The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1938, Page 3

TONIGHT IS ONE OF THE NIGHTS The Show Place of Juneau HE WAS A GAMBLING FOOL UNTIL HE : MET A QUEEN WHO TOPPED HIS ACEI | "¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESD/\Y, FEB. 23, 1938. DOUG MacLEAN WINS BET IN ARMY COMEDY 12814 Hai ssve™ Vil Begin Showing at Capitol Tonight How a snappy and self-assured young sergeant in a U. 8. Army camp in the early days of 1917, dares to be, his mates that he will eat brecitfast with the General, whom lie has never seen, and how he wins his vainglorious wager, forms the deliciously farcial background for Morgan Hill, the handsome, young husband of Fifi D'Orsay, who fis it is unsurpassed by anything Hol- Ballet,” the film sets a new high in beauty of staging, setting, and per- ting a 40 inch instrumer near Los Angeles, That was it mounte n 18¢ d | ’ i the screen story “23': Hours Leave” and during the olas,tic year of ¢ wa red | " 3 C § as,t 1 " ed in charge as di= 4 which begins tonight at the Capi- GULDWYN HAS 1889-90 the scientists there recog- r. - d‘ tol Theatre. i e nized his promise and helped him Lw ed to California H?)({ug]{.l.\‘ lyf‘ftl.ux?xn(;).tnd;;c;qc} Jun In 1893-4 he attended the Uni-| Stovies of new scient enter~ ”",;:\‘ r;;u:n R(::;:m ::]:Ch“:: sl NEw vENTuRE . \ versity of unL and three 'u vs | prises in CalifGinia then lured DF. O] a ary er B E . ' ater went to the University of Pitt i -3 ) in the Saturday Evening Post, which burgh for further research, At var- the produced gales of laughter, when lous later times Dr. Hale wor Insti 1 ".‘m ?tar;’)::al? | ‘Thomas H. Ince made it into a al}tll.l- and studied at Yale, Oxford, Cam- d vith $10,000,000 attracted him i x‘llrvn‘ L\\uh ?VlacLeun usv;h(l‘ bl“.ln. bridge f‘nlumln.l Victorla Univer- | shortly afterwards he was nam- : arkli wit @ aking | Tl 5 ;0 and California ¢ possesse the institution on as- Tlol::‘d)'Wll:lmll\il'.;m:lttllm:(l)!‘::lxtsbt‘)rlgj‘l‘l;l First Musicai Entry in Two Y onors 11-n|:;. .-'.mu:L‘ every scientitic ors ’ 3 e sug- 0 in the world. 1 d gested in the subtitles of the sient, Years — Many Good, o £ ‘ffnc"“}”ogg; . SReri i ) Scientific Adventurer AR h _'Ylll(r)nd.e_f-itl_ll}x¥ls l«g;?:ilzce: [m nlmr Some Bad Features AR g ; : vent to the top of Mt. j i rm version, ,«d ational's % L I ale was a scientific adven- e above the fog and i 23'; Hours Leave” is one of the £ o ¢ | | turer, always looking for new fields of stars. He most uproarious films of the year. By KOBBIN COONS of endeavor, and it was this trail ltnaten 4l James Ellison plays the part of HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 23.—In that caused him to see the oppor- P »1.131;5‘(11:1‘ u; an; swanky, young Sergeant Gray, the his latest stab at the title of Master tunities t led to the establish ¥ A,',“'f’ gl t,”' e role created by Douglas MacLean in Showman of Hollywood, Samuel ment of first the Yerkes and later I ittt e | the silent film, Terry Walker, Goldwyn succeeds so brilliantly the M. Wilson observatore Vest memt e an i i loaned to Grand National by Para- that his failure is the more pro- The story is told, and Dr. Ha)e me : n ":(l"::'n'“teeh :; | mount, especially for the production, nounced & would repeat that ;;.m which did r i (1; lame plays the part of the General’s love- “The Goldwyn Follies” is The it Ut ik 0 R HARYAIE (B Aha o i ly daughter, who figures important- Touch’s first musical entry in two spot /Lght, stKE6 Ve TR ; ‘q’sd':;re‘d ly in the story, while Paul Harvey vears. For beauty and for comedy vatory possessed the most powerful ter to build a log cabin and for ::ou;elft':’ :;d”;;olir:lacmg: r:xl o lywood has ever done. For one se- telescope in the world, a 36 inch months hiked up and down the trail, 3 ene! y a - il 3 piece, some booster for Southern He own cocking and in the Others in the supporting cast are quence alone, “The Water Nymph California conceived the iclea of g ched the skies with from Yerkes got results, making his screen debut in 231 formance. The color photography, A telescope n named C I 1 : ! ! ! s ! results that led to PRESINTED SV Hours Leave.” Arthur Lake, Wally throughout the picture and most & i %6 7 by % 3 % ' | EDWARD L. ALPERSON wiTh Maher, Andy Andrews, Pat Glea- notably in this sequence, is of the ; fig ,],“n(“_":"""“”'l ”:‘_‘l“[ K “l"]" il i lson, observatory A Ward Bond. thing yet presented in the medium, and the o % drah 5 e T — AND TERRY WALKER $ and so startlingly life-like at times r;rmrce Hllnl{nngs!",' of the Siamese roval house, is shown with his bride, | 1 e e 1 ) ) t. H | SAY", “NOW YOU'RE . s 8 becomes an inti- the former Ceril Heycock, as they left the Siumese P a5 BEPIL JESES i Timearmeuicr. A DOUGLAS MACLEAN PRODUCTION p e Tt b L ATHg" Nots the wnlts SRl oske In the carly 90's Clark told the n honorar MA 5 ] P <9 o R . oo | head Birabongse is well known as a racing car driver. The mm. PE v group of eastern scien easons as ill health i RY ROBERTS RINEHART DAUGHTER OF HLHGJ:JJI? ‘Sl "’“}L““‘;- atriemn ] model, is the daughter of Licut. Co). and Mrs. P. R. Heveock tists and one of his hearers s to ue sclentific e casi y sharply satirical, - “Hale ¥ I SUBJECTS ARE TIMELY in appeal from an uplifted eyebrow - - g , St AND THE TALK OF THE TOW of Adolphe Menjou to the broad ¢ h for S § often told in later years of the gra ve Gets Assistance i ied. o Junelduee 5 slapstick insanities of the Ritz SEArCA JOF fitelso fears his family felt that he was| Dr. Hate, his imagination fired A danahtes (.(1‘1\‘11\1‘;:' m(‘r:;l\,l‘t; | : Brothers. The performances of the, Stars Ended;Dr. Hale, to become a poet because of his by the tale, went to Willlam Rainey ford, Ore., and a son, Wil 4‘, Hal N ous pair of legs or are being sued principals—Menjou, Andrea Leeds, love for the grace of long rows ot Harper, who was g L i Sl b i AR i for : Astronomer, Is Dead P was getting the new re born ‘o them O;)‘bl‘gam!{;d 9 the “Stage Door” girl who here ’ willows bordering the ditches. University of Chicago under way, e "l\‘;wa;]yhodyt m?t‘]cl o d to the proves that the rosy promise of o But his desire for knowledge of backed by a gift of $600,000 from L B th . g i YL,& ‘arounv A ‘:1 that role was no freak, the hz\‘llrt 1 Irow Page one the sun won out over any poetic John D. Rockefeller. President Har- :fltre and in mjum‘my»el . An dancer Zorina who is a gifted — A TR *|leanings and he entered the Maissa- Per saw the possibilities and asked § ] bz 1] """n.ili“‘?w “d“'“ ,"L° ““|p"’“ Movie Headiiner from Pet- comedienne as well as one of the pim y0y to shoot, to play chusetts Institute of Technology..Dr Hale to write a letter which i it £ A e e baro Sk Rol original Graces, Kenny Baker Whose | gamoc and build things, clear up to For his graduation thesis in 1890 Was passed on to Charles T. Yerkes ,,‘,l"}lthpli. Yk Saread Wf‘mg T{T Grebazg RO in Role singing is as nice s his iNgeNuoUs tejephones and telescopes. One of he wrote about the sun. He had Chicago street car magnate, ]nk: to speak of Xtho}\m‘cfins ‘a8 1«11 at Local Playhouse shyness—are splendid his first a tool found new ways of photographing| Yerkes liked the idea of having ¥ R i o Half-Baked Chestnuts chest and by she time he was 12 he the closest star. His photographs his name attached to a new wor &’,h?:f g'(::";'c \g]c;“;r Im;d:h::;:: Coming close to home; not in With all these t“_‘:"“l")"*l ‘“‘L“ MOTC ywas making things that required an showed flames shooting out beyond Wonder and telegraphed Clark to| Brigadier W. J. Garruthers, com- Actor Tells Why New York 1 went to Holiywood?” persoh, biit rather on the speaking combined into a resplendent offer- sppreciable amount of rudimentary|the rim and some of his later dis-|mount his lenses. The cost was'$65,- ing to Juneau today after his an- : . P i screen is Miss Terry Walker, Pet- ing, Goldwyn's picture is handi- geientific knowledge. coveries proved that some of the|000 but then Yerkes thought he nual inspection trips to townsof the ] Stage Is Practically How about yourself? ersburg’s most renowned daughter. capped by a number of would-be overy tlames leaped out 300.000 miles. |had done enough. It was not until district, will begin holding sermons Iat on Back “Oh, I'n doing okay. I haven'y| The Alaska Miss who “took” the comedy gags ‘whm‘h‘ ax‘:“ hktlfim:’ He was given a miscroscope and ge 2 }I!H!f) that the Chicago capitalist saw in Salvation Army Hall tonight. any complaint coming. I've got my Nation’s movie eapital, Hollywood, l;vxll flat on th‘rcmtun( I:L- 1)‘ ¢ discovered that under it a drop of | “iiven /\Vm\LIII(:v‘ e {further light and furnished the The sermons will be held every % x v = own prbes_agent. Anyway, T've had{ls ready to “wow” Capitol Theatre Of an audience spoiled n: O‘tM _ ordinary Chicago ditch water turn- The m;,nln‘uu did not .:y_uml him | funds for Ifull:lmg a great observa- night until next Monday. ' y GEORGE TUCKER _ ook M d th patrons here in Juneau tonight and ing everything to be perfect. Con- .4 into inhabited by the means of contfuuing his studies.|tory of Willlams Bay, Wis., over- i i NEW YORK, Feb. 23. — If you S0me luck here and there, and, at P% *o0% €00 T AHEEEE BE i sidering that Goldwyn had a Whole siange and beautiful creatures, He But the Harvard observatory did|looking Lake Geneva. Hale, 37 years “Alaska” by Lester D. . Henderson. were a celebrated actor, starring in a smash Broadway drama and liv- ing in a penthouse, what would you think of the New York theatre’ the moment, I'm not doing so bad- ly for myself. But I have no il- lusions. about this place. Pictures e where you make the money, work in the current feature, “23 Hours Leave,” a tale of Army day: in which she is co-starred with James Ellison. on the script before Ben Hecht t charge and did the final version, it seems incredible that an aspiring So would I, but Wallace Ford :"j‘k e ‘;,‘;:"?u%"“w}l:;,g q';e‘;’;‘f Although Terry Walker, piquant, Master Showman should have left hast certal.:/? d:fm;te_ ldTaS to the w:)rk g A E blonde and alluring, lived within these in. In an ordinary film per contary. Mr. Ford is the star of 3 the shadows of the Hollywood film haps these chestnuts could be for- ;:hn--sl}mfmfi“ pluydO{ Mice :;nd ’f“,: t‘)"i“fa"lil“”°“' your own play? i dios for nearly ten years, it was given. In a picture of this magni- /}m.l/é'/fifiloflflwzzéxrm ep.” Take the stand, Mr. Ford: el i i not until she was found singing in tude, however, they jar distinctly. What do you think of the New GP;Y;:)]] KS;:".;‘:!Cksd?r;:ul;lg ;:::‘3 a night club in Miami, Florida, that Perhaps, however, it was inevit- I/I/ét’/{&fl/ff’éfl/fllé/’fém’% York theatre? “Down at the heels and just about dead.” What do you think brought Lhn about? “It has been allowed to die by a lot of lazy press agents.” How do you mean? she was given a film contract. And then it came to her by way of the could it be otherwise? But what is e, . e futt, P setcwhere hars (hugnt fact that her picture had adorned to be 40?” And you think bad press agentry g:)estcover of The Saturday Evening has a lot to do with it? “You said it.” May I quote you, Mr. Ford? The search for Miss Walker, when movie folk awakened to her possibil- ities, extended from Alaska to Flor- able that in his effort to crowd everything into one picture the producer should have admitted stuff below the production’s high par. There is material here to capture widely varied audience tastes: Helen Jepson in glorious screen operatic MORE PEOPLE “I mean the press agents here ;\:)errba:u"r:‘.'” e ida and intermediate points, in- debut; Edgar Bergen and Charlie don't know how to work. They sit BT - L cluding New York. It all started McCarthy (stealing all their joint ° f in their offices and imagine they Verne Bookwaiter, chief pilot of when a Paramount studio execu- segquences from veteran Phil Bak- "are doing everything possible for a play or an actor by merely re- leasing a few routine notices to the newspapers.” And as a result . . . tive saw Miss Walker’s picture on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Intrigued by the beauty and charm reflected in the subject, he ordered that the original be located the White Pass Airways, is a south- bound passenger on the Norah. He will visit in Los Angeles for three weeks before returning. er), ballet and swing, classical music and hotcha, Gershwin songs —two hours of amazing entertain- ment, with exceptions above noted. Novel for a screen ‘“extravagan- “The stage flat on its back, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: and given a screen test. za” is the intimate feel of the gasping for air.” That at 10 A. M. on March 28, From Norman Rockwell Who musical numbers. nstead of acres PR P S 1938, in the District Court, First Painted the picture, her name was of sets and hundreds of girls, Di- Any suggestions? “They could learn a lot from the P. A’s on the coast. Out there they work for you day and night. They get out and dig. They're ex- perts and if they weren't they wouldn't hold their jobs.” As, for instance . . . “When a stage actor gets a stu- dio contract and arrives in Holly- wood he is met by a staff of train- ed salesmen and within 24 hours everybody in the country knows all about him. They build him up. Give him a send-off. If he can't make the grade then, that's his lookout.” But don't they meet you in New York? “Not unless you've got a glamor- COLISEUM Juneau’s Greatest Show Slot Machines Exposed in ‘King of Gamblers’ Division, at Juneau, Alaska, hear- learned and further inquiries re- ing will be held on the petition of vealed that she was born in Pet- Joye Livesay, bankrupt, for final €rsburg, Alaska. Imagine the cha- discharge in bankruptcy. Creditors grin of the scouts, when they learned and persons concerned may appear that Miss Walker had lived in Hol- at said time and place and show YWood ten years and had made cause, if any they have, why the réPeated and unsuccessful attempts petition should not be granted. to obtain studio work. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, Miss Walker was taken by her Clerk, District Court. |Mother from Alaska to Seattle at First publication, Feb. 16, 1938, | the age of nine. She had evinced an Last publicat!on Feb. 23, 1938, unusual talent for singing and was """ ___|given a chance to develop her voice CALL FOR BOND REDEMPTION at the Cornish School of Music The City of Juneau, Alaska, by there. From Seattle she went to Hol- resolution adopted at its regular lywood to continue her studies at meeting held February 4, 1938, ex- the Los Angeles Conservatory of |pressed its intention to redeem six Music and Arts. “Sewer Bonds” general obligation of| Miss Walker is five feet four the City of Juneau, in the denomin- inches tall, weighs 1112 pounds, ation of $1,000.00 each, dated March plays tennis, and ping pong expert- 11, 1929, numbered from seven (7) to'ly and enjoys horseback riding. S8he twelve (12) inclusive, bearing inter- dances as well as she sings, which est at the rate of six percent per is saying a lot, and is an accom- annum, payable semi-annually on plished piano player. Her favorite March 1st and September 1st, ma- hobby is crocheting. She likes to turing March 1, 1949. cook and create pastries and re- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, fuses to lenrn to smoke‘ Alaska, on March 1, 1938, and that all interest will cease on said bonds MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 23—The police Publication dates, Feb, 16, 23, 1938, violating rector George Marshall used the technique of “lavish simplicity” to give the camera a front-row seat and the audience an eyeful. Some Quick Glances In Brief: “A Yank at Oxford” establishes Robert Taylor’s claim to he-man- nishness in a nice, hokumish bit of painless education abroad, expert- ly done and a sure-fire winner. Maureen O'Sullivan is the girl, and there's an English actress, Vivien Leigh, who ought to be in Holly- wood. Jack Conway directed. “Walking Down Broadway” tells what happens ot six chorus girls who pledge to hold a reunion. Lynn Bari, with a movie contract, gets killed by a truck. Phyllis Brooks dies in a fall. Leah Ray goes to jail, Jayne Regan has to flee the country with her absconding hus- band. Dixie Dunbar, dumb but nice, weds an old roue. Which leaves Claire Trevor with Michael Whal- en, and virtue triumphant. Moral: Don'’t sign pledges, even under Nor- The Rev. G. Edgar Gallant of | Skagway, is a through passenger on the Princess Norah from Skag- Empire classifieds pay. seagram: 5 CROWN—A MILDER WHISKEY “AND 7 CROWN THAN ALL OTHER BLENDED WHIS- KIES IN THEIR PRICE CLASS COMBINED #*Based on all available official figures from July, 1935, to December, 1937, issued by the Liquor Control Boards of 14 states : Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Idaho, Utah, Maine,* Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Moatana, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming. It includes the sales of all blended whiskies in the price class of Seagram’s Crowns—ranging at present from 90¢ to $1.50 per pint. Copr. 1938, Seagram-Distillers Corp., N. 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