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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1931)
" The OrtEGON STATESMAN", Salem, Orm, Scn?r I?crr!- Bt-tenber 13, 1S.T1 Pocky: W- B EMncfe, : .Prama f I 'STRANGERS HW yrciiLiEciiris ICC III ii I , III s Post-Football , Game Scene : Is Unusuai; Requires ' Warner Oland Graduates to r Herd" Role. After Many ' .-.- . Plots as Villain ; Nine Microphones llywooci, no I I'uiw' mmmm 11 . j muiiim ilji i.iiiiiiu ii. mi mi y .-.a. -. . Wm AT 611 llluu . Nine different ' microphones were used to record a single scene ' In "Strangers May Kiss;", Norma - Shearer's new Metro-Goldwyn- - Mayer starring vehicle directed by - George Fluraaurlee from, the cur rent Ursula Parrot novel, and : which in at the Hollywood today The big- seen depleted? the in : terior of a New York night club ;during a no3t-footbaM game cele bration. Durinjr the festivities. including a football "game" stag ed; by scantily-clad' chorines, col- lege airs were oiarea iortn ana general whoopee heard from all sides. At. the same time, thnre was an Interchange of dramatic ' action at two tables. seating-Miss Shearer. Neil Hamilton, Robert Montgomery. Marjorle Rambeau, , Jed Prouty, Karen Morley, Hae Hamilton and Wilbur "Mack. . ..... To film .and record- this coa fioraerale action and sound, Fitz- maurice employed the nine micro phones, - placing two orer the or chestra which played off-stage," - two to .'"cover"; the "Chorus rou tine, one at cafe entrance, one on Miss Shearer's side of her ta ble, one focused upon Hamilton and Montgomery, and one at the opposite' table for Miss Rambeau and Prouty. 'All of these microphones were connected to a single recording Channel into which all: sounds and , voices wore "mixed," the most important being accentuated by expert dial manipulation. ; COLLEGES ATTRACT SILVERTON, Sept. 42--Silver-ton will be largely represented at various colleges of the coast this autumn ' when the schools open. Attending the University of Ore gon will be Harriette Campbell, Betty Kleinsorge, Rath ( Uubbs. Tom Ballantyne, Clarke Thomsen, Robert Stranlx, Inga Goplerud, John Goplerud. Eleanor Jane Bal lentyne, Shirley Sylvester,; Evelyn Solum, Elizabeth Keene, Francis Keene, Lawrence Opedahl, and Roger Comstock. - " f i r . Attending Oregon State college will be Walter Claus, Louisa Schmiedecke, . Angelina Gottea- berg, Billie Eastman, Francis ThoiBDson. Attending; Willamette univer- sity will be Miss Frances Stew art. LaForest McDonald, Pelber Davenport, Max Lindholm Olga Green, Robert Coffey. Monmouth ' will take Evelyn FraEer.i ; Mary Stalker,. Phyllis Wsldner. Eunice Maulding. John Kleeb, who has been attending : the University , of Oregon, has gone to Hawaii where ,be Will at tend the university there. RURAL SCHOOL HAS : SO PUPILS IN VIEW ? BRJSH COLLEGE. Sept. 1 2 Youngsters of school 'age! in the fiuusb. College district are begin ning to count the days until the opening of school, Monday, Sep tember 21, 'when. outside activities will have fo be curtailed and the . sDrumons of the clear toned bell will call them to school. Between 40 and 50 pupils are expected this ' year. The two teachers aret Mrs. Many Sehon of Salem, principal and Miss Ruth Bennett of Inde- . pendence, primary. This is.Mrs . Sehon's fifth year at Brush- Col lege school and will be Miss Bcn- ' nett's second. -.r-V ' New textbooks have, been pur- " chased with the $1.50 allowed for each pupil. The Interiorj of the school' rooms - has been k freshly painted and kalsomined and the exterior of the building repainted. Other improvements will be made before opening. , t - . i Members oMke school board are Fred Ewlng, chairman. U. J. Lehman, Dr C. L. Blodgett, A. R. Ewing, clerk. . EXCITEMENT GREAT AS ROBBERS CAUGHT ! LINCOLN, ejL 12 There was much excitement in "Lincoln Friday night due to the fact that A. -.Hammer disliked having his watermelon patch raided night after night and took . drastic measures to prevent It. Mr. Hammer discovered fresh tracks of thieves In his patch FrU day mornlrfg mnd a targe number of melons stolen. He kept watch Friday night, armed with a- shot-, gun and caught fire boys as they were leaving viith- their lop sack crammed full and oth er ' melons :. which" several were carrying fin their arms.tC Mr. Hammervforced the young cul prits to inarch to the Lincoln tore where he 'phoned to West Salem for Jenks Simpson, consta- ) ta The lads then stared V rii. taking the gun '. away from him pd getting in. their car turned It round and started north. "Thev- oniy went a short distance before Simpson, caught them. The two Older boys were lodegd In Dallas Jail but the miner lads were al lowed to go to their homes. . Approximately 1 j2l.3382 aeres of the 25. 157,000 ctc$ of onap rtopriated public ' lands. in,: Utah hare not 1een lurreyed. - SLIERTDN YOUTHS ; - iV: fir Jackie ! Coojran. Junior.! .Durkin, Charlotte .V. Henry are those who' greet you above and Hhey are seen in a J shot from the picture ;"HuckIebeiry-Finn" which is now show ing at Warner Bros. ELsinore today. 'i, - , " : --v (: j'rv1 ' "v iv : r- ! ' f--f .::; ? kirfti' b:) m ' j - rc f i . 'II u ' Vv From appearances the relations are strained between War- ner Oland, Sally Eilers and from the play "The Black Grand. . i SOUTH m ISM E Those iwho love romance with a f dash of adventure will be""Pleased with the Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer South Sea islana picture, - "Never The Twain Shall Meet," which will be seen Wednesday at War ner Bros,i Elsinore. ' j Adapted from the story byj Pe ter. B. Kype, the' picture has a. dis tinct tans; of the Islands, W. S. Van Dyke! the director who filmed. "White Shadows ! in the South. Seas", and "The Pagan" In Tahi ti, has enhanced I the color and native part due to his intimate knowledge! of the ways of; the Polynesians. j i, Conch ita Montenegro, the little Spanish dancer recently brought to -America,' - was I almost created for. the part of Tamea, the South Sea island slren' wh5, by her ex otic wiles land native charm, so blinds . the scion- of a wealthy American family that he gives up his home; people and business to follow her to her tropical-island. W OFFERED AT THE HO FRIDAY Something new' In camera In genuity the "rotary shot" Vas perfected f at I the United Artists studios ia Hollywood for Mary Pickford's lajest picture, "Klki," which will be seen at the Grand Friday-.;! A- . Moving In three directions,; two of them simultaneously, the "ro tary shot" Is! the invention of William Cameron Menzies, super vising art director." He carried out the Idea of Sam Taylor, pro- mm iWt- -mt- ivti,' 'MM ,KS w';.; - i it VARNER -OLAND fAKUECWAN Clever, witty Ckar--lie Chan unravels a blood - ;: curdling mystery under .love - laden . tropic moon -i - CTU DU SOON A jHOME-OWNED THEATRE I HSF ( Q7 TP. A T7 TTTi ffiti&8 j Li ri uyj 1 Beta LugosL This scene comes Camel" now shbwiner at the . , ducer-director, for a nw angle la filming spectacular scenes. vS : A giant perambulator-elevator, containing a caged camera! plat form, was built. . The peratjula tor hangs from a nan attached to the ceiling of one of the j giant stages. The perambulator moves in either a straight line or ai eemi- circle as desired, and the e leva- tor moves np or down at will by special system of weightis and 11 - ' - yuiie s. ! It gives a camera range of the entire stage Jn any direction and from floor to ceiling and requires a erew of six men to operate It. The opening soenes of 1 Miss Pickford's ; picture were filmed from this unique angle. In the cast of the Sam Taylor production are Reginald Denny, leading! man, Margaret Livingston, Joseph; Caw- thorn, Fred Walton, Phil Tead Fred Warren and Edwin Max well. ; ' Buck Jones and 'The Dawn Trail' To Come Friday - :; : . 1H:,-: Now that Buck Jones Is; back In pictures, he still divides his tLj between ls two fads. When he Is not tinkering with soifle en gine or other in the little tool shop In the rar of his hom,; he amuses himself by teaching his horse, Silver, some new stunts. Silver is considered the wonder horse of the fccreen. He performs tricks that are watched Hwith amazement by all they seeiii in conceivable. ' f ' . Buck and Silver appear to great advantage in "The Dawn Trail" at the Hollywood Friday. Others In the cast are Miriam Seegar and Charles Morton; Christy Caban ne directed. - , t ; . It cbsts about Jl 50,000 a year to transport rural school children in SL Louis county, Minn.,; which has ah area larger than Rhode Is land. - - CHAFLLIIE 1 First Showing (wN i ,v I in Ralm ' f v n V.- ' 1 V X i N . . f -f- 4 . i ? i ' I !K:'l' 'S'TiK(il.",VJ 7 ? , j ; , V -'I i J - 2 i 7.: - v -I rs - - " . - ,i t -? ! . - ; ' " k ' - ' lk.i)r..''tfi?A ""tfti'l . -r "' ' " ' - Norma Shearer needs no introduction She will be seen in Strangers May Kiss at Huckleberry Finn" With Noted Juveniles in Cast . Comee to Elsinore Today Of 29 speaking parti In the motion picture. ' "Jluclriebarry Finn," at Warner Bros. Elsinore today, four are carried by well known juvenile ' players, Jackie Coogan, Mitzt Green. Junior Dur kin and Jackie Searl, all of them continuing the roles .In which they won favor In "Tom Sawyer Several adult players seen In "Tow Sawyer" again play "the same characters in "Huckleberry Finn, the second of the Mark Twain classics to come to the screen. Clara Blandick will again hold sway over the Sawyer boys, as Aunt Polly. Jane Darwell con tinues as ' the efficient Widow Douglas, Huck Finn's guardian angel. . . . Two veteran actresses,! Cecil Weston and Lillian Harmer were signed for th roles jot Mrs. Thatcher, and a companion of Wi dow Douglas. Miss Weston brings an experience of thirty years on the stage and screen to her diffi LATEST III APPAREL Ruth Chatterton. in her latest picture, 'The Magnificent i Lie," displays a wealth of new fashion features In her variety of cos tumes. Formal, costumed and sport attire are the chief dressing equipment required by the! char acterization.. She creates a sen sation with an adaptation of the Empress Eugenie hat. Miss Cbatterton's chic chapeau has the shallow crown and tiny dipping brim characteristic of the Empress . Eugenie mode. It is made of black plcot. - Miss Chat terton wears It high on the head, at a rakish angle. : The flair for evening scarfs is given unique expression In sever al of the 'star's formal frocks. Squares of material, matching the frock, accompany every ensemble she" wears in "The Magnificent Lip."; Miss Chatterton knots them loosely about the neck.' A frock of geranium red is especial CHATTERTON WEARS . HOME OF 25c TALKIES - '-J'" . - A Hoioe-Owned Theatre J "; :.'.' s ; - TOP AY, MONDAY and TUESDAY i pi Continuous performance Norma KM " - v t ; Robt. Slontgoinery Neil Hamilton -v Marjorie Rambeau Irene RicKl - . From tins beet eelUng novel by . URSUliA - PAKRorrr Also Comedy "CAB 'WAnTNGt News and Act m. i : 1 the Hollywood today. cult character rale. MIsa Harmer was a prominent stage figure for 17 years before sh entered pic tures. ; - ., 1 ; i fj ' j . Eugene Pallette, Oscar ApTel, Warner Richmond,' Guy Oliver. Frank McGlynn. Afleen Manning and Clarence Muse have import ant parts. . "Huckleberry Finn" was di rected by Norman Taurog, maker of the recent youngster hit, :"SkIp py,", ad .of "Forbidden Adven ture the Sinclair Lewis story of young folk and their mothers. The picture was filmed : at the Para mount, studio in Hollywood and on location. An entire country town, of the 1850 vintage, was re created near Hollywood as a st- ting for the story.; ; . l- : ; Nearly two hundred children, of assorted ages, ! have parts in the picture. The juvenile cast of Huckleberry Finn" is rlueh lar ger than that of "either? "Tom SawyerV or "Sklppy." - ; J ly effective Jrith this new tonch 'Miss Cbatterton's evening fash ions also make use of the popular trend: toward white satin, a gown and -wrap of chalk-white satin, accented.with silver fox, composes a , stunning costume. And, for one dinner gown," sh resorts , to black,- etched 1 with ruchinr . of green. . Willard Bear GeU Job With Stations; To Attend College TURNER, Sept.; 12 ;. Willard Bear has accepted! the position as bookkeeper for C.iAi Perkins and Co, ' The company I recently In stalled two Sunset oil stations in Albanyv H will isbon enter Al bany college for ! his - sophomore year and will give part time to office work during school months. He graduated with honors from the Turner high sehool a year ago, and Is majoring in business ad ministration. Fifty-eight airplanes carrying 100 persons participated Jnthe second annual tour bt .Oregon and Washington. ; : , today 2 to 11 p. m. j. . '-V:1--..., -v.i-..f.. ., fT , .. i.., v -:... ::v..':,f.. t f : ' .-. I i " ' ' " ay.;,.,- ! ,J -. II ' f ; lv., ...... ' I ., , . -5 r -.v.. - !.. t t'i- " 1 r - V V. :i -. v.n?tw '-V-- -S:; ,jsisssssssssMBsllslsiB ' i mi i i 11 II ! . .. 1 J.1 1 "" "-rA.'i. Here is a glimpse of Ruth Chatterton as she .appears in her latest play "The aiagnificehi Lie- whfth will be the fea ttore at Warner Bros. Elsmore today. 1 1 , S 1 I , The life of George (SUm) Sum- merville lias been a paradox. Ha would like jto 'be ; called George. But because be is six: feet three inches tail and -weighs only 4 SO pounds, it was inevitable that he should be called Slim. He tried hard to get into the war, but lack of forty pounds made the recruit ing officer merely laugh at him. And then, the war turned around and makes a star out of -SUm. ; , Suddenly, out of a clear skyjha was'picked.by Lewis. Milestone' as the first selection in bis cast for "Jill Quiet on. the Western -Front, And all of a sudden, h became a rage, ' He is working, day and night Cniversatl City in three different languages. ' ( . H-i At the. age . of 18, Slim landed rn Los Angeles after a eross-conr tinent hitch-hiking desperation trip. The first person with whom h became "acquainted was Ed Kennedy, a boxer who was reduc ed to playing hits ia Mack Sen nett . comedies! Through hint. Slim found work in. the Sennett studio at $3 st day. : That was in 1913. Slim , has been in i comedies ever since, mostly, two-reelers, sometimes as a comedian and sometimes as a director. But with his triumph fn "All - Quiet," .everybody wanted him. Universal, however, had the Inside track and signed, him on a long-term contract. '. f I In addition to a -series of sol dier comedies in which he is fea tured with Harry Gribbon, he en ters the feature field in associa tion with Harry Langdon in "See America Thirst.", and has .appear ed in amumber of Universal fea tures including "Lktl Accident" and "Free? Love. He will be seen in "Free Lore" al the Hol lywood Wednesday." y J : 'Millie9 Due at . Grand Theatre, Midweek Show That Helen Tweletrees sudden rise to talking screen atardqm was not caused entirely by her unusu al beauty will easily be proven by her characterization of "Millie, th right, girl who met the wrong lliTV:UMllsrilltJBfJlll ; TOGETHER AGAIN! THE LOVE ABLE; KIDS OF TOM SAWYER IN : MARK TWAIN'S CLASSIC! RttdyVcillee Comedy Jovial Gene the youthful- 1 citing idea.' V". on It Inv j tl JACKIE MY' i v" '. .1' BUTZI GREEN '4 it' hi ".iii .... ' ' i I ll?he"iGail:& ; Board 1 By 9UVE MDdABl .-i ...... i WARXEIt BROS. ELSI3f ORE f Today- Jackie Coogaa-4Mlt- . xl t3reen .in ."Huekieberry Finn." J T Wednesday Leslie Howard . and t Conchla Montenegro : in "Never the Twain Shall Friday Ruth Chatterton In .: "The; Magnificent lLie.f - THE GRAND Today 4 Warner - Oland i rfe "The Black CameL. 1 s Wednesday. Helen Twelvs ' trees in -Millie." . ? t 1 Friday Mary Pick ford In i :-Kiki." . v THE IIOIXYWOOD1 -Today Norma Shearer in "Strangers May KIss.J; ' ' Wednesday - Genevieve To- ; bin in "Free Love." Friday Buck, Jones in 'fThe ' I -Pawn -TraiL.:'; , - .man, in the Charles H; Rogers Radio picture opening fWednea day, at the Grand.' ' : - i In her portrayal: of the, fiery- haired heroine of. this ponald Henderson Clarke: story she was required to 'age 18 years ,?rm'j the beginning - of the picture: to the close. She is shown : f itst as a small town beauty just out of school, then as sophisticated New York and finally In" the dramatic climax,' when she . faces the vil lainous Pamier to save the honor of her daughter, as a middle-aged woman, .-. M 1 ,.--? I 1' Norman Taurog, creator of the creen f"SkIppy',' and thai recent Juvenile Jubilee, 4,Forbidden "Ad- J renture," is becoming i known In Hcllywood as a' specialist in "kid" picture making. His latest screen venture with-the Juveniles brings "Huckleberry ; Finn' from the famous Mark Twain story; $6 the screen. Taurog handles from a hundred to two hundred children when filming these pictures, and is a general favorite with; the as- Spiring young screen stars. J TODAY thrill! . V:' V , , i i - Pallette aives- heroes an ex- ' And they act - ',( '.. , " with COOGAN lS ' Jk OCA '-'. ::'.',-; vV JUNIOR JDURKIN JACKIE SEAHL and EUGENE PALLETTE t . i i - . .. a ; It's a real pleasure to be & hero, . after being a villain for so many, years, i . ; . . ' . ' - Warner Oland, the famous ac- tor -.of Oriental roles on the screen! was, a cold-blooded evU-doer'. 'ia. pictures over a long period. Many were the bodies he left Jn his cel luloid -wake,, and , his hands were always stained with gore -but re cently 1 he reformed and In Fox. Films' ''Charlie Chan Carries On." enacted for the first time In his career, a sympathetic , role that . pf the Chinese detective. lM n The experience proved so de lightful, he claims, that' h welcomed-with delight a similar rol In "Tfie Black Camel,1! the sec ond Inl Fox Films' series of the Earl Perr Diggers mystery stories which comes to the Grand thea tre today. ' . : ,V j'.:.:.!', ; ? 'l4 don't know, how many 'mur ders' I have committed," Oland states. "A Pr. Fu Manchu, and in the various heavy roles I have had. my casualty lists must, be pretty high. In fact. It got SO that after a while the only thrill I had left was to invent some bizarre and , hitherto unused method of exterminating my enemies, i And then I i realised that people were going to be down on me if this sort of .thing continued, so I de cided to turn over a new leaf and atone for. my past misdeeds by clearing -up murders instead of committing them. But, all joking aside, It is a genuinely pleasant sensation to be a hero in ia film. Just for the change. M 3 f Sally Eilers1 is also featured ia 'The Black Camel," and the sup porting cast includes Bela Lugosl, Dorothy Revier, Victor Varcrhi, Robert Young, William "Post! and Murray , Ktnnell. Hamilton,' Mac Fadden, who. made the , prefious unarue cnantpicture, aiso direct ed this one. 1 ? . . i ' TO APPEAR FRfDAV i Ruth Chatterton. who has con tributed at least four of jthe out standing screen dramas of past two years, comes to'the fore again with picture that rivals for dra matic greatness "Sarah and Son." .'Anybody's Woman," "The Right to Love" or Unfaithful." ! which opens ' at Warner Bros, Elsinore Friday: f:.iu- ' r-tj.' . ' ; Each of Chatterton's character izations! has demanded the ulti mate In acting talent from the dis tinguished actressi but none has called for such ' a5 complete new ness of spirit and' tempo as does ' Tha, Magnificent Lie." Chatter- jton sings one song In the tfevel- opment of the story, 's ) i "The Magnificent Lie," .based on the novel by Leonard Merrick, Laurels and the Lady.". presents Miss Chatterton as, a New Orleans pafe singer, a charming person hO deals lightly 1 with lire ana men. A laughing wager that she ban imnersonat a I famous French actress, at that moment the toast of New Orleans, leads her to im pose upon Ralph Bellamy, a .sin cere young lumberman. . f;5 I Indians hold the offices of coun-: y treasurer and court clerk: in Hughes county, Oklahoma. ; g WIFCti LI ' " N' s -' 1 ir .ti .3 JOYf FOR ALL TH.E F AMIL Y ! ! f. '' ' ., J ' i ' ; ;Sail down the Mississippi with Hucjk Tom, Becky, The Duke and the rest in search .of, boyhood's! greatest i v 1 - - Mark Twain's '1 REAL boys : find romance ; in a breath -t 1 -A Uking run4; J"''-' ' l" away adv?n; . ' j turel , m r. ir'l . t . 1 f - , r r i U W - f iii ' .1 i i I I I I 1 I 1 t I: i. :' K ! n i i 3 1 .