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THE SUNDAY . OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 25, 1922 SILLS QUITS PROFESSOR'S CHAIR TO ENTER PICTURES Immensely Admired Milton Deserts College Career, Much to Ad vantage of Photoplay World. , f;; I- A' -' , ' ; 1 X iA,; '; f -k 1 ' - " '' '1 J , . ! t '.' - f vrm V -i pictures on the six-months Para mount programme that starU in August- She will appear In support of Wallace Reld in "The Dictator." In "Blood and Sand," one of the big ! gest productions of the yean she i will play opposite Rodolph Valen- tino as his wife, Carmen. Later she 1 will be starred with Wallace Reid in "The Ghost Breaker," and will have a leading part with James Kirkwood In the George Melford production "Ebb Tide." . Hilton Sills, star of sterling; ability, began bis career teaching; parcaologT in the University of Chicago. NOWLEDGE of the psychology stock in New York City, New Or- TT Y of motion picture audiences, combined with his wonder ful grasp of dramatic technique, has made Milton Sills one of the best known and admired leading men of the screen. Before Sills em barked on a dramatic career, he held a chair as instructor of psy chology at the University of Chi cago. Sills, who is one of the stars in "One Clear Call," the John M. Stahl production now being offered by Louis B.' Mayer as a First National attraction, was educated at the Uni versity of Chicago and specialized In psychology. With his gradua tion from that Institution Sills was given the chair in the department of psychology. His ambition to appear before the footlights caused him to sever con nection with the school and he de voted the succeeding ten years in lans, Cleveland and Denver. Sills' rise on the legitimate stage was little short of meteoric. He ap peared as leading man in Belasoo's "The Governor's Lady," "The Fight ing Hope," and "The Man Inside." He next, appeared In the Frohman success, "The Happy Marriage," and played the leading male role in such Brady productions as: "Mother, "Diplomacy," "Panthea" and "The Law of the Land." His first appearance in the photo play world was with Clara Kim ball Young In "The Deep Purple.' In the all-star production; "The Woman Thou Gavest me," he played the part of "Conrad" and he won distinction in such, films as: "The Honor System," "Eyes of Youth, "Dangerous to Men," "The Little Fool" and "Behold My Wife But as the young surgeon in "One Clear Call," Sills is to be seen at the pinnacle of his .dramatic career. dos'Q-upofritorofk PRETTY CHRISTIE PLAYER NOTED STAY-AT-HOME GIRL Picture Fans Will Remember Lady With Beautiful Eyes in Riot Comedy, "Cold Feet"; She Is Viora DanieL NEW BILLS AT; MOVIES (Continued From First Page. ) says, a cold won t keep me rrom work! Not on your life, I'll not hold up a picture for a. measly old cold," and she takes a swig at a bottle of honey and onion syrup made by her motherly maid. And that Is some sentiment! A'V;;1 .if 'A l . li g, , a- i Xila Lee, whose pet diversion, other than tennis and motoring, is making little "pretties" for her attractive home with mother. ONE of the photoplays that made all of Lila Lee's friends smile . discreetly when she wasn't looking was "Crazy to Marry." That title is enough to make anybody smile who has seen -Lila, whether on the screen, or in her home, or on the tennis court, or on a dance floor. Whenever Lila gets crazy to marry and the rumor spreads traf fic cops will be stationed in front of her cute little Hollywood bunga low and the line will form on the right. Lila Is one of the most popu lar young women around the Lasky studios. She is hardly more than 20 and looks younger. Miss Lee lives simply with her mother, Mrs. Augusta Appel. They have a charming little home. It isn't one of those pretentious places where you expect to stumble over footmen at every turn; it is just one of a dainty collections of rooms that one would expect to find this slim girl in. There are muslin cur tains about and dollies on tables that show she is fond of needle work. She finds home a welcome relief after years of life on rail Toad trains. Most girls would have come out ' af such an experience hardened bit and somewhat blase,- but It seems not to havo let the sligb.test trace on this rising young film ac tress. She hts always had a tre mendous amount of magnetism,, and older people seem to take a deep personal Interest in her wherever she goes. Miss Lee is very fond of dancing. She and her mother have modest parties at intervals. Outside of this her amusements consist largely of playing tennis and of driving her car. Her first picture was "The Cruise of the Make-Believe." This story was one of the imaginative wander ings of two children who construct ed a "yacht" out of the debris of their city backyard. It w-as an in stant success, and since that time Miss Lee has appeared regularly in Paramount pictures. She rose to the heights of histrionic achieve ment in "Male and Female," Cecil B. DeMUle's adaptation for the screen of Barrle's "The Admirable Crichton." She has appeared as leading woman In a number of suc cesses. She was with Thomas Mei- ghan In "The Prince Chap." An other of her successes was in Will- lam DeMUle's picture, "Midsummer Madness," in which she took the part of a married woman whose husband becomes estranged in a romance. , .Miss Lee, will- be In four ol the WALLACE REID AT ' LIBERTY Star Has Snappy, Romantic Con- edy In "Across the Continent." The small type of motor car, cor responding with the much ridiculed 'flivver," playa the hero role among the props In "Across the Continent," new Paramount picture starring Wallace Reid, now at the Liberty theater. "This Is the first time," said Byron Morgan, author of the story and scenario, "that a small car of the popular type has been cast for a heroic role in a film. Ordinarily It Is the big, powerful machine that gets In the limelight But here we have the 'Dent' car with the star at the wheel, winning out and play ing a big role in a drama for love and business. "I personally covered some three thousand miles obtaining material for this Btory, getting atmosphere and ideas and checking the mileage to make the picture as accurate as possible. "There' has not been a real trans continental contest for years. Nowa days, it is a case of. a car racing against time, and I have an idea this may point the. way to a revival of the old racing events, if manu facturers heed the hint given. . It can be done and the picture shows how. "Wallace Reid didn't know much about the type- of car he had to drive, but he learned quickly. You see, he's used to big powerful mo tors, and at - first the little car seemed like a toy to him. But he found that it could make about. 85 miles an hour and then he began to Ike it." - . POPULAR STARS AT RIVOLI Jack Holt and Bebe Daniels Of fered in "North of Rio Grande.'! Leaving visiting cards at the homes of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Dweller lias been a recent pastime of Bebe Daniels and Jack Holt, pop ular Paramount stars. ' Of course, the towering roek resi dences of 'Mr. and Mrs. C. D. haven't been occupied for more than 4000 years but inasmuch as the cliff dwellings were only a short walk from the Arizona "location" camp of the co-stars it wouldn't have been neighborly not to have dropped In. For scenes In "North of the Rio Grande," a romantic tale which carries Its action above and below the border, - the Jack Holt-Bebe Daniels company camped for sey eral weeks at Mormon Flats, 60 miles from Phoenix and in the heart of the cliff-dwelling and Apache country. The rough and rugged sur roundings are said to have afforded Mr. Holt and a band of 26 cowboys splendid opportunities for some "trick" riding. ' . " "North of the Rio Grande" is the current attraction at the Rivoll theater. Rolling Sturgeon director. Well-known supporting players in clude Aleo B. Francis, Will Wallingr, Charles Ogle, Fred Huntley, Shan non Dan and Jack Carlyle. TOM MEIGHAN AT COLUMBIA Star Has Capital Story in "Our Leading Citizens." There is a way for the hero of a screen drama to soak the villain so that the punch looks like an awful wallop, but In reality hurts very little. Thomas Meighan was having a rough-and-tumble fight with Tom Kennedy in the former's latest Paramount picture, "Our Leading Citizen," the current at traction at the Columbia theater. After knocking over all the furni ture, breaking down the door and messing things up generally, the combatants 'lunged for the knock out blow. Meighan jabbed Kennedy on the jaw with- what appeared to be a re sounding smack. Only the two act ors know that Meighan had "pulled his punch" that is, made it appear more severe than it really was. But Kennedy was a .disciple of Spartan realism. "Don't pull your punch on me I m no lily!' was his order. Where upon, with the camera tetill grind ing, Meighan let go with another whack that was quite genuine' and K-ennedy took the count. That was better," he smiled after the scene was over. "That one made me feel more like, lying down more realistic: To all who can't understand Ken nedy's spunk, it should be said that he was formerly an aspirant for the world's heavyweight title and is naraened to bumps. MONTE BLUE AT MAJESTIC Thrilling Race Scenes in "My Old Kentucky Home." Coming along, at break-neck speed In a field surmounted with class Is "My Old Kentucky Home," one of the season's greatest human dramas of mother love named after the famous ballad, is showing at the Majestic theater. "My Old Kentucky Home" will make your blood tingle with excite ment, will arouse your sympathy and give you an insight into a real southern romance such as you only read about. It s a story of the south told in all the homely spirit that only southern stories can reveal and is enacted by an all-star cast headed by Monte Blue, one of the country's favorite screen actors. It tells the story of a son of a southern widow who has been rail roaded to jail, who is too proud to go home and tell what happened. He is about to plunge Into the depths of the underworld when he hears the strains of "My Old Ken tuck y Home" and right there he gets homesick and 'longs for the comforts of a loving mother. He goes home but keeps the se crt. His former sweetheart i over joyed at seeing him, but the vil lain, who is a desperate smuggler, holds the whip hand over the . boy when he tells him he will expose him if he does not desist paying at tention to the girl. The boy's mother has entered a horse In the Kentucky derby and she has staked her all on the raee. Through diligent training the horse Is .groomed for the race, which car rles a big purse, and on the day of the derby, the biggest event held In the south, Dixie wins. The villain N Jr - V y J -r i - . - 7 I VIORA DANIEL, one of the fa-M vorite Christie Comedy players, is one of the few real "native daughters" in California. Generally when you meet any one out in Cali fornia these days, they are from somewhere else, like Ohio, Illinois, New York or, particularly, Iowa. But Viora Daniel was born on a ranch near San Lucas, CaL, and so far has never been outside of her native state. Her first picture expe rience was in Paramount's "So This Is America," and, later, as a mem- oer oi me xasky stock comDanv. played in several feature pictures as MARVELOUS ARRAYHPSITADQI ' AH in a STAR photoplay. "North of the Rio Grande" is filled with picturesque scenes, romance, pathos, thrilling moments and real dramati. :onfiict. Portrayed by this all-star cast, it will grip you and hold you from start to finish. SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT DE LUXE r. I Today at 12:40 Noon lltltlll 8 fly , 7m Viora Daniel, who iras born In California and has never yet Journeyed beyond its portals only via the- celluloid route. leading woman and in smaller roles. Al Christie, who generally picks his players from the ranks of the legitimate dramatic companies, signed her up to be featured in two reel comedies, and- thus far she has appeared In "Let Me Explain," "In for Life." "A Pair of Sixes," '"Twas Ever Thus," "A Barnyard Cavalier," "Cold Feet" and will soon be seen In "The Son of a Sheik." For those who are interested in such points, Miss Da-nlel is 21, un married, five feet one and a half Inches tall and has dark brown har and eyes. Her eyes are quite large and photograph very beautifully, so 'tis said. exposes the boy but he himself comes to grief when arrested for smuggling. DORIS. MAY AT HIPPODROME Piquant Star Appears in Fast- Moving Farce "Boy Crazy." Piquant Doris May scored another hit in "Boy Crazy," her latest com edy, which opened yesterday at the Hippodrome. As the breezy title suggests, "Boy Crazy" is a fast-moving farce de signed chiefly for laughs. Miss May has a role to which she gives the full charm of her great talents. Another skilful funmaker who appears In support of Miss May is Harry Myers, best remembered foi his brilliant work in the recent pro duction of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," in which Myers had the leading role. All the delightful atmosphere ol the rural community envelopes "Boy Crazy." Doris May appears as Jackie Cameron, lively young daughter of Daddy Cameron, who conducts an old fashioned dry goods shop In the village. Jackie likes the boys and the boys are over whelmingly pro-Jackie. The fun begins in earnest when a male dressmaker a perfectly manly chap, however comes to town and opens a de luxe establish ment to which tt the"- women of Santa Boobara flock immediately. Jackie doesn't intend to have all the business stolen from her father, so she takes charge of the situation. She opens a fashionable gents' fur nishings shop and iids the" whole town buy. They the men folk come with a rush and then the bat tle begins, Jackie wins, of course, but not without a lot of fun for all conoerned. . - "FOOL'S PARADISE," CIRCLE - . Cecil De Mille's Masterly Produc tion Has Gripping Story. Cecil B. De Mille successes, the story of "Fool's Paradise," now at the Circle theater, has a two-fold source. The basic theme was sug gested by Leonard Merrick's short story "The Laurels and the Lady." This theme was developed and elaborated, the scene of the action transferred to an American setting and a tremendous dramatic moment constructed by the authors, Beulah Marie Dix and Sada Cowan. The combined efforts of the sev eral writers has produced a story that boasts of both power and originality, the theme a problem of love and sacrifice as old and as new as the human race has been presented and solved with the vividness and sharply drawn char acterization that is typical of Cecil B. De Mille productions alone. The principal roles are played 0y Dorothy Dalton, Mildred Harris, Conrad NageL Theodore Kosloff, John Davidson and Julia Faye. The cast is large and capable. Myrtle Stedmara is the latest ad dition to the all-star cast of Louis B. Mayer's "The Dangerous Age,'" a John M. Stahl production . now in the making. Miss Stedman has just recently returned from the east, where she made a personal appear ance tour of the Cheaters upon the completion of an important part with Flalne Hammerstein in "Reck less Youth." Her latest engagement was with Clara Kimball Young In "The Hands of Nara." In "The Dan gerous Age," she haB a vital role as a social climber in New York so ciety circles. Special Concert Music in Picture Theaters. Directors Offering Attractive Pro grammes Today. ,1 m IMS TODAY AND ALL WEEK w i i i, j, j a vi TODAY The following is the concert pro gramme for today at the Columbia theater, Vincent C Knowles, direc tor: - . -Theme- 'Sweet Indiana Home"....... h Donaldson Intermission. "The Sneak". .......i Brown "Bees" Jone "Fla of Victory" Von Blor., "The Swallows" Klein "When the Gray of the 8ky" SterHng Like so many other successful I "Canadian Capers" .'. Cohen - sleep rime. jy Honey, irom zietr-. feld's Follies Hubbell "Luliuby" ...i WlUlami "Flirht or the Birds" Rice "Whispering- Willows" ..; .Victor Herbert In addition, the programme con tains many popular numbers. 11 with I Dorothy Dalton Mildred Harris -f . Conrad Nigel JM Theodore Kosloff NOW PLAYING Also MONDAY COME! Cecil B DeMille PRODUCTION Y "FOOLS PARADISE" Theodore Ko John Davidson. Julia. Frve A PICTURE that sweeps from Texas to Siam, and gathers into a' hundred lavish scenes the love and beauty of the world. Clyde Cook Comedy, "The. Chauffeur." PATHS IfBWS MUTT AND JEFF ' . ladependently Ownea Independently Operated OPENS AT 9 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING 4. Chaperon Tsber or ICE COOLED CLOSES AT 4 O'CLOCK FOLLOWING MORNING Always In Attendance THOMAS MEIGHAN - GHjrantoant JJ Gictm y W vi Theodora Roberts Charles Ogle Sylvia Ashton "OUR LEADING CITIZEN" By George Ade A warm slice of real life flavored with romance and spice more Amer ican than buckwheat cakes more fun than a circus. THEN there's another of those good comedies such as you frequently see at the Co lumbia and a news reel to which we have added the ceremonies at the dedication of "The Bridge of the Gods." " I jl Picture8 ' joiiMiinM i y n ii. iiiummh. i II