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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1929)
Local 1 heatres rresert Uood Amusement tor Coming Christmas Season i ' Collegiate Slang Is Held , Passing Into Eclipse Now: Are the moTie studios about to take away the laurels of the Am erican colleges as birthplaces of colorful "slang" and idioms? "You're Just a great big "bloop." "Well. Sprock, what do you want now!"' These are some of the ex badly spliced bit of film. The sound Is exactly like the word. "Sprock comes from another bit of projection carelessness " called "Sprocket noise." a door' bell buzzer sound which cornea when a piece of film runs off its sprockets. Other slang terms now ued generally throughout America also owe their arrival to .film sources. A "spotlight louse is any per son who seeks to call undue at tention to himself. 1 amples of new words being in- age" of America by current movie conditions. "Bloop" corns from the sound created when a talking picture In a projection machine hits a :- v 'Jr "T A t . i Wtwf-Jav Note the shirt Hoot Is wearing. At the Hollywood today V.'. .'CvdfassnonnVM Helen Foster and Virginia Roye look happy enough. They appear in "The Road to Rain" at Grand. A bit of the Jaaa to be seen in "Sweetie" at Fox Elsinore. ll T i STIR TS TODAY Wild Western Thriller Will Be Shown Here for Entertainment Scenea from "Headlines" Capitol at HTSTERY PUT T I Murder in Calcutta on Dark Leads, to. Series Of Happenings sight On a dark sticky night in Cal cutta, a man Is stabbed a man from among the best class of English Calcutta residents but himself a sort of a "rotter." A seance Is held with a queer old woman as the medium, in which it is endeavored to determine who killed the man. Then the troubl begins. Dark ness and weird photographic ef fects, and mysterious circum stances directed by the excellent Tolce and dramatic acting of Con rad. Kagel make of this show be ginning at the Fox Elsinorc today, a tense and dramatic piece of work. HILARIOUS CHRISTMAS The Fox Elsinore has planned "Sweetie" with Nancy Carroll as the lead for its Christmas gift to Its audience Wednesday. It's a college play jazz, singing, danc ing, comedy "gags", and a sprink ling of plot and lore to hold it all together. The play is said to ge a music aud fun play and as such it should be a good Christmas gift to its audience. It is also to be seen Thurday and Friday. Ruddy Rogers Swings l"p "Buddy" Rogers has been a Star for some time and now he fixes his asLiat lecatirit ai "Hlf Way to Heaven" according to the came of the vehicle in which he will appear at the Fox Elsinore beginning Saturday with Fanchon and Marco running through to Tuesday inclusive. In this shew the versatile Bud dy will be seen swinging in a swing from which the man before him was dropped to sudden and sure death by a bit of grudge borne against him by one of a' Hovr he man'pes himself in a dif ficult and narticwlar situation. Pretty Joan Arthur who will be remeraueied in the "The Greene Munler Case" Is the hero ine around whom the love story is wound. She was good, in that picture if you will remember. Take a look at the directing of this picture. George Abbott did this part of the play. Do you like bim. "The Long, Long Trail" with Hoot Gibson doing his best west ern thrillers will begin a run of three days at the Hollywood to day. ,Tbis picture has much ac tion and' some excellent riding in it as well as some appealing love scenes with dainty Sally Eilers aa the girl of the hour. There, are some exceptionally fine rodeo scenes in this play. Much of the action takes place about the subject of rodeos for it is through winning a rodeo event that the hero, played by Hoot, expects to win his fair lady. The rodeo pictures were taken In Salinas, California, during a week's program there. Hoot Gibson is in his own en vironment in rodeo work for it was by winning the all-around rhainnlnnshin at Ppnrilptnn T?nnnd- , ... . - - - - - - up that he made himself first fa- nions. , Mif-t the Fairbanks i Joan Crawford and Douglas i Fairbanks, Jr., now Mr. aud Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. will be seen in "Our Modern Maidens," beginning at the Hollywood Wed nesday and running through Thursday. Joau Crawford made her debut as a star in this play which is characterized as the "'epic of the jazz age." It is highly spectacular and tense and from the standpoint of something to think about after ward, if you are inclined that way, there will be plenty. But like many other plays, if you don't like has enough excitement to .carry to be bothered with thinking, it through two hours of keenly dra matic situation. The story briefly is that of a girl who plays too fast and loses a life of happiness in the playing. Rod La Rocque plays the second masculine lead. There is much dancing in the play and as Joan Crawford did a great deal of it you may suppose it is good. Today's Feature Story MICKEY MOUSE CLUB Kaleni Kiddies learn of organization with fori fancy and fact for children nnder 12 years of age. The three principals of "Trader Horn," with several members of the technical staff of the picture, arrived U New York the first of December on the S. S. Vulcania, an Italian steamship, and left' there for California three days la ter. Harry Carey, who has the title role in the fi!m transcription of "Trader Horn," Edwina Booth and Duncan Renaldo spent more than seven months on location in Africa", while a unit of thirty-five persons, working under the su pervision of W. S. Van Dyke, di rector, accompanied the players on a five thousand mile itinerary through eastern and central Afri ca. Setting out from Mombasa on the east coast, the company traveled by native conveyances, boat and rail through Tanhanyika Territory and the Uganda Protec torate to the Lake Albert region! This Is the Tirst Hollywood ex pedition to vipit Africa for the purpose or making a sound feat ure photoplay. The total distance covered will amount to more than 35.000 miles by the time the com pany returns to California. Thousands of natives were used for sequences of the film, and twenty tons of movie" equip ment transported overthe entire route. - Members of the 'Trader Horn" party who returned ' with Carey, Renaldo and Miss Booth on the' Vulcania included Robert A. "Red" Golden, assistant director; Clyde deVinna. head cameraman; Earle A. Frank, cameraman; Al Mesch, technician; Edward Corn wall, and Will Riley electricians; and Albert Arnold, general assis tant and E. M. Albright, press representative. Van Dyke is remaining at Mon basa, East Africa, to clear up fin al details of production, and plans to sail for the United States on December' 25. An African- na tive who had a featured part in the picture will return with him. Among the animals brought back as pets by the "Trader Horn" adventurers were three red colubus monkeys, a baby leopard and a baby lion. PRESS THEME OF FILM PLAY Work of Newspaper in Crime Detection is Told Upon Theatre Screen Newspapers are blamed for and credited with almost everything under the sun but the weather conditions. How a newspaper may turn detective and ferret out murder mysteries is the interest ing theme of "In the Headlines," the play which will open at Bligh's Capitol today and run through Monday and Tuesday. The play was written by James Atherton Starr, a well known newspaperman, and Joseph Jack son, another newspaper man pre pared the Viiaphone adaptation of the play. Grant Withers takes the lead in the play which starts a tense sit uation and holds it throughout the play. Mystery stories always make an appeal either in books or on the screen and this one, which has a love story winding through it, should have much good material for entertainment. 'SE1 MUSICIANS mm i IRISH BO 1 1 Mickey Mouse club was organ ized at the Fox Elsinore Satur day afternoon and from the looks and the sound it is to be a huge success. The admission price for Saturday was a penny plus a toy or a clean potato. There were $12 in pennies to turn over to the Salvation Army which was to re ceive all the pennies taken in and three truck loads of potatoes and toys were also taken to the Army headquarters to be delivered to less fortunate children for Christ mas day. Judging from the pen nies there were about 1200 chil dren who attended the Saturday afternoon 'show. The club is an honor affair. There is a code which when lived np to would let mother and dad I and teacher out of a tremendous lot of difficulties. There are to be reductions made in the admis sion price for good report cards from school, good deeds reported and such like things of ralue in child life. - There are to be officers of the club a Mickey Mouse and a Min nie Mouse two color bearers, whose duty it will be to place the flags on the stage each Saturday; and there will be two scribes who will write for the Mickey Column which "is to be in The Statesman once each week and there are other officers, too. There is to be a fifteen minute sing before the Mickey Mouse cartoon picture starts, or If it is ! not oh then some other special feature. And there la to be a special orchestra a- Mickey Mouse orchestra! Saturday admission will be Granted for half price' to those who come with a filled out appli cation blank which nfay be had from certain stores in town, known as Mickey Mouse stores. Ask the Oregon Statesman for the name of these stores, . Though the talking pictures played havoc with moving picture "set musicians" some of them have profited greatly by it. Among them is Sam Messenheim er, who for years played an or gan during the production of sil ent plays, and who is making his debut as a full-fledged revue com poser in "The Pirate Revue." Messenheimer composed the mu sic for the entire revne. The musician, while playing on sets, began composing some years ago. One of his songs. "Idolizin' " achieved national popularity, and "Sing a Little Love Song" followed. When talking pictures came in, Messenheimer made a detailed study of the type of music neces sary for these, and is now on the regular composers' staff at the studios. The musician was born in Los Angeles, and as a scnoolboy used to play marbles, with Lawrence Tibbett, now famous onera ' r who recently starred in "The Rogue Song" at the ctudios whi.j Messenheimer is composing revue music. 5 REAL THEATRE HIT By OLIVE M. IOAK It seems more like St. Pat rick's day at the Pox Elsinore this week-end than three days before Christmas. Before you get away from the re you are singing to yourself such old favorites as ''When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "My Wild Irish Rose" and a few others. And there is green and the sign of the shamrock irhere ever you look on the stage and ' la v the. .costnmes. - The only -.thing lacking is the Irish -pipe. '-Tner is n WBnananv rnnri Irish "Pierrot aad. Pierrotte" chorus number. It is. botbvapec- tabular and graceful and lFraak- - im iiecora sing terr weasingiy irblea adds attraction to the eborac. V " ' . .- The feature picture lg" ."Th ThlrtntB Chair and,, leaves no dull Minutest Better pat stay- Home of the 25c Talkies . r Today - Monday and Tuesday Continuous Show Sunday 2 to 11 P. M. First Showing in Salem His First Talking Picture inrcDi 1 JES. I TODAY MON. TUES WARMER BROS. present A Rip-Roaring "Western with Boot Gibson as the -Riding Tool You've Seen Hoot Ride and Tight Now forT the First Time yon will hear Hoot Talk - s Abo Talking Conedj Ads and Pathe Sound News 'i'i " GRANT ViTHHIS KKsatrnt-catciceanr ' Date lonr Sweet for the llofistcr New Year's Frolic The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK CAPITOL Today "In the Head lines" Grant Withers and Marion Nixon. Wednesday "The Three Live Ghosts." PLAYflnRflCTS Stirring Story Told in Pic ture Despite Ominous Sound of Name FOX ELSINORE Today "The Thirteenth Chair" and Fanchon and Marco in "Idea in Green." Monday "The Thirteenth Chair" and Fanchon and Marco in "Idea in Green." Christmas "Sweetie'' with Nancy Carroll. Saturday '"Sweetie" with Fanchon and Marco. GRAND -Today "The Road to Ru in." Wednesday ' His Last Haul." Thursday "River Pirate" Frazler players. Friday "River Pirate" Frailer players. HOLLYWOOD Today "The Long, Long Trail" with Hoot Gibson. Wednesday "Our Modern Maidens" Manhattan play ers in "A Ruined Honey moon. Thursday "Our Modern Maidens" Manhattan play erst "A Ruined Honey moon.'' Friday "Kid Gloves" with Conrad Nagel. "The Road to Ruin" It sounds ominous and terrible but ; the truth is It is a vital, stirring story, clearly told, and it is said, entertainingly told, concerning the lives of the young folk of to day. These poor young folk are stirring up more discussion, more worry, more gossip, and more consternation and bewilderment am'ong the older generation of today than the Revolutionary war caused William Pitt and Patrick I Henry. i The picture is not" grewsome ! but it Is enlightening and under standable. It ran for six weeks in Portland and drew interested crowds to the very last. It stirs up controversy and no little dis cussion. Helen Foester plays the leading role in this picture which will be sown at the Grand be ginning 'today and running through Monday and Tuesday. After attending the opening of "It's a Great Life" and receiving an enthusiastic ovation from Los Angeles picture-goers, the Dun can Sisters left the coast for Chicago to fulfill a special en gagement at the Palace theatre. They will rturn to Hollywood later in the season to work In a new dialogue and Binging photoplay. Continaons 2 to 11 Daily Today, Mon., Tue i jZi I jfiay Today and Monday Fanchon & Marco's jJibfJu MfflDEA in GREENK fflfifcfijL Moran A Weston - Franklyn Record jfkS jfP Dor's Nil ley - Watts Arminda yjgflvMp Qf$$$i& "K - RIs - Eye Appeals J21J t rfpL SUNK1ST BEAUTIES JWQ R7 CYTQ) VAUDEVILLE FUN AND FAVORS '"S raiE PEOPLE MATT ESSJOW" Perhaps never In the history of Portland has anything created bo wide-spread comment and bitter controversy caused by the showing of "THE ROAD TO RUIN" to a selected group of representative members of the Ministerial Council, Police and Juvenile authorities. Hundreds of calls have come asking about the picture, Its general theme and the reaction of those who law it Some say that they heard from one that it is a wonderful picture for every adult to see, a stirring, gripping, unfor getable story; while others have told them that the picture is "unclean" and not true to life, that the scenes are far fetched and the showing of the unvarnished truths are not fit for consumption. . In defense of the purpose, the pro dducers wish to state that the presentation of the picture to the citizens of Portland is done that each aad every adult, parent or no, may know the true facts concerning the indulgences of modern youth. They also call to your attention, that this picture is based on actual court records of the city of Los Angeles and made under direct su pervision of Leo W. Marden of the juvenile court of that city. Further, that this picture has met with the approval of many of the leading ministers, social workers and school authorities of the entire country. In man?. Instances members of the clergy have used the theme of this pic ture for the text of their sermons from their Sunday pulpits, and hundreds have urged their congregations to at tend, saying that it will do more good than could a hundred preachments. All will note from the expressions printed here, that the majority are in favor of the picture, and have en dorsed it for adult consumption. In fairness to those that condemned the showing, it might be said that some of their objections are well stated and have merit, but the producers believe that the showing of the naked facts con cerning the ever increasing menace of sex delinquency among the youth of today to the parents, will make these par ents realize the graveness of the situation and crystalize them to an immediate and concentrated action to stamp out the cause the bootlerger, roadhouse proprietor, and most of all the Indifferent parents. The producers wtah to state that no appeal is made to the morbidly curious, and that the glaring exposures made in "THE ROAD TO RUIN" are brought to you with a sincerity of purpose. "EVERY PARENT IN AMERICA SHOUD BE COMPELLED TO SEE THE KOADTO RUIN.' " ' Mayor Baker. Portland. l r -1 l :::,:.:.-::;xv;-fr--.t I r i I " -n jr i.' i Taken in a raid on aa uptown apartment,- Sally Canfleld and Don Haghes were caagfat by the photographer Jast before they realised that behind hint stood the police. Several high school and college boys and girls were taken to headquarters and revealed that- these parties were a common pUas nre ameng their crowd. SEE THE ABOVE CASE FULLY PORTRAYED IN i MATINEE AND EVENING FEATURE STARTS: 2:00 P.M. 4:30 P. M. 7K)b pm. 9:30 P. M. 4 : i . , . - I . Ok VMS Not of Interest to Chfldren Under 16 .When attending' Most be Accorapan - ied by Adalt. . Sunday Monday -Tuesday.: ; Usual Price 10cw'25c