HIE OEEGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING. 'FEBRUARY 8, 1925
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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
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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-
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' 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
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; ; 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. .;
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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
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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
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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. ' , .
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"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. -
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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
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Chorus f I
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TOOTS & PAL
The ;Wonder Dog"
HULEN & H OUTER
"Love, Blossoms"-.
LITTLE BiG GiRt'
vSometbing Different" I
JOE DEVLIN
'Musical Moments"
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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
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A little wet
But everything will come Out In
the wash.
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j Southern California is
lot1 of bragging about
doing a
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the ; fine
rains she is having. By the
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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
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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
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'The Armorer's S6ng";which
wil
livp perpetually. ' I :
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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 ! . ';..
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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. -
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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
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The idl radio set for
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ift lon4 tpcaker, all
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- 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.
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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-
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Arthur Stringer's Great' Prize- Story
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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." - - "
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