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ance.'andb Gay Comedy "'With. Tliirillls at Theatres Today
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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.
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Provide Laughs
- ,i" mix-
Myrna Loy and William Powell, the
provide much merriment and rollicking comedy featured at the
Elsinore theatre today.
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Van Hefflin as a star football player
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ing co-ed are starred in "Saturday's Heroes' opening today ait the
Capitol theatre.
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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!
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Salem Flying Service
SALEM AIRPORT
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perfect Mr. and Mrs. team,' ufib
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and Marian Marsh as the charui
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same name which is now playing at
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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.
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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-
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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.
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Today, Monday & Tuesday
Continuous Today 2 to 11 P. M.
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"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
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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. ...
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Play Capitol
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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A POUBU-SOdtO HOMAMTIC SHfwi"
Extra!
ADDED ATTRACTION
RADIO'S
SEXSATIOJf
j.'TS' : "NECKING
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Feature 'Starts
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Tex and His Boy Scout Pals
Blaze New Trails
: Coming Friday - Saturday
GREATER COAST-TOCOAST
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