Tht OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 2, 1933
PAGE NINE
Robinson Star
In Grand Bill
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"I Am the Law" Is Latest
Anti-Gangland Film;
Expert Cast
fainted against the stark back-
ground of a big -city and replete
with fresh dramatic turns which
make it a great original amongst
the more familiar types of anti-
- gangland films, Columbia's "I Am
the Law'. opened yesterday at the
Grand theatre, with Edward G.
Robinson convincingly - starred as
its dynamic, gang-busting, fight-
lag prosecutor. Otto Kruger,
Who never fails to give smoothly
artistic characterizations, is peer
less as the glove-smooth czar of
.the racketeers, :
I The story, capably directed by
Alexander Ha from- a clever
screenplay by Jo Swerling, con
cerns the idealistic aif of a law
professor to rid the city of mar-
derous gangsters. His chief en
couragement comes from Kruger, j
a supposedly respectable citizen.
One. of Robinson's graduate at
torneys, brilliantly portrayed by
1 John Beal. is enlisted by the fight
ling' prosecutor as his crime-com-f
batting' aide. He is Kruger's son,
i though ignorant of his father's
I Barbara O'Neil is seen as a
4 competent helper of her prof es-
sorial husbind in his campaign,
f while Wendy Barrie is a beautiful
I but vicious feminine adjutant to
Kruger.
j Swegle 4H Meeting
SWEGLK The first meeting of
f the 4H Haalth club of the inter
s' mediate grades was held Septem
ber 29th. Officers elected were:
President, Norma Conklin: Tice
president, Delores Huckstep; sec
retary, A' Del ma Lake; yell lead
er, Fred Kline; song leader, Pa
tricia Standley; reporter, Margar
et Schwianing. Safety orricers are:
Luella Mae Owens, Danny Pinson,
David Carson, and Hazel Munson.
The-club leader is Mrs. Emma Mil-
ler.
The Call Board
CAPITOL
Today Double i bill; George
O'Brien in "Renegade Ran
ger" and Rudy Vallee in
"Gold Diggers in Paris"
. and chapter 12, "Lone
Ranger."
Wednesday Double bill,
Jack Oakie in "The Affairs
of Annabel" and Bob Bak
er In "Western Trails."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Fred MacMurray In
"Cocoanut Grove" with
Ben Blue, the Yacht Club
Boys.
Wednesday Double bill,
"Wise Girl" with Miriam
Hopkins and Ray Milland
and "The Crime of Dr.
Hallet" with Ralph Bella
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Friday Double bill, Buck
Jones in "Heading East,"
and "Non-Stop New York
Flight."
STATE
Today Robert Taylor, Mar
garet' Sullivan, Fra'nchot
Tone and Robert Young In
"Three Comrades," also
Mickey Mouse "Lonesome
Ghost." -
Wednesday Herbert Mar
shall, Mary Astor and Vir
ginia Bruce in "Woman
Against Woman," also
"Secret of Treasure Island."
Friday Four acts Eastern
Circuit Vaudeville, Jack
Randall in "Land of Fight
ing Men."
Saturday midnight show
Luise Ralner in "Toy
Wife."
GRAND
Today Edward G. Rpbin-
son," Wendie Barrie and Ot-
to Kruger in "I Am the
Law," . a movie quiz pic-
. ture.
Wednesday "The Lady Ob-
. Jects' with Lanny Ross,
y4Gloia Stuart, a movie
,.quiz picture.
Saturday "Hold That Co-ed"
with George Murphy,
Marjcrie Weaver, Jack Ha-
ley, John Davis, John Bar-
rymore, a movie quiz pic-
ture.
KIIXORE
Today Spencer Tracy and
." : Mickey Rooney in "Boys
"Town," a movie quiz pic-
tare..
'Thursday Charles Boyer in
"Algiers" with Sigrid Gu-
rie and Uedy Lamarr.
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Enjoy Your Sunday Dinner
In Salem's Newest
Dining Room !
The newest and most modern equipment
in the most beautifully decorated Dining:
Room in Salem. Quiet, peaceful, comfort
' able and pleasant surroundings.
Regular Sunday Menu served from 12 :00
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until 9:30.
Schn e ider's. Coffee Shop
Phone 3033 Opposite the Elsinore Theatre
Starl Players in
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Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney,
Town, which had a big opening at the Klslnore theatre Friday
and is playing through Wednesday.
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George O'Brien and Rita Hayworth
quence front RKO Radio s "The
at the Capitol theatre.
Robert Taylor, Margaret Snllivan,
who have important parts in the
Comrades," opening today at the
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Edward G. Robinson and Barbara
. professor and hi tolerant wife,
racket terror in "I Am the Law,"
Homecoming Set
Today, Mt. Angel
MT. ANGEL Preparations are
bing made for the , return of
0 x--l
Remember beauty of surroundings makes
any meal more pleasant and enjoyable.
"Boys Town"
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who play the title roles In "Boys
appear here in an exciting se
Renegade Ranger," featured today
Robert Yonng and Franchot Tone,
thrilling romantic picture, "Three
State theatre.
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O'Neil, aa a mild mannered law
are throws Into a maelstrom of
now showing at the Grand theatre.
160 old students to Mt.' Angel
Normal and Academy for the
annual homecoming Sunday, Oc
tober; 2. '
Mrs. Florence Flynn-Conrad,
president of the alumnae associ
ation, arrived Friday night to
confer with former and present
onicers . of the association re-
Kardinr i the acholarshio fund.
She will meet with several other
committees on Saturday and will
be the principal speaker at the
aiumnae banquet at i:o I p.m
Sundy. . . j .
Continuous Today 211 P. M.
ITS THE BEST MUSICAL of 19381
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Harriet Hilliard . The Yacht
Club Boys .- Ben Blae Rufe
pavii - Billy Lee - Harry Owens
and His Royal Hawaiian Orrb.
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New - Cartoon and Musical
Tracy
Rooney
Draw Crowds
"Boya Town" Is new Idea
in Motion Picture
Product
When "Boys Town. starring
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
opened yesterday at the Elslnore
thatre, a new high in screen en
tertainment waa established.
.The drama, based upon the
Boys Town established twenty
five years ago by Father Edward
J. Flanagan just twelve miles out
side of Omaha, has everything
that makes for a great screen pro
duction. In the first place there is Spen
cer Tracy who tops his previous
performance, impossible as this
may seem, with a characterization
destined to lire forever in the
minds of all who see him.' As the
idealistic priest who stakes his all
on the theory that "there is no
such thing as a baa ooy.
Holding his own' with Tracy in
one of the roost dramatic roles of
his entire career-is little Mickey
Rooney. Mickey ' "gives every
thing" as the tough, non-conform
ing little brother of a gangster.
turned orer- to the custody, of
racy. '.:..;,
"Boys Town," as brought to the
screen. Is the true narrative of
the town that now exists and is
still headed by Father Flanagan,
who not only turned over his
school and grounds for back
ground shots but who traveled to
Hollywood as technical adviser on
the picture.
Renegade Ranger
Is Capitol Bill
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George O'Brien Is Lead
j for Fast-Moving Hoss
Opera Picture
Offering an abundance of rid
ing, action, adventure and ro
mance to screen patrons, RKO Ra
dio's new George O'Brien picture
The Renegade Ranger" opens to
day at the Capitol theatre.
The noted outdoor star is at
his best in a fast-moving and sus-
penseful film of this type, and he
gives a brilliant performance as
the hard-hitting Texas Ranger
hero, with the charming Rita
Hayworth as a delightful and con
vincing heroine. The story deals
with an exciting episode on the
border, with O'Brien assigned to
follow and capture a Mexican girl
accused of murdering a ranchman.
Penetrating to her mountain re
treat -tke-Raagef -linds hlzi&it
falling In love with the girl and
also becoming convinced of her
innocence, but his duty as an offi
cer requires that he bring her
back for trial. When his identity
is discovered the girl's followers
condemn him to death, but he es
capes, rescues the girl from a sur
prise attack engineered by her
enemies, and takes her to jail.
$ Again imperilled when a lynch
ing party takes her from the jail
and is about to kill her, the hero
ine once more is saved by the
Ranger, viho manages finally to
clear her name and to arrest the
real criminal.
Legion, Auxiliary,
Meet Monday Eve
I SILVERTON A large attend
ance of members and visitors is
expected at the American Le
gion meeting and auxiliary Mon
day night when new officers will
be installed.
j Gerald Cower of Newberg, dis
trict commander will install for
the American Legion.
Officers to be installed include
the commander, George Manolis:
vice commander, George Towe;
adjutant and historian, Frank
Wray; finance officer, Olut
Bolme; chaplain, Walter Mor
gan; sergeant-at-arms, Albin No
rin; executive committee -men.
Al Lerfald, T. H. Hewitt, and
Sam Lerenzen.
L. A. Hall Is the outgoing
commander.
A move Is underway to make
a three-day celebration of Arm
istice day this year.
a BOMBSHELL
of emotion that will blast
its way to the depths of
your heart.
CRADLED IN THE
TRENCHES ...
Three boys who escape the
Jaws of hell plunge headlong
into the inferno of
"PEACE"
By the Author of
"All Quiet on the
Western Front
ERICH REMARQUE
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featured today at the Hollywood
BROADWAY NIGHTS
CopvHffXt, 1938, Kinff Features Syndicate, Imc
By AXEL.
NEW YORK Broadway meti
up with an old friend last week,
and the reunion waa a felicitous
one. The old-timers greeted it
with slightly tear-dimmed eye, the
youngsters with tolerant affec
tion. The play was "LIghtnin,' "
resurrected now after, some 20
years, with the amiable Fred
Stone as the lovable and slightly
nefarious Bill, a role which was
immortalized by Frank Bacon.
The critics were kibd, the audi
ence appreciative, the evening
apparently as pleasant as the the
atre affords. You will doubtless
not recall that exactly 20 years
ago the play opened after Amer
ica had for more than a year
poured her wealth and youth into
battlefields three thousand miles
away. At that time we didn't
hare a great deal to laugh about,
and the sly Bill Jones of Frank
Bacon gave us what we needed.
Bacon had written the crude
script on which Winchell Smith
built the play, and it "Lightnin "
didn't have a record run, it gave
at the very least, numberless
thousands a few gay and happy
moments in a gray and saddened
world.
Wilder Makes Debut
The revival is amply cast, with
Henry Richards as an enthusias
tic juveuile John Marvin. Mrs.
Priestly Morrison a sympathetic
mother and Helen Brooks as the
adopted daughter. '
-TfcOElLtaa -WUdec.jbst-selling
novelist and a literary lion. nerV-rj
rus as any cat, made his debut on
the stage in his own Pullitzer
prize-winning play "Our Town."
Stepping into the shoes of the able
Frank Craven, he played the
stage manager, critics here hold,
with distinction and sympathy.
The part isn't one calling for his
trionic fireworks, and Wilder's
lecture-plattorm experience stood
him in good stead. There was the
usual mad huzzah of the lit'ry
lion tamers, but Mr. Wilder does
n't seem to be much the worse for
it. His essay in acting is tempor
ary, and after two . weeks he'll
probably return to his typewriter,
proceeding with a play now half
finished. His new comedy. "Mer
chant of Yonkers." meanwhile, is
in the hands of Max Reinhardt.
Bandit Resurrected
"Missouri Legend," a comedy
by Elizabeth McGInty, based on
the life of the outlaw Jesse James,
and produced at the Empire the-
atre by Guthrie McClintlc and
Max Gordon, was viewed as a
piece of slightly incredible Ameri-r
cana by most of the town's play
panners. The gentle gave it two
tars plus, which, judging from
the critiques of his confreres, was
generous. Dorothy Gish, cast as
the patient and faithful wife,
played to Dean Jagger's constrain
ed and conventional Jesse' James.
The' play, through the wife's eyes,
paints James not as a man against
the law, but above it. The out
law's moral rectitude might well
have been copied by such pale imi
tations of the bad man as Mr. Ca
pone and Mr. Machine Gun Mc
Gurn. His word's as good as a
:H per cent United Stales bond.
He never commits a murder unless
that murder seems to bis 'calm
TODAY
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and
EVENING
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BIG Hits!
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Eve Ardea and Fred MacMurray
scene from "Cocoannt Grove,"
theatre. '
STORM
and stoic eye absolutely unavoid-
able and necessary, and when the
ten-grand reward proves too much
for Bob Johnson's sin-resistance.
the hood (if yon will forgive a
pun) that out-Hooded Robin dies
with a bullet in his back, and the
hymns of those who admired his
rectitude and austerity sound his
requiem.
That's the week's wash and a
good one. too. "LIghtnin is a
sure bet if you come to New York;
and "Missouri Legend is three
hours well spent in the theatre.
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What a Picture! Mickey Is
Superb . . . Everyone
Should See BOYS TOWN!"
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Cocoanut Grove
Is at Hollywood
Fred MacMurray Starring
.in Musical as Leader
of Swing Band
Fifteen men, a kid and a girl.
hungry for fame, hungry for love
but most of the time just plain
hungry, swing their way from Chi
cago to Los Angeles famous night
spot, the Cocoanut Grove, in Para-
mount's hilarious new film of .the
bame name opening today at the
Hollywood theatre.
Fred MacMnrray beads a large
cast of tried and proves favorites
that include Harriet Hililiard, the
radio thrush, as his romantic
lead. Ben Blue," the Yacht Club
Boys, Rufe Davis, Harry Oweas
and his Royal' Hawaiian Orches
tra, Billy Lee and Dorothy Howe.
The focal point of the story Is the
mecca of all young bandleaders,
the actual Cocoanut Grove In the
Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles,
long called the "springboard of
the stars." - MacMurray leads a
swing-nutty ' crew of musicians
right across the continent, pick
ing up talent here and there, un
til-he finally makes the grade at
the Grove. .
Both MacMurray and Miss Hil
liard play parts in the film that
are almost the exact prototype of
their real lives. The tall star ac
tually barnstormed the country
for several years before he was
"discovered" by the movies, while
Miss Hilliard. off the screen, is
the wife of Ozzie Nelson and sings
with his band.
Skeen Townsend
Head. Monmouth
MONMOUTR Frank Skeen
was elected president of Town-
send club No. 1 to fill the unex
pired terra of S. H. Edwards., re
signed. Rev. E. C. Hicks address-
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"Three Comrades"
Opening at State
Picture Taken From Book
by Erich 31, Remarque
of Same , Name
Adapted from -Erich Maria Re-
marque's best-seller novel of Eu
ropean post-war chaos, "Three I
Comrades," which opens today at j
the State theatre, presents Ro-
bert Taylor,. Margaret Sulla van. ;
Franchot Tone and Robert loung :
in one of the most touching love ;
stories to reach the screen.'
Although the Remarque story ;
is placed against a background
of the turbulent - days succeed- ;
ing the world conflict in Europe, J
it is primarily the drama of the '
t3vout love between a man and i
woman. Taylor brings an in-.
creased acting power to his role
of Erich, the youngest of; three
comrades, who returns from the ;
front' embittered and disiluu-;
sioned to find new hope. in his;
love for Patricia, strringly; enact-i
ed by Miss Sullavan.
7 Tone has his best part In
years as Koster, who sacrifices :
his one love, a racing car, in
order to raise the funds .for Pa
tricia's operation. Robert Young
also scores in a memorable part,
as Lens, the. comrade who be-'
comes embroiled in a political j
demonstration and is killed.
ed the . group, urging them to
stand together and vote for the
plan.. A short program included
piano numbers by Lucille Hill.
"Mr. and Mrs. -Lowell Brisbane
and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burke
were inducted into Monmouth
grange membership at Friday
night's meeting. -
W. J. Stockholm has been en
tertaining Captain James Bren
nan. Portland, who was command
er of the transport Yale In war
time. . noted for carrying most
troops across the English channel
for the AEr . f
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