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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1932)
rfiThe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, 6reoll,-ftandajr Blornin. March 13. 1932 1 .' A "TMr lar -ip if enormanGesp - t JT CftPITOL TUl Rlarlcric.ri Dietrich r Starred Arizona Cowboys Discover "?v I" ; Unusual i Picture , of V PAGE TWO : Spectacu I.! J EXPRESS 1 If . ' . ' ' ' sTi. cv i ? v in ..a..- 1 m sir "in sin i n iiiswiiwniiiiMiiiiiiiisiisiiiiiiissiii'JtTTt s """"i afLS'.jf Movie Variety Aren't Soft as Supposed Fifteen Arizona cowboys, genu Chinese Warfare! fTh sirangest-looking train ever tieen in California recently palled J out t jibe Los Angeles railroad t yards -and speeded to San Ber i nardlno. It was the "Shanghai Ex- press," Paramount's Chinese spe- ejjal. now being shown at Warner Bros. CapltoLr r -i uiiva dt nu.i lun mi f. cot . m M i n, t.t. fpmouT9 ox me soumem raciuc I system, the train consisted of an ; armored car and -several coacr.es '.tnir twtth ntarltah anil Chlnnaa lftt- i . - t 1 V. J ) toe iraia a itinerary as siuunmi I phloklaag. Pukow, Sntaien," Yen ' chow. Tainan, Tientsin and Pekin. r 'The armorea car ana some pi rih camouflaged coaches were fill- ed with Chinese, wearing soldiers' The railroad station at San Ber- ardlno was transferred into the tPekln terminal. lassengers on rWvntar trnlna rnhhprf their eves in ; amatement as they saw Chinese, V Manchusi Tartars. Rassians, Mon- trelian lamas . and throngs of at ? mospherlc players representing inany races. ; : On a railroad siding at Chats- iwortn. cai., a cninese Tiuage w ' I scenes of a train hold-up were en- 'ficiea Biter b luumui ivut uu v allel tracks between the armored- eamonflaeed train and another i train bearing "reTolutlonary press,' a1 Josef Ton Sternberg pro It dnction. starring Marlene Dietrich, are In modern rerolutlonary China and Tarlous Places in tne soutn ' west were converted Into realistic ; hackeronnds. i : 6nniuirlnr Minn THetrich in 'f Shanghai Express" are CUre Brook, Anna May Wong, Eugene , Pallette, ! Warner Oland. Louise 'Closser Hale. Lawrence Grant, GusUt TonSeyffertlts, Emu Chau ' C tard, and a cast of a thousand at- - nospheric players. i" with an American name is one of ; the leading exponent of German f . Impressionistic cinematography in ' Hollywood. This interesting young .tin tnniriontslIV la rlaasea - uaus. ; among the industry's ace camera- t men, is James Howe. WIS pnoiogrjiymi; aiusn; wa r- evidenced in such recent films as Transatlantic," "The Spider It work la on the Frank Borzag e pro rdactlon. 'After Tomorrow," which 1 stars Charles Farrell. .jcf, - - A glimpse of Clive Brook and Marlene Dietrich as they pear in 'Shanghai Express1 ner Bros. CapitoL now being featured at War- it V - 1 r . - Y 7' Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in the . feature "Mata Hari" which will appear at the Hollywood today. ' George,: O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill in the colorful western, Riders of the Purple Sage" now a-feature at the Grand. - How do you like this lineup? Wallace Beery, Cliff Edwards, and Clark Gable in the feature at Warner Bros. Eisinore today. Cloud of Airplanes Takes Part in "Hell Divers," at Elsinore Starting Today Tin w One hundred and eighty naral airplane, in perfect formation, diving and looping In sensational evolutions, is one of many thrills In the latest film drama of the air, "Hell Divers," co-starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable, and opening today at Warner Bros. Elsinore theatre. This thriller was filmed at a spe cial air review, at North Island, for Admiral H. E. Yarnell, com mander of the naval West Coast carrier division. Acting of Beery, Gable, Conrad i a Home of 25c Talkies A Home-Owned Theatre Today; Monday & Tuesday CONTINUOUS PERFORM ANCE TODAY 2 TO 11 P. M. GARBO AND NOVARRO There Now Together i it MATA HARI The Romance of a Spy! Hera la Gar bo's greatest lore storr even better than "Su san Lennox.' Two stars ' and what a cast! Lionel Barryxaore r r LEWIS STONE Also Charley Chase in "Hasty Baiage', FORB DDEn L SHOW IT CftPITOL! Adolphe Menjou. who la now the highest-salaried free lance act or In Hollywood, has had two def inite turning points In his career and he owes them to two men Charlie Chaplin and Howard Hughes. Menlou was grubbing along In this small part and that, here and there, when Chaplin engaged him for "A Woman of Paris." There followed years in which his so phisticated suavity In that produc tion was the model for all subse quent Menjou starring pictures. He was sunk In a rut, of rubber stamp roles. So firmly was the actor set as a type" that when Howard Hughes cast him as the hard-boiled man aging editor of "The Front Page." It was said he couldn't do It but he did! In "Forbidden," the Columbia picture coming to the Sapitol March 20, opposite Barbara Stan wyck. Menlou combines nla new characterization with the old. It's a Frank Capra production. Nagel, Dorothy Jordan, MaHorle Rambeau, Marie Prevost and loth era In a cast of unusual Impor tance, is interspersed with some of the greatest thrills ever staged by the navy. The battle maneuv ers in Panama, with swarms of planes In the air, and the sensa tional new Curtlss-Wright '"Hell Divers," hurling themselves through space, two miles In less than 30 seconds, the landing of a giant Zeppelin on the airplane carrier Saratoga, and sensational landings and takeoffs from the gi gantic vessel, are among I the things caught by camera and mi crophone. Through these runs a vivid dra ma, of life with the fighting tleet Beery is seen as a grizzled veteran oof the aviation service, and the central romance, which Is a i love story with something actually he roic in u, taaes piace netweenj mm and Miss Rambeau who plays a Panama resort keener. I Underlying the drama Is the theme of the supplanting olj the old ideas In the navy by the; new Ideals of modern progress. Gable exemplifies the young school of naval service. George Hill, noted for "The Big House" and "The Secret Slx di rected the new production, most of which was actually filmed with the fleet at Panama, aboard; the Saratoga and at North IslandJ ARE AID TO PEACE NEW YORK. With the war drama rolling In the far east; while a disarmament conference li in progress In Geneva, the - fact still remains that the dramatic war filmi produced as movie en tertainment make for anti-war sentiment throughout the world. This la the conclusion of Dr. Guglielmo Ferrero, probably the greatest living - historian. The work- of this eminent Italian scholar has covered much of the field of mediaeval and modern history. His articles on historical subjects contributed - to various leading American publications have evoked wide discussion In this country, and his works on the Caesars have been acclaimed as throwing a new light on many obscure events treated In Gibbons' famous history. "The tendency of the war film Is anti-war," Dr. Ferrero declares in a forth coming interview to be published In the Motion Picture Monthly, in which the great Ital ian scholar predicts a brilliant fu ture for the screen In the educa tional field. Dr. Ferrero sees an Immense opportunity for the historian of the future in a plan of film ax chives that would preserve films just as It is possible to preserve books. "Films may be more than an aid to history they may very nearly be history itself." Dr. Fer rero declares, Jwhen methods oi permanently storing the cinema records of great events are finally evolved." The Call Board . . By OLIVE &L DOAK The Grand Today George O'Brien In "Riders of the Purple Sage". Wednesday James Dunn In "Sob Sister". Friday Tim McCoy In "Shot Gun Pass". Warner Bros. Elsinore Today Wallace Beery in "Hell Divers". Wednesday Lionel Atwell in "The Silent Witness". Friday Robert Montgomery In "Lovers Courageous". John W. Consldlne, Fox direc tor, and his bride, the former Carmen lantages, are en route to New York on their honeymoon. They are making the trip by wa ter, through the Panama canal, and plan to stop off for a week at Havana. Consldlne recently finished di recting "Disorderly conduct," new Fox comedy drama featuring Spencer Tracy and Sally Ellers. Janet Gaynor'a first assignment upon returning to the Fox studio this week from her two montna European vacation will unite the popular star with cnaries Far rell In 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Production will begin Im mediately on the plcturizatlon of Kate Douglas Wiggins' classic. Warner Bros, Capitol Today Marlene Dietrich la "Shanghai Express". Wednesday Louise Dresser In "Stepping Sisters". Friday Walter Huston In "Law and Order". TODAY. HOLLYWOOD The Hollywood will open this week with the much-talked of play. "Matl Hart", a apy story of large proportions, with Greta Gar bo as the famous spy and Ramon Navarro, Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone as the outstanding support. It Is a play that those who view will not forget. Greta Is a splen did artist In her performance, and Ramon Navarro Is a delightfully unsophisticated youth In the ser vice of his country, .very hand' some and attractive. Lionel Barrymore is an excel lent character in his Impersona tion of a high official In the Rus sian government who Is enamored of Greta and who Is at the saem time heartless and cruel In his searching down any enemy of the government or any person who dares In any manner go against his orders. A snectaeular murder and a whirlwind escape make two high places of acting In the develop ment of the plot which Is tense and full of action from the begin nlng to the end. mannlkins before .the camera as style subjects. All of the teehnl car work would be done in Paris under her personal direction. cabled conferences are - now under way that wilt eventually led to the consummation of Chan el's plan for screen style short subjects. In The HollywoBsY Today Greta Garbo "Mata Hart". Wednesday Lawrence Tlb bett In "Cuban Love Song". Friday George Bancroft In "Rich Man's Folly". IE FASH DNS L APPEAR IN FILMS Effective February IS. an op erating agreement between the Fox Film corporation and the Skouras Brothers, leading theatre operators, brought a large group of Weseo theatres under the man agement of the latter. The arrangement does not In volve the sale or leasing of the properties, which comprise 550 theatres. Included In this group are the Fox West Coast theatres. the Midwest and Midland divi sions, and the Fox Midwesco theatres. "Arrowsmlth." Sidney How ard'a adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel, with Ronald Col man and Helen Hayes In Its lead ing roles. Is currently in Its 8th week at the Gaiety theatre. New York, being the 5th of Goldwyn's pictures for the past season. The Cth, a plcturizatlon of the Zoe Akins comedy, "The Greeks Had A Word For Them," Is due on Broadway soon. It Is the last of the Goldwyn pictures for the 1931-32 season. ine products of the western range, have a new respect for the Holly- a ... , . . . their breed following their experi ence with George O'Brien and his company of fellow players who spent a month In the seenlc won derland of north central Arizona filming "Riders of the Purple Sage," O'Brien's new Fox action romance which will be the attrac tion at the Grand today. . The fifteen native cow hands were employed for the picture af ter the company reached Its loca tion camp. They joined a smaller group Imported from Hollywood, this group being made up of five men regularly employed by Fox for all O'Brien's western pictures, and for work as horsemen and trainers on the Fox Studios ranch. These, men with O'Brien, make up one oftbe smartest, hardest riding, and most aggressive polo teama in the west. In addition to their mastery of this arduous game each is a rodeo champion at roping, bull-dogging, wild horse riding and other tests of western skill. And each can play tunes with a Colt's .45. The native Arizonans at first had nothing but the utmost con tempt for their Hollywood broth ers. This, contempt soon turned In to the most respectful admiration, however, following a series of competitions that O'Brien smil ingly arranged. The Hollywood cowboys out-roped, out-rode, out shot and out-maneuvered the best of the Arizona boys In all depart ments of their romantic profes sion, and capped the eventful im promptu rodeo by introducing the Tonto Basin boys to the game of polo. To make this latter contest somewhat fair O'Brien's men even traded ponies with the hand-picked Arizona five, but the polo-wise horses made little difference to the now thoroughly chastened westerners. The game was a rout. Arliss Picture To Appear Here Xew and authentic Chanel fash- Ions, personally designed, execut ed and supervised by the iamous Parisian style authority and fash ion creator. In newsreel short f Tirt- I? s subjects for the screen. Is prom 112 iV ear t UZliret in a cable of congratulation received by Samuel Goldwyn Monday on the First French screening of "The Greeks Had a Word For Them." So delighted was Mile. Chanel with the appearance of the clothes In "The Greeks Had a word For Them" and their practicability for the screen that she immediately cabled Goldwyn for his advice In forwarding her plans ror making original presentations of style creations direct for the screen. Chanel's plan, still in its forma tive stages and In which she is inviting Mr. Goldwyn's conaoora tlon, la to take certain gowns for her two seasonal showings and have them exhibited by trained "The Man Who Played God.' which -will be at the Elalnore March 20. 21 and 22, presents full opportunity for George Arliss to express human emotions. The drama Is heightened by the sud den deafness which takes his mu sic from the great musician and completely changes his life, thoughts and outlook on life. Metropolitan opinion concurs In acknowledging that Arliss' por trayal of "The Man Who Played God" is undoubtedly his supreme achievement to date. In spite of the excellence which invariably places his pictures In the "10 best" lists of each succeeding year. Many critics. In fact, have already chosen "The Man Who Played God" for Inclusion In im's "10 best." 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