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PAGE SIX Ma n introducing Anita Page, William Haines and John Miljan, all of whom need no introduction, really, as they will appear in one scene from "Speedway" now showing at the Fox Elsinore. - IVIES GOING I TEiATHL Films Gathered in All Parts Of World Under Variety Of Conditions., That the films are "going: in ternational" can hardly be doubt ed, in view of the eridence pre sented by current newg dispatches. W. S. VanDyke is Just back from Africa with his "Trader Horn" company. Wesley Ruggles lias started a picture, "The Sea t$at," a Mazatlan, Mexico, with a company including Charles Blck ford, Raquel Torres, John Miljan and others. John McCormack's golden ten or high notes were captured In Ireland itself. Henry King has been in the Bahama Islands. Re ports are that Rex Ingram is pre- Jartng a new picture in Nice, ranee. "It's all a case of supply and demand," says director Van Dke. ''The public's taste is divided be tween 20 or more different varie ties of entertainment, farce com edy, domestic .drama, musical Comedies, adventure melodramas and so' forth. You can't give them too many of any one, but you must give them something .from every subdivision. Hence Abe film industry requires inexor ably just so many film each year ?hlch require a camera to poke Into normally quiet and unex iplored place. i Van Dyke may well talk with !authorlty, ai he has done more 'traveling than any other Holly wood director. He has headed two expeditions to the South. 8eas, as well as one to Africa, f That it costs a movie company 'xnuch money to make a picture way from the studio is shown by the fact that "The Sea Bat" com pany required 200 tons of mater ial, valued at 190,000. And in addition to the transportation of this tonnage, a staff of 0 per sons must be maintained for two months. i FULUFTHRILL8 Mystery and Plot Thrills In Store for Grand Patrons Three shows that seem to stand .Up under the test of close scrut- . Ins; as o plot and leading charact ers are those which will appear at the Grand. Beginning with today is "In the Kxt Room", a dramatic mystery play with Jack Mulhall and Alice Day and a list of good support. The play centers about an old cabinet, which in fact was lone sought for by Edward Cline, di rector or the rum. .Tne one nnauy t found' and used is an old French pteee that is reported to hare be longed to Honore de Balzac and : In which no doubt many of his ' famous manuscripts were stored. At any rate la the film story which centers about this cabinet there are many strange and wierd murders and kidnappings. Hands reach out of the dark and grasp Innocent people until at last the mystery 1 traced and an aston ishing climax is reached. OH la. direct contrast to the mys- in case you don't remember and tery tory Is "Tanned Legs" with has heretofore played only in Juae Clyde in a sparkling musical genne roles. " "WHERE SOUND IS BEST TODAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY Creepiest, Wooziest, Funniest of all Mystery Romances .Amu- ... i. ea l i T"k at s.. sb m sm n w &. t A "First National and Vitaphone hit with . A JACK MULHALL, -ALICE DAY, 9 ASK HINTOX " - ' . ' also t "BIQ TIME CHARLIEn PATHS SOUND KEW8 Talking Comedy In Datch Colored PARAMOUNT NEWS Mosical Act Likes' Prbbl The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK v HOLLYWOOD North Capitol street. North Salem Today "The Saturday Night Kid" with Clara Bow. Wednesday "The Hole in the Wall" and Manhatten Players. -Thursday "The Hole In the Wall" and Manhatten Players. Friday "The Florious Trail" with Ken Maynard. RLIGH'S CAPITOL State between High and Church Today Edward Everett Horton in "The Sap." Thursday "So Long Let- ty." GItAXD North High between Court and State Today "In the Next Room" with Jack Mulhall, Alice Day. Wednesday "Tanned Legs" with June Clyde. Friday "Hi3 Captive Wo man" with Milton sills and Dorothy McKaill. FOX ELSINORE High, between State and Trade Today "Speedway" with William Haines Fanchon and Marco in "Overtures" idea. Tuesday "Hit the Deck" Jack Oakie and Polly Walker I am free to suggest that you ill miss one of Fanchon and Marco's best shows if you do not see their presentation this week end at the Fox Elslnore. The show this week makes up for one or two in the immediate past which were not so good. There are several acts and each one is worth seeing. There is an adago chorus number that is different from anything seen from the the imagination of F. M. so far. Not only is one elrl do ing posing and graceful leaps but the chorus one after another sometimes two at once are doing gracerul ana artistic work with one man as the center for all the neavy work. -He does his part so easily' though that one does not tnink or it being hard. To bal ance two girls at once in a pre carious position in the air would not be so easy in reality I hare an idea. There is also some good com edy work. And there is one spe cialty dance wnere the girls come oui in white rubber boots and dance against black curtain back ground that just naturally stirs your sense of appreciation. Be fore you know what has haonened the girls are out of the boots, the siage is darn and the boots are dancing for all that you see alone and unoccupied. It's good The feature picture with this show ig also unusually strong. William Haines, and Ernest Tor- rence could make any picture in- leresung. Tbis picture "Speed way" is one of rapid action and has to 40 with automobile racing, and lore. Monday at the Elslnore will see a revival of "Romona" for one day only in addition to the feat ure "Speedway." comedy of brilliant and vivacious youth. In. this play 8ally Blane also appears for her first mature role. She is a Wampus baby star Hie ems j. it if; v. V-i , Si !... One look at this picture and a bit of knowledge concerning the general acting of Edward Everett Horton, here shown, is quite explanatory of the name 'The Sap," the show now at Bligh's Capitol. BEWARE Hi IS BEE AGAIN Master of Laugh and Com edy Again to Be Seen ; At Capitol After having seen Edward Er- erett Horton In "The Hottentot" not long since at the Capitol It has been the chief hope of not a few theatre goers that-he would 'hurry back" and here he is again in a more ridiculous play than the former one mentioned was, this one called "The Sap." His forte is subtle comedy, in the title role, and with a cast that includes Alan Hale, Franklyn Pangborn, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ed na Murphy and Russell Simpson, "The Sap" proves fun are of the keenest kind. - Horton's presence is ordinarily enough to assure the success of a picture but he has serio-comic competition in "The Sap" from Hale and Pangborn, both able to gather laughs a-plenty of their own. The trio have great fun with the clever lines, the audiences getting the benefit of the able arts and wiles of three splendid artists. The story of "The Sap" con cerns the troubles of two young couples and a mutual friend, all of them living in a small town in South Dakota. Around the five develops a dramatic story. Trou ble comes. There is a quick suc cession of changing famil ytrl- angles, financial, worries, bank lootings and finally hero worship. It is "The Sap" town fool and hapless Inventor who stands eventually between the five and disaster. "The Sap," while basic ally a comedy, has many high spots of movingly human drama. The picture is based on Will iam Orew's successful stage play. Archie L. Mayo, self-styled las iest man In Hollywood." direct ed. "So Long Letty," made fa mous by Charlotte Greenwood and her long legs will be a second riot of fun at the Capitol this week. Marie Dressier, comedienne, wants to play character roles. She says it's her ambition to be. among women, what Lon Chaney is among men on the screen. "Don't step on her." comments Lon. BEST SOUND STARTS TODAY for Days Even Funnier sad BiiannUp Than T1iji . Hottentot" Also Vitaphone Vaudeville Merletone News also Last Chapter of Collegians" OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Snnday Morning, Solved, . Bebe Speaks Fine French In New Film HOLLYWOOD, Calif., "Oh. e'est tout fait rarissant. Je n'al Jamls vu Madame ayant l'air si charm ante!" Having reel ed off Spanish phrases in "Rio Rita" and Brooklyn slang in "Love Comes Along," Bebe Daniels launch es her new Ra dio starring ve hicle, "Smooth as Satin," with precise and vol Bb Daniel uble French! Most of her dialogue lines, of course are la English. The lapses into French comes only when the star, playing a crook who mas querades as a maid addresses her mistress. "Smooth as Satin" affords Bebe one of her most Interesting roles. She leads something of a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" existence during the exciting course of the plot. She has two aliases Marie, the maid, and "Gertie the Gun." Her object in pretending to be a maid Is to "spot" diamond neck laces and other -valuable swag for her gang. Ben Lyon, who plays opposite his fiance for the first time on the screen, appears in the guise of a gentleman safe-cracker. The complications and romance come when crook meets crook. Filming and recording was be gun recently at the RKO studios with George Archalnbaud direct ing. Sound Is Made Electric Wire '.'Silent sound" is one of the newest scientific discoveries, by such a noise as the whine of a bullet, i9 reproduced in talking films. When the sound is record ed nothing is heard, but on the screen a shrill whine of any pitch is reproduced. The "sound" is literally a pho tograph of an electric current. Al ternating currents are sent through th "light -valve," causing it to flutter and imprint a light-and-ehade design on the moving film. When this Is "played back" IN TOWN '4. Continuous Every Day from a 'Till ll "'"g'ft'pot Edward Everett Horton ' Patsy Rath Miller Alan Halt Edna Murphy 7 Therefore . I to iv - Clara Bow, the naughty little girl and James Hall in a scene from "The Saturday Night Kid" now playing at the Hollywood. HB0W EXCELLENT HOLE Fears and Laughs Aplenty In the Hollywood Pic ture Today "The Saturday Night Kid" will be at the Hollywood beginning Sunday with Clara. Bow playing the lead ably supported by James Hall and Jean Arthur. There is much comedy, and no little pathos in this picture of two sisters who work in a depart ment store and have rather a bat tle etting on in the world. The youngest sister, played "by Jean Arthur, is weak and a bit unscru pulous In so far as her honor is concerned and the older sister, Clara Bow, tries to cover up her mistakes and keep her going Straight." This role gives Clara Bow no little chance to do some fine work and the play Itself is at an in teresting pitch all the war through. Of course there is ro mance. It Is in some of these scenes that Clara rises to unusu al heights of fine acting. Following "The Saturday Night Kid" at the Hollywood is "The Hole In .the Wall," another pic ture with a French girl and no little bit of mystery, part of which is positively weird. This seems to be the season of mys tery plays for Salem. Claudette Colbert is the French girl lead and Edward G. Robin son takes the part of the "heaTy" in the play. The plot Is one of a small town girl who plunges into gangster life in a metropolitan center, she kidnaps a child and then through devious means she reforms and again becomes a re spectable individual. Wednesday and Thursday nieht the Manhatten players will also present a stage play. These folk have an audience that welcome their productions with much en thusiasm. sound is heard. Altering the frequencies of the vibrations produces different pitches. It was used In gun se quences in the new night club picture with Blanch Sweet and Tom Moore. fflILILirW(S)ID) Ildine of the 25c Talkie, Today, Monday and Tuesday f Pi i r SMMSSBBSBftIBBSBBBBBBaBSSiv Abo Talking Comedy Act February 23, 1930 th IS KEY E Both Elsinore Pictures This Week Strong in Speed and Action Can you imagine Ernest Tor rence at an automobile race? It would have to be some race that would cause that Scotchman to get excited enough to pick a win ner and bet on it. But William Haines in "Speedway" .gets enough excitement started to even make a Scotchman lose hi3 self control. Automobile racing, and real racing too, on real tracks, com bined with love, romance and amusing eidlights make an excit ing picture full of excellent char acter study. . This play presents Anita Page, William Haines. Earl Dane, Ern est Torrnce, and John Miljan. See Them "Hit The Deck" The famous "Hallelujah" sang for many a month past will be heard again in chorus at the Fox Elsinore in the spectacular "Hit the Deck" yerslon of the stage play that has bee nthe talk of the musical comedy season the past months. A battleship was recon struct for ptar of . the Bhow; three hundred dancing girls form a routine for the "Mermaid Dance" as one of the features drilled by a girl, Pearl Eaton by name; June Clyde, who is appear ing in "Tanned Legs" in an-other local house this week will take one of the leads In this. She is ftew to the screen and it will be interesting to see If you like her or not. The theatre section will be glad to hear your reaction to her. The scene of the play Is first that of Looloo's Coffee shop and a goodly supply of Uncle Sam's navy present. A party is held on a battleship in another scene for ell the men named Smith. Through all the play there is one woman. Looloo, seeking one mon. Bilge Smith, and at last they meet and there is nothing more to write about so the play ends. It is amusing, spectacular, full of harmony and dancing. ;y oee ana near t1 -m me -rj." girl CLA'B-A jiif '31 Night ffl a SPARKLING fun! Peppy parties. And the luscious Bow per sonality. The Wild Party- girl slingin the sIaiis: and how! and Pathe Soqnd New HIES FICTIIf: TheMturdav r e Mystery Play 'M ftife' Iff Meet Alice Day and Jack Mulhall in a scene from "In the Next Room" now. playing at the Grand. Girls Behind Lens Also Achieve Success in Film .Industry at Hollywood HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Feb. 22 The Mary Pickfords, Bebe Dan iels, Gloria Swansons and Clara Bows are not the only women who have wrested success from the film Industry. For every feminine star whose name blazes forth in electric lights there are a hundred of her sisters pursuing careers in the technical, behind-the-scenes realm where talking pictures are creat ed. Hollywood has become used toj women scenarists, script girls, film editors, costume designers, laboratory workers and the many others whose work does not take them in front of the cameras, but it sat up and took notice last week when a field heretofore sacred to the males of the cinema species was invaded by one of wha.is laughingly referred to as "the weaker sex." It remained for a quiet, un assuming girl named Winifred Laurence to win a position hither to occupied exclusively by men that of an assistant director! Without fanfare or blare of trumpets to herald so valiant a pioneer, she has quiely taken up her duties in aiding Fred Zelnik film the foreign vers-ions of "Rfo Rita" and "The Case of Sergeant Grischa." A cosmopolitan background In: terspersed with many interesting experiences has fitted Miss Laur ance in an exceptional manner for such a position. It was n'ot until the represent ive of a Hollywood film studio "discovered" her that Miss Laur ance contemplated a business ca reer. Talking pictures had come into rogue and her command ott iour languages English, French, Gernian and Russian served as a valuable-asset. She has been script girl tor Eras Lubitsch, Ludwlg Berger and a number of other foreign di- Continuous 2 to 11 - Daily TAKE a thousand Haines gmgB and laughs, add a world of speed, generous amount of ro- Chilli i gance, and you haye this aweU Action Oolore C Today OnlWi ANrrA oa Fanchon and I njjN0 "ttie" Marco's MJoU fJSX "Overture" ' -y Sunkist Jfc53Sf A;A. Beauties VIn Tomorrow . A'y Revival of VN liUtf Dolores Del Rio f 4 Marco Shows at 2:30 TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY rertors. When Zelnik becan.t filiated with Radio I'lnr--. chose her immediateyl to : assistant . director. And so a slim, dark .eirl :- calls for the actor?, ''okay-" checks, helps with tbo j-ynN.r zation and cutting of ;!- fi: and outlines the work fjr following day. It all comes under tl.e h-.-u V. "assistant dirctor" but m: time in the cot too distant in-: Miss Laurence wants aiH.i!ir t--"Winifred Laurence, i!:y. ;7 MacDonald Pays Visit - to Movie , Makers in U. S. During a br.-f !::. n-iva study of Ame:. :.r . i:.od- of motion picture '. AH- ter Gladstone MacD '.. k.u of the British premier, r::..-ay Mac Donald, spent several buy Jay- in . Hollywood this week. MacDonald, a member of tas Royal Academy of Architect, is primarily interested in the struc tural design of sound stapes and motion picture theatres. He vis ited the Paramount studios, where he was the guest of Jesse L. Lasky, vice president In charts of production tor Paramount Fa mous Lasky. B. P. Schulberg, general manager of west coast production, and Albert Kaufman, Lasky's assistant. mm Iri r. 1 Popular Music Special Copies for f 1.00 - 4:00 - 7:00 . 8:10 1