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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1935)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morninjr, July 21, 1935 Action Pictures Favorites 1 c is eeic ome ome PAGE EIGHT Th W With s Straight ELSINORE OFFERING TODAY "Men Without Names" Also "Lady Tubbs"; Capitol i Has "Calm Yourself" Fascinating: Insights Into the detective work of Department of 'Justice men and a tender lore tory are deftly combined in Par amount's "Men Withoat Names," which come today to the Elsinore theatre. Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, the new child prod igy, and Lynne Overman feature the cast of this new film on the exploits of Uncle Sam's detectives. In the film,. Fred MacMurray, one of the department's agents, Js sent to a small Kansas town to work on a case. ' One of the season's most hilari ous comedies is the second fea- : ture, the Homer Croy story, "Lady. Tubbs." Alice Brady plays the title role and Douglass Montgom cry and Anita Loos play the tea' tured roles in this rollicking pic ture, which first depicts Miss Bra day as cook at a railway con struction camp in Kansas, later to find her posing as an English noblewoman at a fashionable home on New York's Long Island Robert Young, Madge Evans at Capitol . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's uproari ous new comedy drama entitled "Calm- Yourself," featuring Rob ert Young and Madge Evans, op ens at the Capitol today. With such popular players as Betty Furness, Ralph Morgan, Nat? Pendleton, Hardie Albright, Shirley Ross and others in sup port of the famous romantic team, "Calm . Yourself" is without doubt one of the most entertain lng pictures of the year. It concerns the adventures of Robert Young, a New York adver tising man who, when he is fired by his fiancee's father, opens a "confidential service" agency -with momentous results. "Con- mi A it. , I t i j uuemiai services promises iu uu i any Job for its subscribers, no matter how delicate or personal, and its slogan is "Calm Your- self.' When he becomes the profes " sional guardian of a beautiful and , wealthy young girl, as well as of ,a one-year-old heir to a mighty fortune, the fun begins. The girl ; leads to complications with his fiancee and the baby to compljca- tlons with the police. The second feature is "No Ransom" with Phillips Holmes. ;. "The Roaring West" New Saturday Serial Men -and women mounted on . horseback, and countless others in wagons of Averv rfparrlntinn. ride pell-mell across the prairie in The Call Board GRAND Today Jack Holt in "The .Awakening of Jim Burke".," Monday Renovating begins, f Watch this paper for open-1 lng date. ELSINORE Today Double bill, "Men Without Names" with Fred MacMurray and Alice Brady in "Lady Tubbs". Thursday Charles Boyer in "Shanghai". CAPITOL Today Double bill, Robert Young in "Calm Yourself and "No Ransom" with Phillips Holmes. V- Tuesday Double blll Clark Gable in "After Office Hours" and Edward G. Robinson in "Man With Two Faces". Thursday Double bill, "Mad Love" with all star cast and Tim McCoy in "Justice of 9 the Range". HOLLYWOOD Today : Jimmy Durante in "Carnival". Wednesday Shirley Temple In "Our Little Girt". ' STATE Today "Mississippi' with W. C. Fields. Thursday D ouble bill, "Night Life of the Gods" and "Murder on a Honey- moon" with Edna May 01- lver. i S a t u r d a y "Lost in the . Stratosphere" with William ; Cagney. r" MoWWeD' Continuous Performance While your heart sobs your lips will be laughing Three Grand Stars in One Grand Picture i r w t - t Ai. ? " it -. . mm m ' 7 O - Fred MacMurray at Elsinore v, . i r' r v- ! r i'-1iiii,iriHfcri,ii n him liriii iv i 1 . JIen Without Names" Is the title of the crook drama booked at the Elsinore today. It is on a doable bill. Robert Young and Betty Furness Yourself' opening today at the Ring Crosby and W. C. Fields in one "Mississippi", current attraction all the wild confusion of a land rush. Wagons crash and horses fall to the ground, only to scram ble up and continue across the plain some riderless and some still bearing their owners bent on securing favorable locations in the newly opened territory. The air is filled with shouts and' screams, and the entire picture is one of feverish excitement. This is one of the thrilling scenes of the opening episode of "The Roaring West," the Univers al serial which opens an engage ment of fifteen weeks at the El sinore Mickey Mouse matinee Sat urday, with stalwart Buck Jones in the starring role. Jones is seen as Montana Larkin, a cow boy heading a party of friends at tempting to file on valuable gold claims of which they have learn ed, and the story deals with the efforts of a rascally outlaw band to secure the property for them selves. As the story progresses from week to week, the conflict Increases in intensity, with, the embattled cowboys in constant danger of their lives. June Accidents On Highwa Are Over 1934 Mark Automobile accidents in Oregon Increased to 1787 in June, 193S, as compared with 1722 in Jane a year ago, Earl Snell, secretary of state, announced Saturday. - fodiy, Monday ana i uesaary Today - 2 to 11 P. M. ISO EILERS J I M M V DURANTE Added The Three Stooges in ' 'Three little Pig Skins'' News and Colored Metro Review 4m vr 1 v-- A are the heart interest in "Calm Capitol. of their many funny scenes from at the btate. The number of persons injured increased from 390 to 542, while the number of fatalities decreased from 30 to 27. From January 1 to July 1 of this year the figures show an in crease in accidents and injuries with a decrease in deaths. Acci dents this year total 10,227, per sons injured 2531 and persons killed 114. The 1934 figures were 10,454 accidents, 2416 injured and 146 killed. IT'S YOUR AND THEN WE CLOSE -THE GRAND- Will Be Completely Renovated ! SO Today affords you your Last Chance to See THE OL' G R A N'i t THEATRE Watch this paper for reopening dates i Until then good luck! i 3 f3? ' Jilt 7 . i WD THEATRE TO BE CLOSED MOM "Awakening of Jim Burke" Final Picture Before Renovating Begun Amidst crumpling rock -and crashing mountains, Jack Holt, In his starring vehicle for Colum bia, "Awakening of Jim Burke," which opened last night at the Grand theatre, delivers another of his powerful portrayals. Cast as a stern construction boss on an engineering project who resents the genteel manners of his 12- year-old son, Holt gets a chance to display the rigorous acting ability that has made blm a rank ing favorite for the past two dec ades. In trying to turn bis carefully- nurtured son, a violin prodigy. Into a granite chip off the old block. Holt estranges the boy, su perbly played by Jimmy Butler, from him. Florence Rice, one of the newer-comers to the screen, again hands in a finely drawn nerformance. as the girl who sympathises with the child and finally makes Holt realise that his treatment of him Is all wrong Kathleen Burke, exotic and very talented, does exceptlonaly well as the "other woman," who tries to keep Holt and his son apart. The Grand closes Monday for renovating. The opening date will be announced soon in The States man. "AfisafsBinni" VCith , Crosby at State With a score as good as the best he has ever had In a film, Bing Crosby sings, romps and ro mances his way through the col orful passages of "Mississippi, Paramount's gala picture now at the State theatre, asisted by W C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith and Gail Patrick. "Mississippi" Is a story of the romantic south in the days when ladies swooned and men duelled, for entertainment. Crosby, the Yankee sweetheart of Gail Pat rick, declines to duel for his lady's love, is branded as a cow ard and forced to join Fields acting troupe on "The River Queen" in order to escape the taunts of his former friends. Fields, the commodore, is blustering braggart who talks better ngnt man be ever saw. Somehow he prevails on Crosby to change his attitude and soon makes him the wildest gunfighter and dueller of the Mississippi, L feared all along the river as "The Singing Killer." One of the best scenes of the film is written about Crosby's singing of the old favorite "Swan ee," with the assistance of a 40- voice negro chorus. The other songs done by Crosby are four new Rodgrs and Hart tunes, In cluding "Soon" and "Down by the River." "Carnival" on Today at the Hollywood With a cast containing some of screenland's outstanding players, "Carnival," a Columbia picture, opens today at the Hollywood theatre. Lee Tracy. Jimmv Du rante, Sally Eilers and 2 -year old Dickie Walters, who makes his motion picture debut In this production, are the principal players. Lee Tracy is seen as a fast talking carnival man, who talks himself in and out of jams. When his wife dies, leaving him with an infant son, he finds himself in a situation. He wants to bring LAST DAY! m A :--.. y f - K-I Jack Holt Star at Grand At Jimmle Butler and Jack. Holt are Awakening of Jim Burke" at the Jimmy Durante, Dickie Walters, principals In "Carnival" at the up the child, "Poochy," himself, but the baby's grandparents raise objections. Forcefully, Lee takes the baby from the hospital. The welfare workers trace him down. But Tracy enters "Poochy" in a baby contest. The kid hasn't a chance in competition with the other babies, but Durante and his dexterous fingers switch votes and "Poochy" is declared winner. The hoax Is discovered and they are both sentenced to serve time in jail. The climax is one of the most thrilling scenes the screen has ever shown. VISIT CONVALESCENT LINCOLN, July 20. Recent guests at -the home of Mrs. Al ice Simpson of Lincoln who is convalescing from a severe ill ness, were her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith, and children, Audrey, Alice, Dor othy, Claude and Robert, and Mrs. Herman Alquest, all of Port land, Mrs. Robert Crangle of Sa lem and Mrs. W. N. Crawford and STARTS TODAY !:) . i m imi.ii i i n mm r tin 'llli li ' ANOTHER BIG SMASH HIT IN OUR SUMMER SHOW PARADE f v v.-,- a . Come aboard the River Queen for an evening of unparalleled ntertainmentl SENSATIONAL TbcSiagiagKiDer rcn. 4tn that popular lav oriU"Swan Uvrw Jjt(pi roitioeBosovm join mum PSfCll CtHIOPtAN QUINTUPLETS r-v K ti ' CALLIOPE CONCERTO V C iiN Commodrl Orltada Jaclnea t lr VS J Clumpioa e IK imwn S . V'X t AFH ILACKIE V7 Lm Unearned AftjMr 5 J I "r 1 .n . - ! I ROMANCE' X8 Lavcly Lucy, mmttu t'fks0 J 1 Maw tiit tfiMippi, . " , j H AIjSO THE LATEST i ' A kl GRAHAM McNAMEE HEWS REEL A V V j cast as son and father in "The Grand today. Lee Tracy and Sally Eilers are the Hollywood. children, Robert, Alice and Wilma of Zena. DYNAMIC! little Mexice.five-feet-twe f aaac lag iyianlte pmnh i vr 1 y ivhr -" -- h. y m-mtmnW mmW . kfc cfc 1a ike fcjmaMMrf pMM flr fiMk 4ltrW mM MR. W See I Buster Brown I Shoe Store H u Ad on It Pa,;e 3 giMrog Vtti 12:45 P.M. h.iHf- 'Hi tmmimiitmmmm spun to PREPARE PROJECTS Some Jobs for Present and Others for Future are Urged by Martin Each county planning board in the state, organizations formed since the last session of the legis lature, were requested yesterday by Governor Charles H. Martin to prepare a program of projects needed for county development, some to be constructed under the work relief program and some to be held in abeyance until funds are available in the future. "It is desirable that an early start be made on a study of the resources and need's of your county and its possibilities," the governor wrote the boards. ' Almost every county In the pimp T;iy THE "G-MEN" SAY . . : rTTicft 0,in :S : .-A ) SEATS J iXXjl Tfr lf a-1 " l a v 1 AND HIT NO. 2 Homer Croy' s Best Seller ... She can cook for a man, trim him at stud poker, or knock his block off ! that's H MA iry JUNE Two Great Features! lammed with action . . . crammed with fan! And DAMON RUNYON'S SMASH STORY! LEILA HYAMS - . JackLaRue - - - HEDDA HOPPER state now has a planning board. August Huckestein beads the Ma rlon connty group. The governor'" letter contin ued: State Board Will Attist, la Offer "The state planning board, which la studying the whole prob lem of state development, will be glad to cooperate with and ad vise you as to procedure and me thods for starting your activities and will endeavor to coordinate your effort with those of other planning commissions. "If la my hope that the unoffi cial connty planning commissions which I have recently appointed will function, not merely aa pro motional organizations or booster clubs, but will assume the greater responsibility of studying the problems and needs of their coun ty and of determining Khow-its re sources may best be conserved and developed. The advisory service which your planning commission can render to federal, state and local public agencies will be val uable to your county and to tbe state." mssnm Ane bradyV - , k .DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY AN IT A LOUISE CLAYWORTH . . ALAN MOWBRAY. TV TODAY and lONDAY , with ROBERT YOUNG MADGE EVANS Betty Fnraess Ralph Morgan Nat Pendleton Hit No. 2 He wanted to die but a gangster showed him the way to live! PHILLIPS HOLMES Robert McWade i - VUfCE BARXETT
