The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1939, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY JULY 29 1939 GREAT WALTZ" "COCOANUT GROVE’ OPENS SUNDAY AT Juneau's Greatest Show Value PREVIEW TONIGHT MIDNIGHT PREVIEW 1:15 A.M.—Tonight 1 'I'o BE SEEN A' COLISEUM THEATRE COI.ISEIIII'I L MATINEE | W kiPE MATINEE SUNDAY SR R { (AP"O[ SHow‘ There's some fancy hi-finks go- & 400 pm. | 3 ing on down at the Coliseun Thea-| | i tre starting Sunday. For the new SUNDAY*MONDAY_TUESDAY i i film “Cocoatnut Grove," that will be LUIse Ralner and femafld seen, is the swing-happy and slight-| A “e' Ki‘d o‘ Ellleflainmell' | H £ ly screwy story of how ‘“name”| . Gravat in New Picture | Iy, sorewy slar Fred MacMurray heads a large Opening Sunday cast of tried and proven favorites | that include Harriet Hillard, the ra- COCOANUT GROVE........ | “The Great Waltz" glamorous dio thrush, as his romantic lead X musical drama based on the life] Ben Blue, the Yacht Club Boy But slave to the of Johann Strauss, recreates the ro- Bufe. GAVIE Barfy Oweds g’ Tis mance of old Vienna at the Capitol | where it opens Sunday | with Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet | jand Miliza Korjus, new opera star discovery, heading an elaborate cast. Royal Hawalian Orchestra, Billy Lee and Dorothy Howe. The focal point of the story is the mecca of all young band leaders, the actual Cocoanut Grove in the Hotel Ambassador in | love that bound him to the two women who gave Theatre, Ise—qulckenmg | The story deals vl\-xmdn;’oy uéifls‘x:g\ Los Angeles, long called the “spring- | HOLLYWOOD NIGHTSPOT loves Ol rauss, playe AVEL, | board of the stars” MacMurray rhythm to his | his wite, Pildi, played by Miss Ral-| leads a sWing-nutty crew of musi- Icfil! | ner, and the opera singer with whom | clans right across the continent, \ he was infatuated , enacted by Mme. | picking up talent here and there, | Korjus, who sings “Tales of the | Vienna Woods” and other haunting | | Strauss songs in spectacular pre- | | sentations. The Imperial Opera, the |palace of Emperor Franz Josef, Vienna during the Metternich revo-| lution, the Vienna Woods, are elab- | orate details in the picture, A 90-| | piece symphony orchestra accom- | panies the beautiful Viennese singer | in opera apd other musical sequenc- until he finally makes the grade at the Grove. The double feature, “Over the ‘Wall” and “Song of the Buckaroo” will be shown for the last times to- night. | B n - IN rairpans the tenancy problem were s'.mv\lng| no worse, it would be many gener-| j @ Mujlen, president of the B. ‘COCOANUT GROVE’I'S ALSO A NEW KIND OF MOTION PICTURE FRED MacMURRAY, himself a veteran band- leader, and radio’s sweet-singing Harriet Hilliard re-live their own life stories in this first heart-throb drama of aname-band's climb to fame. uv"“' mc Ben Blue « Rufe Davis « Billy Lee s Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra ADDED ATTRACTION ”MYSTERIOL.JS CEYLON" e GREAT WALTL RAINER - U}\A\ffil //M}QKUR JUS Hugh HERBERT Liciel ATWILL ARIAS ra dreams Dorothy Kln‘t’e’:. 22, of leln'- ston, N. J., who saved pennies finance voice study in ane. Tonight ends the return engage-| ment of “The Informer,” starring i W )= Walt Disney Silly SHORT 'We are delighted with our trip, ————Movietonews | Victor McLaglen, and the “Colorado | | atlons before this program could nr Behrends Bank of Juneau, oldest I-OAHS m IE"A"I their own land. late B. M. Behrends, founder of the l | Unfortunately, the problem is pank, is a yisitor in Fairbanks. He ! FARmS BA(K growing worse. Nearly half of aillarrived on the PAA Electra Satur- 3 | ready ave renters or sharecroppers, Miss Virginia Mullen, says the Fair- and the number of tenant families'banks News-Miner. is increasing at the rate of abou: Mr. Mullen is also head of B. (Contlnued from Page One) }Hmmd resources, the Farm Se-|pioneer institution of the capital R | curity Administration cannot even city. This is his first trip to the In- Symphony worth has increased by more than|halt the increase in farm tenancy, terior in 35 of residence in Alas e ilies who already have fallen into| SIMILAR GAINS ELSEWHERE |a tenant status. {and plelasisd to see thnbx F‘nirl:ianks - o " Similar gains have been report-| De; 1t £- | and vicinity are progressing. and. are LAST TONIGHT THE INFORMER * COLORADO TRAIL A pasimprly, BEAgTiowire o | very active, the same as our com- TIMES FLASH GORDON |ant families which 'have bought!ever, A start has been made, and MURIY.” A Henry King and Orchestra —— —— ———— < {thefr ‘own farmsteads in the last|they feel that it has proved to be| 10 company with John W. Jones, 1o two years with FSA help. a thoroughly sound ong, Which fi- ‘or the firm of Glenn Carrington and - - 2 Company, &lso here from Juneau, Trail.” re-establish the nation's farmers on in Alaska, and son-in-law of the the farmers in this country M-‘dny, accompanied by his daughter, - IN REAL HURRY { 130,000 a year. With its present M. Behrends Mercantile Company, News of the Day $600. | much less help the 2,800,000 fam- |k. ed by most of the 7,000 other ten-| fjci . S r fa | ficials are not discouraged, how by g o oy To th MARGARET BOWE“ 0 the taxpayer, however, the volves virtually no cost to the |and@ Joe Nasenius, mining man, Mr. LAST TIMES TONIGHT (Oh, was THAT it?) But it's quite obvious what pictures haven't a name for. It’s pictures—nine times out of ten. Popular Singer Will Ap- In other words, collections have amounted to 135 percent of ma- has been interested in improving the condition of the South’s ten-i banks postmaster and President of the local Chamber of Commerce, po . most important fact is that these|government. When the country is! it “OVER THE WALL’ TEX RITTER "Oliyw“d Stgb“ Afld SM H)Eor)le—chosen from one of the ready for it, the machinery is :ez,f:g"f&:y"d",Bfl;;eflflf"b;ri,,lfi?{v Written by in ) IS GIVI"G RE(I'A {eediest groups in the nation—are|up for a really large-scale attack car for a trip to the Circle dis- LEWIS E. LAWES ® .sonG oF THE ———— Oy febbla Coses repaying their loans before the on the evils of farm tenancy. trict. | Sing ! Sings's Fearless Warden it SU“DAY AnER“ooN date due. Installments have fallen| iR, Miss Mulleny, charming yount | g 2 ) HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 29.—The Greeks may have had a due; but already nearly $139,000 ABOUT WRITER OF ARTICLE !daughter of the Golden North al;o‘ ) name for it but Hollywood seldom has. What the Greeks had a |has been paid into the Federal| Dr. Will W. Alexander, writer of |on her first visit here, was 'dec(’)_ 19 name for neither stage play nor picture ever made quite clear. Treasury. this article, once a minister, long ! rated today by R. E. Sheldon, Fair-| | 7 i3 T R TR S oA There's as much fuss about movie tilles in Hollywood as pear in “Friend fo |tuvities. because many of the bor-:gnt farmers. He has headed the|with a “Golden Heart," official em- 5 there is about leg art. Well, almost.. The studios even offer % " 'mwemrrm:h r"orgmg vigorously to Farm Security Administration since | blem of the Chamber of the city, prizes, to their employees, for thinking up titles. Everybody thinks F”e"ds COn(efl ';;?]};mo is ov:r; pr;p:czmth:g‘;al;w:f‘ “S“ Oll;fii'ngmnw.l;;.. 1;:37 :‘:xend; :::‘,em:s i A i w“ b o ooy - | cal n “Dr. 1l e's an ‘ . and thinks, and the picture comes out proudly as “Boy Friend ¥ “ these tenant purchase loans will' from Missourl. . ot or “Missing Evidence” or “The Great Wotziz” and by that time Marggret Bowen will give a “friend | o yepajq in full, with three per- =i o EY l \ everybody has to start thinking and thinking again. to fm;nds re;:mzl totr:olr_row :‘:”;;"cem interest; and that the govern- H " Moo Ens AR[ o g noon for one hour, starting al B D g ! The title is supposed to have a great deal of influence on § Giciock in the Northern Light Pres-| Ment® attack on the eils of farm st ABOARD ALEUTIAN v / [} Enjoy this zestful bever whether or not you'll pay money to see the movie that bears it. byterian Church. Only @ frpe-win | Uenancy will o, casy the taxpayer s Ivln ! Y .age. :Croamiamodth: ‘rl; Showmen, who ought to know, say so. offering will be the admittance. |% i‘;fl:"pe“"ti( ¢ Ko NS et Rediih ‘e g Onyd' ht ot . I think, in the current crop of releases, “Milion Dollar Legs” The popular singer had intended | Y, S, TApeyiienh Tecs aaScigsrs Kboard Hhe AlutEn e sparkling. raug! e jon-dollar t1 4 to giv concert, by request, but|ord 15 not at all surprising, be- : rup i e } SRt taverns in bottles ¢ is supposed to be a million-dollar title. Young Bill Thomas, who o glve a + By request, cause the great majority of the turning from their honeymoon trip St produced it, liked it so well he used it again although it's not a ci:’fl:mfltanc:; h;;e ax;:.]seln nm;ash& borrowers are paylx‘lg for thelr| onlg in the States during which time everywhere. new title. And the only possible connection between the new g;: fig)f S;:;me vt: v;“k:nve | farms with annual _installments they attended the Elks Convention i movie and its moniker is the fact that Betty Grable—and legs— 8| “The program for tomorrow after- | Which are smaller than the rent Jg, WIS, TS (WE5.% delggate from are in it. noon will be a special one, popular | they used to pay on the same| The popular pleasure spot lonight the Juneau lodge. o i appealing selections in perfect keep- | Property. Moreover, they are work- will be the Elks’ Ballroom, the oc- 1 But if you want to be ornery you can dig up a goodly list | ing with the purpose of the occas- |ing With a new enthusiasm and in- | casion belng the regular Saturday SIEVE"SO" (OM'"G p of refutations to the idea that movie titles have any intrinsic fon. | centive, because they are working nth);tndlance l‘;{”'gs":"‘i ?g-;:e-?ki importance. Let's start with the granddaddy of all film epics, f{! e r‘;v;e“":m*"’:" instead of for an S cgnx:;!n:e usn:xli ;30 (;'clo(::lf C;ZA B‘(K To ““S (I“ ¥ “The Birth of a Nation” What a title, that one! Jim and MRS. WOODBURY ARRIVES | absentee landlord. 4 Mame, shopping on the marquees, ought to skip it for “Hot- f{! Mrs. George W. Woodbury, wife N e HAToN: Wothie. R. H. Btevenson, Operator-in- Shot, Gusle” across the streef. Notie-of that obstietisal, Patriotic 1 OF o0 Of the ralo office officlals | A KNG, WAR ¥ GO Charge of the Juneau Signal Corps in Juneau, returred aboard the | So far, however, a complete s0-] GROSS GOES TO HAINES | station, United States Army, is re- ,Mount McKinley after an absence|lution for America’s farm tenancy| w, D. Gross left for Haines on|turning to Juneau after a furluogh | of several weeks in the States. pl‘oble:: is nowhere In sight. Con-|the Yukon, where he will inspect|in the States. i 3 SErE gress has provided for a gradual|the fire damage to his Coliseum| Stevenson is accompanied by his “Come and Get It>> Has DR, STEVES. CHIBOPODIST, | expansion of the Bankhead-Joues| Theatre at the Lynn Canal port. | wife and 14-year-old daughter Char- gives quick relief to paining feet.| program, to the point where it vill — e lotte. ] a Spec‘a' Meani”y el ety Office, 10 Valentine Building. Phone | help about 10,000 families a year| The Book ALASKA, Revised and reada o America’s Most Modern " 3 648. adv.|to buy theu- own farms. Even it lnlu-‘«l Nov On Bale; $1.00. Empire W-nt Ads Bring Ilesulu. 0., Range Tasty food, efficient service and an atmosphere truly home-like sound s n the old call of “Come and Get It" ., i stuff for them. But Jim and Mame by the millions didn’t act a e b ou ) that way. Somebody must have told ‘em. £ Let’s lap-dissolve ‘through the years to “Cavalcade.” Sounds like a horse-opera, or sum’pin, don't it,'Mame? Fella named Reautl l Gn 7 = Noah Cowell or sum'pin wrote it,' and’ the folks in Noo York b thought it was swell. Anyway, le’s take a chancet. .. . Say, Jim, - g that wasn't bad, was it? ‘Funy, though, no horses In it. . / “Cavalcade” (minus horses) did well by itself. & ;{ ONLY $24.00 @ it i ey o Cimarron, Cimarron toast? Funny they'd make a movie » » off'n Ma's spice shelf ain’t it Jim? But my pal Sade says it's L % swell. . . . RKO wishes it had anothér “Cimarron,” title and all. RURSRURSEREIE S 3 |4 Come to modern times—and “Pygmalion.” What a stinker — il of a moniker! “Folks in the sticks’ll think it's a story about a 2 miniature lion.” “Folks out there—whatta they care about iy Galatea even if they ever heard of her?” ... “That flicker’s bound to bust, with a title like that.” . . . Thus Hollywood, before “Pygmalion” practically revived the British film industry with the help of folks in “the sticks.” “It Happehéd ‘One Night” is what Hollywood thinks (now) " th:o: i °""d""‘i'“"“’ 'cllflh porcelain enamel. & is a “swell title.” Before the preview, towevbr, it belonged to Em‘nlc TOURded Commens, Sasy 10 Ciean. just another picture. It was what happened that night, under MODEL HBAOZ .- : E“ ' \ 8 10-point dial provides widest range of cooking ’ C‘P:'S direction, that made the title “swell.” - : Bullt-in Beam-a-scope — permanient MODEL HB403 temperatures. ut. the fuss about titles goes on. “Intermezzo” s a problem. Dynamic spesker—Alrpia R A])lo Fihly T Tas - eanhable: M big- What'll they call it so people will go to see it? Shall it be “Eliza- type dial—long life i Tebeiids kandalss Ligingos: 8 Forced Drait assures clean-bumning flame. ;e;hhl:?dwfit’;: D:x?::lt and t-hebe Lady” :r‘mudy 't"‘:b:‘; erhetrodyne — smartly styled in Built-in beam-a-scope—Superhetro- B Priced at $169.00, which includes coil and hooking - Gexs"o Fhseda s we' bey:::r ncxngre g;:esw “BAa Hit oA weatherproof Airplane Luggage Fab- dyne—Permanent Magnet speaker— up to existing piping. Terms. skin?” ric with leather carrying bande. long u(e Batterles; ON DISPLAY V% EY § - _ AlaskaElectricLight & Pow <« || RICE & AHLERS CoO. FRANKLIN AT THIRD There i$ o substitute for Newspaper Advertising