The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1938, Page 3

—v. - 09 -l Show Place of Juneau CAPITOL LAST TIMES T()NIGI‘T " The “lr.udvl-y Melody’ " Unpopular Merlnnn News of the Day MIDNIGHT PREVIEW ‘'TUNDRA"’ “TUNDRA" WILL BE ON SGREEN HERE TOMORROW Alaskan Filr:l‘oi Adventure to Be Featured at Capitol out of the thousands of fans who have viewed with breathless inter- est the scenic wonders and melo- dramatic thrills of “Tundra,” the greaw spectacular film of the frozen North, which comes tomorrow to the Capitol Theatre, few if anv realize what terrific obstacles were encoun- tered and overcome by the company engaged in making the picture, di- rected by Norman Dawn, now in Juneau. Its story deals with the amazing adventures of a white physician known to the natives of the Yukon wilderness as “The Flying Doctor.” So called, because he visits the sick in villages miles apart on the savage terrain in his one-seater plane. His machine is wrecked while making a forced landing due to engine trouble. And its former occupant, uninjured, but unarmed and without food or drink, begins an apparently hopeless pilgrimage on foot toward the out- posts of civilization Yet he survives, by the exercise of through the an , indomitable W perils of wild-beasts fury, ice, snow, avalanches, impenetrable swamps, burning forests, the navigation of mighty rivers and horrible menace of starvation. He even takes along as comrades, two little cub-bears temporarily separated from their huge mother. The thrills and human interest appeal of “Tundra” are projected on a scale so vast that the film registers not only as unsur- passable entertainment, but canr truly be described as an Epic of the sereen. e Try The Empire classifieds for results. COI.ISEI.III] AND _ OPERATED Juneau's Greatest Show Value LAST TIMES TONIGHT AN ALL-STAR LAUGH HIT “TURN OFF THE MOON” with Charles Ruggles Selected Short Subjects for Added Enjoyment For The Best In Entertainment B It’'s The Coliseum | ‘Evening Dress, What Is It in Gay Hoflywood? .- ‘Openmg of '\Jew Night Club Brings Up Question, No prlanallons By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, March 22. — No doubt about it, here's the style center of the world—all styles A block and a half off the boulevard there opened the other evening a new night club, Cuban in theme and cuisine, rather steep as to tariff, excellent as to music —La Conga Hollywood. meaning the movie crowd, invariably turns out for a new night club. If it's still running out, some 60 days later, the club's a hit. But Hbllywoo turns itself out, sartorially speaking, as it The feminine contingent of r party pointed this out with no ympathy at all for Hollywood's way of working and living, which course dictates the dress of the lady style-setters. “It’s just funny, that's all,” one of them said. “Most places evening dress is evening dress, but here well, look around.” Just Off the Air look-around was feminine contingent agreed Alice Faye, over there with Tony Martin, was “smart” in that suit affair and hat with long shawl-like veil. Also that G Allen, suited and hatted, was “tres chic and cute” dancing with George Burns. “What's wrong with that?" argued es. of The The that fruitful counsel for the defense. “Those people just got through airing to- night — when would they get chance to slip into something loose if they wanted ‘to? “Nothing’s wrong — only look around some more. Just what is evening dress in this town?” The ensuing survey revealed: the Brewster twins in long flowing white; one girl in a colorful tur- ban; another unknown in bright tweeds (“Well, she's been to Santa Anita, came right on here”); a lit- tle brunette in a street suit, rhum- baing -nicely; another beauty in filmy white, carrying a big cherry- pink feather fan; a bejeweled and glittering Sophie Tucker; Mrs. Buck Jones and daughter Maxine in “longs’ another tweedy horse de- votee; diamonded dowagers; Claire Dodd in long black with eye-catch- ing tall black hat, fancied with col- ored ribbons, and so on. Dietrich Enters Interest in assorted costumes took another form when Marlene Diet- rich swept in, making her custom- ary entrance. black with a high hat, strangely like Claire Dodd’s, only prickly with feathers instead of ribboned. The feminine contingent gaped with de- lightful anticipation: what would Dietrich do when she saw Dodd? But that question was never re- solved, because Dietrich did not see Dodd. There was a strong sus- picion that Dietrich sees only what she chooses. The most beautifully languorous mask in town cracked into a smile on at least three occa- sions, otherwise was serenely wax- en. It posed for all the photograph- ers, departed almost immediately with its two male care-takers. Somehow, La Conga was not the same thereafter. The music got hotter; the crowd got gayer, a Ritz or two couldn't repress a “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,” and Scribbler Gene Towne table-visited in his customary unquiet manner. But what is life, after all, when Die- trich has gone from it? GILLIGAN FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW Funeral services for John Daniel Gilligan, six year old son of Hubert Gilligan of Seward and Mrs. Vera Donahue of Juneau, will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow from the chapel of the Charles W. Carter mortuary. The Rev. John A. Glasse will of- ficiate and interment wiil follow ine the Evergreen cemetery. ot - s ot VRIS Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. M. B. Kraff a AS A PAlD P SUBSCRIBER TO t The Daily Alaska Empire is invited to present this coupon at the box office of *—CAPITOL TH. AND RECEIVE TWO %A TRE TICKETS “BROADWAY MELODY. OF: 1838 Your Name May Appear—WATCH THIS SPACE She was done up in . THE DAILY ALASKA ‘A Break for Redheads-- Television Prefers Them 1poorly in a television transmitter By The AP Feature Service while brunette hair tends to appear SAN FRANCISCO.—A new pro-|as a black mass and contrast tog fession looms for red-headed girls.|strongly with the subject’s face, expected to be the television| Best subject to be tested in 2 1011 the local laboratory of the com- e Ly the Farnsworth Tele-| pany is Doris Brownlee, a you « ¢ ny show that they're artist. George Everson, who backed He culy ones whose hair transmits| young Philo T. Farnsworth in his fe Blonde r shows up |original experiments, says her in- tricate coiffure of auburn tresses | o | CAMe through wonderfully Further tests in the so-called “birthplace of electronic televi- sion” here I shown the weirdly red ma originally use: visior unnecessary blue pigment pstick. Otherwise N reet make-up works all rigl ; the technical standpoint, P verson bel television 1s ¥ \ i BLUE LIPS Bartholomew Moiina Doris Brownlee, in prepara io applies a fouch of blue lipstick for red-haired or a lelevi n lest. acie — snuff, probably against his wife’s ART GALLERIES, - The thir that impresses ou NEw YGRK CITY about these portraits, and there are § 73 of them, is the sly, crafty light in their eyes and what probably was in real life for intrigue hawk-nosed rakes sailles their enormous capacity and deviltry. There are sports from Venice, and pm\umui mw from Ver- LURING PLAGES Vlsno]s Cel [aln to rmd from every court in lmope Most m Many Inl(‘l‘(’s(mg when Villon was hiding from the gibbet, and Columbus had just com- Things to See pleted his voyages. No doubt the masters drew their models from the By GEORGE TUCKER jails and gutters, which accounts, probably, for that gleam of impe: NEW YORK, March 22.—Cover- ginence in so many of their |‘_\(‘~ ing art galleries in New York is Oh, yes, in another room was & ually a'bore, and I would be the last gisplay of antiques, and I m! to recommend it as a pastime (0 one gilded bed that must surely visitors with only a few days %0 have been slept in by Marie Antoin- spare. However, if nothing can dis- ette at least. It was adorned by uade you, one of the many in 57th yistas of Scandinavian culture and reet near Madison may provide revealed promenaders sporting at a few interesting moments the ritzy spas of 300 years ago. Probably you will enjoy the por- Unfortunately, however, I look- trait of a Procurator of Venice, a ed it up in the catalog and by that whité-bearded old gentleman Wwho act denuded it all romance. It looks just like that new premier was merely an iron bed painted and King Carol appointed the other day a.relic of the Philadelphia Centen- . Then there is a young maiden ja] Exposition of with black curly hair, half nude % and gazing fondly at a skull Katherine Cornell observed her The footnotes explain that this iS new birthday by telling everybody the ideal of the 18th century beauty yet to me that skull sounds indus note. One can scar up a newspaper nowadays she was 40, which is refreshing can- N om- dor in these days of edited birth cer- y Pick tificates and perennial youth. without - > seeing where somebody has been slain by a pretty girl. "Tis Small World; i e A Juneauites Meet 'or the nimrod’s eye there is Young Huntsman with rie. 1 At Race Track has succeeded in knocking over a couple of plump birds and he Here's another pmor that it is seems well pleased with himself. a small world after all However,” I wouldn't want to go Among all the people who hunting with him. He carries his thronged the Santa Anita club gun by the muzzle with the it slung over his shoulder, baseball player with a bat, is an excellent way to shoot companion if you stub your rest of house on the last day of the Santa like a Anita racing season, Mrs. C. D. which Beale ran into Dr. and Mrs, W your W. Council and in spite of the toe or excitement of the races, took time take a sudden dislike to him out for a Juneau reuniorn Portrait of a Patrician Holding Dr. and Mrs. Council had arrived a Book is a forceful, black-bearded in Los Angeles that morning and personage who is certainly a villian were expecting to leave the follow- if ever I saw one. He seems to have ing day for the East. been disturbed by someone, probably > the artist, and he is fixing the in- HEINTZLEMAN TO KETCHIKAN truder with a very evil eye Regional Forest B. F. In pleasing contrast was the Por- man sailed for Ketchikan on the trait of a Gentleman in Gray, a sly Yukon, expecting to be gone about old codger in full wig and a velvet a week in connection with Forest jacket over an embroidered waist- Service business. coat. He suggests a small boy steal- - > ing cookies, as in this study he has, Try the Empire classifieds for sneaked off to enjoy a pinch of results. TIP TO ALL Tl"l!ls is Henry who favors this means of ge his fa drink—milk, He takes it straight w the bottle tipping bottle upward to flie!-lt 0 uc 1. o nnmn Edlison of Law-=, A ‘ like photographers.. MPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938. LAVISH SET IS BACKGROUND OF CAPITOL FILM ‘Broadway Meiod_\' of 1938 Ends Showing Here ”’ll\ LVGHI“L‘ The world's largest and heaviest curtain appears in the grand finale number of “Broadway Melody of 1638" which co-stars Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell, ending tonight at the Capitol Theatre. Th rtain, composed of solic glass, wei more than nine tons and 100 feet wide and (120 feet high. By means of a complicated series of hinges, controlled by h draulic pressure, the curtain was lowered backwards to the floor of the age to become a series of steps on which Miss Powell, George Murphy and 100 dancers perform a waltz routine, Whi he curtain falls backward to become dancing stairs, the spec- tacular Broadway set is revealed Twelve modernistic buildings were raised from one to eight stories in height by means of 10.000 pounds pressure. Hundreds of trucks, cabs and cars make their way around the set, operated by a man sitting at electrical “traffic” switch- board The number, which is done in eight sections, features Taylor, Miss Powell, Murphy, Sophie Tucker, Ju- dy « nd, Charles Igor Gorin Buddy Ebsen, Red Cravat, the race- horse, and a mixed chorus of 100 dancers, combined with a singing chorus. Others in the M-G-M extrava- ganza, directed by Roy Del Ruth. are Binnie Barnes, Raymond Wal- burn, Robert Benchjey, Willie Howard, Charles Grapewin and Robert Wildhack. Dave Gould directed the ensemble numbers. > Democratic Club Is Not Connected With Natl, Gom, Official Slat'(;mém Received by Postmaster Wile from Farley The National Democratic Club of America is not connected with the Democratic National Com m ittee. This is according to an official statement .received today by Post- master Wile from James A. Farley of "the Democratic National Com- mittee, and which is as follows: “I have received numerous in- quiries from Democrats throughout the country in relation to an or- ganization which has adopted the name of the National Democratic Club of America. So far as I know, this is an individual enterprise, with which the Democratic Na- tional Committee has no connec- tion of any sort or particular interest. This statement is issued not in criticism of the proposed establishment, which I am given to understand is being promoted by respectable men, nor with any idea of questioning the motives be- hind the promotion. I really know v little about it, but ' the in- quiries I have received indicate that some of the people who have been approached on the subject have the mistaken idea that it is something in which the national organization is concerned and I would like to correct that impres- sion.” 'SOCIAL MEETING Heintzle- OF C. D. A. WILL | BE HELD TONIGHT| ‘The regular so(ul meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America will be held this evening at the Parish Hall where members will gather at 8 o'clock for an informal evening. Mrs. L. H. Metzgar is chairman of the refreshment committee, as- sisted by Mrs., William Mahoney and Mrs. V. L. Hoke. Mrs. Edward Herron is in charge of entertain- ment. As a special event of the even- ing, formation of a dramatics group is planned and all members inter- ested in taking part are asked to be present. Mrs. Walter G. Hellan, Grand Regent, will preside over the brief business discussion when a report on the St. Patrick’s Day card party will be made - Jiggs Dinner Is Arranged by Legion For Next Monday Jiggs dirper with all the trimm- ings is the order for Alford John Bradford Post, American Legion, and their friends next Monday night in the Dugout, starting promptly at 6:30. Under the chairmanship of Russell Clithero, aided and abetted by Vice Commander Bert Lybeck and Homer Nordling, a program which promises to be “tops” is Legion entertainment is promised. At the regular meeting of the Pest last night, a revised constitution and by-laws was gone over and adopted. | Expect New Opem Record in Clcveland One of Cleveland’s annual music fixtures since 1927 is the seasonal visit of the Metropolitan Opera of New York, for which the Ohio city holds a world’s attendance record of 66,604 set in a week last year. Stars ef the Metropolitan will appear in Cleveland this year April 4 to 9. Cleveland is unique as the only city with a civic partnership in grand opera which is shared by the municipal government, a c¢mmittee of leading business men and more than g the stars with the Metropolitan “on the road 400 underwriters who guarantee an ann..! budget of more than $150,000 for the opera. There never has been a deficit, and the bank balance of $16,000 speaks volumes for the interest shown in Ohio and neighboring states. More than 50 per cent of the patrons of grand opera in Cleveland come from outside the city, many from remote poinis. Some of the stars who appear during the esason in Cleveland this year are pictured above. s of Pastor afid Mrs. H. I.|9ross dvln'ery.to be made next month. The plane will be put in \\m" while in Juneau g Next Sunday Pastor Wood, super- service from the Deering base on intendent of the Alaska Mission, is| ScWard Peninsula, sailing for Ketchikan on his yacht Messenger, to attend the annual church convention. Besides the visit- ing clergymen, 25 membe of the “ Juneau church will be guests on the boat, which will stop at Peters- = burg to pick up additional church T it vl DeOple for the Ketchikan meeting T'wo Pasl({l‘s Arrive ’Hue This convention is held each year to Visit Enroute to Ket- | aiternately at Ketchikan and Ju- out- of-town visitors are local church, convention in The of the e attending the Merle the States, arriving two tan next Monday, ar last | E. L. Neff and J. L. McCol to| as principal spea Pastor from Portland president neau chikan Convention The Pastors M. J. Jackson and from Ket- Smith, with Mrs. Smith and children, arrived in Juneau evening on the Yukon enroute Ketchikan to attend the annual|is Ve o Seventh-Day Adventist convention,|of the Oregon Conference of Sev- Rvery Month. il AOF Lo March 28 to April 3 enth-Day Adven Mrs. Neff will AUCTION SALES DATES Pastor Jackson was located at Ju- | accompany Pastor Neff. Pastor Mc- neau and three years ago was trans- | Conaughey is from Bozeman, Mon- ferred to be in charge of the Sev-|(ana, and is president of the Mon- 1938 enth-Day Adventist churches in An- | tana Conference. Mrs. McConaughey chorage and Palmer in the Mata-| IS visiting Alaska with her husband April 13 Septémber 7 nuska Colony. He erected the first| Muis. M. J. Jackson, wife of Pastor May 1 October 12 church building of any denomina-|Jackson, who has been vacation- June 8 Novembér 9 tion in the colony. It was a small|ing in her former home at Portland July 13 December 14 log building which this year is being | Will return to Ketchikan in time August 10 replaced by a much larger build- for the convention. Mr. and Mr R ing of rustic design Clarence Quarnstrom, colonists from Special Sales Held On Pastor Smith has been in charge | Palmer, Alaska, who with their Request of Shippers of the church at Alekgagik and Dil- ‘!n!"h *Um\ hav ] hlr«-n spending the | Aqvances will be made as usual lingham for the past two years Winter wida relatives in Michigan, | when requested. Transferred by and was transferred to Nenana last Will return north to attend the con- | telegraph, if desired. fall, Last April Pastor Smith mushed | Vention on their way back to their for 600 miles with his dog team home in the Matanuska Valley along the Bering Sea coast and The visiting clergymen with their ® through the Illiamna I > district "-“‘;" plan to lmfll;: the trip north to conduct the spring “Week of !0 Juneau on the Messenger to visit Prayer” with the Eskimo church at the Mission headquarters for Al- THE SEATTLE FUR Pilot Point. 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