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The OREGON STATESMAN. Safcm; Oregon. Sunday Morning; January 24. 1932 Heralded 1 toW EJsi ' : . Hi i as onaer omes arners sinore PAKE SIX W7 r l The Champ C 1 oday VV rui BEERY AND COOPER AT ELSINORE TODAY "The Champ" Brings Child : Star, Ably Directed u By King Vidor ty "mm m ' m em.v.Mi--gjy STAGE SHOW WILL E -v 8'- '0 COM BACK V i I. I! 11 S3 I 4 -8 ; ! J i1 The native talent in a human betas; Is usually the real secret of success lit acting, rather than technique and methods achieved by study. So believe Kin ft Vi dor, famous director, who filmed M t r o-Gold wyn-Mayer's "The Champ," with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, The new picture is now playing at-Warner Bros. Elslnore. Vldor's remark is In connec tion with the remarkable per formance of eight-year-old Jack ie, hero of "Sklppy," and young est star on the screen today. In intense emotional scenes as well as in lighter comedy moments, the child was compelltngly con Tinclng. "I find, when directing chil dren," says Vidor, "that they al ways have a natural aptitude for expressing an emotion, once they can understand and feel that emotion. In Jackie's case, how ever, he had to express emotions that he had never experienced in his life. The method was simple, though one that entailed a good deal of work for us both. I would get him away by himself, and talk and talk until his imag ination was worked up to a pitch where he felt the situation. He In remarkably sensitive to sug gestion, and unerringly accurate In conveying a meaning. It is a gift that was born in him." Vldor's experience with "natu ral actors' has been a wide one, ranging from the colored actors in "Hallelujah" to" children. "The colored people,' remarks Vidor, "have a marked strain of senti ment In which Is a natural in stinct for dramatizing what they feel. A child, too, has a natural Instinct for dramatization. A boy will play soldier, for instance, and really imagine he i3 one. This is nothing but acting when vou come down to it. So most of childhood's play is really dra ; matizatlon of something mother love in the case of a little girl j and her doll, for instance.'' j The new picture Is a dramatic ; heart Interest story full of deli cate human situations. Beery plays an old prize fighter, raising a son In a Mexican border town where he is trying to stage a "come back." He finally makes a tragic sacrifice so that the boy can have the "break" he never had. Thrills of prize fighting, racing and other embellishments are interspersed with comedy and tragedy. The story is an orig inal by Frances Marion, with a notable cast that includes Irene Rich, Rosco Ates, Edward Bro phy. Hale Hamilton. Jesse Scott and Marcia May Jones. The play has been heralded as one of the wonderful pictures of the years. It is deeply emo tional and brilliantly played ac cording to those who have seen it. Advice always given is "take your handkerchief" for it seems that It takes a strong man to keep back the tears that come for some of the scenes. And there are plenty of laughs as well. Two Gatherings on Slate Coming Week For District Posts STAYTON. Jan. 23 George R. Duncan, local attorney and com mander of the second district American Legion, which compris es Marlon. Polk, Yamhill, Tilla niook and Washington counties announces that there will be two district meetings held next week. One at Woidburn Wednesday and the following night at McMinn Tille. There are 16 posts in this district. At each meeting there will be a banquet at 6:00 p. m., followed by a business' meeting. There will be several features of entertain ment. Prominent legionnaires will b present and various topics of interest to the or. ltlon will be discussed. Stayton Lodges Hold Joint Installations STAYTON, Jan. 23 W. H. Hobson and Mrs. Etta Brewer in stalled the law officers la the I. O. O. F. and Rebelcah lodges Thurs day night. Officials for the former are: Lindsay Wright, noble grand; Douglas Heater, rice grand; W. H. Hobson, secretary and B. A. Schaefer,- treasurer. Rebekah officers are: Margar et, Chamberlain, noble grand; El len. Reynolds, Tice-grand; Grace Neibert, secretary and Maude Beauehamp, treasurer. A pot luck dinner was enjoyed by members and friends of both lodges, prior to the installation. Boys in Handicraft Club Plan Exhibit walojo HILLS, Jan. 23. -The Handicraft 4-H club of the. Ev ergreen school met at the school house Friday afternoon. This club is composed of eight dots under the leadership of Mardon Over- oss. Members of the club are Har old Nenswanger, president; Wal ter von Flue, secretary; Alvin and Lloyd Holmes. Alvin and Leo Lund. Alfred Von Flue and Har- tct Gehrig. The boys are planning an exhib it of their wood articles later In tha school year. AT MEETING . HUBBARD, Jan. 23 Mr. and Mrs. John ffmollnsky attended meeting of tha Red and White stores organization in Portland Wednesday night. ... . I) ft . Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper as they appear in one scene irom 'The Champ" much talked of feature now at Warner Bros. Elsinore. Hollywood Low-downs By HARRISON' CARROLL, HOLLYWOOD, Cal. And still they come, these exotic ladies with their foreign names. Wih Sari Maritza scarcely estab lished, Hollywood is promised an other thrill in Gwili Andre. Dan ish artists' model, whom R.K.O. has just put under contract In New York. Though Miss Andre has had neither screen nor stage experi ence, her blonde beauty is said to have inspired numerous maga zine covers within the past two seasons. She reports In Hollywood Reb ruary 1, having first to complete some modeling contracts. Once sh is introduced to the myster ies of the camera, David Selznick. R.K.O.'s confident magician, will undertake to transform her into a foreign star. I am assured she will start right out playing leads. Hollywood Doings , Film stars have objected so strenuously to the informal flash lights taken at recent, parties that no photographers will be allowed at the next Mayfair . . . Sari Mar itza, Paramount's new foreign star has a feminine manager, Vivian Gays, who is almost as good to look upon as the actress herself . . . Gary Cooper has tired of ex ploring the Nile, and will bag a few lions in the big game country. His leave of absence is up in March . . . Study in relatlTity: Professor Albert Einstein and Jimmy Durante were guests at Palm Springs over the week end . Official beggar of the M-G-M lot Is Buster Keaton's Saint Ber nard dog, "Elmer." After eating at Buster's bungalow, he dally makes the rounds to Louis B. Mayer's kitchen, then to , Jack Gilbert's and finally to the studio commissary. He makes his pres ence known by banging on the back doors . . . And now another use for cellophane. Bert Wheeler pastes strips of it under his eyes, and when the picture comes out on the screen, it looks as if he had been crying. Marian to Play Schoolmarm Adding a bit to my story about Marian Nixon's comeback at Fox. She'll be seen before long in "Lit tle Teacher." Harry James Smith's Etory of a Vermont schoolmarm. A Home-Owned Theatre - l W' f." a. , ... r - . if ..t - - - .-J AW 1 . U Ml 1 I kSVJ And hert you see Frederick March who playa the lead in Mr, Steren son'a famous story, Dr. Jek yll and Mr. Hyde" at the Capitol today. ara James Dunn, one of 1931's real screen finds, will play opposite her. Incidentally, I gave the wrong title to Marians Immediate ve hicle at Fox. It 13 "Scotch "Valley," not "Scott's Valley." Did You Know that Robert Montgomery's first stage role was that of a China man? Court Order in Shop Strike to Be Probed Next WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (APj Circumstances surround ing the issuance of a temporary injunction by Judge James H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, In the railroad shopmen's strike In 1922, were studied Friday by a senate Judiciary sub-committee considering his nomlnatldn to the seventh circuit bench. Chairman Borah announced the committee-would inquire into Wilkerson's record on this case as well as his activities with re spect to the receiverships of the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad and the Chicago street railways. Judge Suggests Trial to Settle Mooneyes Appeal SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23 (AP) Superior Judge Louis H. Ward Friday proposed a final set tlement of the Thomas Mooney case by allowing a jury to try him on an old Indictment still pending against the alleged pre paredness day bomber. Judge Ward made the state ment from the bench after coun sel for Mooney had withdrawn a motion to vacate the court Judg ment on which he is now serving a life sentence in San Quentin and asked that the motion for a new trial on the old indictment be not pressed. 8IXGIXG LESSONS FRUITLAND, Jan. 22. Sing ing lessons, conducted by Mrs. Flora E. Hedrick, principal of Fraitland school, are to begin on Tuesday night, to be held twice each month ia the schoolhouse. Parents as well as children are invited to attend. . , Coming Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Continuous Performance Sunday, to m. THE BOUI1 515017 Presentlnjar Constance Bennett from "Bought" which will be Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Back Again; Play Living Yet, Introduced in 1887 When Robertf Loula Stevenson wrote his famous story of a man's dual personality, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," ha fashioned into words-on-paper the stuff of his neurotic dreams. But he never dreamed anything so fantastic as the thing that has actually oc curred tha phenomenal success of his narrative- in its play-form. The history of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," the play, is as glamor ous as tha amazing progress of the theatre Itself. Since 1887, thla famous drama-romance has been before the public almost continu ously, starting; with Us remark able debut in the capable hands of Richard Mansfield, onward through the respective hey-days of the legitimate, the silent mo mles and now finally, the talkies, un Fredrlc March as the ex ponent of this latter-dar Dlav- form In the Paramount produc tion which comes to Warner Bros. Capitol today. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HvH" made an unobtrusive appearance in the London bookstalls during the Christmas season of 1885. It received a cold reception, but tha London Times "discovered" it, and made it popular over nijzht. In six months over 40,000 copies were sold in England alone. Mansfield Takes it up At the time "Dr. Jekrll and Mr. Hvde" aoneared. Richard Mansfield was the foremost actor on the American stage. He saw great possibilities In the story as play, and he commissioned Thomas Russell Sullivan to write the theatre version of tha narra tive for him. Ha onened with th play In the Boston Museum on May , 1887. and fairlv tooV tha city by storm with his character ization of the dual role. In the autumn tha nlav moved to the Madison Sauare theatm In New York and repeated its Bos ton ovation. Later. Mansfield took "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to tne larger cities as far west as St. Lewis, and up into Canada. The great success of the nlav bronsrht new fame and distinction to Mansfield all over the American continent. There are even those who declared that "Dr. Jekvll and Mr. Hyde" was the one play that maaa" Mansrield. Irving; Invites Him to London When tha news of this tremen dous success got to England, Sir Henry Irving invited Mansfield to bring it there. The American stage genius made a great impression Puty ourseir in ner r ace a mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaamsmii &ul My7M and FREDRIC MARCH Mfriom HopVin and Rose 4r vi ji and Ben Lyon in a scene at the Grand Monday. on Engllsa audiences with it A year later. In acknowledg ment of insistent demands, Mans field reopened tha play at Pal mer's theatre In New York, play ed a long run, and then took it on a triumphant tour that carried tha piece before audiences from coast to coast. In 1893, Mansfield again played to crowded houses in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and once more In 1894. In the next 10 years tha old play was revived many times by this esteemed leader of the stage and the last performance took place in 1897, just 20 years after its auspicious debut in Bos ton. Although Mansfield was far and away the greatest delineator of the Jekyll-Hyde character during his dominance of the American stage, he was not without rivals. At Niblo's Garden. New York, in 18S8, Daniel E. Bandmann, the German-American actor, present ed a version of the Stevenson nov el which was similar to the ve hicle used by Mansfield. His pro duction was received with great favor. Eleven years later. Henry Brod- ribb Irving, son of Sir Henry, ap peared in a dramatization of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" written by J. Comyne Carr. Londoners by hundreds flocked to the Queen's theatre, and young Irving made the greatest hit of his career as the good-bad Jekyll-Hyde. In 1920, when Paramount pro duced the famous play on tha screen John Barrymore was cast in the title role. At that time Lloyd Osbourne, Stevenson's step son, was . one of the first to ac claim Barrymore's performance in what was then the new medium of the silent screen. And now comes Fredrlc March. Paramount's leading American romantic star artist, to give us his Impression of this historically great chareter of fiction, in the talkies. Realizing the august traditions of this theatrical masterpiece. March has extended the force of his talents to the utmost to make the talking picture, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" a mark for future generations of great actors to shoot at . GRANGE TO MEET LIBERTY. Jan. 22. The Red Hills grange will meet at the Lib erty hall Tuesday, January 28. at 8 p. m. All members are urged to be present. Th dreaded night when a lover became a madman I 3 Hobart Olirer HARDY Stan LAUREL In "HELP3IATES1 If e II ni '. tatmsiiSiiin tissiirirr utiiJritJrx; Here they are the four Marx brothers and you will see them at the Hollywood today in "Monkey Business". MONKEY BUSES Ml IT noo Where did the Marx .Brothers get those comical names with the "o" endings? Did they make tbem up themselres; pick them out by numerology; get them from their childhood playmates or what? The answer mas revealed by the boys themselves In Hollywood when they were working on their big laugh - production, "Monkey Business," now at the Hollywood. The names were the idea of Art Fisher, famous vaudevllllan, and at one time a leading monologist of the stage. The Marxmen hare been thankful to Fisher ever since, for he has. done them a valuable service In showmanship. It happened this way: Tha boys were playing an en gagement as the Four Nightin gales when they appeared with Fisher in a vaudeville house in Peoria, 111. Fisher saw striking characteristics In each of the com ics, and he nicknamed them as follows Groucho, because he was always serious, on stage and off; Harpo, because of his harp-playing; Chlco, because Fisher said he was the chicken-eating cham pion of tha world; Gummo, be cause he always wore rubbers (often called "gam boots" In the early days). The brothers adopted the names as trade-marks aad there are few persons today who know what their original names were. When Gummo left the stage to go Into business, and the youngest broth er of the family joined the act, he was called Zeppo because of a balloon dance he used to do on the stage. South Sea Play 'Tabu' Comes to Hollywood Soon Although "Tabu," the South Sea island romance which comes to the Hollywood Tuesday, deals with a race of primitive people liv ing in their aboriginal state, there is in the film only one animal to be seen, and that one is a tame pig, the pet of a little native boy. F. W. Murnau, the director, ex plained that the island of Bora lap, 1 MpWv TLX .W'-li mm m II I v ii mi i fit i a. i t m l ffffiffir WALLACE BEERY a talking picture sothr ill' awaits it This bur wbo had such an aNJIn faith in the fallen (dot, his father! . Huw he evtf win your heart as he fights his father's fight, a laugh on his lips but rant in his ynunjt heart! Wallace Beery never before so wonderful! Jackie Cwrcr the boy star with heaven in his face! King VklorJirectinj? each No wonder "The Champ" takes its ra ti rw WKrirrimZXXTz-rtu The Call Board . . Br OUVE M. DOAK V KLSINORE TtxLay Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in "The Champ." Wednesday Charles Rogers la "The Reckless Age." CAPITOL Today Fredric March in "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Wednesday Charles Farrell in "Heartbreak." Friday George O'Brien In "The Rainbow Trail." GRAND Today Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in "I Like Your Nerve" and vaudeville. Monday Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon in "Bought." Thursday Buck Jones in "Range Feud." Saturday Vaudeville and Loretta Loung in "Big Business Girl." HOLLYWOOD Today Four Marx Brothers in "Monkey Business." Wednesday Evelyn Brent in "The Mad Parade." Friday Primitive lore story. Tabu." Bora, where the film was made, abounds in bird life and strange trees, and that the seas around are filled with edible fishes and sharks but of animals there are rone. The pig was imported from Tatiti. MRS. PIERRE HONORED LIBERTY. Jan. 23. Mrs. J. H. Pierre was honored with a birth day party Friday night at the home of her brother and sister- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holder. Guests were Mr. and Mrs J. H. Pierre and children, Joe, Jr.. and Prlscilla. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Holder and children, Frank, Al vin and Katherlne, Mrs. Kate Hoi der, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Judd. Pearl and Leland Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holder. - i - JACKIE COOPER Jen moment aith superb artistry. place among the screen's mightiest! Joe Daniels Varieties Will Appear at Grand; First Unit Comes Today "Salem will araln h shows," WTa.t announcement made Dy Manager o. E. Schmidt of the Grand theatre. Mr. SchmMt .. eontracted for the Joe Daniels varieties to play here each Sat urday and Sunday beginning thl "The Joe Daniels Varieties are vaudeville unit road showi that have earned nralse from San nt. ego In the south to Vancouver, . xj., in tne north. They contain vaudeville talent of nMnni m, tatlon, as well as many prominent screen stars In personal appear ance tours," declared Mr. Schmidt Their entry to the Pacific north west was made last fall, and thy hare had a marked decree of suc cess from the start, in Pnrtian they play the Oriental theatre and win come direct from that theatre to the Grand. "Indications from everr nar r the United States point to the re turn of stage entertainment, as a tajor feature on the picture the tre program. But it i un t th. people here in Salem if these shows are to be made a perman ent policy," addad Mr. Schmidt- First class sh and a sufficient Amount nf en n. port must be accorded them if they are here to stay. The--first vaudeville unit show, here this week end. is ia me rorm or a revue unit, with the musical settings for the show to be furnished by the Alma Novak gin Dana. Davy Jones, who -ill tPt a. master of ceremonies for th show. Is a favorite of the eastern big lime circuits and was recently seen on the Pacific coast with Fanchon & Marco's Tnrai Mo Jones is regarded as one of ths Dest nard-shoe dancers in the busi ness. However, his stories and comedy songs are also of the stopping the show" variety. Cash & Carrv In an art ntitoA 'Hoods and BoomeransV o.-ni bring "hats" full of laughs. Over 100 hats are used durinz thoir turn. The Three Tinies, billed as Danclne Dolls" will show with their song and danca peciaities. For the feature niptnr Mans. ger Schmidt has selected Douglas w m. - - rairoanas. jr.. m "I Like Your Nerve," which presents this young favorite In a new chararterlzitmn that of an agile and adventurous American, speeding through a Central American renuhlle. in vio lent out merry quest of a lady. piayea witn petulant charm 1 Loretta Toung. Tha picture Is by rouicking, action-romance VTvva YOUNG ADDED ALR1A NOVAK and ber 8weetheart ORCHESTRA CASH & CARRY THE 3 TINIES Dary Jones as Master of comedy . ADMISSIONS Adults 35C Children lOe Any Time Bargain Matinee Saturday 25c Taesday ! Wednesday COn$TAJlCE lYONl oEHNtflj R? 1 I A Home-Owned . II LAST VlMES i TODAY If I'O, Ami LJi LYON V