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‘WINGS’ PLAYS w OVER VALLEY Story of St. Mihiel Of fensive In Air Is Made at San Antonio With Many Planes Hollywood was moved to San An tomo and “Wings” was made there * Practically the sain* facilities that would be available in the C'nli „C*1?ter of iilm activity. nK«, - aramount's air story, is +. 'e” ar?.u1n^ th* aerial pha; <'«i of w tu1* M:hicl offensive jn the >' ©rid war. n,™® F,icturo is Paying at the yueen theater here today and M#n «lay after opening on Saturday. It opened a two-day run at the Ar • *ua a ,l,c“tor in Harlingen and a three day run at the Rivoh in San Benito at the same time. It is to start on a three day run at the J alace in McAllen on Tuesday. - ot only was a complete c in pan y * principals nr.d supporting plac ers. property men ar.d all the per sonnel of a fully organized produc ing unit operated in San Antonio Put In addition to all of this, for la* first time in the l.istorv of motion picture production, a fully •quipped film laboratory was estab lished on location. full credit for the development o? the laboratory was given to Harold tnsign. superintendent of the studio laboratory of the Paramount Fam ous Lasky Corporation in Hollywood. They said it cou'd net be done, but Ensign did it. “Few people rcaliz*,” says Eu ■ifcn, “the numher of operations a reel of film has to jrr# through aft *r the action of the players has been photographed. That is a side of motion picture production of which the theater-go.ng public hears hut very little. And the crux of the problem lies in the laboratory. “When we first came to Sen An tonio to analyze the stiuation. we found ideal producing conditions. We fourd p. location that so closely resembled the topography of St. — Now Showing —— NORMA TALMADGE — In — “THE DOVE” Supported by GILBERT ROLAND NOAH BEERY A .Roland West production — Also — A Snappy Comedy Internationa! News AdirrssioR 10c - 25c CLARA BOW IN ‘WINGS’ Clara Bow in the famous war picture “Wings.” the ep!c of the avia tion service. Buddy Rogers and Gary Cooper also have leading roles in the film, which is playing three Valley theaters today and opens at a fourth Tuesday. The iicture now is playing at the Queen theater here, at the Kivoli in San Benito and the Arcadia in Harlingen. The film will open in the 1’alr.ce at McAllen Tuesday. Milliel as to be almost uncanny. We found we ther condition.? favorable to production We found a horizon banked with fleecy white clouds that make for composition and eliminate that bare of all photographers—the dead flatness of a cloudless sky. “Wo found all this am. in aiidi toin found splendid facilities for pictures, but there was the same old problem of r.o facilities for handling motion picture negative—the same old location drawback of not being able to know w ha; we hud gotten until wo could ship our exposed film to Hollywood, have it developed and a positive print returned to us. “The establishment of the lab oratory overcame this delay.” Capitol to Show Revival Victor Herbert Operetta Adding another to the list of stage j shows and special productions being offered the Brownsville public this season, Victor Herbert’s operetta, “Naughty Marietta,” comes to the Capitol Nov. y>. Victor Herbert is noted for his productions of tuneful light opc;-is. and pleasing ballet music, and this number is a revival of one of hi most popular works. The producer have expended large sums on scenery and costumes, and the added ex penses of a highly paid company of pereformer* during weeks of re* hear sal. As a result, manv New Yorkers who saw the original production de clare that the revival of “Naughty Marietta” is even more artistic and effective than the first, which is rot surprising, considering the advances made in the art of the theater since that time. Co-ts, however, have also advanced, until the outlay for the revival is nearly double that for the original. The whole operetta centers around Marietta, a capricious, mischief-mak ing, lovable girl continually getti"-* in and out of hot water. Miss Era Briggs, t\ho plays the part of Ma rietta, will be remembered us the prinm do.ina in “Castles in the Air” dining its New York run. She is surrounded by many more principals and choristers. Then there is a Syl via Tell ballet and the Marietta or chesctra. Naval Radio To Broadcast Vote Returns Tuesday The naval radio station at Wash ington will broadcast election re turns hourly beginnirg at 5 36 p. m. Tuesday, B. L. Jarvis, command er of NAY. naval station here, whs informed Saturday. The broader t will he on a fre quency of 8970 kilocycles and will 1 l>e intended for the inform ition of all operators of high frequency j .lets. Tho broadcast will continue hour ; ly until tho result appears certain, instructions say. Notice of dincon tinuance will be broadcast. Kiwanians Plan Turkey ‘Payoff’ (Special to The Herald) SAN Vi NiTO. Nov. 3.—The spec tacle of five San Benito citizens, members of tho Kiwanis club, otiv ing as many turkeys down the street will be witnessed here on Thattki giv ng day. ns part of an attendance contest being conducted by the San Benito Kiwanis club. The club has been divided ir.to teams of five, nnd at the drawing of number, at the conclusion of the contest, the losers will drive the turkeys to tho homes of the winners, down tho principal street of the city. The “turkey trot" will start from the Stonewall Jackson hotel, wocre the turkeys will be “parked” during the club meeting on that (av, and the drive will start from there. FIRST SHOWING IN THE VALLEY BROWNSVILLE NOW SHOWING HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HIS PAL! A tragic flood of lead! Madly he fired round after round into the vitals of the ship of the air that bore the insignia of th* enemy. How was hr> to know that the rilot was the *>al he believed deal—the very pal he had been aveng ing! It’a the most stirring climax the screen has given! And it's but one of a host of towering mo ments in a mighty picture that will carry you over the clouds to a thousand thrills. Actually filmed miles high in the air. It’s the picture which thrilled Broadway for more than a year. It’s the picture London, Paris and all the big cities of the world hailed as the greatest screen masterpiece. It has won a rising volif^o of praise. 1 M «** CLARA BOW CHARLES turn) ROGERS buchard areen COOPER thenr—--" /*v~ stated that if th«tyA ' P'rtVTr n. Gordon Griff)'! ^ ew broom tint would 1 .... ... .. trash out of the court k ttulemcnt, beaidea be DIRECTORS TO 1 RUSH WORK ON CANAL LINING Edinburg Irrigation System Preparing to Inaugurate $1,500, 000 Program EDINBURGr Nov .3.—Concreting of the Edinburg irrigation system will start as soon as bonds are sold, was the announcement Friday by members of the board of directors, following the voting Monday of bonds in the amount of $1,500,000 to finance the improvement. Members of the board arc confi dent the district Will receive high bids for the bond issue, pointing to the fact that in the two precincts embraced in the district the vote stood -lid for the bonus to 58 against, and the large majority is expected I to prove an important factor in m | creasing the price the district will receive for the issue. It is under stood that only part of the issue will be sold at this time, the remainder to be held until additional funds are needed for the work. A comprehensive study of the tn 1 tire irrigation system has been un der way the past year, und one of the first moves of the board will be cm- I ployntent of an experienced irrigation engineer to compile tho detailed plans and specifications. Due to tho fact that practically all data i: already available this feature of the j improvement program is expected ti> be completed in a comparativly brief j time. A Two-Year Program At least two years will bo required to complete concreting of tho sys tem. directors estimate. All main canals will be concrete lined and most of the “feeders” will be con structed of concrete pipe. An effort will be mr.de bv tho board to interest land owners in construction of con crete distribution systems, and they are confident that by the time the program is completed many of the large orchard acreages will be sup plied through concrete systems. The pumping plant of the Edinburg system is located near Penltfs. sev eral miles above Mlss’on. and irri gation water for the Edinburg sec tion is carried a long distance be fore being applied to the fields. Due to seepage tho loss of water has hem heavy and land damage from seepage has increased at an alarming rate. This is especially true in the remote sections of the district where the very small amount of silt carried in the water has not been sufficient to properly “seal” the canals. Construction of n drainage sys tem. primarily for the purpose of handling surface waters, is also in cluded in the program. Concreting of canals will eliminate the necessity for an extensive system to handle seepage waters. It is understood the drainage outlet of the Donna and Pharr-San Juan-Alamo systems will be utilized, turning the drain waters into tho conservation reservoirs of I the Engleman development on the Mestenas tract. This will assure an outlet adenuate for al purposes, en i gineers state. See Prosperous Ftitnre Members of the board of «i;rertor« express themselves as grettlv grr.-: ; tied by the endorsement given the improvement program by the vote-s , of the district. They strte that fi j nancing of this work will provide j for the Edinburg district one of the ! most efficient irrigation systems in ' the United States; that in addition to preventing seepage and water ininaee it will reduee the cost of op j eretion approximately "0 per cent. Under present conditions the dis trict is ntn'i-'r" to hegefiein! !’«• less than fin rer r-mt t h ** water rl-vc** ed from the P'o Grande, rccor<’-nr to 1 engineers' estimates, nnd with the district plneed under concrete the ef- J ficiencv of the svstem is expected to he incren e,l to 80 or 9^ per cent. To other words, between 8° and 90 re cent of the water diverted will b” ipplied to beneficial H*e, instead of less th-r ,,n ner cer.t as ->t present. The pumping plant at Pcnitns h-s been pronounced bv engineers a*’d ■ *. *;gition experts one of the mr>‘* ef ficient in the South. It is oqui-*’*•'! with facilities which assure an amnle -»m ply of water at all times, rnd cn - peers point out that when the sv »em is p’ec/»d under concrete i* wot’'.1 l ~ possible to double or t-ehle the -s8ge served without expensive ed itions to the rumpirg equipment. Movie Calendar Sunday-Monday CAPITOL “Show Girl” with Alice White nnd Donald Reed. Pathe News, Topics, and Football Sense. QUEEN—“Wings.” t lara Bow, Bud dy Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper. MGM News, c ops Fables, and Christie Comedy. TEXAS—'“The Dove.” with Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland. Com edy. “King of Sheba” and Inter national News. PITT.MANN—“No Other Woman,” j with Dolores Del Rio. Educa tional Comedy. Also runs Tuesday. Tuesday-Wednesdaj CAPITOL—“The Lion and the Mouse,” Warner Bros, special, with an all-star ca t. MGM com edy and Pathe Review. Runs Thursday. QUEEN—“Man Made Women,” with Leatrice Joy. Snookums comedy and Paramount News. TEXAS—“Morganson’s Finish,” with Herbert Rawlinson. Comedy, \ “Dizzy Sights.” DITT MANN—Tuesday. “No Other Woman.” with Dolores Del Rio Wednetday, “Green Grass Wid ows” with Walter Hagen. Educa tional comedy. Thursday-Fridav CAPITOL-Thursday, “The Lion j and the Mouse.” Friday. Zare Grey's “The Avalanche” with Jack Holt. Pathe News, Mack Sen- j nett comedy and Sportlight. QUEEN—“Sallie of the Scandals.” with Bessie Love. Comedy, “Come Meal” and Paramount News. TEXAS—“Riders of the Dark.” with Tim McCoy. Comedy and Interna tional News. DITTMAN—-''Green Grass Widows.” with Walter Hagen. Educational comedy. Saturday CAPITOL—“The Avalanche” Zane Grey, with Jack Holt. Pathe News. Mack Sennett comedy. Sport light. Q1 EEN—“The Wagon Show’.” Ken Maynard. Comedy and Koko car toon. TEXAS—“The Thunder Riders,” I with Fred Wells. “Tarzan the , Mighty’ and comedy. PITTMANS’—“Tongue* n' Scandal” wit1, 't'1'* P. b. v illiam D?.isioi.d. Educational comedy. i Alice White, In ‘Show Girl’ Airy Flippant Comedy Light and airy as a soap bubble, about as irresponsible and surely one of the most perfect forms of di vertiaement that has come this way in a long time, is "Show Girl,” the new First National picture fcactur ing Alice White, now at the Canitol theater. This little girl with her blond hair, her dainty figure and her .»ep —surely she is destined for great things in the show world, which in cludes the screen world. She has' proved in this picture that she has ; the talent to create a role. For J. 1 P. McEvoy’a heroine was simply a character on paper until Alice in vested her with life. The direction by Alfred Santcll ts superb. The scenes on the stage during musical comedy rehearsals present many shapely girls, big sets and plenty of action. Miss White tops everything with her efferves cent personality. Charles Delaney pleases by his work as Jimmy; Donald Reed, Lee Moran. Gwen Lee. Kat« Trice, Jim mie Finlayson, Richard Tucker and many others made up a cast of ade quate principals. The re is nothing serious about "Show Girl.” It is even flippant, it is entertainment and as such it glib, supremely sophisticated. But is entitled to its share of approval. It is clean and clever. Biiinuum — NOW — In the Hectic Haunts oF the Pleasure Seekers they met — He Knew that he could love NO OTHER WOMAN -BUT JEALOUSY AND INTRIGUE THREATENED THEIR ROMANCE 71S ia willTam fox PRESENTS Dolores Del Rio in a Hiah-PoWend EmotionalDrama EDUCATIONAL COMEDY Admission 30c, 25c, 10c _ I jar—tutumti— . Gorgeous Sceens 1 In Dittmann Film Starring Del Rio "So Other Woman.” which opens at the Dittmann theater today, is I.ou Teilesren’s first directorial \enture under the Fox Films ban ner. Dolores Del Rio plays the stel lar role, surrounded by an excellent cast including Don Alvarado. Ben Bard. Paulette Duval and Rosija Marstni. The story was adapted for the screen by Jesse Frown and Ber nard Vorhaus from tha original acren story by Polan Banks. It is a photoplay with an unusual amount of continental atmosphere, gorgeous •citings and splendid direction. The photography, too. is a valued asset in providing vividness to the pro duction. Practically all the scenes are laid in Biarrits. France, the famous wa tering place that was the favorite haunt of the Empress Josephine. A Frerch race track also figures prominently in a pivetat sequence in which r any well-known film actors appear in the grand stand. Dolores Del Rio is seen as a wealthy South American belle, Car melite De Sano, sojourning in Tiar rit* with her reserved and dignl. fied aunt, delineated by Kosita M*r stini. So is loved by Maurice (Don Alvarado), who fears to tell hi, love lest the girl thinks it is her wealth that attracts him. His friend, Albert, impersonated by Ben Bard, has ro such scruples, however. Her montv would be a great asset to him in his gambling activities. tt it., this in mind he procecas to under mine Maurce. It is a powerful tale of primitive fashions in fashionable society. R« mance and comedy-intrigue „ „ attack-thaf* "No Other * °ma" Tarisiennes who are wearing the new color, “fudge," have their »ake tip to match. __ s % NOW SHOWING I Glitter, Glare and Tinsel-Life Love and Laughter ij Make Wild Whoopee With i: I 1 : 1 ! t j | i; : it 5 ii - P ' l /j S \ — With — — the gal with These, Them and : Those! I ALICE WHITE j the sensation % of Hollywood the hottest little ; wench that ever : shook a scanty at j . a tired business i \ man! - Also - l =*athe News ; Topics Football Sense ; _ m 1 X x A Tint national Picture : “I just had time *o “This story shoot the “He said he sas «*• “Whoopee, I'm really $ ^ grab his arm. He Khow business being fully sorry he fright- in lore." ; V % shook me off, and dangerous for young ened me and would I J j X the two men m ent to girls is propaganda give him just one til- £ >* ' it and I passed right fur the employment tie hiss. I started to J * out coid.“ agencies w h o are cry.-’ t s s h o r t of kitchen * * help. f \ They Had To Double the Cooling System When “Show Girl” Played on Broadway! 2 A *>' »######^####/ ^#####»##/»#»##»A######»#»####»##»# ' --1-1—^1—- -* 3 t n I i < • Parr z \outh i-c ekv path-- of glory in the clou is. yiK ^ Zooming, diving, falling. The soaring airmen f V the war. Risking death and disaster while love 3 Wm 1 awaits with bated breath. The thrill of fighting. The suspense of waiting. An appeal that goes to fr' J * ' t: % (fi ^ every human heart. William A. Wellman’s epic ^ s N of the “Ares.” Standing room at a premium ^ / \ during its long run on Broadway. More than a yA |a fjdramount year at the Criterion theater, New York. Sem C % t * ^ ‘4*. JT I _). / and praised by the notable airmen of the world. 'yKtUXC i Hailed by leaders in every field a' the gr-atc*'. -^ movinjr picture ever made. It’s the GREAT • ff. t!) •iajpj ^ *'• Story by Screen Play by John Monk hope lorikg Saunders louis d. lejghtov Paramount New* Arcadia Gladys MacDougal I Aesop’s Fables HARLINGEN Playing special music score for *1 rfi • . rv Where It Is Always “WIMPQ” Topics of the Day Comfortable _ ,Mr Sunday-Monday-Tuesday Nov 4th; n!hand6lh * i # A