The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1934, Page 8

© 1006 wy wea SERVICE Me. AEA. U8. PAT. OFF. “Say, this ski jumping looks like a lot of fun.” ee | Tis Curious WorLD GREAT GENERAL THAT HE WAS, LOST more MUTARY GATTLES THAN le SEVEN “THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF BILLS IN THIS MORNINGS MAIL= SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE -AND DONE QUICK= OR_THEN’LE BE RUNNING US OFF TO JAIL= Eebtrance NOISES parr 5 CAME FROM ATLL MAKE OLD FATHER TIME Go FRECKLES Dip NOT EXPECT... THE NEWFANGLES (Mom’n Pop) By William ] Fergueon YOU MEAN THAT SMOOTHY) ED! AND SMITH TRICKED WINDY } SMOOTHY ONLY INTO PAYING $10,000 HEY, SAW, BOOTHINGTON FROST, AN’ OL’ FRIEND ) SURE, OF MINE, (IS PLAYIN’ HAMLET AT THE OPERA HOUSE T'NIGHT AN! HE SENT ME A COUPLA CAN SING WITH TS BILL ccoseo! | BOO’ Sons of the Desert’ iNew lI.augh Fest for Laurel and Hardy Fans |_ ‘When a husband tries to deceive \ihis wife, he is almost certain to be- come involved in a series of difficul- ties. This is especially true if he is assisted in his fabrications by one as dumb as Stan Laurel, who, with his side-splitting, eycbrow-raising part- ner, Oliver Hardy, is seen in their latest Hal Roach-M-G-M feature- Jength comedy, “Sons of the Desert,” coming Friday to the Paramount theater. Assisted by a notable cast includ- \4ng Charley Chase, a star in his own! right; Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy and Lucien Littlefield, a situation of | into a) ®creamingly funny picture that ably jwite-deception is turned colors the mirth-provoking antics of the stellar comedy team. Stan and Oliver find that even jthough they have sworn to attend jthe convention of their lodge in a \Mlistant city, they are faced by the \Strenuous and pugnacious objections (ot Hardy’s wife. A serious illness is ‘invented by the boys, and Laurel is commissioned to find a doctor who |Hiccups, Hits, Humor In ‘Hips, Hips, Hooray’ An apic in “goofigandering” with delightful insanity made to seem reasonable by the inimitable Whceler and Woolsey, “Hips, Hips, Hooray” | made its bow at the Capital Theatre | Thursday night as an RKO-Radio | musical extravaganza, with lots of | beautiful girls, hit tunes, original |dances and spectacular moments, in the most pretentious production yet | co-starring these comedians, Lavishness is maintained in cast as well as production for Thelma Todd, Ruth Etting, Dorothy Lee, Adele Thomas and Jean Connors supply supporting talent for the two clowns; and for those who like en- tertainment spiced with femininity on a grand scale, more than 100 beauties—blonde, brunette and red- 'head—cavort about in places rang- | ing from the office of a beauty shop | to plate glass bath tubs. 2 | “Hips, Hips, Hooray” offers Wheeler | and Woolsey as peddlers of flavored lip-sticks, with varieties ranging from vanilla to raspberry. The clowning | Pair meet Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee, proprietors of a million-dollar cosmetic corporation suffering from ‘will prescribe a trip to Honolulu as/ business depression and within a very the only sure cure. Phe doctor turns! few minutes have “personalitied” out to be a veterinary, but so ably oes he assist the boys with their de- ception that they are soon on their ‘way to the “Sons of the Desert” gath- a the convention city, the two pal up with a brother delegate from ‘Texas. When the latter learns that Laurel and Hardy are from Los Ang- eles, he decides to call up a sister liv- ing there, via long distance telephone. Hardy is introduced to her over the phone. After a flirtatious conversa- tion, he takes her number down for future reference, only to find after a second glance that it is his own home Phone number and that he has been talking to his own wife. A one, two or three-year-old child ean see as far as an adult; it only lacks practice and training in judging distance, detecting a distant object ‘and concentrating attention on it. themselves into a partnership. All is well with the boys—but not for long. A large sum of money is found to be missing, and it seems that Bert and Bob are the only answers. They de- jclde that flight is safer than arguing | the matter over with any representa- | tives of justice, and flee by joining a cross-nation automobile race. That they know nothing of automobile rac- ing, cross-country roads and weather conditions mean nothing to the re- treating jesters. But they finally scamper into an audience-surprising climax which is an apex in comedy effects. Capital to-night and Friday. Our forefathers manufactured shot ALLEY OOP ( WE'LL SOON FIND OUT HOW GUILTY THE GRAND WATER 1s! OMANS DON'T LAUGH AT THAT Boy! He's ONLY TRYING To Do THE SAME AS ROBERT FULTON, THOMAS EDISi AND WILBUR WRIGHT DID.... THEY WERE CALLED Fools ONCE, Too! THE BOY IS JUST FIFTY YEARS. AHEAD OF HIS TIME, THAT'S ALL! r COME To WHY, ITS ANTONIO... MY LONG-LOST ANToNIo!! AND I HAVE BEEN NEARLY CRAZY, WORRYING ABOUT HIM! OH, ANTONIO... SEEM To KNow \WHAT IT 15 If TLL BE A Goop PROSPECT For. A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND Hay! WAL HA! wy “Ay “WAT'S ONE WINDY KUHN UT By COWAN 1 NEVE® THOUGHT I'D UVE TISEE ANYONE. GET THE BEST OF WINDY Kun! WAR! HAL HA! ys HA! HA! m: WAIT TILLT SPILL YOU WERE LEFT ON GUARD AT TW DOOR WHEN ME SEIZED TH PMACE P ANSWER: YEP — QUESTION: 01D ANYONE ANSWER: YEP PRINCESS WOOTIETOOT= LEAVE THERE? ? HER INTO TH’ ANSWER! | PURSUED JUNGLE, BUT SHE GOT Away! WE COULON'T Have ORAWA ANY WORSE HOUSES THAN HE'S DRAWIN' Now! QISNT! BUT, TS WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY, TOO ---ANS, OUTTA RESPECT TO WIM, SEE IF NUM CAN GO A WHOLE DAY WITHOUT TELLIN’ A FB, WHA ? sure wi’, TRUTH TH WHOLE, TRUTH AN woTHIN' | ELSE BOT! Ba ouny..eur,even THEN + G WON'T BELIEVE YOR ‘WANT ROMANCE, EH? HOW ABOUT KASHMIR, MANDALAY, MADAGASCAR, OR ZANZIBAR? OROP A FEATHER. OR MAYBE YOU'D LIKE PERSIA, SAMOA, WHICHEVER. DIRECTION TIMBUCTOO, OR RIO? THE FEATHER POINTS, ‘ATS THE way wai rE: By HAMLIN ‘QUESTION: WHEN WOOTIETOOT ESCAPED, DID YOU SEE TH' GRAND WIZERP ANSWER: NOPE! QUESTION: DID YOU HEAR HIM TELL HER TO GO? 2 NOPE! QUESTION: DID YOU KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING? ANSWER! WELL -ER-NO— Z QUESTION: IF YOU NEITHER SAW NOR HEARD TH'GRAND WIZER, WHAT, THEN, WOULD LEAD ONE TO BELIEVE HE HAD ANVTHING TO DO WITH HER ESCAPE ANSWER! WELL -ER-UG GULP — fe Pano — -