1 .THE . OREGON T SUNDAY JOURNALS PORTLA ND. SUNDAY; MORNING. v DECEMBER 9. 1917.
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Photo;Plays f
PHOTOPLAY FAVORITES FEATURED ON CURRENT BILLS
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f IBERTY William a Hut's BMr pto-
tor. Tbs Silent Man. at ths lib-
arty. Is full ot thrills. , Hart is ssea as
Silent Bud Marr, a miner, who has
mads a rtcfc'striks on the desert and
- has wins into a small border town to
record tils claim. His rich or attracts
- the X attention of "Handsome ; Jackr
yressley, the proprietor : of a gambling
I resort, who , seeks ts : rob i ths ., miner.
i Titers follows spirited, vigorous and
' uncommonly -sensational - fight m the
Dart of ths miner to recover possession
of his claim, during which he Is called
tiixn to take the ! pretty much into
his own hands. Meantime, Presslsy has
sought to marry Betty Brios, a young
.Virginia glr, who has corns to Arizona
on account of her uttis oroiners neip.
Pressley holds out alluring promises if
' she will marry him, careiuuy .concealing
from her tfc fact that he already has a
wife. The . i-riage. however, 4s known
to "Silent lrr, and wben he holds up
the staa. carrying ths are i from ths
lumued" claim he not only?' takes his
bags, of gold but abducts Betty as well.
After series; of thrilling occurrences
and after Marr . has: roads Betty - under
stand that he has saved her from a
fate ttfat would1 condemn: her to a career
' aa one of Fressley's nlarthings, he al
lowa little- David . to tie and . lead . him
into; the town to : secure , the reward
1 offered for ; his capjors, . that ths money
may' be used ' to rebuild ths burned
church of "Preaching BUTHardy. Marr
is Disced on trial for kidnaping Bony.
tor holding up ths stags and for rob
blnd Mitchell's messenger- of the' sacks
"of void ore. In ths midst of ths trial
something happens that turns the-tables
In Mirr's behalf. ; '
I OLUMBIA-r-BMle Burks la a plctur-
:- laatlon of -iher ' Broaaway success,
"The Land of 'Promise,, at ths Colum
feia. reveals that' clever lltUe screen
rttaf u Nora Marsh, companion to a
' wealthy, crabbed old lady. Ths old lsdy
dtaa and makes no provision In her will
' for Nora. Being unable, to do any other
VI nd of work, and afraid to enter an
other position of the saVne sort, Nora
drifts alone until ner iunas are ex
hausted then ' goes to her f brother
t Ifidward In Canada. A dislike born of
iiniiv bursts into flams when Gertie,
Edward's wife, after a Quarrel demands
i that Nora apologise before Edward and
"the hired man." who has by hard luck
. hMn forced to hire out. Nora sua
denly recalls that she had heard Frank
mention getting a wife -to "do the
rhnrM." Rather than apologise . to
Gertie, she asks for the job and get it.
Thm starts a aueer. loveless home-
making., Six months later ws find them
sUIl at "the sbackv Frank, however, is
- tiring of the monotony of their lives
and . a terrific scene .. occurs between
Nun and himself because shs cannot
grant him affection which shs does not
feel for him. A few day s later Nora's
' just reward (500) for the years
' ot. service to ths crabbed old lady was
received. . Just thsn Frank bursts In,
- whits and suffering, to say that. he is
' ruined a fatal weed. has attacked his
crop and all musUgoi, Nora pities him
, from the depths of her heart, but It is
snot until he offers to let her go that
mi 1 1 cam that after all what they both
need Is love, and they find the "Land of 1 ceratsd the taming of rats and mice
" Promise" together. Thomas Meighan j which Infest the cells. In ths cast -are
' clays opposite Miss Burke. - I Milton Sills, Miriam Cooper,. Gladys
L I Brock-well, Charles Clary. George Walsh
cTAJt -.uouriaa iwbmu i aad others.
a3.- Tn WJ.rtvi' wlll hold the attention I .. - - -
of movie fans at the Star today.1 There I AJESTIC StudenU of the psycholo-ara-
not the usual number of Fairbanks I H4 . gy ot -crookedness ought to find
in thi nleture. Rather have thai ltying - illustrations of "examples cus-
producers looked to oft-cited Fairbanks 1 tomarily expatiated upon in dry text by
Z..t a hnM tha Interest. Those I anthorities on- -' the . subject In - Rex
i- psoplsvwhodemand that ths athletic Beach's picture.. ne Auction Block." atl ,
A Douglas 'shinny up the side ot a house. The Majestic. The gentle art ' of the I
or-lump Jtrotn the top of It or perorm "frame-up" and 'the "double-cross as ;
mm., other hazardous feat, will be oisap-1 practiced in some stratas or - society is
lmtsd.:."I)own: T9 Earth" 4s a "chuckle" I exemplified la realUtic - action v in r ths
! Th ideai of an exuberantly I course - of ths storr. which has been
healthy young man 'kidnapping a sanl-1 described as embodying an undercurrent
iirimn full of hvnochondrtacs,Ms amua-1 narrative of "blackmail piped - with
'ins- m the extreme. Add to It, their I thuggery. Lilas Lynn is a beautiful
placement on a supposedly desert Island I young adventuress with which might be
take nature's own cure, and you I said to be a legitimate purpose reveng-
rtii the material for great farce. In-1 Ing the death of her father, whose life
niriantallv of course. Mr. Fairbanks con-1 was sacrificed years before to the greeC
vinoes a certain young lady (Eileen I of Jarvta Hammon, ones ths superinten-
Percys who has been hitting the ,hign i dent of a steel mill,, but now a muuon-
tiit normal life is the only ! airs about town. 4 LUas initratlatea her-
llfs , and that ! he Is the only sons she self m Hammon's affections for ths sols
nnuid share i it with. Ths Incidents 1 purpose of ruining him in ths eyes of ths
leading up to her realisation of this world. Working with a band of black
form the basis of ths picture. In ths mailers. Lilas arranges for a photograph
cast are Guatave von Seyfertlts, Charles of the millionaire with her In his arms
McHugh, Charles Gerrard, William Eventually the band of crooks turns up
H. Keith. Ruth Allen, Herbert Standing, on Lilas In ths hops of profiting by re
David Proctor and Bull Montana. vealiag her hand In the affair.'. .This
.jl. . . m move involves Innocent persons and
SPSr sventually result, in.another -fram-up.'
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Chaplin Studios Are 'U
Being Rushed Along
8yd Chaplin win Urs la ths beautiful
home which fronts the five acres on
which! ths - Chaptia studios)' ars : ssteg
built. Manager John Jasper Is earn pad
on ths studio grounds and a . motloa
picture camera records daily the extra
ordinary progress being road. Charley
Chaplin wlll probably continue to live
at ths Los Angeles Athletla club.' Every
day ths great little comedian vtatt ths
grounds and says. -Say 1 lent this studio
dons yst?T . , . h-..
Fanchonfs Teeth : . -
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ranchon. of ths act of ranchom. and
Marco, coming soon to ths Orpbsum with
(sir jass nana, nas what to claimed
for her to be ths most perfect aet of
teeth, la ths country. It la said that ths
principal dental colleges in ths United
States have a mold of her teeth to ss
as aa exhibit la ths class -room.. Each
tooth Is perfect ta shape. - Shs has never
lost ons since childhood and not one of
them has been filled. : - 4
AMUSEMENTS-
OOLrVBLl Slits
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PANTAGKS Bnadmi at AJdT. . Hedltar.
"Bwsk to Wlkrt. , A&m4 aunrtioa.
lUrry JoIm. -AmaaS ta Wartd ta rtftaea
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BAKKS twlKf batawa Morrtaoa aad AVW.
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Clara Kimball Young: r
: Gets Powerful Play; ;
Clara Kimball Yovng has sscarsd ths -screen
righto ta Ths Houss of Glass.".
ths great stags au cocas a few seas cms
ago, "Tha Houss of Glass Is a power
ful melodrama from ths psa.of Max
Marcta. It is ths story of a reformed
gtrt crook and her' desperatd efforts to
regain her lost status la society." Ths
plot abounds ta tense scenes sad thrill- "
lag momenta aad ths role of ths Uttis-.
ex-thief affords a rare opportunity for '
emotional acting. -.. 1" .
Noma Talmadge Is ;
Taking NeedeiEest
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Norma TaUnadge's new ' picture.'
G boats of Yesterday, an adaptation
for ths screea. by Mild red Consldlne of
Rupert Hughes powerful drama, "Two
Woman." has been completed and ths .
star, aftsr ths atrala attendant en Its
production, has retired to Atlantic City
for a rest. .;
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THE PLANTER-
sought to Impress the great need ror
prison reform! in the penitentiaries of
the country I through an Intensely
human story, fvmaiy snactsa. iv oe ,,, t,ron of the etorv. and hs Is
lisvs ths words of prison reformers; ofJ t to face a long term
scenes such: as ars. visuaiizea in - Theaa Incidents ars but color
this time by the police. , Working on in
structions, an Inspector "plants' a.rs
volver In ths' pocket of young Jimmy
Knlrht. wayward brother of Lorelei
Honor ' System! ars f still - to - bs found
In. our prisons. It Is perhaps better to
believe that the producers have gone
hack a decade or two for their' ma
terial. Ths i audlencs Is shown ths
beating of prisoners to ths point of
helplessness upon the slightest provooa.
la nrisoh.
for a story of trus .lovs born of. trials
and temptation, i
EOPLES-Ths' Planter,' with Ty-
. rona Power, at ' ths Peoples, Is ons
of ths -.most spectacular of ; recent
screen releases. LudVlg Hertser Is-ths
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1 -Jlath Clifford aad Monroe Ballgbmy pi The Awaxenfng.! Btyand. 2 6m Hart fa Tbe Sflent
Man, Liberty. : v 8 Tvrone Power aad -Lodlle-Ktais In The . Planter, People.- 4 Douglas Fair
. banks t in MDown to Earth," Star). B Rex Beach's - The Anction Block," Majestic . 0 MOtoa
" Sills and Miriam Cooper In The Honor System B onset. 7 BiHy Bnrke In Tbe laand .'ef
Promiae, ' Oplmnbla ' , ; K, . .
tion: their' Incarceration ;tn dungeons) manager. of a Bouthern Mexican-rubber
l" SUCn norror uui -inj . never- rwarn
alive, and a general atmosphere of bru
tality and filth that Is almost overpow
ering. Atl: ths sams thus ths pictur-
eeaue side of prison life Is also ds-
ploted. ths. method of communication
from cell to cell by. means of messages
written on scraps 'of paper and In
trusted to ths backs of cockroaches.
and: ths chief diversion of the lncar-
Where All Young
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RIVERSIDE PARK
; 8TS DAY AFTEBHOOIf A5D
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DANCING
' ATf A JOLLY GOOD TIME
A dream of a floor, ths Jassy Co
tillion Orchestra and
M Uton Bstterf leld, the singer with
the sweet," clear voice, to entertain '
"rou while you dance. Take Ore-'
f on City .car or - Milwaukis car.
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ALL YOUB FRIEJTDS IT ILL BE
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OREGON JOURNAL
Newsxnfctures 'of " northwest .- and
national events - will appear each
week- at leading theatres througrh-
including
cut ths
Majestic of
northwest, j
Portland.
plantation. He la a maa of brutal char
acter who. Ill-treats his native workers.
Hs has a native woman t housekeeper
and a half-breed i daughter.; Associated
with, him ' in" the . exploitation of ths
Ysqui Indians and ths mestlso popu
lation is Senora Morales, a.slavs dealer.
David Mann, son of a .wealthy widow
of Northfleld, Mains, who has invested
in an adjoining plantation to that con
trolled by Hertxer, is. sent. by unscru
pulous promoters to manags ths estate
In order that-they-may ths better oon
trol his mother's fortunes. '
Young Mann Is horrified by thfj bru
tality; of Hsrtssr, with whom .ho auar-
rels. 'A feud grows,, between them,
which Is Intensified by Hertsers effort
to ' abduct - Mann's sweetheart, daughter
or the woman Slavs dealer, who la a
convent girl. Mann' Is confronted with
Innumerable ' plots ; - fori , his undoing,
launched by Hertser, but after estab
lishing 'a rule of humanity-on his own
plantation hs returns to Maine, ex
poses the crooked promoters, and later
returns ; to Mexico -and - marries Coa
suelo. 1 Hertser, is-killed by his' own
slaves, who turn upon him and set firs
to the stockade village In which hs hss
contained them. Lamar Johnstons plays'
David ; Mann, and , Power Is seen as
Hertser?- A ; feature of Sunday's' pro
gram will bs- Billy Rhodes in - That
Doggone Dog, - a olsrer . comedy. ' " -
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Late Queen's Funeral
Is FilmMn Detail
The. filming of the funeral aervlcea
of ths .. late Xiltaokalanl of . Hawaii,
rights for which were-secured from the
government J of ths Islands , ty. George
Melf ord f or ths Famous Players-Lasky
corporation, whlis hs was In Honolulu' to
taxs sosnss Tor a new Sessuo Havakawa
ipieture ror' raramount. . will aot bs la
the usual nsws-wssklv arvla. hut in
great detail: Every episode of this oera-
Imony was taken consecutively, wit is the
iiast ume a runerai wtu be held with
ths ancient native rites and -a copy- of
ths poeltivs will bs sent to ths territorial
government for preservation - in ths
I archives. ; Director Melf ord win . brins
ths film back with him when he returns
to ths Paciflo coast studios,
BritainSurvey of Movie
Sittiation Quite Reassiiring
Washington. Dec -U. P. ) Eng
land took a- day off from ths war re
cently to find out what It's doing to the
movies' and -what ths movies ars doing
to It. The ' results slid nuietly into
Washington's musty official records to
day and went to sleep forever, barring
this temporary - resurrection. .
Ths question of abolishing - ths Insti
tution altogether- has been agitated by
a lot of professional anti-something or
others,' who didnt have - anything else
to antl for the time being. ' "
From these van leaders, ths movie
opposition rang ' all ths changes down
to quarreling with ths color of the tick
ets, the - little neckleplated .mechanism
spits - at yen. from the box office.
So -they hired, ths bishop of Blrming-
hara and. v a group of .eminent assist
ants to ftok tha camera situation square
mg us eye. at was discovered that ths
British Isles possess 4500 picture houses.
Judging from ths surfeit of posters and
ths prevalence of bulldfnga with wedding
cake fronts and galloping electric algna
there must bs at least that many within
a radius of nvs . blocks of - this cor
respondent's boms In Washington. ; ,r.
xaess isoo snowa, ths. bishop reported.
are vial ted by .1.07s.00.fj00 Britishers
every year. That . takes every . ons of
ths king's horns flock to ths films ones
every two weeks.
Ths bishop's- report said lots of ths
shows were " naughty; naughty. But
there is , a heavy percentage of good
little shows, too, hs said. Per ha pa that
explains It. Perhaps -the naughty ones
only get' around - every three -, weeks.
But sven -If the shows should bs s
little more carefully cenaord, ths com
missioners declared,' they ars worth
while because they .nave broken up
- street, gangs of boys - and keep thou
sands of husbands aad fathers with
their, families Who . otherwise would be
out at a pub, doing a lot of. very sincere
drinking.. -..-, .'. . . . !. v ,'i .
80ms folks la , England disagree with
ths commission aad say . ths. ' movies
ought to bs spanked and seat, back to
ths inventor. .Morally and socially; ths
august copimlsaloa -. disagrees with this
view. . . '- -. -V ' -
The abolition of ths picture house.
they say," "Is Impossible, sven If it were
desirable, and la our judgment It la aot
desirable. ' .y' l,
It. concludes, by' advocating a special
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film service for children,' under public
or governmental control aad financing.
It also suggests that ths theatres -bs
better . lighted and mors closslv sunar.
vised. Spooning at the movies hadilong
been ons ot Britain's - favorite indoor
sports.
Quantities of Jam Shipped
London, Do. -lV-Very nearly- X0O0,
000 pounda of jam in papler-machs con
talners ars' sent. to Francs every week,
and la April this year ths contracts de
partment hsd ordered. 2(0.000,000 pounds.
OPENS
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A $250,000
Production
AN ACTOSt THAT STANDS AT THE TOP OF HIS PROFESSION
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FROM THE BOOK OF THE FAMOUS AUTHOR
HERMAN WHITAKER
A 7,000 FEET SPECTACULAR PHOTO DRAMA
OF FAST ACTION, BEAUTIFUL ' SCENERY
AND PRETTY WOMEN WE DARE SAY
IT'S . AS BIO AS THE SPOILERS-'
ITS OLD FASHIONED TO STAY AT HOME
THE GREATEST STARS in their GRlTEST PICTURE
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ID-Tp Musical Stock'
A J FOURTH AND STARK
' V -aVa.NJa,a- Kdtinr ft Flood, Mfru
Mttlrxe every day it3:30.. , . . .'.ilOc
Nlfhts. continuous at 7:20.... ,16c25c
Sunday, continuous ... . . . . ... 15c. 25c
MUSIC
GAIETY
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'' . ' . ;. Week RasWiac Ssa. MaL, Do. , U17, (Todsy)
-.'Always funnier thaa-the week before.
BEN.DILLON.; AL FRANKS. .
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A brand-new outburst of mtrth, music and colorful ckorus coquettes
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T.Tbe nystery of two Yankee millionaires, their pretty daurhters and
-tbi bofus Countr AH new sonjs, dances and specialties! 5, J r
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,-TuesV "Coratry StdrcL9 Fridaj. Choru GirU Contest.
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WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROWS ' MATINEE '
the wokd'tu rmoDccnojor m cnrvMT
WITH MM UUI i5D UTS LI
lysteries
a, iiui AitD mm LiKon coMTAsrr or numir.
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.World's Orsatsat Story: TsUsr " . ' V Ths Scotch Leasts
KlcrJ-cmott "a Wallaco : 'Martyn ind nomce-
YaodsTms-s BrtrM Stars . . - 7 1 ArtlsUo Jorjisrs. '.
i V Trhe Fkttl Bm PAntaes Orchctra r
la Kplaoda of Paths SsasaUoa ' ; . ? H. K. Ersnsoa, Director - -
AV ZXCEfTIOJlL ADDED ATTRACTION
The Reviie deVb
MW TOITS aTKSHIKHT OISL HOW
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Tsdsy tms esrtals m rtas far tss ssaUsssss perferaisss prsaisar at '
t sssssa. : Last tlstss Wfaslfrtd U Ural as asd Bar Daaesrs.
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