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Hilda, :, Daughter1 off- Frank- Keen an, Stage and; ScreenlStar, .Well
- Knowif .fiiPortfand, Fell for; the" Rbmantjc WUes ;of;
Popular. ; Comedian ; ,Wh
rA . ' Wooing and
Wynn. between srformancea ' t
U GorK Ctfhin theatre. New Tork.
settled- bckT comfortably; in the one
chair ia .lila dresslns room and Indulged
ift reminlacence. The lUeme Is a pleas
ant one,' for,, it concerned txlm . meeting
Mfith and woolis pf Mr.. Wjrnn..f .
I "it happened at Wlnnljeg," he aald.
"T rahk Keenan, ho la well- known 1 in
Portland, was aheadllner I -waa an' aa
aociate headllner. , TU waa atandtnff out
1 front r of the ialleyi to ' thai: theatre,
noklne a., clsar,' yhen what' seemed to
me the cutest thine in glrla I had .ever
aeen, passed me aid went to the . stage
door.. I tried to fUrt with her. f No pood.
W' wcrt on the iillt several days to
gether hut, I never -could find her. -
"One nlgrht I recognized her. In the
maid in her father's sketch. She was
Just eolny on when I caught sight of
her features and recognized them in
apite of the, maid's cap. I. had been
watching' the 'sketch every. ,nlght but
hadn't recognized; Bher. A This night I
watched the maid cross the stage and
speak to a man fs the caat. A. moment
afterward ha fell to the stage. Keenan
faced the audience and kept on talking.
delivered a x minute's monologue
and the curtain, fell. The stage manager
hurried past ' me ..and said,) That man
that's ryinc: !ther is dead. He died
r
hen he kfelLf ;'
I had lb so In front of the curtain.
!Ponv Girls of
on Invade
Gay Broadway
By Westbrook Pegler
( United 3Knr Btaff C3orranoodat .
5yrEW YORK. May 20. The American
11 show girl didn't know how to dance
CO years ago. and John Tiller of London,
jwho invented the pony ballet and Intro
duced it as a novelty to Broadway In
jthe spring of 1902. Jnst cant imagine
what she's been doing with her time
psince then. Because she hasn't learned
Tiller, who resembles the conventional
bookkeeper of late middle age more than
the resembles Ned JtY'ayburn. or Leon Kr-
roi, or any or the other great American
fchorus drill masters, has come' back to
LBroadway .wlthA" aaotherktabiaof ia
pony girls from London.
They wiU waggle their kneea and alan -
thir little bare calves in unison in the
new Follies, not so much to show their
American sisters how it's done as to
earn their salaries and get out of the
theatre by midnight, for they are the
mobt practical, unromantlc and work
aday chorus of show girls that ever
bhnked into a spotlight.
Most of the girls In Tiller's new troupe
appear to be not older than 15. but hs
claims there isn't one under 16, and it's
his word against the unlearned judg
ment of a casual observer, claiming no.
ei per tn ess in the tremendous subject of
girls. So they must be 16 or, over. But
they can dance and nobody need take
Tiller s word for that.
It is 40 years since Tiller undertook
to train a group of extremely proper
Victorian young church ladies in the
provincial city ef Manchester for a very
mild parish entertainment. Nothing
risque about that show, you understand,
except, perhaps, where the young gentle
man kissed the young lady's hand. He
has been at it ever since and ha .has
got the girls down to a dancing regalia
which . would have stopped the show
and caused the producer's arrest in Man
chester 40 years back.
There is something in what John Til
ler says about the relative dancing
abilities of the English and American
Idow girls, with no special compliment
to the Americans. He noticed when he
brought over the first pony ballet that
the American chorus was a thing of
beauty and a joy from 8 :15 to 11 every
night but Sunday, but when the girls
walked about the stage, doing a few
kicks, shouted "Hurrah ! girls, here
comes Harry." and moved their Hps
through one of the ancient Dixie num
bers, they had done everything they
knew.
That's about all they're doing this
season, and still the publta doesn't seem
to mind, for . they haven't lost any of
their beauty. Tiller' doesn't really ob
ject, you understand, he merely discerns
this difference between the American
show girl and the English.
Regarding the beauty of his lively
little troupe It may be said that they
dance very well.
Chautauqua Slated .
For Dayton June 4-8
Dayton, Or.. May M An Ellison A
Whlt five-day chautauqua will be held
June 4 to t A large tent will be erected
In the city park where the 10' programs
will be rendered.
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- - 1 STOOR
MKM Mornsoa at ElOfcnth. Baker Stock
Say. Ptum.y. Bnnday. at 2 :30. Evaainss at 8 :20.
LYKIO Broadwj at Uorriaos. Irrio Mosical Comedj companr, is "Two Old BporU."
Matinai daily at 2 p. m. Evcohtca at T and 9.
PANTASES Broadway at Aider. Hish-daai Taiidenila and photoplay featura. Aftentooa
awl twmnf. ProaraaJ ebaacea Ifoadar aitrakbsn.
LOCMTS MIPV'OIMOaiE Broadway at TasaaiU. Duwetioa Aekenaaa Earria. TaadwrOle
and Bwetan. UowUnoooa, 1 p. n. to 11 p. a.
parks aid iresoarrs
OAK AMWSCalCirr rAWK Can at lint sad Alder. Coacwariona. picnica, dandna. akatiBC
Terydar. ' ..
' HOTOTLAT ' :. !
RIVOLI WaafaiiKtoa at Park. Anita. (8tawaxt im "Th Ifaa She Married. 11 a. m. to
II p. B. - " ! I .c- I
BLUE ISOUSC EternitA at Waahinctoau Ifaxjorie Daw ia "The Lyin rrath.' 11 a. aa.
to 11 p. aa i . . .
OIROLK Fourth at v7astriBatoa. WOliaaa' Fna'a "Thunderclap." 9' o'clock a. aa. to 4
v'rinck- the foIiewiBa- mo mine . i I j
COLUMBIA Sixth St Stark. "The Good Pranhr. 11 a. at. to fl O. a. -. 1 , . i
LIBERTY Bmwdway at Stark.. , "Smilia Thrwurh." U L a t U a a.
MAJESTIO Waahinctoa at Park." "When Boaaanc Kidea." 11 t a to 11 p. au
MOPLES Vieat Par at Alder. "The Pradiaat Jnde." 11 a. am. to 1 bv sv .
TAR Waabinc-tca at Park. "The 3(aa Trackca. .11 a a, to 11 pv aw i
STAGE vF.OLIQ
o Here "Tells : of His
Family. Objections.
I was doing .rny aimplej -cutting capers
and playing . tha : f sol. whila the , dead
man lay six feet- away. J Another man
Touowea roe, wno. fortunately aid
single, too. -. - 1 ' ...' -
"Hilda and -Keenan sat there beside
the dead actor. They were waiting for
the coroner,. I believe that is customary.
A body must not be moved until an In
quest has been held. , X . vrent tip to
Keenan and said, I am Tary jwrry about
this. I understand you will have tod
wait "for: the coroner, i Would "you like
me -toi; escort the young lady to-: her
hotel r ."Keenajo's nerves were ; edgeJ
tie snapped- back at ma.3 fNo,- X don't
want the help of any hick actors. I
win take care of my- daughter ;jnyslf.'J
f -That was a. ., bad beginning, wasn't
ltr The next day I was a guest at the
country- club. . Frank and Hilda were
there. I didn't " obtrude myself. But'
Keenan waa : of a different mood. . He. I
said.- "Let's i see. . . Your jon tba aame:i
bill with me, aren't you? flm afraid I
was 'pretty gruff the other day. All
broke np. ' you know, t Wontytu Jsdma
with us at our hotel T s - r , - -
"I accepted. In a day or so I. returned
the dinner, I ordered flowers ' for Hilda
and had ordered the dinner, beforehand.
Did. the best I could with our accommo
dations. '
"We were on the same bill ftsr IS
weeks. Hilda and I went about together.
Frank was satisfied with what ha
thought was transient friendship. But
when we' talked of marriage it was a
different matter. Frank didn't wanNne
for a son-in-law because I was of a
different race. Kate. Hilda's mother,
didn't want another actor in the family.
Said she'd lived with one for 42 years.
That had convinced her that one was
enough. But Hilda stuck to me and two
years later wa were married.
"Friends now? should say so. What
did I broadcast to but the Keenans in
Los Angeles? And our boy. four years
old now, is named Keenan."
Keenan is a frequent visitor in Port
land, comina- here to visit another
daughter, Mrs: Major y6T at Van
couver barracks, and hs young grandson
of whom he is especially proud. '
Appllossoms
Are Scene of
FSniWedding
BENEATH a blossom-covered apple
tree In a large Hood River orchard
on Tuesday a timid maiden and a stal
wart youth clasped hands and vowed
"never again do we part."
To all outward appearances, it was a
really and truly apple blossom wedding.
but in reality it was only make believe.
While the phony ceremony was In pro
gress, directors shouted instructions and
cameras clicked and when it was all
over the results were pronounced per
fect.
It waa one of the scenes of a two-
reel educational drama being produced
by the Kiser Studios, Inc. on the apple
Industry for a big Eastern distributor,
rg A group of directors, cameramen and
performers went to Oregon City on
Wednesday to film a number of scenes
in the Oregon City Woolen mills fo the
two-reel educational drama entitled
"Fleeced With Wool." This is a story
onwool production and the manufacture
of woolen goods. The party took with
them a portable lighting system .to
produce the proper lighting effects for
Indoor "shoots." The party remained
at Oregon City throughout the week.
The staff at the big Kiser studio on
Milwaukie street, which was completed
last week, is busy on a series of 10
educational films which are to be dis
tributed throughout the United States
and in foreign countries Immediately,
Veteran Chara c t e r
Actress Travels 20
Times Around World
Twenty times around the world,
proximately 600,000 miles.
Ap-
It's a long distance, but that's the
total rough figuring gives Ruby Lafay
ette, veteran character actress, for her
travels during 60 years as a player.
"I've traveled on river boats, steam
boats, mule teams, horseback and all
types and classes of railroad cars to
practically every village and hamlet in
the United States," says the 78-year-old
Thespian, now with Agnes Ayres la
"Borderland."
"It's very pleasant to us old folks that
the pictures- have made it possible at
last for us to have our own homes, to be
free from the Incessant 'one-night',
stands. It would be hard for a non
professional to understand the love for
home life which is engendered by con
stant, nerve-racking travel."
Miss Lafayette is one of the few re
maining survivors of the days of Boo the.
Barrett. Charlotte Cushman and "Edwin
Forrest,
I
eomptsy. la "The Babbla'
aUthue Wdas-
rSOLORES SUAREZ: whb
sbng'ancl dance offered hyi that interesting pre
she is dislinguished"by name that savors of thelrcir:
J ihis particular time xs toJitfr artandjto the grand oY&Z .
I fronione,erid of -thelnatioii to'thefothervA v :,Tt-jf j J-
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College Failed to
Keep HortonJFrom
Taking to . Stage
- r.;j. I, .. if.
Most boys are sent-to (college with' the.
fond hope that ,they will' learn Borte
thing. The parents' of jKdward ifortn.
former Baker Stock company leading
man. who has,- the leading role In the
seven-reel comedy, "Too - Much . Basi
ness." which waa at the Kivoli theatre
last week., had no snch Ulusiona- ' Tbjey
sent their young hopeful tor college to'
keep him from going- onj this stage., - Ajntf
they picked out OberUn1 college, in Ohio,
a . strict ' Congregational ' .institution,
where blue laws ; flourish ; la abondance.
Three .months "after entering ; college,
however, - young Hortoni aecretly rgan
ised a dramatic society aad 'himself
wrote a play for it to 'produce entitled
"Too Much Tooley., a name whfch.lby
a 'curious coincidence, j strangely " fore
shadowed th 'title of his first produc
tion for the . screen. : But when ; the So
ciety was bok--nough.lto nnounoa.'pts.
arrangements for a i public, presentation
of "Too Much r Tooley.t the i puritanical
college faculty issued an order prohibit
ing; dramatic "of any knd. ; r . ; I -
, Jess Wlllard. former; heavyweight pu
gilist, is In Hollywood working in -another,
motion mctura whtcnt will , feature
him. Tha .title is not yet. chosen.
is one of
Two : Important
i. neatre. -rrairs in Keview
. By Earl C Brpwales - ,"
SUMMER has come, sura enough ! jThere
Is no- mistaking tha;; signs,. 'for -this
week, will sae the." doors of. two of , the
Riaito' leading:, show shops" closed for
tha summer 'months 'after a season . that
haa been weigh,ted with many business
woes... yet which ,is ending,' With - high
promises for 'a1! newj" yisar. opening In
September nl. unusualj winter- and the
sudden: advent , of warm i weather ' have
conspired 'to defeat .'tha most 'energetic
efforts of theatre -men this year, j How
somever. Orpheum vaudeville and. IBakar
Stock. wrap their , respective -. jdraperie
about them this, week aad hie 'themselves
to seashore' and mountains for, the I warm
weather. The Orpheum closes rWiih tha
Wednesday matinee this ' wek and tha
Baker "will .shut up shop ""after thieper
formance of The Bubble" next- Batin--day
- night. Opening - dates ; for j,, both
house will be - determined later -tThe
other vaudeville theatres .-will ".not, close,
nor will , tha picture houses, 5 and,' there
1 every present; Indication that the sum
mer will sea soma excellent .j programs
at the Heilig theatre. Just" for instance.
Manager -W. T,-- Pangla promises the
r"rr.2idsm1Xhe;Passbg Shov"ofl921"
: Dolores is, associated1 with'nuinber.
f old Spanish; tales, although the'ody, allegiance Dolores eems to owe at
r whithheldispIays'it",for,ithe e'nterUhihent of-pleasure'seekiiis'folk
! ?M' "f 'srA sr-
V I t
Shows Close
American . ugnt ' upera- company in a
interesting- repertoire upon the heels o
"The Passing Show." which come Wed
nesdaw Then there ..la v that nr
praised- laugh ahowj-Abie' Irish-Roe.J
and. , soon thereafter, all . In j' the me:
month -of June, is dua Elsia Jants an
Her Gang, - an offering - that promise;
much Joy to those who know Elsie. An
before Jury " first dawn t Leo Ditrich
stein with "Tot o- and' another-play o:
his list,- will appear : before . HeUi
audience. ' , " "
vfKolb.'and"1DUl,wtiOieitrtalrd Port
land audiences the last half of the week
In' their merry "Give and ; Take" affaixi
had tha honor of -opening "with the am
show the new -munkripial ; auitorium a
The Dalles ;oa iTuesday;, evening. Ttudt
declare .Tha Dalles . has ; a'" splendid . ln
stitutionV in the hew structure and. that
the. accomrnodatlona . offered thera will
attract t show troupe ; that ordinarily
must avoid that city, M , "
. .i- - , - - . -
f Many -.weeks of preparation and '.ret
hearsing . end today noon when Gua A.
(OonclodaduoB paa rrar, " This- Sactiaa)
and) who enhances the charnVcf
of (other, beauties, among -when
iMlillSilli .X
YvonnWrintemps,
French Stage Idol,
Will Yi'sit America
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Paris, . May 2 0. America, ia soon to
See tha : "darling of the French stage.'
Yvonne Prin temps. Wife of Sacha Gul-
try, the famous actor-playwright, . who.
wlth his father, Loien Gultry. veteran
actor. ; will -.accompany, her on - a tour
imder the auspices f -Crosby Galge.
T Sacha Gultry Is the 'author of "Adam
nd"ETe,"ln which hi father will play
Adam and Sarah. Bernhardt. Eve, ' next
winter In Paris. L ...
r Many other French stars win be seen
In America this year, according to
present plana Mtstinguett Is consid
ering a contract toi appear in a musi
cal ahow on Broadway. Maurice Chev-
jailer,- : moat. - famous French " comedian.
will appear , in a Dillingham adapta
tion of "Dede," r the latest success to
succeed Phi-Phi at tha Bouffes-Parla-
lena ' Jane Renonardt has been -offered
a contract to go to America with tha
musical comedy, fThy Lips," now play
ing - to crowded bouses In Renonardt's
new - theater Daunou this - play, how
ever,- "will .take - considerable - "toning
down before presentable hi America.
It I the , "French lest" play, seen In
Paris for years,but the music Is tune -
ful and all Paris is humming, it. -. - .,
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Dark 4 Continent ; cf" I!:!." r:r.ry
f; tian Picture Fr : Cr.3 of
in uarr:"-in ci rurunc
M torv , on
If i. Stanley had -only had a motion
plctnra camera with, him Ja'lsTJ when ha
rescued Uvingstone. aV scora 't-twca
tleth century. MunChausens I would today
he out of a job .Two white m?n. Far
juar, and Shaw; i accompanied Stanley
into, the heart or,Arrica' tsom
dead. - yet, scattered throughout the
United 1 Statea . ara ': more - tnaa - twenty
imaginative- octogenarians who positive
ly Insist they are survivors of the Liv
ingstone 1 Relief Expedition. - , a -
.When Cant Henry; t Ktaniey rescuca
Vna David Livingstone from-the heart tt
tha-i rarlt Continent 60 years -ago, his
safari, contained 'everything possible ,-la
the way otaxploratlon eQUipmeht; scien
tific instrument and bis game firearms
that yankea jngenulty could device. Ko
expense liraa, spartd to make tha Living
atone relief weditloa complete in every
detail. And yet, . unknown- tha Intrepid
explorer-joarnaiiat and tha ; prompters t
his? darinff s ?tmaertaKing. one
waa, ct ' necessity omitted. -Iotlon
pictures had - not . been -invented, r Xa
guerra'B'work: was aUll ? la tha experi
mental Btagc Matthew B. Brady -photographs
-of Civil War angagements, al
though having, a. iwtda aj a rtoptoal
novelities of a momentous foocasloiv had
not had their historical lmportanca jc
ogniaed. Motion picture Hawa since been
made. recreating ins ewuuu
to tha last detail. " - i ' -
Miss Greenwood
Being Groomed
For Trip West
CHARLOTTE G R B JMSPWO Q D. like
whom there is o other. Is delighted
with nnr Mnroaco'a nlavns to bring her
and the JSLetty. Pepper? company direct
from New -Tork to tha west tor a umitea
summer" tour.: I love tha west because
it -ia- an ! roomv and I need room." ex
plains she of the windmill arms tnd legs.
U Already in New York Miss Greenwood
! noVinr shouDina-. forays In prepara
tion for her western departure with Den-
eraji the first etfjpi Her fc "!
elsts largely of -an . iv -.nense..
collection pf golf clubs. ' . - -
"Ik Hr'ai a. Wnndarful arame because
It- enables one to- be aetehyBtTSi - eaei
comedienne. 'Can- you imagine playing
golf in a lunch wagon or an elevator t
Never. One may be terribly stuffy at
bridge or piano recitals but golf half of
our population thought ( that pastures
were some sort of a painting until golf
came to their pedestrian j enlightenment.
"And 1 love tennis, too. But l am
handicaped too much by f my opponents.
They want to make me play doubles
singly. They say I can cover the whole
half of the court, on to their two. 'Taint
fair. Moreover, it's an aspersion. And
hate aspersions. .
Miss. Greenwood, who converted an
embarassing awkwardness into an inimi
table ranglness' that made her unique
as the foremost comedienne on the Amer
ican stage, still retains her arm-and-leg
clowning in "Letty Pepper," but she ha
risen to real dramatic heights in "Letty
Pepper" in the role provided for her by
Oliver Morocco and George V. Hobart for
the Morose o Holding company produc
tion, f
"Fine,-1 like to act," Mis Greenwood
replied to an interviewer who was
amazed at her sudden dramatic reveal
ment "Of course, I couldn't be serious
very long, but I find that thoughtful
little moments are an engaging novelty.
'For years I thought that nature had
played a mean Joke and. never really in
tended any particular line for me. That
was because of my arms and er er legs.
They were so long and! awkward that
they just got me Into trouble everywhere
when I tried to act like a normal human
being. ; 1 - j ' .-
"I had to blunder around for a long
time, tripping over scenery and myself.
falling over other people and being repri
manded by heartless stage managers be
fore I found that my physical equipment
might be changed to an endowment." ;
Mary Pickf ord Q-ot
2800 Letters Daily
! In Paris; Is Record
,. Maria. May 20. The world's record for
receiving ; letter broken last year by
Mary Pickf ord, who, while In Paris,
received an average of 2800 letters daily.
baa yet to- be equalled, according o an
inquiry Jnade by a 'French newspaper.
Bon Soir. . - ,' .';;;,- " . r
Second on the list was j Charlie Chaplin,
who received an average of 2500 mis
sives a day. . Jack Dempsey received C00.
Sarah Bernhardt acknowledged to an
average mall bat; of 600u Mile. Misting-
nett (said to have the most .beautiful
legs in the world, get . 450. Premier
Millarand gets from 200 to 400.
Good Comedies Are Plentiful
Gotham I Offers
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- By Westhrook
Fsgler-
1 1 United Praoa Bttit CSorrespoadent
New York, May 20. Although the list
ef plays along Broadway ia. subject to
revision or utter 'cancellation' without
notice, there are so many good comedies,
mystery plays, dramas,! revue and mu
ical comedies now . playing j in t New
York that any one who plan to come
her for a week of how-going- In Jnly
may eelect' now ' the attractions to be
seen and feel reasonably sure of finding
them stlli doing business two or three
months hence. As usual soma very in-
1 f erior . plays, of .various classifications
have I been - seen ; this, year, but . it does
Zl JGSTONEm
IN.:FILMS
jd Will Be: Reduced to Mo-,
l:j C cm panyT Productions r':
ureal cvenis 01 nis- i s ;
- Record. ' - - ' -
Had fia . photographer ..accompanied - '
Stanley and. taken photographs of the j
personnel;? f several thousand patient
Americans would not have neen ionjr
to bear in silence tha reminiscences (?) !
of the aforementioned Munchausen. Ke-
cently an; advertisement was placed in j
newspapers In several of the "key cities .
of this country- asking information of
any persona . who had - been connectaa
with Stanley in any capacity. : Of the
hundreds' of ' replies received, Beveral
isen had. - the writer claimed, person-, ;
ally accompanied Stanley to UUJU scores
were sor.ar of men who had been present .-
at -the historic meeting of Stanley -and
Livingstone.! and one particularly imag , f
InaUve raconteur offered to sell, for no
inconsiderable sum, ' the exclusive story y
of how he not Stasiey had rescued ma -
lost English mlssionarxj
- . .- . -. ;
"r. -Livingston, X presumaT" ,
'Yea.-. : V ' i;:--"-11 '-t' f
V -What" a, wealth of romance, history .
and - adventure lies : concealed "within
those few --conventional words spoken
50 years ago In the heart jot Darkest
Afrlcal' That trite phrase, savoring of .
the London clubroora rather than, the -Jungles
t vUJlJi, 1 Is more $ typical ?t -,
Captain Henry M.- Stanley, Dr. Dayid
Livingstone's rescuer, than would
volume of flowery, "oratorical prose.::
Why this laconic attitude on the part
of Henry M. Stanley and David Living
atone? i Both were men gifted with s
deft "word-eense. Livingstone, a ! trav-
eler, lecturer and missipnary. . whUe, : on
the whole, not given to excess conver
sation a customary trait of mam ;.
action and ccompllahmentr could never ;
be J accused of being taciturn. Stanley
a newspaper ' man of no mean ability,
had a fine command of English as .
any Journalist of the period. YeW'at '
time when histrionic and oratorical i
fttghta? would have been In order,! these 4
two men. sole , wltnesse of one of the '
world's greatest1 : ftchievement. -orined j
(Comstadad aa- Pata Two. Colnma "P1t)
Movie!
Heeding!
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STAGS and screen r tow-ttliistrating j
tha maxim that the pendulum must .
swing as much ;one way as another. Tha -v
number of film celebrities who have re- j ,
cently returned I to tha footlights Ben j
Turptn, Charlie - Murray, Doris Pawn, i
Robert McKlm, Mrs. Sidney ;urew, blu- t
dred Harris. Betty Ross Clarkej Mary f
Macljaren, to mention only a few is 4
likely to be Increased as time goes on.
' One of the reasons Xor the shift; is the f
sharp drop in the salaries paid tocreen
actors. n the period of partial idleness -In
the Hollywood studios during the past !
a- hlrlrtlnar for actors that had
previously raised thelr "value" to ab- 5
surd figures ceased. ': -J: .
Actors beean to seek employment
even some of the most famousinstead
of being sought. The law of supply and '
demand began to work in earnest, . Sal- ;
arles are now down to stay. There win :
never be so many bidders as formerly !
because production ia in fewer hands ,
and the leaders in, tne inaustry nv
combined : to j prevent ruinous pay to
actors. :.!.:,- ;, -T:l-
The result ls-that the stag is now able .
to bid for favorites on almost even terms i
with the studios; " This 1 bound to mean :
a greater shift t of "ersonalltie and an. '
influx of many new toce to "the screen
In the next year or two. Another out
come will be that those who "survive!
In either field will do so more on merit
than formerly. . '.V' ' ,--' - ; ;
Both, the stage and 'the screen' there
fore will benefit by the new state : of :
flux that exists, and the publio ought to,
see better acting than ever. if; . :? -,' i:
'Connie'ii Talmage ,
Has Clear Sailing :
In Pivce Action
Los Angeles. May 20-(tT. P.) Attor .
neys representing John J. Plaloglou,
wealthy Greek tobacco Importer, .an
nounced here that their client will not
contest the suit for divorce filed against
him by Constance Talmadge favorite of
the screen. :. ; - . ' i -1 '. ,'
If anything Is filed on Plaloglou' he
half if it be merely a general denial of
Mrs. Pialogiou'a charges. It was said,
Connie, as she is familiarly- known, '
claimed in her complaint that Plologlou
Interfered with her work and broke down
her 'health with "nagging because of
bia jealousy of. the male lead with
whom, aha appeared" in pictures.
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The senior class of Princeton tinlver
eity has voted i Douglas Fairbanks it
favorite screen star, with Harold Lloyd
second choice, j John Barrymor is ths
favorite actor of the stage.
Wide Varietv
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seem that an; unusual number; of ex
cellent show: have been brought to
Broadway and started off toward well
deserved prosperity. ; There - are many
good 'comedies "To the Ladies, r "The
Dover Road, "Captain Applejack,"
"Partners Again," "Six Cylinder Love,"
and the two-year-old success, going on
three, -entitled "The First Year." of
which cab 1 be recommended - for that
list of what's worth an evening time,
plus the price . of admission, plus war
tax. And Irene Sordini will be here for
(Concluded oa Paffw Tom. This Section)
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