PAGE! TWO X A The OIIEGOTI CTAT5?,LAIf, CaUsu- Orcqrev Ssnday- Uar&iay, Yttrczrf 2T, Sakm Thtre Fans to at Elsinore I - - - . . , ; ' ' OKIE 'THE BIS PMUDE' IS AT HDLLYWODD t . . Revival of Most Heroic of Pictures is Brought About by Demand Woman who Kidded Nation's Vice President ' Comes ; To Elsinore Today A woman who will "kid" any body, eren the vice-president of the United State. , That's Marie Dressier! - -; , Miss Dressier "kidded" the Hon. Charles Curtis when everybory else was making long speeches about the honor he'd paid them In coming to Hollywood inciden tally to see" Miss Dressier award ed the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences prise for the best performance of an actress for 1931. And Curtis admitted he got a tremendous kick out of it. Miss Dressier was in the midst of work on "Emma." her latest character drama which Is now playing at the Elsinore theatre, when the Academy honor was paid her. Banquets, broadcasts, lunch eons and official receptions were crowded in between her work on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talkie stages ad at an airport where a big scene with Richard Cromwell was enacted. , Asked how she dared "kid" so Important a personage as Curtis, Miss Dressier replied: "Why not? A vice-president is only human and this one Is more human than most people!" Miss Dressler'a latest drama was written by Frances Marion, also the author of "Min and Bill." the picture which won her the Academy award. It is an intimate story of American family lite de picting the career of a devoted housekeeper who becomes the vic tlme of a bitter will contest. The production was directed by Clar ence Brown and prominent sup porting roles are filled by Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt and Myr .na Loy. At SDGDltS ffilG (Lcngiiogo of f 5 with sniLvniLcos HAE HARSH Son. - Mon. - Tues. A lfdme-Owned Theatre f Now this is something take a look at these profiles and then decide about the chances for success of Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox and Lewis Stone in "Strictly Dishonorable", now showing at the Elsinore. Paul Lukas Starred in "Strictly Dishonorable" Which Comes to Capitol 6 v, Here Is a scene from one of the screen classics, "The Big Parade" which is coming back in sound and will be shown for the first time in Salem as a sound picture at the Hol lywood today. Paul Lukas is one foreign actor I to return to their native lands. who was not shunted into obscur- Under the conditions, I could ex- hotel here, ad ity by te advent of the talking tuh 1 WtKtsd 9 picture. And tWs In spite of the l" ' " : ' Bft a K"f". - far. that ! voaro ntrn h rnuld I " uer niiscr uwu RnfiftV onlr OD word of Enelish "uu".1'' oml. mf couimauu ui tn COIUmn OI t-l j i mngiisn was almost a minus auan- nnwipa. caok gable 7 " " , tity. In fact, when I crossed the "The name Is W. C. Gable, and the sawmill here, picked hops at The handicap of language was Atlanta nn m An,iM .., . Tinn i thHnn Pl .... t...... 5ESSri h.?t in J iVift ?nd HoI1nrood I had beefsteak 8ent fllm np to room No. 5." Mra. and spent many enjoyable days at feet a temporary halt In a wt Ior eTery meal, because that was Scott answered. the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. !PtrA5 lCesan ln the tnly English word that I IceSooWn fellow. Isn't Martin Doerfler on the Vic "r c, I couia say. i point m Ant)i... - . i i i nn r IjU u t bb i uuwau vaca. i wauoaair ui iici n No role that Lukas nas ever And fln t HaannoofD f f u IaaV Latr. vhiu vafvih i a had. hOWeVer, lias done SO mUCO mntltha T Vn ftwav frnm i. nV - vnrV. I hA ram tn Salam At o a v ak 1 for him as the role of Count Gua the 8tudIoS( and all th,3 tlme j casions to present vaudeville skits. m "Sincuy uisnonoraDi. n wa dilfpenH t nrv m..r AiAn't t.v. t. . i AK-Mt nEA Aia I . . v. ? u i a i A ocfwiAtiw iiiahAnnr I VX," v . me Engusn language. Realizing lue. ru'" J ;, ,,".," the "Cottage Hotel" long ta mix of the year The Paramount com- that merely Uking a daily lesson ble." UnWersl 'a oPstica ted fc of the board"? pany tried to buy 'Strictly Dis- would be too slow a process. I en- comedy which la now playing at They liked him and he UkS Ihem uwuwi v mubwu HUV vatrpn vniinv fM intra rf n a i 11 aiuci v - and when Universal wouldnt give wno accompanied me everywhere , , . "j VTT 1 wem. amce we were logeiner an . ni Tiip nil i whereby Universal borrowed Lu- da and he Doke nothlne bnt 11111 Tllr till I ' kas to play the role In Its produc- Enlish. It u not !on- Wnr. t IIUrH IHr 11111 tion of "Strictly Dishonorable" in was able to on rn. UILII I IIL IIIUU association with Sidney Fox as Tersatlon in English. the southern girl and Lewis Stone At the end of seTen montns j as the judge. Immediately after went back t0 the gtodion Eng. iu S3iBuuitriit ui i n,lt, ...- Ush-peaklng actor. To be sure, I mount announced Paul Lukas as 8poke wUh a R ht accent and an independent star, instead of a wilI probably g so to tha 6nd of icaiureu piaci. . mv davs. but that haa not nrovd Billy Gable, Mill Hand Of Silverton, America's Leading Film Hero Now aj niunAnu ti. Bininu i ou in aawmuu, does he?" was SILVERTON, Feb. 20. "Who Mrs. Scott's rejoinder. Is the sheik that Just registered Tha. 1ftt- ,n w-mw Louyse Scott called over to her Ural days after Thanksgiving. In . man in question was William Clark Gable, later known to the hotel crowd by the abbre viated title of "Billy the ham actor." Today, of course. bV Clark Gable the famous actor! Later Appeared On Staeo In Salem Silverton and. Marion county played quite an important part In ma ure or Clark Gable ("Billy Gable to all who knew him then In 1922 and 1923. He "worked In mother who was adjusting a new page In the large book. Mrs. Charity Scott, propriet ress of the "Cot tage Hotel," a small family J I jl . v.v. i. s 'The Last Parade" is the feature which win be shown at the Grand Friday and Saturday. Jack Holt is featured. although at times they became vexed with his continual acting. "Billy" Gable was continually mimicking somebody. First it was someone at the mill. Then some one he had seen on the streets. Whether at the hotel or at the mill, the mimicking, all In good run, continued. Hence the title the ham actor." Gable first went to work for th A drama that take love irom silver Falls Timber company here HT ceo t When entire motion pic- ""Sua lil"; pSSS crsle to ld &S dal! on Tne. December 5. At the notr. fll l.pnrilnntr into f.V erIUUS .n na ap. OSSlDiy wth m-nT ot ttn most ImDOrUnt mill W. r. P.ahlA httmo w,V. ture industry fell headlong into irhas been a hlp though , am iue luucuu w not Bure of that. At r A. J W W I lUPes, nam iuwb receunj, caped oblivion." es- with many ot Its most Important mill W. C. Gable became worker manifestations, "Over tne win. n0. 243 In the shipping depart Fox drama, marking the second ment. He worked 20 days and five realized at once that only heroic , . . , screen appearance of that delight- hours in December. amlnr tee measures could prevent the im- RudaDest raoital of Hunrarv Ln- f "1 Palr ' lovers. James Dunn ana after hospital fees had been sub mediate ending of my American Vo t IJLLS Sallv Eilers and the return of the tracted. His rate was th low.t i screen career. Many European la Vienna and Berlin, and in the silent day favorite, Mae Marsh, the mill at that time $3.20 a uittieio. luoit cuuiiaua llattof !tr maAa V,o rfivhnt Ifnmps IO IQ6 UHLUU lucnuo i"J. I a ay. in January. 1Z3. h wnrVnil .1 Jt nmniroinna I M-V . . 1 I . - . " ' . ' . " bob ttuwii; a3 samson in the UFA production, Tne iovo 01 a man ior uays ana inree nours, drawing "Samson and Delilah." Eventually the love or a momer ior ucr uu, iuown ine siupenaous paycheck of he was brought to America under that of brother and brother, fath- $35.15 an amount he probably contract, and achieved instant er and Bon, an nave meir piace iaraws now for one hour's work.' success in silent pictures but the in this romantic story ot a numan wore Riding Roots talkies brouKht him to the height heart. rio work In Mill of his career. The central story Itself Is two- Mrs. Scott will never forget the Lukas last appearance before fold, telling tne ooy ana gin to- morning be first went to work stardom claims him is in a fea- mance between James Dunn ana j "Do you know what he had Sally Eilers, a romance that is said j on?" she queried. "Well, they tn exceed In heart touching appeal I were per-tonned rldlntr hrAih their magnificent portrayals in i ana riding boots. Ton can Imagine "Bad Girl" and th?mother and I what some of those other mill- . a J tAmka S a evjff I V a J al a . son ue inai duius uuubw ju. iuiuui inougui.- r eiiows wno had the character placea by- - Miss been handling lumber for Tears. Marsh. I Gable wasn't delicate or anything Based on Will Carleton'a classic like that. But the Idea of a fellow poems, tne tneme ot "UTer m going to worK in a sawmill in Hill" is as true toaay as wnen u sucn an outfit was nearly too was originally written. Restores Hair Color As If By Magic! You can restore your gray hair to ih original shade by usmq NOURISH! NE . . . the time-tried tonic and hair restorer. It is easy to apply and you get certain, uni form results. The one liquid restores to any original color which returns evenly, naturally ... no streaks. Nourishine also pro motes hair growth, cleanses the' scalp and banishes dandruff. Re gain your'youthful appearance by using Nourishine. $1.25 at all drug and depart ment stores. Noariskiae Mfg. Ce. Washiagfoa tldg. Los Angeles NOURISHINE 1 f 3h much for them. But Gable didn't mind. He went to work with that outfit on, and also wore it on other occasions." At the boarding house the ap pellation of "ham actor" stuck. Fall of fun, Gable continued with his mimlckry. Not only did be act, but he continually talked about the stage, his experiences In play ing with stock companies in va rious parts of the country, and his ambitions. These he made known to all. It was not the motion pic tures then but Broadway . . . the great white way . . . with million's ot white lights flickering the name of Gable in big letters . . . "You know," Mrs. Scott recalled with a smile, "if Billy was late to dinner or absent, I'd overhear some of the boarders saying. 'Well I wonder where the ham actor is?' But it was all in fun. Never any thing contemptuous or sarcastic. "What some of the other board ers couldn't understand was a fel low going to work at the mill. wearing clothes Just as good, if not better, than they wore on Sun days." Life of the Party At Country Dances With the day's work done. It meant fun and excitement for Gable. Many times he went to dances and parties with Mrs. Scott'a four children, Louyse, Mae, Wilbur and Sammy. Gable was al ways the life of the party, they will all telL Then, there was a trick tooth! In those days, Clark had a one tooth removable bridge. And what fun that tooth caused! "One night Wilbur, Clark and myself went out to Scotts Mills to a dance," Sammy (now Dr. S. F. Scott of Salem) remembered. "The dance waa upstairs over a garage. When things started to get dead. Clark, or rather Billy, livened them up with that tooth. He would be dancing with a girl and during the rest he would put his tongue behind that tooth and push it so it would stick straight out! Then the girl would scream! " "Now look,' Gable would say, 'see. It is all gone.' pushing the tooth back In place. "After the tooth gag started to wear off." Dr. Scott continued, "Wilbur and Gable thought np an other. Wilbur was to be a blind man and Clark, his promoter. Somewhere Wilbur got a tin cup. and started to stumble around the dance hall. During an Intermis sion Clark got up on the orchestra platform. " 'Ladies and gentlemen,' he be- Aiottti October, 19)1 IAFETY storage is INCREASE AND VALUE OF YOUEl HOME . . . . ' ...-. aOONSIDER all the comfort and fun you can have out of an extra porch! and it will increase the value of your home. DO IT NOW WHILE PRICES ARE LOW FOR O AND BUILDING MATERIALS SEE US Powder! & GqpplyCo. 610 N. Capitol, Tel. 9191 the only worth while kind. We will care for your goods with discretion and skill. Call us on the phone and get our figures. T . In addition to Dunn. Sally Ei lers and Mae Marsh, a hand picked cast includes Edward Crandall. Claire Maynard. Olin Howland, William Pawley and Joan Peers. In the prologue of the picture which Henry King directed are a number of Hollywood's most capable Juveniles. 'Last Parade' is, Coming to Grand ' Late This Week When a pirl believes that she Is eaually fond of two men, so much so that she might many either one of them, she Is confronted with a difficult problem to solve. That is one ot the major situa tions in the Columbia picture. "The Last Parade," which starts Friday at the Grand. The leading players In this attraction are Jack Holt. Tom Moore. Constance Cum- mings and Caylord Pendleton. Miss Cummlngs portrays the girl who faces the decision Jack Holt and Tom Moore are the rivals for her sand. SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY- " Continuous Performance Smu-Monu, 2 to 11 P. M. BIGGER THAN EVER i) Clillj -1 A miracle of thrills, ; a masterpiece that tears at the heart-strings of humanity . . it comes to you now bigger and better -with amazing sound! vans 4 i4i , . -v-r.'..:x . .'.-.. i. I 55 TODAY AT 2 P. M. CentinminA Mam. and Toes, wfth eonUa- ahewtnc San. and Mon. to 11 r JC A GAY, BREEZY, ZESTFUL, ZIPPY COM EDY ROMANCE, BRIMMING WITH YOUTH v ONE OP THE SEASON'S BEST PICTURES with PAUL LUKAS 51SNSY FOX LEVIS STOW ALSO "REMEMBER WREX" MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY SILLY SYMPHONY SPORT SLANTS Gnaranieec Entertalmaent The Call Board Bj OLIVE SL DOAK THE GRAND Today James Dunn and Sally Eilers in "Over the Hill." Wednesday Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran In "Transatlantic." Friday Jack Holt and Tom Moore In "The Last Parade." WAUXKR BROS. CAPITOL Today Paul Lukas In 'Strictly Dishonorable." Wednesday Linda Wat kins and John Boles in "Good Sport." WARNER BROS. ELSINORE Today Marie Dressier In "Emma." Wednesday T a 1 1 u 1 a h Bankhead In "The Cheat." Friday Charlotte Green- wood and Bert Lahr In "Fly- Ing High." "The Big Parade," one of the most heroic and stirring pictures ever filmed, will make a trium phant return to the Hollywood theatre starting today, the revised version of the celebrated King VI dor production having been made doubly thrilling by the addition of sonnd effects. Daring late years, according to officials at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, there has been a definite public demand for the re vival of "The Big Parade," which prompted the producers to pre sent it with the sound embellish ments which were unknown when the picture was originally releas ed. Such effects as the sounds of the cannon, machine guns, airplanes, trucks and tanks add tremendous realism to the stirring war scenes and further realism Is achieved by sound In the sequences in which war Is first declared and made ap parent to the people by the ring ing of. bells and the sounding of factory whistles. Also In the current version of "The Big Parade" you will hear the soldiers as they sing such ro bust marching songs as "You're in the Army Now," all of which gives the picture an entirely fresh aspect. Together with the new sound effects, the new version retains the original musical score as pre sented at the opening of the pic ture at the Astor theatre In New York. This was personally direct ed by Dr. William Art. its crea tor, with a 100-piece orchestra for the andibie version. "The Big Parade" is the picture whieh launched John Gilbert as a star and no player was more for tunate in the choice of a first star ring vehicle, for the picture is a tremendous and authentic portray al of the war, a masterpiece of emotion and a great human com edy as well. Renee Adoree as Mel- isande. the French girl; Karl Dane. Hobart Bosworth. Claire McDowell and Tom O'Brien play outstanding roles. THE HOLLYWOOD Today John Gilbert in "The Big Parade." Wednesday Clive Brook in "24 Hours." Friday Leila Hyams and William Haines In "Get-Rlch- Quick Wallingford." gan, 'we have In our midst a poor blind fellow, who will now pass the cup among us. Let us all give.' "That lasted all right for a few minutea, but we were nearly kick ed out of the hall." (Continued next Sftnday) Florence McKibben is Surprised on Birthday AIRLIE. Feb. 20 A surprise party was given In honor of Miss Florence McKibbens' 21st birtn day anniversary Wednesday night at the home of her parents. Present were: Hazel Evert. Harold Tredtemeier, Dean Davis, Doris and Vaughn Whitaker. Steve and La Verne Tarter, Elmer. Alvin and Leonard Henon. Lester McAlpine. Wayne Williamson. Norman Brown. Lois Norton, Eve lyn Staats. Charlie Nendell. Char lotte Banta. Vernon. Ray. Jarrold and Evelyn McKibbens. and the hostess, MlS3 Florence McKibbens. TTOPATT alt 2 p. Continuing Monday and Tuesday with continuous showings Today and Monday 2 to 11 P. M. YOU'LL LAUGH- While She Tugs at Your Heartstrings UNRIVALED! UNFORGETTABLE! IN A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH THAT WILL LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY FOREVER, SHE HAD NO CHIL DREN OF HER OWN .... BUT A GREAT AFFECTION FOR THOSE INTO WHOM SHE SPANKED THE FIRST BREATH OF LIFE AS BABIES. LAUGH THROUGH YOUR TEARS AT... ' :. ih f ' ' - -: ' " Jr W . ' ' i ' x ADDED: "WASHINGTON -The Man and the Capitol PAGAN MOON I EDDIE BUZZELL la A MERXIE MELODDt "BLONDE rEESSTJEZ Warner Bros. News