THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1920.
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Photo Plays
LIBERTY Have you ever 'thought of
handsome, nattily dreaded Wallace
Held as a "stunt actor"? Seeing him
dancing the latest Jaxx steps for a cab
aret scene or making love to a pretty
nurse as tl,e hero of "Sick Abed," you
. probably cannot imagine Wallie risking
his life to provide thrills for the Jaded
film fan. " '
In "The Valley of the Giants," a ca
boose broke loose from a logging train
on which he was riding and threw him
over a steep embankment. In "The
Roaring Road" and "Kxcuse My Dust."
he drove a racing auto over some of the
most dangerous courses in America at
record speed. But he saved the greatest
and riskiest thrill for "What's Your
Hurry5?" his newest auto romance, show
ing at the Liberty for the new week.
According to the story, an irrigation
dam Is about to burst and endanger the
lives of hundreds In the Valley below.
A storm Is raging, wallie bears of the
breach in the dam and. organising a
corps of motor trucks, drives at top
speed to the scene of the threatened dis
aster. Straight over the steep sides of
the dam he drives the lumbering truck
into the torrent of water and plugs the
widening hole.
COLUMBIA Hundreds of stage moth
ers and as many more screen mothers
have made their passing appeal to the
emotions, but veteran play goers say
they have never seen portrayed one so
convincing as that of Vera Gordon In
Humoreeque," the Paramount picture
from Fannie Hurst's story of that name,
held over for another week at the Co
lumbia. President Wilson asked to see
the picture in the White House after
he had read what Dr. Frank Crane wrote
about it, and the film was shown id the
East room. This is a part of Dr.
Crane's editorial which Interested th
president:
"The. real star of the play is the Jew
ish mother, performed by Vera Gordon,
who is not starred , at all on the pro
8 ram, and of whom I have never heard.
I have no hesitation iff saying that it
. la the most remarkable and appealing
characterisation I have ever seen upon
. th screen. She is the most perfect rep
resentation of motherhood I have ever
aan. Ail the strong currents of the
, mother feeling, affection, fear, tender
; nssa, apprehension.. Bloating pride and
Joy, stream .from her ace in an over-
wheimlng tide.
' Crowded-, houses have marked avnrv
performance of "Humoresque" at the
Colombia, and there is no dimlnultton of
interest, , The instrumental musio ac
cOmpaHylnf the picture, furnished by a
, quartet of Portland girls, adds much
tlie effectiveness of the photoplay.
MAJESTIC Constance Binney, win
some star of stage and screen, is
the attraction at the Majestic, starring
In -it East," the Rachel Crothers' play
In which sha made the biggest triumph
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of her stage career, and is said to re- :
peat her sucCess on the screen. 1
A Harold Lloyd comedy, "Get Out
and Get Under." is the comedy on the
double feature bill.
Miss Binney opened in "35 East"
early in the spring of 1919 at the Broad
hurst theatre in New York. She car
ried off the honors of the opening per
formance and became in truth a star
over night. After a long run in New
York, "39 East" was sent on. a tour of
the principal cities, finally winding up
in the early summer of 1920 in a brief
return engagement on Broadway.
"39 East" gives Miss Binney the best
role of her screen career, permitting
her . to give full reign tb her girlish
charm, her unsophisticated" air, her dra
matic and comic ability. It also permits
her to do some of the dancing for which
she first won the admiration of theat
rical audiences.
Miss Binney has the role of Penelope
Penn, a sweet daughter of a poverty
stricken minister. She goes to New
York to remedy the family's financial
affairs, and there she takes a room at
a boarding house, located at "J9 East"
She makes the acquaintance of Napo
leon Glbbs, another boarder, who falls
in love with her at first sight.
After failing to obtain employment of
her choice, Penelope is driven to accept
an engagement In the chorus. Then the
"plot" thickens and action develops
rapidly.
TEOPLES The Peoples theatre pre-
.s. sen is lor me new week Edgar Lewis
Pathe feature. "Lahoma." Lewis' spe
cialty is the outdoor picture, because he
is a lover of nature and believes that the
greatest adventures, the greatest ro
mances, are those enacted in the vast
open npares where God's work is most
msgnificent.
"Lahoma" Is a story of the West of
those early, days v.-hen men left -their
comfortable homes in the eaBt and took
their wives and their children across
thousands of miles of rough, hard roads
to a young and new land filled with dan
gers and hardships adventure and ro
mance. The action of the story revolves around
Lahoma and a tender hearted outlaw
who adopts her after rescuing her from
death by the outlaws, of whose band he
waa a member.
The cast, a large one, was' picked with
the care that characterises aU Edgar
Lewis' casts. Peaches Ja'ckson plays the
baby Lahoma and Louise Buroham is
Lahoma, he young woman. Jack Perrln,
Russell Simpson. Wade Boteler.' Will
Jefferis. Yvetto Mitchell,' H. M. ZAntUay
are among- those- . playtsg Important
roles.
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RrVOLI In "Help Wanted: Male."
. featured at the Rtvoli for the new
week, Blanche Sweet invades the haunts
of the wealthy in pursuit of a millionaire
for a husband. The result of Iter adven
ture is declared one of the most amus
ing comedy films ever shown at the
Itivoli.
It all hapnened because a legacy re
ceived by Blanche was only $1000 not
near enough to retire on. So sha bought
some nmock-em-dead" clothes, went to
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a seaside hotel, posed as a widow and
dropped hints about a mysterious "past."
Naturally, she got male help, but not
the kind she wanted, though her adven
ture with bootleggers, aviators, amateur
sleuths and millionaires finally brought
about the desired result a rich husband.
Henry King comes out of a retirement
as an actor to play the leading male role,
and does both excellently. The remain
der of the characters are equally well
cast, including Frank Leigh, Mayme
Kalso, Jay Belasco. Thomas Jefferson
and others. A race between a hydro
plane and a motorloit provides a real
thrill as a climax.
The Rivoli concert orchestra, con
ducted by Balvatore Santaella, continues
a drawing card, and will be heard after
noon and evening during the week, with
the customary concert at 13 :S0 today.
CIRCLE The latest Goldwyn produc
tion in which the comedienne, Mabel
Normand, is starring is "The Slim Prin
cess." an adaptation of Geortre Ade's
story of the same name. "The Slim
Princess" Is the attraction at the Circle
today and tomorrow. "The Slim Prin
cess" is an Ideal vehicle for Miss Nor
mand. The star has appeared in most
every imaginable role from Sis Hop
kins t straight characters, but this is
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the first time she has ever been dis
guised as an Oriental.
The. atmosphere for the story is set in
Morevenla and against this background
the action revolves around a girl cursed
with a slim, beautiful figure, when stout
rotundity is appreciated more by the
youth of the city, accordinr to Oriental
ideal. In her endeavors to "become fat
ana suited to her station In life. Hum
.-Mormana aons a rubber suit which, at t
lawn fete, Rets punctured.
lar girl stands before the startled native
sons, growing slimmer every moment
.hub is out. an inciaent in a feature rich
in hnmnrnii aitnaii f.n n 11 . x.
calculated to score, with Miss Normand
leaaing uie way.
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O star of the picture. Miss Violet
Stanton, in person at every perform
ance, is tne new week s feature at ins
iar.
Mifrion Morgan Directs
Marlon , Morgan, classic dancer, is
directing barbaric and Grecian dance
numbers that are to be features of
Allen Holnbar's First National produc
tion, "Man, Woman and Marriage.
How Ely Set a Style Up North
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Local Manager
By W. W. Ily
FTIIERK bu bn much dlacuulon u
A to "How old li Ann," and m to Vho
threw that lut brick first." but I hv
never heard anyone atart an argument
to "who Introduced corscu mw
Alaska."
tua ho-nmlne a devotee of the- stare
tor a consideration I was in the iteam
ahtp business, at least I was a purser on
a steamship. That was some 20 odd years
afo, and I was purser on Ue old uueen
In the days when rold was but little
nr nn in Alaska. In those days
salmon and furs were the principal out
bound commodities, ana provisions ana
clothing were the principal Inbound car-
At that tune we usea to mane lrora
five to six trips a year up north, depend
ing on the weather. If the season was
both early and late, which meatus if the
: .i,. .arlv In the vr and the
freese-up did not come until late we
..m mak about lour trips up to
9...M. Karluk and way porta Colder
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seasona we made only three. The rest
of the year we 'plied between 'Frisco and
the lower Alaska ports.
HAD APPAREL ABOABD
Now I do not know whether it was
accident, a sort of a oke or Jnst ignor
ance on the part of the San Francisco
office, but someone slipped Into my trad
ing stock a lot of corsets. Perhaps tney
bought them cheap. Anyhow, when I
went over the manifest I found this box
of 12 dosen corsets of assorted sixes.
Now corsets In Alaska were about as
much of an asset as a ton of coal in
hades, and when you have a big com
pany watching you through a book
keeper who expects that you will turn
In flO worth of furs for every dollar's
worth of merchandise listed at its own
price, which In this case was S3 a pair
something .over S500 wortn you can
imagine that it got on my nerves, and
the Janguage J used would have excited
the admiration of. the most proficient
resident of the Barbary Coast, when it
was In Its prime.
Corsets and all, we reached Karluk In
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Picture That Has Made; Picture History
Special 'Music By the 'Your Portland Rosea"
NOTE: By reaching the Colombia by;l p. m. you
can tee the feature (with orchestra), and avoid the
crowds at other performances. Shows start at 11
a. nu, 12:30, 2:15 p. m., 4, 5:45, 7:30 and 9:15 p. m.
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the course of time, and I htdvthU ship
ment sent ashore. I .don't know why,
except that I wanted to get rid of them.
I was ' aitting - In the warehouse, or,
rather. In front of It the same day, when
along came one of the "bellea of the
town.- -Her name was Miotic She waa
about S feet tall and about the same
girth.' Girls up In that country hadn't
reached the stage of wasp waist by any
means.
It occurred to me ' that here was a
chance-to-dispose-of-a-pair -of corsets;
that is If I had a pair large enough. It
didn't alone occur to me, but I laughed ;
I thought I had a laugh coming. I
hustled Into the warehouse and snaked
that box of cornets out and pretty soon
returned with the - largest pair. .
8TETEDOEE HELPED HIM
Mlctic had disappeared In the mean
time, much ts my disgust, but the nrxt
morning I got a sight of her, and. like
all Indians, she fell easy mark or a
present. I tried to get the pair on her.
but long as the corset strings were they
were much too short, so I commandeered
a ball of coarse hemp twine.
Then I sought the assistance of
husky dtevedore, and- between us we
managed to strap a pair on her. It
was some work, though, and when the
job was finished there must have been at
least two feet of lacing across her back.
Mictic was the proudeat woman you
ever saw. . She waddled off down the
road, stopping about every 10 feet to get
, some breath, for - the way that steve
dore and-1 had strapDed her no muitV
havs cramped bar something awful.'
presently, she came back with another
belle of the village. Some pigeon Eng
lish and 'a few signs me under '
stand that Tanya wantett 'a pair of cor
sets, too -an example of whole hearted
nesa that some of our white sisters whe
want to-manopollse anything new In the
way of . fashionable attire, could well
emulate.
So'I'du out another pair of super
corsets and the stevedore and I fixed
up Tanya,
Down the street both of them paddled
and them they paddled back. Back and '
forth they kept thla up for an hour or
mors until they had every Indian in the
settlement standing by in admiration.
After a while they came along without
the corsets. Then they came along with
them on. Goodness knows how they
ever got them back on sgain. They
paraded thusly for half an hour or so,
and then they showed up again without
them. Then they had them on again.
All day long they kept this perform. '
ance up. First they had them on, thet
they had them off. It was evidently the
big day of their career.
I don't know what transpired on fol
lowing days, but that evening vividly '.
can remember Mlctic and Tanya down
at the dock, all dolled up in their cor
sets, grinning from ear to ar, to bid
me farewell as the Dora pulled out
David Butler has completed his thira
picture. "Girl's Don't Marry Any More,"
for the D. N. Schwab Productions, Inc.
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