"Romance in the Rain".
BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931
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Wun Roger Pryor and Heamer An
gel heading the cast, Victor Moore.
Esther Ralston and Ruth Donnelly
In featured roles, "Romance In the
Rain," the successor to "Moonlight
and Pretzels," plays today and to-
morrow at the Craterlan theater.
Following the career of a high pres
sure "love doctor" the film Is loaded
with dance numbers, new song hits
and & musical romance that Is quite
out of the ordinary.
Fanchot Tone in Rialto Film
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Bitterness of hate, lust of power,
futility of conflict, glory of faith, ecs
tacy of love!
These are the elements that go to
make up "The World MovesOn," play
ing today and tomorrow at the Rialto
theater.
Chronicling the drama of a family
which, over four generations, spreads
Its branches over the four corners of
the earth, the picture comes adorned
with the reputation of an epic film.
Produced on a lavish scale, with mag
nificent settings and a huge cast
numbering Into the thousands, "The
World Moves On" has 'been playing
at roadshow prices. Franchot Tone
and a new star, Madeline Carroll
head the cast.
The Andrews Opera Company
20 Years of Opera From a Rail Fence Circuit
Interesting History of Mrdford'B Pioneer Musical Family In One Nlht
Stands In the Middle est Many Yean Ago as Told by Ed Andrews to
Charles Hvskell.
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
Six Comedians at Roxy
Alison Sklpworth and W. O. Fields,
Just one of the three pair of hilarious
comics who keep "Six of , Kind,"
opening today at Roxy theater mov
ing. The others are Charlie Rugglea
and Mary Boland, and Oeorge Burns
and Oracle Allen.
It concerns the ridiculous adven
tures which overtake two simple souls
who start out on their second honey
moon.
"Operator 13" at Studio
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No. IV.
Traveling overland from Minnesota
to Texas we became expert horse
traders. There were some pretty bad
roads and frequently a horse went
lame. But the company must meet
Its dates and there could be no watt
ing for a lame horse to mend So
thought a sympathetic David Harum
at Sucker Creek, Kansas, who sacri
ficed to us a handsome gelding In
exchange for our good Dobbin with a
stone bruise. Mr. Harum said we were
Just like home folks to him.
Next morning the opera company's
conveyances lined up in front of the
tavern lor departure to the next town
and In the street here was a grinning
audience larger than we had drawn to
the town iiall on the preceding eve
ning. Struck by their friendliness, I
paused on the front porch to address
a few words to them In parting: "My
dear friends, we are grateful for your
generous support of the higher things
in art," I said, "and we hope to sec
you all again, especially the good
Samaritan who helped us with yon
der fine gelding. We certainly appre
ciate it."
The landlord snickered aloud. "That
hoes? Mister, that hoss." he said,
"wouldnt pull the hat off of your
head!"
Without & word I walked out to the
bandwagon and observed the gelding
more closely. There was a glare In
Its eyes. One of Its front hoofs was
pawing the dirt. I began to suspect
the true reason for the large audience
of the cheerful citizenry.
With a sinking in my chest I
climbed, to my seat by the band lead
er. "If we've been rammed and sunk
by this obscure horse trader we may
as well go down playing some good
music," I said sotto voce, "Give 'em
the March from Faust."
It was sipping good music and the
band on this morning played It well.
While we played the driver chirruped
to the four-horse team. The balky
horse fidgeted a moment, then sud
denly threw himself Into the collar
and away we went. We left a bitterly
disappointed audience. A mile ahead
the road lay across a long stretch of
deep sand.
"Here la where we spend the day,"
the driver said as the horses slowed
down to a hsrd pull The Hunting
Chorus from "Martha" again averted
disaster.. The balky horse weit on,
and on. Within a week it was cured.
From that time we never missed
trading for a balky horse, if it were
the better horse. We had learned the
important fact that most balky
horses are only victims of "nerves"
and nearly always can be lifted out
of the mood by inspiring music.
All we gained in that first operatic
tour was experience. There was no
cash profit. We concluded there was
no money in the opera business and
on arrival home we disbanded and
packed out stuff away.
But this was not the first sinking
of "His Majesty's Ship Pinafore, or
The Lass That Loved a Sailor." It
narrowly escaped oblivion in its very
first week, away back in 1878, when
the total receipts on its second night
were less than 160. The London
Savoy company consented to & reduc
tion of 35 percent of salary. Including
the chorus which was getting only
6 a week. Sullivan got a Job direct
ing a series of concerts at Covent
Garden and on the programs of these
he advertised the opera at the Savoy.
Business at the Savoy picked up and
aaved the show.
All of which illustrates the eternal
fickleness of the theater and the
changing public's viewpoint. In a
recent reminiscence by the aged act
ress. Miss Mabel Jay, of London, who
played the original Plaintiff in "Trial
by Jury," she related that on learning
that she would have to produce a
pair of silk stockings In the court
room scene she was deeply shocked.
She protested and Gilbert allowed her
to omit that part of the scene. Fancy
a city audience today shocked at be
holding an actress pulling a pair of
silk socklngs from her reticule! But
they were dealing then with the Vic
torian era; and there you have It:
The atmosphere that Inseparably per
meates the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas.
Of Gilbert and Sullivan there have
been printed volumes of memorabilia
Isaao Ooldberg, who wrote one of the
most extensive, ranked Gilbert and
Sullivan as "the greatest theatrical
instltulon of Oreat Britain since
Shakespeare."
Inasmuch as I played for so many
yeara In their pieces, I have often
As a complete contrast to her earlier tures with wartime backgrounds
light-hearted scTeen roles Marion
Davies contributes her finest dramst
le performance In "Operator 13" which
opens today at the Studio theater.
Different from other motion plc-
eratoi5" 13" deals with the most ro
mantic and thrilling phase of the
Civil War the spies.
Miss Darles plays the role of Oiie
Loveless a northern actress whom the
famed Allan Plnkerton. General Mc-
Clelland's chief of secret service, sends
Into the Southern lines to track down
Captain Jack Gall! lard, scout on the
staff of General J. E. B. Stuart.
Gary Cooper appears as Captain
Oallllard with whom Gale Loveless
falls In love though she has been as
signed to destroy him.
The picture is replete with authen
tic historical episodes and in the cast
appear characters whose names are
famous in Civil War history.
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Bark of A Offlr
been asked as to the relstivA
a! the operas. In the 31 yeare of
their collaboration they produced 13
pieces: Trial By Jury, The Sorcerer,
ruiBiore, nraies or Penzance, Pat
tlence. lolanthe. Prince Ida, The
Mikado. Rlldri'.crnr VMm. nr
Quard. The nnnrinltor. TTtnni r tilt
ed and The Grand Duke, In the order
nere given. Their masterpiece was.
Of COUrse. "The Mlkiuln" fer varlmi.
reasons; first, because It humor vaa
not ingusn nut universal. Also, It
made the most mnnv "Th. uiirBtn11
was banned from England In 1007 by
wie IjOki unamberlaln to avoid giv
ing offense to Prlnc PiiRhimi on &
visit to London. The ban waa re
moved the next year.
D'Ovlv Carte. hitslnM m. n.trp
who with Clllbert and Sullivan com
prised the firm at the Savoy theater
throuehout Its ramar In Ion.
leaving an estate of nearly a million
dollars: four times the estate left by
oiunvan and double that left by Gilbert.
Sullivan died In hi. Vwl ttr
of suffering thrniio-h whlh h .h
composed all his operas. Gilbert died
in wio water wnne trying to rescue a
young woman drowning in a i.v nn
hi estate. They were never really
close friends and were more or less
openly at loggerheads through the
last inteen yeara of their aasodatlon
(To be continued)
Stage Show Opens
At Craterian Tue.
On Tuesday Mcdford will have the
chance to see the aecond unit of the
roadshows playing on alternate weeks
at the Craterlan theater, Harry Clark's
"Penthouse Follies," boasting of eight
mg-time acts and a ten-piece record
ing band.
Ever since the Chicago Folllea play
ed at the Craterlan theater the pub
lic nas been calling the theater re
peatedly to find when the next unit
would appear. In Harry Clark's "Pent
house Follies." the Craterlan feels It
has a vaudeville revue that will meet
with even more approval than the
first unit received.
Harry and Blllle Clark, known
throughout the world as the "Toy Sol
diers of Tap Land" will offer their
own unique Interprettlon of the St.
Louis Blues, said to be a "corker."
Paul Green, featured In the Cen
tury or progress In Chlcsgo In the
"Belleve-It-Or-Not Oddltorlum"
ganlzed by Bob Rlpiey la one of the
greatest contortionists In the world
Although Tie doesn't bounce like
ball, Green gives the appearance of
being made of rubber. He can dislo
cate his Joints at will.
George Latour does novelty Juggling
with a Continental flavor. He also
presents an outstanding billiard cue
act that makes the cuea seem aus
pended In mid-sir.
Art Gleason, leader of the Man
hattan Serenaders, and & versatile
musician In his own right, with the
ten other musicians of the band, fur
nishes the musical background besides
being featured In some number of
their own.
Hal and Rady Crlder bring some
eccentric dancing to the front, with
Hal performing a complete routine of
dance steps while his body Is balanced
In the air, on his hands.
A flash dancing act, Blllle Joy and
Company, do some syncopated rhythm
that haa been featured In some of the
biggest musical ahowa.
For those who have trouble keep
ing balance on the regular two wheel
ed bicycles, the act of Jalge and Jew-
ett will undoubtedly present Its own
problem. This clever unlcycle combin
ation do better on their one wheeled
apparatuses than moat folks are able
to do on two.
Gleason and Allyn have one of the
moat unusual musical offerlnga ever
presented. Miss Allyn. known aa the
personality girl, la a late feature of
the Greenwich Village Follies. Her
dazzling appearance with her musical
accomplishments have been making
her a decided hit In the cities where
the show has played.
On the screen, a group of well
known comedians and comediennes.
Including Aline MacMahon, Guy Klb
bee, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins,
will be ahown In 'The Merry Finks."
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NEW YORK. Sept. 29. This la one
of those bucking day when sticking
to the saddle la achievement. The
columnist, to
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metaphor, pings
out a few drib
bly lines, be
comes complete
ly stalled and
sits staring. Then
he yanks the
sheet from the
typewriter and
starts again from I
scratch. j
A dozen of
these and one's
head is & tightly
stuffed pillow. You want to chuck
It, but always there's that white
space to be filled. Actually it la lit
tle more than a foot long but some
how suggests Lake Ontario. Sooner
or later he will begin to-and-frolng
and straightening pictures.
An Idea comes up like the pro
verbial hiccup, like a trout to the
fly. A rush to the typewriter and a
flurry of hammered -out words and
the drenching realisation someone
said it before and said It better. An
other crumpled sheet goes flying
Mors window gating!
Melancholy days have come. Mel
ancholy for me but who else? May-
De It a a day for one of those pretty
prettys. Trailing arbutus, the drone
of katydids and all that. Or a awing
along th sullen docks or through
Chinatown. But that's been done so
often. Bo superbly. By my betters.
Elbert Hubbard waa plugging away
one of those dull daye when slpt
like that he sundenly knocked out
"A Message to Oarcla." Bob Davis
waa suffering a similar vacuity when
like the audden uncoil of a watch
spring his song of the printing press
raced Nlagara-ilke from his pen. And
dally writers over the land are strain
ing for the same break the sudden
burning vision that light up the
literary horlnone with a heat light
ning ahlmmer.
That waa an amusing letter today
from a Poughkeepsle lady who had
the rather general Impression Theo
dore Dreiser was a dour curmudgeon.
So, roguish from a pre-luncheon
corktall, ahe approached him near
the Anaonla, where he lives, and
greeted him graciously. He smiled
broadly, lifted hla hat and bo con
fused her she skittered off sldewlse
sputtering: "I new It wasn't true I"
Tne English book called "Cheap
Jack" waa Interesting. True tale o:
a London aristocrat turned mounte
bank, a fortune teller at the coun
try fairs. In the Jargon they are
"tlck-offs." Pleturesqus name! Street
fakers alwaya atood high on my hero
list. Minor humbugging. It's often
more entertaining than a 93 show.
There waa one everv noonri.v in
Clnclnnatl'a Opera Place whose ho-
cuaing faaclnated Alfred Segal and
me. He sold patented needle-thread.
era for the short sighted. Several
years ago I recognized him among
flotsam on the mourner's bench at
Tom Noonan'a In Doyera atreet. He
waa. Ironically, almost atone blind.
"But I've seen the world," he said.
My Automat adventure will pad
a few lines. I took a Hendrlk Van
Loon-slaed Wslloon. who once show
ed me Brussels by gaslight, to the
one near the Olobe at a mtdnlitht
diversion. He had an Alpine appetite
Dut I thought him well fed. Twenty
mlnutea later I left him at the
Waldorf, walked a lew blocka for a
bit of air, turned back and recog
nized his broad back at a counter
luncheon. He was tucking away an
order of ham and eggs. Such lusty
appetite these daye Is stimulating.
New York no longer eats. It mtneea.
Perhapa It'e worry. Theodor tella me
women eat one-third and men one
half what they did when Steel was
away up yonder. The purse often
governs the appetite.
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