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: . The. OREGON STATESMAN Sale riy Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 27, 1932 o werful Drama in Elsiiiof e Mature IBS OfiiSTOH ti 1 HDlD-e.1 JAIL' ! Sensational Drama' Brings Janet Gaynor and Charles New Start to Films;' . Muni Brightest Farrell Given ; Unusual , -: Vehicle for.Talent PAGE TWO mm E COMES 10 THE III! mm J . X . - f. ? 'I AM ft FUGITIVE .1SELSIIIESP SHOW AT CAPITOL Actuai Experience Related , 'By Author; Chain Gang Horrors Revealed ' V ' a ... - - .- ? v. "'" ;; 4 C 'nS ".; " i v 7. u '" --4 " V '' - 1 A . moat unusual and extraor dinary tjp of story mca to the screen of the Elsinore today In the Warner Bros, plctmre, "I Am a retire from a Chain Ganr." tarring Paul Muni, with the most brilliant supporting east over used at the Warner studio. ! ,"r The' screen play hy Sheridan Clone? and Brown Holmes Is based on . the autohlegraphical novel of Bohert E. . Burns. The picture treats of the astounding experiences t a man sentenced to a state chain gang tor the theft or less than fire dollars, who es caped and is still at large. ' It portrays the terrors of chain gang life; which are picturesque despite their shuddery- aspect. , This shows how prisoners, theSr legs shackled together and to each Lather, are forced -to work on rock f sites until they fall exhausted. They are not 'even permitted to ' wipe the sweat, from their brows -! unless given special permission ' from 'guards who watch over them , with guns and bioodhounas. Inhuman floggings are infliet r ed under the slightest pretext. prisoners screaming in agony as the cruel leather lash descends on ' their bared backs, tainting from .! " loss of blood and sometimes dying ' from the effects. Food, consisting of pis tat; sorghum and fried ' dough,. Is no nauseating that the prisoners . are unable to swallow - It until so starred that it became qsestlon of eating it or dying of starvation. In addition to the many thrills and the tremendous drama of the piece, there is a glowing romance i v f the fugitive's undying lore for : a woman he can never marry and r the heart-breaking experience ot , V" his ' marriage to a woman who ; held him through the knowledge of his secret and .eventually be "i trayed him and surrendered him to the authorities. .The cast is comprised ot an Imposing list of planters selected from both stage and screen. There -.are S? actors in Important roles besides S3 others In "bit" parts, and two thousand extras who take the roles ot convicts, guards, state officials, solcHrrs and civilians. Pant MujiV the sensational o "Soar face." was taken from the New York stage -where he was playing in the biggest hit ot the season, , "Counsellor at Law," to enact the leading role, the char acter ot Bums himself in his au tobiographical story. The more important ot the oth er players include G lend a Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Da vid Landau, Sally Blane, Noel Frances, Edward J. i McNamara, Robert Warwick, Oscar Apfel, Hals Hamilton, WiHard Robert son, James Bell, Edward Ellis, Sheila Terry and Allen Jenkins. The picture was directed by Mer vyn LeRoy. EU1PHTS (IEI1I E S1HIUS ' ROSED ALE, Nov. 25 Several mothers enjoyed the program ; given Wednesday bv the school -: - children. Refreshments were serv ed 'following the program, which ; Included: , Welcomes by CecHe Baldwin; i exercise; piano solo, Josephine iiaiay; rea-nng by Robert Ladd: song, apper grades; readings by Ciaddie Rose, Evelyn Baldwin and Wanda Allen: song. Drimarv pupils; readings by Rachel Bald win ana cedrie Baldwin; son, pri mary, pupils; readings, Phillip Mlcknalt, Vldel Buechler. rrnri Micknall and Eleanor Stroud; ex ereises by upper grades and little Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bates and Bartaraapeat Thanksgiving with 7 vT, m 1 orud. Mr. and Mrs, ; umj ana ramnyi spent launuijiin maay m Portland, 1 OtLYlJO y glioma or sac Talkies v -r DOUBLE : STAfiE AND PICTURE PROGRAM TODAY AND MONDAY Continuous Perforatum in - m -. i t v fi it-t . I.y"'f?, HAWKS m,! .,, M ' I i III A " l m Anu u n AJDISTINCT NOVELTY ) . r ; - i The aerer Indian Boys In a Modern Ifusical Act ' SINGING - DANCING . UIIYTIIM v No Ra!ag ia Prices, Adults 25c Eiddlea a nimV ' ; y f Paul Mtuti as he appears .in T am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", a picture based on a true story and haying terrific dramatic sequences, which is now.beins featured at War ner Bros. Elsinore. ' ' ! ? Wheeler and Woolsey come again to the attention of your runny bone In Hold 'em Jail", now being featured at War ner Bros. Capitol. 1 One of the high points of tension in the dramatic story of the life of a gangster in "Searface". Paul Muni as a magnifi cent gangster faces his mother and sister. Feature picture a arar sit at uouywooa toaay. Baby Arrives in Time For Turkey; Second One Late " STATTON, Nov. 26. Stayton's population was increased by one Thanksgiving day when a son ar rived at the Glen Yoeman home. The boy, named Gerald, is the Yoentans' second child, both boys. A seven-pound daughter arrived at the Lawrence Lambrecht home early Friday morning. Just a tew hanrs late to be called a Thanks giving baby. . Thanksgiving guests at the G. Today. Monday and Tuesday ce Today 3 to 11 P. M. ' IV the role that has made him famous aMt. m.' - iujs STAGE PAUL .u aMOM yrrvn 1 7 1 C L. Brown home were Dr. and Mrs H. C. Lewis; Mrs. Esther Stamp and Glen L. Brown of Portland and Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Brower ot Stayton. Mrs. Lewis is a daughter ot the Browns, while Mrs. Brow er and Mrs. Stamp are sisters of Mrs. Brown. Glen Brown is at tending school in Portland. Miss Norma Clarke, who is at tending Oregon State college. spent thanksgiving with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Clarke. She was accompanied by a fellow student. Miss Jennie Hanson, of roruana. Sunday-Monday Toesday IT !S MAGNIFICENT ROT.1ANCG Prison Football. Plot With Wheeler and Woolseyj Is "Laughing hit ? The thought of a nriaon foftt-l balrteam is tunny enough to be-PIct gin with. ' I i n ti -.ff Bat when It is carried out to the extreme la absurd equations. I when sections and aa " enthuslas-1 tie alumni with quaint and orig-L inai metnoos ot obtaining new gridiron talent, th basie idea easily becomes a laugh riot. Just how funny the whole non sensical whim can be Is demon strated by the RK(MUdia picture. "Hold Em Jan," now at the War ner Bros. 'Capitol Bert Wheeler. Robert- Woolsey. lt ,M,n. f WMd vof Edna Mar Olivw a.d a&I"0. l lhu picture was bruited Edna Hay Oliver and Rosco Ates in the leading roles. Ths vehicle Is the happiest se lection possible tor Wheeler and Woolsey, Th'ni.f w.o .vi -m te a prison (like Bidemore pent- XU tenuary, wnich Is where Wheeler and Woolsey land when they prowess in a tough divs where I the "scouts" for Bidemore are loosing for talent. Also there never was a war- den like Edgar Kennedy, who had A 711 ATA Iff nf.ft r . 1. 1 . who .-uppui thVtnry-loVe intereefia collaboration with wneeter. wneeler ls presented as th 'world's greatest athlete, the man wno invented athlete's foot". Tne atuttering Rosco Ates Is the Bidemore quarterback who heartlessly accepts a parole at a critical moment of the "big game" and nearly wrecks Bidemore'a chances for the "PenitentiarT uomerenee Championship." The action and dialogue of Hold 'Em Jail" races throueh the field ot slapstick. Br the time the play is built up to the scene of the big game one should reason- ably be all steamed up over Bide- xnore's chances on the gridiron, al tnougn there never was a football game played that evea remotely resembled this one. Wheeler and Woolsey win for maemore out not until tney nave of "Scarface." She hadlbeen list resorted to every device of the led at s bit player at Metro-Gold- iueri gmg writers' minus. Besides the antics of Wheeler and Woolsey and Miss 011ver and aiw. fiagar nenneay dws lor plenty of howls as the futile and apoplectic warden. Warre Hy- mer as a dumb cluck convict and Paul Hurst coach are also In the! fun contest. Many famous a4I-AmerIcan football stars appear in the lint ups of the prison teams, but whether they can be recognised made up as "tough muggs' 4s an- otner matter. iNorman Taurog directed the I picture rrom a siory py Tim Wne-1 tan ana lw Lipion, with contin- uity by Albert Ray and dialogue by Walter de Leon and S. J. Per-1 elman. E F1EB1L IS SHY GERVAI3. Nov. tl. Georre cutsrortn, e I, died Thursday night ac me noma of his sod. Dale. northwest ot town. He had been 111 about six weeks and la a seri ous condition for the past It days. ho was born in coimnblaeounty. Wisconsin. He lived la Brown s vUle and Riddle. Ore., and San Joe, Cal., slnee coming west. He was a blacksmith by trade. Surviving are: Sons, Dale of Gervals and Irvin of San Jose: brothers, Harry of Riddle, John, Irvin, Frank and J. B. of Gervals, and a sister, Mrs. E. McDonald of Poynette, Wis. Funeral services will be held from the Presbyterian church at i "o clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Orations officiating, aad Inter ment will be at the Masonie eeme tery. - Wedneeday BEDRG CUTSFDRTH This drama of a girl wjx risked her reputation and a boy who imperiled his wealth that thelx love inlght endure. Jcnet 'Charles lAQQGELD,- is I .31' N '. 5Ton.i cou:jniY : Direciae by Alfred SeateR -fOX HCTUE1 , 'Scarface.' : the senaaUonal Howard Hughes cpie of the on Iderwortd, appears more and more each day to' be an incubator of stars, for. despite the fact that most of its principal players were not listed in the first flight of Hollywood celebrities when .the was started, each ot its acters ana actresses la I" - soaring to tne heights as tn result of his or her work ia this picture. As it should be, the foremost among the stars mads by this picture Is Paul Muni, who has the title role in "Scarfaee.- Man!, who gives one of the greatest portrayals In the history ot film entertainment, was beseiged' by starring otters from several of the major companies la Holly about in Hollywood. Apparently the offer from the Warner Bros, was the most at tractive, for Muni will go to them thia summer. When he signed his T v . T L - V - ,f i . in new York In the successful stage production, "Counselor at Law," aad he remained, of course ir. .,1 DWIore setting oat for Hollywood. Ann Dvorak, the young ua- ow fnnd J? Hughes, ls the second principal SSH f J?' i Searface' 'to be starred work here. Af ter having been discovered bv Hughes she was assigned to two pictures, "Searface" and "Sky Devils," and aha took on Immedi ately.? So well, as a matter of fast. that First National is now star ring her , la a series ot pictures. And this is the girl who tried for more than three years to get a break in pictures. Osgood Perkins, of course, is one of the best actors noon the American stage, but he never had encountered much success in Hol lywood betore playing the part ot a prominent gang leader in "Scar- face. Now several companies are interested la him. with Para mount appearing to have the edge. Karen Money was all but un known to the vast hordes pt movie-goers prior to tje filming ir MKjavfeia O V V a J f a wyn-Mayer. and had annarri In small carta for that Mmn... in several pictures. Now she is on line veree of stardom in s-r. lai-e bb porxrars me roie or gangster's moll." and shs is the first actress to play such a Dart who dldnt find it necessary to talk out of the corner of her moutn. Vincent Barnett. another of th principal "Searface" players, was not known in Hollywood t ail s picture player. But now Vlnce Barnett is a name to con jure wua m Hollywood. Aa nrt- vaie secretary to Tony Camonte. me gang leader, be gives a per formanee which ls a revelation 11 1 dramatic In the extreme, it is numan and. above all. it excruciatingly comical. Qeorge Raft, a former Broad way dancer, was comnaratlvely unanown wnen sbootinr bezan on "Searface." ! that Diet nr. he isaes the part of a quiet, soft- spoken Doayguard for the nut leader, and, despite the fact that he speaks very rarely la the story, he gives a performance which must go down In cinema nistory. And he is now the redolent of a long-term Paramount contract, ana seon you'll see him starred Hons KarlOff waa nnknnwn n Hollywood when Hughee started 10 make "Searface." Bmt alne inai time Universal mad 'Frank, enstein" with Karloff In ths ti THE CUCKOO OIRDS ARE JAILBIRDS I10VI Hilarity in the hoose go w... fun OA the) foothaU field... with 5 big comedy ttartl STARTS I ffjf iSL V NXM EOHAUAY OLIVER' ROSCO ATES EDGAR KEtlflEDY EXTRAI JACK HALEY .ten Yltaphone Panic; : 'Then Came tha TaWn : Botanntie A sweet moment in the feature now being snown at tne urand. Janet Gaynor is shown wun uruurtes Farren. r : - r - - ---- - - - - -. mm,., ..- -.. v ' " i -.V , -- "-v-- ' . - - v' 1 . - Vv : ::Jj.: -,';:-. ... ,, - - I, if i in hi , 1 1 rr i-'iil-Ti-iriiii-B - V f-' Here is the band of young braves who are making Hollywood theatre audiences beg for and entertainment this weekend. They win remain over Monday for the last time. The Call Board . By OLIVE M.-DOAK THS GRAND Today Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell la "Tess of the Storm Country". Thursday The Martin John son's "Congorilla". THE HOLLYWOOD Today Paul Muni in "Scar face". Wednesday Wynne Gibson in "The Strange Case of Clara Deane". Friday Barbara Kent In "The Pride of the Legion". WARNER BROS. ELSINORE Today Paul Muni in "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang". Wednesday Carole Lombard In "No More Orchids". Friday George M. ' Cohan ia "The Phantom President". WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Wheeler and Woolsey In "Hold 'Em Jail". Wednesday Maureen O'Sulli- van In "Skyscraper Souls". Friday Carole Lombard in "Virtue." . tie role, and every student of the films knows ths result. In "Sear face" Karloff ls a rival gang lead er, and studio attaches were sur prised when Drector Howard Hawks chose him for one of the prominent roles. But subsequent occurrences proves what genias was displayed la that easting. - &. . . ArsentiaLa ' 7 :jf y i ia i ill Wv w 1 III 'Tess of the Storm Country" : - : more with their sparkling band Retired Minister Buys Choice Tract At Labish Center LABISH CENTER, Nov. 26. Harry Rhodes has sold his place here consisting of about 5 H acres t beaverdam land and a few acres ot upland to Mr. Tonga, s retired preacher ot Tlgard. The considera tion ls said to be around the 19000 mark. The W. F. Klampe family and Willard McClaughry attended the Thanksgiving program presented by tne oak Klage school near Pratum Wednesday night Grace Klampe ls teacher there. The pro gram, presented by the 11 pupils. Included three playlets, "It waa surprise," "Thanksgiving at Swallow Lodge" and "The Thurs day After." A number of distinc tive monologues, readings and group aad novelty! numbers and songs were Included. The school- house was filled. m - EVERY ANGUISHED, BLOODSTAINED WORD IS TRU At this very minute its author is in head long flight from the terror he has dared expose! So true, he'll never risk the glare of busy streets to see his own great masterpiece! Only yesterday you read about itl The)fweatbox". th inhuman lash tags the) torture) barrel ..the frag exfy But one man has torn through this hetl-on-earth and lived to tell ALL. NOW KIKE IT tSL.Not a scena rio writer's dream ..but trie bore un shackled facts of . a leva that can live only In this man's memory III Ms WARNER BROS. ORIG INAL AUTHENTIC PIC nine nc nnrtT p.iinwr FAMOUS DEST-SELLER nnn nnnn.nnnnnn v .. In a role thit wQ make The nope f every aetorrand ac tress is that he or she wm one day be handed a runor-snade role that will carry swiftly to the . heights. About ones In a thousand ' times it -happens. Tor ' there are so many other necessities besides the role itself sympathetic di rection, a sincere and well-writ ten itory, notable support from other ; players lacking any of which the ptayer ls fatally hand icapped.? i "' .,,; Some, however, are lucky enough to win such a prize not once, but several times. And of these fortunate ones, Janet Gay nor and Charles Farrell are eas ily the outstanding' ones. Both of them spent two years or so battling the extra ranks, and at least a year more In var ious minor parts and then In un important leading roles before the unforgettable "7th Heaven" eame to lift them to fame. Tflat fame would have been enough for many players, but not for these two; they kept on working and studying and acting sometimes with other screen partners but usually together and adding new laurels in each new picture. "Street Angel," "Lucky Star", "Sunny Side Up." "The Man who Came Back." "Merely Mary Ann", "Delicious;" "The first Tear" here ls an assortment of hits to prove that lightning can strike many times, and in the same place. No team In screen history has ever been so uniformly ; suc cessful; and no team has ever captured the place in the hearts of picture-goers than Janet and Charlie hold. Their latest offering. "Tess of the Storm Country." now at the Grand theatre, is said to be an other triumph to the list ot Gav-nor-Farrell successes. It deals with a tempestuous romance be tween a sea-captain's daughter and a millionaire's son. - Only Salem Appearance CLARKE IRVINE talks with his Nature Films "Birth of a. Flower- Toes., Xov. 29 "Roaming in the South Seas" . WH., Sor. 30 Waller Hall Willamette University lit 9 p. m. 35c, Students 20c 1 "4-Stor Plcture,ays t Liberty JAagazlne) f Too many erect cast names to list here. . . III! II III! J - J. ', . r - . . not hnte hhat yoa 9 JBnsnaasJ late. ! W.B.New ' .i