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THE I OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1021.
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Faversham Founded
pictures whether- he makes good la an
other matter. What really took the ef
fort on my part was to decide whether
or not I really believed In and wanted to
appear In, pictures.
"At first l was among : those who
scoffed at pictures. I wouldn't recog
nize any art or see any future In this
line. To me the screen simply ? didn't
exist Finally, i however, I signed up for
& production that didn't entirely satisfy
me, then I bought a story, hired a di
rector, selected a cast and thought I
would produce on my own responsibility.
way to produce and there was too much
detail on my shoulders besides the met
ing, r: r vV!,';vt1.i:;'
"So X put the production and distribu
tion end of my work; In the hands of a
company who knew how to handle It
and have since -devoted my time Only to
the interpretation of the characters I
represent, and of course, the type of
play I want. It's a satisfactory plan
and I'm much won over to the screen.
And, I expect for the rest of my career,
to have a judicious mixture of legitimate
stage and mptlon pictures on my the
atrical bill of fare." , , s ; . .
"BilH Hart Boy
Story Based on
His Own Youth
WILLIAM , &. HART, long known as
a Superman of the screen. Is win
ning additional fame by his recently
published "Injun and Wbltey" a book
for boys which reflects admirably the
characteristics of its author. ; -."When
I was a boy on the frontier,"
Hart wrote In connection with the book,
"I lived" the life of every pioneer boy.
White 'settlers were few. My chum and
playmate was a Sioux Indian boy. To
gether we grew ; up playing the red
blooded ' outdoor games of the i great
West. I learned to ride horseback, and
to hunt, track and trap with all the
sagacity of nature's people. There were
very few schoolhouses or teachers on
the frontier in those days. -
- "My father didn't want me to grow up
untutored Ja the learning and ways of
civilization. He had been an Oxford
college etudent in England. My father
naturally didn't have much i time , to
teach me, because I . had brothers and
sisters and his own pioneer work re
quired the utmost perseverance energy
and time. Therefore he encouraged me
to read books, because there Is almost as
much knowledge . tot be found in . good
books as In nature itself..
"Despite my love for the outdoors and
it seems to me now as I look back on
those happy days that I did nothing but
ride my pony, hunt' and fish, or compete
In Indian games Z somehow managed
to find time to read every book I could
University Classes :
Help (With Operetta;
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' University"-;of Oregon. v Kugene. Jan.
82. The aft i 'classes of the university
have charge of the work of designing
costumes for the operetta, 'KlnB of the
Castles," which was written by Anna
Landsbury Beck of the university music
department, and Is to be staged by the
students 'of the univernily hish school.
The costumes will be worked out under
the direction of Mbm ttbodes and Miss
jacKson iaKes
Big Vitagraph:
His Picture Debut
On.Stage Success
: "I had served such a long apprentice
ship on the legitimate -stage that I
naturally didn't have any uphill Job to
get into motion pictures," says William
Faversham, the noted actor, in telling
of his filmland debut. "Any actor of
Job in Seattle
VEOROB.E. JACKSON, for the hurt
V7 year manager of the Portland sub-
branch of the Vitagrapt company's film
exchange; v. left Portland Friday night
for Seattle, where he has been Installed
as Northwest manager, vested with
standing has opportunities to get into.1
However, this proved to be an expensive
get my hands on.
Avaklan, instructors.
authority for his company In Oreron,
Washington Idaho, nd t large part of
m
Jackson, who has made a splendid rec
ord in the sutj&branch here, relieves I
MJ Cobbs, who resigned the Seattle of
fice last night. The local sub-branch
had received orders to continue Jnj aerv
.lee here a city representative fdr "the
company. The transfer: to Seattle and
the promotion it carries was a djstlnct
surprise and a cause of regret t rum
row and exhibitors.' r i
lie came here five years ago as; man
aser of the Mutual Exchange and served
that company until. he' entered the army
Vpon his release from wartime duties he,
attached himself to the Seattle branch
of iVltagrapli until he was sent to Portt
land a year ago to open the sub-branch.
Before coming to Portland Jackson had
been in exchange work In Minneapolis
and Chicago. . .
The local exchange la as "dark as It
can be until the company's lease, on' its
local property expires in May.- For the
present Joftti Rugar wilt remain here in
charge of local affairs, but after May 1
the territory will be assigned to a local
representative, - I
Jackson declares that he will be hack
in Portland as soon as possible, and to
prove his point Is not removing his fam
ily to the Sound. He holds a brief for
Portland as the logical film distributing
center of ther North west, y and has hopes
jhat his company will see the logic of
that view. Indications that Vltagraph's
local office wilt not long remain closed
ere contained In the order from New
."Vork to store, office equipment, rather
........ .
offices. ' - . . .
The Motion ricture League of Oregon
gave Jackson a fine send-off Thursday
when he submitted his resignation as
treasurer of that organisation.
London Finds Its -Theatres
Dull to
Uninspired Degree
London. Jan. 22. (U. P;) Democracy,
as seen by theatre-goers. Is a very drab
affair. : ; 1
Nowhere in England can the extraor
dinary changes that have taken place in
the social customs be, better seen than
in the theatres. .
- Hows of stalls present an uninspiring
.dullness. Gone are the beautiful coif
fures and tiaras of bygone, drfys,. when
theatre-going was something of a ritual.
". Victorian mothers 'wentl to the; theatre
not only to see the show, but to see the
latest fashions and to show off their
own fine feathers. After the performance
the vestibule was crowded .with leisured
patricians, . beautifully gowned, : coif fed
and Jeweled, chatting languorously with
well-groomed men while they awaited
the advent of ttieir cars or carriages.
1 Today, audiences are entirely nonde
script Half the "best-people" are to be
found up in the gallery or "the gods,"
as the cheapest seats are called here
while the pit probably shelters the other
half. ,In fact, -it would be difficult to
say which1 are the seats of the mighty,
or the smart set, in these days of uni
form drabness. Certainly those who sit
in the stalls and boxes are the gilded
.few.. -, . ..---.;.':.
After the theatre, one Or two parties
of 'friends might be seen waiting for
' their automobile to take them home. , A
larger proportion will struggle not al
ways successfully to hail a taxi, but
the great and , grand majority take to
their , feet, ,and mingle with the surg
ing throngs that are rushing toward
the nearest subway. "
. ' It Is at the entrances to the West End
stations of the subways that you can
bent gather an idea of the number of
folks who have been on pleasure bent.
These are stormed by iyast lines, who
laugh and talk merrily while they wait
fheir turn.
Sunday School Boys
To Offer Minstrels
Kelso, Wash, Jan. S,t. The True Blue
boys oMhe Presbyterian Sunday school
are rehearsing fon the minstrel show to
be staged at the' city auditorium Friday
evening, February 25. This minstrels will
be bigger and better than that given by
the same organization last, year, which
made a big hit. About 30 boys will par
ticipate. R. A. Walmsley, . Miss Eloins
I.eighton of the high school faculty and
Mrs. Mattie "Thornton are directing the
production. . r , 4 :
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