The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 19, 1937, Page 3

ALSO—— ‘BARGAIN MATINEE’ ;""" s this is the BEST SHORT SUBJECT he has seen in Juneau. COUNTRY COUSIN DAY WITH THE DIONNE QUINTS—NEW MIDNIGHT “"MORE THAN A SECRETARY” Sea Devils Fnds Showing Tonight At Gapitol Here Victor McLaglen and Ida Lupino Star in Coast Guard Film ‘When a couple of shipmates in the Coast Guard fall for the same girl, and the girl's father, a burly Bos- un’s mate in the service favors one of the men, there is bound to be plenty of pyrotechnics, as evidenced n RKO Radio's exciting drama, “Sea Devils,” starring Victor Me- Laglen, Preston Foster and Ida Lupino and featuring Donald Woods ending its engagement at the Capi- ol Theatre tonight. Foster and Woods are rivals for McLaglen's daughter’s hand. Real- izing that Foster, a globe-circling ladies’ man, is too much like him-' self, McLaglen essays the role of| Cupid and tries to aid Woods’ court-| ship in order to eliminate Foster. This, of course, makes bitter ene- mies of the two giants, McLaglen| THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU Last Times Tonight Fun, fights and thrills . . . as girl trouble hits the Coast Wm. P lly Symphony PREVIEW CIVILIZATION STEPS BACKWARD as war strides ahead. This was the scene of utter desolation left by a series of Japanese bombing raids on the clothed, forlorn, appearing like shelter amid the ruins. Charred Help Wanted, Female— To Direct Some Films SHE DOES A MAN’S JOB Dorothy Arzner is tired of monopolizing the field as Hollywood's only woman director and wants more women to follow her example. Among the stars she directs is Franchot Tone (right). By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 19.— Dorothy Arzner is getting sick and tired of being “Hollywood's only| woman director.” | To women and girls everywhere | she says in effect: *“Come on in, the water’s fine!” Seriously, the slight, short-haired woman of the tailored suits and quiet manner is convinced that the next few years will see many more women becoming movie directors. “Directing motion pictures,” she says, “offers a fascinating career to women who are willing to devote their entire attention to studying every phase of picture-making. Di- rection as a profession should ap- peal to talented women as greatly as the law, or medicine. The cours- es of preparation are correspond- ingly long, and the rewards well worth the effort.” { The Field’s Wide Open Miss Arzner herself went through a seven-year apprenticeship as sec- retary, script clerk, cutter and writer before she was entrusted with her first film. That was 10 years ago. Since then she has been| one of the colony’s leading directors, and has commanded the film work of stars from Esther Ralston and Clara Bow to the present-day lum- inaries, Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawfard. “There are no reasons why wo»{ men should not succeed as produc- ers and directors,” she declares.| “Many have earned distinction in/ other creative movie fields, as scen- arists, costume designers, dance di- rectors and film cutters’ Four Women Producers Miss Arzner asks no concessions in working hours or conditions be- cause of her sex. When doing a man’s job she expects to meet the same hardships and strenuous de- mands of the post. She thinks it is encouraging that, while Hollywood has had only four women producers in its history, all four have reached executive rank in recent years. She refers to Fran- ces Marion, the scenarist-producer; Dorothy Davenport Reid, widow of the silent film star, Wallace Reid, Irene Schreck, who gained her exe- cutive training as secretary to a studio manager, and Fanchon (of Fanchon and Marco) who first di- rected dance numbers for films and now produces her own pictures. - e SAVE THE DATE D.F.D. Dance Saturday, Oct. 23, Douglas Nat. adv. [t bennt e sae s s S and Foster, and it takes several wild of guffaws at the opening of the and wooly fist battles before they Paradise’s new review? come to any sort of understanding. The supporting cast includes| Gordon Jones, Helen Flint, Ph‘rr(\; Watkin, Murray Alper and Billy Gilbert. Foster and McLaglen appeared in “The Informer,” RKO's prize-win- ning play of 1935, together. It was his performance in that that won McLaglen the Academy Award for the best male screen performance of that year. | SIDELIGHTS ON BROADWAY,HERE, -~ THERE, T'OTHER Sheila Barrett Throws a Brawl — Mitzi Green | Shows Sidestep i‘ By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Broadway Quiz: i Q. What of Noel Coward's acti-| vities since he has been in New/| York? | A. He checked into a 5th Avenue) hotel but departed for his apart-| ment on the East River a few days| later—too many callers . . . . He| hasn’t written a line in three weeks. | . Then John Cecil Holm wanted | him to stage his (Holm's) new com- edy, “4 Cents a Word,” but he de-| clined. Noel has been a busy hand- shaker and first-nighter. At the| “Star Wagon” opening he sat next to Mary Pickford and Buddy Rog-, ers. | Q. What of Sheila Barrett, the| singing Mime? A . She can be deliciously undig- Smutty Publications Giving Post Office Department Hard Rub (Continued from Page One) has appealed vainly to Congress for an amendment to the law pe mitting the cases to be prosecuted at the point where the filth is de- livered. Often enough the publi- cations will fall in the hands of in- dividuals in Kansas, Texas, or else- where, who are only too glad to help get the ‘case to court.” r ; Keof? When witnesses are forced with 1ifled . . .One of her new takeoffs| ? 4 % is a caricature of Scarlet O'Hara the necessity of traveling from Kan- .= [ % | ., in “Gone With the Wind. 5 sas to New York, for instance, they 4 This is for her Nth return engage- often balk, and the expense to the raditidb ke Radnbow Rodm. Department is terrific. Moreover, . ¥ 48 . i ey ' The other day she gave a party, e I})‘iflari’?sfia;g o past P45 and the invitations went mmm.hing! A. In it is a tiger scene . .. 16 little biddies are dressed as lady tigers, and a dancer cracks the whip over them a la Clyde Beatty . . . Then is lowered a special platform on which are a dozen stately young women holding liv t by leaslies. T'he € ar enough It develop that the “tiger tiger skins ing one of the his costume . his head he But the rest Dane. uddenly, are really dogs in And without warn- lost part of . From his middle to was some “tiger” . of ,him was Great tiger Drama: irace panion own D and ing a Miss Moore he proper savoir dish of some sort, jestingly appauded At that moment passed Slapsie Max- ie Rosenbloom, sometime Zighter, presently movie actor. Applause? Slapsie Maxie smiled, beamed, and ok a bow America e, S ————————— Musician Soothes red, with j faire, a fancy and her friend Templ 1937, ntao “slums” of Shanghai. Half prehistoric cave men, these Chinese have built themselves a crude timbers show evidence of the fire which followed the aerial attacks. SILK-GLOVED ROBBERS PULL was Jean Davenport, who 30 years before the Civil War, made her New York Stage debut at the age of eight DA < S A e Noise Irks Hoboe: OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 19. JCW(‘ll‘y Sfl]()n, Pal‘l OWHC!‘ Being Hal Roach, Raid- ed by Thieves Oct. 19.—The silk-gloved held up a tilm pro- owner. proaches to the San Trancisco ¢ land Bay bridge no longer she hoboes. The recesses seemed made to order for itinerants until the Oakland Park department started a planting program. Complaining of the invasion of their priy and bands of work lrifted away - NOTICE Society Twrkey Dinner Oct. 20, 5:30 to ck, at the Northern Light Pre \ Church. Adults 75¢, chil- dren under 12, 50c. adv er HOLLYWOOD, Cal police are seeking two robbers who yesterday jewelry salon in which Hal Roach is part \e robbers took gems valued $150,00C. \Cy en, duce Many film stars leave their val- uables in the salon for safe-keep- ing. Among the losers are Simon Si- i mone, Billie Burke and the Ruth Try Top Notch Lunch— Boland estate. adv. Runs A Nursery— Kids With Saxophone By The AP Feature Service g FORT WAYNE, Ind.—When Thomas Gore, professional musi- cian, found he couldn’t keep the wolf away from the door with his i saxophone and clarinet, he decided to start a nursery. j'getting convictions in New York. New Mko thda; Listen, you mug,. Tay EYork juries are fairly liberal mind- \ed, it seems, and don't get espec- |ially excited at the complaint of an Towa mother indignant at having a book of naughty pictures delivered to her 14-year-old son. However, a jury in Judge Mosco- witz’ court in New York smacked down on a case recently. The judge praised the jury highly, and the (Post Office Department felt bet- ter. Nevertheless, the principal pub- lishers and distributors of dirty lit- erature were not scared out, only {a few of the smaller fry. The De- partmeht expects the smaller ones will set up under other names in time. They usually do. - e HERE IT IS AGAIN Business and Professional men’s Clubs Annual Ball. Hallowe'en affair. Sat., Oct. 30. - et Try Top Noteh Chili—15¢c, ‘Tramp," Wo- | wrote a special song for her, en- Educational ;mled “Why I Can't Sing The Lady Attractive Is a Tramp.” . . decorations, noisemakers. Elks Hall,'course, is included in Brown's ly- adv. 'ries . . throwing a brawl. It's for cock- tails (clugs to youse), from six-| thirty till unconscious. Signed. She- ila (Boots and Girdle) Barrett, That Old Cowhand.” The idea clicked. He and his wife now have a house full of chil~ dren, some of them boarding permanently, others there only for the day. But Gore hasn't gotten away from music entirely. He plays for the kids and finds it keeps them quiet. OFF BIG HAUL | PR { | Q What, on Broadway, is meant | by side-stepping? \ A. Perhaps this item will illus- trate the point. . . The hit song of the moment is “The Lady Is a sung by Mistress Mitzi in the musical “Babes in Arms.” . . . Mistress Mitzi decided to accept an after-midnight en- ’gugement at the Versailles Club, ‘but the backers of her show for- {bade her to sing “The Lady Is a Tramp.” . . . This presented a ser- jous problem, as the number is con- sidered Mitzi's identifying tag, cur- rently, at least ... So Lew Brown, Green, . The McCoy, of . If this isn’t neat sidestep- ping, we don’t know what is. adm‘ Q. What provoked that outburst WITH ADOLPH ZUKOR, who started life in a small Hungarian village, immigrated to America at 16, became a fur finisher, nickel- odeon operator and movie producer. Of his 65 years, 36 have been spent in show business, 26 of them with Paramount. He is the industry’s oldest active producer. Schilling Baking Powder Confronting cameraman and in- terviewer together for the first time, Adolph Zukor quickly snaps up a question on how magnates gauge movie trends. Simple. “You compare pictures which did well with those that lagged.” perience in dealing with the ticipate changes in public taste. But there’s a catch. “In measuring trends, we bring into play our background of ex- never plan or commence a picture unt have completed a survey of what the pub- lic wants. It requires constant study to an- So the in topic of hov how the movie Zukor goe much mor fore it bec public. We r went right after the are keeping up with it Color? It will have to be nercial than it is today be- tandardized. And then its adoption will be decided by public reaction. “Television? I am certain it will not touch theat. audiences. Radio, for instance, doesn’t detract today from attendance at worthwhile pictures. That is our whole problem—good pictures. We in the movie industry feel that they will meet any out- side competition.” taste is changing and At His Mercy ... Help- less . .. The Man Who : Had Wrecked His Life! § STARTING TONIGHT GET THE INSIDE STORY! What which to the ret jail, another was guilt) one doctor to exile —ALSO— Palooka in king the Count’ Philippine sy—Vaude- Villians- unt News Joe Harlan King. team= midocean, torm, of 1t Coming ———— Coming “LLOYDS OF LONDON” (1] ]:-‘.mnh-\-. David “Once a Doctor Tucker ‘and Jos The climax of Doctor,” is the transfer from a tramp | at the height of a terrific Il!n» young and persecuted surgeon so . |that he may perform an operation tor. These scenes are said to be |thrilling in the extreme oy i Il iy Jean Muir, Donald W()n(m‘ ey S e Play Lead in Physi- | s o o " nrn. Saturday, cian Film | Douglas Nat. ady. Dance Oct. 23, | | | | | Dealing witn the herole efforts {of a young physiclan to rehabili- [tate himself after he has been un- 'justly stripped of his reputation and driven from practice, “Once a Doctor,” heralded as one of the most thrilling melodram of the 3 , comes from the First National studios to the Coliseum T atre to- day. | Donald Woods, wro was S0 ex-| cellent in “Anthony Adverse,” plays the doctor. Jean Muir, for the first time a “glamor girl,” is the femi- nine influence that helps him in his struggle and crowns his victory. Miss Muir and Woods—together for the first time since“As the Earth Turns,” which was made three year: ago—are supported by such able WANTED & HARWOOD Who lived in Alaska some \d time before popular plays as Gordon Oliver, Gor- 19")/‘ don Henry Kolker, Louise o Hart, THE VOGUE [ Correctly Styled Clothes ! | For Women S. LIPSON 6 Beacon St. Boston, Mass. | | | 101 SEWARD ST. ELECTION OF OF JUNEAU ATHLETIC CLUB AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS TONIGHT—7:30 P. M. 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