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Various Kinds of Entertain
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Folk This Week
Grand patrons this week are
not going to lack for variety
there Is comedy, mystery, and
near drama on the program.
Richard Dix leads the lift in,
'The Love Doctor" today. Dix Is
the very person to Interpret such
a play for he certainly has made
a specialty in very intense emo
tional plays and appears quite
superior tn his ability to make
love. But in "The Love Doctor"
lie is much more amusing than
Sensational. His comedy and the
situations into which he is thrown
as a young doctor refufing to fall
In love became marriage will in
terfere with his career is suffi-
ient material for an excellent
few hours of amusement.
Villany Is Rife In Mystery Play
The Orient holds deep mystery
for the average person and there
Is no mystery story that has finer
shadings' than those which re
volve about an oriental plot. "The
Mysterious Dr. Fu Manehu" is
made a gripping' and startling
story by the acting of Neil Ham
ilton and Jean Arthur and by the
fa jit moving action of (he play.
In it are the old elements of a
pretty girl, hypnotism, and in
trigue and for an evening of
thrilling experiences It leaves lit
tl. to be desired.
What is "Half Marriage?"
Just another way to mention
the much discussed "companion
ate marriage." Olive Borden
play3 the lead. The story has to
do with, poverty, love, and in
trigue which all work together to
create a difficult situation hard
to bear and hard to explain. This
picture will be at the Grand in
connection with the Frazier play
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Again Salem folk will have a
last chance to see the mirth-pro-Toldng
play 'The Cocoanuts" with
the forfr Marx brothers. The only
way to appreciate this play Is to
eee it and get- the wise-cracks
that are made. These make the
story and make it in such a way
that you won't forget it soon.
Audiences
Of Sweden
Worried
Theatregoers of Sweden are
more worried over the talking
picture sitaation today than any
- thing else, according to Knut
Landmark, director of the royal
astronomical observatory of Swe
den, and world famous astrono
mer, i
Professor Lundmark. now In
America, conducting researches
Into heavenly nebulae at the
Mount Wilson Observatory, visit
ed Victor Seastrom, film d"tais
tor, and a former" classmate at
Upsala University,. at the Metro-goldwyn-Mayer
studios, and
watched In detail the filming of
talking pictures. ,
"American pictures," said Pro
cessor Lundmark, "are tar and
' away the most popular in Sweden,
and American stars are as well
known there as here. We of Swe
den fear that our country is not
rich enough to support-talking
jerslons in our own languages,
and that we may lose some of the
'American pictures we love as a
result of the newly development."
Sweden, he says, Is proud os an
entire nation of Greta Gaxbo, and
tt Nils Asther. for their aucces
ses in American films, and Lars
Hanson, is today a national idol.
Carl Loe Remains
Reach Silverton
SILVERTON, Jan. II. The
body of Carl Loe, who died Wed
nesday moraine at San Jom. Cal
ifornia, arrived at Silverton today
and la in charge of the Larson &
0on funeral parlors.
Definite arrangements oars Hot'
yet been made, bat i is believed
that funeral services will bo held
hi onday afternoon.
Mr. Loe resided at Silverton for
Something like 2 5. years and has
a large group of relatives and
Mends here. He was a mjmber of
Jmmaauel Lutheran church.
WATKE GESXER DIES
RICKET. Jan. IS Little
Wayne Gesner. passed away, on
Friday at; the borne of . his par;
ents, Ur. and Mrs. Clifford -Ges-xter
near tbe fair grounds. Be-
fides bis parents be leaves two sis
ters May Etta and La June and
three brothers, Richard, Donald
and Robert,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Gesner lived
in this community, before their
marriage. Mr. Gesner Is the son
Of B. G. Gessner, the oldest mem
ber of this community , and Mrs.
.Gesner will be remembered as
Mary Edwards, the ' daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards
of this place.
FOX ELSINORE
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George Bancroft shown in a moment of action "In "The Mighty,"
the feature picture at the Fox Elsinore today.
Florenz Ziegfeld Himself
Is Producer of High Glass
Film Coming to City
Florenz Ziegfeld has made him
self a figure in the mind of the
American theatre public. He has
become a connoiseur of American
feminine beauty and the producer
of spectacular show productions.
Now for the benefit of the mil
lions he has made a talking and
singing production for the screen
which is called . "Glorifying the
American Girl" and which will be
at the Fox Elsinore beginning
Tuesday and running on through
Friday.
It will have some technicolor.
It will have much music. It will
have an abundance of beauty and
dancing and It will tell a story of
a poor girl who won her way to
the stage but lost love on the
way up.
WM BOYS WILL
Sunday Theatre Capitol ;o.fs
The Gotham Rhythm Boys,
who appear on the vitaphone pro
gram at Bligh's Capitol today in
connection with "Lucky Star."
The Rhythm Boys merit the title
of "society entertainers." The trio
has . entertained CoL Charles
Lindbergh. Queen Marie of Ron-
mania. Secretary of War, Davis,
the Yanderbilts and many other
famous personages. -
The Gotham 'Rhythm-boys first
won fame In vaudeville, picture
houses. They hare toured .the
country several times and have
appeared together for the past
three and one half years. They
have played over the radio and at
present time are recording tor
several-phonograph companies.
The artists accompany them
selves on guitars, Eddie Lewis
plays an all-steel guitar: Tom
Miller, a Spanish guitar; and
Lou Monte, a tenor guitar, .
Realtors Busy
Despite. Weather
Even the present severe weath
er conditions have failed entire
ly to stop business at the office of
Louis Bechtel and George Thom-
mson, realty dealers. .They have
Just closed, a deaTwhereby Lloyd
Peters of - California becomes
owner of the 20-car farm' near
AumsTHle owned by. E. J. Swesey
ot South: Dakota. .Consideration Is
said to have been 12,769. The
same dealers handled a trade
whereby! John Meter is the new
APPEAR BE TODAY
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Mary Eaton takes the leading
role in this and she is ably sup
ported by Edward Crandall, Olive
Shea, Dan Healy. Kaye Renard,
and Sarah Edwards.
You will perhaps remember the
work of Mary Eaton in "The Co
coanuts" that is, if you were
not laughing too hard over the
Marx brothers and their antics.
There is with this show one
man whose name has become a
synonym for fun Eddie Cantor.
Whoever was fortunate enoughto
see and hear him in "The Osteo
path" skit with Ziegfeld's tollies
will never fall to smile at the
mention of his name. He will
"do his stuff" In this Ziegfeld
story and he alone should make
the play worth seeing.
possessor ot the William McCar
roll home in Salem and Mr. Mc
Carroll becomes owner of a high
ly improved 10-acre tract. Total
consideration was $12,500.
Bankers From
Salem Attend
Special Session
Salem will be well represented
at the session of the Oregon bank
ers' agricultural short course.
which will be held in Portland
January 23 and 24.
F. A. Doerfler, of the First Na
tional, Robert Shinn of the United
States National and Henry Craw
ford of Ladd and Bush will be pre
sent and it is expected that other
representatives from each bank
will attend at least part ot the
session.
The bankers will meet In the
Livestock Exchange building. One
of the features of the session Is
the stock Judging contest In 7hJcn
the bankers take part. A visit to
the Portland stock yards Is also
on the program.
Playing bis first college game,
Marshall Tackett, sophomore
guard of Butler university In
dianapolis, held the- western con
ference's high scorer, "8treteh"
Murphy of Purdue, to three
points, all fouls. - -
Harry K. Young, who elptained
football, basketball, baseball and
track team at Washington and
Lee university in llli and 1917,
will coach the freshman football
team next taU.
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Today "The Mighty.
with George Bancroft, Fan-
chon and Marco "Carnival
Russe." .
Tuesday Zlegfleld's
"Glorifying the American
Girl."
ELICITS CAPITOL
Today "Lucky S t a r,"
with Janet Gaynor.
GRAND
Today "The Love Doc-
tor," with Richard Dix.
Monday "The Mysterious
Dr. Fu Manchu."
T h u r b d ay "Half Mar-
riage.". Frazier players.
Saturday "The Cocoa-
nuts," one day only.
HOLLYWOOD
Kortli Capitol' St. la North Salem
Today "Madame X,"
with Ruth Chatterton.
Wednesday "Do Your
Duty." Manhattan players in
"Her Sister's Husband."
Friday "Mawas," the gl-
ant gorilla of the Jungle.
"Let those women who bewail
the return of long hair and skirts
watch the fashionable olution
of Ruth Chatterton in her present
starring production for Para
mount, "Sarah and Son." The
first sequences of the picture are
laid la1 1914, and Miss Chatterton
appears in the inevitable "hobble
skirt" and coiffure of that per
iod.
The middle sequences of the
picture takes place In 1920, and
Miss Chatterton wears the early
versions of the bob, a rather long,
very much curled affair. The
year 1929 marks the conclusion of
the production and Miss Chatter-
ton's skirts are long, but her hair
is worn closely over her head,
softly water-waved and pinned in
a small chignon at the neck. In
accordance with today's mode.
Here are the requirements
sought in pretty girls when a.
search was recently made for
eight girls chosen for "The Vaga
bond King."
Romance, expressed in specifi
cations of feminine beauty, has
blue eyes and blonde hair, is five
leet ttve inches tall and weights
123 pounds.
Those are the statistical deduc
tions derived from a beauty
search that has Just been conclud
ed In Hollywood.
Do not miss the Fanchon and
Marco show at the Fox Elsinore
this week end unless you want to
cheat yourself of a truly interest
ing and genuinely enjoyable en
tertainment. It is. so different as to be start
ling and yet it is intimate enough
to take you into the spirit of the
occasion and make you "play with
them."
The stage is set to represent a
street scene In Russia at carnival
time. The whole act is bound
together so that although there
are Individual appearances, Sonla
and company for instance and the
Sam Linfield company, the Sun
Rise trio, and the Sunklst beau
ties, yet the sum total is as one
big show and every body having
a fine time real carnival spirit
tricks played in each other,
dancing, flirting, Jokes and all
of it so spontaneous, and sprite
ly that the audience Is swept into
the spirit of the whole thing.
Countess Sonla is a truly In
teresting person. She has been in
the United States five years and
three of those years she spent on
the Orpheum with ber own com
pany. Ten years ago she left
Russia and one most watch the
vivacious little lady closely if one
does not miss what she is saying
for spe speaks very broken but
very attractive English.
"My dancing,- said she, "I
learned by myself. No lessons,
for in the beat Russian families
I when I was growing op dancing
ell, It was not so good. It Is,
ah-' Just in me." and she laughed
and shrugged her shoulders. '
I think she is right after talk
ing, to her: She Is vivacious, quick
and. I suspect. Inscrutable. Her
yellow, quick moving eyes told
very little except to twinkle and
show fire and emotion.
Her dancing partner Is from the
Russian Imperial Ballet. It you
don't enjoy this Fanchon andj
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Ruth Chatterton Heads List
Of Outstanding Stars
In Production
One of the finest pictures ot
the past months is "Madame X"
now Showing at the Hollywood
with Ruth Chatterton, . Lionel
Barrymore and Wlllard Mack
heading the list of leading char
acters. Ruth Chatterton, once a
popular stage star, made much
fame for herself when she played
the part of "Madame X." Many
contracts,, wer offered her and
she accepted a contract with Par
amount with whom she is now
and she did this with a provision
which is Interesting she made
it understood that 6he was to be
allowed the opportunity to direct
some pictures by herself.
After one Bees the work which
she does in "Madame X" it is
easy to realize that she would be
capable of sensing the right and
wrong in the production of a pic
ture. "Madame X" briefly is the
tense drama of a woman in Par
is who through a tragic mistake
Is exiled. She must leave her wee
son whom she loves more than
life and eventually in her color
ful and dramatic career she comes
to the bar of justice to find her
own son defending her but not
as his mother simply as a wom
an In need.
Miss Chatterton is young when
the play begins but as it closes
some 20 years later she has aged
and her accomplishment of this
transformation is one of the finest
parts of the play.
When Dnty Becomes Ftm
Charley Murray, the man whose
face and Its, expressions must
have been made for the world to
laugh at, is going to appear at
the Hollywood beginning Wed
nesday in "Do Your Duty." Of
course he is a policeman, and he
is the victim of some, very under
handed treachery which loses him
his Job but eventually he clears
himself in time to appear for a
wedding in which he is very
much interested. You will like
"Do Your Duty."
Mickey the
Mouse Now
Is Famous
Here is a bit of Interesting
comment on "Mickey tho Mouse"
cartoon which are so popular in
the United States with both old
and young which shows that we
are not the only folk who are en
joying this original creation. This
was written from London by J.
A. Van Brakle, a special corres
pondent. '
It has remained for "Mickey
the Mouse" to stdal the show as a
single real talking, or rather, mu
sical film. So popular has this
feature become in England that
all the critics are beginning to
take Its fun seriously.
The film critic of the Observer
said recently: ''To my mind, Walt
Disney's cartoons of Mickey the
Mouse are the most imaginative,
witty and satisfying productions
to be found in the modern cine
ma." Mickey the Mouse Is fast be
coming something more than a
very funny mouse. It appears
from the column-tang articles now
being written about him that he
has a genealogy and expresses a
philosophy!
His family tree traces back to
Felix t he Cat, and still further
to Krazy Kat of the comic strip.
But Mickey the Mouse, while
drawing so much from the past
is a real creature of the present.
From casual enjoyment of this
musical mouse, you might not
guess that he Is modern enough
to express a philosophy, but the
critics hare discovered that even
that is so.
Just what the philosophy Is Is
not exactly clear to my mind, but
it seems, in. the words of one re
viewer that Mickey the Moose "Is
a whispered and wicked commen
tary on - western civilisation
through the medium of civiliza
tion's most cherished machine."
Maybe so, but in the meantime
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gripping interpretation of "Bladame X" Is shown here in a dramatic
moment. At the Hollywood today. .
Today's
Feature
Story
Properties, like players, must
mit their call to motto picture
actum. Some are in demaql con
stantly. Others are required less
frequently, being fitted only for
specialized types of stories or set
tings. In the property building of Par
amount's Hollywood studios is a
magnificent gold plated concert
grand piano. It was purchased at
auction from a wealthy Hudson
river estate several years ago and
sent to the west coast plant from
the New York studios. Made in
France, the Instrument has a high
value and is rated as one of the
"stars" among the properties.
. Yet it has been used very lit
tle before the cameras. It is in
harmony only with elaborate con
tinental settings.
In French Locale
In "Slightly Scarlet," an Eve
lyn Brent and Clive Brock co
starring romance with a French
locale, the piano 'was at home.. It
was moved from Its reserved sec
tion In the property building to
the drawing room ot an elaborate
villa erected for the production.
Under the sheds at the Para
mount ranch, thirty-five miles
north of Hollywood, are hundreds
of vehicular relics of by-gone
days. Ox carts, overland stage
coaches, carriages, buggies ot all
sorts and covered wagons. These
rest peacefully most of the days
of the year.
Old Coaches Used
A stage coach, which bears the
actual bullet marks of a gold
days' holdup, came out of retire
ment for scenes of "The Virgin
Ian," as did various buggies and
the Mickey cartoons are being Joy
ously accepted by men and women
of every type of understanding.
In the west end picture theatres
of Londn the appearance of Mick
ey is welcomed with cheers, and
in a few month's time he has be
come a star and won a star's
billing.
GRANGD
MON, - TUES. - WED.
"The Mysterious
Dr. Fu Manchu"
All Talking Thrill Drama
with
WARNER OLAND. NEIL
HAMILTON, JEAN
ARTHUR
also
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Evenings
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Salem's finest sovad equip
ment. Yow bear and -see
talking; pictures at their
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cattle outfits.
Not In many days has there
been such activity along "vehicle
row" at the ranch as has been oc
casioned by "Only the Brave,"
Gary Cooper's new starring pic
ture. Several covered wagons
have been wheeled into action. Ox
carts, buggies and graceful carri
ages of the type employed by
wealthy Southern plantation own
ems also are working before the
cameras.
When this adventure-romance
Is ended, the wagons, the carts
and the carriages will go back in
to line under the ranch sheds. It
only may be a few diys before
they go into action again. It may
be months.
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the protection afforded by the
11.00 Accident policy issued to
Statesman subscribers?
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Feel so all excited I Pitter
patter, all a-tingle! See and
hear "The Love Doctor."
He applies the laugh-cure.
You'Uloveit.
and too .
Two Gaa Glnsbarg'
All talking comedy
"MY WIFE.
All talking act
and . . .
MACK SENNETT
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Popular. Star Appears With
Charles Farrell in Lat
est Film
"Lucky Star," the latest and
third picture made by the trio,
Janet Gaynor with Charles Far
rell under Frank Borzage's direc
tion is perhaps the best. It is
showing at Bligh's Capitol thea
tre today, Monday and Tuesdav.
This trio made "7th Heaven,"
and "Street Angel," two of the
big pictures of the past season,
and now "Lucky Star" makes a
trio of successes of the first or
der. Photographically this Fox pic
ture has a rare beauty which
gives the production a quality
seldom achieved. Add this to the
fact that the story is one of those
human documents a slice out of
life as it were with enough ro
mance to satisfy any and all
tastes and you have a good pic
ture. The, Impoverished "down east"
hill farm country supplies the lo
cale and here Miss Gaynor is dis
covered living a bedraggled life
as the eldest child. Mary, of "Ma"
Tucker,, who wrestles valiantly
with the soil to feed her young
ones. "Ma" always has a weath
er eye open! for her Mary to be
sure she is working. There are
also some excellent scenes In the
first line trenches, tense and stir
ring and always convincing.
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