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Newspaper Page Textpagz nvz -1 wrous Gals and Shine in Salem Theatre Bills Tbtm CnZGOri CTATE3MAN. Scdem, Orecon, Sunday Morning, June 8i ISil 1 1 II AC V J JOAN LESLIE EDDEETROBINSON JOHN GARFIELD LEE PATRICK BRENDA MAES HALL EDDIE ALBERT 'IDA LUPIN O TIIE JINX hu been r reality U m many people of the theatrical pro Cession for so many fenerations that a few of the players on the Warner lot thought it would be a lark to act oat some of the popular superstitions and accepted ways of "breaking the Jinx." The evil Implication of Friday the Thirteenth are exorcized by Joan Leslie with the rabbit's foot; by Edward GL Robinson with the horseshe, and by John Garfield with the crossed fine ers which are aaid to take away the fleldish power of the cyA eye. Lee Patrick braves the danger of a broken mirror, but seems to bo doing- nothinr about it, Brenda Marshall nses the doable-cross method to do away with the bad lock of a hat-on-the-bed; Eddie Albert seems suite cocky about putting an umbrella up Indoors, and Ida Lupine, the clever Londoner, seems .to bo giving due consideration to the problem of walking- under the ladder, or around it. Most of them will tell you that they hare no superstitions. So do we, for that matter with as doubtful truth. oioioo 2SB By NORMAN HALL Serial Story Editor, Republic Stu dios, Pinch-Hitting for Harrison Carroll, Who Is on Vacation. J HOLLYWOOD A lot of peo- Ele overlook the fact, but serials ave played a big part in the '"r growth or tut ' ; motion pic ture 1 industry. t rney cua mucn !to establish the ! movie habit in P. Hall Norma tho United States. They provided a bas ic audience in tho days when there was no other attraction but the serial to keep people com ing to the theaters. Oddly enough, tho continued-next-week chapter thrillers were fathered by the French and Ital ians. In 1911, Pathe brought over to the US a French serial titled Wolves iof the Paris Streets," which kindled American desire for other entertainment of this kind. Another imported serial was the Italian -made "Zlngo," In which the magician-hero did un dersea tricks and other supernu man feats. Believe it or not, Italy also produced many westerns, dis tinguishing mark -of which was a bob-tailed horse. In those days, no Italian movie horse ever ap peared without a bobbed tail. The!'first American serial was made in 1911 around Incevule. The star was, the late Arthur Johnson and it was a saga of the west. . Alter the western serial, came the action serial. ' From 1911 to 1921. the chap ter films made motion picture history. All the different eons- - panics came -up with their own aerial stars. Earlo Williams was VitagTaph's death-defying- hero. Williams' most famous serial was "The Crimson Stain" la 1915. Pearl White started her serial oueen career In. 1912 for rathe. Pearl started out in western serials, too, one which was "Tho Blue , Ridge Mountains of Vlrglnny." Then she switched to action serials and her rise to fame was sen sational. Helen Holmes made seme serials for Mutual. It was 1 J. P. McGowan. today tho head of tho Screen Directors Guild, who directed Helen la The Girl In the Game," one of serl- aldom's classics. Helen ea along- about 191s, Just as dM TJniversal's Grace Cunarsl I Francis Ford, two luminaries of the "eenUnued-next-week' field. ' -; o- e Another hieh point In serial dnm'i rlorious years was "The Iron Claw" in 1916, the first nor ror serial. The hooded villain with the iron pipes sticking out of his hand caused many a nightmare but people couldn't wait for the next episode. Then there was "Diamond From the Sky," .with Lottie Pickford. , And "Million Dollar Mystery" with James Cruze serving both star and di rector. , Glorious days those for the serial and the Infant motion picture industry. Theatre oper ators ran serials on their best days, because serials were ad ult fare and received billing on the marquees. Features or mul tiple reel offerings often were "added attractions." ' - From 192Q; to 1935, serials be came something just to play on Saturday nights or bargain mat inees. For one thing, the feature mad such rapid strides and, for another, serials b e c a m o just cheaply produced offerings. The public became tired of them and they were banished from most first-run; houses. . -.e ' o v -: V: I - - - . ? 'L'S - But in 1935, a baby company. Republic, got a foothold in Hoi . , - a 11 A jywooa Dccausa m. iia wreueuiiw, o 1 o serials. "Phantom Empire," to- II ll (afTI O 11 1 11 in 1935. Universal and Columbia competed with Republic in serial making. Three years ago," Repub lic's "Lone Ranger broke all rec ords, played ; in first-run houses, grossed over a million , dollars. Se rials were , hot again. mLAEIOUS COUPLE are Eobert Montgomery and Carole Lombard, with always a good laugh between fights. They're billed at the Hollywood theatre aa "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Companion feature ts mo saint ai raim sprmgs. BlooiioSand9 Starts Here With the blazing pageantry of Spain providing the colorful background for Tyrone Power's most powerful role, 20th Century' Fox's latest technicolor, "Blood and Sand," hag been called a "magnificent, tensely exciting and colorful film." This latest picture produced by Darryl lF. Zanuck, now at the 'Grand theatre, feat ures Linda Darnell and Rita Hay worth who head the famous name cast- , ' To faithfully capture the rich colors of the Spanish costumes, architecture and atmosphere. Di rector Rouben Mamoulian took his technicolor camera crew and a troupe of 300 to Mexico City, where old Spain still survives In tho new world. Amidst gem-en' Crusted costumes and the Latin atmosphere, the dramatic narra tive of "Blood and Sand" took form. , . "Blood and Sand" is the grip ping story of a fearless, death-de fying matador, teemingly roman tic, who Is torn between tho love of his beautiful wife and the fa tal charm of an alluring tempt ress. With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Rita Hayworth in the key roles, s the enthralling story unfolds in a colorful panorama that stuns, excites and grips. Tlirillsof Sky Play, Elsinore "I Wanted Wings" Made With Help of Army Air Corps Sky thrills such as were never before presented on the screen unfolded with mounting excite ment when J'aramount's new aviation spectacle,' I Wanted Wings," opened at the Elsinore theatre last night. Produced by Arthur Hornblow, jr, and directed by .Mitchell Lei- sen, the picture was filmed with tho thorough cooperation of tho United States army air corps. This advantage is evident all through the picture, in the note of complete accuracy and authen ticity of flying sequences and air cadets going through training, in the hundreds of planes, the man euvers, and in the general at mosphere. Starring Ray MiHand, William YTt1inv WatmA lLMvloi Tllav uuiuM mm j aav smviiw axa b-, mum Don! 1st Comedy Star With Brace Cabot and Roland Young at Capitol Call Board With a variety of new ele ments showing themselves' in its production. Universe l's "The elsinoxe - . Flame of New Orleans, opened TyT.r?-uT' w," I yesterday at the Capitol theatre. if Brenda Marshall. Davkt Brae In I The picture comes as fresh and sing.por. woman. T . , D I diverting romantic comedy atar- rymore, Laraine. umj ui rcopi y. i " Dr. K-iiaare." jean raraer,' wuw i Marlene Dietrich. It is the star's first venture into light comedy, and a most success ful venture. Miss Dietrich's light ness has been hidden for several fim4 in "RAH at th PrtM. jutiirdav William Powell, aiyrna Lov in "Love trazy. marsna nuni, Robert Sterling in "I'U Wait lor You." T r.iiKn SJCta' and Tears under the bushel of heavy Sand. Nan Grey in " imaer Age. aramauc parts, ana ner emer- Wednesday Jane Withers, Nancy eence i a revelation. kiiv in -A Very Young Lady. gence 13 reveiauon. Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis. Ned For Miss Dietrich, within the SalSrdS -7o7n Be'S rchot range of comedy-drama, it offers t. in "oh. iCnavr All tha An- an or true' fiflA riav Kh Koirin !e!f:r ll - Brtholornew -: to the picture by impersonating rAPrroiy '' I sheltered gentlewoman of early rwi Uartena Diatrich. Bruce I TvMiisiana. Diptrirh fana S'ifHi- 1 siaaur I howling at her quaint, old-fash- r-r.- in -Kaint'a Vacation." ioned f emininitr and tho thin, fra v'Taco Pno affected for the role. Native cast in "Shark woman." Later, the Louisiana gentle W:5o!MW woman become, a gaudy cafe rates on Horseback." girL The situation 1 n V 0 1 V C S a Hollywood . . complete transformation from '"S'.T. tn 'r.nd MrV billowy, feminine clothes to loud Smith." Geors Sanders, Wendy I rags: from high-style COiffUTO to Barrie in Springs: Saint in Palm bangs and from a low-modulated . 4 Thursday Clark Cable, Hedy La- voice to a string of raucous wise marr In "Comrad X." Burgees j Miaa Dietrich handles tho Meredith. Irene Hervey. Barry Tita- cracaa. miss jJieoicn nanaies mo TodIj Kr Kyaer. Helen Parriah in The picture is further freshened -Youii rind Out." victor McLagien by the debut of Bruce Cabot as a Wn'.yTW'ifoTt in -Laddie " romantic leading man opposite Dick ror an in lam aumraj nana. miss jjieincn. taDOi xans wno Friday Boy Rofera in "rronUer hl villainous roles of the Pony Koreas." naipo ojru u, i - - -, - "Drums of the Desert." past will be amazed at the quiet. STATE I twvrUH rhirtn V. nHh Ann Kutnerzora m anar ium i nnnft.j. Private Secreury." Pat o Brien. Roland Young also launches an Ccunco Bennett in lcapo LntIrelr new hi, first Latin Thursday James suwart. Kosaiind i impersonation in a career studded ?Z?llr.ZT Brea ur.u in I with great successes In dry Brit -r..t nf ha River. 1 Isn comedv. xnikMi miictarhp. m. stli ' Jde degani clothes and all, Night. I vuu vauio uil m uiuijw k-L formance in comedy-villainy as the wealthy banker of New Or leans. The picture Is further enlivened by characteristically funny per formances on the part of Andy Devine, Mischa Auer and Theresa Harris, and by superb character izations by Laura Hope Crews and Melville Cooper. The latter will be remembered for his enactmen Of the snobbish cousin in - "Pride and Prejudice.' . . - L Robert Cummings may close bis aviation -school because he can't get sufficient replacements of training planes. At one time the school had ?3 students. . . . Buster Crabbe's personal appearance tour -""s..'- Technicolor lli i.f. (,,-. , J ANDY DEVINE. Marlene Dietrich and Bruce .1 - t rv. vinu Af Kw Orleans.1 - he Capitol theatrerTtie new serUrij also shown on iae bUL mNDEE AGP with Naa Grey Saawlac as sos 1 V AN EXPLODING FLAKE aboard a flying fortress resulU la frenzied efforts by William Holden (right) and a crewman to hurl It over board. The incident takes place la "I Wanted Wings," now playing at the Elsinore theatre. . evy, "I Wanted Wings" tells the story of how three young men go through the process of winning their wings, in the army air' corps, We see them at ground school, experience the thrill of first flight, feel, the first burgeon ing of wings with them as they prepare to solo, adventure with them, go through the pangs of love affairs,' experience their ter ror as they crash and bail out in parachutes. Throughout, because of the acting of the players, and the skill of Director Leisen, we are held absorbed in the unfold' ing of the swift-movinc story. Veronica Lake, the sensational newcomer to the screen, who has occasioned as much comment pretty nearly as has been given to any screen personality in the past, few years, appears in the role of a ruthless gold-digger with a devastating effect. Honey haired, - beautiful ' and endowed with genuine acting ability and a figure usually heard about only in fiction. Miss Lake has a glor ious screen future ahead. She can start a ; forest fire raging Just with her eyes. Balancing this role is the one played - by Constance Moore,- as 1 tho girl photographer who causes a dither with her beauty when she arrives at the army flying field to take pictures for a maga zine. ; Ray Milland wins out against the other competition to get her. ; With army cooperation, the pic ture was filmed at Randolph and Kelly Fields, the "West Point of the Air," where the nation's youth is learning combat flying. As a re sult of this help, more than one thousand planes were used in the making of "I Wanted . Wings." Of course, this makes for unprece dented aviation thrills. AFTERNOON SUIT in beige vol veteen Is worn by Brenda Mar shall, who Is starred la "Singa pore Woman," currently at the Elsinore theatre. . Below the wide crushed belt tho hand stitched Jacket falls into softly folded peplunt lines. Morris Signs Joins Service HOLLYWOOD, June T Film Actor Wayne Morris Is about to enter military service. He took the oath this week as an ensign in the naval' aviation procurement division and asked his commanding officer for suffi cient leave to complete 'his cur rent picture, "The Smiling Ghost" Morris said he was told to re port back in four days, to learn whether the leave. was granted. "But well be married in any event," said Actress Patricia Stewart, his fiancee. -Tm not positive about that,1 disagreed Morris, "because I may bo in Shanghai or some other Assorted Asides: Movie scripts are practically unheard of at Walt Disney's studio where ar tists draw out myriads of color ful pastel story plots on paper, similar to funny-paper cartoons. and pin them In rows around room walls for study and desired se quence ... Of the 898 feature length pictures approved for re lease last year, clergymen, Salva tion Army workers and mission aries appeared in 78 of them.. is for 12 weeks. . . . Rose Davies is the second film colony resident to have a composition Introduced by the WPA Symphony orchestra. Last year Lionel Barrymore was so honored. . . . Bing Crosby Is a sponsor of the Catholic Theater Guild. ... Sir Cedric Hardwicke'a 24-year-old brother-in-law, Rich ard Pickard, has been awarded the DSO, He is a squadron leader with the RAF. . . . Rochelle Hud son s husband, nai i nompson, still intends to seek that reported gold cache in the Yucatan Jungles. , . And have you heard Artnur Murray's story about the conceit ed actor who has gone to see one of his own pictures so many times that he has won two automobiles and a set of dishes? Daffy Dilly: Marlene Dietrich claims she has Just established the longest non-stop kissing marathon ever enacted on a sound stage without benefit of a camera. . , She planted a smackeroo on the lips , of Robert Moore, San Fran cisco State college student, that was clocked in exactly four min utes . . . The stunt was arranged to test an emotion-recording ma chine perfected by a Stanford university Prof. . . When the soul-searing kiss ended, young Moore slumped to a chair like a wilted jonquiL I I Tday-Mo.-Taes. ii i - i ' ; "" TrTnynw r-l Cabot are portrayed as A-j f)f jjlj "(j jj (j ," bow est the screen at i M Li "J MICKEY LEWIS ROONEY STONE - ANN RUTHERFORD .- 1 dy Hardy's - Private Secretary- Time 25-5:t-t:5T - 2nd Hit - -r- CONSTANCE PAT BENNETT ; O'BRIEN "Escape to Glory" .. Time ' : US-4:05-7t-ltO5 ; Added - Rlickey Mouse Cartoon r J Violin, Spud?; Feature Film Mimic Role of Lombard and Montgomery in$ . "Mr. and Mn. Smith" Carole Lombard Is a muted vi olin, but Robert Montgomery isnt e v e n a - legitimate-, instrument. .' He's an occarina, or a "sweet po tato." - That Is tho way Edward Ward, who composed tho score for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," RKO Radio co medy of manners co-starring Miss Lombard and Mr. Montgomery, sees them and that's the way au diences, w&l hear them at the Hollywood theatre. . When Ward was assigned tho score of the picture, he went alone : into a projection room to see it He took notes, then went homo and thought about it The more he thought about it the more in escapable was tho fact that Mont gomery's theme instrument had to be an occarina. And that Carole's had to be a violin: v Ward wrote the score that way and that's how It Is on the screen. In doing so he let himself in for a lot of trouble. Because few or chestras have occarina players and the RKO recording orchestra positively had none, it was Ward's duty to go out and find an occa rina player so talented at his in strument that he not only could fit right Into a semi-symphonic or chestra but do so without loss of orchestra time. - He found one in four days, a young man who had played the occarina for seven years and I could make it do everything from boogey-wotogey to Bach. When the audiences see the pic ture they will notice all of Mont gomery's scenes are dominated by the gay tootle of an occarina. All of Carole's " are dominated by a warm,' romantic, muted violin. ' Scenes, together have "gag" mu sic. It departs from fixed score, and the occarina and the violin "talk back and forth to each other. distant port Who. knows?" A divorce obtained by Lenora "Bubbles" Schinasl, cigaret heir ess, from Morris became final la September. - li u . . -iiihwi .uinviMiyil.i.in i . t ' .mnn.Aumtwm". y.W miiiih mi m , ''-. " , , - 1 " j - f- - Jr ; os!r i , ' v S ' ' - ' ' ' .(?' H-::& iiiwiiii 1 1 1 1 m j1TT i ii iiltnil "' m ii ii ijA i m TYRONE POWER stars with Linda Darnell (left) and Rita Haywortti In the technicolor "Blood and Sand," which Is appearing at tlao ' Grand theatre. Tyrone Is east as a matador and has to choose be tween two girls. Short Snort: "Mushy" Calla han once a leading lightweight title contender now snaps toy slingshots in the movies .... when Wayne Morris, playing an outlaw, crouches inside a house and fires through a window at an approaching posse in "Bad Man of Missouri." Callahan stands out side just beyond camera range and, with a slingshot, flips pellets of lead through a window shade beside Morris to represent bullets fired by the posse. Continuous Today - 1 to 11 IMC. DAGGERS, DYNAMITE AND GATS all the tricks of the trade of skulldoxrery are practiced by Beta Lugosi, Peter Lerre and Boris Karloff in ToH Find Out." starrln Kay Kyaer with, his at the Liberty Uieatre. . r ; B021?W STABTS TODAY SSTKVSCaSSAIl9,oatsrsf ft-lf . tifr'Mi, Marry BaMkilsa) IkaOiMkio Sally Meseo rfTssaltilSO M aaL, - - Continuous Daily from IM P. M. c tTt, Starts Today L ITS A LOVE-Un LAUGH ; PANICI LOIMIlDt, nOHTEQEHY i ) wai tZJL rayi:.o::d USUI EIITCIICCCLt IKO laotO And Second Feature -Oaaoa - gMBfW1' waa tttmil j Wf N3Y lAilit root GaUIeyle ALSO NEWS AND l, COLOREI? CARTPON, Contin. Show TODAY. HON, TUES. Tho Picture You've Been Waiting fort JF -mmmt wautaa L::nni$.c::;ifYT Companion Feature The Marked Women of the Orient "SINGAPORE WOMAN" Brenda Marshall David Bruce - - Today, Men, Tues. - X Hits 1 C Till "' Continuous 5C I P.M. Today froml rTTfaUU DIETRICH 11 P.I II IM I II rrrnrrinn aa immij was v y, V erucoCABOT M MtscKaAU AndyDEYlN'E. 2nd Smash Hit u u Flos New Serial "Riders of Death .Valley"