The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1929, Page 3

PALACE 7:15—-9:15 Tonight-Last Times Latest News Ivents Cartoon Comedy “Tea For Three” with LEW CODY—OWEN MOORE and EILEEN PRINGLE A Fast Moving Laugh Producer Hitting on All Six BY ALL MEANS SEE IT i 10-20-50-Loges 60 cents COMING ‘THE HAUNTED HOUSE” with CHESTER CONKLIN Attractions At Theatres 'ARCE COMEDY 1S | SHOWING, PALACE wyn Mayer feature picture starring Lew Cody, Owen Moore and Eileen | Pringle which opened at the Pal- ace Theatre last night to an en- thusiastic audience, again proves that this trio of screen stars are; good for a pleasant evening's enter- tainment; that they are clever in putting in the laugh punches at the right time is certain. The audi- ence greeted the numerous situa- tions with chuckles, giggles and | laughter. A news recl gnd car- toon comedy were also shown mak- ing in all a pleasant evening's en- tertainment for both old and young. This program runs the last times tonight. B | “SUNRISE” IS GOOD | | FEATURE, COLISEUM | [ & The William Fox picture, “Sun- rise,” hailed as “the dawn of a new day in motion pictures opened yesterday at the Coliseum and those who saw it here received it with ali the enthusiasm which marked its world premier in New York. Fred ‘W. Murnau apparently is as much a master of direction in Ameri- caas he was in Europe. It is hizj most powerful, most sensational and most poignant work. Based on an original theme by Herman Sudermann, this produc- tion is simple yet big. It is power- | ful and human. The tale 15 of a man, and another woman. The man and his wife*have a farm. Th-/ are happy until a woman from the Tity enters their lives. She instills in the young husband a desire to kill his wife. “Drown her,” she says, “and make people believe she fell over- board accidentally.” In his' passion for the city wo- ‘man, the man would yield to the temptation of ridding himself of his slender, loving young wife. He is 5 his wife saved by his conscienice at the dark-| est moment. But this is only the starter of the story. | I et i SSSRS | | THRILLER COMING TO | PALACE ON TUESDAY | o 2 Appropos of “The Haunted ‘House,” First National picture, which comes to the Palace Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday, and which is said to be a thriller among thrillers, Benjamin Christensen who directed thé film gives some interesting ‘sidelights on 'how ghosts are “made.” ! “The fraudulent edium,” says Christensen, “conceals in his cabi- net or about his clothing, several pleces of silk of such fine texture that several yards may be hidden in an empty watch case. These are treated previously with lumi- nous paint which shows only in the darkness. By means of a tele- scopic rod like a lead pencil but which when expanded, is perhaps six feet long, and which has a small clip at the extremity, these pieces of silk are caused to rise from the ground—materialize—and to float around the darkened room. Some- times the rod is hollow and the medium can whisper or speak intdy the tube. Female mediums often have their skirts on the reverse ito present plans, * |talkies will also be seeured. The story has to do with the ways in which an extravagant mod- ern girl sets about righting the wrong she has done to her over induigent father who, to get ther funds to let her carry on in her high speed course, has made a false confession of a crooked stock deal which will make him liable to a priSon term. Audrey Ferris and Myrna Loy are cast as the rivals and the lov- ers ‘are played by Hallam Cooley and Wallacé MacDonald. Eddie Gribbon, ringside and baseball fa- vorite, 'is cast as a rum-running chief, who becomes more tha: little" interested in thc aston flapper. Three of the suprem: “grouch” character actors of the stage and screen are prominentl George Fawcett, Edmunt e and Burr McIntosh. Vir ginia Sales does a small part well TALKIES WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE PALACE Contract Is-L;l for RCA Equipment — Opening First Week, November Talking pictures are coming tc the Palace theatre and according the first talkie should be seen and heard about ... first week in November. Messers Pitshmann and Dalton announced today that the contract had been signed and money de- posited for the RCA equipment. The engineer to make the installation arrives in Ketchikan October 15, to install the equipment in the Lib- erty theatre and will then come to Juneau and install the equipment in the Palace. Today work started on enlarging the projectile room in the Palace and this will take some time as the concrete walls must be cut through, steel braces; etc., placed in position and rearrangement of the seéating in the balcony. At the same time the stage is to be en- larged and made up to date, ac- cording to present plans. By the acquisition of the RCA equipment all' talkies of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - corporation and Universal, now contracted for by the Palace, will be shown and also Pathe “shorts” will be featured It is also quite possible that other Messrs Pitshmahn and Dalton are not making any announcement yct regarding the opening talkie fen- ture, one of the biggest hits of the MGM or Universal. With the installation of the tals- ies at the Palace, Juneau will now rate as the only city in Alaska hav- ing talkies in all its theatres with sound. The ' Coliseum installed vitaphone and Movietone in April AMER, LEGION | T0 STAGE PLAY Cappy Ricks Will Be Pre-| sented — Sanford ! | Dodge Is Director Cappy Ricks, one of the best comedy dramas produced in Ameri- ca during recent years, will be pre- sented the latter part of this month n Juneau under the auspices and; \for the benefit of Alford John Brad-} |for Post No. 4, of the American Legion. N The play will be directed by San- ford Dodge, an experienced dra- matic coach and producer. Mr. Dodge was in Juneau a number of years ago and will be remembered by many, who were here at the time, as being the director of the! comedy “Are You A Mason,” which | was presented by the Shrine Club. Cappy Ricks is a dramatization of the stories of the same name which ran in the Saturday Evening Post for so many years and which enjoyed such far flung popularity with the reading public everywherc and especially so with the people living on the Pacific Coast. E. H. Rose, who arranged the stories :n play form, is known as one of the best playwrights in America and the comedy he has made from these Cappy stories proves this to be a fact. It has been a hit in all the large theatres of the country for the past several years and, with 2 cast made up of a company of tal- ented Juneau players for which this ¢ity is famous, it will soon be pro- duced thus giving the Juneau people 4n opportunity to witness a most eénjoyable play. Rehearsals have already been started and a full list of the names of the cast selected will be an- nounced in the immediate futufe. ———,———— side painted with luminous paint and can by reversing them appeu. in the darkness as spirits or ghosts. “FANCY BAGGAGE” | OPENS TOMORROW “Fancy Baggage,’ Warner Bros.’ latest comedy-drama, comes to the Coliseum Theatre tomorrow for a run of four days. This up-to-the minute melange of sense and non- 'sense is one of the cleverest and ' most ;m::rbma- screen plays of th2 'year. H | | NOTICE TO MASONS f A stated communication of Gas- tineaux Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M., will be held on Tuesday even- ing, October 8th, at 8 o'clock. Work | in the M. M. degree. = Visiting brothers will be cordially welcomed. Special ferry leaves Juneau at 7:20. By order of the W. M. W. R. SPAIN, Secretary. ———— Commercial jous printing at The —adv. Theodore Roosevelt (left) will Live in the paw.ce foriress shown wien Rico, a land the first Theodore Roo: a son. ' By ALEXANDER GEORGE (A. P. Feature Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Thec= dore r:ooseveit will go to Porto Rico this month to take the oath of of- fice as governor of the enchanting island his rough-riding father 31 years ago fought to free from the Spanish dominion. There, in a land of perpetual summer, the only soil under the American flag on which Columbus set foot, Teddy the Second will be the chief executive of 1,500,000 in- dustrious and peace loving Ameri- :an citizens of Spanish and African dlood. ‘When his ship steams into the Unusual “Merger” of . i R_ to Rule Is THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, OCT. helped to free. ands His Father Freed becomes Governor of Porto Below are shown Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt and E Sad | harbor of velt wil { scenes in jed in med | green ta battered Juan, Colonel Roose- one of the lovelie an terfitory. Perch al majesty upon & lls of the famous fort- [ ress El Morro frown down upon the placi s of the harbor. | On thes arts the helmets of steel seleted Spanish sentinels once 1e in the soft sunlight. { In their place the new governor Wil see kh ad soldiers of the | Uai and the Stars and | Stri ing where the red and | gol nners of Isabella fluttered | dcfi nglish, French and to t . the shell and time | “1:\1'\11 men-of-w | Governor Roosevelt and his fam- |ily will ide in La Forteleza, the lace fortress built in 1540. It overlooks the sea and is protected by master walls as thick as the rampart is wide. The interior is amented with rare old paint- and other decorations of a ro- mantic age. The salary of the governor is $10,000 and he is entitled to occu- pancy of the palace and use of al its furnishings. The executive man- sion houses other execcutive offices and the government is similar to {that of the states Brothers Is Behind Success, Film Studio A “brother act” performed in making company in Hollywood has capital cf $6,000 to a point where stage. Left to right: Al Christic; and Charles Christie. By HUBBARD KEAVY (A. P. Feature Service W _HOLLYWOQOD, Oct. 7.—Almo everyone 1in the movie indusiry knows the Curistie brothers. In Hollywood cic hears of as the Christie brothers, collec and not so much as Al or Charli Both are stalwart Scots, more than six feet tall. They are the real fifty-fifty brothers of th movies. What is Al's is half Ch lie's and what is Charlie’s is half Al's, whether it's a house or a stu- dio or a dog or a boat. They h a joint bank account. Not long ago Charlie walked inlo Al's office and said: “Well, Just went for a hundred thousan dollars for a sound stage.” “That’s great,” said Al. “I hop2 it makes some money. And say, Charlie, we just signed Marie Dress- ler for a picture.” “Fine, Al 8he ought good.” The line of demarcation betw the affairs which one brother ) ly 1, we ta B Christie brothers the combir 1 they are. Al is essentially film-minded (h was a stage director before he was 20 and was one of the first fiim directors) and Charlie is essential- Jy business-minded When a story is to be boug! an actor hired, Al does it. W confracts or distribution of pictu are involved, or investmen or hen er are ks s the business offices of o picture led to its growth from an original $100,000 recently was gpant for one Mrs. Mary Christic, their mother, ( ildings, Charlie usés his judg- nt. A The partnership goes back to 11916, when the company bearing |their name was formed with a capi- al of $6,000. Al had been with tne Nestor Film company in Bayonne, N. J., in 1908, when they shot “big dramas of the west” ini one reel ia o:e afternoon in Brady's woods. Charlie, who had been with wh2 |Grana Trunk railroad ‘n the boy. |home’ town of London, ‘Ontario, ycame to Hollywood in 1913, after the Nestor Film company had {merged with Universal. The brothers worked for Uni- versal, Al as head of the comedy department. One day they decided ‘o resign, and, going to the location Al haa established on Sunset boule~ verd for the Nestor company, they started their own concern, to make comedies. The Christies progressed bit by bit and reel by reel until today they probably have one of the soundest .of the smaller but ‘steadily-working rganizations. The Christie household, under roof, includes, besides the cthers, their -mother, sister, an nt and Al Christie’s wife. Char- lie's wife died several years ago. The brothers attend polo games, |dog and horse shows and the the- atre together. One never goes vachting without the other. With such recreations, it is apparent they have had financial success. Charlie was in a poker game once one 2 and when chips were counted the “banker” told him he was “out” | $100. | “Just half of that. It cost Al $50, too.” And Al was 2,000 miles away at the time. SHRINE DANCE TO BE GIVEN OCTOBER 25 { The first of the winter series of |ever popular Shrine dances will | be given in the Scottish Rite Tem- 'ple. on Frida§ eveéning, Octobér 25, according to Simpson MacKinnon, |chairman of the committee, in making the announcement today. lThe Shrine affairs are always not- ied for being the big events of the |season and special invitations are | |always issued. he..... best time to buy needed printing is A Fresh Shipment of Aplets Just Received One-half pound to 5 pound boxes BUTLER-MAURO MAX FACTOR’S Supreme Toilet Preparations MADE IN HOLLYWOOD Endorsed by the Leading Movie Stars | ! Junean Drug Company Free Delivery “Phone 33 | Post Office Substation No. 1 7, 1929. 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