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Rowumce and History Are Film Fare in Salem for This' Week
Tk OSSGOII STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, f ebraary 23, 1S11
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"bone With the Wind -Back
With Popular Prices for
Five-Day Salem Showing
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Initial public presentation, David
O, Selznick' G o n With the
Wnd." starting Joday at the El
ainore theatre, proved itself not
only the biggest cinema bit ever
released, but, exerted more influ
ence on movie ; production than
any other film in Hollywood his
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Popular prices are in effect for
.the film, which will be shown
three times daily beginning at 12
o'clock. The box office will be
open at 11:30 ain. The show will
be in Salem through; Thursday.
Many critics have pointed out
that the general calibre of film
production has been raised as a
result of the screen transcription
of Margaret Mitchell's novel. That
the MGM release "marks the be
ginning of a new era in films'
has been borne out in many ways.
A recent nation-wide survey con
ducted by the Women's Institutelg fiei& Euen Drew, Mary An
planned for . screen productions.
Surveys indicate that the motion
picture public, primarily as a re
suit ; of "Gone With the Wind,"
are " now more "color conscious"
than, ever before, and that pic
tures of the future will be en
hanced more and more by departures-
from black-and-white pho
tography.
Brings New Stars
The long talent search which
resulted ' in selection of Vivien
Leigh for the role of Scarlett
O'Hara, providing tests for a host
of talented youngsters during this
period, has focused the attention
both of Hollywood and the movie
public on the potential young tal
ent to be found throughout the
country. Since "Gone With the
Wind" producers have been turn
ing more and more toward rela
tive "unknowns" or to new types
away from the professional act-
of Audience Reaction attests tew
the fact that "Gone With the
Wind" has tended to raise gen
eral film audience standards
throughout the United States, and
that the unusual length of the pic
ture, necessary to preserve com
plete fidelity to Miss Mitchell's
novel, has been welcomed by a
substantial majority of picture
goers. No Cuts Are Made
Running time of "Gone With
the Wind" is three hours and 45
minutes, and Mr. Selznick has
stressed the fact that no "cuts"
will be made when the photoplay
is made available for popular price
showing. The number of persons
who have seen the picture a sec
ond or third time is also proved by
this checkup to be considerably
higher than for the normal grade
A production.
The stirring and beautiful re
sults achieved in recreating the
old south in technicolor in "Gone
With the Wind," marking an ad
vance over any Hollywood effort
of the past, have been echoed in
the larger use of color now being
Lderson, Evelyn Keyes and others
picked from private life for "Gone
With the Wind" tests were thus
launched on screen careers.
Talent scouts have frequently
said that it is a cheap investment
for a company to spend $50,000 in
such a search if one important
discovery is the result.
Pupils Given
Hot Lunches
UNION HILL Hot lunches
are being served to children of
the Union Hill school.
Ruth Murphy from Texas en
tered the seventh grade of the
Union Hill school on Wednesday.
Edna Morley is absent this week
on account of sore throat.
The following children had a
perfect score in spelling during
the week: Leonard Seeley, Mar
jorie Tate, Edna Morley, Rollin
Heater, Betty Mollet, Bertha Mor
ley, Hilda Rosenbalm, Guy Scott
and Charles Morley.
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"GONE WITH THE WIND" returns to Salem audiences at the Elslnore theatre today, with Clark Gable
and Vivien Lfirh in the starring- roles. The two- are shown In a scene from the stirring eple of re
construction days in the south. Three complete sh ows will be presented daily, startin at 12 noon.
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Edar Kennedy; Baby Sandy and William Frawley in Universal's hi
larious action comedy, "Sandy Gets Her Man," starting- today at tbe
Hollywood theatre and second comedy hit, Melvyn Douglas and
Loretta Yonng in "He Stayed for Breakfast."
Jack Oakie Discloses Tricks;
Or How Actors Steal Scenes
i By FRANKLIN ARTHUR
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22 (AP) You can cross John Barry
more and Gregory Ratoff off the list of more accomplished movie
scene stealers, if you take the word of Jack Oakie, who has work
ed with the best of them.
Scene stealing has been a dramatic art ever since there has
been a drama. Few have been the successful actors who weren't
well grounded in it, for the simple
reason that it's impossible to be
successful unless .people know
you're in tha picture.
For years, Barrymore and Ra
toff, the latter now retired from
acting, have been looked upon as
near-perfection itself. With grim
aces and waving arms they have
waded through reel after reel.
Oakie, no slouch at that sort of
thing himself, won't deny they're
effective. But he feels there are
others far more subtle, and there
fore more deserving of attention.
McLarlen Held Best
His No. 1 nomination is the vet
eran Victor McLaglen. He and
Oakie battled - through many a
film, and Oakie admits he was
worsted more often than not. Next
he puts Lewis Stone, followed by
Wallace Beery, Ned Sparks, Edgar
Kennedy, Edmund Lowe, Charles
Chaplin, Nils Asther and Slim
Summerville,
"All art superb tricksters," he
says. "In the old days we called
them dynamiters. They know ev
ery dodge in the business. Most
of McLaglen's success comes from
a perfect sense of timing and never-ending
ingenuity. Stone is
among the top-rankers if for no
other reason than his ability to
steal shots from Mickey Rooney.
But he was an artist before Mickey
was born."
Clever use of hands, incident
ally, is the prime requisite of a
successful purloiner.
"You can shove somebody out
of the wajr if necessary," Oakie
says, "but usually it can be done
more deftly. As soon as you put
your hands on another player, you
take the scene. Maybe it keeps
him off-balance, or maybe it dis
tracts his attention, but'lt works.
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"Another method is turning
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your back on the camera. The
minute you do it, all eyes are on
you. Why, I dont know.
"Each scene requires a separate
technique, usually governed by
the playors opposite you. But bas
ically it all falls into two classes.
If they move slowly, you hustle.
If they're active, walking up and
down, waving their arms, mugging
a little, you do a dead-pan. That's
the method of Sparks, Kennedy
and Chaplin to name a few.
Most directors, he has found,
are lenient unless they feel too
much of the play is being taken
from the stars or the story itself
is suffering.
Film Soldiers
Mix up Army
- Invade Expanding Fort;
Some Pose With
Deanna Dnrbin
FORT MAC ARTHUR, Calif,
Feb. 22-i)-Things are as near
normal again at this army base
as they could be with a hundred
or so carpenters building barracks
all over the place.
Even with the carpenters, all
is peace and quiet by comparison
with the two-day invasion of an
army of motion picture soldiers.
Imagine, if you can, the sur
prise of a young officer of the day
as be accosted a limousine at the
gates and found that its occupant
was a four star general.
Chief of Staff George C. Mar
shall is the army's only active full
general.
"I think my salute was all
right," the officer said, "but I
could feel by knees buckle."
But it wasnt General Marshall
after alL It was Selmer Jackson,
veteran' character actor. The cos
tume department had intended
him to be a general, but not the
chief of staff. At the suggestion
of CoL Allen Kimberly, command
ing this fort overlooking the Pa
cific a wardrobe mistress "de
moted" Jackson to a lieutenant
general with only three stars.
Redeeming feature of the whole
thing, the real officers and sol
diers agreed, was the chance to
have their Dictures taken with
Deanna Durbin, star of the film.
"Nice Girl?" which is laid in
Connecticut army camp.
Deanna spent all her time be
tween scenes posing with soldiers
for "the folks back home."
The Call Board
ELSLNORE
Today "Gone With the Wind"
with Clark Gable and Vivien
Leigh.
Friday James Cagney and Olivia
DeHavilland in "Strawberry
Blonde" plus "The Wild Man of
Borneo" with Frank Morgan and
Billie Burke.
GRAND
Today "Western Union" with
Robert Young, Randolph Scott;
added Kenny Allen in "Hawaii
an Rhythm."
Wednesda y "Murder Among
Friends" with Marjorie Weaver,
Cobina Wright, and "Ride, Kel
ly, Bide" with Eugene Pallette,
Mary Healy.
Saturdays-"Night Train" with
Margaret Lockwood and "Tall,
Dark and Handsome" with Cesar
Romero, Virginia Gilmore and
Charlotte Greenwood.
CAPITOL
Today "Son of Monte Cristo"
with Louis Hayward and Joan
Bennett, plus Weaver Bros, and
Elviry in "Arkansas Judge."
Wednesday Erroll Flynn and
Olivia DeHavilland in "Santa
Fe Trail," plus "Knute Rockne.
All American" with Pat O'Brien
and Gale Page.
STATE
Today 'B e a u Geste" starring
Gary Cooper and Ray Milland,
plus "Els Maxwell's Public
Deb. No. 1" with Brenda Joyce
and George Murphy.
Wednesday Third Finger, Left
Hand" starring Myrna Loy and
Melvyn Douglas, plus "Hullaba
loo" with Frank Morgan and
Billie Burke.
Saturday midnight "The Mark
" of Zorro" starring Tyrone Pow
er and Linda Darnell.
LIBERTY
Today "When the Dal tons Rode'
with Randolph and Kay Francis,
plus "Curtain Call" with Bar
bars Read and Alan Mowbray.
Wednesday "H e r o e s in Blue'
with Dick PurcelL plus Edgar
Wallace's "Mysterious Mr. Reed
er" with Will Fyffe.
Friday Gene Autry in Tumbling
Tumbleweed" with Smiley Bur
nette, plus "Tom Brown's School
Days" with Freddie Bartholo
mew, plus serial.
HOLLYWOOD
Today Loretta Young, Melvyn
Douglas in "He Stayed for
Breakfast"; Baby Sandy in
"Sandjr Gets Her Man."
Thursday Gene Autry in "Ride,
Tenderfoot, Ride"; Richard Dix,
Wendy Barrie in "Man Against
the Sky."
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"Else Maxwell's Public Deb. No. IT mow at the State theatre at
no exception, with stars each as Brenda Joree, George MmrpMy,
Ralph Bellamy and Else MaxwelL "Beu Geste" return M eos
panion feature with Gary Cooper. Ray MUland and Robert
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EXCITEMENT ta the "Son of Monte Cristo" reaches fever pitch ta
this scene front tho rossanUc ad rent are mw sbowinr at tae Cap
Itol theatre. Starrtna arc Lonte Hayward. Joan Bennett and Flor
ence Bates. Pies Weaver Bros, and Briry la "Arkansas Jndxe"
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THOSE LOVELY Urlets Iran Hollywood arp taklae a bit of Urn
off for a bit of anssip and a riSTte en the broad Pacific beach.
Omaha has been re-created in its boom days, when Nebraska wns a
territory over-ridden: by adxentmrers. two-rnn artists and Indians.
Bargain Ilalinee
THE D ALTON GANG, famed bad men of the eld west, ride again la
the thrilling eple ef days gone by, "When the Dal tons Rode," star
ring Randolph Scott, Fay Francis, Frank Albertson. Brian Donlevy,
Broderiek Crawford and 8tewart Erwtn. This thriller starts to
day at the Liberty theatre alone with "Certain Call" starring Bar
bara Read and Alan Mowbray.
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Ann Edmonds, Lucia Carroll and retry Dlrtins. They were caught
en the Warner lot patting their mutts threvxh their paces.
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Blake Visit
MACLEAY Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Amot have as their guests
Mrs. Harmon Beck and tiny
daughter, Janice Leah, - who are
home from the Salem heepitaL
The fourth child, Peter Joseph,
arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Wodsewoda a few
nights ago. :
Quits Pnblishing
. TURNER" Charles S. Clark,
local resident who - edited ' Tur
ner's newspaper for a number of
year and later moved to Salem
and' establish rd ."The, - Yew Park
Reveille," continuing Turner news
columns, has. recently discontinu
ed his publication. ,T
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