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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1927)
i mi WEST COAST GIVES MERIS JIMMY DAVIS Elsinore and Oregon -Theaters To Sell and Honor '; Scrip Locally . tionary la an-Coast r E - A sensational and rerolu Innoratlon In the sale- of. " tain m en t admission tickets' noanced ' today 1 by - West ineatres, inc.,'- wuu operates a circuit of theatres throughout the "west coast Including the Elsinore and Oregon theaters. . ' A plan has. been .worked out. by executives of the company whereby the public will be aliJe to purchase a "West Coast" "Scrip" book, the "scrip being good for admission tickets at the box office of any . Yest Coast Theatre. , t '- By buying the serial books, the company announce, the public will be able-to mate a consider able saving' onth rejrnlar price of admission' in Vest Coast Tbo- . Announcement' of" the plan has caused, a sensation . In .'theatrical circles. The- plan ' has . - been worked out purely ""as-a means ot Ifsrins the.puhMc"p."intisenient - saving and at thescrce .time of creatine a follawinsf :for . vvest . Coast Theatres. ,,,i-f' - Interest in the plan is'anxtously being awaited by th03e who are In terested In amusenie?;t-ABl enter tainment which' men everyone. ;VeSt Coast Scri.e-Vtt will be called, means that XtA parte thins that has already been done in many other fields wt!t'h6w be ap plied to the amusement1" world. Railroads offer" yroffactton over the regular rate to alperaons who commute, between" ay large city and a suburban town. -The same ap plies to other fields. . Never has it been done on such, a large scale in the5- amusement, world as will bo the case when "West Coast Theatres inaugurate the plan. ' West Coast Theatre -today an nounced details of the plan which has been worked oul"to give the , theatregoers th benefit of a re duction In admission. prices, when such admission prices , are pur , chased In bulk. Tn Elsinore and ' Oregon Theatres will sell and hon- the sctIp locally. MTiret general announcement ot "A "SE5lllI':'jSIE' DIS TO -HOB Popular Young Leader" To ; Score Hit During His Fareweil Appearance . i METROPOLIS COMES TO OREGON THEATRE Pararriount's G I n e m i racle Returns To Oregon Wed nesday Upon Demand and thus become . dissatisfied. Ro twang, an inventor; "creates" another Mary, who causes death, disaster and ruination in the city before tke la finally put to death herself. . - r Even amazing sets are useless when a story doesn't, "hold-up." But in the case of , ."Metropolis" the situations, acting and - photo graphy, go hand in hand with the stunninr and imaginative settings. The Tower of Babel sequence Is especially effective,- as are the scenes in which. Masterxnan's son "flees from his father's business to the city of workmen..' The concep tion of elevated streets, one above the other and each jammed with traffic hurrying in the sameiirec tion, is a breath-taking spectacles The episode in which Mary's likeness is struck off from metal. and is ' like its pattern " except for lack of soul, is astonishing. In fact, this highly imaginative tale. by its excquUite handling; is in vested with a deal of realism. -. Karl Freund, who photographed The Last Laugh" and "Variety," outdoes himself on Metropolis, and Frits Lang, megaphone-wield er, turned out an excellent piece ot work. The German players ;Vho seem to be chosen for acting ability and not sex appeal acq ui ted themselves more than creditably in this new-J est of the UFA films to reach ns. Alfred Abel, Guslar Froelich and Ileinrich George -are excellent.- You canot afford to misa "Me tropolis." It Is the best of the best German films and will hold you spellbound. ' I Pooular Thomas Meirrhnn To Be ' - --,- V a. c .-''" i J . msinore itracuon otaxuzig x ucsuay 1 K .r . A .- '' ' ' 1 v"- '. . ... -.; - . " f ' . . . ' ; I I I tMTmnns nm irfim ww in 1 1 1 1 mi i iw : amMmmmmammiimmm$mmmieamm GRAND ffiioraia Meiian and Marietta KiUncf in thfl ParajnourrtPicturO' ii WAY OF ALL FLESH" MOVED TO .OREGON Topular and smiling - Jimmle Davis, leader of the West Coast Elsinore Theatre Orchestra, is ap pearing - in his farewell -'Week starting today. This capable and energetic youthfuf master of cere monies and orchestral leader has made' an Indelible impression upon his well wishers and the patrons of the theater and It is with regret that he leaves his post here but orders are orders and he must de part to assume similar post at one of the larger West Coast The- y . 4 n fntirMt from he . DublJc atres on the big circuit. th-l cfficiaIs.-Oith .Wg theatre afuit decided to release details now. r".- - . "7 " West- Coast SctIp Books, as the books with the exchangeable scrip tre caled, are to be sold to the public In three different amounts. ; Ten dollar books will be sold for nine dollars. Five dollar books will; be sold for $.4.50. - vl ' v- . - Tickets in the 'scrip : books are in amounts of 5 tents, thus mak ing it changeable for any priced admission ticket. -'--"--- It is announced that. the West Coast Scrip books are good for ad mission in any West Coast The- , aire, of wheh there are more than 400 scattered throughout the west. That the discount of 10 per cent offered the theatre patron when buying admissions in this 'form will prove popular Is already as lured by the Interest taken hy the public in the first announcement. ' There is no time limit whatso ever i on when the script may be used; It may . not. be detached, but is interchangeable : In ' other words, anyone may use the script - -Scrip books are to be n sale at all West Coast Theatre box offices It has not been announced when the books will be ready for sale, -i -. - WML" ! Dni4trfrTarewelI week he will offer; some very clever .orchestra L numbers and specialties including many requests for solos and band numbers which have received pop-! ular approval of the patrons duri ing. the past weekaand which have been asked for by admirers for' re The work of the orchestra un der the direction of Jimle Davis has met with ' continued success and public aproval has been whole heartedly enjoyed during its entire engagement at the Elsinore. Their appearance today and ' tomorrow with the Fanchon and Marco "Po lar 1 1dea,"presented in ; conjunc tion with the showing of the spe cial comedy drama "Adam and Evil? which co-stars Lew Cody d Aileen Pringle, will add. ma terially to the colorful stage and screen offerings.,. , The management lays stress on Jimmie's farewell programs and urges all those who have enJoed his music here to atend these per formances .and make hie "good bye" week a rousing success. ' 1 - The cinemiracle "Metropolis" will return to the Oregon Wednes day by popular demand.;7 ,The re view of this picture as appeared in the New York American follows:, The German - motion picture again score with "Metropolis" at the Rial to. Colossal of sets, fan tastic of theme and exquisite of photography, this latest offering from the UFA Studios, which was two years in the' making, tops any film we have thus far imported from Berlin, the mecca ot movie angles. " t "':;. . . . .,. 'Even superlatives seem inade quate to describe the originality of the story, which deals with the problems of a visioned ."Metropo lis," the city where once man made machinery and -now machinery makes man. The story is remin iscent of "R. U; R.," a romance of Robots, which graced .our speak' ing stage several seasons ago - In "Metropolis," the workers. who dress alike, are merely called workmen and designated by num ber. They live miles below the city, and above them, though still under the city, is housed the ma chinery by which the town is run The only bright- moment in the strenuous ten-hour day the work men puf in is the respite they en joy in hearing Mary, a girl of their own class, preach the gospel of salvation. - To counteract the girl apostle's influence, John Masterman, who runs tne city, orders that a ma chine-made counterpart of Mary he struck off which will prevent the workmen using their brains The world's greatest character actor in the most painstakingly perfect characterization of " his lire." ' "The soft lights in; the studio projection room flashed on like 4 ' I H " A ' ' - ' I ' i I , '-' ' . v '" I ' I J ' , . ' V1 W :- - 'T J It 1 - 'r r "J -i Y i Here is Thomas Meighan In a new type of role two new types in fact. No Meighan vehicle in recent years has been crowded with so much action. '"We'je All Gamblers" is the name of the pro duction. It. was directed for Para mount by James Craze,' maker of "The Covered Wagon" and "Old Ironsides" and It starta at the Elsinore Tuesday. It's a great story. It shows the star as a youngster at the start a waif on a New York East River dock who is picked up by a police man - and' taken in by a kindly woman as her son. By the time he reaches manhood he is a con tender lor the heavyweight cham pionship, a celebrity who stirs the interst of an aristocratic woman. An automobile injury prevents him from i winning : the. title and - he eventually becomes the proprietor of a night club. .. . ; - The early scenes of the fight, an auto accident, and East Side life are tense and exciting. The night club's New" Year celebration later brings about a thrilling climax. ' Supporting Mr. r Meighan - is a brunette beauty ; from ' 1 Viennat Marietta Mliiner. : She has; ap peared in only one American pic ture before this, but her future is assured. 1 That dear old ladyj Ger- truae vuire. tne. uranarotner in The Coose Ud4ga Ui'rSQ&s charm to Ithe film..-".-- -.- --- .The- screen play by Hope Loring is based on Sidney Howard's stage play "Lucky Sam McCarver;' ! Don't miss it! Then tt course there ; will be Smiling Jimmy Davis and hia ul tra-modern orchestra, too! tt Wow folks it's going to be some show! ', - , - . ;- Read the Classified Ads THEATRE , TODAY Continuous 2 to 1 1 P. M. ALL ABOARD FOR CUDDLE-LAND It's en Intimate Picture cad IIow! 25 l 1 - - -I' . ,1 - r - ill - -. - . t- V 1tL X " it. t m IRENH Ii x J r with IIELEXK COSTEULO JASOX TtOI?ATlDS JANE WIXTOX VIRGINIA LEE CORIHN Statesman Classified Advertisements Bring'Quick Rcsu!! 1 The Pit amount Pioturo 7he WayoTAU Hcsh. j Princeton player breaks .leg In Wr'lk:?. -t T rth,ng to do wit J It.. SHOWING AT; ELSINORE ipDAY IT MII-TODM Aileen Pringle and Lew Cody Score Hit; Fanchon and " '.'' -." Marco on-Bill - No better screen vehicle for the Initial co-starring " appearance ot . Lew Cody and ; Aileen Pringle -" ' ' coald have been J chosen than - ' " "Am and EvIl'MetrcK3oldwyn- : - Mayer's pew feature , comeay. ""-'which opens at the Elsinore The- atre today.- ; '- )" Cody and Miss J"Prinjle make Ideal team-mates for comedy and - there is little doubt thre will be a lot of genuine surprise x the part ' ,s of picture-goers to, learn that tne HaUWODhl8Mcated' Aileen. Pringle, who ti always appeared la society dramas, bearing iitue reiauon io comedy. Is a genuine .comedienne at the first class. .-. tl. i - - Thu nicture-goinz world has V. iad to the (Pringle of Three Weeks." 'His Hour.- "Soul Mates' and other such s rod actions as d there U prcthly net one pie- nrroer la & thcujar ' who ever vanA AUsea couU do MmnrllVt a veteran, s. -' It must be that Miss Pringle, off the screen, is somewhat of a cemo- dienne. Otherwise no plcturewise producer would ever have switched her from the niche, la which she was already estst!';!:??. to pioneer la c o-starriag rcles. At any rate, Aileen proved tLat X she is a comedienne; Just as Lew Cody, some fears ago, made an overnight switch ' from - "heavy" roles to sophisticated - comedy- and made a huge success of it. , 'The co-stars of "Adam and Evil. however, are not the only comedians fa the cast. , There is Roy D'Arcy noted for his black. villainy la such produc tions a "The Merry "Widow," Tardelys, the Magnificent,". The Temjrteras,". 'Winners o tlis .Wil derness' and many other box of fice attractions. Roy proved that he is aa actor with a wide range of histrionic ability, yet he has proved such a popular "heavy" that It would almost seem a shame to switch him from the sort cf rcles that hj,ve stamped bJci one Director Robert 2L Leonard has succeeded la getlag a lot of comic al acting out of G wen Lee, Ger trude Short and Iledda Hopper. - "Adam and Oil" is presented at the Elsinore la i addition tot the Fanchon and -Marco "Polar fdea and smiling- Jimmy Davis and his Elsinore Theatre Orchestra. Al together, It is conceded, "some show! a.: , The or as re, Isnen, and grape fruit are act catlve American fruits, having been introduced In to California and Florida by the Spaniards, according to aa an swered question in Liberty. Steamship passenger rattee to be reduced 10 per cent. Is the airplane's competition felt so of the "besf' 1 villains la celluloid, soca? New York Sua, a mechanical dawn following the final ladeout on the screen: for a few poignant seconds there had been absolute silence. Then the voice ' again in the half-light; a A- perfect performance. The tribute came from a nation ally known motion picture crtic; a man who has eeen more films,- good, bad; and impossible, than and other person connected with the industry. It was made in the laboratory projection room of Para-mount's West Coast Studio. The critic had Just witnessed s preview of "The Way" of All Flesh: in which Emil Jannings, the supreme ' international film artist, makes hie American de but. . . "Jannings has portrayed a char acter in that picture who will live as a vivid .appealing and mighty personality for all time,? the crit ic continued a? she turned to his companion r And then this connoisseur of the screea started analyzing: 'what he had just witnessed." Point by point. scene by scene oe went 'over the picture, booking Tor some one or two things he could decide upon as having' the greatest bearing in es tablishing its pre-eminence. Final ly he chose a word. "It is its simplicity, its human ness. its stark realism; the faith f ul manner in which it tells the bis dramatic moment that came into the life of a kindly, common man. he said. "Wherever that picture Is shown It will", create thought and comment : it will send people from the theater, sil ent and wondering', fn aa latros- nectlve mood. I feel that I have seen the summit, the masterpiece, of . the motion picture maker's art." . .. "- " ' This wonder picture, acclaimed everywhere as one of the finest films f the year wil lb shown at the Oregon theatre, for 3 days starting today, being- transferred from the Elsinore -and held over by nubile demand to accomodate the crowds.-' Belle Bennett, the star of "Stella Dai: is and Phyllis Haver, who made fame and fortune for herself In "What Price Glory' head the supporting- east. "The Way of All Flesh Was directed by Viet Fleming, producer of "The Rour Riders. Donald Keith: And Fred Kohler play important parts. . Mayor: Walker of New York Is talking about enforcing the ' cur few at three o'clock in the morn ing In the night clubs. The trouble is that by three o'clock the boys aren't in any condition to hear the ewrfew ring. . - AVEST COAST ; tf 5-.B i t! mm m 'I THEATRE i FOUR DAYS STARTING TODAY MOVED TO THE OREGON TO ACCOIODATE THE CROOT TRULY -THE GREATEST PICTURE " OP ALL TIME - (SW9J .-rfS- mm .s 1 y' W ill k Yk'jl ii THG PICTURE THAT . HAS ALL SALEM TALTvlJw a m a with Belle Bennett and Phyllis Haver Donald Keith A" Victor Fleming Production A PARAMOUNT PICTURE WEST COAST THEATRES INC. TTest Coast Theatres Inc. is the Gibraltar of - the entertainment world because the whole wide world is searched and the cream of what they find thia earth's beet entertainment talent Is yorars. r NOW SUNDAY and MONDAY, '.SAVB' fn ' ' ' -. V- ' 11 "'V - " ' CCDY ' ; U j ' !. pnn:GLi: vl : . FANCHON and MARCO Polar Idea ; . Featuring tha San - CISCO Beauties JIMMIE - SmiIing" ::DAVIS; ; and Hi3 Elainore Grclis3fe Read tho .Classified Ads Lor, lanhs, tar!Ia, la.s nodcrm Gardca c ZHea 3 Ccimy' cJ !H0 - T1 .ihi3X3jirrinii2 c l Farewell Tccl: ; - "Hear Him - '' - ,i,"-'.'sWwsW4S ; I .- . i - ' . v ... - r rTora 7VT1