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i MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER two iheir o.ri.TTrr- film production. "Kverynne BONS' VIVANTIS PICTURED IN FILM FEATURE in "Night Life of New York" Woven Alwmt the Love of Ronald Bcntley, Small Town Sport' MOVIE SCREEN IS AIM Of MANY, BUT FEW CHOSEN Roster of Hopefuls Reveals Flimsy pids for, Fame ON ErLEGGEDTMEN LISTED I'UdlinnlCM Itcvt-lil That HIimk 11117 over IMI.ihmi IVrHon novo ttt-Istcrcd WlU Sttwti Agt'iicli-s id Ills Assilelstsil I'rsu) IIOI.I.VWOOP. L'lll. VlU'lOlV tyiies are Included In tho many thotinnnil of men, women nnd youth who com here cadi year seeking career In the motion pictures. Few ever much Kstlnmle compiled recently revealed that, since It) 17 mure than person reulslered with screen emDltivmont on mob scenes, w'Jlcl are liikmi li i u-pecllvo of auis iialliiiiiil- I IV, receive an nvuruun of day, Hand picked I'llnm of tliu same, slso, Htmllur feu.

lure mid culur Vif eyes iuu (l. t'liitrnclor el mi, Ihimn who are "camera wlso" Including win. sumo misses nnd I young men who possess intmpleltii wardrobes, urn paid 17,60 a Young women In afternoon and levelling gowns, unpaid of giving1 proper ill inns, phvrv" to gutlivrliig of thn elite, or given 1 0 A scrubwoman Is paid t7.H0 fur a few minute work before tint camera. A sill lit. tiinu I puld Itltnu to drive a motorcycle nt 40 mile nn hour' Into a racing cm'.

Hwlmmer given I lull to diva 100 feet Into tho sea mid a rider Mao-tu "fall" a. horse over a clirf Into a mountain alreaui. An us. prlse-flghtcr earns riom If. II tu 1100 to give nnd take, lnire.nsti.il, In 11 scrap nt a few minute dura.

Hon nnd 11 Juggler receives as lilull 11 1300 fur showing hi trick In a- elrni ldn-how "Keen," Sixty per rent of the thouMimls of person reglHlered nt the film Tests for Screen Real Trials for Star, Novico Kilwln Torewe, (Nolei1 Hay Kffrs't 'of Crtmera Is Felt Kvvn by Veteran of the Itilver' Hi-reeri. They are rightly named; "tost" for the screen are' real Whether tnr' or novice bo Die sublert, the effect the same. And that offset I nervousness, anxiety, sclf-miiiseliiusncs. In the Bio of a veteran nf the screen, these sriiintons mav well hidden, but they aro prevent, nevertheless. The subject slmnly I such a good ncior that ha she I able to lililo them.

In the ruse of I ho. aspirant. employment omce ara wmneii. The greatest number of an ln.ll- vldual groiin are girl and young wom.u ok emiiloyment In ball. room scene and similar work.

Matty girl, who are listed Posse. wai-ilrobea a elaborate a any owned by a millionaire' daughter. I ruiinritv (0, llev. hrT? 't hIJ bw hi 1. hw ,1" Hi 1 Melt no alivl.ll llll el iui.viii in ri 'V- "1 v.v iiinri 'I hlitl 1 fib 1., I HL'ID '1 Of fi li'J recall i a 't i.iHit, The cl, 7 Is i.y(, lbs et.riin selectM 1 lallvi her son win, lu fc, have I hen 1 fe, e.n.T' I liken A camera of eeurse (' "ff ny even I (remhlJ lirnve.

I 'reels simply dure not Zll While Anth wiivs the ils.ert, hot- t. It does un off, mrlii7 when I hnvo inirvl1 way. feel HV. stnrniMl the hrenitworln si face of a Bailing wtpiKjj wuaaa raicet mu MM Ma LOIS WILSON WARNER BAXTER 1 ii.iiin or --is the I'aulflo ciiiist. Today the list of those steu.Ur' employed num.

bo is little more than 16,000, There-fore, some iat.000 failed to find footliiK on the stopplng-ston to clnomnlMnd. I Siuilsiles obtained from "film labor bureau here and In l.n Angeles show that 900 hald-headed men, whose principal bid for screeg fame I their hick of linlr. and 100 une-lcgged men, who be-levo that they should be In the pictures because they have but "no llinh, lire registered. On the files nf these agencies also are- listed 10 Vross-eyod men, (0 S05 professional and non-profos-liihal (tumblers, 11 mldiret, glass enter and Mwnrd sWaUiiWnrs. Mob Nifiin I Uisy Bo great Is the desire of person to get into -the pictures that In an hour's time counterpart of nil famous men of the host, enough cowboy to lage a rodeo or iuallnr sufficient to man a hl ran be brought together.

In a day's time 6000 person for a mob scene or 1200 women for Imlimnm ran be assembled, They bring their own costume. The wage scale nt a majority of tho studio la imllnr. Kxtra fur "Hl'ltRV AMI KAT. ot Now Vork," at the McDonald. Typical" Scenes of' Revelry mancc od I pdcQue Porqthy Glsa "Night Life 'of New pro.

duced" Tor Parummmt- by Allan Bwari," who ritohtn Hood." the picture at the McDonald next Friday and Rod la Kocque, Dorr "bthy Glsh, Ernest Torrance, and GcorRe Hackathorne are featured Jn the leading roles of iho 'picture. which la aiK' original screen story (by Kdirar' Selwyrv, the plalrlBht-: producer. -1 f.l The atory Is one of. John Kentlcy i who failed both In making; money ''In New -York and wlnrilnsr th8 R'rl I of hla heart, i He went -a fortune and else, neer getting over his Brudge against the city, however. To Ronald: Bentlcy (Rod la Tlocque)- New Tork Is forbidden territory, and he haa to content i himself with painting his own nhome town red.

He's a bit -of help -to his father ln-'- baeJneas way and the old man beg'ns to get sore. -A friend sugeKted that i a dose of New 'Tork- might' cure I him and after considerable arguv 'ting pro and con convinces Bentler, and off Ronald goes to. make bright lights brighter. jj Carrie' Reed, an nctreos Ronald had known back in Clay City. Is let j'ln on tbe little idea and promised fa handsome check t'Z- any part she 'iplaya in- bringing' young Behtley to normalcy.

And all might have gone well had not Ronald fallen. Im-M mediately for Meg fDorothy prettv Hitle telephone joperatnr tfn his hotel. -niw There's a'Bcene at one of New York's famous supper clubs, followed by a jewel robbery which -'rtmpllcates Ronald, though Meg's brother and pal are th crooks. Bentley, gets news -that hla son's in jail and has -a fine nlaugh all to himself, hlnkln? all vithla part of his scheme. 'Word a wooden rndfiu "laugh I means eo It I "ve's a.

Paramount lifrtiire co-starring Dotty t'umnaon and Jack Holt, opens, as une of ueKt week' greater inovlo season pedals at the Rex, and there' not a fig leaf In It! We don't know what Eve' R. ret Is. but wo ran tell you that Kvo a little Kronen who falls -In love' with Dukb, who, sends her to Parts to headuoawd. Slio returns a beautiful woman, and nil' the men -nt fashionable resort on the Riviera start falling all over each other's test' lit thitlr attentions to her. The Duke tile n(t tho handle and tftmio great action scene follow, Admirer of Dorl Kenyon will have opportunity to see their favorite.

In one of the most appealing role of her screen career In First National' forthcomliig greater niovio season Ton gue." at the This picture Is an adaptation from Joseph C. Lincoln' novel, ''Dr. Nye," and portray Miss Kenyon as the sweetheart of the village physician who Is In disgrace, Percy Marmont has the t'hyslclan'a rol. 1 Rare Musical Treat in' i 1 Store for Film Patrons at McDonald Offering Hugh Winder to Appear In Solo Number Supported by the Kiwanls Club Double Quartet In Ensemble. A McDonald specialty, in ever-sense of the word.

Is aunouncod -tlio mustcul eat to be presented twico nightly at iKugeuo'a great new theatre In a group ot vocui solus ix Hugh Winder, no-companled on the piano by Frank Dt- c- Alexander, tins Monday and Tticsduy-during the showing of Richard DIx in "The tiicky Mr. Winder, long a favorite In McDonald prologues, will, appear fur the first time as a solo artist, arid not portraying a part, with others in a stage presentation. Tike for ihla event "Friend numoers Cliosen oy iwr-y. wiuuur on. that- lload to Mnndaluy." -f- As a special surprise, tho members of the Kiwanls club's double quartet, of which Mr.

'Winder Is member, will encircle the baritone soloist after his final number Tuesday night, and with him will' treat McDonald patrons to-several male quartet The personnel of the club's double quarter Is; Keith Klggins, "Doc" Rainy, Harry Devereaux. Marlon -McClain, Curtis Marshall. Claire Olen Morrow and Hugh Winder. Wll. Ham Bell, club accompanist, will preside at the piano during the double quartet numbers.

IA a special feature, Frank Ok 3 Alexander1, newly intrtfdimed cDonald organist, will rendor -a pteoo stage. Those who-expressed their delight Jn Mr, Alexander's organ settings and Botes last week, will undoubtedly bo pleasantly surprised at his ability when seated At the piano." Long before he touched an orgAii -Mr. Alexander was considered a genius at the concert Dlano keyboard. Mi ls credited with many ortglnitl compositions for piano, and boTorb entering the theatre, professionally, as feature organist, haoT'ser- as piano soloist. He was for Veers the accompanist the -xamous Whitney Boys chorus, and ha been prominent In choral accompaniment and concert soloist on the coast.

i. In addition to this piano solo and playing the accompaniment, on stagey, foi Mr. Winder's number, Mr. Alexander will render a special musical sotting for the picture, which the McDonald agement assure will surpass his highly praised of the week jast past. vj AMERICAN FOUGHT PAN-A3IERICAN COMPETITION URGED BY PRODCPEns (Correspondence of ths Assoclsted Press) BERLIN.

Pointing out that It Is useless for Europeans to with the United States In the motiort picture film business, Dr. Roland SchaCt. one of the -leading Bytricnii HO VOt KT A iMI MiVr' MIIM. M. III I.WiAAno' HURRAY 1 This is Paramount Week of GREATER MOVIE SEASON! AMI IIKKKr A I'aramount I'lctura 1 NtB Tor llllliseil, mil nil Is the motto roomiueiul.

Dr. Schnct any Amertfnn film producer persistently outbid Ku-roiipan rival nnd buy or erect nuclides or theatrics and have miiniiNod to acutllre a roiitrulllnij Influeiico In umny of Hut Inmost fore I ml companies. It Is hliih limit, he in Ken, for l'luropenn iirudticers of all countries to Join forces In the matter of their productivity, mi hoi- than the marketing ot tlinlr mil arts. A Rising SUr ofTilm Dorothy Sebastian, lleautlful Itrunotto from (the Houlh, Now Playing Feature Rule In Hex Beach Kplc, i llorothy ttbutiwi Occasionally, even In these day when player with a reuunliilon aro more: ID' demand -tMnn owe, some one with ability arrive 1ft Hollywood the psychological moment and get" an unusual start toward -mine nnd fortunonln the movies. i 'Dorothy Rebnstlitn, a beautiful brunette from Birmingham.

Aln quit Ooorge White's a Kroadwny musical comedy Institution utter ft fcw weeks and hied herself to the capital of I'lnoma-Innd. Dorothy' quick wit nnd persistence got her an. early audlenee with producbra who made several sevcro testa' of her dramntle talents. Now Dorothy Is playing a fentured role on a plcturijuillon of Rox Bench's famous Alaskan eplo. and producers who have seen Miss Kabostlan's screen tests bnlievp her to be one of the distinct sc reen ills, covorlcs of tho past year or' two.

Miss Sehastinn Is 19, und her parents were mliislonarle to lo Turkey foe several year before taking lip. their reslilenco In t. i-i- lit PERSONS MKKWOUKH (Contlfnieil from 'psge'- one) in connection with public, -t Tho reports give cvldenco of only (2 arrosts Ot the. Ill deaths, 87 of the victims, mostly children, lost their lives as a result or ttielr clothing being Ignlted'by so-called harmless spnrklorsi 8(x very young children are reported to hnvo died of poisoning from eating firecrackers. Tne largest list of casualties was reported from St.

Louis, where 71 persons were seriously hurt and (0 suffered Injuries, A tute-ment- accompanying the report says: "The fact thut In New York City among a population of more than six million there wore only ten casualties and that In Chicago among a population of more than three million there were only IS casualties, Is convincing evidence of tho effectiveness of restrictive, legislation; properly onforced." The statement emphasized that the Rtudy represents only a part of the actual sacrifice of Ufa and limb, as reports were recolved frorrV IX states. Including several In the- Snath, where few reatrlctlons Mf1l Throw, tfway that rabbit's foot and grab the' first Section of today's Register There ,1 ii s' i THRILLING WAR SCENES IN "THE CROWDED HOUR" Film StorY Is Laid in New York and nnrT r-'nt Liu isVV mX9u il.miuwi. luabUBaw COMKDV A taiitxwluoii clrnina of lovo I Wx. 1 "ftT' I ami tlc ecu. tf tL I 1 A Kl ITCItll CAST I ZZiJ dlrccU'd by lli innii who mado II Zi 1 "NorUi of 3" I HflHHHstHIHsVHHHHHHHHHHHHr it.

-j- imiM enni tirr mss "an4 "Ernest Torronce.ln "Night-Life frem Meg, brings him to, the city Mn. tne jump, ana tnere are some" unusually convincing and 'laughable' scenes before the affair is straightened The picture closes with Ronald, now all fed up with Broadway, and Meg leaving for Cloy City. But father remains' the sights" unoer the -guidance of the actress. If 'there ever waa a picture with a hajKl-ptcked this is iUi 1a Kocque. Miss Glsh, Torrence 'and Hackathorne never did anything better in their lives.

And Helen Lee AVorthing. Arthur Itousmnn and Riley Hatch give capable sup port. The picture Includes shots of New York City never before seen on the screen and they're the real thing, having been filmed "on the spot." -7i "The Lucky; 'Richard DlxV latest picture tor Paramount at the McDonald next Monday and Tuesday. Is another of 'those'-'-Byron Morgan automobile (ales, chocK-ruir of laughs, thrills and just the right kind of romance, the feminine appeal being turn1! lshed by Esther Ralston, who played Mrs. Darling In the screen version of the Barrle's classic, "Peter Pan' and also appeared In "Tne LKUe French Girl," ana "Beggar on Horseback," 'The Lucky Devil," directed by Frank Tuttle, is a story of a young demonstrator of auto camping out-'flts who through a fluke wins a beautiful It 'develops that the car has been the center of a sensational divorce, suit and when DIx, as Randy Farman.

meets Doris (Miss Ralston), "the only girl," she recognizes the car and will have nothing to do with him, believing him to be the good-for-nothing Rudolph Franklyne. Randy sets off after Doris and Harlan in a Scene from "The Crowded nonor. tempt him to forget that duty. That's what one finds this week at 'the tRex where the Irvln Wlllat-Paramount production, "Rugged Water," from the novel -by that name by Joseph Lincoln, aifthor of "Fair Harbor," "Shavings," is the feature or Paramount week this Monday and Tuesday. i "Rugged Water," one of the best novels -this country has ever has lent itself toi perfect screen adaptation.

Featured in the leading roles of tfce I picture are Lois Wilson, Warner Baxter, Wallace Berry and Phyllis Haver. The scenes are laid In and about the Setucklt life saving station on rape Cod. There' a regular lover's misunderstanding, a ibroken "engagement and a "different" climax that furnishes one of; the biggest thrills the screen has ever known. Speaking of reallsm.j you can almost feel the spray wripn "Ruggod on view. Beery plays Captain Bartlott.

Mlsg Wilson In his daughter Norma, and Phyllis Haver the role of the Tillage vamp who looks' upon Baxter as a "catch" and manages to get herself engaged to him, he being a. little backward whore ladles aro concerned. There's an Ideal cast Dlavlng In support of principals, 'A, Ma" this week' offeMng h.1 her mother who are touring the country In a battered Ford. Ho comes upon them, stalled, lust as he runs out of gas. He explains how he came' into' possession of the racer to their satisfaction, tnkes the gas from the flivver and tows them into town.

There's a big road race to be run off at the fair grounds. Two hun dred dollars is the entry feo, and Randy wlns the money by staying two rounos witn a pruongnter, i only to have it taken away from him by an- officer who- mistakes him for a thief. -i Doris is all sympathy and takes it upon herself i to him from her meager saving. Randy; after much ado about everything with, ii mechanics who plan to the race, decides to his own car. -He to-tell you Just how he makes- dut- would be but to spoil an evening's entertainment that We wodldn'S Want you to-nisa for -the world, v-' bi Moving portions of fh'e'clty of Vienna the United '8tudloa of 'Hollywood waa 'only' one of tbe problems encountered during the filming of "Her Sister from--PaM' Constancr Talmadge's new starring productiort which i First Natlonat wtftpre8ent "tho theatre-soon.

i.i Reconstructed from! photograpflit an from-the personal' knowledge of world travelers, a Viennese" railway station-was built especially for the picture. Attention to "detail" to the success of a picture, butTtlkcii for granted by the picture-going public -was extremely necessary during the making of "Her 8lstor from The story is laid in romantic Vienna and it was neceir-sary' to build entfre' street with archltcture similar to that of the foreign city. at the Rex Theatre. at the Rex this Wednesday and Thursday of Paramount week, 1 a crackerjack-situation comedy, expertly dlrectod, and delightfully enacted by a spirited cast of players who ptove wholly adequate to the demands the story makes upon their Individual and collective histrionic ability. J8mes Cruze, tho director, has every to point to his latest screen oreatlon with considerable pride, for Is a worthy successor to the many fine productions he has turned out in the past.

"Marry Me!" waa adapted by Walter Woods and- scenarlzed by Anthony Coldewey, from Anno Caldwell's popular stage play, "The Nest Egg." It Is wholesome, humorous and tremendously human story of a small, town school search for romance and how. she find It through the strange medium of a cold storage egg. The uniformly meritorious acting "Of lhe dlstingulnhed cast I one of the photoplny most outstanding features. Florenco Vldor, as the lovable and beautiful schnol- a sincere and re strained, performance; Edward Kvorott Horton covers himself with comic glory as tho dynpeptlo hero; Helen Jerome Eddy Is always In character, and John Roche make the most of the "bit'' that falls to lot- Me!" wotttj inake even German producers, advocates' aiaro placed on the salo and use of joint European' emulation of -Amcr-i youn imotticed iriV M'-- EQave Which comes to now in itS dxth 17TTV1 fyyC' 1 'yjr And H0TIC6 etble'jFor ten? bad luck; fhat Details inose wo qo not gage printed on page 7 of the fjirat section or this "''i Daniels and Kenneth joeue jjamois comes io xne ex "iiiMiuoi x-iiucty miu -aiuiuHy tta I the final Paramount feature "The Crowded-Hour," adapted for the screen from the Selwyn-Pollock stage play of the same name. The story Is, laid In.

New and behind the lines in France during, the world war: and has to do with Peggy an ordinary New York girl who plugs away day 'after at a telephone She; has ambitions to become an actress and, with T. Roy Barnes, who with Kenneth Harlan, heads the strong supporting cast, try out during amateur night on ithe Bowery. They are booed off, but Harlan, playing Billy Laldlaw, wealthy young engineer, sees something original in their act ana gets them a chance on the "big time." It's not-long before the pair are the hit of the. -r I The war scenes are the best'ever filmed. There are real thrills here-, Combining comedy, thrills, love-Interest and drama, "The Crowded Hour," Is what might be.

classed as an unusual grealeit movie season offering, A story of the storms and danger of the New England coast, of llfeiaver and his battle, to keep the reoord of his station clean, though ambition and love and even the Heilig one week from tomorrow. sofid'week in Portlani and bretJang "j1 1 t.V'-.t'.i.

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