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Frontier Romance,
ji Wolf Song,’ Stars
! > Velez And Cooper
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*Wolf Song,” a stirring romance
df early frontier days when men
sought adventure in the unbroken
trails of mountainous country,
oomes to the Arcadia theater to
day with the exotic Mexican act
ress Lupe Velez, Gary Cooper and
Xouis Wolheim in the leading
roles. In this latest Paramount
pound presentation, audiences will
hear Senorita Velez sing several
new enchanting melodies. Accom
panying herself on the guitar, she
rings “Yo te Amo means I Love
You,” “To Lola,” "Mi Amado,” and
[several others. In addition to
TiUpe, a group of mountain men
Ising a typical frontier song en
titled “Wolf Song.”
The beautiful Lupe, a musical
comedy favorite in Mexico City,
possesses a fine, clear voice that
should win favor everywhere. Audi
ences will remember that Senorita
Velez made her first screen ap
pearance with Douglas Fairbanks
in “The Gaucho.” And now, fol
lowing her triumph in D. W. Grif
fith’s “Lady of the Pavements,”
this magnetic star soars to new
heights in an emotional role
worthy of her exceptional talents.
Gary Cooper, perhaps one of the
most popular stars in Hollywood,
plays the role of a rugged Ken
tuckian, who thrills to the adven
tures of the wild, mountainous
country of the unexplored west.
Then, one day in a small town on
the Mexican border he meets, by
[chance, the beautiful daughter of
■an aristocratic Don. It is love at
first sight; wild, intoxicating, tem
pestuous love that sweeps all else
aside. But despite his new found
happiness, Cooper longs for the
unbroken trail, for the blue sky
(with its millions of twinkling stars
at night. No longer is he happy.
His love is being conquered by that
something which beckons to him
from beyond the bend of the
mountain trail where no white man
has ever trod. Here is a theme
developed with rare skill, building
up to a powerful and exciting cli
max when Cooper after taking to
the trail again, finds that he can
not live without love.
Both Lupe Velez and Gary
Cooper are excellent in vivid char
acterizations, as is Louis Wolheim
Bn the role of Cooper’s pal. "Wolf
[Song," was directed by Victor
Fleming.
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CHINESE CIVILIANS
KILL JAP OFFICER
TIENTSIN, China, April 20.—(A1)
—Japanese army headquarters at
Tsinan, Shangtung, adopted ex
treme precautionary measures
there today after Lieutenant Itoh
of their army had been assassinated
by two Chinese in civilian clothes
last night.
FA?1ILY AFFAIR
VIENNA. Aoril 23—(A5)—The Aus
trian National Association of Phar
macists has ruled that henceforth
only members of their families
shall be accented as apothecaries
and drug clerks. Free clinics and
medicine provided by the govern
ment for the poorer population
caused the closing of several hun
dred drug stores.
HIT*.'J^. B1W—
“The Duke Steps Cut” is the feature at the Queen now. Joan
Crawford and William Haines are the leading players.
Jean Hersholt and Phyllis Haver, featured players in D. W. Grif
fith’s ‘‘The Battle of the Sexes,” which is now showing at the Rivoli,
San Benito.
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Hollywood Sport
World Has Star
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Even though most of her past
roles have portrayed her as the
languid type of beautiful blonde,
Vilma Banky, star of “The Awak
ening,” the Samuel Goldwyn Ar
tists picture which comes to the
Ritz theater today, is far from
languid in her daily life. No mem
ber of the Hollywood film colony
is more addicted to outdoor sports
than the girl whom the world
know's as the “Hungarian Rhap
sody.” Living in California, she
is of course, an enthusiastic swim
mer; but, in addition, she rides
and plays tennis, and is even try
ing to be good American enough
to take up golf In u big wray. She
believes that one of the greatest
advantages of being an American
girl is the liberty it gives for in
dulging in all kinds of sport.
TWINS SUFFOCATED
GLENVIEW, 111.—The 2-year-old
twin sons of J. V. Kelley were suf
focated by fire in their home.
‘Battle of Sexes’
Captivating Story
Of Modern Family
The same blending of artistry and
entertainment values which made
possible many of the screen’s great
est pictures is again introduced by
D. W. Griffith in his latest picture,
“The Battle of the Sexes,” onening
at the Rivoli theater, San «nito,
today. *
The picture’s chief characteristics
are humor and pathos which are
woven into a pleasing story whose
theme is the Ameircan home, wreck
ed by the machinations of an un
scrupulous gold-digger, who gets her
man regardless of his strong family
ties. “The Battle of the Sexes” is
appropriately titled.
The unmistakable Griffith touch
is to be found in the big moments
of the picture. In fact, so real has
he made the relationship that exists
between husband and wife and par
ents and children, that the introduc
tory scenes showing the happy fam
ily are like a page from life.
Jean Herscholt, as Judson, the
family man who strays from the
straight and norrow path, clinches
his hold on the title the motion
picture people have accorded him,
“the screen's geratest character ac
tor.” He portrays this role with
such naturalness and feeling that
his philanderings are almost for
given him. Phyllis Haver, who plays
Marie, the gold-digger, is cast in a
role that has grown typical of her.
It is she who injects much of the
spontaneous humor into the pro
duction.
Belle Bennett is cast as the
mother and wife who becomes tem
porarily crazed by Judson’s marital
deficiencies. It is her best perfor
mance since her memorable “Stella
Dallas.” Don Alvarado, who appears
on the screen as Marie’s sweetheart,
makes the best of his unsympathetic
role. This is the first time Alvar
ado has been cast in an unromantic
part. Sally O’Neil, who used to
play flappers, is Judson's daughter
in “The Battle of the Sexas.” It is
through her that the once happy
family is reunited. William Bake
well as her brother and John Batten
as a friend of the Judsons complete
the cast.
YOUNG FLASH
FORT WORTH, April 20.—0Th
ey Leland, who has sprinted into
fame this spring, gives promises of
giving Texas Christian university
the best dash man in her annals.
Leland, a sophomore, on two occa
sions has run the century in 9.5.
He is a Fort Worth boy and is 18
years old. _
SHOWING AT VALLEY THEATERS THIS WEEK _
Gary Cooper, as Sam Lash, the unkempt trapper, elopes with the lovely daughter of a Spanish Don,
played by Lupe Velez, in “Wolf Song,” romantic offering at the Arcadia, Harlingen.
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Clara Bow in “The Wild partya picture of jazz and whoopee, with the “It” girl as star, which i3
[ now playing at the Palace, McAllen.
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Ann Q. Nilsson at Dittman now
as pirate queen in “Blockade.”
Vilma Eanky. blond star of
“The Awakening,” opening at
the Ritz, Weslaco, Sunday.
LAREDO CLAIMS
LAREDO, April 20.—(/P)—T h e
Laredo district is in the lead in
Texas so far this season in the
movement of onions to foreign mar
kets, according to S. W. Russell,
chamber of commerce news special
ist.
Of 451 carloads of onions shipped
from Texas, 2C5 of them were for
warded from here, Russell stated.
Pirate Queen, Sea
Fight Furnish High
Spots In ‘Blockade’
—
No more graphic and vivid rev
elation of the undercover methods of
the rum-runners along the coast of
Florida has been given the public
than is In “Blockade,” FBO's mighty j
sea thriller which opens today at
the Dittman theater.
Ann Q. Nilsson is seen in the stell- '
ar role and had the story of “Block
ade” been written especially to fit
her engaging winsomeness and ar
tistry in its quiter and more inti
mate scenes and her amazing energy
in its dynamic incidents of strife
and battle, it could scarce have
proved a happier choice.
Portraying a dashing young wom
an of mystery and riches, owner
and commander of a speedy yacht,
who injects herself and her ship’s
crew into the rumrunning “hi
jacking” game off the Florida coast,
Miss Nilsson gives a spariding per
formance that is excellently matched
by the supporting cast. Wallace
! MacDonald* capably handles a sym
i pathetic role in the male lead and
I the other outstanding players are
j Walter McGrail and James Brad
[ bury, Sr.
j “Blockade” which presents many
i breath-taking scenes made at sea,
with battling crews on ships side
by side and machine-guns and one
pounders firing upon them from
government vessels, brings new lau
rels to Director George B. Seitz,
who has already won fame in the
making of sea pictures, notably
“Blood Ship.” Its direction is care
ful, artistic and powerful in its de
velopment of the story’s most grip
ping incidents.
Lovers of realism and absorbing
action upon the screen should by
no means miss seeing this splendid
picture, which was made from an
original story by Louis Sarecky and
John Twist, the continuity being the
work of Harvey Thew.
Paramount’s
Musical Love
Drama
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*THE
WILD
PARTY'?
At The
HARLINGEN
1st Anniversary
Friday, April 26
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SHOWING SHOWING
McAllen
I “You Don’t Know The Half Of ‘It’!”
I— Extra Added —
Walt Roesners Orchestra
and
Fox Talking News
CLARf'A
BOW
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Wild Parly
Take a tip from Clara! See! Hear! —
“The Wild Party”! Hey-hey and
whoopee! Gorgeous girls with the “aye
aye” complex! The “It” girl kicks off
the lid and the sky’s the limit! A good
time, a big-time, a gay-gay-gay-time for
all! The author of “Flaming Youth”
shows you how the “younger set” lives
between sunset and sunrise. Clara and
her gang in college. In the dormitories
in negligees! In the gymnasium in track
suits. See! Hear! Clara and her bunch
of brilliant, eye-absorbing beauties — j
hand-picked in Hollywood. Youth, ro- ^
mance, excitement! Keep up with the j
times—come to “The Wild Party”!