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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 21,-1937
Comedy. THrifls, Momaiice. and Tense Brama Booked at" Theatres
Grand Offers
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s a Happy Forecaster
"Nancy Steele Is Missing'
Offered; McLaglen Is
In Leading Role
' A powerful drama that rains
blows of passions and emotions
on your pounding heart, "Nancy
Steele Is Missing," the Twentieth
Century-Pox production . which
Anened yesterday at the Grand
theatre. Is unforgettably por
trayed by the 8 tar of "The In
former' -and an Inspired -cast.
Victor McLaglen, winner of the
Motion Picture Academy's acting
award for 1935, turns in one of
the finest performances of his
career in this taut, dramatic film.
"Nancy Steele Is Missing,"
with its tense thrills of emotion
lashing . power, begins in the
troubled days of .1917 with the
disappearance of the daughter of
Walter Connolly, a munitions
magnate. Shortly afterward, Vic
tor McLaglen, whose knowledge
of the horrors of war has turned
him to ardent pacifism, gets in-
volved in a brawl with police and.
la the hysteria of war-time, he
Is giTen a two-year prison sen
tence.
Framed by fellow prisoners as
the instigator of. an attempted
jail break, McLaglen is sentenced
. to life. A shrewd cellmate, Peter
Lorre, suspects that the huge
prisoner Is concealing a valuable
Becret, and when 20 years later,
McLaglen is released for good
behavior: Lorre trails him con
stantly. '
In a tense, dramatic climax.
McLaglen attempts to restore the
grown-up Nancy Steele to - her
rightful father, while Lorre stops
at nothing to get the penitent
criminal out of the way so that
he may substitute a fraudulent
; claimant of his own. The manner
in which McLaglen redeems him
self for the crime he committed
20 years before provides a con-
elusion of tremendous emotional
power!
Evangelical Missionary
Society Is Entertained
At Risser Home, Dallas
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Joe E. Brown, appearing in "When's Your Birthday" full of comedy.
thrills and romance, showing at the Elsinore t tie ire as a aoue
feature with "China Passage.
DALLAS. March 20. The
Women's Missionary society of
the Evangelical church met at the
home of Mrs. August Risser Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Amelia Ash
ton and Mrs. William Young aS-
sisted at the refreshment hour. -Mrs.
Chester Gardiner had
charge of the devotions and Mrs.
Clarence Curry gave the lesson.
Mrs. Cecil Embree told something
of the work of the Prayer league
and Mrs. Milton Grant gave a talk
on "Stewardship and Tithing."
i Mrs. Floyd Senter is president.
. The next meeting of the so
ciety will be an evening gather-
' ing held at the. church; with the
men Invited to attend. A special
program will be planned for this.
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Joe Brown Is
Elsinore Star
Provide Tense Thrills
v7
Your Birthday" Is
Hilarious; Other Film
: I 'China Pas8age,
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Hilarious comedy 1 provided
by When's Your Birthday?"
which opened an engagement yes
trdT at the Elsinore theatre.
with Joe E. Brown as fun-maker-
in-chief.
Brown is seen as an "occasion
al" prise fighter who adopts this
meana of oavinc for a course in
astrology. Later he refuses to
marry his sweetheart, Susanna
Kaaren, because she has selected
a date which conflicts with the
favorable asDect of his birth
planet. He lands a Job as a fortune-telling
astrologer in a mld-
wav concession operated 07 rea
Keating, where Marian Marsh is
also working. Predicting the out
come of a race. Brown enables
Minor Watson. a 'big-shot
gambler, to make & winning bet,
and the latter promptly engages
the three as his private staff for
predicting the outcome or sporv
ing event t.
Brown Is accepted aa an un
cannily able astrologer, bis star
ascends. His difficulties e o m
when Miss Kaaren attempts to re
enter his life in a big way. In
spite of the facf that Miss Marsh
has bv this time supplanted her
in Brown's affections. There is a
mixup in horoscopes on the eve
of a championship d o n t , ana
Brown's past explodes right in
his face, as the picture comes xo
m wiiiiiv excitinz climax that is
Hcreamlnelv funny.
Brown's part fits him like tne
proverbial glove, and he has never
appeared to better advantage.
Romance against a oammg
mvsterv backgrouna ana in
colorful setting forms the theme
of -China Passage," RKO Radio's
new thriller with Constance
Worth and Vinton Haworth In
the romantic roles as a double
feature today at the Elsinore.
The two nlavers portray a
faminine customs agent and an
American soldier of fortune, both
intent on regaining an immense
ly valnnhlft diamond which is
stolen from Americans in
Shanghai Jewelry store. The pur
suit leads them and a group of
ananecta across the Pacific to
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Jexin Arthur Has
Bead, Hollywood
"More Than a Secretary" Is
Hilarious ; ' Brent and
v Denny Also in Cast
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High comedy, : seasoned with
the paprika of satire the salt of
farce I and the sugar of romance.
describes the spicy entertainment
on view at the Hollywood theatre
where Columbia's "More Than a
Secretary" Is being shown.
Jean Arthur and George Brent
hold I down the principal roles.
aided; and abetted in their hilar
ious Mischief by Lionel Stander,
Ruth Donnelly. Reginald Denny
and Dorothea Kent. Their col
lective tomfoolery in the name of
health, and romance hits the sea
son's highspot in riotous roman
tics and exhilarating comedy.
Frpm the very ! opening scene.
where Jean Arthur sighs hope
fully I about romance while under
the influence of spring fever, un
til the final surprise fadeout t-ie
film maintains a rapid succession
tt Ii'nrha internrp1 with Stan.
Victor MeTjaglen and Peter Lorre who provide many thrills In the fier.g wllfl ,rana 0f comedy, a
tense drama. "Nancy Steele is Missing, ' ieaiorea a lue uranu dashrof 'tender pathos, a good
theatre. . Ideal tot Suspense and no end of
brilliantly executed dialogue.
Credit for the latter goes to a
Srps of ace -penmen, including
stt; Taylor, authority of "More
Than5 a Secretary? on which Eth
el Hill and Aben Kandel based
their? original story and Dale Van
Every and Lynn Starling, who
fashioned the final screen play.
-Jean Arthur again scores in a
comedy role reminiscent of her
memorable performances in "Ex
Mrs.5 Bradford." "Mr. Deeds" and
Adventure in Manhattan."
Brent, as usual, is a heart-throb-
blnr romantic lead, whose excur
sion into comedy In "More Than a
Secretary" emerges as a terrific
success. He has seldom been seen
to better) advantage.
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and activities. Miss Clara Dodson
presented a short skit of the
senior play. 'The Ghost Parade,"'
which will be given April 2,
Frosh and Soplis
Head Honor Roll
i DALLAS. March 20. The hon-
or roll for Dallas high school for
the first six weeks of the second
semester has just been released
by Superintendent R. .R Turner.
The freshman and the sophomore
classes with 18 names each, have
the largest number on the rolL'
Tmbwn Jiainit Barnard. Damll
Brown. Wanetha Card, (rar Clanficld.
Mary Frieoea. James EarreU. Marjoria
I.fcTr. Hester Linn. Mary- Mar?ar
Lirraa Doaald Lowe, Edna Neufeld,
Rmbr Petera, llrtlra Jean Plnmmer,
Tiomaa Rigga. Harold Rohra. Olf
SchnUi, Betty Smith andClea Y.,-
SopneBtorea I. rota Branch. Rath Bo-"
ler, Ruth Dashiell, Sosie Dick. Either
Kat. Brwre Ferry, John Prieaen. Glen
Qmorge, Darid Uamm. Imoeeea Hillary,
Evelyn Ickea, Marftarrt Josiia. lorU
May. Oaryl Ross. Viols Schneider. Joan
Stinnette, Elrin Vau San ten and itarion
Wplla. " . -
iJnniora Betty Borin. Kalph Com
lea. Mary Ellea Dalton, Cmrtia Dora
hecker, Anna I'rieaeu, Aliea Joy Frixxell,
Jewel Hendrirkson, Aileen Holman, Mil
dred Lanre. Marrin May; Leonard Peters.
Rath Pleaaant, Maxine Kowell. Frieda
SrhmitU Gilbert Schneider and Mildred
Voth. '
Benton Beverly Balea, Pearl Breeden.
Helen Elliott, Iorotben Freer, Jeanne
Hartman, Verda Henderaoa, Gertrude
KtieTer. Margaret Lin da LI, Betty Penea,
Margaret Rifrcr, Anne Schmitt. Irria
Voth. Kloiae Wagner. Waldo Wail. Mar
jorie Water-a and Robert Woodman.
. Poat-graduate Helen Rew.
Airlie Teachers Are 'AH
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Offered Positions Again
Health Program
Given, Aumsville
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AUMSVILLE, March 20. The
Parent-Teacher association met at
the school house Thursday night.
The association voted to encour
age Jhe organisation of 4-H clubs.
Mrs Fred Steiner and Lawrence
Roberts were appointed to take
Senior Has Operation
TURNER. March 20. Char
lotte Parr, high school senior, is
convalescing from an appendix
operation at- a Salem hospital.
Ruth Bones is ill with the same
trouble. : - "
The Call Board
GRAND
Today V Ictor McLaglen.
Walter Connolly and Peter
Lorre In "Nancy Steele Is
Missing."
Wednesday Double feature,
Ralph Bellamy in "Couu-
terfelt Lady" and Charles
Starrett in "Dodge City
Trail."
Saturday Tyronne Power
and Loretta Young in
"Love Is News." .
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.Today Double bill, Shirley
Temple in "The Stow
away" plus "Wild Brian
Kent" with Ralph Bellamy
and chapter 3 of "Dick
Tracy."-' r
Wednesday D o u b 1 e bill,
"Rose Bowl" and "BulldoK
Drummond Strikes Back."
Friday Eastern clrccit vau
deville on the stage, War
ner Oland in "Charlie
Chan at the Opera."
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, "Her
' Husband's Secretary" with
Beverly Roberts and War
ren Hull and "Land Be
yond the Law" wish Dick
Foran. -
Tuesday Double bill, Joan'
in "Gorgeous -Hussy" and
Peter B.. Kyne's "Code of
the Range." -
Thursday Double bill, Mir
iam Hopkins in "Men Are
Not Gods" and Marc Con
nelly's "Green Pastures."
ELSINORR
Today Double bill. Joe E.
Brown in "When's Your
Birthday?" and "China
Passage" with Gordon
Jones.
Wednesday Dio u b 1 e bill.
Warren Williams in "Out-
i,at" inH T.irtnol Rarrv-
; more in "A Family Af
fair." Saturday "King and the
t Chorus Girl" with Joan
Blondell.
Vm-n Hull and. Jean Mulr. aPDearine in "Her Husband's Secre-
tart the Gapitol theatre Sunday and Monday. The second feature
Ls Dick Foran in "Lnd Beyond the iaw."
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. a nr the mnianl lr- aintlrii of the stars. Jean Arthur and
Oeorge Brtt and the beautiful Dorothea Kent who become in
volred in "More Than A Secretary" showing at the Hollywood the
atre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. ;
ls finally cleared up after many
exciting happenings.
Young Players in
Capitol s Feature
Three excellent young players
all of whom seem to be getting
nlaces raDldly In fllmdom are
featured eauallr In "Her Hus
band's Secretary." the First Na
tlonal melodrama which is at the
Capitol theatre beginning today.
This picture ls said to be very
far from the typical "society tri
angle." where the three main fig
ures sit around and debate tne
circumstances they find them
selves in and don't get anywhere
after all the talk.
They very definitely get some
where even though It takes a
nerve-wrenching forest fire to put
them all in a spot where a de
cision must be reached as to
which of the two girls shall have
Warren. You may be sure the
right one gets him.
And Warren is no dreamy phi
losopher, mooning about Ilka
Hamlet and wondering what to
do. Quite the contrary he's a
structural steel-worker when you
first see him, making the ac
qualntance of Jean from a girder
which he ls riding 10 stories
above the street
t the State theatre with Wild Brian Kent" starring Ralph Bellamy
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BROADWAY NIGHTS
Conright. 19X1. Xing Temture Syndicate, Inc.
Clark Kinnaird
NEW YORK, March 20. Sam- employment for a like number of
Cinema Entertainment to Reach New
High This Year; Warner's to Bring
Outstanding Films to Local Screen
YT is a far crv from the "barn" studios of Hollywood in the
I "good old days" and the magnificent sound stages of to- .
mm t o t-,,v,ot- fmm tv.o first "mnvips" of Former Marion Teach
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uel Dicksteih, who is representa
tive in congress from New York's
tenement district by grace of
Tammany Hall,' and chairman of
the house committee on immigra
tion and naturalization by acci
dent of seniority, is pressing a bill
in congress providing that the
number of "alien actors, vocal
musicians, operatic singers, solo
dancers, solo instrumentalists, or
orchestral conductors" admitted
to the United States, shall be lim
ited to the numbers of American
actors, solo dancers, etc., "of sim
ilar qualifications, which the gov
ernment of such foreign country
has granted foreign entry tor pro
fessional engagements during tne
same calendar year."
In other words Representative
Dlckstein will apply a Quota sys
tem to art and entertainment, it
he has his way; and the bill has
found enough supporters to put
wrinkles in the brpws of Broad
way and Hollywood producer,
There's plenty of excitement 1??" ?- ViAI
and plenty of genuine romance I ' ,, ,, i V X
about "He? Husband's Secretary." T"canI.??ul
1909 and the stupendous productions of the present day.
Every year brings further advance in the making of
pictures and in the next two or three years the pictures of
today will seem as ODSoieie as me
HOLnvooi
Today Jean Arthur and
! George Brent in "More
; Than a Secretary."
Wednesday Double Feature,
Mae West in "Klondike
Annie" and "Captain Ca-
lamlty" with George Has-
ton and Marion Hixon In;,
natural color.
Friday Jack Holt in f North
' of Nome." .:
pictures of yesterday appear to
day. Jven an w x: m. j Da.o.
brings a startling array of out
s tan ding hits, so the current
spring months bring a parade of
super-attractions and, according
to 'Manager Carl Porter of the
Elsinore theatre, the big parade
of, 1937 features and novelties
are by far the most outstanding
ever produced
'Nineteen thirty-seven looks to
be a banner year in the produc
tion of entertaining pictures,"
stated 1 Porter,! "and I have en
deavored to book the choice hits
from the outstanding studios of
the world for pur patrons in the
coming months."
- Leading the field of entertain
ment will be Joe K. Brown in his
latest smash f comedy "When's
Your Birthday," closely followed
by "King and the Chorus Girl"
featuring Fernand Gravett and
Joan Blondell. Among the more
nntatanding attractions will be.
"Garden of Allah." all in natural
color and starring Marlene Deit-.-iri
and Charles Boyer; Victor
McLaglen in VSea Devils": Nel
nn Kddv and Jeanette MacDon-
ald in Maytlme": the musical
aensation':" "Top of the Town,"
with an all a tar. cast; 'Swing
turn. Swinr Low" with Fred
MarMurrav and Carole Lombard;
r n d v a r d Kipling's "Captains
rnnrMini": 1 "Walkikl Wed
ding" with B I n g Crosby. Bob
Burns and Martha Raye; "Ready,
WUllnc and Jtble" with Ruby
K-polpr and Lee Dixon: Sir J. M.
Rarrie'a "Oualltv Street" with
Katharine HeDburn: Clark Gable
and Mvrna Loy in "Parnell
Robert Taylor, and Jean Harlow
in "Fersonali Property": "5an
Quentln", with Pat O'Brien and
Humphry Bogart; Mark Twains
"Prince and the Pauper" with
Errol Flvnn and the Mauch twins;
"Shall We Dance?" starring the
dance team extraordinary. Ginger
Rogers and Fred Astaire; and
many, many others of equal Im
port but as yet untitled or in the
process of ' production.
come to the United States to di
rect an orchestra unless by some
miracle there happened to be an
American conductor his equal
Is Awarded Scholarship o wntel to ,to lUk7 h
For Further Art Study J over here Or that Garbo would
have to stay out or tne u. s. nnui
an American actress equally ca
pable (in the opinion of a Dick
stein appointee, no doubt) of
playing "Camilla" found a Swed
ish motion pictnre company de-
Birds Arc Considered in
Planting 200 Trees For
Liberty School Grounds JS"'.? SSJfA
MARION. March 20. M 1 s s
Rose Hutton of Albany, who was
principal of the Marion school
for four years prior to her going
to Cottage Grove, where she ls
now art supervisor' at the West
Side junior high school, has been
awarded an art scholarship at
alrlous of her services.
Bill Would Outlaw Many
The British theater ls at low
ebb. and it is unlikely that It
would be capable of providing
stars, even if they desired to go,
so Congressman Dicksteln's bill
would, if It became a law, deprive
Broadway and provincial theaters
of aU or some of the following:
The D'Oyly- Carte Opera com
pany. Maurice Evans, star of (and
only reason -for seeing) "Richard
II."
Dennis King, "Frederika."
Noel Coward and Gertrude
Lawrence, "Tonight at S:30."
Beatrice Lillle and Reginald
Gardiner, "The Show Is On."
Peggy Ashcroft, "High Tor."
Dudley Dlgges, "The Masque of
Kings."
Henry Travers, the glorious
grandpa of -"You Can't Take It
With You."
Sir Cedrie Hardwicke. "The
Amasing Dr. Clitterhouse." -
Not to mention numerous sup
porting players. And. of course,
France, Belgulm, Mexico, Hun
gary and all other countries, in
cluding the Scandinavian, would
have to provide work for numer
ous Americans of "similar quali
fications" or atill other stars and
support players would' have to go
home.
Hollywood supplies most of-the
motion picture theaters of the
world with most of their pictures,
but the Dlckstein bill would de
bar foreign actors from Holly
wood unless France, Britain. Italy.
Gennany, et al., provided similar
opportunities for screen fame for
Americans. Chaplin ls a British
cltixen; he'd have to go home un
til an American of like capa
bilities, if any. fancied doinf some
pictures for British studios. And
home, too. would stay Ronald
Colman, raone Simon, Brian
Mrs. T. C Mountain was ap
pointed to- secure two delegates
to attend the state biennial con
vention of the Parent-Teacher as
sociation,; to be held in Portland
in ApriLi
Following the business meet
Ing4"the Marion county health as
sociation j sponsored an education
al entertainment.
Health! films, showing preven
tion and cure of tuberculosis were
shown, preceded by an Interesting
and'; . instructive - talk , by Mrs.
George R. K. Moorhead of Sa
le ml executive secretary. Her talk
emphasized the necessity, and im
portance iof uncovering and caring
for tuberculin cases in the early
stages
The boys camera elub of the
Salein high school presented in
teri&ting; films on Oregon scenes
Aherne.
Howard,
Merle Oberon, Leslie
Francis Lederer. Victor
McLaglen. Maureen O'Sulllvan
Liry Pons. Basil Rathbone. Peter
Lorre, Charles Laughton. Errol
Fiynn. Charles Boyer, Freddie
Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll,
George Arliss and Ernest Lu
bltsch until they were exchanged.
AIRLIE. March 20- At the last
school board meeting all four
teachers- were rehired for next
school year. Miss Huntington of
Sisters, primary grades; Miss
Maurice Honeycutt, intermediate
grades; Miss Seeley, Newberg. as
assistant -high teacher, and Fran
cis Troedson, lone, as principal.
There will be three high school
graduates this year: Harry Bose,
Orval Whltaker and Jacob Ploub.
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LIBERTY, March 20. About
200 . trees were planted on the
school grounds this week by the
pupils In charge of A. V. Myers,
principal. Varieties were: Port
Orford cedar, yellow pine, Se
quoia. Russian mulberry (for the
benefit of birds, but the fruit of
the tree is edible), Russian olive
and black locust.
-The "school board recently au
thorized purchase of the trees to
replace those killed by disease.
Home for spring vacation this
week from O.S.C. are the Misses
Catherine Dallas, Carol Dasch.
D. C, according to Information
received by her from the Univer
sity of Oregon. The scholarship Is
for a six weeks' summer sehool.
starting June 21 and Includes
room and. board, tuition and sup
plies.
The University of Oregon's art '
center is partly built and operated
with aid from the Carnegie fund.
students, and Miss Dorothy Judd,
who is on the home economics
faculty.
MA Uoow Ovned Theater r
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Continuous Today 2 to 11 P. M.
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