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rEDFOTlTf MATT, TRTRTTXT!, MT.DFOTt'P, Screeitlfe ffolywood By Uobbiti Coons. HOLLYWOOD. Quite a num. bur of mars owe their presence 'n films today tu the talkies, many who now would bi in the movie discard had they not been given re . m it LLJ Bft. opportunity to capitalize hith erto w a k t e 1 m I c r o p h one voices. Jsnt even to the Hilent screen stars who eas iv survived the l talkie upheav- f - - m ai mose wao '-0'-'x I had good voices 1 ti"WM especiitUy aware , JkT f the fact 4vP 1 the s p e a kln , K(lentbi0 gift. . by serving as a Louise Fazc'iulii medium thru which to project before the movie puhjic a more complete person ality. Possibly no more Mrikinj? in stance of thia exists than in the rase of Louisa Fazenda, who now is able to give the screen her laiiKhter, . . In the silent movie days the comedienne frequently was seen on the screen in the throes of merri ment. Now the sound of th-nt merriment can bo beard the ef fervescent, melodiously - tinkling laughter that Hollywood knows us an expression of her own unfailing; exuberant good Bpiriu. Talkie Yetei-ans. ; i'essl mists who still co m p la i n that the talkies of today are crude, might hark b'ack to the first at tempts made to give movie shad ows voices. Two &etors who work ed together in pioneer talking pic tures 24 years ago have been re united in the making of a modern dialogue production on the Para mount lot, and could give them first hand information on the sub ject. Donald Mackenzie and Charles Oiblyn, then stage players in New York, earned extra money by ap pearing in "talking pictures" be tween legitimate, stage engage ments. Now they are playing In "The Insidious Dr. Fu Mancnu," and the contrast in methods then and now inspires reminiscences Jn both. . The two recall the small studio over Daly's theater on Thirtieth street. New York, in which they worked somewhat dubiously, be cause the movies of that day were not considered 'artistic" for the old 'Camera phone company. The talkies then were made without any attemp t at synchronization, except through arduous rehearsals. Picture and dialogue were produc ed in two separate processes. The players first made the records, speaking their lines' into a hue-c born. Then they rehearsed the action, over and over, moving their lips to synchronize with the re corded words. When this was achieved as nearly as possible, the actual movie was made. Stx Cast The loading players In "Alibi" ni'o with few exceptions stage stars appearing in tbt rnt mo tion picture. Cheat Morris is ('hick, Eleanor C .ffith is .loan, Harry Hi libit is 3uc,k Bachma'n, find Regis Toomey is Danny Mc Gnnm Mae Bunch and Pat O'Mal ey; experienced on both stage and screen but lately of the stage, also are in leading parts, with Purnell IE. Pratt as Joan's father. ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. 3 9. (Special) Ashtund is jtn have a "Cash-Does-It" meat market, to be opened soon by D. E. McFarren in the room formerly occupied by The White House market, which was operated by Tom Origsby. This is Mr. McFarren's third cash market, the first being at Chlloquin and the second at Alturas. Mr. and Mrs. McFarren and their family are liv ing at C3 O reiih am street. Miss Marie Davics, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Davies on A street, will leave for Salem, where she is engaged to teach during the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Fuller nr.? planning to leave in about two weeks for an extended trip to the east. They will spend some time in Maine visiting relatives. t Miss Janet Balls, who spent last year in nurse'H training1 in tho Stanford School of Nursing at Han Francisco, and has been fpepding her vacation visiting wiih her parents on Allison street, will re main in A h land to aUwid the Southern Oregon State normal. Mrs. J. R. Uobertson, who leaves soon for tho east, was hostess to a group nf Central Point friends at a dinner se rv ed in t h e p ;i r k o n Sutnl.'iy. Mrs. Robertson' mien's were David Brown. Miss Belle Brown, Mr. anrt Mrs.-Frank Tomp kins and Mr. Anger. Dr. and Mi.- Lyman Hitchcock of Clnremont, Cat., who have been j making a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J.j H. Henry at their home at Lincoln,! have returned to thtir home. D. . Hitchcock officiated at the f;r-.t . wedding of the town of Lincoln :md also M the dedication of the mill' plant. I Miss Acnes Bate man. who h;is been a cliest at the home of Mr, j I. li. Bateman for tho p;ifJt few' weeks. h;is sonc on to MrMtnnvilb", ' where she wtl! teach. I Mr. and Mr. F. O. Frohbach and iYmlly of MinmapolU have been i vUittna in Ahland. Mr. Frohbach' it the ton of II. O. Frohbach ef Jl ' ' ' R. A. J. .WALLING SYOP$t$ ; Tito tuQitivee cao ii red hi t.axto.t in tirlpium't Uut ttrm:eei!i enough, Z. ax tent does not (fives! 7'ow: Grruoten and Somer jield. For the detective is ana-wits to make i trade, to droo the charge voaiust Utenofen in e.r fit mi tie tor the content Of the blvv); fcoy. La r tun . however, nr vareiithi tints not kiow ot the jeic rl:n tiftismrs. The thrre men iiirre to wort: together to solve the 'tnjstfrit o( Kofjer I'fll's death omt V minim's rntaiiglrmrnt n the tnluuia. Lfuton reveals his firt tt.iiiei (i;m uith the fell case the arrest of ml oltf friend, irhn tra scheduled to vitrt fell at Ulackivatrr, to jite ijtm a fritn. i lote fiiirf tor this atretic he. vnjt to receive it Ice fie sum of iw . ;. The date teas' June it; just tihoitt the time ffll was insisting on vib Hettiion of the t'othcrburu (Jiscyv- Cha?ter 34 f k PELL'S TRAIL' V J EYED Laxton speculatively while Somerfield fired (lueations at liiin. It he hud heard of Pell before the tragedy be must have made In quiries. But Laxton would go no rurthbr. He never stated theories till Uir worked. "Didn't you say yourself," he said to me, "that until we uuearth Pell's past we shall never know how or why Pell was killed?" . "You see, Cronofen? he's got .he Idea!" cried 'Somerfield. "What idea' Laxlou asked. "Yes," said Pomerfield. "The last Redslade was so poor tie couldn't live in it. When lie was at lllnck water which wasn't often he lived In Grenofrn't house, ot Wood cot. Then he sold the whole thing just before he pegged out." "Marling Fotherbury Pell." Lxx ton recited, striding up and down again. He pulled up in front of me. "What'Il you bpt Marllng's not a retire at all'.' He's not lu the regis try, 1:;ii 1 ;nit nothing on that till now. Marling Kotherbury pell , . . and one other . . . Three years ago. ... It suggests nothing to you? You two have been quite candid?" His look flitted between us. "Yes' said Somerfield, "but you haven't, - You made a mystery of Pell, but it seems you knew Ml about Mm. For insUncu, that he'd been iu prison." "No," Laxton exclaimed. "I knew nothing certain. I surmised." Suddenly I recalled Marling's last visit to warn me against Laxton. "Did Marling know you sur mised?" 1 asked. "Hq,w can I tell how much he guessed? It looks as If he may have double-crossed everybody." Then 1 told him how Marling had given mo the information about my possible arrest. I thought LaxtQU would have exploded. . r? 1 1 k ' Fugitive! and police become allies to solve the mystery of Pell. "We worried It out," said I, "that If Pell was shot through the key hole he couldn't have been aimed at." "Ah," sa!d Laxton, sitting up, "you saw that?" "And that if he wasn't .aimed at. It accounted for the seemingly in expllcablo fact that the gho3t Pell was going to produce so proudly to Scabroke and .Mailing and the rest shot Pell Mmself." "Ah!" said Laxton again. "Thai Is, If the shot was fired by Pall's ghost." "Py the man who knocked you out. at any rate." . "If Pell accidentally got In the way of a shot It must have been meant for somebody else. That the Idea?" asked Laxton. "Yes. Somerfield worked out the positions. A shot fired through the keyhole could only have lilt Mar ling." Laxton sat bolt upright with his hands on the chairarms for a full minute, looking intently in front of bin). "Marling:" he repeated. "That's a light if you're light we add one to the people concerned In Poll's past." - "But you knew Marling was ac quainted with Pell's past," said 1. "Ye-es." Laxton looked specula tively at me. "I knew Just what Wayne told me and you told hlra about Pell denouncing Marling at the moment of bis death." "Oh," said I, "there was a little more than that." And 1 related what Marling had said about Pell having been In prison. The effect on Laxton was ex traordinary. He jumped to his feet. "The dam' scoundrel!" he cried. "Who Pell?" said Somorfii.ld. "N'o Marling! Don't talk for a lecoud. Let me think." Laxton paced the room, looking from one to the other ot us with sharp excitement, "Does anybody know how Mar ling came to ftlackwater?" he asked. - Somerfield said he had hoard '.hat Folherbury brought him down aa chaplain when he opened up New ph i ; and restored the church. "Was It shut up when Fotherbury bn-- hi?" "That settles it!" he cried. "Now If you two will help, we shall have Marling like Ibis" he squeezed his thumb on the back of u chair "and there'll' be no more mystery about Pell. Are you on?" Wo nodded. "But," said Somerfield, "to clear everything hp, we ought to tell you we saw you shadowins Miss Van denessen across the Square." "Ah! You two've got sharp eyes. And no doubt you saw s,he wa?n"l alone. Did you happen to knew the man?" "No," said 1. "He was walking away from us. We couulu't see his face." Laxton's eyes penetrated mo as 1 spoke. j "Ah well, leave Ihit," said hp. "Now, so long as you don't com promise Miss Seabrokc, are you willing to join up In u real search for tho murderer or Pell?" We were. "Ulght!- Then 1 wash out the warrant. You're free. 1 want to go to Ostend tonight, and probably catch the morning boat to Kngland. Y6u two carry on where I leave off, and we'll tear tho whole- thing open before long. I'll save you the j trouble of chasing up Miss Van- denessen. Here's the address where the Seabrokes lived in Brussels be fore they went to Ulackwater take a note ot It: Rue Hosier. 39 bis. "I got moro out ot Mrs. Fairfax than you did. 1 was going there to morrow. You won't lind the Sea brokes within miles of It now, and betlcr not. It's Pell you want Pell and his associates. There's a personality behind all this that we haven't fnund yol. When we gel him . . . well, you may get him oi I may. We'll see. Is 11 a deal?" We said It was. "You want neither to conceal a murderer nor to hide a robbery. So part of the undertaking Is lo pro duce what Mr. Somerfield called the boodle when I call for -It? Ver good, Then let's work out u iicheme" ft'ovurivhl. l'.iga, H'm. Morrow Co.t Hunter and huntrd become part, nerl to solve the enc.o.cing mys tery of Roger Pell. Continue the .torv tomorrow. Mt-dford and was a former Ashland boy. ' ! ashland newlyweds "Given gift shower PHOENIX PRESBYTERIAN C. E. HOLDS ELECTION , ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. 19 ISpe cial) Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Parr, newlyweds, were surprised by a group of their friends, who recent ly went to their home on Ileach street, to Hhowisr the pair willi a grpat variety of useful and beauti ful glfls. The evening was spent at cards and at the close dainty re freshments were Rerwd. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. K. Clary. Mr. ami Mrs. Oils Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kranklln. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Parr. Mr. nnd Mrs. .1. I!. Doss. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Andornon: the Misses Doris nnd Kvelyn Ross. Nancy Gill. Leah Dellaas, and Mr. Llewellyn Bates. PHOICNIX. Ore.. Sepl. lfi. ISpe rial) At nn election of officers of the Christian Kndenvor Society of the Phncnix Presbyterian church last Sunday night the following were elected to serve for a period of six months: President. MIks Mildred (.'oaf.: vlce presldi-ni. Misi Winiilfn-d In man; secretary. Miss Ueberca Jean Hose; treasurer, Kdward Smith : social chairman. Miss Wlnnifred lutnan; prayer meeting chairmen. Itay Mntmt: lookout chnliman. Kl win White; missionary chairman. Miss Kdna Mae White: mlr rlml: man. Miss Irene Standley; advlsot. Miss Klvn faster; pastor advlso", Uev. W. O. Johnson. skptemp.et; in. 1020. ajiii C Volume, ptan EvetunS lOUl Abound t'on-trilntlnn of bridce over Hie t're.-k. between -i lil),.rr and Yachuls, progressing rapidly. THE LAST-MINUTE NEWS WHEN YOU WANT TO READ IT! , Mail Tribune EVERY EVENING OF THE WEEK AND SUNDAY MORNING 'urn m ft
