PAGE TWO ' .. ' ' ' y The OREGON STATES31AN, Salecu Oregon, Snnday Morning, January 29, 1933
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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DOROTHY -JORDAN
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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
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STAR OV BLESSED EVENT
Lupo Velez
Sh Girl Wh Has EverythlDgt
in
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Children
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Comedy T5UILD UP
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Today 2 to 11 P. BL
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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
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The
Incomparable
Star
Greater Than
in
"Madame X"
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