The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 25, 1921, Page 3

As, TODAY'S PROGRAMS iron.” =... WINTER GARDEN—“The Wemaa He Chesa” BLUE MOUSE—Mebe Daniels in “Twe Weeks With Pay.” COLISKHUM—“A Tale of Two Serle.” CEEMMER—Viela Dane tm “Trup- Pets of ate” 8 RAN De oThe Woman Ged COLONIAL—Remie Marriscale tn | “The NTERG GARDEN “THE WOMAN HE CHOSE” (lickey Pum Corporation) E Woman He Chose,” a ple turization of the well known “The Girl ." by Selma Lageriof, is the fea film attraction at the Winter Dr. Lagerlof is known as the Swed. h philosopher who shares with Kip a Nobel prize for literature. The Play is said to be one of strong human appeal. “ * \ | x LIBERTY | — “SCRAP IRON” --Chartes Ray Charles Ray puts up « lively box ma now at the Liberty. The bat takes place when Ray, as young py Steele, a young mill worker, ? @ in order to earn enough money CLEMMER “PUPPETS OF FATE” Francia McDonaid | Pred Kelsey the famous racing and gambling of Tia Juana, Mexico, below southern boundary of California, converted into a gigantic pio getting as one of the unique cles of “Puppets of Fate," the photodrama now at the Clemmer, in ch Viola Dana stars, eee COLISEUM Sut Sen, a little white girt who has sn. brought up to believe herself u masnee tas Cine parton tn Us section of Sdn Francisco, ts the heroine of “A Tale of Two Yorids,” the film drama d today at the Coliseum. . . BLUE MOUSE “TWO WEEKS WITH PAY” which Bebe Daniels, the piquant little star, is the heroine of “Two Weeks With Pay.” the flim comedy drama now at the Blue Mouse. The plot re- PAdentity at a summer resort, and | Miss Daniels plays beth the shop girl ) who is enjoying a short vacation, nd a famous actress whom she re- nobles. STRAND “THE WOMAN GOD CE (Paramount) GED Seena Owen K. K. Lincoin Henry Sediey pj Anna Jansson Th MeCarthy Alastair De Vries Lilly . How a minion ‘ot the law falls in love with a pretty little dancer whom he is sent (o arrest when she escapes after shooting and De Vries, a man of wealth, |s told in “The Woman God Changed,” the new Paramount Pe - the Strand. COLONIAL 1 “THE BREAKING POINT” (Pathe) «Beanie Barris: Joseph J, Dow :-Pat O'Malley “Bihel Grey Terry . Rath Marshall. Mr. Marshall. Phillip Bradiey Lecia Deeping.- He wanted her because she was e sweetest woman he had ever own. But he was incapable of ap- Dreciating her goodness, and soon went back to his old life of dissipa- | tion. Then Fate took a hand and gave him his just deserts. Just how is told on the screen at the Colonial, where “The Breaking Point” is now showing. eee a REX “COLD STEEL” (Robertson-Cole) J.P, McGowan ‘athieen Clifford itannope Wheatcroft Elinor Vale 4 Sorenson Mary Johnson Steele Weir, a construction engi neer, who is monickered “Cold Steel” because of his ability to han die men and overcome difficulties, is the leading character in “Cold Steel,” the film drama at the Rex. Weir in love with the daughter of one 4 his enemies, and how he wins her in spite of the father’s opposition is the main ‘theme of the picture, From the Marsh-| ~ Good Films Need Players of Ability critics have been | |with comment about the “star sys Yet a good story needs good | e daughter of Ah Wang, a prosper-| wolves around a case of mistaken! killing Alastair | American tem.” ‘Phe | doubt acting. The American film built largely on individual successes ry’s the thi 1—Leatrice Joy, Coliseum. free no | industry was achieved by the early stars, The most worthy of them are still stars |—Mary Pickford, the Gishes, Tom |Moore, Chaplin, Fairbanks, Alice The critic against lactrenses tures. merit principals, whose However, bout in “Scrap Iron,” the screen Joyce and othera. complaint was chiefty the starring of actors and scomplishments | into the ring against Battling | had not earned them a stellar place. Much has been said about capable ; Rive special care to his invalid|casts and direction of German ple outstanding has been the acting of their! their England has been making pictures | tor years but has made none wor-| thy of note. ! In reviewing | | | most Film Row,” Sigmond | Mr, | busin in sistant manager | tle office, as its | years. N.Y. a: general a Deer, 1 one of New York's society Deer is not her correct name. r, nol She school four months ago. a life of tea and sub-deb a Into the | She re | going | 1 whirl | 806 serial, Barrymore He Four royal first showing of don, The has been attributed to the fog. The critic of the London Times iWicle Dane | thinks otherwise. es, Wallyreids and to his bea 2 for supremacy. fe about me That decided her. now she is appearing in a “Hurricane |director says she's making good in| whirlwind fashion. GEORGE ADE reason for this He believes Bry Jackie Saunders lish producers have been uns ful beeause of the lack of stars. “Pollyanna,” “When England disco sce he says, a Mary | Pickford we shall be in a position to challenge the film supremacy of j the United States.” He might have added a few Char Nechaplins, Billharts, Dougfairbanks ormatalmadg: LIVE WIRE Harry Sigmond ARRY SIGMOND, one of popular young men‘ on entered t counsel SOCIETY GIRL TO ENTER PICTURES 1920, the was recently appointed | yor\ |manager of the Northwest territory r Associated Producers, Inc. he dis Lillian Waiker | tributing field in the motion picture August of of Vitagraph’s Seat. | holding that position until | his present appointment. fore coming to Vitagraph, Mr. Sigmond hetped organize the North-| west Film Board of Trade and acted tor three) as as 7, is the danghter of arties and di airs. Mrs. jes to es Hutch,” arred in “Th ‘8 @ pries princesses “Pollyanna” She Lydig cape the! Jers, Oh, graduated from a corvent fac jebuta Hoyt Pathe and the| Jeorge Ade, long shy of the photo | has been signed by Marshall n to write the subtitles for “The Lotus Eater.” This should mean nappy titles, for Ade is known for his short epigrams. John is sta * Colleen Moore is his les ne Lotus | ese was @ prisoner tn | tin ‘Slippy saw the in Lon EDITED BY 2—V iola Dana, Clemmer. $—Kathleen Clifford, | Rez, 4—Charles Ray, Liberty. DAISY HENRY 5—Seena Owen, Strand. _6—Bibe Daniels, Blue Mouse. 7—Ethe | Coliseum Orchestra Is Real Treat for Music Lovers | Coliseum Concert Organization, under the direction of Arthur Kay, conductor BY DAISY HENRY I've just completed the most de Ughtful motion picture assignment of my service on The Star—going be hind the scenes to see just how the big concert orchestra at the Coliseum | “works.” show, Bilty recited to me the person- | nel of the orchestra, the days and months required to assemble such an organization, the fabulous salaries paid some of the artists, and—whis- por—the even $25,000 that the direc tor draws down because there are Sitting out tn front at the Collse | Oly one or two like him in the world! nee! 1, But the other night Billy Mur. the orchestral manager for Jen- |men & Von Herberg, hunted me up and inyited me to a rehearsal, I was game when he put it at the unearth: }ly hour of 11 p. m, when all The | Star is supposed to be home In bed. During the short wait after the VIVIAN MARTIN IS APPEARING ON STAGE Vivian Martin is not grass grow under her feet. In addi tien to winning popularity as her screen self, she is covering herself with laurels on Broadway, where she is playing at the Shubert theatre in “Just Married.” |day she played about eight perform Jances—that ix, by doubling up in | brass “The Song of the Soul,” her first Measmore Kendall production, was at Loew's New York, where Miny Martin drew capacity houses as the wistful little biind girl, while “Just Married” was proceeding on its! merry way with Miss Martin herself. | Her next film production is “Pardon My French,” soon to be released by Goldwyn. RUTH ROLAND FILM HAS SPECIAL MUSIC of her company have formed a quar. tet which will furnish muste for the tion at the Hal E. Roach studios, ‘The personne! of the quartet is Miss Roland, soprano; Virginia Ainsworth, contralto; Earl Metealf, tenor, and Harry Girard, who acts as coach and organist, bass. Mr. Girard has composed the incidental music for the sets and Is now at work on the |acore to be used for the serial when | | released. DOROTHY T TO WEAR MANY PRETTY GOWNS | Pretty Dorothy Phillips, Allen Holubar’s star of “Man, Woman and Ma ee,” one of Associated First National's “Big F ," will wear a |number of elaboral gowns in the next Allen Holubar production for First National release. While in New cently Miss Phillips pur. jc hase & magnificent wardrobe lwhich will provide her costumes for |her next two stellar re SCREEN KEI S$ HER BUSY Florida Kingsley has been a busy lady during the past few weeks. Her specialty is character parts and for his next production, | Ray never plays the same type of story twi nd his next picture. ia be based on a theme entirely differ jent from his last productions. SCENARIO WRITERS PREDICT CHANGE Photoplay fashions are going to change radically in the coming sea son, say Anita Loos and John Em. lerson, deans of sc ario writers. The photo drama must be more serious, they say, and the demand in comedies is for satire, ‘The day of the saccharine romance is past “American audiences tired of heroes and heroines who offer noth ing more than @ face,” says Kmer- | son. All profits made from the sale of Mary Pickford’s photographs goes to “The Good Cheer Fund” for orphan, crippled and bed-ridden children of this country, all you know ts that the music | 8 to fit the picture unusually | letting the | Last week in one| Roth Roland and three members| sets of her serial now under produc: | sweet old mothers on th en. In these capacities she p with Eugene O'Brien in “Is Life Worth | Living?” nd now with the same star in y Dollars.” Betwe times she supported another nick star, Conway Tearle, in Masquerade.” CHARLES RAY Cha) Ray, who has returned from a vacation to the Grand Can jyon, following the completion of ‘The Barnstormer,” bis lat First | National release, is back on the job| with a promise of something new REHEARSAL BEGINS As soon as the 44 musicians as | sembled in the pit, Arthur Kay, a de- mure little chap, appeared, I im ined there wag going to be a boxing | contest, or something, for he took oft | his coat, tle and collar, and re| marked, “Overture, gentiemen.” _ Presently there wag a rapping up-| ST. JOHN ERVINE LAUDS CHAPLIN “A great comedian is like a child In his attitude toward the world, en tirely trusting, rather helpless and a cause of laughter, not #0 much by) deliveration as by sheer inability to |oope with a complicated world.” | Thus writes St. John Ervine, tn |The Living Age” in an article on | Charlie Chaplin. He continues: “All the fun de by Chaplin comes, not from altempts to be jclever, but from failure to be aa I ther people are “I do not know whether Chaplin | can make philosophical speculations, but I do know that by bis conduct be can explain much that puzzles philosophers.” ACTRESS RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS] Prisca Dean has recovered from the heavy cold which she contracted | while on location In the damp Ore-| gon woods, and resumed work on| "Conflict," her current Universal feature, which in being directed by | Stuart Paton. Herbert Rawlinson, Edward Connelly and Lawrence Shumway will play opposite Priscilla | Dean in this dynamic story of the | Northern lumber camps now running | sertalty & in the Rea Book Magazine DESMOND IS NOW “INDEPENDENT STAR” | William Desmond ts the latest to “go on his own.” The Wiiffam Des. mond productions are quartered in the Robert Brunton studios, pre pared to make four features 4 year |"Fightin’ M y H. H. Loan, will be his first. Virginia Brown Faire, Rosemary Theby and Doris Pawn are three well known feminine favor ites who will be n with “Bill” in his first t independent « fering. DRESS QUESTION BOTHERS ACTRESS | Pauline Frederick, RC. Picture star, says it is harder for a film star }to keep well dressed than it is for a| stage star. rhe film actress must keep not abreast of the fashions, but | ahead of them,” says Miss Frederick, | “because the pictures go all over the | world, and may be shown a full year after the production been made.” STRIKE UP AN IRISH JIG Marshall Neilan has purchased | “The Stranger’s Banquet,” by Donn | Byrne, Irish author, who will col-| laborate with Neilan in the story's | preparation for the screen, Shure| |they're a couple o' foine lads; Micky | and Donnie—'twill be a foine play | | they'll be afther makin’, DIDN'T KNOW TH DIDJA? | Every motion pleture fan knows | and worships Betty Blythe. Every | magazine reader knows Sam G Blythe, famous political writer, Very well, Betty is Sam's niecs DOGS If you love David M. Hartford you must love 105 ¢ Ho will Jet you pat them on the head if you pop up in the place where they are being filmed. The dogs appear in James Oliver Curwood'’s thrilling outdoor yarn, “The Golden Snare,” which ts being produced on a big scale for Asso: jelated First National Pictures, Inc, Burns Mantle, dramatic critic, will write subtitles for Norma almadge pictures. This allows the critics to criticise a critic, ax ‘twere The total number of seats tn movie theatres in the United States ds 13,500,000, ; that this was an athletic rat N'N! eh Ot CoM on the conductors stand and rehear- eal began, to be almost immediately stopped by another violent rapping “Nothing like ft," explained the con ductor, following with a short de seription of the desired effects. At this time the vest followed the coat and necktie, and this seemed to have the effect of a given signal, for each individual tensed himself with a “do or die” expression, and from then on things happened fast and furiously SHOWS 'EM HOW IT’S DONE The conductor apparently was working himself into @ frenzy, and the rehearsal progremed I re ceived moré than ever the impression exhibition At various intervals, Mr, Kay would single out some particular instru ment, and, after a little tecture as to the effects required, would step into the pit, ask the performer for his instrument, and proceed to per- form the particular passage upon the instrument, This caused me to ask Mr. Murray which was Mr. Kay's instrument, when he smilingly informed me that | he favored the cello, but as a matter | of faethe waa & real music master, performing upon any instrament in the orchestra, This, of course, led to | little history from Billy as to who and what Kay had been prior to com CHARLES RAY Now here in an exéiting boxing yarn from the Saturday Evening Post— “Scrap Iron” Directed by Charles Ray Himself MALOTTE at the WURLITZER Peasant,” Suppe gets, First for his job. for his girl Virile drama! Bears: Scenic of Alaska densen and Von Herberg News tke fee Los Angeles, o ttle boys on sociability Mome of the Playing Selection, “Post and Tho story,of a boy who has to fight for all he Then for his mother. Then d then for himself. Stirring action! Cartoon Comedy Kenttie’s baby clephant, comes ing tor Seattle, Kay came to this country as the assistant director of the Boston sym: | phony, without a doubt the leading musical organization of the United States, and filled that position with | credit until engaged by the famous American composer, Victor Herbert, | with whom he was associated about five years, later coming to the Pacific coast to take charge of large orchestras in California. Here his success brought him to the attention of Jensen & Von Herberg, and he was engaged by them, I was also informed that Kay had gained a wonderful reputation as a cello virtuoso, not only in this coun: | try, but also with the leading orches- | tras of Europe, where he has been | fotaured as a soloist, While on the subject of the Sun- |!” | day concerts, Murray became more than enthusiast calling my atten tion to the fact that the music lov. ers of Seattle seemed to appreciate the efforts of the management to furnish the very best in music each | Sunday. He says that the orchestra iy heard to advantage at these con- certs, because there is nothing to distenct™ the interest of the music lover, and the concerts are so ar ranged as to give each instrument Speaking of Questionnaires What ts the silent drama? Bereen plays with subsites, What is @ sub-title? Words to be read aloud. Why ts it the silent drama? Because the audience does all the talicing. ‘Picnic FEATURE OF LIBERTY NEWS FILM Choice bits of Seattle news hap- pening recently have been pictured and will be shown on the ecreen at the Liberty in the new edition of the Jensen and Von Herberg News opening Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. It shows three brave Seattle girls leaving on @ hike for Los Angeles and gives views of boys taking a sociability bicyele ride. Wide Awake, Seattle's baby elephant, was caught during her visit to the down town section for the ftting of her new dress, The girls’ picnic at Woodland park recently was undoubtedly a huge suctess, if It ig to be judged by the motion pictures taken of it. This is also true of the annual rose show held at the Forestry Building, U. of W. campus. ELLIS VERSATILE PLAYER Robert Ellis, a Selznick director, “pinch bits" as an actor while Owen Moore recuperates. is lately was ne Hammerstein's leading man Handcuffs and Kisses,” but gave way to Niles Welsh for Miss Ham- Mmerstein’s newest work, “Remorse- lesy Love.” Hugh Wiley’s Satevepost story, “Hop,” will be incorporated In Mar- shall Neilan’s “Bits of Life." Lon Chaney will have a prominent role. Otto Lederer, heavy inthe Ruth Roland series, made his stage debut | to in the boys’ chorus of Carmen at the opportunity to sbow its warmth / the opera house in Prague. He was and color, 8 then. 1 Grey Terry, Colonial. |Margaret Boyle Wins First Prize First prize—$10 cash, Margaret Boyle, 3612 Wallingford, Becond prize—$5 cash, Mary ML Telford, 9156 Rainier ave, Third prize—$5 cash, Mabel Shrader, 831 31st ave, Fourth prize—$5 cash, Hise Jameson, New Richmond hotel, Tickets for the Strand will awarded the following: Mra, 121 Seventh ave. Mra, M. Young, Alderwood Manor; Bertie: James, 1511 BE. Mercer at3 | Maudie Sweetman, Seattle association, L. C. Smith Bidg; Mam garet Cross, 6620 Carleton aveg Frances Kathryn, 1146 W. 634; Miss Westmoreland, 329 Queen Anne ave; Clara M, Weber, 3046 18th ave. S.; Leo L. Smith, 2108 Seventh: W.; Mrs. M. A. Ellis, 1411 Boylston” ave. - Prizes may be secured at The | Star office any time after Monday. NEW LEADING LADY FOR EUGENE O’BRIE! Eugene O’Brien will have ath Dwyer as his leading woman in “C Dollars,” thé Selznick picture he just finishing. ‘Winifred V was his chief support in “Is Worth Living?” but she again to Conway Tearle’s o with presentation of “Love's querade.” COST OF MOVIES Do you spend $7 a year on That's the average, counting person in the country. Movie cashiers handle more $2,000,000 a day. Internal receipts inditate that the yearly tal paid for movie admissions $767,000,000. The standard cost of making the avéruge movie last year was F $140,000, $$$ | Doris Kenyon will way Tearle in his next. Human comedy! ing Successes “I DID IT FOR SE every woman, too, “SCRAP IRON” WHISPERS j—the finest ring fight ever screened—“Scrap-Iron” Johnny Steel and Battling Burke in four thrilling rounds that will win a cheer from every man and YOU, MOTHER,”