The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 16, 1921, Image 43

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Newspaper Page Text- - ' - ' ' - . ' - - - , SECTION FIVE THE THEATRE SIX PAGES MUSIC f PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1921. LOIS AND ANOTHER DQLL LOIS WILSON, who has eyes of hazel hue and hair of brown, as well as a hankering for the life of Birmingham, Ala., would have been a school ma'am if she hadn't been so ex traordinarily pretty that she was drafted, ! not many years ago, into the movies. '; . ' , ' j ' A, - 1 ' - ' ' . i ' " V, 10 Million Is Cost To State Of 1920'suri i t ? !' : V : Broadway's Harvest of News . n t n st; K K ? n it t KSf Affairs of the Show Folk Bruce of Peoples Accepts Big Show Job at Salt Lake rpEN' MIIXIOXS of dollars, speaking X approximately, were spent by the' people of Oregon In their search for en tertainment in 1920. Estimated on that basis, Portland pleasure seekers, paid close to $5,000,000 to satisfy their desire for entertainment in the same period. : Which means, in very carefully pre pared figures submitted by Milton A. Miller, collector of internal revenue for the district of Oregon, that the United States government collected in the state in 1920 Just exactly OO0,987.4$ in amusement taxes. Collector Miller's statement covers the tax receipts of the year on amusement enterprises within the state, including leeitimat. vaudeviKe. and motion picture shows chiefly, but also dances nnrtjM amusement parks. "Yet," exclaims the good roads en thusiast, "we protest at paying the cost of a few ecore miles of paved road at an approximately equal cost." : The federal government levies a tax of 10 per cent of the price of admission on every titfket sold to places of amuse ment. The sum total of that tax is the million dollars, plus, that Collector Miller has reported to "Washington as the contribution of Oregon pleasure seekers to the support Of the national government. The report compiled by the collector shows that, on an average, Oregon peo pie spent J834.li6.20 to provide them selves with the laughs and the tears that are available in the many show shops of the city and state. The aver age tax collection : for each month of 1920, Miller's statement reveals, was $83,415.62. " The best month from the showman's standpoint, as attested by the amuse ment tax record for the year, was No vember, when the total tax amounted to $107,285.98, indicating, roughly, the ex penditure in the state of about $1,700,000 for. amusements. By the same token the month of lightest business in the amusement world is shown to have been September, when the total revenue from amusement taxes was $58,378.54, which means, approxi mately that $580,000 was spent for en tertainment Oddly enough, the month of the poorest business is right next" door to August when the year's record for expenditures was nearly reached. Taxes for August, the last month of the real summer season, totaled $105, 773.23. While November showed the year's record attendance at places of amuse ment. December and the holidays brought their slump as reflected in the report of $74,041.84 In taxes collected. The detailed statement of amusement taxes collected for each month of. the year and from which can roughly be estimated the tojal amount spent by amusement seekers in the state,' is as follows : $ 91,515.37 66C36.22 S0.J18.5& 77,424.14 That he might accept the management of the Klnema theatre, one of the larg est screen houses in Salt Lake City, A. A. Bruce, recently manager of the Peo-! plea theatre, last week resigned from the Jensen & Von Herberg organization after eight years of service. j Bruce, who came here from Seattle Jane 14 last to take charge of the Po pies theatre, left Portland Friday for Salt Lake. Early next month Mrs. Bruce and "Bobby" go to Salt Lake. The Klnema Is Salt Lake City's new est and perhaps best picture show, and Brace's new position, therefore, is one of importance in , the show business. He goes to Salt Lake after spending a year with J. ft Von H. at Tacoma, two years at Butte and eight years at Seattle. He has been In the show business 15 years. Showmen To Fight Blue Law s Advance TVTHILE the Motion Picture league of VV Oregon forms Its forces for any needed fight against the promulgation of Sunday blue laws in Oregon, plans are under way to deliver over two or more of the larger downtown theatres and several ef the suburban theatres to the purposes of the European Relief campaign. s Which merely illustrates the: versatil ity of the organisation as revealed at Its regular meeting Thursday afternoon. At the session, W. PT Strandborg was the principle speaker and blue laws and European relief were the Bole topics, i Strandborg's address was an inspira tion to the league to arm itself against possible local attempts to pat over Sun day closing laws that would put crepe on the show shops? ' doors every Sunday. The speaker called attention to the many manners and many means : "reformers' will seek to adopt In spreading, their blue law campaign, and declared that the "reform element has bown no dis position to "bat 100 per cent.", ' . , . They will be satisfied." he said, "if as a result of their first campaign, they can close . Sunday - amusements. The show houses are their greatest target. With" shows. . ball -games' and the like not permitted on Sunday, the, rest of the conquest .will be easy, the "reformers' assume. , While the league declared itself as not recognizing the presence of . any movement locally to advance . the blue law activity, especially after local min isters have declined to be a party . to such activity. It prepared to arm itself to fight any efforts that may be made. Paul Noble, chairman .of the meet ing, started discussion on behalf of the European relief campaign when he read a letter addressed to the league. The result of the talk was that W. A. Groper. state chairman of the relief work, and himself a show man, was authorised to appoint a, committee" "of aides and to stage, with the-cooperation of the league and Individual .- managers, a series of morning matinees for children on Satur day, January 28, not only in downtown houses, but in suburban theatres. All proceeds, witnout tne aeaucuon or taxes, will' be 'delivered fund. Portland film exchanges will do nate films as requested for such mat inees.. . - :; Ealeigh Tells of Origin of Famous McCutcheon Story to the relief of "Brewster's McCutcheon's The advent tn celluloid Millions. George Barr famously entertaining tale, revives mem ories for A. C Ualeigh. manager of the Columbia theatre, of tbe days of his close friendship with George 'McCutcheon and his brother, Ben, and Inspires a story. "Ben McCutcheon was commercial ed itor, of ; the Chicago Tribune when George wrote 1) "Brewster's Millions,'! Raleigh, who was formerly a neWspaper artist and cartoonist, recalls. "At dinner with friends one evening, George mentioned the fact that he was seeking an idea for another story.. . ' .' "His brother, Ben. also the author of several books, grasped the moment to outline the yarn that sooa thereafter be came 'Brewster's Millions.' r and earned fortunes for George." Thankful for the Up his brother gave htm,: George award ed 5 per cent of his royalties to Ben. and I presume they're both collecting yet." On the occasion of George McCutch eon's recent visit to Portland, Raleigh was confined at home by a brief Illness and McCutcheon's efforts to find him were unavailing a fact that a few weeks later brought the theatre man a plain reminder from Chicago to "keep his pins under him when his friends called." By Earl 'c. Browalee SUDDENLYovercome at Baker Tues day night, John Sumner, remembered here as a former member of the Baker Stock company, was removed to ;Good Samaritan hospital for treatment upon arrival in Portland with "The Bird of Paradise," which closed the week at the Heilig. As "Hewahpwa, the priest whose chief province is to utter the hateful "prayer of death." Sumner has played for. three successful seasons. Pending Sumner's recovery the rote was presented by Frank Cooley. who, as the company's emergency ec tor, to fill in. . ready Jean Stanley, the Portland girt' who was one of the victims of the Thanks giving morning vice gang orgies n San Francisco, has been asked to appear in motion pictures. Friends here have re ceived word of the screen contract of fered the unfortunate 1rl by la Los Angeles film concern whose representa tives sought her . out while she was till shielded as a witness mgaiiist the say City gangsters. Leon Errol can look, back on his Port land days days -when he pleased patrons of the Lyric theatre and smile. As the co-star of "Sally, New j York's Astounding musical success, he is re puted to be dragging In $1750 for each -week of his work. .Marilynn Miller is playing opposite Errol and, on a propo sition of a percentage of the gross, is said to be not only the highest paid but the youngest star on Broadway. . - ,t Fire overwhelmed the trunks of road show No. At! of the Ackerman-Harris-Loew circuit while the troupe was mak ing the jump between Los Angeles and San Diego recently.". The show, featur ing Slnclaire and Grey and ."The District School," played the Hippodrome: theatre here a few, weeks ago. " Sam Harris wired his condolences -and agreed that all claims would be adjusted while the full salaries of the acts, would continue. A group of compositions by j Oregon eemposers will be the Outstanding and unusual feature of Cecil Teague's Sun day organ concert at the "Majestic thea tre at 1 :30 o'clock. Among the numbers selected are "Come Back and Drive the Clouds Away," by Catherine Bernard: "Egyptian Impression," by Bainbridge Crist, and "Song of My Dreams. by Virginia , Nash. Other concert numbers Include Meyerbeer's' "Coronation March." Howard Gale, traveling ahead of "Nightie Night," due at the Helllg this , week, spent more than the j allotted length of time In Portland praising the coming attraction and visiting with rela tives here: Hale, who has many times been in Portland heralding shows, is a brother-in-law to Douglas Tate and C H. Coburn. r . - . . j Miss Lovella McManus has been added to the staff of the Portland Paths ex change, ' - j - . -.- -:--"-r b Kext time Ralph Winsor lays' a wager .he'll be sure the other fellow hasn't a sure thing up his sleeve. Winsor paid heavily for his latest experience, having bet Manager ; "Bill" Ely at the Hippo drome and Sam Meyer of the Hip staff when Meyer had a "sure thing." Winsor paid for a trio of costly dinners Wed nesday night as a result. Incidentally Winsor. manager of the Star theatre, is to spend a few days of this week at Ta coma wth his mother, who Is ill. J?. W. Teufel, manager of the Peoples theatre, is designing a new front for the house, v He plans to "spring ( it" next Saturday and until that .time will give out-no information as to, Its nature. The Peoples lobby 'has always presented a- curious problem to theatre managers as the house is located between -Washington street, one of the principal traf fic: arteries, and a section of Alder street which is unusually quiet. Selections from "Faust" which will include such melodies as the "Jewel Song." the "Soldiers' Chorus." the "Sere nade of Mephistopheles and bits from the prison scene will be featured in the weekly concert to be given this noon'at 12 :S0 o'clock at the Liberty theatre. Henri Keates, master organist, will,, also Include in his program, "Before' the Mast," a nautical medley march. Matthew Aparton has Included the name of M. L. Goodwin in the organiza tion of the General Repair & Supply Co., and has filed articles of incorporation, showing capitalization at $20,000. Maybe the move was inspired by the fact that Partridge & Morrison of the Gem theatre at Tillamook last week resorted to the telephone to order an expensive pro jection machine from the company. j E. Marsden. who owns the Tivoli theatre on Williams avenue, went into the game a bit deeper during the week when he bought the Nob Hill theatre at Twenty-third and Kearney streets. An other of the week's deals was the pur chase of the Powell Valley theatre by C H. Bender, who recently : disposed of his Interest in the Rex at Tillamook. Bender takes over the new house today. ' . ; i - When A. C. Raleigh, A. N. Seellg ane, half a dozen others refuse an invitation to ride home in an automobile near the midnight hour ; after a Ions session of "previewing" motion picture films. It's a sign of something. Fact is, it's a sign C S. Jensen Is abroad i with hls Ford. Last time ha was out after dark every friend declined a "lift." i - - ; I ! . i No ben hop in the wide World has ever had more glory , than ushers of the .Peo ples theatre are now possessing. New uniforms which Include smart little caps "a la bell hop" are the cause. Ushers of the Star theatre will next week-j ap pear in new costumes, it Is announced. Among the j visiting exhibitors from out state who were on film row last week were O. M. Whltington of Bend, Mrs. Lyman Ward of Goldendale, Wash., and Harry Humphries of Stay ton. Or. "Bring -your old bottles, that piece of January .... February . . . March ...... April Slay June July August ' September . . October . . . ; . November ... December . . . Total 74.36.33 -92.294.43 . 89.26S.83 105,773.25 58.378.54 104.106.98 107.265.98 .74.041.84 .t$1.000,987.46 piping which has been lying' In the woodshed for so many "months or sour own musical instrument no matter what its kind to the Liberty theatre Sunday noon and a good time will be assured to 'all present.' This is the invitation Paul E. Noble, manager of the Liberty, has been extending to patrons. The oc casion is a new test which will be given Henri Keates, master organist at the concert scheduled for 12 :30 o'clock, L. A. Samuelson. Inspector-booker of the western district of the Pathe ex changes, was in the city late in' the week from Seattle headquarters and conferred with the local staff. Oscar -Helwig. auditing cashier of the district, also dropped in to give his periodic once over to the books of the local office, j "Happy Jack" Walker, who has been attached to the Columbia " theatre the past many months, has resig.ed that position and is now engaged in an out-of-door advertising proposition on his own hook. . ; - Estacada Legion tQ Show War Pictures Estacada, Or., Jan.. ls. Carl Douglas post, American Legion, has secured a set of war pictures to be shown at the Family theatre In Estacada Tuesday afternoon and evening. These films con tain selected clippings of 1.000.000 feet of pictures taken by the United States signal service.' O. X. G. Lyceum Number Ashland, Jan. . 15. First company, Oregon National Guard, presented the third number in Its winter lyceum course at the armory Monday evening. These concerts are given to swell the coffers of the guard fund for additional comforts for the members in the reading and rec reation rooms. . TrAI!llKVTTJBI ORPHFTTM Broadway at Taylor. llartta Beea raudcTille, featuring the D Woif Girls and :oniin and nius. - 2:30 and 8:1. PANTACES Broadway at Aider. JHieh da vandenll and thoUxWr feattuwa. - Afternoon sad evening. , Program chancea Monday afternoon. LOEWS HIPPODROME Broadway at Tam- nui. xji recti on Aekcrman m Bama Taode Tille, Afternoon and nicht. s STOCK BAKER Morrison at Eler-nth. Bakwr St company, is "Keep It to Tow-sett." Matinew Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday, 2:80; ere- LYRIC Broadway and Morrison. Lyric stasia TraTwty company, in "The Isle of Ko-Ka." MMinee daily. 2:20; erenincs, 8:20. PHOTOPLAYS COLCTIBIA Sixth at Stark. "Heliotrope Har ry." 11 a. m. to 11 o. m LIBERTY Broadway at SUrk, "Bin" Hart, la i ae xe&cms uiocc. RTVOJJ Waohinston at Park. Juxtine John- atone, in "Black Birds." 11 a. m. to 1 1 p. ra. MAJESTIC Washinctoa at Park. "Dead Ken Ten o Tales." 11 a. ra. to 11 p. ta. PEOPLES Wrt park and Alder. "Haff a Chance." 11 a. m. to 11 p. tn. ; STAR Washincton at Park. Louise Huff, in "What Womm Want" 11a . .lt CIRCLE- Fourth near Washinirton. DoroUiy : nuijiYB viTwe u z,iery woman. 9 a. ta. to 4 V clock the next morning. . HERE'S A GOLDEN ROMANCE OF THE DAYS Ob "NELLIE GRAY" LAID ON THE VAST SIERRA SLOPES AMONG THE GIANT REDWOODS. MADE of the BIGGEST,TENDEREST THLNGSinHUMAN LIFE KEATES. MUSIC TEST On Our Mighty Voiced $50,000 Organ CONCERT "Before the iMast," Nautical Medley March. .L. Laurendeau Selections from ."FAUST" 1 . .Gounod Prolofue The Liberty presents a Western Atmos pheric Setting, featuring the Manhattan Trio, Cameron,' Geddel and Roxie, Waldorf. Music test demonstrating Keates perfect pitch. Bring in your old bottles, pieces of pipe, or any form of musical instrument, or anything that will produce a tone, and we will show you something you haven't seen before in Portland. Favorite Melodies ....... ..Arranged by Henri A. Keates TODAY AT 12:30 A An Elaborate Western 5 JjwS Ata.pHeric Settin, J: WEEK . .' . MACK SENNETT mnm . V V' 2 iT4 A.XXVX: O. - COMEDY TT "S C-v r 1' 1 1 : Hf A ID) T - 4 Liberty World J I -! 1 Events in Motion J J Vl f ' l XL v J ( ."-' :