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MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON", SUNDAY. AUGUST 5, 1934 W. C. Fields Now at Craterian "Riptide" On Studio Screen Famous Players in Rialto Drama Local and Personal Boljer Returns W. 8. Bolger re turned yesterday morning from a business trip to Portland. Visiting In South Mra. C. 0. Darby Spends Day Here Mr. H. David son ol Treka, Caltf.. spent Saturday shopping In Medford. Visiting Daughter Mr. ami Mrs. John Noud of Salem are visiting their daughter. Mra. R. L. Lewi ol Medford. thla week. Enjoy Vacation Doris Southwlck . and Charleen Klncald ar enloylnj a week'a vacation at Diamond lake and the upper Rogue. Uavea Friday T. W. Delwll left Friday lor hta home In Klamath Fall after several daya business visit Medford. House Guests George Pageler and ery email aon, John Paul, of Port' land, are house guests of Mra. Page ler'a parents, Rev. and Mra. N. E Wood. Hurd to Portland O. Trevaney Hurd. prominent poultry fancier left for Portland the first of the weea after several daya In southern Ore gon. Dr. Johnson Here Dr. George Ste phen Johnson of Los Angelea arrived In Medford Thursday evening to spena ehort vacation with hla parents, Dr. and Mra. Frederick Johnson. Reames Back Mr. and Mra. A. Reamea returned Saturday morning from Portland, where Mra. Reames has been alnce Tusdeay. having gone up to oln Mr. Reames, who waa In Portland on bualneas. Here for Summer Kenneth Prince of Seattle arrived here recently to spend the balance of the aummer In Med ford. Mr. Prince, who la a atudent at Stanford university, expects to reaume hla studies In the fall. Rosenbaum Returns A. S. Rosen heim, district freight and paasenfrer agent. Southern Pacific lines, return ed yesterday from Portland, where he had gone earlier in the week on the Roosevelt excurslan. . Back from Coast The three Mist Carltona returned Friday from a three days' trip to the coaat. They stopped at Wedderburn, at the mouth of the Rogue river, opposite Oold Beach, and report a delightful time there. Is Recovering Mra. Alfred Carpen ter, who suffered a broken leg the first of the week, when ehe slipped on a rug. at the Carpenter home on the Old Stage road, la malting a rapid recovery, having returned to her home from a local hospital recently. Go to Oakland Mr. and Mrs. Ran kin Estea-oX. King .highway left Fri day evening for Oakland where they will visit their daughter, Mrs. John ft. Thompson. They were accompanied by their aon, John, who la entering school there thla fall. Boys Land Fish Pete Tuacon and George Paris, were fishing at Savage Rapids last Thursday, and report lend ing one ateelhead apiece. The fiah Tuacon caught weighed nine pounds, and the one hla compainon hooked welched eeven. Young Tuacon also atatea he caught several trout. Has Baa- Stolen G. F. Strathouse of the Rosewood apartments, reported to oltv police yesterday that he had new Gladstone bag atolen from his car while It wsa parked at a roadhouse aouth of town. The bag contained brown trousers, shirts, and ahaving articles. . Newcomer to Medford Mrs. Marie Hammersley, of Kansas City Missouri, : la a newcomer to Medford, having ar- rived here Saturday to accept a posi tion at Bowman'a Beauty ahop on South central avenue. Mrs. Hemmere ley waa formerly associated with the Brookalde Beauty ahop in Kensae city. Returns Saturday After spending the past two months In San Francis co. Mrs. D. D. Huntress returned to Medford Saturday morning. In tne southern, state ahe attended San Francisco state college and visited numerous friends. Including Mr. and Mra. Dan Bowerman, formerly of Med ford. t Pass Through J. H. Dyer, of Sen Francisco, vice president in charge of operations. Southern Pacific lines, waa a brief visitor In Medford yester day morning enroute to Portland. He was accompanied by W. H. Klrkbridge, director of maintenance. B. L. King, auperintendent of the Portland divis ion. H. A. Hampton, divisional engin eer, and his private secretary, Hal H'll. The party made the trip in the Del Monte business car. Fllma Prove Popular Moving pic 1 turns of Oregon'a Diamond Jubilee celebration and other novel subjects were presented by H. L. Bromley, Cop co publicity director at a meeting of the Roxy Ann orange rriday nignt The Jubilee fllma are proving very popular throughout the valley, pro gram having been scheduled by the Copco publicity department for next Tuesday at the Eagle Point Orange and Friday at the Jacksonville Oranse. The Phoenix granger will view these popular films on Tuesday. Aug. 14. Col. and Mra. Miller Here Col. and Mra. Wm. C. Miller of Chllkoot bar racks. Alaska, arrived In Medford yes terday to visit their ranch near Cen tral Point, and win continue south to San Francisco today Col. and Mra Stiller are from New Jersey, and for the past three years, Col. Miller hr.n been on duty with troops In Alsska Twenty vears aco, when Col. Mllie was a lieutenant, he and Mrs. Miller resided at Corvallia. He is being trans ferred, and ta now making the trip to hit new post. From San Francisco, Col. and Mrs. Mi'.'.er will tall through . the Pansrr.a canal to New York. Spt I John Nealon is the caretaker at 'lr,e.r Central Fuint ranch. and child, of Queene Anne avenue, .re vlaltlng in Los Angeles, having left a week ago laat Saturday. They are visiting Mra. Darby'a aunt, and expect to remain a few more daya. Back from Brookings Mra. C. J. Semon, 309 Crater Lake avenue, re turned Friday from a week spent at her summer cabin at Brookings. Her grsnddaughter Patsy Marx, mada the return trip with her. Arrive Saturday E. K. King, super intendent for the Portland dlvlalon. Southern Pacific lines, and H. A Hampton, divisional engineer, of Port land, arrived here Saturday enroute to Ashland. Dunn and Edwards t l ni. III J HHC U lflUMi-G James Dunn, Lillian Roth, Cliff Edwarda, June Knight, Charlea "Buddy" Rogers, Lilian Bond, Dor othy Lee and Lona Andre constitute the extraordinary brilliant cast of "Take a Chance," which opens at the Roxy theatre today. It must not be characterized as back-stage romance. It runs the gamut from a carnival aide-show, through a awanky New, York gamb ling club, out to the homes of Long Ialand'a millionaire aoclety folk and back to Broadway. Dunn and Edwarda are cast as side-show spellers who are not averse to making away with their patrons' pocketbooks and watches, when the occasion offers. V f I- J 4t tV S3 ... - 3d; aaaasaaKatjaajai Hi l li iaspayssaaaaamji;i a.ii.fn H With everything thrown In for a laugh, and comedy situations rang ing from nose-pulling, hammy pre sentation of the old melodrama "The Drunkard," a fight- between W. C. Fields and Baby LeRoy, aome artistic Juggling, wise-cracking, a bit of slap stick and what have you. "The Old Fashioned Way." starting Its three day run at the Craterian theatre to day, haa Fields in what is said to be his best picture role to date. For the first time In his long the atrical enreer. Fields Is shown aa a "heavy lover." Playing the role of "The Great McQoniglc," he is leader of a band of troupers who go from town to town, struggling for fame and food, dodging sheriffs and tomato cans along the route. When the troupe arrlvea in a small tovui. the village's wealthiest widow, who has operatic aspirations, falla In love with Fields, and hla troubles take on new hues, especially when ehe brings along her young charge. Baby LeRov. Some of the picture most hllarloiiB comedy highlights are built around the activities of rlelds and the youngster. Of especial Interest is the presen tation of the famoua old play. "The jjjjjjl I anijjHKaVsaVsaa mmmllmmammmri. .l . -r,-.-.. . nnr ii, in nmi-m. n ,r ,rri iriajejttyjjjjsasBe DlSfel TODAY' wmm n r W ' , " 31111 JU if MONDAY ISC 1 ; A- . " A 3.11 '.l 'tt tin i ' i f I 511(1- " f vA Norma Shearer cornea to the motion picture screen after an absence at some months aa the glamorous her oine of "Riptide," her Mctro-Oold- wyn-Mayer atarrlng vehicle which opens today at the Studio theatre. Robert Montgomery, who has ap peared in a number of Miss Shearer s previous screen successes, shares leading man honors with Robert Marshall In the new film. Drunkard," during the running of the film, with Fields playing the leading role. The supporting cast Includes Joe Morrison, famous on atage and radio for his singing. Judith Allen, and Jack Mulhall, making a screen come-back. Leaves for North Ed. P. Mostert. OCC member, stationed at Camp Ap plegate, left by train Friday nlht for Portland. Rain At Rend BEITO, Ore.. Aug. 3. (AP) Bends heaviest August rain In 14 years sent streams running through streets last night as lightning flashed over the wooded hills to the west. A total of .63 of an Inch of rain waa measured. WINDOW GLASS sell window giaas and will replace your broken winaows reasonably, rrow bridge Cao iuet Works. r : C 3 1'' -I XT' V S i In "Thla Man la Mine." playing today and tomorrow at tne Riauo theatre, Irene Dunne la ahown in a role that la entirely new for her. The star 1 ahown as a resource ful wife who not only manouevera'to risk her husband to the tentacles of a siren, but also fights to re cover him when he becomes a vic tim. How the wife teaches her errant mat an unforgettable lesson gives a new and unuaual twist to the story aa well as affords the star an op portunity to display her dramatle talents to the beat advantage. Ralph Bellamy, in the rol of "wanderlng-from-the-flrealde" hus band; beautiful Constance Cummlngs, aa the woman who tergpts him from the straight and narrow; Sidney Blackmer aa the man-about-town who unwittingly help the wife; Kay Johnaon, Charles Btarrett and Vivian Tobln are also in the cast. 3 She Fought To Keep What Was Rightfully Hers! o Stirring drama of a woman sure of her husband . . . and another sure of her charms! "Give her onough rope and she'll hang herself" . . . said the cast-away wii'e . . . forgetting that a rope has two ends I HIS MAN IS ; MINE" J with CONSTANCE CUMMIHGS RALPH BELLAMY KAY JOHHSOH CHARLES STARRETT v jfi'-if Betty Compson r A "No Sleep On J J& jtf J The Deep" J A.f ti?$ j ELEPHANT TRAIL" jffi ' . 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You'll scream with sheer hysterics when the Juggling starts and ends! It's the season's biggest comedy riot . . . with everything thrown in except the kitchen sinkl FIELDS in "THE OLD FASHIONED WAY" with BABY LeROY Joe Morrison Judith Allen Jack Mulhall ADIir.n ATTRACTIONS CARTOON "BETTY BOOP'8 TRIAL" Orantland Bice Hportllr,hl "Marine MarvelV creen Umivenlra Tallie Nea.reel