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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. Local Company To Malce Series Of Four Films LOUISE IS LOVELY IN NAME AND FACT T OUISE LOVELY, 25-year-old Australian miss, who is known to the far corners of the world I for her screen work,-has pierced the hearts of miHtitudes of motion picture fans with the blue-gray eyes that peep demurely over this bower of blossoms under a mass of fair hair. She used to be a vaudeville arid musical comedy, actress,' too. ,; , ;i . 4 ( - ' r MAY . ltfZJv. " , , ..- ' I - " "- . " ' - " - - I "TT .1-1- L. L II I I -J- - - I I I " . - - - ' , i J , -, , o- - , A I ! . h ' ' ' - - ' - fir M ;K xi s: , : ; , - -1 . . fi ' . iV''' VV v . , " - '--5r. - ' ' - t ' ' it ' ' ' ' ? i --7' Vl-v ffe; . . -I v I ir-- ,J-' ' i - - " '. - " S . l ' - k -' i " r ; -s -w Spring Songs From Broadway ShoppingAmongShowPcople By Xrl C. BrowBl W:". S. " WESSUNG, -Western flistrlct manager for P&the exchanges, ac companied by. Fred Normand, local Pathe- pianager,- and Mrs. Normand, re turned i Saturday from, an automobile trip to coast towns, where they com bined business activfty with a." pleasant outing. .The touring- patty yilted . Aa torlal. . Seaside - and Tillamook,' having: -left Portland, on Wednesday. Business along the coast Isn't at its war time 'tpitch.1--thr trarelera assert, but , 'there ,1s nothing o 'indicate that the motion pic ture exhibitors are not enjoying goodly profits.. . V - . . - 'Skinny Dawson, peer' of circus press agents. Is an unusual one. ; After the . Barnes circus, which he represents, had accommodated 23,000 people on its first day In Portland- Dawson confessed that he had .never composed a news story in his life and couldn't write an Intelli gent paragraph If he wanted to. Never theless. e has an uncanny success in getting his stuff Into print and he is a gold, mine of suggestion to worried editors who -are. fed up on circuses and the need for having them written about. Dawson has been a fixture with .the Barnes organisation for many years and - he'll be -with the show until he grows - fat which will never be, he declares. ,-.'.- v - Unsuspecting, girls and young women are apt to find themselves the victims of an unseemly flim-flam game if they are not close observers of spelling, ac cording to David Brill, manager -of the Universal .exchange here and active" In bringing to Portland ths .Universal cast headed .by Prlspilla Dean.' Miss Dean's director is Stuart Paton. Someone has anticipated - the company's coming and, . under the naxrie of Layton, has been of-r- fering motion picture studio employment - to Portland girls,' Brilt has learned. The - object of such a practice Is not known. "W. W. Ely. manager of the Hippo drome theatre, . ordered new scenery to accompany Viola Dana's new vehicle, , "Puppets of Fate." . The new pieces were ordered more than a week ago and Ely expects to have them today, plans for the spring house . cleaning at the Hip are under way and the scrub artists probably will ge to work In the build ing this week. C. S. Jensen la spending a week or so visiting Northwest cities. In which his company Is represented. He is, however, devoting major attention to affairs tn Great Falls, Mont, where the J. & Von IL concern will soon open a fine new show house. Jensen will be back at his - office before the rains set in, it Is re , ported. .-.. i-iv: -i F. "W, Teufel and his works of art : will be closely scrutinised this week as a -result ot his far-flung boasts that the People's theatre lobby would eclipse- in beauty and spectacle anything his artis tic eye and mind had ever before vi , sioned. -. . . ' . ...' ., . S.i Rachmaninoff ' is " the great Rus sian teacher who gave Salvator San- teella. the pianist Vat the - Rivoli. his early.; instruction and the latffer has chosen one - of this . fcomposer's , favorite compositions, "In. the Silence - of the Night- which he! will play at the neon concert, today at- th RivolL The "Southern Rhapsodyf : by Lucius - Hoe mer,, will be accompanied ' by a special stage set ting, arranged by the manager, John StCUe. r The balance of the pro gram, will consist of the - following number:' "Selection Follies of 1919 ;" "A . Hunting . Scene-;' .rWalts ' Tres Jollft," and overture TJlght Cavalry." Tt - "Southern;' Rhapsody," 5 with its special . setting and lighting effects, will be'' continued " ail this week, after noons 'and evenings. ' . . . . . i ' ' F. 'A. .' Bernardo, . Gold wyn exchange matt from Seattle,, was a business visitor among film men Thursday and, inci dentally, was a guest at the. weekly luncheon of the Motion Picture league, which voted him Into membership. Ber nardo, sold a number of films while in Portland, among them . being - ''Snow Blind, filmed in 1 Canada by a troupe of players that visited Portland a few months ago. Cecil -Teague. ' Majestic theatre organ ist, has arranged an interesting -program for this afternoon's . concert. The list of selections includes : "Morning, Noon and Night," "La Paloma." "Caprice Viennois" and an arrangement of -"Mellow Melodies, which - is . Teague's .own work. The concert, starts at XiiO p. m. ' "Bill" "Woods has a chronic headache. He 'acquired it at the circus the other day, whose agents commissioned him, on the strength of his reputation as nurse maid to pipe organs. , to tune " the white top caliope. i Woods - isn't interested in adding circus caliopes to his list of ac quaintances. - " - r '-Colonel and Mrs. H. Vinson par ents of Ralph Wlnsor. are planning to drive - from teir:- borne in T acorn a to Portland early iwxt week. Mrs. Wtnsor will spend her -time vjBitlng with the young hopeful and the colonel will at tend a meeting of the Pacific' coast claim agents. ' . t . - - . " Walter Hiera, screen comedian, has a desire to shake hands with Portland, he announces ' In , ; letter , to Paul Noble, manager of the Liberty theatre. . And while Ihe shaking is good, Hiers may come here. Noble. thinks, for a seriea of personal -appearances. - . ,-Richard , Frits-Henry. ' buddiel of Ralph ; Winsor, manager of the Star theatre, is spending the weekend' here as - the guest, of the 1 local showman. Frits-Henry, whose home is at Seattle, bunked and messed with Winsor in those grand and glorious days In France. "Headln North." the Western picture made in Portland .by the Beaver . Film company. - starring' Pete, Morrison, has been released for general distribution through the . Arrow Film company of New Yor- : ' . , . ... .. -... . . " Speakina TUncle - Tom's Cab in ' i which - vtsited Portland last week. Bep Scovell, actor - entertainer, recalls the happy season that he. played Simon Le gree and especially'' the - morning after the night the show played Owosso. Mich., in the palmy- days, of the show, game. The reviewer for the- Owosso Morning News said df the show : "Uncle Tom's Cabin troop' showed at the opera nouBe last night to S. R. O. The bloodhounds were super-excellent, but they had very poor support from the other actors in the cast." . - ? ; R. E. Charles auditor for Jensen & von Herberg here and billed for private showing within, the office as the 'Comic Count," bought a Ford. It was a grand car for the first three days, but for the rest." of the ; time the "count can't an swer, since it " has been a in the repair sh6p - since , the third day. " "Black Beauty-,, George Jackson's 'pet motion, picture, w.as exhibited . privately at the,. Heillg theatre ; Friday afternoon to a large number of clubwomen, school teachers and officials, humane society workers and others. : . ' t Flower Shower For Miss Dean fc League's Plan CHIVALRY la a by-word With motion picture "men- and, . to . prove up on their reputation,! members - of the Motion Picture League of Oregon, at their meet ing Thursday,-voted to-receive PrisciUa Dean, who is here to make "Conflict," her big screen effort, with open: arms. But the open arms will be burdened with Portland's finest" flowers. The league Will keep Miss Dean's apartment supplied wjth flowers s throughout her stay, alternating between roses or. hot house flowers, and wild flowers or the garden varieties. Roses, : Portland's finest, however, will predominate, and their fragrance win never be allowed to falter while the popular, star is in our midst V''.-?fi-: i"-.""- r -J". ;' I Mies Dean's visit was the chief topic of discussion at Thursday's meeting. David Brill, local Universal exchange manager, outlined the plans for her reception, and told the members, what the visit of the company may mean' to Portland's future as a motion picture center. , The league extended Brill a vote of thanks for his effort in bringing the company to Port land and assured him that the league was at - the service of : Miss Dean and members of , her: company in every pos sible -way. . , . ' f "-- ! ;4, . In the absence of C S. Jensen, who is visiting other Northwest cities in which he has theatres, Joe Bradt. vice presi dent of the league, occupied the presi dential throne : and wore the ' robes thereof. ' , .V- ' v; -: .. Beaverton Cuts Sunday Matinee 4' 1 '.'-''--": :'; . J" - ; ' Beaverton," Or., .May 14. The Pacific theatre has -discontinued . its Thursday nipht shows, and Sunday tnatinH. and will- hereafter -. give shows ' Saturday nights and Sunday nights only, with a largef and more complete croar&nw : " . rriHE ': American iLifeograph company X has accepted a contract to produce in Portland a series of four motion pic ture features.: in siise and general style similar to "The Golden Trail," the first big local production, and will open a season of intensive activity this sum mer, according to tne - announcement. Frjday of Louis J. Moomaw. All that will delay the commencement of actual camera work will be the con dition of the snow country In which much of the four pictures will be filmed, Moomaw says. He expects that it will be hardly possible i to get to the Mount Hood snowf ields advantageously before July, but when that is possible, work will go forward steadily, running into . the winter . season, when the pictures will be completed In the studios. - , " W. E. Shallenberg, i president of the Arrow Film corporation of New Tork. Eastern representatives for the (American Lifeograph company and national dis tributors- for -aThe Golden Trail" and The Deceiver," visited Portland re cently. After- viewing the Columbia river highway- and other scenic spots near Portland, appraising the -atraos-nherta and climatic condition meanwhile. be announced the belief that no section of the nation waa better suited to the production of pictures than this and that exhibitors are anxious for more films of the Quality and type of The Golden Trail." , . . - As a result of the success Of the first two local productions, Shallenberg pre sented a contract for the four.picturea that will be made here this summer. After the first four features are ready. Shallenberg assured the local company. additional contracts would be presented, calling for Northwest stories 1 in film form. , The American studio Is In readiness for the summer's I activity and will be employed early in the season' by the Universal company, which is here to produce "Conflict, with Priscilla Dean and her company! The company has several times refused to rent the studio to Los Angeles producers for use this summer, Moomaw declares, because the company's own " work will require the studio's full capacities. Later in the spring Moomaw and his associates will make ' definite selection of casts for the I four pictures to be made here. They will attempt to draw rto Portland a number of Bcreenland's most popular star i players,, but, in keep ing with the general trend of the pro ducing industry, they will probably fea ture no one player, i In the case of i "The Golden Trail," Jane Novak and other principal char acters were brought frorft Los Angeles. Through the cooperation of the Maza mas many effective i scenes in which these players appear were secured. Miss Novak, who has been appearing in stellar roles in practically all the- fam ous James Oliver iCurvood productions, attained much ef Iher. prominence "trr, the motion, picture world -through her - ex cellent work in "The t Golden Trail. . Moomaw reports much local interest In the plans of the company for the summer and declares cooperation has been assured from many sources. The production of the. four, features will mean the expenditure here of a large sum of money and an Important summer-time industry!, giving employment to several score of peqple. . - Several civic organizations have inter ested themselves in the American com pany, which is the pioneer local picture producer. The Civic club will view "The Golden Trail" at! the Globe theatre in a body on May 23. I This picture and "The Deceiver" have been purchased for distribution in the Northwest by the Interstate Film I Exchange, and 'The Golden Trail" wpi have its second local showing on May, 22-24. HJstoricial Pageant At Vancouver, Draws Childre n's Interest Vancouver,' Wksh.; May 14. More than 2500 school children will take part in the historical pageant to be staged here May 27, depicting the history of Vancouver. Pupils ! from the state schools for the blind, and deaf, and Providence academy will take part, as well as children from! the public schools. Elaborate floats and costumes have been planned to portray the various stages in the development of -Vancouver, from the time Of the Indians to( the coming of the' Hudson Bay company. There will be shown the discovery of the Columbia' by Captain Gray, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the estab lishment of the fold Catholic mission here; the Amos Short family; the wit ness tree; the old! apple tree; the estab lishment of the Indian ' reservation and the Princess Winriemucca and her school of captive Indians. The pageant will also show the evolution of the schools in Vancouver, beginning with the earliest school. :r' : i . Corvallis jLodgemen May BuUd Theatre Corvallis, OrH May 14. Local Odd Fellows plan to c rect a new theatre on Second street. It will be known as the Blue Mouse, and will be erfected by Sid ney -Trask. The theatre will house '450. VAUDEVILLE ORPHECM Brotdwly at Taylor. Mirtin Bw-k Taudeville, featarins Bae Smmnels and Lew ItocksUdter. 2:30 and 8:1.- PANTAGKS Broadway at Alder. Hlcn elaaa raderilla and photoplajr I eaturea. Af ternooa and awning. Program ctumcea Monday after noon. ' "I - - , -LOEWS HIPPODROME Broadway at Yam hill. Direction Ackermaa 4k Harris. Vaude Till.' Afternoon and ma-ht. STOCB TuTRIO Broad war aad Morrison. Lyrie Ifoiura . TraTosty company in ''Don't Get Married." UatLnea dau, 2:30; tremngs, 8t20, . PHOTOPLAIS COLUMBIA Sixth at Stark. Elliott Dexter in "The Witchina- Hoar." 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. LIBERTY Broadway at Stark. Miriam Cooper in "Tbe Oath." 11 a.: m. to 11 p. m. -BIVOLI Waahincton at Iark. Constance Bin- nejr in "The Magic Cup."- 11 a. ra. to 11 9. - J" ' ": " " MAJESTIC Washington at Park. Dorothy Ureea in "Tha Good Bad Wife." 11a. at to 11 p. B. t "-.i -,. - s- PEOPLES Wwt Park at Aide. - "Madonnas and Men." 1 1 a-ira. to 1 1 p. m. STAB Washington at Park. Bock Jones in 'Sunset Spragas." I 11 a. m. to 11 p: bj. C1RCXK Fourth ! near W a&hington. -BUI" . Hart in "O'Malley of the Moanted." 9 a. m. " to 4 'ckcA the aaxt monunc tllHO ? y 1 Where? HERE IS WILL MAKE PORTLAND 'PKnPt F. FAIRLY GASP! THE DRAMA OF AN OATH f OF LOVE -AND A STRANGER OATH THAT DENIES LOVE ! ! ! ! !!!!!! ! ! ! . . . .. . ' - i FIRST LaTIONAL'S SUPER M' SPECIAL FROM WILLIAl J.. N MV ' 'M A-A' LOCKE'S FAMOUS NOVEL OF r 1$ ' X ' THRILLING AND DRAMATIC . f "" ''nVa WW'"A I MOMENTS "IDOLS" . ! " iS,k3 Vl ' I with . - . ln ': MIRIAM COOPER v V- ' V V ; CONWAY TEARLE "S'fl A M ANNA Q. NILSSON"" ' j! - I LIBERTY, NEWS -EVENTS , J3M? At A ' TOLD IN MOTION . ' j 'UBERTY 'FOUR.-' ig&k ' ' DIFFERENT, ' ffl$ ! ' wW', ALL- i WEEK .fg. A FIRST NATIONALl ( fkiCitiiD - - THE PICTURE THAT aw'. ax pviif a aaw J . m . Ta. r wa. -- . w.-mw shb