The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 3

PICKETT PALAC CE TONIGHT “The Glrl F rom Rio” ~— A Yankee Youth and a Brazilian Belle in a blazing Romance STARRING CARMEL PUPILS OF MISS H Spanish Dance Hindu Solo on the Amazon. MYERS ARRIET HOLMAN Linea Johansen Lenore Anderson In appropriate costumes as a prelude to “The Girl from Rio,” Tonight ——INTERESTING—— “Hollo Hollvwood” 1O—~Z.)~4(J-nges 50 centq TUESDAY and _HoOT ] Dyairie WEDNESDAY GIBSON Y e ]MW ; | Attractions At Theatres l| “THE GIRL FROM RIO” k SHOWING AT PALACE | H- e — - ““The Girl From Rio,” now play- ihg at the Palace Theatre, is a colorful romance of Spain, with a setting in Rio de Janerio. The lcture has plehty of dramatic e, the love élement is strongly emphasized and the romantic Bckground of Rio is graphically Dicted by Tom Terriss, the di- '\ctor and the excellent acst. 3 The whirl of the dance in a spamsh eafe, the clicking of the g stenets, pagsion a hate, _ love 4pd greed, are all n esénited in s ravishing romance of a Span. ish senorita who gave up all for the sake of love. This is the story of “The Girl Fram Rio,” the g1 .Who Mvel o love and who loved’ to -live. Carthel - 'Myers ‘plays the tite role; and she playy it for all it is; worth. ‘Walter Pidgeon plays the' part ot the Englishmin with sympathy and poise, and with a deep sense of dramatic value. &g a prologue fo the feature, twd pupils of Harriet Holman giva dances. Linea: Johansen is pre- sented in a Spanish dance and Lenore Anderson gives a Hindu solo. Both of ‘the little dancers received much applanse last night.) They repeat their dances tonight. TWO FEATURES ARE | PRESENTED, COLISEUM | 3 1 Imagine a honeymoon roned by a mother-indaw, wife, and an ex-suitor? This novel situation exists, with many amusing complications, in “The Girl in the Pullman,” Marie Prevost’s new comedy which is at the Coliseum tonight. “The Girl in the Pullman” is even funnier than Miss Prevost's recent come. uhapo. an ex- 1 dies, “Up in Mabel's Room,” and “Getting Gertie’s Garter.” Harrison Ford plays opposite Miss Prevost while the supporting cast includes Franklin Pangborn, Ethel' Wales, Harry Myers and Kathryn McGuire. Laughs a lot of people never dreamgd they were capable of were literally aclred out of them by the Dbreathless thrilling sturts ghuld Ldoyd performed in his inimitible comedy style in “Never Weaken,” the other feature. The first two reels of this As. sociated Exhibitors comedy, duced by Hal Roach, move a ~4w|{|ly with a lot of typical Lloy {ian gags and humor. But, in the third and last veél, the comedy suddenly slips into a high-speed ‘7 gear labelled Thrills! Mildrey Davis is the girl in the story. n — | HOOT GIBSON AT { | PALACE TOMORROW B UORE ENRT Batbara Worth, the pretty u‘nfl blonde who made her film debut just a year ago, Is the leadlilg lady playing opposite Hoot Gibadi In the stellar role of “The Prairfe King,” & Universal-Jewell whig! ¢omes to the “Palace Theatre ofi Tuesday. Director B, Reay Haston, who ias put” the herg Hoot - through 'his. paces in* ma a ‘thrilling screen drama- of th8 wide open spaces, has made the most of Miss Worth's unusual screen talent, ,against the back. ground of a splendid cast, lud-, ing Charles Séllon, Rosa Gore, Al- bert Priscoe and Sidney Jaryis. e |e FASHION SHOW I8 | COMING, COLISEUM | g 2 Tom Mix in “The Last Trail,” for Tuesday and Wednesday and a real fashion show, with living models, not a picture, will he shown Thursday dnd Friday with a big feature at the Coliseum. RECEPTION IS GIVEN SKAGWAY TEACHERS SKAGWAY, Alaska, Sept. 24.— The annual reception for the Skag- way Public School teachers was held Monday evening, September 17, at the Women's Club. Thej reception was very well attended and a most delightful program, given: Violin Splos: Cavatina ....O8car Schmidt’ Margarita Selected Played by Oscar Selmer, ac- companied by Mrs. Roehr. Address ... ..Dr. Dahl, President of llle Schao] Board. Address .. Mr. Goodman, Prln(.lpll Vocal Solos: .Joyce Kilmer All for You 5 Selected Sung by Mrs. Frolander, ac- compnn!ofi by Miss Gault. Reading’: | Cyrano de Bergerac . Trees ... Edmond Rostand|f By Mr. l"red Blanchard. Refreshments wére served after [f which Capt. V. Perfilief gave u most interesting ' talk ~about " hfs §ifirst visit to an American schdgl. Capt. Perfilief, a Russian’ birth, and an artist, spent the sum- mer in Alaska with members of an expedition which haye been stud: Y ing the bird, animal and plant 1ite’H| 4jof the Arctic, for the Natiol }| Academy of Science of America.| The party consisted of &’ thoving|f ! Ricture man, a naturalist, a wrne. and Capt. Perfilief. —— WHIST PARTY . time than it takes to go by x| mobile THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, SLPT 24, meen Jife ood. By WADE WERNER HOLLYWOOD, Sapt. 24-Holly. wood's butterflies, on wings of pleasure bent, have made the ex- citihg discovery that Mexico is within easy commuting ¢ of the movie studios, by airplane. The result has been the do- velopnient of a congiderable air traffic hm\\'exn here and the bor. ’ 150 miles and the establishment at Agua Caliente, Just across. the of an » hotel and :asino rivaling in splendor the fa- - — - 1101S European Jack Dempsey resort of Monwe Catlo. Indeed, if one can be. lieve what one sees of the rou- létte tables, the spenders of movie money are even more frée with their bets than the same crowd would be as tcurists in Monte Carlo, ance International Recreation The ultra-smart thing in film ‘circles these days is to charter a plane for one’s friends and fly to Mexico for the week-end, or| make a trip in one fo the big! transport planes being operated in| regular service between Sian Pran. | cisco and Mexican points as t south as Ensenada. ! To illustrate how really con venient to Hollywood the inte national line has become, it might be mentioned that one can motor from the boulevard here to an airport, board a passenger plane and be reading the wine list in the patio at Agua Caliente in less uto beach of An. fron Bebe Daniels’ to the hilltop home tonie Moreno, Screen colony guests can and do gather for party in Mexico as quickly convenlently as they do for many! an affair held within the borders of Los Angeles county. house a and Dempsey Wins Again ’ Jack Dempsey, fight fans to know, is one of the prominent share-holders in the new hotel at Agua Caliente, while Wallace Beery is heavily intar. ested in the alr line connecting it with- Hollywood. The fly.away- | to-Mexico fad fs at such a height among the ‘film folks now that it will Interest of School | week-end reservations for air 'gnfluwmflun #nd _hotel _acgotil- odations ave next to tmpossible Class Starts Tonight | In _Salesmanshib, Person- ality and Reading Peo- ple.at Slght—by EVALYN DAVIS All ‘progressive -people should take this class work — It is your opportunity, REGISTER TONIGHT Business and Professional Woman’s Club Rooms |to | belief tods lof Hitzilac, COMES BACK AT junde ‘(Hfl Church to oppose the election “kan General hospital yesterday at arrange at short notice. turally neither Dempsey nor Beery teel downhearted about that. The| hotel is being enlarged, the air line is adding new tri-motored transport plames as fast as they can be built, and the newest thing in film colony talk is “Did " you f!)’ down or did you dri s MORROW IS UNDER ATTACK Belief prnessed that Ban- dit Raid Directed Against American MEXICO CITY, ‘XP[!t 24.—The newspaper El Universal expressed | that the attack stag- bandits on the village midway between Mex- and Cuernavaca, was di- rected against American Ambas- lor Dwight Morrow, who was spending the week-end in his new | r dence in Cuernavaca. He ar- rived in Hitzilac after the ban- dits had been driven off and pro- ceeded to Mexico City, arriving here safely. The newspaper asserted that warned the brigands of yirow's departure and’ the coup failed because the outlaws fail- cd to take Hitzalic by storm be- fore he arrived. ed by ico City GOVERNOR SMITH LORAINE, Ohio, -Sept. 24— Denial that religfous ay her recent appeal to the Ohlo Coxterence of the Metho- fof Gov. Alfred E. Smith, eém- bodled in her address, Mrs. Mabel | Walker Willébrandt, in reply, to fl\e criticism voiced by Smith in his address in Oklahoma City, made counter charges. She sa’d! Gov. Smith had “become the greatest ' foree for. disrégard of the prchibition laws in. America today” and as such “‘drew’” he ommsltlnn xsrom‘mn PIONEER DIES Henry Imhoff, said to be" the oldest pioneer in this part of the countr, having . resided in and about Ketchikan for the past 49 years, pagsed Away at the Ketchi. 6 p.m, He is giipvived by one son, Wil- liam Imhoff, one dabghter, Mrs. Eugene Wacker, and nine grand- children. Mr. Imhoff was kmown to the old timers as “Henry the Cooper,” having been a cooper by trade. He was born in Lohr Am Main, Ba- are expressive Independent 3 The Rebekahs of No. .2-A will |l ive a whist party in the 1. O. . F. Hall on Sept. 26th at 8:15 P. Thi: six parties. Refreshments and prizes. Admiission 35 cents. Pub-| lic cordially invited. Grand prige At end of series. L —a ———ee | For. um plano - tuning clll ia the first of & serles of A Wonderful Collection of Women's Dresses Sizes 14 to 48 This remarkable assortment of Dresses the season’s modes. Satins, Georgettes, Crepe de Chine and Novelties ‘ Dresses for Sport and School W ear, Dresges for Street and Busmeu Flares, Frills and Pleating are used. Black, Navy, Brown, Tan, Wine, of the best of lue and Gfeen motives |, < 1928. Hostess to Prince i l)h My 1 C COMING TOM MIX in “THE LA Lily Damita, French screen star | at whose invitation Prince George of England motored from Sania Barbara, Cal. to Hollywood to visit the studios. They met first in Paris. Both were guests of D uglau and | Mary Pickford at a diW: varia, in 1847, and came to Alaska in 1879 He resided at Sitka for | a chort time and' then came to tchikan and had been a resi- this district ' ever since. zood many years he has oc- house near the Wacker | homestead at Wacker City. Ha was a charter member of the Pio- | neers of Alaska, Igloo No. 16, (Ketchikan C) icle). e————— FISHERMAN ‘IS FINED of cupied Ed Mercer, master of the seine | boat Seymour, today entered a | plea of illegal fishing in the U. S.| Commissioner’s Coirt before Judge Frank A. Boyle, and was fied $41 and costs. Mercer week at Basket Agent Capt. S. Bure last gistant of the T Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican sccre. | tary of the irterior, is one of the i principal contenders for provisionzl - eee———— Cld papers for sale at the Empire. ) president of Mexico. OLISEU ST TRAIL” LAST TIMES TONIGHT 7:30—9:25 (LT =M (msh I’s Some Show’ MARIE PREVOST in “THE GIRL IN THE PULLMAN” AND Harold Lloyd in “Never Weaken” TUESDAY THURSDAY and I‘RIDA) FASHION 8§ New Frocks and Todays LIGHTING SENSATION Mazda Lamps ‘ 100 WA’I‘T Yaional MAZDA LAMPS -5@‘7‘! Thereare ln‘lly places in your home where ¥ leht, Yo'l -m. 00 W e nl- t National hull.- llF “uality Lo lhn Jieht. 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