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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1913)
DAQT CAPI TAL JOUKNAL, SALEM, OZEOOV, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911 is making a whirlwind, tour to the Pa cific coast and back under the manage ment of the Messrs. Shubert, will be seen this week in St. Louis and in Kan sas City, playing each of these cities for three days only. "The Little Parisi enne," which is serving Mile Deslys as her vehicle this year, has developed into the most profitable and most artistic attraction in which she has ever been seen. The astonishing thing about Ga by on tour is that practically all the The 100th consecutive New York per formance of "At Bay" kill take place, at the 39th Street Theatre on Friday evening, January 2, 1914, Special sou venirs will be given to all the ladies at tending that performance. This will ba the pirst piece to attain its first ccn-tury-mark in the year 1914. Although "The Lure" ended its en gagement at Maxine Elliott's theatro last Saturday night, endorsements of this piece continue to pour in unsolicit ed from social workers, suffragists and legal authorities. The true value of the instructive warning contained in this play is only just now beginning to be appreciated. ' TTKIIE'ATriEIEiSS? lANJD xmesjrhans SEVEN ACCIDENTS WITH BOMBS IN MAKING COMEDY seats have actually been sold for every engagement before her arrival. Beyond all question Gaby is the greatest indi vidual drawing star ever offered the American public. Salem's Movies, Vaudeville Houses and Opera House Have Steadily In creasing Patronage, One of Those Kind Wherein Chee-ild Is 111, Needs Operation and Grand Parent Finally Relent. PAGE EIOHTEEX (SKA W ) b..'.',.';! , ... ll 'lillllllil-' - -- A SECRET OF SUCCESS IS ENTERPRISE OF MANAGERS No Expense Spared in Giving People of City Beet Attractions to Be Found During Tear. 'The play's the thing," according to ne of Shakospeare's heroes. It figures pro,iu,.ei by the Nestor company, seven quite prominently in Salem's pleasure- men woro burned ami bruised by the ex loving pcoplo's program. The movies plosion of bombs. The play is a traves- lave been steadily growing in favor ' 0,1 ol,l timo melodrama. Eddie Ly- , . , ons, who played the chiof of police, sere. During the past year the movie ... ... . . ,. , .. , , . vii i wni,o riding his bicycle through a dozen Globe being opened last Bpring. With good films at the Globe and Wexford, and the same quality at the Bligh and Ye Liberty, interspersed with vaudo viile, coupled with the road shows at the Grand, there 1ms been an abundance of entertainment during tho past year. The road shows have been probably the best in tho history of Salem. Man ager Waters has been successful in booking high-class attractions and Bo lero has had an opportunity to see stare who have hitherto come no nearer than Portland. Size Is Increased. The size of Ye Liberty was increased largoly by an addition, which also in cluded a stngo for use in vaudovillo at tractions. Following this addition, Ye Liborty's card included vaudeville shows two nights a work. - Tho advance in photoplays has boon narked during tho year and there has been great progress made in producing attractions which required stars of tho so-called legitimate stage. Promises of startling developments in tho photoplay staging was foreshadowed by the Edi soa talking pictures. The outlook for Salem amusement places during tho coming year is prom ising. The mnnngors are enterprising and up to date nnd Huiro no exponso in giving their patrons tho best tllms pro duccd. I AND 7&- 0 Indians and Mexicans undertook to tflttlo some of their grievances against sumo cowboys by ramming metal anil lead down tho muzzle of their guns and firing them during a recent sham bat tle that took pliuo in tho making of spectacular western photoplay for the "101 Bison" coinpny, at tholr ranch, ear Los Angeles, California, Both cowboys and Indians were employed by the company, and it is first time iu the history of motion picture that such a thing huppened. Tho pieces of lend and tho inetul and empty cartridges shown iu the accom panying picture arc a few of the sam VETERAN ACTOR WILL PLAY WITH UNIVERSAL COMPANY Genial John Stoppling, whit lias a list of succeses after his name as long at the River Nile, been engaged by the UnWerwil Film Manufacturing com any to play character parts ia l)lrc- - 7 !;..f If fiks 'EDWARD LYONS- $ During the production of the comedy, 'And the Villain Still Pursued Hor," fell just as they exploded. He was burned seriously about the face and hands and his hair ami eyebrows were singed. Prolwbly this was the most sorioiiB accident; minor players recciv. ed hurts such aS cuts from flying rocks, burns and soverc fulls from bicycles. Many of tho things that happen in the production of a comedy which are not in tho scenario are ofttimos mo'O funny than anything in tho script, even when they are unfortunate. ATTRIBUTES HER SUCCESS TO HER UNTIRINO WORK There is a popular idea that tho a, tninmont of suceoss sb an actor in mo tion picture is mtlmr a matter of good luck than ability and the result of down right hard work. Hut a careless glance over the biographies, of motion picture stars will dislodgo this notion. Kiln a Miiison, artist, actress, singer and lead ing woman with tho Otis Tumor Rex company of tho Universal did not attain hoc success through any accident. Until she joined tho Universal forces she hud been on tho legitimate Btago, or in opera since she was six years old. Mho is now a finished artist. Though she is a master at portmying dclicutc on well ns basic emotions upon the screen, still (inch night she studies long and hard because she bulioves iu the gospel of hard work. SHAM BATTLE IN'." .WHICH "MOVIE'INDIANS MEXICANS USED 'LOADED GUNS ples found lodged in tho saddles of soma of the cowboys. That none of tho men were injured is considered miraculous. Previous trouble had existed between the whites am! reds at tho ranch and Manager llernsteiii hud taken extra pre cautions iu preventing bullets of any description entering the ramp. How ever, the old lushioned guns, having a large bore, t hut are most used, permit ted n nst any Mid of slug being rain ined down them. As a result of all this Manager Horn stein has been forced to attend all the workout where lucre is fighting be tween his forces. tor Allien K. ( bristle's comjuuiy at the Pacific Const studios. Hailing from Philadelphia, he made his debut under Uuuiel Frohman in the old Lyceum stock company. He liiis been with K. 11. Sol hern and was in tho ori ginal production of the "Prisoner of Zenda," Ho was a member of the New York Stock Company, and aside from Klaw ft Erlangor productions, he has been with Olga Nethersole and Henri etta Crosiinan. STARTS IN BCHOOL. Like mnnj auutlier who has gained success on the stage, Miss ha Shepar.l, playing buds opposite Edwin August with the Powers coiupaiiy, found he: inspiration iu a school entcrtainii t It w not a passing fancy with Mi Shcpnrd. She went through the nriod of loitering at the stage door to catch a glimpse of her favorito leading man u woman. Finally, with parental ohjet Hon overcome, she got "on" under tne direction of William Bernard at the old Columbia then It In Portland, Oregoe. CHILDREN OF THEATRICAL PARENTS MAKE THEIR DEBUT Thirty-Odd Road Shows Closed Recent ly and Many Stage People Are Seeking New Jobs. BY BEAU RIALTO. (Written for the United Press.) New York, Dec. 20. Broadway has a real, Christmas play for the first time in many seasons. Incidentally the first snow of tho season, either stngo or nat ural, foil at the Maxine Elliott theatre, when "Things That Count," opened there the other night, succeeding "Tho Lure," of police and grand jury fame. "The Things That Count" are children which is as it should be in a Christmas play, and the piece is itself one of the fow things theatrical that count in this season of tnilures and near-fizzles. The play has not much of a plot; it does not tax the intellect or the credul ity to follow it, and it is filled with just the right mixture of laughter and tears, snivels and shrieks, which is what the Manager Waters, of the Salem , ., , , . . , children and women, mnjor patrons of , i, . , , . .. , -, - holiday plays, demand. ( ortuiu it is that if "Old Scrooge" had lived to see this pretty, thoroughly wholesome pliiv, tho rattling chains would have been superfluous in his conversion from a human crab to a benevolent old gentle man. "A Christmas Carol" would be no misnomer for "The Things That Count," except that us a title it is a bit threadbare. A young man nnd girl are estranged from his parents, who refuse to accept her. They have a little child, who gets sick and must be operated upon. The tragedy happens on Christinas eve, at i children's party in tho tenement where the young people live, and at tho criti cal moment the elder parents of the man arrive on the scene. Tho old wo man immediately melts and becomes a veritable Christinas angel. That's the 1 f N " J I ', :- glV.jif'' 4''K,fcl. I. ,-. v'a-fcpk'jw p V"1 hrm I I V 1 am 1 I J Bosn from "Ths Powers That Be," I "The Living Corpse," Count Tolstoi's Famous Play in Four Parts, at the Wex ford Sunday and Monday. whole story. An atmosphere of snow, sloigh-bells and the "peace and good will" stuff do the rest. The lead is most capably played by Miss Alice Brady, daughter of William A. Brady, the manager. Last week saw a remarkable galaxy . . ,, x. .... B. .. ' of young stars, all the children of the - . - , ' , . atneal parents, making their debuts on .. , .,- t, , , , Broadway. Mibs Alice Brady, who has been on the stage for a season or two in minor parts, made her first appear anco in a serious role as the leading women in "The Things That Count," and her success was instantaneous. Two nights lator Miss Elaine Uammerstoin, daughter of Arthur Hammerstein and grand daughter of Oscar Hammerstein, niade her first appearance in New York in "High Jinks." She is a bud of this season, and had her first experience when "High Jinks" was tried out on the rood. At Ilammersteins Victoria at the same time was Miss Liane Carrora, daughter of Anna Held. Miss Carrera Amusement & Holding Company. . . .I,-, , is appearing in a tabloid musical com - 1 i , iil l .1 edv nnd is snul to be a "chip o thee1 old block," so to speftk, especially in the matter of eyes that will not behave. Tho success of these three young ac tresses is most gratifying to their fam ilies and friends and is considered an other bit of evidence that "blood will tell." Some 30-odd road shows closed last week in the East, West and Middle West and reunions are things of mo- mentnry occurrence these days along the liiillto. Advance men whose com- panic have quit business, an- to bo seen on every corner and nil sorts of actors and actresses ure hunting tho agencies, looking for almost any old thing that will keep the wolf from the dressing loom. Take it from the agen - cies and the thespians this hns been a m-m rn fTi mf vm -i, V. w sr.wi ".ti n 9? P J l0 h rour Act PollUcal Play PmKnted Which Opened Lwit NUht ' rV Jjl I! , L. I'. ' M disastrous season. That line of talk is always heard about this time of the year along Broadway, but in this in stance it is more or less substantiated by the facts. Shows have failed every where and their bleaching bones mark the various circuits from coast to coast and from Canada to the Gulf. Peculiar . . , , , . , , ; twists have been noted, too, among the 1 , . , , , , . Pla.v wat have gone by the board, . .. ., . . , . . , Productions that have done fairly well in New York, have failed utterly on the road, and other plays that have toured successfully for weeks in the West and Middle West, have failed signally on coming to Broadway. There are manay contributing causes to this state of affairs. Primarily, of course, the fault must lie with the plays themselves. Few dramas or musical comedies of real merit .have been put out this season. The play-wrights seem to have lost the knack. But a contrib uting cause, heavily responsible is the moving picture theatre. Every city in the United States is now honey-combed with "movies," there beinrz one or 'two in every neighborhood, easy to ( reach without going down town. St. Louis, for instance, has about. 700,000 inhabitants and last year there were 64,000,000 paid admissions to the "movies" in that city. The picture houses now put on a few Vaudeville turns, and some, in New York and oth er large cities, maintain stock compa nies to intersperse the picture with tab loid dramas. Admission ranges from a nickel to a quarter. When one, for five cents, can run around the corner and got an evening's entertainment, with out an automobile, and without "dress in' up," it is small wonder that the exponsive downtown theatres are suf fering. NOTES OF THE STAGE OF INTEREST TO EVERY ONE Madam Aguglin, tho famous Italian actrtws who scored a sensational hit on Broadway about four years ago, is to return to this country in the near fu ture under tho management of the Messrs. Shubert. Madam Aguglia will present a number of plays from her rep ertoire, which includes "Zaza, " "Tho Thief," "CamiHe," "Salome" and "Electra," in addition to a number of . IML10 JLUIiail umiiius SUCH Ofl lUUIMl, .... ' a tragedy iu which sho scored a verita ble sensation on her first visit to this country. Madam Aguglia, who is due in Now York on December 20, has been playing in South America for two years. Sho comtB to New York City direct from a long and notable engagement in 'Buenos Avres. The engagement of "The Pleasure Soekors" nt the Winter Garden has bo,,n extended, and this production will remain in New York for Borne weeks to COIno- Ttl8 tw0 fading women in this ver.v W' and amusing production are Florence Moore nnd Dorothy Jnrdou, l,otl of wh"" ,,ttve muile Kr,lt P'-rsonal ' thi9 Ilici'e- j Tho iucomparablo Cuiby Deslys, who if.: c. rAj . .Mr Vt by ths Colonial Player at the Wexford, :.in V::i j : 'Vwmw-i I if '-VJ V ' Mis git:: f . I ft W. U IT WW.ftt m it i VJ'I m,J I i Acted in a most capable manner and directed with expert skill, this Rex pho toplay revolves around tho efforts of a young doctor to improve conditions in the tenement district of a great city to force a certain owner to buildiu.; bettor houses and pay more attention to his tenements. Through the daughter of the tenement owner, who falls in ZZ2tZ?.. k..k 3. 'vSP r-. -Zmiug rFTriWMJ I' !J I 0W0000WPJ m ww mi mm mm urn m ...MbKjfc. Ethel Davis, leading woman ot ine Powers company, was painfully injured as the result of an accident when "he was thrown into a lion's den. She hat been confined to the hospital at the company's ranch for three weeks with a complicated internal injury that, for a P WN ill ?ni5 .owt "-POWERS This photoplay which deals with a timely subject is not merely entertain ing, but is intended to accomplish some thing in the uplift of humanity, in the regeneration of soiiety. You have heard considerable about the evils of some soft drinks. Edwin August, the producer has made this subject the theme of his play. He is shuwn in a new role, that of a father who is crush, ed with the unchangeable moral that "crime, like a chicken, comes home to roost," The story, gripping in it-n heart interest, vividly shows one of the great evils that has an invidious huld upon so ciety. Dave Harding, as played by Mr. Au gust, Is a millionaire manufacturer of soft drinks. His son, Frank, is engaged to Eileen. Frank becomes addicted to KAli r 1 JVC . iv; vivas - ' . u i 1 love with the young doctor, a pretty ro mance is brought into the story, and it 'is this girl nnd the narrow escape from death she experiences in ono of her father's own houses, that finally brings about a reformation. It is a play that deals with present social conditions that need improving and should make a lasting impression. iV,if y ST': - , I , i ii.'nwl tmtmf wm m sw . m&m$mmm& tune, threatened her life. Tho accident. ! occurred during the production of " In- to the Lion's Pit," a Roman costum.) story in two parts. The pit into whic.i Miss Davis waB thrown was built espe cially for the occasion and was thirteei. feet deep. i fit yr BLOOD" SCREEM Play y liquor and wild company. Harding fin nlly manages to wean the boy away I from this liubit and reinstates him in his affections and his sweetheart's love. Belioving that the soft dring manu factured by his father is harmless, Frank makes a specialty, in a short time, in drinking it. The drink con tains nn insidious drug and Frank be comes a rlave to it before his father rcnli.cs. The father suffers the pang? of the damned when ho finds his boy is in mortal danger as a result of his own concoction. An operation is necessary. In the meantime, the puio food authori ties investigate tho father's product, and prohibit its manufacture. Harding, in remorse, closes down his factory and gives his ill-gotten gains to charity. The operation on his son is a success and he is cured of the habit. I. ' " tfTii ..! I