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PORTLAND, OREGONV SUNDAY3jIORNING7:N6VEJIBER1 5, 1922J
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BOLSHEVISTS LET
RUSSIAN THEATRE
VISIT O VER HERE
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Berlin Acclaims Artistry, of Russia's . Proudest Possession,
. Granted a Year Leave From Homeland for a Tour of
Europe and Brief Visit in United? States; In
, 25 Years Has -Left Russia Once.
BA CKWARD IN THE
HISTORY BOOK OF
PORTLAND'S STA GE
Palmy Days of Old Baker and Cordras iRevived in Memory by
J Musty RIes of Journal) Frank Bacon in Vaudeville Was Treat,
v;; Carriages, Ticket Scalpers ind Fine Actors Were Prev- ;
i INtCOLORFUL C SURROUNDINGS TODAY WE'f-HAYE
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AOMI GOVSS. famisw attractiYe-VaUf3eiurtis her'talents antl Hiarm'to' ap. interesting
.Mortons: back there who may: some day join mother and dajJdy ,'as the junior edition of tlhe Four." Mortons. i
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"lavle At tfl ;OrrriMTTri tlie . WV IVI K (.lace it" atto'natM iAnfh '"Paul TMn'i4nn ' A -.4 k''' nnfl'! Ssmi.Dnrl . It lttw
Morton of pour-Mortoi7fain3 Not; that we want toj becharigedwith 'e3qins':anypr6fessKnal ;'ecret4but here's
tHe trjitH : ;Miss Glass . is . registered in her Long Island I hotae ; town election books as i MrsMortonl ' and : there are - two 3 little
By I'mTrruJ Scrrice)
-Berlin, Nor. 4. The .Moscow Art
theatre, one of the proudest posses
sions, now visiting here on its way
to America, has been received with
: Russian colony in . a series of artistic
j triumphs. .
These production - nave ibeen made
; the occasion of one . outpouring after
: another of the world of ex-princes and
princesses,, nobles, capitalists, artists.
' who keep alive here the traditions of
- old Russia for picturesque splendor and
; appreciation of the finer things of life.
Applause and rhouts of friendly ap
proval, restrained' fn Russian custom
to die close of the performance, have
. evening:- after evening " endured ' in
.tumultuous riot for many minutes and
' have brought the performers and the
creators of this theatre, Constantin
Stantalawekl and Vladimir Nemtrevitch
Damtcheka, to the footlights again and
again in acknowledgement.
German 'critics are one in praise of
the finish, naturalism, perfect coordi
nation In every - minutest detail, of
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: : The Moscow Art theatre Is coming
I to America under grant of a Sabbatical
; year by the soviet government. After
- enduring and surviving the seven years
of war and politico-economic chaos that
have racked Russia; this company of
f players was released for a year of
' travel and refreshment from Ae tragic
stringency of present day Russian life,
-but only on the most binding pledges
J I 7 ..and vei "Ust will return
at the end of hi leave. For the Bol
shevik government. ;whleh has made
the theatre a state' resoudce, has no
ire
Makes History
For Photoplay
- .JEAT importance attaches to the
"announcement of the forthcoming
showing at the Blue Mouse theatre of
- .Mary Pickford's notable production of
-l ess .of the Storm .Country." Tfils
Screen event marks a vital epoch in
' photoplay history inasmuch as it is the
first instance In which a great star has
resurrected tronv the past the picture
. which won her a permanent place in
-the photoplay halt of fame and pro
educed It fr second time on. an elab
; orated scale, taking advantage of an
the progress the film-making Industry
, Jt lht ,art jo that
t Piekf ord portrayed the lovable
.-cittr&eter of r mm. K.r .
picture camera nd this artistic - trl
limph of hers was so ajU-eneompassing
there ' Is no way of .determining how
' i!?n? mUlions of people in all the civi
ilixed nations of the. world: saw
i f As a matter of fact, this photoplay
as exhibited continuously until every
frint : was worn out. and the .negative
- its power to reproduce., During
the, last two years Miss Pickford has
' been- the .recipient of thousands of re
QuesU to once more offer herself in
, this masterly story. ,,
i.c-opcro na magasines or many
; countriea hin tnliuil i.
. io wwuw ivr
this new production. Aa a consequence.
"America "s Sweetheart" has responded
fey making & greatly Improved version
oi xne piay. criUcs everywhere de
, dare it to be her most artistic achieve
ment and the concensus ' of opinion
N; seems to bo that it will .live through
posterity as one of the foremost cinema
v classics of the first two decades of the
"new art. , .-
Miss Pickford . "In the role of Tess
Is said to be truly-at her very!., best
atjd her performance reveals the fin
ished touches of artistry; which is so
; distinctly her osvn.
. . The supporting cast she has selected
; personally is most capable. Lloyd
Hughes, who plays the leading male
role created by the late Harold Lock
n wood, is especially acceptable, while
Oloria Hope In the part of Teola
t Graves wins herfull share of sym
pathy. Noteworthy performances are
; Kiven by Jean Hersholt Forrest -Rob-
inson. Robert Russell. David Torrence,
i penny Hoy, Gus Saville and Mme. de
. Bodamerer
e John- S. Robertson directed this re
vival ' with Shaw Ixtvett assisting.
Kimer Harris adapted the piece from
Grae Miller White's famous novel.
" Frank Ormston fulilld the duties of
t rt director brllliantly the settings be
ing unusually realistic
The story unfolded In "Tess of the
Storm Country" has to do with a
i group of fishermen who had Msquatted"
on lake-shore land belonging to a
r.ealthy and tight-fisted man, 'whose
stern efforts to evict the "Intruders"
;" form the crux of the, conflict. Tess is
the daughter of one of these fisherman
and it is her winsome manner and rare
beauty which Inspires the son of the
rich man to . intercede in behalf of
- those his father would persecute,: This
- complicates matters as does the ad
vances of a vUlainous fisherman who
v .: re im.iur.nunawL. Anart.
touching self-sacrifice on the part of
Tesa saves the .rich man's datihtr
. from disgrace nd the ending is such
' a pleases -everyone after the heroine
- h com pirorh all the agonies of
naviag her - f afher arrested and tried
for murder. , ' -
'!fTr"Brd,,"r J'- i WiUusa A Wolha; Motton A. Clan atadlhwd.
Talr1,pn! A,tk!r- H.h-HM Hlin, and photoplay festarw. - Afteraeoa
wnle. Pmeram ebancn Monday afternooa.. . . . . ' AI.lxamo
H'IS!,KTy tmX"abia- " vndeU and Tosa-MU ia "For Kg Stakea."
AKKIt Elewt and Morrt-oa. tXrrK Mtual Comedy JccMpany. in -ataka Belim
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2Vii"T"ir?to' pt rfa,wei p"7w ta-rrae ta u rot.". H .
Lt i?lil,rE:iTnth "Whnctt. - "Qti of tl lionSn Boot." - U i, i
L'5TT hroliwt t Stark. Cowiittee Tatnurfge in '"(art la Wert." 11 L
?r?,Jftil nrfTrtSh,nB ' TkomM "TbavMaa Wae Saw Toarar.
state resource, has no
this ''most ' remarkable
. The Moscow Art th.atre will appear
in in unuea states unaer tne a i rec
ti on of Morris Gest. Parenthetically,
this is the' climax of Gest's career as
fltWTlMlTllr; ttt T?tlJta4fln lift In Ami
ica. He brought the first Russian bal-
m m nix, n nu given new xora iu
glimpse of the Chauve-Souris and has
helped so 19 : broaden the trail for the
Russian venturer across the Atlantic
that this theatre? travels a prepared
Ptb. A : ; .
' Tlte persuasion that brings this com
pany uajx way arouno ne worm nu o
be a powerful one, for in the 25 years
of its existence it has left Russia only
once. This was not only because their
art is deep-rooted in Russian life, but
because to transport1 the. whole com-
sheer physical magnitude that it might
wen majte an jmpreou.no pause. "
' The company is under the personal
direction of Constantin Stanislawskl.
Its founder. Besides being a great
creative artist as a director, Stanis
lawskl is also one of this theatres prin
cipal actors. There are 68 actors in
all In the company; It carries a staff
of regisaeurs, .scenic artists, light
ing . mechanics and the elaborate and
detailed investiture of four productions.
Th details of each are so carefully
and minutely worked out. the furnish
ings, costumes and properties are so
fastidiously realistic to Russian life
and the periods of the plays, that noth
ing can be left behind. -
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. "Caar Feodor " -the duIt nrnAnttm
Which the company has made in the
years of the revolution; is also, curi
ously enough; its most splendid effort.
In the vekra whn ttum
its utmost misery of want the Bolshe-
government nas somewhere found
the resources to give it the gorgeous
stuffs, the lavish decorative art and
materials with which to picture the
fabulous splendor of Russia's renais
sance. ' ;. , '
"Caar Feodor" is a historical drama
in seven scenes by A:iexei Tolstoy. . It
deals with the figure around whom" had
grown the most striking pt Russian
leXTends. t h ll 1- r-rmv Tr.t r a m
It pictures the episodes in which this
tierce, arrogant.ltgure fought down the
Wild, nobles of th mtirt ynA ... .
revolt of the people, and finally flicked
iwuw bvm or avan the Terrible out
of .the -way. The priests, the Boyars
and the peasants, the vaulted chambers
of the Kremlin, combine in vivid color
to Present a glowing, barbaric, pageant
that brings ; primitive holy :Russia to
tho Western world , as it as jBQt. been .
brought before.
The production of Gorki' rx Night
ln' that have bwa' nj
Western Europe and in America have
always had for their model the orirtnxJ-
one made in Moscow. This drama of
- nop wnere stalk the
despairing caricatures of creatures who
once were men and women, i one of
the .most renowned of the Moscow Art
( Concluded on Pmw Two Coloma' Fit)
GuyPdston
First Layoff
In 10 Years
QSE of the severest penalties of suc
cess is the constant demand of the
public upon the aHist who has achieved
this goal. Guy Bates Post, the distin
guished star of "The Masquerader" and
"Omar the Tentmaker." exemplifies this
statement perhaps above alt others. ?
Even before he came under the man
agement ofj Richard Walton Tuliy.
which has already covered a" period of
oyer U years. Guy Bates Post was a
name to conjure with in the world of
the theatre. With ; Tu!ly. Post has
starred In. 'The Bird of Paradise "
Tentmaker" years completely filled
with performances,, rehearsals and
"The Masquerader" and "Omar the
travelings. Two beautiful homes, one
in Connecticut, the otheii in California,
waited and waited for POrt to inhabit
them. "
Post closed hjs latest stage season in
Baltimoro on a Saturday night he
commenced -i shooHnv m "ti.. xm
querader" in Lqs Angeles six mornings
'wr- 1 1,0 iniervai oetore the filming
of "Omar the Tentmaker" was filled
with etudy. and preparation.
It was only after Omar. the Tent
maker'Vwar all completed, cut. titled
and shipped East that Post found he
had won his vacation the first in over
decade filled with strenuous and mer
itorious artistic achievement.
; Just a month -has elapsed since that
time. Alreadv Pout la
detailed study, invariable preface to
his rtAliah) nnf4rnl, 1. 1 ;
, . . Itic,
characterization of Svengali In "Trilby."
db. inii nionin oi vacation,- Post de
clares, wilt remain forever in his mem
ory as a landmark, the realization of
his an, jtmRitfrm fcf i z
chance to enjov llhe simple, mhofeeome
pleasures which most of us can have
daiiy. hut which are denied the success
fut artist during his era of popularity.
the theater
gaining of
rmi i ji
Actor jLdaths Old;
Role bf Eero; Part
Of
ViUain 'Jake:
Actors, like members; of anj 'other
profession or trade, get into grooves
ut of which they, seem unable to extri
cate themselves. For instance. Leon
Bary. the famous French actori who
was alwayi, a . leading man ion . the
stage, is - now one of ' the most con
firmed villains of the movies and can
not get -auiyj other" parf."J jr?j
His speciilty here: of late htsbech
to loathe lovers.". In playing opposite
Mabel Normand In "Suaanne," soon to
be released he . was particula j-ly Im
pressive in 'fiis loathing-of the hero.' In
"The WhitfiFlower." in which hs has
beautiful. Bettv Csmnuni- a nrfhi mum
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Of his malice, he is said to bieVea a
more implacable foe to the lovers in
ly mounting higher and higher iahdt he
w now iwFirinc.Bwre money for ibetng
a villain -than he ever did for being a
hero. So, he is asking the whole world
to indulge !him in. his .villainy. The
business reasons are ' obvious.) The
necessity of letting him continue is in
controvertible since them r
actors so w tiling to b an mranrnr min
3 f the realai. ' ,r J . T
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Rialto Yield of News Notes
at tr st ' ' '! V a. ' 'si r a' 'a. ' ' - ' I' -
Gossip About
,jl By Earl C Brows lee . j
JOSEPHINE DILLON, former mem
ber & of the Baker Stock 'company
and j later wonderfully successful as a
dramatic" director 'In ,the -. war-time
arrny, is back . in Portland brimming
oven : with - enthusiasm and cherishing
plan$ that her enthusiasm has. In
spired. . -. To aJl iotonts and purposes
MwiSt DUlon is Just enjoying a lea-e
Of blnfte f mm- th MMrn nttiAin t
Holly woodr where, she has' for some
lime .oen ? a ,iecnnieai i expert. f But
there Is a- strong' probability that the
actress wilt remain he res. In "fact, she
has F conspired with the i American
Legion '.boys to . Rid ' them r In ' certain
phases of the preparation for and pro
duction of their midnight matinee on
New i. Tear's eve. After! a course .as a
recon'structioa ' aide at? Heed college.
Miss Pillon- was .a dramatic-Hirector
imegr i the.' aoldiArm... at . ramna ns
Meade, "Eustlco and.Travis.. Aftef.the
war ht went to: filmland . and there
made a big place for herself,. especially
in the t echnical side of the work.- for '
whlrtt.jshn-was fitted not nnltr v.v mi.
oer proieswona axperaencft.. But,.
die Show Folk
because of theeeneral store of lnAwt.
edge, dramatic and otherwise, she car-
es arouna witn her. 'r 1 :
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Manager Fred Tnnol ha. an-ani
an -interesting' prologue which Is Yw-
i i " ii3v.. a i. vacn snowing Ull
week of "Queen f the Moulin Rouge."
A replica bf. the Red v Mill is :a back
ground and on the Istage" will be-'pre-sented
a. dancing number, with a Parish
Ian tone. , Speciaj musicar features will
accompany the prologue with Rtechele's
Blue Mouse -orchestra! and Harry ' Q,
Mnis,- orgnaist, . doing tho harmony
honors. ''!'
-, "Orange Blossoms." a comedy song
and r dance review at - the - Hippodrome
this week, " is said Ito- J be one of t the
snappiest of its kind that Ackermah- A
Harris have yet sent out. Th a.ct"ia
a melange of patter.' music and step
ptag- s -i .-
1 .: ' ...f.w. J-
C6m to-, the iourthouse tonight at
1 :S0 i and"; hear ? Mrs.! ilzetta JeweH
RmwlL 1-tadiM mo.lllir ImHta
says' at- bright, pinkj Jiandbill that has
tCoocftuied ea facaXama. Cohuna roo-
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Legs Are- Done ;as r
i Oonimercial Stage
: Item, ;Skys Critic
Saramento. CaL, JS'ov 4. (U.;P,)
"Commercialised ; Jegs" " ; are a. ' dead
money maker, on, the -stages; according
Maurice Brown, playwright' and
theatrical producer who recently de
livered a lecture on this' subject here.
Brown declares that th short skirt
j 'v . b. .u, j wit. auu
that, as soen; as they were no longer
a ; forbidden subject . ' theatre-goers
ceased to get 'a' superlative "Jtick? out
of them. - " '. -1 . , . ' '
i j Whetherthei returnof the long skirt
will again produce I the oldtima 'ef
fect upon . the younger generation he
did not . say. j But) , perhaps the -.fact
.that .'long . skirts qoni, i mean any
thing according to so' many women,
will - prevent - the .return . of , old condi
tions. t " . I ', .
The day ,has passed . when: a: the
atrlcal production Which has no real
dramatic talent or . dramatic art can
get by." Brown declared. , . .' . .
-The day of purely commercialized
and-, cheap stage art. when pretty aces
and pretty i legs constituted the i chief
requisite for stago. attractions.. ha,ve
rone for' good. So ha the day' whn
KOvJar- even like these pretty faces and
leira were, .bought . and sold across, the
footlights.
I! Twenty.', years ago three theatre In
Portland aatiafied an avaricious pub
Uo appetite for dramaUc entertainment
'and: "pollta- and refined 'vaudeville,'
while the notion picture thriller was
an unheard of and unseen delight just
then 'incubating in the fertile minds of
ita lnventora. - '
A' jretrospective ; browsing in , early
files of The Journal, foUowing' an idea
for - which no i? originality ; la dairoed.
reveala that n March Jl.; 1902, The
Journal carried the first theatrical an
nouncement ever printed in this news
paper. It heralded the ' approaching
assortment of "polite and refined vau
deville" assembled for the pleasure of
Baker' theatre patrons by George ,r
Baker, manager. The same George
Ia is now, mayor, you know. rr
The h first - theatrical review ever
printed in The? Journal appeared -on
March 17 and praised the week's vau
deville bill at the Baker, way down in
the i column of type appears the fol
lowing;. it .:".. ,i:7---
.."But the etar attraction is . Frank
Bacon, Bessie Bacon and Miss Weide
murn in a playlet, called, 'An Easy
Liar.' The Bacons are favorites "here
and' their appearance was richly: ap
plauded. The sketch is replete with
comedy and pathos and met 'with gen
eral approval.". ' 'J'i
Bacon had headed a stock company
In Portland prior to that eventful van
deville tour, but even his most ardent;
admirers, not even Bacon himself, ever
dreamed that, 20 yean later, be would
he one of tho leading American stage
tars, presenting "Lightnln' " of which
be is co-author, through a world-record
making engagement In New York and
would ! also break all long run records
for Chicago.--: r.'-r
- The same review gives an Idea of
the versatility of ; those early vaude
ville artists : "Orie of the best acts
was that of Lorraine A Howell in
comedy sketch In which they intro
duce singing, dancing, contortion and
two wonderful trained dogs."
The three theatres Portland boasted
about in those happy days, more than
20 years v ago, were the Marquam. still
standing, back of the Northwestern
Bank building (and variously known
as the Orpheum. the Baker and. more
recently, as the Lyric) T the original
Baker and Cordray's. - The Marquam
was. managed by - Calvin Heilig, now
owner of : the theatre here that bears
Dis . name . ana . inheres tea in nau .
Han o
lulu Is
Movie (Elenter
TTONOLCLU. Nov. 4. (XJ. San
a-a. Francisco' and San Mateo; aren't
the only towns cutting into the movie
monopoly of Los Angeles.
Honolulu is fast becoming 'a film
center, too. Companies are coming
here .with Increasing frequency from
the mainland to film either a number
of scenes or whole, plays.
vA' short time ago there were three
companies here at one ume, ait anoov
in i "South sea stuf f.
, The Far East player. Betty Comp
son and the A, B. Barren ger company
were1 the three here together, j
-The Barranger company, is filming a
story:" called "The Vengeance of the
Sea."; a story rof the South seas with
a Hawaiian setting, v Part of the film
was v taken- at Catalina island. - The
nicture especially features : pearl dlv
In? and - the management declares
that' nractlcallT every island of the
Hawaiian group will be visited before
the-company returns. .Tne male mem
bers of the Barranger company,, the
latest' te' arrive, look like "wild men
fromj Borneo," as they have been let
ting thir whiskers grow without con
sulting the barber.
' .'The 'Betty Compson - company Is
working on another South sea play.
entitled '"The White Flower.- A ma
jority of the scenes win oe taxen nere,
although a -certain number of interiors
have already been "shot" in Los An
geles. ' v - - '- r.s
The Far fTest players will take a
number of scenes here and will visit
& number of the smaller islands of the
group. They are making a number of
rtr-lentat days and several in which a
wide scope of geography is . covered
before the final 'fadeout. ,
Thev will travel fronv here to inaia.
where the final scenes will be taken.
The purpose-of the company is to get
real "local color" into air or weir
scenes and-not to rely on any . "false
frontT scenes of the Orient .set up in
Hollywood.- with South sea islanders ;
and native Hindus recruited from Main j
street. Los. Angeles. .
World Sees Portland Films
Pictures - Are
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In a-desoripUve list of Urban Pop
ular Classic, entertaining and -. in
structive;. film subjects, published by
the Klneto- Company of America, and
released over the world by Vitagraph.
appear B2 features made In all parts of
the world by intrepUl motion picture
photographers.
' Of the total numberv four were made
In Oregon by Portland ''cameramen
These are t ."Tne . eoivery eaimon.-
. . m. ; : r . ... . . .
"Newsprmi"" jraper - i aiw moaem
Ranking. ' ! recorded by 'Lewis . H.
Mnnmaw of the American Lifeograph
corrpany of Portland, and "The Power
of the c?louas." mae orn. h. urown
ell. who has put much of his fine work.
photographed tn'Oregon, in the national
dosen others on the coast. Mayor
George L. Baker, then not more than
politically 'hopeful, managed the house
that bore i hia name. John L. Cordray
had personal charge of Cordray's. He
is now manager of tho Oaks Amuse
ment park. : , ! '
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An early "theatre column" in The
Journal announced "The Christian" as
the attraction at the Marquam on
March 17J IS and 19, 1903. On March
16, Florence Roberts opened - at Cord
ray's In "ZasaMo "a crowded house."
"The play is one of the most success-
ful of David Belasco's and it made an -immediate
hit here," The Journal critio
reported, f It ran for a full week.
v On March 27, Blanche Walsh opened
at the Marquam in -fLa Madeleine,"
and "Janice Meredith." Iu April the
Daniel : Frawley company (T. Daniel
Frawley still heads a stock company
centering its attentions on the Orient)
played a brief season at the Marquam.
starring Frawley in "Secret Service,'" ;
"Brother j Officers" and "Lord and
Lady Algy," ' : .. :
Throughout April and May of that
year Ralph Stuart and his company
held fortht at the Baker, playing re pre
tolre. And it was in those months that
the Marquam announced -"the positive
appearance, of Mr. ' Lewis Morrison.
himself, with wonderful -electric and
calcium etfectavin 'Kaust.' "
But John Cordray wasn't,ene to be
daunted by . "wonderful electric and
calcium effects, so he presented for
four nights,, Just prior to. the Morri
son engagement at the Marquam, John
Griffith ' and Kathryn Purnell in
"Faust. It was a warm war for ;a
. (Coaeluded en Pass Two, Column Fit.) .
Wessling Puts f ;
Portland Data
InNewReport
A PATHEJ home office sales confer
ence: called . by General Manager
Elmer Pearson brought four district
managers together and held them in
New York; nearly : all of last, week.
The occasion is reported to have been,
one of jubilation alt around over pres
ent, business conditions and prospects
for this fall and winter.
We . found ourselves, to .be of ,n
mind on main essentials," said Pear
son. "In practically every section of
the United States evidences are plenti
ful justifying, our., consistent optimism
and preparation for the full resumption
of exhibitor.: business this falL - The
fewt exceptions are duo solely to local
disturbahces, ; which
appearing.' All of .
are rapidly dis
the product dis-
trlbuted by Pathe is
in active and in-
creasing demand, with a landslide'
aireaay wen suiriea ' in aavance oooii-
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Pearl White productions."- s .
In a series of consultations' between
mann and the district managers, sales '
"plans - were completed in detail - and
quotas definitely fixed. Eachmann out
lined an. innovation in sales policy and
intensive cultivation methods which
will have ' a reflective effect to the
exhibitor's- advantage. '
The Pathe district jhanagera' attend
ing the i home office 'conference, and
whose personal expressions amply bear :
out the statement of, thetr chief execu
tive, are: W. S. Wessllng, Western, of ,
Portland ; W. T. "Bllf) Toder, South
ern ; Robert S. Shrader. Central ..West
ern, and Robert Smel&er, Kasterndis-
trict. i All . are veterans in the sales
end of the ;film industry and have
nraaeo rains xieia iqrcea lor uie lain
half dosen years, , or more. "
In addition to - General . Manager
Pearson's summary of their reports on
present conditions and prospects, they
furnished first r hands, information on
several points of general interest.
Wessllng said ; thai the regions of
Portland and Seattle,' the apple - country.-
and ' the . Spokane wheat section
vra ' hftrlnnlnr f a ifeir It . tttA'
ral business improvement . so marked. -
in end about San Francisco and Los . '
Angeles.: They had lagged "behind, ow
ing to purely sectional conditions and
business policies.: which were now be
ing reformed with. satisfactory results.
"Denver and Butte; i Mont., were, he
said, the centers of, thriving sections.
witn copper mines m .'active operation.
Salt Lake City, was now showing im
provement after a period of dullness in
smelting operations,, largely due to a
shortags of cars for ere transports tion,-
wessilng: said that in his district
exhibitor business had been the slow
est to recover where"" war prices of
admission had been too long main
tained in the face of patrons' reduced
buying power.
Educational
market through various releasing agen
cies..: . ' '
The Silvery Salmon" pictures the
life and adventores of the gamert of
fish , It was made in the Columbia
and . .Willamette rivers. "Newsprint
Paper starts with the standing tim
ber and follows the course of paper
makers through Oregon's great paper
mills until j their product is ready for
the great jnewspaper presses of the :
metropolis, t Moomaw's "Modern Bank
ing" reveals the intimate workings of
Portland 'banklng houses.: ; j -
1 Brownell's "The Power of : the
Clouds' is a romantic study Of a rain
drop from-the time of its fall frriTTi
Concluded oa JPac Thna, Coltuaa Four)