Sioux City Journal from Sioux City, Iowa • Page 13

"THE DIVORCEE" AT THE CAPITOL Norma Shearer Stars in Leading Role of Feature Divorce, the double versus the single standard, modern sophistication, all problems of mnrltal life today, are blended In tho powerful plot of "Tho Divorcee." which be- pan ft week's run at tho Capitol theater Friday. Norma Shearer Is starred as the modern young matron, who plays the gams until she discovers on her first wedding- anniversary, that her young husband, a believer in tho old louble standard, has been unfaithful to her. Adapting new philosophy to Ilia problem, tho young woman, Instead of useless tears, forgiveness or homo to mother, decides to play tho ganiB the man's way nnd Kho does so with a vengeance, choosing: her husband's best friend. Confronted with his wife's frank con fcBalon, thn husband horrldlc, casts her aside. Both plunge Into a hectic pilgrimage of tho primrose path, the wifo closing her door only to hci husband nnd tho man making his way to Europe, where ho follows a round of continued dissipation.

Into tho picture comes Paul, a former sweetheart, who tells her that his marriago Is a falluro and nsks her to wait until ho can bo divorced so that they can marry. Sho consents but In tha meantime, she learns that Paul's wlfo has lost her beauty In an automobile accident nnd tliat ho means everything In life to her. Contact with thla tragedy of real life sobers tho girl nnd sho takes the trouble to learn what her husband Is doing, only to hear of his escapades abroad. The climax of drama Is packed with thrills nnd swift action nnd It would not bo fair to audiences to foretell the ending. Chester Morris, best known for his gangster perfonnancos of the daredevil debonair city gunman, gets "break" In the picture In that he nctually Is allowed to "live" through tho entire picture and docs not stop a single bullet.

Ho has tho role of tho young husband. Principal supporting parts ar taken by Conrad Xagel. Robert Montgomery. Florence. Eldrldgo and Heleno Millnrd.

Laurel and Hardy In "They Go Boom." talking novelties nnd the sound m-wsreol complete the pro. gram. "Pardon My Gun" Been Released Hollywood, My fJun," a western comedy special with music, filmed by Pathe, has been released. It Is enacted by a large cast of players, including the Juvenile trick riders and ropers, Tom and Hank MarFarlane. The story of this western farce centers around a hard rldln' rodeo that takes place the day after the heroine returns fresh from col- legs.

Sally Starr, who had a prominent part In Pathe'n circus picture romance, "Swing High," after a series of screen successes, Is "the girl." George Duryea, whose Important characterization of the boy In Cecil B. DeMllle's "Tho Godless Girl." Is well remembered and who scored heavily In "The Dudo Wrangler" appears opposite the sprightly Miss Starr. Robert Edeson, veteran trouper of stage and screen; Lee Moran, one of tho best known film comedians; Mona Ray, now appearing In Patho comedies and who scored heavily as Topsy In "Uncle Tom's Cabin," supplies much mirth. Others in the large cast of this novel production are Harry Harry Woods. WatsOn and Rockne to Work in Pictures for Pathe New (IP) Rockne, the "iron man of football," has entered Into a contract with Pathe, by he terms of which the famous Notre Dams coach will demonstrate on the i.creen the how and why of football in a series of one-reel pictures, the production of which will start Immediately.

Rockne scored a touchdown with his promise that his new football merles for Pathe woul be 100 per cent action and thrilling sportsmanship. "Not Damaged Is Coming to the Orpheum A department ntors romanc.9 with many comic complications furnishes ths nctlon In "Not Damaged," which will bo tha attraction at the New Orpheum theater for four days, starting Tuesday, Lois Moran ajid Walter Byron 1 starred In this production, which Is! full of sparkling dialogue, catchy tunes and delightful comedy. The i picture has as Us principal characters, two Klrl clerks, tha store radio, expert, ths gtora detective and a wealthy clubman, with usual and un- usual complications as tho result many sided romances. Supporting parts In ths cast nre handled by Robert Ames, as the radio man; Ernest Wood as tho More detective nnd Inez Courtney as the girl friend. Byron takes tho part of the son of wealth.

Janet Gaynor and Farrell at State in "High Society Blues" Janet Oaynor anil Charles Farrell, one of movledom's most popular pair of sweethearts, are starred In "High Society Blues." which will play a return engagement here nt tho State theater for four days starting today. Tho story Is that of a small town merchant and his family, who eoll out a chain of grocery stores In tho midwest and go to New York city to break Into society. Tho efforts made by tho family, tho chilly rebuffs they receive nnd tho manner In wjilch tho westerners finally win out furnish many comical situations. Several song hits, which havo nt- 1 tallied wltle popularity, aro Included in tho production. Tho supporting cast Includes William Collier, Joyce Compton, Iledda Hopper, Loulao Fazenda and Luclen Littlefield.

THE SIOUX CITY SUNDAY JOURNAL: JUNE 22,1930. AT ORPHEUM Novel Musical Organization Is Headliner on Bill Outstanding on tho present bill at the New Orpheum theater Is the United States Indian Reservation band, which Is -directed by Chief Shunatona. All of the IB members of the band are college graduates and highly trained musicians. No two are of the same tribe of Indians. They have an unusual and refreshing offering In their program of popular and characteristic Bhuna tona Is master of ceremonies and is an excellent showman as well as a musician.

The program offered by the band Is full of color tnd life and endowed with much originality. Each bandsman Is dressed In his traditional tribal costume, which makes a colorful showing. Dell O'Dell presents a travlsty of the art of magic In "Corrallng the Elusive Laugh." Dell Is well known on the vaudeville stage as one of Its outstanding "cutups." Fred Clinton and Angelina have a song and comedy act that Is well up to the RKO standard. Angelina, who is an Italian girl, possesses a remarkable voice nnd Clinton carries the load of comedy. Van Cello and Mary have an excellent dance act In "Foot Feats." Another RKO act completes the vaudeville offering.

The screen attraction on the present bill Is "Alias French Gertie," which stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. This Is the first picture which stars this couple, that has been shown here since their recent marriage was announced. "Alias French Gertie" Is a comedy drama of the society crook racket, as practiced by clever French maids and their male friends. A succession of robberies of the rich are carried out successfully by designed to Instruct and enter-! the couple but they meet disaster tain. The champion coach said that lie was putting the same idea of team work into his co-operation with the Pathe production staff that he does In whipping his team into fighting condition.

Messages Are Sent to Greenland Party Pittsburgh, (IP) to Capt. Bob Bartlett and other members of his northeast Greenland expedition on the schooner Morrlssey are being broadcast each Saturday night by KDKA. The broadcasts go on the station's regular wave of SOS metars in addition to two short wave channels, 25 and 48 meters. These programs start at 10 p. rn.

(eastern standard time), and Will be continued each week while the expedition is away. "Way for a Sailor" Making Sea Scenes Hollywood, Gilbert's "Way tor a. Saitor" ompany transferred headquarters from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios Wilmington, beoja chartered has the to Four ships have for marine scenes tot' this naval adventure etory. ytm author of "Beggars of Life," and Gilbert's quondam antag- just when they decide to quit the game and "go it straight." The supporting cast Includes Jimmy Hartl- gan. Robert Emmet O'Connor Betty Pierce.

'iz, "MAMMV and Jfie Social Lion" Princess French Gertie THE SOCIAL LION AT THE PRINCESS Scene from Vhite IOWA Jolson to Appear at Capitol Friday in "Mammy" Play An epic of tho traveling minstrel show is "Mammy," Al Jolson's latest and according to many of the famous singer's admirers, his greatest motion picture. "Mammy" begins a week's run at the Capitol theater Friday of trie coming week. The plot Involves tha romances of Al and Tombo, the end men, both In love with Nora, the daughter of tho boss; Nora, who Is In love with Westy, the Interlocutor, and Westy, who loves no one woman but cares a lot about all of them. Prom this complicated situation many comls and one near tragic situations aribe. Westy and Al make up their differences and become friendly but Tombo, smarting with jealousy, replaces the blank cartridge used In a shooting scene with a real bullet and Al wounds Al Is arrested but he manages to escape and takes up life as a hobo but Is prevailed upon by his mother, when he visits her, to return and face tho music.

An climax, however, straightens out things all around and Nora discovers that she had not recognized her real love. Lois Moran plays the part of the girl; Lowell Sherman Is Westy and Mitchell Lewis Is Tombo. IOWA SHOWING "WHITE CARGO" Scenes in "The Big Trail' Are Made in Jackson's Hole Hollywood, Fox unit of 300 players and staff members have arrived at Jackson's Hole. Wyoming, and are preparing to film the climatic scenes of "The Big Trail." Movietone picture of the winning of the west. The tralnload of equipment which figured In the opening scenes, filmed near Yuma, have been supplemented by many additional cattle, horses and mule; Film at Princess Will Tell Story of Byrd's Polar Flight "With Byrd at the South Pole" Is the title of the films to be displayed at the Princess theater, starting Saturday, June 28.

The scenes taken by Wlllard Vander Veer and Joseph T. Rucker, Paramount cameramen who accompanied Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on tho trip, form a spectacular record of the expendltlon. Two airplanes, bedded deep In snow, but intact, and one airplane, burled In a drift and smashed, form a unlquie monument which the explorer left to posterity within flying distance of the south that posterity should ever happen to ramble thither. When the City of New York, Byrd's principal ship, finally managed to squeeze through forbidding barriers of Ice to bring back the party, just when It appeared they would be frozen In by glassy walls of Ice.

there was no time to load anything aboard but the most essential records from the Byrd camp at Little America. Hence, the planes had to be left behind. These and many other thrilling and remarkable scenes will shown in the films to be presented ut the Princess. John Halliday Cast in "Recaptured New Halliday. stage player, has turned screen actor Warner Just completed Vita- phone picture, "Recaptured Love." in which he plays the role of the husband of Belle Bennttt, who losts and by numerous wag-ons.

The unit will spend eight weeks more at various locations before returning to the Fox Film corpora- for- the tlon studios. John jner property male lead. boy. Wayne, a Is playing Realistic Romance Replete with Stirring Scenes "White Cargo," which made a sensation on Broadway as a stage play, now has been brought to the screen In a production of the same name, which now Is showing at the Iowa theater. play, "White Cargo," deals with a group of white men sent to the tropics for long stay, who strive to keep their morals and souls clean despite all kinds of alluring temptations, presented amid surroundings calculated to break down the resistance of the strongest.

None of the vivid realism of the stage play, which was produced by Earl Carroll, has been lost In th screen production, and much has been added through the mobility the motion picture camera and sound reproducer. The dialogue am! story of this most sensational drama has been kept Intact In the screen version. The part of the primitive siren Tondeleyo. has been portrayed by Gypsy Rhouma, who since the first showing of the production, has been besieged by Hollywood producers to come to America. She Intends to begin work at Hollywood as Boon as she can complete her present dancing contracts In Europe.

"Sez You-Ses Me" Nearing Completion Hollywood, McLaglen, Mona Marls, Humphrey Bogart, Luana Alcanlz, Mona Rico and a company of 100 players havo returned rom three weeks' filming In the desert sun of ECenes of "Sez Me." based on Clement Rlpley's story, "Dust and Sun." Final scenes of this exciting comedy romance with its setting of a Central Amcr- can republic during tho period It was In the throes of a revolution are filmed and recorded at Movie- Warner Actors Take Lessons in Fencing Hollywood, Eralle has just finished coaching Ernest Torrence, Walter Pidgeon and Perry Askam, who slash, carve, pierce and brandish swords In Warner "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs," the romantic comedy In technicolor based on the David Belasco stage success. Of sword matters Emtle speaks with authority. One learns from him, for Instance, that after the clumsy tools of bronze used by the Persians. Greeks and rtomans. the modern stee! weapon perfected by the Spaniards.

Introduced Into Italy and France, and thence to Germany, England and the Americas. In former days the purpose of swords was to crush the heavy plates of armors worn by knights. There is also ths curious fact that during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rapiers were used for offense, while fighters utilized poniards, gauntlets, or even cloaks for tone City. McLaglen, the "he-man" of the sound screen, as a wandering soldier of fortune. Is said to have his best fitted role to date In this picture.

Hugh Cameron plays Nero In "Nay Nay. Nero." a Vltaphone Variety. Jack Oakic in Star Role Makes Another Big Hit Jack Oakle, that personification of the wise cracking American youth, who has made one of the swiftest climbs In the history of motion pictures to the stellar heights of stardom, again Is delighting Sioux City audiences In his latest success, "The Social Lion," which opened at tho Princess theater Saturday for a run of seven days. Only a few short years ago, Oakle was Just a snub nosed, wiry haired kid with a plethora of freckles about which everybody laughed joshed him. But Jack took It all In (food part.

Ho merely smiled right bMc and returned the raillery with wise cracks much smarter than those directed at hhnself. Today Jack Oakls Is one of the most talked of stars of the talking pictures. In little more than a year's Ime he has scaled the heights to me and fortune. He still has most of his boyhood freckles. His smile las developed Infectiously and his reputation as a wit has ascpnded many degrees.

In "Tho Social Lion" Jack sgaln makes a decided hit with the audience, and chuckles and laughter punctuate the play with frequency ind abandon. Tho story Is an adnptn- lon of a famous Octavus Roy Cohen iiicccss, "Marco Himself," nnd II night well have been written just Tor Oakle's special benefit. It gives Jack a wonderful oppor- unlty for some of his most superb 'lownlng. He Is seen In the title role is tho poor but honest and very brash garage attendant who aspires fame In the field of sport. How he falls at pugilism bu1 makes good at polo, and then flops at pink t-ias, atd finally gives up the quest of a high society dune to con cede victory to the plain little girl Mary Brian, and to the plain life plain folks, Is most entertainingly unfolded.

Opera Singer Has Been Signed by M-G-M Hollywood. Houston, baritone of the American Opera company, who recently toured In the leading role of "New Moon," has been given a long term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr. Houston has enjoyed wide, recognition for his work on the concert and operatic stage, but this Is his first motion picture experience. He was a leading figure In the founding of the American Opera company. His first screen assignment has not yet been announced.

B-5 Truthful! Seldom a picture so sensational in Its disclosures of ex-husbands and ex-wires! NORMA Her sin was no greater than shs was a woman! A sincere discussion of a vital problem In this age of inile-a-mihute morals! From ths novel, "Ex-Wife." with CHESTER MORRIS. CONRAD NAGEL, ROBERl) MONTGOMERY LAUREL HARDY in GO BOOM" Novelty PLAYING AT TIE REFRIGERATED Greater ICAIMTOL.J Hbmuo aramount Pictures Phone 8-4234 The Ace Wise Cracker Crashes Society AY 0. K. for Oakie. The life of the party! Making love and laughs.

In Octavus Roy Cohen's side-splitting romance. He's a star now! JACK OAKIE With SKEETS GALLAGHER OLIVE BORDEN and MARY BRIAN "THE SOCIAL LION" AltOUXI) THE WOULD WITH THE GllAF ZEPPELIN Actual lruin ulioarrt the cianl Leviathan of Un kkles un round worM Inur Shows at l-Li-J and P. M. ORPHEUM ALWAYS; RtFofsumCLY COOL 4 Vodvil Shows Today Greater Star a Greater Picture! DANIilS BEN LYON These In real life are brought to tether on the screen for the first lime In (llias Mill bottle this O'Dell will glre away a free of Coca Cola to ererjr patron ternoon. TODAY Bee- Prices 10c-20c-25c With News Sport- Life JANET and fmm CHARLES FARRELL Robert Agnew.

playing the leading male role in the new Pathe comedy, "Pick 'Em Young." is a third cousin of the late President McKtn- added covered 1 fQ a Eold digging chorus girl His Impressions of screen acting distinguished from acting on the stage are fresh and vivid. "I find acting for the screen more difficult than on the stage." bays Mr. Hallday. "for the reason that In ooj, is mis ine Other feature he ms the ca change! are Marguerite Churchill. El Brendel.l a interpretation of a character.

stt once for all. The way he plays 1 it before the cameras and the micro-1 phones is set for the life of the pic-! lure. That does help to keep the ac- David Rollins, Tully Marshall. Ty rone Power, Russ Powell. Louise Carver and Frederick Burton.

The Big Trail referred to is not the Oregon Trail alone, but Is a com- part In support of the film the Oregon. With whom he recently be- Fifteen thousand cattle have been reconciled. assembled at Jackson's Hole, and Control Books Suppressed Free State com- mfttee of censorship bas published ftp iist of banned books. It con- IS titles, 10 of which are birth gj boolcs, circulation of wbSch fKrtaiMeni Jn the State under fins or six Al- 300 Indians will take there In a few days. up quarters They werej his op-1 developing his part, of i growing into it, putting on the little finishing touches that niake for per- i feet ion in acting." Dorothy Jordan goes back to htr' recruited from the Fort Hall reser-, musical comedy days in "Like Kelly vatlon to take part In an Indian can." in which she Is featured with massacre of a wagon train, an episode which will be one of the highlights of the picture.

"The Bis Trail" Is being filmed with both standard and grandeur cameras. Kobert Montgomery by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor. Sally Starr la excellently cast In ft--j the featured "Swing High," Pathe's dialogue audj Vartetles one reel! singing picture of circus life in cornsdy enttUcJ She baa the role of a trapeze per-i Oat" 1 Jonaw. Old Dance flub for Young nod Old Riverview Bark EVEBY TtESDAY SIGHT Ortlintra Sic; Eitrybodr Whitewae Dances AT LEMARB Will Be Closed Until Sunday, June 29th Dancing Every Wednesday Mid Sunday DANCE TONIGHT at STRAWN'S BEACH CRYSTAL LAKE Jake Kuker California Nighthawks LADIES FKEE ALL TALKING PICTURE of the Worlds Most Sensational Play Primitive- Meet Tbndeteyo NOW SHOWING A white man's struggle to Utep civilized ideals under hardships dative They could conquer heat, and monotony. But tt wiles they could not overcome.

Fox RIVERVIE (Hear Them Sing Eltituor Just Like btorjr Book I'm In the Market fur You BAND CONCERT TODAY 3:30 to 5:30 Reed's Band DANCE TON DUKE YORK and Coiuuic next Saturday aud Sunday- Vorlj vs. Sertnaders who at Rowland Gardens, IGHT Ambassadors Bottle of -c Jiffs'.