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THE EUGENE GUARD
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Great American Comedy
"The Show-Off" Coming
Tuesday; "Oz" is Billed
BILLS FOB NEXT WEEK
Motion Pictures
HKII-IG Monday, "The
Ilidin' Comet;" Thursday, Fri
day ond Saturday, "Wife of tho
Centaur."
McDONALD Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, "A Thief
in Paradise;" Thursday, Fri
day and Saturduy, "The Wiz
ard of Oz."
KEX Monday and Tuesday,
A Broadway Butterfly;" Wed
nesday and Thursday, "The
Tnunilerins Herd;" Friday and
Saturday, "Chance."
Vaudeville
IIEILICJ Wednesday, West
ern circuit, featuring "I (Jotti
Have Meat."
Flays
UKILIO Tuesday, "The
Show-Off."
gelt, popular nnranlat, will present a
".Inzi Jamboree" in the shape of n
hunch of red hot popular juzz hits,
which he promises will run the gam.lt
or mimical toe ticklers on the rnigufy
Wurlitzer.
"The Wizard of Oz" Coming to Eugene Three days Next Week
BUCK JONE8 TAKES LEAD
Atcoin Aplenty
Rex
is Promised In
Offering
New
THOUGH motion picture attractions
nt tho woek cU'iinir lortny proved
in bo of unuwinl attraction, (lie com-
inn work bids fair to ovrBhntlow
them.
Th Heilig theater, . on Tueflday,
n hrintr tho atnao production, "Tim
Bhow-Off," as tho bent offering on
the Blajte In aomo time. With the
theme woven urn-und th nrrognnt
youth with tlie $32 a week job, 'who
londs the belief that he is in charge
nt mftnv men and hna a position of
vnat imnortfliice, the nluy in not only
clever, but decidedly buninn. The
youth cannot be downed, though many
attempt! are mado to do it.
The piny comes to Kugfiie directly
from the east, and diould prove to
be one of tha most popular of the
nfiinon's offerings.
Then, at the McDonald, will be
Larry Soinon in tho motion picture
version of "The Wizard of 0." The
story, popular with children and
srownups alike, has been followed
closely. Larry Senior, take the part
of the scarecrow, with Bryant Wash
burn as ilio prince, Dorothy Dwan
as little Dorothy, and Charles Mur
ray na the wizard.
Western vaudeville, .at the Ileilig
Wednesday, will 1m another popular
theatrical event of the week,
THE SHOW OFr' IS TUESDAY
Stage Produotlon Coming to tha Hoi
tig for one Night
Locnl playgoers will h rejoiced to
learn that "The Show-Off," authori
tatively proclaimed by tho profession
I critics In New York as "Hie su
premo American comedy," will bo glv
vn at tho Heilig theater on Tuesday
night, Juno 30.
George Kolly tnkps lho nverage
American homo and hns fun with It.
It Iuih been said t lint homo 1b no
linger an institution; that it 1s a stu
pid relic of former times; that it i
trite and unnecesnnry nnd deadening
in Its effect; and lots of pronounce
ments of tho sumo onr-filling Ilk. Per
haps it is, who shall say? lint "The
Show-Off Is always admirably droll
and realizes to tho full nil possibil
ities of arch characterization.
"The Show-Off" has been staged by
Mr, Kelly himself and shows inti
mate knowledge of the art of achiev
ing effects while causing them to
seem to happen naturally from char
acter and situation,
"Tho Show-Off" also adds nnother
to tho season'o long lint of 'unusual
characterizations. Aubrey I'iper is
a typo so accurately observed arid so
uncannily brought to life that nt
times you want to cry through Iho
Khoer joy of recognition. Wo havo
had nervy boys on tho stngo before,
ond wo havo had slangy, back-slapping,
four-flushcra but Mr. Kelly has
put Bomeinmg into juorey riper uuu j
awakened something new in you. .
Tho Aubrey I'iper of today is much
more blatant than at any other time
in tho world-history of Pipers, be
cause of the modern lnfluenco of the!
Personality Plus courses and the go
gt-tter school of business procedure.
Ills cliches ("everything is all washed '
up and sign on the dotted line") with
this "bimbo from North Philly" Rre ,
mora vivid, and his opportunities fori
Pig Talk are enhanced a thousand- j
fold with the advent f the automobile
nnd tho wonders of modern science, i
His cheery salutation of his mother- j
In-lnw as "Little Mother" and "Moth- i
er Fisher" alone would mark him an
ii n original creation.
A story of gold nnd the greed for
gold Ik the picture which will como
to tho Jtci theater next Friday and
Knturday. Starring Puck Jones, sur
rounded by a capable cast including
Elinor Fair, Pruce Gordon, and
Luden Littlcfield.
The scene is laid fn Chance so
named, perhaps, because of the des
perate chances that bad been taken
within its borders. There is a gold
rnlno several milt's distant, from whihe
a wngan carries gold along a windiug
trail where bandits lurk. Puck Jone,
in the role of. a daring young insur
ance detective, is sent to Chance to
try to put an end to the frequent
attacks on the gold wagon.
Ho immediately challenges the out
laws by driving Ifie wagon from the
mine himself. Action begins nt this
point, nnd is fust and furious to the
end, when Puck succeeds in captur
ing tho bandits and winning the girl.
It promises to be an exciting film,
well worth seeing.
WESTERN BILL IS WEDNESDAY
Varied Program Is Headlined by "I
Gotta Have Moat"'
A coterio of mirth producers will
feature the Western vaudeville at the
lleilig this Wednesday night. Comedy
and lota of it is furnished by just
about every net, while the other ele
ments of entertainment are all includ
ed also.
"I Gotta Have Meat" 1s the title
of the comedy skit of DouglaB Graves
nnd company, and in this the mnny
humorous attractions arising when a
couple of actors set up housekeeping,
white one man goes to work as a
dockhund introduces a new comedy
element into this popular typo of
drama.
Jerry Mack and company change
tho usual order of things in a wildly
hilarious way in their presentation,
"Tho Plnck Hoad." Even the juc-
glora and acrobats on this bill are of
tho comedian variety.
"Dexterous Comicnlilies." a series
of amazing balancing and juggling
fonts, are performed by Raymond
ami Geneva, who are pant masters nt .
tins exacting art. j
Tho deluge of comedy is relieved. I
however, by tho Harkins Sisters, who.;
offe a beautiful singing net entitled i
Inrmony and Class," They have
a distinctly high class musical repor-
loiro to which they add gowns of
gorgeous creation. "Tho Step Lively
Gymnnsts," which includes a pan- !
tomlmic comedian on tho horizon
tal bar, concludes the week's offering.
The bill will be opened as usual
hy a popular overture by tho Heilig
orchestra,
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BIG THRILL DRAMA ON WAY
"A Thief In Parndlse," Is Coming
To tho McDonald
If you like romnnco, vivid color,
teimo drnma and plctorinl beauty in i
your screen entertninment, don't mis;
George Fitzmnurlee's "A Thief In I
Parndlaa," coming to if i q McDonald
next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tho- story Is an adaptation by
Frances Marion of Leonard Merrick's
novel "The Worldings'.
Tho story told against almost anv
background would be intensely grip
ping, but Fltzmaurice, with his usual
lovo of lavish pictorial effects, hns
group of players
n "Trip Wizard of
Oz," which comes to tha Mc
Donald theater next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
The other picture Is a scene
from "A Broadway Butterfly,"
which comes to the Rex Monday
and Tuesday. Dorothy Devore
and John Roche star In the production.
provided a wide variety
grounds and novelties.
Acting honors gu to Donsld Col
man, tho young actor recently signed
by Samuel Goldwyn .under a long
term contract. Me plays the rolo of
Plake, the derelict who masquerades
as nnother man. Doris Kenyon is the
girl he loves nnd marries nnd Ailei'ii
Prlngle gives a uplendid characteriza
tion ns the Eurasian girl. Splendid
portrayals nre also given hy Claude
Gillingwater, Alec Francis, John Pat
rick and tho other members of the
supporting cast.
LOUISE FAZENDA STARRED
Coming to
"A Broadway Butterfly'
Rex Theater
The Hex theater promises a treat
for next week, Monday and Tuesday,
when the new Warner picture, "A
Broadway Butterfly," will be shown.
The picture which was directed by
William Pt'nudine from the story by
Darryl Francis Zanuek, numbers euoh
popular players as Louise Fazendrt,
Williurd Louis, Dorothy Devore and
Culien Lnndia.
Louise Fazenda, with her inimit
able flair for tho comic, together with
her newly discovered, sympathy for
straight drumatic role, hns been on
trusted with tho part of Cookio Dole,
a Broadway show girl who knows tne
ropes to hold to and those to avoid.
Willard Louis hns been chosen to in
terpret the cocksure mnn-about-town,
who owns some stock in a musical
show and feels his importance in the
world. As an interesting Tclief to
both Miss Fazenda and Air. Louis,
Dorothy Devore Is to enact a shy,
friendless country maid come to
Broad wny to win fame, and Culien
Lnndia tho fresh, clean-cut boy who
"does" Broadway because he thinks
it is the proper thing for him to do.
"WIZARD
Larry
OF OZ" IS COMING
Semon Takes Part of tha
Scarecrow In Story
Another f anion.- name is now added
to the Blue Book of the Screen, It
in none other than L. Frank Baum's
famous fantastic story of "Tho Wiz
ard of Or,," which-with Larry Semon
n the funny "Scarecrow" will be seen
at the McDonald thenter next Thurs
day, Friday nnd Saturday.
Thin fiininlie spectacle marks n
new step forward in the silent art
which now invades the realm of fan
tasy hitherto confined to tho printed
page. The screen version of this
story, which for over a decade lm
boon a favorite with both ;hild otiQ
ndult, has bean produced as a super
comedy. . '
Thrills, laughs nnd 'chases" so
dear to the'henrt of the film fan,
abound throughout the story which is
crammed with fast action ond a
wealth of whimsical humor." A real
Kansas cyclone is one spectacle alone
which is worth going far to see.
Frank Bnum's familiar characters
will be portrayed by a superlative cast.'
Lorry Semon of course plays the
"Btraw man" and ho, is ably supported
"by Bryant Washburn as TheFrine.,
Delightful. Dorothy Dwnn ns Lit tie
Dorothy, Charlie Murray as the Wiz
ard, Mary Carr as Dorothy's mother,
"Babe'' Hardy as "The Tin Wood
man," Virginia Fcarson ns the temp
tress and a host of other well known
film favorities.
For. the person who wnnts to for
get .the cares nnd troubles of our
matter of fact world the McDonald
theater offers a wonderful oppor
tunity in a trip to the "Land of Oz."
next week.
range in their faces and great deeds
to dare and do! What more could
any lover of western melodrama ask
than this combination, which comes
to the Heilig theater on Monday un
der tho title "The Ridin' Comet."
With Yakima Cnnutt in tho saddle,
and one of the greatest horsos under
him that ever graced a world's cham
pion rider nnd roper, this picture has
a fino start to be thrilling enter
tainment. And thrilling it is; with one of the
finest and most compelling horse sto
ries that was ever told. The race of
f4eMeadowark" (played by "Bnfco,"
Cnnutt's fino sorrel) to save the life
of the man who has befriended ,her;
the swimming of the angry, swollen,
Vushing river where the bridgo is
swept out; nnd Pabe s battle with
a mountain lion one three things
which alone would mnke this an out
stnnding picture. Coupled with , this
is n fino lovo story and the enmity
of two strong men.-
REAL COWBOY TAKES ROLE
Yakima Csnurt Does His Stuff on
a Sure Enough Horse
A real cowboy on a rent horse with
tho whistling wind of tho unfenced
SHE KNOWS GIRLS SECRETS
Part
wlary Hamilton 1 anes Aotlve
In New Produotlon
Mary Hamilton, head of the New
York City policewomen, undoubtedly
knows more about the pitfalls that
He in wait for the unsuspecting girls
than any other living person.
The wild seeking for thrills, such
as led pretty Judith Lee into the net
of a handsome blackmailer, as por
trayed in the stirring photo-drama,
"lilies of the Streets," in Mrs. Ham
ilton's opinion, must be curbed by a
firm but kindly parental hand.
"lilies o fihe Streets," which comes
to the McDonald thenter soon is
called the "metropolitan policewom
an's picture" because the intensely
dramatic story it tells is based upon
actual cases, incidents, and situationi-,
which Mrs. Hamilton, New York's
first policewoman, has hnndled m
her official capacity. Further, Mrs.
Hamilton appears in one of tho
principle roles as hereself.
The large cast, headed by Vir
ginia Lee Corbin and Johnnie Walker,
both of whom are prime local fav
orites, includes among otherB, su'h
well-known popular players as Peg
gy Kelly, Irma Harrison and Wheeler
Oakman.
ETERNAL CONFLICT IS THEME
"Wife of Centaur" to Show at Heilig
Next Week
The eternal conflict between love
and passion is the theme of King
Vidor'a latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
picture, which comes Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday to the Heilig.
"Wife of the Centaur" wus writ
ton by Cyril Hume upon the theory
that every man is half idealist and
half sensualist, and that one half,
or tho other, conquers over the other.
Hume, in his sensationnl novel, de
picted the struggle between these em
otions ra his chnracter of Jeffrey
Dwyer.
King Vidor hns trnnslated this
story to the screen with the utmost
fidelity, and -won hearty congratula
tions from the author for the manner
in winch his work was finished.
In the domantic role of Jeffrey
Dwyer, tho "centaur" of the story,
John Oilbert is repiorted to have
done some 'of the finest work in his
screen career. The character of Jef
frey is likened to the fabled centaur,
as being "half man and half beast"
poet and a sensualist at the same
time.
In the leading feminine roles, equal
ly important to the story, nre Elea
nor Bnordman nnd Ailcen Pringle.
"Movie Trust" Hotly
' Assailed by Warner
Lona Wolf of Motion Plcturo
World Growls Again
By RUSSELL J. BIRDWELL
(XEA Service Writer)
pjOLLTWOOD, June 13. "The Lone
Wolf" of. the motion picture
world has growled at the Big Three
of the movie world Famous Playefs
I.asky, First National and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
film corporations.
Harry M. Warner of the Warner
Brothers charges the three movie
companies with a "trust alignment"
which has been greedily formed, he
says for the purpose of eliminating
the independent producer and exhi
bitor. "The actual facts are that if the
entire country is considered, the
downtown theaterB in every key cen
ter which is usually the principal
city in every section are controiled
directly or by affiliation by the three
companies-, Famous Players-Lasky,
First National, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,"
declares Warner, "80 per
cent of the first-run theaters through
out the country are owned or con
trolled by the Big Three.
"They have combined for the pur
pose of running only the pictures that
they themselves produce or distribute,
whether they are good or bad, and it
d'ly Evenino. t....
' next to impossiblTfr15 I
If he SUCltparl. in . 01 fl!m..l
vital concern 'to th. r bt ' I
Corporation. wblA L l
Charles Chaplin. Willi.-. ."J.' I
Klldolph Valentino. a"tt.:
theaters in ZnliTtKa' J
Big nre"h.v:r2,rc
pictures from United Artilts. " ,:
in from the public the n' M
dependent producers V'' .1
that the three cZvfel
tered into a "tAw ag" '.V ,-l
is "contrarv tn fi. meilt tki.1
Talents other than ,. . I
fluently found .mm,. .1 118 ."'! I
For instance, i Metro', , T""
ot "Itevelation," comin. . lMl
Heiiig.theater.eTerL'SVI
who eave n '""TO Di.l
Play in mY ,. . ,u..Tr. '
. . meres Lw p ,
who write nn.s .k... . w
little sums of mowv S.
Dana, who could make !
dancer, if she couldn't act tII7? "
Monte Blue, who was a al
d.er, lumberjack and cowpuS&t
fore he became an actor.-!, it
director of the picture, Geor t
iMuya, me uaredevil" anrt r 1
Count and th r,.;-,... m J
ZANE GREY FILM IS SHOWN
"Tho Thundering Herd" Coming To
tho Rex Wodnesday
Zano Grey's "Thundering Herd,"
will be the Wednesday and Thursday
feature at the Rex. Of all the Zone
Grey stories of the colden West of
old, none is more popular among
present day readers than' the au
thor's drnma tic romance of the fron
tier days when buffalo roamed the
plains.
This Paramount picturization of
"The Thundering Herd," is heralded
as the best screen adaptation of a
Zone Grey novel. The lending roles
nre admirably portrayed by Jack Holt,
Lois Wilson, Xonh Beery nnd Ray
mond Hnttnn, n quartet of stHrs sel
dom equalled in a western drnma.
"Rag Man" Coming .
The "flag Man," Jackie Coognn's
latest picture for Metro-Goldwyn re
lense, which comes to the Heilig the
ater soon, is a story of a little IriBh
Amoricnn orphan boy who is adopted
by an old Jewish junk mnn and their
adventures together.
Lending in Jackie's support is Max
Davidson, who plays. the role of Max
Ginsberg, the broken-down junk deal
er of New York City, whose -financial
affairs are straightened out by
his little partner, Tim Kelly (Jackie
Coognn).
Max Davidson is a veteran of pic
tures, though still in the prime of his
artistic career. He began his. picture
enreer with that mnster of beginners
and maker of artists, D. W. Griffith,
nbout fifteen yenrs ngo. 'The Rag
Mnn" was written by Willard Mack
and supervised by Jack Coogon, Sr.
Let "The Wizard of Oz" take you on a trip to the land of makebelieve.
Meet the "Scarecrow," the "Tin Man" and all the old familiar
characters.
Picture
PROLOG TO BE A FEAIURh
McDonald Pinna Special Effect for
Latest Creation
"HidKcr and Hotter" is a phrase
that hns, thanks to tho olmn pre
iiijent, been no badly abutted the great
American public is now Inclined to
e.ve the familiar tine with a grsin of
unit. He tlmt as it tuny, the origino.!
inarming of the phrnne could nevtr
have been m ro apptopriRtHy applied
to the prologs presented weekly nt
tho new McDonald theater. Tho M
Donald das made thoio prologs a
speciality of the fore part of each '
week, usually being presented on :
Miindny, Tundny and Wednesday eve
nings. Next week thf prolog proniia"
W excel in bot'J stage letting and
vi 't' I tdo the xcellpnt prene tun
linn of last month, l'rogrammrd
under the title of 'The Isle of Golden
Mr'Mnm,"' the prolog starting Mondar.
fur three nights, hna been MagiM io
creatp the tropical island ntm"phre
f the opening srrnra of "A Thief in
r.trndie," the feature picture.
With a ct of four favorite IoimI
ningera and dancers. Mildred Haldwin,
Fi.tnk SnoilgraNS, Hlnir Alder mnn an,
MeaHic May Wnllnre. tl.r musical fea
ture of the prolog will comprise.
"My Inle of Golden Dreams." "On
Kiwe Day" from the opera ''Madam
lttitlrrflv "Dreamer of Dream."
and "Hone Marie." HfMie May Wa
lace, one of the stellar pupils of Knth
erine Irvin 8tnng, will be aern In a
cleverly presented hula hula dance.
The tropical stage setting now be
ing prepared for the new prolog la
-said to be the last word in vmual
tnge craft, a volcano in action being
one of the most startling features M
the totting, for which unusual itgv
lug effects havo been prepared
il e McDonald staff,
'receding tbt prolog. Kenaldo Bag
of OX
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HAROLD
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POWERFUL NOVEL OF
LOVE AND REGENERATION
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OF
BRIAN KENT"
with
KENNETH AARIAN
MARY CARR
Starting
Monday
HELENE CHADWICK
ZASU PITTS
Can The Small-Town
Girl Find Happiness
on Broadway?
Ask Irenel
Irene KNEW she could even
as you may know .
BUT DID SHE?
Every Mother's Daughter Should Find Much
to- Interest, as Well aa Amuse, Her In
"A BROADWAY
BUTTERFLY"
A romance of heart throbs on the great
White Way with this great cast
DOROTHY DEVORE
WILLARD LEWIS
CULLEN LANDIS
LOUISE FAZENDA
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