Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1925)
HIE OEEGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. 'FEBRUARY 8, 1925 PEE LOCAL. THEATERS' ESBTF m 1 x Making movies abroad sounds j pretty but Oh7 Boy, it's expansi ble. Tbe big fellows are abont ' cured. More than two millions In real money has been' shot into tain air in Italy in an attempt to make "'Ben Har'' there and. now they must come home and finish it. "Romola," also made in Italy co3t. over a million and; wasn't worth half that. Gloria Swan son has spent oyer a million mak fng "Madame Sans Gene" in Paris and the company has been ordered home. It was silly in the-first place to go abroad to do these things, but they do many silly things in mak ing movies., . After going to Italy o make "Bea Hnr" they not oniy ad to build all the big sets need ed, but they also had to build stu dios. The political f f)w has forced them out of .the : country. - 'Ben Hur could : have; been' made -. in Hollywood 'twice aseffectlvetyfor half the expense.. If ere the stu dios and technical facilities were already-at hand -and a., "set is' a set" whether it Is built in Italy orin irollywoodr ' a - ' - The salaries paid to stars, di rectors 'atid' writers5 in' fhe'movl'es seem like fairy tales. In the the atrical ' world a ' tew hundred 1 dol lars a week--was always figured a a good" salary: It must he remehi- A Gleamy Mass of Hair 35c "DandenntT. does ,Wbndera for Any Girl'sHair- Girls! Try this! When comhfng and dressing your hair; just moist en your hair ibrush with a little ; "Dandefine" and brush it through f ,3 tour hair. Thejeffect ia startling! I' Va'11 can. do yoiir hair up- immedt ' -Mtely and It will' appear twice as thick and , heavy -a mass of leamy hair, sparkling with life and possessing that incomparable softness', freshness and luxuriance. While , beautifying the hair "Danderine" is also toning and stimulating each single hair to grow thick,' long- andstrong. - Hair Btops falling: out and dandruff dis appears. Oet a: bottle of delight ful, refreshing "Danderine" at any drug or'toilet counter and just see bow healthy and yonthful' your hair becomes Adv. l. Carpenter S S AI It- A . I N II. It-- "V. ' O.OMEDV 7 THlSS hmM in1 Ireland : aeatS; on ? oaie a uesaay i irTlCeS NigkWOe: $1'.10' and" l1 bered though that only one audi ence can. see a play on the e peak- stage and when, a producer engages" a group of players for a movie he' uses them only from three to six weeks. When' the movie is completed he i3 through paying-salaries. - He can send out 150 copies of his movie' or, in fact, as many copies as he desires. Each copy' costs abOut $200. i - . - r . . ; ; There is where you get the' dif ference. The movie can play In 50 or more cities every-night for" years to come,, without added sal ary expense. . The 'speaking stage manager ' Who has a- success must continue to pay salaries for every additional , "company" . whieh he sends out on' the road. Eventu ally the salary list of a successful speaking play Is always much higher than the salary list of a movie". ' ... , ': :v The movie folks' are not over paid. They simply benefit1 by the iirvention that makes it pdssIbTe for them -to " be many places at once, on the screen. .; . , -. TO , ; Something- should be done about the terrible main titles se lected by the movie bosses. Many fine' films suffers? from- terrlMe titles: I can't) figure-why they ever' decided on- "Smouldering Fires" as a title r an excellent Universal film j made : recently. Polly Frederick and Laura La Plante,' Tu!Iy Marshall and Mal colm i McGregor j are; in it. Clar ence BTOWn; who made "The Ac quittal," "The Signal Tower and "Butterfly," directed it: Ithink it's a darn-- good movie. I don't know yet why Universal called it by such a weird name. It's too hard to remember when you want to recommend ' the ' thing to a friend. . j o - ' I'm' disappointed' with Bill De Mille. You see. Bill is V Ef.'s brother and'we who sit on the' inJ and-ih here in ? Hollywood, have figured that Bill was the real di rectorial guy of the DeMille fam ily. Bill's latest, "Locked Doors," is just awful. It's the most ord inary kind of a imovie and the ti tles were sure geared for that fic titious ' "nine-year-old mentality" public that we' hear so "much about. One of 'the captions read The husband is an architect." Now, I ask you, lis: that elemental, first reader stuff?, j You shouldn't quarrel very much if you ever catch an actor walking out of a room with a rose in his right hand, only to appear In the garden outside with the' rose in his left hand:; Such errors for merly were very common. Today it' takes a young' army' of assist ants' and checking helpers to avoid such mistakes, j . t : You see the scene In the room" may be made; here in Hollywood at the studio, ' while the scene in the garden is photographed six weeks later in Monterey,500 'miles f from the' studio. Movie scenes are not' made in the order in which they appear in the story. All the scenes in any one room, or in any one outside "location are photographed together! The scenes are assembled In order1 af ter all the action has been photo graphed. . ;. - . Sometimes' the cutter or editor' who assembles the scenes has lit erally miles -of the celluloid rib bons on spools to handle. Each Offers at th'ej Mattittee 4:00 jj.nl. 8:30 p. m. positivev 'EASOtf --v - . ' . i Air-iti scene has been photographed sev eral times to get the action peT- fected and then' tbe best of these "takes" aTe selected and glued to gether. ' , . ' o " "Peter1 Pan is Tan -, excellent movie," but I think they were all wrong-to slip in the titl at the end where Peter' objects to going to school.' It's hard enough these days to get ; Young - America to want to go tor school rwithdut hav ing" such-a great kid" nrovie as "Peter Pah" plant' the thought that boys should play hookey. - . o ; :' ;. The" actual celluloid -ribbon on which a movie 'is printed is eas ily scratched torn t or mutilated; The producers afr'e r sop posed-" to check'air pflnts carefully at their shipping,' offices before' forwarding them to theaters,' but of ten th in spection is faulty. Tour theater owner" is " a' busy man. He may not see a5 scratched or torn -place In a film or he may not notice that apparently s6me" scene is missing. When you' notice snch things' you win really be helpfng1 the' theater owner a 'well ' as yourself an'd: other' fans ' it yotr ' wlif : report the bad print at the boy of f f ee- so that the theater owner' may in1' turn re port1 the matter to' the- producer of the movie'. ; I have already' told yoa that most of 'onf movie executives" are' "accidents." "We have entirely; too many "relations"1 and friends of the boss holding r down import ant jobstoo big for them. i I gef a big" kick out of some of the' discussions that develop" on" the 'studio lots. Here is a prize "boner,"' in my opinion. , A dramatic director was engag ed' to do the Weber and Fields movie." "Friendly Enemies." I wanted'to know why a comedy" di rector had not been 4 selected.' I was informed that the story was 60 per cent drama. I questioned that statement and then insistet that in any event the fans would expect to see Weber and Fields in a comedy. Now here , is the "wow." ; The executive informed me" that "Friendly Enemies," the play, was better known than Web erand Fields. Well, I just about flopped. I thought he was kid ding me. Not so. t That guy was seribusly convinced' that movie fans knew more about a show that had some success some years ago in a few cities than they did about two comedians whose names; are like Ivory Soap. Now what are you to expect from such. Fortun ately my .sense of humor saves me In my daily -contact t with the'im1 portant accidents' who make dur m6vie" mistakes. .1' haven't com mitted murder yet.' ' They do strange things In Tex as'. Besides electing a woman gov ernor they arrested - an oil stock salesman. SWEET AND' HIS ' singing jsmo j lO PiH"es antl Male Chorus f I ITT TOOTS & PAL The ;Wonder Dog" HULEN & H OUTER "Love, Blossoms"-. LITTLE BiG GiRt' vSometbing Different" I JOE DEVLIN 'Musical Moments" Htih' RfiiUTATTON'- - Feature' ' - . OUR GANG COMEirr- i 1 f '' it' ' "" i Ai: Sweet and His Siriffingr Band1 1 Four OtHer Big' Attal -! r j - m i - . . . : i ' " - -r - - 1 It I . : i . r , ' i i i if ,- i ,!) r r , i i ir i i ! 4 jtlamum' , r .yy VZ-a'1-t-trf1-"t, t." . ;-"t v S - - , I - . f . Salem is billed for a short-festi val of light and comic operas. The Brandon Opera' company, already! prime iayorites , with local music: lovers, having' established ,.them no , country, and, the royal prince as The American' Light h ppera Company. The cast of principals is practically" the same including Theo Pennington, prima ., , donna soprano; Carl Bundschu, i bari tone; Harry Pfeil, tenor; ; Ed An drews, comedian; Jessie" Evans, contralto; George Olson, comedi an; Jeanne Rae, soprano, and De les Jewkes, basso, with, a remark ably good singing chorus j under the able direction of Chas. D, Hat elrigg; ..!; :;- L .j i The company comes . to the Grand theater starting next Sun day, Feb. loth for an engagement of three nights and have selected a very interesting repertoire. On Sunday, the opening night the of fering will be "Robin Hood," un doubtedly the most ' popular .ancl best loved " of all Americf.it comli operas. "Robin Hod will be in te resting as long as music and see nic art are utilized to perpetuate beauty; and as long as strge folks that can sing -and 1 act a "el ready to sing it's lovely songs a ad enact the vicissitudes of' its twelfth cen tury characters. Sweet" rieihori of it's ever changing, always beao4 tiful harmonies, of it's Sherwood forre3t in autumnal tints (and shaj dows, of the tipsy (inkers knd dlm-f pled fairy maids. Of It's "Brown October- Ale," "Oh Promise Me'f I BITS FOB BREAKFAST it i -i A little wet But everything will come Out In the wash. w ( V. "m : j Southern California is lot1 of bragging about doing a i- i the ; fine rains she is having. By the ' : i same sign, the Salem district ought be more than i proud of herself: It-is safer to- keen-. your !crss words to yourself. ; A Salem- carpenter" says labout the only place you can't see sign of prosperity now is in ydurpock 1 VS. i : i Same man says the trouble with most dumbbells is that they ar not dumb. i i Says a Salem garage inati, one thing1 yotf'can say for thft fliwer it rattles before? ifr strikes France . protests that sle- has no idea of repudiating; her Idebt to tbe United States, her intention being merely to ignore its existence . t--fVi VIV5 You never can tell;' Thai good opinion ormany a man costs more i hL''':--i I 'The Armorer's S6ng";which wil livp perpetually. ' I : :Ph Monday flight comes -Balfes evif popular ' U "The Bohmlari Thlslis a composition witlr niawy elements f of strongs appeal. It sjat jonce romantic; melodic and ceipreiensible. , Ther music is rfcji land of the ballad type. Every one kn)ws the favorites in; "The Biohfrnian Girl.!' "I Dreamt I DtWept: In Marble . Halls." 'The Hebi'ti Bowed ?.Down" and "Then y)ohli-. : Remember i Me." , . On 1 uesday .night the offering Wil jbe . "The Spring Maid,1 the fasfibafcing cpmic opera ' oh jwhlch the! reddubtabfe Mitsi first'rode to fara. : jThe" opera1 is founded 1 on ohdHf (jirlmm's'fairy tales the1 lei gertdf oi "The Huntsman and; the HafcHit -'f The musie ig byi Rein- harm and the book and lyrics by Roiti ,D. and Harry B. Smith. Th music of "The Spring Maid" is1 more bf the popular variety and contains; such liltinsr hits as "The Vltm Love Bees' H6w I Love a Pretty Face; and. the everlasting1 Day Dreams. . The Brandon' Opera company contes to Salem3 direct' from 'three recejr weeks at the Publhr Audi tbrijuin, Portlahd; where they ere ated a deep impression on the mu sic Iqvers and theatergoers Sal em Swlii get exactly the same cast and! the Portland scale of prices wil prevail. Toe seat sale opens iat the box? office on- Wednesday, IFeli a 1th and mail orders may be s4hf now: !thaa St Is worihl J : in, -i i m. c j j The word "easy" means easy, Sexcept when fused In' connection jwitft the word "payments." Pify is akin to love, but it's a jraigp.tjy poor; salve T for a broken heartl i ! . ';.. ' 1 Npah Lane-of Los Angeles,! aged lOfr years, got to traveling down' Ihe "great white way" at- a fast blip, j He wouldn't listen to; any one ajid now he is in the law's phes i4a.- ; He ) has been ordered to pay his j wife - alimony. Perhaps miSjWiu siacaenr iNoan s speea, dui it! ifs J a-l pretty hard' matter, for Ithesjejyoung sprigs to see the error of t!hfeir! ways. ' i '', .; I- hniDCEM H ELD UNSAFE DFORD, Ore., Febl 1. The cpmndy court today issued a" warn- iDg b the public to 'exercise' care iij the crossing of bridges in Jacks son bounty by : team or motor trafjfite, as several of the structures bavp been weakened by the high wate and heavy rains of the past ten days. - ah llllllllllllllllllll 140 KluD OF TDEES- OSIIRUBSIEI And 'All of Them oh the State House Groufids' Came f Thru Late Free2e r SpringLls not -very 'far awav. sna the pussy winows are' ln'; blooni: It wilt-soon be time t6 nhekun the old lunch kit and -then? off -to the woods.- But sirneaklnsr- of- woods, you do not haveto leave town to find plenty of them. Did you know that on the state house grounds there are 140 riirfpront varfetfes" of trees and shrubs? Of these, some cottie from-Europe. some' rrom south America. - and many from? eastern and southern States. . Some of Thorn' -First there is the Smoke tree! a southern.- tree, and- then the - Red Bud, which hails from the swamps or Missouri ; fine weather for that tree we are having. The Red Bud is the tree that blossoms out -in the beautifuVred blossoms before the' leaves come. And then, there is the beautiful Silver 'Leaf" ma ple. and-the Golden 'Leaf ' maple," and the' Camperddwn' tree;' The CamperdOwh is the' umbrella shaped- tree - that' is' generally spoken of by ' the name ' umbrella tree. This tree is a graft of Cam- perdown- branches on an - elm trunk. . And then there is the Am erican Bamboo, and 'the Southern Sycamore; and the Hickory which grows abundantly in ' the eastern United -States and the fiinOuS Port Orford cedar, and the Euro pean Linden.' The Linden is a beautiful shade tree, i And then there is the Japanese Maple; and the Horse Chestnut.) on through the list until you have named all 140 different varieties Caihe llirottglTT'recie All of thetrees and shrubs on the state ' house' grounds came through the freeze without harm except the roses, and the Jananpse Maple and Morse Chestnut trees.' The roses were frozen to' the ground and will have to be clipped close to the ground. They will break out from the roots, however, and In a year will be full grown again. The Japanese maple and the Horse Chestnut trees cracked during ' the freeze, but'they were not seriously harmed. They must be made of different' stuff 'than the hot water'tanks used in most of Salem's homes.- The reason for these trees cracking as thev did U very simpler says Mrf Lute, the caretaker of . the grounds.- It is because the cold weather caught them before the- san had cone down Into the roots. After the sap enters the roots in the fall and the tree has become dormant there is little danger' of 'freezing Roses and other" shrubs ' freeze" for" the same reason. StrahgetO' say. none of the bulbs, ueh as the 'narcissus' and daffodils were harmed during the' freeze:- Th Cunning Squirrels ? There are some other things of interest to be found in the state house grounds, too, besides trees and shrubs and among these other things are the squirrels, which came air ths way from' Pennsyl vania just" tb litre lit' Salen,1 and incidentally' grace the state house lawns with their presence;1 Three years ago Governor Olcotf- had two pine squirrels shipped from Pennsylvania, and now there are six or seven of them dodging in and out of shrubs and - up and down the tree trunks about the grounds. The squirrels are very tame and will eat out of your hand andi run up-' ahd; down your- arm with apparently no-fear whatever Wheat Relfef Financiha Is Arranged By f. B. Kay Arrangements ' have' been 1 made with Portland' banks' by State Treasurer" Kay f ot a straight loah of 1, 250,0 00 to ther state- for one yeaf at" VA" percent1 Interest to finance' the wheat' relief bill pass-; ed as ah emergency measure' fof the aid of eastern Oregtnf'fa'rmerfc: The legislature gave 'the' board of Now Playing: todAv shows; X11JL . START AT: 1:0 3:00' 5:66 7:00 and O.-Otf p. u. BidbMt v j ft U - Qer&naaH Joseph ttcnabery Alio , ; - . in "OUR - CONGRESSMAN" VI fr V stTPERizmrw ix The idl radio set for tfi 'fine home bull t ift lon4 tpcaker, all batteries concealed and out of the wajr. III 'i ih g-r ' msmmmmmm bufcTheyE)b - You don't need to be m "radio engineer," and yottdoat need to have three hands to operate the new Super-Zenith. ; Timing is controlled by TWO DIALS ONLY1 so perfectly -adjusted that each station comes in always at the same dial settings. IT NEVER VARIES.' Powerful locals may be on full blast, yet. if you like; you can tuna then out completely, bring in distant stations , "Iho9fvCh.d know nd appreciate truthful tone repro-. ducttonitad m the new Super-Zenith an unfmiing aource " ?TfiIg. Pleasure is ail the greater from the - fact that even when silent the Super-Zenith lends to its surroundings charm and distinction.' K-Thf prfiht Zenith i the set you want is yours foe i the asking. Call this evening for a demonstration. j- -'"----. ..-;'- i - Radio Headiquarters 175 S. High Street: Also Kxrlusive' Dealers for ATWATER KENT control authority : to loan not in excessof $1, 500,000 for' this pur pose. Treasurer; Kay" had $250,000 in cash on hand and needed the ad ditional $1,250,000. Under the terms' of the! negotiations with the Portland - banks,- the latter in stitutions agreed to purchase $1,250,000 or the bonds held in the ' soldiers' bonus sinking fund and receive- on them interest' at 44 per cent. It is a condition of the eon tract" that ' the -state retards thej ;optiOh ' of repurchase-' the same bonds in January, 1926, at the same-price paid for them by the banks now.' This, in effect, gives the state a straight loan for one year. - ; . Lovers of Animals Unite To Abolish Cruel Traps WASHINGTON, Feb. 71 A three-year campaign before state legislatures, with the backing -of prominent humanitarians and hu mane workers, is about to be launched for the suppression of the steel trap and other non-killing", devices for capture of fur- Theatre S . ' mm1- 7 ,: j, - Vfi Ft HrK&i I' if" Mrnn:oif Arthur Stringer's Great' Prize- Story av Fast - Moving, Up - to - Date Melo Ifama with Radio as Its Center Punch ! : i i . f; !'( f! -VvT'T!'i; "'i'iu'i' ,! i, ..uLL 1 Ijk Strpcf- i . . Ii bstMbre More! Phoiie1935 bearing animals. i. ' . The -American Humane assocla-' tlon heads tW list . of organizations- supporting the movement, , and: Mrs. MInhle Maddem Fiske heads the list of individual work ers who will lend their' support. Commander Edward Breck of the naval reserves a historian - and woodsman, will direct - the cam paign, announcement of which re cently was made before the, llu mane Education' soclety'of "Wash ington. ?! Outlining the work, Commander Breck told the society that white 100,000,000 - fnr-beaTlng animaH' were taken yearly k in ' steel trapt and suffered days and sometimes weeks of agony, not 10 per cent of those taken "were required' t4' furnish furs for the actual nfted' of human: being In cold weather. The history- of thevfur trade in America, he" said, testified that the craze for summer furs Increas ed the. killing fourfold. Public conscience,- when aroused,- the speaker declared, Would demand the abolition" of the non-killinff trap." - - " 1 ttlCCrf 'f i STAHTa TODAY 2 P. Mi' lf- 5 ' 1 v 1 - - y i l PC m LZZ 2 THEATRE' OREGTON- 6 1
