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THE 7SHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1930 PAGE NINE = wf Interesting Pen Impres- sions of the Coming Attractions on ... | THE LOCAL SCREEN. Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse- ment World Romance and Grandeur In "The Great Divide" Now at New Martin Theatre The West has rarely been the background for a more colorful and stirring romance than that de- picted in "The Great Divide," the Pirst National-Vitaphone produc- tion, which opened today at the New Martin Theatre, Dorothy Ma- ckaill is the bright particular. star. Those who remember "The Great Divide" as a play will find the dra- matic staze vehicle, which enjoy~ ed popularity for many years in the United States and Europe, heightened in suspense and action "in this all-dlalogue Vitaphone talkie. A number of tuneful songs have been injected into the scenes, sur- prisinz those. who never could have believed that the play would lend itself so admirably' to music. The picture at some moments assumes the rythm and harmony of an operetta, especially in a big fiesta that tkes place in Mexico. But the audition is brought back to the story with such adroitness and skill that no one realizes the dieression. "SMARYY RAYECTION Work -done right for your protection It will stand your close inspection, Our cleaning and dye- ing by experts train-d in cloth value, and ex- perience in the art °° freshening wardrob"s, will satisfy you quite complecely. We'll give your wardrobe a new lease of life. Prompt Service is As- sured on yomr Dyeing Now, not leave it too lare. WHITBY 438 Stephen Ghent, played by. Ian Keith, sings the melodious theme song, "At the End of the Lonesome Trail," and displays a fine voice, Myrna Loy sings "Si, 8i, Semor," another tuneful number. The story does not demand a singing role from Dorothy Mackaill, the star, but this charming actress portrays one of the most sensational parts she has undertaken on the screen. She is a flapper who has grown up. . She is sophisticated, pleas- ure-seeking, and with few thrills left to experience. She is the life of a wild party on a Westbound train which ende when she is kid- nanned by a, fake caballero in old Mexico. After wandering with him for many days through: the beautiful Arizona country she learns to love him. Later she protects him from the Jaw that has pursued them through mountaing and desert. The plot is stron 'and realistic, in keeping with the scenic gran- deur of the locale, Miss Ma~kaill"s role is of the type in which she had such great success in recent pictures, It is a new theastrieal ernerience to he-r hard-boiled wise-cracks come from «veh a" beautiful creature as Dor- othy, Myrna Loy, as a half-caste Mex- f~an girl, gives an exotic portrayal, 1t is the same kind of part she took in "The Squall." The cast is unusually good, the voices all registering well. Among tlie players are Creighton Hale, Lucien Littlefield, Roy Stewart, James Ford, Jean Lorraine and Claude Gillingwater. The hand- some Jan Keith performs excellent- ly as Miss Mackaill's leading man. Reginald Barker directed this very fine screen offering. "Say," said the prospect who was being given a demonstration in a us- ed car, "what makes it jerk so when you. first put it in gear?" "Ah," the suave salesman explain- ed, "that proves it to be a real car-- it's anxious to start." -- American Legion. Monthly. MERE SUGGESTION Wife (whose mother has, been vis- iting them for six months): What shall I give mother for a present, dear? Fed:Up Husband: Suppose you RIGHT==A scene from "The Four Feathers," a Paras mount Picture with Wile liam Powell, Richard Ar- len, ¥ay Wray, Clive Brook and Noah Beery. BELOW--Scene from "The Great Divide," featuring Dorothy Mackaill, lan Keith, Myrna Loy. ich doctor, *' the eye face becomes pale, the heart pal- pitates. sleep is irregular, and the sufferer loses weight." Sounds like the flu.--Cincinnatic Pinres-Star. 18 Dawdabny bab "Armaments, even if made for defense. are always interpreted by the adversary as a menace." ----- Guglielmo Ferrero, "Idleness Is the un®orgivable sin which breeds rot and decay where ever it is found."--Viscountess 397 SIMCOE LJ give her a travelling bag --Tid-Bits, Rhondda, Starting and continuing for Monday i) od . So 'wild; she tame. risks her honor t 8 makes # the Wild West seem So teasing, she forces the man she loves to kidnap Cher." So daring, she. Té-day and Tuesday DOROTHY MACKAILL Viva | Viva ¢ She is here. othy! 'Darling Park Avenue ting the high of Old Mexico Hear it, too. 100% TALKING SINGING '. DANCING o Dor is yomanee as rug- ged as the ranges of the West, 'and just as 'Beautiful! 'Si, Si, See and of hit- a Ss e It Also 7 whe Ace or BC a yard fds +4 "New Ma "Where you always sec a good show ris ERMA A Vii ar Prices: rtin Theatre 124 ( "When love comes," says a Mune 1y] ical Role Dorothy Mackall, who gave such | an admirable portrayal as the cir- cus performer in 'The Darke | will be seen again in another "hard | boiled" role in "The Great Divide," | her new First National picture, | Miss Mackaill now plays an em- ancipated modern girl, whose "whoopee ideas of life clash with those of the man she both hates and loves. The blondd" 'Md¥ has made great sueeess in het recent pic [tures "in "ereating a. new type of | | scresh vamp--a girl whose bark is worse than her bite. She played | | such parts in "Hard to Get" and in "Two. Weeks Off." "The Great Divide" is an adap- tation of Willlam Vaughn Meody's | famous stage classic. The" story is laid in the. beautiful mountain | country of Arizona, and the picture | is embellished; with striking scenic photography, | Ian Keith is Miss Mackaill's | leading man. Others in the cast | are Myrna Loy, who pottrays one of her colorful dancing roles as a | balf-breed. Spanish girl, Lucien Lit- | tletield, |" Den Hendricks, James Ford, Crelehton Hale, George I'aw- | eett, Roy Stewart and Claude Gill- | | lugwater, ; | ) al | | FILM FACTS OF "4 FEATHERS NOW AT REGENT The directors and cameramen are Merlan C, Cooper gnd Er- nest B. Schoedsack, adventur- ous movie men and former sol- diers of fortune, who also made "Grass" and "Chang." They were assisted in the directorial work. by Lothar Mendes, direc- tor of "Dangerous Curves" "Darkened Rooms," "The Man of Mystery," "Interfercnce'"' (silent version) and "Illusion." Cooper and Schoedsack spent nearly two years in Africa on the Rovuma river and in the Red Sea hills resion whero live 100,000 Fuzzy Wuzzy tribesmen and they "shot" 60,000 feet of thrilling African material for "The Four Feathers.' Thousands of native, camel- riding Fuzzy Wuzzy braves and wild African animals werg the camera subjects, and the heavy plot-mneace, The ' director-cameramen ve- turned to Hollywood and there directed the London and British Interior sequences that used to supplement the African plot, Aside from the magnificent cast of well-known Paramount actors there are two boys who have important roles, Phillip de Lacy and Harold Hightower. Harold is a Negro lad, 11 years old. He plays the part of Ali, the remarkable iittle native en- tortainer who meets death at the hands of @ brutish slave master when he tries to save Arlen's life. The musical score for "The Four Teathers" was composed by Wm. Fredreick Pcters. main § ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS | FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES _ AR Ralph Forbes, one of the three principals in "Mamba," Tiffany's ail- talking, all-Technicolor spectacle, bears an odd distinction in Holly wood ; he is the only actor, so far as is known, to play German officers in featured leads, one after another, and yet boast of pure old English descent himself, In spite of his English blood he has been classified by studio executives as an cxcellent German military type. Tdward Martindel, noted character actor of the screen, has been added to the cast of "The Song Writer," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's epic of "Tin Pan Alley." He is to play the role of the millionaire father of the heroine in the new story, in which Lawrence Gray and Helen Johuson play the principal roles, Radio starring veliicle. Practical Joke." wrangles, Bradley Dillon Long. ond Monday in February, ditty, "Barnacle 'Bill the Sailor." the film which is based on the stage play, "TI Love You." iu sister of the well-known comedian, Chic Sale. So well pleased are the Universal officials with the sailor comedy with Glenn Tryon, Helen Wright, Harry 'Gribbon © und "Otis Harlan, that they have advanced its release date to the sec- It is yirtually written around the populdr Virginia Sale, has been added to the cast of Richard Dix's second She will epact the role of Maric, the maid, in Miss Sale is "Carnival," or "Romance Wanted," as it is likely to be called by Universal when released, is to have a quite remarkable cast. picture is the famous tent-show play by William Doyle. Those already nominated to support the star, Mary Nolan, include Mae Busch, Alice Lake, William Janney, Ralph Harrold and Florence Dudley. ir aera ---- Milton SiMs returns to the screen affer a long absence due to ill- ness, as a featured player in the Fox Movietone production, "A Very This Jimmy Clemens, famous revue star and cccentric dancer, appears prominently in the spectacular natural color cabaret sequence in Pathe's unisical comedy picture, "Red Hot Rhythm." «In a dazzling set that represents the glitterin, Clemens: leads a score of the cutest girls in Hollywood dance routine to the tuneful tinkles of "Red Hot Rhythm," composed jor the picture by Walter O'Keefe and Bobby Dolan, writers of "Little By Little," song hit in "The Sophomore." ' confines of Hades, in a snappy Mackenzie Ward, the well known English comedian who supported Billie Burke in her stage success, "Happy Hushands" and added merri- ment to Morton Downey's latest picture, "Lucky In Love," by Pathe in "Doing Phil A Favor," a Variety comedy of dornestic : Barker directed this two-reel talker, written by is featured Vietor Moore, on¢ of Broadway's favorite stage comedians, will play one of the principal roles in "Dangerous Dan McGrew, the forth- coming all-talking-and-singing screen comedy featuring Helen Kane, ed "Dames Ahoy," Scenés From Attractions at the Theatres now playing at the. Regent Theatre. "Politics is not and ought not to o a specific career." -=-Franklin D. "The Ameri in money, hut an man is a Croesus bankrupt in love." "The Four Feathers" Highlights of "4 Feathers" Now at Regent The military ball, with hundreds of uniformed officers and hand- somely gowned women, Arlen's ancestral home in Eng- land and his London apartments. The street and cafe scenes fu Suakin, the Red Sea port, never before shown on the screen. Ali, the little colored entertained with | the performing monkey. Arlen's | search for Powell, The unspeak- able stone death house at Omdur- man on the Nile where cnemy cap- tives are loft to dic by their Fuzzy Wuzzy tormentors. | Tho native village where Arlen {and Powell gre soid into slavery | In the depths of the African jungle. | The escape of the white men, | The native hordes setting fire to | tho Jungle to prevent their escape. | The wild creatures of the jungle and the two white men fleeing to- i gether from the flames. The thun- | dering herd of hippos charging | through the marshes and plunging down eo fifty-foot bank, one over | @another, into the waters of the Nile below. The attack of the hippos on the fugitives, lunging at thelr frail Wooden hoat with their gigantic maws agape and their foot-long tuskes menacing thejr near-vietims. The attack on the relief column of soldiers by the camel-riding hordes of Fuzzy"s, The famous | "British Hollo® Square." The fierce hand-to-hand fighting, pe: Fay Wray's country home in | England. The military dress in- spection when Arlen and his com- panions receive medals symbolizing croism, k | "Tell me what you read and 1 will tell you who you are." --Sal- vador de Madariaga. Tt appears that the mustache is to become fashionable again this year, It will be a welcome change from the things that some of our younz men have been wearing, -- Punch, An objection has been made to the use of 'damn' and "hell" in radio broadcasting. There is en- ough of that kind of language on the receiving end..~Norfolk Vir- ginian-Pilot, Opening at Regen One of the greatest, if not the very greatest of the year's motion pictures came to the Regent Thea- tre today, It is the third of a series by those old master craftsmen of ad- venturing camera work, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B, Schoedsack, They are remembered for the start. ling bigness of their earlier succes- ses, "Chang" ang "Grass." In "The Four Feathers" Cooper and Schoedsack have turned out a picture that is bigger than either of the other two because of its hie~ | torical authenticity and because of ite tense, sweeping action which | does not let down for one moment. { The human intercst in this one hits | nearer home, because the theme is more modern and because the Brit- | Ish soldiery"s exploits in the tors | riple Sudan wildernesses ig already | mon knowledge with all read- ers of Kipling and A, E. W. Masoa's | famous novel, upon whieh the plot of the film is based. "The Four Feathers" tion and adventure-plus t deals with a young officer who i= a coward and who receives white feathers, symbols of shameful cow=~ | ardice, frem his comrades in arme. | Instead of following out the edict | implied by the four feathers, name- ly committing suicide, the officer, | played by Richard Arlen, swears he | will make thom retract their fea- thers. He betakes himself to the | African Sudan and there most exciting come-back ever wite nessed of character in print or celluloid. Through slashing combat | with the wild Fuzzy Wuzzy tribes- | men and through the yawning gates of death in the desert and i Jungle he finally efiects the rescue jo his fellow British fighters. There are jungle scenes, actual- ly taken at great risk in the Afri- can wilderness by Cooper aad | Schoedsack, which will keep you gasping for breath. How these men | are able to take animal-action pic- { tures such as they bring to tho screen and yet return to eciviliza- tion with whole skins, is one of the wonders of the age, They returned, however. to di- rect with the aid of Lothar Mendes, the interior sequences of the pie' ture in Hollywood. The actors who appear in the splendid cast are among the best-loved in filmland-- William Powell; Clive Brook, No&h, Beery, Fay Wray, George Fawcett, Noble Johnson, Theadore von Blitz plottmenace, ig an uc- riller, It aman th Thrilling in Sound and Music Two years in the making, with lo- cations extend- ing from Holly- wood to the dark jungles and burning sands of Africa, 5000 players! 7,000 wild animals! TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY" Matinecos 'The Great Gabbo ERICH VON STROHEIM COMING ! WEDNESDAY with BETTY COMPSON i J w| 125--Symphony Orchestra