JAPANESE INFLUENCE AROUND THE HOME FIREPLACE
HERE is Lila Lee, popular young film actress, in her Hollywood, Cal., home, where the Japanese theme predominates. The un
usual fireplace smacks somewhat of a pagoda; there are cherry blossoms in the Japanese vase, the little Japanese doll gazes
wistfully out from under the parasol-like lamp shade, and Miss Lee herself sits on a floor cushion after the Japanese
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With Babe Ruth in the "Movies"
Home Run King Is Real "Actor ;
"jVrEW YORK Tripping over a stack of j
' low comedy, you skid on a streak of
spilled custard and toss your arms
around the neck of a little sruy wearing
a brown derby and red necktie. That's
the conventional way of entering Babe
Kuth's new workshop, a motion picture
studio, where he spends the evenings
since smashing his own homerun rec
ord, and when your eyes become recon
ciled to the mean green glare of the
screenllghts, you make out a great!
lumbering Individual with hl taca
ghasUy under a layer of yellow flour
the Babe, the one and only Bambino
from Baltimore.
The set is the Interior of "a farm
house. Babe Is made up with a khaki
shirt and a suit of overalls to play the
part of a yokel. An old maid is trying
to climb a stepladder to string some
bunting over the lintel of the door in
preparation for a Fourth of July party.
"Shake that ladder; look, scared !"
yells Larry Wlndon, the director, sitting
In his shirt sleeves alongside the click
ing camera.
Willing to oblige, the old maid wab
bles the ladder and screams:
"Oh. Babe! Babe!"
Ta-raaa-da. enter the Babe himself, in
the flesh, to be shot in a great dramatic
scene, "Holding the ladder for Saman
thy."
"SMILE, BABE, SMILE"
You've heard of Henry Irving, Joe
Jefferson, Sothern and the Barrymores?
Fair enough ln their way, hut for dra
matic tensity, for aubUety of expres
sion, ladies and gents, meet Babe Ruth,
actor. He might prove a "bust" on the
speaky stage because Babe can't talk
enough to sell gold dollars fori dime
a dozen at a Caledonian outlhg. but In
the movies watch him here under the
green lights.
"I'll hold It for you, Samanthy," he
mumbles, grabbing the stepladder so
violently that he almost shakes her
down.
"Babe," Ifs the director's voice again
a grating, dominant shout that makes ;
the llght-pireads dance in the long green
bottles,
t "Babe, for gawdsaka, smne!"
Babe turned his face toward the cam
era completely startled.
Samaathy leans down, off the Jadder.
Indignantly accusing him of pinching
her leg. Babe Is supposed to be all
balled up and. what with the director's
unexpected shout and Samanthy's unjust
charges he Is dased and his face shows
the Ideal expression.
"Fine." says Wlndon. "that's great"
Ruth wipes the sweat off his pasty
brow and helps Samanthy down off the
ladder.
"Hoiwit." he sava.. "I was fooled. I
I thought you thought I was trying to
pinch your leg didn t know it was just
for the picture."
The scene is struck and now we get
Babe Ruth hewing his own bat out of
a tender sapling. His chop with the
hatchet is somewhat listless.
"Sink that axe in the wood." -
This instruction from the director
makes Babe sore for a moment-and he
hits the sapling a .wicked clout, knock
ing chips In three directions.
"Great, fine," says Wlndon.
HAKES 0W3T BATS
The story, brings Ruth out of a back
woods, where he makes his own bats,
and Into the big leagues, where he wins
a bride and a pennant and pays off the
mortgage on the' farm by a homerun lit .
the ninth or, write your own scenario. .
Tom Walsh, who signed Rulh to be
-one of the Mayflower stars, told him to
show up t t o'clock on hi first day .'at
the new game. . Babe was on time and
sat on the steps' of the drama plant '
until noon before any of his supporting ;
"all-star" cast showed up to start the ,
picture. PI nee then, however, he hasn't
had time to work in daylight eoept for
two mornings spent "on location," In the
suburbs,
The comedy rubes, the village parson,
the small-town snort with the red neckt
tie. whom we met on the way Into the
studio, all take care of their eyes after
the hard work under the lights. - But
Ruth doesn't seem to know the value
of pink glasses worn when not being
screened and the other actors say it will
hurt his batting eye In the long run. .
But Ruth should worry when he can't
sock that apple any longer he may re
tire Into the he-doll game - for good
because they're all telling he'd make a
champion victim for some proficient
vampire.
Want FVrbcr Story
Edna Ferber. author of the popular
Emma McChesney stories, Is nibbling at
a Universal picture bait. Efforts are
being made to obtain her consent to'
the Aiming of her best known novel,
"Fanny, Herself." If successful,' Camel
Myers will be featured In the production.
Noble Is Operatic Impresario
s s SHSStSStSt
About George M. Cohan et al
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Hr Sam Raddon Jr.
A VINO suoeassfullly "put over" a
number of prologues of more or less
Involved technicality,' Manager Paul
Noble fo the Liberty now has In con
templation a series of even more pre
tentious efforts as opening numbers for
his photoplay programs. The new fea
tures will be nothing less than scenes
from the operas, and the first of these
selections from the third act of "Car-
Men," is on the boards for this week.
J lie solo numbers, featured by Idah
Idyard and Albert Gillette, will be
staged in a panoramic setting of a Span
ish bull ring and lighting and mechanical
effects will add to the general effective
ness of the act. '
As a stunt feature In connection with
this week's photoplay at the Liberty.
Wallace Held in "What's Your Hurry?"
Manager Noble will stage a truck parade
dally, the procession to consist of five
big trucks, similar to those used by
"Wally" In his srreen story.
Today's 12:30 (noon) concert at the
Rlvoll will Include the following num
bers: "Zampa.' overture. F. Herold ;
"Extsse." L. Oanne : selection, "The
Chocolate Soldier," O. Straus; "Sere
nade." t. Chamlnade ; "Spring and
Love." Von Blon ; march from opera
"N'lbelungen." R. Wagner. Concert num
bers during the week, selection from
"The Firefly." R. Frlml ; Twelfth Hun
garian rhapsody, F. Liszt ; solo by Sal
vatore Santaella.
"All the world's a stage." Shakes
peare said It, but if he were here now
chances are he'd add that the screen
Just now holds the center of the stage.
Ruth Budd. known over the Orpheum
circuit as "The Olrl Who Smiles," and
who "was In Portland toward the end of
last season, fell from her rope at the
New Amsterdam theatre. New York,
where she Is In an act in "The Midnight
Frolic." and was severely "bruised and
shaken. Miss Budd's act consists of high
trapes work In which she swings far
out over the audience.
Manaper Frank Laccy of the Majes
tic has had a big week with Mary Pick
ford In "Suds." Mr. Lacey says there's
Momethlng reminiscent of olden days In
that title "Suds."
What can t be, Frank?.
Kd J My rick of the Liberty at Yaki
ma a Jensen Von Herberg theatre,
Mas in Portland during the week visit
ing at the headquarters and lining up
some new stuff for the fall season.
John Wesley of the Peoples theatre,
Scio. visited Pathe exchage during the
week and bought "Pirate Gold" and 20
other features for the fall showing.
W. Seymour, personal representative
of the W. W. lljodklnson corporation,
was in the city daring the week, visit
ing Frank Cassil, i local Hodklnson rep
resentative.
Portland lays claim, and justly, too,
to having, started a score or more of
noted actors and actresses and the
atrical people on he highway to fame
and glory, but until the other day we
naa never suspected that even George
M. Cohan himself-4nd he has rrta.lnlv
attained the heiphis as actor, author
ana producer achieved his first real sue-
" x uriiana Hp a starting point
Comes C. J. Vioni of our city, how
ever, ana says such lis the case Vlon
should know, too. because he's one of
me ramiiy nirnseir. hkvinir man-lad ai
of Cohan's qouslns. knd he Is in the
2tose City aneaa or "The Acquittal," i
o-tan and Harris show due at the He!
llg this meek. I
It was :i years ago.A says Vlon. that
Cohan came to Portland with "Running
ior ortice" ror an engagement at the old
Marquam Grand. Cohan- was not play
ing regularly in the casf because of a
jad knee, but .on the first night of the
Portland engagement one -.of the actors
'. ' t .
having missed the train when he dropped
off at some valley town for a sand
wich. Cohan Oiled in. The next day
he went direct to New York city and
wrote and starred "Little Johnny Jones,"
the first of his real successes.
Vlon says Cohan, since the recent dis
solution of the Cohan-Harris partner
ship, is more his own snappy, briHiant
self than he has been for years, and
that he Is doing some great work. His
"Mary" show, the "Love Cottage" song
of which the West coast is now hear
ing on phonograph records, has had
wonderful runs In Philadelphia and Bos
ton and in expected to go even better In
New York. "Genius and the Crowd,"
which inaugurates Cohan as an Individ
ual amusement purveyw, opened last
week at the George M. Cohan theatre,
New York, which is to be reserved ex
clusively for productions by the man
whose name it bears
It has been quite a trick during the
week to catch Manager Raleigh of the
Columbia In his office, for the reason
that he xpends the greater part of his
time In the orchestra pit of the theatre.
There he directs the "Four Portland
Itost-buds." whose string music is an
entrancing accompaniment to "Humor
esque," photoplay plus, which Is now
running into its second week at the
popular .Sixth street house.
As an Instance of the hold "Humor-
esque Is taking on the Portland pub
lic. Manager Raleigh reports that one
matron has seen the play three times
already, and that on her last visit she
took her aged mother, who never before
had been in a motion picture theatre.
The new Wurlitzer Hope-Jones organ
t the Columbia is in place and prob
ably will be in commission for the next
change of program. Kxperts have been
Voicing" the instrument, tuning 'er up.
as It were, during the week.
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Manager Melvln O. Winstock of the
local Tathe exchange Is well represent
ed at first run houses this week. At the
Peoples he has "Lahoma,", Edgar Lewis'
super photoplay, dealing with the early
days in the history of Oklahoma
Blanche Sweet in "Help Wanted. Male.'
Is at the Rlvoll. and Harold Lloyd In
'Get Out and Get Under" is at the Ma
Jestic. Pathe will get possession of its
new premises October 1 and within two
weeks thereafter will have Improvements
completed.
C. S. Jensen, executive head of the
Jensen & Von Herberg circuit, was in
Seattle during the week on business.
Cecil Teague's concert at the Ma lest Ic
at 1:30 today will include the following
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"The Merry Widow." selection. Lehar
a few operatic favorites ; "Louisiana."
Bruce Gordon, star with Marv He
Avoy in "The House of the Tolling Bell,"
is scheduled to visit Portland October 13
and probably will appear In conjunction
with this picture at one of Portland's
leading photoplay theatres. Gordon is
an English actor.
The cinema productions to be shown
at tne tneatrea tne coming season
that is, the big pictures will be light
comeay-aramaa, according to Gua A.
Metzgar, wno returned last week from
a trip to Ban Francisco, where he
signed up several big pictures for the
Rlvoll theatre, which he recently pur
chased. Metzgar's observations are to
the effect that movie fans are tired of
the big, heavy productions dealinr with
the tragic side of life and are looking
more ror pictures to amuse and enter
tain rather than ' to thrill. Metagar
round tne motion picture business in
San Francisco booming, with several
large houses. golns up to supply the de
mand for more picture.
itarry minara. tne nero or a score
or more picture "me Hers," will quit the
cinema game for a time to become
member of Morosco's Los Angeles stock
company. -
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I'l--. ' ' imifcieal rrvue, headliaer. Matirww .
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FANTA'JKS Bmiw7 it AMer. TTirh elsw
uderille nd photoplay features. Afternoon
HnU rvi-ning. Program chances Monday afler-
LOKW 8 nirpODUOME Broadway at aru
hill. Iireetkn Ackirman & Harria. Vaude
- iUI. AfUraoon and mirhU .
STOCK '
l;AKEi: Morriann at Klprrath. Baker Stca
company in "At 9:4.," drama. Matine
H-iln-.1Y. Saturday and Bunday, 2:20; rrt
niriffr, H:20.
LYUK' Br-radwar and Morri-on. I.yrje Musical
TraT-ty comrnrry in "The Black Cat-" Mati
nees daily, 2:20; ermine. 8:20.
l'HOTOrLATS
COLfMBlA Siith at Stark. Fannie Hun.fi
niuraorvMiue, second week. 11 a. m. to
11 P. 01.
LIHKHTY Broadway at Stark. WalJaca Heid
In "What. Your Hurry ? 11 a. m. to
11 p. a
MA.. KM It' Wa-liiniton at Park Constance
I;nney in "39 Kft ' ; Harold Uoyd in "Ret
(hit ami !et I nri-r 11 a m to lion.
1-EOPLKS Wen Park at Alder. "Lahoma.
with arwrlal ti t 11a.m. LoIId. ra.
8TAH Va,-hinEtn at Park. "Temptation."
wit-h tolet Stanton in penon. 1 1 v m to
11 p. in
RIVOLI IVuhincton it Park. Blanche Sweet
in "Help Wanted Staie." 11 a. m. to
11 l m.
C1UCLK Fourth near Washington. Mabel Nor-
maml in Tin Slim I'rincee." 9 a. ui. to
4 o clock the next mrmmc.
How James O'Neill
Looked on Life at
The Age of Sixty
On his sixtieth birthday, almost 11
years ago, the Morning Telegraph of
New York thought enough of the late
James O'Neill, who gained fame as
the Count of Monte Cristo, to send him
personal telegram of congratulations
both as an actor and man of sterling;
Qualities. He was in Boston then. His
repl ywas so prompt and genuine that
it Is worth repeating. Here it is:
"Sincere thanks for the Morning
Telegraph's birthday message. Life in
60, middle row, has the same charms
we knew at IS where we first sat In
the gallery. I don't want to quote po
etry, but you will recall the old couplet
about distance lending enchantment.
Must say that all my years on the env
stage luiin untj bibiiu ywm ut nappi-
ness to myself.
"That I am yet ao graciously recalled-
la gratifying as warranting the belief
that I must have afforded in turn some
pleasure to- playgTters.
From seat 60 I can see life's stage
without the aid of glasses, and the air
Is filled with rosea and sunshine. I
love life fully as well as ever, and my
friends a whole lot better. It has been
the best f 0 years I ever experienced,
and I feel today as if I were going to
live 60 more."
Here, You Kansans,
Meet Some Friends
Since William (Big Bill) Roddy an
nounces that he may build a Kansas
theater on Broadway, to be called the
Jayhawker. Elbert (Slim) Severance of
the Hippodrome has been arranging the
details.
"Why not," he writes to Bide Dudley
of the New York Evening: Warld, "open
It with Fred Stone, formerly of Welling
ton, Kan. ; Hale Hamilton, formerly of
Lawrence, Kan., and Jeanne Eagles, for
merly of Kansas City. Kan., as the
stars in the play by Bide Dudley, for
merly of Leavenworth. Kan.? Sell the
movie rights to Jerome Beatty, formerly
of Lawrence. Kan.; have the costumes
made by Ralph Barton and Earl Grant,
formerly of Kansas City, Kan., and have
the play produced by Brock Pemberton,
formerly of Emporia, Kan, under the
management of , Murdock Pemberton,
formerly of Emporia. Kan., with Slim
Pemberton. formerly of Beloit, Kan., as
press agent?"
Arthur F. Statter. continuity writer
at the Goldwyn studios, was assistant
secretary of the treasury under Roose-
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Americans in
Paris Lead in
Cafe Revelry
By C. F. Bertelll
rnirarfal Sen-ice Staff Corrrordat
TVARIS, Sept. 18. Paris, or rather that
a- portion of ft maintained for tourlsta, i
has gone back to its pre-war days and
beyond.
The Mont Martre restaurants by night
are one wild revel of wild dancing and
wilder exhibitions. Iced champagne that
is almost priceless flows as if It costs
nothing. The rich people of the world,
and especially of America", are here and
they have thrown aside restraint.
The revel goes on in a sybaritic set
ting. The music Is lan porous and se
duclve. The combinations of colors from
Jlie carefully shaded lights and from
the decorations by the world's ablest
decorators . are a subtle inspiration.
The lights gleam on the beautiful
white shoulders and arms of the women
garbed in daring- decollate. Rich Jewels
gleam on bare throats.
Subtle perfumes help lull the restraints
of the serious world.
All factors built up an atmosphere in
which indulgence, gayety and sensation
are the only cares of the participants.
It was Into such an atmosphere that
Olive Thomas plunged the Saturday
night that preceded her swallowing the
bichloride of mercury solution from
which she died. The circumstances sur
rounding her end remain tragically mys
terious, despite the official verdict of
accidental death. This has stirred a
tremendous wave of sentiment for the
closing down of the gay resorts. It Is
unquestionable that the sights seen are
such that clean bred Americans at home
can believe that they exist.
One June night In 1913 another news
paperman and 1 were taking a prom
inent American official on what is called
"The Grand Dukes Tour" a Journey
that every American seems to want to
make the moment he or she reaches the
shores of the Seine.
He marveled that France should be
able to permit such things to go on and
continue In her full strength. It was
in the Royal cabaret.1 I asked him to
look at the crowd. He did and care-
practically all were foreigners.
Nearly all were Americans. The only
Frenchmen In the place were the waiters
and other employes.
The' Americans crowded the dance
floor, they occupied the red cushioned
Beats around the walls and they were
crowded around champagne laden tables.
And the condition is the same there
today. The gayety goes- on" with in
creased pace.
Many of the prominent persons in
Paris insist that the city would be one
of the most moral in the world if It were
not that the Americana who come here
insist on making it the world's show
place for the animal instincts ia man.
The theatre managers declare that
their risque plays are put on to please
the crowd from the outside.
And yet, though the highest French
legislative body devoted an entire day
to the denunciation of the Paris the
atres, not a word of protest is heard
from the Americans, On the contrary,
they, according to the theatre managers.
Invariably demand the tickets to the
most risque plays.
In his talk in the senate, Senator La
Maxelle. alarmed at the spread of the
Immoral plays, boldly denounced the
danger and read titles of plays then
running. It was in July. The titles
he read were : "Bedtime of the In
genules, a Revue Without Chemises."
He also read from a program the head
ings for each act. They were, first,
'The First Sixty-five Temptations" ;
second, "The Orgy"; third. "On Love's
Bridge." and fourth, 'A. Procession of
Voluptuaries."
The senator reviewed the field of im
moral entertainments of Paris, such, as
the night clubs and the dace halls,
showing their influence on the degrada
tions of youth, the breaking up of fam
ilies, the spreading of corruption, the
injuring of health, the . favoring of the
development of tuberculosis ' and the
f oetering of opium smoking.
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ALL THIS WEEK
CONCERT ON OUR
$50,000 ORGAN .
PROGRAM
I. Stars and Stripes For
ever Soasa
S. Spanish Dance. .Moskowskl
S. Three Favorite Kongs..
Arr. h rates
4. The Liberty Preaentat
Idah Lldyard, Albert
r.llletts and Dorothy
I.tob in uTld Bits
From Carmen
Arr. P. E. Jfoble,
t. Ligkt Cavalry Ssppe
Overture
TODAY
'AT 12:30
tfere'i another
sizzling auto thriller.
By the author of
Wallace Reid's big
test hits, "The
Roaring Road" and
"Excuse My Dust."
Adapted from the
smashing Saturday
Evening Post story,
"The Hippopotamus
Parade," by
Byron Morgan.
romance of love
business and whiz
zing racers and of
lumbering motor
trucks that helped
make a speed
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