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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1932)
L'AGS TWO The OREGON STATESSIAN, Saleia, Orerca, Ssaday Morula?. April 10, 1S32 i ii. Si" ! f S; Hi iK':Wffl.lfiogersi!'p VMM SEEKS T - . . l , ... , -. I CKEflTHiS ffT PIA? 1 " Villi ItOGEBS AGAirJ iU - $K 'Shiicks" his Only Retort . To Suggestion i Hasn't ' . Definitely Refused ; Erery four-years a well organ ized.' boom to place Will Rogers, humorist and , comedian, In the White House Is started; ) Rogers himself refuses to tako the more- ment seriously, but so. far as is known, : he , ha nerer , definitely . reglktered dlsapproTal of 4ho Idea. I HU only, comment,: when asked point-blank- if na would be can didate, .'wns,. a; characteristic "Shncksl" .v v'. . v . - v Rogers-was first nominated for president lour years ago by a na ; tionally; r known humorous - maga- . sine. He -entered into the apirit of the:alfair, and wrote tho plat f om ; and cffotrilqted numerous . wisecracks to too campaign. But in. the last four years many . persons hare - begun to consider : sbc& a plan, seriously. 4 ilogers' , keen perception, his faculty for going rtgnt to th heart of problem : and soWlng : it almost I offhand," has "made thousands ;. wonder whether- he wouldn't be i an Ideal national eecutlre, ' The Hollywood ' Cltlsen ; recent ly discussed the. Rogers' preslden- 1, tial boom editorially, wondering ; If we could spare the great com I eaian xor so munaane a job as president. The editorial reads, in ! "Wsoa't know how this cam- 1 paign for Win Rogers for presl i dent strikes the humorist but it strikes us as Tery interesting. ; "The first question we would raise, though, is whether or not I the. country could afford to lose I its leading humorist. WH1 Rog ers, as president, ..wouldn't need to giro up his sense of humor but he would hare to giro up his job of entertaining the . public with his humor. And It's a question whether he Isn't worth more to the country in his present caps cny, - man as president, eren though he should make a good president." VIC ns WILL MB IT GRID . , The Trianon band, headed by beanies -Mayor of Personality, Tie Meyers, is rated among the ten best bands in America today. Music H not the only achleYetnent of thla-- merry troupe. Comedy, dancing. ' and singing play an equally important part. Two of the - boys hare had considerable auaerille experience as a tap nancing ; team, otners nare ap peared with well known stock companies on the Pacific coast. Hore than ten years hare been deroted by Meyers in assembling this gang o( merry-makers. They i tPTOMa i Today, Monday and Tuesday Continuous Performance Sunday 2 to 11 P. M. .First Showing in Salem AS FINE A PICTURE . :mim d. uuc:acaiga':-- , t: 1 A Picture, U i) , lof father . ' Jji ' l.ndson, V ft " for every ' VI father & t ' - -iCai son . and .-. - . ;fr ' erery I . - v mother & 4 " daughter 1 i cr X :H " WljSp) Of C?yi v II I I .V I.l-I t I i ,. I' J l 'l -.-V, : i-i v 1 f . - t C 1 ' - i - . : .1:.. . , - ? -nift ii T I niiin,nbi I. -. - v-,- r They say 'WiQ Rogers goes slightly natire in the feature "Business and Pleasure" now at the Eisinore, and. from this Uppears IrueV-lc ...... - L Here Is a scene from "Murders- jiow showing at Warner Bros. CapitoL Murders in Rue Morgue" At Capitol; Sidney Fox And Bela Lugosi in Leads A half-demented doctor. Intent on crossing the blood of a gigan tic ape with that of a lirlng girl. animates, the terrifying story of "Murders . in the Rue Morgue." Unrrersal's strange drama which comes to the Capitol today, with Sidney --Fox and Bela Lugosi in the leading roles. It is the famous Edgar. Allan Poe story renovated for the screen. Rumor from Hol- are scheduled to entertain audi encea at the Grand theatre Tues day afternoon and erening. In addition to the band attrac tion Miss Dorothy Grodrlg. per" former in one of the popular ra dio programs, will accompany the band on its present tour and will be a soloist for the appearance In Salem Tuesday. AS THE CHAMP- Abo LAUREL & . HABDY Comedy 1T0T7S and Harry Lauder in i't''h: ''i.fyvr '''st 1"ao'orIyDai3y, of the Rue'Mergue feature lywood says "it is a Dracnla" and "Frankenstein rolled into one ana cnurnea togetner in an ice cream freezer. The story is laid in Paris in the year 1840, and the sinister Dr. Mlrakle, impersonated by Ln- gosi. causes the death of three yonng women in his mad experi ments, until the dumb affection of the gorilla is attracted by Miss Fox, in the character of Camilla L'Espanaye. Mlrakle, feeling that Camilla will form an ideal . subject for further experiments, captures the girl with the assistance of the ape, and the ensuing events. It is said, make of "Murders in the Rue Morgue" the most graesome ly thrilling picture in the history of the talking screen. The climax of the story takes place on the roof-tops of Paris, in scenes which are said to be filled with suspense and fast-moving drama. According to advance reports. Lugosi makes Dr. Mlrakle an even more menacing figure than "Dracula." the role in which he created a sensation last season, and Hiss Fox brings to the screen the high ability and girllst beau ty which have already marked her as one of the coming stars of the motion picture. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was directed by r Their . ; Happiest -! Peonlest . : and GAYEST I " L r ana ; P j SUNDAY I f J jP rS I MONDAY 0NLY Tk - aim. 1 1 ii a asp TUESDAY ONLY tv . .' B PERSOJT; v VIC MEYERS V? Seattle's Mayor lip x witb Dorothy Grodvis "I V.V Bn TtmJllm. iWU If ' Z , On Tho Screem Dorothy l!adad3 ia AFC IN imLL" 1 ... ..... t . . ..- Who is which In. this 'picture? Hoot Gibson Is one of them. arocr showing Friday at the PIT Henry Walthall Featured in Drama of Film City; Support Is Good '. Behind the glamorous Tell that Is Hollywood is many a heart rending tale of men and women swept from that portions peak of public fame and popularity and cast broken and old into the very gutters of a great city. And each of them cherishes within his heart the hope of the eventual "comeback, that chimera of hu man faith that lies always "Just around the corner. Such is the tale of Nathaniel Barry, one acclaimed . by thou sands, his name on the tongues of countless admirers in every city and Tillage of the very world, now a drunken, sodden bit of flotsam on the channel of wreckage that is the early morn lng parade in Judge Robert Web sters sunrise police court. But unlike others of a fickle public's discarded favorites, the love and faith of two people have followed Nathaniel Barry to the gutter. They are Diana McCor mlck who played her first part in one of Barry's early pictures and has loved him ever since al though ' she has risen to be a great star, .and Junior, Barry's 12-year-old son, who remembers the days of his father's greatness and baa absolute faith la his eventual regeneration and his re turn to his former glory. This is the theme of "Police Court," now at the Hollywood, intimate story of the lives of the great and near-great of Holly wood. Making a triumphant return at the head of a sensational . cast is Henry B. Walthall, that honored veteran of the silent days, whose talking picture debut in the role of Nathaniel Barry has swept aim to the heights of his former pop ularity. Supporting Walthall are such stars as Leon Janney, sen Robert Florey, and other promi nent roles in the picture are played by Leon Waycoff, Bran don Hurst, Bert Roach, Betty Ross Clarke, Noble Johnson and D'Arcy Corrlgan. JJnr:mr , V...t mm ? Y3s CRISVDEL ; of Persoaalltr - f J POLICE COUfl A Don't get them: mixed' for. Scene from, rrht Gay Buck Hollywood. ' :-. ! V Warner Bros. Capitol Today . Bela Lugosi in "Murders of the Rue Morgue. Wednesday Thomas Melghan In "Cheaters at Hay." Friday Walter Huston In "The Beast of the City." Warner Bros. Eisinore Today Will Rogers in "Business and Pleasure.' Wednesday William Haines in "Are Ton Listen ing?" Friday Buster Keaton and Pplly Moran in "The Pas sionate plumber. The Hollywood Today Henry B. Walthall in "Police Court. Wednesday Ruth Chat- terton In "Once a Lady." Friday Hoot Gibson in The Grand Today Janet Gaynor in "Delicious. Tuesday "Vic" Meyers and his Seattle Orchestra and Dorothy Mackaill in "Safe in Hell." Wednesday Charles Star- rett in "The Viking." Friday Buck Jones in "The Deadline." satlonal child star of "Pen rod and Sam." "Courage," "The Doorway to Hell" and "Old Eng Ii8h." Aileen Pringle, who leaped to fame in Eleanor Glyn's 'Three Weeks," Al 8ft, John, veteran comic. King Baggott, famous di rector, and leading mao, and Li onel Belmore and Edmund Breese, distinguished character actors.' Louis King directed "Police Court," a Monogram picture, from the story by Stuart An thony. Did Ton Know That Tom Mix is the only Holly wood star with a private raUwar can fOlAy TheGall Board v By OLIVB U. DOAK ' ; u i THE SHEIKS HAD A WORD FOR IT! It was their favorite dish. And when Will .tells. Ills wife, in Da mascus he If roihto : get some Koosh Koosh. ;he, sfets bus-. V picious,How was she) , I " to know It was Arab-- Aian for beef stew! r 1 ADDED in . - - Charles FarreU and Janet .Gaynor In a demure scene from il)eUdouir feature now showing at the Grand; The -Irulde" of a great broad casting station in operation, de tails of the strange occupations of artists heard over , the air. their oys and sorrows, are woven into powerful . drama in "Are Ton Listening?" fUmlxation of the J. P. McEvoy radio story, which will open Wednesday at the Eisinore. William Haines is seen in his first straight dramatic character isation in this picture, playing the Vat 14 , SYNOPSIS or THS ANNUA!. , STATEKSNT OF THS New Amsterdam Casualty Company f Nnr Toi. 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' . -: ' v role, of- a, radio continuity writer whose existence Is made miserable by a neurotic, henpeeking wife. who refuses to give film a divorce so that h can marry the girl be really loves. This domestic Im-. passe eventually results in a bitter auarrel in which the wife is ac cidentally killed.' Haines is forced to flea the police and he Is sub sequently eaught ' through ; the very channels of the radio by hlch he had hoped to achieve a successful career. Underlying the plot are the di verse romances, of three small town sisters who find employment in a New York radio broadcasting station and it is in this. locale that much of the film s comedy mo ments take place. Audiences will be amused to see Just what takes place "behind the scenes" when a broadcaster's idea of a thunder storm or horse-race Is put into execution. Madge Evans, who last scored in "Lovers Courageous," plays op posite Haines and the cast also features Anita I age, Karen Mor- ley, Neil Hamilton, Wallace Ford. Jean Mersholt and Joan Marsh, with Harry Beaumont directing. DELICIOUS' TDDAY "Delicious", Janet Gaynor'sand Charles Farrell's newest melody romance, coming to the Grand to- dayr takes its name from the charming manner in .which Heath- ler Gordon, a little Scotch, immi grant waif,the heroine, mispro nounces words. Janet, as . Heather, makes friends with a troupe of Russian; minstrels in the steerage of thai boat in which she Is coming to America. One of them is a hand some young poet and pianist. played by Paul Roulien. who falls in love with the mirthful little gamin "whose sense of humor and innate optimism keep the com pany in constant good spirits. It is their effort to find a pi ano on which to try out the tune. that leads them from the steer age Into the forbidden saloon of the first cabin where Janet meets rarrell for the beginning of th romance which motivates the pic ture. Pesay 7atsoa Ttelna TiTMU ia Sea Les,, CaSs Csth la Taney Cores - Csrtsca - Sound technic Important In Picture;. Tom Melghan - Has Leading Rote ; Noises are more than an annoy ance to Hollywood's small fratexr nity of sound,. technicians, who with the development, of talking pictures, have acquired hearing snperhamanly acute. - , -They have become so able to differentiate between clicks, roars.. crashes, rumbles.'suoals, squeaks, " oooms ana nops that they can al most distinguish- between the sound .made by a dropped pin on a snip's -decir, or on a barroom floor.- .1:1 . "i j frk V M xnere . are, ror example, one thousand, nine hundred and for ty-three different sounds eata-, logued and on file in the sound film library at the Vox TUm cor poration studios la Hollywood. . Take the matter of ships' whis tles la .-Cheaters at Play." the new film coning Wednesday to the CapitoL The Fox film library -: Ian has precisely 71 such blasts, on sonnd track, in .sis library files. They range from the pitiful piping of a Ashing flory in a feg , to the fulminating boom of the Europa. t.C ' - ' 1 " - Take the matter. - of - crashes. There are the sounds made by the smack of a second-hand car Into a bakery window, the splintery crack of. a beer track ruining a bridge, the awful sound of an sir plane crashing in flames, the noble burst of the vice squad through, a speakeasy door and exactly SIS others in the same category. None except a trained airplane pilot would knov, for instance. that there are as many different kinds of airplane and motor noises as there; are airplanes and motors. None, that is to say, ex cept the keeper of the noise store house at the Movietone City stu dios. Ask him for "the noise of an airship flying overhead" and in his eye will come that pained. unbelieving, , I'm - sorry - for-you look, is the plane climbing or de scending 7 It Is a trl-motor or a single? Maybe it's In a power dive. Perhaps' it Is xooming. In the making of "Cheaters at Play. in which Thomas Melghan and Charlotte Greenwood have the leading roles, the sound tech nician had to supply a variety of three different sounds ship, plane and city. ' LIME GREEN SATIN WASHINGTON (AP) Mrs. Herbert Hoover wore at the White House reception to the senate a gown of heavy, soft lima green satin made plain and with short train. We can fill your every radio need from in stallation to repair, finest equipment pins experience. F.UTCHELL-BAKER with Fleener Elec Inc. - 7, llAdSno$ furked tn hti eyes f cround him wes th spell f pf myxtcry ha fascinated her.v tho know a srranrjo fato awclrtd r her yet sna ctfld hetteveld hTrri. if U II ZJ i I ftiturinf CHAt!OIl $id::2v po:: WARNING RJs to the sis at Ills ta Ue thai IT yea are a attsmd a a 3 -ti' ALSO mi yvtsx-Li ii tiJ i 3,DREdIHOUSE, lynatlonens,t - sCjateeja Cesj 3 - . .. . - . ) r - -