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"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
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, BEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12. 1936.
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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..
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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.
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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 (,
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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
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The he,..0,e...d. I ATTRACTIONS J L VjJSl
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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. Extra Adld Attraction,
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Our Gang Follies of '36
P.t. Rmlth Nov.llj and N.wi Knnt.
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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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