THE t OREGON "SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, ' 1920.
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LIBERTT Wallace Be Id lit spirited
creea version of th' stage farced
. "Sick Abd." which had all of New York
laughing a few years ago, Is the attrac
. , tlon at the Liberty for the new week.
The offering presents the breezy star In
. ! a whirlwind ;:ot amusing complications
, He attempts to protect a friend by pre
. tending to be so ill that he can't testify
In a divorce suit. Since he Is the star
witness, Wallace delays the proceedings,
. but he has a tough time getting away
with the deception. Two quack doctors,
a real one, a pretty nurse, a homely one
f who snores, a wife' love-sick for every
' : man but her husband, and the husband
: himself these are the principal figures
, In this farcical domestic-triangle, ! -
.The star la ahammUur sickness:. It la
while he is dodging the doctors, who sus
, pect his Indisposition to be -"phoney" he
encountera-a beautiful nurse. And then
the fun begins He has to play sick for
: three reel and it Is the fun derived from
. this experience which furnishes the high
. spots of the picture.? Mr. Reld is an
. ideal selection fori the leading role and
his support is entirely-competent. Bebe
1'aniela, John Steppling, Tully .Marshall
and others are eminently. suited to the
demands of the story. Bam Wood -"dW
; rected thla picture from? Clara Q. Ken
nedy's scenario- Ethel W. Mumlord is
the author. t. a yy,- v.v
A Sennett comedy: -"Great Scott- the
.. magaaine reel and a comedy cartoon oft
tne same mu, wmcn also includes Leah
i Leaeka Lah Ccihen), Portlahd'a pc-pu--.lar
vocalist in special selections. ::t
RIVOLI Lew Cody, the great! lover
of the screen has his love nsiking
, made asy for him in his latest picture,
-The Butterfly Man," a Robertson-Cole
epeciat showing at the Rivoir this week.
He has no less than three leading women
and all of them are noted: -for their
? beauty. They are Louise Lovery,' Lille
. Leslie and Rosemary Theby. "
The ladies, only, a few of the scores
thown In the picture, appear in superbly
becoming gswns necessary because tJbo
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: Vallauce nad-fiSidc AbedTi
story is ' based on .high society life.
There are exquisite .costumes of - the
boudoir . and the . beach : besides ultra J
gowns oU evening and afternoon design,
many of them Parisian creations. . .-
As the story develops in its celluloid
form it f is taken from ; George Barr
McCutcheon's novel of the same name-It-becomes
more and more evident that
a supreme treat for feminine eyes la In
porcess - of revelation. - The' beautiful
costumes, i the " scenes showing woman
In her most intimate moments and, the
atmosphere of feminine delicacy .'and
refinement - which the woman director
of the picture has woven about, the
production , all focus on the major ele
caent of the 'screen clientele women.
Of course, there is plenty to entertain
the men J There is the underlying .and
ever-present motif of the stellar role.
Interpreted by Mr. Cody, who flits from
one romance Into another. The en
grossing -iruman element which Cody
Introduces la . certain to intrigue every
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Other features on the program are
ah International ' News reel and Topics
of the- Day. - .. . , . ' - i , ,.:
3utrson concert "orchestra and aolo-
t today's noon concert.
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COLUMBIA Thomas Meighan," who
played the hardened crook in "The
Miracle Man and is seen in "The Prince
Chap," being-held over at the Columbia
tor a eecona weex, in an entirely differ
ent type of role, has a warm, spot In his
heart for children." Me'lghan's associates
at the Lasky are weU aware of this fact.
Nevertheless, they were considerably
surprised one day recently when Melghaa
came racing Into the studio with a pretr
ty, flaxen-haired little girl of about 4
years perched on. iiis shoulder and an
nounced breathleealy. v -,.?' '
-Folks, meet Miss ' Peaches Jackson,
my new leading lady." - :
. n?,Feche" had to dimple and smile
and nide her face against his ehouldeif.
tnough the introduction was perfectly
accurate, since it required three leading
ladie to 'portray the heroine of "The
Prince Chap" and Peaches was one of
them. The action of the picture" shows
the heroine at 4, 8 and 18. years of age.
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for the hand of her younger sister, a
lawn fete 1 given la her honor, in an
endeavor to find her a husband, so that
her younger sister may be married. The
law of Morovenla says : "No girl can
marry "who has an older unmarried sis
ter," -
For the celebration the- slim princess
dons a rubber suit and has it blown up
until she assumes the proportions of her
countrywomen. . But, j unfortunately, ; a
piece of wickerIn the chair upon which
she sat punctured the rubber- and. the
poor princess, jued. to the spot, with
shame and -fright : grew slimmer and
thinner and her late admlrera watched
in - startled disappointment. 1.
The slim princess retired to a quiet
corner under the wall to dwell upon the
inconvenience ;: of her beautiful , little
figure. ; Over the wall came an j adven
turer, a young American, Pike. With
straightforward, Yankee impulsiveness
he began making love to the , princess,
butme servants see him and chase him
away.,. Not to, be easily outdone. Pike
rejturns to. ask the slim princess' father
to allow her to marry him. " I
Her father' desires to-know his rank.
whether , he has any social position and
int In what manner and way he is
qualified- for. the hand of his daughter.
Now Pike is a Yankee, and as Yankees
are not kings, nor knights, nor. anything
else in that .line, Pike has to do some
quick thinking to find the qualifications
necessary to gain his desire. ' He doea
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Other features as usual. -
PEOPLE S Three character type
stand out : prominenUy In "Passers
By." the J. Stuart Blackton-Pathe photo
tlv in which Herbert Rawlinson is
starred and which ia showing this week
at the Peonies. : These character are
Nighty, the cabman? Pine, the valet; and
Samuel Burns, the derelict.
Blackton was fortunate In securing
Ideal types for these important parts.
Tom Lewis, who has tried everything
thAgMMpfrnm pirraiii acrobatics! to min
strels and vaudeville, is Nighty, the kind-
hearted cabby, to the life. I
William J. Ferguson, whose eye-wit
ness story of the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln' has recently been published,
proved to be a perfect . type for F1b,
the valet who had been brought up In
service. For Burns the derelict who was
happy ln his raggedness and poverty,
Mr. Blackton chose Dick Lee. a finished
and' talented character actor. : j ? ;
The story of "Passers By" : Peter Wav-
erton, in a whimsical moment, decided to
open his home to the strays who passed
by his window. There came Nighty, a
cabby and friend of his valet's, j Pine i a
derelict named Burns, and a woman who
had lost lier way in the dense fog.
The woman is. Margaret, whom-peter
had loved six years ago and lost through
the machinations of his sister. She had
wanted him to marry a girl in his own
station in life. Margaret was only a gov
erness, so she went out of Mb life and
his search for her was in vain..
Marearet was the great love In
Peter's life, but the finding of her at
last was complicated by his engagement
to another. When , Peter meets Litue
Peter his and Margaret's son a way to
happiness ia found. ' I
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STAR Can a majv by his last will
and 4eetament, properly .bequeath his
oaly daughter tq a man ane never nas
teen? The question is raised by "Love's
Harvest.", the new William Fox produc
tion Jn- which Shirley Mason is, starred
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The, other two leading ladles were May
Giracci and Llla Lee. i - j . ,
"The Prince Chap" is the first of the
William De Mine productions and a
paramount Artcraft picture,
MAJESTIC "The Slim Princess." Ma
bel Normand's latest Goldwyn star
ring cvehlclr featured this new week
at the Majestic centers around the fig
ure of a Moroveniaa princess, who, be-
rause of her daintiness and slim, sup
Is .figure. Is considered, uneligible for
marriaga In ' Morovenla. only young
ladies whose graceful 'proportions bring
the scales ' up to 300 pounds are con
side'red : beautiful - (in the . extreme).
Theretore, tne poor, slim princess I Ma Dei
Norrnand) stands very, little chance of
realizing the -happy State of matrimony.
: She is hidden away until one day, be
cause of? an affae fjhat barfathex.lias
at the Star theatre-today and-for the
new week. . .
; Miss Mason, mho will be remembered
for her sweetness and charm in . "Her
Elephant Man" and "Molly and L" plays
the part of a girl who has that dilemma
thrust upon her. Though she is only 15
years old at the opening of the play,
she shows that she has a will of her.
own. and she solves the problem con
fronting .her.
The story, which has many ingenious
complications, with scenes of stage life
in New . York and Paris, is from Pearl
Doles Bell's successful novel, "His Har
vest", In the cast are Raymond McKee,
who plays the man to -whom the girl is
bequeathed, and ' Edwin Booth Tilton In
the hole of the theatrical impresario who
befriends the girl and later falls in love
with her. . '
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CmCLE--Robert ' Louis Stevenson's
powerful story. "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde." has been translated to the
screen with John- Barrymore in the lead
ing! role and will be shown at the-Clrcle
today, and tomorrow. - This is declared
to be one of the most remarkable pic
tures, ever filmed. ' 1 "j
The plot has as its central figure a
young London physician. Dr. Jekyll,
whose; tender heartedneas Is exceeded
only by his all absorbing interest in his
chosen profession and his scientific in
vestigations. He is in -love with ah In
nocent, beautiful girl. MlUlcent Carew,
Her father. Sir George Carew, is a fa
mous man about town. ' Dr. Jekyll is
persuaded by Sir George to accompany
him to a low music hall. From this ex
perience, Jekyll is led to experiment
with a liquid that will separate the good
arid . evil In a man Into -two distinct
bodies. - He evolves such ia drug. , ad
ministers it to himself and becomes not
only Jekyll. the doqtor-phUanthropist.
but ! also Hyde, a misshapen, evil brute.
Gradually the Hyde side of his charac
ter overmasters Jekyll and, after stir
ringly dramatic scenes, he succumbs.
Only after his death is the dual char
acter of bis personality revealed.
sMartha Mansfield is ' Barrymore's
leading woman. .
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Go Into Pictures
Information is given out In Los An
geles this week that Oliver Morosco Is
to j enter the motion picture field ou a
big seal. No announcement was given
as to' what affiliation,! this stage pro
ducer. woulA have wlthi any- distributing
organization, but it was intimated that
his entrance into the, industry would
mean - the introduction of combining
stage and screen respecting production.
In other words, it Is the general opinion
Mr. Morosco will produce his plays, for
the Screen with the same casts and
shortly after they are produced for the
stage. Producer Morosco is now on his
way East and aiimouncement of his
plans is to be made from the New York
office. - ' ' -
To Film Irs. .Ward's Story
Mrs. Humphrey Ward's fine story,
"The Marriage of William Ashe," -is to
be put on the -screen by Metro. May
Allison will star. .
Rl'chard"arthelmess will be a Grif-
fitR star.untu 1924.
Most Screen
Stars Rise
Via Stage N
Br Era 'TCe-rmk
HOW to become a moving picture start
That is a Question -that nrobablv
has been discussed one way or another
more times during the jpast 10 years
than . our ancestors discussed "the-'problem
of whether ( the world was round
orj flat. j ,
Andlt Is Just, about as' difficult a
question to answer as it 'was for them.
There is a' vast number of young
girls In America pretty! girls, too, as
a rule who - cannot understand why
eome- enterprising director or producer
does not -kidnap, them from their every
day surroundings and hustle them . oft
to; the studio.;.--;-;;.:.--;,;. -..i ;- -
In addition to these girts,, who have
never been in a studio and whose only
conceptions of what kind i of a life the
studio folk live has been gathered from
stories written by .ambitious press
agents and running highly into the su
perlative, there are the thousands who
spend most of their. time hanging
around studios waiting for jan opportu
nity to be worked in as an extra.,
AtL DAVE HOPE - j;
In the hearts of every p one of these
girls and. yes, there are plenty of
boys and young men there, too lies the
hope ' that .the director may pick them
out for an important part.' and as a
result . of her. work she i may be given
an opportunity as a star. . J
Of course, there are times when these
girls are given an opportunity, but such
times are very seldom, indeed.
A few of them go along season after
season, playing an extra part now and
then, but still hanging 1 on and hoping,
bijit the majority; of them, falling to
gtt an opportunity after a few attempts,
give It up and return to their homes.
(Those who have talent! are soon-discovered
by the director, as he is al
ways on the lookout f for prospective
material, and-it a girl; falls to attract
anv attention she has no j one to blame.
for there is onlyone reason for herl
railing to realize ner amDiuone, ana
that ; is that she j lacks' the necessary
talent or that she does not photograph
well more likely ;the' former;
(Regardless of generalf opinion , to the
contrary, there are very few persona
oi standing on the screen who secured
their, first opportunity j through their
friends or through ''pu'll," as the term
IS generally used. The majority of
tiem attained . success j ; through hard
work and perseverance.' ) Nearly every
Week you . read . about a new star and
most of them have played the most un
important of parts at j some tjma or
other. - -'-I I " ' " '
M APT Y STABT Olf STAGE
Some of them attained success as a
result of beauty contests, either local
of national ; that? is, they obtain their
first opportunity J that way, but they
secured their present position at the
top of trfe ladder through talent and
hard work. That j Is all; that Counts in
the long run. ! i i
The greatest number bf stars on the
screen today, however, Started on the
legitimate stage, jwhere; Itney nrsi at
tracted attention. $ome were dancers,
some were ingera, some were come
diennes, and. some played dramatic
parts; but. regardless of their stage
experience, tr-ey are bound to .find
work before the camera altogether dif
ferent and much nhore difficult
1 started my own career on the
sage, playing children's parts in old-
mage successea Lftter 1 piayea
one of the child parts lif Maeterlinck's
"Blue Bird," and foilowtnirl-ihat I took
dancing parts in various plays, having
been associated at various times with
Helen Moller, Rutl St. Denis. Marian
Morgan and others. I
t After spending most of) my life on
the stage, I find the ecreejn a- welcome
change, although 1 cannot; say that it
was" either thrilling or pleasant to have
to go swimmfiig when the water and
the sir was as cold as ice, juHt be
cause the sun was shining, or to have
to permit a colored! "gen'man" to ehovel
coal"- dust all oveif me Just to get a
laugh. a I did in my latest picture,
Up in Mary's Attic?'
Uut, getting baclje to the question in
hand, there is onljf one recipe for suc
cess in movleland. and that stand- good '
in moat any other kind of profession
or business perseverance, , hard wofk
and ambition ; ' but, of course, thersa
must be coupled with talent and a face
and figure that will look well on the
screen.. I
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Director George (L. Cox -of the Ameri
can Film company made an unusual
record in the pa4t picture, "The Ap
pointed Hour," whlch he has Just com
pleted. ijlHls scenario writer became ill
and was unable t 'continue. So, with
but a f4w scenes mapped out, Mr. Cox
was compelled to write scenario and.
continuity at night and direct the picture
In the daytime. The film Is 'said to be
one of ihe best-over produced on the
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- Senna! Owen, w'io recently completed
"The House of Redemption," with Bert
contract by one of the largest produc-i
ing companies of tos Angeles. : The op.
portunity was tendered to-, her after J.hei
producer : listened ito a private showing
of "The House oi Toys," in which she
has the stellar role. '
Hallam Cooley'S 9 months old baby
takes easily to makeup. Cooloy him
self uses but little.) However, the young
ster get hold of a large box of powder
reoentlyand covered himself from head
to foot with it, as well as adorning much
of the furniture n the nursery. , Also,
the half ounce he ate during the process
did not seem to bother him. Ills father
says the boy will surely be a great actor.
Colleen Moore is a blonde. Her hair,
meaning the hair furnished by a capable
wig maker, is of (that glorious tinge to
which peroxide aspires but seldom ob
tains. The demands ; of art occasioned
the chajige. Director Al Christie, who
Is handling the megaphone on "So Long,
Letty," decided Mjns Moore, in her role
as one .of the principals, should be a
blonde, so blonde she became. A few
friends urged her to make the change
permanent, but she replied a wig is too
cumbersome for, daily use. -
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ifrirr CsttW What do you know of I V i J 'w rtW
.Vk''-''' , the people who daily O ,
S'- frMk ' pai your door? ( ) -M
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Hf -J.wc"4 know their love, sor- , .; . , ,. ... f ""V" ,.,
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f -tt - i ber has done this in L ';-'
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