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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1919)
tiid c:;i:co:j cuhday journal, Portland, cunday i.:c:inii;g. dzczi.ilzii zi, izio. - L, i (Ontimwd Pram hn Two. Tela fctkn) daughter of boarding-school ae. Jo tavin crainoiuN so- w success 01 wis 'featuro wltn some excellent comedy scenes. .- H T AJESTIC The efforts of to prodoo , 1TX or of motion pictures to creat on v tertinninttfor mlUlon of pooplB who ! patronise the picture nouses bu become serious problem. By reason of th ; 'great number of picture that nav al - readr been mad It la difficult matter 7 ' to find subjects that r not hackneyed or won out When plctur doe coma jalon v that la - novel, - It immediately - Jumps Into popularity. '-v , , Thla tg the experience of "Whan Bear ' ? . toat Went Vrr." the six reel auperfeature -ehowlnr for the new week. at to Mf a &stlc. . 5... '.-..' I- 1 The author near tone to the mountains , 't? eastern Kentucky to get his charao 1 ters. , Be has made us of the primitive s 'mode of linns' to give the plctur the v, backeround of sltnnUclty that since time betan has furnished the big" drama of . ,tb world. :The fights, xeuaa ana jove ro I manecs of these people have been clever , ' Jy Intermingled to create a picture drama that holds the attention of an audience 4lke the crip of a viae. This picture has - half doaen fights that are no child .. ; .'affairs, but are the teat of strength and endurance - between athletes, i 't ITolIowlnr la th nrorranr for Cecil ' 'iTeague'a organ concert at . the Majestic -at IS :0 today : U "Gladiators." Fuel ; "Mother" songs 'Mother Machree," "Mother," "Song Ur Mother Taught Me" (Dvorak); "Mammy o' Mine" "Madcap Duchess," ."Victor Herbert j "Caprice vannoU," ICrelsler j "My Baby's Anna," Tterney. . STRANI The danger of treating your wife well la graphically portrayed to the accompaniment of a million laughs iln f'Falr and Warmer." the farce "tar ring May Allison, which will ahow at '.the Strand theatre this week aa the ape ela! Chrlatmas attraction. 'Tn nd Warmer" la an Avery Hop ' .Wood comedy and la said to hold the 'laugh record IS. seconds without a .break, aa timed officially by Belwyn tc Co.. . Its official auge producers. It 'also had a record run of two years in 'Mew York, followed by aa long a period on the road, but the screen production of -this comedy has Just been made, its appearance at the Strand thla week .. will he Its first appearance at any of ,',tb cinema theatres of the Northwest . 'Mies AUlson, one of the youngest and 'most captivating of the screen come 'dlennea, plays the role of .Blanny "Wheeler, a model wife, who was Juat 'too model to last Just aa Blanny Wheeler Is at the point of breaking down In the , faithful role she cornea , into contact with Billy Bartlett, a hus band afflicted with thesame malady of perfectneas. - They stage a Bolshevik revolution for their spouses, which, by way of wonderful cocktail service and a special "green elevator,'? haa the same effect in their respective married Uvea as Patrick Henry's famous speech had on the United States. " GIRCLE In "A Woman There Was." at the Circle tomorrow and Monday, Kara (Thoda Bara) Is the Princess of Kolpee. a South Sea Island. Majah. her father, la the chief of the tribe. Pulke, a pearl diver. Is In love with Zara. Wln .throp Stark, a New England missionary, arrives on the island. Zara falls in love L with the white man. While the misslon- ary feels the attraction of the dusky princess, be remains faithful to his flan ' : cee back home. Pulke sees Zara and Stark together ,-,-r.and, with savage jealousy aroused, de ;mands the life of the white .man. Zara defends Stark before her father and Majah reserves decision. Zara spurns V'Jthe proffered love of the' pearl diver who then, with 'the high -prieaW enters . , Into a plot against- Zara. Zara visits ? Stark and confesses her great love. VHer whole nature Js stabbed -and her heart broken . when she learns he is .'.pledged to a white girl. I" Pulke, who has ' been eavesdropping, decides this is an opportune moment to take the minister's life. He poises his spear for a cast through the win flow. Zara discovers htm and protects the minister with her own bosom. The black typhoon sweeps over the Island. A reltglpua sacrifice is necea aary to appease the wrath of the gods. Stark Is chosen as the one to give tip his life. The ' high priest objects be eause the minister Is an "unbeliever." V" ; COME C0ME! ' f THE jk WsjMsgte) r TODAY AND TOMORROW Theda Bara I i ;msriYi-rtsi ITS "AWomanThereWas" v " A th-miaf drema ef the teetheni seat, X. waerein a weman lire ep ear life far the. men tke levta. .. t .: .,, " ' " ALSO ' - , . A FOLLAfcD COMEDY f it'B 'a Hard Life" 'and, Mutt & Jmff, Cartoon Broken hearted ' and desnairlnr. Zara volunteers. She rushes into the rag ing , sea. . Stark sees her and effects her rescue. . Mornlnc i dawns. : Zara's father Is brought In dead. Natives find Stark unconscious.- i, They i declare . he brought destruction -upon the Island, t As reigning princess upon the 'death of her father, Zara' again defends the missionary and carries him to hia cabin, and there are further complications be foro the story is finally worked to conclusion. , ' - . , StJN SET Mary Plckford aa . Amy Burke In "The Hoodlum," her second production .from her own studio, the new week's showing at the Sunset Playa th part of a girl whom education la having a desperate time trying to affect AH of the millions c ot Alexander Outhrle, ; her grandfather; fall to do anything for Amy's schooling other than provide her with specially-constructed desk which give her a mirror, four combe, three shades bf powder, puffs, a faucet tor cold buttermilk, one; pair of shell rim glasses, on hag of mints, two novels by George Eliot and on pes without av holder. Amy's training however, takes a a de cided spurt when she voluntarily,, goes with her father, sociological writer into th i tenement districts - where he decides to writ a book ore- cltisenship. And while, her father thends toth task of writing a book that will make him , famous. Amy wraps herself in craiy-qullt clothing ' and - the environ ment of the tenements which makes her ay "hoodlum," much to th amuse ment of the audience. STAR A delicate Question In chivalry is answered In Vitagraph'a latest picture of the Earl Williams brand. The question Is, Who has precedence In re sponsibility for a girl her brother or her - sweetheart T The plctur la "The Wolf," showing during the first of the new week, at the Star. According to the picture, circum stances permitting, the task of uphold ing, protecting and vindicating the honor of the girl belong to the brother. Such a situation arises when Jules Bean blen, played by Mr. Williams, takes up the gauntlet for the little half-breed Indian girl who had been his sister whom he had never seen and who la now ead. Annette, the girl, has been : loved by Baptist, half-breed trapper. While Baptists Is away on a hunting trip a stranger from the States arrives at the Indian village and charms th simple Indian girl into ruin. Jules learns from his father on the tatter's death bed about his sister. H sents out to find the girt Baptists, re turning from another region about the same time, also la headed for the Indian village. Jules finds the girl dead In the snow with an Infant at her breast Jules demands the right of vengeance. The quest of her betrayer brings about dramatio happenings. TJANTAOES Program at Pantages, X featuring Aiexanaer raniages vau deville and motion 'picture serial, will change Monday afternoon and run for the new week. ' The bill now showing runs through this afternoon and tonight "Oh Boy" Follows "Gingerbread Man" The fourth Princess theatre. New York, success to be furnished by Guy Bolton, P. O. Wodehouse and Jerome Kerns is the joyful musical comedy, "Oh, Boy," Which played for two years In New York, seven months In Chicago, six months In Boston, with six different companies touring the country at the same time. "Oh. Boy" Is .scheduled to follow "The Gingerbread Man" at the Alcazar theatre beginning Monday, De cember 29. "Oh Boy" has been termed the "Joy show,1 vaudeville ORPHEUM For the Crst tlm is many, weeks th Orpheum will pre sent m extra performance this week, ar rangements having been made wltll th Hellig Theatre : company to stag ' an extra Orphaum show, .next, Wednesday night Christmas eve. The Orpheum's Chrlatmas week show is extolled as be ing one of th extraordinary bills of th season the - headilner 'being Oua Ed wards, th tsomposer-actor-manager-pro-ducer, who Is offering himself and his newly, found protege to .s, "Welcome Horn Song Revue7 Thla t EdwardsU farewell personal appearance. In vaude ville, and in his Orphum tour. h is glad In any, city to In tervUW talented boys or girls who ar desirous of enter ing upon stags careers. , - - Ou Edwards has written and - pro duced many song rsvus and In this line he was so successful that; v Ous Ed wards revue was accepted, a th'last word In tabloid musical comedlea. Now h is appearing in person at th head of on of his own companies and his latest vehicle -1 - eharacterlstlo of the kind h ha always produced, vlt has new songs, elaborate scenio settings and costume creations and a whole bunch of new Edwards songs. These songs are put together in an unusual manner so that each number Is a song production. As his assistanu Edwards has .Vincent O Donnell, known as "The Kid McCor mlck." add Alice and Hasel Furneaa, nwly found protege. -.J . . Th extra attraction U the entertain ment of th Arnaut Brothers, who are programmed as Th Living Birds" in a comedy musical act that has made them one of th standard clown acts In big-time vaudeville. The third feature of th Christmas show is th act of Ernest Evans and girls, who 'have a smart divertissement Of varied enter tainment Evans' girls include a danseuse, a singer, violinist and a pianist Remalningusts are "Skeet" Gallagher and Iran Martin In -Sweaters" ; Mar shal Montgomery, thew extraordinary ventrUoqulst; Jack OsUrman, in IS min utes of "Something" the Jordan girls Nelll and Josephine, comedy wirists ; Klnograms, a news reel shown, for the first Um at th Orpheum, and Topics of th Day, lively paragraphs selected from the press of the world. In the extra- performance of Orpheum vaudeville next Wednesday night the regular show will be presented in Its entirety. -. - . r TTIPPODROME "Fashions a la Carte" AA will be enticingly, exploited at the Hippodrome with th new bill opening today, a bevy of young girls appearing in a novel fashion, review which Is stuaned with bright song and dainty dances. There ar five model in th modiste's shop shown, And there th on man In th company proceeds to cloth them in Up-toth-mlnut . costumes evolved "whil you wait" from uncut materials, with a deftness and atria that moat women will consider nothing lees man a, girt rrom th god. Th plctur feature will b "A Dan gerous Affair," featuring Herbert Raw linson and Florence Billings. The pic ture 1 a romantic melodrama With an Irish flavor that reminds one of Charles Lever, ohly the action Is mora rapid. There Is a love story, plot and counter plot kidnaping, ,. attempted murder and everything that goes to form a thrilling drama. ; A special feature of the bill will b provided In the comedy playlet, "The Wrong Neighborhood," in which Roth, Mitchell and Roth will b seen. The eternal feminine is evidenced in th offering of the Wllhat Trio, the lady of th trio refusing to perform her many Intricate and difficult feats of riding un less gorgeously, appareled, and her clothes are elaborate. --. Sam P. Herman claims to have dis covered some new and excloslvs songs and -stories, and retains as his own par ticular motto, "Business for Pleasure." A wide variety of dances 4 Included in th offering of Van Orden and Fallows, a girl and iboy, who penorm son ana hard shoe dances, and who step off : in a lively old-fashioned cakewalk. Origin ality is said to b th keynote of the performanc of Eddy and Howard, aa suggested in the billing of their offering, A Pantomlmin spasroooic uonwiuuon. ALCAZAR-For th Christmas wh attraction ' th Aleasar k Musical Players are to preeent th merry musical fantasy, Th Gingerbread Man," begin ning Monday, December lS.'wtth a spe cial Christma day matinee on Thurs day, and th regular maUne Saturday, No matinee on Wednesday. No better election could have been mad for th "Wddlea for : their - Christmas - snter Uinment than Tb Gingerbread Man," for it takes them back to th "Land ot ktson - Bon." wher th ' scenes arc " all prany canay neuse. ana tner tbey win se th funny "Fairy Queen" and th even funnier "Gingerbread Man . This smart fantasy has been played t A TTTtw". W TT J M OBPHtCV Broadway at Tsftof-. , Out Ed- - ward asd his ews revot. ;. :,0- PAJfTAQES Btolwy at Aider. Hlsh Tud-iU and photopU- tMUuw. Aftraoi and e-eains. Frestma Ho4r HlSpSCalB Broadwmr at Yamkin. Ackar auoi A Harris vasdeTUle and photoplaT ies- tares, AOcmooa and nicbt. J a .,-. paUIAIIO 8TOCE SAKSS BMwdws- betwaea MorrlsjDad AMtf. , The Baker "took eonpaay, in "Vbm Brt. , a:20. MaUnee VTtdnewUT and nstUTda, . .qa -.-v .: . ' : MTjalCAIj COMK0T ' ALCAZAB Sn-rmth and Morrisem Mwfasj . . Comedy eompaay, "A Stabborn CiDdaralla," tTRl-rrth end SUA. MnsiealUreo. "8o .Umf, Btt.u MatitMS daflr S. aishts 7 . sad s. . ' V PH0T0PLAT8 ' . COTXMBU Sixth sad Stark. Wflhasi . S. - Hart, tm "oba patttooata." 11 a. m. to IJBKBriBvdsr st Stark. TuslM Mse- lca and Doris Mar, ta "Tet--tir-e aad Oae Half Reran Sava," 11 a. as. to 11 p. sa, MAJESTIC Washington at Park. Special pro- doetlon, "trbae Beacoat Went Dnr." 11 a. PEOPLES Wtat PSrk tnd Alder. Altcs Joyee, , v "The Wisehtster Wwaaa." 11 a. a. to STAB WaMo-to at Park. Barls WHliam. in ""A Wolf." 11 a. ax to 11 p. Tn. BTBAJfD WaihtTifton at Park. Kay Alhtoft, in "Fair and Warmer." 11 a. sx to 11 p. m. CIBOLE Fourth and Washington. Tbada Baa. ... to "A Woraaa Tbare Wu." a. sa. to a'selMk dK f AHisrsrlnsv HA-nifasT - STTN8ET Waahlnstoo and Broadwas. . Mary PloUord. In "The Hoodlum. " 1 a. m. to 11 P. BV" n o -rRs- Ladles, Sao the Pretty Qmt entJemen, See the lstt )hia ippcnrjiiMF Three Shows ; DaUy Uk Su Melliaya. OotrUnusus FASHIONS A LA CARTE -a onasou r ash ion awo wusio RKVUB WITH IX SAUTtFUk, -. emu -ROtH MITCHELL AND V ROTH "THt 1 WOH WBIHBOIIHOwP" P SNO THt IN WiLtiAT TRtQ HKIH eOMgBY "KRAZV KAR SAM P. HERMAN - "gusitigss row PtgASUWg CWIY" Van Ordon, fallows HARD ARB MTf 8MOB BANCKRS " EbDY ANlTHOWARD "A DANGEROUS AFFAIR" riATtlRIRBl HERBERT RA W LINSON and FLORENCE BILLINGS In Portland ' several." times and ' has gained many admirers, with It smart dialogue, unusual comedy and pretty music Tn thXand of Beautiful Bon Bon,'' Magic'' J-Moon. Moon, Moon." "Queen of my Drama.M "Svery Litu Thing." . "Old BAmeees,' ar few of th many song hits that will recall old times and cau many, ta whlstl and hum to th familiar melodies. There will b many unusual novelties Introduced In "Th Gingerbread Man" to mak It a splendid Christmas attrac tion for young and old. Tonight nda tA run of "A Stubborn Cinderella atlii Aleasar. It is a pleasing entertalmnent aad has caught the fancy of the Aleasar "fans." .- Miss Wllber i in th cast sings and acta "Lady . Lesll" In ' her usual , splendid manner, and has veral solo numbers. Portland Symphony Orchestra . . -': ' " CARL DENTON CONDUCTOR ' Ninth Season Third Concert v New Year's Eve Heilig Theatre Pricet t.50, 1, 75c, 5oc First Seven Row. 1 OtHery Resv'd, 7Sc Vc I : : f J Sm lZj - 'JmsfflSm; tgp.j& 'C5-- VvVf ,.k, ;- , -- - Kt fZyy---: !"-S' . , : f 3,'Ss-s-wC-s Y i At the Wurlitser, renders an appropriate . 1 accompaniment that make the heart 1 beat Quickly and takes you right with 1 . . the plot itself. I J , StTKBAT COHCEBT lit P. M. Vl V f Gladiator Fuclk 4 fAI -"Mother" gongs . . - , . Songs My Mother Taught Me v : W " . Mammy o Mine j- tDvorak) 1 - aiouier joaenree , p ,.. ffT a , Mother- Arranged by C. TeagUe i Q fi Selections from f Madame Butterfly.,.. rVCV7T a tT" Vl.O-v- II - "V Puccini " HV im wJri M n II .CfPrice Vjennols..... .Kreisler 6f ZASlS VJS A vCTVf w" H J My Arms...,. ....t...... Tterney rSi17 Tf) !1 I; y? 1 -, if aya?M'.- - Millions Have Read the Book 'The Bearcat sees Blossom, the girl he loves, in, the arms of another niani A miniature .war rages be tween the two men for some, time until the unex pected happens.' It's a.su- . per-feature, chuck full of suspense, love, and thrills ' with an unexpected ending. Pathe; News and Comedy : ; PffBCrOS OF iW$m&L -' -------- -- "I rr 1 1 j r a 7. N. B. Hart utatuT consider thU the vr 6eftintn.r-r.dt hot ever done. V ItU certainly "different" ; V NOW PLAYING n A .-':- ''. I ; . v ,s -:- tw 4 -s T '--. A I- J V.- H U v 7 . A A XPti k'M-z Ui 1 Ul I ul. I 01 I :p:;m EJ sa Something entirely hew for Bill Hart!- You've seen him as a bandit.- a crook, it lum berjack, a puncher and what not -but this time he suddenly finds himself sole owner of a fashionable mo diste's shop! HARS;; LATEST PICTURE 1 . N ; A Bill says, he "ain't aimin' to b rough in this" No, he's real Udy like t least, he makes starrer at it , auu ui iciiut it ncui luuu uera aw e ' THE COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS . . ; ' .. .. . Director Knovole. haa another novelty for you-different instrumentation all strings tnis time -he will put music in-your c soul and make the day brighter for you. ' FILLERS: An Outinjj Chester and Oat Bribes Boy Comedy TIME. I TODAY, Monday . and. Tuesday , Only
