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PORTLAND THEATRE BOOKINGS PROMISE LOTS OF PLEASURE :4V'.yi-'.?-,-r-;?'';-' " ...... i V . - . Next Few Weeks on Stage and Screen Bright With Prospects for Some of Season's. Biggest Entertainments; Heilig Brings in Famous Plays to Share Interest With Un T ' usually Good Quota of Picture Shows. AFEW weeks of notable stage and screen entertainment . are , in prospect for amusement hungry Port land as a result of late bookings, and by the, time the intensive period of Christmas shopping arrives the show shops will have gleaned their share of small change with some really good thinga - , t A survey of the booking: charts in various managerial sanctums - reveals promises of several of - the dramatic hits we have been wafting for since the hectic days of. their New York success. The film theatres, too,"' are coming- forward with some surprisingly good - offerings , In the face - of ,. many sanguine; suppositions that the celluloid realm had nothing Dew and notable to offer. . . - v "h " Manager W. T. Pangle at the. Heilig lends an interesting looking date book for the Inspection of anxious patrons. Of course, you never- can tell, in these days of railroad strikes and San Fran cisco drouth what will . happen' to Broadway' best beta between the time they make a booking in the Northwest and the hour lor the first curtain, ..but recent weeks have seen v measure , of highly probably, that everything' now CU ivuio will , Tvutc( ww7 aaw business storms and get into the good pickings here and elsewhere in the Northwest. , i - ' The Heilig book shows for this week, opening, aa usual, on Thursday evening an interesting company in "The Man Who Came Back." This stirring melo drama has a peculiar appeal for Port land audiences Inasmuch -aa it is a dramatization by Jules Eckert Good- late John Fleming Wilson's popular story. And Wilson, son of Ir. J. R. -r Gervais Youth Becomes Noted As Playwright TITLES ECKK.RT GOODMAN. "Ore- .1 ron's own.", and author of "The luam wkA Came Back." the attraction"! at the Heilig- theatre, beginning mars- ii .(m nr ins: mojit BuccesBiui va. the vounger oleywrights. Recently simultaneously In New YotIc ana one f them. ""The "Man,, Who Came Back." based on John Fleming Wilson's story, nn kt wneicH. The others, were his dramatisations ef "Treasure Island" and "Object Matrimony. "Practically anybody can be a play wright, Goodman declares, if he tries hard enough. It is merely a case of practice.. For his own part, he has been trying to write plays for 20 years, so by tris time, he thinks, he should possess some slight facility. There is no inspiration connected with it Just work. It takes one year to write a play, but almost anybody ought to be Ma tn Uirn the rules, and write a plfcy In a year. - Dn.lr M ir.n.ra 1 mtftr : A V in Gervias. Or.: , 15-vear-oia Jules usea to Steal up the ladder to his favorite cubby-note ; ana write corneaies , ana Why the new Installment of "tea had nt uwn nhalved.. . Tter his , father permitted the son to have I .college education' at - Harvard and meanwhile he continued to write plays After Harvard he went into literature. He became managing editor of a magasine and still he kept on writing plays. As managing editor his salary was $26 a week, until the owner one day decided to sell the magazine.. And then it happened. Jules Eckert Goodman sold his first .play, '"The Test," and it was placed with A- -H. Woods by the Selwyns, then play brokers. Not only that, . but Woods drw a check for $500 advance royalty man. Within & week he sold two more plays.' -,:. ,;-. :A , . ... 5 . Xon Bary. whose latest' screen tri umph is scored in Mabel Normand's " "Susanna,- is the only actor to remain as Mme. Sarah Bernhardt' leading man four consecutive years. Forget Eternal Triangle Stuff, ' Say Contestants Los Angeles. Nov. 18. "We're tired , of crooks and young- love. Give us history and the Bible.' Give us plays that deal with married life but forget that ... eternal tri angle stuff." That is what the public has-told Cecil B. de Mllle in more than 30.-. 000 communications submitted in-his "Idea contest," which closed here November t X, de Mille told the United News today. Suggestions came from . every state in the union, from Mexico,' Canada, France, England and Aus tralia. . ROAD SHOW AUDITORIUM Third at day. Mtnlo. is an npn of "ipirit pbeaemeaa. 8 :15 a. sv " , VAUOCVILLK - ORPHCUK Braadwmr t Tajtor. Tbompson, .''The EaTpuaa"; 1 Doolcy sad Sales Scad- Bnd. 3:S0 9. ., 8:15 p. (a dily. . - v f NNTI Bmdnj at Alder. Uisb-clus vmndcriHa and phatoplay featana. Aftaraoom o nwint.. Prosraai chnre Moodar aftmiooa. - X ... HIPPODROME Bntwtj at TamiriO. - Vandenlla and Bhirtay t(aoa, ia "Tovth Hast Rt Lorfc" Geatiiraem. 1 to 11 p.HL s , BAKER Klennta asd If orriion. . Lrrte Ktsdcal Comedy eompaar, in "One Toe Haas. 3. 1 ana tf.a t . - . , . . fMOTOt-AV 4 luk mousg Etewath ; at Waihu-ctoa. llLalollim. - LIBERTY Broadway at Start: Suronabeart, eOLUMBia Sixth near WaduactooL. Gloria lliatoUfca-. .- KOPLES Vfert Part aaar Washitwtoo. "Th to 11 p. aa - ' - rth at XVaabiasteok - Kastatova, Wilson, late head of the old Portland academy, was also of Portland. On November SO, in celebration, it seems, of the Thanksgiving holiday, comes "The Gold Diggers," Avery Hop wood's sparkling' comedy, for which Portland has patiently waited through tne two years ; of its New Tork run and the long season it spent is Chi cago. David Belasco is sending the "original" cast of "The Gold Diggers' westward with Gertrude Vanderbllt featured. The company will present a Thanksgiving matinee as the opening show and; a special Saturday matinee as well. '" Following the Belasco-Hopwood suc cess in rapid succession will come Wm. Anthony McGuire's famous comedy, "Six Cylinder Love," traveling under the Sam XL Harris banner which was flung to the- breezes for more than 500 performances In .New Tork, "and the John Galsworthy's .great tragi -comedy, "i"ho Skin Game.'Vivgaln we are prom ised an original feast in a play which ran for 14 - months in New Tork, six months in Chicago and " 1$ months in London. William A. Brady. In asso ciation with the London producers, is presenting "The Skin Game." All of which ties in nicely with the season of light opera at The , Audi torium, where the American Light Opera company opens Sunday evening fori a four-day season.- Many of the singers were here two years ago sing- teg "Robin Hood" to delighted audi tors. The present repertoire Includes such gems as , "Bohemian ; Girl,' "Chimes of Normandy," "Martha." "The Mikado,": "H. M. S. Pinafore," and "The Mascotte." .Prices for the engagement are unusually low. . -. -- The silver sheet will make a big bid for attention, too, tn the pre-holiday season. In fact the bidding is already tinder way, with the current programs showing' unusual merit The Liberty, presenting the second big picture with Strong-heart, the wonder dog, has a drawing card. -. It is "Brawn of the North," and" is said so measure up to the first, .?Tfc Silent Call." The same theatre has booked Rudolph Valentino's latest, "The Toung Rajah," to follow the Stronirheart film. At the Columbia Gloria Swanson in The Impossible Mrs. Bellew " is prov- inar a lure to movie fans and Man ager E. E. Marsh at that house has in reserve "To Have and to Hold," said to be among the . very best pic tures in yeara j This , picture with an all-star cast, probably will, be the Thanksgiving attraction at the Colum bia. . Manager Fred Teufel St the Blue Mouse has several big things in the offering, aside, from "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight." That feature will be followed by Mary. Pickf ord in "Tess of the Storm Country," a brand new picture and not the original Tess made by Miss Pickf ord. After that will come such attractions as '"The Fast Mail." and - "Nero," - spectacular pro ductions.- . ' ,. V r - 111 Takes Role in New Ince Film LETTER - from George .Larklnj starred in the ; three local produc tions of the iTemluni Picture company when its Beaverton studio was oper ating, tells of his work since Us re turn to Los Angeles. Within a few days after his return from Portland to the movleland capital Larkln was signed by Thomas Ince for a role In Ince's - newest, contribution to First National entertainment. " " ' The cast includes Larkln. May Mc Avoy, Frank Keenan, Eugenie Bes- serer. Louise Lester and a number of well known characters of celluloid note. . "I am playing the part -of arf Ar gentine dancer." Larkln writes, hint ing that it smacks of Valentino. "I meet Miss McAvoy at a Spanish fiesta in New Orleans and we dance together later in a Frisco cafe scene. Here we dance an Argentine tango, also a nov elty toreador dance which I am re hearsing at present. "The story is quite unusual and Is temporarily 1 entitled "News, for a num ber or the scenes are from newspa per items. Incidentally, we are hav ing ideal weather and the studios are all In full blast. I expect to be occu pied about four weeks -on this' story, after which I may be in another Ince story which is being prepared for shooting. John Griffith Wray is di recting 'News and he is a crack-a-jack. The story is an original by Bradley King. fears jroTHnro ' v. "I hear you have a mystery bathing suit." said Harry Beaumont. Metro director, to Viola Dana the other day. -"Pshaw, there's nothing: to it," re plied Viola. "Just as I fearedr sighed the director. - 'Wbert Is My Waaderias Bey Tooiaht?" ia Browa of the North." 11 ia to Smaaes. ia "TSa laspaaaibla Vta Bellew." . .. Boaad of the BoakerrOiea." 1 1 a at. 1 ;. . , - 1 A ia "A Doll's Bona." t t.a anta 4 ijreorgeijarK PATSY; WITH A " GlJNTi 'OFCGLADNESS IN ; IaER . EYE I BATSY RUTHMILLER.Ta newcomer.' comparatively speaking, to the firmament of flms, where her: particular talents. her personal charm and her capdvating beauty jare helpbg her to, merit the rewards of public' appreciation that have been showered upon her by movie fans here.' there and everywhere; .-This ambitious young woman Jias been cast with some ol screenland's notables in roles that have tested her metal in many ways. - And to her credit, it is-said by her many fond admir ers, .she has never been-found wanting in the consummate ability to so portray heT part 'as' to justify the faith directors display when they pick her for this or that characterization. i- - J .' ' " . - ' "' r 4 ' mm s ' -mm : mmmmmm S. ' iiililllli , s ' " :-:':::::::k:x-x;:::'S:?i liV-:S?;1;'-:f Sssv - Dramatic Society- Is Eehearsing for Cimedy at College Oregon Agricultural College. Corval lis. Nov. 18. John. H. Halt of Port land is leading man in ."Adam' and Eva." til modern comedy now ' in re hearsal the. members of Mask and Dagger ljramatic society. '. i f i . HaUJ cms taken an active part in Mask an Dagger work for more than year. Has taken part twice in junior vaudevillje and : managed the class stunt in (his freshman year. ' The' stu dent actors are revealing real - talent in this piay. according to th coach. Epwirth League' to' ,: , , JPresent Comedy "a--': : I ; 4-.,."! F- : La Ceiter," Wash, Nov. 1S. Mem bers of the Epworth League kre re hearsing th three-act 'comedy, A"AU a Mistake." which they intend to pre sent in the near future., Those in the cast are) Alice Beckman. ? Gertrude Smith. CJlara Beckman, FYeda Haw kins.' Gladys Bradway. Guilford Lev eret t. Hhier Beckman, Harold Shell hart. Buster Gaither. ' Miss Adelaide White. high school teacher, ; is coach ing the blayC , ' . Ipillllllilllii - ' i. "bp K.-:-:v:aa:r.v:v: .:- M W - .... - - t.iaa, "V bct-s.' ' t - I' r -eSar '- r jT j i ' 1 --.ja. - , X. -v. ' "; ' ' 1 If Jj' ,J'f ' . y ....... . PORTLAND, OREGON,' SUNDA r m. Broadway in f;tHe;'LiifeHgKt N6vdMuic - By ; Karl C Browalee ; " SOME' fortunate singer- who attends the 'concert at the Liberty theatre today and takes part in the music con test conducted by Henri ' Keates - will leave the theatre wtthr $5 and. a phono graphic record of his "tingling tenor or her "snappy soprano voice. HMame gr Pa'ul :E.-Koblehas arranged " an unusual twist for the regular muic contest, whereby fhe'; winner.: will--sing tatb a. reproducing, phonograph and. within a minute or so the reprodaced tones will , be t wafte back from , as ordinary phonograph.,'' There are to be, as usual, ' fl ve sonfra Jn . the-contest, with.; prises for each .of , the' five 'per sons Who can sing the choruses. '.Then, by a process of elimination, the , final winner win ba selected. His or hpr songwill ; ba' reprodued ion" -a" phbno gfapfale record' through. an 'instrument Noble recovered , from; grim oblivion. An added prise" will be ? the presenta tion . to, the winner of , the resultant record.' . The Liberty music contests have' been attracting Increasing inter est for several weeks and Nobel ex pects the one today to cap the, climax of suocessea. - ' t The reopening: of the'Peoples thea- MORNING, NOVEMBER, 4 mM0k :&nt - ;r:RfeuTs tre..,West, Park," near Washington. Sat urday was a signal for rejoicing among the many patrons who have- been de nied ' admission 'to that popular: house since Jt was closed : last spring. The Peoples opened with ?The Hound of the v "Baskervilles," fronti Sir Arthur Oman Doyle's t famous. mystery story, and promises a constant string Of big pictures throughout the 'Winter. The second' attraction and. like all the oth ers, booked i for indefinite t runs, ' is Cosmopolitan's .much praised feature "When Knighthood ; Was ia Flower," with, Marion Davles taa the brightest star In the 'galaxy jof talent repre sented. The Peoples ia, as it. formerly wais. under the supervision of Jensen t Von Herberg; with Charles E. . Couche, formerly an advertising man, as house "Lloyd -M. - Coppems, 5 director v of 'the Hippodrome orchestra,' has selected aa overture and a'" number -of up-to-date hits as the features of his musical pro gram for the week. - t . ,'- D.v E. i Skirviu, , new owner-, of 1 the Rex theatre at . Mount - Angel, was a (Cbsdsded ea Pas Two, OcVHna five) - - 19, . 1922. i l i V -" V J. '1 1 4 U rr 2 "i; 1 Meaapf Fighting Hefo;Is ; LosfcWithbut Big :? Scrap;to Pull Off , One of the chief duties' of the hero of the average movie seral is to re sort 'to fisticuffs with great frequency and fas - much impunity possible. Truman Van Dyke had' been a -serial hero, for - three consecutive years and fighting had become a habit with him. Recently he abandoned the serial field end. made his advent into 'six reel feature- productions in the first, offering of . the , new Hubbard-Sturgecn, i com bination at Vnlversai , ntty, w. -j After, working several hours :f his frst day. and doing mue which re quired anything like strenuous effort. Van Dyke, in real .seriousness took the liberty of 'asking the director nr. few questions in regard to what' was to be expected ' of j him ? in 'the next ' .few scenes. - The: director explained ' the forthcoralng action, none of which called .upon the erstwhile .serial hero for anything resembling bard work. SO. absent-mindedly., he asked : "But when do I start s, fight?" The director gased at him in perplexity." - f , "There " is no fight , in this script," he replied. ' . . :: .. . :- 1 Oh. migosh, excuse me; this isn't a serial at alL is it?" And Van Dyke settled . down , to readjusting himself to a siege of flghUess acting." '. v SCENARIO ISN'T ANY CINCH, YOU MAY BE SURE ;?5'-;?-h--; y :'y 1 ..... , .v ,.::: : - Never-Ending . Struggle for Supremacy ; Brings Many, Noted Authors to the Aid ot tne ocreenj it is oaia inai-rum. Plays Are; Just as Good as; Human Ingenuity and v literary "Skill Can Make Them.. , f Perhaps it is Just as well that some of the scenarios written and submit ted to motion picture . companies by some of the severest critics of the silent I drama. : never : are produced. Chances are about 99 out of 1T)0 that the critic authors. - if : they were hon esty would have more to rave against than ever. .;- -i .: ' It's easy to write that the movies are terrible ; it's much harder to peel off one's ahlrt land get down to the Job of making the best pictures possible. Nobody will deny that the best writ ing brains in the world have been re cruited by; the. "producers in their never-ceasing struggle to reach the top of the heap and stay there. ' Many au thors have complained that they were hampered in their efforts to make, or assist in making, artistic motion pic tures., ,'-..r-;j ;---:-';-:'..:': k Others, .Just as able, have stuck to their knitting, and are doing the best they can with the material at hand, and the limitations that are Imposed upon the motion picture art which is no different from any art in that it has certain definite boundaries. - . It is no secret that Rupert Hughes Is one of the first, of the writing frater nity to make a definite and compre hensive campaign to master the screen as a means pf telling a story. Right now he Is writing, directing and edit ing and titling his own photodramas. Rudyarl Kipling, according to news paper announcements, is overseeing a project to put his noteworthy fiction on the silver sheet. Sir Hall Catne, at the present writing. Is at his own sug gestion.: titling and editing the screen version "of .Ws , famous novel "The Christian", which .Maurice Tourneur has made for .Goldwyn. r - . Further than that. Sir Hall acta as consultant In preparing the continuity, and In shooting all the exterior scenes .n their natural settings in. London, at Bpsom Downs and on the Isle of Man., But the list of famous novel ists,, short story writers and dramat ists who have turned their efforts to the screen,. or who are planning to. Is too long for the purposes of this arti cle, v Anyone who follows the progress of the silent drama with any degree of Interest can name many. - ,'.-- ;; : Stage directors of renown, dramatic editors with "highbrow" ideals enough to satisfy the fussiest resident of Bos ton's " Back Bay ? colony. dramatists, scholars all have tried, and are try ing, their hands 'at making motion pictures. ' . 1 ' Naturally, to- be - successful, they most make pictures that make money. No benevolent person with millions in hie wallet has yet - been ' discovered who is willing to make "artistic" pic tures that please-scattered groups of Young Writers At University Score Success ' . " "'- , (.' ,-. : TTNTVERSITT OF OREGON. Eugene. U Nov. IS. That the university Is producing some promising young writ ers', is shown by the fact that during the summer- four students who took Professor W.! F. O.. Thatcher's - short story' course last year had. writing accepted- by fiction magazines of national circulation.- "Standing-' By," written by Lillian Auld,4 Eugene,, was published In a re cent Issue of Leslies. In the story the principal characters are involved in a court, action and the author of the story obtained material for the fic tional account from court records on file in Benton count, i Mary . Lou Burtop? a senior In the school of Journalism, is the author of "Others' , Brothers" which appeared in the Youth's . Companion for Septem ber 2L Another of -Miss Burton's stories, "Cheerful," 'was published In the Black Cat for May. Ernest J. Haycox, Portland, a senior In-the school -of Journalism, sold two stories, '"The Corporal's Story" and "Three Wise Men" to the Overland, and "The Trap Lifters." - "Over the Straits." "The Storm Raider." and "Leeward . "of Storm Isle" to Sea Stories. Sydneyv Thornbury Portland, wrote a story in his freshman year which he sold to the Black Cat.1 It was called "The Gold Fish." Voices Important on Screen No Silent Drama, Says Star By Sossld H. CIsrke During the - filming of Peter B. Kyne's "Brothers Under the Skin," in which he has sheading rols, Pat C'ilalley was discussing motion picture topics In general with, a group of actors and actresses. : Some one used the ex pression "silent drama. . whereupon O'Malley exclaimed: "JSlleit drama? Bah t There - isn't sny such anlmaL As a matter of fact the voice is one of the most important elements in screen acting. All of us know. - I thlnk that motion picture acting closely follows the technique of the spoken stage, and that the voice, which is the most potent single force in the possession of an actor, plays a large part tn the result ; "I've played opposite a good many stars, and it has been my experience that the' ones who knew how to use their voices drew the most from their casts. . All play acting - demands a certain . sineertty, and -a certain as sumption on the part of the audience and spectators that what is being por trayed by the actors is true. Now. 1 1 dont believe that it is possible for mo- I WRITING Intellectuals, but which have so little public appeal that they do sot pay for the cost of their production.'"- ; And,' In this connection, it might be mentioned that anyone who can dem onstrate that he Can tell either la script, or on wie screen oexore mwnwi. picture that Is 'doomed to failure might reasonably enougn expect an lnoome of about $1,000,000 a year. Persons : who : like to sit back and say motion picture producers should do this or do that, do not seem to re alise that many of the, pictures over which they wax inktly ecstactlo have "been financial failures. ' ' . , ; r - 1. It is even a habit In circles to sug gest that the non-commercial movie should be encouraged. No enoour agar , who wants' to do his encourag ing with his dollars yet has appeared on the horison. . . : , There Is a deal written In the same vela against too much, titling in pic ture. Have the critics ever tried their hand at dashing; off titles for film? The writer knows many who are do ing that task now and they are among the most brilliant and able and hard working persons of his acquaintances. They do their best; the directors do their best. And that's all there is to It. Picture are Just as good as human ingenuity can make . them for great general human audiences. And what more could anyone askT Marion Davies : Makes Styles Suit Self rpAKINO one of the latest styled pst X terns for a dress and adroitly alter ing tt to suit her own personality la a gift possessed" by Marlon Davies, star of the ' Cosmopolitan picture - "When Knighthood Was in Flower." which is coming soon to - the Peoples theatre. Miss 1 Davies believes In following the mandates of Paris to a certain, extent, but she does not believe in being such a slave to style that all ot a woman's personality Is blotted out, ;.'.. ? , "Be individual."- she says. "Study the styles and then study yourself, and If the style does not beoorae you. mod ify It to suit yourself. In that way you will achieve distinction in dress." -Miss Davies spends all her spare time when not working in her coming productions in designing and making her own clothes. She, first studies some up-to-the-minute fashion magasine, se lects a pattern, then modifies it to suit her own tastes. She recently saw the picture of a black velvet dress which appealed to her, but .she thought It needed a lighter, more airy effect. So she substituted black chiffon ' sleeves for the heavy welvet, added . several other original touches and evolved a gown much more . chio than . the one shown in the magasine. --' 1 "Any girl can do as much If she will Just take the trouble to study her own style," she says. --! BEX THE1TBB CHA5GES HA2TDS . Mount Angel, Nov. 18. The Rex the atre has been bought by F. Bcurven, a former resident of this city. It Is ex pected that shows will bs given re gularly In the near future. Half Million in ArbUcWe Movies. Not to be Released New Tork, Nov. 18 WIT. P.) A half million dollars' worth of mov ies,' all complete, will never be re leased, a -i . .'- - v. T c The pictures are all of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and were made by the Paramount Motion Picture corporation. . The. company has Just announced that they have aban doned all Intentions of showing the films In this country. At the office of Commissioner Will Hays It was stated that the pictures could not be released anyway, because the ban placed on Arbuckle films after his famous trial has never been re moved. ' -'-V. ' ' "" '-.J tlon picture performers, or their di rector, to enter into the spirit pbotodrama unless the spoken lines . approximately as they would if the piece were to be heard and not merely sen. ''?': ; ' 's''1 ; , ;:' "f rws all know that we hear Iwhst Is being said while the camera IB grind ing. And I think that moat of us will admit that we have gotten best results when what we have heard is In spirit with the theme of the play. - Anyhow, I play my roles for the screen as if t had to keep the attention of an audi ence, and. so do most capable screen plsyers. The . voice used thst way Isn't wasted. It becomes a part of the nlctnre " , . .- :'VJ;V' -'f, '' '" : 1, -r"'-' O'JIalley even ' went so far, in the conversation. which took place at the Goldwyn studio while E. Mason Hopper was directing a scene In which be did not appear, as to assert that motion picture acting is not pantomime. This aroused vigorous protests. -I can't see that." said Helens Chad- , (Coaehided eaPase Two, Columa Worn) ..