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?anet Gaynor and Charles Farrefl in the comedy "Sannyside Up" now showing at Bligh's jjj JJ jfjUllU r r i ; MililFTMISFBS-'B IIUIIIL, I U1IIIL.IIU ORIS LAUGHS i. - ; lever Stage Play is Rollick ing Screen Development ; At Hollywood T'Wo authors whose experiences emlface many years in the theatri cal world, prepared the brilliant adaptation of George M. 'Cohan's celebrated stage play, "The Home Towners." to be Been now at the Hollywood and which Bryan Foy re$tly directed with an all-star .cast at -Warner Bros.' studio. Tfte are Murray Roth and Ad dison Burkhart. Roth at one time was one of Broadway's leading song writers, and his lyrics at tracted the attention of an import ant Hollywood producer. -He made his feow in the .film world with Foi studio where he remained for over-five years as a comedy con atrnctlofilst and writer. 'Addison Burkhart first rose to fame as the author of the book for the Shuberts' big musical comedy prodnctlon, "The Run aways." "The Home Townere which la Murray Roth's and Addison Bark hart's adaptation, has in the stel lar cast such well known stage and screen actors as Richard Ben nett, Doris Kenyan, Robert Me Wade, Gladys Brockwell, Robert Edeson, Vera Lewis, Stanley Tay lor. James T. Mack, Patricia Ca ron and many others. ' - "The Home Towners" was a t perfect comedy for the stage and the genius of these two clerer young men, Burkhart and Roth, has transferred to the totally dif- - . (erent medium of the screen with all the gaiety and gusto that aroused audiences when it had its Broadway run. The home towners are Just peo ple, the sort we all know. The main characters are two men, now middle-aged, who hare been chums from boyhood days. v P. H. Bancroft has preferred to tnarxjy and settle down in the old tome town. Vic Arnold has gone to the Big Town and - become a millionaire, and is now, at a rath er late date engaged to a beautiful irl Beth Calhoun, whose father fcasTeatyd a bottle washer and lti : It raome semblance of a for tune.! His son, Wally, has a good Job in 2Vall Street, and .there Is . - no Immediate need of augmenting the family In come, and then the story starts. Screen stars learn other film trades' besides their own. Most of th Teigntag f&Yorltei of the Xilmi, if they suddenly f found Shey' couldn't act any more-, comld ' make successful - Urings , right n ; the Industry, la callings they're , followed as 1 nobbles around the studios white acting. - - .For Instance," Lbn Chaney, would be able to make good mon ey as a cameraman. As a hobby he's been filming "movies" for years with his own camera; wild animals, celebrities, and even a play he produced tnd directed from his own story. Buster Keaton, frozen-faced comedian with a mechanical turn of mind, is as good a projectionist as any In a theatre. He has us own projection machine at home, ; has experimented with it tor years, can, take ft apart and re- .assemble! it blindfolded, and ha rua muttons ox zeet or mm wun John Gilbert was a director be fore he became a star, and could go right back to directing if he ' wanted to And make a success of It. judging purely by the films he directed in the past. Cliff Ed wards, makes records as a hobby. . and ;t very expert at It;' enough O'to aoia aown t jod w u sound department, with the best of the workers there.' CHILD HAS RECOVERED MONMOUTH, Feb. 1 Mrs. Velma Smith and son, Donald, re- tured Friday from Portland where they went to Consult a 'specialist for Donald, who recently - under went a nasal epemtlon. His con dition was proaooncd highly sat Ijfaetory, ; : - ;- . - - While to tno tty they were guests ml Mrs, (Smith's aisters, Iflsses Florence and. Josephine UUj, teachers there. USEFUL TRADES ARE KEPT FOR 1IIY DAY ' ; - " " ' - ' . ' - - l ,j ' "' - ' ' I ' . . """l-"--""7 ' )l rftfo0 Here is a sronp of "The Home Towneni" in actkm, now to ' i!!;: be seen at the Hollywood. SSpr' A r - " . c , ( v v.'. i i -in ii - T at - h Li . ' i h'-mw . 'ox Elsinore "Big Four Is Interesting Array Of Film Celebrities Tho "Big Four" of the Fox El slnore ia surely imposing sound ing. These offerings will start Saturday with "Love Comes Along." With "Rio Rita" still a fresh memory It Is a pleasure to find Bebe Daniels again on the list of pictures for this week. This time she will again appear in an exotic sort of picture, with a far-away island for the locale and a high ly imaginative story for the plot. Those who heard Bebe sing In "Rio Rita" and realized the great strides she is making in her pro fession will be pleased to again see and hear her. The character work is done by Montague Love, comedy is taken care of by Ned Sparks, who made a name for himself n "Street Girl" and Lloyd. Hughes' appears opposite Bebe. This is the first time Hughes has. been heard in sound pictures. The story Is one of love and romance just the thing for Bebe it would seem. Many na tionalities and many occupations also make a bit different infusion into the life of the picture. , Tes, here are the Duncan sla ters and they, have to have room and freedom of expression and It would seem that they have both and plenty of It in "It's a Great Life", commencing at the Fox El sinore Tuesday. These two girls started on their fame tour a long time ago at Tait's in San Francisco. They were entertainers and soon need ed more "room" than the sophis ticated and fashionable house of Tait could offer. They started out for themselves and ' their wise cracking tame has just about spread around the world. It is to be hoped that "It's a Great Life" is their best Tor In that case it will be something no one will want to miss. The theme of play is one of stage life and therefore a bit uninviting for the simple fact that there have been so many just such themes. But for that matter it is difficult to find themes that have not been used a great deal even life is a repeater the ones, who make It worth while are the ones who have something the others have not. It is said that the Duncan sisters have that Certainly they dance and wisecrack and act in such manner as to make manv thousand folk enthusiastic. The cast of players for "It's a Great Life" has only fire people in it. Here Is handsome Ramon No- varro and he is again all dressed up In gorgeous uniforms, and he wields a sword and wins the heart of a lovely maiden In the true Novarro style In "Devil liar Care the third of the Fox Elsl- nore's "Big Four." There la this to be added &Tknt Newarro with . the advent " nf sound one ot the finest things about his work developed over nignE. aa it were, it stave Mm a cnance to sing nod an ODDortarT- tty to make use of his charming peMinr voice. Be was heard for the first time In "The Paean" and his popular ity with that measured in dollars and cents made the song writers aione, siso.ooo. "Devil May Care," is a story ot intrigue and lore during the time or wapoieonf How Novarro t eaped a firing- squad by a high- jump, round refuge, fell in love. Sunday - Monday - Tuesday : ROBERT ARMSTRONG - CAROL LOMBARD In " ' "DIG KEVG" Sensational Mystery Drama of Newspaper Life "BIG SEWS" is the-ttljr FIRST TDUSTX THIS CTTX And a Great Program' of Short Subjects Pathe Bound "News ROMANY LASS? A Beautiful Colored Sound Novelty . ' BLACK NARCISSUS . ; AH Talking Comedy Biot ' .; - - . . Ceasedy Today's Feature Story Without knowing a thing of It nntil after it had happened. George Bancroft played a stellar role in a German motion picture while he was in Berlin during his recent trip .through Europe. The big chested Paramount star was taking a morning stroll down Unter den Linden, famed Berlin thoroughfare, when six uniformed policemen, greeting volubly, fell in step with him. three on either side. They linked arms with him to form a line across the sidewalk and Bancroft, believing it was just another one of those things that picture stars are supposed to put up with in public, smiled his broadest and stepped along.. Suddenly, Bancroft became aware that his sextette of official companions had turned serldns and seemed to he acting the parts of stern enforcers of the law. Then Bancroft heard a familiar and unmistakable clicking sound somewhere in advance of him and the reasons for It all were made known. A motion picture camera had been hidden in some boxes on a large handcart, and this cart, with Its turning camera, had been drawn down the street Just in front of the group of which Ban croft was the central figure. Un consciously he had been playing a part of some still unidentified German film producer. George Arliss Soon to Be Seen In Local House One of the chief topics of con versation among folk Interested In the theatre has been the re markable picture, "Disraeli" with George Arliss in the character of the great statesman Disraeli. This picture Is something more than a gripping story. George Ar liss makes it life, real and vital, as it was lived by one of the great est men England has erer known. JThe story has to do with the de termination of a man who polls himself from the restrictions im posed upon the Jews Into the most honored place in the English gov ernment outside ot the - King s seat. - ' All through the slay Is Intrigue; masterful display ot wits, humor. sometimes grim but Very real. and there is romance. -! . . . -T and won -honor Is a fast moving and exciting plot an 'woven Into a musical romance thai should afford much pleasure. It is interesting to note that there are only seven characters in this cast, too. Tho fourth of the "Big Four" is Maurice Chevalier in ".The Love Parade," starting Febru ary 11. Scoop of an Thrill Dva NEW MATERIAL Little Known English Cast Will Present Jrish Drama This Week . This week at the Grand there are- to be presented three pictures which stand up under Investiga tion. They offer variety of sub ject matter and the cast of play ers present many new faces which will add attraction to the pic tures "Big News" will open Sunday's program and continue on through Tuesday. Robert Armstrong is the suspected reporter in this picture of newspaper life which includes the plot of the editor being kill ed and one of the reporters, Arm strong, appearing to be the mur derer. Carol Ldmbard interprets the part of the wife of Lombard In this picture. The solution of the murder and the human inter est and amusing sides to newspa per life that run through the pic ture are said to be quite differ ent. The awful truth Is out has been for some time but this is Just a reminder John Gilbert is married and to no less than In a Claire and she Is to be at the Grand in "The Awful Truth" be ginning Wednesday. It is hard to tell about the play just how unusual It will be, hut you may be sure that It will be genuine entertainment done with grace and finish, for Ina Claire made a brilliant suc cess on the stage with this play: she Is said to be the "best dress ed woman on the American stage;" she Is said to be wearing 120,000 worth of clothes in this play and therefore should offer much of Interest to women; and another big appeal ot the picture is that Marshall Nellan directed it. "The Awful Truth" is a mar tial mixup. The story opens with a divorce court action between two people who are still In love but who through jealousy are un able to get on together. The ulti mate reunion of these two peo ple, Ina Claire and Henry Daniel, make the plot of the story. Beginning with Friday the Grand will Bhow "Lucky In Love" and with it Is an unusual cast most of the folk are English hav ing been born in or near London and many of them have spent most of their lives In England. Then there are some Americans, one German, and one girl from Peoria, Illinois. People In Chica go would can her a foreigner. too. The- story Is one of Ireland and therefore the cast should get ev erything out of it in terms of reality. The plot is one of lore between a stable boy and a girl of nobility, daughter of tho boy's Continuous 1 to 11 , i Tomorrow with REVIVAL OF STARTS TUESDAY First of tho mg:4 ySi PsS J LlTiVn I -.'FANCHON lui 3 : 1 " 3 NDES" I VmS aW - 1 f " : BEAI'XIKS it .-. y . : Ofj' ' nOOSE COTV : y " The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK GRAND North Hifli between Court and'SUte Today "Big News." ' Wednesday "The Awful truth,; wltn Iha CIafre 'Col lins and Singer in "Too Good to Live." Thursday "The Awful Truth," with Ina Claire. Col lines and Singer in "Too Good to Live." Friday "Lucky in Love." HUGH'S CAPITOL, Today "Sunnyside Vvf Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Thursday "Hot for Paris." Sunday "Disraeli," with George Arliss. FOX ELSINORE South High between 8tt anil Ferry Today Bebe Daniels in "Love Comes Along." Fan- chon and Marco in "Hot Dominoes." Monday Bebe Daniels In "Love Comes Along." Tuesday Duncan Sisters In "It's A Great Life." Saturday Ramon Navar- ro in "Devil May Care,"nd Fanchon and Marco. HOLLYWOOD Xorta Capitol ia North Salem Today "The Home Town- ers." There is one thing about the shows this week which appeals many of the casts are small and that means It will be necessary for good work on the part of a few instead ot the "mass produc tion" with responsibility so divid ed that it is hard to tell which is good and which Is bad. Fanchon and Marco have a pe culiar show about which to speak this week-end. It is interesting anjl amusing in spots, and ' to say the least it Is unusual. The illuminated puppet show against a black background is something to remember. It is well done and It is spectacular. The children In the audience Sat urday afternoon were breathless, and as a little miss who accom panied me to the show remarked, "That was a good show, wasn't employer. The third angle of the triangle Is a captain in the Eng lish army and a rascal. Being Irish the play has many laughs and much quaint and ap pealing conversation as well as swift-moving -drama.. Kenneth Webb is the director of the pic ture and with the successful work which he has done in the past it seems reasonable to expect "Lucky in Love" to be a well done piece ot Work. LoVe Comes Along" ' V 'fBEAU GESTE" i '; K 3 Hfttxrth9ia$6C BroadbueatShoufL. Montague Love, Lloyd Hughes Ekinore. . Sound Theory Action, Voice Correlated When Registering Emotion ! "Theoretically possliiHu practical." :V but not This Is Hollywood's opinion of the statement, voiced at the Tor onto convention of motion picture engineers, that "A speaking actor can remain silent during the film ing of his film, then retire to an acoustically perfected room to speak his words to be lafef copied Into the. picture." Actors, technicians and direct- ors alike are protesting the idea. The general opinion is that while it seems possible, when figured on paper, It is absolutely imposs ible in actual practice. The human equation is given as the reason. "It is not the roud speaker be hind the screen, that m&es the picture, but the illusion that is carried. It is, and always has been, possible to film a scene and put in sound afterward, but it is quaily true that there is never a genuineness to such "dub bed' sound." "When an actor expresses an emotion for the talking screen, he does So Iwh visibly and aud ibly. His expressions, his gestures, the Inflections of his voice, all blend to tell a' certain story. And the physical . expression and gestures; physical ; motion helps generate the' emotion . echoed in the voice. So that, when one takes first the' movement, "then the voice, one cannot get perfect co ordination of the two and thede Is no illusion." "Talking picturee," aald Harry Beaumont, director of "Broad way Melody," "may be divided Into three classes. First, there Is the vaudeville act type, whero the actor Is definitely talking to an audience. He sings his songs and it?" The voices were good In the singing numbers and the black face comedian with an unusual song got a big hand. As usual the costumes of the Sunkist beauties are something to tell about when you get home. Personally I thought the show moved too slowly and needed some more pep. For you I no doubt will be wrong. As for the feature with Bebe Daniels In "Love Comes Along." if you don't remember a few of the wise remarks la that show, and remember them for a long time there will be something queer about It. Ned Sparks is a riot and Bebe again does some excellent singing. IAN B.T S.tAmV av mm & CHARLES PARREIiL tUWMiWkk DAVJD'nUTtE Hear the Song Hits fTm-A Dreamer, Aren't - We AUTLVIM Had A Talking, Pic ture of Ton." 'Turn On the Heat." "Sunny Side Up." -Tow Find tho ThM, I'U Find ta Place." . t E Thursday lMnss v It srCt tire yow rsuany Opens N Today p N$J Playing 4 Big Day. L nC iMflfWlU J Do.t IDs. corned wjmymph x . . i in pnttnK Jj yj and Bebe Daniels in "Love Impractical; taddNstaes his remarki I directly to tnespopie .raune seexfS makes no bones about it. In saeh a case the illusion is only in the sound and motion. It goes no further. "If all talking pictures were of this kind, perhaps the engineers theory would hold good. . s "Second, there Is the filmed stage play, where the actors go through action before the audi ence. There is a definite audience consciousness in this type vf talk ing picture, which also limits the illusion. "The third and" most import ant type is where the players go through action with no regard to an audience, as though the -audience was eavesdropping, as If the bspectafor was looking through a wall at them. There is an intim acy to this type of picture no de .clalming by the player; true drama in every sense and the ul timate in Illusion. And this is where the dialogue picture gets In its greatest work. "To carry this illusion coordin ation of physical action . and speech must be very exact; in fact perfect, and this can only ie ac complished by speech, and action simultaneously accomplished. To first, film the actlbX'arlihe speechi would split two phases of a:single action, and it would be impossible, to achieve absolute nature. That is why, no matter what engineers may accomplish theoretically. It isn't practical In point of fact and never will be." Try 'Dance Meter New Party Idea A new. idea in picture- making the "dance meter" measures the distance one travels when one dances, down to a fraction of an inch. The new invention wasn't de signed for gauging the efforts of marathon dancers, however, but Is sn adjunct ot talking picture production. The apparatus gauges distances traveled to inform the cameraman as to his footage and his camera angles. It consists of a round hooplike apparatus set on a rod at a certain distance from 'the cam era, and Its graduations measure the distances traveled in the dance. Peverill Marley, camera man, who Incidentally is the hus band of Linn Ba8auette. the dancer, perfected the device. "HOT FOU PARIS? 1mm law-bJs treat iff -1 Comes Along" now at the Foi SUIfSIDEUP SHOWING NOW Popular Song Hits and Laughs Make This Show Popular ! Most of you have heard about "Sunnyside Up" and not a few of you can-hum, sing and whistle many of the songs from it, there fore It should be good news that you may be able to see. said show at Bligh'a Capitol theatre begin ning today and continuing on through Wednesday. Janet Gaynor ad Charles Far rell talk, sing and make love through this show and much of the time have a background of 100 chorus girls. Some of the songs already popular which will be heard sung by these folk are "If I Had a Talking Picture of You," "I'm a Dreamer," and of course the theme song "Sunny side Up." This plrture Is a musical com edy and In it Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell are far from the Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell which appeared in "7th Heaven." The locale of the play in New York City, many blocks of the dear old city coming in for pho tographic display. And the theme is funny. The show makes no pre tense to be anything but funny. "Hot for Paris" which will bo the feature beginning at .the Cap itol Thursday is a twin to "The Cock Eyed World." Not tho same material of course, but Victor McLaglen, El Brendel, and the far famed director, Raoul Walsh are all In "Hot for Paris." The theme of the story Is the escapades of two adventure seekers- of shore leave the ad venturers being McLaglen and Brendel. The story revolves around Mc Laglen, first mate of a windjam mer, who buys a ticket which wins the big prise In the Grand Prix In Paris. He does not know he has won a million and the sweepstakes office where he pur chased the ticket persistently htlnts to find him. Believing that they are officers on his trial he eludes them and in running away encounters Fifi Dorsey, a singer and dancer in a cafe at Havre, falls In love with her and has many hilarious adventures leading to an amazing conclusion. BOLLYWOOD! Home ot 25c Talkies .Coaiingr Sunday for 3 Days Continuous Performance Sunday 2 toll P. M. The runniest play ever eon-erfed-Ifs sua AU-American AH langhlng rictaro HOME TOWN FOLKS! HOME TOWN LIFE! HOME TOWN HUMOR! Tell Mm I Xrefase to Gang Xalfcbasr ramrifr ' . Pstho 8eid News ' . I TJ I Iila i