The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1930, Page 3

i THE DAIL'Y ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNl:bD AY, AUGUST 13, 1930 PALACE LAST TIMES T | METROTO NEWS i i 2—Big Comedies—2 , PHOTOPHONE OLIVE BORDEN in DIAL 0 G SMA flRIZIflG[ A RADIO PICTURE \HALF Music—Song—Pep C \ 10-25-50-Loges 75 Lo e ] 3 Attractions At Theatres ‘ROOK DRAMA AT COLISEUM TONIGHT . {Claudette Colbert, one of the most popular young leading women | op the Broadway stage, has been cast for the principal woman's role | i} the Paramount all-talking my. tary film, “The Hole in the Wall, which comes to, the Coliseum to- njght. The cast of this gripping play of syper-crooks and their methods of fake spiritualism includes the nhmes of many others notable on Broadway. Among them are Ed- ward G. Robinson, as the princi- pal heavy, David Newell as lead- ing man, Louise Closser Hale, Bar- 1y_Macollum, Brooks, George McQuarrie, Kath- erine Emmet and Nelly Savage. Rcbinson gave notable stage per- fermances in the stage versions of “The Racket” and “The Man with Red Ha Newell has appeared with Ethel Barrymore and other famous actresses. }The Hole in the Wall” is an adaptation by Pierre Collings of a play presented on the Broadway stage about seven years ago. It cen- ters around a gang of criminals who employ the aid of a medium and spiritualistic means to gain their own ends in a gigantic crime rihg. The weird and uncanny man- ifestations of spiritualism are heav- ily stressed in the film. e — “HALF MARRIAGE” IS FEATURE AT PALACE . What with beautiful Olive Bor- den of the silent screen, Morgan Farley of the Broadway stage and Ken Murray of vaudeville, all gone talkie in “Half Marriage,” Radio pictures latest production which opened at the Palace theater yes- terday, it can be said at the start that there isn't a dull moment to be found. {To begin with, they all know how tb talk, and Jane Murfin, who wrote the dialogue and adaptation from George Kibbe Turner's magazine story, “Companionate,” has given them something to say. It’s a story with words and music and how. Olive Borden plays the role of am art student heiress, in love with d struggling young architect em- ployed by her father. They marry, secretly. Then Morgan Farley, the young architeet, finds that he had| been tricked by a fake telegram, sent by Anderson Lawler, who plays the role of a wealthy young man about town, then the plot thickens. } ————,———— :The Oklahoma City detention Hospital will be moved because pa- dents complain of noise caused by cil drilling nearby. | ' Louisiana produced 808,825 bales of cotton in 1929. i o { Ola papers ror sale at ‘The Em- .T“ office. ALASKA FRIENDS —make the Hotel Frye their accepted meeting place; we are glad to wel- come you here. ~ Garage in Connecuon Donald Meek, Alan| (OIL DISCOVERER ARRIVES HERE ") "FOR VACATION GOOD AUDIENCE {Mountain Cllmbmg Is Weakness of Thomas G. White of Katalla Where is the best place to spend a vacation? Thomas G. White of Katalla, pioneer Alaskan, knows. Not Paris with the Folies Bergere tand the art galleries of the nearby Tuileries; nor London with the and the regal splendor of St. James nor Berlin with Unte would not be unwelcome in the di tant or ‘the nearer places. He has broken bread with royalty, bunked with culture and lent tobacco to possessors of great wealth. He pre- fers Juneau. He is here to whilg away the time that he | from- petroleum activities near Con- |troller Bay. He has the distinction |of being the discoverer of oil in {both the Katalla and Yakataga | districts. Came North In 1888 Mr. White f came to Ala in 1888., He w it boasted the largest ore reduction mill in the world, the Treadwell| dropping 244 stamps at the time. st (He has prospected placer iproperties in various parts of the territory, but in the interim of years between his efforts as a gold seek- er and his achievements as an oil producer he devoted himself to mountain climbing. It is this peri of his life that he recalls with fond- est recollections “Mount Saint Elias was and is my weakness,” he recalled today | as he sat in the Gastineau Hotel “My first attempt at scaling it was {in 1890. |a member was headed by Prof. Is- rael C. Russell, eminent geologi: afterward and I think now, a mem- ber of the faculty of the University of Michigan. In the group were scions of wealthy families. W made but little progress. year Professor Russell organ 1 another party of which I was a member. With equipment and sup- plies, we left Port Townsend in the Revenue Cufter Bear, among whose officers were Captain Healy and Lieutenants Jarvis and Robinson, Six lives—five of the ship’s com- pany and one of our party—were lost in gaining the shore near the HOLLYWOOD; Cal, Aug. 13— Against the tilt of a woman’s nose {a revolution in industry is nothing Less than a year ago, Broadway still was moving to Hollywood be- cause the movies had started talk- ing. And Maureen O'Sullivan was an obscure little Irish girl—in Ire- land. The screen had reached the peak of its transition from silent to ar- ticulate acting. Producers were in @ whirl, including Frank Borzage, director. Besides working to make the talkies speak for themselves more effectively, Borzage was in Ireland directing scenes for John McCor- mack’s first picture. picturesque poverty of Whitechapel ! Den Linden' and the imposing pal. of the: fallen Hohenzollerns; nor Rome with St. Peter's, seemingly eter and the Coliseum, palpably tem- poral; nor even anj the play- grounds of the New World—New York with the glare and glitter of Breoadway, nor Los Angeles with ad- jacent Hollywood ts . allure- ment of femini 5 None of these for him. Yet he is taking | 1 Juneau when | and lod“ i The party of which T was | The next | PIQUANT IRISH NO HOODOOCLOSES BEFORE SECOND Elks Show Repeals First| | Night's Success, Draw- | ing Large Crowd i In its final performance at the! the Elks Show, 1 the dir Coliseum last night, “Hoodoo,” staged under tion of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ma Naughtan, ple@sed another large audience. All of the specialty num- bers were excellent and rendered | pleasing manner, and th2 three-act mystery play kept the big audience diverted and enter- tained from the first scene to the final curtain. ‘ Miss - Grace Nagh nlo dancer and ll‘m Misses Elizabeth and E: JI\— er Kaser in a distinctive dance| feature, divided honors with the soloists, Ted Keaton and Mrs. Maiy | Norris € The Kiddi Kupre ! Dell Revue repeated last night th: a |hit it made at the opening per- {formance and was given an ova- | [tion 1 | Miss Ella Wolland, junior dahcer ; {scored another success. The chorus | which appeared in numbers gnc\l by Mr. Keaton and Mrs. Goss Was one of the best ever seen here. [ Martin Jorgenson, as Sheridan |Scott, crime “deflector,” gave Ifini performance in that r lin comedy drama. It was d the |swiftly moving play of mystery that {kept the audience in suspense until just before the final curtain. Miss Murial Jarman who had the of Ruth Carson, heroine, w icharming, and her chum and com \panion, Norah Oneill, played by ‘\4r~ McNaughtan, made up the [third excellent lead. M. H. Sides. 2s Titus Brow 1mu- Scott's assistant, Harry | Sperling as Lawyer Murray, George Rice and H. M. Porter train con- ductors, Curtis Shattuck portray-| |ing John Blake suitor of Miss {Carson, C. T. Gardner, in the role of Luke Carson, the heroine's fath- ‘e1, and J. McNaughtan, as the District Attorney, rounded out the jcast in a realistic manner foot of E Two small boats ]nn[\ in charge of Jarvis and the lother, in charge of Robinson, cap- zed in the surf. I was in the Jarvis boat. We managed to right {it, and finally reached land. All but one of the seven in the Rob- inson craft were drowned. The survivor got to the beach huggin a* 50-pound sack of flour that he had contrived in some way to bring | Ithrough the surf. The range of hills in the oil field at Yakataga is named Robinson Hills in mem- | lory of the ill-fated officer “The sea tragedy did not prevent our effort to climb Elias. We got Jup 14300 feet—the mountain's al-; Maureen O'Sullivan was just angther colleen near Dublin a year ago. ies. Here she is in closc-up and various other poses. i 1 | . | Rroadway s “Bad Boy in Toils Agam | * Earl Carroll’s Meteoric Career Receives 'Anoth'er Setback by Censorious DPolice, With Showgirls in Court. TarrH Bacon BULLETIN—NEW YORK, COLISEUM Where Sound Sounds Best TONIGHT————7:15—9:30 rRANCES do\“CE IRENE AHLPERG 3 Ewfl:n \VEWEI/ Jovce Hawre e She Saw Too Much! —in the realm of spirits beyond— when deletions, dictated by public authorities, were made in seveéral N. Y., Aug. 13.—Earl Carroll|scenes. But the charges against Earl d eight members of the|and his nine employees still stand cast of “Vanities” were freed Besalle (fanwpy Farsy . . 3 was over four years ago that of charges of presenting an oll gave the famous wine bath- immoral performance. any cf the members of the cast. NEW YORK.—Earl Carroll, Broadway's is in trouble again! The police have just descended latest and most expensive and on his production, the new * aniti The : Grand Jury refused to return 9" ‘indictments against Carroll or best known bad boy party for his theatrical “angel” resulted in his being sentenced a one-year term in Atlanta on. ‘Some of the most promi- people in New York City at- tended that astonishing function. The high pdint of the festivities came when a young lady named Joyce Hawley stepped into a bath- tub filled with wine. Carroll was arrested when he denied that the |girl tock a vintage bath at the {revel in his theatre. He was con- victed of perjury. All Broadway sprang to his de- carted away eight of his most love- | fense, but Carroll was incarcerated, ly showgirl beauties and Jimmie |, oyertheless. Savo, a comedian, to the police sta- | when Carroll came back from tion. Atlanta, he made a phenomenal When the blue-coated invaders |comeback. The new revues that he arrived at the theatre, Carroll, him- | produced eclipsed all his previous self could not be found. The next |efforts in both costliness and en- morning, however, the immaculate, |tertainment value. ober-faced Earl appeared at polico; His new t show, on the boards | | before. |Irene Ahlberg, the “Miss America” Among the young ladies who will stand trial with Carroll are: Miss S-h-h! of last year's beauty contest at A beautiful girl turns “spirit- Galveston; Frances Joyce, the “Miss ualist” for revenge! Her crook San Francisco,” and Faith Bacon, pals prey on the wealthy, A a fragile dancing beauty. % child is kidnaped. Terror! Earl Carroll started his profes- Thrills, Tremors! sional career as a lyric-writer for i ¥ popular songs. At one time he ~ 100 PER CENT TALKING COMEDY wrote the words to music penned by the unforgettable opera tenor, Enrico Caruso, Sensational Career His sensational rise to the front| rank of American musical comedy | producers is one of the epics 0:“y-oo»—ooomo»—»o»—o’o'mo"*-“ Broadway. ‘His attempts to wrest first honors in this field from' Florenz Ziegfeld has resulted in much bitterness between the two. Under the New York State law,' theatres housing indecent theatri- |cal productions may be padlocked for one year. If this happe in VITAPHONE ACTS NEWS THE NEW AND LATE STYLES OF SHOES——ALWAYS R - s the “Vanities” case, Carroll's great- est rival will suffer some of the ARNULD s BOOTERY consequences. ! For one of the owners of the A showhouse at which Earl Carroll GOLDSTEIN’S BUILDIN court and was held in bail along lonly a few weeks, outdoes for sheer |exhibited his latest extravaganza with the others. | splendor of settings, as well as for |is none other than Ziegfeld—who &=o=-reer-errrserarorarsrrarararo The show th caused all this |risque scenes and dialogue, anything |refers to himself as “the glorifier | feeeeererrrroc o furore was mitted to continue |ever see: P rica E 4 rica pirl.” T R 1 > <] Iy 3 ciodlh i | ever i“," fi the American fl_“fe,:f l]}e {\mexlcfr.x“;_,ul | s TRUPAK” QU/\LITY LEADS THE WORLD! 1 2 { Try a can of your favorite fruit or ‘vegetable L titude is 18,010. Professor Russell fwas made from' the north side,| The first night game in the New A 3 o never made another attempt. | which is the only way the moun- NORTHERN SALES AGENCY Peak Conguered By 'Abruzzi “The peak was conquered in lfiflu}r-ms of the Duke's venture was as- by the Duke of Abruzzi, ative of the King of Italy. a member of his party sisted of about 30 men, whom were Italians. T Maureen OSulli- Then he saw van's profile. And despite all the | shanges the movies were under- z0ing and all his other worries, he signed her to a contract to appear in the McCormack and other films. The result is a record for Mau- reen—the quickest rise, it is held. of any girl without previous train- ing from an absolute ‘“‘unknown” to featured player. Maureen was living, 10 months ago, in Killiney, 6,100 miles from Hollywood. Just past 20, she spent | her life riding, with her parents in | a small imported car and going” to Dublin, 11 miles away, to shop—or to attend the Metropole theater and f dance at the Plaza restaurant. ican talkies. At the Plaza she a near rel- sured, |tain can be scaled. When the suc- he directed that none but I was{two of his countrymen accompany Now she'’s the lalk of the talk- heard the only modern jazz orch tra in Dublin. While dancing, Borzage saw The tilt of her nose and her typical him. Irish characteristics &p to the sudden frenzied ment of her discovery, Ma had no desire of immediate ho; becoming a talkie actress took the test offered by Borza a dare of friends. America. Following McCormack’s ers in “So This Is London Then can My Heart” she was with Will ! F {now has a part in “Just Ima They say here she’s proving iy At the Metropole she saw Amer- \movles which her nose helped » useful n that revolution about, , which con- him to the top, and so none of us most of |except him and two of his coun- The ascent|trymen went to the summit. | “Some time, I may take a notion {to see what the Duke put into the {cairn that he placed on the peak. fI like to climb mountains better {than to pump oil. Almost any day |1 may follow my inclination.” | | Katalla is prosperous in its mod- | The Chilkat Oil Company | four claims that were patented | |befor: the government closed oil |ground to private ownership. Four | {wells are in production. They '.u'ri t |ylelding 14 barrels of oil a day. First Well Still Flows | ’ } “We brought in the first pro- ducer in 1902, and it is still flow-| ing,” said Mr. White. “Oil of the| Katalla field is high grade—85 per | cent gasoline, distillate, coal oil and Diesel oil. We have put down 14| holes in all, and we plan to do more idrilling in the immediate future. | “The Frank Johnson Company of | Chicago, which has leased from the! | government likely ground at Nich- awak, has a drilling outfit in opera- | tion. It is making about 5 feet a| day, and was down 150 feet when |1 left a few weeks ago.” | Katalla's population, according to ‘\Mr. ‘White, consists of 60 white per- {sons and 6 Indians. Everybody that {wants work has it. There is no| {commissioner, no deputy marshal, |no law enforcement officer of any sort. “Is that,” he naively asked, “the| cause or the effect of the absence of crime. Even the bootlegger is a stranger to us.” . Mr. White will remain here a week or ten days longer before re- turning home. SCOTT SUCCESSFUL Clayton Scott, pilot of the Gcr.r.t; weeks ago, yesterday landed at Se- r | Whitehorse through British Colum- bia, according to word received to- day at the Governor's Office. Scott was a recent local visitor, spending several days here en route to White- horse. He went there to take over an n {American plane held by Canadian customs authorities after it had entered the country without per- ‘Imission. It was a Travelair eraft -jowned by a California aviator who 1|crossed the Canadian boundary and '|flew to Whitehorse before being - |stopped. Seott took the plane back to the States, stopping en route at 7 | Atlin, Hazelton, Prince George and Vancouver, IN FLIGHT SOUTH| plane wrecked at Icy Bay several| attle after a successful flight from| York metropolitan - district at- Jer- | sey City in the International league, “OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT” drew 12,000 persons, a near record. | Second and Main Streets O e rreeed 7 Pioneer Pool Hall Telephone 183 Pool—Billiards EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Chas. 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