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"Bride Comes Home'f Is
"'.Bright Romance; Fred
AlacMurray in Cast
Claudette. Colbert and Fred
MacMurray. teen together for the
tint time in "The. Golded I41y,
re back in another Paramount's
sprightly modern screen j romanc
es, "The Bride Comes j Home,"
which opened yesterday at the El
sinore .theatre. '
It Is a crisp, invigorating pic
ture of two young people foreor
dained to battle one another at the
lightest provocation. Small at
tention is paid to elaborate set
tings for the producers, bad a
story to work with a story that
la full of entertainment from the
first shot to the fade-out. 1
Miss Colbert is cast as the
daughter of William Collier, Br.,
a former man of wealth who has
fallen on evil days. The two of
them are down to a diet of beans
as the story opens, and Miss Col
bert decides It 'is time she went
to work.
Her childhood sweetheart, Ro
bert Young, has just inherited
three million dollars and for a
long time bas been asking her to
marry him. He is addicted to the
bottle, however, and his procliv
ity for getting into, fights makes
it necessary for a bodyguard to
accompany, him in his roamings.
The bodyguard, a former news
paperman, is Fred MacMurray.
whose right fist solves many an
embarrassing problem for his
youthful employer.
Frank Merriwell
Serial Is Coining
College Hero Will Do His
Stuff Through Twelve
Cantos, Elsinore
The greatest athlete of all times
make bis Bcreen debnt at the
Elsinore theatre on Saturday,
February 19, when the first chap
ter of Universal thrilling new
12-chapter serial. "The Adven
tures of Frank Merriwell," opens
at the Mickey Mouse matinee.
Baaed on the stories of the fa
mous college nero by Gilbert Pat
ten, who wrote under the pen
name of Burt L. Blandish which
were a family by-word for more
than 20 year, the chapter play
sets a new high ia fascinating en
tertainment. '
Under the direction of Cliff
Smith, "The Adventures of Frank
Merriwell" offers an endless suc
cession of athletic feats that will
thrill all fans. Interwoven is a
fascinating plot that involves the
efforts of a sinister gang to gain
possession of a hidden gold mine.
. the secret of which is known only
to . Frank. The plot develops on
the campus and takes Frank on a
series of adventures during sum
mer vacation through a lumber
camp, on the high seas, in a myth
ical Latin American country to
return to the campns in the fall
for sensational football . games
and the smashing climax.
Miss Thiess Home
PIONEER, Jan. 25 Miss Ma
rie Thless, who has been helping
with a nursing case at the Smith
home of Rickreall the last two
months, returned home the last
of the week.
The Call Board
ELSIXORE
Today Claudette Colbert In
"The Bride Comes Home."
Wednesday Double bill,
Barbara Stanwyck in "An-
nie Oakley" and "Th
Leavenworth Case" with
Donald Cook.
GRAND
Today "Charlie Chan's Se
cret" with Warner Oland.
Wednesday Double bill.
"Guard That Girl" with
Robert Allen, and "Too
Tough to Kill- with Victor
Jory.
Saturday Richard Arleam
"The Calling-of Dan Mal
thews.
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, Edward
Arnold in "Remember Last
Night", and "Honeymoon
Limited" with Neil Hamil-
ton.
Tuesday Double bill, Ad-
' miral Byrd's "Little Amer-
: lea, and Tim McCoy in
"The Square Shooter."
Thursday Double bilL Show
Them Vn Utm" wlfh
ehelle Hudson, and "Danc
ing Feet" with Ben Lyon.
HOLLYWOOD
Today - "Broadway Melody
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Wednesday "The Black
Room" with Boris Kar-
loffi
Friday Double bin, 'SaPer
speed" with Norman Fos
ter, and "Red Morning-,
with Steffi Duma, r
Today "TlttTBIg Broadcast
of lili" plus Walt Dis
ney's latest, "Cock of the
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Thursday First run, dire
Brook ia "Loves of a Die
tator" plus March of Time
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Saturday First run,. Big
Boy Williams ia "Cowboy
.. Holiday", and Chapter I of
Rex and Rinty." :
Sparkling Trio
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Fred Macnnrray, Clandette Colbert and Robert Young wndergo spats,
spills and all sorts of mirth-provoking adventure In "The Bride
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There are plenty of humorous spots iii "Remember Last Night"
well as mystery chills. It is at the Capitol on a doable bill.
"Broadway Melody of 1936" has been acclaimed everywhere as one
f the most entertaining musical comedies ever produced. It opens
( at the Hollywood today. Above are some of the featured phiyera.
'Melody of 1936'
Is at Hollywood
Jack Benny Heads Cast of
Stars Recruited From
Radio, Stage, Film
The radio, the stage and the
screen were scoured in the seanch
for talent to make the new Met
ro-Gold wyn-Mayer musical ex
travaganza, "Broadway Melody of
1936." which will open at the
Hollywood theatre today.
Ileaded by Jack Benny, number
one nero or the air wares, tne
cast of noted entertainers in-
eludes Eleanor Powell, the
"world's greatest feminine tap
dancer"; .Robert Taylor, Holly
wood's most rapidly rising lumin
ary; popular Una Merkel; June
Knight, stage and screen favorite-;
Nick Long, jr., world-famous ac
robatic dancer; Yilma and Buddy
fibsen, Broadway stage favorites;
Robert Wildhack. the "snore spe
cialist," who created a sensation
on the stage and repeated his suc
cess on radio; Frances Langford,
radio's snogblrd; Harry Stock
well. New York singer famous on
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Tuesday
Continooas Perforata nee Today
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Sid Silvers, "king of the stooges."
Dotson Performs
For Bethel Club
BETHEL. Jan 25 D. D. Dot-
son of the government employ
ment Office in Salem, ontertatned
with excellent ventriloquism and
sleight-of-hand performance for
the pleasure of those attending the
community club meeting here Fri
day night.
lass A. Nichols was program
chairman. Mrs. Nichols flayed
xor community singing. There
were piano solos by Coralee and
LueDa j Nichols, and violin solos
by John Bucurench.
It was decided at the business
meeting to work to remain a
standard dub for this club year.
Program committee for Feb
ruary meeting ia 8. Hamrlck, J. A,
Haln, 0. L. Brabaker. Refresh
ment committee. Mrs. J. A. Hain,
Airs. Klp A. Wilson, Mrs.- J. P
Bucurench.
Mrs. j William Froehllch, Mrs.
M. II. !Utter and Mrs. Kenneth
Wolfe served refreshments during
tne social boar.
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Big Broadcast
Now at State
Unusual Number of Stars
Contribute; J. Oakie
Heads Fun Troupe
Lavishly mounted, madcap com
edy, stndded with the outstanding
stars recruited from every divi
sion! of the amusement world.
The Big Broadcast of. 113
which .had its premiere at the
State theatre at last night's pre
view, can be classed as entertain
ment of toe highest order in the
comedy and musical fields.
Not a dull moment is to be
found in this sparkling, breezy.
gala production which fairly ex
udes the highest talent from ra
dio, stage and screen. For pure
fun and light comedy no better
trio of comedians could be team
ed together than Jack Oakie.
Burns and Allen and Lyda Ro
bert!. Oakie's infectious enthusi
asm in his role alone is enough to
guarantee for moments of hilar
ity. Coupled with the high links
of Robert! and Burns and Allen,
the perfect combination is achiev
ed. Add to these fun makers such
ace high performers as Amos 'n
Andy, Bing Crosby, Ethel Mer
man, Bill Robinson. Mary Boland,
Charles Ruggles and Ray Noble
unbeatable assortment of enter
tainers. Shakespeare Play
Filming Big Task
Unprecedented Methods in
Artistry Employed on
Spectacle; Here Soon
No picture yet produced in
FoIIywood has required the ssme
elaborate scheme of preparation
as "A Midsummer N i g h t's
Dream," the Warner Bros. Pro
duction which cornea to the Elsi
nore theatre, on Thursday, Feb
ruary 6, as Max Reinhardt's first
essay into screen technique.
to Keinnardt. the smallest de
tail is Important because it Is part
of his general plan. Tha Droner
emphasis on a line of dialogue by
nis leading man bears a direct
relation to the spangles on a
fairy's costume.
Everything is Part of a unified
whole. '
Decisions on apparently small
details are weighty matter tn
Reinhardt. Everything touches his
preconceived picture.
Tne script, written b- Chari
Kenyon, and Mary McCall, Jr., re
quired many weeks of discussion
and conferences, involving Henry
Blanke, associate producer, Wil
liam Dieterle, director, and of the
major executives, jack Warner,
head of the Warner studios, Wil
liam Koenig and Hal Wallls. -
it was necessary to organise th
work into three general division
dramatic, ballet and technical.
with many subdivisions.
The ballets were in rhare nt
Bronislawa NJJinska, considered
Europe's greatest ballerina
Nina Theilade.
Creates New Department
The dramatic direction
with play readings, similar to
those ordinarily employed hv
stage directors, but with the one
great difference that Reinhardt
supervised the reading of every
word.
Principles tn a "A
Night's Dream" not only had to
learn unes, out had to absorb
Reinhardt's extraordinary concep
tion of Shakespearian drama.
Meanwhile Art Director Antn
Grot, with his assistants, worked
continuously on sketches.
some of Reinhardt s imaar-
tequlred the establishment of aa
entirely new department, under
Percy Westmore.
This department was naradn-rl-
cally the most practical while at
the same time the most incredible
ia its functions, making masks for
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j the baffling marder xnyster in "Charlie diaa'a Secret" at the
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Charles Boggles and Mary Roland are bat two of the many stars
appearing in "The Hlg Broadcast of 1836 coming to the State
theatre today.
the gnomes, a tail for Puck, the
donkey's head tor Bottom, fifty
pairs of bats' wings, a crown for
Oberon, of JLbalone shell!
Max Ree, who designed the
costumes for Reinhardt's Euro
pean production of "A Midsum
mer Night's Dream," allowed his
fancy a freer rein than for the
stage. He kept a whole corps of
designers busy. , , "C.
Clay Campbell and other "sculp
tors designed numerous statues,
figurines and even specially saaP
od leaves for some of the trees
in the woodland scenes. All of
these had to be modelled first in
plaster.
In "A Midsummer Night's
Dream," gnomes, elves, sprites
p.nd fairies continuously perform
I -believable things believab'.y.
Model Builders Busy
Model builders worked night
and day so that both Reinhardt
and Nljinska could co-relate tbeir
work on the maaa spectacles.
Small scale models of every set
complete to the- minutest detail
had to be rushed in order not to
hold np the super-expensive cast,
and the four hundred ballet dan
cers. "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
is sheer fantasy. It is built on
the glorious nonsense of human
ity summed up in Puck's immor
tal comment, "Lord, what Fools
These Mortals Be!"
Reinhardt sees "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" as a play that
must never impinge on reality. He
transports his audience to anoth
er world, where anything might
happen and he believed.
There is an all star cast which
includes James Cagney, Joe E.
Brown, Dick Powell, Jean Moir,
Victor Jory, Verree Teasdale. An
ita Louise, Hugh Herbert, Frank
McHugh and many others.
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Capitol Mystery
"Remember Last Night" Is
Offered; "Honeymoon
Limited" on Bill
Four unsolved murders prove
unusually knotty problems tor
Edward Arnold, cast as an "ace"
detective in Universale weird and
thrilling drama of murders dur
ing and after a gay Long Island
party in Universal. "Remember
Last Night?" at the Capitol the
atre In the film are featured such
players as Constance Cummlngs,
Sally Eilers, Robert Young, Rob
ert Armstrong, Reginald Denny,
Gregory Rateff, Monroe Owsley,
aod Louise Henry.
A thinly veiled but playful sa
tire directed at a famous Amer
ican literary figure provides the
story structure for "Honeymoon
Limited" with Neil Hamilton and
Irene Herrey second feature at
the Capitol.
The plot of the new Monogram
film concerns the adventures of
an author who is renowned for
his rather egotistical autobio
graphical accounts of his travels.
The author la this case enacted
by Nell Hamilton sets out incog
nito on a transcontinental walk
ing tour which lands him in some
of the most thrilling and excruci
atingly bamoroa situations de
picted on the local screen for
many a day.
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At Grand Theatre
Another Baffling Murder
: Mystery VUnraveled Jj -y
Oland as Oriental '
Shiver-and gasp as you may
havf at1 the previous pictures of
the Charlie Chan aeries, you will
find new: and unexpected thrills
in "Charlie Chan's Secret, as
Warner Oland unravels a baffling
marder mystery in the Fox pio
tare which opened at the Grand
theatre yesterday. ' ""
Weaving his web in a house of
death, the bland Chinese detec
tive solves San Francisco's most
baffling mnrder mystery in this
new picture, while he defies a
band of sinister killers.
Chan first picks up the trail of ;
the missing man at a shipwreck.
Then he files to San Francisco
where he is caught up with the
man's family, a strange group
who dabble in spiritualism, and
no one of whom desires the miss
ing man's return.
At a spiritualist seance, - the
heir is suddenly discovered dead
with a knife through his baek.
And although Chan knows that
he has the wiliest criminals of
his career to deal with, he im
mediately sets about tracking
them down.
Before the eolation fo the
crime is reached, others fall vic
tim, and Chan himself narrowly
escapes death.
Rulings Are Made
On Job Insurance
There will; be no collection or
acceptance of contributions from
employes under the unemploy
ment compensation law enacted at
the last legislative session, T.
Morris Dunne, chairman, announ
ced yesterday.
Dunne said a section providing
tor employes' contributions was
erroneously included in tne en
rolled bill but did not appear in
the legislative journal.
Important i regulations adopted
t-y the commission at a recent
meeting here! follow:
Employers! contributions for
the month of January, February
and March,; 1936, shall bo pay
able on or before April 20, and
thereafter contributions shall be
aid monthly on or before the
20th day of each month for the
preceding month.
Services performed by all em
ployes of municipal corporations
In the state are exempt from the
provisions of the unemployment
compensation; act.
Bridge Olympics
Here February 4
Many Salem bridge players
have already! entered the World
Bridge Olympic which is to be
staged in this city Tuesday night,
February 4, at the Elks club un
der direction of George Ketchum.
This year 70 countries of the
world will be in the play where
1 identical hands will be played.
Fire hundred additional Chinese
bridge players will participate
this year; (4 players in Holly
wood's movie; colony will partlci-
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pate and the Olympic will be con-
ducted aboard six ocean liners:'
Local players who have already
signed to lay in the Olympic in
clude the following: Mr. and Urs.
Don Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Diedmer, Mr. and Mrg. Max Ou
ter. Mr. and Mrs. George Hender
son, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Albrich.
Mrs. L. S. Rankin, Mrs. Robert
Bretman, Homer Smith, Roy
Card, Walter Cllne, Mrs. Ercel.
Kay, Mrs. George Flagg, George.
Waale, Mrs. Ed Baker.
Hop Market Hits
Low During Week
The hop market reached sew ,
lows last week and was almost so j
low that it had to reach up to -touch
bottom, with from five to -eight
cents Paid to growers, tally
ten cents per pound below the
cost of production, Salem dealers
reported. Comparatively small
quantities were sold at this fig
ure, however. . ,f
Highest current bids for Prime
to choice hops were ranging
around nine cents a pound, bnt
most growj were holding for at -least
ten cents and higher per
pound. A strengthening influ-
ence for the future was hoped for,
with comparatively light remain
ing stocks of new crop hops in
growers' hands compared with a
year ago. Demand during the
week continued to b confined to
domestic consuming interests,
since foreign inquiry remained
slow.
Perrine Going to
Father s Funeral
Alderman E. B. Perrine of Sa
lem will go to Portland Monday
to attend the funeral of his fath
er, Burchfield Grace Perrine, who
died Thursday at the home of a
daughter at the age of 91. The
services will be held at, S p. m.
Monday from Pearson's funeral
church, SOI Northeast Knott
street, and vault entombment will
be in the Rose City cemetery.
B. G. Perrine, a resident of
Oregon for 30 years, had often
visited his son here and became
acquainted with fellow members
of the G. A. R.
Surviving in addition to tbe
son here are three other chil
dren, Orton Perrin of Monte
sano. Wash.. Mrs. Charles McCart
of Portland and Mrs. George
Chevron of Vancouver, Wash.; a
brother. Thomas Perrine of
Franklin, Pa., and a sister, Mrs.
Sarah Griggs of Topeka, Kan.
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