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

UNDAY :30-9:30 MONDAY S 4 7:30-9:30 CAPITO MATINEE—2 o’Clock ALL TALKING PRESENTED BY SAMUEL CONDEMNED Y A conviot drudge whese heart was brimming with pity for a free woman whose heart was in bondage. Vivid romance of Devil's Island. UNITED ARTISTS PICTUDE NEWS LAND OF SKY BLUE DAL JGHTERS—Comedy 1931 “CONDEMNED" T0 BE SEEN AT CAPITOL SUNDAY ‘Lord Byro;l of Broadway’ | Will Be Shown Last Times Tonight With “Lord Byron ,of Broad- way” showing. for the last times tonight’ at the Capitol - Theatre, “Condemned” starring Ronald Col- man and Ann Harding, will be the next featured attraction, beginning at the matinee tomorrow after- noon. The amours of a young song writer with five beautiful women motivate the plot of “Lord Byron of Broadway,” Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s musical picture. Charles | Kaley, formerly of Earl Carroll's | “Vanities,” was imported to Holly- i\vcod to play the part of the hero, | while Ethelind Terry, prima donna | |of Ziegfeld's “Rio Rita,” Marion | shilling and Gwen Lee have the' | principal feminine roles. i | = French Penal Celony “Condemned” was produced by | | Samuel Goldwyn, Set as it is in the | | famous French penal colony of| , Devil's Island and in South Am- ;crica, with a brilliant cast of stage i and screen favorites, “Condemned” is regarded by many critics as Col- iman's greatest picture. Colman’s role is that of a dash- ing French thief sent to serve a }lrrm in the hideous prison which {the French call “The Island of |Living Death.” Opposite him in the cast is. Ann Harding, noted stage and screen star. Louis Wol- heim has another, prominent role, as also has Duley Digges, star of the New York Theatre Guild. Author and Playwright A famous author and a famous playwright are responsible for the story of “Condemned.” Sidney Howard, Pulitzer Prize winner with _| his play, “They Knew What They ! Wanted,” adapted the story to screen form from “Condemned to Devil's Island,” best-selling novel of life in the French penal colony {by Blair Niles. Wesley Ruggles rwas director of the picture. The fever-infested swamps which make escape from Devil's Island _| practically impossible, the sordid horrors of prison ships and squalid cells, combined with the growth of a pure love between a convict and a beautiful girl, give “Condemned” unique and picturesque qualities. Its settings, designed by Willilam Cam- eron Menzies, are the most strik- | LAST TIMES TONIGHT “Lord Byron of Broadway” MPS FOR NEW”—Comedy “OLD V ——COMING 99 > “UNHOLY 37 “ROGUE. SON SENORITAS PLAY FOR DANGE AT ELKS TONIGHT Maids from Hollywood Will| Be Factor in'Terpsi- chorean Gaiety Disciples of terpsichore, will dis- port themselves tonight. A dance| will be held in Elks Hall. It will} be under auspices of Juneau Elks, which is enough to insure a gay time, but just to make surety| doubly sure “The Hollywood Los Senoritas” will provide the music for the occasion. Even if these| maids could not play a note, their comely looks and winning ways are! enough to bring old timers come running from the hills and to make‘, Jjaded young blades about town/ lift their eyebrows in surprised admiration, But the girls can make| music. That is their business, Some of them are clever toe, tap and; athletic dancers and others can warble well enough to make folks pay to listen, but all are pro- fessionally porficient on a varied; assortment of musical instruments. The troupe of nine, which came here as a band for stage perform-. ances, can double as an orchestra without the slightly loss of har- mony, Dancing will begin at 9:30 o'clock and continue until 1:30. demned,” is the prison where the| most desperate French criminals, are sent, mostly on life sentences, | to live under .conditions which, doom most of them to early death. It came prominently into world notice some 30 years ago as the| place to which Alfred Dreyfus was.| sentenced, and again, before . the| war when Eddie Guerin, interna-| tional crook, succeeding in making | good his escape from its toils. PARTY FOR SERRY. COLE ON BIRTHDAY ‘qnlv COLISEUMHAS FILMANDSTAGE BILLS TONIGHT “Other Tomorrow” and Girls” Band to Be Follow- ed, ‘Under Texas Moon’ Billie. Dove, Senorit dancer: and, “The Hollywood " band players, singers and are scheduled for tonight at the Coliseum Theatre. “Under a Texas Moon,” with Fran Raquel Torres, Noah Beer: ed Kohler and Tully Marshall the cast, is the attraction will be presented Sunday and Monday night at the popular play- house. “The Other Tomorrow” is from Octavus Roy Cohen's story of Georgia and the fued of two men over the love of a girl, played by Miss Dove. Billie is shown as a bride return- ing to her village home with a ma; she married in haste after quar- reling with, her former sweetheart, the man she really loves. Insanely Jealous Husband Her husband is insanely jealous, and at every bit of gossip. abdut his wife and the other man he flies into a rage. The wife leaves him, but is caught in a storm and spends the night at cabin of Grant Withers, who plays the former suitor. They are seen, a fight is precipi- | tated, and a man is killed. The end- ing is very unusual and thrilling. The nine girls comprising “The Hollywood Los Senoritas” will ap- pear for the third consecutive time tonight at the Coliseum. play band seletcions, and several of them are clever tap, toe and athletic dances, and good singers. Don Carlos Jose Rafael Sebas tian de Rivero as played by Frank Fay in “Under a Texas Moon" |the. Warner Bros, and Vitaphone {100 per cent talking, singing, out- {door picture in technicolor, is one |of the most monumental and de- Ihuhuul preyaricators of all time. Has Fertile Imagination Don Carlos blurts whatever comes !to his fertile imagination as the Mr. and Mrs, Cash Cole enier-| tained, this afternoon for their) son Jerry, in honor of hjs fifth| birthday, with a matinee party at the Coliseum. Ice cream and cakg were served the youngsters at the Cole residence before the matinee. The decorations in the house were Easter bunnies and tulips. The invited guests were: Bobby Sabin, Jackie Light, Bok- bie Murphy, Franklin Dufresne; Old Papers for sale at Empire Office ing work ever done by this artist in picture settings. | Place for Worst Cenvicts Denald Hayes, Light and. Jackie Old papers, ab Dolly Mize, Adelle Oxrieder. R the Empjre office. ! . Devil's Island, locale pf “Con- - R0 M I, 7. W 7 Watche, for Old & LUDWIG NELSON’S Annual Trade-in Offer Good for 30 PAYS ONLY! ] ring m Your old W atches! We will allow you a credit on any make of old watches in a. trade in on any of our NEW STAN- DARD make American Watches. REMEMBER — Offer Good for But 30 DAYS DWIG NEL JEWELER “ELGIN “HAMILTON” “WALTHAM” America’s Best Watches i “ILLINOIS’ | S Mpe_ 96 4 e pol 1] | George Cooper, |it. He swears undying devotion to | every pretty senorita he meets. He {rxddh links to his imposing array of {assumed names. He refers to non- |existent ranches as his own—re. markable feats he has accomplish- | led and escapes he has made—with iences. jevery consummate trifler with the truth must be at times—Don Carlos makes good in most astonishing ways, flitting from one vivid ad- {venture to another, | The . cast, includes, besides Fay, | Beery, Torres, Kohler and Mar- ‘shau, Charles Sellon, Georgie Stone, Myrna Loy and Mona Maris. George Rigby did the sceiario, Michael Curtiz directed. 0 — e NEW PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL, POINT BARROW {One Case Arrives from Far Inland Trapping Grounds POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 21.—Two new patients are in the hospital with diphtheria. One case has just arrived from a village in the inland trapping grounds. Some fear is expressed by Dr. Griest that many families 40 or 70 miles inland may be exposed. e ATTENTION MASONS. There will be a Stated Com- munication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 F. & A. M. at the Masonic Temple Monday evening, March 23, 1931. -Work in the E. A. Degree. All brethern are urged to be pres- ent. By order of the W. M. J. W. LEIVERS, —adv Secretary, T Distinctive EXCLUSIVE But -Net EXPENSIVE . DEVLIN'S First and Main Sts. Uy the | They | solmen truth and takes his oath on| a glib disregard for skeptical aud-| | ANOTHER SENSATION AT that | = The amorous adventures of a gay caballero who lied his way into women’s hearts and laughed his way out of consequences. One of those rare pieces of entertain- ment that happens once in a blue moon. You’ll vote it the best LT . Coliseum The First Outdoor Picture in Technicolor When finally put to the test—as! Carton - JRDAY ONLY—BILLIE DOVE in “THE OTHER TOMO “Indians Are Coming” THE LAST TIMES TONIGHT—STANLEY'S “HOLLYWOOD LOS SENORITAS” OO OO OROED prohibition director. Limited use of wire tapping by all justice de, tlon bureau—was approved by William D. Mitchell, penditures committee. Shown at the hearing are, le the committee; Mitchell, C. Aaron Youngquist, WIRE TAPPING UPHELD AT HOUSE HEARING ft to right: Rep. assistant attorney general, and Am 3= |INIIIHII|II||I|IIIIIIHI"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIH!HUIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIII"!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIHIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIH MONDAY 9:30 1007 SINGING TALKING OUTDOOR PICTURE “Technicolor, ENARIO BY ... z%noopc RIGBY DIRECTED BY RROW’ Vitaphone Acts I Associated Press Ph partment enforcement agencles—Including the Dlnhpl‘:l- attorney general, at a hearing before the h , chal rman.ep; W. W. Woodcock, lliam Willlam: Cdpp. Haugt;n Dies,Victim of Accident Commanded Vessels Oper- ating from Seattle to Far North SEATTLE, Marcn 21.—7he funs eral of Capt. Steen O. Haugen, killed in a traffic accident last Wednesday, will be held tomorrow, He is survived by a widow, son Melvin, in Denver, Colorado, and two brothers, Capt. Odd Haugen and Capt. Odsen Haugen, both of Seattle. y Capt. 8. O. Haugen formerly commanded the San Juan whaler Starr Second and steamer Einer Byer, operating from Seattle to Alaska, and the power schooner Bender Brothers, from which he and his crew were rescued when lost in the Siberian Sea. —_—— - An old stone house built by By- ron Von Plave, one-time fugitive from the wrath of an Austrian monarch, has been restored at San Antonio, Tex. Income Tax Drop Cause of Concern Collecti(;ls_So Far Are Many Hundreds of Millions Under’ 30 WASHINGTON, March 31.—| Sharply decreased income tax col-: lections for the first quarter of the year are seen by the Treasury of-| ficials, Collections for the month through last Wednesday were $194,- | 945,000 as compared to $314,240,000 | for the same day last year. | ——————— The museum division of the | Birmingham, Ala,, library reports that 316 different species of birds | are found in Alabama. | ROX and MOODY Polish up on your short game with a few rounds on our Minia- ture Course. 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