The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 27, 1924, Page 3, Image 3

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    SUNDAY.MORNING, JANUARY 27,1024 , 7
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-; I v ! . i . ' J I- I the play from beginning lo end I r'
UAND "HanchaVk ot Notre
! Dame." .,. . , . ;
PRECOX "Big Brother."
BUG H Vaudeville.
LIBERTY VHell'g Hole."
MOH Vaudeville,- and "The
"Clean-Up.;, . .. .
Feature Film - ( -
' M VAA lit A V ;
Theater
i With "The Hunchback . ot
Kotr Dame", making its final bow
at the Grand theater this evening
fter a sensational 1 f lye-day run
there that has established a near
icord for thp. business done by
, any one film In alem, "attention
of the moving picture patrons is
abiftlng- oyer to ; BIs Brother,
the Rex Raacji- story that la being
hown at the Oregon thrdugh to
day and Monday, and to "Cameo
Kirby." whicV takes its place on
"Big Brother," wiUi Tom Moore
V tue load supported by Raymond
Hatton and Edith Roberts, is pne
or the strongest, regeneration pic
nirca that baa ever- been brought
to Salam, and ' while a strong
care of his little brother and
brine him up 'different
The elements working against
Aoral i9 woven into the story, it is I the cans: leader, the depth and
,.'.1 - . h ...... ...
ioo cleverly concealed to oe oi-1 sinoerity ot his love ror-Kiuy, me
fnsiye. It is a penetrating storyUpgcI of the district, the machma
of the lower east side, realistically I tions of Cokey Joe, the dope fiend
and adroiUy.v done, In v Jimmy l and the final triumph -of Jimmy
Donovan the author. Re Beach! Donovan provide sympathetic and
has painted a chvactei -.humane j convincing entertainment and true
ana lovaDie. (ioi story conceruB i testimony: oi me gemus ot air.
fche resolutions pf the gang leader Dwan and Mr. Beach
to correct hia Ways after his lieu
tenant had been killed by the bnl
let from the gun of a leader of a
rival gang. la dying the llenten
ant had asked hU hief to take
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Iml
landing wheels of the plane
which dives to within ten feet of
the ground and is 'lifted thousands
of feet into the air to "safety."
There- are other stunts .per
formed by the intrepid' Tom that
are said to exceed in daring any
thing he has uttempted heretofore.
HELiHOIjafliWM
Flynn directed this picture, which
wns especiilly written by George
Scarborough for Jones.
with Cupid pursuing two reformed
crooks and a younger couple. As
icr mystery, , it is said there Is
more mystery in "Lights Out."
than in tho contents of a Spanish
tamale.
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Tom Mix Coming
To Grand Theater
Next Friday
qOMPLFTEJiNITSELF
; Sharpens the blade in the'
'i razor without removing it. J
Ouick. Convenient. Easy,
todeaiuV Complete sets 1
- razor, with strop and extraU
blades. $100 anil up X
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Tom Mix faces more perils than
the well known Pauline herself in
Eyes of the Forest. his latest
"William Fox starring vehicle
which opens a three day run at
the Grand theater Friday. How
close he came to being blown to
the place where all good movie
actors go, may be realized from the
fact that about two hundred peb
bles were ; extracted from his back
as: the result of the premature ex
plosion of dynamite in one scene
in which the roadway was blast
ed. But. Tom rode through on
Tony, -and finished the scene, de
spite his wounds
At another time ia the picture,
Mix, riding to escape a vicious
band of lumber thieves, leaps
from Tonv to an airplane. He
Norma Talmadge
To Be At Oregon
In Song of Love
"Hell's Hole" Is
1 Feature Showing
At Liberty Now
Along came Eve. Then the
trouble be$an. Two friends rush
ed headlong into danger. One
double-crossed and won temporary
respite. The other bided his
time and then dealt justice where
justice was due. j The girl, loved
by them both, was with them
when they waited! in the cabin for
the return of a rancher with $20,
000. And as they waited, the
avalanche roared down the moun
tainside. There they crouched
two men and a girl in Hell's
Hole.
And out of this gripping situa
tionwell, gee for yourself In the
new William Fox offering, "Hell's
Hole," starring Charles Jones
now showing at the liberty thea
ter. This is one of the best fea
tures Jones has made. Supporting
the star are Ruth Clifford, lead
lng lady; Maurice Flynn. heavy
Kathleen Key. Hardy Kirkland,
Norma Talmadge, as a cherry-
cheeked Ouled Nail dancer, has
quite the raost,bewitching role of
her career. For weeks she has
practiced the dances of the north
ern Sahara under skilled Arabian
instruction. She will be seen in
this role in her latest picture,
The Song of Love," at the Ore
gon theater on Friday.
"The Song of Love" was direct
ed by Chester Franklin fdr re
lease by Producer Joseph M
Schenck through First National
Norma has the role of an Ouled
Nail dancing girl.
Cameo Kirby Is
To Be At Oregon
Next Tuesday
William' Fox 'has made "Cameo
Kirby" into a photoplay, with
John Gilbert in the title role, and
it is said to be one of the most
entertaining pictufes in which this
popular star lus yot appeared. It
will b6 seep at the Oregon thealer
on Tuesday.
"Cameo Kirby" is just the type
of role that Gilbert i plays best
There are romance, action, rea'
drama and through' it all Gilbert
battles -his ; way to better things'
than bing just a sambler, albeit
a "straight" one. There are
scenes of the old steamboat days
on the Mississippi, with the tans
of. adventure to thrill your jaded
uervoi;. Picturesque oid New Or-lf-ans
is the locale of much of the
action, which involves the honor
of an old southern family and
shows Gilbert frustrating a crook
ed gambler. and winning the belle
of New Orleans after an exciting
duel. ,
Gertrude Olmsted plays. the Rirl.
Others in an excellent cast are:
Alan Hale. Jean Arthur. Eugenie
Ford a ad Richard Tucker. -John
Ford directed.
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month implore the government to
vacate, staling they ; have an oppor
tiinity tfi rent" rthe. handing ,ror
$ 32 at) a year; -v;Tho gover n-
ment-X contract hasexjirfed, but
the WnaVJhavenbguia. legal
proceedings to oust thffi. Depart
ment of Justice. . , ,
Edith Roberts' in Rex Beach's
Paramount Picture .Bi$ Brother
An Allan Dwan Production
Federal Government
Pays Low for Offices
I clutches the axle between the and Eugene Pallette. Emmett J
Love, adventure, romance, mys
tery all the time-tried themes in
the up-to-date twentieth century
setting of a moving picture studio
that's "Lights Out." which
comes to the Liberty theater on
Tuesday.
For love interest, there is the
bashful young scenario writer who
hopes to win a bank president's
consent to his suit for his daugh
ter's hand by rounding up by
means of a moving picture the
criminals who robbed his institu
tion. .
' A double romance runs through
Iv Rose and La Hose,; at the
Bligh today, present a routine of
trapeze and ladder balancing. They
perform some remarkable . feats
with I ease and grace. A comely
maidt- and a clever comedy chap
are a riot, different from the or
dinary kind of fn'n.
Smith and 'Earl, at the Bligh,
are an attractive duo and are both
exceptionally fine! vocalists with a
wonderfnt range, and a thorough
knowledge of knowing how to put
their songs over to the complete
aatufartinn and delight of their
auditors.
Roma and Romanelll are clever
exponents of mnsic and song. They
Dresent an offering that unques
tionably pleases very patron of
any theater wherein their act
presented. At the Bligh today'.
is
By Tb AMOCUU4 Frtts)
WASHINGTON,:. Jan. ,2G. Off
ice , space required by the govern
ment's executive departments in,
Washington aggregates 12.674.-
929 square feet, or almost 314
acres, distributed in more " than
0 buildings, nl addition, the
Capital and the Senate and House
of Representatives office buildings
used by Congress total about 2
009,000 square feet.
In making the report of the
Public Huildings Commisison to
the Senate, Senator Smoot recent
ly urged adoption of a program to
expend $50,000,000 over a period
of ten years for public buildings in
Washington which, he said, would
dispense with the need for renting
buildings here and provide for the
needs of the government for he
next 20 years.
The government now pays air
mott $600.0,06 a year for build
ings rented in Washington, pay
ing for ordinary space at the rate
of $l.a0 a square foot. The In
terstate Commerce Commission oc
cupies ah entire building on which
$0,058 a year rental is paid for
186,272 square feet. The De
partment , of Commerce occupies
another containing 182,934 square
feet of space for which $63. '.QO
yearly rental is paid. The Depart
ment of Justic pays $75,000 a
year for ap entire building con
taining 110,070 square feet of of-
nce .space whose owners each
U. S. Crowder;Will Talk
-To Club About Johnson
Second of a series of talk upon
national politics will.be given by
L'lysses .Grant Cfowdfr. at ' the
Monday luncheon f taeOhamber
of Commerce when he will tell the
club all about Hiram Johnson and
hta nrwtitleu tial oossihilities.' Mr.
Crowder-ls rfee ehalrman for Ore
gon of the "Johnson for President
club.
Back in 1912 Mr. crowoer
stumped South Dakota for torn
Sterling, candidate for the United
States..-" senate, doing the. same
thins in Wyomingor Frank Mon
dell, candidate for the "United
States senate in 122. Mr. Crnwder
is personally acquainted with Mr.
Johnson and know him very wen.
For two years Mr. Crowder serv
ed as police judge Tit Port Angeies,
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Gat,.
Jan. 26. Stanford university's
basketball team defeated the Uni
versity of Southern California's
five. 25 to 19, in an extra period
game here tonight. At the end or
the regular period the score was
tied at 18 to 18. At tile end of.
the half the score was 7 to 7.
MISSOULA. Mont.. Jan. 26. Uni
versity of Montana hoop - tossers
won the second game against
Gonzaga tonight, 32 to 22. The
game, roush in spots, waa on even
terms uatilthe middle. of the first
half when Montana assumed the
offensive and tok the lead, never
to lose it. Again Rotchrord starred
for the Bulldogs, while JBaney, the
Dahlbergs, Taqner ahd Illman for
Montana played in excellent form.
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