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DRAMA, PHOTOPLAY
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THE REALM OF MUSIC 1
RING LARDMER'S LETTER
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PORTLAND, j OREGON, SUND AY MORNING, MAY
1920.
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'HER PROFILE IS HER FORTUNE
AGNES AYRES, who was well known as a stock player before her advent into the realm
of the silent drama, has recently been promoted to stardom. According to J. E. Abbe, a
renowned art photographer. Miss ;Ayres has the most aMuring profile of any screen actress.
Abbe has been at the studios in California for some time, making art photographs of the most
beautiful women appearing in motion pictures.
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One of the biggest forward steps In
the production and distribution of mo
tion pictures; Is announced , this week
with the . siginine. of contracts by the
group of directors and producers known
as the Associated Producers, Inc., -who
also made known their decision to es
tablish their own 'selling organization.
Tho'new combine, involving an Invest
ment of approximately $20.00p,0O0, is
composed - of! ' Thomas H. Ince, Mack
Sen net t, George Loane Tucker, Marshall
Neilan, Maurice Tourneur and Allan
Dwan. :
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEX
Oscar K. Price, formerly W. G. Mc
Adoo's right i bower in the government
railroad administration, and 'until ' re
cently president of the United Artists
corporation which distributes the pro
ductions of i Mary' Pickford, Douglas
Fairbanks. t. W. Griffith and Charles
Chaplin, ' has; been named ""president of
the Associated Producers, Inc. with Fred
B. Warren, formerly vice president and
general manager of Goldwyn Pictures
ctyporation and more recently ce presi
dent of the W. V. Hodkinson corpora
tion, ; as general manager In charge of
sales and distribution.
According to their independent plan,
the "Big Six" ' producers will deal -with
the exhibitors direct, opening and oper
ating their own exchanges in the im
portant sales; zones of the United States,
Canada and ; all foreign countries, and
accomplishing distribution of the "Big
Six" productions without- the utilization
of the facilities of any other mediary
organization.! . The newly opened ex
changes throughout the universe will be
completely manned by the Associated
Producers, Inc., own exclusive employes,
thereby bringing into the film world a
new 'and, tremendous selling mechanism
matched' only by the leadership and im
portance of ; the six principals in the
producing organization, which forms one
of the biggest alliances ever made in
the history of the silent drama.
TO PRODUCE SEPARATELY -
Ince, Sennett, " Tucker, Neilan, Tour
neur and. Dwan will complete their ex
isting contracts with other distributing
organizations, entering upon their own
schedule of releases with the beginning
of the new motion picture year on or
about September 1, 1920.
With the arrival in Los Angeles last
week of Oscar F. Price and Fred B.
Warren for rconferences with the "Big
Six" producers, came the announcement
that several of the producers will build
new studios .for the filming of their
photoplays. ; Ince, Sennett and Dwan
will continue their production in their
present studios. Each producer, how
ever, will work independently of the
others. i . '
-. VAUDEVILLE '
ORPHEUM Broadwaj it Tylor. Martin
... et,tTaudeTUle. 2:10, 8:16. .
PANTAGE& Broadway at Alder. Hich elan
Taudeiillo and photoplay fe&turea. Aftemooa
l and evening Program chance Monday af ter--.
noon. .: - ; .......
LOEWS HIPPODROME Brpadway at Yamhill.
Direction ' Aekerman Sc. H&rria. - Vaudeville
and photoplay feature. Afternoon and tuiht.
DRAMATIC STOCK
BAKER Broadway betweea Morriaon and Alder,
v The Baker Stock company in Jna RiTer."
Laat week of waaon). 8:3t. Matiuee
AVedceaday and Satarday. 2:30.
: " b " MUSICAL. FARCE '
I.TKIC Fourth at SUrk. Musical farce, "Fad
.and Follies." 7. Matinee daily at 2. Nishta,
K 7 and V. -
PHOTOPUATS
COI-UMBIA Sixth at Stark. Mae Murray in
"On With the Dance" (second week.) 11
J a. m. to .11 p. m. . - - 1
IJBKETT Broadway at Stark. Nazimwa in
"Tke Heart of a Child. 11 a. m. to-11 p.. m.'
IllVOtI Waahiniton at Park, "The Sae-
biwher." 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. : .
MAJESTIC Wanhing-ton at Park.. Tom Moore.
in "Duds." 11 a. m. to 11 p. mi
PEOPLK8 West Park at Alder. Eugene
O'Brien in "His Wile' Money." 11 a. m. to
lip ro..
STAR Washinrtoo at Park. : Harry Carey in
"Bullet Proof." 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
CIRCLE -Fourth at Washington. Elsie Fer
cusou in "His House in Order." 9. a. m. to
4 o'clock -the next raornine.
Says Pictures
Won't Hurt
Drama
ANNOUNCEMENT that one of the big
motion picture concerns has taken
over . the stage-producing interests of
Charles Frohmah, Inc., has raised an
outcry from some of the "New .York
press, which seems to fear that the mov
ies are .using their large resources to
cush the stace into the. background. In
the opinion of William D. Taylor, the
Paramount director, nothing of the kind
could happen, even were such a purpose
behind the move. Taylor was formerly
an actor on the stage. :
"If a doea ' picture concerns should
take the same step," he said, "there
could be' no cause for alarm on the part
of the partisans of , the older form of
drama.' Acting, being - an art, can't be
cornered ; if capital . should attempt it,
independent production - would provide
the competition necessary to give the
public what it wants. As a matter of
fact, the stage wilr benefit by the enlist
ment of large capital, from any. source
because the more resources the wider
variety of production may be looked for.
The discriminating public will take care
of the rest. t ;
"The 'outcry . in New York doubtless
ccmes from unfair partisans who have
never been willing to accord any-merit
to the motion-picture, and will not admit
that it is a sister art to the older drama.
Talk about the low artistic ideals of the
movies is without Justification. The ef
forts put forth during the last years by
the- picture makers to raise the quality
of their stories has been without parallel
in any similar; period in the history of
the stage. . ;" -v - ',
The stage may well be challenged to
a comparison.. I The most celebrated au
thors and playwrights have been engaged
to contribute their talents to the screen ; Kdith Day. Tpggy D'NelH and Mary
the classics from libraries nave oeen Nasnand their successes have been
very pronounced. j
Some English theatrical managers,
stout-hearted patriots, declare there Is
much . "hidden talenlj" in these - isles
and one has gone so ifar as to run com
petition shows at a London variety hall,
with a view to proving his statement. 80
far he has proved nothing except that
the talent, wherever It lurks, is extreme
ly shy. -
London Now
Is Q uit e
Yankee
T ONDON, May 22: London is well on
the way to be Just as American as
New York, if not more so.
Three of the biggest theatres here are
billing American "stars" the MIpsps
drawn urion. land the best plays, as
proven by pufeiic test, . have been pur
chased, for screen production. One in-tance-the
offer of a million dollars to
George Bernard. Shaw for the rights to
his works proves this without going
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"A New York," run is as valuable to the
exploitation oft a film play as to a stage
drama. I believe this is the main pur
pose of the ijm producers in. getting
metropolitan theatres. With the record
I have mentioned to the credit of the
picture rtTakersy, they can be safely
ccunted upon to hold the stage drama
up to as high-1 a standard as ever and
place it. upon k sounder footing than it
has ever enjoyed."
Ex-Prcsidcnt In "Movies"
Former Prestdent William II. Taft la
the head of a new film syndicate called
the American Picture Associates, which
will film 24 patriotic; feature.
Picked Up Along Theatre Row
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Show Shops
Morsels F rom the
By Sam Raddon Jr. , .
All's Well along the Willamette.
1 'Some surprise was expressed along
the Rial to when it became, known that
the Baker stocks company will conclude
Its present season with this week's
showing of Lena Rivers." It had been
.intended to "run on through June,, but
warmer weather and somewhat of a
slackening of. business at the box office
decided"-Manager Lee Pearl and his as
sociates that it would be better business
to be satisfied with the results of a
splendidly, 'prosperous year, -. than to
string the season out at only - fair
business.' ,
It has been reported . on Broadway
that the : Baker . closed to make room
for Lyric shows, but this. Manager
Pearl inform us, is not the case. Keat
ing A Flood will be looking for a new
' home before September 1, when their
lease on the Lyric at Fourth and Stark
expires, but they will probably go else
where than to the Baker. It is the In
tention now to reopen the Baker as a
stock house in September with, another
"first class company, to include some
members -of the present v organization
. and some new players. . Who these new
. players will be will be announced in due
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- Gladys George has been named ' as
Douglas MacLean's leading ' woman in
, "Yanconna Yillies," the first production
' made -by young , Mac Lean - since 'he
parted company with Doris May. - Miss
George appeared - in "The Better 'Ole"
just before she abandoned the footlights j
Tor -the screen, "and later played with i
I lob art Bosworth and Lloyd Hughes in
I "Below the Surface. . a Thomas Ince
production.-
A. C. Raleigh of the Columbia has
scored again in presenting a "two-week"
feature. Mae Murray " in "On With the
Dance" holding over at the Sixth street
, house' in answer to popular demand.
Manager Raleigh was host Thursday
night to the American Lifeograph com
pany, newspaper men and a few, invited
friends, the first of the " new two-reel
comedies being made by the Lifeograph
beople at the Halsey street studio, be
ing presented on the screen.
"Boy, page Manager (?) Obe.
Consider that the "boy has paged
lustily as Instructed.
And who responds? Who is that
springs into action with the same de
cisive, impulsive, electric action, as the
legs of a' frog responding to the current
of a galvanic battery?
. Who "bustles and hustles his way
through ' the crowd, eager-eyed and
alert, with firm-set Jaw and eyes snap
" ping? $ ' - t
Who, indeed, but Manager Paul Noble
- of the Liberty.' the only theatre man
ager who ever had the temerity to call
us out of ; a warm, comfortable bed
and well-earned , slumber at 2 .o'clock
in the iraorning rand got by with it.
"Obe (probably a contraction of Oh.
boy)," he ' has been the last few days,
since the postman delivered to, him a
letter addressed "Manager (?) Obe,
Liberty Theatre.', said letter having
been sent by Mrs. E. T. Colwell, secre
tary of the local board of motion pic
ture censors, who in answering a busi
ness communication from Noble couldn't
decipher his chlrography, so did the
best she could.
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Koble announces this week the return
to the i Liberty of Mrs. Henry B. Mur
tagh, soprano, who with Albert Gillette
will sing selections from "The Red Mill"
at Liberty shows. An "atmospheric"
setting of "Red Mills" and for Nazimova
in "The Heart of a Child," is promised
this week, too, and for - good measure
the management is throwing in some
cleverly executed and Interest arousing
slides advertising Griffith's "The Idol
Dancer," an early attraction billed for
the. Liberty corner house. .
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i The Motion Picture , league of Oregon,
at the regular Thursday luncheon, voted
$500 to the Rose Festival fund.
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Manager- Stille of the Rivoli comes ur
smiling this week with another photo
drama based on a popular novel by -a
popular author, j "The Sagebrusher." by
Emereon Hough. The - photoplay has
teen well received, and will be presented
at the Rivoli in most approved style,
with Misha . Guterson and the concert
orchestra adding to the entertainment.
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"Do you know what the Order of the
Bath Is? the teacher asked Mickey. J
aure, ma am, - repiiea tne boy. "In
our house "its Katy, then me brudder,
then me."
Ralph Ruffner is being welcomed'back
tj Portland motion picture circles, 'after
his varted and successful adventures
"ab d,",Jie having been of late months
in Uii." purucity bureau of First National
LxhiMtors m New York city.:; , Ruffner,
whojija .front" and advertising man .of
wen Known reputation, -is to have charge
bf advertising and lobbies or Majestic,
Peoples and Star, these . houses still
keeping their house managers. Ruffner
came west on personal matters, but lis
tened ! satisfactorily to C. & ' Jensen's
proposition that, he again enroll beneath
the & V. colors. ;
Grace Kingsley of . the Los Angeles
times relates tne zoiiowing bit of news :
"iet all the girl fans now prepare to
take out their hankies ! -, Thrilling word
is Just at hand from New York to the
effect, that Richard Barthelmes, Griffith
star, jand beloved of a chain of lovely
young women reaching right around the
earth,: Is going to marry. His fiance is
Mary Haye, the very. prettiest girl, 'tis appearance.
said, who ever danced In the 'Follies.'
Miss Haye has been on the stage only
a season or two, always has her mamma
about - with hefv and - is very nice and
proper indeed, i I believe she contem
plates changing the ifoot lights for the
firelight, too. The Wedding is to take
place In June, and when D. W. Griffith
brings his company wast next fall it is
lytely that Mr. Barthelmes will be ac
companied by his bride." ..
'James J. Brady, ope of the veterans
of the advance man's calling, and a gen
tleman of the old school, was in town
during the week,' ahead ', Of Raymond
Hitchcock. and "Hitchy Koo," due at the
Heilig next Thursday. Brady for 12
years was with Ringling's circus, and
visited Portland almost annually during
that time. ; ; t '
Portland Due to
See" Jane Cowl in
Smilin,. Through'
The Selyyns will during the latter part
of May make a brief break in the en
gagement of Miss Jane Cowl in "Smllin'
.Through" at the Broadhurst theatre, de
spite capacity business, that the West
ern cities may have an 'opportunity to
see Miss Cowl In "Smilln1 Through" , be
fore she start her Chicago engagement
and fills her subsequent, contracts to ap
pear in a London theatre in February. '
The cities included in the "Smilin'
Through" itinerary, to open at Denver,
July 10. are Colorado Springs ; Ogden,
Utah ; Salt Lake City, . Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Oakland, San 'Jose, Sacra.
mento, Medford, Eugene,: Portland, Se
attle. Tacoma. Spokane, Butte, Great
Falls. Helena, Boaeman, Billings. Bis
marck. .- Minneapolis, t St. Paul, Mllwan
kee, St. Louis and Kansas City, For this
tour as Well as for 'the London engage
ment, the New 1 York production and
company associated with Miss .Cowl all
season w4ll be presented mtact.
Here 's " Movie " Way
To Outwit' Law
' When Director Henry Symonds of the
Marshall Neilan company was ' speeding
along -at 65 per hour to photograph the
S. S. Governor as she passed Santa
Barbara, Cal.. and found an officer of
the law !. following ' him, he promptly
asked Agnes Ay res,; the movie, star, to
take the wheel. When the officer caught
up to the' machine he found a beautiful
lady with a winning ; smile r at - the
wheel explaining the importance of. the
haste, and without miibh delay the ma
chine was allowed to continue on Its
speedy course. , "It is always well to
have a pretty girl with you when you
do your speeding," . said Hank in re
lating the incident, "and then it is im
portant that said P. L. has the wheel
when the limb of the . law ' makes his
Vaudeville Team
Business Venture
PRICES '
Matinees. . .25c ,
Evenins's ... . 35c
War Tax Included
Los . Angeles, May 22. Mary . Marble I
Dunne, better known as Mary Marble,
former partner of Sam Chip on the Or-
pheum circuit, acquired stellar places in
tne tneatncai iirmament. dui proved
failures when they went into the restaur
ant business at Waco, Texas. '
This became known when Mrs. Dunne
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
in the United States district court. Her
debts amount to $12,977. Her assets are
$350, $300 of which, is the value of her
wararoDe. - t
Most of her indebtedness was con
tracted in Waco, Texas, where under the I
name of the Mar-Van company Mrs.
Dunne, Clarence Vance and John W.
Imnne conducted the Alamo Grill, from I
May, 1918, to October, 1918. Mrs. Dunne
alleges that she owes W. W. Seley of
Waco, Texas, $6465. ,To merchants for
provisions the company owes $5412. Per-1
sonally Mrs. Dunne owes to Frank Hay-
den & Co., theatrical costumers of
New York,' $700 for costumes - during
1917. I;
Mrs. Dunne now resides in Oakland.
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MURTAGH'S CONCERT
ON OUR $50,000 GIANT WURLITZER
SELECTION FROM "IRENE"..., TIERNEY
SIMPLE CONFESSION THOME
VALSE BRILLIANTE IN E FLAT. ... .CHOPIN
SCENE FROM THE "RED MILL", . . .HERBERT
MRS. HENRY B. MURTAGH. SOPRANO s
Mil ALBERT GILLETTE, BARITONE 'i .
"ECHOES FROM ERIN". . :ARR BY MURTAGH
Fantasia of Favorite Irish Melodies. . ; -
PROMPTLY AT 12:30 TODAY
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Morosco Issues
Statement on His
Tangled Affairs
.The following statement has . been
issued in behalf of Oliver Morosco from
the Morosco offices in New York city :
Though the story appearing in a cer
tain theatrical publication with reference
tu the affairs of Oliver Morosco showed
that an attachment was issued and the
property of Mr. Morosco was attached
on a bond of ,$1000 in a suit brought by
Mrs. Morosco against her husband, it is
a act that an application was made by
William KJein. counsel for Mr. Morosco.
to-Judge McAvoy of the supme court
last Saturday for an order compelling
Mrs. Morosco to 'increase the bond given
by her . The application was stubborn
Iy resisted by Nathan. Burkan, the at
torney for Mrs. Morosco.. but despite this
fact Judge' McAvoy. granted the applica
tion and raised the bond Mrs. Morosco
was to furnish to the sum of $25,000.
"After the decision was made . and
after a conference between counsel
Judge McAvoy signed an order vacating
all attachments, discharging all levies
and releasing all of Mr. Morosco'a prop
erty to him. Mr. Morosco agreed to de
posit weekly the net profits . of 'Mam
ma's Affair' and "Lombard!. LtdL. in
the Columbia Trust company to await
the Outcome of the litigation. Mr. Mo
rosco will contest the suit as brought
against him by Mrs. j Morosco - in Los
Angeles? and says that she has no claim
against him for an accounting. He left
for the coast the first of the week for
the purpose of trying the suits brought
against him there by Mrs. Morosco." ;
Madge Kennedy at Work
With - the selection of a cast to sup
port Madge Kennedy, the . Goldwyn star
in 'The Girl - With the Jaz . Heart,"
work in that production is progressing
at Goldwyn ' Nev York studios, under
the direction cf C. Windom. Joe
Kin?. freh from his success in "The
North ? vind's Malice," a' Rex Beach
picture recently completed at the studios,
will be the principal player ; in' Miss
Kennedy's sniiporl. Others in the cast
ore Leon Pierre Genoron, WUIianrWal
cott, Helen de Bois, Robert Vaughn,
Emile Hoch, Lillian Worth Robert
Tansey and Dorothy Halght. This is
Director Windom's second Madge .Ken
nedy picture, the first being ' The
Tntth." now being cut and titled. -
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WILL REMAIN AS AN INDELIBLE
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LIBERTY PICTORIAL REVIEW SAYINGS OF WIT
CARTOON COMEDY ''AND LIBERTY NEWS WEEKLY
; MUSICAL HITS FROM THE RED MILL'
Mrs. H. B. Murtagh, Soprano; Albert Gillette. Baritone
WITH AN ELABORATE ATMOSPHERIC SETTING
FOR
THIS
ENTIRE
WEEK
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