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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1923)
c THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 15, 1923 MOVIE Grand . The Spoilers" Liberty , - K "The Critical Age ' Oregon One of the most strenuous scenes. of her. career! , BLIGH -. Four acts Vaudeville, and Herbert Rawllnson in "Nobody's Bride." ' Herbert Rawllnson comes to the "screen of the Bligh theate. today in another of those smaah- , ing underworld stories for .whkn he is famous. Since the early days of j"Cbce Through" two or three years ago, Rawllnson has. been.. known, as i,he ideal hero of a tale of the dark by-ways of ' the underworld. hts manly personality and striking physique adding strength to tha character of - a he-man of ti rougnlde of life. Such plctn: es as' "Don't Shoot," and "One Won derf ul Night" have further estab lished his right to be, known a3 the -best exponent of this typo of "Nobody's Bride is the. titled the Universal attraction at the Bligh theater today. It was taken : from a '. magazine ; story by Evelyn Campbell, scenarized' by Albert O. Kenyon and directed "ay Herbert, Blache. All the techni cal elements and the production personnel of "Nobody's Bride" In dicate that it is an attraction of .quality;;-; "; ,, . ' . ..v, Alice Lake ! and: Edna Murphy i . . 1 t - r 1 J 1 I ' '. ft f 1 ! 1 r - m 1 1 t 1 "V TODAY TOMORROW . . - T Featuring , :i "THE FOUR OLD VETS" Scott Jb Chaff In I "Ire Hinjr Chin" TLe JBoys Tram Dixie - ; Chinsej Marvel . Edmond and LUliaa" in Musical Diversions ! Herbert "Rawllnson and Alice Lake TV t CAer FeatnreW Too . NEW SHOWING Simm2is Beds ( Jtust arrived- and first showing in Salem Simmon steel beds in four posters, colonial and bow end. Finish ed in ivory or mahogany. The last word in beds. We will sell them at this opening showing for ' .r J 25 Y Spring We have a new double deck steel coil .spring. Its new in Salem and to introduce it we Will sell them Sat urday, and Monday only at '$15.00. I Mattre Saturday and Monday only tress, felted in layers, a built, not . stuff ed mattress. Saturday and Monday only, $9.25. " "ScRvice UJiih A Smile GOSSEP hare the two chief feminine roles pposite the star. A new four-act Yauderllle road show opens at the .Bligh theater today for ; two days, featuring "The Four Old Vets," all Ciril war veterans, the oldest man in the act is 79 years and the younff- est is 75. ; : -X . This was the opinion of all who witnessed, the filming of the branding episode in "The Cheat,' starring Pola Negri, produced by George FItrmaurlce and which will be shown at the Oregon thea tre next Friday. Jack Holt has a featured role and Charles de Roche leads ; the supporting cast. It was the latter, - who played the scene with Miss Negri, and after it was i over, both were' ex hausted by the strain, and several bruises testified to the realism Injected into 'the dramatic action. The episode shows de Roche In the role of a: crook parading as a Hindu prince, branding the beau tiful star on i the shoulder with a tiger's head denoting that she is his property. This i after she has become i financially indebted to him and then tries to pay with money. . He : calls her a "cheat and brands her. Later this brand saves her husband and her own peace of mind,' after she has shot the i; Hindu,, and the burden of guilt is assumed by the husband, played by My. Holt. , .The scene had to be made with every realistic touch to be effect. ive worked tip to a high nervous tension. The two players went through several rehearsals, and finally - "camera" ; was -'; called. Then 4. with redoubled intensity - a fit Off k 1 - ( 40 Jb. cure cotton rnatl IV they proceeded to enact the situa tion which, on the screen, is said to be one of the most tremendous ever filmed. j Rex Beach's story of the Klon dike old rush, "The Spoilers,' has lost none of its clamor, none of Its vividness and none of its drama in the years : that have passed since it was written and that have passed since it was first put upon the screen ten years ago by Colonel Sells. The new ver sion, produced by Jesse D. Hamp ton, with" Lambert Hillyer direct lng, was shown last night -at- the Oregon theatre and it - held : the big audience completely in its grasp. The production is on a bigger and more spectacular scale than was the original as was to be expected, seeing how rapid the progress and technique of making pictures has been, and the great fight staged between the hero and the villain' surpasses that of a de. cade ago. , i "The Spoilers" is a true picture of life in the Klondike gold rush and the attempt ' of certain un principled adventurers - tov jump the claims .of the early miners Its story has a peculiar fascina tion over the minds of red-blood ed Americans. The picture is one of the best made in recent years and there is no doubt that it will repeat the big success of its first screen incarnation. . . i - u The cast is certainly one of the most notable that has ever been seen in .any one photoplay, lit reads like a "Who's Who" of the screen Milton : Sills. . Barbara Bedford, Anna Q. Nilsson. Noah Beery, ' Robert Edeson,, Mitchell Lewisr Wallace MacDonald, Ford Sterling, Robert McKim, Sam de Grasse, John Elliott, , Louis Faz- enda, Kate Price, RockcUffe Fel lowes, ' Gordon Russell, . Albert Roscoe, Tom McGuire and Jack Curtis. . , - . ,. f i:; The fight between Milton Sills, who is the Roy Glennister, and Noah Beery, impersonating the villainous Alex - McNamara, is without, a doubt the greatest screen fight ever filmed. I It is stated that it required five days to film this -tight scene. ; Both men are excellent fighters as well as excellent actors and they really fought. Barbara Bedford and Anna Q. Niteson share honors in feminine leads. It would be hard Co. Improve upon the casting of the acting of this production. Allan Dwan's new Paramount production, ' "Lawful r Larceny r" which will -be. the feature at the Oregon theatre next Tuesday, ; is filled with, scenes of splendor sel dom attempted by the average picture, producer. Th - prologue presents Nlta Naldl as Cleopatra in her court on the Nile.. , The at aosphere of ancient .Egypt was brought to the Long . Island studio through the erection of one of the largest sets ever bnilt on the hnge stage. , Nita Naldl la the raiment ot the champion charmer of the world, reclines on the roy al couch, while huge black slaves fan her and demure handmaidens bring viands and wine , for her pleasure. While. Sonla Tomora, classic dancer, interprets an Egyp tian dance, Cleopatra spurns lover, after lover in contempt. . . ' All this is shown preparatory to the appearance of Miss Naldl as Vivian Hepburn, a modern charmer. The Egyptian motif is carried throughout the picture in Vivian's New York apartment which , gives . vivid . coloring ,to many of the scenes In this picture; At the. same , time Mr. Dwan has preserved all the drama and heart interest of the ' . story a. swift moving tale of the intrigues of women against ' men and men against women, with the : honor and integrity ot a home hanging In the balance. In addition to the cast of tour featured players, Hope Hampton, Nha Naldl, Lew Cody and Conrad Nagel. Gilda Gray and Alice Mai son, dancers at the- Rendes-Vous, a famous New York, dance , club. and Sonla Tomora are seen' In in cidental dances. in the picture. CITY HEWS IN BRIEF . , ; . . i (Continued from page 5 Kay Buys Property ' Sale of 48 acres lying between the Garden road east ot ' Seven teenth street and north of the Englewood school to Thomas Kay for a consideration of approxi mately 1 $.500 was annunced Fri day by W. H. Grabenhorst & Co. The property was owned by L. ;W Roney, and is part of a tract of 600 acres of the Baker donation land claim.- Mr. Kay is said to have made the purchase as an in vestment. Quit SelUng Tickets Notice to quit selling ' tickets for the Pickwick. sUges was re ceived by the Stage Terminal Fri day, si The order stated that seats for , the few remaining trips re maining between this date and September 20, when the stages must mit- operating under arer cent order of, the public ' service commission Iras been sold. ,r The Pickwick stsfge signs, also . disap peared from the terminal offices. Automobile Reported Stolen When F. E. Gearhart, route 4. went after "his "automobile to r home from work. Friday afternoon,' it was gone from the place he hda Parked it across the street from the H. SUGHeb Co. building, he told the police. The car was tak en between the? noon nour and." 5 T PERSONALS- - ' W i Miss Mary,, Warner ot the state highway department and ' Miss Bess Prosser of the Western Un ion office will leave.today for an automobile trip to Marshfleld for the week-end. : r ' Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county superintendent of schools, went to Portland yesterday on business connected with - tins Oregon State Teachers association. John Watson of Turner was in Salem Friday on business. . ? Albert Seitzinger of Mill City was in Salem yesterday., ; , John Carson, district attorney, Spent Friday in Albany. H. C. Seymour, state industrial club leader, was In Salem yester day on business. v", - B; E. Sisson, of Miller's depart ment store, was a business Visitor in Portland Friday. . W. W. Chadwick, of the Term inal hotel, was a business caller in Albany yesterday. - ; v Col. W. F. Wright of .Turner was in Salem yesterday. ; I CLOVERDALE CLOVERDALE. Ore., Sept. 14. -Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hadley are the parents of fine baby boy The mother and baby are in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Wilson spent Sunday afternoon in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Herman ; Wiper left here Monday for Tillamook. Kenneth Russel is away on a hunting trip r Sam Drayer , returned j home from Mabel a few days ago to look after his prune crop. - Mr. Blaco expects to begin dry ing prunes Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilson were in Salem Monday on busi ness. , :' - ' - Hollis Bones of Turner IS work ing for Ivan Hadley. ' " '. Mrs. Helen Butxky is visiting in Harrlsburg with her son, Louis Rambo and family. She expects to return home Saturday. SCHOOL SITE 1Y LEAD 1 BUTTLE Approval of junior High building Proposal May . Not Come Easy Some opposition is exDected in the city council meetlngIonday; ugnt before .the question offering the Salenx school board a, site, on North Capitol street for a Junior Ugh school is decided This pretl diction ,ia based upon , a general, sounding out of ;the city council men a majority of whom are fot the. site, v, ; U : i-: .', v , Should the. city council aonrave of the offer made the ways and means committee of a site for 114.500. a special election will be called. Dr. H. H. Ollnger, chair man, of the school board,' said. Voters will also be asked to relieve the board from the program speci fied at the last election, v '. No additional money ' will be IT 'S HERE TONIGHT At 7 and 9 p. m. The Big Picture That's Rocking . the Nation Wsr V Grand- ,MRS. WALLACE REID'S Staggering;; Cinematic Production that turns the search ing of truth on the World's Greatest Curse The Picture you have long waited to see "'HuiHan Wreckage" With an all Star Cast Composed of MRS. "WALLACE REID f JAB1ES KIRKWOOD ., v GEORGE IIACKATIIORNE v BESSIE LOVE , , . ' , i ROBERT McKIM ' , X , And a Host of Others "The Picture You'll Never Forget" MATINEES ASD EVENINGS Lower Floor ......,...' CWc , t. . Balcony ..........;;..; 85e - ' Kiddies ; SOc . 1 needed for the building. Dr. Oling- er said. The proposed structure would be in the nature of a Junior high school and will take care of the students; at Washington and Grant schools. Suggestion that the Proposed site is dangerous for chool child ren, becaue it is n the Pacific high way Is refuted by many prominent For 4 Days and Only Then -Gone " t .IIPILd iflL Coileg 'PAY AS YOU GO" and citizens, who say that by the time the children have reached the age of junior high school years, tey are capable ot taking care of themselves. Drivers are accus tomed to the signs along the high way calling attention to a school, they say, and can find no reason on this account of changing: the proposed site. 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