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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY , MORNING, AUGUST 21. 1C21. 17 out' at MEW ' L'.' f ' i yfifm. "f v'TOrd Photo Plays r f ill I f Ail u II. I 'tv y .v,r?,'w--; t f . v :: v -m : v " ff for va; - T x wS -c, - :Ar ; - V mm -J i Iml -v sr r . : r-.v a .I i v a;i: Us ,A Vv i .j-.,. i . 4- iiiiai i i -vii -i i r tia j -n IaI ii. ffjn';.' rv--ri iucuk. i ii limit i- LIBERTY William & Hart come out ot the West In his new play, which 1s being: screened at the Liberty, and ap pears in an entirely different role from those which hvs made him familiar to the picture loving; public "The Whistle" Is the name of the play -and it Is the story of Robert i Evans, a factory foreman, who lives with his motherless son, Danny, whom be idol ises. When the factory whistle blows, the boy wakes his father. Henry Chap pie, the owner of the mill, is a wealthy man who Is too engrossed in making money, to pay attention to safety de vices In the mill, or the protection ot the lives and limbs of his employes. Danny is killed la the machinery one "soul mate." .She induces him to take her for a week-end trip to his mountain cabin. But Dr. Hart and Mrs. Martinot were warned and set out by automobile for the cabin with a plan to unscramble the matrimonial omelette. Dr. Hart tells the maestro that everything dovetails nicely, that . they have merely perfected an exchange of wives, to the satisfaction of all concerned. This assumed attitude shocks Martinot into a realization of his ridiculous position. The impressionable Delphine .has .also been disillusioned. Martinot is jealous at seeing his faithful wire apparently in Jove with another man, while Delphine suffers the same pangs at the thought of losing her hus band. The musical genius falls on his knees and begs forgiveness of his wife, while Delphine buries her head -in her husband's breast. Lewis Stone plays the part of the maestro. Myrtle Stedman his wife, Raymond Hatton of Dr. Hart and Great Falls Theater Will Open Tuesday day and Evan swears vengeance. Chap pie's automobile runs Into an open draw I julienne Scott of Mrs. Hart. Dnage ana jvvans saves tne uie ot "nap pie's child, thereafter escaping with the boy to another city. The Chappies be lieve their son has been drowned and Mrs. Chappie grieves deeply. Mean- awhile Evans has reared the boy as his ' son In Ignorance of his parentage and one day there comes to the dam where Evans is working, Mr, and Mrs. Chap pis. Evans is treacherously shot by a scoundrel he ' had . thrashed and while he spends months In a hospit, Mrs. COLUMBIA The absorbing play, "Sal vation Nell," made famous by Mrs. Fiske, lis being accorded splendid 'film production, with Pauline Starke la the name part, at the Columbia. The locale is New York's east side. where amidst , the tenements, the sa loons and dives the Salvation Army works Its wonders for humanity.- The story is intensely human, dealing With f1. 4mlm n 4 t.lknl.M... Chappie takes charge of Evan's suppose .teadft love of Nell SanTerTa girl or ew York's east side, for .big Jim son. She learns to love the boy and when Evans recovers, he returns to the Chappie home to get the boy. But when - he realises the mother love of Mrs. Chap ' pie for the lad, he reveals the truth to : the father and bidding the boy farewell, he leaves to live a lonely life in the West. ; T rvotil "A Thousand to One," with Piatt. Nell loses her sweatshop j&b, but gets another In the lunch room of Hash House SaL When the free lunch saloons turn out the penniless Jim he coes to Nell for a handout and as a result she is again without employment. Later she is dismissed, as the scrubwoman of a saloon when Jim beats un th mIaaii. JX Hobart Bosworth in the stellar role, I keeper's brother, for which he is sent to a smasning melodrama, threaded with Jail. Nell becomes a Salvation Army love Interest that adds to rather than de-1 worker and when Jim gets out of prison tracts rrom tne dramatic strength of its I ner aevouon arouses his conscience, man' situations is the attractions the- Rivoli. I nooa ana love. In addition Miss To sea Berger, the charming young violinist Is being held for another week. The comedy will be a faennet feature, "She Sighed by the Sea' side." There will also be a new prisma ., ana a .current news in picture. The story of "A Thousand to One" has been read by thousands in a novel form. Tit is. in brief, the tale of a man pursued ' by the evil Nemesis of a bosom com panion. Induced to trick a pure girl into marriage for her-money, he determines never to see her again after a wreck' - which brings him to consciousness of his own unworthiness. - Through a concaten atlon of Interesting ewsnts during which Jttosworth has ample opportunity to re veal his emotional as well as physical 1 .Qualities in combat with strong men in a .rough country, the denouement brings the man "disguised' by a beard, hard labor and regeneration, before the woman he' really has always loved. He thinks he has fooled her again by his appear ance. But he is wrong love sees through an artifices,' all deceits. The final shot shows them starting a.new life together. Pauline Starke annears aa "Salvation NeU" and Joseph King Is seen as Jim Piatt. Others in . the cast are Gipsy O'Brien, E; T. Langford. Evelyn C. Car- nngton, unanea Aiaeuonaia, Matthew Bets, Marie Haynes. A. EarT, William NaUey and Lawrence Johnson. MAJESTIC Katherlne MacDonald's latest feature. "Stranger Than Fic tion." at the Majestic, is among the best pictures in which the screen's most beau tiful woman has appeared. As Diane Drexel. daughter of a New , York society family, Miss MacDohald portrays the role of . a girl bored by the social routine which seems a necessary but painful task. So when the guests at one of her society affairs are robbed of their Jewels In a sensational loqf, the girl welcomes the opportunity to aid In apprehending the Black Heart gang, a ' band of crooks who have the police force at bay, .V The girl's experiences lead her Into the tenements, the lower East -Side and the Ghetto, where she runs squarely Into the dens of the lower world. Strange and exciting are her experiences, despite the-i fact that they are mixed with humor when she meets a little orphan lad. .. known as "Freckles." In addition to the feature photoplay there is an excellent comedy and-Pathe's Illustrated news." STAR Jackie Coogan, the remarkable 5 - year - old boy actor. - is being screened in his first independent starring vehicle. "Peck's Bad Boy,1 at the Star theatre. Jackie's' work In "peck's Bad Boyp is- said to equal if not surpass that which won him popularity in the title role of Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid." - "Peck's Bad Boy" was' adapted to the screen from the volumes of the late Gov ernor George Peck. The subtitles were written by Irvin S. Cobb, the famous humorist. "Only the best portions of the books of Governor Peck have been incor porated in the screen version. . After these portions were put Into story form, the story itself, it is said, was revised to better suit the talents of Jackie Coo gan. who portrays the title role of the picture. ' v The screen version shows Jackie as a real American boy who gets Into many delightful scrapes. . Romance and thrills also figure in the production. Among those to be seen, in the cast in support of Jackie Coogan are such well (t'lUlESDAY Is my lucky day ; and no t X matter what happens the new Liberty theatre. of Great Falls will open on a Tuesday." So declared C. 8. Jensen, senior mem ber of the Jensen Von Her berg firm. which has selected Tuesday, August ZZ as the openfng date for its new $350,000 theatre, which has been under construc tion in Great Falls, Mont foe the last 18 months. ; i In discussing the opening day Mr. Jensen said: V "I have the feeling that anjr venture I start on a Tuesday will prove suc cessful. ' . '" -V , V "I was married on a Tuesday. r "My boy was born on a Tuesday (the girl slipped a cog and so, of course," the Tuesday proposition doesn't . Apply to her.) "And every theatre which has been opened under the direction of Jen sen A Von Herberg during the last 10 years has been opened on a Tuesday hot excepting the Liberty and Columbia theatres In Portland." I The Great Falls theatre has a seating capacity of 1800 and represents the lat est architectural construction known to the theatrical world. Special attention has been given Its balcony, which is built on a policy tried out in the new Jensen & Von Herberg Liberty theatre In Yakima and which will apply to any other future house constructed by the firm. The balcony has no steps, built on ths same theory as a ramp incline. Steps down the aisles of a dimly lighted motion picture house Is said to be the greatest objection the public nas to the balcony and under the plan adopted by Jensen ft Von Herberg the balcony be comes a dfceond floor, an exact duplicate of the downstairs floor, and the objec tion. Is removed. Aa organ similar to the Portland Lib erty orchestrad organ has been Installed. ?Tha Girl in the Taxi." starring Mr. and Mrs. Carter DeHaven, which recently showed In Portland at the Liberty, has been selected' as the opening feature photoplay. E. J. Myrick will be the new manager, leaving the Yakima Liberty, where he . has been in charge for the Jensen & Von Herberg Interests there have been united with the Mercy the atrical holdings and are 'now under the direction of Fred Mercy. ' : Mr, Jensen will not leave Portland during the remainder of the month air! so will not attend the Great Falls open ing. V - With completion of the Great Falls theatre an construction work in the Northwest by Jensen ft Von Herberg is concluded - for the time being. The Great Falls house, according to orig inal estimates, was to have represented a 1250,000 expenditure. Additional 1m provementa to the plans and equipment has raised the total cost $100,000. AND WHERE THEY PtAY, - v XJBBBTY -("Tb WrirfU") Robert Stid, e mill foreman . . William a. Hart Henry Chappie, a mul owner, .Frank Brownlaa Un. Chappl. aia wif ..... . .IbrrUa 6 Madman Georgia , Gvorfis Stan usnnjr; sraas' (on wui Jim Hatton SOT .....Biebara BMdrick - HAjsano v r'Staer Than Fiction"! DUn Drexal . s Katharine MaeDoaald Dick Mason . ..David Winter Freckler Wealey Bamr The Black Heart ..Wads Boteler The Shadow ................ . Jaw Dnmont The Croaker .Bany O'Conaer Diane'! Aant Evelyn Bnme pouoe cwnmlawoner .Tm KoGnire COLUMBIA rSalvettom NeU") NeU Bandar Tenline Starke Jim Piatt .' Joseph Kins Myrtle Hawes Gipay O'Brien Major William E. T. Laoctord Halleluiah afacgle , Evelyn C. Carrinstoa Sid McOorarn Charlea MaeDonald Al McOoTars Matthew Bat Hash House 81 ....Marie Barnes G iff en .....-..., A. Earl CaDahaa William Valley Jimmy .Lawrence Johnsea PEOPLES '("The Miracle ef Manhattan") : Mary Matene and Evelyn Whitney Rllne HamnMritate Larry Marshall . .Matt Moore Stella Warren .Elian Caasity An Intruder Nora Beed Tony the Dode ....... ...... Warner Greene Mrs. Peabody ............ .Lenora Ottinser Bobert TaaCieek Jack Baystona , , BIYOLI . ("A Thousand to One") William Xewlands ..........Hobart Bosworth atrtoe ..Ethel Grey Terry Jimmy Munroe ..; Chariea West Steven Crawford .......... .Lender Steven Gaorcasoa ....J. Gordon Baatall Donnelly rred Kohler - HIPPODROME ("The Cenoert") Ancnstna - Lewis -S. Stone Mary, his wife Myrtle otadman Dr. Hart Raymond Hatton Delphine, hi wife ......Mabel Juliana Scott Eva ..'............ Gertntde Astor PolUncer ......'..,..... Bus PoweS Mr. PoUincer Lydia Teaman Tltaa Secretary Eranoea Hall Chine Servant Louie Cheung - STAR . ("Peck' Bad Boy") Peck' Bad Boy" Jackie Coo tan The Girl in the Case (Jackie's Slater) .Dorte May The Man la the Caa .Wheeler Oakmaa Mr. Peck . ....James Corrisan Mrs. Peck .- .Lillian Leichton The V iliac Grocer Raymond Hatton Jackie 'a Baddy Charles Hatton Tar Baby" (Jackie's Doc)..., Queenie Jackie' "Affinity" ..Baby Gloria Wood CIRCLE ("Sentimental Tommy") Tommy Sandys, an author Gareta Hushes Griael. nil sweetheart. May MeAvoy The Painted Lady, her mother. .Mabel Taliaferro Dr. McQueen '. . .Georse Fewcett Corp Shiach ............ .Harry L. Coleman Elspeth Sandys Leila Frost lr. David Gemmell .......... Kempton Greene Lady Alice Pippin worth Virtinia Vain iarinia Kate Davenport The Utile Minister, ........ .Alfred Kxxwler Domino Cathro Malcolm Bradley Miss Minter Not!1 Engaged to Wed Anyone,SheSays ' ' (By Universal Service) "VTEW TORK. Aug. tO. Mary Miles -' Mlntsr engaged T Not so she can no tice it. If her own words are to be, be lieved.' ( : ... V.- The movie actress back from Paris In long skirts said' today she was mors In' te rested just now in her books and an offer to go on ths legitimate stage than In affairs of the heart. She- has been reportea engagea to a frenchman, a Chicago society man, a commander in the American navy and a pet. The navy man hopes tt la true. .The poet I love. I wont make a mistake. And 1 says he was, but Isn't. I shall know when he comes. - No matter As for Mary, she said : I how many times ths mere words I love I thought It droll at first, but It is be-' f, u " corning embarrassing. Indeed, I'm not engaged at alLT - Going Into the philosophy of It all, she Answered ; . ' ' I know better than to seek happiness. Happiness comes to us or tt stays away. It isn't CUrs to command. Happiness will com to me I'm sure, bat unsought. What do I seek, then, if mot happiness? Why, security That is within my power to obtain: and by security X mean a house and flower garden and beautiful things; a place for about 4000 books and for my pictures, and a wonderful bath, a very beautiful bath, where there are no coarse wash rags, with crocheted edgings, or heavy towels. I want' silk wash towels and exquisite embroidered . fine linen. And most of all art my books to me.' "I'll say one thing, however : The man X marry X will love, and It will, be really times they are said, when my prince charming comes riding and I hear him say them, there will be something so genuine that X win know immediately." Bern Is Looking for Original Film Story Paul Bern, new bead of ths Ooldwyn scenario department, is looking for stories written directly fer ths screen. He is of ths opinion that ths truly great screen play will be an prjglnal effort ex pressed In picture terms and born of a picture mind. For that reason he Is con stantly on ths lookout for ths unrecog nised author who will study ths screen ana writs omy tor inai Tnaqmm ox X' pression, .1 Wallowa Scenes - Will Be Pictured i . - - . - - j ; ' La - Qrande, Aug. 20. Arrangements have been completed by Walter E. Lees of the "uaOrand' Aircraft company with a moving picture producing con-, cent for taking pictures of the Wallowa v mountain section of Eastern 'Oregon. The pictures will be used in a travelog of the- Western part of the United. States that Is being arranged. Although no arrangements have yet been com pleted It Is also possible that the local plane will be used for taking pictures of the Hood River section, the Crater lake country and other places Included in the travelog. e ; KAXJLMA HOCSE TO REOFETf XaJaraa, Wash., The Majestic theater, win open again Saturday "night, after being closed for about six weeks.V n are sucn weu w- , w isr? p,ffr M,A- motion ricture is Leighton.- Raymond Hatton, Charles Hatton and Baby Gloria; Wood. Queenie, the well known canine motion picture actor, is also seen as "Tar Baby," Jackie's-, pet. PEOPLES "The Miracle of Manhat tan," Elaine Hammerstein'e latest picture, the feature which the Peoples Is offering. Is said to- differ . In every, re spect from preceding productions In which this popular star has appeared. The story, by Bradlei King, deals with a young society bud who is under the , Impression that it is a simple matter for ' any young woman to make her way In the world, alone and unassisted. An op portunity arises in which she is able to put her theory to the test and she makes an attempt to earn her ew, nbvlng. She finds the problem not as simple as It had seemed and is about to give up in despair when she finally secures work as a cabaret singer. Here she is thrown , in direct contact with .types of people she never even knew existed. How a romance springs up between her and an ex-gangster and Its subsequent denoue- ' ment amid most dramatic" surroundings and circumstances is shown In a vivid - manner. -v ,-.'' j.-' : Miss Hammerstetn's leading man for this occasion Is Matt Moore. Other mem bars of the supporting east Include Ellen Cassity. ' Nora Reed, Lenora Otttnger and Jack Raymond. HIPPODROME "The Concert," the celebrated comedy drama In which Dldrichsteln scored for several sea sons, will be the Hippodrome's picture feature this - afternoon, ' "The ' Concert" chronicles the adventures of a celebrated music master who has a decided fascina tion for women. Although 43 and rheu matic this genius of the piano attracts women with fatal , facility. . Delphine Hart, Impressionable young wife ox a physician, decides the maestro Is fcfcr pause of Editorial In New York CIRCLE Mabel Tallafero and Mary MeAvoy are the featured stars in Sentimental Tommy." at : the Circle theatre. The story of the play is : Little Grizel. ostracised ail her life by the In habitants of Thrums, because of the taint that hangs over the respectability of her mother, yearns to be recognized aa decent. One morning when she is be ing taunted by other children a cham pion appears in the person "of Tommy banaya rears roll by and Tommy grows .up to be a successful author. - Re turning to Thrums, he discovers that G riie I, now a beautiful girl of 18. loves him,, and jsrlshing to make her happy, assumes the role of a lover. His imagin ation carries him so far that he pro poses to Grisei, but she. before mar riage, find out that he does not love her, and she: will not go through with the marriage. Tommy is engrossed in an Affair .with. Lady Alice Plnninworth. Fearing Tommy is In trouble Grisei fol lows him to SwitserUnd where she sur prises him makings violent love to Lady Alton, and before Tommy can explain she disappears. After search Tommy finds Grisei In her mother's old home, completely demented from grief. With true remorse he marries her and cafes for her until she Is nursed back to health. It Is seldom that a motion plcturS is made the subject of editorial discussion In the metropolitan newspapers, but such is the case with "The Old Nest." Gold wyn's production of Rupert : Hughes' ytory. which Is being given a pre-release showing In New York. The NewvTork .Tribune has found the photoplay an ar gument . for feminism, although the writer says that none was probably In tended. This viewpoint has brought forth numerous letters to the editor. Says the Tribune In part: - "As an argument for feminism, the screen version of Rupert Hughes The Old Nest' Is simple and powerful, despite the fact that it seems unintended. It brings out that when the big Job of her life ls done there Is often little for mother to do. Children grow up and no longer require personal attention of the mother. Their food, their clothes, their pleasures, even their heartaches, are no longer her affair." - One correspondent, who advocates free vocational schools for mothers, sug rests that "The Old Nest be shown be fore congress. ' Bryan's Daughter To Stay in Pictures , New York, Aug. : 20. Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter, of William leanings Bryan, who has produced one feature picture, la to continue In the field. There were reports to the effect she was to .make1 pictures on the Pacific coast, but the latest plan Is to utilise Miami, Pla, and there la a possibility her father is to be the central figure in one of the projected films. Mr. Bryan, it is understood,- has been anxious to appear in reformation subject, possibly based on prohibition and . his daughter will handle direction. Chester Was Eeporter For Part of One Day ': George Randolph Chester, who wrote and directed "The Son of Walllngford," soon to be presented by Vltagraph, . .be gan his literary career as a reporter on a Cincinnati newspaper. He lasted one day 1 His first assignment was to "cover" a suicide and he wrote a wonderful, col orful first page story, but neglected to get .the name. age. address and family condition ot the victim. But he became a columnist on the same paper, then Its Sunday editor, and finally one of the beet known and successful fiction writ ers In the country. And he says that "The Son of Walllngford" is his hest story. . v: - - :-: . Lawrence C -Keating. Mrs, Keating and their son Jack are on a motor trip in California. . Morris Was Told He Would Be Surprised; He Certainly Was Gouvefneur Morris was struck with ths difference of the author's position i to dav in contrast to that of a few years ago when he watched a showing of his "Act of Hearts" at the Goldwyn studios. Commenting on the fact that the story had been photographed as be conceived It, Mr. Morris related an early screen experience: ' .- "I was told, alter selling the picture tights to the story." he said, "to think no more about it, and that X would be surprised at the picture it would make X. was. ' The night of its review X arrived late. so that I missed seeing the title and east of tne picture that was being shown. At the end of the picture X Inquired, "When win Mr. Morris film be shown?" "We have Just, finished running It,' was the answer!" ' . -, t. C A IT 7 A HP TT TMT M il siv f u -taw ft! Bluebird Will Anchoi: Outsid? City. Limits . I' ' ''v J Montrose M. Rlngler, captain and man ager, or tne Blue Biro, is arranging a novel method of entertainment for pa trons of the pleasure- boat on Sunday evenings. As dancing within the city limits on Sundays is not permitted by ordinance, Mr. Rmgler has completed plans whereby the boat will leave the Morrison street dock one hour earlier than heretofore and will drop -anchor opposite the Sellwood and Fulton ferries, Ths fast Willamette Flyer and . ths launch Dlx will leave Morrison street deck every SO minutes carrying pa seen gers from downtown to and from ths Blue Bird. In this way auto tats and streetcar patrons at Sellwood and Fulton will be accQjnmodated from either side of the river, as well as the down-town patrons. The fast Willamette Flyer Is being put in shape and will make the trip In IS minutes. Patrons will thus get three hours of dancing, together with a delightful river ride, and may come and go at their wilL This schedule wui pt zor bunaayg omy. A picturization of Edward Sheldon' famous play first enac t e d by Minnie Maddern Fiske on the stage f t Great as was the stage drama, keener still, in its perception of mob emotion, vthe hate, love -and jealousy of t h e men and! women o f the slums, is the screen production of "Salvation Nell" .'SCREENlAN NEWS " ' -.-" - . , ' . -. : v -- - -" - -y - Elxtra ! Dr. Brniiifiel d's .Arriyal in Portland Extra ! being the, onjy motion pictures - of the famous "ixxsn of mystery." In ciddltioii, the home-sjovrn news shows a number, of in -..v - temting local happemncs--4tfs good, this week! Knowles ana the ; Picture Players have an excellent .score for S a 1 t a t i o n Nell' TODAY TODAY J
