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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salens, ' Oregon, San Jay Morning, November 17, 1929
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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.
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THEATRE
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
A Riot of Mirth
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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.
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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
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COLLEGIAXSr
Wednesday - 4 Days
super
bome itself
tout - very
Song, fcite
yowUezooaj
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aa a m rs .
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. 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
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-Sunday Monday Tuesday '
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legal blanks, etc for sale at the
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that Urks la the earn
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