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OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937 I COMICAL IS 1'ID FOR II1S FILM GBDS'AT II Day at Races Loaded With Hilarious Fun, Music And Goofy Romance Miriam Hopkins Heads Fib Cast in Frothy Picture 'FraW-up' Second Feature "Men Are Not offerlnaQ Miriam Hopkins In one of wot hrifht frnfhv eharacterizationi which made her famous, is the em- By WOOD SOANES ONCE upon a time, so the story goes, there was a resort town that had a sanitarium and a race track right across the street from a gambling casino and a stable nd in the middle of the street on old Southern rent offering at the Roxie. "Man In the Mirror" ttarTlng Edward Everett Horton, and Them Live" with John Howard and sNan Gray haa been postponed, to be shown at a. later date. "Men Are Not Gods" i. a smart modern eomedv which rjresents a i plantation and around Ihe corner were three men and a horse.

new variation on the triangle theme. It tells the story of a stenographer -l A fine of the men was a bookmaker of ques- who made an actor lamous, sign unseen and then fell in love with him and faced the problem of taking" him away from the woman to whom he belonged. A hrnnrt new tTfia of detective. tTl TkXj lionable reputation who irkJw posed as an ice cream peddler and could play little, in an ex a racing commission officer assigned to protect the suckers ana me "snort of is uortraved by traordinary way, on the piano. His name was Marx.

Another was a red-headed jockey with an eye for the ladies and a tin whistle, and his name was Marx. And the 'last was a fifth rate veterinarian with a fake mustache, and his name was Marx. Paul Kelly in the second feature on the 'program, "frame-up'. Jacqueline Wells heads the large supporting cast which includes George McKay and Edward Earle. rrom that Jumping noaro i is i-ii-i.

infn the last of Jackie Coogan on hurly burly on the screen of the paramount this week where a little naUnA "A Dav at the Races" is presented by the Marx Krothon. It Is by way of being i k'Vv i I If in -o ALLF.N JONIS AS EDWARD EVERETT HORTON AND THE GENEVIEVE TOBIN MARX BROTHERS 4 IN "A iiay attup iJAPr!" 1 i "THE MAN-IN THE MIRROR" ADIJmvCFS -W 2. COMING TO THE ROXIE -pi 1 '''rJ( mi9MifWv I II TH a Vxiilif 'T VICTOR MOORE "I JT -) HELEN BRODERICK :) "v- '3. "MEET THE MISSUS" A- jir'T' a 'iti MARGARET LINDSAY r- HENRY FONDA MYRNALOY V- STUART ERWIN CLARK GABLE "4 I -in h-' mA. -slim" "PARNELL" -f.

FOX OAKLAND 1 GRAND LAKE I -A--y 4 -V lV; a- AmAAKAAAmmAmw iiipiai: i Li aa i 1 1 1 mmmBMmmM I mitt nn Program at Sweet Jackie Coogan, who leaped-Into fame overnight as the street urchin with Charlie Chaplin in The Kid" manv vporc aeo. is to be seen in a ynh music and ro- new role. The former star of screen and radio is following in the steps nt WnMv Vmprt and will anoear at the helm of his own orchestra at Sweet's swing palace tomorrow night. -rnnmn nnur upntv-threi vears old, was four years old when he played in the mm: ueiore ne re-tirri lit ton vAr of nee. he starred in many other films, Including "Peck's Bad Boy," "unver Sawyer" and others.

In 1934 he resumed his movie career with "Home on the Range" and last year toured in vaudeville with Betty Grable. Other broadcast bands booked for Sweet's Rio Rito and all-girl orchestra, making their California debut on Monday, July 3, and Benny Goodman with his tune-smiths on Sunday, July 18.. mance and' at times, most times, It Is very, very comical. 0 0 0 Like all of the Marx efforts on the screen, however, it is a ljUle difficult to explain. There is something about a mortgage no mus -cal is ever complete without a villain and the papers, and there Is something about a horse that simply must win for dear old Slwash just as in all melodramas; and there Is something about nearly everything under the sun.

It is best to check your logic at the box office; and settle down to complete relaxation while the Marx Brothers are at their chores. There is neither rhymt nor reason to their antics but when thev are at the peak of their form and they hit it several times they ar In a class alone. In this opus they abandon their wisecracks for the moment and adhere strictly to 6ut of the welter of hilarious moments there emerge as topflight the examination of Margaret Du-mont by Dr. Groucho Marx and aides, the frantic efforts of Jockey Harpo Marx and Bookie Chico Marx to hold up the start of I horsa race until they find their jiorse; the sequence In which Harpo finds his piano disintegrating into a harp, and many others of similar value. For music Allan Jones lends his voice in "Tomorrow Is Another Cay" and several other items; Harpo participates in a Pied Piper number that has a Harlem mood: Groucho with Miss Dumont and i Chinese Home Boys Hold Field EL CERRITO, June 19.

Nearly1 70 hova of the Chunfl Mei Home for 'A UfltHb CD IS STITE OFFERS BIN lllll 111 END TWIN FEATURE SI IKS CFJ1T1 II Ffil Chinese 4oys are participating in their second annual field day here today. Ten perpetual trophies are to be awarded in addition to the. many other awards for the field and track events, Dr. Charles R. Shepherd, superintendent, said.

Preliminaries were held this morning. The finals will be held this afternoon. Two new perpetual trophies have been added to those presented last year. The new trophies were presented by Sheriff John A. Miller and Deputy Sheriff J.

R. Beck. "History Is Made at Night," with Jean Arthur, Charles Boyer and Leo Corrillo and "That Man's Here Again," with Hugh Herbert are tho attractions now being presented at the Slate. A 4ar ri-v frnm fhnrlrn BoVBr'S lis T.fhflr Mulr as nartners docs his version of the rhumbs, and Jones.1 brooding Tiappist monk again sings, this time "Blue Vene tian Waters," with an aquatic cho ALFRED LUNT LYNN FONTANNB IN "AMPHITRYON 38" CURRAN, JUNE 23 owl moi rus arrangement. Every new Marx release finds-the critics struggling to decide where it should stand in their rcnertoire nnnsptisp.

This is neither the of "The Garden oi Aiiun" is me debonair Paris man about town and glorified head waiter the star portrays opposite Jean Arthur in "His tory Is Made af Night." The story, which opens in Paris, easts MisS Arthur as a former Now York rrmnnnmiln Involved in an Unhappy "Three Men Oh A Horse" and Spoilers" are the feature attractions for the tomorrow and Monday. "Three Men On A Horse" is the story of a meek little writer of greeting card verses, who the gift of picking' winners in horse races. He keeps that secret to himself, and as he rides to and fro to work from his home, he Jots down in a little book his prognostications and imaginary winnings. His nagging wife finds the book, denounces him as a philanderer, and browbeats him to the point of desperation. The cast is headed by Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell and Carol Hughes.

"Sea Spoilers," starring John Wayne, glorifies the thrills and romance of the Coast Guard patrol in It depicts dramatically the depredations of a gang of bartdits who constantly pit-' their nefarious trade of slaughteringeals 4 TONITCI tin (h worst of (he dill Isy 101 OFflCC OPEN'til 11 P.M. chain they have done since desert la.4ha clooa tnr rk Srreen. A Uriarrlage with a Jealous domineering The Bing Crosby comedy with music, "Pennies From Heaven," opens a three-day run at the Central today, Madge Evans plays the feminine lead while Edith Fellows, Donald Meek, John Gallaudet and others play prominent roles. Louis Armstrong and his swing band are also featured. Such popular songs as "Pennies From Heaven," "So Do "Let Call a Heant a Heart" and "One Two, Button Your Shoe" are heard in the film.

"Sea Devils." second feature, brings Victor MacLflglen and Preston Foster together again in a drama of the Coast Guard. Mac-Laglen is a hard-bitten C. P. 0. in the Coast Guard service and Foster a cocky seaman whose attentions to McLaglcn'a daughter, Ida Lupino, give rise to many of the dramatic smashes of the story.

This story is played against an exciting background of Coast Guard work, with two daring rescues at sea and the dynamiting of a big iceberg in the North Atlantic steamer lanes adding thrills to the film. Donald Woods heads the supporting cast which includes Gordon Jones and Helen Flint. A sport reel, "Gilding the Lily," with Pete Smith as narrator, completes the program. Members of 'Brother Rat9 Cast Lead in Many Fields "Swing Parade" is the current offering at the Roosevelt theater with a cast of one hundred, and 20 icenes. Max Dill, famous old stage star, is the director and producer of the show and many stars Including Adele Swanson, Robert Clark, Willis West, Florine Cahill and Maxine Dill, are featured.

All in all, "Swing Parade" is a musical show that approaches ex-travganza proportions with new music, a beauty ensemble, and comedy, The engagement will close tomorrow with a matinee and evening performance. Two major screen features are also showing on the screen. Astaire and Rogers On Alameda Bill Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger3 in "Shall We Dance?" is the offering at the Alameda. "Shall We Dance?" has" rhythms by George Gershwin and Jyrics by his brother, Ira, It has modernistic settings, a racy plot hilarious comedy. It has a solo tap number that Astaire docs in the engine room of an ocean liner (keeping in time with the pulse of the engines).

It has a brief ballet in which he has the ethereal Harriet Hector for his partner. It ha a spectacular finale, involving Astaire with a chorus ot 20 girls all looking like Ginger Rogers. The companionfeature is Her Husband Lies" with Ricardo Cortez and Gail Patrick in the leads. tlms there is indication that they could do with a return to the theater to freshen their wits; at others they seem to be sailing along on high. At all events "A Day at the Races" Is guaranteed to keep Its audiences from brooding and the presence of Slg Rumann In the cast of characters ratheT-Wplains the unintentional goofiness of the companion piece, "The Great Hospital Mysterv," In which Jane Dar-well, Joan Davis and Sally Blane also appear.

The mystery Is how It was tver produced, Some very Interesting young peo-, stitutlon. Miss Brown's courses at OOVCHO MMO HIC uVaficftfte Yale included dramatics and the iiwlnHpH in the cast of along our Northern coast. 1 snipping magnate, uoyer piays me kniftht errant in dress clothes and a romance ensues between the head-waiter and the lady. An accidental murder complicates the story and thfiu locale moves to New York, while action aboard a luxury liner offers the surprise climax, Ler Corrillo, Colin Clive and Ivan Lebedcff also carry important roles. Hugh Herbert Is offered In the second feature, "That Man's Hero Again," in which he plays the part of a rich and eccentric collector who takes a hand in the turbulent love affair of an elevator boy and a housemaid.

Many of the mixups have fc'j do with a valuable Minu vase which is missing. Tom Brown, Mary Magulre, Joseph King, Teddy Hart and Dorothy Vaughn head the supporting cast. 4 designing of scenery. Kathrine Murphy, distinguished for both her intellectual and physical attainments, is a graduate of Marymount Women of Wnatr-haeler V. nnH wonftthe CLASS HEARS SOLON SAN LEANDRO, June 19.

Assemblyman Ellis Paterson of Monterey County addressed the public affairs class last night in the San Leandro High School. Open discussion followed the legislator's talk on "Acts of the Last Legislature." woman's championship for diving O'SULLIVAN jy" JONES JjANEDARWELL Hi San Leandrans to Attend Convention SAN LEANDRO, June 19. Com-manrier Fred Schaer will lead a "Brother Rat," which George Abbott is presenting at the Geary in San Francisco. Florence Karen Sundstrom, a Swedish airl, is the daughter of Captain Einar-W. Sundstrom, who, with his family, resided in Oakland during the time the Southern Pacific tankship, the Tamtahua, then the largest in -the world, was being built here- For her maiden voyage and for a number of years thereafter the ship was under the command of Captain Sundstrom.

Miss Florence sailed with him on most of those voyages. Marie Brown is aJlEadOate of two colleges. HooosTTege in Penn-sylvnifLir-UWrte College and has degreZs from both of these institu-tlonsMhe degree from Hood is a B. A. and from Yale is an M.

A one of the very few degrees ever awalcled to any woman by that in- at the Westchester country uiuo. Miss Murphy is an expert She has ridden and 'driven high school and Menage horses to blue ribbons at the Lenox Horse Show, at the Berkshire Horse Show and at the Merion Horse Show in Philadelphia. She is expecially interested in rodeos, She is anticipating entering some of the women's events in the Salinas Rodeo OWL SHOW TONIGHT MuriietsMS'wnM Two Reqmpointed to San Leandro Board SAN LEANDRO, June of Park B. Hyde and miwii ir rf IE JL a. ,1,1 A.

Oliveira to the City Planning delegation from San Lenndro Post, No. 2509, to Oroville Sunday for the seventeenth annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In the purtv will be Al Perring, past commander; Frank Sanchez, Charles Hoyse. Bon Buhl, Thomas Knick and Fred Jones. The alternate delegates are Bruce Wooldridge, Grover Seith, O.

A. Bentrim, Silva and Breed. i i Commission for lour-year lerms wm nnnuneed todav bv Mayor Earl. OWL JIIU nwi iim 4 fflfofi ITEM it Derry. The action was taken at an 1 1 bav rtrrisc odcm II adjournment meeting of tne Lay Council.

Other members Of the commission are Arthur M. Cardan, P. D. Bartlett, R. W.

Shannon, J. Mills, A. B. Thomas, W. A.

Fchis and J. C. Thayer. 1, (VJil'slldM "LS BACK TO THRILL YOU- I Si F. Opera Guild Beqins Rehearsals Rehearsals have been started In th Greek Theater on the University of California campus for the production of "Ruddigore" with which the San Francisco Light Opera Guild will usher In the Summer Gilbert and Sullivan Festival to be presented under the auspices of the University of California Committee on Music and Drama.

"Ruddigore," first of the three Gilbert jjaASullIvan plays to be pro-ducAdfwil! take place the evening of Saturday, July 10. "The Mikado" is to be presented the following Saturday. July 17, and "Prinvcss Ida" sometime in September. neglnald Travers will supervise all productions, and appear as "Koko" in "The Mikado." The Light Opera Ouild chorus of SO voices, tnder the direction of Don I. Bar-rentos, will be heard in all three presentations.

Among the well-known singers appearing are Mme. Luisa Silva, Kathleen Sherman, Carlotla Gray, Laura Ferguson, Edgar Iverson, Maradcll Argylic, Ted Yaryan and Arthur Cunningham- 1" BOYS ENCAMP ED WOOD CITY, June Lawrence Gould led a group of 145 Y. M. C. A.

boys into Memorial Park today for the annual two-weeks encampment at the qj's" Camp YuMiCiA. In Mlpt'Ohtl'Hlf Last 2 Day 'A? Treat your father at the NANKING CAF 435 11th Oakland Next Door to Theater Open II A. M. to I A. M.

Dily Open 11 A. to 1 A. M. Saturdart Special 9, Course Father'a JA- SUING PARADE Stage Sensation of 1937 VV HOI'RS LONG Day Sunday Dinner WW Buck rlcii I tilt A mtti tvm coin miows A mm) i m. lH f.n,..,, 35c Children'a plate iri I i w.i ii.iil.

i so acrFS IIS.DIMI SCENFRT Fulfil thratrr, W. P. A. tservca xrom ii roo wir. wi.t Lunch 25C A Carte Service at all hcuri.

One1 of the newest and finest cafes on the coast. Haywire" 1 ft Wi-A 1 VI A 2 Big Features will be shown on screen before each stage show. 001 I TODAY UNIT )S A KITE JN PERSON JACKIE COOGAN SCREEN RADIO STAR HIS TROCA a) -m' a twi SAtf FRANCISCO NOW HERE'S TVS NO OTIIFR CITIhS FLAYED IN MKTHEN lALIt. GEARY I i am Bom nU iAMts mwAir "BOH TO DAJJCE" fi A CfORCE ABnOTTAwVwV- DERA ORCHESTRA r- Ulf HI ri k- HCAIDO COITIZ CF THE vj: cat ALSO LAVUL (A HANK MtMUCH K)AM IIOHMU 3 ON A ft vtiwi ALSO WH WTO AMI lAiMlte "BOWIE KAfESS" in met emu mar "WAITED: JUETDBIU; TONItf DANCE Til 2 A. M.

iAU 0 Bonfire Fireworks Dasce Satu'rday, June 19, 1937 4:09 P.M. to 3:00 A.M. ninnrr. AdmlMlon t5 KermansonsPark.Cudlin Canyon SWEETS 0 II CS" inn Hrl Robfrl Tt1ot "Personal Property" Rlrsrde orlf j-fill Ptrlrk 'Her KL-shnd Lie" THf SMU PLACE 10 DANCf "iL Ay JOHN HUNKS JH.NfEO F. 'IWKliHOff "SHALL WE DANCE?" Hi sran.cn "HER HUSBAND LIES" -1.