San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 69, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 28, 1926 Page: 36 of 92
ninety two pages : ill. ; page 20 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
r JSSS»
PH RAMA ani ®IWER HOIEHNI
Mt!M'S*" ■■'W""'"'''"""'""^'''™"'™'*''''™""''"'""'''""^''"'"''"^^^ Ilfllll ■
COW PIRATE
M PLAYS
HUGE
Leon Errol Rubber Legs
and All Stars in
Riotous Screen Farce.
Leon Errol famous Ziegfeld star
and Sam Carter champion fiddler of
WCAR and the San Antonio Light
Radio Contest head the all-star pro-
gram playing at the Palace Theater
thia week. Errol is the same rubber-
legged comedian who made the hit in
“Sally." In his latest production he 1
is seen as a timid Boston tailor who i
turns into a demon cut-throat in ■
“Clothes Make the Pirate." in which
Dorothy Gish is co-starred.
Film fans who have been thrilled I
by spectacular sea battles can have a
laugh at these same adventures in the .
swashbuckling tale of a bold bncca- ■
neer as related by Errol. An attack ■
by a pirate ship with the black flag'
of defiance fluttering over its bellying
sails on a heavily armed British war
sloop climaxes the thrills of the battle '
scenes. Shells from the opposing can-
non tear away masts and sails the
ships ram and butt each other and
the two crews come to grips in a des-
perate attempt to "board the enemy."
Withal “Clothes Make the Pirate"
ia a comedy. It is an adaptation of
Holman Day s novel of the same title
a travesty on a hen-pecked Bcston
tailor who runs away from his wife
and meets up with a pirate crew who j
mistake him for a notorious buccaneer i
chief whose appearance they are await-;
ing.
Comedy seems to be far in the lead '
for popular favor this season and ■
"Clothes Make the Pirate” gives place;
to none in its claim for top honors. I
It eomes to the screen hailed as one of .
the big films of the year.
“The Light Cavalry Overture” writ- I
ten by Von Suppe. will be presented j
ns an overture by Don Felice in con-
ducting the Palace Symphony Orches-
tra. Suppe has more than 200 popu-
lar compositions to his credit with the
present number being the most out-
standing.
Sam Carter champion fiddler who
carried off top honors in the WCAR-
San Antonio Light Radio Contest.!
will be presented as the featured at-1
traction during the entire engagement.
Mr. Carter will appear four times
daily.
HOUSE IS SIM .J J
Ofpuami
The Plaza opens this week's offer-1
>ag with the “Black Cyclone." featur-1
ing Rex the Wild Horse for a four
day engagement. It is a colorful story
of a horse's struggle for life and love
against all odds. The wonderful photo-
graphy of thia picture makes it well
worth while.
"Sally. Irene and Mary”. Metro-
Goldwyn's musical comedy special has
the stage for the balance of the week.
It is an amazing story of life be-
hind the footlights and depicts the
life of New York's chorus girls. Con-
stance Bennet Sally O'Neil and Joan
Crawford essay the roles of the three
chorus girls.
TAMMANY YOUNG
CRASHES A GATE
Ttnatnary Young has crashed th*
cast of Robert Kane's new picture for
Firnt National release. entitled'
“Hello* New York.” As the champion ;
rate-craahr- put* it he ia doing a
Manny Kessler which interpreted
moans bootlegger. He is now a bit
concerned about the income tax and
all that. Ir. fact* be
th* possibility of the officials slapping
a tax of 51.685.524 on him.
ICE FIGHTS DISEASE
IN DIAMOND MINES
JOHANNESBURG South Afri-*
c<. March 27.—With a view of com-
bating the number of cases of apo-
plexy among these working at great
depths in the Rand gold mines the
vi
th’’ is conducting experiments I
The village mines go down to the
•normous depth of 72<V' feet and'
blocks of ice were carried dow n to ’
the lowest levels.
COZY 15c—lOe
TWO DOO RA
EAST OF
THE RtH AL
SUNDAY-MONDAY
TUESDAY—-
HIS
SECRETARY
WITH LEW CODY
WILLARD LOUIb
NORMA .shearer
WED THtRE
THE FAST
SET
BETTY
COMPSON
ADOLPHE
MENJOU
FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY—-
BRIGHT
LIGHTS
CHARLES RAY
PAULINE
STARKE
: Here's Leon Errol With
: Clothes Making Him
"Clothes Make the Pirate” with Leon himself furnishes rare enter-
tainment to lovers of comedy.
SUITE TO GROW
THIN NEW IGE
RINK SU
Skate and grow thin.
That's the latest slogan among San i
Antonio women who lean slightly to !
I avoirdupois.
At any rate so says Mrs. R. T. |
' Sythe of San Antonio who has been
I indnlgfdg ft ■'San Antonio'rf latest and
moat popular indoor sport since the
opening of the Crystal Palace ice
skating rink.
Every afternoon Mrs. Sythe de-
clares. a crowd of the plumper matrons j
of San Antonio society can be seep
on the ice at the rink gently gliding
around and around and with each
circuit of the auditorium dropping off
weight slowly and surely.
The wonderful thing about it says
Mrs. Sythe who has lost 11 pounds
within the last four weeks and han
never skated before in her life is that
the exercise of skating is not violent
nor tiring. She goes home from an
afternoon of skating radiant and re-
freshed. she says feeling quite fit for
the job of supervising the household
duties of the evening.
And here's the important thing
about the matter according to Mrs.
Sythe: She returns to her home hap-
py in the knowledge that she's a thin-
ner woman today than she was yes-
terday.
Gone are the days when women are
content to grow plump when they pass
the 45-year-old mark says Mr. Sythe.
For the zippy-peppy year of 1926 de-
mands much more of the woman in her
prime than the so-called "gay nine-
ties."
They have tried dieting says Mrs.
Sythe. and failed. Banting—»hat-
ever that may be—has proven euall"
tiresome and unsuccessful. And many
of the plumper women are really too
lazy says Mrs. Sythe to indulge in
violent and uninteresting exercise.
And so they are flocking in large
numbers to the local rink and lea ru-
ling to skate their surplus flesh away
"Others may diet until they want to
I die” says Mrs. Sythe “but for me.
I'll—-
" Skate and grow thin.”
CALLS FIREMEN
JUST FOR COMPANY
NEW YORK March 27.—“Hom*
1 Jame®
With tb*** words and a wave of
rb* band Lest*r Garvey greeted four
fire engines a wat*r tower a rescue
squad and two book and ladder com-
panies which bad answered hi«
aldrm of fir* at Fifth avenue and
Fourteenth street.
There was no fire he explained.
merely *ravc4 protection and *om-
pabionship on tb r way to bi* home
at W* Bleecker street. Really be
I bated to cause the boys any incon-
venience but be vae afraid to go
home in the dark.
Patrolman Sulhxan gave him pro-
| tection as far as a cel! in the East
Twenty-second street station.
In Yorkville Court be tm granted
' the further protection of 3*) days in
th* workhouse on a charge of dit
1 orderly conduct.
MOSQUITOES CAUSE
REAL MONEY LOSS
ATLANTIC CITY N. J.. March
27.—Besides carrying malaria and
.being generally harmful and annoy-
ing mosquitoes seriously binder de-
velopment of any section in which
(they are prevalent. This was assert
ed here by Dr. Thomas J. Headlee.
i New Jersey state enomologist in an
address at the opening session of tb"
। thirteenth annual convention of th*
i New Jersey Mosquito Extermination
I association at the Hot! Traymure.
GDLLEEN HUE
SURPASSES
IN 'IRENE'
There is little doubt that “Irene”
is the big picture from Colleen
Moore this season. It will be pre-
sented at the Palace Theater begin-;
ning Thursday for an extended cn-1
gagemen t.
Everybody who has seen the-4tH •
thinks so. It's a veritable parade of I
fashions produced by Cora Mac-I
Geacby. who staged all of the fashion
scenes in "The Follies” for Flo Zieg-1
feld.
Winter with its ice and snow— 1
with sleighs carrying warmly-wrap-
ped maidens—with snowballs flying |
from the hands of beautiful lassies |
clad in gorgeous furs—with skaters
lightly gliding over lakes of ice. With
dozens of huge arc lamps and spot-
lights playing on the scene diescribcd.
Not in many months hasa scene
of such splendor been recorded by
the clicking cameras. The four sea-
sons are depicted in like manner— '
each one surpassing the other in mag- •
nificence—each showing the beautiful I
gowns in richer gowns and wraps.
Colleen Moore herself always care
ful of making broad statements re-
garding her own pictures is free to
admit that she believes “Irene” has
been her greatest opportunity.
Tbe fashion parade is made entire-
ly in color film and will prove some-
thing that every audience will re-
member. In the supporting cast are
such p layers a’ Lloy(| Hughes
Charles Murray. Kate Pnce. Law-
rence Wheat. Ida Darling. Eva No-
vak. Betty Francisco Edward Earl".
Lydia Teamans Titus and George K.
Arthur.
Return Engagement
Dr. B. Stanford Claunch of San Francisco
announces a return course of
Free Lectures
( Collection )
—On —
HEALTH
DIETETICS
APPLIED
PSYCHOLOGY
SPIRITUAL
EVOLUTION
With an all-round philosophical interpretation of
life for the attainment of
Health Happiness and Success
Gunter Hotel Ballroom—Mar. 29 30 31 Apr. 1.
Every Evening at 8:00. Everybory la Invited. Talk with
those who have taken Dr. Claunch'. Advanced Course.
'B9 DISASTER
IS BASIS OF
GREATFILM
“Johnstown Flood” Recalls
Tragedy in Which
12000 Died.
If you belong to the elder genera-
tion you can recall the sensation
’ caused by the disastrous flood that
I destroyed Johnstown and its neighbor-
। ing villages. If you are too young to
I remember this historic event you have
J heard others recount some of its
ghastly details and inspiring heroism.
In any case you will want to see
the tremendous film production which
| William Fox is presenting in "The
Johnstown Flood." The picture open-
. ed yesterday at the Majestic Theater
! and will remain there until next Sat-
I urday.
12.000 LOST LIVES.
On May 31 1889 a dam in the
j North Fork Reservoir. Johnstown. Pa.
broke and sent its whirling current
' through the Conemaugh Valley taking
a huge toll in lives and the destruction
iof property. The dead exceeded
i 12.000—the material loss included the
1 complete wiping out of three towns
J and the partial devastation of five
more.
All these appalling details furnish
the background of the drama in the
Fox production. It is a tremendously
I impressive film spectacle full of thrill-
ing action as well as an appealing
romance built around the daughter of
the man who owned tbe dam. and her
love for the young engineer who tried
in vain to avert the inevitable catas-
trophe.
CAST IS ADEQUATE.
Tn this drama of individuals and
their participation in the events that
startled all humanity there appears a
cast of screen players who are favor-
ites everywhere. George O'Brien is
seen as the young engineer. Florence
Gilbert as the heroine and Anders
Randolf as the man whose stubborn-
ness was responsible for all the suffer-
ing that followed. There are other
popular stars in the cast ineluding Pat
Nicholson. Walter Perry Janet Gay-
nor and Paul Panzer.
Irving Cummings a director of
many previous screen successes made '
"The Johnstown Flood" nnd accom-1
plished a spectacular job that is going ;
to be remembered and talked about for
a long time to come._
VIOLINIST TRIES TO
DIE AS JAZZ PLAYS
NEW YORK. March 27.—Because I
be hated “jazz.” Erling Mikelsoj
' 25 violinist is dying in the hospital i
! atter attempting to end bis lite b/ i
| diving from his window into the path
of a taxicab.
Mikelson tried to find work with an !
orchestra playing classical music I
! The strains of a “jazz’’ piece drifted '
into Mikelson's room in Brooklyn. ।
He jumped from a window hurled
three policemen who grappled with !
him into a snowdrift and flung him
self under the wheels of a passing
I taxi.
‘POP’ TONED DOWN
TO MILDER NAME
TOLEDO Ohio. March 27.—“ Pop" !
is passe in Toledo and other Ohio j
communities.
It will taste as sweet under the ’
name of “carbonated beverage.” the I
Ohio Bottlers’ Association believes. |
but whether the public will accept j
the substitute remains to be beard. I
Perhaps "carbonated beverage" ;
will go the unpopular way of "Sam- I
mies” street car "tokens" “scoff- j
laws” and similar introductions that ;
were not spontaneous.
| MAJESTIC THEATER
TWILIGHT CONCERT
| Wednesday April 14 5 p. m.
PRICES
' $6.00—55 50—54.40—>3.30—52.20
ON SALE NOW AT THE
MAJESTIC THEATER
Mail Orders to
Mr. Edith M. Reach
Hl West Holearhe Ave.
'GET HOT HE FT
DEPARTURE
81 EMPIRE
Max Fink Stages Song and
Dance Act of Color
and Syncopation.
Max Fink the Empire musical con-
ductor who seems to be rushing things
a bit in his stage work since his trip
East blossoms forth this week with a
really worthwhile stage entertainment
as his contribution to the week's
amusements. He is offering “Get
Hot" week with the synco-symphon-
iste and several other people on the
stage numbering 19 in all.
Though the stage presentation finds
the synco-symphonists getting “hot”
and title of the picture for the week is
“The Devil’s Circus.” the harmony in
the titles of the attractions is an ac-
cident for the natures of the two en-
tertainments are widely separated.
The “Get Hot” entertainment offer-
ed by Mr. Fink is a musical concoc-
tion designed to please the eye and the
ear with musical tricks feminine
charms and fast footwork. During the
course of the act Mr. Fink introduces
the Empire girls and Leßoy Jerome
a dancer and entertainer who is re-
sponsible for the many clever ideas
worked out in the act.
Mr. Jerome who produced the offer-
i!ig. is said to be the original adaptor
of the Charleston and introduces a
new dance “The Blekbotom” per-
“GET HOT” WEEK
The most unusual stage enter-
tainment ever seen in a San
Antonio motion picture thea-
ter featuring
MAX FINK -
Synco-Symphonists
With
LEROY JEROME
producer of many bits including
“No No Nanette” Geo. White's
a wftKngß ‘‘Scandals” etc. offering spe-
^-t MATtnv cialties and new novelties.
FUL MOTION
PICTURE AL&O
EMPIRE GIRLS
It's novel
1 H » something neui!
ir 11 ja I
NEWS
(SB FELIX
COMEDY
I
All the thrills of the saw-
dust ring nnd the under-
world. A wonderful motion y J
picture. s I
Era.. *■ . .j
SUNDAY-MONDAY
TUES.-WED.
REX
THE WILD HORSE THURSDAY
™ 1 FRIDAY
BLACK SATURDAY
CYCLONE SALLY
IRENE
AND
। MARY
| SALLY O’NEILL
THE CREAM 4 ° AX
OF AT D CONhTA
THE MOTION BENNETT
PICTURE
WORLD
BXTHtArne^|i
Will She Win? But Yes!
Is It Not a Cinema?
Vera Reynolds is just as interested in this race “The Million Dollar
Handicap." as though she didn't know that the heroine would just naturally
have to finish first. ‘
formed by himself and the Empire
girls.
“Get Hot" Week means that Fink's
aggregation and the supporting enter-
tainers are staking the best entertain-
ment yet seen at the Empire. It is a
decided departure and marks the first
of the Fink entertainments to be seen
at the Empire during the coming
months.
She had to squander a
million dollars in three
months
Did she do It? We'll say she
did —nnd HOW ! Bebe euts up
an/1 spends money so fast you
can’t'-keep up with her. And is
she Funny? But come along on t
the spending trip with the little
moving picture extra who had a
million dropped into her lap.
I A Paramount
Picture
BEBE DANIELS
"THERE. CLARENCE BADGER
^roduettm
BRIDE” With
RoaJh WARNER BAXTER
Comedy and FORD STERLING
[==)
. The PRINCESS
MELODY MAKERS
the
Princess Our new orchestra organized and
News supervised by
y MAX FINK
who is personally appearing at al)
overtures offering some musical
surprises. '
ALL NEW d|n>wz> * ~
SHOW!
VIRG<L E. SINER Presents
I ROYAL FOLLIES
N m T o^ I COMPANY
■ COMPLETE NEW CAST AND
■ BEAUTY CHOKUri
GARTER WITH THE FAVORITES
r^A r v ■ 808 GREER
NIGHT ■ PAUL MARTIN. GLEN REAR-
K DON. ROSIE MORTON
K KATE SINER and
[ BEAUTY CHORUS
NEW SHOWS j
" ED ^ D " J ON THE SCREEN
I TOM MIX
TONY the wonder liotm*
I Clara Bow—Paul Panter
Musical Shona ■ '‘ The Beat Bad Man” (
Saturday and Sunday ■ COMEDY SPORTLIGHT
2t3U. 4:43. 7:<M) JL 1
STORY OF TURF
DEPICTED 8T
PRINGESS
Million Dollar Handicap
Features Vera Reynolds
in Racing Tale.
Strong virile photoplays of the turf
have an unusual fascination for all
classes of motion picture fans. And
such a story is “The Million Dollar
Handicap” a tale of the sport of
kings which is the featured attractiou
nt the Rialto Theater this week. The
story is based on “Thoroughbreds" by
W. A. Fraser. In the principal roles
nre Vera Reynolds Ralph Lewis and
Edward Burns with Ward- Crane
Tom Wilson Clarence Burton and
Danny Hoy in their support.
The heroine of the story is a brave
little girl who through her virility cf
character saves her father a South-
ern racing man from financial ruin
after he Iras been victimized by a
coterie of racing sbnrps who sell him
a doped thoroughbred horse.
Disguising herself as a jockey sha
rides this horse and wins a $lOOOO
handicap race thereby routing .he
scoundrels who sought to victimma
her father. Throughout tbe action
there is a delightful love story which
relieves the theme to a great extern.
Melodrama and exquisite comedy ura
happily blended.
The film was made under the di-
rection of Scott Sidney who present-
ed “Charley's Aunt."
Fox News containing latest views
of world-wide events will be pre-
sented on the same program.
[PRINCESS
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 69, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 28, 1926, newspaper, March 28, 1926; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1631548/m1/36/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .