Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1922)
CECIL TE AGUE, MAJESTIC ORGANIST, RESUMES DUTY Crape Hung On Vacation Trip in Europe by Fact That Women in Paris Were All Wearing Long Skirts, the Present Rage. Cecil Teacup, nrcanUl at the Majestic tkenter, who haa just returned (mm a vacation trip spent in Europe He left three months ago. CECIL TEAGUE. organist at the come intensely enthusiastic and Majestic theater, has returned cheer wildly at all the love scenes! from his three months' vacation . "Both organ and orchestral musio trip in Europe. He declares that he had a wonderful time, but the crepe was hung all over his joy just before y he left Paris the women were wear ing long dresses. Teague asserts that they are all the rage In the French capital. While visiting in France and England," says Mr. Teague, "I hal the pleasure of playing on some of the biggest organs in the motion picture theaters. Only American pictures are shown there, but they are years behind when it comes to putting on the shows properly. "The differences in international audiences are striking. For instance, in Paris the movie fans remain to tally unmoved when the villian gets what is coming to him, but they be- REAL RICHARD BARTHELMESS "PEN-PICTURED" BY WRITER Star Will Never Become Old, Declares Interviewer His Boyish Ways oti the Screen Do Not Have to Be Assumed. V. BY DOROTHT CRAIGIE. YOU have seen him as an idola - trous, b eau t y - worshipping, virtue-protecting Chinese in "Broken Blossoms"; As the sturdy, Idealistic, "fightin' " barefooted mountain boy in "Tol'able David" ; As the sea-following, stern-vis-aged boy-man in "The Seventh Day'T As the rough, happy-go-lucky doughboy with a deep yearning or mother love in "Sonny." - There are a hundred and one different-roles in which you have seen Richard Barthelmess acquit himself on the screen. But would you like an Insight into the real Richard Barthelmess, shorn of his make"-up. with no spotlights to add to his glamour? , . , Richard Barthelmess will never become old. Perpetual youth is his. His boyish ways on the screen do not have to be assumed. They are as natural as his flashing black eyes, and crooked winsome smile. Not that Richard isn't serious. At times he is too serious. He can get right down to the root of a matter by concentration, solve it correctly, and then he is the boy again. I first met Mr. Barthelmess' two days after he had signed .his con tract with Inspiration Pictures, and had become a star. He was mighty proud of the fact. He worked hard for it, had spent many a weary day looking for a job as an "extra" at the studios, he told me; .taken the most insignificant parts and studied the art night and day in order to climb the ladder. ' He stood before me, a well-built. FEMININE STARS OPPOSED TO LONG SKIRT STYLES Bebe Daniels Flatly Declares She Is on Strike Against Return of Lengthy Garments, and Wanda Hawley, Too. FASHION designers" efforts to bring back the long skirt are not toAe met by meek accept ance on the part of all women; the change, which has been slow to date, is now being met by the vig orous opposition of women who are themselves leaders of. fashion to a certain extent. Wanda Hawley and Bebe Daniels. Paramount picture stars, are for a continuation of the short skirt and don't care who knows it. In fact, they are not just simply continuing to wear them; they are telling their friends about it. . "I think the threatened long-skirt craze is a foolish fad," sa-s Miss Hawley, "and will not be popular with the average American. I per sonally do not intend to wear ex tremely long skirts this fall. - "Of course, I am not in favor of the knee-length skirt, but I do be lieve the skirt of ankle length is the ideal style of dress for women', especially younger women. An ex tremely long skirt adds ten years to the appearance of the girl of 19 or 20 and makes her look matronly. I do not believe Americans approve of the long skirt. T believe the long, graceful waist line effect will prevail in fall fash ions, which I think will be marked by their simplicity and lack of frills and flounces." ' i Bebe Daniels ' expressed herself even more vigorously,. "I strike," she says. 'Tjiterally, I refuse to wear the long skirts that are declared the latest thing in fall fashion. I did this nott- only i be cause I .prefer the short skirts, but also because, after conferring with Ethel Chaffin, chief costume de signer for Paramount studios. I found that my type Is not suited to rtltff "s'-- " J ' """" ' -" "hw - - - v - -- " : : in xLJuropean tneaters are vci.v uiui nary. They manifested infinitely more originality- on the legitimate stage in their setting and lighting effects. In London, the Coliseum, a vaudeville house, has a revolving stage, so that while one set is being used another is being mad. for the succeeding attraction. "I saw several good plays while in London. They interested me im mensely but' more from the stand point of novelty. "Europeans afe taking a lively in terest in things American, being, particularly anxious to know how practical is the enforcement of pho hibition. ' Of course, we talked the 1925 exposition everywhere.. But coming right down to- brass tacks. I am glad to be back in the good old U. S. A., and darned glad to be back In good old substantial Portland. fine-figured young man, immacu lately though inconspicuously tailored,-his sleek black patent leather hair brushed back from his fore head until it glistened. Richard Barthelmess is of average height and weight, with a head shaped like a Grecian god's, ac cording to the . words of a famous sculptor. There is a clearness to his skin that bespeaks clean living and regular hours, plain food and plentv of sleep. His photographer says that his pictures never have to be retouched for the reason that his skin is flawless. At the time he admitted he was not an athlete, but liked out-of-door life, swam, golfed and rode "fairly well" and had his own car. about which he tinkered happily for hours at a time. It's a, little more than a year since that meeting. Richard Barthel mess is the same today as he was one short year a go. He hasn't added a day to his age in that time either. This time it was at the studio that I saw him. He was a country boy, now. ready to go on the set. but being outside of the spotlight, his pose was unassumed.' "My. I'm mighty glad to see you." he said warmly grasping my hand, whisking forward a chair and seat ing me before I could catch my breath. "We're doing a great pic ture now. It's going to have a whale of a courtroom scene. It's George Washington Ogden's 'Bond boy,' but we're going to change the name." . Sitting there, I goi an insight into the character of the . young star through the attitude of the other occupants of the studio toward him. long skirts. I am' of the opinion that, fashions are more or less a matter of types. Following this opinion. I believe that long skirts would make a girl of my type look like a. young lady dressed as an old woman. Not for me, if I can help it. "I shall continue to wear the full, short skirt,-although I will admit I like the long waist line. The present style of skirt also calls for the French vamp shoes, which are contrary to the toothpick toe now being worn in Paris. :," "I took particular delight in choosing my clothes for 'Singed Wings,' a Paramount picture in which I am now being featured. I continue to wear the short skirt in this photoplay. I think it makes me look younger and since the role I play is of a young girl, I believe it would have been wrong for me to have worn the long skirts." The famous Sherlock Holmes story, "The Hound of the Basker villes," will reach the screen via the Film Booking Offices of America. This story is one of the three which has been published in full-size novel form, and the grim mystery of the supernatural hound who appeared on the moor to herald a death of a member of the Baskerville family has delighted hundreds of thousands of readers since the first publica tion of Sir A. Conan Doyle's book. On the screen it is a five-reel pic ture. ' . . - 'Adolph Menjou barely finished his work in a "'heavy" role with Pen rhyn Stanlaws in "Pink Gods" when he started to play Hubert Stem in William de Mille's production of "Clarence." In fact, the two parts overlapped by a day or two. "Pink Gods" is a thrilling story of the South African diamond fields, featuring- Bebe Daniels and James Kirkwood. The continuity was pre pared by Ewart Adamson. : x .. Jane Novak will star in "Thelma," which will be produced by Chester Bennett for release through .the Film Booking- Offices of America. A decade ago this story by Marie Co relli was one of the most talked-of books of the time. Harrison Ford, who is remem tered for his work In Norma Tal madge pictures, plays the leading role in Helen Jerome Eddy's first starring picture. It is entitled "Love's Coming of Age." and is a whimsical story of small-town life in New England, filled with quaint philosophy. - "Stormswept" has been selected as the title of the first Robert Thornby production. It is a story of the sea by H. H. Van Loan and its cast includes Wallace and Noah Beery, Arline Pretty and Virginia Faire. Critics Write ih Praise of "Manslaughter." One Sbt f'the Great American Photnplny"' Is With I'm at l.nttt. "M- ANSLAUGHTER." the new Cecil B. de Mille production for Paramount, now at the Colum bia, has been enthusiastically re ceived in Los Angeles at pre-release showing. The praise of local papers was unanimous. The Los Angeles Examiner says: "Manslaughter" must be seenv. It is a mighty indictment of the spirit of the age.. Many moments of forceful, poignant interest." ' Grace Kingsley in the Times says: "The great American photoplay is with us at last. What other directors have been groping around after Cecil' B. de Mille has at last really accomplished." The Express says: " 'Manslaugh ter' has warmth and heart interest more poignant than most films directed by Mr. de Mille." The Her ald says: "'Manslaughter' is a cinematic success by unanimous opinion. It is Cecil B. de Mille's greatest, most honest effort. This Paramount film will go down as one of the most vital works of the motion picture art." "All women welcome and combat the coming of love." Such is the belief of Nazimova, who soon is to be seen in a (screen version of "Salome," and she cites the heroine of the picture as repre sentative evidence of her state ment's truth. "Part of Salome's anger against Jokanaan was due to this. She felt love, but did not understand it con sciously; it brought on a struggle between the soul and her conscious determinatien to yield tp no one; this generated distress and intensi fied the hatred against the . man when he refused to be swayed by her." . This photoplay was directed by Charles Bryant. It follows, for the most part. Oscar Wilde's poetic drama of the same name. The set tings by Natacha Rambova were in spired by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. " The scenes of "Captain Fly-By-Night," Johnnie Walker's new F. B. O. production, are laid in California when the Golden state was under Spanish rule. Against a picturesque background of early California chivalry, when banditry ran . ram pant and duelling was a daily oc currence, is threaded a lyrical story of the Jove of two men, one a brave nffirw th( ftthpr a nntnrinns avifHt. t for the striking and dashing daugh- j ter of the richest man in California. E LOVES ot NOW PLAYING DE LUXE CONCERT 12:30 Noon Today n rprowfr au !.' I I ? i- 1 ' 1 -"" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T":!-: v-' i & I "' - i&fifi'!A ;- "FLESH AND BLOOD" WITH CHANEY DUE AT MAJESTIC Critics Emphatically Declare Star's Present Vehicle Completely Out classes Former Screen Success Entitled "The Penalty." B. ,f : . a wis &filif) -.- ill I. on Chancy In scene from "Flesh and Hlood,-' in which he portrays role similar to his celebrated offering in "The Penalty." A X.all star cast will be seen in the new Irving Cummings pro duction. "Flesh and Blood, which will be shown at the Majestic theater soon. . , ,' A list -of their names vouches for one of the best acted pictures that has been seen at the Majestic in some time. Lon Chaney, the man with a thousand . faces, as an es caped convict who breaks jail to be near his family and to mete out ven geance upon his enemy; Edith Rob erts as his daughter, who is in love with the rich man's spn, played by Jack Mulhall. Other well-known players in the cast are Ralph Lewis and Noah Beery. - The picture enables Mr. Chaney to demonstrate his wonderful sense, pi cnaracterization. Remember him in. "The Penalty?" In "Flesh and Biood" he portrays vividly and ac curately the crippled beggar, forced to take to crutches to avoid arrest. How he triumphs over his base im pulses how he finds spiritual uplift in his daughter's happiness, Is told in five reels of most absorbing drama a drama with a heart and a soul. Ail of the incidents in the story are said to have been founded on actual happenings that have come f'A THIS WEEK ONLY 'HOME-MADE MOVIES," THE COMEDY ATTRACTION, IS ADMITTED TO BE ONE OF THE to the attention of Louis Duryea Lighton, while he was engaged in doing social eervice work In several large -cities. - .Pictures by Jack London Begun by Universal. Production Starts on Series pt Eight Two-Reel Specials. PRODUCTION' bas begun at Uni versal City on a series of eight two-reelers adapted from Jack Lon don',, celebrated "Tales of the Fish Patrol,." virile short stories of the marine police who preserve order among the lawless foreign fisher men in the waters around San Fran Cisco. Jack Mullhall is starred in the series. Edward Kull is the di rector. Titles for the entire series have been chosen. The first will be known as "White and Yellow," and will pre sent a vivid cross section of the drama of life among the white and yellow men, who vie for fish and fortune in San Francisco bay. ' Following the first, the other ev- r,i if " ' 'if' )":- " Peter B. Kyne's great tory of a man's belief in the woman he loves - Produced amid the logging camps and on the grim coast of the mighty Northwest Miriam Cooper as . Nan, love's outcast ; Lionel Belmore as the proud Old Laird; Ralph Graves as the boy of unyielding faith It's a Heart-Size Photodrama en will be released, one every second week, in the following order: "King of the Greeks," "Pirates of the Deep," "The Law of the Seal." "The Fight in the Fog," "Dangerous Wa ters," "The Yellow Handkerchief' and "Wolves of the Waterfront." The "Tales of the Fish Patrol series will alternate week by week in Universal's two-reel drama sched ule, with a series of Lumber Jack dramas starring Roy Stewart. Kull already has had his "Fish Patrol" company at Balboa and oth er beaches for several days' work. No efforts are being spared to make these two-reelers into pictures of feature caliber according'to Univer sal. The cast Is being selected dur ing the filming of the series. Bottle Strongly Protests Volstead Law. Richard BiiVthclmes Has Diffi culty in Smashing- One. HEN even a bottle win aoa its protests to the Volstead law it's, time to call a halt." sava Richard Barthelmtss. the young motion picture star, giving the fol lowing as the naeun for .his assef- tion: .v. "When I was in Boston harbor, making my latest picture," he re lates. "I was invited to christen a new theater which was to be opened in Maiden, a suburb there. "Out in front of the theater had been erected a marquee, which was to receive the christening splash. I mounted the pi itform and-, was handed a bottle of strictly Volstead stuff. I brought it down with -all my might on the marquee. A large dent appeared in the tin, but the bottle was unharmed. Next time tried a vicious uppercut. Again th- tin reristered a dent, but the bottle r.f-vt-r a scar. "A policeman in the crowd, who had probably had his experience fn upholding the majesty of the law in the face of opposition, solved the problem for me. He handed me his night stick, with the advice to use it I brought It down with all my force on the bottle. It broke in many pieces and the one-half of one per cent stuff splashed over the crowd. - "But do you know, in spite of the fact that there was many a parched throat and dry tongue there, not one of them seemed grateful for their share of the christening fluid." The Famous Mrs. Fair," the James Forbes play, which has proved one of the .outstanding stage suc cesses of recent years, has been chosen by Fred Nlblo as the first of his series of all-star specials which Louis B. Mayer will present through Metro. Work on the scenario -has already been started, and the di rector is now assembling the cast and planning on the sets and loca tions for the picture. 'Phyllis Haver is on the move again. Having completed her work in "The Christian,"' Mack Sennett has loaned her to Buster Keaton, and she will be seen opposite the I sad-faced star in his next comedy, as yet untitled. "ROSE O' THE SEA," STARRING ANITA STEWART, IS BOOKED Rudolph Cameron, Star's Husband and Manager, IMays Opposite Uor in Attraction Coming to Columbia Theater. murium "k -''''-' I Anita Stewart In scene 'from "Rose release, which has been NITA STEWART has found her A ideal leading mad. The choice i3 far from being illogical be cause he has been htr leading man for f:ite a few years, although "Rose o' the Sea." the current First National attraction coming to the Columbia theater is the first time that he has played opposite. the star in a picture for a long, long while. Here's his description for the benefit of any gay Beau Bruramell who thinks he has a chance to cut him out: He has dark hair, brown eyes, a frank open expression and stands about 5 feet 11 inches. His gestures are frequent and expressive. He is of the aggressive type, with a light quick-moving style of walking and an engaging smile. He appears to good advantage In smart clothes but sticks to conserv ative style. A blue suit is his favor ite with a natty bow tie and tan oxfords. For some time all attempts to supplant him in Miss Stewart'a favor have been futile, because he happens to be Rudolph Cameron, and Miss Stewart, in real life. Is his wife. John P. Lockney, whose distinc tive screen characters have been a feature of every production In which he has appeared, takes keen delight In everv character he pnrtrayp, hut TODAY AT 12:30 KEATES' KONTEST and KONCERT 1. Overture, William Tell Rossini 2. Intermezzo Rusee. Th. Franke 3. Song, My Buddy Walter Donaldson 4. KEATES' KONTEST. 5. Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa ON OUR MIGHTY WURLITZER ONLY THIS WEEK V the Sea," her latest mmd blgcest enthusiastically praised. he has enjoyed none so much as that of Daddy Eton, which he plsyit in "Rose o' the Sea." In this ri' l"to Lockney has the part of an old f i alt with a chUdtfch lovo for young sters. "When Danger Smiles" is th very promising title of a new west ern production at Hollywood- It In a William Duncan feature, and l as full of gasps aa that Intrepid star usually demands. The story concerns a young packinar company executive from the east who dcici- to spend a few months In the west ern cattle country and study the raw material side of his bulnK. He arrives at the ranch of his friend at night. That nlKht ther Is a cowboy dancet, and he l ushered Into a strange serlu -f adventures which allow precious little time for the study of cattle. Another blushlncr debutante In the ranks of producers Is about to place her first production on'tho market. Ray Carroll, the .bobhd h aired writer who recently organ ized her own company, financed it and supervised Its activities In the filming of a story from her own pen. Is about to set out for Nfw York with the tla boxes that lio'.i her Initial picture, tentatively titled "When Love Comes of Aire." Inci dentally, Helon Jerome Eddy makes her stellar bow In tht prod iff Ion BEST EVER MADE