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PAGE SEVEN "David Copperfield" Heads List of Ten Leading Pictures 14th Annual Poll Nation's Critics Reveals Unusual Number of Outstanding Pictures Exhibited in Past Year Costume Films in Lead "Tale of Two Cities" Coming Thursday In Rialto Drama Now at Craterian In Role at Roxy FINAL RITES FOR 'GREAT LOVER' OF HOLLYWOOD HELD T vo" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, BEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12. 1936. Ml I J 1JII lvWwawHi.(UK-SllllJlW'B5" i ft ,: --t hi rsr1! til 3 In what many critics described as the most dlfticult jear to daw for picking the "Ten Beat Ptcturea." due to an unusual number ol highly meritorious films released, "David Copperlleld" walked o!t with top place tor 1835 In the 14th annual poll conducted by the Film Dally among the leading motion pictures of the country. The other nine "best," In the opinion of the new record number of 451 crltlca who participated in the poll, were In the following order: "Uvea of Bengal Lancer The Informer." "Naughty Marietta. Lea Mlserables." "Rugglea of B Gap" "Tcp Hat," "Broadway Mel ody 'of 1836," "Roberta" and "Anna Karenlna." , Indicative of the greater number of outstanding pictures, and tne difficulty many crltlca had In pIcK mg the best, was the wider dlatrl buuon of the votes. Only on. tiun th. winner, polled more than 300 in the 1935 poll. Dut the Wale" th. honor roll tHled much stronger totala than these of the previous year. Costume Films Top List A surprise angle In the poll was the fact that the majority of P c tures were of the costume type, re flcTtnr success of the studios rPu.ng both quality and popu lar appeal Into this class of story. m were also four musicals, the record thus tar. 1-wt JTE Pcme getter, among Jt---" of the .honor roll. '. pictures Nominate!. A total of 166 picture J?"" nomination for th. "tea beat list bv the critics, compared with rra fn tn. previous year. The honor roll f 1936 jumped to 48. against 42 thAltyhottughC'Mumy on th. Bounty;; and "A Mldsu-.nmer f M1 Dream were not eligible or Included In th. mm Daily's b1"0' because they oV4u generally releaaed hy October 51, 1935, a number of cr ties SSSSStiar vod for the" '..ma Th. 'two pictures In question will EVludeS in th. nest poll. will cover th. year from November I, 1935. to October 31. 183. Numerous Local Poiu. -Ton .best" po conducted by "critics among their readers, and in me lnatances by theater. mng their patrons, with prize, for tans whoa, selection, com. nearest to th. mm Dally winners. "cn new high mark this aeaaon. wKh "veryon. reporting th. keenest In treat in the event. A revelation her. was th. manner , which th. selection, coincided with those of th. critics. Most, of th. local fan poll, were right on ;n "ghtornm. of th. winner. In th. national poll. in point of box-offlc. valu.. every plcTur. in th. "ten best" 1st was f th. big money claw with .Ibl. exception of "Th. Inormw. Longevity of th. latter mm, how .Wion th. basis of repeat book ings' and apeclal .howlng. Induced by th. distinction. It h.a won, win ultimately give It a total gross of very nbstantlal proportions. Data on the "Ten Best. -David copperfleld" (M-O-MK M Charles Dickens: screenplay by Hugh walpol. Howard atabrook: directed hy oeorg. Cukor: with W. C. rtelda. Lionel Barrymoor.. Madge Evan". Maureen O'Sulllvan, Edna Ma. Oli ver. Lewis Btone, Preddf. Bartholo m.w, Basil Rnthbone, Prank Law ton, and others. "Live, of a Bengal Lancer" (Para mount) by Francis Yeats-Brown, scrTnplay by Waldema, Young John L. Balderston. Achmed Abdujah. Orover Jones. William Slavens Mc Nutt: directed by Harry with Gary Cooper. FTanchot Ton.. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY PHONE 999-R for re-upholsterlng. i finishing. r.-glulng- Tnlbault. . ' "sL--. -l,i herf. MDTlnSS. mattress; one dresser on. crib and mattress. Call mornings, 30 G.en Oak Court. WANTED TO LEASE A farm. 8 to 5 years suitanie -----W Cash rent. J. E. Rexroad, Jack-, - nvtlle, Oregon. 1 POR RENT Unf urn tahed apartment close in. llvlmi room, bedroom, kit chen and bath, electric etore. re frigerator anC oil Heatrola. Hot nd coid water furni.hed. IJ7.50' Charles A. Win Agency. Inc. POR RENT Close in furnished apart ment, kitchen, breakfast room, llt Itw room with wil bed. sleeping porch, hardwood floors, electric re frlgerstnr. hot and cold water fur.i ished. Price (27.50. Se. Charles A. Wing Agency Inc. Wanted' Bt responslbl. couple, small modern nirnlshed house. Box 4169. Tribune. - foRTI.E OR TRADE 131 Ford truck, dual wheels, stock body. Saddle, bridl. nd blankei. 07 Apple. 5fsAt,ETnir. Trade H or la bor. Phone ma-W-j3UWth. BALEti "alfalfa hay (Train and fel. Roffuediile Store, north end Shadv Cove brldse. Crater Lake h!hy fVpENT Ptimlohvd duplex apsrt ment. 319 N. Peach. Inquire 533 Au'ln" 3.1 PI.TNIODTH -donr DeLute sedan. Red Head motor, arrwll mileaee. A bee'i?" "iTirl at a hrrtn prlre. PlF"rr-A!.T rf Moron CO DM anl P'vmnMth POR P"-S"T--Clean. comfortMe anrt- nent. Reasonable 103 East 11th. Richard Cromwell, Sir Guy Stand ing. C. Aubrey Smith, Mont. Blue, Kathleen Burke, and others. "The Informer" (RKO), by Llam O'Plaheity: screenplay by Dudley Nichols: directed by John Ford: with Victor McLaglen. Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Mnrgot Graham., Wallace Ford, J. M. Kerrigan, and others. "Naughty Marietta" (M-G-M), by Rlda Johnson Young and Victor Her bert: acreenplay, John Lee Mahln. Francla Goodrich, Albert Hackete; musical adaptation, Herbert Stoth art; director. W. 6. Van Dyke: with Jeanette MacDonald. Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Joseph Cawtnorn, and othera. "Lea Mlserables" (United Artlata Darryl Zanuck). by Victor Hugo: screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb; di rector. Richard Boleslawskl: with Frederic March. Charles Laughton. Sir Cedrlc Hardwlcke. Rochelle Hud son, Frances Drake, John Beal, and others. "Ruggles of Red Gap" (Para mount), by Harry Leon Wllaon; acreenplay, Walter De Leon, Harlan Thompson. Humphrey Pearson: di rector. Leo McCarey: with Charles Laughton, Mary Poland. Charlie Rug gles, ZaSu Pitts. Roland Young, Leila Hyams, and others. "Top Hat" (RKO). by Dwlght Tay lor; screenplay, Dwlght Taylor, Allan pcott: director. Mark Sandrlch: with Fred Astalre, Ginger Rogers. Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderlck. Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes. "Broadway Melody of 1936" (M-G-M), by Moss Hart; acreenplay, Jack McGowan, Sid Slivers, Harry Conn: music and lyrics, Naclo Herb Brown and Arthur Freed: director. Roy Del Ruth; with Jack Benny. Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, June Knight, Vllma Ebsen. Nick Long, Jr., Frances Langford, and others. "Roberta" (RKO). screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sam Mlntss. Allan Scott; music and lyrics. Jerome Kern. Otto Harbach, Dorothy Fields. Jimmy McHugh: director. Wllllsm Setter: with Irene Dunne, Fred As talre, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Claire Dodd, Victor Varconl, Luis Albernl. and others. "Anna Karenlna" (M-G-M), by Count Leo Tolstoy; screenplay by Clemencs Dane, salka Vlertel, S. N. Behrman; director Clarence Brown; with Greta Garbo, Fredrlc March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'SuI llvan. May Robson, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny and othera. ninflrnnnniiflinoinii hAffltUIMMIMlUn MlfflKM APPROVES BUDGET Bmm PORTLAND, Jan. 11. ;P Based 0k "Sf l - on on estimated revenue of about WWV frlly ... In r'B lur jlp S47S.OO0, th. state gam. commission fp 'T.-j'. ,..uaii.. jungle bossl A fugi- R "' today adopted Its 1938 budget call- "."Si VvTv. ., . .. , ffijt lng for eicpendltur. of 351.602 for JfrA ' 1 " J PI operating expense, and B3.850 for I 04t', '' .VSi'S Who took what he" K3 capital Investment In hatcheries and Fi Hi! V'i''V.""'.,V' . . ... . . . . Bit) gam. farms. v j V wanted until he tried me 1935 budget was 37fl7. out f ? W to take love by force . i ! of thl. a balance of .63.200 was oar- Vx" '-'''fc-Sl . Bi SB rled over to this year. fC " T "FS. WVV Of th. estimated M7S.O00 receipt., fT 'VW.i . . . !,,:tVX K't, 420,310 will come from license fees. f (, tJ :' lAfeiV'!' Sill J T'Ph f" TODAY II Starts Today-3 Days K U if H .nd fflpB At l:30.3:0n-6:4V9t00 J !.7F , MONDAY I What a Man! The p!,!,,,! , 0oMTfrr..nr mottiv Lm- iSr' j Whnt rt Picture ' I ou" ,tar ,n wl'lc'1 Charles Blrkfnrd almn.t 2j?wW J rr "Ul u s iuui ,,, nl, Uf0 h ,h ., to natural lMfTC&iII HIS, I' ill I I . TKPTTTtTiTlf The he,..0,e...d. I ATTRACTIONS J L VjJSl het-fed. mot laTlnli- m v!kn-mm. inBnTiafff n" M It bejeneled human 1 Minlcal ComedT lilt Vj!jT .. MfcJ .; JJili 1 Nell Kelly Ml Y' VmI lNNllllAllma i Scenic Newi gix" J& jfl 4. f u.t- ! m SS3Tnr7! r; ( '1-.,-, Novell. I 1.45-3.1.-. J'J f ' 1 9 O J C I 2o I mi Destined to become one of 19a6s greatest achievements In motion pic tures, the film version of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities' comes to the Criteria.! theatre Thursday with Ronald Colman starred in the role of Sydney Carton. Intimately known to minions of readers. "A Tale of Two Cities" tells of the Joys and sorrows, the adven tures and trials of a little group at people. English and French, who are caught In the maelstrom of the French Revolution of 1789. More spe cifically. It tells of the strange love of Carton and Lucie Mannette, play STATE ENG1N mm PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 11. (AP) County engineers of Oregon, meeting here today, discussed highway upkeep problems and then were taken on a tour of the Bonneville dam workings. . Destruction of county roads by freight trucks, and by logging trucks especially, and the fact that no money la allocated counties from the reve nue derived by the state from these operations, was the main subject of discussion. EAST OF JAVA! OF ALL CIVILIZATION! 'Jf IT" id ed by Elizabeth Allan a love which was doomed to frustration in life, yet which transcends death In lta sub lime majesty. ( Produced on a lavish scale, follow ing closely Dickens original story, the picture has a cost of 113 stars and featured players, most of them world favorites. In addition to Colman and Miss Allan, they include Edna Miy Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rath bone, Blanche TurkA. Henry B. Wal thall. Donald Woods. Walter Catlett. Fritz Lelber. H. B. Warner. Mitchell Lewis. Isabel Jewell, Tully Marshall and Claude Ollllngwater. The engineers elected Chris Fau erso of Wasco county president of their association. Paul B. Rynnlng of Jackson county was elected secretary-treasurer. 4 Happy Iays End ROSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 11. (AP) Final evacutlon orders were received here today by the Roosevelt transient home, according to Supt. W. H. Ball He. 4 Wool Price Up BOSTON. Jan. 11. ( AP-USDA) Domestic wool prices advanced In Boston during 'the past week on a moderate volume of business. 4 Benefit card party to be held at the Parish hall, on South Oakdale, Tues day evening. Public Invited. Admls- 'aion 35c. Packed with action which goea from gunplay to thlpwreclu and from ty phoons to battle between human be inga and wild beasts. Gouverneur Morrls's famous jungle thriller "East of .lava." the picture in which Charles Blckford, the star, was nearly killed by a Hon. plays at the Rialto theatre today and Monday, Love Interests are supplied by Blok- ford, who centers his Interest In beau- tiiul Elizabeth Young, and Frank Al- bertson. who also loves her, at the same time hating the brutish and at times almost animal-like strength of Blckford. disciple of the doctrine of the "survival of the fittest." HARD QUAKE PELT AT GREAT FALLS GREAT FALLS. Mont., Jan. 1MP An earth shock described aa "hard and accompanied by a rumble was felt in Great Falls it 11:04 a. m. to day. Authorities began check to see If there had been any damage. At Helena. Montana capital about 100 miles south there was no shock, the weather bureau reported there. Quakes which caused heavy dam age In Helena lost October often were flt at Great Falls but caused no ap preclable damage. Property losses in Helena, at that time, however, were estimated as high aa M, 000, 000. 1 Use Mai) Tribune want ads. ! IX I 1 HI I Vf ll I ! m Ml f YiYx B Brand Nw Song HUf! "Will I Et Know?," "You Hil lh Spot," "I FmI Llk a Feathw In th Bri," "Rhythm.tle, 'Who Am IV . . . nd 3 othrt. "Collegiate," a musical comedy of the college campus, with Joe Penner, Jack Okie. Frances Langford, Ned Sparks, Betty Oracle and Lynne Over man In the leading roles, opens Its local run at the craterian theatre to day, with sight song hits forming the musical background, It tells the story of Oakle's changing a girl's" college into a "charm school" and the complications that ensue. The campaign to bring Company A, 186th Infantry, up to full active strength produced tangible results the past week, the enlistment of nine men being announced yesterday by Capt. Carl Y. Tengwald, command lng officer. The new members are Hubert A. Santo, Robert N. Rlndt, Wesley R. GUlnsky, Jack O. Davis, Harvey G, Eads, Newton M. Marks, Berle G. Thornton, William J. Lor ton and Don C, Leonard. In order to bring the company up to full active strength it was neces sary to transfer to the Inactive list 13 men who have left the district or Joined the army, the navy or the CCC, Capaln Tengwald aald. The members so transferred under head quarters orders were announced as follows; Loren H. Fredericks, Paul W. Sen a fer, WUlls O. Vincent, Joe A. Dallalre, College Gals and College-Maid Guys in A Co-Ed Circus of Rhythm and Las! Starts TODAY for 3 Days Shows Today 1:43-3:15 6:45.900 Diamond Jim" Brady,, whose dia monds made him known as the most lavishly dressed and greatest spender Broadway ever knew, la brought to life on the screen of the Roxy theatre starting today In the person of Ed ward Arnold. Following the life of this colorful fig ure from b nffgage smasher to a railroad power, the film has Jean Ar thur and Btnnle Barnes heading the supporting cast. Joseph P. Denman, Wilbur L. Hober, Fred R. James, Bennett B. Lswls, Chester J, Logan, Eugene K. Moffatt, Dervan V. Moss and John E. Schltn- aog. There are now only five vacancies to be filled and It was anticipated by Captain Tengwald yesterday that the full membership would be at tained In a few days. He therefore urged those who contemplated Join ing the company to enlist without delay, when the membership la com pie ted. a preferred list of applicants will be maintained, he said. Persons qualified to enlist may consult Captain Tengwald at 130 West Main street or Bgt. George P. Undley at the armory. ; 4 Bring your Watches and Clocks to Graves Jewelry Repair Shop. New location at South Riverside. Ore ani'd Bullion1 Purchased WILD B ERG BROS. SMBLTINQ If REPINING CO. Oficai 741 MaikM St. ,V TtntlM v PUnti South San FiandKO Dippy, ducky nonsense . . . college daze and campus knights . , . gal orious co-eds and punning teachers! If this is higher education . . . we'll take vanilla! " , ' with JOE PEiinm NED FRANCES SPARKS LANGFORD BETTY GRABLE LYNNE OVERMAN MACK GORDON HARRY REVEL . Extra Adld Attraction, pankr Macrrltnd tradlnf th. pand In Our Gang Follies of '36 P.t. Rmlth Nov.llj and N.wi Knnt. rrr HOLLYWOOD, Jan. ll.VTh-t last act of the drama of John Olltoert, Idol of the silent screen, ta played out today in the tiny chapel of Beverly Hllla mortuary. Less than a hundred person were given admission cards to the funeral service for the dashing, 38 -year -old actor who died Thursday of a heart attack. Two of the four women Gilbert wooed and married. Virginia Bruca and Lea trice Joy. both actresses, were among- the Invited mourners. While keeping the plaoe and hour of Interment secret, friends arranged with Beverly Hllla police for a cordon of S officers to guard the mortuary and direct away the curious. The ac tion was taken to avert mob scenes as attended the funerals of Rudolph Valentino and Lllyan Taehman. The bulk of Ollbert's estate, placed In a revised estimate at "around 9400.000.'" Is expected to go to hi fourth and last w.fe. Mlaa Bruce. His will was aald to be unchanged since they were divorced In 1934 after she had borne him a daughter. Le atrlce Joy n, his daughter by his sec ond wife, also was aald to be retnem be red In his bequests. 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