The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1938, Page 3

g - SHORTS News of the Day “Let's Go” THEATRE Show Place of Juneau THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1938. A COLUMBIA PICTURE Coming Sunday “STELLA DALLAS" WMW {who longs for peace of spirit. lessen any enjoyment available in bright and plea the celluloid result. Rebecca is a talented child who This is merely preamble to our goes to live at Sunnybrook Farm present earnest waving of the flag |of truce. After seeing “Rebacca of Sunnybrook Farm” we are ready and eager to jein in trumpeting the manifold charms of Shirley Tem- a gesture of surrender which admittedly is entirely unnecessary —to Miss Temple—in view of the young person’s top spot at the box- office through these three years. Temple Personality SEEN IN NEW SCREEN ROLE Appears as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”- after failing to win a place on thx»‘ air. Any Sunnybrook Farm becomes | a broadcasting center, and the| handsome agent—Randolph SL‘UL!——“ falls in love with Rebecca's cousin —Gloria Stuart—and all in all Kate Douglas Wiggin, who wrote the book, wouldn't recognize it. But what does that matter, anyway? Phyllis Brooks, one of the newer blondes, climbs several steps high- . . As “Rebecca,” Shirley starts the er in her role in this, and Scott, Writer Says Fine picture with curls and cuteness Miss Stuart, Helen Westley, Jack | —— unchanged. There is little to indi- Haley, Slim Summerville and Wil- cate that before long she will liam Demarest and Ruth Gillette | By ROBBIN COONS emerge—partly by virtue of a new all contribute effectively. Bill Rob- | HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 5. coiffure a veritable “new Shir- inson is there, tapping, although Por some time now this department |ley Templ not enough. Little Mary McCarty has been & rather grudging admirer | But she does, and it's amazing. |8s 8 terrible child singer, does her of the little First Lady of Holly- By the time she sits down at the Part well, and Franklin Pangborn, wood. The stigma that attaches to piano and starts her vocal remi-|as the stand-by organist who never all the cinema's precocious kiddies |niscing, our defenses were already 8ets to play, has a hilarious bt stuck cloyingly upon her pretty weakened. Sometime during this|Allan Dwan's direction keeps the presence, obscuring the vision, and |sequence, our capitulation became Dace fast and—next to Shirley— making us more or less proof complete, Miss Temple may not pe deserves credit for making “Re- against her wiles. the greatest actress nor at- | bec the pleasant thing it is. Capitalized cuteness, exploited est singe ut she has a way of B, T precccity, honeyed artificiality stepping from that s 1 and put- | p——m—m—————————— 2 these are things that invariably ting her personality intimately into| | AT THE HOTELS come to mind when a child star is the hardest of hearts. And it's a . i i 2 put thrcugh cunningly contrived very nice personality. Not forward, Gastineau paces on the screen. They are|certanly not shy, but properly de- John Carlson, Nome; S.I.Fauske, things that, to the seascned Holly- mure and at the same time twink- Nome; F. O. Farrell and wife, Fa. woodian—at least to him who isn't | ling, wise and winning. banks; Thos. W. Thompson, Seat- sharing in the spoils—considerably | The y s have been kind to|tle; N. W. Jacobs, Fairbanks; G. Shirley, and the indications are|W. Rathjen; A. S. Brown and wife F they will continue to be kind. She Fairbanks; Wells Bowen and wife HELPS PREVENT may be even that rarity among W R. Wood, Vancouver; C. M. s screen children—the one who won’t| Nickerson, Seattle; L. Dowell, Se- MANY COLDS be forced into retirement. Shirley | attle; f]ms Le!‘“l«-ha;s Pzrll\;'md;ll : . on the screen today is proof certain |S. Coffin, Seattle; . Jaughn, ::isgef:,arni:g:'?“g that success has not spoiled her— |Seattle; Tony Lindstrom, Seattle; nd | ven better proof than Mrs. Tem- Mrs. M. Isaacson, Seattle; Hans upper throat, where most colds start. Regulor Size..30¢ Double Quaniity 50¢ ple’s insistence. (Take a bow, Mrs. T.D A Different “Rebecca” As for the picture, it isn't “Re- becca of Sunnybrook Farm” as you imay remember it but it's plenty GENERAL ELECTRIC'S GREATEST CLEANER HAS THE "SPOT - LITE" AS WELL AS 22 OTHER FEATURES Snap the switch of this greatest of General Electric Cleaners and immediately there’s a path of light which the “Super” will follow into cleaners move blindly. 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Miller, Fred Apach and Roberta Evans. - A clergyman’s trade union known | as the Socialist Christian League is being organized in London. | wr. | between the | incengruous. | ant. In the Iilm‘ ) }rluh’, spicing of comedy is provided |aboard the Alaska enroute to An ‘LOST HORIZON' ENDS SHOWING HERE TONIGHT Production to Be Seen for Final Time at Capi- tol Theatre “Lost Horizon,” Fi umphant production neau engagement at Theatre tonight. Scenically and photographically the production is a triumph. The il- lusion of being in faraway Tibet is retained throughout. The contrast ancient East and the is striking but never The impact of Occ dental upon Oriental has the force of Kipling brought up to date and ank Capra’s tri- ends its Ju- the Capito’ modern West | played against the stark background of an airplane disaster, a Chinese revolution ‘and a breath-taking snowslide. The characterization is excellent throughout. Ronald Colman, one of our suavest and most likeable lead- ing men, is the ideal choice for Robert Conway, the empire-builder John Howard as his impetuous brother. is equally effective Just the by Edward Everett Horton as the absent-minded paleantologist and Thomas Mitchell as the deposed utilities tycoon who is a fugitive from justice. Jane Wyatt brings beauty and romance to Shang as Sondra and Margo and Isabel Jewel fulfill admirably the roles assigned to them. Sam Jaffe as the two-hundred-year-old High La- ma has what is probably one of the longest and most difficult speeches ever recorded on a sound track. FANNY BRICE T0 FILE SUIT FOR DIVORCE NEW YORK, April 5. — Actress Fanny Brice reached New York today with the announcement that she would file suit for divorce from Billy Rose in California. told the marry the Rose recently to world he intended former Olympic’s swimming star, Eleanor Holm Jarrett, and predicted that Miss Brice would be the first to wish him well. Instead, Mis Brice issued the clipped words: “No com- ment.” XL e PR N A S e HOSPITAL NOTES | . iE e Theodore Johanson, a medical patient, was admitted today to St. Ann’s Hospital. John Kukulnak was admitted last night to St. Ann's Hospital for medical care. John Ludden, former nurse at St. Ann's Hospital, was dismissed from the hospital after medical care and left today for Sitka. Mrs. Glen R. Hopkins, passenger chorage, was admitted to St. Ann Hospital this morning for medical care following a fall aboard the vessel. Mrs. Irene Inman, a surgical pa- tient, was admitted from Ketchikan to the Government Hospital today. Mrs. Blanche Smith of Ketchikan was admitted for surgical atten- tion at the Government Hospital today. {JUNIOR GUILD IS TO MEET TONIGHT The dinner meeting of the Junior Guild of the Holy Trinity Cathedral is scheduled to-begin at 6:15 p.m. to- day and will be held in the recrea- tion hall where motion pictures will be shown by Trevor Davis. Sale of tickets for the silver fox fure, now on display at the Vogue Shop, will be discussed at the meet-| ing. YOUR CAR Policy? HAVE YOU INSURED the Modern Way || with the Comprehensive || “All Risks” Automobile" PROTEC WHAT YOU NHAVE © IS, €O, N. & | This unique policy protects you against loss of or damage | to your car from practically ANY cause, including fire ! and theft. coverage. It provides much only a trifle more than fire It can be secured with or without collision more protection, yet costs and theft insurance alone. SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 ‘ Office—New York Life | B WITH FIVE ENGINEERS STUDYING THE SITUATION, this railroad problem was soon solved at a Holly~ wood studio party. Left to right in the “Casey Jones” getups are: Pat O'Brien, Frank McHugh, Rudy Vallee, Allen Jenkins and James Cagney. The model trains and yards of trackage proved popular with male guests at the studio party, WOMAN AND MAN ARE SOUGHT IN DESERT DEATHS Night ClubRobbers May Bc‘ Connected with Tor- ture Killings KAN: April 5.— |Kunsfl> C: police today wired in- formation to the El Paso, Texas, authorities, which they hope will aid in the solving of the hideous torture murder of Mrs. Weston G Frome, 46, and her dau r Nan- cy, 23. Detectives said two prisoners be- ing held in Kansas City for Los Angeles 1orities on a night club robbery had intimated that they had information about the Frome murders. The prisoners, Harry Groves and John Rodrique aid they left Los! Angeles with another man and a girl in a stolen car, naming the man as Leo Wahler and sayin they did not know the girl’s nam Groves and Rodriquez said they left Wahler and the girl at Phoe- nix, Arizona, because the car was “too hot.” Los Angeles police said that Wahler and the girl were fugitives from the same night club robbery charges as Groves and Rodriquez The two murdered women, prom- inent socially in Berkeley, - fornia, were found stripped, beaten and shot in the desert near Van Horn, Texas. . TWO ALARM GET FIREMEN 0UT OF BED | Two fire alarms called the Jun- eau Fire Department out of bed |early this morning, one a chimney |fire of minor proportions at the | Home Boarding House at 7:30 and | the other at the Butler-Mauro Drug Store, a minor blaze that might have been serious. The Butler-Mauro alarm was sounded at 2 o'clock this morning and firemen found fresh flames be- ginning between the Alaskan Hotel and the drug store that were fort- unately enough extinguished before | they had gotten under w: | Chief of the Fire Department, V. | W. Mulvihill, said a lighted cigar- ette, flung from a hotel window evidently had started the blaze. | — e — |ZALMAIN GROSS’ | SAIL SOUTHBOUND Mr. and Mrs. Zalmain Gross sailed |aboard the Yukon last night, Mr. Gross enroute to Ketchikan for an- nual inspection of the Coliseum in of theaters in Southeast Al- and Mrs. Gross to Seattle to visit her father, Victor Alonzo Lewis After visiting in Seattle, where Mr. will Lewis is a noted sculptor, she proceed to Long Beach, Cal she will visit for some time her mother, returning to next fall. Mrs. Gross is taking her baby son south with her. DARNELL RETURNS AFTER CONCLAVE ON EASTERN COAST Returning from 11 weeks of re- search and study with the Na- tional Institute of Dying and Cleaning in Silver Springs, Mary- land, Rod Darnell arrived in Ju- neau aboard the North Sea this morning. Darnell, owner of the Triangle Cleaners, visited with friends and relatives in Klamath Falls, Ore., Alabama, Tennesse, and New York, and motored from Detroit to the west coast on the return trip. While in Montana he was delayed by a severe snow storm, but was able to reach Seattle in time to board the North Sea. Marriage Ends Court Fight MOVIE STUDmé GET ORDERS TO FOLLOW STORY "Told to vapTheme of Best Sellers When Making Productions & e WASHINGTON, April 5.—Movie studios w ed by the Fed- eral Trade Commission -today to stick to the theme of fhe original story hen adapting a best seller for motion pictures. The ruling was contained in an FTC complaint against Grand Na- tional Films of New York and con- cerned Grand National's treatment the book, “In His Steps.” The book dealt with the work of a minister to improve the social and business relations of the town in which he lived. The FTC com- plained that the studio had made “In His Steps,” a picture of a pair of young elopers. BB COUPLE CLUB MEETS With Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cook The marriage of Vera Reynolds, former ‘Wampus Baby Star, and |5 host and hostess, the Couple Robert Ellis Reel, screen writer, in Palms, a Los Angeles suburb, ended | .U meb for pot-fuck dinner ab R $150,000° Breash lof. promilie ‘Sutt: brought by Ml Reynolds Wwiid. - [ - OreClI R e ch, last evening, and attended contended she and Reel were married in Greenwich, Conn., in 1926, y deisbart of the e Tl dal but didw't know until nine years later their union legally was invalid. the cirrar! Shown after the ceremony, the couple didn't say whether they in- | — I SRR S L tended to live together. VU NEA COLISEU GROSS J. W. C. PROGRAM TQ | !ician 0 Reatile cHnA iter visit in Portland and Idaho. eSSt BE HELD IN MEMORY buring her absence, Miss B. Auvil, |y ® OF MAYOR T JUDSOI\ beauty operator, formerly working Juneau's Greatest Show Value 2 n an ocean liner to the Orient, LAST TIMES TONIGHT sz will be in charge of the Modern BOB BURNS '-1m Gy ]”' “l“;‘ 1']"‘ ”\"" Beauty Shop. MARTHA RAYE in Thomas B. Judson, the Juneau P A > iph man's Club Is presenting a program s Mountain Music over the radio from 5 p.m »:15| Every type of clay known to the Selected Short Subjects pm. today, voicing the regret of the ceramic industry, except ball clay, TOMPRBON club for the passing of the civic!eyisis in Texas. “The t Train from Madrid” leader. Lola Mae Alexander is i« - and Mrs. J. P. Wil i1l give eulogy. 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