The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 1932. CAPITOL FRIDAY This picture will put beautiful Joan and hand- scme Bob at the tep of the heap as the screen's finest romantic & pair! CLARENCE BROWN'S W thrilling production —-\4 LETTY NNT@N = with NILS ASTHER, MAY ROBSON, LEWIS STONE SELECTED SHORTS —SILVER NITE— TC\IGHT —_ l A '\rl “ROAR OF THE DRAGON” " Read me’ ads as o read the news article: ot HOW MU but HOW MUCH WILL IT S p—— i — 3 cne day, Florenz Ziegfeld saw her and asked to be introduced. Re= - COLISEUM g SATURDAY, PREVIEW | Romantzc Dmma And | ' GLASS DUGRS |N Bandit . Battles for Beauty “LETTY LYNTON" HAVE NO GLASS | ‘Tense Dramahc Production Is Being Shown at Capitol Glass doors that aren't glass at 11 have solved one of the “echo” vlems of a movie stage. | In “Letty Lynton,” Metro-Gold- n-May vivid drama of mod-| rm morals, which is showing at |the Capitol theatre, Joan Craw- |ford and Nils Asther play & tense | | dramatic scene " before a pair of {huge glass doors in a New York { mansion. Though the audience sees the glass, as a matter of fact it is some distance away from an empty frame work of a door. Sends Bark Echo The reason is that hard glass sends back an echo when people | are close to it which, though im- | perceptible to the ear, is very ap- |parent to the delicate mechanism of the microphone. Hence an “air i space” is left for the sound totrav- ¢! past. Adapted Frem Famous Novel The new picture, adopted from \V[a-u Belloc Lowndes' famous no- vel, is a gripping story of an heir- ess who, after playing with the hearts of many suitors, finds her- |self in a dangerous predicament when she finally meets the “right In this scene from “Rear ef the Dragon,” which will be shown at the Capitol Theatre Sunday, C. Henry Gordon, as Voronsky the bandit, at the left, is made by Richard Dix, as Capt. Carson, in the center, to release Gwili Andre, as Nntwha, at right. CHURCH LADIES |MAYNARD STARS GIVE SILVER TEA}lN “RANGE LAW" Ken Maynard's horsemanship, | | | At the Silver Tea given Wednes- | 1 day afternoon by ladies of the and feats by his wonder horse, Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal | Tarzan, are the outstanding at- Church at the home of Mrs, M. L.|tractions of Tiffany Productions’| Merritt, a delightful musical pro- drama, “Range Law,” which will |gram, which had been arranged | show . Saturday night, with the |by Miss Stella Jones, was rendered, [tenth episode of “Danger Island,” and a most pleasant time was en- :hrflimg photoplay, at the Coliseum neatre. man.” joyed. Crawford and Robert Mont- Hostesces of Affalr ‘ Hestiesnse: E:fl;:de :émvfiflcon- [Eomery enast. the peincipel roles as| | Mrs, . Merrith and Mrs. Henrd(yice® sedcnifly hrough o 4 | the two lovers, and Asther appears |Cross acted as hostesses. Mrs. H. .. der towns for the man who had C. Williams presided at the dining| o poq him into prison. He finds table, which was very attractive in him—and ~finds also that the girl | ciark e, boora hsssah e lovés 18" dbout Vo’ marit Ml (as a romantic South American| | whose jealousy precipitates a dra- | matic complication. —————— themums and yellow candles. M. pan he had &§worn to i, | To clean copper and brass arti-) W. Kilroy, Mrs. Roland Lister and H for o 8 | cles, make a paste by mixing equal Mrs, H. J. Turner served the OBEht by, Authorities Because of his prison escape, | Ken is sought after by the authpr- _iltes—and the bad man sets his D ts of flour and salt and moisten | gyests. ith vinegar. Apply on a flanni'll The ladies of the ch loth. Wash well in hot water and | a1l those who so ger | of killers on his trail. Howi P A e SN ’t”l,)“"’d 0 $he. supce the star escapes from the variots i |trap® set for him, defeats his ene~ Numbers on Pregram | mies and wins the girl, form one The musical program was as fol- | lows: 1. Trio—Minuet in G...Beethoven O Memories Cadman Mrs. Dufresne, Violin; Mrs. Sperling, Piano; Miss Jor Cello. Cello Solo—The Rosary ‘_. Ethelbert Nevin | Miss Jones. { western features seen on ens for some time, The tenth episode of |Island” is entitled “Captured for ‘S”r‘nfl"e Tt is filled with ha- dous adventure lacal “Danger CHISIT | | Rubinstein Elsie Gruber; Helen ‘Torkel- GOOD TEA ‘ZL Trip—Andante Cantabile son, accompanist. Tschailkowsky | 5. Duet for Two Cellos—Dream MAKE? Orientale Cesar Cui Memories G. W. Benson | Mrs. Dufresne, Mrs. Sperling, Love's Old Sweet Song .Molloy | Miss Jones. i Irving Krause, Miss Jones, 4. Violin Solp—Melody in F Mrs. Krause, accompanist, of the fastest and most dramatic fi ystery Play Feature lems sult was part in the “Foilies.” Played in Stock LAST TIMES TON!%'I‘ RICHARD DIX HAS LEAD IN DRAMA - FULL OF AGTION | | “Roar of the Dr Dragon™ Will}* i Show Sunday at w ! Capitol : i Br hing swords,” fingering | [ancien tols, a band of ravag-| |ing M ls ride out of the "night ;into a r ricken town in Man- | churia oar of the Dragon,” | which s Richard Dix and| |which will be shown at the Cap- (itol thea Sunday. torches light a scene Chinese mnatives scurry A small group of whites (hastily stockade a deserted Man- tdgariu palace and prepare to de- 'end themselves. Persons of All Ages Old men and women join a troop of children, dragging domes- tice animals and cherished posses- sions to refuge in a missionary ‘home. The bandits, led by a vicious half-caste, seek as their prize a {beautiful woman, a Russian enigre \-'hu has taken shelter with the iother whites in the stockdde, where {@ rough, cynical American river- I boat captgin has assumed leader- ship. ! Dazzling Danish Actress 1 Gwill Andre, dazzling Danish |actress, who makes her first screen appearance in the pictllré, is the mysterious, hunted Russian noble- ~fwoman. The love that springs up between her and Dix, the river- tboat captain, as they are drawn Iwgether in peril, provides the strong {romance in this stery of modern { Manchuria. - —— 'NORCO WILL GO TO SITKA ON NEXT TRIP On the next voyage north of the motorship Norco, the vessel will g0 to Sitka, but she will make enly one call at Juneau, She is scheduled to depart from Beattle next Monday, and is due to arrive in Juneau Friday of next week. From Juneau she will go o Sitka, being bulletined to reach there a week from next Sunday, Christmas Day. From Sitka she WWill sail directly south on her Lweturn to Seattle, according to, in- formation given out by J. B. Bur- |ford, of J. B. Burford and Com- |pany, agent for the Northland Transportation Company, which operates the Norco. PR S Read the classiffed aes. 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After two years in this glorify- ing production and in building up a reputation as one of New York's best-dressed women, she played in “The Gold Digger” on the stage. ater stocked it for a year in Baltimore and Washington, and then returned to New York play- irg in many plays. er first picture was Paramount's screen version of “The Garden of Weeds," directed by James Cruze. sm- was recognized immediately u & screen success and other pie- Lures followed. It was while play- mg in “Ports of Call,” for Fox with Edmund Lowe that they decided to be married. They were. They | MISS TASHMAN IS BOTH STAGE AND FILM STAR ‘Murder b;i}e Clock” Will End Tonight at Coliseum = fing of nerve-tingling mysteries! Heart- gripping happenings will wring | screams from you, \m' g Lilyan Tashman, who has the | INIGH] leading feminine role in “Murder | are a model couple. “RANGE LAW” by the Clock” the chills-and-shiv- WO B 3 ers mystery murder play, which | shows for the last times t,onn;ht1 ai the Coliseum theatre, is a real She was born and, brought up there. | If superstitions mean anything” she has always been in line for plenty of good luck—she was the seventh daughter in her family. She attended Girls' High School in Brooklyn and then finished off at a finishing academy in Mt. Ver- non, N. Y. Always had a desire to be an actress, and at the end of her schooling tried hard to conneet in the theatre. Was Artict’'s Mode? Rudolph Kirchne., famous ariist and illustrator, saw her during a visit to a theatrical agency, ad- mired her figure and signed her for work as a model. Resulting pictures won prizes. 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