The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY FEB. 20, I932 SUNDAY Sunday Matinee 2 P.M. MONDAY L Auaska's FINEST —Frfe tertammer\t PN e It Out-Whoops Whoopee! 1t looks like a million and cost what it looks like! Exceeding by far your fond- est dreams of the pinnacle in enter- ftainment! All the glamour of 2 great spectacle. . < . All the scenic wonder of fa world of beauty. . .". All the girliest girls of a $6.00 “Follies.” .*. . All the songs worth humming for a year. . . . All the hysterics of laughing-gas! ALL ROLLED INTO ONE GRAND AND GLORIOUS EXTRAVAGANZA! It’s a side-split-, ting riot of ro- mance _and ras- cals. . . . Among the snacks and crullers 'in "a doughnnti fac- “tory! /7/‘8&6[7 S CANTOR MICKEY MOUSE Orchestra and Band will give their first Bicentennial Conte \um]x fivening between shows—9 50 " TIMES TONIGHT “MOTHER’S MILLIONS” “FATHER AND SON NIGHT” GHT SHOW TONIGHT—1:30 A. M. EDDIE CANTOR in “PALMY DAYS” NOTICE :—Dunkers will be furnished at the Matinee to- ¢ snight ONLY MIDN INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Ine. Established 1898 Juneau, Alaska JUST RECEIVED DE MOLAY PINS $3.00 to $5.00 The Nugget Shop | | | “PALMY DAYS" HERE, CAPITOL MANAGER SAYS |“Mother’s Millions” Tonight—Cantor 1 M. and Tomorrow Ends A, “Don’t you know?” queried Eric Paulson, manager of the Capitol theatre, of a group of brother Elks as they sat in lounging chairs in |their club room last evening, dis- cussing the state of the Nation, “That Alaska Juneau has climbed above 15, more than 50 per cent in excess of par? “That on the local fish exchange halibut is bringing 10 and 5—not sobad when grocery stores that retail dressed chickens for 20 cents| a pound are declaring dividends. | “That Kansas, Nebraska and Min- |nesota are celebrating the rise| in the price of wheat? Oil Wells “That Oklahoma and Texas are oil quotations? “That logs are higher and lumber {in greater demand than at any | time in the past 18 months in the | | Pacific Northwest States? “Don’t you know, in other w that ‘Palmy Days’' are here? | ““Palmy Days'" he mused, his auditors helped them: | from his proffered cigar ca a fine st a new kind of song- {and-dance show, Eddie Cantor, | | greatest of all musical show come- | dians, is the star, [ Legs Like Clock Hands | “The elongated Charlotte Green- | wood, greatest of all musical show | comedienne like the hands of a clock, has the lead- ing feminine role. ‘“Here's sometnung else that will jubilant over the increase in crude |, Com ical_ fl)_'stic Just because Eddie Cantor, pictured above, works in & doughnut factory in “Palmy Days,” dunkers will be given to every person attending the pre- view of the hilarious musical comedy at 1 o'clock tonight at the Capitol Theatre. By HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 20— is coming back. Feeling fit and 30 pounds lighter than on her return from Europe, the Swedish star will make tests next week at several major studios. |She says she can't bear to be away from the cameras any longer. “How little these people know,” she declares, | stopped for talks over the microphone. Let them lose this for a while and they'd realize how much it means autographs and for interest you fellows, esy | “‘Palmy Days’ has mno are dozens and dozens of Holly- wood’s most decorative beauties in| ithe pmdu(‘lmn They are wait- {resses in t er-bake-shop over | which Canto: s as. efficiency |expert. Or they are customers in |'the imposing lunch room as BEddie | {leads them in the {song and dance. Dress And Undress | “Another number calls for pre- |cision dances and movements the gymnasium of the bakery plant, and Miss Greenwood as |letic director, leads a hundred glorified lassies in various stages| |of dress and undress through rou-| |tine and dances that make nhrll | Broadway musical show steps seem | | incredibly old. “In a startling swimming pool set. a bevy of beauties engages in aquatic frolics led by three Olym- | | pic, mermaids, each a champion. They are. Olive. Hatch, Southern Cali- fornia 100-yard champion; Georgia | Coleman, national diving champion and Dorothy Poynton, runner-up |to Miss Coleman. Previewed Tonight [ “‘Palmy Days’ will be . previewed |tonight and will. be presented at regular performances tomorrow,the first regular showing being at the afternoon matinee,” Manager Pau'- son concluded. | He forgot to mention that the| Mickey Mouse Orchestra, led by |Miss Gertrude Walstedt, and the |Mickey Mouse Band, led by Bob Art, will play, selections at 9:30 o'clock, tomorrow. night. “Mother’s. Millions,” which will be shown for the last times tonight at the Capitol theatre, is a reliel from the usual gangster and crime picture. May Robson may be a new star to many persons—and she is a new star in talking pictures—but the ture would convince anyone that she had been a talking picture star all her life. YOU SAVE in many ways when you buy a FORD ASK JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street chorus | girls, But at the same time there| intricate arts ol‘ in| ath- | way she plays the lead in this pic-| | b o . et IS DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY | to them. “These days I can walk down Hollywood Boulevard and not be |recognized by ' anyone. But do I| |like the privacy? I don't. It only |makes me realize how fleeting | fame is.” | Ann few. cles. o s story, during , is one of many . obsta- rcome. Injured by a from a horse, she was off the een. for many months. 'I‘hen tried. to come back too soon. The result was one picture, Blockade,” followed . by a relapse. It wasn't until her return from | Burope last year that she thought |again of making & comeback. By this time slim figures were at the {height of their vogue. Ampa de- cided to take off 30 pounds. To do this she went on a starvation idiet and was stricken with pneu- monia. During her illness—and Hollywood hasn't heard this until now—she spent five weeks at a |hospital under an assumed name, | But today all that is forgotten. |Under the guidance of Freddie | Frelich, who has managed her ca- reer for years, she’s ready for the adventure of the talkies. This Is Funny They say the remark has been | knocking around Hollywood for | months, but have you heard Fred- |erick Lonsdale’s description of a | certain British _author? “That man,” said Lonsdale, every other inch a gentleman.’ Some Gossip You Haven’t Heard Hollywood understands that “Bh" Rogers, brother of Buddy, is reconciled with his pretty young | wife. . . Johnny Farrow telephoned |Lila Lee from London the other | day, but the romance is still cold |. . Saw Helen Twelvetrees looking very smart in a white leather jacket with fur collar. Somethi | new, or am T way behind in style Lupe Valez is almost recovered | from her pleurisy attack. She tells me she hasn't a romance to her name and, of all things, is dev |ing her time to making hook rugs . When everything else palls, Jack Oakie says he’s-going to have fun loaning his four agents out M. H. Hoffman, omne of Holl wood's important independent p: ducers, will leave for New York Saturday to arrange releases on a ‘five-year plan. He'll do 25 fea- tures a year. . .Youll find Home: Croy’s “Headed for Hollywood” an amusing story about an Iowa Beauty-contest winner who brir ‘her family to chaperone her on her way to stardom. Papa is a former medicine-show proprietor, there's an Indian chief who can’ get acclimated to Hollywood wa Homer was pulling my leg when he said no Hollywood personalities are recognizable. He's Champion Optimist With the Central Casting Bu- reau turning down nearly all ap- plicants for registration, there’s one man in Hollywood who spends two hours a day interviewing un- knowns. He's Fred Datlg, casting director at Paramount. Fred man- ages to see about 75 people each day. In 20 years at the game, he claims to have discovered Laura La , Plante, Janet Gaynor, Dick Arlen, -] CARROLL After four years, Anna Q. Nilsson | “who object to being | last | & fall | “The | . |continuously for six months im- fLILIl]M' HEADS - COLISEUM BILL FOR TUMURRUW bundav Bill Plevxewed at 1| A. M. —"Naughty Flirt” Tonight amous author once wrote that | men should be loved—not un- ood.” “Liliom,” the chief char- in Franz Molnar's drama of |the same name, which Fox Movie- |tone made into an audible screen drama followed this advice, for he dearly loved “Julie,” his saintly gl bride, but never attempted o understand her. “Liliom” will be ewed at 1 o'clock tonight at Coliseum theatre and will be 1 at regular performances to- | w, the first regular presenta- n being at the afternoon mati- les liom,” rd for PFarrell's portrayal of which is a Hungarian “tough” or ‘roughmneck,” brings out all the whimsicali- ritten into the original by Hungary's best loved dra- Sometimes he beats Julie, ed by Roe Bobart in the pic- , but he never finds time to confess that he really loves her and| is only unkind to her simply be- he cannot stand to see her M‘tm ar, Moral Of Story moral of the story, if Molnar' intended to convey one, is in Liliom's dying speach| resting in Julie's arms: “No- right but they all think right—lot they know!” A]d Fall, Vwmw&e composer, e al score for the| ion, whose story and | lialogue were prepared for the audible screen by S. N. Behrman. Strong Supporting Cast [ Featured with Charles Fdncm and Rose Hobart are H. B. Warner, | | Bstelle Taylor and Lee Tracy, while |Nat Pendleton, Bert Roach and| d Van Dorn portray nnpon-‘ roles. arrell is por'.rnod for the merry-go- | |Tound of a nival, in this sym- | bolical drama of love. He meets land falls in love with “Julie,” & pretty servant girl. Their marriage | |leads to disaster through Charlie’s inability to adjust himself to ev- eryday life after his colorful career with the carnival. Proprietor Of Carnival Estelle Taylor lends her dramatic | talent to the role of *“Madam Muskat,” proprietor of the carnival. | H. B. Warner portrays the celes- tial “magistrate” and Lee Tracy enacts the grim role of “The Buz- zard.” S. N. Behrman is credited with the screen story and dialogue of | Sunaay nignt awards will be made of Chinaware and Silverware, | At regular performances tonight, “Naughty Flirt,” a lively comedy, starring Alice White, will be shown for the last times. Rex Parrott will play selections | on the organ at all performances. The Aliom as the “spiel George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Gary Cooper, Judith Wood and many other lesser-known players. Laura Steps Out Pleased with her brief flier on the local stage. Laura La Plante has left for Seattle where she will take the lead in a stock company predentation of “The Unexpected Husband.” If she likes it, and Seattle likes her, she may remain there to do another play. Husband Bill Seiter will stay home and tend to the movies. Did You Know ‘That Bill Boyd, in his time one of the best known ‘“dress atmo- sphere” men, has never worn a Tuxedo in a picture since he be- came a star? — ., REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Registration Book for Registra- tion of Voters, General Municipal Election to be held Tuesday, April| 5, 1932, will be opened Tuesday, | March 1, 1932, and remain open until Saturday evening, March 26, 1932. American citizenship, twenty-one years of age, bona fide resident| Territory of Alaske. for one yearx and the Town of Juneau, Alaska,| mediately preceding said date of election are ilLc qualifications re- quired. H. R. SHEPARD, City Clerk. First publication, Feb. 17, 1932. Last publication, March 25, 1932. HOLLYWOOD STYLE SHOP Theatres Put on New Shows Sunday Comedy and Drama Headline ngrams Love Seems Serious Chiries Farrell, pletured above, is a whimsical roughneek spieler in “Liliom,” which will be pre- viewed at 1 o'clock tonight at the Coliseum Theatre and which will be shown at regular per- formiances tomorrow; Estelle Taylor, at the left is a carnival trouper, and Rose Hobart, at right, is the adoring wife of Farrell “HARD TIMES” CELEBRATION ATHOLLYWOOD Splil Occurs in Ranks Re- garding Affair — Pat O'Brien’s Wife to Act By ROBEIN COC HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb, The very, elegant Mayfais attempt to stage an old-fashioned “hard times” sl dance instead of i|its usual glitter- ing fashion show 20.— club’s found about half| the members re- fusing to — at in their tumes—that wearers heard ;| times.’ The half, fell spirit casion, donned nondescript attire, featured often by patches and that shiny look, but even some of the gingham le: cos the of “hu N HARDING and calico dresses worn were “crea- | o tions” from the shops of Holly- wood’s foremost couturiers! Pat’s Wife Acts, Too ‘When Pat O'Brien first settled in Hollywood, combining his honey- moon and a trip west to work in “The Front Page,” he didnt mind admitting that the new Mrs. O'Brien was “a swell actress.” Hollywood began to suspect as much not long ago, and there were contract dis- cussions which, perhaps because of unsettled conditions at the time at Fox, the studio interested, never reached the dotted line stage. But recently. Mrs. Pat, who is small and blond and pretty, as a favor to Kenneth McKenna, the di- rector, played a small part in his pigture, “Widow’s Might,” and from now in it looks as if therell be two O'Briens on the screen from that family. She was. Eloise Taylor, playing ‘with Pat in a road company when their romance began—but on the screen she will be Patricia O'Brien Movie Shopper Ann Harding, when she takes an afternoon off to go movie-ing, real- ly shops for her film fare. Unlike most of us who sit through a dull picture simply because we've bought a ticket, Miss Harding refuses to be bored. She walks out and “goes DYEING SHOES TURN THE TRICK One lady refused to believe me ‘when T told her it could be done and showed her a couple of shoes that had been mates. She really told me in a nice way that I was trying to slip some- thing over on her, BUT—Seeing is believing. We have nine popular colors: Black, Red, Green, Blue, Tan, Brown, Russet, Ox-Blood and Cordovan. WIDE AWAKE SHOE SHOP AL LUNDGREN, Prop. S0ne. ever olher those who in with the & of the oc- NDAY and MONDAY CHARLES FARRELL as the handsome heartbreaker of Frank Moln Greatest Play —Supported by ESTELLE TAYLOR—RUTH HOBART Two women wanted him — heartbreaker— bully—devil-may-care man of the merry-go- round—It’s Farrell’s perfect role— 3 A Complete Set of CHINA and SILVERWARE will be awarded | SUNDAY NIGHT ° | \ AT 2:30 | \ 1 MATINEE SUNDAY SATURDAY ONLY ALICE WHITE in ‘THE NAUGHTY FLIRT | Beautiful face and knows it—beautiful 1 3 figure and shows it—that’s the | [ [ “LILIOM” PREVIEW AT 1 O’'CLOCK TONIGHT shopping” for other movies. | water does—and had to take a re | Joan Blondell collects carved | shower afterwards, before golr } oap animals to decorate her bath- |into another scene. ‘room ‘ They've retained at least part < Which reminas Taking the title “Scarface” in the finaltit s shower in the movies in oneonhe |for the gang movie. From Stas mesiest ordeals on the make-up |of the Nation” it’s been chanzed w0 | man’s list. The other day we saw | ‘Scar on the Nation.” The idea te- | Andy Devine—doing a scene for |ing, apparently that suggestion | ®ay Francis' “Working Wives'— | can't be cens,ored. lendure & careful application of S P PR erine drops in order to looki B. P. 0. ELKS NOTICE o o e gt has Just stopped | Special meeting Tuesday, Feb- | telephone ‘xmu‘y 23d. Balloting on candidates. | M. H. SIDES, | Andy, draped In a towel, dr 1])[)(’(1‘ Secretary. |with the sticky lquid, which | AL | doesn’t dry under the set lights d>}01a papers for sale at The Empire, us: —adv. EEERENEERENNI EZEINENR ARERREREEERNEE SESEEETEENIENRENAACE) Ty RINXREBORIERBREE T TNRNEASREREEZASRNRINREER CLOSED ALL DAY February 22 WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY Pacific Coast Coal Co. SUEANREI2MANSALRIRNERSENSNNNENATEIN IRARNRI RARENNNATL REREREARRIT I IRSR IR RERY!