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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Saleta, Oregon, Sunday Mornlntr. July 26,1931 c . , , - i KBifj" ope.n;6 V. m i: i SSSSL TODAY I10LLY1 V . ' ' 1 : : .t-4- . 4 : 'UTTIE CAESftB' OPBIEB IT CUB Edward Robinson is Really A Highbrow but Gang Rc'.e Well Played Amonc the most recent arriv als into the rarlfled air of star Horn ts Edward G. Robinson. He has been an actor of the legit imate stage for rears and a very successful one, and bis part thera were intellectual ones. In real llfo he la a "highbrow" ac cording to some- characterization and certainly he is is far from the true gangster which he has rrm-wA a faithfully on the screen, as he possibly eoald be in his every day ure. . He Is small, lively." genial and decidedly foreign-looking. Be eides that, he la a very line art- ... - - i Robinson is a Roumanian by vuiv mnA i Tiller man whose chief hobby haa been the acqui sition of . many language b jftuch etrange lore. .1. if, t ihnrouzh master of sev en languages and has a speaking. writing aad reading acquaintance WIU1 Hrerai uiuic. i He has eolleeted many strange volumes . in many langaagea - on subjects such as demonology, re ligions, magic, Voodoo, sex wor ship, alchemy and so on. In fact, it waa to read these obscure vol umes that he originally became . master of ito mtnT languages. It Is rather too bad perhaps that Robinson has Decome so very much the typical s gangster in the mi ilds of the public. But be that as it may he has accom plished a classical result in the picture "Little Caesar which will be the feature at the Grand Sunday. r If all other gang pictures are missed that might be well but 'Little. Caesar" is worth, the time of any person. Other members in - the cast are Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., Sidney Blaekmer, Glenda Farrell, of stage fame; Ralph Ince, William Collier Jr.. Thom as Jackson, Maurice Black, George Stone and half a dozen equally popular players. , 1 SCMET PAGES' ;- COS TO GRID ; is - - . 'i ' One of the very tiniest leading ladles tn talking motion pictures Is featured in "Scarlet Pages," the First National and Yitaphone drama of mother loTe and sweet lean lore at, the Grand theatre Wednesday i She la Marian Nixon, who has been pronounced by many lead ing directors and cameramen as being the ideal atzejfor the screen. . ! '.- Marian' tips the scale at an even ft ponnda. She has weighed lexactly the same for the paat year or so. She is less than five feet tail. . I Misa Nlxoa has the ! role of a daughter in "Scarlet Pages" who becomes - entangled in a family mlxup that threatens to ruin her entire- future. Elsie Ferguson portrays the role of the aether, while the all star cast includes Grant Withers, John ' Halllday. Neely Edwards, DaWiU Jennings and many others. ! "Scariet Pages? Is adapted ' from the Samuel Shipmaa and John B. Hymer atage hit and di rected for the screen by Bay En right. . . j - . i AT HURORA POPULAR AURORA, July 25 Persona motoring over the Pudding rlrer bridge on the Pacific highway at Aurora would think there was an old fashioned baptising in prog ress by the number gathered on the banks and in the stream, bat upon Investigation ' they would leara . It waa the Black Dragon life MTlnr corn of the American Red Cross of Salem, giving In structions tree to the 70 who hare enrolled to take the course. 1 ?The banks are lined each even ing wltn ears and .spectators. Many have .entered Xrern Wood burn. Monitor, . Uibbsra, .Canby and the surrounding country. Twenty fire or so little tots are reeerriac special attention tn : shallow water. Up stream les sons fa advanced iwVtmtat; and Junior and senior life earing classes are in progress. -Fire efficient Instructors are ent from Salem each evening this week and Sunday tryouta for life savin rank will be made. The tree swimming place att ested near the business district U loaned by Misa Julian to the community so long aa the place is not abused. Our yetug men -hare Vuflt new airing boards, platforms and other equipment ; for the convenience of the public GETS NEW CAR . TURNER, July 15 T. C. Gnn ; oing. rural mall carrier a routa 1. returned from his two weeks . vtcUn, . and Immediately pur ; chased a new model automobile for bis mall service. Mr. Gunning ' is the eldest carrier out of Tur J&er aa Is one of the two oldest ; carrtera in point of servies tn the state; .ho began work la October, r 189T when the rural delivery was la th experiment stag THRESHER BUSY - PESRTBALE, July SS , Georgw Knrti la threshing in this community. He move his ma chine to the O. E. Carts farm Wednesday. The days of, the c threshing machine run are num . bercd- a? so many . farmers have ' ombines. Here are the girls talking: it over in a scene from "Kick In which is the feature at the Hollywood, today. The glrb are Wynne Gibson and Clara Bow, ; ' Back Jones and Loretta Sayers in a scene from The Fight ins: Sheriff which will be the feature at the Grand thea tre Friday and Saturday. 1 Hollywood Low-downs ' By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright,! 1931, Premier Syndi- f i: cate. Inc. i HOLLYWOOD The "big game In Hollywood f today is guessing which way, the' cinema wind will blow. A good many producers think the modified Western la due for a rua of popularity. RKO Pathe. tor, Instance, will keep Bill Boyd" for out-of-door pictures in the futuro. I His next after "Suicide Fleet" will bo "Timber Beast." a story of the lumber camps. Marlon Jackson, veteran scenarist, la the author, and eho is callaboratlng with Don Ryan on the adaptation. . In the i meanwhile. Bill and Mrs. Boyd (Dorothy Sebastian) are away ; on their boat some where. The case of these two is a strange; one. They practically hare dropped out of Hollywood social life, amending most of their time on the water, and apparent ly not mis slag ; the parties a bit. The Portugese government has awarded Adolpa Zukor the Grand Cross of the order of Santiago for hi serrlce in presenting the first Portuguese talkie . ,.. and speaking of embems, whoso Sig ma Chi fraternity pin Is the new ly separate Dorothy Lee wear ing? Somo'say it belongs to a well-known football star . . . Robert 'Sherwood la writing the titles for the film Douglas Fair banks took a his Oriental trip. . Maybe you don't know them yet, but red-headed Roberta Gale and Eric Linden. jot the "Are These Our Children?" cast, are, seeing things through the same eyes these days. ; The Honolulu Idyl of Carole Lombard and William Powell Is nearlng lta end. They will be back her August 1 for Carole to start work opposite Dick Arlen la "No Oae Han." After that, the studio plans to put her with Buddy Regera la "Mary Makes a Call." Both heroines are lively ladles. : It looks as If Stuart Walker will direct the latter pic ture, which la taken 'from a story by Homer Miles. ; j - Since Bill doesn't start at War ners until September, he can stay home and cook'tlre meals. What a thought, j : - The new French -camera which takes Z.eOw views a second should be valuable In determining -who is the champion nod-man of Hol lywood, j j . DID TOTJ XXOItf That Will Rogers' parents wanted him to become a minister? HOLLYWOOD. July .25. A !. witnessed yes- short-reel ? film X v ; f861: j T '''- n i terdsy at the Multicolor Labora tories may work Important changes in the synchronised car toon field, i - ! It was photographed in color, and crowded perfection in this re spect. A young man named Ted Asb baugh originated the Idea ' and has been working on it for near ly a year ! in conjunction with Cliff Welngart and Carl Stall In gs, who formerly was associa ted with Walt Disney. Between them they i bare painstakingly Is olated shades of color that . will photograph as hey appear to the eye. A hint of the magnitude of the task is revealed In the young producers j confident assertion they have at least a year's jump on anyone attempting to follow ault. . i : ; ' - i "Goofy Goat.' as the short Is called, is the first full length col or cartoon erer made. UatrersaL It will bo recalled, put a short in sert Into Paul Waiteman's "King of Jaw." f J .'!': The effect of color In a car toon is to giro perspective. And slneo drawings bare sharper out lines than natural objects, color definition Is. much more pronoun ced. ' - s - r 'm ; i Several. Hollywood producers have shown a lively Interest In the achievement of Ashbaugh and - his associates, and there seem little reason to doubt they soon will bo putting their names to a contract. LateMt Goeaip Doug Fairbanks looks I very swank walking around the lot In one of those gift costumes from a Maharajah a tailored coat and pants bobbed just above the knee. . , , James Cagney, hero of gangster pictures, deesnt smoke . . . . Producer Louis B. Mayer will use the yacht. Invader, dur ing Joseph . Scheock's absence La Europe . . . Originally called A Little Flat in a Temple.", Ann Harding's new film was renamed 'DevotIon." and now, at the star's sugestlon. will be titled "Alias Mrs. Halifax." . . . Readers wishing to write sua may address letters caro of the Los Angeles Evening Herald. This will save the post-office trouble, and will avoid the delayed deliveries of the past.-: TO JtKTURN SOUTH' ' ZEN A. July -1 5 Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Mc Kin lay of Berkeley. CaL, who hire - been vseationing at "McKtnlay orchards' at Zeaa plan to leave for California Sat urday, where they Intend to spend the month of August . at Berke ley. Dr. McKlnley Is writing a book oa the liquor question. He will finish the book and do some research work while at Berkeley. Dr. MeKlnley is a aoa of Rever end G. A. McKlnlsy. retired Presbyterian minister who died several years ago- and who was formerly pastor . of the , Zena church, i . ' EDWARD GBOBINSOH DOUGLAS r" . ' - t n v Robert Montgomery and Dorothy Jordan talk it over while the rest of the nary looks on in the feature "Shipmates t now at Warner Bros. FJslnore. SHIPMATES' IS AT Spectacular Navy Scenes In : Picture add Much: to Effectiveness Robert Montgomery makes his bow as a star as the sailor-hero la 'Shipmates." a new Metro- Ooldwya Mayer production which opens today at Warner Bros. El alnore. . Th picture has a : tremendous sweep In the nary backgrounds, showing the plunging lines of battleships on the firing ranges, thundering salvos, .repelling a tactical enemy la a mighty spec tacle, terrifying to behold as It flashes on the screen with all the fury of the gun blasts pounding from the loudspeakers. In the shipboard scenes, navy life Is depicted la a fascinating intimacy. Harry pollard, who di rected the picture, la to bo com plimented for the splendid pic torial value of the production. The blending of the shore ro mance with the navy Interest' Is deftlr Interpolated. Dorothy Jordan, as the admir al a daughter, plays opposite Montgomery and offers a spark ling performance. It Is upon the romance between the sailor and the admiral's girl that the story hinges, climaxing In tbo burning of an ammunition 'barge la which the hero-deserter redeem him self mlth the retired admiral leading him to the fire? eraft that threatens destruction of the Battle 'Fleet as It swings -at an chor. Torreaco Ia Cast Ernest Torrenco heads the sup porting cast as Montgomery's nemesis-guardian and H o b a r t Bosworth la cast as the admiral, dreading peaceful retirement, and wishing only that his daughter might carry oa the family tradi tions by marrying a nary man. Included la the cast are Cliff Edwards. Gavin Gordon. Joan Marsh. Edward Nugent. B. Ailym Warren, George Irving. Hedda Hopper and William Worthing ton; Ocean Mail to Be Augmented; - Vessels ' Added WASHINGTON. July 15 (AP) Three new ocean mall routes are to bo Inaugurated with an at tendant increase la the' strength of the American merchant 'marine. At least tlx and possibly eleven new vessels are to be added and nearly -a acoro of ships recondi tioned In American shipyards. .The routes He between the -Atlantic' and gulf ports and Europe and between Seattle and Mexico. Bids will bo -opened at the post office department August 17. The construction of six new vessels ts required by the- contracts while the building' of five more Is to be placed upon a conditional basis. The reconditioning work is to bo made mandatory by the contracts. GUESTS AT HUBBARD HUBBARD, July 11 Mrs. Clark Alnsworth aad small son. Boys of Clatskanle, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn Troadt and her brother, Melvln Troadt. and also at the homo of Mr. Alnsworth's parents. Mr. ana Mrs. Clyde Alnsworth. , . ELS ORE THEATRE 1) rA mo a Kit mm X r-Tv All-Star Cast in "Lawyer's Secret? Is Genuine Article When is ma. Mail-tar cast aa "all-star cjwfT Aocordiag to motlom pie tare ethics, a plctare may bo advertised as having; an alKstar cast hea its prin cipal players have ranking prestige oax either atage or screen or both. Strictly speaking, however, aa "all star cast' means that the principal players are star contract players to tbo com pany producing the picture or other companies. When Paramount selected the cast for "The Lawyer's Secret,, the eod-of-the-week attraction at the E lain ore theatre, it gave this picture a all-star cast in the strict sense by assigning Clive Brook, Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen to the princi pal male roles. , Fay Wray and Jean Arthur are the feminine leads. VAN ClU FAMILY TO 8ILVERTON, July IS De scendants of Thomas and Harriet Van Cleve, pioneers of 1149, will hold their annual reunion in the Sllrerton park tomorrow. Mrs. Peggy Davis of Sllrerton Is sec retary. f ! Mrs. Sarah A. Morgan, only living daughter of the pioneer couple, of Vader, Wn., and two dauAhtor-ln-laws. Mrs. Ellen Van Clare and Mrs. Matilda Van Cleve, both of Salem, will be among the many present. Mrs. Morgan's first husband, a Mr. Woosley, was aa early-day mem ber of the I. O. O. F. order here. A picnic .dinner will be served at noon. Hubbard People Return Home HUBBARD, July 25 Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Miller and Mrs. Al bert Spagle -returned Monday from a week's visit at the homo of Mrs. Spagle's son, Lowell Spa gle at Boardman. Mrs. Lowell Spagle and small sen. Lowell, Jr.. accompanied them on the return trip and are guests at their homes. Lowell Spagle, Jr.. Is the only grandson of William "Bill' Wolt er of Hubbard, one of the few survivors of the early pioneers who settled at the Aurora colony. . " -with' ; ' REGIS TOOMEY WYNNE GD3SON JULIETTE COMPTON ' r . H AVsm Charley. Chase tn "The Pip from Fittsbwrg,- Colored. : Metro Review and News. . Charles Rogers, Fay Wray, Clive Brook. Jean Arthur, all la i merry mlxup in the feature at Warner BrosJSlsi ' nore Friday. ' IE PRODIGAL' TO BE AT HOLLYWOOD " Colored singers. Including the famous Ethiopian Etude Chorus, and ' well-known vaudeville and night club entertainers, had their "break" In pictures In Lawrence Tlbbett's new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring rehlcle, "The Prodigal." which will come Wed nesday to the Hollywood theatre. They appeared with him In twb numbers, "Chldllns" and "A Child Is Bfrn," in a reproduction of a negro barbecue in the south. The new talkie, which Harry Pol lard directed, is a vivid romantic drama of "the aouth of today. Es ther Ralston plays the heroine op posite Tibbett, and a notable cast Includes Roland Young and Cliff Edwards. Tibbett sings several southern numbers. ' 'PARTY HUSBAND' It is no myth that the sea of matrimony in the United States has been growing more and more choppy as the years pass, accord ing to Dorothy Mackaill. who haa the starring role in First Nation al's Vltaphono production, "Party Husband," coming to Warner Bros. Elslnoro theatre Wednesday. "The year 1530 was the storm iest year in the history or the United States with more marital barks foundering than ever before and ltll la apparently out to set a new record of divorces." says the star of "Party Husband-"Ae-cordlng to statistics which I have been reading, divorce has increas ed in ratio to woman's power to earn her own living. More power to her. "I discovered than in 1887 out of every 100 marriages, five and a half ended In divorce. This fig ure increased slowly through the decades .with seven 'getting di vorces in 18IT, eight and " two tenths in 1907. ten and six-tenths In 117 and seventeen in 1980. The biggest leap forward occurred Immediately after the war when the figure pumped from eleven and six-tenths In 1918. to thirteen and. four-tenths in 1920. "The Increase of divorce has grown since at the rate of one-half to one per cent every year until today the ordinary person has five chances of staying married to one chance of ending In ..a divorce court. In 1S0 mere were x. 800,000 marriages and 200.000 divorces!" "Party Husband' Is an In triguing story of modern marri age. Dorothy Mackaill is support ed by James Rennle, Dorothy Pe terson, Joe Donahue. Helen Ware, Paul PorcasL Mary Doran, Bar bara Weeks and Don. Cook. Clar ence Badger directed. - ON VACATION TURNER. July 25 Rev., and Mrs. E. J. Gllstrsp and daugh ters Ruth. Margaret and Femai, left early Friday morning tor No tarts expecting to remain at the beach till Monday evening or Tuesday. H0LLW00D . Home of 25c Talkies A HOME-OWNED THEATRE 1 TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY , This amazing Clara Bow will sweep you off your feet a thrilling , drama of a woman's fig-ht for the man she loves! Directed by Richard Wallace f mm the nlar hr AT ELS HE SOON jr- 1 Willard Mack CMS is (2 QcnmzourJ. Qidure' J The Call Board By OLIVE L DOAK e ess . THE HOLLYWOOD Today Clara . Bow la "Kick In." Wednesday Lawrence Tib- t bett In "The Prodigal". Friday Bob Custer In "Under Texaa Skies."--. . THE GRAND - Today Edward G. Robin- son In "Little Caesar". Wednesday Grant With- t ers in "Scarlet Pages".- Friday .Buck , Jones In ,Tho fighting Sheriff", WARNER BROS. ELSINORE . Today -Robert Montgom- ery in "Shipmates". Wednesday Dorothy Mae- kaill in "Party Husbands". Friday Clive .Brook In "Th. T.awvra Sire G SUMMER WITH A KICK VX( ' SPRINGS A mile-high chauimofuhip course that's a golfing epic! 8,000-ioot pony trails. Motoring to Chateau Lake Louise. Tennis. Saddle horses. Climbing. Warm sulphur and cool glacial pools. Exceptional cuisine music entertainment. Stay, a month, or the season. CANADIAN PACIFIC w. H. Dagom Cent. Agent Pastk Dew. 18-A Srosirty ta av. forfaad BZJwf 0637 racMc TrMSn I STARTS TODAY CONTINUOUS 2-11 P. M. He was only a common gob . -T"m And llie was an i i a Plus! Another Bobby Jones -Scries and W.B. Varieties Clara Bow Makes Host of -Dramatic Role Unlike per Usual Parts , If. yoa tan remember the pic ture "Children of Divorce,- the forgotten . "gltl next door of "Wings," the beautiful gangster's moll of "Ladies of the Mob' or. the effective scene in the detec tive's office, in "No Limit,- the Clara Bow who makes her dra matie debut on the talking: screen la "Klck .ta," at the Hollywood theatre today will be less of a surprise and mor of a revelation. : The Clara Bow of -Kick In" is really a new Clara Bow. a dra matic emotionally fiery star, but those who recall those brief glimpses of tho real Bow talent in other dramatic moments will find It only the realization of something: they knew the "It," girl possessed all alonjr. "Kick In" is something new for Clara Bow. entirely divorced from the "flapper" dramas with which her fame ts chiefly associated. ,But an excellent supporting cast and a splendid directorial mind contribute' added effective ness to, "Kick In's" drama, Wynn ' Gibson.- Juliette Comptoa acd Leslie Fenton head a brilliant ar- -ray of supporting players. The di rection was in the hands of Rich ard Wallace, whose uncanny abil ity for heightening dramatic ef fects, observed In his recent dra ma with Ruth Chatterton "The Itight to Love.- has -here full dla- -play. CATHOLICS - TO MEET CHAMPOEO. July 25 Sunday. July 26, will be Catholic day at -Champoeg park. ' Rev. Frances Leipzig of Eugene and Rev. John Laidlaw of. Portland will b the principal speakers. . Father M. Walsh, teacher of American his- . tory. Notre Dame, Indiana, is ex pected to be present. Special music. The . program wilt begin at 2:3d p. m.- LowKouftd Trip Font els Can a' . dixnPaci(i Kslftvajr m$tt your, trip tcoft omfcpt.Atk for folders. CMMfCMStraWMr admiral's daughter it in has first starring , - " pictxtre ERNEST TORRENCE . dorothy jordan, hobart bosworth; cliff ed wards ; v