The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1938, Page 3

THE Late t Bette Davis Furor Climaxes Dramatic Career CAPITOL HAS REAL COMEDY, LATEST ANGLE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU Blonde Star Protests Roles Assigned to Her— Newest Picture Proves Hit 3 y T i g TOPPER’S IN THE MIDDLE whitt b TR oppei”’ Is Pecuhar m ’ —an hat do to hi ‘ : : . A d what they 1 3\ Many Ways, Amazingly With her husband > A . ", 0 A . Is a scream: New Presentation Adopting a technique of camera | presentation which is amazingly new on the sereen, Hal Roach in- troduced a super whimsical comedy g . picture in “Topper.” which opened @ at the Capitol Theatre Saturday and shows for the last times to- night. (S Aninvisible beauty The film blazes a new p take a bath! Gor- the fantasy shown in m 3 4 geous Connie step | tures. Constance Bennett and £ Tw oks i e SR R :_’hgfiy Spo cut of an evening | i; the co-stars with Roland on eram.paqe., gown . . into invis- § voung and Billie Burke, Alan Mow- with a timid soul ibility!—and other | vray and Eugene Pallette among } just learning the hilarious tricks of a | the important cast enact under the & whoopee facts of camera on the loose! direction of N.Z. McLeod the sensa- A . tional action and high comedy set ‘ life! It's the new forth in Thorne Smith's novel, “Topper.” It is a complete triumph for outstanding sereen acting. laugh hit! To illustrate the whimsy and novelty of Constance Bennett and Cary Grant d fun-loving ghosts with the ability to materialize and dematerialize wholly or in part at will called into play highly tech- nical photographic effects. The audience was intrigued and Wwas sent into gales of laughter as the captivating Connie and the dark, handsome Cary would materialize and then on occasions become in- N visible to confound and bewilder Roland Young. It was detidedly You (o W "": e PALETE Dccko and the Pirates | something new for the cinema (AN MOWBRA AY * SMAN 2 MeLEO! Snapshots achieved by Roy Seawright, special et "° .Aw“ "‘-" oy ahoaE D effects cameraman. Norbert Bro- Au‘\“ % dine handled the regular camera = work. EXTRA!'— —SPECIAL!! THROUGH THE COURTESY OF THE FAMILY SHOE STORE | 5 PAIR OF LADIES' SHOES | WILL BE GIVEN AWAY AT 0 P. M. astounding is con- The story, with its theme and madcap action, vincingly unreeled. - - GOES TO SITKA A. Van Mavern, Juneau broker, went to Sitka this morning to call on the merchants there. He flew with Shell £immons aboard an ATT over a role assigned her in a play by Author Faith Baldwin. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 18. — Hollywood’s latest exciting squabbl involving Bette Davis and Warner in a letter announcing her detel DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1938. IR JAIBRP™ i | HOSPITAL NOTES S j I Arthur employee, Hospital today back injury I.\m(ll)vl\: Al.|.~k:| Juneau was admitted to St. Ann's for treatment of a John Mutter underwent a major cperation at St. Ann’s Hospital to- day. Mutter is an employee of the Alaska Juneau mine. J. F. Bishop was dismissed from St. Ann’s today and left for Seat- tle on the steamer Yukon, following medical treatment i uy id some- thi ou 1 rom h ? Mrs. Elton Engstrom went home '\ o s to Douglas today with her baby , & boy, Allen A. Engstrom. : : a the shape of a gorgeou Mrs, Elroy Fleek left St. Ann's | R Hospital yesterday With her baby _ i L3 L pis daughter, Vadra Tanice SR o The coat came wafti Mrs, H. E. Smith and baby daugh- |}V [0 EE S 2 ter Patricia Alair, went home Sun- ' W <<t St. Ann's Hospital day from the Mrs. Minkler was admitted to St | Ann's Hospital today for medical treatment Mrs. William Shaw and daughter ndra Joanne, will leave St. Ann's Hospital tonight Mrs, Willlam Ward, of Skagway, underwent a major operation today land her condition is reported “sat- | isfactory.” | Charles Littletield went home | from the Government Hospital yes- | terday following recovery irom a tonsillectomy. Marjorie Johnson was admitted to | the Government Hospital for medi- cal attention today. Virginia Dennis underwent a ma- Jor operation at the Government Hospital this morning | | | | | { Roberta Wilson, 13 months old, of {Hoonah, died of pneumonia at the Government Hospital yesterday morning. She was the daughter of Mrs. Ruth Wilson, of Hoonah. S eee Planning Counci Her opinion of the vehicle, as expressed | EVERY LADY ATTENDING THE SHOW MONDAY plane. Brothers, over differences of opin- | mination not to play the role, was ] EVENING (TONIGHT) HAS A CHANCE! e ion as regards salary and casting,|far from complimentary to the| e A e S i o e s b L i s TURKEY DINNER is but the most recent of a series of | story, and was answered by a note 3 o ” L events which have marked the hec- | from studio executives stopping pa"s essm" Bre it Tuesday Only—"There Goes the Groom At the Presbyterian Church Par- | tic and brilliant career of the slim|her salary until she changed her 4 lors Wednesday, April 20, by f{he blonde star. mind Martha Society. Adults 75 cents. Only a year this_ talented “Jezebel” Proves Hit Sesstons of the’ Alasks Plarning id MISS DOROTHEA noon with a theatre and cake party. children under 12, 50 cents adv. daughter of Massachusetls was em-| This latests flareup by the actress,' Council opened at 2 o'clock this HENDRICKSON HAS The girls attended a matinee and broiled in a legal squabble in Lon-| whom many consider Hollywood’s |afternoon in the offices of Secre- | then returned to the Hendrickson puiic Doris Jean Norman, Harriett don courts where she unsuccessfully | finest, comes on the heels of her|tary of Alaska E. W. Griffin with PARTY BlRTHDAY residence at tenth and C streets for | gyonohouse, Doreen Heinke, Lois Al- Sought to break her contract with| sensational = success in “Jezebel,” | Chairman Tke P. Taylor presiding. ] | refieshinents and gom Jen, Connie Davis, Grace Berg, Marie| the Warner studio, claiming that| the highly dramatic and rather|Here from out of fown for~ the EAEHAL R. R. Rowe her salary of $2,000 a week was not| sentimental movie of life in the|meetings are Luther C. Hess of B. Hunsbedt, Mr and Mrs. H. E Hanna, Sylvia Davis, Diana Hunsbedt, Irene Shi ricia Davis, Nona Ann Dougls were, LOIS the young hostess Jeanne! | Agnes Tubbs, , Pat- , and Eighteen girls helped Hondrickson, daughter of Mr. and ‘74 M Mrs, Waino Hendrickson, celcbrate | Fendrickson. Girls who her tenth birthday Saturday after- | v HInigy - Sasheday alter | adpitor: commensurate with her drawing power and the profit made from her pictures. Now Foss, sted Mrs. attended Nathylie Bailey. and Miss Davis is up in arms| her to lose the man she love Chesterfield opens the season with more pleasure and gives millions of smokers the same play every day ...and Paul Douglas, Chest- erficld radio star, opens the season in Boston inter- viewing Lefty Gomez. 1t’s always more pleasure with Chesterfields . . . whether you’re at the ball park or ¢“listening in”’ Chesterfield’s mild ripe tobac- cos—home-grown -and aro- matic Turkish—and pure cigarette paper . .. the best ingredients a cigarette can have . .. THEY SATISFY. Che sterfield youll find MORE PLEASURE in Cfiestegfie/ds milder better ta.s'te Copyright 1938, LiceeTT & MyErs Tosacco Co. old south in which she portrays a|pairbanks and W. C. Arnold of willful vixen whose headstrong ac- | | Ketchikan. Local members are, in tions shock her Dixie friends, cause | aqdition to Chairman Taylor and | Mr. Griffifth, Gov. John W, Troy; B. D. Stewart, Commissioner of | Mines; B. F. Heintzleman, Region- |al Forester, and Frank Dufresne, Execuuvc Officer of the Alaska Gamc Commission. John E. Pegues is Executive Secretary of the Coun- icil and members of the Advisory Committee in town for the sessions |are Auditor Frank A. Boyle and | william A, Hesse. Gov. Troy received word this af- ternoon from A. Polet, Nome mer- chant and Secretary of the Nome | | Chamber of Commerce, that he | would accept an appointment to the | [CQILHCH. He will succeed M. J. Walsh of Nome, resigned. . { | NOTICE Juneau Woman's Club luncheon | at Percy’s Cafe, Tuesday, 1:15 p.m,, \ 65c. Telephone reservations to Mrs. Clarence Wise, 283. ROSE HARRIS, adv. Secretary fi;ixlgs-;bout herrsoclgi dwa;fa{ll. | Although the story is not too | strong, it gives Miss Davis a fashion. Numerous critics have hailed it as her finest performance, comparable only to her work in “Of Human Bondage,” in which she | established herself as tops among cinema celebs and which figured strongly in her selection for the| | Motion Picture Academy award the following year for her performs-| ance in “Dangerous.” Married Old Sweetheart Born in Lowell, Mass, on April‘ |5, 1908, Miss Davis is just 30 years |old this week, Bettes first effort| | to get into the theater met with | a sharp rebuff from no less a per- |son than Eva Le Gallienne when | \th:. Tatter discouraged the would-| he acress, then, 19 and only one year out of Cushing academy at Ashburnham, Mass, when she| sought a place in Le ‘Gallienne’s | repertory theater. Two years of apprenticeshin | brought her better roles, however,| finally winning her recognition for | | her work in a couple of Broadway | lwuccesses, and a chance at thel |movies in 1830. Cinema success| | was not hers instantly, but release | f the Maughham-written movie, “Of Human Bondage” established her. “Her marriage to Harmon Nelson. childhood sweetheart, has been| quite as fortunate as her career. The two live together in an attrac- tive home in Coldwater canyon which is virtually overrun with| canine pets and where they enter-| tain a small circle of friends in quiet fashion. | Any attempt to predict the | future course of Actress Davis | would be difficult, but it is certain | that it will be an eventful one and | that her name will be in the head- lines even more frequently than in the past, ‘EASY LIVING' | chance to emote in most effective JUMNEAU S By W.1.GROSS OWNED AND__OPERATED A WHIRLWIND | AUCHCOMEDY =il WD Hilarious Production Now Showing at Coliseum Theatre e Juneau's Greatest Show Value NOW PLAYING r job for won her a layish suite in a fashionable hotel, led her into all kinds of difficulties wound up by winning band—handsome Ray Milland It's all smart, gay and sophisti- cated fun of the type which made | “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” and “It Happened One Night” such delight- ful successes. Written by Preston Sturges, and directed by Mitchell Leisen, “Easy Living” has a bril- liant cast which includes Edward " Arnold Luis Alberni, Mary Nash and over a score of other noted players The story begins when Arnold, the Bull of Broad Street,” quarrels with his wife, Miss Nash, over the purchase of a coat, high in their penthouse home on Fifth Avenue e oricy’ wtime Story” In a moment of rage he hurls the s E “It's a Living"—Ail Color coat down into the street. It falls into Miss Arthur's lap, and from fiate Niovietun T then on things begin to happen | eemeeoecoooooaoooeoo thick and fast, with repercussions| Eh — on the Stock Exchange, the Police | PR Department and an automat res- Necl'm.:g Lots, Places taurant where Milland, Arnolds| Official on Spot; Some son who ran away from home to make good, is employed. Milland Problems for Sec. Ickes wins Miss Arthur after a whirlwind courtship of forty-eight hectic hours. (Continued from Page One) the light burned day and night on other parts of the boulevard?” (We % Washingtonians call it the boule- vard.) Dr. chenfitz | “Tl look into that said Mr. Ickes. I § Anyway, why the chain at 7 sfo Speak; . “You are too old to understand,” said the knowing Mr. Ickes. Child Welfare Sonia Cheifetz welfare tomorrow meeting of the MR. ICKES THREATENS | Tt developed that those wno cus- 11 speak on|tomarily use the lot for the pause night at |that refreshes were not especially Ladies’ |lup in arms about the light. They Dr child the regular Auxiliary of the American Legion. could do without the light. But The meeting will be held in the they could not do with the chain. Dugout at 8 o'clock tomorrow hight| A hasty inquiry developed that and will be an open session. the t of the highway which was lighted day and night was on a ‘flat rate” system but that the part that was darkened after 7 p. m. was on an electric meter and cost like everything. That did not explain the chain. It hasn't been explained yet. It is |still there. Some thought that it was put up to prevent any one tealing a duck from an adjacent wild bird refuge. But Mr, Ickes is in pursuit. “When I find who put up that chain,” said Mr. Ickes, “I'll give him Cupid about it.” Griffith Nordling and Jim Wilcox will entertain with clarinet duets and a short playlet will be given by committee members who are Mrs. Lew Williams, Mrs. H. B. Humphrey, Mrs. John Olson and Mrs. H. G. Wnlmx Chairman. Snrmg Informal Slated for Next Saturdav N|ght‘ A Spring Imoxmdl dance will be| given next Saturday night in the Elks Hall by the Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club. Chairman of the Committee in| (0 last about one weei, Juneau building contractor, PETERMAN GOES TO SITKA TO INSPECT BUILDING PROGRESS Making a business trip expected D. Pet- Charge, Anita, Garnick, announced | ¢rman, today three special numbers for flew from here to Sitka today with intermission. AAT Pilot Sheldon Simmons. In Prances Paul will dance the|Sitka Mr. Peterman will oversee n preparations for and progress on various building projects his com- | pany has under way in that city thh summer. ‘Spring Crocus,” Sylvia Andersol the “Rose Ballet,” and Adrian Glass, “I'm In A Dancing Mood.”