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4 SECTION FIVE THE THEATRE SIX PAGES MUSIC fj r- Pi kr PORTLAND, OREGONV 5, 1922J BOLSHEVISTS LET RUSSIAN THEATRE VISIT VER HERE Berlin Acclaims Artistry, of Russia's Proudest Possession, Granted a Year Leave From Homeland for a Tour of Europe and Brief Visit in United? States; In 25 Years Has -Left Russia Once. BA CKWARD IN THE HISTORY BOOK OF PORTLAND'S STA GE Palmy Days of Old Baker and Cordras iRevived in Memory by Musty RIes of Journal) Frank Bacon in Vaudeville Was Treat, Carriages, Ticket Scalpers ind Fine Actors Were Prev- i INtCOLORFUL SURROUNDINGS TODAY WE'f-HAYE AOMI GOVSS. famisw attractiYe-VaUf3eiurtis her'talents antl Hiarm'to' ap. interesting back there who may: some day join mother and dajJdy the junior edition of tlhe Four." Mortons. i i 1 f-ivrtnjfj jf-: aient; mansiieia ooxes orougnr it "lavle At tfl tlie WV IVI it" atto'natM iAnfh TMn'i4nn A k''' nnfl'! Ssmi.Dnrl It lttw Morton of pour-Mortoi7fain3 Not; that we want toj becharigedwith here's tHe trjitH Glass is registered in her Long Island I hotae town election books as i MrsMortonl and there are two 3 little years ago three theatre In Portland aatiafied an avaricious pub-Uo appetite for dramaUc entertainment By I'mTrruJ Scrrice) -Berlin, Nor.

4. The Art theatre, one of the proudest possessions, now visiting here on its way to America, has been received with dosen others on the coast. Mayor George L. Baker, then not more than politically 'hopeful, managed the house that bore i hia name. John L.

Cordray had personal charge of Cordray's. He is now manager of tho Oaks Amusement park. i a An early "theatre column" in The Journal announced "The Christian" as the attraction at the Marquam on March 17J IS and 19, 1903. On March 16, Florence Roberts opened at Cordray's In "ZasaMo "a crowded house." "The play is one of the most success- ful of David Belasco's and it made an -immediate hit here," The Journal critio reported, It ran for a full week. On March 27, Blanche Walsh opened at the Marquam in -fLa Madeleine," and "Janice Meredith." Iu April the Daniel Frawley company (T.

Daniel Frawley still heads a stock company centering its attentions on the Orient) played a brief season at the Marquam. starring Frawley in "Secret "Brother Officers" and "Lord and Lady Algy," Throughout April and May of that year Ralph Stuart and his company held fortht at the Baker, playing re pre-tolre. And it was in those months that the Marquam announced positive appearance, of Mr. Lewis Morrison. himself, with wonderful -electric and calcium etfectavin But John Cordray to be daunted by "wonderful electric and calcium effects, so he presented for four Just prior to.

the Morrison engagement at the Marquam, John Griffith and Kathryn Purnell in "Faust. It was a warm war for rmi i ji 'and: "pollta- and refined while the notion picture thriller was an unheard of and unseen delight just then 'incubating in the fertile minds of ita lnventora. A' jretrospective browsing in early files of The Journal, foUowing' an idea for which no originality la dairoed. reveala that March 1902, The Journal carried the first theatrical an nouncement ever printed in this newspaper. It heralded the approaching assortment of "polite and refined vaudeville" assembled for the pleasure of Baker' theatre patrons by George Baker, manager.

The same George Ia is now, mayor, you know. rr The first theatrical review ever printed in The? Journal appeared -on March 17 and praised the week's vau deville bill at the Baker, way down in the i column of type appears the it the etar attraction is Frank Bacon, Bessie Bacon and Miss Weide-murn in a playlet, called, 'An Easy The Bacons are favorites "here and' their appearance was richly: applauded. The sketch is replete with comedy and pathos and met 'with gen eral 'J'i Bacon had headed a stock company In Portland prior to that eventful van deville tour, but even his most ardent; admirers, not even Bacon himself, ever dreamed that, 20 yean later, be would he one of tho leading American stage tars, presenting "Lightnln' of which be is co-author, through a world-record making engagement In New York and would also break all long run records for The same review gives an Idea of the versatility of those early vaudeville artists "Orie of the best acts was that of Lorraine A Howell in comedy sketch In which they introduce singing, dancing, contortion and two wonderful trained dogs." The three theatres Portland boasted about in those happy days, more than 20 years ago, were the Marquam. still standing, back of the Northwestern Bank building (and variously known as the Orpheum. the Baker and.

more recently, as the Lyric) the original Baker and Cordray's. The Marquam was. managed by Calvin Heilig, now owner of the theatre here that bears Dis name ana inheres tea in nau Han lulu Is Movie (Elenter TTONOLCLU. Nov. 4.

(XJ. San a-a. Francisco' and San Mateo; aren't the only towns cutting into the movie monopoly of Los Angeles. Honolulu is fast becoming 'a film center, too. Companies are coming here Increasing frequency from the mainland to film either a number of scenes or whole, plays.

vA' short time ago there were three companies here at one ume, ait anoov in i "South sea stuf f. The Far East player. Betty Comp-son and the B. Barren ger company were1 the three here together, -The Barranger company, is filming a story:" called "The Vengeance of the a story rof the South seas with a Hawaiian setting, Part of the film was taken- at Catalina island. The nicture especially features pearl dlv In? and the management declares that' nractlcallT every island of the Hawaiian group will be visited before the-company returns.

male members of the Barranger the latest' te' arrive, look like "wild men fromj Borneo," as they have been letting thir whiskers grow without con sulting the barber. 'Betty Compson company Is working on another South sea play. entitled White A ma jority of the scenes win oe taxen nere, although a -certain number of interiors have already been "shot" in Los Angeles. r.s-The Far fTest players will take a number of scenes here and will visit number of the smaller islands of the group. They are making a number of rtr-lentat days and several in which a wide scope of geography is covered before the final 'fadeout.

Thev will travel fronv here to inaia. where the final scenes will be taken. The purpose-of the company is to get real "local color" into air or weir scenes and-not to rely on any "false frontT scenes of the Orient up in with South sea islanders and native Hindus recruited from Main street. Los. Angeles.

state resource, has no this ''most remarkable The Moscow Art th.atre will appear in in unuea states unaer tne a i recti on of Morris Gest. Parenthetically, this is the' climax of Gest's career as fltWTlMlTllr; ttt lift In Ami ica. He brought the first Russian bal- nix, nu given new xora iu glimpse of the Chauve-Souris and has helped so 19 broaden the trail for the Russian venturer across the Atlantic that this theatre? travels a prepared Ptb. A Tlte persuasion that brings this com pany uajx way arouno ne worm nu be a powerful one, for in the 25 years of its existence it has left Russia only once. This was not only because their art is deep-rooted in Russian life, but because to transport1 the.

whole com- sheer physical magnitude that it might wen majte an jmpreou.no pause. The company is under the personal direction of Constantin Stanislawskl. Its founder. Besides being a great creative artist as a director, Stanislawskl is also one of this theatres principal actors. There are 68 actors in all In the company; It carries a staff of regisaeurs, artists, lighting mechanics and the elaborate and detailed investiture of four productions.

Th details of each are so carefully and minutely worked out. the furnishings, costumes and properties are so fastidiously realistic to Russian life and the periods of the plays, that nothing can be left behind. "Caar Feodor -the duIt nrnAnttm Which the company has made in the years of the revolution; is also, curiously enough; its most splendid effort. In the vekra whn ttum its utmost misery of want the Bolshe- government nas somewhere found the resources to give it the gorgeous stuffs, the lavish decorative art and materials with which to picture the fabulous splendor of Russia's renaissance. "Caar Feodor" is a historical drama in seven scenes by Tolstoy.

It deals with the figure around whom" had grown the most striking pt Russian leXTends. ll 1- r-rmv Tr.t a It pictures the episodes in which this tierce, arrogant.ltgure fought down the Wild, nobles of th mtirt ynA revolt of the people, and finally flicked iwuw bvm or avan the Terrible out of -way. The priests, the Boyars and the peasants, the vaulted chambers of the Kremlin, combine in vivid color to Present a glowing, barbaric, pageant that brings primitive holy to tho Western world as it as jBQt. been brought before. The production of Gorki' rx Night ln' that have bwa' nj Western Europe and in America have always had for their model the orirtnxJ- one made in Moscow.

This drama of nop wnere stalk the despairing caricatures of creatures who once were men and women, i one of the renowned of the Moscow Art Concluded on Pmw Two Coloma' Fit) GuyPdston First Layoff In 10 Years QSE of the severest penalties of suc-cess is the constant demand of the public upon the aHist who has achieved this goal. Guy Bates Post, the distinguished star of "The Masquerader" and "Omar the Tentmaker." exemplifies this statement perhaps above alt others. Even before he came under the management ofj Richard Walton Tuliy. which has already covered period of oyer years. Guy Bates Post was a name to conjure with in the world of the theatre.

With Post has starred In. 'The Bird of Paradise Tentmaker" years completely filled with rehearsals and "The Masquerader" and "Omar the travelings. Two beautiful homes, one in Connecticut, the otheii in California, waited and waited for POrt to inhabit them. Post closed hjs latest stage season in Baltimoro on a Saturday night he commenced -i shooHnv xm querader" in Lqs Angeles six mornings 'wr- 1 1,0 iniervai oetore the filming of "Omar the Tentmaker" was filled with etudy. and preparation.

It was only after Omar. the Tent-maker'Vwar all completed, cut. titled and shipped East that Post found he had won his vacation the first in over decade filled with strenuous and meritorious artistic achievement. Just a month -has elapsed since that time. Alreadv Pout la detailed study, invariable preface to his rtAliah) nnf4rnl, 1.

1 Itic, characterization of Svengali In "Trilby." db. inii nionin oi Post declares, wilt remain forever in his mem ory as a landmark, the realization of his an, jtmRitfrm fcf i chance to enjov llhe simple, mhofeeome pleasures which most of us can have daiiy. hut which are denied the success-fut artist during his era of popularity. the theater gaining of I -') 7 wia -af Russian colony in a series of artistic triumphs. These production nave ibeen made the occasion of one outpouring after another of the world of ex-princes and nobles, capitalists, artists.

who keep alive here the traditions of old Russia for picturesque splendor and appreciation of the finer things of life. Applause and rhouts of friendly approval, restrained' fn Russian custom to die close of the performance, have after evening endured in riot for many minutes and have brought the performers and the creators of this theatre, Constantin Stantalawekl and Vladimir Nemtrevitch Damtcheka, to the footlights again and again in acknowledgement. German 'critics are one in praise of the finish, naturalism, perfect coordination In every minutest detail, of i The Moscow Art theatre Is coming I to America under grant of a Sabbatical year by the soviet government. After enduring and surviving the seven years of war and politico-economic chaos that have racked Russia; this company of players was released for a year of travel and refreshment from Ae tragic stringency of present day Russian life, -but only on the most binding pledges I 7 vei "Ust will return at the end of hi leave. For the Bolshevik government.

has made the theatre a state' resoudce, has no ire Makes History For Photoplay importance attaches to the "announcement of the forthcoming showing at the Blue Mouse theatre of Pickford's notable production of -l ess the Storm Tfils Screen event marks a vital epoch in photoplay history inasmuch as it is the first instance In which a great star has resurrected tronv the past the picture which won her a permanent place in -the photoplay halt of fame and pro-educed It fr second time on. an elab-; orated scale, taking advantage of an the progress the film-making Industry Jt lht jo that Piekf ord portrayed the lovable of mm. K.r picture camera nd this artistic trl-limph of hers was so ajU-eneompassing there Is no way of how mUlions of people in all the civi ilixed nations of the. world: saw i As a matter of fact, this photoplay as exhibited continuously until every frint was worn out. and the its power to During the, last two years Miss Pickford has been- the of thousands of re-QuesU to once more offer herself in this masterly story.

i.c-opcro na magasines or many countriea hin tnliuil i. io wwuw ivr this new production. Aa a consequence. "America Sweetheart" has responded fey making greatly Improved version oi xne piay. criUcs everywhere de-, dare it to be her most artistic achievement and the concensus of opinion seems to bo that it will through posterity as one of the foremost cinema classics of the first two decades of the "new art.

Miss Pickford "In the role of Tess Is said to be truly-at her best atjd her performance reveals the finished touches of artistry; which is so distinctly her osvn. The supporting cast she has selected personally is most capable. Lloyd Hughes, who plays the leading male role created by the late Harold Lock-n wood, is especially acceptable, while Oloria Hope In the part of Teola Graves wins herfull share of sympathy. Noteworthy performances are Kiven by Jean Hersholt Forrest -Rob- inson. Robert Russell.

David Torrence, i penny Hoy, Gus Saville and Mme. de Bodamerer John- S. Robertson directed this revival with Shaw Ixtvett assisting. Kimer Harris adapted the piece from Grae Miller White's famous novel. Frank Ormston fulilld the duties of rt director brllliantly the settings being unusually realistic The story unfolded In "Tess of the Storm Country" has to do with a i group of fishermen who had Msquatted" on lake-shore land belonging to a r.ealthy and tight-fisted man, 'whose stern efforts to evict the "Intruders" form the crux of the, conflict.

Tess is the daughter of one of these fisherman and it is her winsome manner and rare beauty which Inspires the son of the rich man to intercede in behalf of those his father would This complicates matters as does the advances of a vUlainous fisherman who re im.iur.nunawL. Anart. touching self-sacrifice on the part of Tesa saves the man's datihtr from disgrace nd the ending is such a pleases -everyone after the heroine com pirorh all the agonies of naviag her afher arrested and tried for murder. (Coaeluded en Pass Two, Column Fit.) Wessling Puts Portland Data InNewReport A PATHEJ home office sales conference: called by General Manager Elmer Pearson brought four district managers together and held them in New York; nearly all of last, week. The occasion is reported to have been, one of jubilation alt around over present, business conditions and prospects for this fall and winter.

We found ourselves, to of mind on main essentials," said Pearson. "In practically every section of the United States evidences are plentiful justifying, consistent optimism and preparation for the full resumption of business this falL The fewt exceptions are duo solely to local disturbahces, which All of are rapidly dis-the product dis- trlbuted by Pathe is in active and in- creasing demand, with a landslide' aireaay wen suiriea in aavance oooii- i .1 1 1 KM A Pearl White In a series of consultations' between mann and the district managers, sales "plans were completed in detail and quotas definitely fixed. Eachmann outlined an. innovation in sales policy and intensive cultivation methods which will have a reflective effect to the exhibitor's- advantage. The Pathe district jhanagera' attending the i home office 'conference, and whose personal expressions amply bear out the statement of, thetr chief executive, are: W.

S. Wessllng, Western, of Portland W. T. "Bllf) Toder, South ern Robert S. Shrader.

Central and Robert Kasterndis- trict. i All are veterans in the sales end of the industry and have nraaeo rains xieia iqrcea lor uie lain half dosen years, or more. In addition to General Manager Pearson's summary of their reports on present conditions and prospects, they furnished first hands, information on several points of general interest. Wessllng said thai the regions of Portland and the apple and the Spokane wheat section vra hftrlnnlnr a ifeir It tttA' ral business improvement so marked. in end about San Francisco and Los They had lagged "behind, ow ing to purely sectional conditions and business which were now being reformed with.

satisfactory results. "Denver and Butte; i were, he said, the centers of, thriving sections. witn copper mines operation. Salt Lake City, was now showing im provement after a period of dullness in smelting largely due to a shortags of cars for ere transports wessilng: said that in his district exhibitor business had been the slow est to recover war prices of admission had been too long maintained in the face of patrons' reduced buying power. Educational market through various releasing The Silvery Salmon" pictures the life and adventores of the gamert of fish It was made in the Columbia and rivers.

"Newsprint Paper starts with the standing timber and follows the course of paper makers through Oregon's great paper mills until their product is ready for the great jnewspaper presses of the metropolis, Moomaw's "Modern Banking" reveals the intimate workings of Portland 'banklng 1 Brownell's "The Power of the Clouds' is a romantic study Of a raindrop from-the time of its fall frriTTi Concluded oa JPac Thna, Coltuaa Four) Legs Are- Done i Oonimercial Stage Item, Critic Saramento. CaL, JS'ov 4. "Commercialised Jegs" are a. dead money maker, on, the -stages; according Maurice Brown, playwright' and theatrical producer who recently delivered a lecture on this' subject here. Brown declares that th short skirt 'v b.

wit. auu that, as soen; as they were no longer a forbidden subject theatre-goers ceased to get 'a' superlative "Jtick? out of them. -1 i Whetherthei returnof the long skirt will again produce I the oldtima 'effect upon the younger generation he did not say. But) perhaps the skirts qoni, i mean any thing according to so' many women, will prevent the of old conditions. I The day passed when: the-atrlcal production Which has no real dramatic talent or dramatic art can get by." Brown declared.

-The day of purely commercialized and-, cheap stage art. when pretty aces and pretty i legs constituted the i chief requisite for stago. rone for' good. So ha the day' whn KOvJar- even like these pretty faces and leira were, and sold across, the footlights. Rialto Yield of News Notes at tr st a.

'si a' 'a. I' World Sees Portland Films Actor jLdaths Old; Role bf Eero; Part Of ViUain 'Jake: Actors, like members; of anj 'other profession or trade, get into grooves ut of which they, seem unable to extricate themselves. For instance. Leon Bary. the famous French actori who was alwayi, a leading man ion the stage, is now one of the most confirmed villains of the movies and cannot get -auiyj other" His speciilty here: of late htsbech to loathe In playing opposite Mabel Normand In "Suaanne," soon to be released he was particula j-ly Impressive in 'fiis loathing-of the In "The WhitfiFlower." in which hs has beautiful.

Bettv Csmnuni- a nrfhi mum 1 Of his malice, he is said to bieVea a more implacable foe to the lovers in ly mounting higher and higher iahdt he now iwFirinc.Bwre money for ibetng a villain -than he ever did for being a hero. So, he is asking the whole world to indulge in. his The business reasons are obvious.) The necessity of letting him continue is incontrovertible since them actors so tiling to an mranrnr min Gossip About By Earl Brows lee JOSEPHINE DILLON, former member of the Baker Stock 'company-and later wonderfully successful as a dramatic" director 'In war-time arrny, is back in Portland brimming oven with enthusiasm and cherishing that her enthusiasm has. Inspired. To aJl iotonts and purposes MwiSt DUlon is Just enjoying a lea-e Of blnfte mm- th MMrn nttiAin Holly woodr where, she has' for some lime a i expert.

But there Is a- strong' probability that the actress wilt remain he res. In "fact, she has conspired with the i American Legion to Rid them In certain phases of the preparation for and production of their midnight matinee on New i. Tear's eve. After! a course a recon'structioa aide at? Heed college. Miss Pillon- was dramatic-Hirector imegr i at ramna ns Meade, "Eustlco and.Travis..

Aftef.the war ht went to: filmland and there made a big place for especially in the echnical side of the for whlrtt.jshn-was fitted not nnltr v.v mi. oer proieswona die Show Folk because of theeeneral store of lnAwt. edge, dramatic and otherwise, she car- es arouna witn her. 'r 1 i I Manager Fred Tnnol ha. an-ani an -interesting' prologue which Is Yw- i i a i.

vacn snowing Ull week of "Queen the Moulin Rouge." A replica bf. the Red Mill is background and on the Istage" will be-'pre-sented a. dancing number, with a Parish-Ian tone. Speciaj musicar features will accompany the prologue with Rtechele's Blue Mouse -orchestra! and Harry orgnaist, doing tho harmony honors. "Orange Blossoms." a comedy song and dance review at the Hippodrome this week, is said Ito- be one of the snappiest of its kind that Ackermah- A Harris have yet sent out.

Th a.ct"ia a melange of music and step ptag- -i 1 J- C6m to-, the iourthouse tonight at 1 i hear ilzetta JeweH RmwlL 1-tadiM mo.lllir ImHta says' at- bright, pinkj Jiandbill that has tCoocftuied ea facaXama. Cohuna roo- Pictures Are In a-desoripUve list of Urban Pop ular Classic, entertaining and film subjects, published by the Klneto- Company of America, and released over the world by Vitagraph. appear B2 features made In all parts of the world by intrepUl motion picture photographers. Of the total numberv four were made In Oregon by Portland ''cameramen These are eoivery m. jraper i aiw moaem Ranking.

recorded by 'Lewis H. Mnnmaw of the American Lifeograph corrpany of Portland, and "The Power of the mae orn. h. urown-ell. who has put much of his fine work.

photographed tn'Oregon, in the national J'- i WiUusa A Wolha; Motton A. Clan atadlhwd. H.h-HM Hlin, and photoplay festarw. Afteraeoa wnle. Pmeram ebancn Monday AI.lxamo vndeU and Tosa-MU ia "For Kg Stakea." AKKIt Elewt and Morrt-oa.

tXrrK Mtual Comedy JccMpany. in -ataka Belim i PHOTOPLAY pt ta-rrae ta Lt "Whnctt. "Qti of tl lionSn Boot." i L'5TT hroliwt Stark. Cowiittee Tatnurfge in la Wert." 11 TkomM "TbavMaa Wae Saw Toarar. 3 the realai..