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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 24, 1921 31 FLARES AND FLICKERS Thtr are triekfcter and thero .re tricksters but the trickiest trickster of 'em all is K. J. Moore. be Cabby Trickster. On the Hippodrome vaudeville show at tat miSb. today. : When "The Nut" comes to the Liberty theater today for a four day tay. folks who have heard of y;eV York's famous Greenwich Village, but have never seen it Will be five" n opportunity to tliaipse this noted Bohemian quarter from several different According to Frank Bligh, man ager of the Liberty, this latest Ponelas Fairbanks' celluloid crea- ation marks a distinct departure friim fill hia nr)vfnnu rVoi it wa In the past, the locale for "Doug's" picture has embraced a very w.de range of territory. In some cases I these features have included sev jeral coutiuents and an ocean or j two. Now. however. Fairbanks presents a story, the action of j which transpire within a radius ' of three miles. Uatlier an original bit of amuse ment, mirthful and well tempoed is that Avh ch .Mack & Maybeile are appearing Named Th,Kec ord Shop.' it is most happy in idea and the introduction of comedy, songs, chatting and danoins neat- Starts Today 4 Days -: ;-" :. -'-::'V.- ? Ss v.- ; ...I 'A'ASi y ' - , 3 I Replete V -T'V V- " , t With' , ' j : v . v ' " ; ry h Thrilling: ; ".;, I Feati . :U - - , w . $ i ' " ' . - - and ! - - - . - ft Splitting , '"V J''t Laughter j -j--: ' 7::f'- V'. . ll X' ' 'V . ... r"' If . ' II MARY GOING OVER SCRIPT IN NEW PROOUCTIOIt W f V v v y ? '' y . I - iAiiC" '..V. wheel of a roadster in a gruelling auto ra:c . "It was great rport to feel tho bif. ensuit pick up as I pjlled the throttle,'" K;tid the star, 'but I felt os; without a steering wheel. At t met when we Went around a ehuip cuie. I woult! Instinctively rab for the whel. only to re member th:ii I wac m a locont ih nil tt n.i'i L:n to do any st-?j : ,:. I think a fellow feels better, tnouh, vc!k.i he kuowk thi?. ! is dohif, thf. ti .diii.. It malf.:; mie feel dependent and a bit useless to know that he must stick richt to the steel rails and that they will K e the engine for him " 'tiie sto-v upon which the pic tui i., Iasd. is ail to " one of the het .ailrui stories b- Frank M. Spea nan. . well k'uwn fic t'onbt. It i.: a !:, stor., full oi speed and thrills and seasoned with a delightful romance which continues all thorugh tho p cture. Agnes Ayres is leading woman and in the cast are Theodoro Roberts. 1-loyd Whitlock. Sylvia Ashton. Alexander Gaden, Clarence Bur trn. "Ernest BuUerworth and others. Change Your Wife." A great many of the Oregon's patrons missed this picture when it was shown about a year ago. BOOK REVIEW ty Mary Iickford is seen in the picture gofcg ow the script of "Through the Back Door" with John Harron, brother of the late Robert Uarron, vho plays a prominent part In Ilia Pickford's latest production. She is explaining (he business ot the scene in which Uarron appears. DOUG FAIRBANKS! ' 4 ... In f '' . 1 .-C ';" 1 ' - '"THE NUT Nut News Nut ComedyNut Show IRERT V Where The III? Pictures, JL Show i.: ly interwoven. On the Hippo drome vaudeville show at the BllKh today. The Marvelous Ie Onzos are known as spectacular exponents of equilibrium, as sensational gymnasts they occupy a promi nent spot in the world of athletics. On the Hippodrome show at the Bligh today. Men are measured in dollars.. Th! 8tandards of todaydo not ask, "Is a man honest?" He is consid ered honest as long as he Is suc cessful. A woman is considered honest until she is found out. The story " of "Dollar for Dollar," Frank Keenan's latest Pathe fea ture, is a forceful ' disclosure of the foibles of modern lfle. It is sensationally true. The Bligh theater is running "Dollar for Dollar" for two days beginning today One of the outstanding features of Charles Ray's First National attraction, "The Old Siwmmin' Hole." coming to the Liberty, are the exterior locations. It took sev eral weeks for Mr. Hay and hi entire staff to scout for locations to be used in the picturization of the James Whitcoinh Riley classic. IJlizzards are not to be had for the asking and yet Rex Beach wrote two great blizzard scenes for his latest picture, "The North Wind's Malice," a Goldwyn pro duction, which comes to the Lib erty theater soon. ADouble Dyed Deceiver" will be remembered by some, as being one of the most interesting stories from the pen of -ttae famous O. Henry. The very fact that it is an O. Henry story, and is to be pic turized will be sufficient to send many to the Bligh theater when the picture Is shown there next Friday and Saturday. As a stirring vehicle for Jack Pickford, this new Goldwyn fea ture production promises to add a bigger popularity, if possible, to the works of this well known and popular author. - Henry B. Walthall will be seen in a big timely film "Modern Hus bands," at the Bligh, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The biggest local motion pic ture ever made in Saleih "Who's Who." starting Monday. It will snow the faces- and places of busi ness of 22 of Salem's most prom inent business men and also the Salem Rotarians. According to Manager Frank Bligh of the Liberty, who was the Cause of this film beeing taken, it Is one of the clearest films that ho has ever shown. Elliott Dexter, who was absent from the film colony In California for over a year, due to a serious illness, is back at work once more and now so far recovered that he no longer needs even a cane tor support. He has the leading role in the great William D. Taylor production of "The Witching Hour," which will be seen at the Grand theater, next Sunday. It is a Paramount picture. There are no limitations to space when the call of youth Is rent forth as Is shown in "Tli'i Call of Youth." an EngliBh made Paramount picture which will be shown at the Grand theater nevr Wednesday and Thursday. "Hie soenes are laid in England and in Africa. The theory of reincarnation which has been discussed time and again, forms the basis ot the theme oi 'Buried Treasure," a Cosmopol tan picture featuring Mar-on Davies. which will be the feature at the Oregon theater for three days starting Wednesday. Thc.tstory is by F. Britten Auaten. "On the Art of Reading Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. it Mr Arthur Quiller-ouoh came to Salem, the largest aud; luiium would fill to hear him speak. He is one of the most ver satile as well as distinguished i.ving men of letters. Besides, he is a teacher a frreat teacher who gives freely to the fortunat? studtnts in the University 01 Cambridge. He has collected 12 of his Cam. bridr lectures into a volume "On the Art of Reading," which is a worthy companion to an earlier group, ' On the Art of Writing.' His talk on children's reading Mill surprise many who feel that Mother Goose and a few irindre-i J books are sufficient for the child. Me emphasizes the fact that child ren love poems for their music. cicu luuugn mey ao not under Stand all their thnnehl anH ha I believes that literary training must begin early If the full fruit of appreciation is to develop later. He approaches his lecture on "The Book of Job," with religious respect and illumines the epic by - A picture of Kentucky by a "han who knows the country thorough ly w-as achieved by Paramount when Charles Maigne made the screen version of the John Fox, Jr.. novel. "The Kentuckians." which comes to the Grand theater today. This is Mr. Maigne's firat rpeeia! production. Monte Blue 13 the featured p!ayer. Have you ever felt the call ot youth? How did it affect you.' S? "The Call of Youth" at th Grand theater next Wednesday and .Thursday and the question ! with its answer will interest you: No screen production that has yet been produced possesses such delightful qualities as does "Ro mance," the alluring and fascin ating love ttory from' the pen of Edward Sheldon, America's fore irfoBt dramatist, in which Miss l)oris Keane. who played the lead ing role on the stage for six con tinuous years in New York, Chi cago, Boston and London, will play the chief part, when ft is shown at the Liberty theater dur ing its engagement in this city be ginning Thursday. "The Inside of the Cup", a su perb Paramount picturization Winston Churchill's celebrated novel, will be the feature attrac tion at the Grand theater next week. It is said to be one of the best massive photoplays produce! by Cosmopolitan this season. To drive some sort of machine, be it an automobile or a locomo- t ve. is all in tho day's work for Wa lis.ee Reid. the athletic I'ara- j mount star. In "The Ijve Spe cial," hi: latest starring vehicle which comes to the Oregon thea ter today. Wally drives a railroad engine over a mountain in a driv ing snowstorm with the same ease and poise he displays when at the v j.-J... '0 , fi Prlcci . "t Starting Today MON Paramount 1 Special i I - " '1 V: D E 1LUE TM KENTUCKIANS" '". son of tli' mountains. In- siini-( '.' .n.'ir who -iill-i his dim a (lisjrr;)- ' sbile. So lie set out to clean up , .- JV;;t!s - j r.l'c fir'-s.s ci- f politico, hearts mid 1r..- "CHASE ME" Amith"r ' ro-.verl Latest News Showing u daredevils leaping ronnvlv which goes- "-M 1'"T ,r("1 ,,r" somo for 2tKU feet. rlaii-. Allies Knf(rriii penalties Wednesday. '."Hie .Call. of Youth Hpechil ttnisic arranged - by .... . LEAH WAY GRAND Where the Big Shows Plar - nnd was pnblished in Hearst's n c,ear tnterpretation of the Vaxaztno with great success. characters. Job always stands out Tho story begins with p. Dreluue showing the supposed antecedents of Pauline Vandermuellen (Mari- ae a real man. but Quiller-Couch makes one know Job's wif and even differentiates the three men remainder of the gifts of the A.L.A. to the library. "The Principles of Floricul ture." by Edward A. White. 1 "Productive Vegetable (trow ing." by John W. Lloyd. : "Fertility of the Land." a sum mary sketch of the relationship of farm-practk-e to the maintain ing and increasing of the produc tivity of the soil." by Isaac Phil lips Itoberts. "Chemistry for Photographers," by William Ruthven Flint, if "The Mason-bees," by J. Hetiry Fabre. -j "A Manual of Kngineerlhg Drawing for Students and Drafjs- j men. by Thomas K. French. ;f J "Pharmacy. " Theoretical attd i Practical, including Arithmetic of I Pharmacy," by Kdsel A. Ruddi- man. "w: j I "The Outdoorsman's Han'd- ' 1, , , , 1 - ' ' - : 1 J v... ti, T t tuuipueu uy arren ti. Miller. ;f "The Expert Interior Decorat or," a manual of reference for tlie expert decorator and instruction for the beginner in the art cf painting and decorating the walls of private residences, public buildings, churches halls, lodge rooms, etc., by A. Ashmun Kelly. "College Algebra," by H. L. Rietz. ; . "The Shoe Industry." by Fred erick J. Allen. ; "Standard niacksmithing and Horseshoeing and Wagon-making." by J. G. Holmstrom. " "Textile Fibers, their physical microscopical and chemical prop erties," by J. Merritt Matthews. Translation ot conversation be-v, tween two Frenchmen in a Paris restaurant: "What! tou let an American tourist kiss your wife and not say a word?" -j "What do you want me to Bay? I can't speak English. - .j t'so Statesman ClaMdried Ads pLATEST- SK on Davies) in various epochs, each I w" carae lo s,t wUh be afllict supposedly having the same soul as Pauline, and handing it on from generation to generation. The play proper opens at a masquerade party in the mansion of William Vandermuellen, a Wall Street cap italist. Pauline is attired as a Spanish tenor ta and when she gases in the mirror she feels in a vague way that she sees herself as she appeared in a bygone age. Tho scene then shifts to two pirate ships where Pauline's fa ther is seen identical with El Di ablo, one of the crudest of pirates, and all of the other characters ap pear also as they were formerly. Pauline guides her poor sweet heart to Santa Catalina where he finds much buried treasure and which enables him to marry her. Miss Davles was never more charming than as the Spanish beauty and the entire production is exceptionally well handled. Her support headed by Norman Kerry is excellent. "On the Art of Reading" is a book which will inspire the occas sional reader to try deeper works, anxi give the habitual reader a zest in literature. This book may ' be borrowed from the public library. The re view is contributed by a library patron. RECITAL K(K)X AT THE LIBRARY A brlllant new Paramount pic ture. "The Gilded Lily," starring Mae Murray, will be the feature at the Oregon theater next Sunday. The photoplay was produced by. Robert Z. Leonard, and is the first Mr. Leonard has made with Miss Murray, his wife, under a new contract with Paramount. "The Gilded Lady" is reminis cent of the George Fitzmaurice production of "On With the Dance." in "which- Miss Murray achieved a notable success last year. The bewitching blond star is seen as Lillian Drake, a typical Salamander one of those women who can take from men and give nothing in return but thoush she is all laughter and rouge and silk on the exterior, her one long ing is to quit her butterfly life and become a wife. She has many admirers among whom are Creighton Howard, a typical Hroadway man-about-town, and Frank Thompson, a cbuntry boy. Frank asks her to inarrv htm And hn pnnspnls and. order- to hi hotter fitted to ! Othy Canfield. bepr hif name, she anits dancine ' "The Mountebank" by William aud leads a quiet life. Frank is Gt pleased because he loved her "The Planning and Planting of Little Gardens," by George Dil llstone. "Familiar Trees and Their Leaves," described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews. "Practical Tree Repair, the physical repair of trees, bracing and the treatment of wounds and cavities," by Elbert Peets. "Bungalows, their construction and furnishing, with suggestions also for camps, summer homes and cottages of similar charact er," by Henry H. Saydor. . "The Window Trimmers' Hand book, a convenient reference book for all persons Interested In the displaying of merchandise of all kinds, in show ' windows, show cases and store interiors," by International Correspondence Schools. "Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting, -electric forge and ther mit weldinfe, together with related methods and . materials used in meiai wonting and tbe oxygen- process ror removal of carbon," by Harold P. Manly. "The Author's Desk Book," be ing a reference volume upon ques tions of the relations of the author to the publisher, copyright mechanics of the book, arrange ment of the book, making of the index, glossary of terms, etc, etc., by William Djna Orcutt. "$1200 a year, a comedy in three acts," by Edna Ferber. "Jacob's Ladder," by E. Phil lips Oppenheim. "The Brimming Cup," by Dor- SILVERTON, Or., April 23. (Special to The Statesman)! Mrs. Kathryn Crisler Street Is preparing to present her ad vanced students and tbe boys' and girls' choruses of the Sllvertojl high school in a concert recital to be given May 9 at the Gem thea ter. Miss Bcscie Smith, formerly ot Sllverton, but now of Portland, and Miss Helen Levoff of Port" land will assist. Miss Smith and" Miss Levoff will sing a group ot: solos and several duets. NOW IX STOCK "The Definite Object" by Jeffery Farnal. ... . .$2.00 "Sister Sue" by Eleanor III Porter $2.00 "Peace Negotiations" by Robert Lansing. .$3.00- ' "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis .$2.00 "Star Dust" by FRntJ Hurst . .... .$2.00 "The Four Horsemen of tho Apocalypse" by Beasco Ibanez. . .$2.15 If you want a book cot in our stock we will be pleased to order it for yod". COMMERCIAL BOOK STORE; 163 N. Com'l St.. Salem '. . Phone 54 it v rMOUS PUlYtQS-LACKV 0!TM PQOOUXQf , (TO PQCSCNT -i The Call i of Youth: HUGHAFOED i PRODUCTION t (paramount Qidure Lm Wednesday and Thursday at the Grand Theatre f' 11 j THE BIG SUNDAY SHOW y) . ! J f rivoliti"is, and the final twist is moro sr. -prising. Creienton Howard is played by Lowell Sherman, and Jason Ro- bards plays Frank Montgomery. A j b'g cabaret scene in which Miss ! Murray executes several of her j fasc natlng dances is one of the j most striking scenes. I Next Saturday the Oregon will show Cecil B. De Milles' "Why Locke Children's Books "The Children's Story Garden," by Society of Friends. "Italian Twins," by Lucy Fitch Perkins. "Days Before History," by H. R. Hall. "The Mystery of the Sky-Lark," by Ralph Henry Barbour. "Travel Stories," retold from St. Nicholas. "Old Granny Fox," by Thorn ton W. Burgess. The following list contains the MACK AND MAYBELLE "The Record Shop Promoter of jELabghs E. J MOORE t "The Gabby Trickster" i MARVELOUS DE 0NZ0S Spectacular Exponents of . Equilibrism FRANK KEENAN v "DOLLAR FOR bOLLAR" v' Special Vaudeville ' ' . 1 ; . Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, r 7 ! . . 'i . . . . .ii j. i - - f , . i ' - -A M M r- - W Always The Best. TodayTomorrow Tuesday . V 1 WALLACE REID IN 'The Love Special" With Agnes Ayres and Theodore Roberts See Thr- wild engine Hde through a moun- ; tain blizzitrd at night. . Raging fhxxl and thrilling rescue. The majestic Yosemite and' the .moat amazing .snow .scenes ever filmed. All blended into a romance of love and daring that speeds through your blood a mile a minute. "Made In The Kitchen" Is a 2-Reel Comedy With Just One Laugh From Start to Finish 4M ms: . - wt '.'Uf 1 irrrTiTTrirvrn r -njf nil n irniniiiiwiasjiin' m ir mi i -vr wm i -i .. . . ....... - u a H T .V .i. i . iW IV 1 i .v "A r"a 2 2 h ! l ' i it " i. r . 5 i .. S?r??!?'" 1 ..m"""r. ' .I ""mi'mTm!rmm0m"mi''il"m-- .," - x '