The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1941, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES SHOW PLACE OF jUNEAU Last Time Toniyht! I From Saturday Evening Post Btory by Alice Duer Miller " PREVIEW TONIGHT 1:15 A. M. “Courageous Dr. Christian” and “Rancho Grande” SHORTS ITY NINETI Frank Milan, Rand Brooks, Stanton and Ruth Tobey. The dramatic highlights with the fatal auto crash | punctuates what up to then been a socia of the cle CAPITOL FILM SHOWING FOR LAST TIMES| "And One Was Beautiful” Ending Tonight at | 20, Reonert sinclair ar Thea"—e Here ;;.np])lng mommm in the story TIMELY DRAMA IS ANNOUNCED FCR that matic interview with her lover trial told in speedy flashes of Beautiful women, plus intrigues \c Smart Set, plus a man’s to save one of the beauti- from prison are the com- which a dramatic Alice Duer Miller's 1nov is made in “And Beautiful ciety melo- ng tonight at the Capi- rifice from In “The Mortal Storm,” Paul | daughter, start which had intrigue. The finding S implicate her| sister by the younger girl, her dra- the Tombs and the gripping cour ge 1dea ccm‘vned b; re other {art and Mrs. Stewar CAPITOL THEATR billed to| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, T-HURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1941. Lorene Hagen Is Luncheon Hostess With Miss Lorene Nome, as hostess, an luncheon was held today Singing Tea Kettle, | Her guests, members of the | Senate staff, included Lynn Jack- s Geraldine Warden, Charlotte | and Shirley Peterson - |Crumrines Honored With Tea Today Mrs. A. E Kan\u was hostess | { with an informal tea this anPx-‘ 1nnnn at her home on Eleventh and | C streets. Guests of honor were Mrs, , Nina Crumrine and her Josephine, both well ‘kno\\ n m(L\h Hagen of informal | at the AMY PORTER Editor By AP Fashion You don't find girls under 20 on lists, But (ask any- body) don't they look prettiest in their clothes? Don't they have a | way of putting the right colors to- \.eLhcr. a way of adding one or dgets to a costume, un- “How charm- He best-dressed Mrs. Carmel Snow, for mar editor of a smart magazine, a New York fashion meeting: “In pre-war France the women of 35 or so were the ones who took pains about clothes, but ‘n America, it's the young girls who actually are best-dressed. They are |the ones who care about clothes ‘vnough to study their own types. and the new fashions. The college- agers are out to get their men, and this natural instinct makes M'SS Mary Stewar them wise beyond their years ar potketbooks in matters of dress. Young girls love fads, but they Miss Mary daughter of jare not much concerned with Jommissioner of Mines B. D. Stew- | high-style trends. If a was pledged | flatters, they calmly pass up the |recently at the University of Wash- slim silhouette. They originate and ington to Delta Phi, underclass wom- | adapt, and end up looking smarter len's music honorary. Miss Stewart is a freshman majoring in music and | | the requirements of l years told 1Delia Phi PIedges Stewart, the honorary | |demand a high degree of musical ac- complishment. | Miss Stewart has been active in| ;(‘ampu: musical activities and is| | publicity manager for the university band and chairman for the band 'mixer to be held February 21, | full skirt| open Sunday at the Capitol Thea- tre, where film audiences will be offered a drama of compelling power enacted with consummate artistry by a brilliant cast head-| ed by Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young and Frank| Morgan. The filmization of Phyllis Bottome's gripping and tensely e -l of citing story of a family embitterred and broken up as the result of the divided political beliefs of its vari-| Saturd ous members. has been brought be-| —p.o fore the cameras with telling ef-|co. the fects by that master of dir n. Frank Borzage. Miss Sullavan's skill as a purveyor of emotions is| shown to be at its very peak in her role as the daughter of wronged professor, who must choow and London stage, gives a between the love of Stewart and performance in the un- Young, both of whom more than c role of the older sis- measure up to the exacting stan-| illie Burke is iine as the dards of difficult characterizations.| , . of the two girls, Others Others offering excellent portm\‘lw,qmddlp 1cqnit themselves well insup- include Robert Stack, Bonita Gran- itself with sisters. Both Through ecir- wing out of a fatal man shoulders the a prison term girl. The young- ered the truth the man col seialite cerns ful the 2 of sister. Robert Cummings plays the man he same finesse work in “Three Up.” As Kate Laraine Day re- that marks one of the most promising Hollywood's younger players. 1 Muir, returned from the New Girls Grow r sister, ting talent Smart youn an tend. 2 Mrs. int Meeting afternoon in Trinity Hall, decorate for tine silver tea, to be an event this| ay. are given a special request to at- Honored, Luncheon Trinity Guild Will ' Decorate for Tea - at 2 oclock mmorrcw: members | Senior Trinity Guild will| their annual Valen-| Frank Boyle will be hostess gathering and all members A.H. Nordale compliment to Mrs. A. H of Fairbanks, Mrs. E. L.| STYLE STEPS ASIDE FOR INSTINCT WHEN YOUNGER SET DRESSES UP than their elders, Know What Flatters Young girls know that theéy a they alone can get away with timentality in dress. So for ev ning they choose young girl frocks made simply to They their hair, wrists in pretty pastels, flatter yvoung figures. flowers, real ones, in at their waists, on their The coming st good one for their signers e putting C“pretty - pretty” party Starched marquisette is the fabric of the moment, with lace, net and silk chiffon as runners-up. Prints are pretty, too, splashed with true- to-life flowers in good clear colors. Th Florists know flowers and they've amusing but inexpensive ideas Designs for fresh flower valer | tines are on file at most florists | shops. A young man can pick the design he wants and wire an order for it by number to a florist in the city where his lady love lives. | New son purposes. emphasis De- on y Love Flowers the under-20s love worked out fibwer designs include fraternity wear wilf be a clothes, roles inclutie® Ahn Morriss, Dale, Charles Waldron, Bartlett entertained this afternoon with luncheon and three tables of | | bridge at her home on Gold Street. Villé, ITrene Rich and William T. Orr. The honoree is the wife of Sen- ator Nordale and is a guest in the ’Capltal City dunng the Legislature. Make a red, red rose the theme of your personal “party-decorations.” Wear a white silk crepe dress flowered with red roses and have the florist “build” a camellia rose of wired natural rose petals around a Hollywood Sights And Sounds e By Robbin Covmt oo e HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 13:—Of time_and the movies: the most popular hour of the day with screen “titlers” midnight. There are some 50 movies which have used the word in titles. Three have been called “Midnight,” the others ing the word with such teasers as “adventure” or “bride” or “alarm” or “Kiss.” There is also “The Witching Hour,” a movie which has been made three times. Why? Screen writers will tell vou that midnight suggests drama, secrecy, suspense, murder, ro- mance. As another movie title put it S Is Made at Night.” Probably for the same reason, sunset has it all over sunrise with more than a dozen titles to two — unless you count “Wings of hte Morning.” Maybe the mornings get a better break than I recall, but why should they? Mornings as usually hooked up with “after” or devoted to cleaning up the house, gardening, and so forth. No romance, or if so it hasn’t come to the notice of the scripters. jI Hostesses for the afternoon will World Servnce Group Will Meet Tomorrow { A meeting of the World Service | Circle will be held tomorrow after. | noon at 2 o'clock in the Parlors - f the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. The devotional will be given by | Mrs. Earl McGinty and her topic will be “Africa.” A book review will be given by Mrs, John A. }G]asse on “Dusk at Dawn" by W. | E. B. Dubois, % LOIS WITTMEYER IS MARRIED TO LOREN McNEILL DeNelle Wittmeyer, and Mrs. J. W, became the Miss Lols daughter of Mr, Wittmeyer of Sitka, bride of Mr. Neill, son of Mrs. J. W. McNeill of Kansas, at a candlelight cere- mony performed at 8 o'clock last evening in the Northern Light| Presbyterian Church. The vows were read by the Rev. John A. Glasse, | be Mesdames George Schmidt and 1 J. B. Marshall. e Leren Garrett Mc-| diamond clin. Clins of wild-rose brilliants. ‘triends. The charming bride wore a gown of white taffeta, designed with a full skirt and short overjacket. | She carried an old fashioned bou- quet. Her attendant, Miss Bernice Larson, selected a gown of powder blue chiffon and her bouquet was | a duplicate of the bride's. Harold | Stephens was best man and Miss Hazel Fields and Merle Wittmeyer were also present for the service. | Wedding music was played by | Mrs. Carol Beery Davis, organist. Mrs, McNeill came to Juneau in | November and Mr. McNeill has | been here since last May. The bride is cashier at Percy's Cafe and Mr. in the presence of a few intimate|MCcNeill is an employee of the Al- A fresh flower Valentine points up the sweetness of starched marquisette in palest blue. De- mure styles like this, with mod- est sleeves, are young-girl fav- orites. The sentimental corsage is of a design one can order by wire. pin corsages, with Greek letters outlined with leaves; heart-shaped tlower hats with matching brace-| lets, flower ear muffs with heart charms attached; Juliet caps woven of flowers, and Hawaiian style leis, Rose Is Tops Most fashionable flower for, spring is the rose. It's in full | bloom everyhere—on silks, cottons,| |linens, and in real diamond jew- elry. It hasn't been so popular since the days when first the Empress| Josephine and then Queen Vic- | toriasponsored it In today's revival two old-fash- ioned varieties are outstanding—; the cabbage rose and the camellia! |rose. These appear in new resort silks, in daytime cottons, in jew- |eled ear-clips and brooches, Only the gardeners are behind- 'hand, These giant-size roses have long been out of fashion in actual gardens. So for corsages, florists have to “build” them, wiring to- | gether the petals of several roses! | to make one big flower. 'STAR CAST ' | - SCREEN NOVEL | PLAYING HERE "Grapes of Wrath'” Is Now Showing at 20th Cen- fury Theatre ‘ Ao | Casting for ‘“The Grapes of | Wrath,” now playing at the 20th! | Century Theatre, was undertaken | | by Zanuck with exceeding care. Em-" AGAIN TURY voesemn: fwell. Grompa CHARLEY GRAPEWIN Connve Rosnsharn DORRIS BOWDON Granma ZEFFIE TILBURY AsocioleProducer and Screen Play by Nunnaly Johmon {he Joads was aso taken into con- sideration. Henry Fonda; whose portrayals of humble, real people have won him plaudits in the past, stepped naturally into the shoes of dogged, | fighting Tom Joad. That uncon- querable woman of the soil, Ma Joad, who battled to hold her homeless family together, was found in the person of Jane Dar- Lanky, tall“John Qarradine became: Casey, the courageous, cru- sading preacher. Grampa, that tough, cantankerous old man, took form in Charley Grapewin. Dorris Bowdon, the Louisiana State Uni- lywood coveted, that of Rosasharn. Russell Simpson became Pa Josd. O. Z. Whitehead, a protege of Katharine Hepburn, was Mht on from New York to play part of Al, John Qualen m&- Muley, while Eddie Quillan given the rolé of Connie, sharn's deserting husband. ma, the acidulous, carping .| wonian, who won for the J entry into what appeared to promised land, came to life"in person of Zeffie Tilbury, long ed in Hollywood for her many ex- cellent characterizations. e, | versity co-ed, who was discovered |only two years ago by a 20th Century-Fox scout, won the role mhlch every young actrcu in Hol-| Subscribe the Dany Alssks Empire—the pnper with the largess naid circulation. Qonsider its Moderate Price and vemember ils —Those in the Afternoons, now, are better, “One Sunday Aftérnoon” or ' “One VSubscnoe for The Emplre. Rainy Afternoon” might suggest something — not always enough, though. (Witness: The current re-make of the former is called “Strawberry Blonde.”) aska Juneau Gold Mine. | phasis was placed not only on the| The newlyweds will be at home resemblance of the actors to the {to their friends at their apart- characters as described by Stein-| ‘ment in the Gross. beck but the muod nnd humor of ———— | [RTEIPTAISTSINTIRTATOTETD] AIMIOIRIEITIMREIC] PIE] Luulnum [EILIEIGII|T] | - [OINRBIEIT!) MESIICIE] [RIAIWERD! T VIO[T] . EITIAISEROIAIRINCIAIR Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY u[s;:iam 8 i . Seattle, Washington Knowing your movies, you'll peg without delay the screen’s 1 most popular season. Yep, spring. Suggests youth, love, young % | man’s fancy, boy-meets-girl. Samples: “Spring Parade,” “Spring K # i Fever,” “Spring Is Here,” “Spring Tonic,” “Springtime for Henr- PERCY’S CAFE ® STOP * AT PERCY'S CAFE Breakfast, Dinner or Light Lunches ® DELICIOUS FOOD ® FOUNTAIN SERVICE ¢ REFRESHMENTS Crossword Puzzle 3. Hermite who lived on the opa pillars 37, Fall 38. 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Interpose on another's behalf s / You v, “Springtime in the Rockies.” Summer doesn’t do nearly so well: “Summer Bachelors” and “Summer Girl” cover it, though if you ring in midsummer you get “A Midsummer Night's Dream” and “Midsummer Madness.” Autumn is not popular: “Autumn,” T STANDS to reason ',h‘" the “Autumn’ Love” and “Autumn Crocus” about finish it. Winter? 5 men and machines that print Jow wi v i E i d light, have " Now what would the movies, spreading sunshine and lig] av a large daily newspaper are well to do with grouchy winter? Nothing at all. Nearest to it is j . “Winterset"—and that’s no more winter than it is hay. equipped to do almost any kind of printing job. In addition to this advantage, they are equip- ped to do the job moré economic- ally. No matter what your print- ing requirements, THE EMPIRE can fulfill them quickly, inexpen- In A ////// Paulette Goddard, in a snappy sombrero and tight trousers and blouse, does a zingy conga in “Pot O’ Gold.” It's all a surprise to her, “I never did any dancing until I danced with Fred Astaire in that last picture,” she says. “Now it seems I'm a dancer. “There weren't any dances in the script at first, but pretty coon they were saying, ‘Now, here’s a good spot for a number.’ And the dances were in. “They used to tell me, in reeharsals, ‘Now we'll just take it from the eight-bar’ Just as if I knew what they were talking about. Which I don’t. It’s fun, though.” Her next picture is not a dance-picture. “Hold Back the Dawn” with Charles Boyer. Here’s What 194] m —Clean Speed Calrod*Units- Two-Uit Oven — New Thrift Cooker— Welded One-Piece Body — A New Low Price! Mflmm & POWER CONPANY ehal b leglnnln[ to 6 green . Soon Licks up with the tongue . Flying con- trivance . Word for word . 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