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A dntillating, cparkling stbnr by one of our greatest authors.
A comedy guaranteed to;work havoc vrith your funny bone. : -
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Mary Mils Minter,
a southern r
. . ,born in
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of Louisiana :
. tn.1902.;
, As at child
- Miss Minter ,'.
, playednhthitv
stage siitcesses
Nat Goodwin
Robert Hilliard
and
She's in pictures now,
and has made
'so-ood
that she is
being featured
in?a sertes of " ,
special productions ,
Ithe first
ofr which will
t soon be released r ,
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eLauffhter-reUelighttul Iintertamment
The, Liberty this week will be otit huge trouble. forgettery. It is the hour of ' . 7
youth, and; stressndrwre'.wilrfade from your 5cene like magic i '
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On With the Show FeUows!
Merry Christmas to You All
; By S.. B. Jr.
- TARAlOUNT ' Pamous Playert' i win-1
X.' Ur buainera ln Oregon, up until the I
v- torm 5 gummed 'thlng up, wa. creat,
ceording- to C.;M. HUl. manager of the
local -exchange,- and there la- all reason
to believe s.thati li :. will "come . back"
atrongw-than ever." -- t .. . J- .n1
Manager, Hill aees a- good ; omen tor
the rpfcfore bttalneaa". In the Increasing
Interest being aho-wn -to wotlon pictures
as adjunct ef church ' and achool : work.
"It baa. been noticeable of late.", be.aaya.
"that churcbea and schools .jure showing
Increased Interest In motion pictures for
purposes ot Instruction 4 aod eduotlon,
: t as-well as for entertaining.-- In Portland,
and throughout the -state there - Is to-d
creasing demand (or projection machines.!
' and films, and the result Is going -to be
that (through aoquarhtance with motion
f " pictures as Mieed or educational' pur
poses, church workers and Instructors
r arb sotfig (to ,lose ithelr firejudloe against;
' ths etnem. j The business generally , will
prpflf Vtherebyj -The v motion "picture
gamf 'snormous.as It ls.,la 'still hv Its
' lnranlcy-arid Us recognition as an ads-,
cational factor 'opens- the 'way for vast
development-alone this line.T--; . f "r
- Mr.' M saya there ,wae no special
, signtftcanca . In Adolph Zukora recant
vlrlt In fPortland,? Zukor; president ? of
, . the Pamous Playert-Laaky corporation,
! hasn't .boon -west for Ave years, - andy It
Is, said. hls: making his present low
merely to get In personal touch with the
. situation.1; v " r y t
Watch soon for ; some important an-J
nouncement from Manager C v. ,Ever-
ett of tha' Alcaiar; ' 1 ?
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The French Opera house,' New Orleans,
called the crdle not grand vpera in
America," was destroyed by fire .Decern
, , bet . 10. i Relics of priceless Valus they
can never e 'replaced -wars lost. One
- " of v th . prid - possessions lost was , die
erlglnalr stage setting rueed at the prem
i lore ptt "Aid at ? Cairo, :i In honor ;of
. the visit of Napoleon III to Egypt Th
stage set wa usedv whenever "AJda"
wes presented in New -Orleans, r i
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Show attendance has not been 'normsJ
since "the freese-up." After everyone had
, v been shoveled 'out and thawed, -and the
streetcars ; bad; resumed near normal
schedules. ; tha ' "straphangers' - started
- buying tickets again, but -automobile
, owners who play-the theatres and "there
are .reany of them are not going good
I yet - Soma ca',,fro, 'tight , Others
were '- put out ' Of oommisston by rough
going, and others are- not being taken
, out' as long as there is slush and snow
on' the streets. So It goes.
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Manager . Paul Noble " of th4 .Liberty
.' says he has .been working all week on
; - one of the most strenuous tasks of his
stranuous career, bis efforts-having been
directed to no other end than tnaktnsr
three leaves of holly grow Where none
grew before.' With the help of his house
organisation, .including-- the ushers, he
has succeeded heideclares, and. the re
sulU will, be j seen .for the first time
Tuesday night-when the Liberty opens
tn all ; 1U - ChrlsUnas - splendor . for the
.holiday week run. . . ;; -
The holidays at the XIberty will come
to a: grand- finale on Nthr "Tears "eve,
December . Si," when -Noble will put on
?"Mldnlght i-Frolic whlch he prom
ises., wlU , a Tegular party." '
- 'The -Hippodrome' was the first of .the
houses along Theatre row to blase forth
In holiday lights of red. white and areenu
! Marshall Taylor, who came , recently
irouu oe uemmer, aeatue, to s manage
the Peoples, 'now having joined tba-foroea
of tha nsw j Strand organisation. It ' has
fallsn , upon v- Ai G 'Raleigh, - manager of
tfte' Columbia, to take .cars- of the- Peo
piet, ;tov uhtU Jenseni A Von 'Her berg
choose a new. man for the berth.; 1xok
lBg after the Peoples is somewhat of a
job, -rlgst now.Vtoo, Inasmuch - as sthe
house Is . In . process of general recon
struction, from which it will emerge in
cleanly splendor a "real Jensen ft Von
Herberg; house," as-Raleigh put it.
Besides a new "front" the Peoples-is
to have a- newly decorated and furnished
Interior r and- a modern system of ven
tilation. New chairs have been ordered
andia flashy electric sign -is being con
sidered. . -' -r- -.
It 3s ; expected that the ; Peoples Vill
bar: ready for a '."house warming" about
tha middle o Januaryt , i ' -'.
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Ralph ' Wmsor, manager -. of the " Sun
set dropped la one day this, week.- shak
ing i as - though with palsy, -v After
atralf btenfjag him tip fomewhat Trtth a
ww nip iram our privaie stoca, we in
quired the caase of the' agitation. -:':
- "Dook." he ssjld.
With trembling fingers, we' opened the
envelope and read a note 'from bit sister
at Tacoma, In which she Informed Ralph
that' she had Just- fallen helf-to Sio.009.
th bequest of an i old lady at whose'
horn the cherubic Wlnsort .used tor play
when they were children. .
.? Emotion prevented ' our saying ' much
to Ralph, but our good wishes were with
him aa" we gently, helped 'him down the
stairs and out .into the. pitiless storm.
theatres, the matter of aiding local house
managers in "putting 'their shows oyer"
has been undertaken by the- larger nro-
duclnr. companie, and It U to serve
ruruwia pau-ons 01 p-tr. xe at urea- mat
Howard Is in oar midst -
''71 ' ' vtjf;. ' 1 F
Rumor - has it that V Alexander - Pan
taees has an- option on the northeast
corner o5 Eleventh and Washington
streets as- a, site tor his new theatre.
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The Strand . win. close .fter the holt
days and reopen 'January It under the
new, management ; wlth a 14 v piece; or
chestra. 1 1t 4s understood nhat Mischa
Pels - will lead the orchestra,- where his
rawer . mp, formerly ; conducted.
.Walter;- Adrian of Portland : has re
opened 'the Oresham theatre, which, has
oeen closed nearly, a year, and Is -making
it an all-Universal' picture theatre
Box Of He Open Monday
V AT tHgRMAMLAT OO. AT, a. BV -
Greatest Concert of th V
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S i ' BMBAMB tUISA - t s J
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WtTN NKR OONCIRT OOMFaRV '
( .Warren Proctor J.
leadlag Lyrie - Tsaor rest Ckieage
Opera Heats.
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Mayo Wadler
Brmiaat amerleaa Vioiiaist "
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cA-nw arrival along -film' row, during
the' week was . John, D. Howard; ex
ploitation, representative' of he Famous
Players Leaky corporation.' wwbo ' wBJ
maintain an office- at Famous Players
headquarters, , Ninth and B u r n a Id a
streets. Howard has been In 'San Fran
cisco for three months and his transfer
to this territory Includes also a -Seattle
office. With the development of feature
progxams at the larger motion Cpictnre
t JxutaiWarmatintfi:
"Good OU Summer Tinier
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Portland Natatoritim
Best Bathing facilities in f 'the West
Also .Steam-. Baths for men and women
Open 10 turn, to 10:16 p. nu
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.It iur a 'marvelous insisJitv into : human nature? just ito aafrtriv t-nt smiling
and hsppy. faxes pouring out of The Liberty ihia! we i Surely a picture u worth
while that can. do. that !
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CONCERT ON OUR $50f000 ORGAN
Popular Song Medley: - " , .
rFreckles, "Golden Gate," "My Baby's Ann"
Wad Rosew......,..,.-.;....MacDowen
Czarine : (Mazurka Russe) , .Gaane ;
Night, Holy NightT (Old Christmas :
Hymn) - : . . ;
TThe Bohemian Girl" Overture)......... Balfe
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