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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1930)
TUb- Q2ECQ2 CTATrSMAM, galeai Orrta. Cnaday Ilomla DecerilxrTSSJ. PAGC SIX O .' ... ... . .. . ... . -. ... m T7 - 0T7TI O -TT TT V - 1 limU.lS'U UlL tUU UMP US,. JU U yU JL V1L UlJUMn bJJiUl&nJ'U Uftyva kju r. - ---- i Board i ; . - ' - -y BX OLIVE M. DOAK ; ' THE HOLLYWOOD' Today Moran and - Mack la "Anybody's War.-; Wednesday Marilyn Miller In "Sally. . Friday "The Silent Enemy an epic of Indian life. " THE GRAND Today "Will Roger In This Is London." - ; Wednesday Victor - McLag- - lea la "On the lvel." Friday Richard Arlea la "The Border LegtonT' - BLIGH'S CAPTTOL ; Today Eddie Cantor in Thursday - Ronald Celman la "Raffles". i. THE KLSIXORE Today Helen Twelvefrees la "Her- Man", and Fan- - cboa and . Marco In "En- ekantment Ida" ' Monday Kay Johnson and Reginald In "Madam 8a- tan". . ... ;' -.. .Thursday ' Douglas Fair- banks. Jr., In Anita Page In "Little Accld r r. , . Fanchon and Marco rates four start , this -week. 1 The gnaity of the acts presented ' for the pub- mesphere 'is 'predominate.-otvo Chinese artists appear Jue Fong sings English and . Irish songs in a manner that made the audience demand' more. Saturday afternoon. The Meyakos do a son- and dance act that has -not been excelled especially the girls' tap dance is worthy of spe cial mention. Then- there Is the "slide for life" and It fp safe to wager that the folk who - sat under the rope up which Sensational Togo walked right up into the balcony of the theater Saturday after noon were all holding their breath for fear of a tumble. It Is a sensational act full of thrills for the audience. i - Thesennmbers combined with outstandingly pretty and clever chorus routines is climaxed by the weird Oriental. dance by 8a naml and his partner. It has been seen here before bat it Is much, better this snowing;. Sixty Hours in 'Rain' is Stunt : Of Movie Stars The Urea of famous movie stars are not all milk aad'kener. . John Boles and Lupe Yeles work- ed five nights la a. constant Oownnor ef studio rain' la re cording dramatis scenes for Ream rent Km- which: Btfwin Care we is directing for Ualver al. .. A railroad depot and an en tire train of railway ears was built for these scenes and 300 as tire Russians appeared In the action which marka the depar ture of the troops for the fron tier. On the screen the rain se quence will run less thin IS min utes but it took 60 hours of tedf , ous labor to record the brief episode. FLORENZ ZfEGFELD OKZ. L SAMUEL GOLDWYN AWmy I SAMUEL GOLDWYN i K Sw 1 K I "wW J m x i x. it, a mam x. w Jttt .ii 4 ixyvi vt- run i i i mm COLOR. with high, At tbe Console , ing a II 7 I 1 I Iff ? 1 I ' I I , iJ 1 f can ask for In one show. i - j j Here Is a background for Eddie Cantor and his foolishness in "Whoopee", showing at Bligh's Capitol today. - day. .! , . . " : ;- Will Rogers "Whole Show In "So This is London" On the Lcyel" Xcrt Attrac Uo at Grand; High-up Ro mance Is Attractive . The Grand audiences for Sun day, Monday and Tuesday must get ready to laugh for they will see one ot, the best.Ungh produ cers' that the Arnarietra theatre public claims. Will Rogers, and he will appear in "So This is Lon don." . Poor old Bill as Hiram Draper, wealthy oil man from Texas de- ddes to let his wife hare her way and . accompany her to England with their son. Irene Rich plays the- wife, and Frank Albertson la the son who falls in, lore with Maareen O'Sullivan and there by hangs the tale and many a good laugh. . "Oa the Level" wHl be , the Wednesday and 1 Thursday bill with Lilyan Tashman and victor McLaglen In a delightful ro mance. The story concerns a structural iron worker who is such a flirt that he carries on a romance with a pretty girl even though he is 24 stories up on a steel girder. The pretty woman proves to be a real estate racket eer and a smashing amount, of trouble results with plenty ot fnn and excitement. The weekend bill for 'Friday and Saturday is "The Border Le sion" written by Zane Gray and in which Richard ! Arlen, Jack Holt and Fay Wray take the leads. Eugene Pallette adds a huge fan element, as yon might expect. This is a- western with many thrills and j well .played. Good looking Richard Arlen is al ways at his best In cowboy toga and oa a horse he manages to keep the watchers eyes close on hie actions. - Holt plays the) part of a Tlllian la this cture and ha does a very good piece or work. In this show as la several others Holt sacra flees to make Arlea happy. The - dahlia la ! now Maureen 0SullIran'a faTorite flower. Maureen, who recently completed a leading role opposite Charles Fsrrell in "The Princes and the Plumber." has been notified that a prise winning bloom of the Ma- netto Hill nurseries recently on exhibition at the show of the American Dahlia society In New York was named after her. . 4 Bl Days v THE GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT EVER MADE, AELT-: IN TECHNI , You dont kntrwhat a rood youTe seen'thb hilarious splurge the kings and queens of good cheer riding wide and handsome to the merriest capers ever seen on stage or screen. EDDIE CANTOR IS A SCREAM AS A JEWISH INDIAN. ZLEGFIELD HAS OUTDONE HIM SELF IN THE MOST GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF ALL TIMES, j.. ." ; -,: I '--r; Ldded Attractioas Selected YlUphoaa Varieties ' Oartoosi Comedy, Fox MoTtetoaewa LEAH HOLT . of our Giant TTarUtxer otfer- KoTelty Orsaa Kambeev x -yy , ' j aNr4 Ronald Colman, . as he ap pears in one scene from ''Raffles which wffl be , the attraction at the Capi tol beginning Friday. Bela Lugosl and Gregory Gaye both seen here recently In "Ren egades" at Bligh's Capitol, hare in common the facts that .they both are movie actors and that each Is a political refugee from his native country. Lugosl. the son of a promin ent Hungarian family, an actor ot distinction and an Infantry captain' during the war, found himself on the wrong side of the political fence a tew years after the Armistice, and fled Into Italy and thence to Ameriea, Gaye, of., .prominent Francos Russian parentage, was a cadet at the Russian - Naval Institute during the World War, and Af ter the revolution Joined- Kol chak's White army. With Kol chak defeated, he faced the prob ability et a firing squad, so went to Manchuria, working his way to Peking, and . thence to the United States. . To be the stage or screen child of Leuise Clease Hale is almost equal to a key to tame. During her long career Miss Hale has mothered many players who are now celebrities. Among them are Frederic March, Chrystal - Herat, Rndolph Schildkraut, Violet Kim ble Cooper and Grant MitchelL At present she Is playing; the part of Maureen O'Sulliran's gov erness in "The Princes and the Plumber." . w i mi i i V time la until Into comedian Flasi to attend v ink's Miastrels Next Ttmrs. nits ' XSenefit C3xritmag IS 3 -T.-y-' 1 . .. l- Cheer Fw - IIM , -""'ii' Win Rogers and Maureen OSuIlivan from a scene in "So This is London" playing a return engagement at the . Grand. V . r v ' ' - '- X ' i -'.'' 9 ' SasasjaiBBaBaBBBaaBaaeMasaBBBaasfc 'Anybody's War," Moran and will make a return appearance at the HoHywood begin ning with today. ? UltrvModern "Satan to Be Elsinore's Next Cecil De Mllle Prodoction Fea tares Kay Joknson. Denny , "Little Acddeaf Next The long anticipated "Madam Satan" with Kay Johnson and Reginald Denny will open at the Klsinore Monday.. The harden of the story la carried oa by Miss Johnson. - Denny, Roland Young and Lillian Roth. It is a Cecil De MiUe prodnetloa and Is ultra modem in Its plot and spectacular derelopment. The dialogns was written by Elsie Janice. and Gladys TJnger and there ara aereral snecesstnl song; numbers nsed tn the derel opment of th play which Is said to closely approximate a clexer farce. . ' Thursday will see what is re- norted to be a lanrh hit -Little Accident" in which Douglas Fair- Set in the colorful, background of Havana, "Her Man" is a story that deals with men and women who lire for today and let : tomorrow taka care of itself. Its theme is the regeneration of a girl born "on the wrong side of the island" a girl who finds her way to the right aide through the lore of a man she cannot understand. It is a story brimful of drama and action, Interspersed with rough-and-ready humor. ON THE STAGE v . J ENCHANllENT "EDEA" A STUPENDU0U3 PHODTJCTION AS FASCINATINO AS IT3 TITLI! - ; :, MYSTIC ALLURE TTEHtlX MELODIES - BETTrCIICG B"AUTIE3 . THE FAHIEST BHOUGHT -TO THE STAGE. ICFER THE ELSIKOIIE P ROSPER1TY DOLLARS" HIOVINCJ Black's latest laugh picture; banks, Jr., Anita Page, and such other stars as Slim Sammerrille, Zasn Pitts. Joan Marsh, Sally Blaney Albert Gran. Appear. It was produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr., and that should mean, some thing good. -Tell you more after seeing the production. Sereral bear cubs are nsed in aa Important sequence ef "The Big TralL" Ia ona particular scene. El Brendel, the popular Swedish, comic, had te work with the bears. Despite their youth, . he .had a feeling, that they would not prore rery sociable. When It came tune to film the scene, Walsh, told Brendel to step right In. and act natural. "They're Tery tame," said the director. "Why, they'll eat off your hand. i - Yean. I know." said Bren- I del: "right vn to my elbow, I suppose, rncKEY MQUSE Kay Johnson looks the part here with Reginald Denny "Madam Satan" showing at Moran and Black Center of Stage at Hollywood . Anybody's War" Clerer Com ,. edy; Next Picture to Fea ture Marilyn in Sally" It's "Anybody's War" at the Hollywood today and the leading warriors are Moran and Mack, and what a war they make of it! There- will be a good many folk who will want to see these two good natnred colored 'boys make foolishness through Ifihe i issanes of this picture j agajn.j sjnd- ;tHose who hare not seen it will want to carry - with them for the months ahead a chuckle orer such choice bits as the powder which when sprinkled on the soldier would prerent accident from shot, shell or other mishap; or they will want to see Willie slUing buried in potatoes s he peels his way out after baring been consigned to "kitchen po lice" duty for sleeping on an of ficer's bed. i Wednesday one of the pretti est, musical comedies from the stndpoint ' of music - and acting and story, "Sally" with Marilyn Miller in the lead will begin a two day run at the Hollywood. Joe Brown and Alexander Gray do themselves proud in this pret ty story of a poor lltle girl who has ambition and needs help to let her make a try for fame. The bill of the week at the Hollywood will close with the serial,-Bin Tin Tin In "On the Border" and "The Silent Enemy" with real Indians playing the parts The play Is the - result-of two years' of hard work and it howa real scenes of wild life, of Indian life, and tells ia ' inter esting fashion tha life of the North American Indian before the coming of the white man. - MEMBERS ADDED SHjVERTOK, Dec. f -New members admitted, to the Ophelia Club, honorary society ' ot ' the Junior high ' school, this autumn Include ii Verne Pennell, Erelya Rankin, Don Marshall, ' Evelyn Russell, Mildred Hnbbs, Michael Hannan, Elbra Lindsay, George Reed, Meryl Terry. Lucy Down ing; Harold Knenxl, Allen Shep herd, Laura Hubbs and Agnes Brenden. , LAST TIMES TODAY COaiuZ - HOLMES' . GLEACOII - U7U- ft 2Myj. Sound News ' J7' Sotxnd News y' V y J A of Madam Satan as she, appears in a scene from the play the Elsinore beginning Mon- Colbert Winds Up Globe Trip; Back iii Gotham Bringing to a close a' globe-encircling trip, which started from the port ot New York almost six montDs ago, Claudette. Colbert has returned to Manhattan. ' Traveling aboard a freighter, the Paramount screen player, with a group of friends, including Nor man Foster, . sailevf I f rdm New York, early In May; - Tfeejr: visited Japan, China, Manila, Java, Su matra, - Singapore, Ceylon and Egypt. At this point In their trip, they chartered an airplane in which, they flew , to Crete, Greece, over the: Balkan States to Buda pest, then, to Vienna, Prague and eventually to Miss Colbert's birth place, Paris. KEEP Trie "Prosperity Dollars" MOVING The cooperation of the Salem merchants and pubHcwill. be appreciated - BUY NOW - PAY NOW NOTE: Please bring, the Cards to the Elsinore Sat. Kite, Dee. 13, so we can check the number of times the dollar was spent. . KIILH,yWI5) HOME OF 25c TALKIES TODAY; MONDAY and TUESDAY Continuous Performance Today 2 to 11 P. M. TO IIM) I in fit AnytcdyK'.'ar d Qammoum Also Chase Corned and News ! V i : 6p a n c3 SUNDAY IfOXDAT ) TUESDAY Mz - y- '; y- "Whoopee" and in it None . Other Than Eddie Technicolor Musical Comedy Brings Jewish. Start Colmaa Next ia, Kxnee" Picture - 'Can yon " Imagine who I Is at Bligh's Capitol today? None oth er than Eddie Cantor himself, in an, -all technicolor musical com edy entitled "Whoopee." The plot like every other .musical comedy is built for adaptation to music and laughs and therefore one is not concerned so much with it. The mere tact that iCddie Cantor is the lead will insure all the non sense and fun that any audience can ask for in one show. Following "Whoopee" will be the inimitable Ronald Colman, one of the two finished actors oa the- screen today, la the opinion ot many folk who know. He will appear for the first time Thurs day In "Raffles," the aort of ve hicle that suits him well, a mys tery romance. Kay Francis, who Oiaa so often aided the perfertlon of Column's pictures, win again play opposite him. The rest of the fast holds mostly new names to the screen and that .will add Interest la a - picture the. plot ot which Is said to be .absorbing. Dressier Film Shows How Fat .Goes Bye-Bye If humor consists of something unpleasant happening to the oth er fellow, Reduclng," new Marie Dressier-Polly Moran feature be ing filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn- ww j aa plea chairs, Mayeg tvf Jos ffujsh&to have pie tr of it. , t , 3 . i 1 1 ' '"Iron horses," vibrating ci hot mud baths, steam rooms and dozens ot other adjuncts to re ducing are employed, with half a dozen stout women taking the treatments. Miss Moran plays the owner ot the ' beauty parlor and Miss Dressier takes treatments in the play. Q&turt ELSINORE '