spectres wearing armor, a Broadway theater, which hitherto In ' "Borderland," Agnes Ayres" has devoted itself entirely to the Photodrama directed by Paul Powell, spoken drama. The big police drama wiu aPDear as dlm sPir'ts will open for an extended run at "wathed in filmy raiment. But the the George M. Cohan theater, at n"d ghosts are "bogus," while Times Square, New York city, be- 8e ln .,,'lrl" , ginning July 9. presumably the real thing 225 of em. . . .-. .- Bubbling with enthusiasm and glad to get back off the road, Phylljs Haver, Mack Sennett comedy "Manslaughter," Cecil B. DeMille's next production,, will soon be com-. nlAtAri gxpnnliiir rt an annnnnm- star, again has taken up her studio ment from th. Xhe pfcture grease paint and mirror. Phyllis wnich ls gald to Contain some, of In company with Ben Turpi and th. most elaborate scenes he has Kathryn McGuire, appeared in a staged, will open for a run at vaudeville sketch on Pantages time tne Criterion early in the falL . In several of the west coast cities, ; . ' - .. and while she says that the life of "The Law of the Lawless," a stale a vaudeville artist, is all that may of gypsy ufe from the collection of be expected, she, nevertheless, wants ahort stories entitled "Ghitza and no more of it.' '- - " Other Romances of Gypsy Blood," : by Konrad' BercovicI, famous Rou-' Allen Holubar's "Hurricane's Gal," manian author, has been purchased starring Dorothy Phillips in a sea by Paramount as a possible vehiele drama, was previewed at the Cali- (or Bebe Daniels. . . fornia theater in Venice, Ca., the - Mr. Eercovici did not hesitate to other night and, according to re- say, on his first visit to the Lasky studio recently, that he visualized Miss Daniels, with her dark, strik ing beauty, in his j tales of ihe Tslganes, and that he hoped she might play the first one of his char acters to reach the screen.' . ... . ' . : 1 . . "The Old Homestead" is one of the first ; pictures in which Theo-" dore Roberts, the Paramount char acter actor, ; has appeared In some time wherein he cannot smoke cigars. - But he makes up for it between scenes. "- r :. . ' -: --Having found a Hollywood home with a garden larg 3 enough1 to satisfy- the- athletic ambitions of Lux, their German police dog, Mr. and Mrs. George . Fitzmaurice (Ouida Bergere)-are now full-fledged Cali fornia householders. ; i. George Arliss has sailed, for Eng land after compIetingthe scenes for his newest motion picture, 'The Si lent "Voice." It will be his vacation One of the last scenes was taken at St. Ann's P: E. church, one of the oldest in Brooklyn.- Dr. Cuthbert, assistant rector,t is a strong Arliss admirer, and is also a believer in the motion picture. The church atmos . phere for the film has to do with the star's role as a brilliant organist who becomes crushed in spirit by! his loss of hearing and consequent loss of musical ability. ; . Realism has its disadvantages. Or, at least, "so thinks Theodore Kosloff. With j much coaxing, the : Russian dancer, and cinema' actor, raised.1 a cute ; little , goatee for his role of Lord Carnal In'. "To Have and to Hold," . a . George . Fitzmaurice pro duction for Paramount "" But, ' curses'! No one believed; it real, . all giving-- the hairy adorn ment a husky tug. ; , - . Preparations are now in progress for the next Norma Talmadge pro duction, : with-"Infatuation" - com pleted. . It will, be an adaptation of the famous stage play by Robert :Hitchens,'"The Voice From the Min . aret," a .tale of oriental love and ad venture. Frank Lloyd wil Idirect. V ' - '" ' In addition to Niles Welch, who is Elaine - Hammerstein's , regular leading man, Mahlon Hamilton - has been engaged by Myron Selznick to support -his star in ' "Under Oath." The feature is being produced at the : United studios' in Hollywood. . Mahlon Hamilton is well known ' to all theater-goers, for besides hav ing supported many of the foremost stars of the screen, he has also been featured in several of his own pro ductions. . He also played for -several years before the footlights with Frohman, Belasco and otner leading producers. .. . . ... . . ,' After polling its various produc ing companies, United Artists is able to report that the final titles of im portant releases for this fall are established, as follows: "Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood" (all- one title); Mary Plckford's "Tess'of the Storm Country" (no change from the original name); Charles Ray ' in "A Tailor-Made Man" (not The) ; George Arliss, "The - Silent Voice"; Jack Plckford's ."Garrison's Finish.".. . ; .. ". .. A treat in dramatic art is reported from Logan City, Utah, . where a reading was given in the book ver sion of D. W. Griffith's "Orphans Of the Storm" at the Brigham Young college. The reading was conducted by Professor T. N. Cutler, who,, with out the aid of make-up, special cos tume or scenery, presented the va rious characters of the film, from the lisping orphans of the prologue to the "Thunderbolt" Danton in the film's climax. '..:' - : - "Whiskers," the underslung, wide guage terrier that haunts Charles Ray both at home and at the studio, has proved himself a "purp" of pa trician blood by coming out winner at the recent second annual show of the Los Angeles Kennel club. "Whiskers" won a blue ribbon, two reds and one white in the wire-hair classes. The Ray pet is three years old and this was his first appear ance in a show. . Myron Selznick has engaged -George Archainbaud, the French di rector, for Elaine Hammerstein's fu ture productions. . Archainbaud has a long list of successes to his credit, notably "Handcuffs or. Kisses," starring Miss Haramersteln; "The Man of . Stone," starring: Conway Tearle, and "Clay Dollars,". in which Eugene O'Brien scored one of his most notable successes. , .- Pretty soon Wallace Reid'a expe rience in piloting things on wheels will be complete, thanks to Jils work in motion pictres. The Paramount star has just . returned . from . Los Olivas, Cat., where he drove the en gine of one of the few remaining narrow gauge railways in the world fop scenes in "The Ghost Breaker," directed by Alfred Green. - - " - ' "- ; ; Sydney Algier, John M. Stahl's as sistant fn the making of "One Clear Call' and, "The Song of Life," will again be with the director -on the production of "The Dangerous Age," Mr. Stahl's next picture for Louis B. Mayer. Previous to his entry into the film industry, Mr. Algier was an actor on the speaking stage, play ing leads - in musical shows and vaudeville sketches. - - Attired in blue and purple trail ing robes, 250 "ghosts" moved out of .Hollywood recently ,: Nope, not real "ghosts," just a group of players attired to give a particular "astral" -effect in "Bor derland," the new 'Agnes Ayres pic ture which Paul Powell ' is direct ing. And while regular ghosts car rying a ghosts' union card are sup posed, to work only at night,, these visitors from . the ; "world, beyond" lived, moved, and had their being for a day neath- the bright California sunlight. - .. . . " . ' Three of the biggest ocean liners afloat were used by Sam Wood, Par amount director, in filming scenes for his next production starring Gloria Swanson. These were the Olympic, the Majestic and the Presi dent Wilson Mr. Wood has just returned to the Lasky studio from New York and will shortly begin studio production on the picture, which is an adapta tion by Percy Heath of the book, "The Impossible. Mrs. Bellew," by David Lisle. It was during his stay In New York that the scenes aboard 6hip were secured, v . . -' Fencing is becoming quite the - thing around the Lasky studio, what -with the instructions going on for members of the George Fitzmaurice company making "To Have and to Hold," with Betty Compson and Bert - LytelL The latter has to do some clever work with the rapier and so does Theodore Kosloff, who plays the heavy. , An enormous set will be built at the t Lasky studio to represent the Spanish castle, which is to be prop erly haunted for "The Ghost Break er," Wallace Reid's new Paramount picture, in which he is supported by Lila Lee. v - - Richard Walton Tully,: the creator of 'The Masquerader," which will be released - in the fall by Firsl Na tional, is now-shooting the first scenes for the second Post pictures,. "Omar the Tentmaker," . in which Guy . Bates Post ' played . for many months throughout the country. James Young is directing.1 ' ' :'.---' - . ' ' : "Give us more pictures of Teddy and little John Henry.". . t, Mack Sennett has answered ' this demand which has been- the basis of thousands of fan letters received at the studios during the past few months, by starting out a new com pany under the direction of Fred Jackman, with George O'Hara in the capacity of co-director, and in which John Henry Jr. and Teddy, the won der dog, will share the starring hon ors, aided by Pepper, Sennett's fe line artist. '- . - The first of this series of child and animal pictures will be known by the title of "Bow -Wow." "Day Dreams." Every youth has them. For all youths are full of en thusiastic hopes. ' And Buster Keaton is no excep tion to the rule. Consequently, he has decided to name his next fun film "Day Dreams." The scenario i from the prolific pens of Buster Keaton. and Eddie Cline, who also directed it. ' There is nothing sadder than fail ure. . .The greatest tragedies are those enacted within human souls, when the lealization comes that one has failed to measure up to his dreams. Roy Del Ruth has completed his story and continuity and has every thing in readiness to. begin imme diately with the production of the next Mack Sennett comedy. '- Under the supervision of the com edy king, Del Ruth has already pro duced half of the series of two-reel special comedies featuring Billy Be van and Mildred June. In the opin ion of critics and fans this series of Billy Bevan -Mildred June comedies is all that is to be desired in this form of screen entertainment. The latest of the series, "Oh, Daddy!" has just recently been titled and shipped east for distribution. A loaf of bread costs 1000 crowns in Vienna today, according to recent news dispatches. That is one of the reasons Universal did not send sev eral hundred hungry actors to the Austrian capital for Von Stroheim's forthcoming production laid in that . once gay city. Portions of Vienna are now being reproduced at Univer sal City and Von Stroheim is pre paring to start production shortly. The new Vienna in southern Califor nia will be strikingly realistic in everything but food prices. ... . m - Special ' music scores are being written for Oliver Morosco's first two pictures. The work of tuning the films has been turned over to Werner . Janssen, who came into quick prominence by his lilting , score , in Charlotte Greenwood's lat est success, "Letty Pepper," Jans sen is now in New York preparing the; incidental music for "The Half Breed," which is scheduled as a June release, and following that will turn his attention to "Slippery Mc Gee."" - - ', . Charles .Chaplin's next comedy is destined to be one of his best, judg ing from the time involved in mak ing it. He Is not shooting scenes at Universal City,, where he rented a large number of massive sets. No hint as to the nature of the comedy has issued from the Chaplin head quarters. . Allen Holubar is now completing the editing and cutting of "Hurri cane's Gal," a spectacular drama of the sea, with Dorothy Phillips as the star. Most of the scenes were taken at sea, many of them being filmed from hydroplanes, with Director Holubar issuing orders by radio. Buster Keaton has just finished "The Frozen North," a burlesque on wild and woolly melodramas, and is making "The Electric House," the scenario of which promises one of the most side-splitting comedes ever made, by Buster. He is now busy with "Day Dreams." - Haying finished "The Woman Con quers," Katherlne MacDonald is now engaged in filming "White Shoul ders," based on a Saturday Evening Post story by George Kibbe Turner. Tom Forman, who is directing, also plays a part, and the rest of the cast includes Bryant Wahsburn, Little Richard Headrick, Nigel Barrie, Lil lian Lawrence, Charles French, James Barrows, Lincoln Stedman and Fred Malatesta. The picture will contain many thrilling situa tions and elaborate sets. While Marshall Neilan is taking advantage of a well-earned vaca tion, his studio forces are cutting "Her Man," a story of small-town journalism and one of the most un usual yarns ever filmed. The story by George Pattulo origThallj ap peared in the Saturday Evening Post, and the cast includes Matt Moore, Leatrice Joy, Raymond Grif fith, Helen Lynch, George Barnum, Fritzi Brunette, F. D. Phillips, Dick Wayne, Josephine Crowell, Tom Wil son and George Dromgold. Hope Hampton's latest production, "The Light in the Darts," is now being edited in the east. It was adapted from William Dudley Pel ly's novel, "White Faith," and was directed by Clarence L. Brown. ' The supporting cast includes Lon Cha ney, E. K. Lincoln, Dorothy Watters, Doble Davidson and Edgar Norton. The picture is declared to possess some novel effects never before seen on the screen. .''.- A remarkable cast 'has been chosen by D. D. Griffith for his 'next United Artists picture. Carol Dempster, who was seen in "The Love Flower," and "Dream Street," will play the leading .'feminine role. Henry Hull, distinguished Broadway leading man, has been enlisted. An other shining light from the legit imate stage given a role is C. H. Croker-King, the star of "Bulldog Drummond." Margaret Dale, who was the adventuress in George Ar lisj "Disraeli," Frank Wunderlee, Fr'ank Sheridan and Irma Harrison are other members of the cast. Mr. Griffith has not. named the picture yet. . The Adirondack mountains in the region of Saranac . and Loon lakes have been echoing - recently the sound of Herbert Brenon's clarion notes through the megaphone with which he is directing a new Will iam Farnum picture. Having "shot" most of the interiors . at the Fox New York studio,' Mr. Brenon left with his company for exteriors in the mountain and lake country. The party includes, besides Mr. Brenon " and Mr. Farnum, Sadie Mullen, a new leading woman; Holmes Her bert and Dawn O'Day. Thomas H. Ince, who has been in the east for some weeks, is ex- pecteM to return to his studios at an early date. In the meantime, film, production is being kept at, its peak, at the Ince plant. ' ' Fred Niblo, former stage star and internationally famous lecturer, now has. a company of his .own under the Louis B. Mayer banner, producing all-star specials for Met ro release. His first picture, the story for which is now being se lected, is scheduled to get under ay within the next month. Among Mr. Niblo's latest successes are: "The Three Musketeers." "The Wom an He Married," "The .Mark of Zor ro" and "Blood and Sand." One of Tom Mix's horses was in jured badly when an automobile plunged among a number of horses that were being exercised along the roads near Asbury Park, N. J. Now everyone is asking what was one of the Fox star's famous ponies do ing so far from California. In the big home-wrecking scene in the Fox special "A Fool There Was," Lewis J. Stone, who plays the Fool, smashes seven mirrors in his house as a climax to, his affair with the vampire. Everyone was wondering whether Mr. Stone would have seven years' hard luck. They have no cause to worry thus far. He had hardly finished "A Fool There Was" when he was engaged for another production and, is negotiating for still others. Herbert . Brenon has been up In the Lake Saranac region looking for locations for the next William Farnum picture. Most of the new production will be taken outdoors in the Adirondack mountains and in the neighborhood of Lake Cham plain. . .. Max Linder, the famous French comedian, was so jubilant over his recent signing of a contract where by his latest screen classic, "The Three Must Get Theirs," a rollicking burlesque of Douglas Fairbanks' version of "The Three Musketeers," was insured its world-wide release that he gave one of the most unique polite parties ever undertaken in Hollywood. The big outstanding thrill of this select social function was furnished by a real male lion, which Linder turned loose among his guests in his apartments when the jollity was at its height. Metro is the busy place. Harry L. Kerr, four years assistant general manager at the Keystone ' lot and more lately in the same station at TTntv.real liao hMui nie-nfil am inst. ing director. Harry was overseas as a number. one lieutenant, was shot down from a balloon, then came back to make pictures. Now he is casting Billie Dove's initial starring vehicle, "Country Love," to be di rected by Emile Chautard, recently arrived from the other Broadway. Another story soon to start Is "Peg O' My Heart," under the direction of King Vidor. Laurette Taylor Is to star.- Harry Beaumont, who put on the "Skinner" series with Washburn, is directing Viola Dana at Metro in "Page Tim O'Brien." Cullen Landis plays opposite the clever star. Viola is a very regular little person. She is suffering 'ith a bad cold, but is right on the job, and between scenes is knitting. on a nifty white .silk sport . sweater for her dad. Everybody surely - thinks a lot of "Vi." "What, me stay home?" she tCoocludtd on Page S.)