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Oshawa Daily Times, 19 Apr 1930, p. 11

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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930 PAGE ELEVEN Interesting Pen Impres- sions of the Coming Attractions on ... Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse- ment World rol Agra 7 rear thE TTC Dh -- odes sind "Undertow" tarts at New Martin Today a---- ; Mary Nolan. achieves an entirely new pereen triumph in her current starring Universal fenture, "Undor- tow," which comes to the New Mar: tin Theatre, beginning Saturday, Fb The exotic blonde star, who previ- | ously has bedazzled her wudiences in comedy-drama roles, now reaches the zenith of sheer drama ln a portrayal whieh definitely marks her as among the finest emotional actresses of the ullstalking sereen, A powerfully unique story, lald for the most part in wn {ighthouse several miles from shere, "Undertow" affords Miss Nolan a marvellous oppertunit C10 show the great versatility of whieh i she rproves herself capable, {Supporting the star Is Johnny Mack Brown, the former national football here, Who deserted the grid-iron for the sereén, and who Is fast becoming one of the most popular romantie leads In Amerlen, Robert Ellis, whe scored so signally In "Broadway," and 'Audrey Ferrels and Churehlll Ross have the other lmportant parts, "Undertow" was directed In all sound by Harry Pollard, the man whe made the Immortal Universal super-produetion="58how-Beat" No- thing further can he said for any ple ture than was sald of this Alm, which smashed records In Amerlen and all over the world, and when it Is said that Mary Nolan was directed hy Pollird, the ultimate in screen enters talnment may confidently be expected, Nesides the Inherent drama of the story, "Undertow" 8 rarely beautiful in pletorial appeal, ye eee HEAD HUNTING IS STILL. PREVALENT New Guinea Tribes Still Carry on Woafare Constantly Nydney, NH==Inter-tribal wars fare and head-hunting are still raotised on an extensive scale In ow Guinea; according to X, W, P, Ohinnery, government anthropolos gift of the mandated territory, who recently arrived here on his way to the United States, "The task of subduing the war- like tribes and making them good olttgens Is a tremendous tank," sald Mr, Chinnery, "Some of the old people are heyond reach, hut we are doing our best to educate the young and we are gradually succeeding, Weare trying to maka the natives feel that the government is thelr protector rather than their enemy, "Under the mandate, the moral and material welfare of the natives are paramount conaiderations," sald Mr, Chinnery, "Thus we must have a very thorough knowledge of the natives and an intensive form of native administration, Tt has heen found that a study of selentitle an- thropology 1s of the greatest value to the distriet officers, Tt enables them to understand native life as rrrm---- Mary Nolan who Is at the New Martin in "Under Tow," starts ing today, they never could by merely observ. ing and gaining experience in the ordinary way," The territory has a population of about 600,000, including many tribes still in an entirely savage state, CARDINALS LOSE TO CUBS, 30 Bt, Louls, April 10,=Pat Ma- lone held the Cardinals to three hits In seven innings yesterday and he and his team mates minus the services of Nogers Hornsby and Grimm nleked Herman Dell for seven hits and three runs to win the abbreviated contest, out short by rain. The soore, 3 to 0, The Cards had two men 'on, and two out in the last of the seventh, when the game was oalled, The victory gave the Cubs surety of wt least an even break in the fours game meries here, the champlons having taken the first game of the year, D to K, but losing yesterday's, Rookie ¥isher, who had seven consecutive hits In the first two games, broke his streak today, when Malone knocked down a fast one, Torr r------------ ECHOES WIN FIRST GAME DECISIVELY Riagara Falls, April 19=Nlagara Falls Echoes overwhelmed the "YY" Grade of Saint Johns, N.B, in the first game of the final for the Fast ern Canada intermediate hasketball championship, chalking up a 53 to 25 triumph: The game, which was play- od in the Falls Arena, attracted a erowd of B00, one of the best turn- outs of the season here for an In. termediate fixture, The' teams were somewhat slow In themselves in action on a far larger court than customary, Furthermore the visitors appeared stale and ap- parently tired after th r long train journey from the Mr limes, The average ratv of alr travel now charged on 82 passenger air lines ih the United Ntates is 7.8 cents a mile, The fare is 2.8 cents higher than the average cost per mile by rail and slgyper, ROGERS' PERFECT | PHYSIQUE SHOWN IN NEWEST ROLE Youthful Star of "Half Way to Heaven" Shows Well in Acrobatc Scenes Ever since the youthful Charles (Buddy) Rogers entered moving ple tures, he has kept himselt in perfect physical condition, And the advan tage of this rigorous training wus never more marked than in his role | in "Half Way to Heaven," his lutest all-talking pleture, which Is showing today und Monday at the. Regent Theatre, Lovers of Paramount's youngest star will be pleasantly surprised when they see Rogers in "Hull Way | to Meaven" As un worinl-trapeze | performer In a carnival, he wears | the gaudy flesh tights of that calling und his udmirable build shows off to | advantage, Those who consider Ro: | gers of plight build will have cause | to alter thelr opinions, because, fo strength of arm und shoulder, ho ex coln thy uverage college athlete "Halt Way to Heaven," Is a story of romance and theills In garniyal life, Rogers, as. a newcomer to Hh carnlyal, Is teamed with Jean Arthu and Paul Lukas, performers on the flying teapeze, Miss Arthur shows o mirked favoritism for Rogers and hi responds to her affection, Lukas, however, Is Jealous of Miss Arthur! attentions and plans a diubolical re venge which Rogers' skill and daring wlone thwarts The climax comes swiftly and, in three sensationally stirring scenes, Rogers defeats Lus« kun' plans and drives hin away, Miss Arthur, as Rogers' leading wo min, displays a charming fominity and gracerulness, In this diticult role, she makes u delightful heroine for Rogers' youthful, almost boyish, ro maneing, Lukas, a powerful and pop ular character actor, recently soon In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Is at his best in this pleture "Hall Way to Heaven," was adapt od for the screen from the bestesells Ing novel, "Here Comes the Band wagon," by Henry IL. Gates, "The story won its Initial renown as a ma gazine serial, George Abbott's adap tation Is remarkallv thrilling, Abbott who made the Moran and Mack all talking pleture, "Why Hring That Up?" also directed this Rogers' spe elal, VALUABLE STAMP FOUND Washington, D.C=Old letter fyles will probably get a searching -scru tiny from philatellsts an a result of the discovery by Miss Natalle Sums ner Lincoln, magazine editor, of a rare stamp tentatively valued at $10 000, The stamp, one of a provisional Issue by postmusters In 1845, wax found by Miss Lincoln on a letter written in 1748 Tt Is a white oblong sticker on which ix printed In Hack letters at the top "James M. Nuch. anan? and beneath it "10 cents" RRR ANSACNEAAT NEW MARTIN SATURDAY, HONDAY & TUESDAY: ' fee the amasingly gripping fama ot the utorm that 0 people to the depths of human feeling, 27 ANI ANZAC: awept -- 'The lights of the olty lured: her, Oppressed by the confining wally of her lighthouse home she wants od LIFE! It wan heokoning thr ough the person of "the other man? Could she afford to pay the price? 2 | 2 YCANNIBAL CAPERS" Jvartoon Comedy The Voice of Hollywood, Nereen Stars Parade oF + Chapter + T TARBAN ) » X PER natiohul Vttermont The igen, PRICES 'Caroling, ory 'whe he beat' Frank Wykett, & | Attractions at Local Theatres LJ Dennis King and Jeanette Maes Donnld in "The Vagabond King" coming to the Regent Tuesday, tm ------ A ---------- PIRATES WIN 3RD STRAIGHT | Cinelnnatl, April 19 Larry Prench, Pittshurg southpaw, was in great form Thursday, allowing the | Cluclnnatl Reds but two hits as the | Piraton took the third game of | tho season, 7 to 1 the seventh when Hoh Mould, the | frat man up, singled, Allen pre vonted wu shutout for the lowers when hoe hit a long home run over wall the ninth wn only Red loft-fleld Allen n the hie innin player to pet past second base, | Mve Red log got on base | through hanes on balls, | French pitehod hitloss ball until | | | | | | | The Pirates put thg game on lee | iii the third Inning when they coms bined flys hits, with a sacrifice, | two stolen bases and a walk to | soore four runs, Clnolonatl vied | four pitchers, Ld Charlies (Duddy) Rogers and Jean Arthur In "Halt Way to Heaven" coming to Regent Theatre, I ONG SHOT! pe 0TS AND CLOSE UPS FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES Whiteman with his band, sonal appearances at the Roxy in Guard" players who scored such a hit in Dancing Daughters" oowhoy role, studion, Mireet," and "The Mysterious Dr, agreement whereby Paramount will extended term, "Ladies Love Brutes," und in now of Dry Mu Manchu," a sequel to aster wind, 5 5.0 5 AAO A053, HM AA David Percy and "Bing" Crosby are the latest singing stars of stage and noreen to he signed for the new MetroGoldwyn-Mayer revue, temporarily titled "The March of T' Jeanette Loft, diminutive singing sensation of the Paul Whiteman pleture, "The King of Jaen," conceived und directed by John Murray Anderson, Is coming to New York for its world premiere, The troupe will entrain on the Wednesday morning following the last Pacifio Const Old Gold Broadeast, "Funny Face," musical comedy which starred IPred and Adele Anaire and was a success on Broadway and in Europe has been pur chased by Fox Films for the movietone soreen, Laura La Plante and John Doles are in New York making per "Our Dlushing Brides" will reunite the popular trio of feminine Joan Crawford, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian, Willlam Haines, who has been in plotures some years and has done everything in them from football to golf, is playing his frst Ho {a engaged {n "Busy Going," a comedy romance of the West, under Fred Niblo's direction at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rowland V, Lee, who directed such suocossos as "The Wolf of Wall Leo has just completed George Daneroft's now pleture I ., --_-- HAP ime," Ho Is Paul connection with "Captain of the "Our Modern Maidens" and "Our Pu Manchu" has signed a new have hin exclusive services for an engaged In divecting "The Return the former story of the Chinese "STARTING BLOCKS DO NOT HELP" SAYS GEO, SIMPSON Now York, April. 10-Starting blocks no not ald a sprinter in got: ting away from the mark, George Simpson, Ohio State flyer, saul Thuvaday and will attempt to prove his statement by competing with out them in Spring meets, Simpson pald that starting blooks merely prevented a sprinter from going through the laborious process of digging starting holes with hi aplkon, : "Starting blooks are not an arts flolal ald to a sprinter," wuld Simp aon, "and I am golng to prove it hy not using - them in the Spring meets," Simpson will compete in a dual meet against the U, of Pita: burgh at Pittsburgh Saturday with. out starting blocks, and will defend his 100syard dash championship in the Penn relays April 205-26 with. out them, Sixty-one aprinters, including Wildermuth of Georgetown: Rows en of Pittsburgh, Farmer of North Bast of Chicago, and Hutson of Dennison College, will compete againagt Stmpro who has won the 100-yard dash ut the Penn relays the past two years, Heeotor Dyer, Htanford sprinter, partially supported Simpaon's thes southern Californly and Olympia star, In a dual miter tast week at Los Angeles, Byer, without using hooks, beat Wykotf, who favors them, In the century, tying the world's record of 96:10 weconds They tied In the 230-yard dash, ADANACS LOSE BY ONE POINT | Winnipeg, April 10--Now West minster Adanacs, champlons ot bagkotball in Canada, were brought to a halt Thursday night in their headlong rush from RBeitivh Colums bin toward the 1980 basketball final on the far side of the Domins lon, The quintet, which has humbled the titleholders of Alberta and Saskatohewan on route east. ward, lost to Y.M.C.A, Tollers of Winnipeg by 17 to 16 in the first mateh of a two-game peries for Wastorn honors, To the squad showing the higher ROOre At the olore of the series' soe- ond game on Saturday night will £0 the right to travel to Woltville, N.&, for the Canadian final, The Westerngohamplons will clash with Acadia University, winner of the Bastern championship by virtue ot defeating Windwor Collextaty Insti tute. Alumni by four points on a tw@sgame round. Capt, Disudonne Coste," the | French ater star, haa boon awarded the international trophy for 1999 by the International League of Aviators, for the finest series of aviation performances during the yoar, THAT'S THE REASON Mother="Mabel's young man has taken offense at something, Have you said anything to him?" : er="Not a word. I haven't seen him since 1 posted kim the last quarter's electric light billMleeds Meteury, England, MARY NOLAN Mary Nolan Coming to the "Undertow," ing pleture, which opened ut the New matle portrayal of an absorbing cha. ruglerization by the star, Mary N lust, ' Hitherto, Miss Nolan in other film 4 is ability, dramutic stars of the screen, but he | the pleasure-loving girl who murried | tained, but actually | "Vagabond King" Coming To the Regent Next Week When a stage production is rend. STARS IN 'UNDERTOW' geous portrayal of Francols Villon, ered upon the audible screen it is| the poet-hero of "The Vagabond natural to draw a comparison, But | King." in the case of "The Vagabond King" | yi period of the plot is 1463, the which comes to the Regent Theatre ate middle ages, Louis XI (played on Tuesday for a special engagement 0p, Heggle) 1s the weakling of four days at regular prices, a com. king of France, besieged at Parls by rome the Burgundian army. By a quirk of fate, Dennis King becomes wov- crelgn for a week, It is during this brief reign that he meets Louis niece, the Princess Katherine, (played by Jeanette MacDonald) and falls in love with her, By clever general ship, King outwits and defeats the Burgundians with the help of his faithful vagahond adherents, Paris thus saved, hut the treacheroy Louis decides that King is too pows Like erful and that he must be hanged urent " "It is when the hero is about to fave his life snuffed out on the gi bet that Katherine takes a part in the proceedings and paves the day in uw tremendously powerful dramatic New Martin Next Week The outstanding the fichieyement + of Universal all-tulk Martin theatre lust night, is the dra No has given us Just hints of her real In "Undertow" she her place beside not only the stury of theatrical lly side the history, greatest Her performance ns u Nghtotender, Is superls, In directing the picture, Harr Pollard, who hecame justly qtp] with the screen classle, "Show Boat", has neecomplished something which ean be done only by a master und | then only with a singularly powerful | story, - He built rend deama be tween three people only inetime between only two, Nothing furthe: King" at the can be sald for either direction of Tuesday, story than that in situations such n ' these, the interest. is not, only cightened Ul tabkie, of and leading Heture ). hewildering! what with its gorgeous treatment throughout, its tupendou nets, breathtaking action, romantic glam ie and musical richness both in the singing and orchestral departments, that a poor critic, abetted merely by he meagreness of the printed word, cannot even begin to tell you how vell" it all J All hie can tell you Xpres uo He tt] four tim* ing the glamorous wonderment-of thi marvelous screen ver In fact, the film adaptation is so far superior in thrills and sheer heay ty that there 8 no comparing it with the original, beautiful as the original Here is a wonderful, | clin | Clin | fitne | Technicolo powerful plot, > "The Regent ha Vagabond starting { Dennis King in parison is nn paltry means of e ree of "Undertow" i" and both Maury Johnny Muck. irown, man, have splendid Brown, who also gives pn outstand ing performance, hay a slightly Sou thern accent which is highly pleasing Nolan ion, her screen voices course, NO NEED TO WORRY Two business men were sitting together in n einéma watching n erook film, when one turned round to the other and said: "Abe, I for got to close the safe when we left the office." The other replied: right, ain't it? Wi Dennis King, us sword, the leader of the vagabond the redeemer of Paris and the cap tor of uw orincesy' heart, leaps into the very front rank of romuntic ag tor-singers of the cinema in Ils gots the master of the A man has run away from his wif 11 times, It is thought that he | under the impression that if he com pletes the twelfth time he automa tically becomes hi vil property "We'll, that's all We're both here,' iii a a am] Glorious Easter Week Attraction! Acclaimed by Critics Everywhere as the Utmost in Talking Pictures To Date! Here at Last ! The world-famous song-r It should be meen and RE A wealth of talent and ! of 500, Produced w hticonce, Rich olor, surging mobs th ot , the cla rival armies, all In brilliant "i No color you've ev compare with his, 9 before enn - - A 3 BA, a8 the glamor DORE, toi oroug Aloe ay /ith A Singing cast Ith lavish mag. palaces, kingly swordsman, ! Singin } Rlorlous love lyriey, a ls Ziogtiold eae, the, Vagabonds, as he hh 0 oon seen or heard before, Abid SAR with JEANETTE MacDONALD (WARNER © NER OLAND 0.P. HEGGIE hold oe The glor \ ® of Dennis ' Jou apellbound, Fev 4! hou Jounetta MacDonald, queen of "The bid tude. sings the lilting love Bhokerounds ot yon Hi jd I's (10 Permocs! Ujon ous hoauty, uctioy R soreen, ote all-color, talkin Our Usual Prices! Ing action, America's Boy Friend CHARLES "Buddy" ROGERS With his Now Girl Friend, Jean Arthur in "HALF WAY TO HEAVEN" His Now All-Talking, Laughing, Loving, Leaping Thrill \There is a Matinee at the Regent Daily at 2.30°p. me ONDAY oNuY

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