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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1925)
Jav Evening, June 13, ., ia independent" thing is a funnj .Liition anyway. All the prea ' ,A,r dominant, so-called "trust" "mns'niea were independent of the faster only a few years ago. The tifl'st' 80-cnllfd "trust" pro MAit orfaniiation today is "Metro-iMdwvn-Mayer." This company he rn, the dominant factor in produc , just a year "K T ,ho merger (three organizations, Metro, Gold n cd Mover, and each of these Imwnies only a few years buck was , decidedly "independent." The Paramount company was cre in the same way about ten years by the merger of three indepen JJt producers, Famous l'layers. tltrosro and I-asky. In those days im Goldwyn, who later founded the Goldwyn company, was a partner with the De Milles and Jesse Lasky in the Ljiy company. So you see an independent is an itdencndent only until he can suc rerd d 8ow up, and then the other little fellows start to throw rocks at Um and call him a "trust." Actually nothing matters but Rood pictures, good salesmanship and good idvertising. Naturally, it is an ad tialage for tho big producing conl n.nipA to own some big city theutera to use as a "show window" to get ihrir product successfully launched. Jliny industrial companies find it ad tisiMe to retail their own goods in i,,me localities. There's no crime about that. I'"8 3u8t common sense and food business. Of course, the pro ducers who own their own theaters ire going to show their own pictures in preference to those of their com petitors. They'd he silly if thoy didn't. The recent big noise in Mil Miikcc was really just that, a big noise. It won't alter the movie in dustry so that you'll notice it. I suppose that more people arc in terested in wanting to write movie stories than in any other one thing ill the world today. That's natural, because movie writers get big money today, and in future years will get ten times what they get today. Ac tually, it is a highly-specialized art. Some time this year I'm going to try to get some of the big companies to sponsor a school for movie writers, or at least an attempt to present to the millions of would-be writers some pertinent farts that would keep them from wasting their time slmot- the wrong direction and nt the wrong target. Jackie Coogan has signed to make some ragmuffin movies for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jackie went to fame overnight as the ragged urchin in Chaplin's "The Kid." and the deci sion to keep him in that type of story only proves what 1 have so often said about "trade-marked stars. They want Mary l'ickford and her cutis. Bill Hart with his guns, and Torn Mix with his horHe. Any other pre sentation is like offering Ivory soap that wouldn't float. v "Trin MArrv Widow" IP EOilltT to be onp of "tho bisftrft ftufppwc H" i joar, J saw soino 01 tue bum ollirr dny. and hoy, oil. bny, there eight ways from Sunday. it ts f One of the treat cnc.i in Holly wood in to Inhel the husband of a prominent stnr like Cloria Swanson. "Mr. (, Inriii Swnnson." Wc have a lot (if these individuals here. Until a year or o ngo, l-'red Thorn1"0" ho a world's champion amateur nlh iete, van "Mr. Frnnrcs Marion." He irns and is the husband of the-hich-Mt-nnid n.ovie writer of scenarios. Today Fred Thompson hn made pnod on his own as a stur in Westerns, and he and his beautiful white horse, "Silver Kinc" nre justly famous. His weekly salary 1ms jumped into the thousands, and while he isn't, as yet enrninc an much as his brilliant ivife, he is no lnnper "Mr. Vrnnces Marion" to Hollywood. Incidently. they are n happy pair of kids and everyone loves them both. ' Here's a pirl that "knows her on ions.' KIpahap TlnArflmnn refuses n rut her hair. She remains the sole Holly wood star Ktill wearinp 'woman's "did the deed" a fortnight Mo. "It's not that T wouldn't, hut that 1 1 1 - :.. L-i ite seoih V .'"""'Ml I, SUM, I , ,t.". considering 'to bob or not ... o,o , from the business viewpoint. "I real ize I'm not the type of girl who looks host with clipped locks so let 'cm pr"w !" Mis Ronrdmnn is Ttlavinff the lead In Klinor Ulyn's "The Only Tiling." I.nitra Jean l.ihhey. It's a nnmc ti conjure with. Take that plus the title of "A I'oor (iirl's Itotnaneo." Put the combination in lights in front "f a movie thenter. Want to sec tlie pt.-iuroV Itet you do! R V. Fineman. who is going to pro 'hice this and other I.ibbcy stories, is l)..ti .i,n In two weeks be is going to start rr.luctinn of a series of I.lhbey heart- I tl.ri.h yarns calculated to open the tmr-diicts of the misceptible nation. 'Kpus.' It's a new word in tho ""'tics. Arrh Hoove, the Paramount Publi-ri-t. iti"iiired iL Ar. h was conferring with William ; K llonard on data for the director's j f'rih, Mining production of "The Van-, ''" g American." ! "ttVrc called "The Thundering , "'rd' an otiIc" said Arch, "and jour j ll!'-t picture, The Light of the West- "n Smrs.' is acclaimed your great- j "I"1" Mieosh. we need a descriptive1 phrase or word for the new picture." " 'H it an epus," suggested Hill. ""'lis!';" cried Arch. ' S'ire." insisted Howard. "An epus ; a combination of an epic and an 'l i'. sod. boy, it's going to be better ''in either:" Art Aoord. the rowboy star, and " nii-sus have had a falling out. wound up in the I-Cl Angeles '"rce court. Tl.. bone of contention is the house "''l d' g. Art wanted to ue toe '"iie in his film., while wife, also a ,l e player, wanted woof-woof with ' r , M ii be a hot dog to get a divorce 'c Mu'I.all baa just been finding 1925 The Show-Off Is At 4 gut NN&$4 imps ms fei if 7: 1 ' ffiSsgr' George Kelly, whose picture is shown above, Is the author of "The 'Show-Off," the stage production which will be shown at the Heilig theater Tuesday. WANTED SCENARIOS FOR STARS Problem of Finding Suitable Plays More Present Than Ever in World's Film Capital (Rv NKA KorvietO HOLLYWOOD, .lime IX- There onee was a fnbled landlord who. findinp his guests too short fur hi heils, stretched them; finding them too lorp. he rut them down to fit. Thus with the movies, a problem given new impetus by the recent re turn from New York of Hedda Hop per, individualist of the screen whose inclusion in a cast has potent box office effect. Miss Hopper went to New York on vacation. Yet during her three weeks there, she was offered many parts on the stage. Now, returning here to work, she finds herself without a pnrt, though some half dozen directors are searching far and near for a story which will exploit her talents and her popularity. "Having eliminated waste, in other departments, we are now siiiarely fare to face with this problem of waste," declares Director Robert (.. Vignola. "Artists welcomed and de manded by the public, nevertheless sometimes are kept idle by failure of a story to provide, suitable parts. "Factory owners do not fail to ex ploit their remarkable product; nor do merchants am) business men. Wi of the screen must also solvit this problem. "Mv belief is that this means the nasiriiiiiK 01 111 ilny wh;'u trained licr nt steady -in- .....v... ployinent or freelance will be more sought than adapters, ami novels aim plays for adaptions, "One studying tho limitations and the potentialities of the screen and its people, could give us a product eliminating much of the present da; wastefulness of talent. Their stories could fit our people. rouKl keep stead ily employed those whom the public demands. This now is more or less a matter of accident." Nor is Vignola alone in his beliefs. c Millo. nprniim his now studio in t Culver Citv, Paul Item, recent ten- sationnl Krwluntp from tlie l-nsky pcenarin drpnrtinpnt; tjiese ami others also see the trained original screen writer ns the solution of many of the, present day difficulties. .Miss Hopper herself brings hack word (hat this belief is pennrntins eastern studios ns well, and is becom in a matter of keen interest to the playwrights and novelists of New i ork s Jtrnadway. Formerly it was always the acting profession most desirous of getting i out there are adpapcrs as well ns j .lncK ha gone ... .' ;." ' the lead with t online i.riiiiui I asSIUCU. .nun i",, ified. He plays n niimner 01 (uiiii-..i " 1 I clnsslliefi au .,' ".. , ... lora ,ihii. Edna Kcrber wrote the story, and she knows a l"t about newspapers. ired before that the classified ads in tlie newspapers .en n ........ own. It s certainly interesting to find out how romantic a newspaper can be:" In "Classified." .lack meets a girl through a want ad. The girl works in a newspaper office. Itain recentlv foil in parts of j . !..' f..- il.e first time in , more than I'K) years. "Revelation" Is To VTic . I . This ia a scene from Heilig theater aoon. The Heilig Tuesday (yti7noriidQ r Hedda Hopper information of Ilollvwood ronrlilions," fn.g jlis5 n,,,.rt "but now it i tlir writing profession. "Some have already made the ven ture, nnd those left behind question most closely their progress and fu- ture. Some seem nmazed that the screen hns not already followed the stage in this regard, Miss Hopper declares, and feel that it is only a matter of a short time until they will he called upon to write stories for casts, or at least to write in parts for those of boxoffice appeal. FRENCH REPLY READY 1'AKIS, Juno l.'l. Tho French re- piy cmouuv.ng .no recnuon 01 .no powers to Germany's proposal of a security pii' t will he sent to Iterlin enHy nejt week, provided Italy, aa ei- pcotct, approves the terms promptly, Ilelgitim has already indicated her arcepranre of the text agreed upon between the Fren-'h foreign minister 2BYSZK0 WINS AHF.ItHKKN'. Wash., .lime in. Stanislaus t.ysrko, former heavy weight wresiling champion, threw ( Hob Kruse of 1'ortland, ex-nati-',tisl amateur champion, two straight falll here last night, the f.r.l in 1.1 i.nn- utea and the second In five. Be Shown fn Eugene 0 Revelation," which will be shown at the TUE rlUCAGO, June 1.1 OP) ltogers Hornsby, 1021 batting champion of the National league is leading the race for the lfll'5 honors after a steady advance that Brought him to the top with an average of .40,",. The newly appointed manager of the St. Louis (Ordinals, not onlv ad- del Xt pviuts to his geueral neraerthe hst five wars. Whi! lie doesn't in his last few games, but TakeJ u ! enough homers to become undisput-j ed leader among the long distance hitters, in the major leagues. His total of 10 in two more than Hart-i nett of the Cubs, has been able to ! compile, and one above the mimb.-r garnered by ttib Meusel of the Yauk-, ecu. j Hawks of rhilrtdelphia, leading the race a week ac with the same aver age that llorusby baa this week, has fallen into a slump which has hit the entire l'hillie outfield. He drop ped into a third place tie with Stock of Brooklyn, whose heavy Itattiug carried him to .8S0. Itarnhart of Pittsburgh is second with .3t( and Bancroft of Boston fourth with .1170. "Sparky" Adams, of the Cuba, and Carey of the Pirates are engaged iu a hot race for the base stealing hon ors, with the diminutive Cub second baseman in front with 15. Carey has 11. The leading batters: Bottomley, St. Louis, .UTS; J. Wilson, Philadelphia, .375; Harms, Jtoston, .374; Bin ilea, St. lxmi. litl-l; Grimm. Chicago, .Ittll; ti rant ham. Pittsburgh, Moi; Kail Smith, Pittsburgh, .355; Wheat, Brooklyn, ..'i44; Carey, Htt-sbiirgh, .Itl.'l; Kournier, Brooklyn, .'MO. Sammy Hale, Connie Mack's third saoker and Ked Vii.no, Detroit out fielder, a pair of youngsters, are run ning neck and neck for batting hon ors of the American league, withCbb and Hoilnmnn, the Detroit veterans, training them a short way back. Har ry Bice, sensational St. Louis out fielder, ia perched between the quartet. Hale i leading with .4'J7, two nhead of Wingo with .4'J.., Kiee is third with .4 15; white Cobb and Heil- man come next, with marks of ,-HU and .405 respectively. A I Simmon, Athletic star follows Heilman with m average f .400. Mostill, speedy our fielder with the White .Sox with HM GENERAL Gasoline assures VOW" MAXIMUM MILEAGE CLEAN COMBUSTION FULL POWER EASY STARTING EUGliXE GUAKD thefts to his credit is far ahead of the base stealers. The leading battlers: Pstherg'ul. Detroit. .SU7 ; Combs. New York, .SiXt; Speaker. Cleveland. ..'ITS; Si.lor St. lxwis, S77; l'aiohjl. New York. .873; Boone, ltcston, .SliS. Hilly Evans Says Hy nilJ.V K VAN'S yiTIl Ty Cobb in hit UUt tuftum. of maj.tr league bast'tall, hardly a, week pities without him smashing om bailing rvcortl. If he continues to set new msrks. : it will probably b necessary for him . to employ a personal statistician u i his deeds are to be properly preserv ed in tho archives of baseball. Cobb this year is hitting the ba,ll harder and more consistently than for feel that he w ill be ahle to plsy more than 1K games at top sped, he has set a batting mark of .350 or better. As a matter of tact he recently told me that he would like to hit .400 In his 2tst season in tho big show. Said if he accomplished such a feat he would almost be willing to retire. Heeently I worked a series of four games In St. Louis in which Cobb pulled Rome remarkable feats of swat. In two consecutive gutnes he hit five home runs. Cobb jumped into the St. Louis f series m au etiort to oreak tne ciuti si losing streak, tie was under a doc tor's care at the time. After Cobb had made hits fifth home run 1 remarked to him that his Bt.tuce nml swing reminded me of the old days when lie was the terror of all American league pithhers. For several years, Cobb, realiting that he was losing some of his speed, sought to get more power balk of bis swing. Instead of being content with hunting the Mil. beating out hits to the infield or trying to plsco his swats, lie took a healthier cut for distance. Cobb tried to make up for the loss of speed by getting more power into his drives, lie hns met with Varying success In bis new role of slugger rather than hrain-hitter, He, smiled broadly at my compli ment tlint he was cutting nt the ball like the olden days and trotted to his position in the outfield. DEMPSEY TO DOX BKBJHTON, Fun.. June X Jack Dempsey will box six rounds fur char ity here on July 4. ft was announced today. His opponent has not yet been chosen. ofIms Vacations! ACeO mem v y i ; JOE. VII11AMS UK MTU returned to the Yan kee lineup and collapsed. . . Stroncer men than the It.tliw ct,1itt.t w hen they get close to the Yankees i these days, Mr. Cyril Walker ia said to have made very little money out of the professional golf championship. . . It nnght have heeu more profitable if be had won, the amateur, Mike McTigues refusal to quit the fight game just goes to show you should never cross your chickens until you net to them, or count vour bruk-ci until they re batched Proof that Kosenberg, (be new bantamweight chainpton, is an un ti huh t fighter, is to be had In tho fact that be hit ft guy hard enough to break both of his own hands. The Toronto (Can.) team stepped out and won 10 games before it was off. The beer must bo better than the expert tasters say. Another riot has broken out In Shanghai, . . It w as probnbly provoked by nn American tourist or dering a bowl of chow mein. Florida is prosecuting an anti smuggling campaign. . , Wo feel sure, however, the dear girls of that state w ill never tolerate- an nntl smuggling campaign, (Or rather, we hope they won't.) 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Iteports from the shopping district in l'aris indicate the favorite song of Mr"- J", k "enipsey is in "The Sweet Buy anil Buy.' Mr. Ottoofty observes that a garlii is nothing more nor less than an onion that has made the must of Uh opportunities, Johnny Dundee is Beaten by Terris NKW YOBK, June 1.1. VP) Johnny Dundee today stood near the end of his 15-year fistic career, beat- ).w ....,tl.t..l V.,. V..rb i..A uucotuiuereil by a knockout punch." iu i xvhat was expected by many to be his last fight. For fifteen roumli at the Coney Island stadium Sid Terris landed on the grim veteran of 100 battles every punch known to boxing. Three times in (he ninth round the former featherweight champion was staggered and seemed on the verge of a knockout, yet dog gedly he hung on and fought back with a gameness that carried him through six nioro punishing rounds. Baseball Briefs Kppa ltixes. Bed's pitcher, helped to make celebration a success for the home fans when he shout out Brook lyn. Bressler's batting was a big aid, uh the slugging outfielder poled threp hits, Including a homer and a double and scored two runs himself. The Cubs moved out of .the cellar yesterday, when they defeated Boston, which slid into the place left vacant by Chicago. Max Carey of the Pirates gare the fans and (iiants au idea of how fast ho can travel, when he scored from second on a sacrifice fly. It required five (iiants to put on a triple play against tho Pirates In the fifth inning of their gamo. The heroes in the piny were Jnckson, (Jowdy, (iron, Kelly and Terry, tho entire in field and en tcber. Buy A OJUX a AtJv f M " ! oli: and Lubricants Page Eleven Seattle Slugs Way to Victory SKATTLi:, Juno 13, Seattle slug ged its way to victory orer I'ortlnud hre yesterday, 0 lo 8. The Indiana scored five runs in the fourth inning when Ha char, went wild letting two men walk ami allowing three hiis. The Beavers got off to a good start in the first iuning and made two runs when Hohwer MnashM out ft h"invr scor ing Lewis. I It. H. K. Portland H 17 0 Seattle it u I Batteriei; Martin, Itachae, Burns, Yarrison and Tobin; Nujiur, Dumu vit h, Miljus and Daly. I At an l-'raneisco It. H. K. 10 14 O ' Los Angeles, Sun Fnineisco 1 1 15 0 Batteries: Crandall, Boot, Payne, Milstead and Spencer; Crockett, YViW liatns, tivary, liriffin and Agnew. At Salt J.ake Sacramento S;ilt Lake Batteries: Vinci, R. H. F. .11 Ft 2 . 7 10 Siiea and Shea; Singleton and Cook. At Los Angeles R. H. K. Oakland 9 1ft 0 Vernon 1 tl a Batteries: Delaney and Byler; PU lette. Christian and Schang. Pendleton has Boxing Show PF.XDLKTON, Ore., June 13.-. tieotgo McCormick of Mullan, Idaho, knocked out Jimmy Cottrell of Spo kane in the ninth round of a sched uled ten-round main event of a card held hero last night. Tba knockout came at the close of the first ralnuto of the round and was really the result of a knockdown In the sixth when thft bell saved Cottrell. In the semi-windiip Cracker War ren of Portland shaded Harry Harris) of Pendleton in sit rounds, the boya weighing In at 1!U. In tho special event a four-round number, Smiling Joe Hermnn of Lot Angeles took every round from Tom my Thank of Mullan, Idaho, both ban tamweights, but the fight was called a draw. MICKY ROCKSON WINS PORTLAND, Ore., June l.T Micky Bockson, middleweight of Boise, Idaho, won a 10-round decision In the main event here last night from Ted Fray no, Seattle. In th seml-windup, George Sollis, Salt Lakt lightweight, nnd Al Uraelo,. Spokane, went 10 fast rounds to a draw. ME
