:dorothy hails from windy city
MISS DOROTHY DALTONi was born in Chicago 27 years ago next month. She was
-educated at Sacred; Heart academy, Chicago, and soon started upon her chosen career,
. . . the stage. She played in Tstock for some seasons and then went over the Keith and
Orpheum circuits before going into the movies- She is now a Paramount star and her new
photo play. Quality of Love," is: a Release 'of i the current month, i !
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Grandcladdy 'of
All Circuses Is
Coming
rpHERB are few persons living In the
J- United States i today who can re
member beyond the time of "John Rob
inson's Circus" because It Is the circus
that gTeat' grandfather took grandfather
to see when he was a boy 96 years ago:
and the same excuse for going - to the
show prevailed with , our great grand
fathers as Is used by' the fathers of to
day "Just to . let the children see the
animals. i ' i
.John Robinson, himself a - famous
horseman of his day,; launched his clr
cub, which shows in Fortiaxrd August 1
and 17. In . Utlcay N. Y., on April , 15.
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For 'upwards of 40 years John .Bobltt
ion went out with his circus in Tperaon,
and year after year -he made it larger
and more pretentious. Finally ho loaded
it onto flat boats,, and, towing the craft
with jwood burning steamboats, journ-
eyed from place to place along the Ohio,
Kentucky and Mississippi rivers, i He
waa first to use boats as a method of
transportation, and. was also first to
use the steam railroads. ; His trip to
California and return the same season
marked an epoch in the circus business.
BOBnrsojr baised standards
John Robinson was the first to discard
the .old f time dirt ring and replace It
with wooden curbs! of the kind now, in
general use. He was first to abolish coal
oil for Illumination and ose gasoline, and
first to light his tents by electricity, gen
erated in his own traveling plant.
John Robinson was also the first circus
owner to open his show With a spectacle.
His Initial effort along this line i was
called "King Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba. Old time residents of the United
States will readily : recall this spectacle
which was a wonderful production in' its
day.
FEATURED DAXjRICE - .
John Robinson had a "long head" for
business. It will be. remembered that
the ' first ' position the famous -aid time
clows, Dan Rice, had waa with Jonn
Robinson, and he was succeeded in the
hearts of the people by John Lowlow.
Other: circuses were started- Some
succeeded, many ; others failed. "J John
Robinson kept on, each year adding
marvelous ' innovations and each year
making money. .... Finally, in 1888. the
grand old man of j circusdom ' passed to
1.1s reward, and his place was taken by
his oldest son. John Robinson, the sec
ond. vba4 tioww retired and 1 ivea In a
palatial ItoitK icmld the hills of old Cln
einnati. John G. Robinson, a grandson
of the founder, the head of the third
generation of Vie family, looks after, the
destinies of the circus now and daily he
la schooling John Robinson the fourth to
relieve him when the proper time cornea
From a humble j beginning, with five
wagons.: It has grown, into a. big organi
sation with four trains of cars, 1427 em
ployes, over 500 horses, 15 elephants and
4-341 arenlo performers- The main canvas
structure incloses three rings, -two
stages, aerial enclave and a hippodrome
racing track. . ; , -
Love of Beauty
Qui tei Essential
To Best Success
Hang On to Your j Pocketbook
Price of Shows jls Going Up
- Bt Sim Raddon Jr. i Kva Oil vottl, j popular little soubrette
fHEATRE patrons, . perhaps you've with; th Alcarar Musical Comedy com
X figured out by this time how hard
the coming increase in rallrod passen
cer and freight rates is goiig to hit your
already flattened pocket-wallet when you
a-traveling go,' or when you order a bWj
of goods shipped by freight. '' ! . Jr
But have , you figured ' or taken into
consideration that this same Increase la
going to crimp you still further when
you come to pay for your, road show and
vaudeville pasteboards . :
It. will hit you. no doubt of that. It
will ettheif hit " you, or there'll be no
shows. . because it'a . easy to .figure that
. traveling theatrical troupes and vaude
ville performers are goin to have to pay
more for their transportation and the
hauling of their ; baggage . and scenery,
and you know who pays. the bills in the
end, don't you? Sure, you do.
Theatrical managers maintain v .that
they are now under just as much' ex
pense as the traffic will bear, and a lit
tle bit more, and" they .won't go down
Into their jeans for the extra 20 per cent
for train tickets and 85 per cent Increase
In freight schedules.. ' j l " .
: So,-the shows will either atop coming,
or we'U face the possibility of 85 seats
in the pit for , the road .shpws , and a.
doubling up- of vaudeville prices. .
There are the movies, you say. ;, Tea,:
to be. sure,' the new tariffs probably
won't make so much difference to them,
but they already have their troubles. Op
erators, stage hands, bill posters and
musicians are still restless. '
.
' But theatre ' managers,' both , motion
picture and the legitimate, including
.vaudeville,: are not entirely- asleep to
conditions.. .They realize that the great
unorganised public, their patrons, wiU
stand just so much and: no more. They
feet that the limit in the price they can
conscientiously charge for theatre ad
missions has just about been reached. -And
if we're not ' mistaken the recent
meeting of vaudeville theatre managers
in San Francisco had to do with a pos
sible campaign of organisation to meet
any further demands of musicians r
operators or any other of the theatrical
affiliation workers, with firm and united
counter-proposal. All coast houses were
represented at this session.
.The: movement is general throughout
the country, in face . - ; , r
- In Denver the managers are unani
mous In their assertion that they cannot
meet the demand of 865 a week for or
dinary musicians working five hours a
"day and 890 a week for leaders. In Au
lanta picture house managers 3 have
agreed that demands made by musicians
cannot be acceded to. The question Is
also up In Cincinnati. Cleveland and
elsewhere, and it looks aa though there
will soon be a "union" of managers who
will start making some demands on their
own- accord. - -4
ipany in Portland last winter, has been
added to the cast of the New Bostonians
in San Francisco. , The company has
just ; finished a' six ' weeks run at the
Columbia in - the Bay City- and starts
en tour ; soon, f playing Canada, and
reaching Broadway. N. Y along about
next January. 'Miss Olivotti is an Oregon-bred
girl and was " popular socially
as well as professionally in Portland. -
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The recent earthquake shocks in Los
Artgelee .hit the show business hard.
People: wanted I to be where there was
plenty f of running space ' in case ' any
thing serious happened. -
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. Butte is to have a. stock company,
opening September 5. ' A. A. Scheuer-
J man has been in San Francisco organ-
tsting the -company. .- - R.- K. Tizne and
Craig Ward have been engaged for the
leads. S I i-, - :
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r Thomas W. paUey of the San , Fran
cisco Chronicle: staff of dramatic writers
has joined the Fanchon and Marco Re
vue. 8een recently at the Heilig. t -;'
Sam- Harris of the Ackerman & Har
ris circuit is In New .York on business.
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- John W. ..Consldlne. ' formerly of the
uUivan & Conaidlne organisation, which
opened the Empress In Portland (now
Lowe's Hippodrome) is reported to have
struck big oil veins in the Panhandle
district of Northern Texas. , Numbers
of theatrical people are said to be stockholders-
In, his: company. - . - ;
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Charlotte Greenwood. due at the
Heilig next Sunday in "Ltnger Longer
Letty, broke house records at the Cur
ran in San Francisco during her recent
engagement there, playing to 860,000 in
three weeks at 82.50 top.
"Bill" Hart to Play
' A ; Factory -Worker
: Bill Hart's next picture will be titled
fThe sjvhlstle.v It deals with "factory
life and "Bill's role Is that of a factory
worker, f It was adapted for1 the screen
by Lambert Hillyer from a magazine
story written by May Wtlmoth and Olin
Lyman, i The ! cast will Include Myrtle
Stedman,: I Frank ; Brownlee, - Richard
Headrick and the juvenile,; George Stone.
"The Whistle' will make the sixth of
the series of nine pictures Hart Is mak
ing on his new contract. 'Only two of
these. "The. Toll Gate" and "Sand,w have
been released, i The others are "The
Cradle -fOf Courage.! "The -Testing
Block- and "CMalley of the Northwest
Mounted." the latter being a Northwest
Canadiajt story of the mounted police. '
"On Location"
Has Broad
Meaning
ITV7HERE'S ' Miss" Carew. or I Mlse
" VVjV'oung, or Mr. Hay, or anybody?"
"On location." ' !
That formerly meaat that Mfss Carew,
or Miss Young, or Mr- Ray. or whosoever,
was out ia town, or In the country, not
more than a few hours' ride from the
studio, shooting" exteriors. i
But it doesn't mean that any more.
If you are told that some star is "on
location," you might as well reach for
your atlas, for she or1 he may be in Eng
land, or France, Egypt or Japan, j ; .
Traveling the 350O miles from Los An
geles to New York,-or from New York
to Los Angeles for the purpose of shoot
ing a few scenes is done every week or
so by companies of jthe larger produc
ers, .and trips to" the Canadian North
west, to the jungles of Louisiana, to the
desert, the mountains and the islands of
the sea are of such common occurrence
that they are seldom noticed except In
case of accident or some unusual happening.!--;.-;
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a "On location may also mean 40 feet
above the roof of a Bky scraper, where
the comedies love tb film their hair
raising stuff, of a thousand feet; in the
air in a plane going 100 miles an hour. .
! It used to be that! when the scenario
called for "interior of crater of volcano,
close-up showing fire) and molten lava."
the producer would fall dead from sud
den shrinking of the p&iik. roll, but now
adays he calmly orders his company to
Hawaii, where the director risks life and
limb to get effects, and he generally gets
'em without loss of either. i
Woman 'to Direct
Mary! Picjkf ord , in
iHer Nezt Picture
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1 New York,! Aug. 7.Xprances Marion Is
going to direct Mary iPtckford Fairbanks
in her next United Artist picture.
! The two girls have been the I closest
friends for four year. ' During that time
Miss Marion has adapted and written
many of Misa Pickfojrd's best scenarios.
She understands the psychology) of the
woman who has been called America's
greatest film star better than any one
else. The selection of Miss. Marion for
this " work shows that Mary Pickf ord
believes in rewarding her friends and
that, above everything else, she has
enough brains ,; to recognize ability In
another woman. : ;'.( :
Alta Allen, a Jfew Fox Star !. .
Alta Allen is the name of one of the
very latest Fox stars. She was "dis
covered" dancing in ) the -"Follies" In a
hotel in San Francisco and soon will
make her bow to fans In the first five
reel production made under the Sun
shine Comedy i brand. She, is .17 . years
old and was born iq Dundee. Scotland.
beautiful flowers,
fleecy ; clouds, - the
breakers each of
me, fill me with
Kathryn Williams believes that it Is
necessary, for every, person who would
achieve any worth while thing in this
world to cultivate a love of beauty,
which she maintains will develop one's
powers of characterisation and enable
them to "put over their representations
with greater feeling and with a closer
touch upon the human heart chords. '
; "Personally," says Miss Williams, who
is just now playing an important role in
Cecil B. de Mine's new . production for
Paramount, "I love everything tliat is
trees, mountains, the
foamy crest of the
these, things inspire
an - appreciation of
Nature's great goodness and wonder.
Coming closer to human activity, I find
that ' the reading ( of good books, the
study of fine pictures and sculpture, - the
effort to see beauty : In everyone, the
additional effort 1 to think beautiful
thoughts to the exclusion of those tinged
with - envy hatred,- Jealousy, worry;
revenge, helps me iwonderf ully no mat
ter what the character I am to portray.
Moreover. It makes a difference in my
life; I feel happier, healthier and this
sort of habit the habit of thinking
rightly invites corresponding acts' upon
the part of those with whom I come in
contact. Indeed, this has always been
an integral part of my life and I attrib
ute much of whatever success I may
have attained in my profession to the
cultivation -of a love of everything that
is beautiful In life and nature." . ;
, Miss Williams has played-many roles
In i her career before - the camera, and
seems to attain new charm with every
production In which she appears.
Dignity Hampers .
Progress of M, P. :
In Old England
London (By Mall.) -The fflm Indus
try will never flourish In England while
tne .country stands so much on its dig
nity. -r -f x
-. This is the opinion expressed by an
American film producer over here who
was astonished to find that practically
all the famous beauty spots and build
ings are forbidden to the movie ; fiend.
- "Whereas the American and French
man," he said, "are given every facility
for reproducing their historical scenes on
the films, obsolete! restrictions face- one
everywhere in England.
It is, practically impossible to - get a
film of the interior of any - English pub
lic . building, such as Windsor castle - or
the Tower of London. A month or two
ago two films were being made at the
same time, both by British : producers.
The first one was taken in England and
more than half the scenes had to be
built up in studios, though ' the 'actual
spots existed onlyj 60 miles away; i
The second producer was making hia
film in Paris and every public building
featuring In the story was thrown open
to him, even the Louvre. ,f ,
In the opinion of fflm producers, Eng
land is losing a- golden opportunity of
strengthening her friendships abroad in
thus keeping her architectural and scenic
treasures only for i those foreigners who
are able to travel. Instead of letting
other countries see , them "on the
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SEE THIS BREEZY COMEDYi OF YOUNG MARRIED
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it was dawn! The merry
party had ended hours be
fore. But hubby, a wreck in
torn clothes
overall, had
covered . with
just sneaked
back, from - seeing a pretty
woman home!
! Slawly, surely, his well-
planned v explanation was
wearing: down Wife's wrath
w.h e n -something; hap-
pened ! ' . ! -;,' .
If it's laughter you're aft
er "Let's Be Fashionable!"
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S. Memories of the South.....'.!
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