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Much Talked About "Miracle Woman" Opens Elsinore Bill Today GRIFFITH DIRECTS TI IT MIC WW k - r1""1"1 1111 1 "' ' ' " T T ? (. 4- S 5 ... 4?i c,--' David Manners, Home Made Ventriloquists, Finds Youthful art Help When David Manners, popular screen leading man, was a school boy uP In Halifax. Nova Scotia, he need to entertain his friends hy presenting plays in a little minia ture theatre he had constructed himself. Instead of live actors. Manners had small dolls, which he manipulated hy Invisible wires. He supplied the aound effect Wniself, eventually : acquiring the trick of saying word for his char acters without moving his lips. Manners was proud of his new ac .'eompllsbment, as It enabled him to mystify hhj analeneei; but he didn't' realize i thos days that he had practically mastered the art of ventrfloquism. Manners. had practically forgot ten all about this phase of his childhood, until he was cast as John Carson, the blind aviator in "The Miracle Woman." Colum bia's drama of regeneration, showing today at Warner Bros. Capitol. In this picture, Carson entertains Florence Fallon, por trayed by Barbara Stanwyck, by manipulating for her a very clever dummy. Remembering this se quence, Frank Capra. director of the picture, suggested to Manners before he began rehearsals, that he take a few lessons in ventrilo quism. Manners immediately de clared that he didn't 'need any les sons, and gave an exhibition of his talents to prove it. The uummy used by Manners in the scenes of "The Miracle Wo man," is, however, far superior to the dolls he manipulated in his little theatre. It is really a tri umph of mechanical skill, being able to move Its arms, legs, head, eyes and the muscles of its face in such a human way that it seems almost uncanny. Instead of strings .the manikin is equipped Internally with an electric bat tery. The wires culminate in a series of electric buttons, which Manners fingers very much as though he were playing on an ac cordion. The suDDorting cast for Bar-4- , bara Stanwyck and Mr. Manners in "The Miracle Woman" is one of stellar calibre, Including such well known screen favorites as Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer, Russell Hopton, Charles Middleton, Eddie Uoland, Thelma Hill, Aileen Car lyle and Al Stewart. Frank Cap ra, ace director, responsible for many of the screen's outstanding successes, such as "Rain or Shine," "Ladies of Leisure" and "Dirigible," handled this produc tion. E HELD FOR BUTLER ORCHARD HEIGHTS, Dec. 5. James Butler was born Feb ruary 3 1870 at New Portland, Me., and died December 1, 1931, at a Salem hospital following a brief illness. At the age of 23 he went from Maine to California and was married in 1895 to Miss Dollle Estella Hogan. who died In 1924. Mr. Butler is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eva Bietx of this neighborhood, a son, David Jos eph Butler of Fresno, Calif ..and four grandchildren; four sisters, Miss Delia Butler who made her home with him Mrs. Bina Harris, Mrs. W. Cooley and Miss Beatrice Butler all of Maine; and one brother, Ralph Butler of Augusta, Me. ' James Butler had lived in Ore gon about 30 years and for more than a quarter of a century had been a member of Summit Metho dist church here. During that time his lite had been an exemp lary one, bis circle of friends be ing, as -wide as his acquaintance . ship, and his sudden summons found him ready. . . His pastor. Rev. C. L. Dark, conducted funeral services Friday morning at the Clough-Barrlck chapel with burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Young and . eons, Lorils, Wiley and Arlo spent FUNERAL SK KT(S)ILILW(S)ID) Home of the 25c Talkies ; A HOME-OWNElj THEATRE TODAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY Continuous Performance Today 2 P. M. Tweire Mighty rr:'-: WAR he with LUPE ' VELEZ, .: Charles Bickford - , . -v;. r Roland Young, Paul Cavanaugh, Raymond Hatton, - Jalia- Faye. J. AFarrell ' BIcDonald. Mitchell. .Vs Iwts,: DeWitt i; . . Jennings, Lilian Bond '. . . '; '. H 0 .' AlsoAndy Clyde -in j :-r-v;-:-;-:v'N:-:...y-x-.-:-:-.-:- Ina Claire and Robert Ames in "Rebound" at Warner Bros. Elsinore Friday and Saturday. 2J tjr? J! ' ,i . Illl Ill ill I ' ' , 1 Louise Dressier who appears development in the plot of the feature picture "Caught' which will be shown at the Hollywood Friday and Sat urday of this week. "Local Boy Makes Good" At Elsinore to Feature Joe E. Brown; Well Cast Joe E. Brown, who comes today I mother telling in detail what a to Warner Bros. Elsinore in hia latest First National starring ve hicle, "Local Boy Makes Good," has a twelve-cylinder Cadillac, a home in Beverly Hills, a wife, three children, and a fine pic ture contract. Here are a few of the little things Joe E. had to en dure before he graduated from the University of Hard Knocks. When Joe was nine years old he joined a circus. A Mr. Ash, who had seen him do some amateur tumbling, begged Joe to Join him as the star of The Tive Woader- ful Ashtons. It was a hard thing to decide the lure of being a cir- cus performer was great, yet nine is hardly the age to go bread-win- ning. Rut the circus lure won out, and then Mr. Ash seemed to be the neceat sort of employer any- one could want to have. Joe was eiven a railroad ticket he was then living in Toledo, Ohio and told to Join the troupe at Topeka, Kansas. For four years he remained with Ash, being beaten at least twice a week after which episodes Iia would write letters to his the weekend with friends ana relatives at Sclo where the young family lived before coming here. Mrs. Cash Robert3 has returned from Falls City where she was the house guest of her sister, Mrs. Rhoades. Mr. Roberts and John H. Bankhead; her grand son, Charles, with Mrs. Roberts father was also a United States spent Thanksgiving at n e Rhoades' home and Mrs. Roberts remained for a longer visit. Recent visitors at the Cash Roberts home were Mr. and Mrs. Willis Frink of Falls .City and Dr and Mrs. F. M. Hellwarth of Toledo. Dr. Hellwarth came out to make plans for the extension of the electric line to his property here. The proposed extension would provide electric service to four or five property owners on the Gibson Canyon road. Stars In One Picture BAXTER .ROOuCTiON - ELEANOR; BOAItDMANr- "The Cannon Ball" and News J I in a scene from an exciting wonderful time he was having, and how nice he was being treat ed, so she wouldn't worry. Then from a friend he heard that a cir cus In New York needed an acro bat. Joe went. Anything to be away from Ash. But after a week with the new circus, he remembers praying that he would wake up in the morning and be back with Ash. He was thirteen years old at that time. It may be interesting to know that Joe, as the star of the f eat- ured act of the circus which was one of the most important in the country, started in at $1.50 per week. At the end of the four years, however, having proved week And he still laughs perhaps that is why he can laugh he knows now how well off he is at the present time Miss Bankhead Southern Girl Tallulah Bankhead is aa Ameri can girl and proud of it. She is i""""" u m suum, was Dorn m tiunisviue. 'way aown m Ala- Dama. She was named after Tal- lulah Falls in Georgia. Her father is congressman William B. Bank- head; her uncle Senator-elect genator from Alabam. Sh wa. !.,.... , . . , ing schools in the South; moved to Washington, and upset family traditions by entering and win ning a beauty contest. illLaU. I ?HWSS O irJV Sunday T B N . S v W II Illl Jl .-r . M It MM M - " : in ii 11 . . m m j m a m - - m v 11 Sam Hardy and Barbara Stanwyck In a scene from "The Miracle Woman" the feature ner Bros. Capitol. IS AT HOOD Five-year-old actors don't know much about salaries and care less. Such matters are for their "grown-ups" to worry about. But a gift of a real cowboy out fit'with tiny chaps, sombrero, cap gun and lariat that Is something else again. Dickie Moore, who plays the role of Little Hal in Cecil B. De MlUe'a latest production, "The Squaw Man," which will be shown at the Hollywood today, will never quarrel with the director about the money paid him for the part. In Dickey's mind DeMUle Is the most generous man that ever lived. For at the conclusion of "shoot ing," DeMille presented Dickie with thft full costume even to a THE SQUAW MAN big. blue bandana which the childf1 arnef B"- Elsinore. he said actor wears in tne western se quence of the picture. Playgoers will recall the role of Little Hal as one of the fattest child parts in the entire history of the drama. Dickie was chosen for it because of extraordinary work he has done as a child player since he was only ten months old. Bebe Daniels in Wy Pasf to be Here Wednesday A daring love story of modern life. "My Past," the Warner Bros, and Vitaphone production which features Bebe Daniels, is an nounced as the attraction at the Grand theater, Wednesday. "My Past" is based on the sen sational novel of the same name with the screen play and dialogue written by Charles Kenyon. Bebe Daniels portrays a great star of the legitimate stage In the nicture. The story deals with her private life instead of her profes- sional footlight career. Lewis Stone and Ben Lyon en act close friends and business partners, but are rival for the af fections of the actress. Roy Del Ruth directed My Past." Will Rogers in Latest Success At Grand Today Fifi Dorsay is the one girl in all the world who can even ap proach Will Rogers at his own game, wisecracking. Their first day together on the set during the filming of "Young As You Feel," Rogers' latest Fox success which opens at the Grand today was filled with a const' nt exchange of cracks until they h.-td reestablished their old friendship Home-Owned Thoat - Monday Tuesday picture now showing at War started during their work in "They Had To See Paris," the pic ture in which they both scored their first talking screen tri umphs. "I can keep" up with her as long as she talks straight American," Rogers explained to the amused cast, "but when she starts slipping in them French phrases on me I sometimes have to stop a minute to figure out just what she means. No sir, I got to take my French like I take a wild cayuse, slow and easy." IE IUIAD GENIUS' When John Barrymore first read the script of "The Mad Genius, his latest Warner Btos. picture, which opens Wednesday Is offered the kind of role that comes but once in a lifetime. Tgarakov, the mad genius is in deed such a part artist voluptu ary, master mind and driving force, he dominates man and wo men by sheer force of will bends fate, to meet his needs and con- quers all but the unconquerable human equation which eventual ly proves his undoing. The story of "The Mad Genius" moves relentlessly to a tremend ous climax built about the power ful personality of the one man, Tsarakov. Few moments In pic tures have been so awe-inspiring as the last few hundred feet of film of "The Mad Genius." Baskets at Social Sell for $17; Fund . Goes to P-T Group MOUNTAIN 1EW, Dec. 5. - a oasrec supper auction and a candy sale contributed to the in terest of the P. T .A. meeting Fri day nightThe sale of baskets net- AT EISIIBE SOON I II She cheated frenzied crowds . . . Gave them Fraud :f n ta F.it!, ... for ... Traded . Sort for Q VfcLJjv. Bashful f L n Incomrxiroble Actress n 1 ;jA double laugh , ; "TVi"v In Hr Greotoftt Role . ''t sensation He's 1 II 1 1 C? I ! y"-' v i5Sisv I two guys rolled j Exploited for Her VV i 7i 1 V z C P, , H re ii ii i i i ir. ff.t:,'! t. ill ill ill i ' w 'V Jt Ki i Beryl Mercef .K 'f ! 'i:7?Xl l Is And Sploodjd Co,, jVj ; W j Ml IL 1 I ' l' ' II II 'a ' ' IL pW? v NOW' Ji Ed II ;.V'' '':f-;V."p;) ; PLAYING ? llatIL, "?""-', 'tc''-'' t . . . .' - ... . - " . .. j. ... v, 1 v Fifi Dorsay, Will Rogers and Lucien Littlefield as they ap pear in a rare moment in the feature play, "Young as You Feel" at the Grand Sunday. The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK . j Warner Btos. Capitol Today Barbara Stanwyck in "The Miracle Woman". Wednesday Ta 1 1 u 1 a h Bankhead in "My Sin". Friday-George O'Brien In "Riders of the Purple Sage". . Warner Bros. Elsinore Today Joe E. Brown in "Local Boy Makes Good". Wednesday John Barry- more in "The Mad Genius". Friday Ina Claire in "Re bound". The Grand Today Will Rogers in "Young As You Feel". Wednesday Ben Lyon in "My Past". Friday Buck Jones In "Border Law". The Hollywood Today Warner Baxter in "The Squaw Man". Wednesday Ciive Brook In "Silence". Friday Richard Arlen in "Caught". . ted $17.85 which goes Into the Parent-Teacher treasury for run ning xpenses. The school children gathered in $2.10 from the sale of candy, with which wil 1 be pur chased materials for school work. Program numbers Included a group of readings by Miss Brown of Salem, an amusing pantomime by upper grade pupils in which a young lady entertains numerous admirers under difficulties; songs by the primary grades; musical numbers by the Orchard Heights Entertainers. County Farm Agent J. R. Buck gave an Interesting talk on 4-H club work, as a result of which a boys club will be organised some time during the coming week with Glenn Southwick as leader. T Days of the old West, when cappers stood outside the gamb- I ling and nance halls and urged the passersby to "take a chance at ia square game." are revived In Paramount's western story. "Caught." Progress and civic pride have eliminated the Faro dealer, the roulette game, rake-off poker and blackjack outfits. Modern persons who would woo Lady Luck, must do so in a more conventional manner. Turning back the clock of des- ftiny to the old, wild days, when every western town recognized gambling as a time honored pas time, ' Caught" at the Hollywood Friday pictures this life in the Bird Cage," dance-hall and gambling place. Richard Arlen, as an officer of the cavalry, is sent at the head of his company to clean up the gang of cattle rustlers who work under the leadership of a Western Wo man, known as Calamity Jane. As the owner of the "Bird Cage," Ca lamity plays all ends against the' middle in every brand of lawless ness that the bordler offers. Calamity, played by Louise Dresser, can shoot with the best of them and has the same iron nerve, and with these character istics becomes the storm center of a gripping drama. The picture was directed by Ed ward Sloman, who made "Gun Smoke." Agnes Brady Leahy and Keene Thompson, veteran Hollywood scenarists wrote the story out of the rich fund of incidents relat ing to the life and adventures of Calamity Jane. Library circulation in Youngs- town, O.. jumped 40 per cent his year. COMES TO 111 Washington Bicentennial to Be 'Aided; looted Stars tySSrWln Cast Selected after careful study as America's " outstanding director. D. W. Grlfmit.wHl supervise the mammoth four-day pageant based upon the life of George Washing ton which. will: be the keynote of the Washington bicentennial cele bration to be held In the national capital from February 22 to No vember, 24. , The pageant, which will " be given at the foot of the Washing? ton monument on the evenings o Jnne 22 and 25, Inclusive Is. ex- ' peeted to be the greatest event of Its kind ever conceived for the United States. Plans call for the participation of scores of the leading artists 3t the stage and screen, assisted by more than, 5.000 amateur actors and a choras of 2,000 trained voices; for the massed bands if the' army, navy and marine corps of more than 500 Instruments; for the collaboration of Arthur Had ley and Deems Taylor on the mu sic and of Paul Kester and Charl ton Andrews on the book, and for the leadership of Dr. Walter Dam rosch and John Phillips Sousa for the chorus and bands, respec tively. While the pageant play will be the highlight of the Washington celebration, it will be no means overshadow innumerable other events scheduled for the centen nial. Each state in the union will have its own celebration from Washington's birthday to Thanks giving, bat the capital exercises will be the Irub of the wheel, so to spak. Each state will have a day la the national capital; the army, navy and marine corps will have three days each; Memori Flagg, Arbor, Independence, Bun ker Hill and other patriotic days will be highspots. Mother's Day will be one of the big ones; one week will be set aside for music: the Masons will have a week: there'll be an air show, an aquatic show, an Indian Day, a lawyer's day, a French Veterans day, a Knights of Columbus day. and there will be all sorts of conven tions, balls, social functions and celebrations of every description right through the Thanksgiving Day. 'Border Law9 at Grand on Friday Buck Jones is riding them high and wide for thrills In "Border Law," the Columbia western showing today at the Grand. He turns thief to catch thieve and almost gets caught In his own trap. It Is said that thrills fol lows thrill and surprise situations develop In such rapid succession that ono Is kept on the merry-f, round of whirlwind action. A shark caught on the coast of Hawaii weighed 9t0 pounds.