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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1922)
HIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,, OREGON,;. SUNDAY MORNING JUNE. 23.. 1922 FLARES AND FLICKERS " ' i .-. . ' -..-..' what ' If -l EOflo tofTr...ini, I -4 . I - iiwn were plunging down SUte t, street and yoatood in the middle U ol the street unable to . escape? ' Suppose the Demon itoaroaf n rnn in all the world was there? What would you do? What could you do? ; - Would you be a hero? It's a time like this that Droves a man's mettle, whate ver.may, be I u uiftuucci ur ilia rep utation. . - " . v ;:; 11 - Steve Packard was such a man. Despite a pail record, a degrading past and the world against him. he won the love of the most won derful girl In the west-.: If you like a thrill, a heart-throb' and en joy human nature, r" ' Harry j i i i Carey as Steve P' to Man" at the Saturday only. a "'Man theater. V1 i Frank Borzage, noted screen di rector, who won an international reputation when, he supervised the production of "Hamoresque" from the story by Fannie Hurst, has done another notable : piece of work in The Pake of Chimney Butte," In which Fred Stone the famous musical comedy comedian appears on the ' screen of the Bligh theater today, and tomor row. Borzage knows the west like a book and as all of the action of "The Duke of Chimney Butte" takes place In the open country of Wyoming, you may rest asnred the picture is' well done. Seldom in fact, has a picture of this type run so true as "The Duke of Chimney Butte," both as to story and the types of which the cast is composed. Every once in a while we secure the local screening rights to a pic ture which we feel we just hare to tell you about in advance. We feci we want to do this because there are features to the picture that we would not like td have you miss. - - Under such a, heading comes Dorothy Dalton's latest photoplay, "The Crimson Challenge," based on "Tharon of Lost Valley." Here is a picture which blends unusual neas. thrills ' and heart interest with a star of decidedly recognized popularity. A page of lite oat of a hidden little nook of the West, the story tells of a girl's grim fight against overwhelming odds to revenge her father's death. It Is replete with every manner of vigorous action and its climax is as breathless as It is unique. Those are just a few of the facts we are most ; anxious to tell you about.' Should you see the picture you will instantly realize how many more we could have told you about .Just one more hint come early! The Oregon theater. acting of her career. The photo ply itself Is the finest she has yet made. ... Harrison Ford provides excel lent support In the dual role of Kenneth Wayne and Jeremiah Wayne, while Wyndham Standing gives a splendid performance as John Carteret. 1 t 4 .1 i i t J mm r-i i ". y. - Matinee or . Evening Starts Tomorrow Runs 4 Days 35( Good Music Washed Air Wilfred Lucas, who has ap peared on the silver sheet for many years and has played count less numbers and varieties, of roles, has a distinctly neW&fWin "The Beautiful Liar," an; Associ ated .First National attraction', starring Kathering ? j if ac Donald, which is coming to the. Liberty theater on Sunday for an engage- 'In his extensive ' Career Lubas has played practically every type from millionaire to bum. but never has he been cast as an Ital ian. . In "The Beautiful Liar." he plays the part of Gaston Allegret ti, a fiery Latin, who is manager of an exclusive society hotel, but who neglects his duties to dauble in the stock market. When be is about to he discharged for inatten tion to his work, his ingenious mind concocts a daring plan. The complications which ensue, how ever, are side-splitting, and Alle- gretti has to look tor another position. The sure and deft touches with Which Lucas makes his role a liv ing creation are a tribute to the skill of this player . Bert L,ytell in "The Idle Rich" to the Bligh theater beginning on Tuesday. The photoplay deals with three generations of Califor- nians; the original tiardy 'Forty niner who won wealth in the gold rush, the prosperous business man's son and the young idler grandson who is trying to paint the world a more vivid scarlet It's, the tale of the foundation; decay and regeneration of a fam ily that ranks as aristocratic in the American sense; it approaches the Ideal of "the great American screen play." Norma Talmadge in a fine dra matlc vehicle is the . magnetic screen attraction at the Oregon theater this week, starting Tues day. ... , , The production in which she ap pears is "Smil in. Through." screen version of Allen Langdoo Mar tin's famous play that gained new lauiels for, Jane Cowl on the speaking stage. "... . r " Norma is at her historic, best in the dual role that this powerful drama gives her. She is seen first as the fair Monyeen, who is slain on her wedding day by a Jeauols suitor. Then she is the young and beautiful Kathleen, who is the image of her deceased aunt, Mon yeen. - aV ' Kathieen falls in lore with Ken neth Wayne, son of the man who killed Monyeen, and the obstacles placed in the way of the young lovers by Johh Carteret, who was to have made Monyeen his wife, form the nucleus of a most ab sorbing plot with a charming ro mance. . In this production Miss Tal madge does some of the very best 4 Days Starting Today The love4og of a young fishing ship per and a society Lorelei mm yi i mm I I SB T , I i . . .K V AIM 1 2 ''I'll -"2rVSi-1 And on the Seventh Day For six days he walked as one in a dream -for the wise little city dame had filled his cup of . happiness to overflowing and on THB SEVENTH DAY It seemed the y heavens opened, tor g?' dark;-- dark blue. Quoth; the? yoking skipper. Vtthl'earned in the VayV'Of wise city girlaVril weather this Jblow" But did he? i Ah, that's the secret of the red-letter SEVENTH DAY. ; Chester Conklin in Laughing' . Ota I A Riot Our New Summer Prices 25c Matinee and Ef ening 25c - ",.- ..''. .... . r i . - - to Latest News Events Some Kindly Advice to Would-be Writers of Photoplays by OneWho -Has Met up with Studio Grafters Bill Hart, the idol of picture patrons the world over, in his Artcraft photoplay called "Wolves of the Rail," plays the part of a railroad detective. Each release of Mr. Hart's is an event of un usual importance in the Motion Picture World, so the announce ment that the famous Thoa. H. Ince star is coming to the Bligh theater on next Friday and Satur day is doubtless Welcome news to Mr. Hart's local admirers. Edward Dillon, director of "The; Beauty Shop" with Raymond Hitchcock and an all-star cast, walked into the Friars club in New York one night after work ing all day at the Cosmopolitan Productions studious where the picture was made. Billy B. Van and his stage partner, James J. Corbett, who have important parts in the production, noticed Dillon coming in and they sang out In unison: "Oh, how we love our di rector; Oh, how we love our di rector!" "That's fine, boys," said Dillon, but don't forget that you have to be at the studio at 9 o'clock to morrow morning, just the same "The Beauty Shop," adapted by Dbty Hobart from the musical cdmedv success bv Channinr Vn lock and Rennold Wolf, will be presented at the Liberty theater for three days, beginning next Thursday. Most men go fishing to catch fish. Not so Zane Grey, author of 'Golden Dreams." produced by Benjamin B. Hampton, coming to the Oregon theater next Sunday. Mr. Grey likes to fish and has something of a record as a fisher man, but what he really goes fish ing for is to think up the plots for his stories. "During the long hours when I am fishing I think up the plots of my stories." Mr. Grey has told his friends. "It is while 1 am away on my vacation that I get together the material for my books." Mr. Grey can tell any number of wonderful fish stories and all of them true for he has had ex perience in many waters. His summer homeconsisting of some 600 acres, is fn Lackawaxen, Pike county. Pa., ahd there he can fish in his own streams. And he can get an the hunting any average huntsman would want on his 'own lanoV deer, hear, wildcat and fox silver, red and black fox. Mr. Dunne and Miss Daye are two young people excellent 1 types for the characters they are play ing, both being sm&ll. Mr. Dunne is the late star of the Gene Strat ten Porter's song play "Freckles." They both have personality that will win the audience over from start to finish. Suffice to say, it is a number that Will enthuse one with catchy songs, as yell as fur nishing you with laughs galore, for comedy reigns throughout. On the vaudeville bill at the Bligh to day and tomorrow. Richard Barthelmess says that if the Chicago professor could see the young women who are in the cast in "The Seventh Day" his picture now running at the Liber ty theater, the educator would change his declaration that all the beautiful women are in Africa. "Fll tell him," said the young screen star, "that I can show him quite a number who would not fear to be put in a beauty compe tition with the African -belles." Included among the beauties Mr. Barthelmess offers as proof of tie libel in the Chicago profes sors aeciarauon are miss iconise Huff, Miss Anne Cornwall. Miss feddle Gerard, Miss Gladys Mc- Clure. Miss Louise Lee and even the extra who appear in the ball room scene, were especially select ed for their pulchritude. "The Seventh Day "was direct ed by Henry King and is distrib uted by Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Al and Flo Cooper, a clever pair of novelty entertainers with songs in harmony, also lighting cartoons in varigated colors and costumes to match. On the vaudeville bill at the Bligh today and tomorrow, Bulger s Animal circus, con slating of dogs, monkeys, ponies goats and Jazz Bo the world's funniest trick donkey, will be at the Bligh theater next Wednesday and Thursday. "Some Wild Oats." the social disease film that caused a great deal of friction between the City council of Portland, Ore., and the board of motion picture censors, will be shown in Salem beginning Thursday. -This seven-reel picture, unlike anything ever before presented on the silver screen, has been the subject of much discussion among members of the censor board's in various cities in the United States where it has been shown. Announcement was made today by Manager Laflar of the Grand, that he ' had signed a contract whereby "Some Wild Oats" will be shown at the Grand for three days starting Saturday. Certain hoars will be set aside for women patrons and for men, as tfae-'na- By THEODORE IRVINE. Of interest to all "wonliiJ writers of stories for the photo play screen and to movie fans is the announcement vestniv Af . w wa. the state corporation commission er or California, ordering the elosing of the. PhotoplaywTights' i-eague of America for an alters violation of the corporate' securi ties act. The so-called PhotoDlavwrlehta' league Is but one of the many or ganizations of the kind In Los Angeles and Hollywood which hold out roseate promises of wealth and fame to the aspiring pnotopiaywrights of the country --and this includes 75 per cent of ail picture fans which have been under more or less of an investi gation during the past year. "Inside" Im Interesting In the writer's opinion and he assures you he is in a position to know there is about as much chance of the embryo writer breaking into the photoplay writ ing field as there is for Charlie Chaplin doing a serious interpre tation of Shakespeare)! "Ham let." The inside workings of the sce nario departments of the great studios of Hollywood would make mighty interesting reading if it were possible to make , them known. Some Idea of what the amateur writer is up against in getting his story to the man who actually has the power to buy It, can be given, however. Editor Doesn't Get It i For instance, you may have a very good idea for a photoplay; Possibly yon have been a student' of the screen sufficiently, to give you a working idea of how a pho toplay shonld be constructed. Yon send yonr story oft to the Flicker Fotoplay company. Of course you have addressed your prized manuscript to the scenario editor, but there is about one chance in one thousand that your story will ever reach that indi vidual at the beginning. Chances are some reader in the staff runs across your manuscript. He re cognizes tt aa being worthy of consideration and sees a chance to pick up a piece of change. In a couple of weeks you receive a letter from Bill Splivits. or who ever the staff reader may be, of fering to read and reconstruct your story, -or stories, for a small tee, usually about $5. He is very careful not to make reference to the script 1 Which-jrou. have sent the studifcii .Hef fcjaures you that he Is a past 'raafetef f! the art of reconstruction and leads yon to vi,i it via' "Ho.- nan 3ia-thfe mat- IfCIIOVV 1.11 h MV w , tarotmriwreer-HBlI for $5. Suckerltet" Get You Petty sum, is It not? Answer! It is not! Yon have Just started, and can now consider that you are officially upon the "sucker list" of Hollywood. Naturally yon ire dead anxious to sell your story. You want the money; be sides you have an ingrowing de sire to see your name on the screen so that your friends may see what a "wii" you are. You assure the reconstruction expert (?) that you will be deHghtefl to have him read your future stor ies, and you drop the letter in the mall box. Then back comes the story you sent to the studio with a form re jectlon slip saying the story is "unavailable." No reason Is giv en and you are up in the air. You hurry down to the postoffice and buy a money order for S ama send It in the next mail to Bill Splivits. together with your man uscript, urging him to do you the favor of reading it and recon struct it. if necessary. Then Bill Chuckles Bill, in due time, gets the yarn, together with the five-spot; and chances are he ebnckles softly to himself. He' reaches for the tele phone and calls a friend a story broker and something like the following takes place: Here's another 'boob'; come over and get his story and take it around to the old man in a tew days he's in the market' for a story of this type," Bill tells his friend. See how beautifully the scheme vforks? The friend takes the story i right back to the eauor oi we Flicker Fotoplay company, to whom yon first sent it, and sells it. In a few weeks you get a wire from Bill Splivits, your reader friend, saying he has a sale for your story, "and will the commis sion of 10 or 15 per cent be satis factory to you as a broker's com mission?" Of course, you "fall" and your story is sold. Can SU it Yourself The Epint is, yon would have sold Unjust the same yourself it you could have gotten in direct touch with the scenario editor, but there were too many of the "percentage hoys" in between. Consequently you had no chance, while the reader of your story re ceived a tidy sum of possibly flOO for handling your story. The foregoing is' not Imagin ary on the present writer's part. Three years experience as a "fret lance." during which time he hav come in contact with various an gles of the photoplay game, has prepared him to know some of the painful truths which the amateur has to learn. Some little success has come with this experiento but the effort has beenltar great er than the reword. V- If you have a story , In your system and every man, woman and child of average; pen tality has which you absolutely", must write, then take the advice of tine who has been over thje rough spots and get in touch with some reliable institution like Columbia university of New York. -Tlnlver-sity of California, or Palmer Pho toplay corporation of Lbs Ange les and pass their entrance exam inations. ., . . Advice Will Come If you have ability you will bo told so and urged to take up writ ing; r If you are like 99 out of every 100 they will probably tell you to get a nice - position, like hoeing potatoes, washing dishes or selling shoes in your own home town. , And believe me, they will be doing you the biggest favor of your life. 115 DELEGATES be held in this city on Thursday, July . ' " : ' The following delegates were appointed to attend the state meeting: - Silverton Frank Bowers, John Porter; Central Howell Henry Werner; North Howell E. . G. Wiesner, Wf H.1 Stevens; Keiser -ymcnr ' Jones; ; Sunnvside It Taylor; Turner Herman Wip. per; " Scotts Iffills Stephen Corn, Wood burn Joseph" Voorchees; Fratum William Jones; , Mt. An gel V einochp Salem 1. M. En- dicott, A. Slaughter and S. 11. Van Trump.. Silverton Farmers Sign For Tuberculin Tests SILVERTON. Ore., June 2 (Special to the Statesman. One hundred and sixty-four farmers representing a total of 1058 cows have signed in thla district tor the tuberculin test of catUe. The test will 'be hnder tha direction of 4the , federal Inspector aa "soon as his service can be secured.' - T "Kitty got the: prise t our:,, cooking class.- ; ., ; . s ? : iVM "How proud she must be.. What i u nr. "Th useful TooTr: What To Do Before the Doctor Comes. ' i i i i ii f l i i i I. i CLARK'S CRUISES krCaa. PmJ TA M CM CUA' ra CnriM. Jmwt MX ISA ROUND THE WORLD Siwrfc SS "EMPRESS f t RANCH 1S461 CiM TM. SfilUr Ch ! 4 MONTHS CRUISE. $1000 aata . beMBai Hon. Fm, IMm. G-i4. t CUrfc Oriti 14 R 4 tl Wrt4 Qw CUV tStfc (Mm, FMfUfr S. tvCS - Km MEDITERRANEAN Immmm IS "EMPRESS ! SCOTLAND IsoetO T . tHy Othii S DAYS CRUB. S00b4 IhUiJ HmIi, Pan. DHtm, Gid. . 1 can EtttK. PtiMtiM. Siwia. Italy. Gr,. t!8fl Only lironso Only , . 7:30 p ml 2 pjn. BarlnBl Sensational ! State Convention of New Organization Will Be Held in Salem July 8 A meeting. of the tax Reduc tion was held in Salem yesterday for the purpose of electing: dele gates to the state convention to ftmm mm) Tn meiit startluis pii-turn r th " C TIM boldest, platiwt racu vt Rot otto pmam ' CHXU'tSN UNDER 10 RC f AOMITTEO tamtaaioa Any Seat 50c Any; Seat Starting Thursday V tit . GRAiND; THEATRE cannot be exhibited to mixed au diences, it was stated. Children under 16 years of age Will not be admitted under any consideration. -Some Wild Oats" was con demned by the Portland censor board on the grounds that Its showing would be contrary to the moral interests of the city. The council, nowever. decided to grant a special permit, and the ptetnre slaved to capacity i crowds for Only Continuously Today ; ' : w v i ' 1 1 1 . Cm 1 ) mm. V;:.5'.-'H: A .:.ra) II fc" fx." ' 1 .4Vc.v-;jiwA from the Slerjr Good Music Here's a big, red-blooded pictare you'll revel In! A sweeping romantic melodrama that carries you but to a( spot in the -West wk1 men and .woinen live and love as they did in the f olden days. i - j See the hard-riding, two-g"nned heroine avenge her self upon her father's . slyr and win the man of her heart. Dorothy Dalton'a greatest picture. ' actually filmed where the coyote 'howl. . v 'ii " . 'Si Iff Cooler Here f EXTRA SPECIAL COMEDY ; -V ''BRIGHT EYES" , - tnj-3 of the. picture, ia such that ft more than three weekss