The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1930, Page 3

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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, LOVE, HATE and FEAR WHERE SOUND SOUNDS BEST THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF THE PARADE OF HITS COMING TO OLISEUM SUNDAY JEANNE EAGELS—SEE AND HEAR THE CAPTIVATI! TALKING FEATURE —SHOWS- 7:30 and 9:30 MONDAY > STAR OF THE FAMOUS STAGE PLAY “RAIN” IN HER MOS ' POWERFUL ALL “THE LETTER” THE GREATEST ALL TALKING PICTURE TO DATE SATURDAY ONLY “Old Ironsides” ——THE COMING PARADE “Cock-Eyed World” “Gold Diggers of Broad “The Man I Love” “They Had to See Par “Cocoanuts” way” SEE HIM——HEAR——TUESDAY DOUGIAS —FOR ADDED ENJOYMENT——— TAL HARRIS—Vitaphone Act HARRY FOX and BEE CURTIS Vitaphone Act FOX MOVIETONEWS | roles of her career in “The Lett which is a story of a woman scorned. It is a role of great dra- . Attractions At Theatres nald Owen and Herbert Marshall, all stage stars, support Miss Eagles in this talking picture. Jean de Limur directed. The film opens to- morrow at the Coliseum Theatre COLLEEN MOORE IS AT PALACE SUNDAY S “set” ever 0! ucted in an eastern motion phones ever to be used in recording picture studio was recently used at ia talking picture was employed in the Paramount Eastern studios, for making a scene for Colleen Moore's the all-talking production, “The first dialogue production, “Smiling Le .’ starring Jeanne Eagles. Irish Eyes,” the attraction at the “The Letter” is the first feature (Palace Sunday and Monday. longth all-talking production byi Twenty-three. microphones were Paramount to be filmed in therequired to realistically record a East. It is a forerunner of an!huge scene, representing an Irish dmbitious program mapped out by fair, in this First National-Vita- Paramount executives. phone special, the sensitive instru- For “The Letter,” a street scenew\ems being suspended 'in various showing a section of Singapore was parts of an outdoor setting that constructed. The “set” measured |covered three acres of the extensive 125 feet in length. An exacting |“lot” at the First National-Vita- study of the oriental city was con-|phone Studio. ducted and, when over 200 Chinese| In this manner, the highly enter- extras were used, through inter-|taining action of this part of “Smil- preters, they stated they “felt right |ing Irish Eyes” was synchronized at home.” In addition there was|with the conglomeration of shouts, a. mammouth indoor set including {music, laughter and squeals, the a large courtroom and a complete persistent oratory of barkers, the bungalow location on a rubber plan- babble of hundreds of voices, and tation. the scores of other sounds peculiar Miss Eagles has one of the best to the amusement zone of a fair. matic interest. O. P. Heggle, Regi- | The greatest number of micro-| “Smiling Irish Eyes,” which was |produced by John McCormick, was !filmed with an excellent cast in |support of Miss Moore. James {Hall, Claude Gillingwater, Aggie Herring, Robert Homans, Betty (Francisco and Robert Connor all have prominent roles. URA LA PLANTE IS ‘FEATURED AT PALACE Laura La Plante’s gorgeous per- sonality literally scintillates throughout the dramatic unfolding of “The Love ‘Trap,” which opened last night at the Palace theatre jand that in itself would be enough for any photoplay. ,smr, “The Love Trap” presents a story as unique as it is absorbing. |This, in conjunction with beautiful sets, excellent direction, sound ef- fects and dialogue, superb photog- ’raphy and an outstanding cast, |make it completely satisfactory as entertainment. ing epoch in the life of a chorus girl’ who rises from the *“pony” ranks iato the marble halls of aris- i tocracy. popular of the screen’s heroes, gives 'a thoroughly pleasing performance as Peter Cadwallader, and Norman | Trevor and Robert Ellis, ‘as the |judge and “heavy” respectively, lend Emmett O'- ! guaranteed. But in addition to the radiant| “The Love Trap” is the ouistand- | Neil Hamilton, one of the most| outstanding distinction to their { roles. - e NOTICE The Martha Society will give a luncheon, Monday, March 17, from, 12 noon until 2 o'clock. The chargel is 50 cents and quick service is —adv.! By ROBBIN COONS DOUTOK BORLAND HOLLYWOOD, March 15. — An enterprising “sound” man achieved Has returned and his office ISi, g ont climax when Calvin Cool- O TR adViiage visited the Hollywood studios. g “{ The bright boy with the mike slipped the recording instrument — e NOTICE TO CREDITORS iIn the Commissioner’s Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Number One. Before R. W. De Arménd, Commissioner and Ex- Officio Probate Judge. Sitk# Precinct. {soene: ] In the Matter of the Estate of | Neither COolidge ‘nor ‘Miss Pick ford was aware of the mike, but Ge Sykes, Deceased. ! ] o ey sty that, | tbat Made 10 differerice. Niss Pick= % ‘‘ford said nothing, and Coolidge W. Knight, was, on the 10th day ° lof March, 1030, appointed Ex[ditto. The mike’ hieard all they ; ! X" | said,—exactly nothing. ecutor of the Estate of George Sykes, Deceased. All.persons hav-| The Coolidge autograph, by the |ing claims against the estate of |way, has been added to the mot~ said deceased are required to pre-|ley ccllection on one of those typi- sent them to the undersigned at(cal Hollywod - autograph ‘“books’— Sitka, Alaska, within six months|in this case a violin whose unvar- ifrom the date of this notice |nished back is eriss-crossed with Dated at Sitka, Alaska, March signatures of the movie-famous. As 110, 1930. |the former President was leaving 'a set, Lon Chaney halted him with the request for the autograph for {2 fricnd, one of the set-musicians. | While Chaney ht he sat between Maty Pickford and nother member of his party, satching the filming of a ‘talkfe W. W. KNIGHT, | Executor. Pirst publication, March 15, 1930, publication, April 5, 1930 2-BIG SONG HITS-2 “A Wee Bit o’ Love” and “Smiling Irish Eyes” And Then An Old Favorite “Come By to Erin” ALL TALKING AND SINGING a Treat fer Loversof Irish Music and Wit As Lively As An Irish Jig. As Sweet As An Irish Ballad. HER FIRST ALL TALKIE SMILING IRISH EYES 10—25—50—Loges 75 cents -~ Hollywood (ights " an/ql Sounds 1 behind the visiting Ex-President as | S |its owner the ink-bottle, Coolidge signed and went his way, scarcely looking up. Bystanders wondered it he recognized the grateful star. Kid Gloves A certain movie old-timer arises to deplore the passing of Holly- wood's golden days of rough-and- !ready, wild-and-wooly chivalry. “Then,” he bewails, “men settled arguments and unfriendly disputes with their fists. Now they go about the business with kid gloves,” Be that as it may, I seem to re- call a recent encounter between writing Jim Tully and acting John Gilbert not the least tainted by the “kid” glove influence. Returns Olga Baclanova, the Russlan ac- tress who went into vaudeville when it appeared her accent would hinder future talkle work, has stepped into a talkie role imme- diately on her return . ., . She'’s to have the lead in “Alone With You” opposite Arthur Lake . . . Betty We Cou Musi lot, working there for the first time since she made her first Holly- wood movie appearance, in an early comedy . . . And Don Terry, picked up in a local resaurant by the author of “Me, Gangster” for the title role in that underworld story, subsequently signed by Fox and soon released, comes back to the screen in “Down by the Rio Grande,” a Western . . . - - lice started a house- wearch for her when her Joseph Grimi, arrived in New Yi City from Boston with . lebter Bttt a plea for help and thet ntained a plea for hel the writer wa belng Held a pris ‘mbynvu:lm Id Pick No Better cal Production for our Sunday- Patronage IT’S GREAT LLAST TIME TONIGHT LAURA LA PLANTE VAT THE LOVE TRAP ez g SR e e e “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Pajama ‘Suits Broadcloth in plain and fanecy patterns— Priced at $2.40 and $2.65 Rayon in novelty trim fea- tured in all of the new shades— Priced at $3.25 “Juneau’s Own Store” oy oenaealy | & - S Sstad ALl

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