The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 7, 1920, Page 3

TODAY'S PROGRAMS — LIRERTY—Mack Sennett's comedy, “Married Life.” story, “A Splendid 3 STRAND —Mary Pickford tn “Sada.” TAL-—Hianche Sweet in “A { wn of Pieasure.” REN eDecgies Peirtanks in “The —-% —e EUM J con | Melty ceddie.” -COLIS Fi Kart Breitman Medda Gobert John Fitegeraid Laura Killegrew “ SPLENDID HAZARD,” Har. old MacGrath’s famous story ef adventure and love, which comes to the Coliseum Saturday for a Week's playing, is said to live up to }ite name, and is splendid ‘The play deals with a young man} 0 is fired by an ambition, In order | *to carry out this ambition he has to “ook money, and when he hears that | there is hidden treasure to be had at | ja certain place and that a certain! |Deautiful stage beauty has the se-/ ‘eret to the location he is determined | ‘to get that secret. In order to get it he has to marry! }the woman; he ¢hen steals the key | and runs off to America, There then follow a string of stirring events leading to a thrilling fight for love ‘and treasure in she isle of Corsica, = | —— " ——" “PARTNERS OF THE ! NIGHT" (Goldwyn) Robert Ciifford...... William B. Davidson é Pin: j eabit ‘Capt. ey -Emmett Corrigan Anapector Thorne : ~ William Ingersoll Robert Clifford is a detective on the New York police foree. On re- turning from Europe, where he had, Deen on a hunt for Mary Regan, Roetorious criminal, he meets a young lady who, to him, appeared per- fectly respectable, but who in real- (ity was the very person he was ‘ooking for, Mary Regan. Bradley, the captain of detectives, jis really a member of the crook gang that Mary Regan belongs to. Clifford spoils one of Bradley's games and he then is fired by Brad- ley. Mary Regan then goés against Bradley and exposes his graft. Clifford then finding out that the) girl he met on the boat coming from Europe and fell in love with is Mary Regan, the crook, he makes; efforts to reform her, and he does.| Later the two are happily married. ‘This play, “Partners of the Night.” comes to the Clemmer today for a ‘week's run. LIBERTY LIFE” (United Artists) A Man's Man.. wes ‘Not a 100 Per Cent Man Another Man at Times. A College Belle... “Married Life” is the name of the ‘hilarious play due at the Liberty to- Gay for a ‘week or more stay. ‘The play has in it a suitor being @purned for another man because he had played by foul means in a foot- Dall game. ‘Then there is a marriage ceremony and a’picturization of happy and un- happy married life. A play is then shown given by members of the Sennett set to other members, in which the hero has to kiss the heroine about a thousand times. Ben Turpin is then shown at the} hospital and is given so much gas by & fake doctor,that he floats out of the window and away and is pursued in airplanes by police and friends. . ‘STRAND “SUDS” (United Artists) , Amanda Afflick Horace Greenemith Benjamin Jo Mme. Jeanne Albert Austin ‘Harold Goodwin Mme, Rose Dione So popular is Mary Pickford’s| latest play, “Suds,” that the manage- | ment of the Strand has decided to hold it over for a few days longer. | ‘The play centers oe little ‘work-weary Amanda Afflick, who is ® drudge in a French laundry. Little Amanda is hoping with all her heart that some day a rich man| ‘will come to take her and she can) always live in happiness. She has as/ material for this hope a shirt left in the laundry a long time back by a Horace Greensmith. Finally Horace! comes to claim the shirt and, instead | of a rich man, he is only a very poor| fellow. Poor Amanda's hopes are} partly appeased, tho, when Benjamin Jones, the laundry driver, aska for) her hand. idier se | “A WOMAN OF PLI (Pathe) | és Bianche Sweet | . Wheeler Oakman | Wilfred Lac Wesley Ba: Alice Dane... Bobby Ralston Bir John Tumbu Danny Thomas Blanche Sweet, after a long ab-'| gence from the gcreen, has returned in a picture said to outdo all her others, “A Woman of Pleasure.” The play starts with Alice Dane as| @ school teacher, who marries Sir| John Turnbull because he can offer her pleasure, and he marrying her | because she was a witness to a crime| he had committed, and if he married her thé law would not permit a wife to testify against her husband, The action then, changes to Sir John's gold mine in South Africa. ‘There Sir John's wife falls in love} with his mine superintendent Later, ina Zulu uprising, her hus band is killed and then she and the} superintendent find happiness to. gether. Helene Sullivan, the talented young netress, who deserted the legitimate | e to play a featured part in the Dial company’s latest all-star produc tion, “The Tiger's Coat,” has ac cepted a new contract from Oliver Morosco and will devote at least an- r@ther year to the fwotlights, % 1} | latest play, 1—Mary Pickford as she appears in “Suds,” at the Strand, in scene from “The Mollycoddle,” at the Rex. ley Barry at the Colonial in “A Woman of Pleasure.” Have You a “Camera Face”? Read This Article and See According to Allan Dwan, movie director, the lines of the| chin, of the perfect movie Actress, must form an obtuse angle when looked at squarely. The torso has its correct propor-|iet was a burlesque of Mr. Neila in the above picture. BY H. P.* BURTON NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Has she a amera face? This question will have ta ‘be answered scores of times during: the next week by the five fam judges who will select from the prize winning salesgirl beauties of the United States, the most beautl- ful one of all. In fact, as a point, it ts consid: ered almost a# important an the question of beauty itself, inasmuch as a girl, altho a beauty, who has not @ camera face cannot register her looks on the ecreen, and is use less as a film actress. , EXPLAINS’ AMERA FACE” So what constitutes a “camera| face"? I took this question to Allan |Dwan, one of the greatest of all | movie directors, and asked him to explain it #0 that every in the great national beauty contest will understand salesgir! it Ziegteld, Neysa McMein, R. A Walsh, Jas. Quirk and Alfred Cheney Johnston, who will pick the find winner. REX a “THE MOLLYCODDLE’ (United Artists) Richard Marshall Douging Fairbanks Henry Van Hoik Wallace Reery Virginia Hale 4 Mrs. Warren... ‘Adele Farrington Douglas Fairbanks comes to Seat tie for another engagement in his “The Moltycoddie.” In this play “Doug” has the role of Richard Marshall, a descendant of | a long*tine of Afnericans who were fear'ews fighters for righteousness Thru a mishap he is reared in Eng land from an early age. This makes him a regular “mollycoddie.” While traveling in Spain he meets a pretty American girl and some of her , ae nds who are touring country He stows away on their boat going to America, and when he arrives there, foliows therm out West. He wins over many obstacles cast in his path and becomes a feal American, also winning @ right pretty young miss, mays | tions as well as the face, says he. \ contestant! with the « | while they await the decision of Filo} th Renick | the the | i made tha %y! infinitesimal.” | head. jt Dwan is testing a beauty) “It can be reduced‘ to simple foathematics,” said Dwan, HE TELLS US SOME RULES Here are some rules lays down: The lines of the chin must form gr obtuse angle when looked at warely The distance from the point of the chin to the base of the nose must equal the distance from the tip of the nose to @ point exactly between the eyebrows. + ‘The distance from ear to ear, over the forehead, Must equal the distance from the apex of the chin to the ex- act crown of the head. The mouth, When in a smile or & laugh, should never be more than a fifth larger than the mouth in re pone nthe eyts should be the distance of ne eye apart The distance from the point of the chin to the eyes should be equal to ance from the eyes to the that Dwan The top ¢ itaelf should be line drawn from straight downward would indicate clearly where the ear joins onto the The above rules, of course, do hold true of types. For the that makes the type valu able is the very fact that his or her features violate the accepted standard of perfection,” he says. not thing MOVIE MEN CLAIM THEY| ARE SOME FISHERMEN According to J. Von Herberg, of Jensen-Von Herberg company, there are very few fish left in the Sauk riversas the result of a fishing expedition composed of Mr. berg, Mr. L. O, Laikan, manager of the First National Exchange; Joe Gottstein, treasurer of the Greater Theatres compan and some other friends, last Vrida MOVIES WANT WILSON TO PEN LEAGUE FILM LONDON, Aug. 7.—Announcement a large British moving picture concern has asked President Wiison to, put the ease of the League of Nations into the form of a motion picture plot. ‘The invitation explains that thru motion pictures he could reach an audience “compared with which the resources of oratory are Von Her. | THR SEATT Oliver Morosco | ‘Entersthe Movie Producing Field With the filing in Los Angeles of the incorporation papers for the new $2,500,000 Oliver Morosco Pro. duction, Ine, the film world ix focusing a surprised @fid searching gaze upon the latest activities of the mag who has fisen to such a commanding position in theatricals. | That Moroseo in to play as im: portant part in the motion picture business ax he has in stage affairs is Indicated by the vigor with which he has set about the launching of hie | new enterprise. | It has been Moronco’s ambition te} [seo his stage successes reproduced | for the screen with the same clabo- | rate outlays and intelligent observ Jance of dramatic detail. That the Morosco pictures will follow close hy the Morosco knack of oytaining the beet effects in a logical tonclu:| | sion | He brings before the camera a retparkabfy large number of etars) |who will enjoy the novel exper-| |tence of repeating their stage roles for the films Furthermore, he will introduce to the pictures sev. eral Of the foremost authors whore actives have been confined large: ly heretofore to the drama of the age. | Meantime, preceding Morosco from | {the East are stars and authors, |who wild immediately join in the| ¢ and film activities here Francia X. Bushman and Beverley! Bayne are en route for the premiere | of “The Rainbow Bridge,” the new Morosco play, by Paul Dickey and| Charles W. Goddard. ovie Quizzes Grace: Yea, Irvin Cobb has been writing for the movies, but he hy not decidéd to give up his literary! work to become a film actor. How: | lever, he, with several writers cov-| Jering the democratic convention, did take part in a motion picture play-| let directed by Marshall Neflan at San Francisco recently. The pla "Go and G new feature picture, | 1 wepaper story . | " based on @ Brown Eyes: H. B, Warner's full name is Henry Bryon Warner, and he's 44 years ald. You can reach him at J. D. Hampton Productions, Hollywood, Calif, Rita Stamwood is his wife, Yes, Anita Stewart is mar- |ried and her husband is Rudolph Cameron. eee | Old Subscriber: Somebody's been | {kidding you. Gail Henry ts a woman, not a boy, and Anita Stew- art has no children in Spain or! anywhere els The fat boy \who appeared with Charlie Chaplin in “Sunnyside” if Tommy Woods of Brainer®,, Minn. -He weighs 400 polnds, eee eee Art: Elliott Dexter is the hus | band of Marie Doro. He wads born in Houston, Tex. He was in stock and productions on the stage before he entered pictures with old Triangle. After an absence from the screen| for nearly a year following a nerv Jous breakdown he has returned to the fold again and will soon be seen | in a new Cectl De Mille film. ¢ (Conducted in co-operation with | Associated First’ National Pictures.) | SOPHIE'S. GLAD SHE | LEARNED THE BIBLE Sophie Wachner is thanking her stars that she had to learn her Sun-| day school lemons when* she was a | little girl, for otherwise she might have been at a loss whem called upon |suddenly to furnish a costume for Goliath, Miss Wachner, as head of the costume department at the Gold wyn studio, is always being calle! upon for something strange, but when Fred Peters was brought to her to be garbed for the giant, she gasped. Then she recalled her big | old Bible with the pictures in it, which she used as a child, and from | that memory, was able to make the | sult. ‘The parteis in Booth Tarkin, ton’s “Edgarig Sunday Courtsh| | in which Kdfar, shamed for not} knowing his Sunday school lesson, | visualizes. for himself the scene} where David goes out to meet G lath, F “Ethan of the Mountain” will be Monroe Salisbury’s second, Independ. .. Ont starring production, , at the Clemmer. LE STAR 2—Henry B. Walthall and Rosemary Theby in scene from “The Splendid Hazard, 4—Scene from “Partners of the Night,” LAWSON BUTT’S FORTUNE IS MADE; SUBSTITUTE FOR GAS Lawson Butt, featured player in the Dial Film comparfy’s latest allstar production, “The Tiger's Coat,” might have given Thomas Edison some lively competition if he had chosen invention instead of sereen acting as his life en. deavor During the recent Los Angeles gasoline shortage Lawson locked himeelf in his garage laboratory and produced what he claims to be a perfect motor fuel substitute. It t# made up of equal parts of wood alcohol, distillate and ben. oll, Lawson says he bas tried the substitute successfully in his own car and finds it considerably cheaper than gasoline, MAX PAYS TRIPLE TO MAKE FILMS HERE! To paf a penalty of $2 on every dollar spent for making films in Cali fornia, instead of France, in the ex ferience of Max Linder, the Parisian film ,comedian of exchange the franc represents | only one-third of its former value in| American money, and ax Linder's backing comes from across the water, he has to stand the exorbitant rate of exchange. Despite this handi- . Linder prefers to make his pro- He has just finished | “Seven Years’ Bad Luck,” his first independent American-made five-reel r, and Al Davis, his directorial as- sociate, haa started, casting for hit second picturé, which the comedian in writing. At the present mte! ‘Intend to Join Movies? Then ListtoClermont | President Hannibal N. Clermont, of Clermont Photoplays corporation, contributes a few helpful “Do Note” |to those who desire to break into the movies in various capacities, As Mr. Clermont has been actor, ducer, “fall guy” and almost every- |thing elie in the game, he ix well qualified to hand jout the “Dont’s.” Listen: | Don't think that a pleasant smile, nice teeth, pretty hair, straight legs or ability to dance will get you jinto the pictures. All | might get you in, Jcertain other | get you out. Don't over night. Publicity may smear |& girl all over the map, but if she qualifications showing at the Coliseum. &—Ben Turpin and Charlotte Mineau, playing at the Liberty in “Married Life.” pro-| moving picture) combined | but if you lacked | they'd j think that stars are made, | LET’S ALL JOIN THE SAILOR’S KNOT; IT’S SOME CLUB Helen Chadwick, finding all her time not accupied despite the fact that she is playing one leading part after another at the Goldwyn studios: at Culver City, is organizing a, secret society among motion pi¢:ture actors. The society hai as its name “The Sailor's Knot.” Miss Chad wick was inspired to organize the club because of Ther deep inter- est in the nautical line, since ‘on location aboard the schooner Deborah for scenes in Ben Ames Williams’ story of the nea. ‘The first requirements for any- one wishing to«jain the society is to be able td tie a knot, which only a sailor cani untie. Then you must be a good fisherman, sing the old sea chanties, and never say “o'clock but tell time in “bells.” Whether a person sub- ject to seaxickness* will be in- iuated is not known. ! stays on the maf she must have| ar stuff in her. Don't expeot everybody on the | “lot” to fall down and worship you |when you make your initial appear. ance. | Many come and many go, y & few stick, and the new. comer means nothing in the lives of the old veterans until he or she makes good: | Don't gush over the actresses and actors, They are only human .be- |ings and some of them hardly that | Don't think the movie game a Joy ride, It is a hard road to success, just as is every other road/ while. [to any success worth MISS ORA CAREW IS ALWAYS FIRST Ora Care’ star of “Mountain Madness,” “The Figurehead” and other big screen successes, was the first film actress to fill the tank of her car with gasoline imported on a special train from Texas to break the famine in Los Angeles. Miss Carew motored to the tracks of the Southern Pacific to see the train come in, and ber tank was fhe first filled, afier the mayor of Los An- geles had officially welcomed the train to the city. 8—Douglas Fairbanks and Ruth 6—Blanche Sweet ‘Dorothy'sDe ‘Doubled De ‘And Then Two hundred and thirteen Angeles girls think that they jexactly like Dorothy Phillipe. ; |Houber, who is directim a Phillips in their first produced feature, inserted jin a Los Angeles | maidens who imagined @ |were facial replicas of the known star. They arrived the’ morning in limousines, on street cars and motorcycles. — came from every part Angeles and from towns 56 | away from the world’s film | ital. Every type was Spanish blondes to nettes, and every girl was |lutely sure that Allen Hi self, couldn't tell the d tween her and the noted star. Harry Bucquet, assistant to Hi bar, had to talk himself every rejected applicant to that just by an eyebrow miss being Dorothy “Phillips”. The girl selected was & : society brunette, who had by her friends that she the star closely enough to big sister. She will part of the picture role effect. “Oh, give me some more rz coffee, Jim Boldt!"—Adv. Mack Sennett’ SUPREME COMEDY TRIUMPH ‘Married Life’ CURES RESTORES ‘~. JEALOUSY. CONFIDENCE! RE AWAKENS:— HON EYMOON+ SENTIMENTS! ALLAYS XS ‘SUSPICION ! PROMOTES, ‘HAPPINESS! REMOVES . “Dou er! THRILLS e) GALORE POSITIVELY NOT A WAR PICTURE Home of the Big Successes Mark well—this is the (’S HERE NOW—JUST FOLLOW THE CROWD liveliest five-act farce Mack Sennett ever made! Prizma Gcenic——Paramount Trio—Pathe News