The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1931, Page 3

TWO GREAT SHOWS PUTON ONE PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN 7 THIS EVENING AT COLISEUM “Lost Zeppelin,” Stirring Epic of Courage and Love,| and “Loose Ankles,” Delightful Comedy Will Be Headline Attractions in Smashing Double Bill, with Four Notable Shorts F i { Stirring adventure and delightful comedy—“The Lost Zeppelin” and “Loose Ankles”—combine to make a remark- able double feature program to be presented at the Coliseum Theatre tonight. Either of these all-talking pictures would be sufficient to head a first-class evening’s entertain- ment; both together form a show of rare merit in quantity and quality. In addition to these eminent photoplays there | are four notable short numbers—Fox News, “Accidents Will happen,” “Meek N\ Meek,” and e — 2 “The Voice of Lovely Man.” All|.p ... < e together, tonight's bill at the Coli- | afi_fij},?;;nk:a. :")ualf: ';.'fi;,l:zfl“;?;fl seum presehits two excellent pro- | pepo) wales as comedy aunts, Otis ductions and four exceptional short | Harlan, Inez Courtney and other numbers, for the price of one ad- ‘nomblv‘ fun-makers take part mission. e - 1 sk Epic of Courage | “The Lost Zeppeln” stars Con- | way Tearle, Virginia Valli and! Richard Cortez. It is an epic of | physical and moral courage put to the test under Antarctic conditions. | The scenes are wonderfully realis-! tic, depicting the bleak frozen| wastes of the storm-swept region.| | 1 { DOUGLAS | NEWS ‘A romance that grips attention and holds interest pervades the| thrilling production. It is a Tif-) ENROUTE NORTH fany picture on which no expense Mrs. G. W. Hudson and cmldrm! was spared in the making. lot Everett, Wash., are passengers | In “Loose Ankles” a novel andlon the . motorship Northland for very eomical- plot -kink embraces|Douglas to join Mr. Hudson. They | the efforts of the heroine to get a|will make their home here. man to “compromise” her. | She is wiling to pay $5,000 for | the favor. | Berry pickers are coming over Companicnate Marriage | from Juneau in number® to gather But the man must be willing t0|blueberries and salmonberries| have a brief companionate ‘mar-|which abound here. riage with her so that she may in-| herit a fortune. After that, he’s| LEAGUE MEETING free. So is she! | There will be a meeting of tha| Was this an old maid trying to|Ladies League, Friday evening at find a mate? Far from it! 1Inig oclock in the League rooms of | “Loose Ankles” a First National'the church. i and Vitaphone comedy version of; Sam Janney's stage comedy hit, she is young and pretty. Loretta Young plays the role. |the feature shown tonight at the| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, who is Coliseum Theatre, and also the featured with her, Eddie Nugent,, Versatile Novelty Entertainers, “The | Raymond Keane and Norman Sel-'Roamers” will be heard in songs, by, are a few of the young men dances, who think the proposition worth logues. while and do their best to help the lady. | AT COLISEUM | “Dumb Bells in Ermine” will be! ventriloquism and mono- | O P Bt Fairbanks Wins Out l IOWA’'S VACATIONING HENS Fairbanks, of course, wins in Lhci end. An all-star cast figures in) or hens, one or the other,” is the | slogan of Towa farmers. Hens which insist on summer va- | cations usually suspend production | |for from three to, five months.| ! meanwhile consuming six or reven | | pounds of feed a .month, Poult iSpeCialisL W. R. Whitfield, points |out. He recommends the chopping | lblock—w reduce “overhead.” ‘ DOUGLAS COLISEUM Big Double Show TONIGHT ONLY “Dumb Bells in Ermine” “SPELL. 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Sash and Doors - 1947 First Ave. So., Seattle, Washington 1933 First Ave. So., Seattle LAST TIMES TONIGHT Do Not Miss This Laugh Feast “WAY FOR A SAILOR” with John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Polly Moran Ventriloquist The Show of the Season LET'S GO 10, 20, 50 cents o/ TOMORROW Watch for These Features - “Florodora Girl” “Dance Fools Dance” “Behind Office Doors” “REDUCING” “LAST PARADE” “3 French Girls” “War Nurse” L U LR TR e s e S e wee e l These Girls Also Have Good Looking Teeth THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931. RO 2 BEERY STARS | WITH GILBERT | IN SEA DRAMA “Way for a Sailor” to Be! Foliowed by ““Avenger” at Capitol | “Way for a Sailor,” with Wallace Beery, Polly Moran, John Gilbert and Jim Tully in leading roles, will | be shown for the last times to- the Capitol theatre. “The featuring Buck Jones thy Revier, will be the attraction tomorrow for a Sailor,” “Canned ed almost continuously filming of the picture. The made of a vaporized solu- oil and glycerine. Sam od directed the sea film with Leila Hyams playing an important | inin | Avenger Is Stirring Drama” Just a few Los Angeles misses who have entered the perfect back contest smile as the cameraman peints to the birdie. Ve an Gregg, left-hander who in of the 1909 registered 368 strikeouts in 387 | Chicago White Sox, is one of ti innings with Spokane in the P\h‘b:*.t( hitters in the Am cific Coast league, still is pitching. eiation. Playing first base COLISEUM SHOW VALUE JUNEAU HAS EVER KNOWN : the Timber league. | The Hedding law which legalizes boxing existence 18 year. Washington THE BIGGES ‘Ho works for Hoquiam, Wash,, in|waukee, he recently took the league |y ALL AROUND SPORT ITEMS Art Shires, one time “Whataman” | next season Senators and | Wis,, Packers. | ctta’s “The Aven; is a stirring dra- ma with a whirlwind plot and cli- iated Press Photo. Because of the existing lawless | time, Murietta can hopes for no L justice from the authorities, and | thus feels compelled to turn bandit. | RETIRE FRU M s a| swashb ng hero of type. Dorothy Rev ing in the quaint cc 49 period and interprets the of the pretty school mist tumes of the role | i R Decline Further Games 163, Beac Now — Lallapoloosas ter Per serves his direc —_————— May Play Juniors © “With nc more grocery concern nine to defcat, we are retiring from fields in Juneau,” de= the basebs this morning. “We therefore decline {to acce the challenge of the COMES HERE ON - Moose. of the Junior Elks and the three brothers said. The Juniors cam: right back say- |ing the GB's were afraid of them, but that did not change the situa= tion. The Juniors immediately issued a challenge to the Lallapoloosas of the Tallapoosa to play a game, anytime, aryplace, for money, mare Seattle, having there from |bles or chalk. Los Angeles. ‘The Tallapoosa’s nine is said to In coming here, the vessel called |be a cracker-jack bunch. The boys at Vancouver, B. C., Prince Rupert,|0f the Coast Guard cutter gave (Continued from rage One) flown max. Silhouetted against the color- ound of California in| h days, this offering | | e every ingredient l.h:n] | makes for enjoyable entertainment. Based upon the life of Joaquin the | Murietta, historically known as the | lead with an average of .400. Russ Saunders, captain of in Wisconsin has been’ #1929 University of Southern Cali- [“California Robin Hood,” the story | | fornia grid team, has announced |of “The Avenger,” supplies excel-|9. {he will play football |lent picture material. The plot Bay, |c s itself chiefly with Muri- | efforts to avenge the deaths | Plans are under way for a $10,000 | of his father and brother, murder- | an asso- | Kansas City open golf tourney nextjed by three ruffians who had gone | for Mil-A year. ves| to prospect for gold. | BIG 2 PIG FEATURE'PIC Ketchikan and Wrangell. She will|the nine of the Shoshone a hor- leave for Skagway tomorrow, thence |rible beating at Unalaska recently. go to Sitka and from there take a|The Shoshone's nine had hereto- homeward course. She is scheduled |fore ben the champions of the to be back in Los Angeles Sep-|Coast Guard squadron so the Jun= tember 1. |lors are up against a stiff com- The Melodle is a $300,000 craft.|bination if the.guardsmen accept She is 117.9 feet long, 21 feet wide, [the challenge. 5 feet deep. She is 186 gross and | e o v < o o] 106 net tons. Diesel equipped, she| Ray Redding, popcorn grower of can develop 360 horsepower. She|Mattoon, IIL, credits the radio and carries a crew of eight. She was|inventicn of an electric home sofn-~ built at Long Beach, Cal, in 1920, | popper with creating a revival of and is conveniently appointed and |interest in corn-popping. Sumptuously furnished. fwork ‘this ‘summer. DOUBLE BILL THURSDAY and FRIDAY TURES AND SHORT ¢ IBJECTS } FOR THE PRICE OF ONE DON'T MISS THIS SUPER SHOW Conway Tearle Virginia Valli'y Ricardo Cortez rfclodrama — Romantre, Adventurous, ‘Modern!,j An epic arama of the physical "courage kes men heroes in thefeyelysl that n the w 1d— ek b B 420 And of the moral courage that made one man a hero to a wife who had{not’ Linown the measure of her love.f3 Thrills in an Uncharted Land| of Berren Ice and Bitter Gold) —A Zoppelin Tossed at the Mercy of an Anarctic Blissardf)| THE LAUGH SENSATION OF THE OH, MY GOODNESS! Advertising for a love partner. It's scandalous! But that was the only way this geod-looking girl could get the million dollars she inherited! And just to make it harder, two maiden aunts were looking for a family scandal to break the will! Laughing? We're roaring! And so are the thousands of merry mirth-lovers who have seen it! with LORETTA YOUNG and DOUG. FAIRB/ S, JR., and LOUISE FAZENDA, OTIS HARLAN, EBDIE NUGENT THE SHORT SUBJECTS—— 1. Two Fox News Accidents Will Happen Meek Mr. Meek The Voice of Lovely Man