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\DAYS PROGRAMS RT\—Chartlc Chaptia in “The EMMER—Dastin Pernam tn “Rig Happiness.” COLISEUM—Bthel Clayton in “Sins Rosanne” STRAND-—Priseilia Dean and Lon Chaney in “Outaide the Law.” COLONIAL—Tom Mix in “Pratrie PLORENCE—Wallace Reid tn ~Al- ways Audactoas.” "LIBERTY ie “THE Kip" $B (First National) nbaveves Cart Atitier +. Bdna Purviance | The Tramp... r a ORDER to accommodate the| B. great crowds that have been un-| able to get into the Liberty to wit mess Chaplin's new comedy, “The Kid,” the management has announce ‘ed the picture will be held over a few days longer. Chaplin devoted 12 months of his| | time to the making of thie produc. ! © tion. and the comedian as well as the Public is satisfied that the time was Well spent. | Besides the clever acting of the} the picture introduces Jack | ‘Coogan, kiddie who} Makes a tremendous hit with the! audience. | ik CLEMM —- c. “BIG HAPPINESS’ (Robertson-Cole) Pant... . Charlie Chaplin | j } Dustin Parmum Pred Malatesta Kathryn Adar s Josep J. Dow Dustin Farnum plays a dual role ft “Big Happiness,” the photodrama | ow at the Clemmer. The story was | ‘written by the famous British author, “Pan.” “Big Happiness” ts a gripping nar Fative of twin brothers, one a heart: | Teas man of the world whose one de- Sire is wealth, the other a less suc gesstul fellow who dwells in the slums of Paris. By a strange trick ‘Of fate the “poor but honest” brother is called upon to impersonate the ‘ther, a leading British financter, @uring his enforced absence from Britain. How he meets and falls in ove with the wealthy brother's beau titul young wife adds keen interest lace Reid, who is featured in “Always Audacious,” the opening attraction at “The Florence.” 2—Dustin. Farnum—Clemmer. 7—Ethel Clayton— Coliseum. ‘ Priscila Dean—Strand,. 6—Scene from “Panthea"”—Rez. ovie Quizzes Cc. F. A-—Kathiyn Williams ts married to Charien Kyte otion picture director, Addrens, 4 8. | Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, Cal Mrs, Eyton does not give her age. ee Jim and Vicla—Juanita Hansen's | latest serial for Pathe ls “The Phan tom Foe.” Warner Oland plays lead opposite Mian Ha n in this picture Juanita has played in five reel pic | tures, but lately has been devoting herself exclusively to serials for | Pathe. | lin Paris, France, of English parents | believe, }mital, inn't it? |The Motion Picture News, Inc. 729! eee Curious—Chartie Chaplin was born He is 31. Clara Horton was born in June, 1904. Bessio Love i» 22, I Dolores—"Answerer” {a non-com-| You can obtain the Motion Picture Studio Directory from | Seventh ave, New York, and I think you will find this suitable for the Dear Seattle Star I have read with what I trust you will consider a pardonable pride, that I have won your POPULAR MOTION PICTURE STARS CONTEST, and that my ‘st sister, Constance, was fourth on the list of the most popular act- with the resses of the screen. Constance joins me in thanking you for the great interest you have shown in giving our photographs and our names liberal space in your paper. thousands of readers of The Seat- te Star, who voted for us, and we News Scenario Winners Announced Soon Local winners in the J. Parker ing us a Since signing our new contract Ansociated First Na- tional Pictures, Inc., we expect to have better and bigger material to work with in the way of stories, than ever before, and hope to put forth our best efforts and live up We want, also, to thank the to the admiration your contest has called forth, Very cordialty yours, “SNOOKY” LEARNS TO DRIVE AUTOMOBILE }tne movies. Action tn “Just in Time,” a Chester aan ainda ae | Rant wneaee SF Sree | centr anon te te rossona ty eope| ALL-GTAR CART ae erie sacra e 8—Charlie Chaplin and Jack Coogin are asking you the favor of grant- little more space in which to tell all our screen ad- mirers how grateful we are for the interest and enthusiasm they have displayed during the con- peared in : Van Winkle® “The Little |shown here at the Clemmer week. | Miss Dana's husband, John © died during the influenza She has two eisters, Edna Fh and Shirley Mason, who are also | tional, called for Snooky, the Human- — contest will be announced within the) rt oe tought te dvive aulenseaas: “FANNY HERSE! next two weeks The judges early pile, Again the studio has found that! An alketar cast hag been this week made the final elimination | it doesn’t pay to teach the Humanzee|for Edna, Ferber’s story, 17 too many tricks, for at lunch hour'| Herself,” about to be filmed at Unie to the story. ad . | Pe purpose you requife, scion we — Lah Ai stance j | COLISEUM |} 4 P BILLIE BURKE ‘oem | Bittle Burke in having her winter INS ANNE | vacation in Palm Beach, where she ts! i} aan) - | deowes nm : _|the monk jumped into the car and | versal City by Ted Browning, whe: seeses 2. Bthel Claytoe pnocien eae bgt ae eg: aord egatleagiengd the next week will eM | 411 4 ittle riding not on the bill,| rected “Outside the Law.” Miss coisa Jack Holt | ‘hate aa 4 — a fa eteld, jr, and deavor to select from @ total of On®/ with the result that not only the|ber will personally superintend Fontaine La Rue ‘ egal iene pasbnsbnntse: hundred manuscripts the three which | machine, but the glass front of the | filming of her story, Mabel Van Buren BPR ES Te te Mr. Readeti nario department both r : 7 " : 7 " ” " . Readein | sce: ent wer com- Te coliptiie ta ah tho Collage Filmland is leading the fight against “Blue Sunday,” and here are shown a few of pera: Saree a er eno ag pb aie *§ the generals. In the center, Katherine MacDonald, “the American beauty,” is shown busy with the three winners from five} —_- fn “Sins of Rosanne,” a romantic| n f — story by Cynthia Stockely. Miss|@t one of the campaign stunts, She is sending out thousands of autographed photos and on other cities, will be submitted to six| Rudyard Kipling’s first continufty prominent film, producers who will! for Pathe is “Without Benefit of Clayton appears as Rosanne Ozanne| each is written an “anti-bluc” appeal. Other stars are doing likewise. Above, on the left, is ° Gaughter of a wealthy widow) who.| Josef Swickard; just below, on left, is Betty Compson, while on the right (upper) is the) 4 enon he See arene we sas on the three thousand manuscripts HOBBIES: Wally Reid, the saxophone; Doraldina, raising pigs; Willlam Russell, dogs; Doro- a8 she grows into womanhood sacri- fices everything to gratify her love for diamonds, even conspiring with smugglers from the diamond mines ‘When she meets Sir Denis Harlen- @en she falls in love with him and eventually, after some hair-breadth escapes from the clutches of the law, Rosanne overcomes her lust for Jewels. She then becomes Mrs. Her- Jenden. STRAND | { Those who wish to splash the cal endar with Bluing are going to find themselves opposed by all the figures jor ¢ m. A well organized cans |paign against the “blue laws” has |been started One of the novel stunts being used is the placing of some “anti-biue” warning on every autographed phovo }went out to a fm fan. It has been | figured that about 25,000 movie fans “OUSIDE THE LAW” (Universal) Monty Madden Prisctiia Dean Black Mike Si «.Lon Chaney Gilent Madden. . Ralph Lewis Priscilia Dean, who created a new S¢reen personality in such pictures | @§ "The Silk-Lined Burglar,” “The Virgin of Stamboul” and “The Wild Cat of Paris,” comes to the Strand day with Lon Chaney in “Outside Law,” a melodfamatic picture in she appears as Molly Madden, ing of the underworld, who is “7 changed from a crafty, cunning thiet | into a home-loving, gentle woman. Chaney appears as Black Mike Silva, the most feared and relentless figure of crookdom. tl COLONIAL “PRAIRIE TRAILS” (Fox) Tex Benton........... Btephen McWhorter Janet McWhorter.....Kathieen O'Connor Lovers of romance and outdoor life, as well as those who seek hair- Falsing thrills, will find plenty of en- tertainment in Tom Mix’s Ia ture play, “Prairic Colonial. “Prairie Tralls” ts a breezy story of the great West by James B. Hen @ryx, the celebrated novelist. Mix fits into the story so perfectly that it might have been written for him. He appears as “Tex” Benton, a hot- beaded Texan who 1s proud of the| t that people refer to him as a Roger Lyton | Protect of Pc ieorge Faw sett Norma Talmadge tn the title role of “Panthea” is now at the Rex. Pan-| thea is a famous ussian pianist, Whose brother, n, is a Nihilist, who conspires against the govern ment. During a government raid tn are thus daily reached. Committees have been formed to | devise campaign methods and here }is what some of the leaders have had }to say on the subject DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS The most exacting censors of mo- tion pictures are the people who pay their money to see them. The fact jthat they pay more money to see them on Sundays than on week days indicates that they believe in Sunday | movies. JOSEF SWICKARD Three-fourths of the inhabitants of |this nation are enthusiastic screen fans. Box office receipts show that fully 30 per cent of the entire bust ness of motion picture theatres is [done on Sunday, which shows that | the public more largely attends + | tures on Sunday than any other day | in the week. During the 20 years I was on the legitimate stage 1 observed that Sun i DANZ OPEN NEW HOUSE | Seattle has nother cory, new | | motion picture <heatre, It is | called “The Florence,” and is located at Second and James. John Danz, who operates the | Colonial, is the manager of the | | mew house, which opens today. it Snapolite lenses, w device that vastly improves the screen quality of she pictures, | and & special Velvet Gold Fiber || sereen, which ¢liminates eye strain, are features of the new house. e For the opening attraction, Damz has chosen Wallace Keid in one of the best pictures of his career, “Always Auda | cious.” PP } | 1] A é PRETTY STAR ONCE A SCHOOL - TEACHER From the blackboard to the silver screen, That's the story of Lois Wil- son. She was teaching school tn Ala- their home a man is killed, and Pan-|bama when the urge to break into thea is accused of murder. How she escapes and flees to Paris with the man she loves brings about ® continual routine of thrilling events. ELSIE FERGUSON Elsie Ferguson, having “Sacred and Profane Love, now in the movies visited her. She broke into them In @ dash, She became leading lady for Bryant Washburn in several comedies. Then she played opposite Wally Reid in “What's Your Hurry?” Her next one is “The Quarry,” In which she has the lead opposite Tor Meighan well known Mr. Fairbanks, with Naomi Childers on lower right. They are all members of a recently organized movie committee which will head the fight against Sunday Blues. day audiences were the most atten: | most in mind the fact that they are/ | uve and appreciative and seemed to be more in t per frame of mind to be able t plays. To close theatres on Sunday would be the ab- | solute ruination of both pictures and the legitimate stage MARY PICKFORD I always*try to make my pletures | clean and wholesome, keeping upper Muriel Is Going Into the Movies 4 This darling little cherub is aged Francis Dana, the lit- | tle daughter of Mr. and Mrs.| F. V. Hall, of Seattle, who | is leaving with her parents for \y |to make her debut in the| | movies, enough to see this little lady perform will be expecially in- terested in the new venture. Muriel is all of 2 years of age. HUSBANDS AND WIVES: Charles Bryant and Alla Nazi- | mova; Wallace McCutcheon and | Pearl White; Lou ‘gren and | Geraldine Farrar; Rudolph Cam- | eron and Anita Stewart. NEW CURWOOD STORY WILL BE FILMED| jtres and other places of harmlons | Los Angeles, where Muriel is| seas, and for three days the decks or the entertainment of young and old alike. Many churches have seen | fit to show them, and if they can be shown In a church surely they are) fit to be seen in @ theatre on Sun-| day. KATHERINE MACDONALD ‘The effort to impose “blue” Sunday legisiation, locking the doors of thea- diversion and recreation, ts decidedly | the wish of « small minority cap- | tained by professional reformers. Yet, | uniess the great majority is awak-/| ened to ite danger, stocks and pillor- | fen may be In vogue once more at the same time instructive than a good motion picture, Today pro- ducers are turning out pictures of immense moral value to the general public and forbidding the public to| see these pictures on Sunday ts rob- bing the people of innocent amuse- ment as well as keeping from them sermons preached by good pictures. The surest way to keep Christianity alive is to perform Christian deeds every day in the week . Vacation Trip Proved a “Jinx”’ George Loane Tucker, producer of | “The Miracle Man” and “Ladies | Must Li has returned to Los An-| geles from Honolulu, where he} passed the last six weeks. Mr. Tuck er’s trip to a-booloo land wag in- tended as a voyage of recuperation, | but it was not aa pleasant as he had planned, Befote leaving Lon Angeles, Mr. Tucker underwent a major operation. His doctor recommended a sea voy: age, in order to enable bim to regain his strength, Going over, however, Mr, Tucker's ship ran into terrific were swept by the white caps. Instead of the sunshine he sought In Hopolulu, the producer of “The | Those who have been lucky | Miracle Man” was greeted with tor-| rential rain, which continued almost without a break during hi y. Mr. Tucker reports that a vy storm | recently swept the elty of Honolulu, | and that for a time It looked as ff the | island might, slip Ita anchor and drift | out to sea°oh the crest of one of the | big rollers. Mr, Tucker is now back in his Los Angeles home, trying to regain his land legs. HAMPTON ENJOYING WELL-EARNED REST Benjamin 9B. Hampton, after launching “A Certain Rich Man,” his 1W% Courtesy, Miceures, Music “No foolin’, I was surprised” When a theatre is crowded every day for a week by persons who talk like that, it’s no wonder we are going to keep— Six big acts of the best fun and pathos ever put on the screen! A First National attraction. There is a real sermon in nearty every screen production of today and this sermon continuously impresses Qpon the screen fans the relative) value of good and evil. Ss NAOMI CHILDERS ‘There is nothing more restful and and his best friend— “THE KID” here a few days longer! One of Vitagraph’s biggest produc-| photoplay of William Allen White's | tions of 1921, another of the series | famous novel, well on its way toward land studio 4 screen version of “ioot-| BEING FILMED of productions begun a year ago,| completion, has taken a few days off hts,” from Rita Weiman’s story in| ‘The George Melford production of | and which have met with signal suc- | for a vacation in the mountaing wy | Mie Saturday Evening Post. iz Gilbert. Parker's “The Money| cess, will be “Flower of the North,” | Zane ¢ the novelist, “A Man“®t Then there’s a scenic-— “Wilderness Friends” —interesting and funny! The comedy has the smartest dog ever used in a motion picture— “His Puppy Love’’ New York, where she will soon begin ern. enacting at the Paramount Long Is-| PARKER’S STORY ELMORE CROWHURST on the Wurlitzer Master,” for which the author and|by James Oliver Curwood, Like} the ¥ * by Zane Grey, will be dircetor wrote the scenario, hag been| many other stories of this noted an-| Mr. Hampton's next production, employing a large number of extra] thor, it is a tale of the North—a ro- | www during the past week for|mance of struggle, the fascinating | age of Marge O'Doone," another of | of the quaint interl-| life of men and women in the at,; the Curwood stories, was m: | org which have been| frozen spaces on the shores) of Hud: | y » There will be a speci Sir Gilbert | gon ba , headed by two screen Arama, 6 Call of Youth,” has| is a close observer of the progress of} The new production is under the national note, who will been filmed and is to be seen here| the production and will go with wel meeevies of David Smith, und play the roles of hero and heroine, | soinpany on jocalion sound, whose capable direction ‘ihe Cour: | respectively. | BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT VISITS FILM STUDIO Henry Arthur Jones, the veteran | pec British playwright, is studying pho-| scenes in sor play technique at the Paramount | ors and exter #udio on ig Island, His first pho- | built at the Lask, Jensen & Von Herberg News has special pictures of the OLYMPIC FOREST DISASTER tudio, y

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