THE OREGON ? SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21. 1915.
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POPULAR PHOTOPLAYERS
P ESTINY." or "The Soul of a
LJ woman" open today at the Na-
iional ineaire neaaea oy jnisn mhjij
Steven- The story opens with thit
eight of a lovinc couple and tneir
first born. A picture wherein mother
a-nd son are the subject Is to be
shown to" the public by the father
who Is an artist A chanca remark
by a wealthy and wordly wise con
noiseur, "That model was once my
mistress," turns the world upside
down." The mother Is cast aside Into
the streets, without chance for ex
planation or reason. Unable to pro
vide for both boy and herself, he Is
left upon the steps of a monastery, .
and the mother seems to disappear
from the face of the earth. Grown up
I ho youth In atout to take the vows.
of the church, when an impulse de
rides him to see and feel and know
life. Tentptutlon assails him in the
outside world. Avarice and pasnlon
Ifjul him toward the downward path.
I'liiully h!s full is about to be com-,
plt;il In a glided palace of shame. ,
H".cln. after many years of separa
tion th mother and son comes, in a
Hreat drnoument. lie, as the youth, i
fn-sh and Innocent she as the keep- '
ci of the house -Hin bespattered end
world wary. It Is here that the ,
"nul of a woman" In shewn. Its :
depths are found when this mother!
meets 'her boy.
Charlie Chaplin in hlr new com
edy "A Klyht in the Show," will con
tinue another week at the Sunset the
atre. The other big feature will be
the BIk 4 musterpiece "The Jugger
naut." hilled as the "Colossus of Mod
ern railroad dramas." Those popular
stars Anita Btewart and Earle Wil
liams are the principals In this big
play.
The "Broken Law," featuring Doro
thy Bernard and William Farnum,
will open at the Majestic today.
Ksmorid. a novelist, decides to write
a book ahout the Romanies, a band
of gypMes camping on his estate.
On the death of his father he learns
that he hns a half sister who Is a
member of an unknown gypsy elan.
Jlo makes a futile search for her and
finally joins a gypsy band In order
to prosecute his quest. In the course
of lils wanderjngs he rescues Isobel
from drowning;, and later discovers
that a mutual passion has developed
between them. Isobel, however, has
been promised in marriage to Iord
Duncan, a debuuche, whose fortunes
are on the wane.
Ksmond finally becomes chief of the
clan, mtKnot until he has vanquished
his rlvaO Caspar. Peeking revenge.
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Left to right Emily Stevens, emotional actress, appearing in "Des
tiny"; William Farnum in "The Broken Law"; a William Fox
production, in which he l supported by Dorothy Bernard.
Oaspar accuses Esmond of seducing
Ursula, a gypsy girl, who has really
been wronged by Lord Duncan. Es
mond and Ursula are branded and
whipped from the camp.
Rather than marry Lord Duncan,
Isobel fleos from home and goes to
the gypsy camp. Bhe is captured, is
taken to the church to be married to
Lord Duncan.
In addition there will be a film
showing the 191& world series of base
ball.
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Two complete Triangle changes a
week will he the feature at the Colum
bia starting today. For the first four
days Frank Keenan. the great charac
ter actor who starred with Blanche
Bates in the "Girl of the Oolden West."
will play the lead in Thomas H. Ince's
second Triangle production, "The Cow
ard." Critics have written in the high
est terms of Keenan's impersonation
of the old confederate, a veteran of the
Mexican war, who finds that his son
Is a craven and a weakling. Though
long past the age of service, he goes to
the front In the boy's stead. Later he
unwittingly shoots the lad, who had
forgotten his earlier timidity and has
achieved an act of reckless heroism in
behalf of the Confederate cause. The
scenes where the parent and the
wounded son are brought together are
said to be among the most poignan'.
and powerful ever shown in any kind
of drama, whether film drama or stage
drama. Mr. Keenan Is aided by young
Charles Ray's sincere and forceful por
trayal of the boy. The Keenan charac
terization, however, is tremendous and
Is unforgettable.
It Is not by accident that actors do
great things, Keenan haa been achiev
ing Important successes on the stage
for 87 years.
Ths second feature on the bill is
Roscoe. (Fatty) Artuckle In "Fickle
Fatty's Fall." Trlangls-Ksystone. Ar
buckis disproves ths theory that no
body loves a fat man for hs is ons of
the most popular motion picture come
dians. Starting Thursday. "Old Heidelberg
will hold the screen. This is a plsy
that should show to great advantage
in motion pictures. Dainty Dorothy
Gish will make her first Triangle ap
pearance In this play. The comedy end
will be a Triangle-Keystone featuring
Eddie Foy in. "A Favorite Fool."
"Today in my studies I find it im
possible to- produce under 1X00.000 a
film that will obtain any pronounced
degree of public support. The set alone
for a single picture In course of prepa
ration at our plant near Santa Monica,
Cal.. has cost $60,00. Blllle Burke i
to get 140.000 besides that for appear
ing in the start part. We employ
regularly "00 people, among whom are
a number of principals dYawing up
ward of $1000 a week." The money is
well spent.
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The Portland offices of Grorcbacher
and Bailey, who were ths distributers
o' the Metro program In Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana, have been
taken over by the Metro Pictures cor
poration of New York. H. J. Cohen,
special representative, has transferred
the local office to 72 Broadway and
has 1 natal led P. E. Noble as local
manager. The Seattle office, while in
the same location, la now in charge
of J. C. Kerr, formerly with the Mutual
In Portland. Before leaving for Cali
fornia Mr. Cohen spoke very encourag
ingly of the business prospects in the
northwest, and of the exhibitors he met
during Ms sojourn here.
Artificial Limb for
Famous Stage .Star
New York, Nov. 20. Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt' 8 newest leg she has 25
in her wardrobe is an American
model of 191B. according to the cir
cumstantial account of its architect
John R. CUrke, who has Just returned
from Paris, where he has an atelier
for artificial limbs.
Mr. Clarke is an artist. He has tem
perament, and when he speaks of his
wcrk his face bringtens. He has but
one leg of Jt lesh arid bone, and is fit
ted by experience for his vocation.
With the members created from fab
rics brought from this country and
modeled by American craftsmen, the
distinguished ectress will be able to
walk easily through "Camille," except
In the last aet; that is, as Mr. Clark i
said yesterday, if she but practices
sufficiently.
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Beginning
Today For One Week Only
Beginning
Today
We Are Permitted to Exhibit
or "The Soul of a Woman"
Men
Bring your wives,
that many things
which passeth un
derstanding be ex
plained. This terrible ex
pose of the "thread
of life" permitted to
play many weeks to
record-breaking
houses in all of the
great cities owing to
the lesson it carries.
There la a potare thai la being shenTln this olty at this
time at one of the Motion Ploture Theatres that should be aeen by
every adult la the olty. It la the picture called "Destiny" or
"The Soul of a Wonan". Iron tha artist's standpoint of rlev It haa
been veil done Troa tbe rellgoua worker's standpoint. It la cer
tainly full of lesson tor everyone. Ho aad It made me hena sveeV
a&d tender ooan vas deceived by a rutaleeaman! Bow Indignant X res
to see another nan, who bad takes her for nts wife and promised be
fore God to lev her and to cherish her, drive her and her babe f roa
hla house and she all Innocent ef any vrongl How sad X was to aeo
tbe picture of this world, ao eold at heart, (a true ploture) asking It
hard for a wovan to live right, and easy to live wrong I Bow sweet
her lnstinot to save her boy to the right path of life, even though
ehe go astray herself 1 Bow even clear down to the4 end of her Ufa
as at dlfflrent periods In her career ahe comes In contact with hla
this instinct of saving hla la over t oreaoet t What a aoaent, when not
knowing who It le, but that only It la a young nan, a representative
of Youth, ahe declares In tha nreeenoe of the throng about her In
her ova palaoe of eln that Youth shall not bo led astray la a plaoe
belonging to horl What a aubllae aoaent when at last, hawing found
that she has aaved her bey, aha declares to then all thai aba frea
that aeaent will turn her baok on alat and geea out literally to
becoao beggar of the atreot rather 'than eontloua such a life I .
' X do not beliowo all that the ploture shows ae There are few
ploturee la vhleh X do believe all, but hero la a picture that haa
raona for aid and young, foy rich and for poor and all who are old
enough to grasp the argument for It should aeo it. X aa using aany
pictures hero In y church, la illustration of sera ons. Ths length
of thlo picture and the tact that 1 aa appealing to aany children
are the only reasons that X should not use tha picture in ay church
serrloes.
aSQRGK CAROL KUJO.
raster Queen-Anno Methodist SpiseopaT Chureh
Seattle Washington,
Ootober 28, 1919.
Women
Bring your hus
bands, that they,
may learn the great
depths to a woman's
souL
How. many men
really know a wom
an? How many wom
en understand fully
the yawning chasm
stretching across the
path of man?
LORD and Lady Aberdeen will ap
pear Manrinv nlrht at h. VTolliir
theatre in a joint lecture.
"Brewster's Millions," over whieh
thousands of people have laughed
when reading the book or witnessing
the play, is the off jring at the Baker
theatre opening this afternoon. The
matter of spending a million dollars
in a single year under certain condi
tions, as a means of acquiring several
more millions, Is tha problem con
fronting Monty, the hero or the storjr.
The way he accomplishes this feat is
the means of bringing about situations
that are replete with fascination and
plenty of thrills. There" will be a
special bargain matinee Thanksgiving
day.
Indians Engaged
In Movies Strike
Tearful Tht th Soda Are Displeased,
Oklahoma Bed Ken Quit Their Jobs
for Prayer.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 20. (P. N.
9.) Convinced, because the snow
deity has sent them no white blan
kets this winter, that the gods are
uipleastd at something, 100 Indians
recently imported from Qklahoma by
a local motion, picture company today
went on strike. They repaired to the
mountains, where they knelt In prayer,
seeking forgiveness.
Did QJiaplin Once
Have Counterpart?
Clowns and Cut Ups of Older Says
Created Comic Characters Just aa
Inimitable MovU Comedian Kas Wow.
Is Charlie Chaplin really "high brow"
after all? Are his hat and his trous
ers, and his stick and his moustache,
all his bag tricks. Just a moderniza
tion of the famous art-comedy of
Renaissance Italy, the Commedia
dell'Arte? There were clowns in those
days that created comic characters
which others accepted, clothes and all
anj which became permanent figures In
the Improvised art Of the drama that
then flourished.
H. C, Chatfield-Taylor, biographer of
Molien, has linked up the movies with
the Commedia dell'Arte in a discussion
in the Chicago Dial. A distinctive ele
ment of the Commedia dell'Arte was
characterization, as exemplified by
Pantalone. Arlecchino. Brighelle, Pul
oinella, Searamuocia and their merry
mates, eaob Picturing the local char
acteristics Of some Italian city. These
were' aet characters, one or more of
whom appeared in every comedy, tbe
plots being constructed around these
known and popular rolea.
. Although the movies -have not ac
cepted this plan of construction in Its
entirety, it nevertheless obtains. Ser
ies of plays hv been constructed
around popular characters, such as
Bronco Billy; while John Bunny and
Charley Chaplin might with consider
able verisimilitude be dubbed the Pan
talone and Arlecchino of the movie,
the parts-they have Invariably filled
being certainly similar conception to
those that bore these names in the
Italian improvised comedy.
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COMMENCING TODAY
The Magnetic, Fascinating Screen Star
PAULINE FREDERIC
In a Thrilling Picture of Egyptian Desert Life
BELLA DONNA
A Striking Combination of Intense Tragedy and
Exquisite Oriental Settings
Mist Frederick in this picture eclipses all previous stellar per
formances with her powerful personal magnetism---elusive,
indescribable.
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Continuous From 11 to 11
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You Can't Resist
That Little Twist
Metro Pfctares mm
Of METRO'S
Superior Quality
PRESENTING
The Great Emotional Actress
MISS
IMILY STEVENS
A Metro Wonder-Play
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"Let Those Among You Who Are Without Sin Cast the First Stone at Her,"
Coat Puritanism m4 the Narrow View of lifm aiide and view this wonderful production as a
moral lesson -NOT SIMPLY AS A SENSATION. Let it teach not simply arouse a storm of
protest. That it is directly to the point makes the lesson more powerful.
This production carries with it a wonderful pipe
organ accompaniment. There will be comedies ,
and scenics shown also.
Doors Open 11 a. m., Close 11 p.m.
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has assumed control of the territory formerly conducted by Grombacher & Bailey
and wishes to extend greetings to the exhibitors of Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
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All the Big Houses in the North
west Are Now Using
METRO
Why Not You?
No feature Company in the
World Can Show as Many Big
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(2 Each Week 2) Extent of Using Them Exclusively (2 Each Week 2)
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Nov. 21-22-23-24-25-26-27, "Destiny" or 'The Soul of a Woman"; Nov. 28-29-30, Dec. 1, "Her Reckoning";
Dec. 2-3-4, "Marsa .Covington"; Dec. 5-S-7-8, "Pennington's Choice." withFrancis X, Bushman and Jas. J, Jeffries.
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