THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1914. "
MOTION PICTURES ESTABLISHED AS PUBLICITY FACTOR
I OR Its headline attraction, Win
ning- tomorrow, Pantag-ea will or.
: fer Bothwell Browne' absurdity
to music, "Tno Merry M&aquer
aders." with Nat Cola and Frank
DaTla, aa chief fuomakars, supported
ky 10 chorua g-lrln. Tho added feature
Is Miss Daley llarcoart, English com.
Company, in JThat Girl"; Davie, "The
Twntth f!ntur Ideal." and Bait
An nlntnua A fVft Trf-tlAnl Rdtl
Festival ln four reels will form the
peetacular feature at The Oaks amuee
ment park today, and the balance of
the week. Every part of .the Festival
will be shown on the screen In the
form of a pretty lore story, "How Bes
sie Saw the Portland Rose Festival."
Motion pictures of the orowd at The
Oaks will be taken today and developed
next Sunday. McElroy and his nana,
the i Hawaiian Troubadours and Don
Carlos' monkey hotel are other features
- air amphitheatre.
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- It remained for a woman, Alice
Iii-own. of Boston, to csoture the Win-
throp Ames play fcontest with a prize
that will amount! to at least $19,000.
More than 1600 manuscripts were sub
mitted to the Judges before they
awarded "Children of Earth" flret
place. .
As a novellet. Miss Brown has al
ready rained an astaDiisnea repuumuu
with such works as "Margaret War
rener," "King's End" and "Tiverton
Tales." Character drawing- is one of
her strong fortee, and one of the most
, meritorious features of her play is said
to t her presentation or rur
"Children of Earth- is Mies Brown's
'first ions drama to be presented. The
i prize Is awarded in the form of royal
I ties and assurance of Its almost Imme
diate production Is made by Mr. Ames,
leo.that, if it is euccesefui. Miss Brown
will likely collect considerable royalty
'after the $10,000 mark la passed. The
'contest judges were Augustus Thomas,
iAdolph Klauber and Wlnthrop Ames.
On Monday, In Chicago, Oliver Mo
roco will try what may prove an ex
pensive experiment when he presents
iy.ggy o'Neil in "Peg o My Heart."
It Is claimed by Lauretta Taylor, the
original Peg, and J. Hartley Manners,
er irusband and the author, that Miss
Taylor's contract will not allow- any
one else to play Peg in certain of the
larger eastern cities, among them Chi-
'cas-o.
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Guy Bates Post,, in his much-talked-of
Broadway success, "Omar the Tent
, maker," reached Ban Francisco a week
' .am- " mmA Aa,tan AnAiMinAmAnta mm v
1 lend, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver and
I Victoria on the coast before reaching
l)uluth early in September.
' Anna Held and her courtship by
eprlnoe Paul Nakllanoff of Russia, are
' the talk of Paris at present The
'prince la a member of the csars body
uard, and was a student of Grand
uke CyrU In Paris. He is showering
i costly gifts. such as $180,000 pearl
; necklaces, upon the actress, who ad
mits his attentions, but says nothing
Is really settled Just now, although
' the prince Is urging her to name an
, Immediate wedding day.
Owing to the failure of John Gals
worthy's play, "The Mob," In London,
Otis Skinner, who was to nave pre
sented It in the United States this win
ter, has abandoned his plana for such
a course. .
George Primrose, one of the last and
most notable of the old time minstset
performers, has retired from the stage.
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Mr- and Mrs. Ralph R. Earle, about to start for Mount Lassen to take pictures of it for Patne.
is shown Lloyd W. McDowell, pioneer publicity man to use motion pictures.
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- Motion pictures are now firmly es
tablished as an important factor in
publicity work. Every movement has
a pioneer, and In this case it was
Lloyd McDowell, publicity agent of the
Great Northern railway. For the past
two-years especially he has waged his
camera campaign over mountains,
along rivers and through forests to the
very heart of the wilds.
Mr. McDowell has been assisted in
his work by Ralph EL Eaxle, nead cam
era man on the Pacific coast for Pa the
Weekly, Thursday morning Mr. and
Mrs. Earle left Portland in their road
ster, by way of eastern Oregon and the
Klamath Falls . country, for Mount
Lassen, California's active volcano.
The Earles came to the northwest
three weeks ago for the Portland Rose
Festival and the automobile races.
They make all of their trips by motor.
CALENDAR OF THIS
WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS
. HEILIO Eleventh, and Mor
rison. Motion picture, Annette
Kellerman in Neptune's
Daughter."
BAKER Broadway, Morrl-
son and Sixth. Motion picture,
"Atop of the World." Arctic
PANT AGES Broadway and
Alder. Vaudeville feature, "The
Merry Masqueraders."
THE OAKS Amusement
Park.
PEOPLES West Park and
Alder. Motion pictures.
COLUMBIA Sixth, between
Washington and Stark. Motion
pictures.
GLOBE Eleventh and Wash
ington. Motion pictures.
STAR Washington at Park.
Motion pictures.
MAJESTIO Washington at
Park. Motion pioturea.
CIRCLE Fourtn and Wash
ington. Motion pictures.
Roulette Dancing
Very Latest Fad
STorfolk Xoof Garden Chalks Off and
immbers Squares on Tloor Winner
Gets Prise.
New York, June JO. The cabaret
manager who hasn't a stunt for the
edification and amusement of his
guests at least once a week is indeed
rare. Sometimes the stunts prove
too popular to be superseded by an
other within a week. Such is the case
where such a little thing as "roulette
dancing" draws great crowds nightly.
The New York roof has Its dance
floor chalked off Into circles Just large
enough for a couple to stand in, pro
vided they stand close together. These
circles are numbered. On the wall is
a large wheel, divided into as many
numbered segments as there are cir
cles on the dance floor. While the
dance Is on, a whistle suddenly blows.
The musio stops. Every couple Is sup
posed to Jump into a numbered circle.
The head waiter at the blast of the
whistle starts a pointer in the roulette
wheel spinning. If, when it stops, it
points to a number corresponding to
the number of the circle on which you
stand, you win a prise. Some of these
prizes are mighty attractive, too. They
may be a vanity box, a cigarette case.
a cigar holder or lighter. The scheme
has proven so popular that dosena of
dance hall managers have stolen the
idea. Theft of an Idea In this town is
proof of Its popularity.
Actor Folk Hoping
For Better Season
Sramatlo Tear Just Closing Baa Xft
, Many Bleaching Bones on the Theat
rical Trail; Pictures Sid Damage,
New York,' June 20. The 191S
1914 dramatic season, than which
other left behind so many
Motion Pictures
And Cabarets Cause
New York. June 20. One doesn't
have to go far to find reasons for the
numerous failures that have marked
the 1912-11 and the 1813-14 theatrical
seasons, and for the mere- mediocre
success that has marked most of the
new productions that were not fail
ures. The last Issue of one of the
best theatrical publications of New
York a; publication Ahat is the unof
ficial organ of the vast dramatlo Inter
ests here goes to the length of some
4000 words to admit that two things
are chiefly responsible for the present
state ot affairs In theatredom. They
are tne motion pictures and the cabar
ets. The former are offerinir really won-
'aenui -values." The caliber of the
stars who perform for the film oom
panles. taken as a whole, haa ben
vastly superior to that of the theatre
folk who have not acted before the
oamera. Add to this the ten, twent.
thlrt admissions, and the fact that
the motion picture audience can see
more action in less time than the the
atre audience, and the answer la mat
But the motion picture bouses are not
doing all of the "value", offering. The
caoarets are neck and neck with the
motion picture shows when it cornea to
giving tne price payers value reoeived.
There are a dozen palatial palaces of
eat in this town, where you can, by
paying a little more for your food, get
a mighty enjoyable vaudeville show
thrown In. Then, toward midnight,
enters the tangold terpslchore. In
which new form she still haa little old
Mew xorx at her feet.
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and will come north again the first of
July tor the Tacoma races.
Mr. McDowell furnishes service for
more than 800 dally papers. Amonn
the Oregon pictures which he and Mr.
Carle have produced are "Along the
Columbia River," "The Deschutes Can
yon, Central Oregon," "Here and There
in Oregoa," featuring the Crooked
River bridarejin Central Oregon; "Op
portuniUesBor a Million Acres," fea
turing scenes In Central Oregon, dur
ing a motor trip of 1000 miles on which
round up of 4000 head of cattle was
seen.
INGLE features making ah entire
show predominate on the screen
programs. fat least for the first
half of the 'week. The Peoples
will show a Jesse I Leaky fea
ture, "The Only i Son," with Thomas
W. Ross, the original star. In Wlnchell
Smith's heart story, i The picture Is
produced la five parts with 200 scenes.
Annette - Kellermanh in "Neptune's
Daughter." the feature recently com
pleted in Bermuda, will be the Helllg
attraction zor the week beginning to
nlghC with dally matinees on the six
following days.;
The Baker will show the Dobbs or
iginal arctic pictures : of Alaska and
Siberia, called "Atop! of the World.
Customs, peoples and animals of he
lar norm are-inoiuaea in tne picture.
Our Mutual Girl, heads the bill at
the Columbia., which is completed with
a two-part Majestic, "The Rebellion of
Kitty Bell." and a two-part Keystone
comedy, "The Knockout," On Wednes
day the first - of the Mutual's new
serial, "The Million Dollar Mystery,'
will be ahown., ! j
At the Globe the big picture Is a
great Vitagraph comedy in two parts,
"Father's Flirtation," with John
Bunny, Flora Finch. Kate Price and
other . of the company's favorites.
Pathe Weekly, and a drama complete
the bill. Klaw & Erlanger's big
four-part production of Southern's
popular play, "Lord ' Chumley," will
be shown on the Wednesday change.
The Star will have the tenth ad
venture of Lucille Love, the girl of
mystery, this one taking place In
Mexico. Other pictures on the same
program are a Lubln, "The Lure of the
Pit;" a Vitagraph. "The Persistent
Mr. Prince," and the Hearst-Sell g
Weekly. Also on ; its Wednesday
change the Star will have a Klaw &
Erlanger production, "Strongheart," in
which Robert Sdson was so very pop
ular. The 'third, and at the same time
the first, theatre to run a Klaw &
Erlanger production this week. Is the
Majestic, which -will show The Bil
lionaire," beginning today until Wed
nesday. The remainder ef the : pro
gram Is made up with a Lubln. 'XTlaim
No 3: a Vitagraph, "Only a Sister;"
Madame O thick, soprano, and, 'Esther
Sundqulst, violinist. . . j
For. today only the Circle will offer
Pathe'a big production of "Germinal,
or the Toll of Death," made from
Zola's famous novel. It Is a foreign
Industrial story said to be one of the 1
moat powerful Pathe has ever pro
duced. A Reliance comedy, "The Cow
boy's Chicken Dinner," and vaudeville
complete the program. . i -
"Dope" and "The Drug Terror." the
Utter Mrs. William Vanderbllt'a pro
duction, are two motion pictures ex
citing widespread interest and much
highly favorable newspaper comment
in New York and Chicago. Both have
to do with evils of drug using, and are
aimed at destruction of the habit.
Dope" has arrived in one of the Port
land film exchanges, and has been
viewed by the board of censorship,
who nave approved It and expressed
themselves as most anxious for it to
be given a local showing. It is pro
duced in six parts, with -. cast of
Broadway stars, beaded by Laura Nel
son Halt ' The scenario was prepared
by Herman Lleb, who ahows the hold
drugs have In high society walks of
life.
It is 'reported that the films and pic
tures which were taken In South Amer
ica by Colonel Roosevelt and Anthony
Flala, on their recent expedition, are
failures, because they remained under
water too long at the time the canoes
of the party capsized. The loss of the
pictures is a great one, aa their educa
tional value was held most Important.
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Portland Plant May
Produce Pictures
Attractions of Vast Week.
HEILIO Dark.
BAKER - Motion pictures,
."Samson."
PANTAOES Vaudeville.
THE OAKS Amusement
Park.
PEOPLES. MAJESTIC, CO
LUMBIA, GLOBE, STAR, CIR
CLE Motion pictures.
Pormer Journal Man
Becomes Dramatist
atellmiaary Stepe Taken la Xos An
geles ror Premiere ef Flay, "A Mod
el Maid,"
Indications point strongly to the fact
that Miles Overholt, creator of the
Tanglefoot verse, and former Journal
man, has arrived as a dramatist. Pre
liminary steps were taken last week
. for the premiere In Los Angeles of Mr.
Qrverholt's play. "A Model Maid." The
play was written with Walter Law
rence, leading man of "The Isle of
Bong Bong" company, and the score
will be supplied by William Loral ne.
musical director of the same organiza
tion. It goes without aaylQg that "A
Model Maid" is a comedy. Comment
tng on it, the Los Angeles Examiner
says. "The libretto makes a noise like
a laugh in every line, for Mr. Over
holt has put into it the humor that is
born of wit."
1S INDEX TO CHARACTER
no
whitening bones on the trail theatrical.
has breathed its last, almost, and stage
folk have eyes front. talking
about next season. The actor folk, op
timistic as usual, are hopeful that the
autumn will see an Improvement, but
seasoned managers shake their heads
in gfoom, believing that the worst Is
yet to come to the legitimate drama.
It Is the pictures that are working
havoc with the flesh-and-blood drama.
The movies, whloh have Invaded a big
proportion of the Broadway theatres,
have come to stay, at least for a con
siderable time, the producers believe.
The pendulum will swing eventually
and the regular actors will come into
their own again, but meantime all the
show people who can get out from un
der are making film hay while the
clnoma aun shines. Owners are leas
ing their newest and most palatial
houses for movies. Managers are put.
ting in film dramas and letting the
high priced actors go as fast as their
contracts expire. David Belasco a few
days ago olosed a contract by which
all of his recent successful plays will
be done for the motion picture stage.
Woman Author to .
Produce Own Plays
Eleanor Ptrst of Bex Sex, as Well aa
Tlnrt Writer, to Organize Motion
Picture Company.
um or tne xirst women, as well as
one of the first authors, to organise
her own motion picture producing com
pany. Is Ereanor Qates, author of "The
Poor Little Rich Oirl," "The Plow
Woman," "The Biography of a Prairie
Girl" and "Cupid, the Cow Punch.
Miss Gates has located her studios at
Mount Klsco, N. T., and her director
Is Richard Gar rick. The first releases
will be three or four reel features,
made from Saturday Evening Post
stories of the writer, who will choose
a cast of player folk of the types she
bad In mind when she wrote the stor
ies.
"I believe that the possibilities of
the motion picture are just being re
alised," says Miss Gates., "As much
art can be put into a picture as into a
story or a play, and with the whole
world available as a. setting, the iim.
Its of the legitimate theatre disappear
ana xne aumor is unhampered, .a new
day has come, and a new art Is being
developed whloh brings Into play all
th skill. Ingenuity and creative power
or camera man, airector, actor and au
tnor.
Plans Under way to Make This City
Xeadtnarten of Established Oonoem.
Pint Scenario Hearly Completed,
Raymond Wells of the Baker Play
ers did not go east at the close of the
season as he had planned and thereby
bangs a tale of motion pictures In the
making and the future possibility of
Portland s having an established pro
ducing plant A group of local men
who were Interested In such an enter
prise prevailed upon Mr. Wells to re
main in Portland and begin producing
at once, as he has had experience In
such work In the east.
The first scenario to be attemnted
la "The Promised Land." a picturesque
western story of placer mining. Any
morning the past week several auto
mobiles loaded with members of the
company, properties and other appur
tenances might have been seen on their
way to Troutdale where the exterior
views are being filmed on the Sandy
Rivera A couple more days work will
finish the first picture and It is ex
pected that as operations grow a suit
able studio will be erected, the force
increased and Portland, with its won
derful natural surroundings, placed in
the ranks of pioture producing locali
ties.
The hour at which musical and th
atrlcal entertainments begin in differ
ent countries is a curious Index to na
tlonal character, says the London
Musical Record. Our own reputation
aa a busy-people having a strict regard
-for economy of time Is sustained by
-the : inevitable evening serformanoe.
- The more easy going German goes to
.Ms concerts some time between 4 and
'It; while In Spain the afternoon. siesta
; forbids such early hours, and an enter
tainment is frequently protracted well
Unto the night. Formerly the theatres
tfn Madrid sometimes remained open
kntn I o'clock, although 12:30 is now
he legal hour for closing.
WINS POPULAR CONTEST
Marguerite Fisher, a Silver ton. Or.
girl, bas won the popularity contest
that has been conducted by the Photo
play Magazine. Miss Fisher is leading
woman with the Beauty company. Her
winning score, was 418,000. Kathlyn
Williams won second place; Mable
Norm and. third; Mary Plckford. fourth,
ana Mary jruuer, xutn. .
The New Tork run of
Perlmutter" promises to
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Maude Adams will spend Che early
portion of her summer vacation at her
home at Ronkonkoma, and will later
go to the Catskllls.
"Potash and
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TODAY, MON, TUESDAY
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Special Vitagraph In
Two Parts
"Father's Flirtation
Made expressly for fun
By
BUNNY. FINCH, PRICE
AND BEAUDET.
PATHE'S WEEKLY
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The Song in the Dark
TWO-PART DRAMA
Lore Survives AIL
WEDNESDAY
We Present
KLAW ft ERLANGERS
PRODUCTION
"LORD CHUMLEY'
. . E. H. Sothern's Great Play
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Oomenertaf Wild Aatmala la Their -HaUve
Senate.
Peerless Xaklmoe la Parault of Big Oame.
Sarin naten TraiUag the Polar Bear and
Walrus.
Xarpoomlar Arctlo Monstere.
Aaanal ATUalaaka Dog Team Baca.
Breaka Beindser to Harness.
toy SCoantaias and Gorgeous Glaciers la All
xanr waosuy uraaasur
And Other Xarveloue Beenes in the r rigid Borne
"The Far North"
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Portland's
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Performances FREE
every afternoon and
night. :30 and 8:30
rain or shine, intthe
new OPEN AIR
AMPHITHEATRE
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Special added
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Unequaled Vaudeville Broadway and Alder St
Week
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MONDAY MATINEE, June 22
EVERY ACT A FEATURE
The Merry Masqueraders
Bothwell Browne's Bi Musical Revue t
FRANK DAVIS Beauty Chorus NATE COLE
MISS DAISY .HARCOURT J
England's Favorite Comedienne j
SALT BUSH BILL
The Australian Whip Cracker .
THAT GIRL" 1 K
Presented by Miss - May . Erwood and ; Company
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The .Twentieth-Century Ideal
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EXTRA ADDED FEATURE
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EZRA MEEKER, Pioneer of the Old Ore
gon Trail, with 1000 feet of interesting
film of the famous highway over which
the early emigrants crossed the continent.
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Lecture by Mr. Meeker at l&O, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9 p. m.
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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Jesse L. Lasky
PRESENTS
Thomas W. Ross
The Popular Broadway Star in His Original Role
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"THE ONLY SON"
-By-
Winchell Smith, Author of "Brewster's Millions"
A Motion Picture Story That Knocks at
the Door of Your Heart
Picturized from the successful play; made doubly
fascinating by the addition of 200 scenes
and a select cast.
McElroy s Band
HAWAII ANS
Complete Chanel of
Programme
All Performance Free
Admission to Park 10c
Cars at First and Alder.
Launches at Morrison Bridge
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SUNDAY-RIONDAY-TUESDAY
Tenth Great Two-Part Installment of -
LOVE" '
See the Abduction to Mexico and Lucille'
Escape From the Bandits There
"LURE OF THE PIT"
TWO PARTS
A Melodramatic Story of the Wheat Pit and Its
Terrible Gambling Operations
"The Persistent Mr. Prince",
A Vitagraph Scream, With Lillian Walker and
Wallie Van
Coming
Wednesday
June 24
Four Days
KLAW & ERLANGER
Present
STRONGHEART
Their Greatest Success
-A GRAND TREAT
Portland' Model Photo-Play House : '
ATTRACTIONS SUNDAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY
"THE REBELLION OF KITTY BELLE"
Her Husband Finally Learned How to Make Lore
Two-Part Majestic, Featnrlns Lillian Giah and Robert Harron
"Our Mutual Girl" y - "The Knockout"
Detectives Find Marjraret " Two Reels of Knockout Comedy
This Is Great by Keystone Players
COMINO WEDNESDAY , "
"THE MILLION - DOLLAR MYSTERY"
$10,000 Rcwsrd for Iu Solution,
TEN CENTS Admission TEN CENTS
tilation. Opa 10:10 a. m. to 11:11 p. ra.
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