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mm J' I I I I ILJ L'l I LICAN I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ITTTTT I.llllll ii I Uf 1 l.iil imiMiHiiiiiiiiii i kf I trrrl ii.ML in iii rrm vi nit mi i in li" aa -age The Arizona Republic Th Ari7nna Rfmirlirn hliran. Phoenix. Phoenix. 'i i Harold Lloyd Appears In First 'Talkie9 At Orpheum Tomorrow Popular War Picture To Open At Columbia Theater Tuesday Frolic 'Apple Dance' Is Set For Wednesday Once again the people of Phoenix and Salt river valley are talking about the "apple dance" that will be held at the Frolic Wednesday night. The "apple dance" is a prize event.

No one is barred from entering the contest. Rules of contest are that you place an apple your head and when the music starts, dance until the apple falls Murphy Group Will Present 'Marion, Grey Murphy's Comedians offer the comedy drama, "Marion Grey," from" Bertha M. Clay's famous novel as the attraction this week at their, theater at 1840 East Van Buren street. Without a single change In the lines of the novel, this play has been a huge suce8s for 20 years, and will no doubt meet with the approval of the people of Phoenix. Full of real drama, the play contains clever lines of comedy.

The antics of Mr. Murphy as "Bud Fisher." a hired man on the farm and of Andy Marcoe, "a young Vermont-er," are hilarious in the extreme. Dorothy Shannon will take the part of "Marlon Grey," the deserted wife, and Jiramie Malone will appear as "Andy Marcoe." Ann Pendleton and Phyllis Gordon, and Eddie Smith, Edward Porter and Don Mario also will appear in excellent roles with the entire cast of the company. limiiiiini nr i' -t i ttt. Scene from "She Goes to War," featuring Eleanor Boardman, left, and John Holland, which comes to tho Columbia Tuesday for a three-day engagement.

opens at tho Orpheum tomorrow, his first talking picture. city were, at their wits end In the search for a police chief to carry on. A newspaper account of Harold Bledsoe relieving holdup men of the guns with which they had hoped to accomplish robbery, recalled to the older citizens of San Francisco that Harold Bledsoe was the son of former Chief Bledsoe. "A chip off the old block" they reasoned, and an offer was made him to come on to the Pacific coast and take up the gentle pastime of rapping the gangsters into submission. He is about as much fitted for the work carved out for him as if he had never been born, but, here's the secret, Harold on the way to San Francisco meets the girl, and he cannot afford to "fall down" in his assignment.

So he "hops to it" with what amazing results is told in the action of "Welcome Danger." And amazing is rightly chosen in the sense of what happens in this comedy which is one continual howl and a series of sustained thrills, combined to make Harold Lloyd's first all talking picture a positive knockout. There will be no advance In prices for this engagement, according to the announcement of the Orpheum management, and the urge again goes out that attendance at the matinees will relieve the night con gestion, inasmuch as the attrac SEERS OVERRUN TOWN So numerous have fortune tellers and palmists become in Margate, England, that the authorities have begun to enforce strictly the law against fortune telling. Fines are being imposed despite the plea of the seers that in their rooms they place signs stating that their fortune telling is for amusement only. Ope of the magistrates Inquired If they paid an amusement tax and the prisoners said they would be glad to operate under such a law. Their lawyer suggested that palmistry be tlon is positively limited in its stay to five days starting tomorrow.

Every Sunday Is Prize Waltz Night Try the rest BUT you wi: always find the best at DIXIELAND 3000 E. Washington Next Wed. Fine Program Is Billed At Nile Theater The Nile will prove the magnet this week to draw the entire south-side, for the attractions present greater value than anything announced in a long time. For today only, "Wise Girls" is the feature. This picture, a Me-tro-Goldwyn-Mayer all talking production, when it played the Rialto in Phoenix recently, was voted one of the most clever, and at the same time one of the most human comedies yet to be offered on the audible screen.

J. and Elliott Nugent, the authors, and also the father and son who created the original roles on the stage, where the production was known as "Kempy" are cast in the same roles on the screen, and the supporting cast is an excellent one. Cupid Is Worried The story is that of a father who has two daughters of marriageable age. Tbey are extravagant, whimsical, fickle, and everything that would cause Cupid a lot of worry, and their father much more. "Kempy" is a plumber and fate throws him into the household with the startling results as are outlined in this hurricane of laughs.

Starting tomorrow, and continuing for three days, "On With the Show" is the feature. This is a Warner Brothers all -talking, all-natural color, singing and dancing picture, which has received the most enthusiastic praise from all over the country. Betty Compson. Sam Hardy, Louise Fazenda, Ethel Waters, Lee Moran, Arthur Lake, Sally O'Nell, and more than 200 singing and dancing beauties "are seen in the production, which outlines the trials and troubles of a showman trying to get his production onto Broadway. Song Hits Introduced "On With the Show" is the picture which introduced such song hits as "Am I Blue?" "Let Me Have My Dreams," "Lift a Julip to Your Two Lips," "Doesn't It Mean Anything to You," and many others.

They are all sung by noted stars. "On With the Show" is a knockout no matter from what angle it is judged. Al Jolson will be seen on the Nile screen Thursday and Friday, offering "The Jazz Singer," the story which is said to parallel Jolson's own life. It is a dramatic, masterpiece with a world of appeal. May McAvoy appears opposite the star.

William Haines is the star for a one-day engagement Saturday, offering "Speedway," the auto-racing classic which will come to the Nile direct from the Rialto in Phoenix. In each instance, the features are augmented by a complete array of short subjects. BAN POLICE GUM CHEWING Scotland Yard has placed a ban on gum chewing by policemen while on duty. It is related that a policeman who tried to give a shrill blast on his whistle gummed up the sound and let a criminal escape. Besides, the Yard considers gum chewing undignified and evidently does not believe a policeman can serve his king and country well if he is under the influence of an insidious wad of gum.

two "boomers" are all set. as far as romance is concerned. But "Pop Eye" and "Hot Foot" are still in the picture, and this turn of affairs in matters of the heart does not set so well with them so they "start something" which results in "Dude" being accused of theft, and having to leave under cover of night and "Dusty" following him from force of habit. "Pop Eye" and "Hot Foot" are in charge of the train on which "Dude" and "Dusty" hope to make a getaway. and tere you have the basis for the beginning of a series of the most realistic thrills imaginable with the comedy submerged for the moment in the dramatic punch but to rear its head again to be on the hilarious finish.

"Oh Yeah!" is a lot of fun it Is ably directed, perfectly recorded, and will bring a world of joy to everyone who sees and hears it today or tonight. Starting tomorrow, the Orpheum announces the start of the five-day engagement of Harold Lloyd in "Welcome Danger," the screen's most popular comedian's first all talking picture. extracted every ounce of the appeal. She Is Belle of Town Eleanor Boardman plays the role of the small town belle, the "lady of quality," revered and pampered by the citizens of her home town, and given on more than one occasion to fits of snobbishness. She is loved by "Reggy," the town sheik, wealthy son of a wealthy father.

The girl is thrilled when the war breaks, and doubly thrilled when it actually reaches her community, and the men of the town start to enlist. She wants to get into the conflict, but finds it a particularly difficult thing to do. First her sex is against her, then he. snobbishness does not do her any good. But a congressman comes to her aid and she is assigned to canteen duty overseas.

Reggy and Tom Pike, the garage owner of the town, are among the first to enlist, and are in France when "Joan," Eleanor Boardman reaches "over there." Into the conflict the story plunges and thoUgh Hughes has used a most contradictatory type of woman to exemplify the part the women of America and the other allied countries played in the war, he has made her such a helpless creature in the hands of a devasting fate, that she serves in perfect fashion as the agency through which Hughes pounds home the salient facts of his story. The picture is in sound, and the effects are marvelous, "She Goes to War," being a feature no one interested in the better things the screen has to offer should For one to say that war stories as pictures are not particularly in demand now. Is to throw himself in the face of what is proviing a fact throughout the country. Or possibly that statement should be summed up to say that one war story made into pictures is particularly in demand right now." "She Goes to War" is attracting vast attention and drawing the most laudatory praise from the most eminent of critics. The picture has been booked by the Columbia and will be offered over a three-day engagement start ing Tuesday.

United Artists released the pro duction which was made by Henry King, from the adaptation of Rupert Hughes' noted novel of the same name. Novel Widely Read Eleanor Boardman is the star, heading a cast that includes John Holland, Edmund Burns and Al St. John. RVi Cncn tnl War" la nprhans pnp of the mostly widelj read and most widely discussed novels Hughes ever wrote. His "The Patent Leather Kid." was an outstanding literary con tribution on the man's part in the titanic cataclysm.

"She Goes to War" takes up the woman's side in the great struggle and with that same precision, and accuracy, daring, frankness and realism that has kept Hughes in the foreground as one of the most consistent writers of "best sellers," he has written a gripping, magnificently human and thoroughly appealing drama, from which King 'ROLIC At The lamona Show lilled As Real Iirth Maker Vnother week of festive gaiety, isle and mirth is marked up for Ramona, where Bobby Ryan 3 his Ramona players are enjoy- a most successful engagement. iobby Ryan is one of the most sat lie, and at the same time one the most popular comedians ever play the Ramona. Coming here a long engagement in the jth. he hrinera with him a. world experience, and a host of brand bills, so that in each produc-; he presents an attraction never 'fore seen on any local stage.

You Don't Tell Me" is the catchy jle of the "peppy" farce bill he pounces the stage attraction hold over the first four days of week starting today. Made for Laughs This bill Is for laughing purposes IJy, and while there is a plot, extent for its purpose, and of suf-ient weight and strength to hold 1 incidents together, the chief rirlt of the bill lies in the con- uous laughter it affords. fCjew Davis is "there a million both as a straight man, and specialty man. lie has been 'it in this bill for an entirely dif-fent sort of a role than anything has done since he joined the Ra-, na players, and Bobby states it it will prove again to the Rama audiences that here Is one the most versatile players ever appear here. Eddy Jay, soubrette and blues iger par excellence not only has inost attractive speaking role, but has several songs to sing, and yone who has visited the during the time Miss Jay has en a featured player there, knows rfectly well that an Eddy Jay mber is worth "walking a mile" hear.

Chorus to Be Feature The girls of the Ramona chorus a all drilled and rehearsed to give excellent account of themselves the ensemble scenes. Special scenery, costuming and hting effects will add more arm to the production, which is gmented by a screen program ilch features "The Garden of Al-V as the stellar attraction. This aptation of the Robert Hichens vel is a marvelous entertainment, it is augmented by the select-comedy. Tuesday night is gift night again, th a new show underlined for tursday and the amateurs booked ain for Friday at the Ramona. loted 'Stunt' Ian Is Star At Columbia A.

stunt man rises to stardom! Richard Talmadge is the star's and the synchronized com-y, "The Bachelors' Club" which ays at the Columbia today and morrow is the latest of the thrill den screen epics to feature him. Talmadge is known as "the man -thout nerves" among those on "inside" in the great world of otion pictures. Which simply eans that there is stunt too for him to tackle. Height is no effect on htm speed seems "middle name," and he thrives i excitement. Up to this time Talmadge has most of his efforts to out-de drama, leaning strongly, to-ard the western and tlie straight it.and-out romantic theme.

He is taken a fling, too, at under-orld in some of the pictures in hich he has appeared in his icent to stardom. Appears In New Role But in "The Bachelors" Club" he iserts the chaps of the cowpunch- and the accoutrement of the ro-ancer, for the more conservative ess of the wealthy clubman the an about town president of the ub which frowns on the holy bond matrimony, and inflicts the ost "deadly" punishment on any Its members who might even ilnk of bowing to the will of Curt. So that when the president of ds cynical aggregation of woman iters becomes- interested in "the ght that lies in woman's eyes" ten the unpardonable sin has been jmmltted. And when members find the resident has "gone haywire" ley prepare to inflict the punish-lent to the fullest extent of the tual. All of which the president real- es too well will mean not only 1 le ultimate of humiliation, but it light mean personal bodily injury which he of course seeks to void, if for no other reason, than i appear in most Appolo-like uise before his lady love.

Thief Attends Party The plans of the club members ere most elaborate, but not half elaborate as the plan of "Butch" -a notorious jewel thief to possess lmself of some of the diamonds be worn by the lady guests at The horn Have You Heard It? What's ft All About? One hundred couples are going to dance with apples on their heads for prizes next Wednesday night at the Frolic. Contest open to all. Ye old timers of former contests, when you waltzed with a glass of water on your head to determine the swan-like smoothness of your dance, come be a William Tell. DANCE WITH AN APPLE ON YOUR HEAD Jprf. Then you are disqualified and Tleave the floor.

The last couple on the floor will be winners of the prize. Te dancers of olden times, when you placed a glass of water on your head to determine the swan-like smoothness of your waltz, why not try an apple? It will balance just about the same. Whether one dances in the contest or not, win, lose, or sit in your seat, the "apple dance" is going to be worth coming miles enter or see. It will be the most original contest this season at the Frolic, and the management is bending every effort to make it one of the biggest events of the year. Seidel's Frolician Six are hitting on all six, and are presenting dance numbers that are irresistible.

Even if one does not dance, the music alone is entertaining. Dancing lessons are given by Miss Beverlee Kinter. Strand Books Action Films On Week's Bill The Strand's week Is pretty well devoted to outstanding thrill pictures, with plenty of action and plenty of comedy in each of thern. Today opens the three-day en-gament of Billy Sullivan, king of the stunt men, who this time will appear in "The Goat Getter." Billy was recently a star at the Strand, and gave ample evidence of what he can do in western characterization. He follows up nicely with this smashing thrill hit.

in which his escapades are even more dangerous and more daring than in the former release. The title pretty well sums up the style of the story, and the thrills and excitement will not be spoiled by a detailed synopsis here. But as an action thriller, and as an excitement dish de luxe, it will be a difficult picture to excel. Shows Comedy Film The same program carries the comedy, "A Horse On Barney." Starting Tuesday and continuing through Wednesday, the Strand will offer "Black Magic." Here's a story set in the south seas, and blends the Oriental with the Occidental in great measure. Pearl traders are the principal characters in the background, and it is on the superstitious beliefs of the natives that the story hinges.

There are many unusual situations presented, and each of them is carried out to the utmost irt the production of thrill. John Holland and Josephine Dunn are the principal players both excellent in the roles assigned them, and both supported in excellent fashion by the clever players in the surrounding cast. The corned for this attraction is "Hit the Hay." Book Western Drama Then western drama comes into Its own again at the Strand for Friday and Saturday, when Bob Custer will be the star, offering "The Silent Trail." Here's another star who needs neither introduction nor recommendation to those who go in for the strenuous in screen fare. He is a great rider, "knows his onions" as to the customs and lure of the west, and his every picture is graciously received. In "The Silent Trail" he has a background of the wide open spaces of the west, through which there is spun a most entertaining drama of the cow country.

The added attractions are "King of the Kongo," the wild animal serial story which is proving so attractive at the Strand, and the selected comedy. a cafe party which is being thrown by the aunt of the bride to be. In his plan, "Butch" enlists his wife the check girl at the cafe and the plans of the bachelors fit perfectly with those of "Butch." The robbery is committed a detective is called into the jam he suspects from his strange actions that the club president is the thief not realizing that the club members had as part of their plans "charged" the president with laughing gas. The effects of the gas wear off the president realizes the strange turn of affairs and the merriest mixup becomes a positive reality. What with chases over roofs, over piles of lumber over the deck of an ocean liner a battle with thugs that calls in the Marine crew of a revenue cutter Richard Talmadge surely does himself proud in this fast, snappy and ex citing romantic comedy drama.

The same program carries the comedy and the usual novelty reel It takes eight and one-half min utes for the light of the sun to reach the earth. ef 21 ALL NEW TODAY I a vwvsi All Talking Comedy Oh YeaK, In Final Showing At Orpheum A delightful retreat for the entertaining of your guests at dinner. La Casa Vieja dinners have won renown from coast to coast. Spanish dishes steak, chicken and. squab dinners served in this Spanish Casa, rich in the romance of early 70's are In "Welcome Danger" which Harold Lloyd will bo seen in If, as in generally conceded, the release of any Harold Lloyd comedy is an event of prime importance with the picture-going public, then the release of "Welcome Danger" to start tomorrow at the Orpheum his latest one, and the attraction to hold the stellar spot on that screen over five days, is a super-event.

For "Welcome Danger finds Harold Lloyd talking for the. first time during his long and brilliant screen Yes, Lloyd has finally capitulated to the talkies, and in the capitulation, he has made it the occasion for the offering of what has been reviewed as unquestionably the funniest and most thrilling production he has ever made. "Welcome Danger" is a Paramount release, cited as another classic of the new show world. Never Repeats "Gag" It again presents the oft repeated conjecture as to where he manages to find the plots, gags and general business of the development of his comedies. He has never been known to repeat a gag or a situation, nor does he in "Welcome.

Danger," which makes the. attraction all the more interesting. As has been stated, Lloyd refrained from releasing "any talking picture, until he was thoroughly sure the new form of screen pro cedure could be made to work for comedy interpretation. He realized his position in the category of screen players, and he realized what his public demanded of him. He had always delivered, and he was determined not to proceed witn a dialog comedy, until he was sure "the track was But when he was sure everything was "all set" he went to work "with his sleeves rolled up" to borrow a popular phraseology, and "Welcome Danger" is the result of that Herculean effort.

For story, he devised a theme which has for its background, that always interesting section of San Francisco, known as Chinatown. But he went even further into the domain of the Celestials, and this is a comedy of the underworld. oeg a comedy of the underground haunts of San Francisco Chinatown. Harold Is Son of Chief "Harold Bledsoe," Harold Lloyd, is the son of a former chief of police of the Golden Gate city. His father had been a terror to the gangsters.

He had completely subdued the underworld crowd, and he kept them subdued. And all this time, Harold was a Boston-reared ln'tanist. The passing of the elder iJledoe, was the signal for the uprise and activity of the Chinatown undesirables. The people of the Military and Dramatic Departments Present SEVEN CHANCES December 6th and 7th High School Auditorium Admission, 50c Tickets on Sale at Wayland'a LLOYD Tingling Thrills DANGER" 5 4 ong teg to be remembered. La Casa Vieja ers" hailing from nowhere, and going the same way.

They drop into the town of Linda a railroad settlement, arriving a la freight. "Pop Eye" and "Hot Foot" are a couple of "boomers" who are as desperate as our friends are reckless and thereon hangs the tale as far as the men folk are concerned. Of the opposite sex, the most interesting two in the town are "Pinkie" the girl at the commissary and "The Elk" the waitress at the "beanery." "Dude" and "Dusty" are forced to answer the claim that "boomers have no nerve" by knocking down a railroad man, before they can land a job. But the proof of their prowess with their fists gains for them a chance to go to work. And alsot as soon as "Dude" gets a job, he "gets sweet" on "Pinkie." "Dusty" Is Disgusted "Dusty" Is digusted, and loses no chance to tell "Dude" what he thinks of him for "falling for a frail." This starts a long argument which is repeated ad lib whenever the men meet.

Then "Dusty" succumbs to the feminine charm of "the Elk," and it looks as if the The week generally, glancing through the theatrical calendar, seems pretty much given over to comedy all over town. At the Orpheum, "Oh yeah!" Is the Pathe all talking funburst which is to be enjoyed for the final time today. Robert Armstrong and James Gleason are principal comics in this one, though, for that matter, everyone has a comedy role these are simply the "head men" as it were. The story is one of a railroad town. The title of the picture was adopted with the adaptation of the story, which originally appeared in the Saturday Evening Post as "No Brakes." Under this last title, it was read by hundreds of local people who will not overlook the opportunity for seeing and hearing the theme in animation.

For those who have not read it, and to recall it to those who have but who might have forgotten it, a synopsis may not prove amiss. They are "Knights of Road" "Dude" and "Dusty" are a couple "knights of the road," railroaders, though this time, who come under the general classification of "boom TEMPE Dinners Luncheons What's Wrong with this Picture? SSmwmtMi LAST il 1 Itoery A TAtfr' was fry Yt). 7- 1 BRAKES" V. fV CTbTTX 1 IN THE SATURDAY (rtAk 1-5 if I teJV EVENING "lV POST I Jl IfZtfMlt'l IJ If NOT A BLESSED IN THE WORLD It's only the merry ha-ha being given the gangsters of San Francisco's Chinatown by tho puzzling policeman pushing them to punishment! HAROLD Reckless Revelry "WELCOME First fjf Talking i ft Picture! Sx VV! lit Musical Comedy 2 BOBBY RYAN ft V' Demons of speed with dare- devils at tho wheels th roaring Cjl Sj jS? road with death and danger lurking fei tTy always near! 5p HERE'S THE SCREEN'S ULTIMATE RACIN '6S4 DRAMA ACTUALLY FILMED AT THE MEMORIA DAY RACES AT INDIANAPOLIS. WILLIAM HAINES I "SPEEDWAY" ALL TALKING lMiL There's no letup to tho ax- With fzd Ikj eitement no and to the 9 NITA jjj ERNEST 4 A Paramount SjZT Release -1 ArJ Th.

T. a a vw 1 yr- ONE BIG LONG HOWL! i Another rousing taughtar treat with a world of melody for good measure. "You Don't Tell Me!" Girls Girls Girls ON THE SCREEN ALICE TERRY IN "The Garden of Allah" Rx Ingram production of Robart HIehon'o fascinating novel. If you ever believed in advertising, belisve this statement that HERE IS ONE OF THE FASTEST, MOST THRILLING, MOST UNUSUAL COMEDY- EXPLOSIONS IN YEARS YOU'LL LAUGH FOR A WEEK AND YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THAT CLIMAX. Just today left ef the engagement it and have the time of your life.

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