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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1929)
,ocal Theatres Present Good Amusement for Coming Christmas Season Collegiate Slang Is Held Passing Into Eclipse Now Are the movie studios about to take away the laurels of the Am erican colleges as birthplaces of colorful "slang" and idioms? "You're Just a great bit "bloop." "Well, Sprock, what do yon want now!" These are some of the ex amples of new words being .in serted into the "overtone langu age" of America by current movie conditions. "Bloop" corns from the sound created when a talking picture In a projection machine hits a badly spliced bit of film. Tim sound li exactly like the word. "Sprock" comes from anothpr bit of projection carelessness called "Sprocket noise," a dour bell buxzer sound which comes when a piece of film runs off its sprockets. Other slang terms now used 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. V. fit ''2Zy''' 't2 I f V " 4 v.- i. f 7J$ "i -. - - 111 !'.- si d Koto the shirt Hoot Is wearing. At the Hollywood today Helm Koater ud Roye look httppy enoagh. Tby appear In "The Road to Ruin" at Grand. A bit of the Jazz to be seen la "Sweetie" at Fox Ekiaore. hT5 .aw 7Z--" Soeaea from HeadUaea at Capitol MYSTERY PLAY TILLS G DI Murder in Calcutta on Dark Night Leads to Series Of Happenings 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 endearored 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 Toice and dramatic acting of Con tad Nagel make of this show be- Vnntag at the Fox Elsinore today, ttnse and dramatic piece of 'ork. I . H I liA RICH'S CHRISTMAS' The Fox Elsinore has planned Sweetie with Nancy Carroll as Jie lead for its Christmas gift to ts audience Wednesday. It's a oiler play jan, singing, danc- tpg cemedy "gags", and a sprink- li. g of plot and lore to hold ft alt together. The play is said to ge a lausic and fun play and as such It should be a good Christmas gift to its audience. It is also ta be aea Thurday and Friday. Baddy Rogers Swings Fp Baoay" nepers Has been a star for some time and new he fixes his astral location as "Half JVay to HeaTea" according to the name of the vehicle la which he wilt appear at the Fox Elsinore beginning Saturday with Fanchon and Marco running throngs to Tuesday lncIasiTe. In this show the tot sat lie Bad dy, will be seen swinging In a swing from which the man aeforb hint was dropped to sadden and sure death by a bit of grudge berae against hire by one of a How he manages himself la a dif ficult aad particular situation. Pretty Joan Arthur who will be remembered in the "The Greene Uurder Case" Is the hero ine around whom -the ! story Is wound. She was good la that picture If yon will remember. Take a look at the directing of this picture. George Abbott did this part of the play. Do you like htm. HODT GiQSON STARTS TODAY Wild Western Thriller Will Be Shown Here for Entertainment -The Long. Long Trail" with Hoot Gibson doing his best west ern thrillers will begin a ran of three days at the Hollywood to day. This picture has much ac tion and some excellent riding in it as well as some appealing lore scenes with dainty Sally Ellers as 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-" Tlronment in rodeo work for it was by winning the all-around championship at Pendleton Round up that he made himself first fa mous. Sleet the Fairbanks Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., now Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. will be seen in "Our Modern Maidens," beginning at the Hollywood Wed nesday and running through Thursday. Joan Crawford made her debut as a star in this play which is characterized as the '"epic of the jaiz 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. iniAII finfiAnm tes THEATRE HIT t , . Tick's this week-v before Christ. t, away from tb. M. DOAK -- like St. Pat '"""X Elsinore "e days! - - get MICKEY MOUSE CLUB Balem Kiddles Irani of new organization with fait fancy aad fact for children smder la years of age. Mickey Mouse crab 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 SIS in pennies to turn erer 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 12tv chil dren who attended the Saturday afternoon show. TodayV Feature Story The three principals of "Trader Horn," with several members of the technical staff of the picture, arrived H New York the first of December on the S. S. Vulcanla, an Italian steamship, and left there for California three days la ter. Harry Carey, who has the title role in the film 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, accomnanled the tilsvern 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 Terri'torv and tho Veanrta Prntao. torate to the Lake Albert region. This is the first Hollvwood ex pedition io visit 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 tho film, and twenty tons of 'movie" eauin- ment transported over the entire route. Members of the "Trader Horn" party who returned with Carev. Renaldo and Miss Booth on the Vulcanla included Robert A. "Red" Golden, assistant director: Clyde deVinna, head cameraman; Kane 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 Dvke la remaining at Man. baza. East Africa, to clear up fin al 'details or 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 tne animals brought back as sets br the "Trader Horn" adventurers were three red coiuous moniceys, a baby leopard and a baby lion. The club Is an honor affair. There la & code which when lived up to would let mother and dad Land teacher out of a tremendous lot of difficulties. There are to be reductions made la the admis sion price for good report cards from school, good deeds reported and such like things of value in child life. There are to be officers of the club a Mickey Mouse and m Min nie Mouse two eolor bearers, whose duty it will be to place the flags on the stage each Saturday; and there win 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 on then some other special feature. And there is to be a special orchestra a Mickey Mouse orchestra! Saturday admission will be granted for halt price to those who come with a filled out appli cation blank which may be- aad from certain stores in town, knowa as Mickey Mouse stores. Ask the Oregon, Statesman, for the name of these stores.. : Home of the 25c Talkies Today v - - and Tuesday first Yaikiag: Picture to -yourseir such t. ? 4 ' When Irish Eyes d "My Wild Irish R. few others. And there U at the sign of the. shauck where ever you look on the stag . and' In the costumes. The only thing lacking to the Irish pine. There Is an unusually food - Irish "Pierrot and Pierrette" chorns nnmber. .It . is both spee- . taenlar and -graceful ..and Frank l!n. - Record sing very pleasingly which tdda i; attraction - to the chorus, ;-: ' " ,;' tw - The feature picture ':' Is Th Thirteenth Chair- and leaves . no dull minutes. Better pat star comb on your hair. - - - f - l , -. - ' .-v., -. 1 " ' ' 1 - . I " 'I" i - . - - : - ' U .First Shor- SSCOM A RIp-Roarlng Western with Hoot Gibson as the Riding. Fool You're Seen Hoot Eldo and: right Now for the First Time you will Hear Hoot Talk v Abo Talking; Corned Acta and Pathe Sound News PRESS THEM E f FILM Piny 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 Vitaphone 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. 'SETISIEIB' WNEW TASKS 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." Me3senheimer composed the mu sic for (he entire revne. The musician, while playing on sets, began composing some years ago. One of his songs. Idolixin' " achieved national popularity, and "Sing a Little Love Song" followed. When talking pictures came in, Messenhelmer 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 schoolboy used to play marbles., with Lawrence Tlbbett, now famous opera Mar who recently starred la The Rogue Song" at the studios where Messenhelmer is composing revue music. I fcTfjjsj I I TODAY TUES. I tfAWCJlMtfii CWJT VTIKHIS Date Tow Sweet for the Moaater New Tear's FroUe TKeCall Board By OLIVE M. DOAK CAPITOL Today "In the Head lines" Grant Withers and Marion Nixon. Wednesday 'The Three Live Ghosts." FOX ELSINORE Today -The Thirteenth Chair" and Fanchon and Marco in "Idea in Green." Monday "The Thirteenth Chair" Ind Fanchon and Marcovin "Idea In Green." Christmas "Sweetie" with Nancy Carroll. GRAND Today "The Road to Ru in." Wednesday ''His Last Haul." Thursday "River Pirate" Frazier players. Friday "River Pirate" Frazier 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" Manhatten play- ers," "A Ruined Honey- moon." Friday "Kid Gloves" with Conrad Nagel. ROAD TD RUN HI Stirring Story Told in Pic ture Despite Ominous Sound of Name "The Road to Ruin" ft 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 among the older generation of today than the Revolutionary war caused William Pitt and Patrick Henry. 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 st,own 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 singing photoplay PnWfca35BzHBSKMzaaassSBsV I J fJnzi I Continuous 2 to 11 Dally Jr4 TXf f f Today, Tue 71 f. Fanchon & Marcel fJfejj fiffjDEA in GOEENv& iftiP5 Moran A Weston Franklyn Record tfS&jiy i Ior Nirley - Watts A Arminda lwiP QfltffifySk Jig - Reels - Eye Appeals rVrJP SUNKIST BEAUTIESly VVRlrT? - vai inpvn 1 P l-Z WT U -M . ' m w t FUN AND FAVORS W) Perhaps never In the history of Portland has anything created so wide-spread comment and bitter controversr caused by the showing of "THE ROAD TO RTJIX" 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 saw iL Borne say that they heard from one that It is a wonderful picture tor every adult to see, a stirring, grlpolnr unfor getable story; while others have told them that the picture Is "unclean" and not true to life, that the scenes are fsr fetehed and the showing of the unvarnished truths are not fit for consumption. In defense)f the purpose ths I nro dducers wish to state that the presentation of the picture to the citizen, of PrtHhd llifS-dS adult, parent or no may know the true facta concerning the Indulgences of modem youth. They also TeaU to attention, that this picture 1. based on actual court records of the city of Los AufeleTand mad! Saderiirect su pervision of Leo W. Marden of the Juvenile court of that city. - oireci ,u Further, that this picture has met with the approval of many ef the leading ministers sooist school authorities of the entire country. In many instances members ef the ymLiL ture for the text of their sermons from their Sunday pulpits, and hundreds ha urged tend, saying: that It will do more good than could a hundred preacliments. congregations to at- All will note from the expressions printed here, that the majority are fa favar of thm. .tt,,M v. laT4 fidalt """"P"' In t those that toDJJuS their objections are weU stated and have merit, but the producer, believe tkmt thh!JirlltSu Ln earning the ever Increasing menace of sex delinquency among the youth of today to the naraata. m.w onto realize the graveness of the situation and crvstaiim. thm t . Ji-T-?"n.wU!.mk P"- the cause the bootlegger, roadhouse nronrietor and n .1 ZXl ? ""clww ctlon to stamp out male " . - wr- .w. , ui.ak im o,tt 1Mb muuierent narnts The producers wish to state that ao appeal Is made to the morbidly eurtAn. ,v , , . in -THB ROAD TO RUIN- are bnSt to yoa Cith a sincerity of pu' xpo.ure. "EVERY PARENT IN AMERICA SHOUDBE COMPELLED TO SEE THE ROAD TO RUIN.'" Mayor Baker, - Portland, ,ut J Y u ' ' ' X MATINEE ; AND EVENING ucm Taken la a raid oa am uptown apartment, Sally Csaldrstrf'id- are amoms thetr crowd. r were eomme, pl SEE THE ABOVE CASE FULLY PORTRAYED IN FEATURE STARTS: 2:00 P.M., 40 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 90P.M. Hoi of Interest to Children Under 16 When attending; KIcst be Aeccspsa led br Adult. Monday Tuesday vUual Prices 10c M4 25c ' . , - i , , .:,
