The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1931, Page 3

SUNDAY 7:30—9:30 Pictures but “Ta forever. HAL ROACH = precents = = = = ] = = = = = = = = = - = = = = = = = = = EI[IIIIlIIIIIIII||IIIII|Il'IIII|IIIII|I||II|IIIIIIIIII|IIIII Cap MAT INEE—2 come and pictures go ming of the Shrew” with Mary and Doug will live MARY_ I liomm FAIREAN and Directed by SAM TAY LOR. ALL~TALKING / COMEDY SMASH / You'll laugh as never befcre! —Coming— “Chasing “Free ar “Devil May Care” “Half Shot at Sunrise” AR OO SATURDAY STEP up a little closer, folks, for the film sensation of the season! LAST TIME TONIGHT | at the Opliscum Theatre. CAPITOL THEATRE Our Gang Comedy News Cartoon IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIlllIIIIIIIlIII|I|IIIIIll WINDSOR, ©nt.—James Cooper, 57, millionaire, was lost in midocean | from the steamer Deutschland on which he was enroute to Europe. girls, ‘show girls and members Of phone staff song writers. No .details received. BRICKPORT, N. Y—A twenty- sceond child has been born to Mrs. Morris Blossom. It was a boy. AR} ‘the children are living. ‘SALLY’ COMES T0 COLISEUM SUNDAY NICHT “Four Devils" Will Be Pre-| sented at Two Shows Tonight Only “The Four Devils” will be the attraction at both shows tonight “Sally,” starring Marilyn Miller, will be pre- cented tomorrow night. In “Sally,” there is assembled a wonderful combinaticn of comedy talent in support of the. famous star. Joe E. Brown, famous on stage and screen, has the principal com- | edy role, the same one originated | on the stage by ‘Leon :Errol Roy Barnes is cast as the flip theatrical agent, Otis Hooper. Ford Sterling plays the German restaur- ant proprietor. Jack Duffy por- trays an old roue, who is out for} no good with the cuties. Pert Kel- ton, who starred in Ziegfeld's “Rio, Rita,” has the ingenue role and | cings a number of comedy songs.| t Alexander Gray is cast in thej i romantic role opposite the star. i | | 1 Special Stage Built ! No theatre or studio stage in) Hollywood or Los Angeles was large | enough to hold the spectacular bal- let scenes for “Sally.” | So a theatre stage was built es-| {pecially for the picture, on the | {largest sound stage at the Burbank| Studios. It was 135 feet wide, 50/ {feet from the footlights to the top) |of the proscenium arch, and 110 {feet deep from the curtain to the back wall. | The stage was equipped with special scenery, curtains and drape: and made practical in every way | including & number of floor eleva- tors and other mechanical devices. 160 Chorus Girls | On this huge platform 160 chorus /the Albertina Rasch ballet = work-| led, with a Vitaphone orchestra of | 110, under - the direction of Leu: Forbestein, in the pit. | | “Sally” has many spectacul“r iscenes and unusual and stupendous; ||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIllllllIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIHIIIIlIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIlIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIHIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHH AR OO AR LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |“Look for the Silver Lining,” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY FEB 2I MONDAY 7:30—9:30 itol P. M. The Screen’s most color- ful figures in the world’s most lll)l’Oal‘iOllS (‘OI“(‘(]y . ICKFORD 3 togethe, AN ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S The King and Queen of movie- dom in their first co-starring pic- Sz > UNITED Rainbows” wd Easy” HIIIIIlIImmlllllllllllllllllllllll FROM TYPEWRITER TO ‘STARDOM Assoclated Press Photo Carmen Barnes, 18, who came to a Hollywood motion plcture studio under a six weeks’ contract as writer, has signed a new contract cali- ing for her services, not at the typewriter but as a full fledged movie | star. Her first picture will be adapted from her own novel. Miss Barnes s the daughter of a Chattancoga, Tenn., manufacturer- CHILDREN THRIVE, WESTERN GERMANY BERLIN, Feb. 21.— Westphalia, site of the most important German industries, seems to be the best ground in Germany for growing children. According to a cei there are three families with nin teen children each, two families with eighteen, eleven with sev teen, fifteen with sixteen, sevente with fifteen and twe families with fourteen children. ———————— A cat taken on a visit to Lan- caster, Ohio, walked 100 mil | home to Cincinnati. ts, The ballet numbers required weeks of preparation and are sald to include some of the most pre- tentious ever made in a sound pic- ture. There wnre 32 musical numbers, and Wild, Wild Rose,” song hits of the stage version, are retained, while new, snappy and up-to-date musical numbers have been pro- vided by the Pirst National Vita- —_————— A new Hungarian petroleum re- finery in Budapest is said to be one of the largest and most mod- ern in Europe, . 000000000000 I93I INDAY MONDAY “Sally” is features a SHOWS 7:30 9:30 PICKFORD ARE AT Begin Showing at Mat- inee Performance ‘When a beautiful girl counters a legitimate proposal of marriage tendered by a handsome young man with such a statement as: happen. And happen they do in “Taming of the Shrew,” which comes to the| | Capitol theatre tOmOrrow, | Douglas Fairbanks to the screen to- | gether for the first time. | matinee performance at 2:30 in the | afternoon. | From the opening shot |final fadeout, “Taming Shrew” is just one long, laugh. From the first gay but stubborn Petruchio, played by Douglas Fairbanks, lays upon his bride-to-be, - the stormy tempestuous Katherine, Mary Pickford, there ensues a bat- tle of wits and wills. fiery temper, is intrigued by her |defiant remark: “Ill see thee hanged!” Tames the Shrew Petruchio sets about unceremon- jously to tame the Shrew. To mak? things more complicated, he em- ploys the very tactics that Have won her- the cognomen of “wildcat” |throughout all of Ttaly. How she to the glorious |lution is worked out could only b2 |told by Shakespeare. In this screen story of the Bard's immortal comedy, brought to the screen for the first time in the his- Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, every bit of essential dialo; com- edy and striking situation has besn left intact throughout production., This was accomplished by Sam Tav- lor, the man who directed “Taming ‘cr the Shrew” and, before t The Most Dazz crease your of a lovely fFAIRBANKS AND ,GAPITOL SUNDAY “Taming of Shrew Wil “Tll seel {thee hanged,” things are bound to! of the| momefit | eyes ) played by| He loves her, resists, and how the ultimate so-| |tory of motion pictures by Mary/ (SHE’S IMPORTANT not a revue. ‘It is first and foremost - an absorbing love story, with convulsing comedy moments, with dancing and spectacular stage dded to in- enjoyment romance. and like-} | wise brings Mary Pickford and' | 1t will| |be shown for the first time at tha! | | | | “Coquette,” | Pickford as emotional ac ever seen, All Humor Retained | Taylor succeeded In retain the humanness which izes Shakespeare’s works, enhanced the scope of through the medium of the motion MILK ROUTE 125 MILES LONG| picture camera. Critics who nave ing of the Shrew’ !achievement in soun thanks to the innovations sup by David Forrest, who was sible for the microphone W oquette.” edy are Jos>ph Cawthorn, !Cook, Doro‘ny Jordan, G Wardwell and Edwin Maxw | Added attractions at the {tol beginning tomorrow ling charact and the HERE and Beautiful of Shows BANKER’S SON has (and Jackie pldvl a0 | distances, would hav 125 miles long Yugoslavia is d | | is in operation between Lamasa and | demand for modern motion picture ling, on- o Among the featured players who | cuppcrt the two stars in the com- | Clyde | i- | Winant, 'Stan Laurel and Oliver Hard Most Important Screen Event in Y ears! AT LAST) SUNDAY MONDAY LOOK AT THE CAST Alexander Gray Joe E. Brown Ford Sterling T. Roy Barnes ALL COLOR 100% of EVERY- THING From Florenz Ziegfeld's Musical Comedy and Jerome Kern, by Guy Bolton, author, - composer. What a rare combination! One of the gre ed, with of stars as ack for more. dred nove song hits! And boy, rilyn Six stars! WEDS ACTRESS T TR Associated Pr | Roger Wolfe Kahn, 23, son of Otto Kahn, prominent New York | banker, and Hannah Williams, 20, actress, were married secretly at | the Kahn mansion at Cold Sprlng Harbor, N. Y., on Janu:ry 26. their “Below Zero,” all-talking |cast in the colortone Clock Shop.” “Rain or revue, Shine” starring Al oh boy, what comedy! t love stories ever film- Miller, s hercine. You couldn't But there’s a hun- innovations be the star es. Five color! R i I E m e T CAPTAINS MAN 5 HALIBUT CRAFT HERE FOR BAIT Vessels Involyved in Strike Are from Seattle and Petersburg With every man aboard a cap- tain, five halibut schooners from ports south called at Juneau today for ice and bait and then pro- ceeded to Westward banks. The vessels are the Garland, command- Jed by Capt. J. C. Bustness, from | Petersburg; the Eagle, commanded iby Capt. J. Engdal, from Seattle; the McKinley, commanded by Capt. B. Hanson,: Seattle; the Trinity, commanded by Capt. J. Selford, | Seattle; and the Celtic, command- zd by Capt. O. J. Edwards, Sent— e. All the boats are members ;df the Deep Sea Fishing Vessels' AS- sociation, against which the F ermen’s Union is conducting ¢a | strike. A Unable to obtain crews from .flshermen union headquarters in comedy scream | ! Seattle and Petersburg, the crafls and CLff Edwards| signed as sailors the captains of Heller and a clever; Thc'“’ the strike. {boats that are tied up as result They are the first vessels wlth Joe lion-union crews from Seattle nnfl Cook will be shown the last times Petersburg to call here en route tonight. e LAMESA, Tex.—Texas, milk route. One ‘\ Floydoda. — GOVERNOR USES RADIO has been installed l State of a marathon toward economic improvement in CONCORD, N. H.—Broadcasting/ /| equipment the office of Governor John &G. who will make frequent| trust by the Postal Savings Sys! ia| | to halibut banks to the Westward. o SLAVS DEMAND TALKIES | BELGRADE — The recent trehd reflected in the | entertainment and equipment. Sev- | enty-one talkie theatres are ob- eratmg in the country. ————————— POSTAL SAVINGS GAIN WASHINGTON—Funds held }n |radio talks to the people on vital for depositors now total $250, issues, i 000, the largest amount in hhtofl.