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PAGC TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salens, ' Oregon, San Jay Morning, November 17, 1929 r - - ' - ; OFCAPITDLFIIT.I SJNOIN 1 IN THE RAIN number front THE HOUyWDOD REVUE y XUJft - ' 'J si 5. -u; GLtUitH TQYON uf MEX2NA. KENNEDY in a .ffcevrft r ADA.rMJi&V j .....B. . - Screen Life In Hollywood i By HUBBARD KEAVY ; HOLLTWpODv A 'feminine connterpart ot Little Jackie Xlee fan has come to the screen at time "when tssrljr all restlges of the youthful star lave h9en for fotten. . v '- She Is Mttii. jdaatbter of Joe Keao and Rosie Green, w yawde , Tills team, wjio at sit yearVwas a : randerllle heAdllaer. Paranoial ihas giren MiUl a contract and she jwin mcobw a Matured player :-Jaaaary 1 .- Little Mitil, new 8, hegsa her lnpresslons el stage and screen netars at an actors benefit per !tformaaee twft years ago. A boek ijlaf agent ilgned Jier as a head Uner orer the Interstate circuit land soon at terverd aba was ta jtared by the' Orpheam clrcnit. jBer act was headlined thea aheve ithat ef her parests. -:. When Mital appeared in Los Aa jgeles, she attracted the attention Ut a director aeeUag children oi I .important roles In "The Msrriagti riargreund." It was the second Htime in her short career that she bridged the nsutl'gull or tedious waiUag. without prelade Ot bit or :!exrra parts.. ? Mttxl has grey eyes and brown lobbed hair, which she vwears atralght. and ahe looks like Jack ie Coogan. ? Joseph Cawthorn is English, al ihoogn for twemy-tiTe;'xears .In . pew York musical comedies he was a German comedian sad those. wno saw aim m the stage be nerea he was et Tentonie ances try. In the merles, too, Cawthorn has played German comedy parts, the latest In "Street GlrL Cawthorn "had an opportunity to 4sk President Wilson about his characterisation that came about b thi way: r Two days after the United - States had declared, war, Caw thorn was appearing in a Wash ington theater In "Rambler Rose." ' The president was at the performance and asked Cawthorn to call on him at the Whke House the next day. Doriag the Tislt, Cawthorn asked Wilson about his German accent and whether -he ; , ko thoaght It would be Wise to continue nslng It. - t 'CerUinly'," he says WHeen replied, " 'we hare declared war Hot on the German people, but on the militarists ot Germany." Howerer, feeling later became so . strong that Cawthorn was forced .to drop his accent ontfl after the v in 1921 Cawthorn came to Hoi ' tywood.to Tlslt and decided to . Star. - . f Although hekas seen 54 years . pa the stage Crom Ohio canal . , showboats to New York stardom ir-he Is young enovgh at f 8 to want to be considered as-a talkie pioneer. Cawthora eays he has no- thought of retiring. ; - Heleae liniard here the stigma . et "local talent," and she nerer had a chance to go into the moT fes becanse the tU mindostrx ael d6nt looks to aspiring local actors , - as Worthwhile material. So ansa amiard lert local stages: . or stock coaipaales la. Dearer ia - Texkg cities and elsewhere la the - west. Then ahe came hack and hers was a new Tace. - a - A director who saw her on ft ; rocai' stare immedlatelf east her :- tor an lnportaat role in "The Thlr- - teenth Chair." It was her first picture, but she will appear 'in others. Dorothy Dwan, wife ef the late Larry Cemon, will make her first appearance In a long time opposite Ken Maynard ... . Tom Moore thinks he could cuallfy for a job On the New York police force . . . He has been a Mew York cop In fifty pictures . . . "Half Way to Hearea" is the name of Buddy Sogers new "picture . . . Buddy, appearing mx a local theater, to billed as "The darling ef the debs ... Boya. who clandestinely gazed apoa the beauty of Daisy hi or dock and Delia Fox and Fanny ward. aa .those tiny etsaret package pic tures rereajed it, probably hare sons now who wouldn't be both ered collecting miniatures of Mary Pickxord or Bule Dare or Greta Gar bo. .. Soys these mechanical days are mote interested in what causes the machine to elect the lit tie piece of cardboard than they are In whose face at pears. Weighing machines that for t penny lire the date and throw tn a nattering sentence about the character el the Weigher now hare on the little pasteboards portraits ot the Jnole stars. But these pictures certainly harea't the appeal to youngster today that the 11 en esses of prom inent actresses ot SO years ago. found la cigarette packages, had to boys then. In those cay days actresses were persons not to be discussed around the house, much less to hare pictures of, so half th tan collecting and swap ping thm lay la the secretire- ness with which It had to be act cotnpllahed. GERioracio. SEIBERIING 6oU la alena by lMHre Panek. Inc. CherackeU at Hteh ivimout IVif "sree OBOFsUttonr We t jit. A bank In New York Clty.gare one of its clerks a year's leave of absence and before the year was up the officers were surpris ed to see their former clerk's name In the lights orer a theatre. Ia 1920 Frederic March was graduated from the TJnlrerslty ot Wisconsin and with a scholarship he obtained a position la the Na tional City bank ia New York. He had been prominent ia- amateur dramatics in echool and -leased toward the stage and he didn't find much in his new work to sat isfy those desires. March's first role with the Be- Iasco theatre stock company -won-i toe attention of the Theatre Guild and he appeared in some ot its biggest productions. Like scores of others who came to the west coast with theatrical companies, March was offered merle contract. Silent pictures had nerer interested him, but his first part was to be ia "The Dum my." a talking picture. - It was -a small role, and his second part was his first or eon sequence, that! with Clara Bow in "The Wild Party." Among others since then haVe been "Jealousy," with the late Jeanne Eagles, and "Paris Bound." March married .Florence Eld. ridge, who he says had more ot a reputation on the New York stage -than ho had. But Mrs. March belleres the husband should hare the career, and with-the ex- THE. - - v THEATRE 10c 25c Monday Tuesday Wednesday A Riot of Mirth ,66 OeUUV QGQGtJ Jack MulKalWain Haryi Nissen He Otitsmaxted Broadway and Bow Choicest cf Lcjh3 Rarest of Itoma&ee First TlaaO Shftwn in Salem ALSO COMEDIES RE LEMB Frazier Players eTerjr Thur., Fri. Wesii Girl Wiiiiier..e VfAaY.JO Wioate and k fitful.' says Mn. T.ailcGmnk, IC28Drexel Avenue, San Antonio. Sfio was saaow and bUkras; didn't want ta eaand couldn't gest Eer fool fYornwFigSyihMchsmd aU that; e made her a CZexsi Cn. Itresulatadfaer bcwelsooidc-: tion. ahaehadiiotwohlesi tohueotrtiiutorentatoday Winner ffc.to. r ",tt;. ? A 1. 1 v on it t "a sticat-wiii'w tw. 7T . aw rr Toxic woav cuii9aV5 uMIUUI ill - Tlomai Meighan. star of The Argyle Case," the latest aii-taik- ing vittphoha prodicUoa that la the current attraction V BligVs Capitol theatre, enacts a role which. Is similar to the on ho, has piayea isr .many rears la private Ufe-Ht student of criminology. - la ?The Argyle Case" Heights is seen as ' Alexander Kayton, a tmtm detectlre who Is ealled open to solve the mystery ear rounding the mmrder ot John Ar gyle.: and the picture is destjned to take Its place as the most ab sorbing detective story in the his tory ef the talking picture. Appearing; ia Meighan's ' saV porting company are such screen faTorltes as Ula Lee, H B. War ner, John Darrow, Saxa Pitts, and frmany othert. This pictnre will Play at the Capitol Sunday. Mon day, and Tuesday. A selective group et rltaphone vaudeville acts and the Fox Morletonews -will complete the hill. EMM OF IC It 1! TOth the greatest cist Of stirs f that ever contributed to the mak ing of one motion picture, "The Hollywood Rerue. Metro-Gold-wya-Mayer-s huge musical extra Taganxa, comes, to Fox Elsinore for a flTe day run beginning: Mon- ceptlon of a few local appearances and one morie role, she has all .There was debate about a new contract Edmund Lowe was to alga with Fox, bat Lowe finally got the salary h tasked for. AM ter it had been signed. Wlnfleld Sheehan, general manager, told Lowe that thw company would hare giren him $1,090 a week more it Lowe had insisted. "I'll tell yen something.' Lowe replied. 'I'd hare taken IMt 9 a week less if y&a had Insisted." Fox is said to b epsying Lowe SS.S9 a week'tiow. A film rerue Will present Its program so ne t sure aadlencoa the impression they are watching; a pertoratanee by telerislon. Pathe It making what fa tsm- poraruy known aa?The Telerlaloa Beruo." Aa aanonncer will fie-, uratlTsiy take audienees from stages ia America to stages ia France, Russia and elsewhere. In addition to the English edition, there will e German, Russian. French and Spanish Torsions of Hhe rerue. '-., NEWS REEL' . . : ' ! Ji, UT child. The P"! reiiaf it brf&ga hHioM, lut- - ps OB0 strengthen ' ttln 'Appetite in-. ' ""lanoscenowutEa :mea WJook snr the wwfvwvorawev last s&sskw Films CDf,fS day. stars from gtaga and, screen, stars from raudeTille, opera and radio,, stsrs from all et the amuse ment neve ot the twentieth, cen talyyrla ne hugs parade, with twenfy hu sUl. sbnndTiat eonv dr --. caaeCal aaatodia - aael - logue that sparkles, teeny nothing or the cxtraYtsa&t di&ciflf enomf Of beauOTal flrls. - Marlon Daris glsoa one- of a bar f among male masquerades, assist ed by chorea of six-footers 'and. ho sings and tap dance. John Gilbert' and Norma Shear er giro a version of Romeo and Juliet Conrad Nagel makes his debut as a linger. 'Bessie Lore gires generously of her talents. Joan Crawford lavishes the eye and sings a crooning melody. Bus ter Keaton takes one of his dull est tails.. William Haines and Gwea' Lee are Ohere with one of the famous Haines "gags". -to which Sari Dane and George K. Arthur lead a' few deft touches. Staa Laurel and Olirer Hardy do their staff. .. Mane Dressier and Polfy Moran, two famons comed iennes, know their ens, Charles King and Gus Edwards appear in songs. Natacha Nattora startles with new hair-raising leaps and bounds. The Albertlna Rasch Ballet glTe some of their eye-CSl-ing dance ensembles, the Brox Sisters and many others also take part in this spectacular show Manhattan Stars To Be Seen Here The Manhattan players, well known to theatre going folk of Salem, will again be seen locally, Liu. um u xiuiijr wvwa uie- tre. The definite date has not been-set but it will be within the immediate future. The cast remains practically the same as it was when this com pany was seen at the Elsinore last winter II is expected that they will appear two days of each tt 'Butter and Egg Man" Seen Here "The Butter and Egg Maa,"com- inr- to the Grand theatre for a three day engagement starting to Western Eectrlc i TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY MURDER AT MIDNIGHT! Aa eerie ectwaml The) crack ol a ictulter shotl Tha thsal of a faX23 body! A nlbl of terror as th potest Jet etUe play wVer fisnstd caets k ' ffaottiy shadow acros tha screesil n mi 4 Days Starts ihi3 Talktrtcj poncing HJUOM Attraccoa Drama tnat a soul! .tnas morrow Is .the morlng picture rer sloa of the farnoue stage play ot the same aame. In the capable hands of Jack Mulhull. , Greta Kissen. Sam Hardy aad Gortrnde Astor loaee son . of thm quail ti mat made it such a big ait. Mul hull plays the part of the imal town hick wno outslicks the Broadway ouekors. . . "Tho .Butter and Egg Man" was one of the big gest laugh productions on Broad way and according to advance no tices the picture is proving erea more or a success. Kenneth Allen Will Be Heard In Talkie Her e Of Interest to the many frleals of Kenneth Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Allen Is the fact that he will be -heard, in song fn the Hollywood Reme" which ii to appear at the Fox Elsinore begin ning- Monday. Kenneth Allen grew up in Sa lem, went to school here, and was a popular "youthful tenor" haT- ing at that time a remarkable tenor roice. As he grew older his rolce grew better and now his old friends may judge for themselves as to just now it nas developed. rv3SilIlei?9c November sale continues all week with many new specials add ed. With the ap proach of the holiday season so close at hand' one will benefit by taking ad vantage ef these reduced prices! Sound System ' " SB - I COLLEGIAXSr Wednesday - 4 Days super bome itself tout - very Song, fcite yowUezooaj ILL Si i II aa a m rs . f f 1 iffJ V:. . 1 if jtTTk, . L03 ANGELES, Nor. If (AP) Governor C. C Toung. who ar rived, here today from Sacramen to, ,was unperturbed when his at tention was ealled to reports from San Yfenelsco that his name had ""'"' T Direction Fox West Coast Theaters OH THE TALKING SCREEN lTie.Trado Twins Carlena Diamond Harold Stanton Flashing Gorgeous Action A Manual of Arms ... and ... Legs Featuring T&o GUNKIGT BEAUiTIEC OK THE TALKING SCRKEJf -: Todar Only Darkened Rooms EXTRA! EXTRA! WiU Play MONDAY with TH331S HOSIBOFSSfcTAJJ -Sunday Monday Tuesday ' Ccmtlnooia FerforEtaBcs Brnfoy, Z Is 11 All D ANGEIt TaJMnff .;"' womea ; AISO TALKING been left tut of the bine book there. . For sale signs, for rent slrn. legal blanks, etc for sale at the siaxesmani I EXTRA! MES CEEl HEAD! tit that Urks la the earn of . sssslllas; Ifpaw TJasger that ra rae tove-cnanie of two ilisde in lovoy Dangerous n t&o road of TCsaanee. I I j. aa sss i v3 1 3 t m SONG ACTS Bssssssssisssssssssslsss ssnsssmassassHsW ' 1- -";v-'t - .