The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1932, Page 3

CAPITOL Sunday Matinee—2 P.M. MONDAY SUNDAY SURPRISE NOVELTY SMASH OF THE SEASON! The Story of America’s Five Million Traveling Men and Waiting Wives EVELYN BRENT Constance Cummings—Hugh Herbert Exciting as the Girl in the Town Ahead Also Short Subjects Watch for “FRONT PAGE” D st LAST TIMES TONIGHT “IJS THERE JUSTICE?”—“BIG FIGHT” DOUBLE FEATURE BILL Give Your Furnace a Treat Do you prefer high-grade, higher-priced coal? CARBONADO EGG-NUT supplies a coarse coking coal at dollars per ton less than. other high-grade quality coals. In addition, it is a coking coal and lasts much longer. Price, per ton delivered—$16.00 CALL US DIRECT PHONE 412 PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. G. H. WALMSLEY, Agent YOUR ALASKA LAUNDRY CLEANING PRESSING Telephone 15 INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. ll/un?au, Alaska Established 1898 Old_Papers for salg at Empire Office New ]fir@gralr;rfi; Go on Sundlaj; END TONIGHT ITS BIG DOUBLE BILL ‘Traveling Husbands’ Will Headline Sunday Pro- gram at Capitol | “Is There Justice?” and “The |Big Fight” constituting a double ibill, will be shown for the last {times tonight at the Capitol thea- tre. i “Traveling Husbands,” will head- line the new program tomorrow, |the first presentation being at the | afternoon matinee. “Is There Justice?” is a melo- {drama of life in a tangled skein of imurder. The cast includes Rex | Lease, Blanche Mehaffey, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Ellis, Helen Fos- (ter, Ernest Adams Joseph Girard, Richard Cramer, John Ince and Walter Brennen. t “The Big Fight” | In “The Big Fight,” the scenario called for a modern barber shop; where much of the action of this \love story, is set in the underworld and prize ring atmosphere, takes As the comic janitor in the es- — | tablishment, Stepin Fetchit, negro | comedian, provides an unending series of laughs through his hilari- ous characterjzation of “Spot,” his slow, drawling remarks often dis- rupting the production in the studio. In the leading role of this dramatic sensation are Lola Lane, “Big Boy” Guinn Williams, Ralph Ince, Wheeler Oakman and James Eagle. i Traveling Salesman’s Life | Here”s “Traveling Husbands,” which depicts the life of the trav- eling salesman! Smoking cars and upper berths. Lunch at one with a buyer from Peoria. A letter to the wife and flowers for the blonde at the Biltmore-Plaza. Flashes through hotel rooms with lingeried models helping the tired salesmen forget their business. The morning after with a heavy head and a big order to land. More than two-thirds of the 500 hilarious and dramatic scenes in “Traveling Husbands,” took place in two hotel bedrooms, where the drummers kept their lingerie sam- ples on display. When the day's work was over giddy girls gather- ed in these rooms to make a new brand of whoopee. Whooppee Is Realistic And whooppee is the word— singing, shouting, quarreling and a wvisit by the police. Many of the “blue-book” cast pass through these exciting scenes in the sample rooms—Evelyn Brent Frank Albertson, Constance Cum- !mings, Gwen Lee, Hugh Herbert, | Stanley #Fields, Dorothy Peterson, KNOWS HER INSECTS Mr. J—“My dear, this book is a |remarkable work. Nature is mar- ivelous. Stupendous. When I read a book life this, it makes me think how lowly, how insignificant is | 'Mrs. J—“A woman doesnt have to wade throtgh four hundred pages to discover that.” Our only excuse for dragging in the above is that it mentions books and we want to call your attention to the fact that we have a number of the popular copyrights. Henry the Eighth—Hackett. Etiquette—Emily Post. Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne— Hudleston. | Rasputin, the Holy Devil—Miller. The Hunting Shirt—Mary John- iston. Abraham Lincoln—Lord Charn- wood. Four Faces of Siva—Casey. Some Famous Sea Fights—Green. Back Street—Fanny Hurst. Strange Death of Pres. Harding —Guild. Goals, Knute Rockne—Hurt. And about one hundred others in fact and fiction which are for rent or sale at popular prices. adv. THE NUGGET SHOP i — ‘Wheels made of laminated wood disks are being tried out by. Lon- don's underground railways and tramways to lessen noise and re<| duce weight. 1 i CAPITOL WILL[m— .|Goulding has seen ‘the play many = HALLYLIODD) By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—Movie-mak- ars go merrily on, jugghing casts and crossing up the columnists. Chester Morris, is now develops, will play opposite Carole Lombard n “The Beach Comber,” thus leav- ing Phillips Holmes free to resume his interrupted vacation. | SOUTHWEST ERA PLAY T0 SHOW FOR LAST TIMES “Conquering Horde” to Be Followed by *‘Cour- age” at Coliseum With “The OConquering Horde,” showing for the last times at the Coliseum theatre, ‘“Courage” be the principal attraction on the hew program Sunday, the first Several days ago, Phil was hast- regular presentation being tomor- ily summoned drom New York. | TOW' afternoon matinee. “Courage” They were in such & hurry he had Wil be previewed at 1 o'clock to- to fly t0 make an added scene Dight. for the Lubitsch picture, *“The Man | Announcements will be made to- I Killed” When he got out here, |MOTTOW night of chinaware and it turned out to be @ single elose- |Silverware awards. up, ironically enough, a smile. for “The Beach Comber,” his dreams Parrott. of further loafing faded eway| Action and Romance completely. But on second thought, the stu- dio decided Chester Morris would fit better into the Mildred Cram story, so everybody is happy. Ohes- F ter has a good role and Phil can‘}v“‘, the gxiysm;oflowim the Civil devote himself to leisure: oy Atlens g Fay Incidentally, Paramount also is Wray have the leading roles. going to change the title of this “Courage” is taken from Tom picture. William De Mille directs. ;Barry's successful stage play. The theme is built around a spend- thrift, happy-go-lucky, humorous, That Stumped Him |tender, battling mother, enacted by Grover Jones will know better Belle Bennett—a woman as she next time than to pick on his old fights for her seven children. She man. Grover writes scenarios for 'wins the laughter and ‘the tears Paramount, and so he knows all jof the audience—mostly the laugh- about words. [ter, for the mother in fCourage,” His old man knows plenty about |is not a weepy one, electricity, but is a little off on Eldest Of Seven Children spelling. The other night, Grover | Marian Nixon plays the eldest of . |the the yo “If you don’t know how to spell}sr,udnm. who is he!; fimmw’;}rlg a word, Dad,” he, chided, “Why other youngsters are played Te- ::;1;' you look it up in the dicuon-§ f)orms}];my by Carter de Haven, Jr., ? : othy Ward, Charlotte Henry, Grover’s old man grinned. “If Don Marion, Byron I don't know how to spell 'em in Janney. The Jnymrowr Tfi"filfl.’ ilae first place,” he asked slyly, year-old-standby-of-mother, shows ow am I going to know where brilliant interpretatve ablity. to look for them? JOthers in the cast are Blanche |Frederici and Richard Tucker. Archie Mayo directed. e photoplay of action and . romance based on “North of 36, famous novel by Emerson Hough. picts scenes in the great Sowthwest Racketeer - Embarrassed In this community of many| i rackets, at least one fake promoter | ¢ is hiding his blushes. |BLUEJ AGKE The other day a young man| sidled into the office of Tremm £ ¢ i Carr, producer of Westerns, and DEFY NoTIcE ) ¥ U. S, OFFICIAL offered to fix it so Tremm could sign up Bob Steele, the cowboy star. The man claimed he had an option on Steele's - services for a year. Tremm smiled grimly. “That’s funny,” he eaid, “I happen to ont from have an option on Steele's services f0gtneeq age one myself.” The fake promoter gulped and thought desperately, “Are you sure?” he finally managed to sak. that military reinforcements being sent to Shanghai will be withdrawn as soon as the objective is accom- win| ! Selections on the organ will be | Then, when they announced him Played at all performances by Rex | “The Conquering Horde” is a| It de-| SUNDAY and MONDAY-7:30-9:30 A powerful drama of a mother who finds a spectre from the past menacing her home and happiness, and how she triumphs through the | courage and loyalty of her youny- ‘W est boy. A deification of the Am- {[§ erican mother and a glorification |l of the American boy. | WARNER BROS, present 2 o o 2 with BELLE BENNETT MARIAN NIXON CHINAWARE AND LAST TIMES TONIGHT RICHARD | 3 i< PAY ‘ff & COLISEUM SILVERWARE SETS LEON JANNEY . VIR VS RN . 0 SRR New South American Star ! | Hailed ‘Radio Valentino’ Tito Coral, Golden-Voiced Air Entertainer, Is One of Radio’s Preparedness Army for Coming of Home Television. | | | | Recognizing that radio is due for a simi struck moving pictures when they began to talk, the big broadeasting chains are gradually building up an army of entertainers, the mem- ing physical quali in addition to test recruit to that army is Tito Coral comedy and opera star. Coral, in one onal Broadcasting Company’s netw. firmly established himsel! the favor of listeners. Tall, slender an AWARDED SUNDAY NIGHT handsome—bearing a remarkable resemblance to the late screen idol, Rudolph Valentino—Tito is the romantic girl’s realization of the South American hero; so the coming of television that will sound the death knell of many bay-windowed tenors and multiple-chinned sopranos, holds no terrors for the new star. Coral had phenomenal success in every country in which he has sung and played, winning enthusiastic acclaim from even the hard-boiled critics of New York for his inters pretation of characteristic roles in Broadway productions. MOROCCO YIELDS OLD ART WHUERE IS HENDRYX? An inquiry has been received| RABAT, Morocco — A Greek concerning the whereabouts of Fred | bronze statue, 57 inches high and apparently representing Apollo has “Yep,” sald Tremm, “I pay Steele $500 a week every week just to be sure.” And the racketeer knocked over a chair, making his exit, Some Choice Bits from World’s Gossip Capital Two local matineegoers sat next to Greta Garbo during a whole performance of “Grand Hotel,” and they didn't even know it. Greta plished will be contained in an explanatory statement by the Jap- anese which will be published in London, Paris, Geneva and Shang- hai on Sunday. The Japanese statement will at- tempt to remove misgivings of the Powers and explain reasons for sending reinforcements to Shang- hai. The statement is also fssued as a result of the action taken by the American and British gov- ‘Hendryx, who left Mexico for Alas- ka about 25 years ago. He has bluish-gray eyes; large build; is now about 45 years of age. Anyone having any information about the above person, are asked to please communicate With the Governor’s Office, in Juneau, Alas- been found in the ruins of the an- cient Roman city of Volubilis. It is thought to be a copy of some work by Praxiteles or Phidias. ——e———— The United Kingdom produces about two-fifths of the total world output..of marine engines, 'arnments. (Gussie Berger to Broadway) slip- ped into the Belasco Theatre and gave her absorbed attention to the stage presentation of her new pic- ture. The whole cast of the film are spending much time at the Belasco, and Director Edmund CORRESPONDENT NOT CAPTURED NEW YORK, Feb, 6. — Edward Hunter, International Naws cor- respondent, reported . captured “by Chinese bandits, returned to Harbin last night after being more than one day with the Japanese troops advancing against the city, the of- fice here has been informed. Hun- ter did not mention being captured. A Japanese correspondent of a ‘Tokyo newspaper reported the ru- mor of Hunter's capture, = ° | times . . . Richard Bennett is talk- ing over a long-term contract with Paramount which will put him into the big money . . . And out at M. - G. - M. it looks as if Victor Schertzinger will sign to direct Jack Gilbert -in- “Candle-Light,”. If the deal goes through, he will return to the scene of his first directorial efforts. Back in the days when the old Triangle studio occupied the site of M.-G.-M’s modern Cinema City, Vic was putting Will Rogers through his paces . . . Ian Keith has a picture of Edwin Booth in his dressing room. The other day a local paper reported it as Edwina Booth, and Ian is busy ex- P! . . . Another Hollywood landmark has disappeared. Passing{C. Kennedy's story, by what used to be Poverty Row,|Rain.” I noticed that the famous “Mourn-|of‘ & young married couple who ers’ Bench” in front of the drugfeome up against the undermining store has been removed. Itinerant|influences of the tropics. Sally Eil- actors and film cowboys used to|ers and Spencer Tracy will be fea- spend many en hour on. this bench, | tured. waiting for calls from across the —_— street . . . Lila Lee reports an ex- Did You Know— cameraman and a former radio| That Ian Keith's real name is makeup artist are running an awn- Keith Ross? . hix-lnd-cent rental business in Pa- peete. 5 South Seas Again Apparently, there’s to be another epidemic of South Sea film stories. 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