rfiThe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, 6reoll,-ftandajr Blornin. March 13. 1932
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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
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fpmouT9 ox me soumem raciuc
I system, the train consisted of an
; armored car and -several coacr.es
'.tnir twtth ntarltah anil Chlnnaa lftt-
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) 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.
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A glimpse of Clive Brook and Marlene Dietrich as they
pear in 'Shanghai Express1
ner Bros. CapitoL
now being featured at War-
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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
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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
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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',
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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".
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FASH DNS
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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."
McKay Always Has
Something New for You
Since that big; sale we have been pretty well
sold out of low priced, cars
WE ARE OFFERING TODAY
several brand new 1931 model Chevrolet Sixes, se
dans, coaches, and coupes at real attractive prices.
If you have a good old car of whose appearance you
are not very proud, drive it over to 833 Center for an
appraisal.
REMEMBER - WE ARE PAYING CASH
FOR GOOD USED CARS
McKay Chevrolet Co.
Where you get the big $ worth
333 Center
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George O'Brien, who recently
re-sluned with Fox films, is now
enjoying a three-week vacation
trip about the country. Upon bis
return, he will begin immediate
work on his next starring picture,
"The Killer, a plcturizatlon of
Stewart Edward White's widely
read story. ,
El BrendeL popular comedian.
Is appearing tn person on the
stage this week at the Roxy the
atre la New York city. The .com
ic Is making a personal appear
ance tour of leading eastern the-'
atrea.
?: A Home-Owned Theatre 3
OF THE I n NmCCm
7mn fa
Today at 2 P. M.
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