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
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The Show-Off Is At
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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
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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.)
One of the oddities connected with
golf reporting Is the general admis
sion by experts that It Is Impossible
to pick the winner, followed Invari
ably by a general attempt to do so,
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would be just the nicest sort of per
son to have around the house on a hot
stuffy day. . , He's alwajs fan
ning somebody.
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.
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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