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PAGE TWO Chi iiii That's to Save Enjoyment for Readers of Book; At Capitol Soon Those who -are read Rufus King's spine-tingling mystery no Tel. "Murder by the Clock which come to Warner ; Bros,, Capitol Wednesday, and thus learned the identity ot the culprit In the last gripping paragraphs will find, when they eee the filmverslon ot ,thU atory, that a new murderer has taken tin place ot the origl - ' nal one supplied by the author. . As the real fun of ; a mystery play la in trying to guess which person Is guilty the name of the criminal will not be ! " disclosed here. Suffice It to say that the culprit on the screen is not -the same as the ealprlt in the original story in fact .the character who committed the dire deed in 'the novel does not appear in the plc tare at all. : 1 But in general the story follows the action of the original. Her--rtfrt Endicott is killed twice. . William nyd plays the central role of Lieutenant Valeour, the canny sleuth in the- story. Others who haye- important parts are Regis Toomey as Offieer Cassidy. Irving Pichel asTbilllp Endicott, Sally O'Nell as Jane, the , maid, Lester Vail as Tom.HoIland er. Walter McGrsil as Herbert Eadlcott, Lilyan Ta3hman as Laura Endicott, Martha Mattox as Roberts, Blanche Frlderlci as Mrs. Julia Endicott and Lenita Lane as the nurse. DADDY LONG LEES n to gmo i Probably the most prized dls . Unction in filmdom is the winning of the annual awards to the actor and actress who hare given the finest performance during the toast year. These awards, made by the Motion Picture Academy v Of Arts and Sciences, are Holiy- wood's equivalent of the Nobel prize, and they mean more to the fortunate candidates . than any Other possible honor they may yer attain. Thus the fact, that Janet Gay r and Warner Baxter, co-starring In the current showings of "Daddy Long Legs" at the Grand theatre this week are both Aca demy winners, is an indication of tb picture's quality. Miss Gay .or won the coveted distinction in mi tor her work in "Seventh rfeaTen," "Street iAngeT; and Sunrise.' while Baxter's' award m (or bia portrayal of the halt breed bandit In "In Did Arfsona," tie acreen's first outdoor talkie. Since that time, both play ers have repeatedly scored in Fox film offerings, and appear togeth er for the first time in the de lightful Fox screen ' Tension of Jean .Webster's play. Una MerkeL John Arledge, Claude Giilingwater, Sr., and Eathlyn Williams head the sup porting cast of this production, wMcn was directed by! Alfred San " tell. : ; - Jean Webster is the famous au thoress of "Daddy Long Legs". Writing is not all a flash; ot In spiration, according to Miss Web . iter." - : ! MI had the idea and the name )addy Long Legs," in storage, as 1 might say, for two years," she declares, "before I began to write the book the tall young ... philanthropist, who sends an or phan girl through college." Miss Webster, a grandniece of Mark Twain, began to write while Uil a Vassar undergraduate. A volume of short stories, ."When Patty Went to College," won her national prominence. Best selling nereis followed, till she touched the crest of her skill and popular . ttr la "Daddy Long Legs." BEERY NO LONGER VILLI OF PIECE Noah Beery has gone 'straight. ,The man who has played more villainous "heavies than any oth et screen actor is finding unusual ajoyment in Ms featured role in Universale "Homicide Squad" be cause, instead of playing the role of a crook, he apprehends theml . The expression "the villain still pursued her" and Noah Beery have been synonymous in screen dom forx the past twelve years. However, "Homicide Squad."' now playing at Warner Bros. Capitol theatre finds the veteran actor a persistent police officer! who tracks a band of hi-Jackers ! for months and finally brings! .their leader to Justice by employing ex traordinary means to produce a confession of guilt of murder and robbery. ' ' Leo Carrlllo, ; Mary Brian and Russell Oleason are featured with Beery in this new Universal pic ture which Ceo rge Melferdjls di recting. : i ' -- 'Just - Gigolo9 Here Wednesday A'former Austrian army officer piays a comedy y t rench ma a In William Haines ' latest starring picture, "Just A Gigolo.- based on -the Belasco stage success, "Danc ing Partner. The new picture. which will come Wednesday to Warner Bros. Elsinore theatre, ts a romantic drama of Europe, with Haines In an unusual role as a British nobleman. The heroine Is Irene Purcell. in the role she played on the stage. ' C. Aubrey faith, Charlotte Granvilla, Lilian : '"' " " """ - ;;- ;iir' .-"',."' ':""' -l ir - ::i '. ,i , - : : - ,1 : '""'" : ! - "- 1 " ' - , " - " j' j I ". "h " '". if ' ": ;""; ' ." ",:-"; -- I; :' -: " : ' - '.''. I An' amusing: glimpse of "Chic" Sale and Dickey Moor In "Star Witness" which will be the Sunday feature at War ner Bros. Elsinore today. j f ? I' " W The Grand will present for a week beginning Sunday "Daddy Long Legs" with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter in the feature roles. The above is a glimpse of one of the more ''sentimental" scenes of this "once upon a time" story. Bond and Albert Conti have im portant roles. ' Paul Lukas and Miss Boardman j Due Wednesday For th first time In their Hol lywood careers. Paul Lukas and Eleanor Boardman are seen to gether In the principal roles of a talkie in "Women Love Once" coming to the Hollywood theatre Wednesday. Lukas plays the role of the artist-husband who all but deserts his wife and ; beautiful young child for another woman's tempt ing charms; Miss Boardman is'the loyal wife who never loses faith in the knowledge that lie will one day realize the emptiness of his perfidy. Zoe Atkins wrote the screen play, basing It ; on her stage hit, "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting." Rolling his own cigarettes Is an accomplishment which Gary Coop er finds it handy to keep up on. In spite of the conveniece and cheap ness of the facory-rolled varieties, 'em single-handed adds realism Again ate rare knack for "rollin to his role in "I take This wom an," feature today at the Holly wood, i ; ; I PERSONALLY ENDORSE THIS AS THE GREATEST PIC TURE FOR PUBLIC GOOD, I HAVE EVER SEEN - Earl Rice Elee att EaGti 2 AMERICA'S CHALLENGE TO HER GREATEST MENACE ENDORSED- BY LEADING JURISTS AND CITIZENS EVERYWHERE. 1 with WALTER HUSTON CHAS. I "Chic" SALE D I C KEY MOORE GRANT MITCHELL RALPH INCR SALLY BLAXE The finest entertainment tr conceived by Tinman mindt ) v 'iV k S i ! I (f I ' -1 :-VitMvfS5 W J ' Mary Robertt Rinehart Story - i , UV -X4it r Abo Boy Friend Comedy, News and Act alcds Bow in Movies V ;-sJr' x- " ft ML ' The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK j ELSINORK Today Charles "Chic" Sale in "Stir Witness." Wednesday William Haines and Irene Purcell in "Just a Gigolo." ! Friday "Penrod and Sam.) CAPITOL Today William Boyd, Lilyan Tashman In "Murder by the Clock.; Wednesday Richird Arlen In "Caught." j FridayLeo Carrillo In 'The Homicide Sijuad. j GBATVB ! i Today Janet Gaynor! in "Daddy Long Legs." ; i HOLLYWOOD U Today Gary Cooper in "I Take This Woman." Wedneitdajr Paul Lukas fix "Women Love Once." ! Friday Leslie Howard in "Never the Twain Shall . Meet." k $ c?fd yky avk ' icV A.. X - i' vj-.r :x.-4r.-vNr- ' - 2j - ' - ? - 'Homicide Squad" is a tribute and the above leaves yon to guess the topic of conversa tion. This play is the feature today at Warner Bros. tapitol. ! Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard in a romantic shot from the picture "I take this Woman now playing: at the Hollywood. Carole looks very undecided about something:, and it looks as though it might be Gary. Ghic Sale Depicts Real Characters; Comes Here Today in "Star Witness Charles (Chic) Sale, now at the Elsinore theatre in his first pic ture me star witness." a War ner Bros, production, is held in high regard by millions as one of the really great creative artists. He Is not a comedian in the or dinary sense of the word, for his humor lies in his character In his Lem Putt. Bessie Belch Fil bert Twitch and Gran'pa Sum merill, the man who knew Lincoln rather than in himself. Lem and Bessie and Filbert are among Sato's (arorite characters though he has done over thirty dollars. "I did not invent these, folks," said Sale, replying to a question, as he sat in his canvas chair at the studio while "The Star Wits-ess" was In production. "I depict characters that I have known. I never unduly exaggerate them, nor do I color them In any way to make them offensive to the people I paint. I'm really one of them myself, for my entire youth was spent in a small town, and I'm still a small town man in my likes and dislikes." Sale, who re-creates his famous character, Gran'pa Summerlll, the man who knew Lincoln, in "The Star Witness," considers simplicity the key to all true ar tistry, -j "The little homely touches are the things audiences like," he de clares. "I've been proving the truth of this for a good many years now," Sale was born In Huron, South Dakota, a few more than 39 years ago. His father, a dentist, moved the family to Urbana, Illinois, when Chic was' a youngster. It was there that he made .those small town contacts and -Observations which later r provided the II A V E YOU j t he COURAGE Testify1! jf- "Yew are the power hind tKe law? It is i , strong aa iU witae F-Y- ar the power be . i 1 tkC J'Z Vf flPlC VaT l f hidtKelawT It is only 4 J&m P ' V 'f&T . I f ( . JvQ I UJ UUll) i3 il fif . strong aa Ita witaesaes I &1S U ' liVNOi JJ CgjTi rt i SO '' make ft!" V ' -W v''A R7 ; I I H fl 1 V lA VJ . jh i m "StE Witness'' 'A : "jo: V 'S?:?r - - ;',, to the police force of the land fund of material for his profes sional career. "I didn't leave Urbana until I was 21." Sale reveals. "I'd won considerable local reputation as a mimic and all my friends agreed that I could make Just about the funniest faces they'd ever seen. 1 Today Sale is one of the most versatile actors of the stage. For the past five seasons he has ap peared on. Broadway- la bis own musical ehow. under Shubert management, and haa r directed and written for the productions, as well as played in them. Under the sponsorship of a nationally known oil company he is a weekly favorite over a coast to coast ra dio chain. Ho writes a daily arti cle which is syndicated to 65 newspapers, and personally man ages his own publishing house, es tablished when he wrota "The Specialist." That book. Sale reveals, came into Detng as a means or protect ing his vaudeville act. 'Lem Putt, designer and builder de luxe, act ually lived. He was a 'Carpenter whom Sale knew in his boyhood. Sale originally introduced "The Specialist" as a character of his professional family, reserving him for special engagements when he was addressing stag gatherings as an entertainer. Lem'a fame spread with unex pected rapidity and soon the act was being imitated by rivals of STARTS Lnrnni Co-starrlag LEO CARRILLO - " i MARY 5 B R,I A N Wltb. NOAH BFTERY, 11VSSKLL GLEASOff,: r-J V J j ZTJ. f II II 'H ' I 1 XL r r I ..... J -32. The gay story of "Penrod uid Sam la suggested from this scene from the picture of that name which will come to Warner Bros. Elsinore Friday and Satm Sale. To ' protect his material he put "The Specialist" In book form that; he might copyright it. Famev and i fortune, followed. The pub lisher, of the little volume had an4 ticlpated at best a sale ot a few thousand copies. More than a mil- lien copies have been sold to date and ; Sale owns the publishing; company that made the initial printing, having bought It out of a part of the proceeds of his au thorship. "in a way that book has dam aged; my reputation as an actor, it I ever had much of a reputation," Sale; complains with a smile.' "People invariably say, 'Oh, yes, you're the fellow that wrote the little book.' They never remember me for my years of work on the stage, or if they do they rarely refer to it" i 'Featured in "The Star Witness with Mr. Sale are Walter;Huston and Frances Starr.! Others in the fine cast are Sally Blane, Grant Mitchell, Edward J Nugent, Dicky Moore. Ralph Inee, Tom Dugan, Russell Hopton, Fletcher Korton, Robert Elliott. Guy D'Ennery, George Ernst, Mike Donlin. Noel Madison, Ed Deerlng and Nat Pendleton. The story is by Luclen Hubbard. William A. Wellman di rected, i Louise Dresser Smokes Stoggies But not Addict s Louise Dresser Is. one up on women who smoke cigarettes. ' : For she has successfully smok ed etogtes which are the next higher calibre just between a cigarette and a panatella. The habit is not a permanent one, ; however. Miss Dresser's stogey-smoking is i confined only to "Caught," the Paramount pic ture based on the life and adven tures! of Calamity Jane, real and rowdy character of the early weett Kicnara Arien, as tn u. s. caval ryman hero. Is starred in the pro duction. Miss Dresser, as you may have guessed, assumes, the vestments and vices pt Calamity. TODAY Shall Crooks Be Mightier Than the Law? 1" 1 . (S)QJ)Ao) N IKIL 'Xi&t Jill II I A A.TT7 , , Now at EJsinore COOPER i In "I Take this Woman", an Adaptation from 1 Rineharfl flovel - Weather delays were ellmlnat fllminr of "I Take ed in the This Woman. today's attraction at the Hollywood; theatre, featur ing -Gary Cooper and Carole Lom bard, by- a iclever j'taggering" of Indoor and outdoor scenes, Tha actidn of the storyy shift ing between New York's smart world of riotous hlght-clubs and luxurious apartments, and Wyom ing's wild 1 and . rugged ranclrea, gate the picture directors oppor tunity to push prodnctlon. On clear days, the company ira veiled many miles from the Hollywood studio, starting J early : in . r the morning, to tne Paramount ranch, where exterior, acehes were made. When weather was. uncer tain; Interior 'shota" were mdae. In "I Take This Woman." the picture based on . Mray Roberts Rlnehart'a j best-seller novel, 'Lost Ecstacy' i Cooper , returns to tbe colorful Western charac terization, laa the ne'er-do-well cowboy. Again I the star dons chaps and spurs In a role, similar to the one he portrayed in "The Virginian." I : 'Si Carole Lombard - Is given a chance ia a new type of role for At the State MOT! 3 p. m. Today, Stadium, Oregon State Fair Free concert with choruses4; and choirs from -Portland, Silverton, Albany, ' Corvallis, Tillamook, and Salem, on a splendid program under the direction of Dr. W. W. .Youngson, representing; the Portland ' Council of Churches. Admission to the Fairgrounds on Sunday half-price, 25 cents-. This is the Last OoDortunilv to See the Best Exhibits m the History Home of the lav wmi -m. i ii mill Nk I 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 - I If L va GREATEST $INGtV)J M J Starting Today . ; . fi 'I ' j AND ALL ..j- I " I ilyi THIS WEEK L S - A HOME-OWNED v- THEATRE 3.'sg;s& A HOMF.-OWKED THE.iTRE r , TODAY. MONDAY ('oatinuona Perfortnanre Today 2 t n P, M. New York society girl: and Wyoming j j -v cowboy fall In love Gary Cooper Carole Lombard her. 1 neretofora cast chleflf In . a . & a,nwa romantic comeay roiee, au forth now as aa Important dra matlo actress. -I Take Tbia Woman" gives her a chance t create a character, selfish, heed less, Hght-hearteL?yat capable of deep emotional feeling. - t The atory deals iwlth a ; timely theme, pitting aaf overwhelming love against the modern callous attitude toward divorce. Buron Fitts Lauds Show Coming Here Earl Rice, manager for Warner Bros, theatres in Salem, has re ceived an interesting bit from Los Angeles in the! way of a letter written by Buron Hitts, district attorney for Los Angeles county, wherein Mr. Fitts speaks of the production "The Star Witness." the picture which will be featured at the Elsinore today. iiii Said Mr. Fitts, "Hardly a day passes in the work ; of thla office that we do not ihate a practical re-production ot the picture. Earnestly I say to jrou that if the few short statements of Chie Sale in "The Star'Witness" were car ried into the heart of the ATmeri-: can people, the gangster and hist klrfd would - be short lived la America. The picture Is a splen did, fine moral lesson that should cause the American people to quietly and earnestly take; stock of lust what the country ia Coming t unless .we whip the gangster." K I of Oregon's State Fair - aawaa am i s in itjmrs Coc- tiEno WEI ILK 25c Talkies and TUESDAY '5