The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALAb(\A EMPIRE, TthDAY AUGUST 23, Wallace BEERY an “HELL DIVERS” CAPITOL LAST TIMES TONIGHT d Clark GABLE in qtfll lll] g 'I‘Cllll()l'l'(l“v with BILLIE DOVE, CHARLES STARRFTT EDWARD EVERETT COMING—Wheeler and Woolsey gemery in “Lovers Courageous”; Sidney and Murray in “Around the Corner”; “Ladies of the Jury”; “STRICTLY K DISHONORABLE” T “AGE FOR LOVE” HORTON in “Gifl Crazy”; Robert Mont- Marte Dresster in “Emma”; Edna May Oliver in “Screen s Worst Actor Is Success as Director By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 22. An actor’s first view of himself on the een always is a sickening experience. Some- times he never frecovers com-| pletely the ego so necessary to suc- cess. Sometimes, as in the case of giWilliam Well- man, it disgusts him to the point of action. Wellman, di- rector of a long list of hits head- ed by “Wings,” WRLAMWELLMAN awards himself honestly this title: “The Most terrible actor I have ever seen on che screen.” “I came out to California after the war,” he relates, “and got a job acting with Douglas Fair- banks. When I saw myself I! knew that if I stayed in pictures it wouldn’t be as an actor.” Wellman, serving in the war had been wounded in action and was months recovering. He came to Hollywood then to see what could be done about making a living in pictures. After his experience in front of the camera, he decided to 3¢t behind it and see. STARTED AT BOTTOM He really starte¢ at the bottom | then. He became a movie messen- ger boy. He wanted to learn ev-| erything about pictures. He chang- ed Jobs rapidly, became property boy, assistant director, eventually production manager. At last he becaine a full-fledged director at Fox, making westerns. That was fine until the day he walked in on William Fox, then the tig boss of the company, and asked for $25 more every week. “I was promptly kicked off the lot and almost out of the picture busin'ss,” he recalls tersely. “In other vords, I was fired. Out of ~ HONRD HIGHE |work for a year and a half. Near- ly starved to death.” He went to work for M-G-M, made one picture with the then scarccly known Joan Cradword, and except for the few meals it GETS THE BREAKS “Harry Cohn at Columbia, for some reason or other, t0 maxe a picture,” “and 1 total cost of $9,000. That was con- way.” Today you tind director of westerns and quickies some 5C years of progress in Amer- ica. TUnder his direction are Ann Harding and Richard Dix, and sets and mobs of actors that will cost Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ani you can't help wordering how rauch better off a lot of ac- eye view of himself. [ DOUGLAS NEWS AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS EAGLES, WHIST PARTY The whist social given last night by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of F. O. E. for the Eagles and their ladies resulted in an enjoyable meeting for all present. There were five tables of cards. The winning high scores were made by Mrs. Esther Goss and Jerry Cashen and the lows by Mrs. Alex Sturrock and CANNERYMAN ELLSON L. R. Ellson, head of the Ellson season just ended, left for the South this morning on the Yukon. his home in Seattle and there he e P | CARL JACOBSON | JEWELER " WATCH REPAIRING ' SEWARD STREET Opposite Chas. Goldstein's ‘ will spend the winter. Before leaving, Mr. Hllson ex- pressed himself as well with the season’s operations and COMING TO CAPTTOL |1e sosutons aod"s gt | (be back again next, year. — e — PRIZE CONTEST Note the very interesting PRIZE CONTEST for school children on Page 8 of this issue, conducted by | Dr. J. W. Edmunds, the popular optometrist of Seattle. —adv. 7 UNITED FOOD CO. “CASH 18 KING" I'brough® him, he might better have been idle. Another jobless year | followed. hired me says Wellman. did it in.six days at a sidered good even for a ‘quickie’ and the breaks began coming rap- | the one-time engaged on “The Conquerers,” one of those auspicious epics covering | James Edmiston. Refreshments followed the card playing. ———.——— LEAVES Packing Company, which operated the Douglas cannery during the With his family, Mr. Ellson hes | pleased "HELL DIVERS” TO SHOW-LAST * TIMES TONIGHT |Wallace Beéry and Clark Gable Star in Thrill- ing Air Story “Hell Divers,” romance of avia- | tion in the Navy, with Wallace | Beery and Clark Gable costarred | and a supporting sast which in- | lcludes Conrad Nagel, Dorothy‘ Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau and| Marie Prevost, will be shown for | the last times tonight at the Capi- tol theatre. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dra- ma, filmed with the co-operation jot the Navy at the Panama man- |euvers aboard ‘the airplane car- rier Saratoga, and at North Island, has in it almost every air thrill the service achieves in its annual | training. Tl % 3 i | After an absence of eleven y Planes Hurl Downward Planes hurl themselves down- ward two miles in less than half a minute. Hundreds of planes Star Emerging from Echpse ar: fmm ‘the mnen the once-fa Arbuckle, adipose comedian who convulsed fans of the s\lem. shown as he took the first step in his screen comeback. Arbuck ing-a contract which insures his re-entry into the movies, wllh film executive; looking on in the latter’s New York office. Fatty's bride of a few weeks was an interested spectator. I932 ¢ ,Aenal Thrllls and Love Romance Feature Screeni iy — CAPITOL HAS 'AGE FOR LOVE' FOR TOMORROW Billie Dove :rEStrong Sup- portm% Cast Coming e Drama “The Age For Love,” starring Billy Dove and with a supporting cast that dncludes Edward Everett “Horton, Lois Wilson, Mary Dun- {can amd Charles Starrett, will] Jheadline the new program tomor-| row night at the Capitol theatre. The picture is a United Artists’ | production, and was filmed after Inearly & year of preparation. Directed by Frank Lloyd It was direoted by Frank Lloyd who in 1929 was voted by the Acad- emy of Meotion Picture Arts and" Sciences as the outstanding direct- | lor of the screen. It is based on the novel, a best- seller, by Ernest Pascal, who per- sonally wfote the adaptatiorn for the screen, whs dialogued by Rob- ert E. Sherwood, the famous movie, critic and puyv'vflgm | are shown in the air, diving through clouds of formation. There are sensational crashes, AT THE HOTELS { a_ heroic rescue, salvos fired from |great battleships—the whole awe- inspiring pageant of a great Navy in full action. Amid this.is a ro-7 mance with the lure of the frop- ics, with 1love, sacrifice, struggle and duty. Gastineau L. K. Ellson, M. H. Sabin, |son, Gil Rich, Ketchikan; Mr. |Mrs. L. J. Geiger, Bellingham; {W. Bolton, P. D. Baker, John . i rd hecor navy again. Comes the conflict R o s i typified by |Sohrader, Charles Sadler, Axel A. as violently ill as Wellman did|Vith the new Navy—typified Y\N Koo, 3 SR e S the first time he got a camera’s |CGable—and a surprising conclus- | Nelsen, Juneau; M. d § 3 ion. | George J.. Parctovich, Klawack; The expert supporting cast also | includes Cliit ®dwards, John Mil- jan, Landers Stevens, Reed Howes | land Alan Roscoe, lGhert Von Roth, Fritz SN A, Ianz Hack, Bremen, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lustis, DEER HUNTERS Gasboat Ace for charter any| time. See George Brothers. adv. Zynda Capt. kane. e DS . Announcement J. A. Bulger has purchased the plumbing, heating and oil burner business of John J. Newman and will be glad to meet old and new customers. First-class work guaranteed. J. A’BULGER |Carthy, Whitehorse, ¥. T.; Milo, |attle batting onslaught, were using a \recalled from | George Lundy, Hoyt Day, Haines. ‘Wolfgang Von Gronau, Albrecht, Germany; Pybus | [ Bay; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Solomon, Muskegon, Mich.; T. R. Fear, Spo- E. D. Gutesha, Juneau; Wendell Daw- and E. H. | Clauson, John F. Chamberlin, Bax- Chief Petty Officer “t.er Felch, Se;'.xlel; JkM Sprake, | when the Seattle Indians convert- |tions are Yoted. Beeiy plays @ vetetan Chier pet- |5 A Bers, AE;““ i $f 26 h}\l;sd mt0y23 P:udr;fc l;aezzi Kb . TN ty officer, many years in the Na: an i before an; C | hye loves. Hisy Syweemw!' playg Joseph Jackson, Wrangell; Ole|baseball League made as many GOLD PRODUCTION DOWN by Miss Rambeau, waits in Pan-|Hanson, G. Wherry, Ketchikan; safeties or scored as many runs B J0u v g ama, but he always joints the | Chris Huber, Cordova; M. Mc- in one game at a local park. RENO, Nev.—Gold production in ress Grou LTI s Group No. 1,3 for Group No. 2, 2 for Group No. 3,1 for . . 5 In many styles and. patterns for large and small women. These dresses are all in the newer prints, ginghams and broadcloths and are usually priced at several times the amount we are asking in this DISS LUT.ION SALE. THE CASH BAZAAR A!k 16 'see our ,FAh COATS—Just a few left at $1.00 EACH D e T TR T N RN R IR = mnmmmmlmmmlmmmml|mnmmumununmmlmmmunnum. iIll“lllIllllulfifllmllmllllillll L T T T T T T T Renowned Fo: Beauty It signalizés the return to plc tures after over a yeéar of vacation of Miss' Dove, who fs Known as SEATTLE'S INDIANS | SHow UP Mlssms “the mos' beautiful woman on the screen.” SAN FRANCISCO. . Ang. 28— It also présents'a daring, sophis- Seal Stadium, comparatively new |ticated and ultra-modeérn theme home of the San Francisco Seals{of love and marriage, screened and Missions, was the scene Of with all the ®dlor and glamour a record breaking performunu‘(or whiéh Howard Hughes produc- Nevada in 1931 was 7,000 ounces less than in 1930. The total min- eral production, according to statis- tics” just compiled, was $10,000,000 less in 1931 than the ' preceding year. The Missions, victims of the Se- | bunch of youngsters they had the Arizona-Texas League after it had quit play for the year. ;the new program tonight at the LORETTA YOUNG STARS IN NEW, COLISEUM PLAY “Fralh' About Love” with Strong Cast Begins Showing Tonight “The Truth About Youth," star- ring Loretta Young, will headline Coliseum ftheatre. The photoplay is based on Henry Esmond’s fa- mous stage play, “When We Were Twenty-One.” In the supporting cast are Lor- etta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners, Myrna Loy and J. Fer- réll MacDonald. Tt is a First Nas tional and Vitaphone picture that tells an unusual story about thel’ yough of iday. William A. Seitet directed. Wampas Party Star Miss Young is ane of the most famous and most successful of Wampés Baby stars. She was ‘chosen as one of the thirteen girls' whom this organi- zailon of ‘publicity men selects each year a8 having the bright- st possibilities of reaching star- ‘dom, She was one of the 1929 group, end has already fulfilled all that was expected of her by the canny press agénts. Others Have Gained Fame Other Wampas Baby stars who ‘have risen to fame include Colleen Moore, Délores Del Rio, Mary Brian, Betty Bronson, Clara Bow, dnd Dolores Costello. - — — STORK HUSBAND ATTENTIVE CINCINNATI, Ohio.~The _Gin- cingati zoo 'has something new, a ‘nattentive stork husband. Or- dinarfly a stork is extremely neég- léctful of his mate while she is sitting on the eggs. This stork, however, hovers about and sees that his mate Is fed. COLISEUM TONIGHT and WEDNESDAY “PAL NITE"—2-for-1 5 LORETTA DAVID MANNERS ‘CONWAY TEARLE MNAUGHTON HOME TONIGHT James McNa , of the B. M. Behrends Bank, 0 was south and a spectator of the Olympic Games in Los Angelés, 15 aboard the steamer Princess Louise due in port late this afternoon. ] l e T T 2 chandise equal to any outside offerings. advertised in the highly colored books at ' EVERY DAY More Juneau -eoble Realzze stores before they order from outside. & . . Juneau Commercial Juneau Sample Shop bl l 4 ‘ " i Catalog readers occasionally forget that local stores carry the same articles comparative prices. .J.une.au people will find it profitable and thrifty to shop in the local = i iy Fall and winter buying .}IRB started. See your local merchant first. not only the patriotic thing te do, but the thrifty thing as well. e il I o 430 Dr. R. E. Soathwell “Mrs. Wm. Jarman i petaade SRR VR, fiflyg,‘ Every day some merchant in Juncau reports that a skeptical customer is surprised to find that Juneau stores offer bargains in almest every type of mer- It is Bo & B w « ¥ ¢ k o ks 4 Cash Baraar Halvorsen’s Gordon’s Juneau Lumber Mills Juneau Shop Garnick’s Grocery Harris Hardware Co. Butler. Maure Drug Co. Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Juneau ‘M Nelson Jewehty. Store Sanitary Meat Co. k- California ry Harri Shop Pacific Coast Coal Ce, George B Dr. L. P. Dawes - Dr. W. W. Council Connors Mator Co., Inc. Pr. H. C. Vl%e Juneau Bottling Works Thomas Hardware Co. Winter & P 3. B. Burford & Co. and k‘ifl Stroller’s Weekly 4 mmpre H. R. Shepard & Sons