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MusiclMakes Builliant Note for Solemn Shows This Week
SEAL fiET HUES
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Singing and Dancing Are
Easy Work For Charlie
As ihovs come and o one U
sometimes forced to the conclu
tion it i truth there is nothing
new under the sun and then
alons comes something like Kay
Hilling and his sej friend Charlie.
Mr. Ruling is appearing with
Charlie at Bligh'a Capitol theatre
this weekend and it is a privilege
to see that act. Mr. Huling said in
talking about Charlie and his
training that he took the seal at
the age of one and a half years
and began hi training with a
background of 22 seasons of train
ing and presenting seals with
Ringling Brothers' circus. He
even now bas a group of seals ap
pearing on the Ringling Brothers'
circus programs. But fer the past
16 seasons he has been presenting
solo acts with a predecessor to
Charlie, and Charlie for yaude
ville prograsan similar to the one
which he is now presenting at the
Capitol.
Charlie is H year old. and
Mr. Huling says he does not think
there is another seal in the world
which could be trained as he Is
for. said Mr. Huling, "there isn't
any mors as intelligent as he is.
I trained one before hlra for solo
work but there is no comparison
between tho two of them."
"He learns now much more rap
idly than he- did when I first start
ed to train him. I am convinced
that le has native intelligence and
with that trained, even as with a
person, he is able to learn Just
that much more quickly. Charlie is
tempera mental awl get nay
moods verr quickly. I hare to be
rery careful when I go onto the
stage with him that I am not up
set about something for if I am
the seal feels it immediately and
it is almost impossible to do any
thing with him. He will not per
mit anyone to teach him fast be
fore it is time to go on for an
act. either. He has a real artistic
disposition. After his act is over
then he is willing to get acquaint
ed with folk."
The startling part of the seal's
act is that he sings "In the Cradie
of the Deep" and does it in har
mony with the orchestra. Mr.
Huling is not sure how this all
came about for first the seal was
trained without music. Then mu
eir. Then music was substituted
and soon the voice of the seal was
harmonizing with the melody cf
the song. The question Is then,
does Charlie have an ear for mu
sic? Another thing he does is tap
dance with a pair of tunny shoes
on his flippers. The music was
not quito the right rhythm Sat
urday afternoon and it was quite
evident that the seal was trying
to adjust his tapping to the meas
ure of the music.
Mrs. Huling travels with Mr.
Huling. At one time she l resent
ed Charlie but that is not so
successful because an attractive
woman is competition for Charlie
in the eyes of the audience aud it
is Charlie who must shine. Mr.
Huling in a formal blatk suit, very
quietly presents the artist and all
are better pleased.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Huling are
charming people to meet and after
talking to them it is quite evident
why Charlie is so willing to do
what he is told and responds so
intelligently.
Pretty Marilyn Miner who plays the lea4 in "Sally," which
will start a fire day run at Bligh's CapitoL
The Call
Board .
By OLIVE JUL DOAK
HUGH'S CAPITOL
Today "Wall Street" and
R. K. O. Orpheum.
Monday "Sally" with
Marylln Miller.
THE HOLLYWOOD
Today "Sweetie," Nancy
Carroll
Tuesday "The Trespasser"
with Gloria Swanson.
Friday "Navy Bhies," Wii-
11am Haines.
FOX ELSIifORE
Today "Caught Short."
and Fancfion and Marco.
Monday "Ships from
Shanghai."
Wednesday "King of Jazz"
John Boles.
THE GRAND
Today "Hit the Deck."
starring Jack Oakie and Polly
Walker.
Thursday "Dance Hall."
Friday "T h e Mounted
Stranger," with Hoot Gibson.
Nelson Impersonates Real
Stars for K. K. O.
"Sally" With Marilyn Miller
Screen Attraction at
Capitol
Eddie Nelson leads the R. K.
O. orpheum bill for Bligh's Cap
itol for this next week end. Zelda
Santaley will offer impersonations
of well-known stage folk, such as
Maurice Chevalier. Irene Bordoni,
Eddie Cantor, and a few others.
Then -there will be Anne Prit
cJiard and her five dancing part
ners. Miss Prltchard is just out of
tho Nel Wayburn ?hnw, "Gam
bols." The show will conclude
with the St. Claire sisters and
O'Day who raise "whoopee on
wheels" and do it very well, ac
cording to report. We will all wait
and pee them next week end
we can tell for ourselves.
For a long time I have ad a
pet peeve" at the Fanchon and
Marco producers for the lack of
good voices to carry out the mu
sical side of the "ideas" pre
sented. A few more weekend
shows like the one at the Fox El
sinore this week will make a
shadow of that peeve. Bnd Aver
ill's Songsters are excellent. I
forgot to count them hut if mem
ory serves right there are 14
members of the chorus. They are
dressed in black and red Telvet
coats and white trousers. They
look for all the world as though
they had stepped out of, some
revue and they sing as though
they enjoyed it and they sing
songs with pleasing harmony. A
quartet from the chorus group
presented tome unusual and
amusing numbers much to the ap
preciation of the audience.
And there is the crap game "In
which Harrison and Elmo in
dulge! You won't want to miss
that. The "audience fairly bowled
at their antics Saturday after
noon and I don't believe they can
help being funny so there is ho
danger of them changing their
act for today.
Miss Lucille Page made a heap
of friends Saturday afternoon.
She is pretty and she does some
startling acrobatic work. In the
dancing acts Helen Burke does
some tap work that Is individual.
The finale for the "Good Fel
lows" Idea is worth going to see
just for its own beauty. It teft
the audience rather breathless
Saturday.
One complaint might be regis
tered. The orchestra jined a bit
too loud for the voices. Might
have been imagination and. again
it might be the truth.
E. K. O. orpheum at Bligh's
Capitol is unusually good. The
headliner in my estimation is
then i Charlie the Seal, although he has
I very close competition in Led ova
Retirement
Of Actors
Is Argued
Should "heroes" and "heroines"
of the film retire?
This controversy Is now raging
in Hollywood as the result of the
recept withdrawal from the screen
of several other players who have
attained the heights hi cinema
land.
"Acting Is a life profession," ac
cording to King Vldor. "When a
man or woman grows tired of
'straight parts, there are rears of
character portrayals ahead. Of
course this matter of stopping or
continuing a screen career is en
tirely persona), but there is no
reason why any player should
cease bis or her professional" ef
forts at any time before the in
capacity of old age."
Cecil De Mille takes the oppo
site viewpoint: "Players of hero
ic roles are not like character peo
ple," he said. "They have built up
a certain idealised illusion witb
millions. Dashing things are al
ways expected of them. It is cer
tainly a matter to be argue! as
to whether they can successfully
slide over into other type of in
terpretation with on t a dlminultion
of the regard with which they
have been held by the public.
"In the days of the stage we
saw many players who hang on
too long; whose vogue began to
wear out; whose ageing years
were embittered by direct evidence
of diminishing popuU.ity.
"It takes courage to give up a
career at its very height, hat
am Inclined to consider it a very
sensible gesture.
"In business men have held to
power until In the 90 'a but the
public attitude towards its enter
tainers is less generous. No play
ers should trifle with the public
tendency to tire of the old, to
constantly seek new faces. If your
success has been made in heroic
roles, stop, while that memory :s
still fresh."
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Lncik Page in a "high moment" in the Fanchon Marco
"Good Fellows" idea at Fox Ebinore this weekend.
"It" Girl Answers to Flock
Of Nicknames
She's "Brooklyn Bonfire,
"Flapper Que" and
Other Thiags
"Sally" has come to the screen . and her singing and dancing conv
with Marilyn Miller the original panions.
stage star, as the lead. This show, j The seal though is uncanny for
much talked about and written i its display of knowledge. One ex-
about, will come to Bligh's Cap
itol for five days beginning Mon
day. The story has for -its theme
-Sally." a little waitress in a
New York restaurant, who be
comes a star of the Follies after
many trials and disappointments,
some of them funny some very
pathetic. It is directed by J. F.
Dillon, and he has used at all
times plenty of color both in ac
tion and setting. There is danc
ing, singing, and conversations
both clever and amusing.
The scenes are all-in color and
they are photographed in such
manner as to give both spacious
ness and beauty, and thereby
makes a much more attractive
screen play than it was as a
stage -play.
European Film
Expert Versatile
Arnold Korff, the European director-actor
recently signed by
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio,
will have no trouble keeping busy,
between English, and foreign pic
ture versions. He speaks Eng
lish, French, German and Spanish
fluently. Another linguist in the
picture colony is Agostino Bor
gato, once leading man with Elea
nora Du-e. He speaks Italian,
Spanish, Frencb and English, and
has played on the stage in all
these languages. Both are play
ing in the French version of "The
L'nholy Night."
pects the humans to be good
that is what one pays ones money
to see something good. But the
seal might be expected to be
rather an ordinary act.
Charlie is the farthest thing
from - ordinary. The reason may
be Charlie and again it may be
his trainer, Ray Haling who
trained him and stHl trains him.
Whatever It is the act presented
by Mr. Huling and his seal friend
Charlie is a splendid one.
Ledova and her dancing part
ner are startling graceful. Their
costuming is unusual and add?
much to their acts. The adagio
number is brilliant. Ledova i?
dressed in red and her partner in
black. In the soft light she move
like a flame. Her partner is so
very good that In watching the
dance one is hardly aware of
him. The music which accompan
ies this number is especially in
terpretative and makes a perfect
complement for th? adagio work.
The chorus work of the sup
porting company for Ledova 1
as splendid as the dance work
You will like this act.
In fact you will like the R. K.
O. There Is a bit of dirt here anrf
there and some of the fun is not
so funny but by and large yr
will cheat yourself if yr. mias
this weekend perfoimance.
Arrangements for the largest
movement of motion picture play
ers ever to be made from these
shores, were completed by the
Harold Lloyd corporation yester
day when the production man
ager John L. Murphy, closed a
deal with tne Matson Line, for
the unit to sail on the Malolo for
Honolulu on May 24. At least 50
people will be included in the
Iloyd troupe which will go to
Honolulu for the purpose of mak
ing scenes aboard the ship and on
land for the new Lloyd talking
picture. "Feet First," now in production.
HOLLYWOOD
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Jeanette MacDonald, the qr.et-n
of "The Love Parade" and the
princess of "The Vagabond King"
is portraying a modern American
girl In "Let's Go Native,- a Para
mount musical romance.
Home of
Talkies
TODAY and MONDAY
Continuous Porformanre Today
2 to 11 P. M.
The Smashing Fun
Masical Comedy
NAN
Hear I
CY CARROLL
Parauiount's g 1 n g e r-ad-tobast
o red-head, sing
"Sweeter Than Sweet!"
Hear
HELEN KANE
the 'Itoop-
Boopa - Doop"
girl coo
"lie's So rnnsaal"!
Hear
JACK OWE
"Fast Com- -panj"
w 1 a e- H
criu-T sings Alma
Mammy." It's a riot. And
hundred other love
In lighter sensatiass ' in
fS a honey !
Also Talking Comedy and
Pa the Soand News
Clara Bow answers to more nick
names than any other favorite of
the screen.
"The It Girl" Is the most pop
ular. Her wind-blown, wealth, of car
roty red hair and the place of her
birth inevitably supplied many
names. She is the "Brooklyn Bon
fire," the "Red-Head." "Para
mount's Forest Fire." "The Blaze
frm Brooklyn, and on through a
synonymous list.
Her vivid personality and youth
fulneee have contributed other
nick-names. She has been called
the "Queen of the Flappers" ever
since the flapper was established.
One writer persists in referring to
her as "The Personality Kid."
Just the "Kid" is another favor
ite. The name most frequently used
by her co-workers at the Para
mount studios in Hollywood is
"The Gal." It is a term of affec
tion, of friendliness, for Clara
Bow has never been known to
have an enemy or deliberately to
have wounded anyone's feelings.
Another nick-name popular
among the studio personnel is
"Captain." It started when Clara
played in "The Fleet's In," one
of her early starring pictures, and
has been revived by her present
vehicle, "True to The Navy."
She likes each and every one
of her nicknames. It is only when
someone with whom she is ac
quainted calls her "Miss Bow"
that she becomes a bit suspicious.
Such formality she distrusts in
work-a-day life.
"Mount Warner"
Is Named After
Film Pioneers
The tallest peak in the Holly
wood mountains, rising several
thousand feet above sea level, has
Just been christened "Mount War-
ner" as a lasting tribute to the
family of pioneers who have aid-
GRAND THEATRE
SUN. - MON. - TUES.
Continuous Today, 2 to 11
WONDER STAR IN
A WONDER SHOW
c 1
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JACK
OAKIE
as a fighting,
wisecracking tar
In the masical
wonder show
COT
ran
O II
with
Polly Walker
and a thousand oth
er singers, dancers
And beautiful girls.
HEAR
"Hallelujah"
and eight oth
er sparkling
song bits
Directed by
Lather Reed
COMEDY
NEWS
10c Always 25c
ed so materially in changing the
status of the motion picture in
dustry. The dedication took place be
fore hundreds of interested spec
tators, among whom were many
motion picture celebrities. Three
generations of the Warner family
were present Benjamin Warner,
father of the brothers, J. L. War
ner, and his young son Jack, who
broke the bottle of spring water
to signal the christening
"CaugfU Short- Fan Show
At Fox Ekinorc
Marie Dressier and PoRy Mo
ran Team up la Huge
Comedy
What mora can one say of &
picture than that Marie Dressier
and Polly Moras are teamed in
it? That says about all there is to
be said, for It spells "comedy" in
huge letters. "Caught Short" i3
all of that and then a few extra
chuckles.
Monday "The Ship From
Shanghai" will be presented to
Salem audiences at the Fox Elsi
nore. It presents two folk of out
standing popularity, Gonrad
Nagel and Kay Johnson, and has
this interesting bit of individual
ity', in that it was filmed on the
Pacific ocean with the exception
of the opening scenes. It is an all
talking picture and It is well re
cognized that sound on the water
has been hard to capture. It will
be interesting to see what has
been done with the production of
this work.
It is the story of a wealthy
man who starts on a trip on a
sailing schooner accompanied by
his wife and three friends and a
strange crew. The ship becomes
becalmed and fhere is a mutiny,
all of which events bring out
some tense and interesting situ
ations. Beginning Wednesday will be
the much heralded "King of Jazz"
with John Boles singing the lead.
Those who saw him recently in
"Song of the West" will not re
gret this opportunity to see and
hear him again. In addition to
Boles the picture has stupendous
sets and is all in color.
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Here is the way they sing in "Sweetie' when Nancy Carroll,
Helen Kane, Jack Oakie, Stanley Smith, William Austin and
a few more get in action.
"Sweetie" at Hollywood
Langh Specialty
Naaey Carroll, Helen Kane and
Jack Oakie Provide
Amusement
Nancy Carrol, Helen Kane, and
Jack Oakie keep up a high rate
of interest which the audience
pays in laughs ano then more
laughs, with here and there a
thrill thrown in for good measure
in "Sweetie," now showing at the
Hollywood. The pleture is one f
college life. The girl in the case
falls heir to a boys school. She is
an actresg and hardly under
stands the "Tarsity" spirit. How
she is won over to college life and
the incidents thereto make a
highly interesting story.
"The Trespasser" starring
Gloria Swanson and in which, she
makes her talking debut, will be
the Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday bill for the Hollywood.
The picture is excellent. Gloria
Swanson and Kay Hammond do
some acting in this picture which
one remembers for months after
ward. The play is saved from be
ing a tragedy only by its Imme
diate ending, which brings sun
shine into terrific gloom. It is- the
storv of mother love, a few In
discretions, a self-righteous father
and some sincere loves.
William Haines does some very
good work in "Navy Blues" and
Anita Page makes an excellent
starring partner. As you will see
them at the Hollywood beginning
Friday, you will find some of the
most amusing incidents for which
you could ask. and you will also
find William Haines in one of the
most serious things he has ever
done.
The story is of a sailor who
takes a girl in every port and
cares not a whit if he never
comes back when he leaves. Then
he found a girl who took him
seriously and she was a nice girl
and there was trouble for Will
iam. The picture is good for an
entertaining evening.
Famous Academy
Has Good Record
The alumni of the famous Am
erican Academy of Dramatic
Arts continue to grow at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. Wil
liam and Cecil B. DeMille were
both students at the school, once
called "Sargents," and William
DeMille also taught there. Kay
Johnson of Cecil DeMille's "Ma
dam Satan" is a fairly recent
graduate. Edward G. Robinson of
Yilma Banky's "A Lady to Love"
graduated from the institution In
1913.
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LEPOVA
(International Dance Winner)
Assisted by Ivan Luttman, Ra;
RoTtetine, Jack- Obcrman and THE
EIGHT JUBILKE SIXGERS . . .
"FROM THE CLASSIC TO HAS
LEM" FRED LIGHTXER
(Brother of Winnie)
with ROSCELLA, asking
"How Am I Doing"
Fred Allie
REYNOLDS and WHITE
Music - and - How
RAY HTXIN'G
and his seal
fn "Versatility"
On the Seree
All-Talking Drama of Love and
Finance
"WALL STREET"
with v
Ralph Ince and Aileen Pringle
Viola Vercler Holman's Mnsic
5 BIG DAYS STARTS MONDAY
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Today's
Feature
Story
Here is a bit of interesting bio
graphy concerning the life of
Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan
Opera baritone star, now starring
in "The Rogue Song" and winning
as much praise on the screen as
he has en the stage.
Ho was born in Bakersfleld,
California. Here be lost his father
at the age of six, when the latter,
a county sheriff, was shot to
death in a fight with a gang of
bandits. Brought up by his mother
the boy attended hig'h school in
Los Angeles, appeared in several
amateur theatricals, aud made
his professional debut with a
Shakespearian repertoire com
pany. When tbe United States en
tered the war, Tibbett joined the
navy. Three days after his final
discharge he married Miss Grace
Mackey Smith, a former Los An
geles schoolmate.
Determined to become a "con
cert singer, after he had attract
ed some attention during an en
gagement with the Califorina
Opera company. Tibbett came to
New York. In order that his wife
and twin boys could accompany
him, be mustered all his financial
resources and even borrowed
money on his life insurance. Aft
er five months of arduous study
and persistent attempts to Set an
audition for opera, his efforts
were sucessfu!. and he was given
a contract with the Metropolitan
company.
The singer's first great triumph
in New York was scored in the
roleof Ford in Verdi's "Falstaff."
The audience gave the y0urg bari
tone an ovation lasting 15 min
utes, and following that eventful
night Tibbett's operatic successes
have come in rapid succession.
Roles In which he has appeared
include those of Tekamund in
"Lohengrin." Tonio in 'Tagliacl."
the king in "The King's Hench
man." and Dapertutto in "Tale?
of Hoffman." He has made a
number of concert tours.
Gary Cooper, recently seen here
in "The Texan," had an early am
bition to become, a cartoonist
When he arrived in Los Angeles
in 1924 he sought work as an
illustrator and, failing, joined the
ranks cf the extras and rose to
stardom.
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Pretty June Clyde posing
with Wallace MacDonald in a
scene from "Hit the Deck"
now showing at the Grand.
'Hit the Deck" Heads
Week's Grand Bill
"Dance Hall" Starting Wed
ncsday Here For First Run
The Grand is off to the start
with a good hill this week "Hit
the Deck." with all the pep fun.
dancing and song will be on for
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday and
for those who did not get to see
it when It was here before, and
for many who did pee it. this will
be good news. Jack Oakie and
Polly Walker, the three Bronx sis
ters, the much talked of neern
chorus numbers, and many othr
features make this one of the
living pictures of the year.
The Wednesday and Tluirsilar
plctnrg will be one not showu in
Salem before. It is ' Dance Hair
and is an adaption of Vina Of-i-mar's
story of the same nam
whJcJj appeared in Liberty not so
long ago. As you will remember
Miss Delmar is the author of
"Bad Girl", as well as a numlvr
of other books of truthful por
trayal of little known phases of
human relationships. The them
of "Dance Hall" is wound about
the life of a Mttle blond dance
hall girl and two rival for her
love, and develops into highir
dramatic action.
Hoot Gibson in a picture of
"action first and then words" fj
the weekend hill at the Grand.
This picture 1s "The Mounted
Stranger." The picture portravn
the old west of horse, gun, and
cowboys, and of course there hai
to be a girl Louise Lorraine
plays that part. Gibson merfs hr
by saving her from the charge of
a wild bull and so t hn action bo-bins.
The Roxy theatre in Melbourne,
Austraiia. hag initiated a policy
of all vitaphone varieties, plus one
nov.s reel, with weekly chance of
bill, five performances a day. sir
Benjamin Fuller, in announcing
the new policy of tho theatre,
stated that the vitaphone short
reel pictures would be given 1tvt
as "live" vaudeville was forniorlv
given, with between-acts placards
spotlighted on the statrc
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