The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1936, Page 12

MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1986 os _THE GUMPS— DON’T GET PANICKY, BIM YOU ACTUALLY INVITED . ZANDER TO OUR HOUSE DINNER ? — WHAT ARE YOU IT'S KINDA LIKE A DOG, ONLY [FT ISN'T! IT HAS A FUNNY HEAD, | AND IT'S SCARED THE DAY- || YOR iEh SERVIte uC REO.!.S.PAT OEP. “By gosh. that’s what it says, all right—for country wear.” ' REMEMBER, your first ‘concern is traffic, when crossing the street. Nearly 300,000 pedestrians were struck by automobiles in 1935, and of these more than 40 per cent were jaywalkers. | AT THE MOVIES ‘Poppy’ Laugh-Filled Triumph for Comedian No better vehicle could have been chosen for the triumphal return to tthe screen of W. C. Fields, most be- Joved of American comedians, than tthe riotous, colorful story of carnival life, “Poppy,” which ends today at the ‘Paramount Theatre. “Poppy is an adaptation of the stage hit in which Fields, until that time a silent juggler and pantomimist, spoke hhis first line and leaped to fame as a dead-pan comedian. It places the star im his most natural element. In “Poppy,” Fields is a patent-med- {cine seller, vending his “Purple Bark Barsaparilla” and doing his best to| “relieve the lush yokels of their bur- den of filthy lucre.” He is a grifter, an operation of.a shell game, a lovable ‘Murder on a Bridle Path’ Comic Mystery If you like cobwebby mysteries which defy solution, and comedy of the convulsive type, see RKO Radio's eerie film drama, “Murder on a Bridle | Path,” showing at the Capitol theatre. A new team of crime-solvers, the re- doubtable Jimmy Gleason and his fe- minine “Dr. Watson,” Helen Brode- rick, head a sterling cast who play |Stuart Palmer's latest mystery yarn for all it is worth. Gleason, as Inspector Oscar Piper, can't get along with Helen Broderick in the role of Hildegarde Withers, nor could he hope to solve the strange murders of Violet Feverel and Pat Gregg without her. Violet Feverel is a flirtatious grass widow whose complex affairs of the heart set Detective Piper and With- ers off in all directions of the com- pass following clues after she is found old faker whose pomposity carries) mysteriously slain on the bridle path him through any eventuality. The film surrounds him with the in Central Park. And their problems multiply when atmosphere of the carnival; with|they discover the dead body of her spangles and snake charmers, tan- father-in-law, Pat Gregg, in the attic bark and carousels, and lets him do] of his spooky old mansion. hhis exceptional best. Fields puts over more and better Pieldsian gags in this picture than he fhas in any past films. It would be Clandestine amours, back alimony, |@ wrecked bicycle, a forged jail re- | lease and race-track gambling, all serve to complicate matters and test pacrilege to describe them here; they! to the limit the deductive powers of need the master’s unique delivery. | Hawkshaws Piper and Withers. UNITED IN UNDERSEA MARRIAGE ——s gl IT'S STRANGE I CAN'T. | FIND MY DAUGHTER- I'M GREATLY WORRIED--IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN 7O MERLE IT yr FOR HIMSELF, ALLEY OOP, CLOSELY WATCHED BY KING WURS MEN, SUC CEEODED IN ELUDING COME CLEAN, PICKET, \ WELL, TH DIDN'T ANYBODY EVER, N THREATEN YOU% —A_ TRUCKS SERIOUS BUSINESS SEE HERE, DEVRIES - YOUR DRUGS MAY BE ALL RIGHT) BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO RISK ANY MORE SLIPS BY FOR _ AWHILE, Ms LONDEN A COURE OF MONTHS HE DOUBLED) THE ANTE “AND WE QUIT. Let 0022 USE MINE THis MoRMIN’ AN! HE HAD TH’ SWELLEST KINDA LUCK! 60°F. EH MNG-T Ais HING T ‘TO Tew.