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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1929 EVENING POST PAGE TEN Art FILMS IBooks JANNINGS IS Star Gazing alongjmoviellane LIITLE ACTRESS I Plot Deals With Underworld Machinations Against Police tiresome Oriental Offering Causes Entire Evening to Drag Exclusive Centro! Press Dispatch to Pasadena Evening Post NEW YORK, Jan. 9. If you de-sire to know what's become of Robert Benchley, humorist-critic, hes in Hollywood writing talking movie skits at oh, so much money. Another stage star gone talkie-vard is Sylvia Sidney, signed up to appear with Warner Baxter in Through Different Eyes. Her last Broadway appearance was in the Sacco-Vanzetti play, Gods of the Lightning.

Ramon Novarro, returning from the South Sea islands, where he was working on The Pagan, says measles and influenza had laid the natives low. But the whites escaped. Doesnt this reverse the usual South Sea island picture conception of relative native and white strength in the tropics? Corinne Griffth, signing a new two-year contract, is to be in two 'gigantic scale talking pictures a year. Wonder what a gigantic talkie is like? Hamlet or Macbeth. The only gigantic pictures Ive known always had mobs running around, with no breath left for any talking.

trail Janningc in "Sin of the FithcrtMA Paramount Pictvt This lovely lady is none other than the beautiful Corinne Griffith, of the fillums, all dressed np for her latest portrait. Newspapermen have been versatile contributors to the spoken and silent drama. Their close contact with the realities of life has given them an acute dramatic sense, with the result that some of the outstanding successes of the American stage today have been written by obscure men of the press. This Is true of The Racket, the reigning success at the Raymond theater thi6 week, where this Bartlett Cormacks powerful melodrama is on view until Friday night. Cormack is a Chicago newspaperman and nowhere in the world do things happen in such a varied conglomeration, and consequently he has given the stage a play of unusual appeal.

Ayres Returns The Charles King Players are also celebrating the return of Dudley Ayres for the engagement in the role of the police captain who refuses to be influenced by Chicagos underworld. The Racket combines three great theatrical elements an exceptionally fine story developed into gripping situations that follow one another swiftly to a hair-raising climax, a theme that is of interest to every American the political grip that an underworld organization can secure on a modern metropolis; and, last but not least, a series of colorful, accurately drawn characters who move through the play. Bold Reporter From the weary, bored reporter on the Chicago Tribune to Police Captain McQuigg and his arch enemy, Scarci, kmg of the underworld, each person in The Racket is the prototype of either a person or a class. It is modern melodrama of the highest type and with a theme that has occupied the front pages of the daily press for months. Starting Saturday the Charles King Players will present The Spider, another gripping mystery play.

Nancy Drexel Claims That Wigs When Necessary Spoil Illusion Although Mary Plckford has at last succumbed to the barbers shears, one little film actress whom many people think looks enough like the famous Mary to be her own sister, still refuses to boh her hair. Has Long Hair Nancy Drexel is the name of this young lady and she will be seen here at the Strand theater, starting tomorrow in Prep and Pep, opposite David Rollins, I think long hair is a great asset to a girl if she is seeking a career in pictures says Nancy. With long tresses one can do the hair in so many different styles and a wig is seldom ever becoming. Then, when a girl wears wigs on the screen, it always spoils the Illusion for her fans. I remember when I first started to go to picture shows that I always loved Mary Plckford for her lovely hair and I am sure that the young girl fans haven't changed any since then.

Of course, If I ever am cast in a role where I simply must have bobbed hair, I will take a trip to the barbpr. Reality in pictures is the big thing today, even to such items as the coiffure. Nancy Drexel made her first professional appearance when she was eight years old. That, incidentally, is just ten years ago and the play was a comic opera called The Royal Vagabond. Even at that early age, Nancy had her mind made up that she was going to become famous as an actress.

One of her fondest childhood memories connected with her early stage work was the day she obtained a part in the recent revival of Floradora. That was the first job she got for herself. Before any one could stop her, Nancy had stormed into the private office of Shubert and emerged triumphant after convincing that august theatrical majesty that she was capable of being one of the famous sextette, Dorothy Kitchen Miss Drexel was then known as Dorothy Kitchen. She became Identified with motion picture work through the medium of a contest conducted by a large New York paper and is one of the few contest winners who has really made good. Today is the last showing of The Case of Lena Smith and Laurel and Hardy in Early to Bed.

Mystery Picture Is Fair Oaks Feature By F. G. R. Two productions, the leading roles which were played by that quaint kid creature of childhood days, The Sandman, were presented last night by the Pasadena Community Play-irs. The sudden change from an extravaganza entitled The Lady the Sack, to a modern comic epi-fode bearing the title of The New Morality," was just too much.

It had In inpercipient rather than startling tffect on the audience. Had it not ieen for some excellent acting on (he part of many of the players, things would have been worse than Ihey were. In the first place, the oriental curtain raiser was too long. Aside from the novelty of hearing George Reis ipeak the words for the characters nd imitate owls ad nightingales, ihe play was as dull as a farm Sun-lay. The pantomime acting of the Chinese characters was impossible.

The only excuse for The Lady in (he Sack might be that the second production was too short, and the txtravaganza was inserted to give lollar for dollar value. Aside from Ihe first half of the first act of 'New Morality it was a good play, Ind would have been doubly enjoyed liad the audience been allowed to tbsorb it while all spectators were Iwake and in fine fettle. Gilmor Brown gave one of the ost interesting and different per-irmances of his career in this play, is efforts were flawless. The dia-bgue on the porch with Ralph tVeud, who played the part of E. (Wallace Wister, was a real treat in kumor.

One instinctively developed sympathetic understanding for oth of them. Nothing would be pore delightful than to see those Iwo men as the same characters in a ttronger play of the same type. Marion Clayton as Betty Jones did Iplendidly. One also had a share of lympathy and understanding for her In the inter-family mixup. Virginia frincehouse, Ralph Urmy, Dorothy Lee and J.

V. Clay also carried their tarts well. The closing minute of Ihe play did it a great deal of harm. It seemed a trifle disorganized, and Is the final curtain fell one felt the lecessity of peeking under it in or-ler to be sure that everything was is it should be. If You Had Million Subject of Address Pasadena Advertising club members will meet for the first time next Monday night under the new arrangement of holding meetings once a month.

The members will meet at the Arcade Tea room, 700 East Colorado street, for dinner, after which H. V. Adams, prominent Los Angeles banker, will speak on the subject, If Everybody had Million Dollars. Decision to hold monthly evening meetings was reached by the board of directors recently in order that more time might be devoted to development of the better business bureau project of the club.l DAVID ROLLINS (IPWt nancy drexel Mystery plays, books and pictures, are the order of the day. Everybodys writing, producing, seeing them.

But of the many film thrillers there has been none to compare with The Haunted House, now at the Fair Oaks theater. This is the concensus of opinion of the patrons of this popular picture house. The cast is exceptional Chester Conklin, Thelma Todd, Montagu Love, Larry Kent, Eve Southern, Flora Finch, Barbara Bedford, William V. Mong, and others. Ruth Taylor and James Hall, are indeed fortunate in their first co-starring film, Just Married in being surrounded by such an excellent supporting cast.

Look this list over of players who contribute their share in seven reels of fun: Har-ison Ford, Lila Lee, William Austin, Ivy Harris, Wade Boteler, Maude Turner Gordon, Tom Ricketts, and last but not least, the story is from the pen of Anne Nichols, famed author of Abies Irish Rose. The picture is the second feature ht the Fair Oaks today and Thursday. LATEST 'PARAMOUNT NEWS THE EYES I OF THE WORLDl COMEDY LLOYD HAMILTON IN A HOME MADE MAN Water Engineer Goes East for Convention A Story of the Youth of Today With Its Problems and Pleasures. THE THRILL OF SPORT THE JOY OF ROMANCE-GLORIOUS YOUTH! SEE IT NOW. A Lady of Chance starring Norma Shearer and Johnny Mack Brown, which closes at the Colorado theater tomorrow night, presents the attractive Norma as a professional gold digger who, after years of experience at picking out wealthy men who were easy to fleece selects a handsome young fellow who Is wiring his mother of a million-dollar promotion scheme, and finds, after marrying him that she miscalculated his fortune.

Johnny Mack Brown, former Alabama football hero at the Pasadena Rosebowl two years ago in the East vs. West game, assumes the role of the young man whose appearance proved an interesting enigma to the expert gold digger. Also as a special added feature there is being shown the Tournament oi Roses Parade In color. Stage Show The stage show with A Lady of Chance Is Fanchon and Marcos Hotter Hot Idea. Prominent in the cast of this new Idea are Erik Bye, famous Norwegian baritone, Jacques Ray, Franklin and Warner, Irving Rose, and the sixteen Hotsy Totsy beauties.

The new show that opens Friday night at the Colorado theater is the great Jannings, in his latest success Sins of the Fathers. Emil Jannings states. In this picture I interpret my greatest role, not excluding that of the Czar in The Patriot. Supporting Jannings are Zazu Pitts, Ruth Chattcrton, and Barry Norton. The stage show will be Art Objects Idea featuring Vina Zolle, Scotty Weston, and the Tiller girls.

Performances The Colorado is at present offering a matinee daily at two oclock, except Friday and performances at seven oclock, and eight forty-five oclock. On Sunday the show is continuous from two oclock until midnight. The Colorado will have movietone and vitaphone on or about February first Rose Fete Directors To Meet January 16 Directors of the Tournament of Roses Association of Pasadena will hold a dinner meeting Wednesday, January 16. Hotel Maryland will be the scene of the meeting, Leslie B. Henry, president, will preside.

The annual meeting of the Tournament directors will be held on Thursday, January 24, when reports will be made by officers and four new directors will be elected. Immediately following the annual meeting, the directors will organize for the ensuing year, electing a president and all other officers. Members of the womens division of the Tournament will hold a dinner honoring directors and officers of the Tournament association some time preceding the annual meeting of the organization. Mrs. Frederick J.

Mills, chairman of the womens division, assisted by her committee, is now formulating plans for this dinner meeting, the date and place to be announced within a few days. Adventurers Outpost Will Meet Tomorrow Louis C. Hill, consulting engineer for the city of Pasadena on the San Gabriel dam project, left here yesterday for New York, where he will attend the annual meetmg of the board and members of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Hill is vice-president of the society.

His itinerary will take him east by way of Texas, where he will attend sectional meetings of the society. He will return by way of Utah and Colorado, for further sectional Roster for charter members of the newly organized Pasadena Outpost Adventurers of the World will be closed at the first business meeting of the organization which will be held at the Hotel Green tomorrow night, according to Edward P. Bailey of San Marino, president of the organization. A number of prominent adventurers will be present at the initial meeting, Col. Bailey has TUNE IN TONIGHT RAILROAD APPROVED REDWOOD CITY, Jan.

9. (P) Indorsement of a proposed railroad between San Francisco and Redwood City was given yesterday to the Western Pacific railroad by the directors of the San Mateo county chamber of commerce. HEAR The Strand Miracle Orchestra with Musical and Sound Effect! BUY WEST COAST SCRIP AT OUR BOX OFFICE. Issue Legal Opinions Bound in Book Form AH legal opinions rendered In cases affecting the city of Pasadena since the time of its earliest records, are now being collected by the city attorneys office under the diiection of R. C.

MaAUaster, and will be bound in book form. The work of transcription is now under way, according to attorney H. P. Huls, and as soon as this part of the undertaking is complete, tabulation and indexing will be -tarted. This latter part of the plan is expected to require the majority of the work.

Until comparatively recently, no opti ions were rendered by the city attorneys office to other city departments, attorney Huls raid, and the work of collection and tabulation of the old records is expected to be of great future value in this con nection. Life Study Classes Open at Art School Evening classes in charcoal drawings from life were resumed last night at the Stickney Memorial school of art, Lincoln avenue and Fair Oaks avenue. Classes will be held twice a week. The Tuesday class is open to both men and women, but the class which will open tomorrow night is limited to men students. Ruth Miller and Alson Clark are the instructors.

LAST TWO DAYS COLORADO Best First Rail Picture and Fanchon A Marco Stage Shows HOME OF TALKING PICTURES NOW! ROMANCE OF THE UNDERWORLD WITH MARY ASTOR. NORMA SHEARER A LADY OF, CHANCE Fanchon A Marco's Hottern Hot Idea Erik Bye Irving Rose Ju So Tai FRIDAY PATHE COMEDY VITAPHONE VAUDEVILLE PRESENTATIONS FOX TALKING NEWS. SEE THE LANDING OF THE QUESTION MARK. Directors of Home Will Gather Monday Members of the board of directors and managers of the Pasadena Childrens' Training society will meet next Mondav morning, according to Lucia S. Suffel, secretary.

The annual meeting will be held at the home. ABBEY KRAUSE AT THE ORGAN. 8:20, 25c, 50c, 75c. Mats, Wed. :30, 25c, 50c.

By JOHN WOOLFENDEN Mbst of us object strenuously when lur programs are broken into by Constant reference to the advertiser-tponsor. And when reiterations of ihe wonderful quality of his pro-luct become too altogether abnoxi-his, we just naturally give the dials i swift kick and return to our per-ksal of the funny page. Yet this direct advertising by radio is getting to be just as much problem for the broadcasters, if is be any solace to the listeners, any of the small stations are seriously handicapped by lack of funds, the cannot procure the quality of talent they would like, and their iquipment is not comparable to that Of the larger stations. Listeners in the vicinity of Los Angeles are not particularly conscious of this fact, though they may have heard rumors that broadcasting is not a moneymaking proposition. They receive Sfficient national chain programs ignore the smaller broadcasters.

A big obstacle to the success of leveral of these stations, says W. J. Dlearman, chief investigator for the federal radio commission, is the failure of broadcasters to co-operate With each other, and of Chamber of Commerce, newspapers and civic organizations to work with the broadcasters, or vice versa, to obtain co-tperation from station owners. On the other hand, certain mid-western stations operating on a di-fect selling plan have built up an Inual business volume which runs Into millions. Somewhere between the two extremes there seems to be I solution to the problem, but it is apparently agreed that no radio advertising must be of such nature as to destroy or harm the benefit to Which the public is entitled.

When the broadcast situation comes up for consideration in Congress, direct advertising via the air Is expected to be the chief topic of discussion. Just what the federal commission will do about it is problematic, but it begins to appear as though the system of taxing radio sets will have to be applied in this country, particularly when the SCREENDOMS CHARACTER STARTS SATURDAY: GREATEST ACTOR The Home Towners 100 Talking! Save 10 with WEST COAST SCRIP. Mats. Daily 2 P. M.

Evenings 7 and 9. New South Sea Trip Planned by Bissell Not content with his recent mile cruise among the islands and lagoons of the Paumoto archipelago, Harvey S. Bissell, who owns a large ranch at La Crescents, now is planning a cruise which will take him into the western part of the south seas. Accompanied by his wife and daughters, Dorothy and Ann, Mr. Bissell now is at Tahiti making arrangements for the trip.

greatest role, nopj excluding that of die Czar in Ibefttriof Dial COlo. 5365 FOR HUSBANDS ONLY PALM BEACH, Jan. 9. VP Only husbands and close friends are to be admitted to a bathing beauty contest Friday around the pool on the estate of Mr. and Mrs.

George A. Dobyne. movie-receiving sets enjoy widespread use. Now to get back to earth. For tonight: KHJ, 9 oclock John Smallman's A Capella Choir, sponsored by Richfield.

KFWB, same hour Spanish program led by Xavier Cugat. KMTR, 11 oclock to midnight Loren Powell's Little Symphony with Naomi Field In light opera selections. These three are heartily Chas. King Players Announce the Return of DUDLEY AYRES PASAIIEUACOMMUM1TY PLAYHOUSE 39 ELMOLINO AVE JAM 0-19 tHAROU) CHAPINS TKMD7MlfAl.ITY SAT-MAT-2-50 A IIOHESTIC TEMPEST NO PERFORMANCES 5UN OR MON- IH A TEAPOT 4 Jan, 14 THE LIFE OF riERROT, exquisite panlomomic dance-drama, staged by Giovanni V. Rosi, Italian ballet maestro, at 8:15 Open to members only; membership fee, $2 a year, at box office.

Tickets for distribution Jan. 10. JEWELRY MISSING SAN FRANCISCO, Jam 9. Posing as flower salesmen, two burglars gained entrance to the downtown apartment of Charles Erlin and obtained Jewelry and clothing valued at $5,000. in POMONA STAGES leave from the Motor Transit Stages Depot, 55 So.

Fair Oaks, Colo. 3311. Adv, THE RACKET With Margaret Fuller and Albert Van Antwerp. The melodrama of 1000 moments Start. Sat.

The Spider. Another Great Mystery Show. Radio Revue .0 Stage Diaries, Desk Sets, Sta tionery, Office Supplies HUNTER WILLIAMS 49 East Colorado St. Formerly Jarvis, Priuz Hunter WARNERS EGYPTIAN Jobyna Rn1tnn, Mne Burh and Robert Frneer In Black Butterflies. adopted from rilzuheth Novel.

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KHJ Sponsored program. KNX Frolic. 9 to 10 p. m. KFI Roads to Romance; studio.

KFWB The Serenaders. KHJ A Cappella Choir. KNX Luboviski Trio. 10 to 11 p. m.

KFI Trocaderans dance orchestra KFWB Roy Foxs dance orchestra. KHJ Earl Burtnetts dance chestra. KNX Gus Amheim's dance chestra. 11 p. m.

to 12 Midnight KHJ Earl Burtnett's dance chestra. KNX Gus Arnheim's dance chestra. 12 Midnight to 1 a. m. KHJ Showboat Trio and organ.

KNX Studio dance program. or- or- or- or- 4 to 5 p. m. KFI Spanish lesson; studio. KFWB Talks to 4:30.

KHJ Fred C. McNabb, garden talk. KPSN Program at 4.30. 5 to 6 p. m.

KFI Childrens hour; violin recital. KFWB Program. KHJ Story man to W. G. Thorp.

KNX Program. 6 to 7 p. m. KFI i transcontinental, 6:30. KFWB Music at 6-45.

KHJ Organ to Los Angeles Times world-wide news at 6:45. KNX Orchestra; string music. KPSN Program to 6:45. 7 to 8 p. m.

KFI N. Y. to S. F. program, 7.30.

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