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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1933)
PAGE TWO ' .. ' ' ' y The OREGON STATES31AN, Salecu Oregon, Snnday Morning, January 29, 1933 jphfeatres Offer Intrigu irnmnn irmiwi in mm ima a ElSilE H Ruth Chatterton Plays Role From old Barbary Coast Of San Francisco "TrUco Jenny Roth Chatter ton's latest starring vehicle for Flrat National, now showing at thEUinor theatre, brings some - notable favorites of yesterday back to the screen In small but Important character roles. They wer all east in this picture be cause they were familiar with the . things portrayed. Frltxi Ridge way, who played in "This Is Heaven," Ladies or the Big House," "The Mad Parade" and other noted pictures, emerges from obscurity as a. hotel propri etress at Palm Springs, to take a minor Tole. Fritxl says she's through with business and back In pictures to stay, whether she : has leading or small parts. Hallam Cooley, who once had more leading roles than any other player In Hollywood and then de : serted the screen for real estate, also stages a comeback, as does James Murray, who will be re membered for his part in King Vidor's "The Crowd." Pat O'Malley, of "Alibi," "Hell Divers" and "The Fall Guy" fame comes back as a policeman in "Frisco Jenny." Robert Warwick again appears, although he had never entirely deserted the pic ture field. Constance Howard, sister-in-law of Cecil De Mille and former leading lady to John Roche, makes a comeback with her first talking role. "Frisco Jenny" is a stirring tale of the old Barbary Coast of Ban Francisco at the height of its glittering and fantastic existence, when "Jenny" ruled the under world with an iron hand. Others in the cast include Donald Cook, Louis Calhern. Harold Huber, - Helen Jerome Eddy, Frank Mc Glynn Sr., Noel Francis and Rob ert Kmmett O'Connor. f y:M' - PL, . hjr E A DAY H A new schedule policy has been developed by Manager Porter of Warner Bro?. theatres for Salem and with this the theatre fans will be able- to see a new show a day at the Warner houses each day of the week with the excep tion of Tuesday and Thursday. This is how it Is arranged. Be ginning Wednesday at the Capitol the change for that day, "Isle of Lost Souls , H. G. Wells novel with Charles Laugh ton and Bela Lngosl, will run through Friday. Saturday the program will change and. will Include a double pro gram of Zarte Grey's "South Sea Adventures" and "Sport Parade' with Joel McCrea and Marian Marsh. The program at the Capitol for Saturday and Sunday will be con tinuous beginning at 2:15 o'clock and running through to 11 o'clock. The next change will be Mon- and this show will run tor days and change Wednesday for a three day run again. The Elsinore will continue its same schedule as in the pa3t. day two 'fGhost Bird" to Be Benefit Play For West Salem As a means of raising funds to care for seedy families, the West 'Programs If E THE US AS BALLYHOO H Hardly looks like the finished actress that she Is bat this Is what Ruth Chatterton does to nerseu in ner latest w tion In Saierr, "Frisco Jenny", now showing at tha Elsinore. Hi. w k & V 'ir li- Capitol Showing Today has Lupe Velez as Co-Star, Pallette Supporting Ko burninsr desire to create ar tistically, to breath life Into the irrsat characters of dramatic lit erature, or to wear the laurels of a Beerboha Tree or a Sir Henry Irvinr nut Lee Tracy oa the star. This nervous. rapId-taUclng. d lain-spoken, straight-forward vounr man from Atlanta, Geor gia, stepped op beaiaa tno xoot lighU and faced th spotlights to make money and for bo other reason, ho asserts. "When X was young I wanted to become a surgeon, ho said oa the RKO studio lot in Hollywood, I carried that ambition through military academy and a year of college. Then I stopped to think. It would take tea more years to establish myself as a good sur geon. Ia that same time. If I click' ed oa the stag, 1 might have enough to retire. All right! tried it, and I believe It may work after all. Th stag play, "Broadway,1 gar Lee Tracy his first big op portunity, after six years of small parts and constant striving. H appeared la 300 performances of th play, and subsequently per formed as Hlldy Johnson la "Th Front Pag" at approximately 300 presentations. His film suc cesses include "Washington Mer- ry-Go-Round," "Th Night May or" and "Blessed Srent" His latest film is "Th Half Na ked Truth', in which he comes to th Capitol theatre today with Lupe Veles co-featured, and Bu gene Pallette, Frank Morgan and Shirley Chambers la th support ing east. Tracy's role parallels the real life of th lat Harry Reichenbach, the ballyhoo mas ter. Gregory La Cava directed this RKO-Radio picture. Ralph Bellamy and Sally Eflers on-Screen Today, Second Hand Wife' The story of a man. successful in business bat a failure ia an domestic relations and a youag secretary who falls la lor with her employer. Is revealed la "Sec ond Hand Wife." th new Fox nictnr eo-featurlnc Sally Kllrs and Ralph Bellamy, la th leading roles. ' ' Miss Bilera appears as th sec retary who realises that tha man Is not happy in his fashionable marrlag and that only his h loved daughter holds their home together. Sh realises, too, that he lores her and cannot conceal th tact. How sh becomes his wife by sacrificing her happiness for th child makes a story that la said to run th gam at of human emotions. Th cast, appearing ia support of th featured players, includes such favorites as Helen Vinson, Dorothy Christy, Esther Howard, Effi Kllsler, Victor Jory, Nella Walker, Karol Kay, Clay Clement and Ara Has well. Th plctur, which will have its local premier at th Grand the atre today, was directed by Ham lltoa MaeFaddea who also mad th adaptation from Kathleen Norrls' most recent novel. Stayton Cannery String Beans Are In Great Demand V1 V Tha boy friend who nerer fails to stir enthusiasms when he annean In a Dictore. one Richard Barthehness, who Is now appearing ia Salem in "Cabin In tha Cotton" at the Holly wood. -1 71 None other than the ambitious newspaper man, Lea Tracy, and his latest attraction, Lupe Velez, as they appear in The Half Naked Truth" at the Capitol today. SILVERTON, Jan. 28. Th of ten postponed meeting of th Btt verton chapter of the 4-L organ isation is planned for January SO and at this time th president of th state organization. W. C. Ru egnltz, will be th speaker, on "A New Deal in Industry." I.humiiuiW xi&ifcl)! mm in W f 4tn r 1 r"' ft-'1 v V Mh tSk 4 t I L:v- 1 1 J The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK STAYTON. Jan. SI The "Mill Race" brand, a new kind of eut string bean, is being well received. These beans ara pat up by th Stayton Co-operative cannery, and George A. Smith, manager announces that he ha disposed of over 1000 cases in the past two weeks. Hugh Hurt and wife of the Union Hill country were in town Thursday, Mr. Hurt having come to have his finger dressed as a result of a cut while helping Mrs. Hurt can chicken. It was ne cessary to put eight stitches in the injured member. Little Miss Mary Frey enter tained a group of friends in nonor oi ner tn Dirthdar at a circus" party and the circus idea was carried out throughout. even the birthday cake being un der a miniature circus tent. Those enjoying the affair were Wilma Pounds, Katie Champ, Fay Larkins, Marcella Welter, Beulah Maisel, Peggy Missler, Irene Doi ler. Helen Kerber, Paula Smith. Lela Mae Bell, Betta Shelton, Mary Frey. Bobby Inglis and Raymond Frey. Miss Llnore In glis assisted with the serving aad had charge of the games. WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Lupe Yeies and L Tracy in "The Half Naked Truth." Wednesday Charles Laugh- ton and Bela Lugosl ia "Is- land of Lost Souls." Saturday Zane Grey's "South Sea Adventures" and Joel McCrea and Marian Marsh in "Th Sport Parade". WARNER BROS. ELSTNORS Today Ruth Chatterton ia "Frisco Jenny. Wednesday Miriam Hopkins and Kay Francis in "Trou- bl ia Paradise". Friday Helen Hayes and Ra- mon. Novarro ia "The Soa- Dan enter". Sally Eilers, Ralph Bellamy and Helen Vinson in "Second Hand Wife", story by Kathleen Norris, and now showing at the Grand. Salem Community club, under the direction of Lloyd Miller, presi dent, is sponsoring a production CUE DARED TO LOVE HER BOtt !!! y v '? - 7 ' K x- I ft i ' . i 1 of "Th Ghost Bird. the mvsterr- comedy that was successfully pro duced a few weeks ago by Chem- keta players. Th play will be giv en in th community hall next Thursday night. Members of the community club are active ia preparing for : the event. Chemeketa Players ar gathering together th parapher- nalia to create an atmosphere of mystery. "Th Ghost Bird," th second production of Chemeketa players, was especially well-liked by the audiences. It is crowded with suspense. GRAND . Today Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy in "Second Hand Wifa" Thursday Chic Sal, Ana Dvorak in "Stnnrw la Town". Dorothy Wilson and Rich ard Cromwell ia "Age of Consent" oa screen. THE HOLLYWOOD Tods V Die RarthaJmaJam and Bstt Davis la "Cabia ia th Cotton". Wednesday Wheeler and Woolsey In "Holt 'la Jail." VrM TliiV- Tnnu fat "Unntli of the Rio Grande". STAYTOn MILLS TO open nay 8TATTCN. Jaa. S 8 Wright's truck line of this place has been busy th past week or more mov ing machinery from th Browns ville woolen mill to th mill her. R. D. Paris, who had been oper ating th Brownsville mill under lease, recently bought the Stay ton woolea mill and expects to begin operating about February 1. He had put ia considerable ma chinery of his own at Brownsville, and this ia being moved to Stay- ton. It is said he has had around 50 people employed there and ex pects t bring th moat of thia crew with aim. Sine desirable houses are at a p rem! am her. Stayton folks wonder Jut wher th mew residents ar going to find Irving quarters. Ml Of 5T05H FlFTUl! G. S. Burkhead Dies At Home in Corvallis MONMOUTH, Jan. SS Mrs. M. M. Harvey and George Crofoot of Monmouth attended the funer al Thursday of Mrs. Harvey's fa ther, O. S. Burkhead, SS, who died Tuesday at th horn of his daughter, Mrs. U. M. Long in Corvallls. Mr. Burkhead was-a Master Mason and a member of McEwen lodge. No. 1SS of Sump ter, Oregon. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Loranie Burkhead of Monmouth; two daughters and three sons. Hollywood Off crt ?Cabin in The Cotton" With Dick ; ' Barthelmess Today When h went to Russia this summer oa his annual noiiaay. noon completion of his First Na tional starring picture, "Th Cab ia the Cotton, which comes to th Hollywood theatre today, Richard Marthelmesa visited th famous Russian director, Sergei Else ostein, ia Moscow. Two years ago, in Paris, Eisea- steia Tisited Barthelmesa ia his Paris apartment, prof easing him th only American actor besides Chaplin who Interested him as a cinema artist. He mad th visit aa occasion to ask Barthelmesa his theory of acting, and the Xmerieaa had to tU him that he didn't have any. He simply acts tries to interpret th role he is playing. Eisenatein's own theories of act ing are many. He is aa enthusias tic advocate of "types" as against trained actors, either for th stag or screen, and cites ia de fense of hie theories th anpar aQeled success of th Moscow Art theatre and many of th art the atre groups throughout Europe to aay nothing of his own suc cessful !ctars, "P o t e m k I n." "The General Liu," etc The story of "Th Cabin In Th Cotton." ts by Harry Harrison Kroll, the screea play by Pulitzer prize-winner, Paul Green, whose nlays of the south ar known ev erywhere. A aotabl cast Includes Bett Davis, Dorothy Jordan, Dor othy Peterson. David Landau, Hardi Albright, Bcrton Church ill. Edmund Braes. Tally Marsh all, Clarence Muse, William Le al aire and many others. Michael 'Curtis directed. Two Carloads Onions Sold to Portlanders UNION, Jan. SS Onion top ping Is in full sway this week in th Kroll onion house. A Port land concern bought them and are having them hauled by truck to Portland. Mra. Kroll estimates there will be two carloads 6r 609 sacks. Seniors Preparing For Class Play at Independence High INDEPENDENCE, Jan. 28 The seniors are busy with prep aration for their senior play. Mrs. Stalsberg, director, has shown a committee to read and choose the play: Olga Syverson, Gertrude Gentemann, Elizabeth Baker, El eanor Hill, Oeorg Gentemann, Joe McEldowney and Helen New ton. In preparation of character tryouts, one-act plays will be giv en In assembly. The nam of the first play is "Th Boy Home from College." Characters are Hersel Peyree, Maxine Foster, Maurice Hunnicutt, Mahlen DeCoster, Ruth Cuthbert and Mona Toast. fcB" Another 32 L Smash Z3 E6Jr ; Hit..,! H Toddler Burns Both Hands on Hot Stove QUEENER, Jan. S8. Ruth Pearl, little daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. Ross Chrisman, suffered a very painful accident this week. She is just learning to walk and accidentally placed both hands on a hot stove, burning both palms severely. On hand is heallag aicely but the other one is not doing very good. Eighty per cent f Canada's ra dio industry has been found ia a Dominion survey to be concentrat ed la Toronto. AfloOvvncinheatfe TH. lOLLYWOW Home of 25c Talkies Moonlight and Honeysuckle Romance As Only Dixie Knows It! SWEGLE, Jan. 11 Mrs. Emil Thorn who was painfully burned about th body whan sh fell with a teakettle of boiling water is making very slow progress ia re covery. , nartn the Pay She Guided Him . . . Helped Him and Then Seat Him Horn to His Wife Son. Mon. - Tues. . Weds. ADDED Tom Howard Vest with a Tale Hodge -Podge - Magic Carpet Foa New ' mm Today at 3 p. ra. .' .-1 Monday i and - - , ? . -v - A Tuesday f 4 - -p. V "?r with BETTE SATIS DOROTHY -JORDAN - Mon - Tues. -t Today - Mon - Tues. CONTINUOUS TODAY 2:00 TO 11 P. BL Here's a fast, furious, snappy, pep py, million candle power romance. LEE TRACY V y STAR OV BLESSED EVENT Lupo Velez Sh Girl Wh Has EverythlDgt in aKl! Children . t ; PLUS Comedy T5UILD UP " " " nd . Sports Tighting FW mmii .. am I ' - Of!r U . A flk X 'fSl J f I mm Uyfi MON. - TUES. Continuous Today 2 to 11 P. BL 1 r?e MADE Men and IVe RUINED Women . . I've tmg hymns in a Chinatown Mission . . . and I've worn diamonds by the quart! I've slept in Gutters . . . and I've slept in SQksI I've brolcen all Ten Com mandments . . . and if they make another one I ret first crack at it! rM 'FRISCO JENNY . . . of Barbary Coast. Ruth to wssm MM" The Incomparable Star Greater Than in "Madame X" FOR LAUGHS CHARLEY CHASE COBIEDY PPCK HUWTERS PARADISE 3TKWB i y ' 4 I