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SECTION FIVE THE THEATRE SIX PAGES MUSIC t PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 13. 1921. Subjects of- Broadway Talk Short Stories of the Shows , By Earl C. Brownlee ,-. ' ; THREE dozen carnations cost a good day's wages, and somebody appreci ates tbm even more than that. .For sev eral weeks Ralph- Wlneor. manager of the Star theatre, has been buying three dozen, blooms for lobby decoration. The flowers were placed In vases Monday evenings in each caw and by Tuesday ' afternoon, vanishing s one by , one.- the whole, bunch had disappeared. - Neither ushers nor janitors had seen j a single flower taken, but they were gone every lime. The facts form a pet mystery for house employes. v 1 ' i ,vv, , "Passion, the big film that was to have Introduced Pola Negri to Portland audiences, will not be shown- for the present, according to a decision of those , M ho had booked it for exhibition at- the Columbia theater. Fact is, it is reported. the nine-reel version: had been received here and a - 1 O-reel " version Ii extant. Not content without having viewed both editions, and having: other pictures "on hand that. must be shown, "Passion" was postponed. The booking has by no means been cancelled and one version or the other will be shown within a very short time. ' , , C S. Jensen appeared on Broadway last week in a glistening new coupe that aet htm back, his friends declare; several thousands of dollars. Right away Paul Noble, whose brilliant touring car Is a decoration in front of the Liberty thea ter, bad to control his desire to put a bomb of envy tinder the- chiefs new buggy., But when It was explained that the coupe Is a present to Mrs. Jensen the fever subsided. ; . Annette Kellerman, diving Venus who was in Portland a few weeks ago, will step out of vaudeville for a season, ac cording to plans she has announced at San Francisco, and will go to Australia with her own troupe of entertainers, leaving America about May 2. Annette has contracted with a number of her fellow-artists on the vaudeville bill that brought her to Portland and in ner troupe will be included Vokes and Don. the latter being a: dog, and Stuart Barnes. C. F. Hill, owner and manager of the .motion picture theaters at Albany and 'in other Western Oregon towns, culmin ated a business and pleasure visit in Portland last week by taking member ship In the Motion Picture league of Oregon. Ralph Winsor is credited with -Inning the new member to the associa tion of film men. For the sixth time in as many years the Baker Stock company-will present "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Jn the near future, and for the event claims a record in having played the popular John Fox. drama more times than, any other stock company. Possibility of the early erection in r yfV . it: V A f) - - ; , - . . - Portland of a new motion picture thea ter, sponsored by' the Universal Film company, came to be a live issue -along film row with news sof the purchase of the Clemmer theater at Seattle by the Universal people. David Brill, local Uni versal manager, brought no ""new? word from his recent trip to Seattle and is un able or" unwilling to shed any new llght upon-vthe proposals his company is 'said to entertain. , The Universal company's theatrical manager is in Seattle in con nection with-the purchase there and. it is said, may come' to Portland to look Into the local situation. - i '- - -. ;v.'" V , y . If there is an ', Oshkosb in Nebraska, that's where the airplane ; is that was carrying a special edition of the Pathe rei weekly to Portland. At Cheyenne three planes picked up as many prints of. the weekly's views of the presidential Inauguration, , which had -r been dis patched t from Washington.- The ' other two- planes, one bound for : San ;Kran-i Cisco and the other- for Los Angeles, made the grade on time, but the Portland-bound ship encountered trouble and came down at Oshkosh, Fred Nor mand, manager of the local Pathe has learned..: i ' -....-! : ' . . ,;.'- " : -"' :- The ordinance s proposed for the local censorship of motion pictures, which drew , a large attendance of censorship advocates ' to the , city council a week of so ago. and won the interest of al most as many persons interested in the film industry,- will have Its final bear ing before the council at 10 O'clock Fri day: morning. The censorship propon ents, who would i add considerably. to existing ordinances, had their hearing at the first session., and., action- was delayed while . the film . men prepared their case, In the meantime 'the tem porary board U proceeding with Its or ganisation plans. ,.., , ,. j - --. . .' . 1 1 The Rivoli orchestra has been en larged Jri order to render the overture from the opera f'Tanohausr-byi; Wag ner, at the concert today at 12 :30 o'clock. Besides this difficult number the pro gram will do of unusual interest ac cording to the i promises of Sal va tore Santaella. .. ! .. ; i -u , -, Cecil Teague. organist at the Majestic theater, has arranged the. following pro gram for his Sunday afternoon concert : "All America," -Berceuse" from "Joce lyn ; "Honey Dew," selection ; Offen bach's "Orpheus." - -T. E. Nolan, associated in the affairs of the Empress-and Orand theatres at The Dalles, was visiting among , film exchange men last week. Suburban motion picture exhibitors Friday , afternoon met with .Herman Wobber. western district manager - for Famous Players-Lasky products, and C. M. H1IU manager of the local branch of the company. The two officials returned Friday from a trip into the northern ter- . ' " .. .. -tw WALLY REID HERE HALTS i LOVE FEST GREETS SHOWMEN - Wallace Reid, handsome idol of mat inee film ana. alighted in Portland un expectedly "after hours" Thursday night and passed the- time of day' with - show men. , Incidentally he Interrupted ; a pretty little love fest betweajt a Joint committee of -suburban and down-town exhibitors, gathered to " debate crave problems of tbe industry. ; ;K Reid had time enough to pause only tx-tween trains, but that permitted him to renew acquaintance with ' a number of friends along Broadway, and meet some new 'aces. - He was en route to Vancouver, B. C, where he will "ap pear in person," to be idolized by .the Canadian matinee patrons In connection with the opening of a big film theatre under the auspices of the Paramount producers." . " : - ,- ..' The' screen star used to write copy for.., an automobile , trade paper, and thus establishes an Indirect claim to kinship with the news writers' frater nity. He Jumped from magazine work to vaudeville, and ! from that to ' the movies, where he haa won wide re nown. . - '. 1 i ritory. The suburbanites asked Wobber for a statement in the matter of exclu sive bookings of Paramount features to Portland's first run theatres.' They had been advised that plans for such book ings had been approved in New '.York, although this Information was later de nied both by Wobber and Hill, the for mer wiring from his San Francisco head quarters that Paramount rules would not permit exclusive bookings here or any where. Contracts for exclusive showings of certain features produced by the com pany were reported signed for the local theatres of Jensen A Von Herberg. - Henri Keates will feature an arrange ment of his own in connection with the Sunday organ concert at th Liberty theatre, and has given It the title A Few Tricks of the Trade." An oppor tunity will be offered singers - in the audience to display their talents. Con cert numbers include "Lorraine," Evensong" and the , waits brilliants, "Wild Rose." Special musical treats will be presented by Mildred Chapman Mc Donald, violinist, and Nina Xressel, con tralto, the . "harmonists de luxe. who have been engaged by 3Saoager Paul E. Noble for an engagement of several weeks. ... ' . - About May 1 the completely renovated and much - beautified Noble theatre at JUarshfield will be opened, according to word on film . row from. Marsden' & Noble. They are ' spending HO.000, in improvements,,, which will include- a $20,000 organ, it is said. Interior and exterior will be almost ; completely changed and redecorated. The usual Noble shows are being offered for the present at the Orpheum theatre, which in controlled by the. same -men-. 'Hwmm f 13 1 "BEE" THE HONEY GIRL BEATRICE MONSON you would never think her a come - dy star to see her as she is here carries her five feet five inches of height with dainty grace and after a very brief career in pictures she has won 'Bee' WUU UMl 1UUUUUUG WUUC the state emblem is a beehive. as "the honey girl." V L A. J. , 1 ; - v , t t , r- fc 1 CONCERT ON OUR MIGHTY VOICED WURLITZER ORGAN '7 -" ' . ... ;""" '-. 7 - " - - - - . -. . : 'i . " .- . c - . , -. . . -. . ' Keates' Sunday Concert March Lorraine . LOUIS GANNE Evensong .E. MARTIN Vals BriUiant6Wnd Roses':.:. M. JOHNSON The Liberty's Harmonists De - ; . Luxe--- ,: " " - Tricks of the Trade . ARR. KEATES i . An Organ Novelette. ITODAY at 12:30: wide attention for her work. UUUtg VTU w U W tau, TTUblb Thus she soon came to be known J J THE WONDER-PLAY OF A LOVE THAT GIRDLES THE EARTH. IT WILL OPEN THE FLOOD GATES OF YOUR TEARS AND DAM THEM UP WITH JOY AND V LAUGHTER! NOTE: MARIE PLAYING THIS ENTIRE WEEK Oregon Shore Sees Noted Sailer Sink For Film Thriller -The historic old sailing vessel "Sturdy haa been sunk In the Pa cific, a martyr to the film cause. The essel that has seen service for half a century, plying between Pacl-i fie coast porta, was sunk far off the Oregon shore for one of the spec tacular scenes for the : film produc tion of "Uncharted Seas," In 'which Alice Lake stars. This story, written by John Flem ing Wilson, formerly of Portland and at one time well known here as a newspaper man, describe a terrific fight of members of the crew of a ship engaged in an Arctic exploration expedition. - It was necessary to find a crew of men who were jnot afraid to board ' a -vessel that was to be sunk, and were hardy enough' to swim the Pacific at a point where it was clogged with ice. The ."Sturdy sailed to the - point on the Oregon coast where the scene was to be taken, and the fight was staged with such realism that several of the battered sailors required the plunge Into the icy water to revive them. The vessel broke in the middle. . ', vEtrederlck Weddln Rumored Although persistent rumor haa it that Pauline Frederick is soon to be married, she is going right on making' pictures under the direction of Henry King. The alleged fortunate gentleman la J. Allen Boone, western representative of Robertson-Cole. Miss Frederick was recently divorced . from Wlllard Mack, the play wright. ' YArrjKrvii.i.E OBPHECM Broadway at Tartar. Martin Beck. TaodflrUla, frturon "Poor QMtw and , Mm Joker " 2:80 and 8:16. PANTAGES Broadway at Alder. Hih daM . vaudeville and photoplay featura. Afternoon and areaing. Prof ram chance Monday attar. noon. LOKW S HIPPODROME Broadway at Yam hill. XHncOon -Ax&ermaa 4 Uarria. Vaada vUla. Atmooa and niht. ; . STOCK BAKER Mottwo at Elaveath. Bmkrr- Stock ecmpany, in "SB East." Matinae, Wvdnanday, Baturday and Sunday, 2:S0; areninca. 8:20. tVTRIO Broadway and Morriatm. Lyrie Mnafcal TraTsnty aomnany la Tb Rab-Kah, Boya.' Ml tin daily, 2:80: evenings. 8:20. ; - PHOTOPLAI8 COLUMBIA Sixth at Stark. ThotBaa MMchaa. in The Prooiier of the Stan." 11 a. ia. In 11 p. m. . IJBEBTT- Broadway at Stark. "The tansa in Hia Howie." 11 a. aa. to 11 Pi. aa. RIVOU U aahinatoa at Park, Beaaoe Hayaka- wa, ia "The Pint Bora." 11 a. ta. to 11 P. tn. , KAJEsTTC Washinctoa at Park. Betty Comp- wm. in "Priaoaen of Lore." 11 a. m. to i i n. m. -PEOPLES Wast Park at Alder. In -Kazan." 11 i. a. I 11 a Jane N'orak. 8TAR Waahinstoa at Park. Harry Carey, in -If OrUy Jim." lla.rn.tollp.aa, CIRCLE Fourth near Waahinrton. "BID" .Hart.. in. 4 o'clock Hart. In rrt TMna .BlocaC-..a a.tt bto the next Borninc. rzzi i 1 Who? f TH AT? . i . Here? a masterpiece, tuned to all womin'a hearts, enacted by Ramsay e Wallace, Thomas Holding, Mildred Harris, Careth Hughes and the screen's most delightful child actor, Dick Hendricks, "More convincing and moving than Thet Miracle Man.9 The most powerful exempli fication of the divine force of mother Aove ever penned. It ranks with the few great pic . tures of the film .world." Washington Post, CHAPMAN MacDONALD AND NINA DRESS ELL HARMONISTS DE LUXE CLEVER COMEDY LIBERTY NEWS Diplomat Wins: 'Pirates' Fail t H .. H '' H H : ''' k e n - n Lion Bearding Is Interrupted FIREWORKS promised as a feature of a very exclusive meeting of Portland motion picture show owners Thursday afternoon, following the regular open meeting .of the Motion Picture League of Oregon, failed to . develop In spite of more than an hour of debate and the confab through which suburban exhib itors were to beard the lion In his den resulted In the appointment of a diplo matic commission. , v ' The meeting was to dispose of charges made by C S. Jensen that the smaller exhibitors - were "pirating" the exploi tation of films shown In first run houses, thus making necessary a campaign of self-preservation on the part of the first run houses, which are demanding exclu sive bookings of big films for down town showing. ,.;:..";'... - ' " - Pro- and con the confab : went until some clever diplomat - suggested the ap pointment of a committee to handle the entire situation. The resultant joint group Includes C 8. Jensen, Ous A. Mets ger and J. J. -Parker, representing the first run houses and If. C. Phillips, I. Leeser Cohen, Guy Robinson and Joe Bradt. representing the smaller houses. These two units . had a friendly get together in " Jensen's offices Thursday night and continued the argument. How ever, no point was reached and when the meeting was interrupted by the sudden appearance of "Wally" Reed, noted film Kaleigh and Famous Actress Eenew Long Standing Friendship Friendship of long standing between May. Robeon". the veteran comedienne, and A. C. Raleigh, manager of Ue Co lumbia theatre, was renewed over the dinner table on the occasion of . Miss Robson's recent visit "here. - But Raleigh, who knows the inside history, perforce, called his dinner guest "Mrs. Brown,", since that is the name site sighs to her checks. Her husband is a doctor. Raleigh and May Robson have crossed , trails many times since they first met in Chicago, many years ago, and there is never a lack of inter eat in! a get-together meeting. "Mrs. Brown." whose age is about to remove her from the ranks of American stage players, keeps up a motherly In terest in -the Portland ' man, as does Carrie Jacobs Bond, whose songs are being sung around the world. Mrs. Bond and Raleigh met tn Portland, too. Portland Girl Starred v Gladys Walton, the Portland star, has finished "LA'l Miss Merridew." a-screen version of "A Kentucky Cinderella," F. Hopklnson Smith' story, and is prepar ing to start' on- "The" Man Tamer," 11 Liberty Presentation Always Worthy of Mention' player, the diplomatic commission turned : Itself into a reception committee. The two units will meet again soon to continue its discussion In an effort to reach an understanding that will satisfy both the first-run and the suburban houses. It is Intimated that the only thing that will satisfy the owners of the suburban shows is a termination of ef forts toward exclusive bookings and the only thing that will calm the first run magnates is a complete cessation of "pirating. ' - The suburban showmen Thursday admitted that In certain scat tered cases they had been guilty of pirating the thunder of the big houaes by seeking to draw trade away from them, but some of the well known suburban managers protested that as a group they were as anxious to stamp out this evil ss are the down-town managers. They dis countenanced the practice of pirating, but upheld their right to buy any film on the market after a reasonable limit of tV after Us first showing. Suburbanites automatically barred from their meetings all but owners of theatres, film exchange men being-decidedly unwelcome, aa were house man agers. The matter of taking the Jensen Interests to task for their charges ef "pirating insofar aa they apply gener ally to the suburban showmen of the city, will await the second meeting of the two branches of the diplomatic commis sion at a time when "Wally" Reed is out of earshot Oregon Boasts 243 Film, Shows; Census Gives Nation 19,666 Oregon has 24S motion picture theatres and there are 19,968 picture houses in the United States and Canada, according to & new census. They are listed by states aa follows: Alabama 191, Arlsona 9T, Arkansas 263, California 79, Colorado 271, Con necticut 239, -Delaware 55, District of Columbia 60, Florida 110,, Georgia 220, Idaho 159. Illinois 967. Indiana 625. Iowa 171. Kansas 439, Kentucky 252. Louisiana 240, Maine 277, Maryland 192. Massa chusetts 570, Michigan 646, Mlnneaota 646, Mississippi 163, Missouri 144, Mon tana 161, Nebraska 492, Nevada 20, New Hampshire 121, New Jersey 46S, New Mexico 12, New Tork 1715, North Caro lina 107, North Dakota 111, Ohio 1772, Oklahoma 149, Oregon 243. Pennsylvania 1749, Rhode Island 49, South Carolina 11S, South Dakota 242. Tennessee 192, Texas 826. Utah, 161. Vermont 48. Vir ginia 283. Washington S6S. West Virginia 189, Wisconsin 624, Wyoming 67, Terri tory of Alaska 22, Territory of Hawaii 44, Canada 679 Total. 19,966. V - VON HEKBERG ft I 1, r t5l