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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1932)
: PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, September 23, 1932 11 EiXceiien ton ows C 1 11 If W7 acneameaior w i eeic BLESSED EOT AT Ti HUE Gossip Columnist's Racy i Technique Motif for I .1 Colorful Drama ;Tbe Trays and mean by which th gossipy columnists of modern 'Journalism get their information, art amusingly exposed in Warner - Bros, picture, "Blessed Event," . which comes to the Elsinore thea-;-tre ; today. . Lee Tracy, famed Broadway star and wit, plays the role of a chatter writer which .closely parallels that of a famous Broadway columnist. ' The picture shows Tracy as the -columnist, getting information, ; hints and tips from dozens of Tar led sources. He uses his friends ; and his enemies, his experience and bis Imagination; he relies on his luck and his intuition and not infrequently he puts two and two together and makes seven or eight. .. . It la generally understood that a newspaper reporter, if he is to succeed, must have a kind of sixth ense, popularly called a "nose for news." A columnist has to have , that as well as an ear for gossip . and an eye trained to see things as they are, and not as they seem to be.. Much of this material straddles the narrow line between slander and news, much of it must of ne cessity be heresy, all of it is dan- vgerous and often libelous but ev ry line of it is interesting read log matter. It builds circulation. It irritates a few people and en tertains millions of others. It gets the writer into many danger ous complications. .The majority wins, of course, and the millions who enjoy read ing about "Blessed Erents," in advance of near relatives can look ; forward to the showing of the pic ture by that name to learn how the gossip is gathered. Supporting Lee Tracy in ''Bless ed Event" are Mary Brian, Dick . Powell, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Don nelly, Milton Wallace, Ned Sparks, Frank McHugh, Emma Dunn, "Walter Walkor. Edwin Maxwell, Tom Dugan aid others. The pro- ' duction was adapted to the screen by Howard Green, from a play by ' Manuel Seff aad Forrest Wilson. Roy Del Ruth whose recent di rectorial efforts on "Winner Take AH" received loads of praise di rected "Blessed Event." Ji- 1 " " I . : a-.-, .s .: : .-: v . Li) wt- 31 IK mri in mil tm 1 1 ) , j fan 'W Lee Tracy end Mary Brian in a scene from "Blessed Event", now shoeing at the Elsinore. i...uw 1,1,1 i i , in ii i mi i i i mm,m, mmm ' 1, ; -V lr 1 Walter Huston and Dorothy Jordan in "The Wet Parade" feature at the Hollywood today, Monday and Tuesday. m 5 it DH 1 5; As a fitting reward for his ex cellent work on "The Spider" the : Fox photoplay he co-directed with ' Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Men lies was elevated to A full .directorship and his first : single-aanded ' dictatorial effort will bo on view at the Grand the " atro when "Almost Married," ' opens at that playhouse today. Like "Tbo Spider." "Almost Married" is reported to be a grip- ; ping and suspenseful mystery , drama, which depends upon its " 'eerie and weird plot situations for i its breathless interest. While ; spins-tingling to the "nth" de- gree, however, the new film does I, mot depart from characters or sit , Rations that are entirely human ; h and believable. Menxies, who has , I, always been a deep student of ; ; psychiatric case histories flatly 1 i refuses to resort to tricks and de ll vices that, are unreal. V Menxies first came to Holly j wood as an art director and as j. such designed the sets for "The Thief of Bagdad" and many of . Mary Plckford's pictures. As an I artist In New York, he Illustrated jths works of Edgar Allan Pit; iwhUh interested him in stories of i;'a mysterious and supernatural nature, and It is on the direction ! of such stories that he intends to devote his time in the future. In addition to serving as Men- sies' first effort as a full-fledged t- director, "Almost Married" marks the talking screen debut of an , actress endeared to the hearts of '? Broadway theatre-goers. She is ftha talented Violet . Hemlng, who '. starred In such stage successes as ;. Tnrso Faces East" and "The ' Rubicon.". It also features Ralph . Bellamy and Alexander Kirkland, whose performances in "Surren oer- orougni forth some ' ft mtt"wHHnuim w--WiirMmaMfcijM There is a triangle that is a triangle composed of Violet Hem ing, Ralph Bellamy and Alexander Kirkland in the feature 'Almost Married" now showing at the Grand. Mickey Mouse Has Birthday Soon; and How That Infant Has Grown in Four Years! A birthday which will be in ternational in celebration will be that of Mickey Mouse October 1. The youngster of the films is four years old on that date and as for popularity there is un doubtedly no artist that excels him la the mind of the public. The Statesman was one of the first papers to avail itself of the Mickey Mouse cartoon, and Salem was among the first cities to present a Mickey Mouse matinee. This was introduced at the Elsi nore theatre under the mana gership of CoL E. Dow and has continued to grow until It is an "Institution" of Saturday after noon among the youngsters of the city. Of course, Mickey Mouse and tho Silly Symphonies, which are also from the pen of Walt Dis ney, Mickey's Alter Ego, have been rapidly forging to the heights since Mickey's birth on October 1, 1928, but it was not until two months ago that con certed efforts were made to cry stallite all of the ramifications of the Disney enterprises, the I i: mmm Home of 25c Talkies laudatory adjectives from review- new era and critics. Today, Monday and Tuesday CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE SUNDAY. 2 TO 11 P. M. MATINEE EACH DAY THIS WEEK, 2 P. M. A GIANT ROMANCE OF OUR TIMES Special Added Attraction jV , ToOj Only , On the- Stage We Present THE CALIFORNIA TROUBADORS no raise in prices i WITH A PARADE OP STARS Dorothy Jordan Robert Young Lewis Stone Walter Hnston Jimmy Durante -many more! occasion being the induction of Mickey Mouse as producer member of United Artists Cor poration, which placed him hand' in-hand with, Mary Pick ford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chap lin, uioria Bwanaon, Samuel Gold wyn, Joseph M. Schenck and D. W. Griffith. And now that tha bright new machinery has been set into motion. Mickey is reach mg a clientele never before dreamed of. Through that organzation. mil lions of persons throughout the world are now actively engaged in popularizing Mickey to unpre cedented heights. Here's a par tlal list of those people: More than 15,000 theatre ex 'HIE IVET PABflDE" hibltors throughout U world who show Mickey Moose pictures at one time or another. Publishers of ITS newspapers In .tho United States which run a Mickey Mouse comic strip daily. Nearly 1,000.009 children, members of nearly 1000 Mickey Mouse elnbs who meet every Sat urday morning to lay votive of ferings at the shrlns of their pa tron saint. Sixty-odd mercantile manufac turers In tho United States and Europe who make Mickey Mouse ddlls, toys and other saleable ar ticles. Proprietors and employes of 300,000 retail stores throughout tho world which sell these articles. Hundreds of song-writers, ra dio artists, phonograph recorders and others of musical professions who are marketing songs about Mickey Mouse, particularly Ir ving Caesar's "What! No Mickey Mouse? What Kind of a Party is This?" Thousands of film salesmen. exploitation men, advertisers and publicists engaged In co-ordinating all those activities. Mickey Is only four years old. as mentioned above, bat actually tho idea behind him was born immediately after the war. At tho time Walt Disney, his cre ator, was a struggling young ar tist la a commercial shop la Kansas City, drawing pictures to bo used as advertisements In a farm magazine. They gars him a lot of knowledge about the sketching of animals. . He was called upon to work all boars of tho day and night, and whenever ho worked until midnight ho would bo visited by a horde of mice In seareh of scraps from lunch boxes. Disney became fascinated by tho mice as ho watched their cuts antics. He cultivated their friendship, adopted a family of ten la a cage, fed them, played with them and oven tamed on so that It sat on his drawing board. Eight years later a composite of theso office mice scrambled from tho pen of tho young man who had invaded Hollywood to do animated motion pictures, Mickey Mouse emerged with his aaueals and capers just as Al Jolson opened his mouth ana kicked tho top off tho silent drama. After Jolson, Mickey was really tho first Hollywood attrac tion to hit the high spots on the sound screen. But, as Jolson had been an established star, it fol lows that Mickey is tho only real child of tho talkies. Today Mickey Is one of the few Hollywood stars who have their own studios. It cost halt a million dollars ana u employs nearly 300 men and women. At tho head of the organization are Walt Disney, who designs tho drawings, and Roy, his brother, who takes care of the business end. And more romance happens In that studio in one day than oc curs in other Hollywood studios in a week or a month. IS T Film Version of Sinclair's Sensational Novel of Prohibition Here Thrills of modern life, exciting happeaings which appear daily la newspapers and tho engrossing adventure of a young man and woman who find tho fight for love and happiness as hanrdoms as the most fantastic Jungle adventure, form tho plot details of Tho Wot Parade which will open today at tho Hollywood theatre. Tho story, based en TJpton Sin clair's sensational novel, opens on as aristocratic southern planta tion before the World war, depict ing tho tragedy of a young girl whoso father is driven to suicide as a result of his ohseaiia k ii. qaor. Because of this, tho girl becomes am tlmmt r otumv.W VUV POrter Of the nm nt ,i.nitu. - - n vMiuniuu but as tho succeeding years bring -wu. iiri me ism Amendment and then th tnnHarn v. w v& WVVfc- legging activities, she finds her self the center nf citing happenings which rise to a tuiuiiug- ursmaue climax. mgniignts of tho plot Include tho heroine's attempt to prevent her brother from v.. fathers fatal error: th trri mnrder Of a mrrlnr ir. v . tries to Interfere with her hns- "M post-prohibition drinking n.-V th TeUn of a -gin mm by government agents and spectacular nlrhtMnv mm. - " iat Mttlngs which rango from a beas- wui NBuera plantation to pic turesque New York street scenes of the period of tho Wilson ad ministration and finally depict tho luxurious drinking places of .umui umes are in most va ried and colorful screen in some time. Newsboy Leaves Town for School AURORA gn Harrison, mfiin. . The Statesman, has entered tho n,8" cnooi at Vancouver, Wash., where his father has his residence. Eldon has lived with his aunt. Vn t fi&. vn. scaooi, and graduated TheCaU Board i By OUVE M. DOAK Warner Bros. Elslaoro Today Loo Tracy and Mary Brian la "Blessed Event". Wednesday Alison Skip worth La "Madame Racketeer-Friday i Lionel Barrymore la "The Washington Masquerade". Tho Grand Today Alexander Kirkland la "Almost Married". Wednesday Marian Marsh In "Beauty and the Boas'. Friday Ben Lyon In "The Big Timer-. The Hollywood Today Walter Huston In "The Wet Parade". Wednesday Kent Douglas and Helen Chandler In 'A House Divided". Friday Tom Mix in "My Pal the King". from the eighth grade this spring. Robert Powers left the first of the week to continue his studies at Oregon State college. A friend, Wlnfleld Atkinson, resigned as principal of the Estacada school to enter the University of Oregon. Pickard Jersey String at Fair Again This Year MARION, Sept. 34 Avid Pick ard is filling a nice string of Jer seys from his Imported herd and will show them at the state fair next week. He has been very suc cessful in winning In previous years and It looks as though they would have to step some to beat him this time. Mrs. Pickard win agala exhib it her five strains of game chick ens on which she had made wln niaga each year. Mr. and Mrs. A. Schormacber accompanied by their grand-son Almel and granddaughter Clara Schermacher hare left on a motor trip to Preston, Iowa, expecting to be a gone a month. Salem Heights Pupils Will Get Holiday Monday SALEM HEIGHTS, 8ept. 34. Mrs. Mafy L. Fulkersoa. county school superintendent, visited the! school hero Friday morning, ana expressed pleasure at the manner In which the school has started its year's work. There are three new teachers this year. School will be dismissed Mon day, so children may attend the state fair. Pigs Harvesting Crop of Prunes KINQWOOD. Sept 31 Pigs and prunes make an interesting combination at the D. H. Moaher farm here. Mr. Mosher, Salem tailor, finding prevailing prices unsatisfactory has approximate ly 100 head of swine of assort ed sizes harvesting his crop. The animals cooperate by do ing their own shaking on the lower branches of the trees. 1 DINE at the BOHEMIAM 9 Special Sunday Blue Plate 40c Dinner SERVED 11 A. If. TO O P. M. Featuring ROAST TURKEY with dressing and fresh cranberry sauce. BROILED TENDERLOIN STEAK. All the Famous Bohemian rolls and salt sticks yon cast eat SALEM BOHEMIAN 862 State "SALEM'S FINEST RESTAURANT" LA. Ill 1WW n YOU'dtdlGIlTAGAin THE EVENT OF EVENTS I THE DAY OF DAYS1 THE PICTURE OF PICTURES! Uc3ay att a IP. M Warner Bros. Elsinore Proudly Presents the Northwest Premiere of WMM) mm ADDED CapU Frank Hawks 'CONTACT The New r Badio Rave JACK DENNETT . u "MaaloUMy EaW tTarner Broa. Kews .and whol an eventl It's the most exdtinf happening in months.. Hiwy '1 Humj ! RliU down High Street la a ha thing suit .. Put the baby la the sink and the dishes Jn the crib . do anything . , but be vara to get to . . . . .. ; . . sa . . .; 1? w" VI Vsa sF V Vjy I V I II EDnoi?Simg FaSi? Weeloeo Starting Saturday, Sept. 24th the City Buses will operate on a twenty minute service throughout the day, including Sunday, Sept. 25, and Oct 2, with added service during rush hours. Fifteen-minute service on Fair grounds Road and Highland Ave. buses, starting next Monday. First Bus leaves State and Com mercial at 6:10 a.m. Last bus will leave at 1 1 :50 p.m. Q)i?egoim Motto:? Sttages BUILDING MATERIAL PRICES WILL GO UP SOON The demand for lumber and building materials was in creased enormously last month. Everywhere signs of increased building activ ity were noted. Prices cannot remain at the present low levels un der such conditions. 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