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Brownsville ® and ® Valley ® Theaters! _ .... ...■- =====_,1 '.rrr — •■=■ I = 1 ■- - ' ' — Jt -ljUI Study In Dramatic Contrasts Shown In Talkie At Capitol Sir James M. Barrie’s famous play, ‘‘Half an Hour,” has been transplanted to the screen under the title, "The Doctor’s Secret,” and I^ will be presented at the Capitol starting today, as an all-talking film. A notable cast was assembled for the production, which has elicited the highest of praise from i*im crit ics, who have pre-viewect the pic ture. Ruth Chatterton, H. B. War ner, Robert Edeson and John Lc der are the principal characters in the picture with Wilfred Noy, Ethel Wales, Nanci Price and Frank Finch-Smiles giving them admira ble support. ■William C. de Mille, long one of the outstanding directors in the motion picture industry, not only adapt to the screen the Barrie suc ®cess, but directed the production! |as well. 11 Paramount recently startled the ; motion picture world with its re lease of the all-talking "Interfer > ence,” which was heralded as being 1 the most perfectly made talking -picture yet produced. The same p elements that created the sensation ;:;|in the case of "Interference,” ■ were used in producing "The Doc tor's Secret,” which assures film I fans of witnessing a perfect tech- i nical and dramatic performance. '‘The Doctor’s Secret” is a tense i | idrama of London society. In sharp ! f; ^dramatic contrasts, it shows to the audience the heights of happiness 1 .end depths of despair that can i-come to one woman's life in half ; |an hour. It shows how a wealthy woman's unhappy life drives her to | a decision, gives her a few min P lutes of blissful happiness, banuhpi it with starkest tragedy and then I how she meets her fate, hides her pam and carries on. ; Also on the program are two * short all-t alking features starring I Borrah Minevitch and His Musical - Rascals, and a cast of Broadwa y i 'stage stars giving a one-act play let entitled "Just-One-Word.” which was directed by Joseph Santlev. NEGRO C. C. AMARILLO, April 27. — fPi_ When Amarillo announced a clean up campaign recently. Board of City Development officials were tendered the cooperation of a newly organ • ized negro chamber of commerce, ? who are planning a home beautifi cation and lawn and garden con 11 test. 1 <#■ jjjl i Movie Calendar Capitol “The Doctor’s Secret,” with Ruth Chatterton, an all-talkie, Sunday Thursday. Also Movietone vaude ville. Clara Bow, in “The Wild Party,” opens Friday. Queen Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Laura La Plante in “Scandal." Christie comedy, Aesop’s Fables and M-G-M News. Wednesday, Thursday, Lina Bas quette, Robert Armstrong, in “The Celebrity.” Pathe comedy, Para mount News. 1 Friday. Saturday. Junior Cogh i lan tr. "Square Shoulders.” Uni versal comedy and cartoon. Dittmann “The Submarine,” with Jack Holt, Sunday-Tuesday. Educa tional comedy. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, ‘Woman Against the World.” Har old Lloyd comedy. Saturday, “The Cruise of the He llion." Tom Santchi, Edna Murohy. ! Oameo comedy. Texas Sunday, Monday, Norma Tal madge in “The Woman Disputed.” Rabbit cartoon and International News. Tuesday, Wednesday. Buster Kea ton in "Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Christie comedy and Universal western. Thursday. Friday, “The Thir- ! teenth Hour,” with an all-star cast. I Hal Roach comedy, and Interna tional News. Saturday. “Wild Blood,” featuring Rex. the wonder horse. Chapter 1 of the new serial. “The Diamond Master,” and a Pathe comedy. TEXAS REPRESENTED IN COLLEGE HUMOR • Special to The Herald.) AUSTIN. April 27.—During the past year the University of Texas has been represented four times in the Collegiate hall of fame which appears each month in College Hu mor, national fiction and humor magazine. In the December issue, Miss Mabel West of Uvalde, a mem ber of Pi Beta Phi sorority, was presented as one of the 1928 Cac tus beauties. Miss Allie Angell of Dallas, who was a pledge of Alphi Phi sorority last year and who is this year attending Southern Meth odist university, was included in the Hall of Fame by virtue of her prom inence in campus affairs as presi dent of the freshman girls. Her pic ture was printed in the January is sue of College Humor. In Mav, the picture of Ben Smith. Phi Gamma Delta, who is now playing in musical comedy in New York, was published, while for the June issue, to be re leased May 1, Miss Jean Canady of San Antonio. Kappa Arpha The ta, will be introduced as tne editor of the Texas Ranger, university hu morus magazine. PARKING CONDITIONS ARE BEING STUDIED TEXRAKANA, Tex.. Aprjl 27.— ifP'—Parking congestion in Texar kana's business district has grown to be such a problem that a com mittee from the Merchants’ Bureau has been appointed to study park ing regulations and the effects of overtime parking. Particular at I tention wriil be given to the practi cability of time limit laws. Friday, May 3 CLARA BOW — IN — ‘The Wild Party ’ All-Talking NOW — HEAR “IT” ——- -" ~ ,|| ANNIVERSARY WEEK **' One Year Old Gus Edwards See and f w_ Hear “Song 11 and News i Dance Events Revue" of the In Week Technicolor Showisg Harlingen SHOWING THIS WEEK AT VALLEY THEATERS Laura La Plante in scene from “Scandal,” v;ith Huntly Cordon. At Queen Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. — w_uu; i.cm ' i.ne Wilu Party, soar.r.ij *_ a.n Bow in her first ' talkie. It is showing at the Arcadia, Harlingen. ‘Scandal,’ Comedy in Sophisticated Style, At Queen “Scandal," a Universal picture j which opened today for three days’ run at the Queen theater, is a tri anle story, but one with an unusul ly deep emotional interest. Laura La Plante, who stars in ^ this production, gives one of the most convincing portrayals of her entire career with a sincerity in the intense moments which carries the picture far above the realms of or dinary drama. The plot, taken from a story by Adele Rogers St. Johns, concerns a modern entanglement wherein a married woman, through the unde sired attentions of an erstwhile lover, is placed in a position where she must either forfeit her honor or his life. John Boles, as the former lover, is seen for the first time in the history of his screen career in a role which might have been entire ly unsympathetic but for delicate handling. It is to Mr. Boles' credit that his film “acquittal” is received with applause. Huntlv Gordon is also oerfeetlv cast. He is ideal as the husband who loves his wife far too much to suspect their clandestine affairs and Weslev Ruegles. who is respon sible for the direction of this pic ture. has shown the same good judgment in the selection of the remainder of the excellent cast in this picture. Special commendation is due Jane Winton. Julia Swayne Gordon. Nancy Dover and Eddie Phillins. The picture, while of the sophisti cated type, has been filmed with special attention to the human ele ment. That it appeals to society as a whole is evidenced in the gen eral enthusiasm of the audiences who have seen it. DAVIS TO VISIT HOUSTON HOUSTON. April 27.—(/Pi—James J. Davis, United States secretary of labor, wdll address the south western meeting of the Brother# hood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen here May 21-25. > Plan Celebration To Dedicate Sam Houston Shrine HUNTSVILLE, Tex... April 27.— </P>—This old Texas city is planning the greatest celebration in its his tory for May 3 and 4—dates on which the homestead cf General Sam Houston will be formally dedi cated a state shrine, and semi-cen tennial observance cf Sam Houston Teachers College, both of which are located here. Texas. p„'itical leaders, historical authorities, nationally known edu cators. members of the college's first class and others Will do their parts to commemorate the occa sions. ABOUT GO TA pjrMATN ON SUMMER FACULTY (Special to the Herald) DENTON. Tex. April. 27 —About sixty members of the regular faculty of the College of Industrial Arts will remain at the college for the summer session, according to E. V. White, dean of the college. The same courses that are offered in regular session will be included in the curreiculum in the following departments: Biology, business ad ministration. chemistry, economics and government. English, fine and applied arts, foreign languages, history, home economics, journalism, library science, mathematics, music, prilosophy and education, physical education, physics, rural arts, soci ology and speech. About eight students are expected to receive degrees at the end of the summer term. BROWNSVILLE NCW A __ \ I -— -----—-—f ■ Lupe Velez and William Boyd in “Lady of the Pavements,’’ at the Rivoli, Sunday, with singing and talking sequences. The romance of a heart thief, with the background of courts and cabarets. / ' on SUBMARINE AT THE DITTMAX 3,379 ARE SERVED DURING FIRST YEAR NASHVILLE. Term., April 27.— ' (P)—The Dallas Methodist hospital served 3.379 patients during its first year of operation it was reported at the annual meeting of the de nomination's hospital board here. Free service at the institution, which is operated by the North Texas Conference of the church, amounted to $6,261.62. the report showed. FAMOUS MARTIN RANCH HAS BEEN DIVIDED MASON, Texas. April 27.—(pi— The famous old Martin ranch, set tled first in 1355 and the site of the first store west of San Antonio, 1 as wrell as the scene of the first tele phone office and first postoffice jn Mason county, has been divided by its owner, C. L. Martin, president, ' of the Commercial Bank of this city, I among his six children, w’hile he re ■>ju jl. .. ix- ' -r:. Clara Bow, the personality girl, who romps through ‘The Wild Party,” Capitol feature opening Friday. A talkie. /- J*. Ruth Chatterton, stage star, has the leading role in “The Doc tor's Secret,” film version of Barrie’s play, “Half An Hour,” at the Capitol Sunday. tains a seventh interest. It is stocked with sheep, goats and cattle and has a large number of deer. Maneuvers of Navy, Harbor Dredg i n g, Seen at Dittmann The United States navy at man euvers is graphically portrayed upon the screen at the Dittmann theater, where Columbia's De Luxe special, ‘•Submarine,” is being shown. The early sequences were j filmed aboard the U. S. S. Tern, | one of the best mine sweepers in the service. They show Jack Holt and Ralph Graves as petty offi cers at work dredging a Philippine harbor. Against a dramatic back ground the picture illustrates how depth bombs are placed, divers at work attaching buoys to the wreck age and a daring bit of action in which Holt becomes entangled in a line going out with a bomb. He is dragged overboard and down to the wreck. Ralph Graves does an ex cellent bit of work in leaping over after him. Graves takes a knife in his mouth and under water sev ers the cable. Later action shows the fleet lay ing smoke screens, submarines ris ing and submerging, the ramming of a submarine by a cruiser and its descent. During the drop to the bottom, the interior workings of the boat are shown. The loss of control, the flooding of the batter- i ies and generation of gas; the! emergency oxygen and the care taken to prevent it being exhaust ed >too rapidly: the psychology of j the men, who are trapped and the methods employed to keep them in good spirits form part of this se-. quence. Other scenes show’ divers at w’ork. the signal system, the ina bility to stand the water pressure and the struggle to reach the lower depths. Some beautiful shots of the U. S. S. Saratoga are included in the action. One scene in particular shows Holt as a diver taking off the deck cf the ship in an airplane. The w’hole production is a glow ing tribute to the navy and an au thentic picture of life on the sea. It is full of drama, offset by deft touches of comedy and a love story that is unique. TEXAS WOLF HUNTERS MEET IS ANNOUNCED MEXIA. April 27.—iTPi—J. W. El liott of Mexia. secretary treasurer, has announced the annual wolf j hunt of the Texas Fox and Wolf Hunters’ association will be held on a ranch near Archer City. Roy Hutcheson of Archer City ha sbeen named by President C. L. Dupuy of Lufkin to have charge of arrangements. The hunt will be held May 6 to 9 inclusive. Silver trophy cups will be given for field trials and for the bench show. SLAYS ELOPING WIFE DRES.—Emil Scholchen shot his eloping wife to death afte^railing , her from Berlin. f COLUMBIA PICTURE* T* H DOftOTHT RTVIER RALPH CRAVES dibterm ev CRAN K CAPRA Drama at the bottom of the sea. The picture which takes you below the sur face and thrills you with its tensity. t EDUCATIONAL COMEDY Admission 30c, 25c, 10c RIVOLI THEATRE SAN BENITO 3 Days — Starting Sunday JOSEPH M.SCHEMCK fMvt&ds V D.WCmFFITUI Also Fables, Kinograms, Comedy Opening the Vitaphone and Movietone May 3-6 with “SYNCOPATION”_a