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f ' jn the above picture is shown Mlscha Auer and Adolphe
Kjm slow with Miss uurmn.
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raE aoove picture Is a scene from "Fit for a Kins' opening Sunday
lithe HelUg theatre. The picture shows Paul Kelly with the star.
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Eddie Cantor Scores Big
Hit In "Ali Baba" Film
Kdie Cantor's first picture for
snath Century-Fox is the
;a!est, fun-Jammedest, most ex-va-glorious
hit show on earth!
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l-jical hit starring the fun-king
I sown ana radio opened yester
pit the McDonald theatre, with
fcf Martin, Roland Young, June
pj and Louise Hovick heading a
t'-crowaed cast of entertainers.
Yaterdav's audipnrp wpw han-
i-ered Wth iov as thp Mavftr nf
phtown took over the Sultan's
psoom, and changed big, bad
k into hl-de-hilarious Gag-
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jet, license plates for camels,
(Tern-reduction program and
T tacks placed under the sit-
itrikers.
Lwded with Caps nnH erirl.
fa? md things, "Ali Baba Goes'
Mown u a surpriscful grab-HhWe-highlights.
To
name a few of the thousand and
one delights, there's Eddie aboard
the Magic Carpet; the harem's
Sultana, Louise Hovick, making
love to roving-eyed Eddie; the
sumptuous banquet with Eddie as
master of ceremonies; countless
kisses under the desert moon as
Tony sings to June; the fabled
gorgeousness of Bagdad; and elab
orate dance ensembles in which
Eddie, the Peters sisters, Jeni he
Gon, and hundreds of lush harem
beauties and Oriental darlings per
form in riotous, rhythmic routines,
while Raymond Scott and his fa
mous Quintet play hl own compo
sition, "Twilight in Turkey."
Included in the important sup
porting cast are John Carradine,
Virginia Field, Alan Dinehart,
Douglas Dumbrille and thousands
of others.
Also at the McDonald Is "Con
fession," starring Kay Francis.
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won praise in "Sing, Baby, sing,"
"A Star Is Born," "One in a
Million" and "Cafe Metropole."
"Pick a Star," playing at the
Mayflower theatre, is presented
as a star-spangled satire of Holly
wood studio life to bring forth
titters, chuckles and guffaws in a
melodious mirthquake.
The absorbing human-interest
theme, "Hometown boy and girl
make good," has been filmatlzcd
and Hollywood, which has been
filled with boys and girls who
have made sensational successes,
is appropriately used for the lo
cale. Hoydenish Patsy Kelly, wistful
Jack Haley and beautiful Rosina
Lawrence are pictured as an ad
venturous trio who take the trek
from Waterloo, Kansas, to Holly
wood, California. Here the dazed
Jayhawks run into the spectacu
lar, fast-paced and hectic swirl
of motion pictures.
GEM HOARDER
The story of a daring thief lured
by a hoard of gems that would
stagger the Count of Monte Cristo,
and of the blonde sleuth in satin
who caught him is the theme of
Twentieth Century-Fox' story of
New York's Diamond Row, "IS
Maiden Lane," opening Wednes
day at the State theatre.
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Amid the historical hills and le
gendary valleys of this still prim
itive countryside, Helen Hayes Is
planning today a 500-acre model
community.
Inspired by the same motive as
the late Jack London and other
artists, actors and authors who
sought retreat in the famous col
ony at iarmei, cam., years ago,
the stage and screen star heads a
group that will develop the Kakiat
inaian lands in Kamapo valley,
It was on a recent week-end
visit from her current tour in the
play "Victoria Regina," to her
present home in Nyack, N. Y., that
Miss Hayes saw the Indian lands.
Too, she heard rumors of plans to
cut them up into a standard plan.
nea vmage. Disapproving any
scheme that would regimentiz the
woods and hills and rock-bound
streams that Bow make this re.
gion almost as wildly abandoned to
nature as It was in the days when
ruled by the Kakiat Indians and
later when it was the scene of
much action during the Revolu
tionary war, she took action.
"There was only one thing to
do," Miss Hayes explained. "With
Robert F. Cutler and Ralph N.
Ward, I purchased the lands for
we believe that a beautiful com
munity can be built there without
destroying or replacing any of its
natural beauty.
"The land will be divided into
sections for homes, but at the same
time the mountain trails, bridle
paths, woods and streams are go
ing to be preserved in their nat
ural beauty for communal use."
Thus, Miss Hayes takes another
step In the movement of artists
back to the land as they are more
and more deserting the city to be.
come landed gentry.
A 30-acre estate in the district
has been purchased by Miss Hayes
and her husband, playwright
Charles Mac Arthur, and they will
occupy it with their daughter,
blonde, S-year-old Mary.
The region, SO minutes by auto
mobile up the shores of the Hud.
son river from New York City, is
alive in literary tradition for in
here are scenes where were set
many of Washington Irving's
Sleepy Hollow tales. Also nearby
is the home of playwright Max
well Anderson.
Miss Hayes' home stands on i
knoll overlooking miles of wild
surrounding country. It is a large,
rambling house that will require
considerable rebuilding for it is
obviously of -very ancient vintage.
It is shaded by tall pine trees,
and back of it is a rustic well and
an old, rough stone silo.
While Miss Hayes is president of
the community venture, she said
that it really will be controlled by
a board of governors who will su
pervise improvements and other
wise direct organization plans.
"Heidi," Starring
Shirley Temple, at
Mac On Wednesday
Shirley Temple as "Heidi"! This
is Twentieth Century-Fox's re
sponse to those many thousands
who besieged the studio with re
quests that America's first star of
the screen play the title role of
Johanna Spyrl's beloved story.
Opening Wednesday at the Mc
Donald theatre, the picture is one
that Shirley Temple will be re
membered for always. Jean Her
sholt is featured in the cast, which
includes Arthur Treacher and
Helen Westley.
The machiantlons and intrigues
of the far-flung espionage systems
during the World War are re
vealed twenty years after by
"Lancer Spy," Twentieth Century-Fox
picture opening Wed
nesday at the McDonald theatre.
Dolores Del Rio, George Sanders
and Peter Loire head the cast.
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE comes to Eugene again Wednesday In her latest
screen success, "Heidi." America's number one screen star Is
cast as the heroine of the famed novel.
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COMING Friday to the Rex theatre Is "Something To Sing About,"
starring: Jlmmie Cagncy. It's the first picture for Cagncy ln
some months, for the fiery little actor decided to free lanee. He's
seen as a hoofer In the coming picture.
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"Gold Diggers of 1937" fourth
and most elaborate of the famed
series of musical movies which be
gan in 1929 with "Gold Diggers of
Broadway," and carried on with
"Gold Diggers of 1933" and "1935"
comes today to the State theatre.
Just like the parennial Ziegfeld
"Follies" and George White's
"Scandals," these "Gold Diggers"
of the Warner Bros, seem to have
become a genuine American in
stitution. Combining plenty of
comedy, lots of hit songs, and no
end of speedy and beautiful danc
ing by big choruses of lovely girls,
they have all been tremendous
successes.
This 1937 edition co-stars those
newlyweds, Dick Powell and Joan
Blondell. It features Victor Moore,
Lee Dixon, a sensational new dan
cer, Jlenda Farrell, Osgood Per
kins, Donald Meek, Rosalind Mar
quis, Irene Ware and other fun
makers, plus 200 dancing beauties
trained by Busby Berkeley.
William Powell and Kay Fran
cis have been co-starred in a num
ber of pictures, each of which has
met high acclaim from both the
public and the press. Their greatest
triumph however, was in the
tragic and hauntlngly beautiful
odyll of thwarted love "One Way
Passage which cames to the State
theatre today for a limited engage
ment brought about by public de
mand.
Variety Show Will '
" Be Heard Sunday '
On Eugene Station
Making its debut over a nation
wide Mutual broadcasting system,
"On a Sunday Afternoon," new
80-minute variety show, will be
heard Sunday from 12 noon to 1
o'clock p. m, over station KORE.
Approximately 70 artists, In
cluding many well known radio
personalities, will take part In the
production, under the direction of
Harold Stokes, WGN maestro.
Guest stars from leading stage
shows appearing in Chicago's loop
are selected to appear on the programs.
Guest star on the Initial show is
Tom Ewell, Juvenile now appear
ing in George Abbotts "Brother
Rat," a current Chicago play.
Among singing stars to appear on
the program are Arthur Wright,
tenor, Edna O'Dell, contralto, the
Three Graces, Jess Kirkpatrick,
master of ceremonies, a new quar
tet, "Three Men and a Maid."
Music for the program will be
furnished by the WGN dance or
chestra and glee club conducted by
Maestro Stokes.
Ph. S. E. Stevens for piano tuning.
ARROW MESSENGERPh. 810.
A fashionable French watering
place forms the background for an
important sequence In "Fit For a
King," latest Joe E. Brown star
ring comedy. Spirited action oc
curs on the grounds of a sanitar
ium, with the characters in the
story Involved In situations which
reach a new high for comedy.
The feature opens a four-day
run at the Heilig theatr, Sunday.
Joe, as a newspaperman, battles
Paul Kelly for a news story about
a political plot in a mythical king
dom. Involved in the plot Is
Helen Mack, a princess who has
been reared in America. Brown, ln
an effort to beat Kelly, dlsgulaei
himself as a patient and is forced
by sanitarium attendants to drink
vast quantities of mineral water.
Joe meets the princess, but does
not recognize her. H courts her
In the moonlight while Kelly puts
the story of her Impending return
to her throne in the cables.
But Kelly's scoop Is eventually
overcome. Joe learns of a plan to
bomb the royal party. Commander
lng every possible vehicle, Joe
starts after the departed princess
to save her from assassination. He
beats Kelly to this story, and a
final one. The princess la returning
to America to marry Joe.
"Fit For a King" Is an Edward
Sedgwick production for David L.
Loew, released by RKO Radio.
Hit Tunes Many
In New Picture
Playing at Rex
Six new hit tunes are Intro
duced In Jack Benny's new musi
cal riot, "Artists and Models,"
which, with Benny, Ida Lupino,
Gail Patrick, Richard Arlen, Ben
Blue, Judy Canova, Martha Raye,
Louis Armstrong's Swing Orches
tra and Andre Kostclanrtz and
his orchestra opens today at the
Rex theatre.
The numbers are, "Whispers In
the Dark," by Leo Robin and
Frederick Hollander, who author
ed "Moonlight and Shadows"
"Pop Goes the B u b b 1 ," by
Ralph Freed and Burton Lane
"Public Molody Number' One,"
by Ted Koehler and Harold Ar
len; "Stop! You're Breaking My
Heart," by Ted Koehler and Bur
ton Lane; "Sasha Pasha," by the
Four Yacht Club Boys; and "Mr.
Esquire," by Victor Young and
Ted Koehler. ,
Popular for years through their
serialization ln The Saturday Eve
ning Post, J. P. Marquand's "Mr.
Moto" stories are being adapted
for the screen by Twentieth Century-Fox
with Peter Lorre In the
role of the diffident Japanese de
tective. The first of the series,
"Think Fast, Mr. Moto," features
Virginia Field, Thomas Beck and
Sig Rumnnn In the supporting
cast, it Is also on the Rex's
double feature bill.
A diamond fell out of the crown
that the king was wearing during
the coronation of George III, of
England. When a score of years
later, the American colonies se
ceded, superstition pointed back to
this incident
DANCE with
Carl Rooen and His Swing
Band at
SWIMMERS DELIGHT
Sunday, Nov. 21st
8:30 to 12
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HIGIT JINKS would be a good description for "The Gold Diggers of
1937," which comes to the State theatre Sunday. Starred are
Dick Towcll and Joan Blondell, the newlyweds.
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"Dead End," Samuel Goldwyn's
film production based on the
Broadway stage hit by Sidney
Klngsley, comes to the McDon
ald theatre next Sunday, with
Sylvia Sidney and Joel McCrea
in the starring roles.
This powerful drama of a day
In the lives of a handful of hu
mans who Inhabit a "dead end"
city street, where fashlonnble
apartments rub elbows with the
squalid tenements of the water
front, which set records In Its
Broadway run and was cheered
from coast to coast, reaches even
greater heights ln the film ver
sion. Sylvia Is seen as Drlna, the
slum girl who is battling desper
ately to raise herself and her
small brother Tommy to a better
life; McCrea plays Dave, the poor
architect she loves, who, ln turn,
loves Kay, (Wendy Barrio), who
has found a way out of the slums
Into luxury and won't return even
for love; Humphrey Bogart Is
seen as Baby Face Martin, the
gangster with a price on his head,
who braves death ln the slum
where he was spawned only to
find that his own mother hates
him and that Francey (Claire
Trevor), his boyhood sweetheart,
has taken life the easiest way,
Allen Jenkins Is seen as Hunk,
"Baby Face's" henchman, and the
Dead End kids from the original
New York stage cast, Billy Halop,
Gabriel Dell, Bobby Jordan, Huntx
Hall, Leo Gorcey and Bernard
Punsley, relive their famous
characterizations of Tommy, "T.
B.," "Angel," "Dippy," "Spit" and
MlHy.
Boxing Cats Given
Featured Role in
Cagney's New Film
Pinkey and Pal, the amazing
boxing cats, trained by Arthur
Nelson, expert feline psycholo
gist, appear in Grand National's
musical comedy, "Something to
Sing About," starring James Cag
ney, which opens next Friday at
the Rex theatre, received the of
ficial approval of the Los Angeles
S. P. C. A. before being photo
graphed. Pinkie and Pal went through
their act ln a fighting, slugging
flurry of furious action, and both
of them evidently enjoyed th
whole set-to. The boxing cats,
who make their screen debut in
"Something to Sing About," hara
been given a featured spot in the
production.
An authentic relief station for
Mississippi valley flood suffer
ers formed the background for
"On Such a Night," coming Fri
day to the Rex theatre. The pic
ture is Hollywood's first dramati
zation of the Mid-West deluge.
Karen Morley and Grant Rich
ards, playing the role of lovers
trapped in the flood, are sup
ported by a strong dramatic cast
which includes Eduardo Ciannelll,
known for his sinister roles, Ros
coe Karns, "perennial reporter,"
Alan Mowbray, Ml Hi Monti and -Robert
McWade. . .
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