The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1931, Page 3

o CAPITOL s | FINE MSTERY FILM TONIGHT “Bishop Murder Case’ Is Full of Thrills and Keeps Audience Guessing Telephone 144 THE BISHOP MURDER Four strange murders in rapid succession shatter the quiet dig- nity of Riverside Drive, in New York City. J In selecting “The Bishop Murder Case,” which will be shown to- night at the Capitol theatre, Metro- Goldwyn-Maye said to have tak- en into consideration the two most { important factors involved in en- | tertainment of the mystery type. namely, the character of the script and the plot. There are no trite situations in |the plot of this mew all-talking thriller and 1t is happily devold of | forced coincidences and new char- acters suddenly introduced in t |last reel while the poor audiénce has been deluded into believing it has its choice from the group of | players it had ‘been watching throughout the major pomon of the picture. | Originality Draws Audiences | { Originality in mystery films draws | audiences quite as quickly as, syrup | gathers the proverbial flies, @& fact |of which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was [fully aware. {. In selecting the cast, the ‘pro- | ducers made sure that thére would | be no inexpert hand among the | players to destroy the carefully built lup illusions of the mystery-film. | Basil Rathbone was chosen for the role of Philco Vance, detective | Others given prominent parts ws ‘lflla Hyams, Roland Young, Al | B. Francis, George Marion, Zelda | Sears and a number of other cap- able players. In each case a black ch bishop and a nursery rhyme are the only clues left. Even Philo Vance— gentleman, scholar and detective, is puz- zled. Try and Guess the Answer! Enjoy An Evening of 1001 Thrills! with Basil Rathbone, Lelia Hyams, Roland Young Geoge F. Marion Series ¢f Murders The plot centérs about a series | oI murders starting with that of “Ccck Robin,” intimate of a group lof scientists who live' in an out- lying district of New York. After | each murder there is found a jeer- ing note written in “Mother Gogse” rhyme, and signed “The Bishop.” At the side of each body is found | a2 black bishop from a chess set. Philco Vance er into the | case when he discovers that Robin, first of the victims, was not killed by an arrow fired from a bow, but that the weapon had been driyen |into the man’s heart, after his | death PICTURE iWS COMEDY COMING RICHARD DIX in “SHOOTING STRAIGHT” “CONDEMNED” “UNHOLY 3" DAILY SPORTS CARTOON Detectives are Baffled Vance, Markham and a whole b of detectives are baffled and | w by murder which con- 1unuc right under tr Very nos There doesn't m to be a chanc lef finding the clever criminalsun- | til—well, it would hardly« (|0 to tell too much about the outcome of the mystery-film. The screen adaptation of “The | Bishop Murder Case” was made by Lenore J. Coffee.. The direction | was under joint supervision of iNick Grinde and David Burton, J e — KETCHIKAN HI - ASKS TOPLAY WASH.CHAMPS TACOMA, Wash, March 18— There is a scant chance of accept- ing the basketball series challenge of the Ketchikan team by the Sta- dium High, Washington State school champions. The Board of Control has d ruling prohibiting post-season games, school officials said. 3 | | } -He Toure © AUSTRALIA AND JusT ABOUT ROINED Hi> FEET ON THE SOFT ¢ TURF Teacks Chinese; Arsenal to Beat . Swords to Ploughshares PEIPING, March 18—The arse- HE WAS nal at Talyuanfu, capital of Shan- A MBER OF |si is to be changed so as literally MEME to beat swords into ploughshares. THE 1028 Last year the plant made most of thé munitions used in the civil war by the northern rebels. But henceforth it is to produce farm implements, rails and other steel products. Railroad schemes, intended to ex- ploit the phenomenally rich min- eral resources of Shansi province, also are under consideration. ——————o———— Old papers av ‘I'ne Emmre OLYMOIC, ANI GIRL BAND AT GOLISEUM Clever Screen Farce Vies with Stage Musicians, Singers, Dancers “So Leong Letty,” one of the fun- niest and most popular musical comedies is 'a, Warner Brothe dancing, singing Vitaphone produc- tion starring Charlotte Greenw: which will be .shown the Coliseum theatre. traction will be Supp"’m“nt the stage appearance of “Stanley Hollywood Los Senioritas,” an all- girl band, the members of which cdn sing and dance, tco. The history of “So Long Letty” interesting because in its day, it was one of the most popular stag: successes. It started as a modest musi farce in Los Angeles, and it w planned to move the company to San Francisco, then a better th atrical town, in a couplé of wesk: Gained Great Favor However, the LoS Angeles public tock a tremendous fancy to the show and to the lengthy Charlotte Greenwood and packed the hotse for weeks. Finally, the was forced by contracts to San Francisco. It was the same story through- out the country wherever the show wes booked. As a result it did not reach New York for ma months after it was scheduled to do so. An interesting feature of the production is that there never we: any road companies. Usually in the case of a show hit it is pos- sible to send two or three compan- ies cut on the road while keepinz the original company intact in N York. to mo Only One Charlotte However, there was only o Charlotte Greenwood. — There w 1o one else who could play the tall lanky Letty and sing the role as well as she could, so the play h: fthe unique distinction of playing years with Miss Greenwood ir every performance. 1t is the same story in this Vit phone production for Warn { There is only one “Letty” minds of millions of people, and as a result she plays the title role in the picture. Others in the cast | are Grant Withers, Bert Roach, Claude Gillingwater, Miller, Marion Byron, Ha] ey, Helen Fc and Harry Grib- bon. The production was adapted v.u the screen by Robert Lord and Ar- thur Bacon. REBELLTN N STATE PRISON AGAIN FLARES ['wenty Convicts Pull Off Disorder—Slain Man's Sister Fights JOLIET, IlL, March 18. — The stifled rebellion in two state peni- tentiaries surged to a new anti- climax yesterday afternoon. It began with a fight among 20 convicts in the new Stateville pris- on, five being wounded, and pene- trated into the quiet room where a ‘coroner’s jury absolved the Pris- on officials of blame for the deaths of two convicts in last Saturday's riots. A sister of one of the slain men, attacked a guard. The coroner’s jury determined the convicts slain “came to their death while assaulting guards during a riot.”, o ek VISITOR FROM SKAGWAY Mrs. Lyman E. Reynoldson of Skagway is in Juneau having comz for medical treatment and a short vacation. ¢ Hery MINER’S KNEE TRED John Marsura, a muner, is a St Anns Hospital patient undergoing tr-at,mem for an mjured knee. &= e HE FLASHZD AN OLD TME "LERMOND KICK” To WIN THE NATIONAL TWO MILE // RUN /N PMINUTE S 11 %6 SECONDS J OAO/ I ssociate Exclugive picture of the dirigible Los Angeles moored to the Patoca in Balboa harbor, c-nal lon B just before the fieet took off to repel the “attacking” Pacific fleet. Am-,ran carriers Lulmn a Sara- toga in .Igm bnkground, cruisers at the left, in tho court of claims for greater £ i AP AR gt - lNDlANS SEEK MlLLlQNS FROM U. S. Lud'rl of Indian tribes agpeared In federal court at Spokane, Wash., for preliminary action in a suit for $100,000,000 to be pressed ! land by ancient treaties. Left to right, seated: Albert Sam, Dan Sher- wood, Peter Silas, Leo Abraham, Moses Phillips and (standing) Walter Associated Press Photo compensation for loss of northwest aesar and directed by Lloyd |- company | = Oded Williams, Attorney W. 8. Lewis and (inset). Jndi K Mo o | Oh, What a Show At VARNER BROS. Ib.‘esenl‘ Cohseum tulGreenwood NG E Fast and Furious Farce! Singing, Clowning Cast! And the Funniest Session of Merri- ment the talking screen has ever provided. flllfllllllllllllllllllllIIIIllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIlIIIlIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllI||IIIIIIIflIIlIlIIIIIIIII lITTlE ‘I()l)l[s /LZZZ(/ St G T \dnez_Courtney * | Inez Courtney is a little New' York girl who did much to start| the do-do-de-o-do school of come- | diennes. She has red hair, sings loudly and has been featured in a half-dozen Broadway shows. | She was a hit in “Good News,”| same along in “Follow Through” and then departed for a sa]ourn‘ amid Hollywood movie lots. She had roles in three pictures and | then came back to furnish laughs in “Ams heart.” She is not married, but wants to be. She rides along the Central! Park bridle paths every morning,' and becomes ill at the thought of crossing the Atlantic. She reads! everything by Bernard Shaw and Maurice DeKobra and little else. — ., ——— —q SPORT BRIEFS 1 o o o5, S AU | i { | i { Private interests are seeking a lease on the uncompleted “Bobby Jones” golf course in Atlanta, and would finish it. The course is owned by the city. | One hundred fifteen basketball players took part in the first round of the southern conference basket- ball tournament. Nine ‘intersectional football games *| have been rated among the 11 most important on ball schedules. 1931 southern foot- Tulane’s 1931 football schedule of 11 games lists but three away from New Orleans. will travel ason foot- Vanderbilt university north for its first pre ball game next fall when it the University of Detroit. 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