The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1941, Page 3

Nows NOWE | l Show Place of Juneau < Sanr il STARTS TONIGHT HERE 1S ANOTHER MONEY BACK GUARANTEE PICTURE. We are sure you will enjoy it and the NEWS FILM showing the actual sea battle of the Bismarck's sinking. (Signed) C. D. BEALE. A BRIDE ’ G with / — & ... But her heart was hoping for a long- term contract! : oseljn d RUSSEMLS RHERNE Virginia BRUCE .. with Robert BENCHLEY §| JOHN CARROLL Hobart CAVANAUGH RICHARD LANE | MENT! Greatest Sea Fight Filmed Under Fire. Captain Roosevelt in War Areas. ALSO: “Information Please!” LATEST NEWS OF THE DAY in Hollywood WOOD, 4 under the dollar hands in town ar up t b hol my salary to hi week as a secretary in one of the small studios. Until recently she was an assistant director on movie and air shc drawing a handsome stipend and worth it. Her shows cl ed. She had ah offer—connec movies but not on tr $100-a-week job. She turned it down for the $18. Inside, she figurs can work back to her old spc even beyond. Her small job is @ term investment. She’s doin, what she used to do five y at another studio. Getting the job wasn't through pull, either, She had to have a reference for her s etar- ial prowess, She got one—from th girl who had been her own secretary when she was in the money! Irving Reis is a dircalor today That is as he wants it. He used to be a writer, with a contract that was | n, and stret- Li liv of thi weod is the ac- s the suddenl, now 5 @ mam- ago this else nally ised, vhere ac ho delibe a purpo: a he (I can't er name be 1se it would spoil plan) who is working for $18 a in Hollywood big kip the ! rere’ ney he; on e EMPIRE BUILDER BY NIGHT full size, comfortable berths. Commodious dressing rooms. A trained attendant. Yet you travel economically for both fares and berth rates are less. For details ask: H. F. “Nick” Carter 1400 40th Ave., Seattle RIDE THE Aoz Eonceleoned EMPIRE BUILDER THROUGH TO CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE i BY DAY each section is a private lounge where you may work, play or watch the ever changing pano- rama of this scenic route East. And, of course, you enjoy famous Great Northern meals. Look Here, Folles? OPEN ALL NIGET Percy Has Thrown the Key Away? It's in the Channel OPEN ALL NIGHT-Every Night! ~— mentator | A paying o |10 $1,000 on , 'next movie will be dafinitely A. writer who yearned to direct. He was | to direct a story was the man who | cash, but by giving away a story. ____ THEDAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, ¥ LIGHT COMEDY STARS RUSSELL, BRUCE, AHERNEV Capitol Sh>owing "Hired Wife"—Roberf Benchley | Has Prominent Part Resalind Russell Vir Bruce roles Univ Hired which comes to the Capitol tonight and to- rrow \ Miss Russell, who has become: well known as a comedienne r th pictures as Women" His Girl Fri again is rought to the 1 in this type characterization. Incidentally. » says it's the sort of acting she inia in Wife, Theatre ver s role, on the other ha lared to be a distinct deps from the characters de ture 15 | he played in “Vigil in the Night” and “My Son, My Son!” In direct contrast to her co-star. Miss Bruce has one of the few| “straight” roles in the entire pic-! | ture. | comedy, it is . an- vounced, is dished up by Robert Benchley, the only man in Holly- 1 who can ciaim to be profici-, an actor,! play- columnist, Additional Clothes den’t make the chorus girl era. The old formula still helds go we ent wright, Note: in author, critic the on This is series (Editers cocond article night clubs.) combination of ro- se5 G is delivered by Y By GEORGE TUCKER John ; complicates surrounding and com- 5 An added mance and comedy the young and dashing roll, who further intrigue already three Supporting of the player augh, the | the of story York could it would chapters NEW YORK-If the real night clubs in New ever be pieced together make o of the daffiest in the of tainment But n accurate ight club: they were prohibition seems out of One would have to| ot files | confi who wes stars. members featured Hobart Ca Wil 1 Davidson, Ric Lane 1 arles Smtih, The pic- ture was produced and directed by William Seiter, who garnered con- siderable praise recently for his direction of Deanna Durbin in “It's Date. Glenn Tryon wa producer. tt above cast ma rnal enter- includ history of nC An- ard | % study detailed as during the the p of lie in unremembered mob didn’t put its transac into writing in those days. It off in cash—and in lead You would have to have an un- derstanding of the le complex of the underworld durs to appreciate how have been tens of thousands of night club: in New York a quid Profits number is question not only to but wcees also t gangsters of ¢ |dex now Th ic a as: ciate $750 a week with a pai 1p. He wanted a cha writing was nice, but not enoug He won his release, and a directing job at $200. He has made “little” pic- tures, and they've led him up into the department of bigger things. His machinery ing those there year could or spe: Young David Hempstead is a pro- time. ducer today. Made “Kitty F: among other movies. A few § ago Hempstead had a comfortable berth at a good salary, but he felt he needed more experience. He chucked his job, and worked around in various studio departments for little or nothing. He got what he wanted. It isn’t alfalfa any more. A decade ago a young actor who had been a popular star decided he wanted to stay in pictures longer i onenly and brazenly all over than acting would let him. He was 40 o0 Broadway on Park Av cing $2500 a week at the time. J g 1 4 He kissed it goodbye, and started in "U%, everywhere as a writer at $125 a week. Today, L1 chiertainment, except for Glenn Tryon, who was popular s \MGvidual stars, did nol ap- Laura LaPlant’s co-star and on his Préach Aty - the . floor own, is an asoclate producer. shows of today, but that was | becouse the operators weren't | interested in hiring scenic de- signers and competent directors from the Broadway theater. They obtained “name” person- and surrounded them choruses of undressed one yet it that 32,000 spe metropolitan distric! seem dible, | good authority | sen repeal came there were keasies operating in the Most of these were picayune affairs—small, dingy rooms in cellars, behind garages with false fronts, and back of gro- cery stores. But some of them oper- said on Then there was that successful selling scripts whenever he wanted to, but he had an idea that the man| ajities with girls. The had written it. i S0 one fine day he paid for the! privilege of making a picture. Not in inob wag i1 100 much of a hurry to make money to bother And so was born Preston Sturges, with timing and rehearsals. The director, and “The Great McGinty” entertainment never was much of and the other hits that have follow- & drawing card anyway. It was ed it. | the » liquor, not the food or the Practically, speaking, all these peo- show, that paid the freight. ple were calculating cut-takers, Free Champagne 'THE MIGHT CLUBS' NEW ERA: 1 It's All Refined Now Bui You Still Pay for Your Fu EDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941 MAGICIAN OPENS SHOW TONIGHT n§ AT 20TH CENTURY "The Great mil' Presents| Feats on Stage-'Gold- en Gloves' on Screen Opening tonight at the 20th Cen- tury Theatre is the magician, “The Great Virgil,” in person on the | stage. The internationally known uiusionist will present many teats in his repertoire, among them the seven unsolved mysteries of the | Orient. | Showing on the screen is the pic | ture “Golden Gloves” which is ! Lused on tne annual amateur “get- | together” of the sporting world, the | Gelden Gloves, The film brings | | '8 ® new two comparative newcomers to the screen and a number of old favorites. Richard Denning and | Jean Cagney, sister of the justly | famous James, have the featured roles, In their support are to be | seen J. Carrol Naish, Robert Paige, | william ¥rawley and Eddie Pro- ‘WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! NOW! 7J0MLENTURY NOW! STARTS TONIGHT ‘\ PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ~ ILLUSIONIST not even in the night clubs’ new i sex is here to stay. and he said: nothing for money boys to spend $500. ting rid of big dough was stock in trade. They would put a $500 note Tony rated It was the Get- one of that much or drink that much, so they bought champagne for everybody in the They didn't care who you If you were there, you got They couldn't eat house, were, la bottle of $25 champagne. That ame champagne today costs you between $10 and $14. “That’s ene of the differenc- es between night clubs then and now—prices. You don't have to spend money now, except a minimuwm charge. But you had to then. They would throw you out if you didn’t. Larry Fay wouldn’t even speak to a cus- tomer who spent less than $200. Night clubs today are here to make money, too, though the na- ture of the entertainment fre- quently spells the difference be- tween success and faflure. Re- lieved of the necessity of ducking Behind closed doors, people shop leisurely and casually for their entertainment today. (Tomorrow: George Tucker takes you to a night club.) RED (ROSS ASKS THAT FINISHED GARMENTS BE TURNED IN FOR SHIPPING Mrs. J. C. Thomas, production chairman of the Red Cross Chapter in Juneau, announces that she is sending out more knit garments this week, and asks that all those who have any work out, send in their pieces if they are finished. More material is coming in for promised work. Some has already arrived, and is now in the hands of various groups. When the re- mainder arrives, Mrs. Thomas will contact the groups who have prom- ised the work. Any completed garments are to be turned in for shipping as soon as possible. ——————— HENDRICKSONS MOVE Mr. and Mrs. Lance Hendrickson gamblers for bigger stakes. That lit< I was talking with Billy Rowe tle secretary knows what she’s doing, about those mushroom fortuncs and how, the spenders, really op- weater vest. fatonny Lnexpensivy ollace w, radi <€asua] model with }wo‘,!y):lhw cro‘::fel: PERCY’S CAFE ° " PHONE 94 ' i G b 3.4 ter's freen with ti and may be w'z:-n xw"xuaho m‘mu, ovat of “You ean work out in es Jater color ‘schemes for these swm and w moved yesterday from their apart- ment in the Assembly to the Wildes apartment on Gold Belt Avenue. Lett, belge cotton hat with yellos crochet hooks; right, hunter's green: hat with red flowers; center, hats and sweaters are style news for niid-summer and fall, - They are easily made and T, is the thodel ghown above.y for trimming; at right & one side of the brim. Thé left she is wearing a beige ahd-erocheted alr 10 iter vest, center, is in autumn, The pattern is & 1 phy. “Golden Gloves” tells the story |of a young amateur heavyweight | whose department store boss spon- i his career in the ring, ani |of girl friend who tries to make |him quit fighting until, incensed Ly thesunfair tactics of petty rack- leloers, she urges the boy on win. | sor J. Carrol Naish as the ruckntccr,: their Robert Paige as the newspaper re-| porter endeavoring to expose him on the table and say,'and. Willam Frawley as the de-| I want to run through this. partment store head and sponsor of | Richard Denning, the fighter, form an important triumvirate. Pittéd against Denning in the! big fight sequence is Robert Ryan, a Chicago boy who made good at | Dartmouth in a big way. He won | the college heavyweight champion- | ship four years in’succession. -ee ' HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gaston are the parents of a seven-pound eight lounce infant daughter named Tha- |lia Ann. The child was born at 10 o'clock last night at St. Ann's Hos~ pital. | | John appendectomy Ann’s Hospital. Whitelaw underwent yesterday at an st | Master Tommy Meittenin sus- | tained injuries yesterday when he fell from a roof and is in St. Ann’s | Hospital. King entered St. Ann's an acci- Willis | Hospital yesterday after |dent at a cannery. George Hintner was admitted to | St. Ann's Hospital yesterday for medical attention. Mrs. Anna Johnson underwent a major operation at St. Ann's Hos- pital this forenoon. Mrs. Mike Jaceyko underwent an appendectomy yesoerdny afternoon at St. Ann's Hospital. Mrs. Martha Harto was admitted to the Government Hospital last night for medical attention. Dorothy Brown and Dorothy and Marie Peters who underwent minor | operations recently have been dis- to AMAZING THRI LUS—0 “GOLDEN LLING GLOVES” A Big 3-Hour Show for Every One of the Family i NO RAISE IN ADMISSION! missed from the Government Hos« pital. Mildred Jacobs underwent a min- or operation this forenoon at the Government, Hospital. Leslie Johnson was dismissed from the Government Hospital afternoon after receiving medical treatment. Mrs, Alice Sheakley and her new born son, Sergius, were dismissed from the Government Hospital this afternoon. i L i) BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS SEALED BIDS will be received by the Board of Directors of the Sitka Lutheran Church, at Sitka, Alaska, on or before July 26, 1941, at 8 o'clock p.m., at which time| they will be opened for the furnish- ing of all labor and materials for| the CONSTRUCTION of the Sitka| Lutheran Church building at Sitka, Alaska, Plans may be obtained either| from the architect, Harold Foss, Juneau, Alaska, or Frank Kuehn,| secretary of the Board of Directors, | Sitka, Alaska. A deposit of $10.90 will be required for each set of| plans and specifications. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids. adv. THE SITKA 1 LUTHERAN CHURCH. i COLIZEUM Bl THEATRE Bl _LAST TIME TONGHT “HEAVEN A BARBED WIRE ICE" 7The Dally Alaks Empire nas the inrgest paid circulation of sny Al- aska newspaper. UNTikp STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. May 8, 1941, Anchorage 09994 Notice is hereby given that Mil- ton Ward, has made application for a homesite under the act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) ] Serial No. 09994 for a tract of land described as Lot “V” Triangle Group of Homesites, embraced in U. 8. Survey No. 2391, situated along the Glacier-Eagle River High- way, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, Any and all persons ad- versely any of the above land should file the wvsr‘n'cl!m‘ a in the district lu?dfw at An- chorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there- after, or they will be | by the provisions of Statutes. z GEORGE A. LINGO, Reglster. First publication, May 28, 1941. Last publication, July 28, 1941. CA'S MoST DISTINGUISHED BEER Sclilitz beer is the proud product of Ameriga’s finest brewery. 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