The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1934, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1934 7 They bring you the greatest treacure in ye: heart - touching, pulse guickening, thrili-pack- ¢d romance, brought to life from the classic of .all tir now sereen ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S ISLAND with LIONEL ‘BARRYMORE OTTO KRUGER + LEWIS STONE NIGEL BRUCE «+ Chas. (chic) SALE Black Crvpo Dmm’r (;own Sets Off Gold Lame Collar : Sophisticated restraing is cvident in this “simply and soundly designed dinner dress of lovely materials. The gold lame collar . and cuffs glitter against the sheath of black crepe which fashions the body of the gown. Black kid, piped with gold, makes the formal pumps, and sweeping airgreties trim the black velvet dinner hat, e sk e COLISEUM HAS COMEDIANS IN | ~ RIOTOUS FILM 51x of a Kind" Brings Six| Favorite Comedians to Screen, One Picture “Six of a Kind,” the comed, | which opened at the Coliseum The- | atre Christmas day, combines three of Hollywood's best known comedy cams in one picture. They include George Burns and Gracie Allen, | who have featured parts in this! picture. Charles Ruggles, Mary Bo- |land, W. C. Fields and Alison | Skipworth | The story in which these six | zomedians appear tells of an auto {trip across the country made by | Ruggies &nd Miss Boland. To help | them pay expenses, they take along | ‘\Al{h them Burns and Gracie Allen, {with annoying but laughable re-| sults. After escaping from the per- | lils of the Grand Canyon, they land | in Nevada, where the situation is| further complicated by W. C. Fields as Nevada sheriff, Miss Skip- worth as a hotel keeper and de- | tectives who are chasing Ruggles whom they believe guilty of a bank reboery. | It ise all very funny and gay,| and when these players, who know every angle of comedy technique, read their lines, however, with their own peculiar vocal inflections | and their mannerisms, they get almost continuous laughter. | JACKIE COOPER, WALLACE BEERY CAPITOL STARS pirate with blood | in his eye and friendship in his| heart, and a young boy in the| midst of the greatest adventure of his life—these are the characlers} brought vividly to the screen by Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper | in “Treasure Island, Robert L.oms‘ A Dblustering Stevenson’s famous pirate story,; which opened yesterday at the| Capitol Theatre. | | Brings New Thrills The heart appeal of this great| screen team that made motion pic- ture history with “The Champ” and recently in “The Bowery,” has in this latest vehicle a story that carries them fto stirring dramatic ieights. Their adventures together | n beard the good ship Hispaniola, | and later on the island in search of treasure where Beery as Long| John Silver saves his young friend, Jim Hawkins, from the pirates,| will stir the emotions of millions | who have read the book and bring | new thrills to those not familiar with the story. | Added to this great co-starring team is one of the most notable supporting casts of the year with ! every player contributing a strong performance. Lionel Barrymore en- acts Billy Bones; Otto Kruger is Dr. Livesay; Lewis Stone plays | captain Smollettt, captain of the | Hispaniola; Nigel Bruce puffs and blusters in Old English fashion for| | the part of Squire Trelawney;| | Charles “Chic” Sale adds enter- | taining comedy touches as Ben | Gunn, marooned pirate. B — MARIAN MARSH HAS LEAD IN ~ UPTOWN FILM ‘ “Beauty and the Boss,” which |opened Christmas Day at the Up- {town Theatre is'based on a play which kept New York laughing for many months last season. On the | stage it was known as “The Church |Mouse,” and starred Miss Ruth | Gordon. | The instantaneous success of “The Church Mouse” soon had many movie producers bidding for the | séreen rights. Warner Bros., realiz- ing that- the story fitted perfectly with the personality and ability of Marian Marsh, outbid all other companies, and “The Church Mouse” was put into immediate production under the title of “Beauty and the Boss.” Miss Marsh plays the role of an efficient but unattractive secretary to Warren Willilam for whom she (has a deep admiration. But not |until she learns all about the Love | Methods of a Modern Girl does she win the eye and the heart of Mr. William. How she accomplish- es this end forms the basis of the | story. Charles Butterworth’s dry whim- sies make¢ a delightful contribution to the general gaiety of the theme. Sex appeal is supplied in large doses by Mary Doran, Lilian Bond, Polly Walters, Yola D’Avril and | Barbara Leonard. Others in the | cast are David Manners and Fred- erick Kerr. “Beauty and the Boss” was di- rected by Roy Del Ruth whose work with “Taxi” a recent James Cagney production, won wide ac- 'claim. Grandmotherly affection is depicted in this striking photograph of Queen Marie of Rumania and soung King Peter of Yugoslavia as she guides his footsteps. The photostat (above) is of a letter which accompanied a special article written for The Associated Press by the talented Queen. “Here is an accurate and absolutely real description of Peter II, my beloved and not to be envied little grandson (o whom a special link of love and confidence binds me. earliest days. Today my heart aches when I look at him! do with! (signed) Marie.” Rumania, who was enthroned Mihai now is Crown Prince of Rumania. is that strange littre hesitancy as though sensing that, if he heard teo much, it would wound his feel- ings. He blushes easily, and rebuke In the first official descrip- tion of Peter II boy king of Yugoslavia, Queen Mother Marie of Rumania, the little nsnarch’s maternal grand- doe: t rese: mother, pictires him. as Jast & md~ not make him resentful, but ‘f““:‘]"","i“! Y;"“““&:‘. of 1;;“"‘3" He is absolutely straight and e oY | truthful, and has both moral and predigy of statecraft. In the following article, writ- ten for America at the request | L 3 of James A. Mills, Balkan cor- a rather shrinking child respondent of The Associated | The little king's habits are sim ‘ple and his tastes are those of an) | more admirable, as he is naturally Press, she repudiates reports that military science, consti- | other normal little boy, tutional history, principles of Y administration and similar he has more respect for other peo-10 ha weighty subj are among Pe- |Ple's feelings. “Noblesse oblige.” ter's studies. The queen'’s story, Peter now sleeps 1 the room {and bed left vacant by his father’s | tragic death. He gets up exactly at | 7:15 every morning, and eats much | the same kind of a breakfast as any American boy of 11. ‘The little king is somewhat back- ward in his studies and therefore prepared at the royal palace in , Belgrade where she has been with her widowed daughter and namesake, since the assassina- tion of King Alexander in France, follows: | By QUEEN MARIE | must be taught very slowly the (Copyright, 1934, The Associated | things he will be called upon to Press) | understand later. But he shows Little King Peter of Yugoslavia ! keen interest in geographic his- is just a sweet, shrinking, blushing tory and mechanics. He has from poy. like any little American boy | four to five hours of lessons every of 11. | day, with plenty of exercise and Because of his sensitiveness all sport in between harshness ust be avoided in He likes horseback riding and handling Peter, or he draws in like has two sturdy small horses of his a sensitive flower. own with unpronounceable Yugo- Peter is a very charming child slav names. He is also fond of and always has been a great fav- ' tennis and football. But although orite of mine since his birth. He | football is a favorite game in Yugo- always was a gentle, shy, child.|slavia, it is difficult to collect the There is something touching in his u-iglu number of boys for a game big brown, long-lashed, velvety in the palace grounds. eyes, which have a half-timid, half| Mechanics, are of course, Peter's pleading look in them, as mough‘great passion. He loves the radio, wondering what the world is rPally;and tunes in himself on the Euro- like; if things are as they seem. |pean stations. He is a rather diffident (‘hlld.? He also has an intense love of not altogether bashful, but unas- | animals, birds, horses and dogs. He suming and curiously sensitive has a wonderful collection of hens about not wanting to hurt other and chickens of every sort, his par- people’s feelings. | ents having eStablished an espec- “A’ Real Little Prince” !ially interesting bird farm, which As though being afraid of being is adored by Peter and his small- hurt himself, Peter is careful in er brothers. his approach to others, and has! Another pastime that Peter loves occasionally a shy little laugh, so is camping in the woods with his as to cover “his instinctive timidity. little brothers. He has become an But he is innately a little gen- excellent cook, and loves to pre- tleman. He was from earliest in- | pare the meals for himself and his fancy “a real little prince” as the |tiny brothers. saying goes, but without haughti-! The little king, like his father, ness or arrogance. |also is a good fisherman, and has He likes to inquire into things,|already caught many trout. But but also in a,ll hlb quesuom there he has never handled a shot -gun, Queen Marie Reveals Boy Kin g of Yugoslavia as Shy, Sensitive Child; “‘I\ Heart Achesfor Him” Declares Grandmother of Little Ruler Already the second little King I have had to The reference in the last sentence is {6 her other grandson, Prince Wihai of in Bucharest until his errant father, Carol II returned from exile. physical courage, which is all the | | ing, In it she says: We were always friends from his as some newspupers have said, nor has he ever killed hares, pheas- ants or partridges; the heart to kill anything. He has too great a love for animals and birds. Peter is a good swimmer and ski-runner, and has a special love for all that has to do with the sea. He is also clever at map-mak- which he learned on his hik- ing trips as a Boy Scout. He is crazy about stories of brav- except | €y and chivalry, in which the old ! perhaps that he is more polite and | Serbian folk epics abound. He loves ve me to tell him fairy-stor- ies. He still -believes implicitly in Santa Claus, and hoped that old “Father Christmas” would not for- get him and his little brothers this year, in spite of his dear father's death. One of the little king's greatest Joys is to run the electric engine which the French government gave him, while his little brothers sit in the rear as passengers. The three tiny tots are devoted to one another. Peter, however, is the “boss.” He occasionally disap- proves of the manners of Tommy and Andy and calls them “naughty boy: 4 With me Peter is very confiden: tial. boyish secrets. I never laugh at him or set aside any of his questions. He looks at men with his big, anxious brown eyes, ‘and I am very careful that my answers should be strietly truthful and my explana- tions accurate. But I am also very careful that nothing I say should rub the bloom off his illusions or make him distrustful eof life and humanity. To me, his grandmother. litte Peter has become a very pathetic figure, and his particular nature, | so full of sensitiveness and diffi- dence, make him doubly f0. When I look at him my heart acnes, for he is the second boy king with whom I have had to deal I shall never forget with what a heavy heart I brought him back from England (where he was so delighted to be atf sehool with boys of his own age). knowing that this | chapter was probably ended for- ever, and that the next chapter— Well, we are all in the hands of Godl KING PETER PLAYS—LIKE ANY OTHER YOUNGSTER This remarkably Informal piéture oholn ‘Europe’s youngest monarch, 11-year-old King Peter (IM) of Yugoslavia, playing with his two younger brothers, PrlnuPAndrol (untor) and Prince ‘l'omullv, in lho ted of the royll pal outside Belgrade. Phato) for he has not | : THEATRE He often whispers to me his | —LAST TIMES TONIGHT— HEADED STRAIGHT FOR ride! A Paramount Picture with W. C. PREVIEW TQNIGHT 1AM “SHE MADE HER BED” 600 SEAT 25° NEW FEATURES FOR HOLIDAYS - ARE ON SCREEN | Good Cast — Shirley | Temple in New One By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. M— | After the success of “Little Wom- en” it was inevitable that other Louisa M. Alcott books should be Men” was the natural choice. “Little Women,” was the product its sequel has been made by an | “independent,” Mascot. The story takes Jo and her pro- fessor-husband into their boys school, and therefore the film abounds in little boy actors, with one little girl—Cora Sué Collins— {to lend variety. The family store has heen presented with fidelity to the book, and previewers agreed it would please Alcott fans for this reason, if for no other, and there are several others, including some ing performances. O'Brien-Moore takes the part of Jo. played by Katharine Hepburn in “Little Women,” while Ralp organ supplants Paul Luk- as as the professor. The youngsters include Frankie Darro, David Dur- and, Tommy Bupp, Trent Durkin, | Dickie Moore, Ronny Cosby, Dicky | Jones, Buster Phelps and George Ernest SHIRLEY IN NEW ONE ~ | Also designed for the present {holiday trade is Shirley Temple's new vehicle, “Bright Eyes.” . The holiday theme fits into the story lof the little girl whose aviator- '{A(h:-r died in a crack-up and whose mother (Lois Wilson) is a maid in a home near a landing field. Shirley is air-minded, es- pecially about her dad's besy friend, Loop Merritt (James Dunn). The plot corftains, besldes tear- | jerking scenes, much comedy and | several thrills, and Shirley vindi- cates her mother’s contention that [mu\'k‘ fame is not ruining her na- turalness. For contrast te Shirley a young- ster named Jane Withers enacts a | “spoiled brat,” and little Miss Withers shares with Charles Sel- lon, as the rich and crotchety in- valid uncle, the major portion of the out-loud laughter. Dorothy Christy is efectively mean, haugh- ty and smartly groomed as the len plays the romantic role oppo- motherly cook. IRENE DUNNE SINGS The musical of the season 'is “Sweet Adeline,” 25° \‘Little Men'—isl;duced with‘ | brought to the screen, and “Little | mother of Jane Withers. Judith Al- ' site Dunn, and Jane Darwell is the | BUFFALO Six comedy champions taking gloom for a Setting a new non-stop laugh record from coast-to-coast! Six oF AKIND CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND FIELDS ALISON SKIPWORTH GEORGE BURNS GRACIE ALLEN ANY TIME 25° My Beauty Hmt The dry rouge one carries during the day should be the exact color f R. K. O., @ “major” studio, while of the cream rouge applied before leaving home. sweetheart, Donald Woods. It 1s Miss Dunne's first big singing role on the screen and she makes the most of it. Louis Calhern is the sleek gay dog, Hugh Herbert and Nydia Westman are teamed for comedy along with Ned Sparks, and Winifred Shaw in an exotic newcomer. Bobby Connolly’s dance presenta= tions are featured in the stage se- quences. . e o Chrysier Loses to “Dirt Farmer” | CAMBRIDGE, -Md, Dec. 26— Dorchester County dirt farmers |outdid Walter P. Chrysler, automo- “bue magnate, at growing tomatoes, sc Chrysler will have to pay a bet. wHe agreed to be host at a diamond- |back terrapin dinner for Albanus Phillips, Cambridge manufacturer, if Chrysler could not produce ten tons of tomatoes on an acre on his | estate. Chrysler produced 7.95 tons an acre and Russell P. Smith pro+ duced 11.26 tons an acre. UPTOWN TONIGHT ARE YOU A BEAUTY IN DISGUISE? Learn how to make the most of “IT” from BEAUTY and the BOSS MARIAN MARSH WARREN WH.EIAM: starring Trene | Dunne as the girl of the nineties | who becomes famous on the stage | in the operettas composed by her !