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Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd On Craterian's New Year's Program
DETECTIVE ROLE
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It was every man for himself
and the devil take the dim
wits!
Which means that Charlie
McCarthy and Edgar Bergen got
. back into movie make-up to
star in "Charlie McCarthy, De
tective", which opens the New
Year's program today at the
Craterian Theatre where it will
play for three days.
Those that suffered most un
der the barrage of Charlie's
splintery wit were Mortimer
Snerd, Robert Cummings, Con
stance Moore, John Sutton, Sam
uel S. Hinds, Edgar Kennedy
and Warren Hymer, all of whom
are featured in the picture. The
director, it might be added, came
in for his share of the drubbing,
too.
"Charlie McCarthy, Detec
- tive" is the first picture in
which Charlie has had the title
role all to himself. In "Gold
wyn Follies" his efforts were
confined to specialties and bits.
He advanced a step in "Letter of
Introduction", and played a sup
porting role to the stars, while
in . You Can t Cheat an Honest
Man" he shared top honors with
his mortal enemy, W. C. Fields.
But in "Charlie McCarthy, De
tective", he not only has the
4 title role, he's the big star. Only
ny in nis noney is ine presence
in the cast of Mortimer Snerd,
Bergen's other boy friend, who
has lately come to the fore
through radio and screen work,
and whom Charlie refers to as
"an uncouth person, a hick from
the sticks."
The story Is all about a so
ciety murder which Charlie
solves just as the going gets
tough for his friend, the hero.
But, in betwixt and between
his "Sherlock Holmes-ing",
Charlie finds his most delight
In neglecting the clues for the
cuties, with which the picture
abounds. An ideal, tailor-made
part, "Charlie McCarthy, De
tective" will undoubtedly win
more friends than ever for Ber
gen's "whispering pine".
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Denver. Dec. 30. (IP) Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt advised the
Denver newspaper guild today
she could not accept a nomina
tion to succeed the late Hey wood
Broun as president of the Amer
ican Newspaper Guild.
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the
nation's president and a news
paper columnist, was nominated
for the guild position yesterday
by the Denver guild's execu
tive board.
Dick Henry, Denver guild
president, received a telegram
from Mrs. Roosevelt which said:
"Absolutely impossible for
me to take fulltime job so could
not even consider the position
you suggested."
Never Before Such Screen Fun!
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Meet "The Housekeeper's i
Daughter" Joan Bennett
who turns hearts topsy-turvy in
the racy, rollicking comedy-romance
coming to the Craterian
Theatre Wednesday for a four
day showing.
As "The Housekeeper's
Daughter", she is dizzy but ador
OREGON ALU!
Eugene, Dec. 30. UP) Dr
Delbert C. Stanard, Eugene, has
been elected president of the
University of Oregon Alumni
association for 1940, it was re
vealed here today. Dr. Stanard
led his nearest competitor by a
four to one margin in the first
mail election ever held by the
association. Hollis M. Johnston,
Portland architect, was named
vice - president. Nominations
were made on the campus home
coming weekend, November 11.
Dr. Stanard graduated irom
the university in 1914 and en
tered the Oregon medical school
after graduation. After service
in the navy during the World
war, Dr. Stanard completed his
medical school course and was
awarded his M.D. degree in
1921. Dr. Stanard is a major
in the Oregon national guard
and is the commanding officer
of the medical detachment of .
the 186th. He is a member of
Kappa Sigma fraternity, Elks,
Masons, and the Lions.
, Johnston, the new vice-president,
is a prominent architect
and during the early stages of
the Bonneville project was chief
architect for the United States
engineers and designed the town
of Bonneville. At present he is
vice-president of the Portland
Duck club, booster of Oregon
athletics.
The election board consisted
of Claire Kneeland, Carroll P.
Williams and Del Monte, all of
Eugene.
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talizing, scandalizing, charming
and alarming. It's a character
made to order for the witty,
winsome, acting of beauteous
Joan Bennett, with Adolphe
Menjou, William Gargan, John
Hubbard and the rest of the boys
being driven delightfully nuts
by her seductive caryings-on.
DOCK PEACE PLAN
San Francisco, Dec. 30. (P)
A peace plan which would have
opened San Francisco's long
strike-bound harbor next Tues
day morning struck what ap
peared to be a temporary snag
today.
Negotiators for the striking
CIO Ship Clerks association de
clined to sign a tentative mem
orandum agreement for a re
opening based on a formula de
vised by Governor Culbert L.
Olson's five-man fact-finding
committee, but arranged anoth
er meeting with employers on
Tuesday.
Employer spokesmen said
they believed the union repre
sentatives were unwilling to ac
cept responsibility for agreeing
on a return to work without
first consulting the union mem
bership.
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Based upon the dangerous
consequences of mistaken iden
tity, "Fugitive At Large", with
Jack Holt playing a duel stellar
role promises to reveal an in
genious and absorbing melo
drama when it opens at the New
Rialto Theatre for Tuesday and
Wednesday. Holt plays both a
crook and an innocent engineer
who is jailed on charges made
against the dishonest man who
so closely resembles mm. noil
Bumsteads Back In
Rollicking Comedy
Juveniles In Film
Once a Bumstead always in
trouble! Blondie and her family
proved it in "Blondie", in
"Blondie Meets The Boss" and
in "Blondie Takes A Vacation".
Ooening for today and tomor
row at the New Rialto Theatre
is the latest in the hilarious ser
ies of the popular Chic Young
comic strip character comedies
"Blondie Brings Up Baby . inis
new Blondie film has been
hailed as the funniest of the
hectic adventures to date. If ad
vance accounts of the story are
to be considered, and fond mem
ories of the previous perfor
mances recalled, there can be
little doubt as to the intrinsic
merit of the preview comments.
The action of "Blondie Brings
Up Baby" begins with Blondie's
purchase of a twelve-volume en
cyclopedia on child training. To
the consternation of Dagwood,
Baby Dumpling, Daisy and their
erudite little neighbor, Alvin,
she proceeds to regulate Baby
Dumpling's life in accordance
with the dictates of the books.
I Complications mount with amaz
is seen here in a prison scene
with Guinn (Big Boy) Williams,
who helps him to break out and
to become a "Fugitive At Largo"
thus making amends for his
mistaken identity. Others in the
large cast include Patricia Ellis
Stanley Fields and Arthur Hohl.
"The Honeymoon s Over
featuring Stuart Erwin. Marjor
ie Weaver and Patric Knowles,
is scheduled to play as the com
panion feature with "Fugitive
At Large".
ing rapidity and reach the peak
of hilarity with a kidnap scene.
Hailed as the merriest medley
of misadventure the Bumsteads
have yet encountered, "Blondie
Brings Up Baby", once more en
lists the services of that brilliant
stellar quartet featured in the
previous films. Again Penny
Singleton is the enthusiastic and
well-meaning Blondie; Arthur
Lake, the harassed and bewil
dered Dagwood; Larry Simms,
that little rugged individualist,
Baby Dumpling; and Daisy is.
still the cute Bumstead pup.
"Two Thoroughbreds", star
ring two new screen juveniles
Jimmle Lydon and Joan Brodel,
plays as the companion feature
with "Blondie Brings Up Baby'
The dramatic story of a boy's
love for a girl and a horse, "Two
Thoroughbreds" also feature J.
M. Kerrigan and Arthur Hohl
m a strong supporting cast
Salem, Dec. 30. P)The JT 'W'yrT If ' ' V
state department of agriculture ''li& C 0 '& A v frnrn W
will begin Tuesday checking on 8 . );i 2 f 4
the 13,000 gasoline pumps In JT t T' ' tlt ' A M VSaW V 1 f l
Oregon to ascertain if license Jtlr-" '!-'-''''" & f ":-' "A. W?--'- JS. "&!- ' I
tags for 1940 have been affixed, i. ' A r ' f ,1 .V ' A
A. W. Metzger, chief of the ff'L ClkW J ,T J-V-.Y f" A J
weights and measure division, If X ? f '.'sfy F " 1 jTVakJ ' JT jfi
warned today. I f f'" J. , W VX -04 NiV
As a special attraction for
New Year's Eve, the Craterian
Theatre will present a "Mid
night Prevue" made especially
for laughs The Weaver Broth
ers and Elviry in "Jeepers
Creepers".
Those attending the last regu
lar shosv at the Craterian Thea
tre tonight ("Charlie McCarthy
Detective") are invited to re
main for the "prevue" at no
extra charge. This wiil be "one
on the house".
Holiday Schedules
'At Local Theatres
i For New Year Fans
' Holiday schedules will be in
effect at all Medford theatres
today and Monday (New Year's
Day).
Two complete shows in the af
ternoon at 1:45 and 3:15, and
two full evening shows at 6:45
and 9:00 at the Craterian and
Roxy Theatres, and 6:45 and
9:20 at the New Rialto will af
ford everyone a chance to see
IUIU cvciyune a motito w
their favorite screen entertain-
mpnt
Her flair for delightful com
edy gives 'vivacious Ginger Rog
ers to her public again in a
hilariously conceived romantic
comedy drama, "Bachelor Moth
er", which plays today and to
morrow only at the Roxy Thea
tre. She plays a department
store girl whose supposed par
entage of a foundling baby
causes her to be embarrassing
ly hounded with the sympathe
tic attentions of the firm's hand
some Junior partner, David Niv
en, who co-stars opposite Ginger
Rogers,
Births
Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Rutledge of Route 2 a boy
weighing nine pounds, eight
and a half ounces In the Osteo
pathic hospital early yesterday
morning, Saturday, December
30. This is the fourth son for
Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge. There
are no girls in the family.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Salterlee of 202 Elm street De
cember 30 in the Community
hospital, a girl weighing five
pounds, 14V4 ounces.
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citwing time for-'
'l'y Ada la 1:30 p.
Too Late to Olaa-
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Reno, Nev Dec. 30. (Pi
Robert Armstrong, movie actor,
was granted a divorce here to
day from Gladys Dubois Arm
strong of Los Angeles, on
grounds of cruelty and deser
tion. The couple was married
in Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 11, 1936.
Tomorrow Armstrong plans
to marry Claire Louise Arm
strong, of Reno and New York
City, who was granted a divorce
here today from John Scott
(Rolf) Armstrong, of the movies.
Claire Louise Armstrong was
granted a divorce on grounds
of desertion. The couple was
married in Long Island, New
York. October 3. 1919.
Closing time for Too Late to Claa
slty Ada la 1:30 p. m.
Aa I was lilting
In my tub,
Making my aboluttoni.
My mind dwelt.
Among other things,
On New Year's resolu
tions. And I resolved
That I would try
My cuttomeri to satisfy.
And make my friends
Both near and far.
Glad they purchased
A Humphrey car.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Humphrey Motors
33 S. Riverside. Phone 454
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