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"The Sea God'.' Filmed
INGENUITY
HaTins Ions since Ten tared
'icc8!fullT into the air, sound
photography has extended its .con
quest of the elements to the bot
tom oi the ocean.
With specially designed equip
ment, perfected after months of
experimentation, action is being
i timed on the floor of the Pacific
for "The 8ea God." a Parampant
tljticg Picture featuring-Richard
Aries and Fay Wray,
The ander-seas sequences of
the production were taken oft on
island coast. In a region noted for
submarine gardens and crystal
clear water. Most of the work
was dona at from four f to fire
f at boms . depth. . Deep-sea dlrlng
suits were -worn .by Arlen,, who
played tha aoder-wtter scenes,
and Lionel Carly" Lindon, the
cameraman who worked with him.
Two tender vessels served as
the base of operations. One sup
plied air. to the divers and ca
tered to their, needs. The other
waa the headquarters for camera,
und and technical crews.
From the deck of the latter
vessel, the ander-seas camera and
microphone were lowered. When
iu position, the camera on the
ocean's floor and the microphone
just out of view of the lens, they
were synchronised, and operated
as they would have been on a.
Hollywood stage. Sound record
iur apparatus was kept. on the
deck ot the tender. Front that
T3sel. the entire system, lnetud-
lng the camera,- was electrically
controlled. - ;
The camera was set to photo
'Dangerous Paradise'
Fox Ebinore
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With Lovable. Nancy Carroll,
After 'Safety la Numbers"
Current Attraction
The Tox Elsinore ofrers a va
riety of pictures this week.; To
day offering "Safety in Num
bers, is funny and full of more
incidents than one' could imagine
.could be paeked into one picture,
la this picture. Charles 'Buddy"
Rogers is 2 0-year-old 'San; Fran
cisco youth who. will inherit
$ 558,000,000 on his next birthday.
His guardian uncle,' Richard
Tucker, sees danger in 'Buddy's
wildness and in his flair for writ-
la? music. He is a kindly old
u1, however, and his tongue is in
hu cheek when he sends "Buddy"
t Xew York to be taught the ways
of . the world through the agency
of "three old feminine friends."
Hi gets a liberal education and
the audience profits by it.
Xancy Carroll in "Dangerous
Paradise," starting Monday at the
F x Elsinore, is seen u a girl
musician, playing in a South Sea
Inland orchestra. Menaced by her
employer and the hotel proprie
tor, played by Clarence IL Wil
son and Warner Oland, respective
ly, the seeks safety on a nesrby
iiland where Richard Arlen. a re
cluse, lives alone. Adventure fol
lows ' adventure as Nancy falls
"deeply in love with- the scornful
Arlen. Ho wher daring sacrifice
finally awakens the reciprocal love
in him makes a moving episode, a
delightful ending to a splendid
picture.
The Fox Elsinore offering for
Fridsy and Saturday is "The Dl
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: 10c AND 25c TV
OR 'HEARD'
and Miked at Bottom
REQUIRED
graph at a certain distance before
it was lowered and a wide angle
lens was used. Lindon's respon
sibility was to panorama and ma
neuver the camera to cover the
action. He maintained telephonic
communication with bis chief on
the surface. He wore- earphones
and inside- his diving helmet wa
a mouth-piece attachment. Be
cause of the sound recording,
conversations were held to a min
imum. Lindon received - the calls , ot
''camera" and eutn and relayed
them on to Arlen, with whom he
had a sign code.
Each scene was-talked" over
carefully and rehearsed as .fully
as possible on the deck of the di
ver's tender, before the men were
sealed in their helmets. -- Then
Linden went below to his camera
and Arlen to an indicated posi
tion.
George Abbott, the director.
watched the action from above
through a specially constructed
device similar in principle , to a
glass-bottomed boat.
The camera was protected from
the water by a square bronxe "box.
in which it was placed through a
side door that then was sealed mp
tight. Action was photographed
through a glass port-hole in the
front of the box. - When mounted
and ready .for lowering, camera,
tripod and anchorage weighed Sf
DMnds.
-; Specially-designed Covering
nroteeted the microphone -from
.the water. . - . .. -...
Norma Shearer ln?"rhe Dlvoreee,
directed br Robert Z Leonard,: U
the moat" pretentious, proaucuon
given Miss Shearer since the act
ress was elevated to stardom, out
doing even such of her successful
pictures as "The Trial of Mary
Dunn" and "The Last ot Mrs.
Cheyney."
"The Divorcee" was adapted by
Nick Grinde and Zelda Sears' from
a story by Ursula Parrott. An inv-
nortsnt supporting cast was se
lected lor the production, lnciua-
Inz Chester Morris, recently- seen
in "The Case of Sergeant Griscna,"
Conrad Nagel. Robert Montgom
err. Florence Eldridge, ' Helene
Millard. Rdlbert Elliott, Mary Do
ran. Trier. Brooke. Helen "John
son. Zetda Sears . and George Ir-
Ting.
Information is that the picture
presents the. most sophisticated
treatment ot the question of di
vorce and the loose moral code
characteristic of modern society
yet seen on the screen,
PLAYS COSD3DY ROLE
Verree Teasdale, cousin of,
Edith Wharton, the novelist, and
Sarah Teasdale. the poet, and
granddaughter of John Teasdale,
who first imported silkworms in-1
to America, is playing a leading
comedy part in Jak Oakle's Para
mount starring vehicle, "The Sap
from Syracuse." .
" CHEVALIER WAITER
Maurice Chevalier plays the
part -of the waiter in his new
comedy for Paramount.: "The Lit
tle Cafe." Chevalier's songs are
being written by Richard Whiting
and Leo Robin, composers ot
Chevalier's first American' hit,
"Louise' - , , ,
SUN.-MON.r'TUES.
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OOT UfWf& VtT ; i h'-l'r ca from rrha Arlator." Warner Brother prodnctloB, com-
'Jf j-"' f ; j ing to BW Capitol Urawday; , .
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Scene from the comedy "Safety
"Baddy" Bogen now showing at tna
Ixwdbwns
Barriaea CarralL sstker ef tkla ttl-
on. attar tali n ( cIom aaaodmtioa
with th atr u4 Ufa BtXlrwo hm
nh n4( nptrttpmtw m mtuuh.
What ha aas U ay ii aathaatts'sai ia
tinats. Utrators intarettisg.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Having
served a long apprenticeship as
an ingenue, Anita Page is in line
for her first big
lead in Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayers
film version ot
"War Nurse.
' This novel, by
Rebecca West,
attracted wide
attention as .a
aerial In the
Cosmopolitan
Mag a sins. It
drew a picture
ef . the World
War from the
viewpoint of a
in the hospitals.
and it i told
iramatic story
is well.
The role of
-Corlnne An
lrews, heroine of
"War Nurse;
I w f 11 AVI
aSAila 9r a ma.
mrrB lam.. o cnarae
terization that hasn't been de
manded of "the pretty, blonde
tn iat Tf ahe rets it. how
i .nA An. , i well, aha will
I have , taken a ion, steo toward
becoming the actress that some of
ie nave insigiea ana- can. db. .
Perhaps she won't get . the
ebance alter, all, but the studio
has talked to her about it, and
she is the only person under ser
ious consideration right now.
Edgar Selwyn, from Broadway,
will direct War Nurse.".. . ;
LILA LEE ILL
Exhausted from, the strain of
constant work in the sound
Hollywood
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Continuous Performance Today 2 to 11 P. M.
THE greatest musical
comedy.:?" cast".;' .'ever;
'seen and heard on the) :
: Talking Screen! Hit
'songs! Backstage life 1
Technicolor scenes! Love
and drama! A fascinaUj
ing talking, singing,
.dancing production! j .
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'Charles
KING A Ly,
i Crl "-n-aiarie Dressl.
V. : 4- -Polly loran?
jtn(mm?
I Kronen starring Oiarletf
F .Elstoore.
sUres. LUs Lea lett Houywooa
yesterday fn search ot a quiet
cabin in the mountains waere
she can rest. She has no par
ticular destination In mind, hot
will so into absolute seclusion.
Ilia tells me she is worn out, and
that physicians have warned her
of an approaching breaKaown,
unless she is very careful ot her
self. I think she'll be gone at
east two months. No girl in the
talkies has worked harder than
Lila in the past two years. She
finished "Queen ef Main Street,"
at First National the day before
her departure! .
LUXURY FOR JACK
Th ambition At every
movie
star is to have a bungalow dress-
inr room. Marion Da vies has the
most cora-eous one of all. But
Jack Gilbert needn't be ashamed
of his new quarters on the Metro-
Goldwvn-Maver lot.
His bungalow Has two entrane-1
ea. Dn nm un 1 snmm gi
ties with a stenographere desk
.wj tnfnitiiTe. Hare, lack
KUW su.w.w . ' "
ita ht atfat of anawerineleCters
and perhaps dipping coupons
from bondsj
The other entrance, leads
through a carved Spanish door
Into a luxurious living . room
eauiooed with antique furniture
Off the living room Is a butler's
oantrv and kitchen. Just outside
la a DStio lurnlshea in wicxer
AH of these rooms maintain the
Snanish motif. .
Above-stairs, there is a radical
change. Everything is modernis,
tlc. The spacious sitting room Is
In black, silver and Iipstlcked. Oft
the sitting room are the msuai
tiled bath, massage and steam.
rooms. Jack's dressing-room sisp
is on the upper floor. It-is pan
elled entirely In mllrors, so that
the star is reflected on every sldet
There's a secret about one "of
these panels, too. : If Jack Pea
sea a button, the mirror slides
hack, revealing, a concealed stair
case to the garage below.
Vn" star In Hollywood has a
trickier layout than this.
tu VOTT'ltNOW
That Paul Whlteman got his
rt hir break as an orchestra
f .:'; XZ-r T
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ALLTALICMG
PICTUajj
with!
y IJ directed by
0(Oji-utriesF.
leader at the Alexandria hotel, la
Los Angeles? In those days Char
lie Chaplin, Lew Cody and Mickey
Nellan used to sub for members
of the orchestra, and entertain
the dancers.
"Levin The Ladies" Now
At the Grand
And Then Comes "Forward
i" College Picture aed
Real College Men
The Grand will open its' bill
Lwith Richard Dix in "Lovin the
Ladies." which will show until
Tuesday night.
Dix for the first time In his
career plays a film role he cre
ated on the stage In "Lovln the
Ladles." The role is that of Peter
Darby, the electrician in the Will
iam Le Baron stage play, "I Love
You." produced on Broadway with
Dix in the lead.
' He masquerades In high society,
and instead of the "heroine" there
are four that keep him quite well
occupied. It promises to be really
amusing.
Wednesday and Thursday, the
Grand will present, "The Forward
Pass." in which a real all-youth
cast Is seen. The average age of
the members of the cast is 20,
Not a person in the picture is over
z-
Loretta Young, who playa the
feminine lead, is only 17, and
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., who plays
leppostie ner, is just zi. uiner
yewncaier too are m mo
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Crane, Dorothy GulUver. and a
host of college bors including the
reaure leoioau team oi
1 . .. . .U- TT
jTerslty ot Souhtern California.
The more mature players, who
are past 21. are "Big Boy" Wil
liams. Bert Rome and Lane Chan-J
dler, an young men.- -
The Forward Pass" Is a story
of campus love and football riv
alry, and the football thrills are
varied by plenty of comedy and a
number of very snappy,- new
songs, one or these, "up ana At
'Em," is a real hit of the season
and will soon be sung and played
everywhere.
: The end of the week offering
at the grand is the rear old friend
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Northwest Premier Showing
4 DaysStarts
TODAY ;
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Presenting J. L. Warner, of War
ner Bros pioneers in the field
of talking pictures. Recently he
has been awarded signal honors
from the Southern California
university and has been made
colonel on the staff ef Governor
-Flem Sampson of Kentucky.
Manager Dow ef the Fox Elsi
nore holds the same commis
sion and was given It by the
same Governor Sampson two
years age In Kentncky.
Hoot Gibson in "Trailing Trou-
..pie. - .qn-rw
With. Ughtalag dexterity. Hoot
Gibson juggles thrills, romance
and humor in this, his latest pic
ture.
Hoot is at his am.actag best In
this production, which has the
added advantage ot an unusual
plot.'- The famous western star
runs the camut of action from
horses to airplanes climaxing with
a hair-raising parachute jump.
The picture is especially rich in
Gibson s brand of humor.
Jack Buchanan, featured with
Jeanette MacDonald in Ernst
Lubitsch's new production for
Parmount. "Monte Carlo," is one
of London's favorite musical
comedy stars.
Lair
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Board
By OLIVE M. DOAK
FOX ELSTXORE
Today "Safety in Num
bers." And Fanchon and Mar
co. Monday "Dangerous Par-
adise."
Wednesday "The Diror
cee "
THE HOLLYWOOD
Today "Chasing Rain
bows," Bessie Love.
: Wednesday "Sarah and
Son." Ruth Chatterton.
Friday "Burning Up."
THE GRAND
Today "Lovin' the La
dies," starring Richard Dix.
Wednesday "Forward
Pass." Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.
Friday "Trailing Trou
ble' with Hoot Gibson.
Although the entire Fanchon '
Marco billing at the Fox Elsinore
this week is good, it is the two
comedy acts which put the show
over to the average theatre-goer.
hilarious comedy team. Dona-
rue, a blackface, and uno, a mar
velously trained donkey, assisted
by Alvan Wheelr. a traffic cop.
have an unusual act and give
worth while entertainment. A
burlesque adagio team. Hall and
Essley, is also outstanding.
"Three Jacks and a Queen".
adagioists, do a' tine piece ot work
in the "Rose Garden" idea, while
Helen Fetch. Is well received with
her acrobatic tap dance Harold
Staatoa, a pleasing tenor, and the
Sankist. Beauties and aerial girls
complete the bill. ' A sensational
finale, with, the aerial girls as the
central attractions in a daring
trapeze drill, is one of the high
lights of the show. -' - ? .
, Compared with recent Fanchon
Marco productions, the euornsJ
numbers are only mediocre and
fail to bring ont the well drilled
routine dancing that is usual.
However, the feature numbers,
and especially the comedy acts,
make It a pleasant halt hour's
entertainment.
Continuous
ONLY STAGE
TODAY
Rose Garden . Idea
With
RED DONAHUE UNO
Comedy of Errors
HAROLD
HALL A
8 JACKS
BUNKIST
Loo Meier's Elsinorians In
. "KITTEN ON THE KEYS"
AND ON THE SCREEN
A MUSICAL COMEDY
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Phasing - Rainbows"
Hollywood Ojener
Bessie Love and Five New Song
Hit Attractions; "Sarah and
Son" on Wednesday
The Hollywood will start its
week's entertainment with that de
lightf ul musical comedy "Chas
ing Rainbows" with Bessie Lore -playing
the lead. In this play the ,
five song hits are from the pianos .
of seren of America's most popu--.
lar composers.
Milton Ager and Jack Yellen.
noted for "Ain't She Sweet." "I
Wonder What Became ot Sally."
"Forgive Me," "Crasy Words",
and "Hard-Boiled Hannah''
wrote "Lucky Me, Loveable You",
"Everybody Tap" and "Happy
Days Are Here Again" especially .
for this Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer
production. You will like this
show
Wednesday will be seen that
superb scren version ot . mother
love. "Sarah and Son' with Ruth
Chatterton playing the lead and
Fulled Mellish, Jr., and Frederick
UatsjaW wliA srlA la'anan aHK nvial rlav-'
mnivu w uv (ITU ana awvaa rrvaevaww.
f ul aupport.
Ruth Chatterton is starred in
the central role ot Sarah Storm, .
the impoverished young wife-
mother who. tlmulated by a
burning ambition to raise herself ,
from obscurity and to regain the
baby boy who had been spirited.
away from her by her worthless
husband, finally achieves fame,
and glory as an operatic star and
eventually is reunited with her
son. How she accomplishes the.
final step ot her plan furnishes
some of the most tense and excit
ing scenes the talking screen has
yet given us.
The weekend bill at the Holly-,
wood will be "Burning Up" with
Richard Arlen in his first starring .
effort. It is a thrill from start'
to finish with automobile racing
and speed the keynote. . . . ,
"Burning Up" Is the story pt.
a ' likable, ambitious' young man,
unwittingly mixed up with ; a
group ot ne'er-do-wells, chiefly.
engaged In crooked promotions.
Lovely Mary Brian enters the
scene and captures the boy's'
heart. Then he discovers the un
ethical and criminal actions ot
itis business companions and their,
scheme for defrauding the girl's
father of a large sum of money.
2 to llToday
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