The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 14, 1938, Page 3

- e —— of Juneau NOW! First M. M. Shew—7:00 P. Secend Shew—9:30 P. AT LAST AT POPULAR PRICES! Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin _Jessie Ralph. News o the Day "It's Timely Pearl Buck’s novel now springs to life! It’s cominn! ! Most eagerly awaited film in history—vy il get the thrill of a lifeti } Never again such a show ; on stage or screen! { 75 SM A I-L PART his own fan-mail ser- “He's back in the show 1thors and- directors felt that 8 rewarded Afte all,” as Guy bbee says, “you can’'t blame a “CRASH" HIT trying.” uy for Another instance of ¢ ne 77777 ng a boon to an aspiring player g . o A h sha ha befell Betty [P ites Letters to Was the mishap that : Valet Writes Le ‘,“ LS 0 F ncsster: Y the Bffice of ' pros Management—Now in ducer one afternoon. The play was 3 Tl Gentleme of the Press.” When Regular Cast s Lancaster appeared for the o+ g genue's role it was felt she was ly GEORGE NEW YORK, March 14.—T UCKER e bes t the type desired George Abbott, who directed story of the week is about that lit- tF and Mark Barron, one tle Jap who plays the part of a of uthors, were in the office valet in the new Guild show, “Wine time, and they told her they of Choice.” It is a small part, hard- he would find the role un- Iy more than a spe r's chore, suited to her talents yet after the first trial performance However, as she out the in an out-of-town city a shower of door, which was there was flowery epistles, praising the Ja a sudden crash, rt of the “inspired performance” descen: lass fell on Miss arm the management’s lap. inflictin a slight but painful Somewhat puzzled, the Guild wc Abbott 1 TONn Wwere authorities read the letter dis- beside themselves. Unable to get missed them from their mind, a docter, they hurried to a dru moved on to another city. Next gist and bought a complete first morning a dossier of even more aid kit laudatory notes was delivered. Through it all Miss Lancaster Here was indeed an unusual cir- sat quietly, assuring them it was custance. The little Jap's part cnly a superficial scratch, that it was S0 minor as to constitute no didn’t hurt, that she was sorry to more than a “bit.” It certainly was not calculated to elicit a deluge of “fan mail.” Then the show moved into Phila- delphia. As is frequently the withtrial performances, the authc have caused so much disturbance Noting her sweet manner and the sporting way she accepied the mishap, Abbott and Barron hastily reconsidered their earlier judg- ment and signed her to a contract She went on from there to give a were traveling with th fine performance. If you remem- ing each performance c: ber, she was the daughter of that quently rewriting lines and s ma ing editor who was always At the last minute they decided too busy to go home. to eliminate the little Jap entirely s o g and ‘the curtain went up with the ATTENTION MASONS pt the written out of the & next morning “valet™ Nevertheless There will be a Stated Communi- cation ‘held this evening at 7:30 o'~ clock with the Past Masters con- mailman lugged a salvo of “bravo mail into the theater, compliment- ferring the M. M. Degree. By order ing the Guild on its astute casting of the W. M. and calling attention again and J. W. LEIVERS, again t6 the wonderful perform- adv. Becreta ance of the valet gl SAVE THE DATE ‘With that, everybody went into hysterics. . Those letters were ex- plained: The valet, anxious to| Rebekah Benefit Dance, March 26, further his theatrical career, was Elks Hall. adv. i Friendly Political Enemies anylnl;h’- Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy (left) and David L. Lawrence, of the commonwealth, are pictured chatting as they met on the speakers’ platform of the Pittsburgh Industrial Union Council rally at Pittsburgh. Kennedy is John L. Lewis’ choice for the backing Charles-A. Jones,” Democratig rship, while Lawrence is governorship, W] prsiefongivix THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1938, Blond - Int ]l(’, Land of Changing eyebgows and lips Preparing hair for wig 3 nln.ln_[-,: goes under wig Here goes Changing a smoky brunette inte a flaming blond is just part of the THREE LITTLE WORDS CUTIN MOVIE LOVING There Is Good Reason, Too —Those Who Know Speak Right Out By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, March 14. — Have | you been missing those “three little | words” in movie dialogue lately? | You have, and there’s a reason.| een dialogue writers will go to| desperate lengths to avoid having| characters say “I love you” in so many words. Most of them agree| {hat tender passion makes the| toughest dialogue. 5 | Sam Hellman eschews “I love| you” because it’s “the hardest thing | in the werld to get an actress to| say those three words convincing- ly.” And if it isn't done convinc- ingly you get a laugh. Lar Trotti concurs. Says he ‘All scenes are hard to write and the love dialogue particularly so. Romantic scenes are difficult to ceep within bounds. Unless you watch your step, they're apt to go sour, mauldlin and overly senti- mental. In ‘In Old Chicago’ the love dialogue between Alice Faye and Tyrone Power was much easier be- cause we had the elements of an- tagonism and humor to set off the - love interest.” Takes Ingenuity i day’s work in the topsy-turvy land of Hollywood. Dorothy Howe takes the ir¢ ted blond right under your very cyes. RAINER, MUNI and Leanore Sabine. The demure Miss Howe becomes a sophist ewlvweds in the Kitchen TRINITY GUILD Film I STARRINGIN 600D EARTH Outstanding Film Plays To-! night and Tomorrow at Capitol Theatre The overworked word “epic,” comes into rightful use with the long awaited showing of M-G S mas terful motion picture version of “The Good Earth” which came to the Capitol screen last night Based an the novel hy Pearl S Buck, one of the greatest sellers of modern literature, and on its| subsequent stage adaptation by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, “The | Good Earth” has been translated to the wide horizon of the screen with rare intelligence, a profound | understanding of an alien race, and | a sensitivity heart-stirring in its unfoldment of the lives of people bound hand-and-foot to the soil which gives them their daily bread and also the poetry through which they may sustain their poverty. In the story of the impoverished farmer, Wang, who takes (o wife James Dunn and wife “the slave-girl O-Lan, who fights against locusts, against famine, Film newlywec my Dunn and Frgnces Gifford return to Holly- Wood following short honeymoon and ‘take up housekeeping. Miss Gifford is a newcomer 'to the screen. of inese civilization. O-Lan works beside her husband in the fields, gives him sons and a daughter, and restores his fortune when the fam- ine ruins him. The revolution brings unexpected . wealth to Wang, de- against revolution, is a panorama affair and will the afternoon Guild, Attractive be by during members of the assisted decorations Sonya Levien, who co-authored ] A In_ green stroying his ambition, his integrity the screen play of “In Old Chicago” will’ form a setting for the event gnd philosophy. He marries a with Trotti, is of the same mind ] | which is scheduled to assemble a younger woman only to discover “Personally, I find that more in- | large number of Gastineau Channel | pjtterness and defeat when his eld- genuity and -effort is required in residents. est son falls in love with Wang's writing these (love) scenes than ¥ jasd new bride. Again it is the faithful in all others. Nowadays, the action L2 - —_— I o ‘I love you' but not the ek Sheila MacDonald youngest words. Social Affair Will Be Held | dauenter of the late Ramsay Mac- WAKE UP YOUR Working on “State Fair,” Miss I ald, has taken up voluntary p Levien took more time on one love at Cathedral Dean- | probation work in London with a I_IVER BII_E— scene than on any other sequence P = view to becoming a police court in_the film. ery This Week | 770, 0, e WITHOUT CALOMEL Richard Sherman dissents but > coming | . g Try the Empire classifieds for St. Patrick’s Day this And You'll Jump Out of Bed Feel- slightly: “Any scer ealing with . BRIl hmy sopne degling Thursday will be the occasion of ing You Could Push a Bus Over deep and profound emotion is diffi- | results. The livel d t to its of / p an important event on the social he liver shouid pour out two pints o cult; and love, I find, is a harder | ————— iquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile ¢ .calendar for March when the Trin-| s not flowing freely your food doesn’t digest. to treat intelligently in writing ', = | t Ihek ARlve Th the bowels. Gas bloat e ity Guild entertains from 2 until - gt U o 6 B S b i S 4 than death, sudden disaster and s - our stomach. You get constipated. Your A 6 oclock at tea at the Cathedral [ v yetem is poisoned and you feel sour, other occurrences in life that shock deanery. 2 and the we and move the heart . . . They are ! & ‘ Mre. Jas, Filler says: “Gas on my stom- zy d all hard, in fact.” Mrs. M. S, Reaber, Mrs. T. M.|ach'was so bad I couldn't ent o sleer. purzatives are maest ! J g o ;. i ‘Rice’ an - | Gas even pressed on my heart. erika vement doesn't get a Reed, Mrs. C. E. Rice and Mrs.| (i Speh BICRIC Feller, Now, T eat as 1| akes the famous, sure acting Carter's a But Ernest Pascal insists the love stuff is easy if it is “honest and sincere. If the love scene or any other situation is synthetic and contrived, it is the most difficult to get down.” All Scenes Tough Morrie Ryskind (“Stage Door,” “There’s Always a Woman,” etc.) |concurs in spirit but won't take | sides: “All scenes are tough. The | next scene in the picture is always the toughest.” | Sidney Buchman (“Vacation Bound”) finds one scene like an- | other—equally difficult “if consci- entiously approached.” The writer {who finds a particular scene ap- parently easy to handle should examine it suspiciously for cliches, Ihe declares. | Gladys Lehman opines that the | most difficult thing is to get “effec- | tive naturalness” with the economy {of wordage imposed by film tech- | nique—in a love scene or any And John Lee Mahin holds that the best love scene is the one with the least dialogue. “Dialogue,” says Mahin, “is al- | ways dangerous in love scenes. The least lack of balance can betray a tender passage into raucous merri-, ment.” ! The veteran H. J. Mankeiwicz sums it up aptly: “Love scenes are incredibly hard to dcialogue—even when they're on the level—as when a boy is | actually trying, in real life, to .make love to some girl. And T don’t know why art should be any easier than | nature. The ability to carry off love scenes must carry with it the abili- ty to believe yourself in love while you are writing. It's a quality that/ | Love Is Dangerous many an otherwise fine writer| lacks.” | PR | It wouldn't be Hollywood if| Nick Thompson, who for 29. years! lhas been playing movie Indians, Thomas Haigh are in charge of the really were lyweod. age, born in Houston, Texas. ts of bile wish, slep fine. never felt botter.” liver Pills to get those two pl wing freely. and make you feel “up and A D L E R l K A I 5. wentle, yet amazing in mak- ng hile flow freely. Ask for Carter's Little - siver Pills, Look for the name Carter's on | the red package. Price: 25¢. | by adv. | an Indian. This is Hol- Nick’s of Italian parent- Butler-Mauro Drug Co.—in Douglas Guy’s Drug Store. - WHY SPEND MORE? You can buy a General @ Electric WASHING MACHINE ( 1l " $60.00 or $75,00 Choose a G.E. from a full line of washing machines designed for every need and purse. You can't beat a tested product of GENERAL ELECTRIC QUALITY. Sold On Convenient Terms Make-Belicve — Becomes a Brunet Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. tment administered by experts of the make-up recom, Wally Westmare cil, brush and wig turn the trick. CHARLIE CHONG DIES IN CABIN ON DAN CREEK Charlie Chong, a Chinese, and one of the real old time Alaskans, recently found dead in his on Dan Creek, near Mec- P as cabin Carthy. Mr. Chong was well known all over the Cordova district and is said to have lived there approxi- mately 30 years. He at one time ran a restaurant in Cordova on Burkhart Way. He had been in McCarthy for the past 12 or more years where he ran a hotel for some time. In the past few years he had been devoting considerable time to building up a mining prop- erty on Dan Creek. Mr." Chong will be remembered always for his genial personality and his honest generosity. It is said . he was always ready to give a Henry L. Doherty, oil magnats, s hand to the man who was down Shown in New York as he was pre- on his luck and has given many u‘n“d"h‘mr'lmhmflfi. an oldtimer a fresh start or a fi};‘i‘m“‘n’ [argical Engineers RETRINIS. for -%'x?z'ilgnnhd e in 51 P T improving the technique and prac- HOONAH SKIIING, tice of finding er produeing pot- um.’ SAYS CCC BOSS Tacrmien to the hangace reem o8 s the Waldorf-Astoria ina wheel chair, Hoonah has gon “ski conscious” - according to M. J. G man there who visited over the weekend. Gray said Hoonah had experi- enced an unusually heavy snowfall on February 18 and that numerous skiiers had taken advantage of the new CCC ski trail , CCC fore- in Juneau COLISEUM WNED AND OSERATED NOWwW! o Claudette Colbert in O-Lan who restores peace and hap- “I MET HIM IN PARIS” piness to the family, and having with performed her duty, dies. In the hands of Paul Muni and|| Melvyn Douglas—Robert Young Luise Rainer, the portraits of Wang and O-Lan are etched in strokes that will linger in the minds of filmgoers for years to come. Coliseum Short Subjects The Magic Number 374 For Quick Action WANT AD RESULTS WANT TO SELL? WANT TO BUY? WANT TO RENT? WANT TO HIRE? WANT A JOB? WANT TO TRADE? THEN DEPEND ON 4 EMPIR WANT ADS TO DO THE JOB 3