The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1936, Page 3

‘FIRST SCREEN OPERA'4S NOT - EVEN STARTED *“Madame Bullerfly Will Probably Be Vehicle When Cast Secured By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 8. — That “first scre: cpera” which was talked about last year has not yet materialized, but the idea is still floating around. When it is done, it very likely will be “Madame Butterfly,” Puccini’s romance in music, already filmed a few years ago as a talking picture, without music. Tentative plans call for a full color production, and the presence of Leopold Stokowski in Hollywood augurs an extremely painstaking musical approach to the ing opera. One of the immediate difficulties, it appears, is Paramount’s seeming lack of an operatic soprano suit- able for the tragic role of the Or- iental heroine. The studio has Gladys Swarthout, but she is-a contralto. As for the hero, Pinker- ton—well, Frank Forest hopes. “Groomed” For Eight Months Forest is the St. Paul, Minn. boy {who went to Italy to make good in cpera. He has been in Hollywood a year, under contract first to Metro, then to Paramount, which in (c !eigm months has “groomed” him b | for parts by giving him a number or two in “The Big Broadcast,” and a singing role with Miss Swarthout, in “The Champagne Waltz.” Frank was Franko Foresta when Metro signed him and they liked | the name even though he preferred his own American form. He ac- {quired the Italian name naturally, rone of those “when in Rome” i things and, besides, he was in cp- era, where an American singer had little chance with the natives. His {own name, really, !yek, Hayek being Hungarian orest.” PETER LORRE Marian Marsh . Robert Allc and Mrs Pdm(L fampb:' O<EF \/ON STEF’r\ E Object Not Matrimony 1 Mickey Plays Papa Latest News 1S ZENITH “LIFETIME” for Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire office. never photograph, although he is fandsome oR. Baxter Perfection of Blende Seoteh Whisky L] I fellowshi ;' ;ni‘fl' TleHzn x5°."" a flavou? that W€ g SOIE V. S ‘GT:'vou cITy senieffelin & o(ims SINCE 1794 1§ ALASKA MEAT- «€0. et FEATURING CARSTEN’S BABY BEEF—DLAMON’D TC HAMS AND BACON—U. S. Governrent-Inspected Dont Say"l'cnu COMET - \ ’aiting room acroSs frOm Coliseum A T WINDOW GLEAN!NG e E TERMINAL mmwmuuméfluumrm ‘|in cabarets, admittedly difficult task of screen-: | o | is Frank Ha-, At M-G-M they thought he would| . {T | brder. When he was about to leave town, Paramount_called him, proved e would photograph, and signed im at twice the money yith three months off annually for concert tours, But to date, unless some- thing happens on “Madame Butt fly,” he has had little opportunity for sensational success. In “Cham- pagne Waitz,” for example, it is Fred MacMurray who does most of the male singing: But Forgst sces nothing odd in that. It is Mac- Murray, he points out, who is the screen personality, while he (For- est) is an ‘‘unknown” at the box office. Had His Own Way Forest went to Italy to study after several years in New York because persons in the metropolis were “too (nice” to artists and he wanted to study seriously. While studying irg| |New York he earned a living by leading community singing, playing sweeping floors and deing various other work. He meant Y to stay in Italy two years, but when | the time was up “found out how lit- tle I knew.” So he spent, in all, eleven years. making his debut and touring the country in opera. His father, a choir singer in St. Paul, didn’t want him to be a sing- er. His three other sons, he told Frank, had had their own way about careers. Frank must be an agricultural engineer. And so Frank became a' singer. THEATRE MAN LEAVES ON ALASKA FOR SOUTH B. O. Selby, auditor for ihe B. F. Shearer Co. who has been in Ju- neau in the interest of his com- pany’s business and aiding in the supervision of the Capitol and Coli- seum during the absence of Mana- ger Charles D. Beale, left..on the Alaska this morning for Ketchikan. Beale, who has been visiting his parents in Iowa, will return to Ju- neau in about fifteen days. Mrs. Beale will remain south until after, the first of the year. sk * 1 AT THE HOTELS | GASTINEAU L, G, Wingard, Seattle; Ben. A. Bellamy, Seattle; B. Peterson, Pet- ersburg; Mr, and Mrs, Casper El- lingsen, Fairbanks; N. W. Knutsen, |Fairbanks; Murray Stuart, Fair- banks; C. F. Holcomb, Seattle; | Christofferson, Tacoma; Fred Dan- |1s, Cordova; F. A. Ballard, Washing- ton, D. C.; Frank Parrish, Seattle; ‘g T. Olen, Valdez; E. J. Nulm, Val- i | ALASKAN | Fred Davis, Juneau; G, Hitchcock, Seattle; Bert Gris- |wald, Windham; Gust Fidstram, { Tee Harbor; B. M. Hayiff, Anchor- |age; Peter F. Strong, Anchorage; {R. R. Swartz, Juneau; M. Santres, ! Anchorage; Dreya Paulino, Anchor- age. | ZYNDA Carl. Vevelstad, .= Juneau;. . Alex Drewry, Wrangell; R. C. Haydon, |tat; R. T. Munroe, Winnipeg. | — e, IT'S TRUE Men! Women! There are big bargains for everyone ‘during the Rexall ORIGINAL Oné Cent_Sale. Two for the price of one, plus only lc. 250 bargains to choose from. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat- urday, October 14, 15, 16, 17. But- ler- Mauro, Drug Co, The Rexall —adv. RHODA#MAY CLARK—Foot cor-i ctionist. 517 Goldstein Bldg. adv. Evsry Moiith 1 thé Year AUCTION SALES DATES October 14 November 12 December 16 ‘lpeclll Sales Held on » Request of Shippers Advhnces will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph if desired. The Séattle’ Fur Exchange ** R.| Steven | Hotch, Haines; Mr. and Mrs. Harry | | Annex Creek; E. M. Axelson, Yaku- | g |MorTow morning at |started the first thing tomorrow. BAPITBL SGREENi Famous NO\;fiSortrayéd in| Heralded Film at Coliseum Lionel Barrymore is given the op- | pnrtumly te return to earth after | death and correct his mistakes, in RKO Radio’s “The Return of Pel-| er Grimm,” playing for the last time this evening at the Capitol Theatre. A supporting cast which | includes Helen Mack, who appeared | with Lionel Barrymore in “Sweep-' ings” and in “Christopher Bean”/ in the leading feminine role, and| Edward Ellis, Donald Meek, George | Breakston, Allen Vincent, James| Bush, Greta Mayer and Etlmli Griffies in other important roles,| help to make the picture a ncvor-“ to-be-forgotten lesson of the dan- ger of trying to direct the lives or others. { INHABITANTS ARE GRUW!NG " | People 510\;/]\' Going to Race of Giants Is De- claration Made | CHICAGO, Oct. 8—Signs that the earth’s inhabitants may be growing slowly into a race of giants are noted in a world wide study of heights and weights of young people. Every twelve and a Half years for the last 80 years, almost four- {tenths of an inch has been added to the height of the average col- lege student, the Journal of American Medical Association | ports in an editorial survey. For the population as a whole, the Journal said, the rate of growth “is soprewhat smaller.” In the United States, it con- tinued, “children of today enter- ing colleges and universities seem |to average two inches taller and | weigh some seven pounds more than did their parents and grand- re- Columbia’s production of Dos-| p‘.?“m\ . FESALY h toievsky’s “Crime and Punishment”; oy A},”m“dr (Z}]?“»‘m? as re- having its final showing tonight - . ’ltm} been made abroad. at the Colisewm Theatre, has been' plates and napiery show seafaring spifit. In Ithis country, students at widely acclaimed by critics as an| - —_ | Harvard University, Vassar, Wel- | By RGERY TAYLOR |lesley, Smith and Mount Holyoke enthralling portrayal of a young| genius in criminology who is forced by poverty to commit a murder and robbery and of the events leadmgx ‘to his utltimate redemption. Ed- | We're “all at sea’—it's smart to ward ,Arnold and Peter Lorre give bhe nautical in interior decorations brilliant performances in the lead-‘u 5, By McCall's For The Empire |Cu;,nm/2 s & Maga- ne ing roles, ably supported by Mar-| ».y.\ tery, rugs, wallpaper, clina, ian Marsh, Robert Allen, Elizahnth;gl;, s, lamps, linens, bath mats, Risdon, Tala Birell and Mrs. Pat-}{owels—all have sea-going designs, rick Campbell. { whether they used in a shore {bungalow or in a midwest mansion nd miles from the ocean LA L8 S PR 2 {a thousand miles fre cean. : { “Compass” is an amazing ship jdesign for linents for informal It is the work of the are hntmuvuvnu |gcn’unr ‘Marine Stars” is an- | other—a luncheon cloth in red on Operations mu be resumed to- { white or blue on white, with stars the Juneau excitingly arranged, and a border Lumber Mills. Two rafts of logs are‘“l flags with stars and stripes, due inh today and cutting will be| Guest towels in the same seafar- ing spirit come from the same de- ——————— | signer—there’s a “code flag” series, MARTHA SOCIETY DINNER “midshiy apd ‘“diagonal stars.” Remember the Martha Society They are so gay you will want to Dinner at the Northern Light do over your bath room in red Church Wednesday, October 14, wh and blue. |from five to seven-thirty Adults| For the table linens, there is china 5¢c *— children under twelve 50c.|to match. Very smart are the white Public invited. —adv. | plates with wide blue or red border A = FRESH AIR - EXERCISE =SUNSHINE | —gnd g light smoke! Youwholiketotakecare ! of yourselves, but who love life's pleasures, too — there's a ciga- refte just made for you. A smoke of fine rich- tasting tobacco—but * gentle with you, too. " Alight smoke. A Luckyl Copyrighit 1936, The American Tobseco Company and an anchor or sailors knot in the center—or a ship in full sail. F¥or a centerpiece, all you need i colleges added 1'% inches to their average height in a generation. As the students grew taller, they a pair of white sail [ m,],. danc! n.,h‘ul“. ]?l boy HgUr-| o ew heavier in proportion. i Ancing SeneaE o iRl D 2 ST | |WHITTIER OPENS RETURN TO JUNEAU PRACTICE HERE E,.J. i Ted! c“““"% At 800 Lo . N. J. Whituer, son of Mr. and W. Hufieson arrived in Juneau on| Mrs M. S. Whittier and graduate the Alaska from Anchorage, where oo} ‘National College of Chiro- they have been superintending l»hL practic and Drugless Physicians in construction of the Anchorage City Chicago, today opened offices in Hall and the new Anchorage Hotel o Triangle Building. After com- for the Gastineau Construction pleting his work at the College, Dr. Construction Company of this city., whittier served his internship in Mr. Hufieson was superintendent | the Chicago public health service. in charge of construction on the two & >-oo —— buildings. The municipal building, PIONEERS TO MEET whieh was started early last spring is now completed, but there is still some work to be finished up on the will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'- hotel, upon which construction was|clock in the Odd Fellows Hall ac- not commenced until mid-summer. cording to announgement made by £ e {President C. W. Carter. Important BROKER ARRIVES ALASKA matters will be discussed and re- COWLING HUFIESON The local Pioneers, Igloo, No. 6, ON Frank Parrish, Fobes Electric|freshments will be served following Compeany representative, arrived in|the session Juneau on the Alaska from the! e, —— Empire cla Westward fieds pay. smoke . the |’ TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT at the Show Place of Juneau HE CAME BACK FROM TO RIGHT A WROWNG, HAT MEANT A THE RETURN ©F PETER GRIMM Lionel BARRYMORE HELEN DONALD kax VINCENT ALSO CHARLEY CHASE in “FOUR STAR BOARDER” Little Jack Liitle and His Orchestra Daily Alaska Empire Talking Reporter PREVIEW TONIGHT Ricardo Cortez M.mzuerlte Churclull "MAN HUNT The once famous Provincetown Playhouse in New York City got its name from the Cape Cod., Mass., town where Bugene O'Neill and oth- er writers launched their first tie- atre, ight Smoke You who gb‘ in for sports . ..and you who don’t. .. you both have reason to treat your- selves well . . . to reach for a light smoke .. .a Lucky. For a light smoke is gentle with you. Easy on you when you inhale. Kind to your throat. And since your Lucky . . . & /ight is made from the choicest cente-leaf tobacco, it tastes good, too, even when you smoke all day long. So, for a smoke that treats you right it’s wise to reach for a Lucky. And remember, the protection of the famous “Toasting” process is enjoyed only by those who smoke Luckies. “SWEEPSTAKES” FLASH! Over 1760 tons of paper bought so far! OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED 7 - Since the cart of Your Lucky Serike “Sweepstakes” more than 1760 tons of paper have been purchased to princ “Sweepstakes” entry cards. Just think of it! That's enough paper to fill about 88 freight cars. Have you entered yet? Have you won your delicious Lucky Strikes? Tune in “Your Hit Parade”—Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Listen, judge, and comparethe tunes—then try YourLucky Strike “Sweepstakes.” And if you're not already smoking Luckies, buya pack to- dayandtry them,too. Maybeyou've been missing something. You'll appreciate the advaatages of Luckies—a Light Smoke of rich, ripe-bodied tobaccg . ACCO="IT'S TOASTED" N