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,THE. OREGON r SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY; MORNING, OCTOBER : 31, 1220. iJj; EW FILM Koudtni irv Terror lsla-ncl' i' at the , Circle,- f . , 1 - V' " . i : .- -'--V-v v,;- 'pmk .- i. " MMM , " : " vz-vk.- . "-wtrjsHivoui- ill i ..-II ' tfo ""Vr- " J7 " Y -S . iv XS . Ajii. N 7 ; .7,;, T3 R X . n r. Tticepi , -at. the AX idempUoiC 7lt t Q . r. v fit. 11 v7.v I j r i . . t.7 ',-rSiV' - w Photo Plays LIBERTY In its theme, Constance Talmadfttt'i latatt Vint National at traction, "The Perfect Woman." is en tirely different from anything that has been used as a subject for humorous photoplays. It Is on the boards at the Liberty theatre for the week. There la an . established precedent In motion pic tures, whereby the hero stubbornly seeks the hand of the fair young thing, but in Connie's latest, the talented star, as the heroine, does all the matrimonial game hunting, and tbe consequences are novel and very humorous. It will be ob served. It la said, that Connie is one of the most artful and loving vamps ever caught in the act of snatching a man from single blessedness. Manager Noble announces, too, Buster Keaton in "One Week," a comedy of unusual interest, and a prologue. "Reminiscences of Hal loween," in which the Liberty trio will appear as three huge pumpkins jn a barnyard scene. Music will be drawn from the score of "Three Twins." RIVOLI A fight on the slanting deck of a wrecked steamer, in waves and rain. Is one of the dramatic scenes in the Goldwyn picture, "Out of the Storm." at the RivoH theatre for the week. ' John Bdwara and a stoker are the two who grapple on the slippery boards. A huge, wage washes them from the deck Into the ocean. In the filming of this cans Bowers narrowly escaped injury. The 'picture, strange as it may seem, was not taken on a rocky shoal In the Pa cific, but Inside the studio walls. When the wall of water struck- the struggling men it threw them forcibly off the deck. Bowers was hurled clear over the mat tresses which had been placed to receive him, and fell on the ground. The Rlvoll is also showing Torch y Comes Through," featuring Johnny Hinea and a two reel comedy. - MA JBSTIC The Branding Iron," which opened Saturday at the Ma jestic, la the latest Goldwyn feature pro duction enacted by an all-star cast and directed by the well known Reginald Barker. It is a portrayal of the life of Joan, a beautiful girl. Imprisoned In a cabin In the Wyoming mountains by a liquor erased father, who will not let her see the outside world. But Joan escapes and takes shelter under the roof of a ranch house where Pierre, a handsome, rugged youth, wooes and marries her. Pierre and Joan were happy until Joan's father appears to tell Pierre that his wife can not be trusted. Pierre finds grounds for suspicion and haunts Joan with his charges until he is frensled. Then he applies the branding Iron. Through a life that is replete, with tnrUla,' Joan Uvea and wears the brand. - PEOPLES "The Price of Redemption," starring Bert Lytell, will be the fea ture attraction at the People theatre to day. Plcturlsed from the famous novel, "The Temple, of Dawn," by I. A. R. Wyile. this film is said to surpass all previous screen productions of this pop ular young star. The story, in which Lytell enacts the leading role, is of a young Englishman in the dark heart of India, who becomes famous for a deed of exceptional bravery and then sinks to the depths of degradation after an un happy marriage In London. The picture portrays life In far-off India where, in English garrisons and native villages, Inigh Dering, a young English officer, first distinguishes himself as the hero .of Fort Akbar, and then sounds all the depths of evil ways among the native grog-aeUers huts and opium dives. ""OLTJMBIA Natimova will appear at Vi Columbia theatre continuously until Friday In two characters each resembling In seine measure the great Russian star's own career. The picture la "Madame Paaoock," from a story by Rita Wei man, and It brings Naslmova to the screen first as Jane Goring, a resplend ent stage star, and then as Gloria Crom well, a young girl as naive and charm ing a Jane is brilliant, Certainly Naxlmova should make this story live, for she has been in the course of her remarkable career both the young girl of great promise and the great actress who .has fulfilled promise. In this her latest Metro picture Naxl mova has chosen George Probert for her - leading man. The star, herself adapted the picture for direction by Ray C Smallwood. Rudolph Bergquist photo graphed It and Edward Shulter provided special art settings. r i- C TAR W ater. Water Everywhere" g ii not only dry humor but the title of WM Rogers' latest Goldwyn picture which Is to open at the Star theatre to day. It la a wholesome story of a self' sacrificing, big-hearted, lovable cowboy who foregoes hi love for girl in order . that aha may marry the man aha loves. This photoplay is the ptcturlsation of William R. Lignton "Billy Fortune stories Will Rogers portraying the part of Billy Fortune. The scene is laid, la a small western town, t . In addition the Star has engaged an Important troupa of Hawaiian musicians for the week and several times daily Its members wtlrrender their program. - , CIRCLE Love, adventure and thrills feature "Terror Island," the Para- ' mount Artcraft featore picture starring the famous Houdlnt which opens at the , Circle; theatre today. Houdinl has the role of an Inventor of a new type of submarine, and Is given the opportunity to use It in the rescue of his sweet heart's father from South Sea Islanders and !n the recovery of . soma . sunken treasure. During the course of the ac tion Houdinl does man' of the feats for which he la celebrated and others even mors thrilling.' HI Lee heads a good supportlnr east The picture was di rected . by James Cruse. ' Arthur" B, Reeve and Jobs. W. Grar wrots th tory. , i , i -r . -V - Seven Ages of Screen Women Are Tabulated Hens are the wtcii af of fihn iromen, a tabulated by Tod Browning, aiithor-pmdneer with rjnivnul: Children. 8 to 18 rsui: in- K) 1MB, 14 to 22 rear; ftrl lrads. 18 to 25 yean; marrid lead. 18 to 25 yean; ttan. 18 to 80 yean; vampires, SO to SO yuan; ehane ten, 22 to 90 yean. By Tod Browning rl THE first place, I know a weman past 60 playing Ingenue parts and getting away with it In the second place, I know a girl who portrayed married women when she was 12 years old. In the third place, I know a star who was "Just 18" the year I cast my first vote, and who still Is. I suppose now she's lost count of how long she's been at the stage of consent and dissent. Ages of cinema stars may startle the lay reader who has absorbed the stories of the lie-writer. So, with full expectations of feminine and other con tradiction. I stated that the star is not as young as she is press-agented. When furnishing biographies to the press, no star is born before 1898. If she is too honest to fib, she simply forgets that question altogether. Stars actually under 25 years of age may be counted on the fingers of one hand, with enough fingers left over to lift a glass of gin 18 Inches with ease. This Is a delicate subject for a man to handle. The women will accuse me of manhandling it Asking a man to tell the ages of the. women he knows is like asking him to put a little TNT in his pipe and smoke It It can be done, but I bad planned to present these aire facts in such form that, a girl of 22, for instance, who suddenly decides on a film career, would realise how Bhort her screen life would be, even if she succeeded at once. As a matter of fact. accomplished actress can have a lifelong career in pictures, starting as a toddling, curly haired, sweet little baby girl and ending aa a totterlng curly-haired, sweet old lady If shells an actress. There are few Ingenues over 23. At that age most women lose their glrl ishness In the eye of the. lens. On the stage youth is an, indefinite quality. JBUt the camera is pitiless, ingenuity is a matter of personality. Few girls can maintain their wide-eyed innocence after four or five years In pictures or in dry goods stores or restaurants, for that matter. I know two ingenues past 22 and one past SO, besides the semi-centenarian noted before. Every one of them keeps slim and girlish through regular exer cise, moderate diet and long hours of slumber. No wild parties may be on their schedules. The screen has one shining example of a dearly beloved , actress who has played little girls for years, and will continue to do so if she ' lives until she Is past 70, and the world still love her for it But there is only one woman in a thousand like that and there haven't been a thousand film stars yet The majority of our "young stars today are actually nearer 30, and the finest of our stars will tell only a white lie If they add five years to that figure. Vampires almost without exception are over 30. Characters are any age from 22 to 90. celved an offer to appear on the stage. 0 The Robertson-Cols company an nounces that they will make one of their red-letter productions out of Pau line Frederick's next cinema vehicle, "The Mistress of Shenstone," and the direction of which will be in the hands of the expert Henry King, who made "23 Hours' Leave." While Tom Santschl has appeared in numerous roles of the western range, he has never had the opportunity to display his ability at manipulating the lariat at which he is adept, that he haa in the present series of two-reel westerns he is now producing for Paths. That Governor James M. Cox is a movie fan was imparted by the governor during his visit in Los Angeles. Gov ernor Cox said he visited the cinemas as often as his time would permit Edward Knoblock, one of the dozen British literary men signed to write for Paramount pictures by Jesse L Lasky on his recent visit to Europe, has arrived in Nes York to study the tech nique of motion-pictures. He is the sec ond to come tofAmerica, the first arrival being Sir Gilbert Parker, who has just reached Hollywood to spend five months at the Lasky studio writing his first original story for the screen. Before leaving London Mr. Knoblock delivered his first original, photoplay to the Lon don studio of Famous Play erg-Las kx Movie Madness Doesn't Admit Ceaseless Work (crrtHERE would be far fewer movie X struck girls," said Henry King, di rector of many notable pictures, "if it were known how intensely the success ful screen players of their sex, as well aa the other, labor at their "tasks. They have heavy responsibilities, their time Is not their own, and they have almost no leisure, except fitful vacations, to enjoy the financial fruits that come to them. "Hard knocks and tireless work on the treadmill have put them where they are. Their cares and workaday life are so different from the popular conception that they are not always to be envied. They have suffered discouragements and worked for small pay In the days when salaries were meager and uncertain at that Nervous prostration from hard application is often their lot "The general impression is that favor itism, or beauty, or grace, or a mimetic gift have smoothed the path for the suc cessful stars. It is no one of these gifts, nor even a combination of them, that have counted for very much in many cases. Look has played Its part the It is called "Appearances" and will be-00 fortuns ef falling into the hands of directed by Donald Crisp, who recently arrived in England to head the second production unit at the new ZsUngtsai studio. come because of tireless effort in mak ing use of what power or gifts they pos sessed, and yet a long observation has shown me that neither luck nor talent -puts more than one in a hundred of the ambitious to the front. Therefore, there are a thousand mathematical odds against even the clever girl. For every one who advances to the front rank ii try and slip out of the game sadly disillusioned." the right producer, or director, or of having the support of good team work by fellow players. - "But for the most part success has Wee Bit Personal It is a coincidence that tho nrnnut filming Mrs. Humphry Ward's "The Marriage of William Ashe" is composed entirely of English players. The di rector, Edward Sloman, is a Briton by birth, as Is Wyndham Standing, the leading man, and Frank Elliot who haa the heaw role. Th mi a r urav Al lison, is one of the few Americans in im cut. Not aware that Frltxie Brunette was already possessed of a perfectly good nusbana. a Norwegian banker wrote her a naive little note In which hs de clared that he had plenty of good money and would like to "take her to wife," adding, moreover, that upon re ceipt of a wired acceptance he would sail immediately to get her. - 1 . Announcement is mads by ,H. R. Huff, general manager of the- Robertson-Cole studios, that J..R. Crone, formerly asso ciated with the American and Mayer studios, has been appointed production manager of the new Robertson-Cole studios in Los Angeles, erection of which is now n earing completion, A phase of the picture production, "The Old Swlnunm' Hole," James Whlt- Ray is now making, la his policy of ad- Benin iiuuuuuy to in ume ana locale of the poem. The old water mill and the arreamorei tna vl-vtrfiv a4Ki will be an actuality in the film. a In "Dead Men Tell No Tales," Vita-graph's- production of ths story by E. W. Hornung, ths burning of ths "Lady Jermyn" at sea and her destruction br gun powder, form one of the dramatic scenes with 600 extra actors as crew and passengers, , : . David Wark Griffith ts said to have found the production of motion pictures In ths East too expensive and rumor has It that, he Is .returning to Southern California to build a studio "and t thai i mtumt . amhiHMia - nhAtntiTaw . 1.1- fcareer, with Abraham Lincoln as Its central character . Sbics appearing In a Broadway musi cal comedy whils filming "Ths Broad way Bubble," Corinne - Griffith has re- rgi(QiaLj) T PnTOCTION JKXtSXft-Vatl MERBERGj 1 fl I. k qush of suet L andithc Sound of alhodyaUiruj,. "d killed kitnr whispered the dishevel led woman. " Vhc beast . . . .he . ? CAndJeiqk IDering. iceth eventhing befireJum, shavudered the blame.. . What wasiliis reason? RED of IEMPH0M Lady Jermyn Blown Up Before Camera After several weeks of careful prepa ration, during which every precaution was taken to guard against possible ac cident the L4y Jermyn. a three masted sailing' vessel, last week was destroyed by fire and dynamite to pro vide some of the thrills in "Dead Men Tell No Tales," a new Vltagraph special production based on the novel by E. W. Hornung, author of "Raffles" and other stories. It was a costly undertaking, and a somewhat dangerous one, but the entire program went through without a mishap and the results Were eminently satisfactory. Screen Salary Range Is Wide, Christie Says By C. H. Christie r: is Interesting In this day of high sounding talk about moving picture aalaries to figure out the average pay of the people who appear on the screen. With these figures it is interesting to note the average length of service vari ous artists have given to the profession. For comparison we are taking an aver age week In our studio when three two reel Christie comedies and one special six-reel production are under way, separating the players and staff In each. In the feature production one man is getting $1500 a week for the length of picture which will be about six or seven weeks. This player has been on the stage eight years and in pictures one year. In ths same picture the total salary of one director, two assistants, two cameramen, two second cameramen and their twef assistants aggregates $1685, of which ths largest share goes to the director, who has "been behind a camera for 10 years. Ths lump salary of two girls playing leading roles Is $700 weekly also for the length of the pic ture. Both have been starred before. In the picture are four charectsr men whose experience In pictures ranges from two to six years. One gets $226, one $260 and the other two get $200 each, for the length of their engage ment A supporting man who has been a professional for II years gets $400. Four minor characters get from $60 to $100. Extra talent for this particular picture totals about $300 weekly, but this is unusually small, nsarly all of the parts being main characters played by real actora. There's $6&60 in salaries weekly for the feature, Working on ths comedies are three directors, three assistants, six camera men and three assistant cameramen whose lump salary is $1480 weekly. There are 14 people in stock who get from $40 to $250 k week, which aggre gates $2100 a week. The weekly extra talent for these pictures averages be tween $1600 and $2000, out of which some of the peopVe get $$. $7.50 or $10 daily. Of these latter, 60 per cent have been working in pictures at least a Twenty laboratory people, four cut-' tars, three wardrobe ladies, two artists,', one technical man and two draftsmen. two plaster men, IB office employes, II electrical and power plant men, 14 property men, $2 carpenters and mill men, five driver, eight painters and paperhangers make a combined weekly wage of $5100. Of course this does not Include construction, rental, transporta tion, raw stock or other materials. Just an aggregate of about $11,000 a week for salaries, of which as ths figures show, the sums are about equally divided be tween the players and the staff. i ' Slant Expert Hart -Charles Hutchinson, famous Path stunt expert, suffered a badly dislocated arm and ' torn tendons while making a scene at the Brunton studios for his latest adventure serial, "Ths Fortieth Door," adapted from the novel of that title by Mary HastlngSiBradley, Hutch inson was swinging from one balcony to another on a rope when an overhead are lamp broke. A piece of glass struck ths star on ths arm and hs lost his I 111. a,t A S k a n AAS IIUIU, ISSaaVSItlBk, S as v fc VV VaSSW awws e ' Jul JL Ili JLjI -is aSereenVrama sol5at and Gripping that it will hold ipu tense &bnaihkss. LOOSE LIONS' TRAILED BY THREE Chapter 14 Only One More Chapter to Follow NOW; r -NOW -I I MADAME . Ife I PEACOCK I HI The story of a sroat actress played NSr'!?' ill r' f ri 6' I 1(1 by the most finished product of the W r ill Wit Hi American stage or screen Naximova 'Ift O l ;77 - - - ' - - " 1 m mm - i ,-7.. . ,7.7-. . 7 i7 ' '71