The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1934, Page 8

| SIDE GLANCES - - - By George Clark | es By William Ferguson BORN IN 1635, WHEN HALLEY’S COMET WAS VISIBLE, PROPHESIED THAT HE WOULD OIE IN 1910,. DURING THE COMET'S NEXT APPEARANCE «. AND HE O10 DIE IN 1910. IN-THE - PULPIT ISA AIONADERS = INSECTS WHICH CRAWL INSIOS. THIS FLOWER ARE NEVER, ALLOWED TO ESCAPE. | AT THE MOVIES | ‘Man’s Castle’ Is Poignantly Beautiful] “Man's Castle,” Columbia film seen locally for the first time last night at the Capitol Theatre, is without a/ doubt the most moving love story that | thas ever been made into a motion pic- | ture. Entrusted to the genius of Di-| rector Frank Borzage the new photo- play emerges on the Capitol screen as @ powerfully emotional and compell- “ng classic—truly one of the great pic- tures of the year. For sheer poignancy, for sentiment glossed over by reality, for a homely tale of a love that braves | j Sharing honors with the director for excellence in the picture are the two stars, Spencer Tracy and Lor- etta Young, cast, respectively, as Bill, Bluebeard of Kings Played by Laughton From early boyhood, when the lure of the stage first began to beckon the youthful Charles Laughton from his position as a hotel clerk with its promise of great things, he has al- ways wanted to play the role of Henry VIII. 2 “The Private Life of Henry VIII,” a United Artists release showing Thursday and Friday at the Para- {mount Theatre, sees the fulfillment of that wish and critics here and abroad have credited Laughton with giving his greatest performance as the monarch who is recorded in his- tory as the Bluebeard of kings, The story, as written by Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis, is concerned with the romantic rather than the historic phase of Henry's reign. This does not mean that London Films in producing it, or Alexander Korda in directing it, have taken any liberties with the life of England’s “Bluff King Hal” as recorded, but. rather that the king is shown as a man with human, lovable qualities and with as many domestic difficulties as LISTEN FRECKLES 1 THINK YOURE A PRETTY GOOD EGG, SO TIM GONNA TELL You SOMETHING = DID You EVER HEAR ABOUT THE GUY WHO WAS SUPPOSED To BE A MALF-WIT? ANELL, EVERYONE IN TOWN USED To| ASK HIM WHICH COIN HE'D RATHER HANE-- A DIME,OR A NICKEL! HE ALWAYS Took THE NICKEL AND EVERYONE WOULD LAUGH ! ONE DAY SOMEONE ASKED HIM WHY HE ALWAYS Tool THE NICKEL, AND HE SAID,"WELL, IF L EVER TOOK THE DIME, THEY'D QuiT OFFERING ME ANYTHING!” “THAT'S THE WAY I AM---DUMB, LIKE A FOX! PEOPLE THINK TM — KINDA GOOFY FoR TURN- ING OUT A BUNCH OF CRAZY INVENTIONS... AND A BILLFOLO WITH A NAME > / GREAT GUNS! Lk Hae MAN WAS TOWNSEND ZANDER ! A SUICIDE! 30 THAT'S THE FINISH iM WAY AHEAD OF YOU, AND ON MY WAY BEEN WORKING OUT SOMETHING BACK, GOOD, BECAUSE NOTHING TVE “TURNED OUT SO FAR, HAS AMOUNT: }[° MORNING, 0022.5 4a LooK {KINDA GLUM, FER TH FIRST | WORK DAY OF TH NEW H Year! [EAH ¢ WELL, WHY WOULDN'T (2 BEEN workin’ SINCE Six O'CLOCK ON GILLS! MY OFFICE (SA MESS! WE NEVER Boy! A MILLION DOLLAR PALACE FOR ONLY4SOO A MONTI TICKLE MY FEET WITH YER SLIMY OH,YES THEY BE-NOW, THIS YEAR I KIN USE THE OLD 1928 CALENDAR, CAUSE THE FUST BEGUN ON MONDAY, SAME, i (T DID THIS were’s YER BILLS, Goss! I coLLecTeD EVRY ONE CFEMI By MARTIN WONDER WART (934 WAL BE LIKE? AT “We START, A NEW YEAR LOOKS 306’ LIKE ANY OTHER YEAR ~BUT, THEN Foo. You! Y'RoOW Wo PLENTY oF THines THAT ARENT O19 TH’ CALENDAR NAY NOT=APTER ALL THATS HAPPENED ? WELL, TM GLAD 1933 16 GONE =WsTAL, GEE! 1 WADA LOT OF FON = TILL, OWEN CAME INTO TH’ PICTURE \ WONDER. IF WE'LL EVER FIND A LITTLE INOS.