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TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 13, 1922 5 PINWHEEL REVUE REVISED; HITCHCOCK TRYING IT OUT, Version Gives Sore Excellent Dance Numbers to Dent Mowrey's Music Margaret Petit With Raymond. f r u P v Iv a r g t t I '1: f I ' . . --' f ( N' BT ELIZABETH LOXERGAX 'EW YORK. Aur- 11- (Special.) Something rather unusual In tha history of the theater hap pened last week in New Tork. A short time tro Raymond Hitchcock's latest offering. "The Plnwheel Re- rrj. opened at the Earl Carroll theater. For reasons, due chiefly to difficulties of temperament and to the necessity of larfe returns for the Tery large payroll, the show closed In five or six week. Rumors were rife that there would be a re I rpenlns; under different suejJlces and that Is Just what happened Mr. H i teh-cock Is a 'headUner" at the Pa.ls.ce and il.tohy Itow and his dajveers aJ-e at the Little theater, presenting- part of the original abow. According to critics. the Japanese has the better of It because hia pro gramme of dances Is admirably suit ed to the small playhouse, while Raymond Hitchcock's voice la un called to the (lint echoes of the bis; TmudeviUs theater. Marararet Tent, the Seattle KirL is still with , the longer version and (Ives some; excellent dance numbers to lent I Mowrey'a music. The only new-1 comer ts Helen Archibald, who .- ; ena up the entertainment with breexy songs- Others from the old show are Rosalind Fuller. Frank I Curran, Anita i-nters and John Burr. This encasement Is under a three V-Weeks leee, after which a new attraction is icjieuuiva 10 appear. It Is probable that another house will be found for the revised version of The Plnwheel Revue." and that; it will rnnllnut for a. lnTlr run ! ner" Is the play chosen by John Oolden for the triumphal return of Mad ire Kennedy from the realm of cameras and lights, and Frank Just played It out of compliment to the star. Mr. Craven has written an other piay for Ir. Golden. It is "Early to Bed" and' w!l feature "Chtc" Sale of vaudeville fame. "The First Tear" Is by Frank Craven and another of his successes wss "Too Many Cooks." produced "way back In 111 or thereabouts. Olgo Petrova has completed a new play, euccested by Oscar Wilde's poem. "The Harlot'a House." and is torn between appearing- In it as star or continuing as the attrac tion of her play, "The White Pea cock." which was one of the plays of last season. She departed a cou- , pie of weeks ago for a brief rest In I Kurope but is due the last of the j I month to rehearse her company. I Star, author and director a pretty I big proposition for anyone to handle, i The fourth annual production of The Greenwich Village Follies" be pn rehearsals last week under the ulrection of John Murray Anderson and the Broadway premiere will come the last of this month, or early .n September. After the new revue is launched Mr. Anderson will take a brief vacation and then turd his attention to the production of a musical comedy he has written in collaboration with Frederick Isham. - author of "Three Live Ghosts.'' and Augustus Harratt. the composer. He will sponsor this p'ece himself In the early autumn and plans to go to London in De cember and put on a musical show. Next aprina; will find him making his debut as producer in Paris, with an American revue, along; the line cf nis Follies, beaded by a star or two of French birth. His year is mapped out quite thoroughly, but Mr. Anderson doubtless will manage to squeeze one or two more impor tant things Into it. "The Ginger Box Revue" opened at .the little Greenwich Village theater; which Is really too small for an entertainment of this sort. How ever, the Greenwich Village Follies started down there and every pro ducer of revues would like to iral tate the success that the latter or ganisation has had. There are scenes in this newest of revues and the production is well mounted. Mae West, last seen in Portland at the Orpheum, Is the star and is as amua Ins; as ever. Others are Frank Davis, Adele arnelL Billy Wayne, Ruth Warren. Moss and Frye, Ber nice Speer. Harry Rictiman. Ruth Haselton. Fred Easter and Roy Chase. Another added feature Is the Clef club orchestra. Whether the revue will move into a larger theater will be decided later on. The book, lyrics and direction of The Ginger Box Revue" are by Paul Dupont. said to have had much experience along this line in France. Arthur Guitman wrote the tuneful lyrics. There is a pretty chorus but the piece does not show up well In such small surroundings. Within the next week several Im portant openings are promised Shore Leave." the Frances Starr play for the new' season, and. Inci dentally David Belasco'a first offer ing. Is due next Tuesday. It la a three-act comedy by Hubert Osborne and win have James Rennie and a number of well-known players In the cast. Notices from the road were very promising and it Is be lieved that this is Miss Starr's best opportunity since "The Easiest Way." "Whispering Wires." a Shubert production, will open the same night. It Is a thriller that should put 'The Bat" and "The Cat and the Canary" to shame. A number of other plays, planned for later in the month, may be ad vanced, weather ' permitting. For what critic could speak well of a play on a sizzling night? Better to wait for reasonable weather. HELEN LYNCH, FILM ARTIST, SEEKS BETTER PSEUDONYM - She Believes Her Ojrn Name Too Plain for One Who Aspires to Greater Laurels in the World of Silent Drama. I NOW. SHOWING TODAY-TONIGHT--ALL WEEK Edgar Selwyn doea not share the enthusiasm of the majority of our producera for foreign plays. When he returned from a trip abroad last week, this is what he had to aay: 1 still say that after a survey of all Europe. America holds the first place in the dramatic world. The European stage is afflicted with pernicious anaemia. Neither in London. Paris nor Berlin has a single new Idea been worked out. Europe lacks playwrights." 4 John Golden has refused to Join movement for the downward re vision of actors' salaries, which re cently was suggested by A. H. Woods. "A good actor is worth what he can get. because he Is a spe cialist without competition. In re gard to the 'average actor' to whom Mr. Woods has reference. I believe In paying him at the pre-war rates but the specialist la worthy of spe cial remuneration." said Mr. Golden, V .1 i t : Ifj -J k.1 j j . I THE LAUGH HOUSE i 1 J t f f Tfc 'J ' mh-AxVUu. glKWSSgSSSSSSBB"gw.i'WW .( .iM. : . in ,he ' tHf.:i . ' Comedy Success ' ' . 1 "Grandma's oy I 1 I CONTINUOUS I I ' s J 111 A -M Tfl 11 P. M l I f J I! " " " INCLUDING I i : His FIRST S FEATURE BIGGEST , COMEDY SUCCESS PORTLAND EVER HAD TOGETHER WITH SUPERB HEILIG; UP-TO-DATE PROGRAM LOOK! WAR POPULAR PRICES: AFTERNOONS TO 6, 23 EVENINGS AFTER 6, 350 CHILDREN under 12, 100 Ilelea Lynch, beantlfal 18-year-old Montana girl, who seeks more suitable ante to take along osi her screen career. k MOTION picture actress with out a name! The Incongruity of such i thing may well arouse wonder, but the fact in nevertheless true In the case of Helen Lynch, at least In so far as a fitting screen name is con cerned. Alias Lynch, a beautiful 18-year- old blonde from Billings. Montana, ho makes her screen debut in Marshall Neilan's First National production "Fools First,'- Is appeal ing to the public at large to select suitable name for her. Her own name, she thinks, is too plain lor one who aspires to the laurels of fame and success in the silent drama. The People's Home Journal has talren up her appeal and In present ing it offers J376 in prizes to the winners In the contest the publi cation is launching to find a de sirable professional name for the young actress. The first prize will be one hun dred dollars In gold, to be awarded for the name which in the opinion cf the judges will not only attract the most attention when It appears on the "electric signs in front of the theaters, but which In addition will best euit Helen Lynch's personality and will be the most agreeable name to the ear when spoken and to the eye when written. One hundred and twenty additional prizes will be awarded for the next best name. v How came this extraordinary quest for a" name, the first of its kind In the history of motion pic tures? Well; first of all little Miss Lynch, with her blue eyes, blond locks and fair skin, was the winner not many months ago of a beauty contest conducted by her home paper in the town of Billings. This is easily understood, as is also her subsequent Journey with her mother to Hollywood In an effort to find a Job in the film studios. Beauty contest winners, you know, usually wind up In motion pictures. "Marshall Neilan was willing to give me a chance," explains Miss Lynch. "As you know, he Is a very popular motion picture producer. He has put 'Daddy Long Legs' on the screen, and 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' with Mary Plckford In the leading role Booth Tarkington's 'Penrod.' 'The Lotus Eater,' with John Barrymore as the star, and many other successes." Ma he I for Home Styles. "Speaking of Parisian styles." says Mabel Normand In one of her recent letters, postmarked Paris, "the ladies over here certainly do know how to dresa; but compara tively speaking. Los Angeles, in my opinion, has little to fear in thtj j sort of competition. Although 1 will naturally onng dick a lew 01 the latest foreign modes, I don't expect they will startle the movie city. Inasmuch as a goodly number of styles emanate from that center. I say this advisedly, on account of the attention given most of my gowns, which are products of Los Angeles." Cfos'QWofrifinroffc NEILAN LISTS "DOtf'TS" FOR ASPIRING MOVIE PLAYERS Producera Previous Suggestions to Writers Greatly Appreciated and Request Granted for Additional Hints for Embryonic Stars. UNIVERSAL PROJECTS NEW . COMEDY PICTURE SCHEDULE Three-Unit Plan ' Established, Wrhich Will Rotate in Turning Out High-Class One-Reel Subjects of Merit and Originality. . 1 I I' J 1 - : if -v . v i : mm m 1 " - .. i i i . -: ' - urr-r. -a I ..jay :: L , . .k With 19 houses playing f'rst-class j shows this does not In.-lude those I which are showing feature pictures) the outlook is iute promising for j the new season. Within Ihe next couple of weeks there will be 10 or! la openings end by Labor day the new season will be underway. Two old attractions came back to con tinue their runs, and may round out a full year on Broadway. They are "Tangerine"" and "iliossom Time." Just now there are six shows that have passed Si weeks and two that are rearing thai record. 'The Hat'' has been Imtown more t allaw Held. Parasaonat star, mm hia wife, fvrsarrly Dorothy Daveaport than two years. "Sn-l")lindfrLoT("i mm the tmadi ot their hosas at Beverly Mlllh, Cal. nd "The Muslc Hot Herue." "Mluf ALUCE RE1D. Paramount Flar. holds the Indoor outdoor championship In w ithin a few weeks of 62. Most of ' tonbles. these attractions are destined fori He has more hobbles to the square the road. By a strange coincidence fool than any other screen actor the original companies of "The Hat" j now before the public. And most of And "LiKhmin" " will play opposition I r.is hobbles are the kind that can MARSHALL NEILAN. producer of "Minnie." recently offered ambitious scenario writers among the public a list of helpful "Donfa." which have been widely circulated throughout the country. It has been suggested that Mr. Neilan prepare another series of pertinent "Dont's" for the thousands of persons in all corners of the coun try who have ambitions to become motion picture act'or and actresses. Says Mr. Neilan: DON'T Feel that it requires a stage training to achieve success on the screen many popular players have never appeared before the root lights. Believe that because you are not beautiful you have no chance. Look t Bill Hart. Ben Turpin. Will Rog ers. I don't dare mention some of the female stars. Think because you are beautiful you must be a candidate for screen honors natural acting talent, a face and form that "registers" with the camera, are the prime requi sites. Consider yourself eligible to star dom because you can ride. ' dive, swim or win a pie-eating contest. Athletics are useful to the movie player, but secondary besides there are hundreds of professional stunt men available. Come to Hollywood at the sugges tion of friends who are not In a po sition to Judge your qualifications. Get advice of local persons In the business. Through them get prope entre to producers and then don't come inless you have enough money and time and can stand disappoint ment. Send photographs to distant pro ducers. Your local theater man. exchange manager, photoplay edi tor on the newspaper and other per sons connected with the business can usually give you. your initial advice. Get the Impression that brains ar? unessential in movie acting you need as much Intelligence in this work as In any other creative art. Believe because you can recUe "Gunga Din" you should become a movie actor oratory has no place on'the screen; you must forget your voice. Think you have a, wonderful chance because you look like one of the stars mimics of successful screen players are usually failures. Write producers, asking if you are a good photographjc subject. Your local photographer can tell you this. xninx it is necessary to take a course in a school of motion pic ture acting In order to "break in." Feel. that acting is the only field In the movies for. the aspirant to movie fame. Other branches in the business offer just as many oppor tunities. MINISTER INVITES ACTORS TO SPEAK FROM PULPIT Pastor Denounces Narrow-Minded Criticism of Theatrical People, Particularly by Those Who Know Nothing Regarding Them. jtnu i ne jausic tin rtevue. smir : fie Alng." "Sally." "Th- Firrt j TT T ALU Y'r " are near the year, while "Hood ' Vl film Morning le.irle'" and "Kik:" are j nd Boston in the fall. After the en gagement the Frank Bacon company wilt go overland to the coast. "Six-Cylinder Love'" and "Good Morning. IVarie." are due in Chicago and "The First Y"r" aiso has been promised to the Windy city. "The Mus:c Box Revue" will open early in October In Philadelphia and the new edition will come to New Tork the same week. It has not been an nounced yet whether the original 10 ne new snow. Frank Craven played the leading ro!e in his new piay at Asbury Psrk :he other night, when It was given its premiere. And thereby hangs a tale, for trank was In the now ..nty on the opening night the star at all: Xou see the sriow j the literar t and wasn't I Hal Reid. "Spits Cor- But don't furnish entertainment to his wife and young son and his friends. He U a great big boy who is la years old anl doesn't show it and he is so full of life that his energy seems limitless. There are very few men who can give really creditable performances on such varied instruments as a piano, saxophone and violin, but these are only a part of the collec tion that Wally Reid can perform on. In addition to these so-called "parlor" accomplishments he is an entertaining conversationalist, and he can draw cartoons. He used to do th s en jl r.ewepsoer. it he can wrl e a s:ory cr scenario, or direct a picture. He seems to have Inherited the literary talent or nis father. set the idea that Wally it an indoor man. You won't have to see his quick, lithe movements, his muscular shoulders and legs very long to realize that he Is a trained athlete. He has a large swimming pool In the rear of his house where he and Mrs. Reid (Dor othy Davenport) and the boy spend many.or their leisure hours. And he has a horse that he can ride like a cowboy. "There is nothing more important than one's physical condition." he says. "No matter how busy I am al ways spend part of the- day taking some kind of exercise. It should be a cardinal rule In every man's life. Spasmodic exercising does very little good. I have found. To get the best results one should be as regular with bis training as he Is with hia .meals. Within the six months beginning In August he Is scheduled to appear in four productions: "The Dictator." In which he is to be starred; "Nice People.'" a William de Mii'.e produc tion: 'Th Ghost Breaker." In which he will be starred with Lila Lee playing opposite and "Thirty Days." another starring vehicle, A REGULAR, h fighting par Christian F. REGULAR, honeat-to-goodness rson is the Rev. Reisner.. He pre sides over the Cheleea Methodist Episcopal church, one of the larg est In New Tork City. He has as tounded his brother pastors. by in viting motion picture producers and actors to speak from his pulpit. "Yes. I have been criticised for this." says Dr. Reisner. "But I want the people to get in closer touch with the people who furnish their entertainment. I have no pa tience with the class of peopfe who are decrying and denouncing people connected with motion pictures. The church can work in harmony with motion pictures and should use them to greater advantage. "I number many motion picture people among my acquaintance. I have the highest admiration for . W. Griffith, and I am proud to aay that Richard Barthelmess is one of my dearest friends. "It Is so easy to say thoughtless things about the people in the mo tion picture industry. I recall one night I was standing outsideof a theater -after having seen a picture in which a young woman whom 1 po sdoui tne, young woman s work and one young fellow spoke so contemptibly of her that I turned on mm and said.- "' 'Here, young man, you take back wnat you said or I will make you eat your words.' " "Well, what happened?" the rev erend gentleman was asked. Dr. Reisner smiled as he recol lected the Incident, and with a lit tle laugh, answered: '"Why, he admitted that he knew nothing about the young woman and made the remark because of her calling." . As Dr. Reisner stands six feet and is built in proportion and is ath letic, it was not hard to believe that the libeler underwent an imme diate transition in thought. e Mildred Davis, who plays opposite Harold Lloyd In the famous Lloyd comedies, descends from old Quaker families on both sides, and, owing to the fact, is the proud possessor of quantities of the rarest linen and other household treasures. A great aunt who traveled extensively in Kurope left her a rose point lace shawl valued at 12000, which, says Miss Davis, she will use for a wed- knew personally had appeared. I dinar veil It she over sets married. UNIVERSAL has reorganized its comeay producing department and has established a three unit schedule which will rotate in turning out high-class one-reel comedies, it is announced. The new brand of Universal one reelers will be known as Universal comedies. Heretofore the- only one reel comedy product put but by Universal haft been the series of Star comedies, which will be dis continued September 4 next, wheh the Universal comedies will , be re leased, Jne a week. . The Three new comedy units in clude a Neely Edwards company, a company featuring Lewis Sargent, a boy comedian, and a third com pany featuring Charles Mollne and his group of comedy-trained bulls. Neely Edwards has created a popular and highly successful com edy character in Nervy Ned. He will continue this series as Uni versal comedies. His two latest comedies are "Off the Earth" and "Love Drops," said to be two of the best one-reelers ever produced. Lewis Sargent, remembered as the bov who played "Huck Finn" and who has also created other out standing boy roles, has been en gaged by Universal for a series of measenerer bov" comedies. His first is to be "His First Job." it is now being produced under, the direction of Arling Kerr from . a story by Scott Darling. Mary Phil- bin, who has played ingenue parts in many successful Universal pro ductions. Including ' Human Hearts, nlava oDDOSite Sargent. , Alberta Lea also is in the company. Charles Moline, with his trained bulls, now is making -a. series of comedv bull fight pictures for th Universal comedy schedule. The first is "A Lot of Bull." and is said to contain many hilarious comedy situations. Julie Lenard, Ruth Rovce and Otto Freis are in the cast with Moline. As always, smartness lies in the nt-tiA ihinm. In the matter of shoes, the conservative Voman avoids over stepping the bounds of simplicity For example, for street wear. Ger trude Astor, who appears in "Heroes and Husbands," has chosen a shoe of black patent leather and gray suede with a medium heel of the oxford type. An envelope purse of Datent leather with gray suede .top and handles Is very effective. A tailored suit, worn with a small, close-fitting hat adorned with a quill and strictly tailored blouse form an ensemble which is correct in every detail. Wesley Barry's success is due primarily to the fact that he is the living, breathing essence of American boyhood, and has been able to convey successfully himself, his personality and his typical boy ish mannerisms to the public via the screen. Were Wesley anything but a natural-born actor, this, of course, would hardly be possible. His freckles and his red hair have made him as distinct a character in mo tion pictures as Bill Hart, Douglas Fairbanks or any of the other per sonalities that, have been able to bring to the public something humanly distinctive. The sumptuous silver tissue gown worn by Agatha Bemis In a Kathe rine. MacDonald picture is worthy of note for the unusual manner of the draping, which extends from the right shoulder across the bodice to the left hip. Here -it is caught and fastened by a huge pearl orna ment to outline the contour of the figure. From this point the soft, lustrous - material swirls in undu lating grace to the bottom of the skirt forming a long train. A pearl ornament of the same design holds in place a flowfng tulle sleeve, the points of which fall nearly to the floor. A unique feature of this gown is the absence of the corre sponding sleeve. The drapery of the tissue is arranged in such a manner that perfect symmetry and balance are maintained, resulting in a cos tume of queenly proportions. ' . Lon Chaney. the screen's noted character actor, has been engaged for the central role in "Ching, Ching, Chinaman," the first of the series of Tom Forman productions to be made by B. P. Scbulberg and directed by Mr. Forman. e Charles Logue has provided three of the last six stories filmed with Katherine MacDonald in the star role. "The Infidel" and "Heroes and Husbands" have proved popular and The Lonely Road ' gives every pre liminary promise df being more suc cessful than either of the earlier Logue works. ' .' - E. Mason Hopper Will have as his assistant in the forthcoming Jackie Coogan production Edward Babille. Mr. Babille was a former Goldwyn assistant and it is some years since he acted in a similar capacity with Hopper. He has had a world of ex perience in the picture industry. Joseph Calder has been selected as art director for the Coogan picture. Calder was with Rex Ingram during the Metro production of "The Four Horsemen" and "Black Orchids." He is now busily engaged mapping out the set sketches for the production in which Jackie will appear. When a beauty, either of the screen or stage, is sure of her own position she generally wants to be surround ed by other actresses of more than ordinary physical charm.: The late Lillian Russell always in sisted upon having as many beau-1 titui women in ner company as was possible and this same idea is enter tained by Katherine MacDonald, whose pulchritude is of such a pro nounced type that it has won for her the distinction of being "the most beautiful woman world." In "Money, Money, Money," the neweet picture in which Miss Mac Donald is starred, the supporting cast includes uch beauties as Jacque line Logan, Margaret Loomis and Brenda Fowler. Leaving her coupe at the curb in front of her home recently, Louise Fazenda, popular Mack Sennett co medienne, was surprised to find, upon her return a half hour later, that automobile thieves had driven it away. She immediately notified the police. Three days after the theft, while driving through the crowded down town section. Miss Fazenda spotted her car. Two rough-looking indi viduals were seated in it. She rec ognized it immediately, in spite of the altered license plates. Instead of uuuikuk upon l ii a uuuilo, 1110 v. " medienne followed them closely un til a policeman was sighted. She told her story to the officer, who im mediately arrested the thieves. . . Harold Lloyd and nis stair can now be comfortable when they are viewing rushes of Lloyd produc tions, for Grace Marvin and assist ants of the wardrobe department are making cushions for the wicker chairs which have been added to the orchestra circle in the projec tion room of the Hal E. Roach studios. The projection room has been treated to much decoration, with hand-painted work on the walls and ceiling, new lighting fix tures and new chairs, while rugs have been ordered. ONE DAY ONLY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT 25TH AND RALEIGH STS. GROUNDS UUBLE LENOTirf RMrEiC TRAINS I IUU MORE THAN OWE AMP Va rVllt-EaS LONG, jj DOORS OPEN AT I AND 7 P.M.-PERFORMANCES AT 2 AND a P.M.J I OWE TICKET ADMITS TO EVERYTHING 8 Tickets on sale show day at Owl Drug Co., Broadway and Washington. Same prices as charged on show grounds. . w. V. ELY. Resident Manager. Continuous Show Dally 1 to 11 NEW BILL NOW PLAYING MR. FRANK EVERST Presents A MONKEY HIPPODROME Twenty Simian Artists With Their Own Orchestra. 1 Watch the Leader. SONIA AND ESUORTS Pleannrable Pastimes MITCHELL'S JAZZ MANIACS Some Songs, Steps Some Fun J LARRY REILLY Ireland's Sweet Singer - TORRANO The Child Accordionist "ALICE LAKE" in KISSES HER GREATEST PHOTOPLAY OF- THE SEASON. BALLOONS FOR THE KIDDIES SATURDAY , CHILDREN 10c i AT ALL I TIMES I -I Adults Afternoons - 20c Evenings 39c
