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it . i MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6. lMfi PAGE NINE r Walter Huston Cast In Film Version Sinclair Lewis Novel At Holly Tarzan Picture Coming On Thursday Holly Program Murder Mysteries On Rialto Bill Holly Wednesday In Sleuth Role PAUL LUKAS PLAY IN RUTH CHATTERTON, 7 : Walter Huston heads the cast of ihtt screen version of Sinclair Lewis' Dods worth," which opens a three day run at the Holly theater today. With htm In the cast are Ruth Chat- treton, Paul Lukaa. Mary Astor, David Ulvcn and several of the players who were featured In itie stage play. Huston again plays the title role of Sm Dodsworth, the easy-going American husband. In which he scored such a hit In the two-year run of the play. Miss Carpenter has the part of Fran, the pretty, frivo lous, selfish wife whom he adores. The story opens when hard-working, successful Sam Dodsworth re tires to travel And enjoy his first taste of leisure. But to his wife, Fran. Europe means one last fling at a romance before settling down to middle-age. The couple sail on the Queen Mary. Fran has her first flirtation aboard ship. Arrived In Paris she becomes Involved with a dubiously fast set and leaves Dodsworth to amuse himself as she dances In all the gayest res taurants with the worldly Arnold Jseltn and the handsome Kurt Von Obersdorf, an Impoverished young Austrian aristocrat. When she becomes romantically In volved with Iselln, Dodsworth for gives her. But when Kurt asks her to marry him, she ruthlessly divorces Dodsworth. Wandering around Europe alone, he meets and falls In love with Mrs. Cortrlght, a charming, sympathetic woman. But In the midst of his new-found pleasure, Fran's marriage plans fall through and she frantically sends for him. He leaves his happi ness to return to her, but seeing her at last for the selfish, empty crea ture she really Is, he goes back to the woman whom he really loves. Slim Summerville Appears In Laugh Hit Rialto Screen Laughs from the land of cotton, songs with southern charm and Har lem pep and romance under the moonlight and magnolias highlight Jane Withers' hilarious and tuneful new picture, "Can This Be Dixie?" which opens a three day engagement at the Rialto theatre today. With the Irrepressible, peppery and ever dynamic Jane demonstrating her versatility and winning new laurels In a film that surpasses even the best of her past hits, the pic ture is a combination of hilarious fun, lilting music, , fast-moving dances and rollicking comedy. Slim Summerville heads the out standing cast which Includes Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Sara Had en, Donald Cook and Claude Gllllng water. The picture opens with Slim and his niece Jane, putting on a medicine show for the darkies on Claude GU llngwater's run-down plantation. They are selling a hair stralghtener which goes over big, but the darkles have no money with which to pur chase It. GUllngwater saves Jane and Slim from the sheriff and they. In turn, save him from Donald Cook, who holds a mortgage on the plan tation which he threatens to fore close unless Helen Wood, atlllng waier's grand -daughter, marries him. Jane Wyatt and Louis Hayward co starring In "The Luckiest Girl In The World" plays as the added feature with "Can This Be DlJttc?" 'Mati iioe EVES 85c Kid, 10c Today And Monday WOMAN TROUBLE Threatens the srreeni no. 1 society sleuth! WILLIAM POWELL JEAN ARTHUR 1? JAMES OLEASON BOB ARMSTRONG 0 ERIC BLORE Reuniting Johnny Weissmuller and Edgar Rice Burroughs narratives. The Maureen O'Sullivan In another drama I new story deals with the attempts of of Jungle adventure, "Tarzan Es- a white hunter to capture Tarzan capes," comes to the Holly theater for exhibition purposes, and the lat as the most thrilling of the famous Iter's escape aided by his animal friends. John Buckler, Benlta Hume and William Henry are also featured. On the same program will be Walt Disney's Silly Symphony, "Three Blind Mousketeers." CASCADE LOCKS, Dec. 5. (AP) For King Edward VIII, membership In a yacht club, riding in the magni ficent scenery of the Columbia river gorge, a town house at Portland, 40 acres of land and a London fog. Thus did the Chamber of Com merce Invite his majesty to forsake "the busy bodies of the British cab inet for the personal freedom offered In the Columbia river gorge, situated at the foot of a fiO-m tie -long Cascade lake, above the great Bonneville dam project." Besides the yacht club, the riding and the scenery, the chamber's Invita tion read: "Should you pine for a town house and a London fog, we have Portland slightly below us, which can readily provide both. As a special induce ment, we offer you. free of all Incum brances of any kind, SO acres of land." Job Loafer Repays City. SAN JOSE, Cal-(UP) Mary F. Walker, member of Father Divine's congregation at New York, has sent City Manager C. B. Goodwin ft check for $20 to ease her conscience for hav. ing loafed on the Job while employed in a city office here. Goodwin Is having more difficulty In deciding what he can legally do with the money than Mary Walker had with her conscience. 4 WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trov bridge Cab met Works. L TRADING Al END PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. ft. ( AP) A virtual ccssntlon of wool trading In the northwest after growers sold approximately 50,000,000 pounds, mostly In Texas, occurred In north west markets within the past week, market sources said. The major transaction reported was the sale by the Hlslop Sheep com pany. Spokane, of 30.000 fleeces of lambs' wool to the Pendleton woolen mills at 33 cents. In the Lakevlew section, where prices recently reached 33 cents, quotations had fallen off to 30 cents. The Hinlto theater offers a super thrill double bill of murder mysteries for their Wednesday and Thursday program. They are "Mad Holiday." which stars Edmund Lowe and Ellssa Land), who incidentally hasn't ap peared in a picture for a long time, and "The Case of the Black Cat," a brand new Perry Mason detective story starring Rlcardo Cor tee in the role of Mason with June Travis oppo site. Others In the cast are Jane Bryan. Craig Reynolds and Gordon Elliott. "Mad Holiday' Is the adventurous tale of a movie star who refuses to appear in another myaterv picture unless his company allows him to go out and find a real-life murder mys tery for, himself. With the aid of Miss Landl, his scenario writer, he finds what he Is looking for, and more too. With Lowe and Mtsn Landl In the caat are Zasu Pitts, Ted Hcaly, Edmund Owenn and Edgar Kennedy. EUGENE PAIR DIE P EUGENE. Dec. 8. (AP) One Eu gene man was killed and the girl riding with him crtslcally Injured early this mornlnir Then the car In which they were riding crashed Into the city euspenslon bridge aeven mllei east of Vlda on the McKenrle high way. The driver of the car, E. 15. Mor- Just Where Does Love End and Fair Play Begin...? powerful document of the human heart! " " I'll l'-pVVK tfrf IDI.Hl mi f2r I I 1 iv Handsome Arnold Iselin . . . man of the world ... Fran . . . pleasure-loving, selfish . . . who never suspected that faithlessness was a game two could play . . . Sam Dodsworth . . . rugged, sympathetic, lovable . . . and Edith Cortright . . . lovely, unloved . . . who defied convention for a moment's happiness in the arms of Sam Dodsworth . . . and here is their story . . m m m j m mr i sta m lv mm Paul Luhas Mar j Astor rlson, was killed Instantly while his companion, Lena H, Scott, Is In a hospital here with serious Injuries. The accident apparently occurred about 13:40 this morning, but tho wrecked machine was not discovered till about 8 o'clock, the pnlr lying In the wreckago of the machine dar ing the Interval. When THE PEASLEYR linvA Rnectnl Photograph Offers, they really go to town. kwlk ....... Trtt:jiiisMiiJ Wendy Barrle and Lawrence Tlb bett head a cast of favorites in "Un der Your Spell." coming Wednesday to the Holly theater, a rough-house romance of a famous bnrltone. Ar thur Treacher and OreRory Rat-oft are included In the fun. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. (AP) The nation's Industrial machine contin ued to whirl ahead In the latest week, setting the fastest pace since fl. h I Noti for his smart polished lm personntlons. William Powell is Ideally suited in his co-starring role with Jean Arthur In "The Ex-Mrs. Brad ford," which plays at the Roxy the ater today and tomorrow. - Jrtmes Olenson, Robert Armstrong and Eric Bloro head the cast In sup port of Powell and Miss Arthur. November, 1P29. The Associated Press seasonally ad justed index swept up to 90.3 from 08 8 a week ago, and compares with 86.0 In the same period lost year. Both electric power production and railroad freight cnrlondlnga pushed Into new high ground for the year. . The lean than seasonal decline In freight shipments waa accounted for by unusually large . movements of coal coincident with cold weather and heavy industrial demand. Former slave Wetis. PASADENA... Col. (UP) Green Tyus, 88, former slave has married Arbella Oreon. 74. Tyus says his hardest luck as a slave waa being sold to a man who couldn't afford to pay for him. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:80 p. m. Today - 3 Days! TWO BIG HITS! ENOUGH SONGS, ENOUGH ROMANCE ENOUGH LAFFS FOR 6 PICTURES! . 1 "xf" . with Hear 1 5.7, " 1 These I '. if I Bontr Hit? I 1 , Ml E ,'1 I C At Uncle Tom's cabin is a cabarot now . . and Old Man River's truokin' along 1 It's 'Oineer' Jane With. fiftf ers in her newost fnn y .-j irouc . , ana wnas wo ' f mi.' HitiTi r n n mean libswij "Dixie" ahotvs at S:no-4:40-8:20-ll:10 JANE WITHERS 'pfaas .0 'Pick. IMck I'lrka ninny" "Does You Wan na flo To lira? en". "It's Julep Time In land' SLIM SUMMERVILLE HELEN WOOD . THOMAS BECK SARA HADEN . DONALD COOK CLAUDE GILLIN GWATER Here's Feature No. 2! J THEY FLIRTED WITH LADY LUCK! 'V Tho rooming house romance of a runway heiress xf , , and a handsome olerk who didn't have a dime I .lThe Luckiest s ;fi Girl in the World" I with JANE WYATT . LOUIS HAYWARD Nat Pendleton Eugene Pallette "l.u c k 1 e I dlrl" .how, it 3:30-7:1.1-10:00 Shows Today at 1:45 and 3:30 6:45 and 9 15 3 i Mats . ... 25o Evea .... 35c Kiddies ... 10c Shows 1:45-3.30 6:45-9 30 Mats . . 25c Eves . , 35o Kids . . . lOo select ci Short- i : v& .11.
