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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1937)
, I ' . ' ,TL CHEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Horning, iNoYeiaber 21, 1SS7 PAGE NINE ance.'andb Gay Comedy "'With. Tliirillls at Theatres Today Ro PopularTeam Is at Elsinore William Powell ancfIyrna Loy Starred' Again in' "Doable Wedding" With William Powell and Myrna Lor back in the farclal type of roles which have made them fam ous as the most amusing co-Btar-ring team on the screen, "Double Wedding" is now playing at the Elsinore theatre with the advance reputation of being the dizziest, daffiest find drollest comedy bit to be shown in this Vicinity in some time. , y . ThU' is the setup: Powell is a penniless, happy-go-lucky artist, making, his home la a trailer and refusing to take life or anything else seriously. Miss Loy la Margit, owner of a fashionable New York dress shop, a woman too busy to have time for love or any other foolishness, Florence Rice la her younger - sister, Irene, with sup pressed desires to be a movie star. John Beal is Waldo,' whom Miss Loy has chosen to marry her Bis ter. When Irene meets the fascinat ing artist she doesn't want. to marry Waldo any more. When the artist meets Margit he doesn't want to bother with Irene any more.. Poor Margit and Waldo conspire to straighten things out but before the uproarious climax of the story is reached, everything is more complicated than ever. It js all pure unadulterated farce. The comedy Is enriched by the smartest New York interiors that the Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer design ers .have ever constructed for a picture, and the women will rave over the stunning new gowns de signed for Miss Loy and Miss Rice by Adrian. Together with , the principals the cast; of the new picture in cludes Jessie Ralph In another of her inimitable dowager roles. Ed gar Kennedy as the dumb' propri etor of a beer parlor, Sidney To- ler. Mary Gordon, Barnett Parker, Katherlne Alexander and Priscilla Lawson. Thanksgiving Will Be Program Motif HAZEL GREEN--: A Thanks giving program will be given by the school Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock. Parents and friends are invited. The numbers . planned . are:. Song. "America the Beautiful,'' by harmonica band and school; play, "Thanksgiving for i Any Child." by advanced pupils; se lection, "Nola by Rhythm band, primary room; solos; piano. Mar ian : Wampler; guitar, Stanley Fukai: accordion. Joe Yada, play "I'd Be Thankful," primary room; song. "Swing the Shining Sickle." advanced room. i The Call Board GRAND Today Loretta ,Young, Ty . rone Power, "Stuart . Erwin and Claire Trevor in "Sec- ond Honeymoon." . Featurei begins. 1:81, S:33, 5:35, 7:37, S:3J. Wednesday 1 ttne Dunne, ' Caryi Grant and Ralph Bellamy in "The Awful Truth." v HOLLYWOOD Today-s A great sequel to "AH Quiet oa the Western Front." "Th Road Back" with John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Sammer Tille and Andy Devlne Wednesday D o u b 1 bill. Gene' Stratton Porter's "Michael O'Hallorah" and Jack Holt la "Outlaws of the Orient." Friday Double bilL Bob Al- left in "The Rangers Step In" and' "Dangerous Holi day" with Hedda Hopper and big boy .Williams. ELSINORE "Today William J Powell and Myrna - Loy in "Double Wedding," added attrac tion. Ed par Bergen and, Charlie McCarthy in" "Necking Party." Featnre starts 2:45, 5:00, 7:20 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday Errol Flynn and Joan Blondel in "The Per- tect Specimen" and Laurel and Hardy in "Beau Hunks." CAPITOL Today Double bill. "Satar- day's Heroes" with ; Van - Heflin and Tex Ritter. in ."Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts." Tuesday Double bill. Jack Oakie and John Boles in "Fight for Your Lady" and Buck Jones in "Boss of Lonely Valley." Friday On the stage, .five acta greater coast to coast vaudeville and on the screen, William Gargan in "Some Blondes Are Dangerous." Today "Wee Willie Winkle" - with Shirley Temple and and Victor- McLaglen and Mickey Mouse cartoon. T h u r sday Eastern circuit vaudeville and "Time Out for Romance" with Clalra Trevor and Michael Wha- len. Stage, shows, 2; 40, 7:30, :20. r .,- Provide Laughs - ,i" mix- Myrna Loy and William Powell, the provide much merriment and rollicking comedy featured at the Elsinore theatre today. v Van Hefflin as a star football player ' i . : f ing co-ed are starred in "Saturday's Heroes' opening today ait the Capitol theatre. WW? ' U 1 U ! . ,,A.L a u . ( The Armistice is signed! No more war!" the soldiers shout In Uni versal "The Road Back," directed by James Whale from Erich Maria Remarque's novel of the the Hollywood theatre. African Movie Scene With Natives . Picturing Battle Nearly Proves Too Realistic for Director By HUBBARD KEAVY HOLLYVOOD, Nov. 20. between Hollywood movie extras and the kind you hire in Africa ia that ihe latter don t But natives whose acting: only ono of the reasons why it af film f ot a long expedition tiaent, Bad roads and rain were other factors. Hollywood's No. 1 thrill direc tor. Otto Brdwer, has Just re turned from Africa, w h e r e he spent five months making scenes for "Stanley and Livingstone." He says that his main problem was to make the extras realize that they weren't actually supposed to tight. ' Brower had hired 2.000 natives for a scene, but only a few hun dred came to the location site. The remainder were on the other side OI a mu, aoing a war nance with frightening seriousness. "It took almost all day to con vince them that- this was just a play war. " says Brower, "that they didn't have to dance to get into the right mood. We had people from many different tribes, so that's why they thought there was to be a war. "For an attack scene, we lined up another big group of warriors: But imagine. our surprise when we discovered with the cameras go ing that they were wearing such odd raiment as golf socks, Tests, felt hats and tablecloths, i ' . "Their anger and chUd-llke dis gust were effectively demonstra ted when, during the-attack, they began throwing their spears tn the direction of the camera. Not at the camera and we who surround ed, but just in our general direc tion. They were mad -.because we made them repeat the acene. They wanted to go home!". ; LEARN TO FLY! Low Cost Terms ' - - Salem Flying Service SALEM AIRPORT rbona C581 ih Gay Film perfect Mr. and Mrs. team,' ufib v'i ft and Marian Marsh as the charui J same name which is now playing at ,;.... Starts Enthusiastic War (AP) The main difference know it s all m fun, was too realistic constituted cost a company S125 per foo into the heart of the dark con Pitcher Exhibit Draws Interest Of Club Group KING WOOD At the home of Mrs. E. W. Emmett Tuesday afternoon, a pitcher exhibit fea tured the -meeting of the Laurel Social Hour club. Mrs. Maynard Cochran displayed , one which came from Germany and Mrs. G. E.1 Vosburgh one mora than 100 years old, winning the prize in that division. " Mrs. Glenn L. Adams won the prize for the largest collection (18) and also for the- largest pitcher. Mrs, C J.. Jackson von the award for the smallest speci men on display. . Plans were, formulated for the annual Christmas observance, Tuesday, December 21 r Mrs. C. E. Willis will be host ess for the next regular meeting, Tuesday, December .7. ' Get Wedding Permits DALLAS - Marriage licenses were issued this week to Alden Edgar Bewley, 25, farmer, Port land, and - Gertrude Bernice Ed wards, 17, student. Independence, and to Leo Howard, 25, truck driver, Willamlna, and Pebble Marie Lawson, 20, waitress, Willamlna. saw M M w m mr j Loretta Young Star at Grand Tyrone Power Is Opposite Her in Good Romance Under Miami Moon Tyrone Power, -so ardent, and Loretta Young, so lovely, kiss impulsively - under1 the Miami moon i and i their love Is news again! The exciting sweethearts of "Love . Is News" . and "Cafe Metronole" care so much that they fall for each other twice in their latest Twentieth Century Fox picture, "Second Honey moon.!' which opened yesterday at tha Grand theatre. In a smart and modern man ner, cut with a new ana aeeper feeling, Tyrone and Loretta make merry in the "marry-est ro mance of the year, proving that while love at first sight may be romantic, love at second sight is . . . well, they part in Reno, kiss in Miami and put their whole hearts into doing the damage all over again. No one in all the world loves a lovtr lixe anotner Ter, Stuart Erwin. as Tyrone's gentle man's- gentleman, tries his darn- dest to introduce his master io a state of happiness simUar to that he has won with pretty Mar- Jorle Weaver. Paradoxically, the valet's romance Is the very tmng that keens Tyrone and Loretta apart,' for many misgivings spring from this spectacle of innocent bliss. Loretta is sure that Tyrone Is Interested in Mar jorie because ha i alwavs i near him. not knowing, of course, that It is Stu art Marlorln la after. There is another coupie in- - m vnivsii in thin encored romance mtr Trevor and J. E d w a r a Rrnmhprsr make a sophisticated pair who find casual amusement in pointing out to ioreiui mu nnartintte In the "security' of feer second marriage to a stead fast, dependable and unimagin tive husband played by Lyle Tal bot, i Willie Winkie' Is At State Theatre Shirley Temple in Great Role; McLaglen Adds ' Much to Picture Kipling's , colorful characters live glamorously, adventurously and courageously on adrenture's in at frontier in the Twentieth Century-Fox picturization of his famed- "Wee Willie winkle, which opens today at the State theatre, with Shirley Temple ana Victor McLaglen in the starring roles. From the heart of mighty India where all the world is wild and stranEe. where the British ra onAo at TChvher Pass, in the land of the Bengal Lancers, contes this glorious adventure of the Scottish Highlanders In action and of the little : girl who won the right to wear their plaid. Lite at a frontier army post in India is not too happy for Shirley and her widowed mother June 1 .sine, for her grandfather, C, Aubrev Smith, is a gruff old disci plinarlan. The youngster decides that the only way to win the colo nel's approval Is to become a bo1 dler herself, and her friend Michael Whalen, a young lieu tenant. -turns her over for train ing to the burly sergeant Victor McLaglen who dubs her "Wee Willie Winkie" because of the quaint way she has of screwing up her eyes when she asks ques tions.: Shirley gets into plenty of trou ble at the post, but wins the gratitude of an imprisoned chief tain, Khoda Khan, .when she re turns his lost amulet. In a sur prise raid on the post, the proud chieftain is freed, and the border is Immediately ablaze with crim son warfare, with McLaglen's life being one of those lost. Feeling that both Khoda Khan and her grandfather would pre fer peace,- Shirley takes a des perate step to end the killing, and sets out at night for the Pathan camp. When her departure is discovered, the Highlanders set ont grimly for Khyber Pass, graveyard of -many a soldier, de termined to rescue her or die in the attempt, With lives at stake, Shirley makes one last desperate gesture to save them and restore peace, bringing the picture to a thoroughly thrilling climax. ' . Assemblies of God to Have Mid-Year Meeting . Monday, Turner Church TURNER The Assemblies of God church will entertain a mid year conference at their church Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rankin are homo from, their month's trip east. going by train to Detroit, Mlchi, and driving a new car home when they encountered all kinds of weather. Mis Helen Peets took care of the postof flee in the ab sence ot Postmaster Rankin. irmft-rt she Today, Monday & Tuesday Continuous Today 2 to 11 P. M. Fsrewtft WESTIIN HONT HAtt YOUTH and tOVU . . -ir: mm mm Young Sweethearts ..U.... .....aai'J.iH.1! . 'I BP " li" i "Hi i '.IIWU i I.IMII i Mwpa Tv if' , 'c i . - .. f i r . . ' ' i .... " i" " ' " v v" " Tyrone Power and Loretta . Young "Second Honeymoon" featured at Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen playing the stellar roles in "Wee Willie Winkie" opening today at Remarque's Story On at Hollywood "The Road Back" Cause of Author's Exile? Good Cast Is Provided Today marks the long awaited opening of Unjversal's "The Road Back" at the Hollywood theatre for a three day run. The pictur ization of Erich Maria Remar que's heart rousing novel about conditions in ! Germany after the war has been six years on the way. The perspective of time has added new values to his slory, which are brought into strong relief through the medium of the camera. Because of what he wrote In "The Road Back,1' Remarque was exiled from his native land, so strongly did his book stir nation al feeling. The author saw the unrest growing, saw the revolu tion that followed food riots, saw returned soldiers facing the trap of starvation. , Remarque saw the wives whose husbands never came back; saw the sweethearts who did not wait for the return of the men they had promised to marry. He saw turmoil human drama being liv ed every day. He put Into his story, "The Road Back," every thing that be saw. i He described the emotions of vibrant flesh-and-blood people. The charac ters were ready to step out of the book and into a movie set. For six years' Universal held the story, until the time was ripe for "The Road Back", to be shown in theatres throughout the country. The cast Includes Barbara Read, John King, Richard Crom well, Slim Summerville, Andy De vine, Louise F a se n d a , Noah Beery, jr., Maurice Murphy, John Emery, Etlenne Girardot, Lionel Atwill, Henry Hunter, Larry Blake, Gene Garrlck, Greta Gynte. Spring Byington, Laura Hope Crews, Frank Belcher and Jean Rourerob Check Charge; Against A. C Locke Dismissed . SILVERTON A. C Locke, charged with Issuing a check V- NOW PLAYING ASA MM) eo-starred in a thrilling romance. the Grand theatre today. . the State theatre. Pacific Greyhound i Wins Safety Award National Council's Rating Is Highest Again in 1937 Competition Pacific Greyhoud lines is again winner of the nation'3 highest safety awards offered by the Na tional Safety Council. Competing with liu i-nmnniM thronrhnnt the United States, the company's division No. 1 won first place in the small lieet group and division No. 2 the ton award in the larce fleet eroun. accordinr to Earl Hensley. Pacific Greyhoud's su- pefintendent of safety. ' Each division was awarded a large bronze plaque bearing the seal of the National Safety Council with the slogan, "Universal Safety." -In accepting the trophies, Mr, Travis, president of the company, stated, that National Safety Coun cil statistics show that the average bus is mor than 7 times as safe as the average private auto, white Pacific Greyhound lines Is actually 14 times as safe. Wins Every Year Pointing out that Greyhound has won the highest safety awards offered for intercity bus fleets each year that they have been of fered, Mrs. Hensley said: "The two biggest factors In Greyhound's enviable safety . rec ord axe the buses themselves and their drivers. Greyhound super coach equlpmentdeslgaed by and built exclusively for Greyhound, are the last word la safety con struction' and skilled .mechanics see to It that each bus starts lis trip mechanically perfect. Once on its way the bus is in the handa of one of the best drivers on the highway. Greyhound operators are hired only after passing tha most rigid physical and mental tests, after which they undergo weeks ot Intensive schooling and appren tice service. without sufficient funds, made good the check and the matter was dismissed from the Silverton Justice of the Peace court Fri day morning. George Manolis was the private prosecutor, and the hearing had been set for Novem ber 14. ... .-:-x:'V::-,h-; - .!:::.::;-".v : s : - v. f- - j , Vaudeville to Play Capitol . J X - I Coast - to - Coast Circuit! Offers 5 Acts j Each Friday, Saturday Manager Carl Porter of the Capitol theatre announced ; Sat urday the signing of a contract that will Inaugurate a new pol icy at that popular Salem play house. Every Friday and Satur day, according to Porter, .the Capitol will present five acts of G-eater coast to coasi vauae- vllle in conjunction with a fine s'. re band and the finest in screen fare. . The new . vaudeville will pre sent the cream ot stage talent with only th flntest acts or inc rreat eastern stare circuits com. inr to Salem direct from me Palomar theatre in Seattle, wnere they jump directly from Chicago This is the first weekly stage at- j traction circuit to play the Cap-1 itol since the days of the old Ornheum circuit. Mora and more interest nas been shown throughout the na tion in this revival of regular weekly stage vaudeville and bear ing this In mind. Manager Por ter has obtained the f irest cir cuit available tor the west coast in an endeavor to please Salem theatre fans. The Caoitol will lay three stava shown on Friday, one mat MV-" - ----- si.... Inee and two shows at rigni, while Saturdav will see tour shows and a continuous perform ance from I p.m. to 11 pgm. 'Saturday Heroes' Shows at Capitol i Problem of Professional Status of -Colleges' Gridnien Tackled Tackling the problem ot wheth or roller football Dlavers should franviv admit thev are orofession- als or continue their masquerade amateurs. "Saturday's Heroes " new RKQ Radio film which opens at the Capitol theatre today, is a timely contribution to an inter esting topic. Though the story is mainly con cerned with the reaction o( a particular player to the system of i navinr off the athletes In scholar- i ships and dishwashing Jobs while the universities build expensive a .. 1 1 a.l a staaiums ana noranea uum iue gross receipts, the picture is hu - morons, and a charming love story i runs concurrently with the prin cipal theme. Val Webster, played by Van Heflin, resents the hypocrisy of the routine. Given to augmenting his income by selling speculators the complimentary tickets to games that he and other players i receive, Webster breaks into open rebellion when an Intimate friend commits suicide after exposure ""S"" uu-wucu us u dismissed himself for his .ticket selling activities Marian Marsh, opposite Heflin, I supplies the romantic Interest and makes the misunderstandings of the pair a matter of sympathetic interest. The players include Richard Lane as a sports columnist; Minor Watson as a football coach, George Irving and Charles Trow bridge as college deans, apd Alan Bruce; Willie Best, Bradley Page, Walter Miller, and Frank Jenks in other Important roles. Aumsville Man Bruised in Fall AUMSVILLE Henry Aarhuse narrowly escaped serious injury when he fell from the scaffolding at the Christian church where be was reshlngling the roof. He was shaken and bruised but was not Incapacitated. . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Towle were called to Gresham Monday on ac count of the death of his brother, D. Towle. The funeral was held Wednesday. " Tbe ToWnsend club will hold its next meeting Monday night at the Christian church at 8 o'clock. Today and Monday 2 Features Campus Romance,' Gridiron Thrills! . . . With Football Heroes at the Mercy of Money! Continuous Today 11 P. If. -11 il 11 2 Broadway NEW YORK. No NEW YORK, Nov. SO. The producer and author of "I'd Rather Be Right," the satire on the Roosevelt administration," have the biggest hit of the season ' on their hands, yet they have reason to worry. i There's the question of whether too much publicity Is endanger ing the chances this most talked about play in several years has of having the long ran that natural ly would be expected for It. , With so much attention being given to it in newspapers, maga zines and dinner table conversa tions, its characterizations: and witticisms are becoming as well known as radio comedians' Jokes, and no surprises or "punch lines are being left for late comers. Considering that "I'd Rather Be Right" has no sure-fire hit tunes, nothing outstanding In the way of dances or effects, no no- tables in its cast except George M. Cohan. (President Roosevelt) and Taylor Holmes (Secretary ot Treasury Morgenthau), and only one set, its barbed gags are its attraction. Morgenthau Chuckled The best of these have already been quoted over and over in the flood of writeups upon which the play was washed into the lime light. Thus what appeared to be an unparaueiea puoucuy .cunp iur John Peter Toohey, able exploiter for Producer Sam H. Harris may prove to be a boomerang. Incidentally, most commenta tors have erred in stating that Cohan's Is the first characteriza tion of an incumbent president upon the stage. Lew Dockstader made one edition of his minstrel show a hit with his satiristlc im personation of Roosevelt I, and. moreover, played it In Washing ton while the Rough Rider presi- dent was In residence. The presi dent and the White House family attended one performance, and "Teddy" is ! declared to have ex pressed his delight to the ap prehensive Dockstader, although the women-folk were less pleased. Roosevelt II has only second- I hand information on Cohan's im J personation of him. But Secretary Morgenthau has already Been two performances of Taylor Holmes' Morgenthau" in New York, and la quoted as saying he wished he could I play the part. Your corre spondent also saw other New Dealers, notably Jesse Jones, the RFC chairman, bubbling with mirth at the Broadway reflection j of the big show in Washington. I Times Are Changed 1 r.nnr ironFmo. . lHart authors of : the show,-are not unaware of the possible effects of their lines being echoed through the land. They have re written some of, the show since the performances in Boston and Baltimore upon which correspond ents descended by the score to lift extensive quotations. In such revisions, as in the original com positions. Hart does the typing. whlle Kaufman- paces the floor' biting his nails or toying with books, aah trays or coins and in terpolating suggestions. When ar guments come up over lines or situations, they eat. Kaufman says Hart eats 10 times a day. Hart doesn't give in as easily as J some of Kaufman's other collabo- rafors have, and Hart Is Kauf man's favorite collaborator now. LMII.III 111 1 WOW SHOWING! A POUBU-SOdtO HOMAMTIC SHfwi" Extra! ADDED ATTRACTION RADIO'S SEXSATIOJf j.'TS' : "NECKING i.d I - PARTY Feature 'Starts :45 - S:0O 7:20 - t:SO Tex and His Boy Scout Pals Blaze New Trails : Coming Friday - Saturday GREATER COAST-TOCOAST VAUDEVILLE . V. C 'mm . I it n 1
