The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1935, Page 3

THE NOW PLAYING WHAT ARE W0 IS SWEENEY? You'll know == and how | — after this cockeyed cocktail of a Timid Soul and a Tiger Woman on the loose on one mad Manhattan night! 600 ATS 25 I."- RUGGLES® AND ANY TIME lx THEATRE REAL ACTORS IN DEMAND IN MOVIE COLONY Tiained Men and Women| Are Diminishing De- clares Directc: By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOQOD, * Cal, Feb. 19.— For a long time XZollywood has Rone to the stage ic cast its pie- tures. Now more and more the stage is coming to Hollywood to cast its plays. And the time is here, says Di- rector Clarence Brown, when some- thing must be done about the dim- inishing supply of trained actors. Between Hollywood end Broadway, in other werds, the candle of talent is being burned at both ends, and pretty soon.the candle is going to be too.short. “The ‘answer? No. I, don't see it in the dramatic schools. Most of hem teach elocution, and the av- erage product such a a director to throw up his says Brown, whose casling prehlems now are centered on play- ers for the stage success, “Ah Wild- erness!” of Silcnt Talent ¥ “The Little theatres, perhaps?” it was suggested. A few of the Little yes.” If silent Lad continued, Brown reasons, there would be no talent shortage. A director could go to & dime store, select a pretty girl from behind the counter, and by endless work on the set secure pic- tures of her in this pose and that, registering one emotion or another, and the result might be a new “find.” “Bul 2s s0on as suelr a girl cpen- ed her mouth to speak, the i'lusion would be gone,” he says. “It is the ned speaking voices and learning to use the voice |is not a matter of months or a |year. 1t takes years of training, jand nowherg is thas training better tiful theatres, fiims Crab Orchard 93 PROOF " STRAIGHT WHISKEY Quart $1.65 JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE Percy Reynolds Quick Delivery school | 'TAKES STRONG - ROLE IN FILM “Of Human Bondage™ by Somerset Maughan Gives Star Dramiatic Part With Leslie Howard starring in the picturization of W. Somerset | Maugham's “Of Human Bondage,” the talents of England's greatest | film acter and England's greatest writer merge for what has been hailed a: oné of the finest pic- tures to face the screen this year It opens at the Capilol tomor- Tow. When RKO-Radio acquired Mr. Maugham's eminent literary prop- erty, it scouped the stellar ran! of filmdom and considered How- ard the likely player to project| the dramatic romance of the hero. _“Of Human Bondage” is Howard's first picture for thiscom- pany since he co-starred with Ann Harding in “The Animal Kingdom.” | Howard characterizes the crip- Ipled mecical student in “Of Hu- yman Bondage.” Sensitive and | idealistic, Philip Carey blindly pur- sues Miklred, a promiscuous wa iress, In quest for love. His ador-| ation unrequitted, he tears him- self away from her thrall and takes up with Nora, and subse- quent! Sally. Philip’s slavery to Mildred seems un:everable. ' She leaves him for| trysts with other men, but he | takes her back. Nora’s love dies| as he deserts her to resume with Mildred, who weaves an cerie spell 150 cunningly that only after in- tense struggle Philip finds re- leas ‘ Howard is surrounded by an exceptionally able cast in “Of Hu- man Bondage.” Beite Davis heads the feminine contingent, portra; ing Mildred in what she believes the strongest role of her career. Frances Dee as Sally; Kay John- son as Nora; Reginald Denny, Reg- inald Owen, Alan Hale, Reginald Sheffield and Desmond Roberts play other prominent supporting roles. John Cromwell directed {from Lester Cohen's adaptation of the Maugham play. Last Times Tonight “Dames,” Warner Brothers mu- sical spectacle with Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee and Dick Powell in leading roles, will {be seen the last times tonight ] |had than on the cent of Hollywood's out of the picture ‘Lh-cy cannot talk.” | And today, he says, production costs and responsibilities are too great, shooting schedules neces: {ily too limited, to justify the train- ing on the set of neophytes who cannot speak properly. A director with a definite budget must know in advance that his players will come through, fully prepared and trained. In self-protection he can- not take chances. Stage Is Better Off ‘The stage, however, is better off |than ths screen in casting matters. | Brown tells of testing a stage “ju- venile” for the same role he had done in a play. “He gave a great performance in | the play,” he says. “On the screen, | his characterization vanished. He was cbviously a man of thirty, not the boy in his 'teens he had seemed to be behind the footlights, aided by distance from the audience.” The stage can draw on experience to create the illusion of youth. The camera demands youth and yet wants experience also. age.” Fifty per ilent stars are now, cause Price Says Storm Looming Over Farley| (Continued from Page One) and so much is heard about it| now. CCC ESCAPES CRITICISM ‘The story is quite different down the street where Robert Fechner | presides over the Civilian Conser- | vation Corps. That was one “new deal” agency which made no appeal to private capital, and was in no wise de-| pendent on popular support. | Some sneering accompanied its inauguration, and there have been a few troubles with local numorl-‘ ties here and there, but in the main it would be hard to think of | any of the Roosevelt projects | which has escaped with less open eriticism. | The size of the corps shortly is| to; be doubled. Even then it will | Temain one of the modest of the ‘‘new deal” measures. | In the degree of pride which it engenders in the hearts of the | Roosevelt followers, however, it isi conceded a rank near the top. ‘ ———————— | | ATTENTION 1 0. O. F. Regular meeting of Aurora En- campment will be held in Juneau, | Tuesday evening, February 19, at| 7 o'clock. Initiation of candidates will take place and all mempers are requested to be present. { ] L. W. KILBURN, | Scribe. ——— SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! ! —adv. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, Rivalry between two of Hollywbod's glamorous stars, Greta Garbo (left) and Marlene Dietrich approached a possible climax with the Swedish actress’ recent public appearance after her consistent aloof- | ness. Observers suggested Garbo may be inspired by the public atten- tion her rival has attracted by @dopting male garb. Interchanges of directors and leading men have added complication to this Hollywood (Associated Press Photos) real-life drama. e et - DOUGLAS NEWS s e i) CHAMBER MEETING meeting of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce will be held at the usual hour in the City Hgll. Re- ports of activities on several im- | portant matters are scheduled for | the session. | - - e oil burn- | temporarily stopped by the electricily going off, had startef again, was the occasion for the alarm being turned in here |3t once. { Saturday afternoon. There was no damage done although the Glitter, Color, in Fashions P firemen to prev the ~ du Lac Wednesday evening the regular | the | nr are —edy. TUESDAY, FEB. 19 37 LESLIE HOWARD _areo piermiciz PLoT mhickexs { fabr FIRE ALARM PRECAUTIONARY |leunched A belt of nasturtium red brillidnt glass fabric with a cluster of vivid nasturtiums caught at one side adds a noteworthy touch to | this early spring cvening gown of nasturtium yellow iusire. Notice , 1935. ANN DVORAK 1S | 'ROMANTIC LEAD I LAUGH RIOT [“Friends of Mr. Sweeney” Opening at Coliseum Proves Hilarious “Friends of Mr. Sweene the { Warner Bros. picture whic 3 based on the hilarious comedy by Elmer Davis, opens, at the Coli- s theatrg tonight. The picture is sald to be one of the mo- riotously funny films to come to the screen in many a day Catainly the situation of a me af & man turning in a nj 10 a ferogious livn, a devil with ihe ladies, and the terror of the n, i3 unigue enough to lead to ny numbder of laughable sequenc- The mouse's mira us change in:zpired to large extent by ve, wugh liquor and the goad- pal contribute their supplied in a whirl in wLich the mou.e, now > a lion, rounds up a band of crool compels his domineering a ypacritical bess to buckle to his will. Charlie Ruggles has the leading with Ann Dvorak furnishing the romantic part of the story. Others in the cast include Eugene Fallette, Dorothy Burgess, Dorothy Tree, Robert rat, Harry Tyler, Berton Churchill, Harry Beresford and Willlam Davidson. Edward Ludwig directed the pic- ____|‘twe which was dramatized for the }s;rccn by Warren Duff and Sid- | ney Sutherland. Sparkling dialogue was added by F. Hugh Herbdert and in Gelsey. \NGRLITEMEN HOST TO wis—one ea- | EQISTATURE TONIGHT ts ann't | s of the Logistature will : he Fona|be & e ]m Il‘l\.'.qlfi"o r}ll.t'.n:ln-s OUTHROUEE 41 up of thy Northern Lizht Pres ht; tode have, role were hand promptly ibility. on Uses D DU LAC engi county job o o ch par- ation , pas- ignifiec intenticn to btz present 2 em of music and talks will g ke given following the dinner. has - - > LEGISLATURE TO HEAR BUNNELL AND HANSEN pssion O LD i Surah for Spring PARIS “Junior' and “senior” o new 3lanchinni light weight with tin flower a heavier version name which Junio ah p “senior ame fabric -oo rmal R Sen. and House of tne Terri- Auto licensas for the year of 1935 tcrial L,g.x,l:\lu e is being arranged | hoN and should be pa far 10 o'clock (tomorrow morning. City to> hear repor and recommenda- " ticns from Dr. Charles E. 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Second and Main. Fifth and Seward. Seventh and Main. Fire Hall Home Boarding Houss. Gastineau and Rawn Way. Setond and Gold. Fourth and Harria. Fifth andd Gold. Fifth and East. Seventh and Gold. Fifth and Kennedy. Ninth, back of power house. Calhoun, opp. Beaview Apts. Distin and Indlan. Ninth and Calhoun. Tenth and C. Twelfth, BP.R. garage. Twelfth and Willoughby. Hame Grocery. the high front deeoliete. Design by; Sehhpufm, " 'TUFFY, YOUNG BLACK Last Time Tonight WARNER'S GREATEST MUSICAL DAMES Ruby Keeler—Dick Powell—Guy Kibbee Preview 1A4. Tenight M. SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU BEAR, REFUSES TO HIBERNATE IN WINTER Tully b rar 3 brought from Fairbanks by the fiers last swnmer, les Rudy, his pres- r refusing hiber- nate the accuztomo ner he winter mon Mr. Rudy has pile front of Tuffy’s den sc to encourage him to begin his winter rest, but Tufly much pre- fers climbing trees and gamboling about the Rudy ranch to going to sleep during the months when all well behaved bears are sup- T the ta brush in times, ‘\p) ed to b2 out of elrculation. However, he remains in excellent heaith and his appetite leaves nothing to be desived and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy have grown extremely fond of the playful cub. - -o- SSIE POWERS ow ie Powers now the posd of the rdion that has 1 awarded by the Melody Shop. She claimed the award last even- ing - - BERT KE .CHISCN DIES °t Ketchison, Alaskan for 34 and resident of Petersburg 1919, died recently in the Narrows matropolis, ap- from a stroke. years sinca Wran, parently Ty |~ UPTOWN-— W ednesduay E RECKONING OLYMPIC PRODUCTION SALLY BLANE JAMES MURRAY- EDMUND BREESE BRYANT WASHBURN PAT-O'MALLEY > STORY BY DWIGHT CUMMINGS b QIRECTED AY HARRY: FRAZE ADAPTATION ond DIALOGUS, with