The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Or'sidv iliriuj 3, 1936
I PAVE ELEVEN
Btare and Romantic DraiTola: Feaffired at Local.
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Elsinore Has
History Epic
"Message to Garcia" Now
, Showing; Beery and -
Boles Are Slaw
i r Wallace Beery Barbara Stan
wyck John Boles. These three
stars, together for the first time,
enact their greatest roles In 20th
iCeAtury'a roistering, romantic
"A Message to Garcia," the pic
ture coming today to the Elsinore
theatre. . .
; 4nspiredhy Elbert Hubhard's
; immortal essay, the picture has a
: plot s written about one of his
tory'smost fascinating exploits.
Boles is the man who carries
i the message to Garcia In the
jungle interior, a message that
i will; change the destinies of three
; nations. For a companion, he
; takes Wallace Beery, an amus
ing .rogue who is half traitor, half
. herd. -. - - - . - - .-.
When they dlscoTer that the
. man who was to guide, them to
Garcia has been killed, they take
his daughter, Barbara Stanwyck,
to show them the way.
' Hardship, -peril," adventure,
faced together in the treacherous
i Jungle, draw Boles and Mis3
r Stanwyck to each other.
Schools Help in
History Pro j ec t
Through cooperation, of Mrs.
Mary 1. Fulkerson, county school
superintendent, with the Ameri
can Guide, WPA .Writers' i pro-
: Ject, a school-history project has
been successfully worked out in
reporting interesting data on
; Scotts Mills and Bethany.
I Pupils of these schools collect-
; ed Information relative to local
; Indians,' pioneer characters and
i incidents; and buildings and sites
; of Jalstorical interest in their re-
S spective communities, then wrote
i it up in the form of essays whieh
i were forwarded to the state of-
! Ace of the American Guide, ency-
! clopaedie publication coTering all
; topics of interest to tourists, stu-
i dents and investors who may visit
' the state.
Copley Is State
Adviser of FFA
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TORVALLIS, Ore., May 2.-(Jft-Oregon's
Fntnre Farmers of Am
erica, in annual session here, elect
ed George Justice of Enterprise
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CARTOON
Travelogue - News
THE BIG HIT
OF 1936 !
In .1935, it was "David
Copperfield';. . . in 1936
it will be "A Tale of Two
Cities'' acclaimed the
best loved picture of the
year! .Another Dickens
masterpiece immortal
jized on .the screen!
! 1c a man can ; - ' -T-
! iaJk. or Al. U TNt
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Jungte Emperils Film Trio
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Three great! stars, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Wallace Beery
face adventure and dancer In "A Jiesuim tA nnHft mt tM wi.tn.
Warner Baxter and Margo as they
president today. He pucceeds Ray
mond Kooch, also of Enterprise
Robert M. Stultt. 'Cloverdal,
pressed Justice closely in the race
for the high office fend later was
chosen vice ! president.
Other officers: secretary, Ver-
nn Herman, Myrtle
urer, Harold lsTash.
porter, Robert Berger, Molalla;
aavisor Earl R. Cooley. Salem
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TODAY, MONDAY &
TUESDAY i i
Continnoos Performance
Today -2 to lliP. M.
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appear In Robin Hood of! El Dora-
Musibal Program
On Tuesday Night
High School's Observance
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of Music Week to Be
B0st Ever, Claim
Salem ; hieh school! Tuftsdav
night wijl join in observance of
national music week with one or
the outstanding programs in its
nistory, according to Lena Belle
Tartar, director of vocal . music.
That night 250 boys and girls will
present ensemble and solo num
bers in ide variety Iz ithe school
anditoriam. !
"Of narticiilnr Intcrnat nn tha
program i is the cantata for Mixed
voices, 'Tne Chambered Nantilos,'
which w$l be sung by 170 voices,"
Miss Tartar said vestpJav. 'Th
DOem is ! the well-loved comonsi-
tion by I Oliver Wendell; Holmes
ana is s;et to music by 'John S.
Fearis. Incidental soloa : will b
Farlane.?' ' f . i ;
The combined chorus erouns
will sing a number of negro spir
ituals with Fiord Banmrartner
in one instance serving as. "lead
er." I ; -
Accompanists for the fiVAninv'a
music will include Doris Schnnka.
Marine Case, Eleanor jAspIn wall
and Phlj Barrett. !
This tromm la Ann: htrifooHtn
of the hew activity plan at the
nign scnooi wnereDy virtu a uy all
tne students are given an oppor
tunity t6 participate. Miss Tartar
explained.
Today & Monday
2 FEATURES
R0r.!Afrq0JEflEGADE!
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ANN LOniNR
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New Dog Star
Now at Grand
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The Country Beyond9 Has
Powerful Theme With
Northland Scenes
A story of courage, adventura
and ; blazing love on the North
land trail is showing at the Grand
theatre today fn the stirring Fox
picturization of James Oliver Cur
wood's novel, "The Country .Be
yond." '
Featuring the screen's new dog
hero. Buck, with an all-star
Hollywood cast, the picture fol
lows the adventures of a Can
adian "mountie" pursuing a kill
er on a trail that leads him to
love.
Kochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly
and Robert Kent ' are -Jthe princi
pal players. Kent and Kelly are
"mounties" who take Miss Hud
son's father, Alan Hale, in cus
tody for a killing. But Hale, whn
Is innocent, eludes the officers
wiux nis daughter and sets out
after the real criminal.
Kent catches the rirl and tha
heroic dog. Buck, who guards
her, while Kelly follows the fath
er. Battling their way through
the; frozen Canadian wilderness,
Kent and Miss Hudson come to
love each other. But it is not un
til Alan Dinehart, the killer. Is
brought to earth, and his vicious
Great Dane killed hv BnrV in m
savage fight, that their romance
can, come to a happy conclusion.
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Postal Receipts Up
PORTLAND. Ore . M
Postmaster E. T. Hedlund aald to
day postal receipts in April, total
ling 1246,293 exclusive of money
orders, were 14.04 per cent above
tne corresponding month a year
ago.
The Gall Board
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Today -
yond'
GRAND
- "The Country Be-
with Rochelle Hud-
son. .
Wednesday Claire Trevor
In "My Marriage."
Saturday Richard Dix in
"Devil's Squadron."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Ronald Colmaa in
, "A Tale- of Two Cities."
Wednesday 'Whlpsaw"
with Myrna Loy.
Friday Double bill, Buck
Jones in "Ivory Handled
Guns" and "Racing Luck"
with Bill Boyd. .
EL8IXOHE
Today Wallace Beery in
"A Message to Garcia,"
Friday Carole Lombard in
"Love Before Breakfast."
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, "Robin
Hood of El Dorado" with
, Warner Baxter and "Seven
Keys to Baldpate" with
Gene Raymond.
Tuesday Double bill, "Mur-
der on the Bridal Path"
with Jimmy Gleason and
" Bob Steele In "Smokey
" Smith."
Thursday Double bill. Lew
Ayres in "Leathernecks
Have Landed" and Bruce
Cabot in "Corruption."
STATE
Today Dick Powell in
"Thanks a Million."
Wednesday First run, Don-
glas Montgomery in "Har-
mony Lane" and Walt Dis-
ney's "Mickey's Grand
Opera,"
Saturday First run, Kermit
aiaynara in "His Fighting
Blood."
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THREE GREAT STARS
Together at their greatest
uvoiuviB ... roistering
late oi nations:
SeatsbUC
:wJOHN
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j I Herbert Miindln I
. Story of Far Ndrth at Grand
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Pail Kelly, Rochelle Hudson and Robert Kent are featured in the ad
venturous story of the north, ,VThe Country Beyond", current Grand
attraction.
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"Thanks a Million" features a riotous campaign for governor. It is
showing at the State today with Ann Dvorak: and Dick Powell la
tle leading roles. j
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Isabell Jewell is given' courage to
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. Two Cities" by her fellow prisoner, Ronald Colman who haa the
role of Sidney Carton. The film la showing today at the Holly
Illegal) Transporting
Of Auto Charged Here
Pare Curtis Cotter was arrest
ed j by federal officers and
brfugbt before W. J. Linfoot, U.
S. commissioner, on a charge of
illegally transporting an automo
bile in Interstate commerce be
tween San Pedro, Calif., and Leb
anon, Ore. He waived prelimin-
. J . inia breathless . ; .
venture inat changes the
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faee the guillotine la "A Tale of
ary hearing and was bound over
to th federal grand jury. He
waa committed to the Multnomah
county jail In lieu of posting a
bond for 12000.
Starts TODAY -
IT'S GRAND FUN AND.
ENTERTAINMENT YOU'LL BE CRAZY
ABOUT DOZENS OF STARS FROM
SCREEN, STAGE AND RADIO ...
j DICK POVEIXX
ANN DVORAK yf A nH
FRED ALLEN l t . Ba.. H
II Pat S V IC E L L Y M Color Cartoon Special S
Paul WHITEMAN I "Vbabat
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POXT MISS "HARMONY FTRST SALKH SHQWIXQ STARTS WEDNESDAY I
Harmony Lane at
State Wednesday
Based on Life of Stephen
Foster;. Scheduled a
Music Week Show
' A novel production idea is fea
tured in "Harmony Lane,", which
comes to the State theatre next
Wednesday in observance of Na
tional Music week. .
The picture is based on the life
of Stephen Collins Foster, the
man who wrote most of America's
most loved melodies, including
"My Old Kentucky Home," "Come
Where My Love Lies Dreaming,"
"Oh! Susanna," "Old Black Joe,"
"Beautiful Dreamer," "Old Folks
At Home" (Swanee River), "Mas
sa's in the Cold Ground," "Camp
town "Races," "Lou'siana Belle,"
and many others.
In addition to Douglass Mont
gomery, the cast of "Harmony
Lane," includes Evelyn Venable,
Adrienne Ames, Joseph Cawthorp,
William Frawley, Lloyd Hughes,
Cora Sue Collins, Gilbert Emery,
James Bush, Clarence Muse and
the Shaw Choir, Florence Ro
berts, Ferdinand Munier, and a
cast of thousands. ' .
Tale of 2 Cities
Js at -'Hollywood
Dickens Classic. Offered
by Astounding Cast -of
Noted Stars
With Ronald Colman at the
head of an amazing list of stars
and featured players, one of the
great photoplays of all time opens
today at, the Hollywood theatre.
It is "A Tale of Two Cities," from
Charles Dickens' novel.
Essentially, it' is the. story of
Sydney Carton, a brilliant wastrel,
played by Colman, and his hope
less love for Lucie Manette, played
by Elizabeth Allan. Even if Lucie
were not In love with Charles Dar
nay, played .by Donald Woods, the
affair could not have reached a
happy culmination. It was doomed
from the start. This is the situa
tion upon which the story is build
ed, and it mounts with emotional
climaxes until it reaches its tre
mendous denouement with Col
man's sacrifice of his life for the
happiness of the woman he loves.
Outstanding In the cast are Ed
na May Oliver, Reginald Owen,
Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka,
Henry B. WalthaH Donald Woods.
. Seeks Bryan Friends
Henry Steele Commager, pro-
iessor or nistory in New York
university, is writing a biogra
phy of William Jennings Bryan
and writes that he is anxious
to get In touch with former
friends and correspondents of Mr.
Bryan.. His address is Washing
ton Square, New York City.
STATE THEATRE
COMING WEDNESDAY
Our National Music Week
Offering YOU MUST
SEE IT. .
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Douglass MONTGOMERY
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AMUENNE AMES
A Cinematic Masterpiece
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Continuous
- Shows
LAUGH LOADED
Cold Rash "Robin
HoolF jat Capitol
Warner
Baxter Starred in
"El Dorado" St6ry of
California in 9
Thundering but of tM most viv
id i pages 1 pf America 'ef history,
"Robin Hood of El Dorado" con
tinues on ;the screen off the Capl-
tol theatrfe todayj heralding the
rebirth of the spectacular outdoor
feature. Starring Wafner Bax
ter, it is One of Metrol-Goldwyn-Mayer's
tnorei pretentious new?'
season photoplays. '
"RobInHoo of El rforado" is
the romantic story of the lite of
Joaquin Murrieta, glamorous ban--dit-patriot
who roared through
the Wild iest at the head of 400
men in the lawless' dars of the
California Gol4 Rush o '4 S.
"Seven .Keys to Baldpate," op- -ened
last night; at the Capitol the
atre with! Gene Raymojhd in the
central role.. I Raymond, as a
celebrated author .. of jj mystery
stories, sejectsi deserted; Baldpate
Inn as an ideally quiet place to
work and locks himself in- with
what he believes is the only key
in existence. But when six more
keys cllck'iin Baldpate'sf door, the
ghostly old mansion becomes a
madhousej and all wrjting ends
as Raymond is swept into hilari
ously Tlolent adventure.
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