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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1926)
1 h J .fi j,, r- - - v"4i - r j L J 4 : . - - ' r is -i-i- 1 - - .. "rrr--rr- , .- . j . 1 t .-, i-u.-f 4-p:i ...i.f v ? 1 : - m . ; : : : z : : r ' Oregon- Ronald i . Coleman "Lady, Windermere Fan." In .; HeiHg Buck J Jones bones. i- , "- i . m " In "Laxy Bllgh- Hippodrome vaudeville ana. pictures. Vaudeville. : , II IF' Hi : E WW Buck'Jones,,: In-: llatest Pic ture, Attracts , Large ' ' "Crowds at Heilig Ui.mrnnfirni.'Tn nr LMTHUiiitSI IU BE HEflE TODAY: DfJtY ff ; Today rw ill-see: the final ;aliowT uV o- jduck a ones - mi ma latest starring Vehicle, "La,zybone8," at the Heilig theater. In 1 this' char acter ; Jones Xa seen aa the ' gener ous.; thonghJair SteTevjTnttle.v who , Toluntarfl sacrifices Ms chadces-ot hapDiness,;Ifitst'to tiro tect ; the sister of ; Ma childhood sweetheert aalatertolnsure the happiness of bis" little 4 ward, Ki4; ' r : (' ) - It' is a story intoi which are. woTen kindly hnmor, deep pathos, a i goodly number ot; thrills and wh6Iesomromanee, po h eozoblned as to appeal'toCerery iype of audi- acai i.r-ii-M j . u ' w Frank orzage, who has a. long list" ot ; feature . photoplays : to hla credit; ; -:- directed ;' the! production and- left '; nothing : nndonethat won Id add to the 'Interest i or 5 at mosphere ;of the. picture. s 4.It was filmed in - a . typical small - town- in southern ; California. . ; : v ' ; Harold Wind us ,wll gjlre a, spe cial: concert ong.theKiniball.t ' Bessie Delmore, Star of Pro duction, Rises tdProrrir : :. inence in Drama From a" school m arm back in jtlie hills, of Kentucky to a leading ole ,(T;f sounds like a big jump, but listen s to what follows. , ' Bessie Delinore; reared in z the 4 blue 1 grass tate known the world over fprlta beau? J ttfat ; -women -"' and" thoroughbred i-Tr5' attended school at, Frank t (; capita city,aiaIwetTto normal at ' Louisville, f,wherel she. received - her7 diploma for teach IngCShe remaiijedatjliechosen vocation tbxea yearsv when.. anTop? poruity to join j a draimatic stock ' organization . then playing; Louis iville; brought about ah entire .Jchange in her.fnure plaas. i" tteridesireio'jseekriaJtaga'C- nd Hjeeriwas a "hidden secret? during r:9 her 'scfcol days and once she 8tep.- Iey., aier 1001 upon int? iiage bub decided than 'and there to quit teaching and devote her time and study, to dramatic .art-. .(Her. first assignment" wejef small parts but long bef ore ;twxSMeason, were over she had developed rapidly and was often seen.In leading rolesil; Fol lowing' the- Louisville engagement .v. One q f the Chir ,t)-T!," poay ballet- from the "unusually, larpre'choms In ' hn rttt'Ir;! -'Ttrsrssasra ccaing to ltd IIU. j 11 ike.nxt; turned, to ; musical - com.- edy ; she could : sing dance, and possessed' nnitsual, dramatic abil ity but comedy; was her! long Knit and the ' second : Eeasoa j wltn rthe fledged comedienne."?' i I After four 'years ,'on' she "decided' to chance in New York City and 5 ' thelstaRe her j lack iFata was kind to herthe following season She was seenYln "OYi, Boy" and then she played the' part "Flora Wlgglns'-Tin' -Leave It'Io Jane, an eccentric comedy typel ; J Three years - ago Missr Delmore signed'' a ; long term" contract with the producing' firm,'' LeComte and Flesher; and since : then- hasaa-- sumed the principal . comedy roles in their late productions'. I She is Coming to the Heilig theatre Mon day, .February 8, - In . the . firm's latest musical ' masterpiece, ;."iiy China Doll," with, a brilliant cast of musical ; comedy eft tertafners. i Critics ! eirerywherd: agree 'thai Miss Delmore comparer favorably with the 'famous-. English come dienne, Beatrice Lillle, - of IChar lot b nevue. ; seats -are now on sale. v' 'Did -1 r understand yen -.tflj . say thls lad Toiuntarjlj- confessed to playing , truant asked.11 a I school attendance . officer, addressing the mother, of :a small' nd; dirty, boy. I .t'Yes,! sir; !ef did,"!th womin responded, v "I just Jhad" to per suade him' a little, and then .he toldUme the wholes thing rolun- tariiy."; r v;-: ! j VHow did you1-persuade him? inulred the officer. ' j "Well, first I 'gave bint a igood hiding," saidt the. parent, "and then I put him to bed without sup per,', and I took; hia dothes; away and.told hlm he'd stay in bed Ui til he confessed what The done, it 'twas" the restl of- his; days, r and that I should ptmish him again in the; morning. And C in less than half an hour hel told me the whole story of his ow r accorn. i - I Mark Twain pace told this story: VIn my - earlyk; lecturing days I went to Sauash. to. lecture n.Tem perance hail, arriving in the after noon.. The town seemed "irery poorly bUledif l thouglit J'd-'find out' if the; people knew anything at;all about whatras bi store' for them. So I turned Ih at thej gen eral store." 'Good! afternoon, my friend. I said to th general jstore keeperv Anynerainment .here tonight to - help a stranger while a way I hlavening?; The general storekeeper, jm ho r was j sorting mackerels; straightened up, wiped his briny hands on his, apron and' did; expect, there's goin,Vto be a lecture. - I've been eellfn eggs all day " f r w ..'."Am dere . anybody: in, de. .con gregation what wishes prayer" for deir fallln's?" ! asked, the minister I.. ., Ac Yassuh," . responded : colored -"I i Brother Jones. xAhs a spen'thxir4 an ah throws mah money 'round! reckless like."' " - -J. well. We will' tn voVav 1 fn' UliAtKA - av Act ' after de collection plate have been passedf Buy a Wnt Adroit PajteBig .My r : '. - -t r : ; ' I - ' 1 .11. J iMovirig-'i- Picture iPrbSucers use .Tricks, i ft Producing ; Bizarre jEffeqtsnK j HOLLYWOOD,; Feb.. Sr-jThe movie public ; has many.: illusions that are carefhir created by trickr photography-'and the versatility of r i -.. 1 engineers. '.;....';,,-:. " vx j f These secrets . of the trade con serve millions or dollars' annually in the budgets- of prodacers. jThe directors, point out, however, that they are, notfevolved Jto. deceive the theate-goer.., nor, primarily, with. th Idea-, of saying:; moneys but )f tea ara nwesgarybeeause; it would bo .Impossible,: toj stagej the aetnal . scene,; demanded v in.; the script. . . : ,' " . j In the photographic, tricks,, the most indispensable perhaps, is, the fglass. ceiling illusion. This is a device, ot. painted e glass placed slightly above j , the camera J6ns, On - the sheet s of glass, ! ceilings. domes or roofs, are painted to cor respond with .the actual set. j f This glass .work, is necessary be cause of the - lignung : t aemanoea ij the camera. Tha roofs or upper parts ofjthe set arejuot. construct ed. " Instead . strongflood lights are placed there. - I Wrecks - of ocean: liners ; are enacted in a amall tank in the studio. I Howling gales are pro vided' bv mechanical. wind mar chines. The "Ocean'Vis' lashed to fury, by paddles and the toy liner. perhaps ten Inches - In length, 1 is tossed about 4 on the- -, waves - by wires in the hands of studio as sistants, . Y- ., i, '1 7 1 i lt the jtorr calls-for,! an explo sion to sink the boat, a dynamite cap aboard,'; Is exploded: j; at.; the proper time and - the' miniature craft sinks heneath. the. waves with exciting, realism." A recent Texample of. miniature Illusion "was -enacted In apicture oii monstrous prenisionc , oeasis. ' 1 . A A On the screen they: appeared to weigh tons, . and moved with" life like ease. Before the camera they, were models eighteen inches high:, composed of v rubber: and Tapierj iated by lnvisiDie wires. When the movie spectator sees acto rs struggling .perilo nsly, . near the brink; of a precipice or on the cornices of a tall building, :he may witnessing; a ; scene rshof to two different places. The, fight mav nave laxen . piace on - ine studio .floor, and the cameraman may. later have photographed the e or root 'corner, onf the same strip of film. . Fogst are formed: in : the studio by a h-nge atomizer,' whlcli feeds cold vapor on the scene through perforated pipes concealed about me pet- AAnt with hizh exnloslres the engineers set a blast; to wfeckT a dam. -releasing a rush 01 logs ana waterito. destroy a popjulate4al- ley. ur tney Durn an actress ai the stake with 'so little harm that she may;be the belle ot a party the next evening. One engineer, has patented powder that'' burn";furIousrir on the '' furnishings of, a luxurious apartment. When 'the cranking stops, the furniture is found un,- harmed and is moved "to the next "social" set.. I : . . i Even Ilollywood scarcely knows these technical men whose ex ploits 'make "the filming i of the Impossible.' - -V "It Ffolice DbstRepiitati6n r torr (crjiny CrpykstHit J BplTLIN-Konrjad - Mostf the UpioafjBheplll-dlDog Owners ol Eisenach, -declares the German po licdu dogwoald never attain tbr results it-doev ff ' deprived of the1 oulcer leading' it. Hecited 4 8 tests bef oris police-authorities and scientific 1 experts" f tn'SrhWh f. the' dogs failed in their tasks .when theireaders were, .ajbsent, i, - Realization o the dog'syiUll mate" Inadequacy in this respect led-the ?Gernianr"army:: command to"interdict its further emjJoy meat during war.-- ,''". W .Vl V - , f , 1 ;v . . v V --. s . j IJjiN .r J ct ' -. . ...r':Afe.v.vf:,i, w ., , .,J.... i. 1 - kV 1 , ' 4 , - r 5 v I ! - . ;:s:S:Hfc:'fe I,!! k V. v; k, v vVjt ; '"-n'A'A' ? I 'j llipf M;:p;0lf IIS ... . 1 i llilfiillllii!lilllili s ! I f , ; ".H V- - -k - i . v 4 ... 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Newj Type of Mo.vie, Plays - is inow Being nannea oy Ifarge'Pfodudersf - ::'.;.t. - r NEW YORK. : Feb. 6. Vivid meIodrama,A broad'! comedy an4 historical plays all are wanted by; the American movie-going public. in the: opinion of Jesse L. Lasky, and this year the Famous Players- . . ... , i . Lasky corporation will spend 12 2 OOdideo inf meeting this 'demand. A number of the photdplays will be of the "super-special" class and each; will present what Mr. Lasky termed a "distinct individu ality," accomplished 1 through 'the selection Of authors scenarios, di rectors and" actors. 1 , f For instance, Theodore": Roose velt and the soldiers- who; followed him in the Spanish-American war will be pictured in The Rough. Riders." Herman Hagedorn, one of Roosevelt's biographers, has been allocked to , write the scenW ario. s An actor, yet Unknown to the public has been .studying the prfncipal role several months and will appear before difectors of the Roosefelt Memorial, association t or approvaKbef ore "work on, the picture begins' Vt ( '. f Then there is Florens! Zlegf eld wh wlll enter: the movies .to pro-J duce a .picture eaIled.rGJ6rifying Ithe- American. Glrl,,'. fRex Beach is writing the scenario and many Of .the Ziegield beauties will ap peaKv Esther Ralsfoni ' wiir have thei leading role. " ? ; "Old Ironsidea' will ' h. tjtli "of a photoplay centering arouna-the constitution, now rot- tiHg.aay in Char)estown ; harbor. and a romance of Stephen JDeca fur Mr. Lasky credited Secretarv 4 -- V- 4" MONDAY TUESDAY And'HU Big Company? peopxe. is:; 16 Sinffin?,, Dancing; J" 'Comedy 'and" Beauty Chorus .c'Vaudcril! if-' 3IGeACTS 1 . nas OHea; up tuoAtuvMnt itui at AiagaraH ails, nijainiti jsible Goat Isiand,,and thousands of vbdiors areHseeing'an-nnique ight New teeven wonders of the world. In winter deaaVi4 vr4' --'-,i. .- Ronald Coleman in "Lady Winder Wilbur "as t having 'originated ' the idea for this production and said hitherto. unpublished historical in formation' has .been supplied by the navy department.- "Many yearsago; the producer read1 Marie Correlli's "Sorrows of 7. ... -4 Satan." . Negotiations for, the. pic- ture rights were begun but At was not until. after tie an tnor'a death that the book was pbtained for D. W? Griffith ;to produce. ' . Among other- pictures will- b f'New , York," written", by Sinclair Lewisf l"Aloma ! of the South Seas," which Gilda Gray, has been making . in: Porto Rico; "The Greafest Show- onlEarth,!.' written lby;Mdnte rJCatterjphn about; the life, of, PI T;: Barnum;, Barrie's ;A Kiss "for Cinderella." for , Betty Bronson,' and "Untamed." written by;Fannie Hurst, for Gloria Swan son, U ' . v..' .-,k J- ,i Many, things were considered in deciding, upon the program of pte? fares, K which CwlH j total seventy five. ; .Among theni were, the pub lic's taster cntrent; fifrlon and "de- veloments the , directors " and "stara on-hand And'ilOcatioBS." Ii 4 "Tbere ; is xuir tieed to make ; a picture if.thetpubliextoesnt'want lt said Mr.Iki"Fl,ctio developments of the day are ex cellent gnidessnttileafhlDgf this' taste -and rpyidng. scenario ma teriaM Directors have : their.'spe cial 'capabilities and-stars have a way oL wanting to .make certain pictures and ot being! unwilling to play in otherSkv". ;j . .. . I nnn TOSAY ; r: and MONDAY 4 t i t I Rorilcl ir, i-1 Colemari viinH IRENE RICH I n'Vti.t . MAY; MeAVOY . niii BERT.-LYTELIj 71 J - in. 'i'.-i' ... 5) I rk If f M I J f 1 Mi I -01' ' l i f Vi f ! " ' I A , ' Ji-.v:. NOV,; T; ? r. - 'V -1 ;. . -i...:..::r ...;. : -.:i ' , " k5 i ' - k ' ,'. V- V'k k- yyy&yfyVyyMyySyyy' : Mf. Al. Franks, Portland'a favor ite , comedian coming : with his .- big musical comedy company of - six teen : people, with two entire new shows Monday and Tuesday nights at the Bligh theater. Noted Philippine Band' ' , Put$Taboo76hJazz ' MANILA Jazz music has been banished from. : :the X programs 7of the constabulary band.' Thousands of young men nd women, who have been-accustomed to hear the band put-on the latest hits, "will have to be content with, the mus ic of "Verdi, Wagner, Chopin, Men delssohn and other masters. " " Brig; Gen. Rafael Crame Chief of . Constabulary, said ' he - had taken this step because . of criti cism in certain "intellectual, quar ters," which - com pla ined . , that he band played "street music." These critics declared that a band which had; gained, world-wide .fame should not descend to the level of the six-piece jazz orchestra found in every-cabaret in Manila. ;. . The band, gives concerts, three evenings a week . on the Luneta, the .-historic park whose name the legislature would, change to Plaza Woodrow Wilson." . NO DENIAL :" - J f'The speaker" who has Just cios- er, saiu -iiie prumuent . oi loe nea.ua cousress, is a siriKing ex ample of ' the efficacy , of the "doc trines that he so eloquently advo cates. Hale and hearty at eighty years of age, he could tire out many a man younger' than him Belf." ' " A voice from the audience:' He did.', : i-4 ft ? . ! ; . nl -5 - '- k f -k . . : k . r ; k, 1 : r - J . ' . 1 k5 i e .- 'r ik?jk;? ii v 5-': jP"-: - . . mm '. v .- --k.l . - EXTEiElCOfiTK k4t t -i ! k - f Greatest Gharacter Artlsi .to . r . ? Be.- Featu red i-i nMany I tIMIV MI'llkjil vvk Last week Louis B. Mayer, vice president. charge of production for ;; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.r . an nounced, his - organization had ex ercised the!' option',' which extends Lon - Chaney's contract " and"! that the " popular" star - would, be" with he company for some long time . Mr, Mayer, like wise.. anneanced that plans were now being perfect-I ; ed wherebyi ChaneypWonld appear in a series pf notable productions which wiU: afford. him even great- er opportunities than e had in such ' pictures as - "The ' Unholy Three," J'The -Tower ot Lies' and his latest, fThe Black.Bird'l. Lon Chaney I came Into Igreat prominence- in f llmdom because ot his temarkablej veork - in "The; Mlr- acle Man." ; Since that time he has appeared In a , long list of, suc cessful, screen, t productions ! and with; hi? 'affiliation -with' Metro? Goldwyn-Mayer became firmly es tablished as one ofjthe ! leading stars of the ailent'drama.", '.' 4 His. introduction , to . the theatrl cat business; Wfla with Odd travel ling shows jiwithf whlchiheiactea . ' ''l:i'' ''J'''"' v-- ' ' Ja. , 1 " as property f man.' tiiffnirsc ap pearance ; ln films was as ; a , slap stick comedian but . it wasn't, long before ' directors, learned" that Tie could . enact iTillaln and character1 parts i and ? he j was much sought after. Then4 came ; "The .'Miracle Man" and fame. ' ..' V V 4 L- Lon1 chaney's. pictures fo(r tro-Goldwyn-Mayer. were . among M. 13 vu Tisur rm tin- C0SP9d90 , w Man 'w. v w tsvw it I t. ; r ?r t "Halein's finest HAROLD WINDUS: mi th KIMBALLi' roriiLAii to 2i Mi :a.My- i UC2gar.Ji ny i ii m i i urn n r - . f Sriits Xuw 1 I k - ! - - - J"-V IIKRB i it Sale ' ,' rt jl' ' ' lMOJinAV' j II ' v " LeCbwcarLEsHcnr II lcnkuous-spanactEvi? I v,'.-i k-viv- I. . 7rff U " . " 1! L. ,. iv. i - .III.. II. ii I i - U Today; , vMEftiE.Gr tfrrrTi Only : .. '' 1 OF A IDVADlfc f ?? vU l the-most-sufccefcfol ion that n i pany'S nnusual fine list of rtlea during the past soason. The llcf lig wlH' pi Jtf- al 1 tic Lon ; Chauey'a" picture."- ''.'.. ; t' -." mU(;iN(. I- l til - Ptlaon Warderl tfo released con- lict "I'm.8orry4 I find we have kept. you here week too lonff!" ;; Convict "tbatj, all. right. Knock it ;off p&xt time." Aa- Bwers-.;1. ; YOU 11KTCHA! - "Oi, oi, dose pants fit beautiful, ain't it?" ; J .;.-.- "Yes, but,, a rifle , tight under. the arms, 'don't you think? Browa Jug. t yf f,CD:SIflll!!!!l- i. r"v" -.-..- 7 -1 - lien;: Chew a rity pleasant : Tablets - Stomach! Feels Fine! Instant. stomach rciier! . nirn le'ss! The ;moment ."Pape's Dia pepsin" 4 reaches the stomach all: distress from acid stomach or in digestion ends." Immediate .rcllr.f from flatulence, gases, 'heartburn, palpitation, fullness or ' stomach 1 taregivre... . ..'.' i f"sii-A4 Wmiw lo-Adflrvtn vv a am I j wwaawvv J v m uificouvu ava i- n Me-lcents. MillioM Ckeep ntrhanay. Druggists aecommend it.- Adv. , rTk- x C; It 1 C'Jii- -C Of 1 t:. 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