Brownsville herald. [volume], November 04, 1928, Page Eight, Image 8

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‘WINGS’ PLAYS
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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
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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.
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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
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Dolores Del Rio
in a Hiah-PoWend EmotionalDrama
EDUCATIONAL COMEDY
Admission 30c, 25c, 10c
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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. __
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Glitter, Glare and
Tinsel-Life
Love and Laughter
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Topics
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They Had To Double the Cooling System When “Show Girl”
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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!)
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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
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