The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 04, 1931, Page 8, Image 8

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J I I ; ! 1 I The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 4,1831 ? i '
-yTT -vJ 1 I "r. I -;rr ' : Marilyn Miller Comes to ir-I -M fl Arirtif 'i
r I I 1 Elsinore Today f STARTS -i TOMORROW
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. , f- r -W0 .W . -nf : .' . . V : T I acreea will be at th Elsinor to X (. -I
V-'. ... - t,, '-"rv ' tWV . V,jfc - - r - L . - i day Marilyn Miller in "Sunny." r ' s V ,ax i!
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Jaiaea Hall and Anita Louise in one of the thrilling deTelop
, meats in the story of fire and bravery in "The Third
laim now showing at the Hollywood. J
Marilyn Miller attempting to calm Lawrence Gray whose
angry eye is on O. P. Heggie in an episode in "Sunny"
j now showing at Warner's Elsinflre.
The Call
Board . .
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By, OLIVE M.-JDOAK
in
THE HOLLYWOOD
Tbdav James Hall
"The Third Alarm."
T Wednesday-Stanley Smith
In "Queen High."
, Friday Rlcnard Dix in
'Shooting Straight."
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WAIWKR'S KLSIXORK
Today MariJyn Miller In
"Sunny'-Fanchon and Marco
la -Moonlight Revels."
Thursday Elsie Fergnson
In "Scarlet Pages'
WARNER'S CAPITOL
Today Walter Huston
'Bad Man."
in
THK flKAN'D
Today Winnie LIghtner
In "The T.lf of th Partv."
nesday-Betty Compson
In "Midnight Mystery."
; Friday George Duryea
and Sally "Starr in '"Pardon
My Gun."
Fanchon and Marco's ."Moon
light Revels" idea Is an average
show this week end insofar as the
chorus and several specialty nnm
' bers are concerned. Neither ei
. tremely : good nor disappointing,
'on th whole the show comee up
to , the expectations of the audi
: tnce. . . ; '
AlLthe features were good, but
the act drawing the most applause
" Was the "drunk" wi3e-cracklng
about the speakeasy and the cir
cus. The "Knights of the Road."
doing their flying handstands were
also outstanding performers, ac
cording to the reception given by
the audience. . L
i : As usual Fanchon. and Marco's
costumes and stage settings were
: beautiful and picturesque. The
background of a city scene in the
moonlight carried out the theme
of the show extremely well.
stinct of Richard Dix. Mary Law
lor makes fighting worth while
for Dix and the audience.
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Walter Huston as Pancho Lopez, a bad "hombre" in the
play "Bad Man" now shqwing at the Warner's Capitol
"Bad Man" Gives Fine!
Role to Huston 4
Able Actor Seen In Mexican
Play; Capitol Opens BUI
On Next Tuesday
EUROPE GOES TALKIE.
Returning visitors from Eur
ope report that the large cities
over there demand talkies now
just as they do in this country.
It is interesting to note the meth
od by which Paramount applies
American production Ingenuity to
supplying the foreign markets.
The Paris studio of the organiz
ation receives a print of a picture
made In Hollywood. This is" ac
companied by blueprints of the
sets used. These' sets are dupli
cated and the action studied
closely.. Finally, 13 different di
rectors : run 13 different
This weekend and until Tues
day Walter Huston, will 1 play a
promising role" as Pahcho Lopez
in "Bad Man." at the Capitol
The plot of th story is woven
about characters in Mexican
territory. James Rennie and O.
P. Heggie are the men who are
operating a ranch in the terri
tory operated over by " Pjancho
Lopez a Mexican bandit, both
very intelligent and cunning. T
Guests come to the ranch;; of
Heggie and Rennie and j Huston
as Lope arrives. There la a
question of trying to take jthe
ranch from Its owners on a fore
closure sale because it is sus
pected that oil has been found.
A kidnapping Is planned with
large ransom money to : be Re
manded. Excitement follows (ex
citement and together with g()od
acting makes a play worth see
ing for those who like the border
thrillers. I
through similar action In the dur
plicate sets, and. Paramount has a
film ready for release Jn 13 lanr
casts guages. i
Firemen, Featured in Show
Now on at Hollywood
The Third Alarm" la Thrill
er; "Queen Hitch Comes
Next to 'Theatre
The Hollywood will present for
Its ; first showing in Salem the
thrilling fire and bravery story,
"The Third Alarm," for the Sun-J
day, Monday and Tuesday bill.
The hard-fought battles which are
! made. by firemen in the line of
I tenso situations when the lives of
children" and grown folk ar in
danger, all ar combined In a
story which deals with two or
. phans. and with a very adventur
ous love arrair. , .
, Wednesday will see Stanley
Smith, Ginger Rogers, Charlie,
Ruggles and Frank Morgan in a
laugh and music comedy show
called "Queen High." The play
Is a group of humorbns situations
' which pile up one upon the other
and bring laugh after laugh. Two
partners in business cannot agree.
A lawyer with a sense of humor
suceests noker aa m. mesns ttt set
tle Vhn hnll ha hoiH nt tha tinsl.
ness. and the loser Is to be the
; valet" of the winner for a year.
valet. A sufficient ; romance ia
; woven through the plot' to In
crease the comedy uf the situa
tion whien i really good for any
' grouchy malady. .
Richard- Dix In "Shooting
Straight" Is the last picture of
the week at the Hollywood, and
it is on of action and thrills, with
gamblers and gangsters a fitting
' 111 for the red bloodeLVghtlDg in-;
; NOW A WARNER BROS. THEATRE
Today Monday Tuesday
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QW VTTAPHONE
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He's the Robin Hood of the M CARJf oU I
desert. Cupid with a sixshoot- V. nie CoT,ae II
er. Women cry for hinj. Chil- vk v
dren rave over him. Hs the V& W'
gveatest character the screen Vft
has ever known.
Y?y 1 YOU'VE NEVER TO
I VJAV SEEN ANYTHING W
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WALTER HUSTON fi
Dorothy Rerier James Rennie ; 1
' ; Sidney Biackmer ;
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Want fun? Winnie Light
neis 'Life of the Party
Grand Shows Popular Actress
In Clever Bill; Betty Comp
son Comes Next
There is a good time assured
for those who take in the Sunday
bill at the Grand, for It la "The
Life of the Party," with Winnie
LIghtner leading the tun. Two
girls start out after a millionaire
husband and the predicaments
into which they get themselves
make for fun that the audience
thoroughly enjoys.
The Wednesday bill opens with
Betty Compson leading the thrills
in a "Midnight Mystery", of bur
glars and a murder which proves
to be a practical Joke. All told
there Is much comedy and not a
little excitement throughout the
development of the play in which
is featured Betty Compson, Hugh
Trevor, Lowell Sherman, Rita La
Roy, Ivan Lebedeff and a number
of; other supporting characters.
The week's bill ends with a
comedy western entitled "Pardon
My Gun," with George Duryea and
Robert Edeson and Sally Starr,
along with a good supporting cast.
Lowell Sherman and Bettj
Compson in ne of the less
exciting mordents in "Mid
night Mystery" , showing
at the Grand Wednesday.
tending the' plot across to the au4
dience tn such a manner as to
create a host of laughs. A negro
cowboy, a cook -who tells his se
crets to a favorite frog, kidnap--ers.i
engagements, horse races and
rodeos all go to make up a novel
western talkie.
.. A favorlt of both stage and
screen will be at the Elsinore to
day Marilyn Miller In "Sunny."
It 1 easy to imagine this nam
with Marilyn for she 1 happiness
Itself in her singing, speaking;
dancing and acting. r
Marilyn takes 1 the part of
"Sunny" a dancer; in a chorus
act. A lova affair iprtngs ap be
tween Sunny Lawrence Gray and
her father who ia O. P. Heggie
is not in favor. Gray leaves Kna
land where tha play starts and
roes (o America. Sunnf follow
him and ther Is much diffi
culty. ' .
Th play is a happy choice for
the weekend and should brine
much enjoyment to the Elsinore
audiences today and Monday and
Tuesday. i ;
"Scarlet Pares" which has a
terrific sounding name but in
truth is the story. of the love-of
a ' mother for her child is to be
th Wednesday feature at - the
Elsinore. Elsie Ferguson, John
Halllday.' Marian , Nixon, Grant
Withers,. Daisy "Belmore and a
good supporting casf make of
this Play one of Intense, action
I and interest; according to report.
HOME OF 25c TALKIES
FIRST SHOWING IN SALEM
TODAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY
Continuous Performance Today 2 to 11 P. M.
t0 ir'T Cirl
A 3 -ALARM THRILLER
Children trapped in a buildtn become
an inferno Thrills you'll never forget!
ANITA LOUISE j " JAMES HALL
PAUL HURST jJEAN HERSHOLT
HOBART BOSWORTH
Its
Also Charley Chase Comedy, Metro Colored Review
and News.
LAST
TIMES
TODAY
With
BILLIE DOVE
Helen Ware
Tully Slarshall
In
How for should a girl go to Hold the man
she loves? Should she tell the secrets of
her past? See the most daring sacrifice
a girl ever made. It's the most beautiful
picture of the most beautiful star. Don't
miss it.
A FIRST NATIONAL
fll
MICKEY MOUSE
SOUND NEWS ;
Oswald Cartoon
ON THE STAGE
7.
"r.2mniHi'ir revels" ndiea
1 GEORGE BROADHURST &
Medeleine
'Club Padlock'.
2 CHARLES BRUGGE
i The Musical Tintype
3 THREE MELvIn BROS. (
'World's Most Sensational
j i Gymnasts'
4 FRED A SULLIVAN
Petite Acrobatic Stepper"
5 CURRY & BROWN
'Hollywood Goofs
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6 PIERCE & LAZELLE
'Tap Dancers' ,
7 SUNKIST ENSEMBLE
8 Girls and 8 Boys
8 ELSINORE
Orchestra
WARNER
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Eyejthing
is ounnunuvr
From Near and Far
THEY COME!
to see and applaud and applaud
gain this charming little star in
"SUNNY", her success supreme!
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show that ran over 3 years on Broadway
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