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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 31, 1922 HIERS TELLS HOW IT FEELS TO BE NAMED MOVIE STAR Comedian Frankly Admits That Notice of Advancement Left Him Dazed for Hours Fears He May Wake Up. 14 Kf V 111 : if 1 I4i r-A- . If' - l , fvlvi - - 1 I r : - Pf' I . i I - - - I ;! i lis 4 "Wo.-- T . ''H N Walter HIers whistles lustily -when be taken shortly alter his promotion YOU ask me how it feels to be a star. Honestly, on the day about three weeks ago that Jesse li. Lasky called me into his office and informed me that J was to be cast in stellar roles, I was dazed for hours. Just as eoon as I was in the open air I raced out the studio gates and climbed into my car! "Home," I cried to the chauffeur, "and make it snappy." He did. Only the greatest friend ships with two traffic officers saved nie the agony of at least a month In jail. Reaching the house safely, I hustled in and confronted mother. "Pinch me, mother," I cried, "and ee if 1 am awake." "My eon," she replied, and there were tears in her eyes as she gazed upon me, "all your life you have lived cleanly. If you have started drinking at this age, then my train ing has gone for naught." That brought me out of my daze temporarily. I hastened to explain why I desired to be pinched to make sure this was not all a happy dream. Was mother surprised? Not a bit of it. She merely beamed upon me and said: "Why pinch you, Walter? Of course you are awake. This is not news to me. I knew you would win wtardom when the proper time came." Wasn't that just like a mother? I honestly believe mother was happier man i. At tne last count she had kissed me 72 times. I suppose as long as I live I will remember the thrill of seeing my THRILLING AERIAL SCENES SHOT FOR "THE GO-GETTER" Race at Night Between Aeroplane and Express Train Expected to Reveal Something New and Startling in Directional Methods. WHAT are described as the most thrilling and picturesque aerial scenes ever staged for a motion picture are those that have been made during the past week in the filming of "The Go Getter," a Cosmopolitan picturization of a Peter B. Kyne story, which E. H. Griffith Is directing. The "shoot ing" of these scenes took place at Curtis Aviation field, Mineola, and other parts of Long Island and in the International studios, Jackson avenue, the Bronx. . This particular part of the pic ture entails nothing but night scenes, the most spectacular of which is said to be one showing a race between an aeroplane and a speeding express train. This scene is expected to be a revelation when shown upon the screen, especially the part where the speeding train is shown as "shot" from the flying areoplane., It brings to the screen some directorial ingenuity that Dorothy Gish Again Cast in Support of Star. Will Play In Second Prodnctlon With Richard Barthelraess. MISS DOROTHY GISH will be one of thos supporting Richard BaPfchelmesa, the young star, In a piotuTlzation of Joseph Herges helmer's story, "The Bright Shawl." This is Miss Gish'a second appear ance with Mr. Barthelraess, as they have just finished makintg "Fury." Miss Gisih will be seen as a beau tiful and seductive Spanish lady in "The Bright Shawl," and there will be no question but what she is as Spanish as eh 6 looks. Miss Gish is one who believes that in order to give a perfect etory to the public it la ncessary to live the .part she la acting. She Is, therefore, under going an active and intensive course in Spanish, having as her teachers two highly educated young Spanish maidens who are now In this coun try. Fop two hours a. day Miss Gisih Ity p&l thinks paia and acts Is particularly happy, and this was to stellar honors In pictures. name on the callboard as a etar for i the first time. For the, benefit of those who do not know what a call board is, I will explain. It is a bul letin board, just inside the gates of the studio, where the various com pany calls are listed. It gives a complete list of the actors, where the eet is located, the costumes to wear and other necessary informa tion. After leaving mother I returned to the studio and the callboard. I looked eagerly. Yes, there it was! Call for "Mr. Billings Spends His Dime." Star, Walter Hiers! There was a great deal more Information on the call sheet, but my eyes stuck tight on that line: Star, Walter Hiers! There was more or less confusion the first day I worked as a star. Just before we were ready to start the days work I heard someone say, "All ready when you are, Mr. Hiers." I paid no heed to the remark. I heard the statement repeated. Still I did not turn. Not until the call was repeated a third time did it dawn on me that I was being callea to work. I was the Mr. Hiers! No wonder I didn't know they meant me. In the past the call has always been: "Come on, Walter, step lively!" I do not feel that my struggle is nearly at an end. I have just be gun. Now that I am a star, I realize I must justify, my position. Away down deep in my heart something tells me: "You are just starting, Walter. Formerly little mistakes were over looked. Now they will be magnified and pointed out." shoul mystify film, fans and some exceptionally splendid photography. In the making of these aerial scenes for "The Go Getter," Direc tor Griffith has had the cooperation of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor corporation, which released, an air machine for certain "shots" that were taken In the International studios. William J. MacMillan, as sistant manager at Curtiss field, de signed the apparatus and supervised the Betting up of the aeroDlane In the studio, assisted by- members of tne Curtiss engineering staff who werked out Various safety factors ana perlected other details. T. Roy Barnes an' Seena Owen are featured in "The Go Getter," The cast also includes such prominent players as William Norris, .well known legitimate star who created the role of King Louis XII in "When Knighthood Was In Flower," Tom i.ewls, Frederick Santley, John Carr, William J. Sorelle and Jane Jen nings. Spain. She is learning Spanish danc ing, dressing, gesticulating, the last of which isi very important She is also absorbing a smattering of the Spanish language. Her costumes, which are beauti ful and which are of the period of iou, .have been authenticated bv her teachers. The "bright shawl' which she wears is an antlmie almost two centuries old, andi has been handed down from the family of an ancient and honorable grandee. George Rigas, the popular Grecian star, is absent from Hollywood for the week, he being in Oakland, Cal., conferring with fellow Greek Americans on plans for the forma tion of his own producing unit, which will have the financial back ing of nearly 6000 former residents of Greece. Hereafter the fight scenes in Bull Montana comedies will be reserved for the last, in order of making, because of the rapid deterioration of the supporting cast in battling the Bull. Bull so loves a fight that if one is run off when the picture is only halt completed it's brass knuckles to boxing gloves some members of the cast will have to lay off several days for repairs. After the fistic battle in "Rob 'Em Good," Bull's latest Runt Sternberg comedy for Metro, Mr. Stromberg remarked: '"He Just ruips a cast. Hereafter the fight comes last.- Now I've got to go out and reserve a lot of den tists' chairs for the boys." Enid Bennett, - who is appearing before the camera in the leading woman's role in "Tour Friend and Mine," an S-L (Sawyer-Lubin) pic ture for Metro, has issued an edict against the cast's stuffing Caruso Bennett alive. Caruso is a canary, as. golden as the1 memory of his glorious namesake. The director, Clarence 6. Badger; the author, Willard Mack, and members of the cast took a liking to Caruso and be gan feeding him up. The Holly wood studio had an almost disas trous effect upon Caruso. He ceased to twitter, just drooped. Miss Ben nett, upon learning what was wrong, enjoined the company from feeding Caruso. "A canary's place Is In the home," she announced. Dorothy Manners has returned from & brief vacation in the moun tains and expects to resume her pic ture activities at the William Fox studios within the next fortnight. She recently played an Important role in support of Shirley Mason in "Pawn Ticket 212" for the Fox programme. No complicated maneuvers in front of a mirror were necessary for - Charles Ogle to put on his make-up in "The Covered; Wagon," picturizatlon of Emerson Hough's story recently done in southern PHOTOPLAY ART DIRECTOR DECLARES HIS VIEWPOINT Joseph Wright Says Reason for Any Action as Required by BY JOSEPH C. WRIGHT. THE reason for any setting should be the dramatic action as required by the story and director. Every setting should be designed to form a fitting back ground for the moods of the story. It is this which gives to eucsessful settings their character. In "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" Mr. Garson desired to bring forth drama as enacted by homely folk amid unpretentious surroundings. It was necessary that all settings should aid in expressing this atmos phere. To create this necessary feeling in settings one must project himself actually Into the characters who oc cupy them; to feel as they feel; to think as they think and in short to be them. Whether for a country newspaper man or a banker's son. Indians Put Big Thrill Into "Attack." Realistic Series of Scenes Shot for "The Covered Wagon." "OtTRVIVORS" of the great Indian O battle in the James Cruze pro duction for Paramount, "The Cov ered Wagon," maintain that never before in the history of the screen has there been a more realistic, thrilling series of scenes enacted before the camera. I saw one big chap, a white man, fall, supposedly wounded, In the path of the oncoming Indians on horseback," says J. Warren Kerri gan, who took part In the scene. "An Indian who was right on top of him fell off his horse. The white man grabbed the redskin ana punea him beneath him, warding otr tne horses' hoofs with his own ritie as the band of howling, shooting, half maddened braves rushed on. This was the only thing that saved that Indian's life. The souaws believed it was real and abjured their men to fight the whites to the last ditch. They prayed and wept and followed as far as they dared. The warriors emerged from their camps In the most amaz ing war colors, wild with excite ment, thrilled beyond measure. It was a never-to-be-forgotten scene. I have seen many screen fights, .but never anything that even approacnea this one. "Mr. Cruze and the entire com pany are to be congratulated. This series of scenes alone is enough to make the picture a success." Walter Hiers, new star, has em barked on his first vehicle for Paramount, In which he plays the stellar role. By a unique coinci dence, the first set in which Hiers works as a star is the replica or the inside of a motion picture "Funny, isn't it?" asked Hiers, "that I should have a motion pic ture theater set for my first day's work just after being made a mo tion picture star." Wesley Ruggles is directing "Mr. Billings Spends His Dime," whicn was adapted by Albert S. LVine from Dana Burnett's serial story in a national magazine. Jacqueline Logan is featured in support of Hiers. Others in the cast included George Fawcett, Robert McKim, Patricia Palmer, Guy Oliver, Clar ence Burton and one or two more well-known film players. Scenes are being made at Miami, Fla., by Allan Dwan for his produc tion, "The Glimpses of the' Moon." In addition to the principals, Bebe Daniels, Nita Naldi, David Powell, Maurice Costello, Rubye de Remer and Charles Gerrard, the players in the southern city are Beth Allen, Mrs. George Peggram, Dolores Cos tello, Biliie Muller, Beatrice Coburn, Fred Hedley, Robert Lee Keeling and Barton Adams. Sigrid Holmqulst has beep, chosen to the Dlav the part or fatricia "Bella . Donna," Pola Negri's first American-made being produced maurice. , picture, whicn is by George Fitz All Film Notables Will Play in "Hollywood." Complete Lineup of Big Stars Is Slated for One Production. MOST of the famous men. and women in the - film world are to appear in one picture at the same time. So-called "all-star" casts will pale into insignificance as a result of plans for a Paramount produc tion to be called "Hollywood," which is to be produced early during the coming year for release in May. It is not to be a story simply showing the workings of the motion picture capital, it is to be a real dramatfy: production mirroring the life of a girl who tries to break into the movies, and it is to be produced on a scale that willTequire the co operation of the stars of all the leading production units in the vicinity of Los Angeles, according to announcement by Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-president, in charge of production of the Famous Players Lasky corporation. The names of the .principal flay- Utah. The well-known character actor quit shaving just before he left California and after he had been in Utah for two weeks he had a ecraggly facial adornment that fooled many of his close friends. He plays the role of captain o the wagoc train. Helen Kesler will return to ' the Goldwyn studos soon to work in her second Rupert Hughes picture, "Souls for Sale." She was also in "The Bitterness of Sweets," said to be one of this famous author's best efforts. Rudolph Bylek, technical director for George Melford's production of "Java Head," chose a lofty place for his wedding recently just after completing work in this picture. The ceremony was performed on the top of the tower of the Wool worth building. '.. Pauline Garon, who has arrived in New Vcrk following the completion of her important role in Cecil B. DeMille's new Paramount produc tion, "Adam's Rib," has been en gaged for the role of flapper in George Melford's next production, "You Can't Fool Your Wife," which is to be started soon at the Long Island studio. Preparatory to filming the. open ing episode of Thomas Meighan's next production, "The Ne'er Do Well," Director Alfred Green is re hearsing a dozen beauties from a well-known Broadway show who are to appear in a football dance number In a lavish cabaret setting. The set is now being constructed at the Paramount Long Island studio. Setting Should Be the Dramatic Story and Producer. each setting must-express the char acter for whom it is meant. Take, for instance, the attic in "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," the storeroom of a lifetime of memories and treas ures. In it muat be lived the action of three decades, so, like some musi cal motif, this particular setting re appears from time to time during the story, but always redolent by its discarded treasures of these va rious epochs. No ordinary setting would do it had to be one to express the char acter of an attic tor this particular family in Indiana. To do this it was necessary to become a member of the family and to feel as they would feel. So with all the other settings in "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" the same rule was applied. We studied our characters, how they lived, then built our settings around them. ers about whom the story revolves have not been decided upon, but the supporting east will read like a roster of film celebrities. In it, among others, are Cecil B. DeMille, Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Wallace Reid, Bebe Dan iels, Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Betty Compson, May McAvoy, Leatrice Joy, Wanda Hawley, Lila Dee, Theo dore Roberts, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Theodore Kosloff, George Fawcett, Charles Ogle, Walter Hiera, Jacqueline Logan. aking M now commencing the . drxrtBJ1 Xf vW-- Irnnwn ' 11 tonight I I R Known. I new year's i V ? Cnhi Cf VVrCW Il I MIDNIGHT MATINEE . I j I I I lUy H J ' zzzzili vVj .glT . - , . . 1 J ' , V'V -. DOUBLE --sf'S ZZ. , K'd f" H"l NEW. YEAR'S F 4 , : ''i'" ' li "ATTRACTION 5- jSiillll Can You Imagine S IT T w What a wonderful show! If you haven't seen it just ask yourself what kind of picture it must be that can so smash every record and precedent ever established. UNIVERSAL PLANS TO OFFER BIGGER PRODUCTS IN 1923 Astonishing List of Super-Productions by Eminent Authors, Capable Directors and Stars of Sterling Ability Announced. I Aiff . - I 1 'v " "A f V I ?7 , 1 i i I - tt X x" i - k " - I , '.t r: I I - I !LJ Virginia Vnlll. one of the moat attractive and talented players on the acreen, who will shine forth In the Universal-Jewels releases during the new year. THE most comprehensive aggre gation of super - productions ever planned ahead by Univer sal Pictures Corporation has been scheduled for the new year and will stand as that company's Universal Jewel offering for 1)23. It includes 12 pictures of the highest quality, enacted by stars and players of standing, , and made by directors whose past success have placed them on the top rung of the screen's ladder of fame. Universal plans to release these Jewels once each month. Three of them already are In completed form and soon will be in the hands of the various Universal exchanges. Six others are now in production and the remaining three are being trans lated into screen form by the scen ario department at Universal City. The 192S list of big pictures in cludes films by such stars as Pris cilla Dean, Lon Chaney, Reginald Denny, Virginia Valll, Eileen Percy, Helen Jerome Eddy. They are sup ported fcy such popular players as Mabel Julienne Scott, Raymond Hat- National It? ks! ton, Patsy Ruth Muller, Wallace Beery, George Nichols, Forrest Stan ley, Robert Ellis, Joseph Swlckard, Estelle Taylor, Sylvia Breamer, Ray Griffith, Matt Moore, Norman Kerry, Maude George. Some of these play ers also have leading roles in spe cial cast productions. Universal's 1924 Jewel directors include such successful picture mak ers as Hobart Henley, Tod Brown ing. Lots Weber, Rupert Julian. Erich Von Stroheim, Lambert Hillyer, Stu art Paton and Wallace Worsley. Henley will be remembered for such work as "The Gay Old Dog," "The Sin That Was His," "Star Dust" and a series of Goldwyn successes. Tod Browning is the man who directed Priscilla Dean in such successes as "The Virgin of Stamboul," "Outside the Law" and "Under Two Flags. Lois Weber, since leaving Universal several years ago after making series of popular Bluebird produc tions, has won fame with a sue cession of high-class pictures made by her own producing company and released through Paramount. Among her recent successes have been "To History! of the most II il II BIG ANNUAL New Year's Eve Midnight Matinee (SUNDAY MGHT ONLY) A RIOT OF FUN CYCLONES OF JAZZ DOORS OPEN 11:20 Admission - 75c; Loges - $1.00. Reserved seats now on sale at Box Office. An entire new show, not including "Dr. Jack." Please One Woman" and "What Do Men Want?" j Lambert Hillyer, who is a new comer to the Universal directorial i staff, is known for a long series of1 William S. Hart productions. Stuart j Paton has directed many popular I Universal pictures, including "Rep-1 utatlon, a Universal-Jewel picture starring Priscilla Dean. Wallace Worsley was the director who made 'The . Penalty," "The Highest Bid der" and "Don't Neglect Your Wife." This is the first time he has ever , worked on Universal pictures. ' Hobart Henley leads the 1923 list with three productions out of the 12. Tod Browning is next with two, and the possibility that he may di rect & third, scheduled as Priscilla Dean's last picture during the year. To Henley also falls the honor of having three out of the first four to be released in the new year. The first release for the new year will be "The Flirt." which has been hailed as the greatest picture ever made by Universal. It was adapted by A. P. Younger from Booth Tark ington's well-known novel of Amer ican life by that name. It is an all-star cast production and is said to be Hobart Henley's masterpiece. That director, in put ting Tarkington's characters on the screen, has grasped the spirit of middle-class America with remark- PLAYING NOW DOROTHY PHILLIPS IN "THE WORLD'S A STAGE" By ELINOR GLYN DE LUXE CONCERT 12:30 Noon Today Direction SALVATORE SANTAELLA m 1 a I LARRY SEMON in "GOLF" Our Usual Midnight New Year's Matinee Free Noise Makers No Advance in Admission Come! taflepeadently Owitl OPENS AT 9 O'CLOCK IN THE MOKNTNG able fidelity and human understand ing, reports indicate. Gene Stratton Porter has become once again the writer, having fin ished her production of "Michael O'Halloran" and retired to her study, from whence will issue during the next few months a series of maga zine articles and a new novel. In the moments when she is not . writing, Mrs. Porter is carrying on her work as a naturalist, studying the' plants,! flowers and birds of southern California. Her first screen production, "Michael O'Halloran," is soon to be released. If R. A. Walsh is not known to tho world as a championship swimmer, tt is only because his athletic activi ties are overshadowed by his work as a director of Goldwyn pictures. While in Tahiti recently, filming "Passions of the Sea," Mr. Walsh won the speed events in a contest in which were entered some of the best swimmers in the South Pacific, Including members of pearling teams who can stay under water three minutes, at a stretch. Marie Prevost, Warner Bros, star, is getting a few days' vacation after finishing the Harry Rapf produc tion for Warner Bros., "Brass." Her next picture hay not been selected. and IbOpendently Operate CLOSES AT 4 O'CLOCK FOLLOWING MORNING AinM la Attendance THE V