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PAG 2 CIGIXT The C3EC0N Calera. Oregon, Csday Uorzlzr. April Ocis Skinner in "Kismet'' Will fe ttmctiori at Elsinore Mexi Week-end i t The Gall Bbard By OLIVE M. DOA 6UNDAT THEATER CALL Board - '. 'Warner's Elsinore Today Buster Keaton in "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath". " Thursday Lawrence Tib bett In "The Prodigal". Warner's Capitol ' : Today Ralph Forbes la -Beau Ideal". Tuesday Lowell Sherman In "The. Royal Bed". , Thursday Helen Twelve- trees In "Millie". ., .. Grand Today Joe . E. Brown la "Going Wild". Wednesday Dorothy Mac- kalll in "Bright Lights". Friday Walter Huston in "Bad Man". . t The Hollywood Today Charles Rogers in MAl.ncjCam Youth". Wednesday Kay Johnson in "Madame Satan". .. Friday Leon Errol - 1 n "Only Saps Work". War Picture to Open Week i At Capitol 'Beau Ideal" is Interesting Seqnel to "Beau Geste; The Royal Bed." Next "Bean Ideal", a sequel to that sensational drama of the desert. "Beau Geste". opens a two-day engagement at Warner Brothers Capitol theater today. The pic ture was inspired by the indent!- xication plate on a rifle of a French foreign legion soldier. Ferciyal Q. Wren. In "Bean Geste" all the broth ers were killed but John, who es caped from Fort Zinderneuf. the only survivor of the terrifflc bat tie. "On arrlTlng home in London his action was unofficially con doned by his legion commander. . His heroism was recognised. As he had enlisted under a fictitious name, the commander declared him dead to the legion. ' . "The new story 'Beau Ideal' arises from the death of this com mander and the fact that there wag no official record of John Geste's heroism." The new story takes up his adventures from there and carries the audience through a series of thrilling ex periences. Ralph Forbes is "John Geste". the role he created In the origin al story. The featured cast In cludes Loretta Young, Irene Rich. Lester-Vail, Don . AWardo, Leni Stengel and hundreds of extras. An all talking comedy, a nov elty reel and the Metrotone talk ing news weekly rounds out the program. Adapted from one of the most popular Broadway .stage succes ses of the past season and rated a comedy of unusual brilliance, "The Royal Bed", screen version of Robert E. Sherwood's stage play "The Queen's Husband", will open its stay ' at Warner Brothers' Capitol theater Tues day. Lowell Sherman, who also directed the piece, and Mary As ' tor are to be seen In the leading roles. "The Royal Bed", In screen form, is said to remain the same sophisticated, satirical comedy fuat pleased New York audiences ' for months as a stage play. The . theme of the story Is wore about a king who hoped that revolutlon ists would overthrow his king dom so that he could play check ers with his butler and his daughter might marry the man she loved, and that his wife would have nothing to be "queen over". "Millie", which In book form was one of the best sellers of the year. Jus found Its way Into a talking picture, and will be on the screen at Warner Brothers' Capitol theater for three days starting next: Saturday. The story's frank treatment of its theme gave rise to wide discus sion. ... The story tells of a girl who marries a philandering college boy.. Divorce follows soon after .their daughter is born. In later years the girl is reunited With her daughter in time to save her child from a bitter experience. Helen Twelvetrees plays the title role, supported by Robert Ames, Lilyan T ashman and James Hall. Cinema Stars Hug Master es The average opera star has to know at least four languages and within afew years the average film star will have to know at least as many, according to Low ell Sherman. " Sherman u featured in "The Royal Bed. showing; Tuesday at the Capitol. He also directed this sentatlonat talkie hit. produced by Radio Pictures as a lavish screen version of a stags play by Robert E. Sherwood. , In the picture Sherman, as the King. Is called ' upon to speak English. French, Spanish. German and Italian. Fortunately be was already sufficiently .eonversant .with these, tongues to speak his "lines" with no particular effort. Nance CNeil, as ' the Queen, Mary Astor. Ilagn' Trevor and oth er favorites in the big all-star east of "The Royal Bed", did not have to be so linguistic, but everyone or them has had bi-Lingnai stage and screen parts recently. "Movies ax becoming poly-lla-gual. eren as to versions intended strictly for English speaking people," Sherman declares. "AH - nations are learning English- and English speaking peopl are get ting more and more of ether tongues from the talkies rather painlessly." The federal government is ex pending f 5,Ooo for a new quar antine station and incidental baildlagi at Nw Orleans. Five Tongu : Ji5 wsffiwik -mM y ' 0 : jj Charles Rogers and two of which will be the Sunday Joe E. Brown featured play er in "Going Wild" which will show at the Grand to day. "Going Wild- Appears at The Grand Joe E. Brown Again in Great Lover Role; "Bright Lights", Coming How Joe E. Brown, he of the funny "pan" and wide mouth does it, nobody knows, but he always turns out to be a "great lover" on th screen. , it He will be seen in "Going Wild" at the Grand theatre begin ning Sunday and, as usual, he "gets his girl." Brown is one of the few come dians in whom any romantic inter est centers. He was a romantic success in "On With the Show," "Hold Everything," and "Top Speed." Believe it or not, he gets more than a thousand fan letters a month which may be classed as "mushy." The only ease in which he didn't get his girl, clne matically speaking, was in "Sal ly." ' "Going Wild" is hailed as his greatest comedy to date. Includ ed in the case as Walter Pidgeon, Lawrence Gray. Ona Munson, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh, and many others. William A. Setter directed. . , Inez Courtney, petite dancing comedienne who was seen recent ly in 'Song of the Flame," again ha funny dancing role in "Bright Lights.'? color melodrama with music, which is at the Grand Miss Courtney came to Vita hone Pictures via the stage. Abil ity with her feet, made her a hit la the plays "Good News," "Pol- !Man! "SprtBS 18 Here." Re cently she was named on the "All American Dance Team" for 1929, Sunday Monday r;4;;Mi7vy ;J joe e.brov11 : i W. : I J) vwon. : CHARLES m ar ..'.. a a j m v w .s a " as ni a - lis?-,- c- I I 'Mo his playmates In the happy attraction at the Hollywood. r , , r - a Walter Huston and Dorothy nitnr "rTm TliA arn picture, Friday. uu umu whoso members are selected by the country's outstanding dance directors and the' editor of Dance Magazine, she also made the team In 1928. , The actress appears in support of Dorothy Mackaill and Frank Fay In "Bright Lights." The story of a hula dancer, told in vivid scenes and popular music, was filmed under direction of Michael Curtlz. Walter Huston, who plays the title role in "The Bad Man. which comes to the Grand theatra Friday, found fame and success only after twenty years of strug gle on the stage. For many years he worked in the comparatlre obscurity of vaudeville, and was eventually banned from his profeseslon to that line because of a firht be- ftween the Keith circuit and the Shuberts. Today he is rated as one of the most accompllshe dactors on stage or screen. "The Bad Man" is a First Na tional Vltaphone production of Porter Emerson Browne's famous stage play of the same name. "Dor othy Revier, James Rennie and O. P. Heggie are in the cast. Ten employes of the Santa Mo nica, Calif., postoffice have a blned service record of more than 200 years. ,c. xmmm Rogers comedy. "AJon Came Youth - Revier in a scene from the t.t.u ill i. il. niuktt TT Ul w ai IUB vxicma "Along Came Youth" at - The Hollywood Charles Rogers in Romantic Comedy; "3Iadame Satan" To Open Wedaesday ' ; Charles Rogers Is given splen did support in "Along Came Youth" a romantic comedy about a young American sports man stranded in England, which opens today at the Hollywood. Stuart Erwln is the chief fun provider. He was In "Dangerous HOME OF 25c TALKIES FIRST SHOWING IN " SALEM Today - Monday and Tuesday In Love lllillll Ralph Forbes and Loretta linpr in luitn iflMi" cavmaI m pens a two day engagement at Warner Bros. Capitol ineaire MKiay. Buster Keaton and Dorothy "Parlor, Bedroom and Warner Brothers Elsinore. Nan McGrew," "Sweetie," "Young Eagles- and "Playboy of Paris." Frances Dee, Maurice Cheva lier's sweetheart In "Playboy of Paris" is Roger's girt friend. Wil liam Austin, the English charac ter comedian of "Sweetlel fame, is a skittish aristocat. Evelyn Hall is a doughty dame. Leo White is an impetuous South Am erican; Mathilde Comont is his fat, but gay wife. And there are the five Neetsfoot Boys, helping along with the general fun. "Madam Satan" which will open at the Hollywood Wednes day, largely concerns the matri monial adventures of Bob and An gela Brooks. Its locale Is the wealthy Brooks home, and the Zeppelin of Jimmy Wade. On this airship there is a masked bail, featured by the appearance of a mysterious "Madam Satan"- It's Youth! Mistaken for a mil lionaire, he's without a dollar in the world! He starts off with a reputation to lira up to and a girl at stake! Fast and fan-' ny . romance with ; np- .. J . , : - ; - - O ' -,'.-.. ' - - Came Youth' Q Gtimmouia QiOum Abo Comedy - News and Reriew Continuous Performance Tday 2 to 11 Young who play opposite each Christie in a scene from liath now showing at J and ending-In the mid-air crash of the1 craft and the descent to earth in parachutes of the guests. The striking story was written by Jeanle MacPherson and Gladys Unger-Elsle Janls dialogue. Eight lilting musical numbers are pro- viaea tr Herbert Stothart and uiiriord Orey. of "Tha Rons Song": Jack Klne and Rial Jni The featured players Include Kay ' - 1 '"""""inuaBBanssssaemsgss i i i i u - a Ik1 r Buster Keaton Starr at J , Elsinore - "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath' Riotous Comedyr "Ths Frodigal Later Buster Keaton of thr (rosea countenance cavorts . , through comedy of errori In which too many sweethearts, a jealous hus band with a gun. a policeman and a balky auto figure in a riproar- ing series of trials and tribula tions. , It all happens In "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath." his new Me- tro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy which opens at Warner Bros.. Elsinore today.. .. - : -: ; : . Adapted from the stage play. one of the reigning comedy hits of Broadway, the new picture has Buster In the role of a young man who Is "touted' as a gay Lothario to such an extent that he Is in trouble mostly woman troubl practically all the time. He gets suspected, by his sweetheart. Is caught In a compromising position with a married woman - by her Jealous husband who has a gun disrupts a fashionable hotel. wrecks a car and almost himself. and otherwise stays in hot water to the infinite relish of the audi ence. Charlotte Greenwood, the cele brated comedlene of "So Long Letty" and other Broadway hits. adds no end of .Joviality to those scenes in which she goes through all sorts of srmnastie stunts with the long legs that made her fam ous. The unusually prominent sup- PL11 t is furtiwr augmented l . - ny. Cliff Edward and Edward Brophy, the trio which scored so successfully la i "Those Three French Girls." There is no lack of pulchritude in the new Keaton laugnmaker. for the feminine roles are dis tributed between Dorothy Christy. last seen in "The Playboy of Par is"; Joan Peers, of "Tol'abla David": Sally Kilers. Keaton' he roine In "Dough- Boys." and Nata lie Moorhead. All ofthese players admittedly have their shara of good looks. The picture was directed br Ed ward Sedgwick, who has screened all of Keaton's recent films. In cluding -Dough Boys," "Free and Easy" and "Splta Marriage." - Two Stars Only Five Years Old In Coming Show 'Two of fche players In Law rence TIbbett's newest starring picture are only five year old. They are little Wally Albright. Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland ronng and Lillian Roth. Abe Ly man's band plays In the Zep se quence. . i ' Laughs by the score will flow at the Hollywood- beginning Friday with the first showlns- in Salem of "Only Saps Work," the amor ous farce comedy with Leon Errol in what might be called the title role. It's aU about a gang of comical crooks who pose as detectives at a swanky Health Farm. There' a plenty of tense plot situations in it,. and a pretty romance, wKa Richard Arlen and and Mary Bri- 'an as the lovers. . a r. 0&s New Phona Numb ((o) Jr and .Suzanne Ransom, who play the nephew and niece re spectively of the opera and film star In "Tha Prodigal" which will open at the Elsinore Thursday. Wally. like Tibbett, Is also a singer. He sang "Holy Nlghf in "Wonder of Women" and has appeared- in "The Trespasser,"-"Thunder,- "Lightnin" and "The Single Standard." Suianne has appeared in "Lightning" "Tha Valley" and other films. ' The Philippine Insular govern ment. With a ecrease la revenue of approximately 8,000,000 pesos In 1110. collected 81,000.000 pe- aos. ' 1 NOW! V IV .1 - CHARLOTTE Greenwood and njj WARNER BROS. T? fNew Phone Number af-tOV:ie4e lit V! rrv,a . - qkV a HURfeY! HURRY! g (TT)