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The OREGON STATES5IAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning; Aprfl 18, 183T
Fills aed Love Scenes
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TopofTown'
ElsinoreShow
Doris Nolan and G. Murphy
Take Leads in Music
V Film; Opens Today
Echoes of sprightly music, mad
cap fan and lively laughter have
reverberated by way of moTle
scouts, all the way from Holly
wood to thla city, where the uni
versal f llmuslcal, ; MTop f the
Town," crystallites these desir
able qualities- on the Eismore
theatre screen now. .
The breezy atory coneerna a
millionairess with a lot of batty
Idea that hare three strikes on
them. The energetic damsel, por
trayed by Doris Nolan, has plenty
of curves In the right places. Her
charms, as well aa her Ideas, keep
a handsome young orchestra lead
er swinging. Appropriately, be Is
a swing band leader. Thla role Is
played by the dancing wixard of
Broadway stage hits ana oi me
screen, George Murphy. In the
nicture. George Is about to open
a modern swanky night clnb for
Doris Nolan's uncles, when Doris
coaxes ber uncles to let her man-
ace the shownlace.
She drlres George frantic with
ber Ideas. The Moonbeam Room
onens at last and Doris springs a
mixture of h 1 g h hat monkey-
shines on an unsuspecting audl-
enoe.
The performers Include Gert
rude Niesen. exotic star of the
Zlesrfeld Follies, recently popular
on the radio; Ella Logan, another
national radio favorite: ten com
edians of note, Hugh Herbert.
Gregory Ratof f, Henry Armetta,
Mlscha Auer. the Three Sailors,
Jason Robson and Blue, Ray May
er, Richard Carle and Jack Smart.
The 12-year-old dancing oiscot
err. Peggy Ryan, is also featured
There are 200 beautiful dancing
rirls and two choral groups num
bering more than 150 singers who
chant the seven song hits in the
picture. Ralph Murphy directed
the score.
They're on Top oi the World
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Doris KoUs and George Murphy swing to silver linking tunes while
jingling dancing beauties tread U goiuen swim w f"J"
Top of the Town" now playing at the Elsinore theatre.
The Call Board
and
Today "Seventh
with Simone Simon
James Stewart.
Wednesday "Midnight
Taxi," with Brian Donlevy.
Saturday Don Ameche and
Ann Sothern In "Fifty
Roads to Town."
i- .i n.i,iai. Karrn Morlov orovlde some thrilling scenes tn
Heaven ' -om Roland Yard" showing at the Capitol theatre
today, along with 'Guns tn the Dark" with John Mack Brown.
HOLLYWOOD
Today "Tartan Escapes."
with Johnny Weissmuller
and Maureen O'Sulllvan.
Wednesday Double bill. Car
ole Lombard and Fred
MacMurray In "Hands
Across the Table" and
"Man Who Lived Again,"
with Boris Karloff and
Anna Lee.
Friday Double bill, "Devil
on Horseback," with Lilt
Dam Ha and Fred Keating
and "The Mighty Treve."
with Noah Beery, jr., and
Barbara Read.
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, "Girl
From Scotland Yard," with
Karen Morley and "Guns
in the Dark," with John
Mack Brown.
Tuesday Double bill, Fred-
rlc March In "Anthony Ad-
verse."
Friday only On the stage,
original stars of KNX. and
on the screen, "Too Many
Wives."
Saturday Double bill, "We
Have Our Moments," with
Sally Eilers and "Hills of
Old Wyoming," with Bill
Boyd.
r I U .14. . I'r i -v ' ' , . , I
"Seventh Heaven"
Playing at Grand
Simone Simon and Stevrart
Featured; Early War
1 Period Recalled
Simone in Tender Romance
The honors In 'Seventh Heav
en ana mere are - pieniy ui
them for all concerned are di
vided primarily between the tre
mendously moving picturixatlon
ot this, the tehderest romance of
our time, and the fact that In It
emerges fully an actress destined
to be known aa the greatest star
on the screen--Slmone Simon, co
starred with James Stewart in
the Twentieth Century-Fox pro
duction which, opened yesterday
at the Grand theatre.
For the background of "Sev
enth Heaven," Twentieth Century-
Fox hs re-created a vivid and
picturesque Montmartre, set in
the turbulent days of 1914. In the
huge, subterranean Paris sewer,
Chlco spends his working days.
scornful of the Providence that
failed, first, to make him a street
washer, and, second, to bring blm
fine. Intelligent wife.
Chlco aaves the waif. Diane,
from a beating, and also from
gendarmes who would arrest her
for throwing wine In the face of
a cafe customer who annoyed her.
To do this, he has to pose as
Diane a husband, and the gen
darmes announce that they will
check up on him.
. Forced to live up to his story,
Chlco takes Diane to his garret,
where the vista of the stars at
night makes him forget the day
long toll In the dank sewer. When
war breaks out and Chlco Is called
to the army, he realizes that he
Is In love with the. waif he be
friended, and pledges to return to
her In spirit at 11 o'clock every
day.
Despite news of Chlco's death,
Diane continues to keep her tryst,
a faith that leads to one of the
screen's great emotional moments
In a powerful conclusion to the
tenderest love story of our time.
Fast-Moving Play
Comes to Capitol
"Girl from .Scotland Yard"
Cast Headed By Karen
Morley, R. Baldwin
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litVm whn lift toot heart to the stars. Simone Simon and lames
Stewart are starred In "Seventh Heaven the Twentieth Century-
Fox production of the tenderest romance of our time featured at
. the Grand theatre,
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Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur appear at the State theatre Sunday tn
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Cecil B. DeMllie's epic or ue wesi, -ice jriini.
ELSIXORK
Today "Top of the Town"
with SO stars and "March
of Time."
Thursday Double bill, "You
Only Live Once," with
Sylvia Sidney and Charles
Laugh ton In "Private Life
of Henry the VIII."
Sunday "The Plainsman,"
with Gary Cooper and
Jean Arthur.
Wednesday D o u b 1 e bill,
"Aldng Came Love," plus
"Without Orders."
jYiday Eastern vaudeville,
headlining Sunny LaMont,
plus first showing of Cary
Grant and Mary Brian In
Romance and Riches."
Action, international Intrigue
and romance In generous portions
keep "The Girl from Scotland
Yard," which opens today at the
Capitol theatre, moving at a
swift pace. The picture Has plenty
of thrills and chills, some excell
ent comedy, and a flavoring of
music.
The story presents Karen Mor
ley In the title role as an agent
who uses her beauty ana wu to
trap the Inventor of a death ray
who threatens to aestroy tng
land's air force with his inven
tlon. Since the ray Is operated at
a distance and Is Invisible, it is
not an easy Job that confronts
her.
Miss Morley Is assisted In track
ing down the inventor by Robert
Baldwin, an American newspaper
man who rets involved in tne in
trlene when he falls in love witn
the beautiful secret agent. He and
i.nMon n'Snillran in "Tarzan Escapes" now on at me iimijwuuu Mlflg Money succeed in trapping
the inventor, out not oeiore me
latter wrecks several bombing
plane In a thrilling aerial battle
hixh over London.
Baldwin is a newcomer to iiims.
He appeared in only one picture
before, "Mind Your Own Busi
ness," the wise guy newspaper
columnist. Another newcomer in
"The Girl from Bcotland Yard
is Milll Monti, the beautiful Ital-
If such plays are Immoral. It Is lan songstress, who mke her
. i American uiiu ueuu
because mey usually convey w. Montl alnes "We
erroneous Idea that there are I u....' . Moment to Lose." lat-
nersona aa lovely as Margaret est hit tune by Arthur Johnston
Perry to be found in aens oi in- I and Jonn Burke, ine team iui
laulty. "Behind Red LlghU," by wrote -pennies irom neaven.
Jesse Johnson Funeral
To Be Observed Today
WOODBURN, April 17. Fun
eral services for Jesse Johnson,
SS, former resident of Broad-
6Tarzan Escapes
Is at HoJUywood
Weissmuller Has to Learn
Swahili to Blake This
" Jungle Thriller
Tarzan has gone native! John
ny .Weissmuller had to put in a
week studying the native Swahili
language, to play his famous
character,' In M e t r o -Goldwyn-
Mayer's latest adventure tanner
of the Jungles, "Tarxan Escapes.'
which comes today to the Holly
wood theatre, with Weissmuller
and Maureen O'Sulllran reunited
In another series of r thrills.
In the new picture Weissmuller
converses with. natives. The serv
ices of Dr. Ernest Wilson, negro
physician, were enlisted-Dr. . Wil
son was born In Africa, near Vic
toria Falls, as a youth was taken
to Encland and 1 a t e r to New
York, where he studied meoicme.
He nr&ctlced in . Harlem, men
traveled west. Sneaking tne na
tlve tongue perfectly, he coached
Weissmuller and others who had
to learn the extremely Intricate
laneuasre.
The new story, based on tne
famous ' Edgar Rice Burroughs
character, deals with the attempt
of a white hunter to capture Tar
san for exhibition purposes. .
The terrific battle between i
herd of stampeding elephants and
hostile natives, the perilous es
cape from a quicksand quagmire,
the attack of the giant vampire
bats, Targan's escape from an ani
mal cage these are but a lew
of the thrilling episodes In the
story of the life of the ape-man
and his mate wno .aweii in tne
Jungle in a treetop bungalow
with apes for servants and ele
phants for allies.
Richard Thorpe directed the
new picture, the cast including
John Buckler. Benlta Hume, Wil
liam Henry and hundreds of na-
fey)
acres, who died in Nevada April
It. will be held at the Rlngo
chapel in Woodburn Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev.
John L. Green of Hubbard offi
ciating. Interment will be in the
Hubbard cemetery.
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Simone SIMON
lames STEWART
portrcrymg o Jov
that mil iv hrmi
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John Backler, BenJUk Home, Johnny Weissmuller, ,Heny.
theatre.
BROADWAY NIGHTS
Copyright, twt. King Feituret Buniicttt. Ic.
By Clark Kinnaird
STARTS TODAY!
DOORS OPEN 12:45
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NEW YORK. April 17. In the
last four S Irish sweepstakes gam
bles, Americans have bought
about $11,000,000 worth of tick
ets, and I have won back about
$11,500,000. Smce the majority
of purchasers are of the poorest
classes, the law of averages dic
tates that most of the $100,000
and lesser prizes shall fall to
persons to whom $100 usually is
a fortune.
The nation Is thus provided an
nually with scores ot examples of
tA effects of sudden wealth.
Even a freshman in sociology
la Jerkwater college could dredge
up more ot Interest from the case
histories of sweepstakes winners
than the dramatists who have
lately tackled the subject. In
"Bet Your Life," a one time Chi
cago dramatic critic. Frits biocei.
and a comedian. Willie Howard,
use a family of lucky ticket hold
ers as their protagonists, with
such results as to cause members
of the professional critical fra
ternity to agree for once on some
thing: They picked it as the worst
play of the season.
Kot Wrong This Time
' a unanimous vote of the critics
can be wronj, as shown tj the
famous instance of "Abie's Irish
Rose,- but not by any possibility
in tha ease of "Bet Your Life.
Brock Pemberton has refused to
. e nt the critical verdict on
"Now You've Done It." by Mary
Coyle Chase of Denver, and is
l in n la r it. confident that
word-of-mouth praise of audi
ences will build It Into a suc
cess, and Broadway managers are
wthinr: the result with deep
Interest. Changes have been made
la the production presented at
the premiere, which in turn was
ennalderahle revision ot the
nHrlnal form of the play, which
made its debut In a Denver WPA
theater as "Me Third." It con
cerns a candidate for congress
(Walter Oreaia) who got his
politic mixed with a girl (Mar
garet Perry) paroled from .a
bouse ot correction, who had
formerly ? worked In a harlot's
house. Her recognition ot cus
tomers" of the house keeps the
candidate in embarrassing situa
tions and is supposed to keep the
customers ot ' the drama In
On Bankers' Honor Rolls
Beth Brown and the late Samuel
oviman wfe!h la nnw nrrnt.
purports' to be an Indictment of I Orgon Leads All States
organised vice. Actually, aue to
the attractiveness of the women
In the cast, it is a glorification
ot it.
Too charming, too, to be. the
type, is Constance Cummlngs, the
lead in another new play con
cerning a woman of easy virtue,
Young Mme
Oreeon has been on the honor
roll of the agricultural commis
sion of the American Bankers as
sociation more times than any
other state in the union, accord-
Contl," and her ing to the current bulletin of the
trial for shooting a lover. It's an
adaption ot a German play by
Bruno Frank, made by Miss Cum
mlngs' husband. Ben W. Levy
But neither ot the writers suc
ceeded In making a play of their
theme. It succeeds only In being
an .exhibition In dramatic reper
toire by Miss Cummlngs. As sncn
it probably will have a limited
appeal to the matinee trade.
"Red Harvest," by i Walter
Charles Roberts, third of the
plays Brock Pemberton. In a sud
den burst of energy, brought to
Broadway within two
commission. States are rated ae
cor din a- to the extent to whlcn
the bankers of the state cooperate
with farmers In placing agricul
ture on a more businesslike, mod
ern and efficient basis. Oregon
has been on the honor roll for
eight years, and Georgia next
with seven. - -
Library Has New Sign
MONMOUTH. April 17. The
city library of Monmouth Is dis
saving a new sign, maae ana
weeks. I oresented to the library by the
ems to have no better chances I manual arts department or Mon
than his "Chalked Out," which I mouth high schooL The lettering
expired within a week. "Red Har- was done by Miss Ellen Lents,
vest" Is another anti-war preach- high school senior.
ment, sub-titled "Pages From
Red Cross Diary," which unfor
tunately makes the audience suf
fer almost as much as the char
acters.
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Capitol Friday
'Sherifr' Loyal Underwood
heads the troupe of "original
' stars of KXI" the clever stape
group of " famous radio stars '
which comes to the Capitol for
one day only on Fridasj, April
. 23. There will be one show at '
the matinee and two in the
evening. - -
tires. Several hundred "wild ani
mals ot all kinds, Including lions,
elephants, leopards, panthers, hy
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ing Felt Like Stomach
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Van-Tage Has Relieved
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Mr. Q. H. Walls, of 2437 N. W.
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l . had suffered terribly- with
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