Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 10

PAGE TEN StATE JOURNAL, Sunday, October 4, 1931 AT RENO THEATERS THIS WEEK LIFE OF CALAMITY JANE, WESTERN VIRAGO, LORETTA Youm At GRANADA ROMANTIC DRAMA, "WOMEN LOVE ONCE," AT PICTURED IN "CAUGHT" AT WIGWAM TODAY THURSI I FAIRBANKS JR WIGWAM TUESDAY WITH ELEANOR BOARDMAN Louise Dresser Stars With Richard Arlen, Frances Dee ii Whoever says that the vogue, if it can be called that, for western pic- tures on the screen is passe, will have to alter his opinions when he sees "Caught," Paramount's splen- did talkie based on the life and adventures of Calamity Jane. "Caught" opens at the Wigwam theater for a two-day engagement today. Richard Arlen, who is starred in the picture, is seen as a lieutenant of a cavalry detachment sent out to police the 1 mining and cattletowhs of the 80s where boom conditions have brought their attendant disorder and outlawry. Louise Dresser, that grand actress, is seen as Calamity, the stogey-smoking consort of bad men, the proprietress of the combination dance and gambling hall and the leader of the vfcious band Of cattle rustlers who terrorize the community. 1 Into this scene comes Frances Dee, as Kate Winslow, a beautiful girl from the east who has lost all her money and who decides that she'll become one of Calamity's gang.

The arrival of Arlen and his soldiery brings temporary cessation of intrigue and gives Frances a new, less bitter viewpoint--for she falls in love with this clean and athletic young officer. But there is trouble, soon enough. A new and violent outbreak of the rustlers results in Arlen's capture and Imprisonment in Calamity's dungeon-like cellar. Out of this anti-climax comes the event which. amid a resounding tornado of gun- sirfoke, Changes danger to serenity tot the two lovers.

JEdward Sloman, the director, has made a thrill-packed document in celluloid from this great, red- blooded story. The cast is an extrordinarily good one. The-work of Miss Dresser as the leather-lunged and incorrigible virago of the wild west surpasses her notable achievement as the long-suffering wife in "LightnuY." 'Monkey Business' Stars Marx Bros. Majestic i Open Wednesday With Laugh Opus Richard Arlen in "Caught" at the Wigwam Theatre Today The Four Marx Brothers do not miss a trick when it comes to providing comedy on the screen. In fact, Director Norman McLeod, who bossed their most recent and most frolicsome opus, "Monkey Business" (coming to the Majestic theater for four days beginning Wednesday) sees in their efforts on the screen every known comedy method, ranging from slapstick to subtle satire.

McLeod can be called the perfect analyst of comedy methods. He began by drawing the comical line cartoons for Christie comedies several years ago. Then he became a title writer and subsequently a gag man, scenarist and director. "Through a careful choice of characterization for themselves, the Marx Brothers have combined all modes of comedy within their own entertainment," says McLeod. "Groucho uses smart wise cracks, Chico attends to the dialect comedy, Harpo handles pantominme and Zeppo plays straight to the three with situations as his forte.

There you have the main methods of securing laughs. "Oroucho, with his heavy moustache and 'his long cigar is the wise fellow. His dialogue is carefully combed so that practically every speech is a laugh line, ranging from smart chatter of the sophisticated type' to puns. He also makes use of what seems idle and incoherent chatter which many leading comedians employ altogether. He also upholds the satire in the picture's humor--including take-offs.

"Chico plays the dumb fellow who doesn't understand and gets things mixed. His comedy lines contain many puns. He never speaks out of dialect. "Harpo is one of the world's great pantomimists, the earliest and longest-lived form of comedy. His art Is purely slap-stick.

"Laugh situations, have always the backbone of screen come- dtel. The four- boys combine forces for thu. "Eeppo, as is the case with most straight men, is often overlooked "When one weighs the comedy of a production. However, the foil is al- Myi important and being one for three comedians is no easy task." Paul Lukas--Wigwam Soon White Light Used For Movie Scenes WHITE LIGHT USED Direct white light is the only kind used to illuminate players in motion The colored lights once used have been discarded as impractical, declares Karl Struss, photographing Paramount's "The Road 'to Reno," Maturing Ulyan Tashman, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Peggy Shannon Mid William Boyd. Colored gelatine used to be placed in (ront of the lights.

A strong, yellow light made light blue eyes photograph darker and'-magenta wu found to soften the lines and rest the eyes. However, a new color- sensitive film, makes it impossible to uw anything but light. "Transgression" Playing at Roxie Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez in Cast of Production If a wife has an affair with another man, will the husband's love fly out the window? Or, do they enrich it, create bet- ter understanding and deeper ap- preciation? tfhese are some of the frank but extremely delicately handled posi- titions in Radio Pictures' drama, "Transgression," at the Roxie theater, featuring Kay Francis, Ri-1 cardo Cortez and Paul Cavanagh. Of course it is a triangle plot. But.

the corners are startlirigly different. The characters are real, not melodramatic. Herbert Brenon has produced a story of modern life, deal- ing with the tendency for too much trust, too much freedom for wives and husbands of today. Kay Francis is superb as the wife. This sterling player, a star' who has risen with phenomenal speed to film heights, has never beer, seen to better advantage than in "Transgression." She has been most intelligently directed by Brenon.

Miss Francis wears a number of stunning gowns, representing the latest in Paris modes. Ricardo Cortez is excellent as the Spanish nobleman who considers every woman fair game. He plays with smoothness and understanding. Paul Cavanagh gives a sensitive portrayal as the husband. The; whole of the glamorous, thrilling story is enriched by glorious settings.

It whirls along through England, France and Spain on the noft wings of seductive music and the silver sheen of moons at time, into stark, gripping realism. Louise Dresser--Wigwam BRONX ZOO REBUILT A replica of the Bronx zoo has been constructed at the Paramount Hollyywood studios and stocked with wild animals for use in scenes for "Gills About Town," in which Kay Francis shares honors with Joel McCrea and Lilyan Tashman. KAY HAS OLD PAINTING A portrait of Nell Gywnn, done'by Sir Peter Lely in 1675, has come into the possession of Kay Francis, who is appearing in the current Paramount pictures, "24 Hours" and "Girls About Town." Youth Starred AfffewamSoon If your neighbor suddenly fell heir to unexpected millions, would she "rits" you? That's not a world problem in economics, but it is the question Which is raised and expanded to the accompaniment of scores of laughs, in "Forbidden Adventure," the comedy which is coming Friday to the Wigwam theater. Edna May Oliver, as Bessie Tait in "Forbidden Adventure," provided the answer to the question. As an owner of a tumble-down wayside gasoline station who takes in laundry on the side, she learns that her old-time rival in the laundering business, Louise Fazenda, as Maggie Tiffany, has gained a quick fortune by taking her little son, Jackie Searl, to Hollywood and pushing him forward until he has become the "boy king of the movies." The snobbery evidenced by Louise when she pays Edna May a call persuades the latter to go out and make a fortune for hersfelf.

She does it by the same method as her rival, exploiting her little daughter Mitzi Green, until Mitzi becomes "the child queen of the movies." Later when Louise decides to take Jackie to Europe to meet King Max, boy ruler of Slovaria, Edna r.ot to be outdone by this blatant publicity stunt, quickly follows. The boy king snubs them both, but Jackie and Mitzi meet him on even terms as runaway kids who are trying to escape the stern rules of their parents. The young trio meets a gang of London "wharf rats" and the ensuing adventures are replete with excitement and laughs. It all winds up with a happy reunion of all families and the departure of the several and respective kings- and queen to their own "kingdoms." "Forbidden Adventure" is based upon the humorous book, "Let's Play King," Sinclair Lewis' latest work since he won the $30,000 Nobel prize as the foremost novelist in the world in 1930. It was directed at Paramount's Hollywood studios by Norman Tau- rog, comedy and humanist director who turned out that smash of smashes, "Skippy." A cast of capable actors a score of Hollywood's cleverest kid actors, supports, featurejft, players, Loretta Young in "I Like Your Nerve" at Granada Soon Winnie Lightner--Granada Now Frances Dee--Wigwam Now Paramount has' retained as a writer Brian- Mai-low; Kfliabd- rated with Vina Delmar on the dramatization of "Bad Girl." "Arizona Terror" At Roxie Friday Historic Vasfluez Rock, the mountain stronghold of California's notorious bandit of the gold-rush days, is used as a location for Ken Maynard's latest Tiffany western, "Arizona Terror," which will be at the Roxie theater Friday and Saturday.

This group of rocks is a natural collection of huge boulders, situated some six milea from the. highway which threads through Mint canyon on the way to the Mojave desert some 60 miles from Los Angeles. It Is an impregnable natural fortress and in this retreat the bandit was able to elude his pursuers or stand them off by- force. One of the characters in "Arizona Terror" is that of Vasquez himself. Although he was known to the authorities as 3 ruthless road-agent, the mexican.pppula.tlon of southern California adored the bandit for his Robin Hood qualities, as he robbed the rich and gave to the poor.

Vasquez was finally captured and hung near Los Angeles. In Ken Maynard's latest outdoor romance, "Arizona Terror," Vasquez is portrayed as eh really was--a charitable, almost lovable, lawbreaker, who willingly does Maynard a pood turn when the latter is attempting to run down a band of cattle thieves. Ltea Ba'stfuette plays the leading feminine opposite Maynard. Many Join 'Working Girls' Paramount's Girls" will be a picture of many personalities, it was revealed today, with the announcement that Paul Lukas, Judith Wood, 1931 Wampas starlet; fot Greeks Had for It" faKie; and Stuart Efwiri Hve been given rales in the ultramodern comedy drama to be directed by Dorothy Arzner. Dong Fairbanks, Eleanor Boardman in "Women Love Once" at Wigwam Soon a Huston--Majestic Ricardo Cortez--Roxie Now FILM FARE For the Week Ending October 10 MAJESTIC Sunday to Tuesday--Chic Sale as "The Star Witness" with Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant anS Sally Blane.

Wednesday to Saturday The Four Marx Brothers in "Monkey Business" with Ruth Hall, Tom Kennedy and Rockcliffe Fellowes. WIGWAM Sunday and Monday Richard Arlen in "Caught" with Louise Dresser, Tom Kennedy and Prances Dee. Tuesday to Thursday--Paul Lukas in 'Women Love Once' with Eleanor Boardman, Geoffrey Kerr and Juliette Compton. Friday and Saturday--Edna May Oliver in "Forbidden Adventure" with Jackie Searle and Mitzie Green. ROXIE Sunday to Tuesday--Kay Francis in "Transgression" with Paul Cavanagh, Nance O'Neill and Ricardo Cortez.

Wednesday and Thursday--Jack Mulhall in "Lover Come Back" with Constance Cummings, Jameson Thomas and Betty Brbnson. Friday and Saturday--Ken Maynard in "Arizona Terror" with Una, Basquette his wonder horse 'Tdrzan." GRANABA Only--Winnie Lightrier iti 'Side with: Charles worth, Evelyn Knapp and Donald look. Thursday to Sunday Douglas Fairbanks, in Like Your Nerve" with Loretta Young. LOST ART REVIVED The gehtle art of laying cobblestones has been mount sand of the stone are being used to create a street for "Dr. Jefcyll and Mr.

Hyde," in which Fredric March plays both title roles. "Side Show" at Granada Today Manager Tompkins of the Granada theater announces today as the closing date for "Side Show," the Warner production featuring Winnie Lightner and Charles Butterworth. Miss Lightner's unique brand of hard-hitting comedy first set the movie world agog in 'Gold Diggers of Broadway." Butterworth, long famous on Broadway, who made his picture debut with Miss Lightner in "The Life of the Party," has since appeared in "Illicit," "The Bargain" and other films. His meekness and unbroken solemnity contrasted with Winnie's strenuous clowning, makes a comic combination unequalled on stage- or screen. "Side.

Show" gives the two a grand arid glorious vehicle, not oilly for comedy but for tense drama and humanity. Miss Lightner appears as hand man to Colonel Gowdy, circus owner, whom she manages drunk or sober, adding to her usefulness by understudying in all sorts of parts from sword swal- 'lower to bearded lady. Butterworth, believe it or not, is Sidney, trainfer, diffidently in love with Husfcy Joe, the barker is Winnie's affinity; though the coming 61: her young sister, Irene, to spe'n'd a vacation with the circus, results in the transfer of his affectfdhsT All the ramie-dazzle of circus panies the action of "Side Show." The hew girl is insulted by roughs and at a call of "Hey, Rube!" all the show people engage in a rough and tumble "fight. Winnie decides to send her sister home and Joe and the girl go away 'together. An Inquisitive canvasmafi overhears things and promptly -broadcasts -the news, at whjeh Winnie beats him up.

She is periodically seen as qan-1 nibal, fire diver, wild woman, nurse of wtelder of the mitts. The end of Show" is a happy, if ludicrous orie--arid the large cast splendidly acquit themselves in their picturesque, Lightner and aided by Evalyn Knapp, Donald Cook, Guy Kibbee, Louise Carver, Mathew Betz, Tom Rlcketts and Otto Hoffman. Roy Del Ruth directed "Side Show." Paul Lukas Has Male Lead in Paramount Picture i Paramount has correctly sensed the p-ublic taste for Paul Lukas' fective acting. Po: his parent company has placed him in the most significant role of his career in "Women IJOVG Once," the romantic drama which opens at the Wigwam theater Tuesday. Paul Lukas can act.

Here is an actor who has studied his work, knows it well--and loves to exhibit hi? skill. In addition, Lukas has an engaging personality which you feel would be, oi itself, enough to fascinate the thousands who lift their faces, with i starting intent, to the sllverscreen. "Women Love Once" is tense, absorbing stuff. It is the story of a happy family whose placid contentment is all but dispelled by the force of worldly circumstances. Lukas is seen as the artist husband who, with his wife, 'Eleanor Boardman, and their four-year-old daughter, Marilyn Knowlden, live a peaceful existence in a big city.

But the serenity is jarred when Juliette Compton, wealthy society patroness of things artistic, persuades Paul to go to Paris to improve his technique so that he can qualify for the higher forms of Uae daubing art. Miss Boardman has no misgov- ings about the trip; in fact, she urges Paul to go, making this sacrifice in the hope that it will result in a richer future for them all. But when he returns Paul is a changed man. He has gone "gaga" arty--and his old-time low for his wife and child is chilled by a flair for the less tangible tea-table confabs at Miss Compton's home. There follows a set-to with her husband--and Paul is threatened with scandalous disgrace, when another event changes the aspect of Paul's and Eleanor's lives, bringing them to the happy ending.

"Women Love Once" also gives Eleanor Boardman a great chance to "connect" -with the public as a talkie performer. She doesn't miss the chance. Her enactment of the wife and mother role in this picture is a very bright spot in the season's round of acting. Constance Cummings--Boxie Soon lover Come Back' At Roxie Soon Jack Mulhall Heads Fine Cast of Stars It has been said that for women love is a career--while for men it is merely a pastime. Except for slight emotional flutters, women remain pretty constant to a man after they have fallen in Jove with him --he is their whole life.

Men to the contrary evince, to a great degree an entirely different action. A man may be in love with a woman and at the same time become infatuated with passing fancies. For a time his real love will be pushed aside until the intense but temporary affair has run its course. After its consummation, he returns to Jiis true love with all sorts of resolutions never to let anything like that upset his balance again--but nevertheless, he is'apt to repeat such a procedure several times in his life. The havoc that such an affair plays'-on the: lives of three people is the plot of "Lover Come a Columbia picture showing at the Roxie theater Wednesday.

Jack Mulhall is the susceptible young man; Bronson, the bit of femininity that temporarily steers him away from his true love, Constance Cummings. About these three principals a story of modern love and marriage is unfolded. Sumptuous, settings on Park avenue and Long" Island form the background. The supporting cast includes Jameson Thomas, Jack Mack, Susan Fleming and Loretta Sayers. Erie C.

Kenton directed. A WIFE'S HITS Guthrie McClintic, who is directing Ruth Chattel-ton in "Once a ar-'Paramount, was responi- sible for the staging of "The Dishonored Lady," "The Barrets of Wimpole Street" and other hits starring his wile, Katharine Cornell. NEWSPAPER! Tots Get Parts in 'Husband's Holiday' With the signing of Marilyn Knowlden and child actors, Paramount has completed the cast of "Husband's Holiday." Marilyn is the little Oakland girl who made her screen debut recently in "Women Love Once." Dickie has just made a hit In Star Witness." Besides Clive Brook and Vivienne Osborne the cast consists of Charlie Ruggles, Harry Bannister, Juliette Compton, Adrienne Ames, Dorothy Tree, Leni Stengel, Charles Winninger and Elizabeth Patterson. The story Is from a stage play by Ernest Pascal. "Star Witness" At Majestic Now Chic Sale Heads Cast of Warner's Filing Masterpiece "The Star Witness," a Warner Bros, production featuring Walter Huston, Charles (Chic) Sale Prances Starr, comes to the Ma'jes- tic theater today.

This gretat picture, while haying as its theme the danger which all of us run, of innocently falling afoul of underworld domination, combines the most thrilling melodrama with heart-warming comedy and pathos. The featured players--Walter Ifus- ton, who so unforgettably played Abraham Lincoln--Chic Sale, whose characterizations of rural folks hjave made him beloved everywhere--and Frances Starr--are ably supported by a cast that includes Sally Blane, Grant Mitchell, Edward J. Nugent Ralph Ince, Tom Dugan, Rutbell Hqpton, Fletcher Norton, Robert Elliott, Guy D'Ennery, Mike Dpnlin. Noel Madison, Ed PencUeton--and the two actors, Dicky Moore and Getfrge Ernst. The character which Chic Sale plays is one you already know-- Gran'pa Summeriil, the Man Who Knew Lincoln, The foxy, fife-playing Civil war veteran is bn a 48-tfpur leave from the soldiers' home-HTOr- ing' which he is interrupted at Ms daughter's dinner table by shooftos in the street.

The whole family, rushing to the window, see a notorious thug shpot down another man. The fathee of the family is later waylaid by the gang--and all are intimidated into refusing to testify before the district attorney as to what they have Witnessed. It is Gran'pa Summeriil who frees his kidnapped grandson, rounds up the criminals, gives some live tips to the cops, and finally turns star witness--but this is only the barest outline of a story so exciting and at the same time so human that it makes description quite impossible. Lucien Hubbard wrote story tad dialogue and did the adaptation. The excellent photography is by James Van Trees.

William A. Wellman, who directed "Wings," "The Public Enemy" and "Night Nurse," is responsible for the direction. PAJAMA VOGUE DYING The pajama fad will last through the winter, then die, it is predicted by Travis Ban ton, who creates the wardrobe for such Paramount stars as Ruth Chatterton, Marlene Dietrich and Lilyan Tashman. ERWIN COMIC VALENTINE Etuart Erwln. Paromourit comedian soon to start a new role i "Working Girls," was born on Valentine's day.

1 TOOMEY DIED WELL Regis Toomey's screen life has been due to his. realistic in Alibi." The young Paramount player is now completing a rolwn the football drama, "Touchdownlr MIRIAM EX-BATHER Miriam Hopkins, featured with Olive Brook and Kay Francis In Paramount's "24 Hours," once turned down a stage contract to become a movie bathing beauty..