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SIX PAGES MUSIC SECTION FIVE T HE THEATRE PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1920. '.-., T -' -' ' """ ' ' ' "' ' ' ' ... . . . A CHRISTMAS JEWEL FROM OREQON JEWEL CARMEN, Portland girl, whose success as a motion picture actress has taken her to. the heights of attention. Miss Carmen, vivacious and pretty, is at the head of her own producing company, although her preparation for that step was founded upon her associa tion with several of the nation's prominent producers. v m i , jx-- .-v--- nuu .r- . .-s .- x!,y.u' m i . (:-. Mil, t ll Oft Committee for Hausers Xmas 'Doings' Named PLANS for Eric V. Hauser's Christmas j eve oarty for theatrical folk have j taken such shape under the personal di rection of the host and Charles B. Her- vey that the actual program is forming j in a manner indicating an unusual and ' thoroughly enjoyable evening, of merri ment and feasting. Mayor George L. Baker has been re quested to head a reception committee for the eveening, and a committee rep resentative of the theatres, both legiti mate and motion picture, the newspapers and the business world has been named by Hauser. The committee includes : George L. Baker, Franklin- T. Griffith, Charles Berg. S. C. Pier, A, B. Campbell, Charles B. Hervey, Walter Jenkins, Cal vin Heilig. W. T. Pangle, F, J. McGet- tiean. L. C. Keating, John A. Johnson, W. W. Ely, Frank Thompson, E. B. Piper, H. Thomas. Leone Cass Baer, John W. Kelly, W. P. Scott, M. Crook- ham.- David W. Ilazen. Miss Frances Whitehead, E. W. Jorgensen, Fred Boalt, H. M. Barr. Donald Sterling, K. C. Brownlee. C. T. Hoge. Fred Lock ley,, L. R. Wheeler, J. C. Stille, A. C. Ral eigh, F. W. Teufel, G. T. Woodlaw, Ralph Win'sor, F. A. Lacey, P. E. Noble, Miss Mary O'Xeil, F. E. Beach and Rob ert Ingersoll. Although there is in preparation an ambitious program, its details are not yet completed. In a general way the plans for entertaining visiting show folk are established. The party, to start as j soon as possible after the Christmas eve i performances in the several theatres, will be held In the grand ballroom at the Multnomah hotel, with the tea rooms' near by reserved totally for the purpose of the party. . Supper an after-the-theatre affair, for which a rather elaborate menu is being arranged will be one of the first fea tures of the entertainment, inasmuch as every performer will have an appetite at the end of the professional day. While supper is served a special or chestra will provide dance music. Following the banquet the guests will be treated to a program not of their own presentation. The program will not call upon the talents or the toiKs tn wnose honor it is given. A life-sized Santa Claus will be much in evidence about huge Christmas tree, and will dis tribute gifts to all guests. The entire Multnomah hotel starr is cooperating to make Hauser's plans suc cessful and to carry out his desjre to "honor those who are devoting their lives to the entertainment of others." Visiting theatrical troups and visiting vaudeville artists; as well as the mem bers of the local stock companies, have been notified that they will be expected at the Hauser party. News Notes From the Rialto "Natives" Prominently Seen By l:arl C, Brownlee rTVHE welding, of the legitimate stage JL and the motion picture industry will come about. If in ho other way, through the mere presence of such men as Harry Davenport, 'who will be in Portland this weeki Davenport, son of the famous E. L. Davenport, is brother to the illus trious Fanny, Blanche, May and Edgar, and is. incidentally, father of Dorothy Beid. wife of the redoubtable Wallace of screen fame. Now for a piece of the family tree : Georgia Drew of the fam ous5 Drew family, married Maurice Bar rymore. Her father. Sydney Drew, mar ried Gladys Rankin of the McKee Rankln familv. Doris, sister of Gladys. 'married Lionel Barrymore, son of Georgie . and Maurice Barrymore, and another sister. Phyllis, married Harry 1 Davenport. The- Drews, Barrymores, 'Kankins, Davenports, and now the Relds, a.re all one big family. i" Manager A. C. Raleigh at the Co lumbia theatre will pay particular atten tion throughout the week to the comfort and convenience of Christmas shoppers, and to that end has set aside the hours between and 5' p. m. for Christmas matinees. Every; convenience of the theatre will be available to the footsore shopper. Including special maid service and the' like, not to mention the full or chestra of Columbia Picture . Players. Thirty-odd musical selections have been combined by 'Director Knowles for the Accompaniment to -"The Scoffer,". .The majority of these -selections will be played only in' part and witlv but .two 'or three minutes (or even less) gln each one. i ' f .. By way of giving Portland girls all the credit that is their Jdue,'1,t must, per force, be mentioned that the Inimitable Rhea Mitchell, one? of. Portland's best known motion picture, stars, Is at the Columbia theatre this week In the role of Alice Porn in Allan Dawn's produc tion , of "The Scoffer. Miss Mitchell, born and reared in Portland1 and Intro duced to professional life by way of the Orpheum circuit, has had a wide and varied, experience on the screen since she left home. She has played opposite such well known stars as "Biir Hart ami is .lust now working under the Mayflower banner, releasing through Associated First National. - - . Blanche La tell. who. will appear dur ing the Christmas holidays at the Hippo drome Ki the big "Overseas Revue" was he principal comedienne in Oscar Ham merstein's "Naughty Marietta." - Pre viously she gained favorable comment whit she was with Billy Van in "The , Errand Boy. ,;: " - ' - ., Another visitor among the exchanges was Robert Bamden Jr. of . the Noble .theat. Marsh field, where he reports the business of entertaining the masses is in an unusualiy healthful condition. - - When the batting average of cities of ZoS.noo persons are counted in relation t . the number of native sons and daugh ters in motion - pictures, Portland - will is tana as xiign as a wild joker in a poker game, 'so to speak. Another "Portland girl" who has a prominent place in screen casts is Viora Daniel, who. as it happens, is appearing in celluloid at the Circle theatre today in "The Four teenth Man." She lived in Portland, as well as in Goldendale, Wash., before she went into the pictures, where she is now on the Paramount-Artcraf t payroll. In "The Fourteenth Man" V iora Daniel appears as Mrs. McDowell. G-. S. Jensen was very happy Wednes day when Mrs. Jensen returned from a California trip, for, although that fact alone was delightful, it gave him oppor tunity to shed the duties of that day and Thursday and give himself over to n'urslng an aggravated cold. Mrs. Jensen has v been south visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Carlton of Long Beach. The son and daughter of the Jensen family are, incidentally, tak ing ambitious parts in the holiday prep arations about the household. . A selection from "Mile. Modiste," by Victor Herbert, will be the concert num- : ber of the Rivoli' theatre orchestra this week. The following program has been arranged for today's noon concert by Di rector Salvatore Santaella: Overture, VII Guarany," , Polish dance; selection, "Naughty Marietta" ; "Scenes Pittor esques," waltz, "L'Estudiantina" ; March Militaire. A special Christmas concert will be offered on the holiday. Lighter and more catchy music Is best suited to motion picture accompaniment. according to F. W. Teufel, manager of the peoples theatre, who, with John Britz, leader, of the orchestra, has planned a new policy for music which they hope w-ill make the Peoples theatre unique from, the-standpoint of musical accompaniment for its films, i iThe last of the' series of music tests conducted during the i last month by Henri Keates, master of the Liberty theatre organ, at the Sunday -noon con certs will be held today. Five dollars again will be given to any one who can name a melody popularized within the last 25 years which Keates cannot play and which can ba proved to have been In existence. . "r f J. G. VonHerberg of the Jensen &. Von Herberg company, who maintains his headquarters at Seattle, spent a couple of. days in Portland, in conference with his partner, C S. Jensen. Ha returned north Wednesday evening with J. Gott1 stein, another member of the Greater Theatres company of Seattle. ' - - v . :. - . i Gus Metzger, head and shoulders of the Rivoli theatre organization, is ex pected back today from Seattle, where he has been spending the week on a business trip., i - , i - . -. f Miss Nell Roland, who keeps the books f the local Pathe exchange, is leaving this week for Cumberland. B. C to spend- the , holiday season with her mother. ' -. - . J, , -'".;', ' ' : 5 : " Howard Gould, 'popular : not jnany years ago with the Baker Stock company here, 13 returning with -a laurel wTeath of fame on his brow ' in 'Three Wise Fools," the Christmas attraction at the Heilig. Gould, still popularly known to scores an Portland, enacts the role of the judge in the coming attraction. ? His name recalls the story of his entry into theatricals, which rewarded him with a princely wage of $2 a Week. His first job was as a call boy in the famous Bos ton Museum. ; But "then, as his press agent points out. that was in the good old days when one dollar was really one dollar. " J. Sig. Davis, late theatrical magnet of Joseph, Or., .and now a plutocratic salesman of "short subjects" . for the Portland Pathe exchange, has trans ferred his family and effects from East ern Oregon to a home on East Twenty seventh , street, where he has started paying the gas bills. Mrs. Davis . and the three kiddies promise to like Port land even better than they did Joseph, where daddy owned the Star theatre. "Listen Lester!" That musical, danc ing comedy is due at the Heilig theatre as the last attraction of the old year and the first of the new, with John Cort, Northwestern impresario, backing the show with -many claims for its entertain ing qualities. "Listen Lester" is booked as a spontaneous extravaganza and brings a number of notable performers. "Surprise stuff that's what, the people want." Such is the meager information furnished by Frank Lacey, manager of the Majestic theatre, about the midnight matinee which his house will hold on New Year's eve. The Majestic midnight show last year was a riot of jazz, danc ing and song. Christmas decorations are already in place at the Majestic '. Clyde Sitze of the Casino theatre. The Dalles, was a visitor on film row during the week. v . ( Guarded Secret of Marriage Shattered By Fellow-workers Thursday was a gay day for the staff at the local Pathe exchange alK except Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hudson, who found themselves suddenly in the midst of the ruins of the- secret they had so very, very carefully guarded for nearly a month. Formed around Manager Melvin G. Winstock's desk, the staff called for the Hudsons Thursday afternoon. They were presented with the office token, an electric grill, as the office tribute to a shattered secret. On November 17, having erected every possible barricade to guard the action, Miss Othalia Anderson, cashier of the Pathe branch, and E. O. Hudson, branch booker, were quietly married by" the Rev. W. T. McElveen of the First Con gregational church at the ministerial apartment in Alexandria court. Next morning both, were back at their desks, with no bne the wiser except Miss Nell Ronald, bookkeeper, who acted as brides maid. Dan Stewart served the groom and Miss Ruth Anderson, the bride's sister, was present. - However, Miss Ronald kept mum and the secret waited for discovery by Winstock. He even learned the detail about the wedding dinner downtown after the 7 o'clock wedding. Mrs. Hudson came to Portland from Minneapolis last spring and has been residing at the Joan of Arc. Her brand new husband lived at '373 East Forty fourth street, where the young people have established their home. Iiolsx Weber Recovered . After a long retirement due to a seri ous accident, the noted woman director, Lois Weber, is again active and has just completed a feature entitled 'To Please One Woman," written by herself. VAUDEVILLE ORPHECXf Brodwy at Tytar. Mirtin Back udeTills, featuring Emily Wellmta and Owen McGhwy. 2:80 and 8:20. PAN TAG ES Broadway at Alder. High class : Tanaemia ana pnotoplay (eature. Afternoon and evening. Program changes Monday after noon. LOEWS HIPPODROME Broadway at Tara : hill Direction Ackennan V Harris. Vaode- ville. Afternoon and night. 4 STOCK BAKER Morrison at Eleventh. Biker Stock comptny, in "A Young Cirl's Romance." Matinee Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 2:30: evenings, s-.zu. LTRIC Broadway and Morrison. Lyric Musical iravesty company, in Toe . jpipe Dream. Matinee daily, 2:20: evenings, 8:20. , PHOTOPLATS COLUMBIA Sixth at Stark. "The Scoffer." 11 t. n. to 11 p. n. LIBERTY Broadway at Stark. Katberine Mc Donald in Curtain." 11 a. SB. to II p. m. HI VOI. I Washington at Park. H. B. Warner, in "The Double Standard." . 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. MAJESTIC Washington at Park. "Nnmber. Please." and "Honest Hutch." 11 a. m. to - 1 I . SB. . - -' PEOPLES Weit Park at Alder. Shirley Hi : son in '"Tbs Little Wanderer. H a. m. to 1 1 p. m. ' ?TAR -r- Washington at Park. "The Lone Hand." 11a. m. to IV r. m. ' CIRCLB-rOTth near Washington. "The Four teenth Mi." 9 a. m. u 4 o'clock the next morning. . wm mmm mm I . . . ........ .. - . . , , . , : . j. ur --'t?i - i : iW.. f U&&mk m-t: J I urns t- a iscv v i i I E rv-V.'v VaSs-ssmsr I A V I I iMtt - I 4 II I YCiS JT - - -WiJ XUZL A I I li a ivraCT ni7uiTruirvir.ATMn A! 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Harry( Carey's last screen appearance in Portland, at least in a first run house, was in "Sundown, Slim," at the Star and the new bookings of Carey films have been ordered for the Star by Jensen & Von Herberg.. David Brill, local Univer sal exchange manager, closed the book ing with C. S. Jensen last week. Jane Novak Signed For Important Me In Neilan Picture Jane Novak, whose exceptional char acterization in "The Golden Trail." pro duced by the American Lifeograph com pany in -Portland, brought her. to star dom, has just signed with Marshall Neilan to appear in the leading feminine role of his newest production, "Not a Drum Was Heard." In the new photoplay Miss Novak will play opposite James Kirkwood, recently engaged by Neilan to appear in a num ber of big productions. Her part will be that of a Western girl with Montana and Arizona as the locale of the plot. Woodburn Talks Bine Ijiw Woodbum, Dec. 18. An effort is being made to close the Sunday movies, here and the movement may result in a' spe cial election to close all business houses on that day. This will be decided at the next regular meeting of the council. SHE WAS BORN OF THE STAGE IT WAS HER LIFE WITH IT CAME SUCCESS AND AN OF FER OF MARRIAGE TO A MAN OF MANY LOVES A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS Atmospheric Setting Depicting in a Wealth i. Of Music and Color, the Spirit of the Yule-tide season- v Charles Murray Ford Sterljng Louise Fazenda "HIS YOUTHFUL FANCY" Mack Sennett's ' Newest Gloom Dispeller KEATES CONCERT AND MUSIC TEST ON OUR $50,000 WURUTZER ORGAN Selections from "Aid" ''. . V . ........ . .... Verdi (A) A Dream .Bartlett (B) Loves Old Sweet Song Molloy THE LIBERTY PRESENTS AN ATMOSPHERIC SETTING ! "THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" A Wealth of Color and Music Combined Arr. by NobleKates KEATES' MUSIC TEST (BY REQUEST) j Keates will play any number popnVartzed dvrlnr the past twenty, five year and In the event of fell not being able to nlay the namber requested FIVE DOLLARS will be trivea tne party reqnestiar the nam ber providing they slag the Chora. . The Time, the Place and the Girl.'. . . . . ... . . . . . Jot. Howard PROMPTLY AT 12:30 TODAY , 3BJ'SBBpam " asBBsBaBBBnBa' f t ,w ' J it ! II