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1 4 THE SUNDAY OEEGOMAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 1, 1923 BARBARA WORTH MAKES GOOD HER NAME IN STUDIOLAND Accidentally Mistakes "The Man Higher Up" for the Casting Director and Quickly Capitalizes on Opportunity He Afforded. 0i 1 v .. . V t, - K - - 1 - -' " . " ; ! Barbara Worth, whom Harry Garson, prominent part In production of BEAUTY, talent, sensitiveness and intelligence what a rare combination and the sum of these is called Barbara Worth. Recently, while Harry Garson was selecting the cast for his production, "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," now in the making, a young lady cajled at the studio in, search of work. Mr. Garson just happened to be standing In the passageway at the moment and Miss Worth, thinking him the casting director, offered him her little bundle of photographs. Mr. Garson at once noted her un usual beauty and under the pretense of looking at her pictures, was really watching her face which un consciously registered expectancy in her dark eyes, and a moment later as Mr. Garson made no comment on the photographs the transition from expectancy to disappointment was so keen that he decided to make tests to determine her screen per sonality and ability. The tests proved that Miss DIRECTOR RELATES HOW HE "HANDLED" GEORGE ARLISS Screen Artist Declared Free From That Scourge Called Tempera ment Takes Lively Interest in All Players. "W HEN you ask how we 'handle' George Arliss, I say that Mr. Arliss is not handled,'" said Harom Weight, di rector of "The Man Who Played God," a United Artists' release in which Mr. Arliss is the star. "Mr. Arliss works with us, and we work with him. The whole scheme of things Is all against anybody 'hand ling' anybody else. Mr. Arliss, en tirely free from that scourge called temperament, is quite as much in terested In the performance and in the work of every other person in the cast as he is in his own. "Of course, Mr. Arliss is a great artist and there can never be the slightest doubt as to who Is the star of any production in which he par ticipates, and so the presence of temperament in the studio is quite unnecessary." George Arliss was born in London; April 10 186S. He made his first ap pearance on the stage at the Ele phant and Castle theater, London, in 1887 in "The Wild Rabbit." As an actor he gained experience in all kinds of parts, playing throughout the English provinces. Eventually he returned to London. While play ing with Mrs. Patrick Campbell at the Royalty theater he determined to visit America and toured as a member of her company in 1901; he signed a contract with, David Belasco to join his forces at the close of the American tour with Mrs. Campbell, and he assumed the role of the Japanese potentate Zakkuri in "The Darling of the Gods' with Blanche Bates. Later he passed under the man agement of Harrison Grey Fiske. and appeared with Mrs. Fiske in "Becky Sharpe," "Leah Kleschna." "Hedda Gabler," and "The New York Idea." At the Lyric, New York, De cember 30, 1907. he played Uriic Brendal in "Rosmersholm." At the Belasco theater, August 18, 1908, Mr. Arliss appeared as the devil in the play of that name. Later he played the title role in Louis N. Parker's play, "Disraeli," subse quently touring in the same play in 1911 and 1912. Mr. Arliss came to the screen in his first American success, "The Devil," which was followed by a masterful creation of "Disraeli." His next offering to the screen was "The Ruling Passion." His current film is "The Man Who Played God." considered his most powerful screen work. Mr. Arliss married Florence Montgomery in England, September 16. 1(99. Uertrude Alitor, Earl Williams' leading lady, has come forward as a stout defender of movie serials. Although she is permanently through with this class of picture after starring in a half dozen of them, she declares the chapter pla'y serves a good and laudable purpose In the amusement world and she resents aspersions cast upon It. "Movie serials are as fixed as breakfast cereals," she asserts, which, of course, might mean that some serials, like some cereals, are fixed better than others. Audrey Chapman, the film beauty E!!s:J.", i'.S.s:$;i 1 Scjjat, producer, discovered and cast for "An Old Sweetheat of Mine. Worth's beauty and ability were so well adapted to the screen that Mr. Garson gave her one of the princi pal roles In "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," the story of which has been woven ground James Whitcomb Riley's well-loved poem. When questioned about her un usual name. Miss Worth stated that she is a descendant of the Worth ingtons of Virginia, where she her self was born. "I thought Worthington was such a long name for a screen career, so I decided to make it just Worth," naively remarked this charming young lady. "Barbara has been a family name for generations, so I had to keep that." How great a part chance plays in the game of life we do not know, but we do know that when given a chance, it is up to the individual to make good, and that is what Bar bara Worth is doing In her work at the Garson studio. soon to be seen in an important role in support of Jack Pickford in "Gar. rlson's Finish," has solved a great problem for milady who cannot af ford to spend much money on ward robe. She has created what is to be known as an Aft-Eve gown, which, by a simple rearrangement of the sleeves, can be used as either an afternoon or an evening gown and the material in it costs a total of only J15, it being good silk at that. If Audrey keeps this up she bids fair to become a heroine of her rellow members of the gentle sex. Lloyd Hughes has been invited to take his wife, Gloria Hope, on a cruise across the mighty Pacific to Yokohama, Japan, to be the guests of honor at a big moving picture celebration to be held there the latter part of November. Both Mr. Hughes and Miss Hope have le gions of admirers among the Jap anese. 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Carte DeHaven, the stage arid screen domedian. is taking his first vacation in three years by crossing the continent from Los Angeles and back again in the period of 87 days. Mr. DeHaven is in such de mand that he Is tearing himself from Broadway, where the thea trical season is getting into full swing, after a meager three days' visit. The screen star finished five two reel comedies in which he appears with his wife. Flora DeHaven, when he decided to take his vaca tion by visiting all his friends throughout the country as well as meeting all the motion picture fans who wanted to sea him In the flesh. And in two weeks he will be back at work at the R.-C. studios in Los Angeles. Jacqueline Logan Signed by Paramount. Player'. Excellent Work Is Re warded Wtta Five-Year Con tract. A& a result of her excellent work in "Burning Sands," George Melford's latest production tor Par amount, Jaqueline Logan has been signed to a five-year contract to appear in Paramount pictures. Announcement to this effect was made this week by Jesse L. LaSky, first vice-president in charge of production of Famous Players Lasky corporation. She will play leading roles as a member of the Paramount Stock company. Miss Logan has -just finished work as one of the featured play ers in "Ebb Tide," another produc tion by Mr. Melford in which the other featured players are Lila Lee. James Kirkwodd, Raymond Hattan, George Fawcett and Noah Beery. She arrived in New York last week on her way to Salem with Leatrice Joy and Raymond Hatton and other members of Mr. Helford's company, to begin work in "Java Head." Miss Logan is an accomplished dancer. She received her first training in the Ziegfeld Follies. She has beauty and a piquant, charm which impresses her associates as well as screen audiences. w When Walter Emerson, soon to be seen in an important role in support of Henry B. Walthal in the William Fox special, "Drink." started to discuss the possibilities of perpetuating the power of truth unfolded in the masterly essays of his progenitor, Ralph Waldo Emer son, by filming them, only a slight interest was evinced by picture wiseacres because it was con sidered impossible to visualise the contents of a so-called dry essay. Now it develops young Emerson has a clever plan whereby real 'drama of life can be woven around the more potential passages in the cel ebrated essayist's best works, thus making sure unusually powerful climaxes, and several prominent producers are now holding confer ences with him on the subject. Composer-Director Signs Another Contract. Victor Sckertsinger Behind Meg aphone Again for Katherine HacDonald. OUCCESS seems fairly to hound ij Victor Schertsinger, the versa tile composer of catchy music and director of screen successes. . The latest bit of news that involves his name Is -an announcement by B. P. Schulberg that Mr. Schertzinger has been selected to direct Katherine MacDonald's new Preferred Picture, "The Scarlet Lily." The announcement came within an hour after a private showing of his first picture with Miss . MacDonald, "The Lonely Road." The producer was so well pleased with the com plete production that he immedi ately offered Mr. Schertzinger a new contract. It was signed at once. "The Scarlet Lily" Is an imagina tive tale from the pen of Fred Sit tenham. It has been prepared for the screen by Mrs Lois Zellner of Preferred Pictures' story producing department. This new contract was signed by Mr. Schertzinger while he was in the midt of preparations to send his new musical comedy, "Be Care ful, Dearie," on the road. The tune ful comedy is the latest of a series which the screen director-composer as set to music. Its Los Angeles run indicates that it would prove as successful as his rteent screen efforts. William Setter has been engaged to direct the Warner Bros, screen version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Beautiful and Damned." The story was adapted for the screen by Olga Printzlau. Allen Holubar. is preparing ths Lcontinulty for his next attraction to Wo)low "Hurricane's Gal." Dorothy Phillips will be the star and the story is to be of melodramatic flavor. "' , . s RICHARD BARTHELMESS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT LIBERTY "The Bond Boy" Declared in Every Way as Big Hit as Tol'able David" Many Say Latest Is Star's Best. 4? il- 4'; Richard Bartaelmesa la scene from his Boy," which contains a decidedly THE unhappy union of a pretty young wife to a harsh old farmer brings Sbout the big denouement in the plot of Richard Barthelmess' highly dramatic star ring vehicle. "The Bond Boy," which will be a feature attraction at the Liberty theater soon. Mary Thurman gives a splendid portrayal of Ollie Chase, the wife in bondage, while Charles Hill Mailes gives a strong performance as the grasping, suspicious husband, Isom Chase. Ollie, who hates her husband, tries, to flirt with Joe Newbolt, the handsome young farm hand, portrayed by Barthelmess, but Joe is true to the memory of his childhood sweetheart and pays no heed. Made desperate by her drab ex istence, Ollie enters into an affair "EXTRAS" BECOME OBSOLETE TERM NOW IN STUDIOLAND Lesaer Players Hereafter to Be Centers as "Actors and THE term "extra" must now be listed as an obsolete term In the lexicon of motion, pictures. For the dictum has gone out that there is no longer to be such a per son as an "extra." Now we are to have "actors and actresses in minor parts." It was at the Lasky studio that this movement started and concern ing it Lou M. Goodstadt, casting di rector, made the following state ment: "The term "extra' was originally applied to untutored persons picked at random to make bulk In crowd scenes. In the early days, through lack of experienced material, we were forced 'to take anybody that could walk in order to supply the demand. But these untrained indi viduals couldn't act and caused real damage, oftimes, by their ineptnesa. "For many, many months we have not used 'extras' at the Lasky studio. We film a lot of crowd scenes pcenea requiring hundreds of people at times, but we do not use 'extras.' We have available a large group of actors and actresses who work all the time in- smaller parts, trained people who know their business thoroughly and know the methods of the various directors. A majority expert ixxe one great American author who tells Ms own story on the screen, lias written and directed a perfect picture . & A picture you wiirr. remenvber ; i tJ ' f t i i ; 4 " ' 'V r i latest starrlnjc vehicle, The Boa origin! plot anal treatment. with a drummer named Cyrus MoT' gan. Joe Interrupts their plana for an elopement and throws Morgan ut. Finding Jot in the room with his wife, who has taken his money and is dressed for traveling, old Isom suspects J6e and, in a fury, seizes an - old musket hanging On the wall. Intending to kill the boy. The musket Is accidentally dis charged and kills the farmer. Ollie leaves Joe to his fate and he is arrested charged with the murder of Chase. Rather than ex pose Ollie he rematns Silent con cerning the facts and as a result is Condemned to die. But he escapes from jail and in a series of big dramatic events, the plot is brought to a happy conclusion. The picture Is a triumph for both Richard Barthelmess and Henry King, the director. Known at Paramount Production Actresses of Minor Parta.' of these pebple have had four or five years' experience. They know just what to do; they don't have to be watched and the director can leave the 'atmosphere' work safely to them, devoting his time to hand ling the more difficult dramatic work of the principals. "It is entirely a misnomer to call these players 'extras,' and so far as we are concerned, the word is obso lete. There is one thing certain it would be Impossible for modern motion pictures to be made in an artistic and efficient manner with the itinerant type dubbed 'extra' some six or seven years ago. It has been a case of survival of the fittest. "It is from the actors and act resses of minor parts, for so long unjustly and erroneously termed 'extras,' that every casting director, every producer, looks to for his lead ing men, his leading women, even his stars of the future. I need only point to such people as Wallace Reld, Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ayres, May McAvoy as examples of pres ent celebrities who not so many years ago did 'crowd scenes just as our minor players are doing now adays. "I can't impress too heavily the importance of our group of minor players in the making of a modern Hughes Ifyou liked a -T me via nesz .yo'ull love Remembrance, 0 m With Claude Gilling water Patsy Ruth k liTil and CuXZea Ia&djs photoplay. Take the big oriental party to Gloria Swanson's new Para mount picture, "The Impossible Mrs. Bellew," Here a hundred gaily dressed people must comport them - j selves iiKB in wean n y xasuionaoie wno mrong ueauvuie. r ranee, where the scene was laid. They must know how to sit and stand, how to address a lady, how to light a cigarette, how to take refresh ments from a servant, how to enter and leave such an entertainment in other words they must be trained to this sort of thing through actual knowledge and practice. The di rector's time is needed for the dra matic work in the foreground; he cannot be expected to watch these details of deportment. "And then there is the question 6f background action while the prin cipals are doing their parta In a scene such as that which I have described real acting is required from the minor players. They must carry on appropriate smSU talk and cross back and forth to maintain the natural aspect of the scene. It they do not do their parts cor rectly the entire scene will seem stiff and stagey. "Truly, the day 6f t 'extra' has long passed. Such untrained per s6ns can no longer hope to obtain work in motion pictures." Here's more proof that the wails of ealamtty-howlers are uncalled for and that America Is Just as much the land of golden oppdrtunlty as ever. Only a short four years ago one Marl6 Blanchl and Leon Cunje ventured Into this country from Italy with no funds and no reputation. Today Mario Blanchl is one of the foremost comedy stars on the motion picture screen- and is well known throughout the world as Monty Banks, while Cunje has become famous as a -grand opera tenor and each makes a salary approaching Midas-like proportions. Now don't let anyone tell you again that this country has gone to the bow-wows. It has not gone nor is It ever going. Goldwyn has on its directorial roster three of the most fanous "teams" in ftlmdom, compose of a director husband and a wife star. Although neither Blanche Sweet, Miriam Cooper nor Dorothy Phil lips is appearing In the present productions of Marshall Neilan. R. A. Walsh or Allen Holubar, the last named two young actresses have recently been seen in Inde pendent pictures directed by their respective husbands. As features of Goldwyn'S "JO big ones" for the coming season, Neilan Is engaged on "The Strangers' Banquet." Holubar has just fin ished "Broken Chains," while Walsh has just returned from Tahiti, where he filmed the greater part of the screen version of Carey Wil son's "Ctptaln Blackbird." Miss Cooper made the trip to the South Seas to accompany her husband. Gaston Glass, star of Victor Schertazinger's "The Kingdom Within." disclaims all knowledge of mechanics, but he admits he Is working assiduously during his leisure moments on an idea which he hopes will develop into a solu tion of the problem of the take-off and landing of airplanes. If his scheme proves feasible, it will be possible In the near future to con trol a plane so as to make ascent and descent on any aviation field precisely in the same fashion of an elevator in a building. Mr. Glass was an aerial officer in the French army throughout the recent world war and he won recognition as an ace through his ability to skillfully manipulate any machine In making quick and precipitous ascents and descents. It was an idea of his own and he Is trying to devise the neces sary apparatus to make it possible for any pilot to use his methods. Someone else talking pictures. has "perfected" "But why?" Richard Dix inquires plaintively. "Isn't there enough talk in the world, with congress in session, the bonus bill in debate, and the world's series Impending?" immm s p ?; j:i.v , 4 'j ! - x i ; ' V... 1 w" x J M ,.W M. 1sj m ar w-wa W W M m JT M 1 W ? ' m W M "- ,- 4 m I ;.;' NEWS WEEKLY AND C03IEDY PICTURE MEN PROVE TOO WISE FOR DESERT BUGS Scenes of "Burning- Sands" Shot at Night Under Serious Handicap to Avoid Pet Annoyances of Near-Desert at Oxnard, CaL fttltfta aula aeeae sroat "alaralair Sd," wak-a taa fevaaar ellnt srfesar aeelarea U the Kreateat alctura aa watch ha has work.. TE desert may lack many things but there is no scarcity of bugs. This applies, at least, to the "desert" near Oxnatd. Cal., where George Melford mad the scenes for "Burning Sands." featuring Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills. The myriads of 'moths fluttering about In the lighted space before the camera are always a problem of night "shooting" In warm weathsr. Several schemes have been devised for getting rid of them. One is a machine with a powerful suction fan which draws the winged pests Into a wire cage. Another scheme used by Tom White, production superintendent of the George Mel ford company, was to place strong "LOVE IS AN AWFUL THING" IS BOOKED FOR BLUE MOUSE Hilarious Farce Contains Snappy Comedy Situations Charles Ray, in "A Tailor-Made Man," Held Over for Second Week. BEARING the extremely inter estlng title, "Love Is an Awful Thing," there will coma to the Blue Mouse theater next Saturday one of the most hilarious and up rojLrous joyous farces said to have been placed on the schten for some little time. That accomplished comedian, Owen Moore, last seen hera in that merry comedy, "Re ported Missing." has the leading role. The story concerns the adventures of one Anthony Cnurchlll, who Is endeavoring, with little success, to convince the father of the girl be wants to marry that he is suitable matrimonial material. He is mak ing excellent progress when out of the past springs a long-forgotten love affair. The woman in the case does not want to forget It and to Tn .a onrioaJ concert today mX March. Mlittatra Bchtihart BanjQ Son Homer Gmg from "OtoJ Mornfnf Dtarl' Krn "Happr Hiram's Orum aiing-." A humorovul nov elty prtxSucad by Tafu ection oAJentpn and Von Iferberg i J I ....-"-" .. w I I lights immediately over pans e crude OIL The flumrers fall Into this and perish. For Both of these to bs effective. It wis necessary to turn off, from tlms to time, all lights except the decoy lights ot t traps. Another plan, used by Paramount on location at Balboa, was to plaoe a powerful "sun-are" lamp a short distance from the actual shooting site, and throw its beams away from the actors. All other lights were then turned off and the motha flew to the greet beam of light. Then the working lights were turned on and the scene quickly "shot" before the bugs got back. "Burning Sands" will be show? a the Rlvolf theater won. cool her ardor the hero represents himself as a married man with six children. Then the fun begins. Mar Jorie Daw appears in the opposite role to Owen Moore, while he Is supported. It Is aald, by a splendid cast. The second and last big week of Charles Ray In his big screes suc cess. "A Tsilor-Mads Man," is now at the Blue Mouse. It will posi tively end this coming Friday night. Never has Ray given a greater pic ts re to the screen. He has, with hla splendid portrayal of John Paul Bart, risen to supreme heights again as a star of the first rating. a Production of the Charles O Norrls novel, "Brass," has been started by Harry Rapt at the War ner Brothers' coast studios, with Marie Prevost In the leading role, and Sidney Franklin director. Here's a real all-star picture and ona of the best Chancy ever did. It haa all the pathos of his "Mir. da Man" and all the punch of his "Penalty." CECIL TEAGUE WnHltsr lntrprtUoa aad la l:i0 F. M. ritOGRAMMJC.