THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM; OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER IS, 1927
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They Tried To Fire Will King
and Found Out That
They Couldn't ' . .
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Will King, oted character co
median, who brines his revusica!
corned to the Elaln ore theatre
todajr and tomorrow In a Fanchon
' and Marco Idea ; tells a hnmoroua
J story on, himself. ; .
" It 'was way baekr In " 1905 and
; Wilt King, then a fledglin In the
-show business, was trying to break
into th "pme."
; He applied lor a Job as come
dian with the- producing firm of
' Murray and Mack, the same Char
lie Murray who since has become
tamons in the moTiea.
"Sure, Vm ' experienced," he
aid, belleTing. that was the only
way a person could get past the
: Carrier if he lacked years of show-
. manship. He got the Job. . '
; Bat. he admits, he was "simply
terrible.
"Bat by the time they found
, that out we were . way ont west
and though they wired for some
one to come immediately to take
my place it was quite a few weeks
before they could get anyone. By
that time I had accustomed my
self to the part and" could do it
They kept me."
The show was called "A Night
tn Broadway. Old-timers will
recall it " .
Now King, famous in his own
name for his musical shows
throughout the country and espe-
eially on the west coast looks back
throukh the years and laughs at
the antics of the young man who
was himself.
In giTing your theatre - Win
: King's Revuslcal Comedy, with
, Will King himself in the starrinr
role. Fanchon & Marco fill a long
felt want In the hearts of theatre
v srnwi ererywhere.
Will King needs no introduction
to you. He needs no Introduction
to many patrons of . theatrical
J eonedy.
As a comedian Will King is In a
.- class by himself. He Isn't the type
of" star who tries to force comedy
. on . the public. Being fanny if
, natural for him. He has been
identified with the stage for many
years.
.. r For a long time he produced hi
;? own , plays in and around San
Francisco and Oakland. He. for
years before that, played all the
big houses from coast to coast. It
Is impossible to estimate the hun
dreds of thousands -of persons he
he. entertained "and made a bit
hanpler by hiB entertainment.
Hi fun is clean and wholesome.
Hh situations In his own ReTusI
cal Comedy are new and bright.
And he is not the kind of star who
hos the spotlight For be has
surrounded himself In this show
with a east of mighty ranable per
formers who alone could. carr
many a bill.
The girls were literally "hand
picked." There are more than the
nsual number for such revues.
They are as pretty as it Is possible
to get They are experienced
showgirls, and most of them hare
Individual ability and get a chance
in this show to prove it.
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When Captain Macheath steps
forward to sing "How Happy 1
Could Be With Either, Were T'Otb
r Dear Charmer Away," the audi
ence listening to "The Beggar's
Opera" shows interest over the
origin of the famous quotation. It
may not recognise the ballads' as
most of them are very old, bat it
can readily absorb them as
popular melodies that once were,
and still remain. "The Beggar's
Opera" will be sung In Salem by
the London company which ran
for over four years at the Lyric
theater, and is now making a tour
of the United States and Canada
in celebration of the two , hnnd
reth anniversary of the first per
formances of "The Beggar's Opera-"
The company will be pre
sented at the Elsinore theater for
one night only, December 27. -
"The Beggar's Opera" is a bal
lad opera.; It la a string of tuneful
melodies, some of them centuries
Old," English for the most part, as
the cliffs of Dover, though here
and there is a Welsh or Irish air.
One melody alone bears the name
of Handel, and even he, it must
be remembered, owed a good deal
to the genius of Henry Purcell. ;
"As The Beggar's Opera' is now
being played, Americans who love
what is beat in Anglo Saxon civil
isation will be delighted to "hear
it Of coarse, the old script has
been softened down, bat the spir
it of the work is unimpaired, and
S. Gilbert and Bernard Shaw got
their inspiration.
"The best argument In favor of
this lovely old score Is to hear it
'Hearing is believing in music as
in religion. So, if yon live what is
charming and simple, music that
is of the heart and the fancy, be
take yon to the Elsinore theater
"THE MAGIC FUME"
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Vivid Drama Unfolds Before
Eyes of Thrilling Lov- ;
Ing People. ; ;
The story of "The Magic
Flame." feature film at the Elsin
ore today and tomorrow, opens in
a tiny one-ring Italian circus play
ing the towns along the Mediter
ranean - where Bianea ? (Vilma
Banky), the tight rope walker and
parachute artist, is in love with
Tito, the clown (Ronald Co I man)
Prince Vittorio, of niyria. trav
enng incognito, meets Bianca as
she lands from a parachute Jump
and Immediately falls in, love with
her. He haunts the circus and in
cites the antagonism of Tito,
When Bianca refuses to succumb
to the charms of the Prince, he
entices her by a forged note to
come to his room at the hotel. Re
sisting his advances, she makes an
acrobatic leap from the window to
the limb of a tree. '
Not knowing that the girl has
escaped, Tito goes to her rescue.
In the fight that eneues,-. the
Prince, in leaping at Tito, plunges
through the window and over the
cliffs into, the sea below. Tito,
panic-stricken, escapes from ( the
hotel by making use of, his re
markable .resemblance to Vthe
Prince and donning his uniform.
At the door of the hotel, he is
met by apcret agents of the Illyr-
ian - government who, mistaking
him for the Prince, announce that
the King is 'dead and that he is
now, King. Despite Tito's protes
tations: mild because vehemence
would establish, him as the mur
derer of the Prince they take him
back to Illyria, leaving Bianca to
think, that the murderedmaa is
Tito... - . - :
Tn rovenie ' Bianca leaves - the
c'reua and pods to Illyria. w he- I
he 'attempts to kill tha king. - He
recognition ot the King a? Tito
her rover, and- the method of thet
escape unharmed from Illyria de
spite the animosity - of the olc
Prime Minister constitutes a vivid
drama which Henry K'ng has wov
en into a new highlight of the cinema.-
The story ends with Bianca
and -Tito happily, doing their
turn" again in the little circus of
Khe Mediterranean.
Intensely Dramatic :.:
- Story; "Crystal Cup"
Form'erly a writer exclusively
Of light comedies and farces, Ger
ald C. Duffy, First National sce
narist has demonstrated his ability
at dramatic writing In "The Crys
tal Cup," the current attraction
at the Elsinore theater Wednes
day and Thursday.
An intensely dramatic story
with some lighter moments in the
tightly-knit plot, "The Crystal
Cup" promises to take its place
as one oi tne most nnusual pro
ductions ; the screen " has ever
shown. ' ' ' . .
Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mac
kalll play the featured roles in the
for First National Pictures by
Henry Hobart
.Duffy's adaptation I based on
the popular, modern novel by Ger
trude Atherton.
KEN'S LATEST HIT
Ken Maynard's latest hit of the
early west, "The Devil's Sad die,"
opens a week's engagement at the
Oregon theater tomorrow night af
ter a sensational week's run. The
picture deals with the .invasion of
the white settlers into Indian ter
ritory and the resultant wars and
adventures.,
THE SUNSET DERBY
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Mary Astor and Buster Col
lier Featured-ln Latest
Racing Picture
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A story of the race track world,
Intensely Interesting and human.
and strikingly lacking In the
threadbare plot and situations
which, generally grace pictures of
this locale, shows at the Oregon
Thursday and Friday."
It is "The Sunset Derby," 'a
First National picture produced by
Charles R. Rogers, and It is as
-M satisfying and pleasing a produc
tion as has been offered local
theater patrons in some time. "
' Utterly absent is the banal plot
ft the "fixed race," the doped
.horse, or the .kidnaped. Jockey.
-There -Is no forcing the heroine
Into marriage or driving the old
Kentucky colonel into bankruptcy.
It L? a story, instead, of a Jockey
and. of course, a girl as well
who agrees to ride a small train
er's only horse as a favor, is ln-
. jured in an accident, recovers only
to find the accident has caused
him to lose hie nerve for riding.
From that point the story; pro
gresses to a climax full of drama
and thrills and the grand "wind-
. np" comes of course in a race that
is as perfectly staged' as any event
n the ecreen, with a thrill almost
as real as if one were really watch
ing from the grandstands with a
bookmaker's ticket on the hero's
horse. T . ' . -
Mary Astor and William Collier,
Jr.. make an ideal team as the
girl for whom the Jockey offers to
enter the race. Mary Astor's per
sonality and beauty have never
been seen to better advantage.
Collier's performance as the
Jockey Is wholly convincing and he
is excellent In his more dramatic
scenes.
Albert Rogell directed the pic
ture from the short story of the
same name ' by William Dudley
Pelley. :
HOG ELL DIRECTED
Al Rogell, . director of all Ken
Maynard's five previous thrillers
was the man at the megaphone for
"The Devil's Saddle," the attrac
tion coming -to the -Oregon tomor
row.' Beautiful Kathleen Collins
again appears opposite Maynard,
serves to show us wehere W. and hear "The Beggar's Opera.'
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A tense and highly dramatic
story, marked by splendid direc
tion and some remarkably well
drawn characterizations makes
"The Crystal Cup" the First" Na
tional picture which comes to the
Elsinore Wednesday, one ot the
outstanding film productions of
the year. .
Based on the daring novel of
the same name by Gertrude Ath
erton, "The Crystal Cup" is prob
ably one of the most unusual
stories ever filmed.
Its basic plot motif concerns a
sensitive, impressionable girl, who
goes through a terrible experience
early in her life, and who is so
deeply impressed and frightened
by it, that its influence never com-
j pletely leaves her. ""
Dorothy Mackail in the featured
feminine role, gives a perform
ance of unusual depth and. sin
cerity. She has never been seen
on the screen to better advantage.
Jack Mulhall, in the opposite
role, gives a well-modulated per
formance of a wholly dramatic na
ture, in direct contrast to the
many humorous roles he has
played lately, demonstrating defi
nitely the remarkable versatility
which is his.
Rockcllffe Fellows, Jane Win
ton, Edythe Chapman and Clar-
risaSelwynne deserve mention for
their work in prominent support
ing roles.
"The Crystal Cup" was pro
duced for First National Pictures
by Henry Hobart and directed by
John Francis Dillon.
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Tuesday, December 27
THE GAY OLD MUSICAL PLAY
WITH SPECIAL LADIES ORCHESTRA
The Original Company that Recently Revived this Age-OId
Classic at the' Lyric Theatre, London
It is quite the gayest old thing that has reached New
York in years. It is a gay and racy old mueical show
with more charm, satire and sweet tunes than reaches
Broadway in six lessons. Excellently produced.
New York Evening Globe
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