The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 22, 1924, Page 19

— “ a OE ab i ad =e om ) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 14 SILT i Tel Sidi pmenamaiig tHE SHATTLE STAR PAGE 19 Heilig Ha Crook Play @ & Book “Phantom Jus- tice” for Few Days | yy DAP UA BA DI Dele IA Bat A ea | . TOfg Thete’s Just ONE } \cE’ : ‘HIGH LIGHTS IN “SCARAMOUCHE” New Show in wh h opens its engage Mililon Dollar . Hellig Friday, is hailed as one of the -and it’s the New York P ee thin ‘Lage crook drama at i Roc red play: | the HEILIG & young crim. ex centering On the same bill International News Toples of the Day Century Comedy Hellig Orchestra fellowman and so for is A sworn court officer naelf to become the gang of m tropoll ing the feature, in addi. tion to the International News, Top. tes of the Day, and Century Comedy | be the appearance of Leon! elody Makers, a orchestra, opening tts week at the Heilig. Selections from the musical comedy “Katinka,” a climax so unusual we doubt if and a Sousaphone solo, “Rocked {n | there has ever been any- and maphone vole, “Rocked in thing like it in pictures before their program. They will accompany the picture with a specialty written | score. | ort engagement for “Phantom will be made necessary by the booking of Count Ludwig Salm von. Hoog n in “Mra, Dano's % is announced. This} be the first Seattle appearance of t, whose recent marriage to Rogers, helress to $40,000,- 000, has caused nationwide comment, Dates given for other recent book- Hellig are Wm, &. Hart * week starting and Jane Novak | commencing b © bookings include Tom Mix tn of Hudson Ba: Jack Hoxie in “The Red Warning and Robert McKim in “Out of th: Dust.” Continuous Dally 11:15 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. ‘Modern Stories to Be | Dominant in 1924 Films - Have Lost Favor With Picture Public HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22.—- Whole-| mand thruot the country, the trend some pictures, with clean advertis-| will be toward pictures that will en ing, 1s the 1924 program of Holly-| tert the whole family,” Tourneur wood producer | deciared, with as few char-| with the exception of a few truly N Columbia Gives Picture Tests Interest in the Columbia theater's sereen tests of Purple Bubble ball HOLIDAY BLL Including ED “Hoot” GIBSON, in beauty contestants fs running even z higher since the receipt of an en- and told in six or powerful stories, the period play has seven reels, is the present producing | lost favor with the public. There are ‘HOOKan LADDER’ Mme, Schultz-Dittrich's couraging wire from Irving Cum vogue. |& very limited number of period mings, well known motion picture This is the opinion of Maurice) pays, including their old-time cos actor and director, who made Mary Tourneur, one of the leading pro-| turing, that will always command a SPRIN FA Philbin's “Fool's Highway.” ducerdirectors, who has just com:|tremendous public patronage, but The message, received by Manager pleted a survey of the year's outlook. / these will be the exception and not R. W. Bender, of the Columbia thea. “In accordance with public de-| the rule as in the past, Round 4 Felix fi genres ech » Peele looking for new materia}, “The majority of the film produc: LEATHER The in “Monocle Dance . 1 ers, unlike the theatrical producérs PUSHERS Cat Hauptman’s Orchestra Hope your Sea tests produce an. other star who ranks in class with Mary Philbin, who stands supreme today as the shining light of,virtue! Come of the char . sé “Seara che,” R. ve bt aa wweituaek Uh’ tiated cn the| Some of the character portrayals and the settings in “Scaramouche,” Rex Ingram’s big silver sheet. ‘The world needs more| Production now at the Blue Mouse, are as yet unsurpassed in motion picture art. The two 2 them. Send on your tests."| characters pictured above are Georges Danton and the Countess de Plougastel, portrayed Signed, Irving Cummings. by George Seigmann and Julia Swayne Gordon. The scene below is the courtyard of a Mary Philbin was a contestant In : ve +; a.beauty contest of the Chicago Sea typical old French villa. ‘tad in that way won her entrance! to thi vies. The Columb: . i i i bd te tei ea eine, toot 18 poineed | bio eg sole own ednesday ants of the Seattle Elks’ Purple Bub- ; i week at the Columbia and then sent /tary of the China club of Seattle, to Cummings as possible material | will speak and present moving pic tures on “Industrial Development tn China,” at the Foreign Trade Round of the Fast, and many book publish- ern, will fight shy of the story bor- dering on the salacious and profane Producers, however, will always { sist upon thelr rights as American citizens to portray life as we know It and {t {9 not to be inferred that the pictures to come will be the sugar- coated, namby-pamby stuff that no one would enjoy “Most stories can be told in etx or neven reels and this wij! be the” popular length of filma to be shown in the near future. “Many pictures of past months have failed because they contained too many characters, confusing the audiences, who want to be enter tained and not puzzled. Big sets and tremendous backgrounds mean noth- ing unless they ‘belong.’ There will Preparing | New Series “Chronicles” Will Portray History Rapid progress ts being made on the extensive production schedule of Yale University Press in its screen ries of historical dramas for dis- SATURDAY— MARY PHILBIN The Beautiful “MERRY-GO-ROUND” Girl, in STAGE WORLD SCREEN of MAKE-BELIEVE tribution by Pathe. The two numbers of the “Chron: icles of America’ series already re * and from which to find future stars. The tests are to be made in front of the Columbia theater’on Saturday, [leaned by Pathe are “Columbus rire aoe et oe. ONE MORE WEEK A MODERN PROBLEM “ameatown to bu released tn|>8_f0" eDtctacular nels With 10 - | 2 } yo next sub; Do preast ob nes, In the plot “Lost,” Palmer Photoplay cor | sterveman tas teen actively w-| FOR “SCARAMOUCHE” | BASIS'OF THIS FILM | «visscanes ‘suie ‘deele'-with the|tp acme within: the pact toe Poration’s latest production, writ- gased in foreign trade work for| Only one more week is offered Se) “~Tea—with a Kick,” the tnter-|nistorio campaign of George Rogers) months.” Atle plcturegoers to “Scara- nouche,” Rex Ingram‘s noteworthy seo Clark against the British stronghold several years, and {s recognized as/ of Vincennes during the Revolution | leating comedy now on the Colonial kcal engineer, haa tn Its cast one of the leadors in international] screen neoduction of the famous Sa A tremendous love story, picturizing & |screen, has been called an “idea” nig aige ent beans Fi fith papas fi Bellamy, Waener Baxter, war, one of the P ’ sceraaryy td 5 [research work. The fllms which ho| atin! story, at the Blue Mouse, The| picture, That's because tt ts based | 2° dramatic eplaodes of this event ne of the most fascinating phases ‘Wayne, Tom Guise, Hazel | snow have recently been taken| following week Marion Davies in|upon an idea both timely and im-|¢ui period. Following “Vincennes” of New York life. | “LAttie O14 New York,” will return for a short engagement. To miss “Scaramouche,” would be |}to miss one of the best pictures of- fered this season. It has proven |worthy of all the praise newspaper | will be “Daniel Boone.” “FRONTIER WOMAN" REAL EPIC Already completed are “The Iron portant—the prohibition question. Its producers say the ploture does not in any way attempt to settle question, bt 7 , the question, Dut merely satarizes| 11+ Woman,” directed by Webster American lifs today, using tho pro-| Campbell, which throws into high re and motion picture critics have giv-| hibition question to supply & £004] 1i6¢ the heroic part played by women en it. It ts a truly colorful story of |deal of humor. in the pioneer life of America, and | romance tn the early days of France, o. thats Tmenrvesent wireoead’! by | aha VIOLINIST PLAYS Frank Tuttle, and dealing with the OK DRAMA AFTER “THE BROKEN VIOLIN | 22:2 settlement on the Hudson. 'im China, = —TODAY Last Times Continuous Performance WILL KING & CO. “FRIEND WIFE” Saturday at 7:30 p. m. The Columbia cameraman will take sereen tests of girls entered in Elks’ Purple Bubble Ball Beauty Contest. The tests will be made in front of The Columbia, under the direction of Elmer Floyd. The new release of the Lyman ,scenes and episodes reminiscent of In preparation are “Wolfe and GEORGE a HOOT GIBSON FILM “The Broken Violin,” the Winter | sfontcalm” and “The Gatewag of the H Howe Hodge-Podge will be “Althe pioneer motion pine Friday is the last day for Hoot) Garden's present screen feature, has | west,” Now Ghew Satara Movie Pioneer," a collection Of | show, of which ccydentei! ae won to play cowpuncher-fireman/for one of its principal players |at the Columbia theater in his latest | charming little Rita Rogan, a young comedy feature, ‘Hook and Ladder," lady who |which has been showing all week. ‘Gibson's picture will be replaced on |the Columbia screen Saturday by |Mary Philbin's new starring produc. \tion, “Fools’ Highway.” WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY TODAY was the originator. 4 Scenes for the former are being |made at Whitestone and Camp Up. Gecacoticnieates that oF being a | *2P% Long Island, under the direction s | of < vebb. ve “as very fine violinist. And the part she |°f Kenneth Webb. Over 600 extras plays in this picture ts that of a | are engaged in these scenes, together Uitte violinist #0 it was not new to| With a detachment of Infantry of the her. “The Teapot Dome” An Up-to-Date Travesty HERMIE KING’S MASTER MUSICIANS METROPOLITAN TONIGHT OF THE MATINEE TOMORROW 2 cHEATRe regular army and a company of ma. CRIN T4AT8 WTS rticipating with the BY SEEING ceprhae PerRiSaiOhy ot Chet: Laloece “THE MAID tin: : THE GREATEST at the marine headquarters in Wash- A “witha KICK! j SCREEN PRO- . . . |ington. MOUNTAINS e DUCTION OF Valentino Leads in Lists | “Tho exteriors for “The Gateway of! THE MUSICAL HIT FIRST RUN cE ANY SEASON |the West” are being shot at Hender-| Intoxteating with laughter and |sonville, N. C., under the direction of | | Webster Campbell and tho personal |supervision of Prof. Nathaniel | Stephenson, eminent historian and} bubbling over with joy of “Capt. Blood” Heroes Vitagraph received 386 sugg answer to a questionnaire sent to | author. _ This subject introduces | tions of actors best fitted to play|the leading motion pleture editors | George Washington as a young of-| the role of Peter Blood in “Captain | of newspapers in the United States, | ficer of the garrison of Fort Neces. Ta Fieur a Vaughn Pepito —NEW PRIces— 10°... JOHN HAMRICK Presents 2055, 2107) 23) Hickey Brot Blood,” the novel by Rafael Sab-|"Captain Blood’ appeared in Tho | sity In 1764. ae Hickey ake 2 atin, world picture rights to which |Star recently as a serial, “8 WELLINGTO. Albert E. Smith, president, pur-| ‘The suggestions ranged from CROSS 6:30 2 chased while in London last fall, 0) poaoinh Valentino and Douglas in “Anything Might 20¢ AFTER rt Happen” ‘airbanks, who led in the number SEATTLE’S GREATEST INGRAM’S ROcesm~Teeseoosececcesecesere of letters from editors and fans, | 400) Jimmy Lucas & Co. with the AMUSEMENT VALUE \ISABELLA IS to unknown extra men. Tho final] 445) JACK WYATT’S [10:03 re New. York : Ma Stirring, Thrilling, suggestions for | [Yer } Century theatre] ALGO: INDIAN Seer es ee banks, 94 for J. Warren Kerrigan | “ stown,” of the Chro: | * aa ier: cage shea Spare tees and 100 scattered, in the answers | Ne caries arr Ins eect if |from the editors | |duced by the Yale University Press | SCOTCH LADS | 1) LASSIES e Pathe News | cast that appeared here earlier this season. Romantic Production of RAFAEL SABATINI’S ‘SCARAMOUCHE Its a Metro Prodaction, With |and relensed by Pathe, the gracious| Seven hundred and ol ty-five | land stately Queen Isabella of “Co-|fans suggested Valentino, 668 favor | Led pa lumbus” becomes the youthful Algon-|¢4 Douglas Fairbanks, 418 named Saturday Mat Pocahontas, (J. Warren Kerrigan. | Actors who| ; were named in more than 60 letters | CHARLES BARTLI |quin Indian | This rather etxraordinary feat in con princess, | ‘ay.|Were Lou Tellegen, Bert Lytell, | |trasts is performed by Dolores Cas- 5 ; = | | Dustin Farnum, Raymond Na TO, AND COMPANY sinelll, a ; CO} Pockhontas, ea every school boy | Thomas Meighan, Lewis Stone AMATEURS | Richard Barthelmess, House Peters, The Earles ‘s and the jregor, Conway Tearle, | ALICE TERRY—RAMON NOVARRO 8009 ciriest heroine of American history. Malcolm MacGreror, Conway Tearle Ture Karle TONIGHT And Every Friday Night SIX JUVENILE ACTS See the Kiddies at their best | Patient search among all the authen-/ oft, mackmer. |tlo records of that period, beginning | Jabout the year 1606, establishes the| Preparations for the production of fact that this “delight and darling” |“Captain Blood” are going forward GERTRUDE AVERY AND BOYS Tuck and Cinns Pantagescope Your Eyes If} LEWIS STONE—GEORGE SIEGMANN Deserve the best of care. PASSIONS CLASH | “4 <ing Pow. | rapidly in Hollywood under the per- | A fee PROLOGUE Any Lavine sucAeit |e oer tae th cieane of caving |sonal supervision of Mr. Smith. A|they trouble you have them| BERT WALTON And— . that early English colony from ex.|famous shipbuilding expert of Lon-| examined at once. WESLEY Ever Staged in the IN THIS PRODUCTION Hontise. don, who has made a research of meshwert 3 lal available models of the types Free Examination THAT HAS SWEPT SEATTLE BY STORM The earliest records of the Virginia | |Company of London, which sent out these colonists in competition with the efforts of Spain to gain the} of ships which satled the Spanish Main at the period of Sabatini's ro- mance, fs to sail for America short- ly with plana from which tho ves- Shows i Good Glasses $2.50 B ARRY The ORIGINAL “Heroes of the Sireet” MATINERS (WEEK DAYS)...+.++++-++ Oe | stronger foothold in the New World, | .| Personal Service and Satisfaction > .Malted Milk Why Good Dancers EVENINGS (SUNDAY AND TODAY). ..75¢ refer to Pocahontas as a little girl of 20% Will be built for tne produe Guaranteed ; ANY SEAT NEW Are Popular }10 or 11 years old who was found |\°™ } &, age OR Z vey Take, tor 2 Teawome HENRI ©. ANDY | playing with the white children about re atest Ktepe at LE BEL WARD'S ‘the stockade of the English settie-| Taicille Ricksen, charming little Yr. os reeman A Invalide, STEVENS L/artiate Orchestra ment. So, at the time represented | leading woman of “Judgment of the e ° ‘ % . as me tay nnd Ee th Ay ; Organtet in the photoplay “Jamestown,” she | Storm,” has Just completed her work | Optometrist and Optician | could hardly have been more than 16|in another picture, “The Galloping | 1203 Third Ave, years old. Fish,” directed by Del Andrews, Opposite New Telephone Building The A, t Lune! jubstitut Madison Bet, Ist and 2nd Digestible—No Cooking. A Li ANY TIME t@~ Avoid Imitations — 2 rip thmecincin nd sti ls