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Show rn i - W I THE OGDEN POST TiEA Stage Screen Tin Can Tourists Aplenty Shown in Film Rubber Tires, Coming to Egyptian Soon TR Interesting Stories About Screen Stars Prizes In Film Advancement 1 n. y Cam-iridg- e, ed ' t Vladge Bellamy is the Audacious Heroine of Summer Bachelors Madge Bellamy is the audacious heroine of Warner Fabian's candid novel, Summer Bachelors, in the screen version produced by Allan. )wan for Fox Films, coming to the Egyptian theatre, February 27, for a four days run. Following Miss Bellamy's brilliant portrayal of the flap- per bride In Sandy, another vivid characterization is to he expected. Derry Thomas, Miss Bellamy's role n Summer. Bachelors, is a pretty girl of goml family who earns her own ving. Disillusioned about marriage, he determines never to wed. Despite her dare-dev- il air, she is instinct- WILLIAM FOX 'the Sunday and Monday Amusements MS of Eves Leaves, starring Leatriee Joy, Her Man O War, Jetta Goudala first starring vehicle, The the Metropolitan screen epic, Ust Frontier, and he is now en-a gaged in The Yankee Clipper, big special production which Rupert Julian is directing for De Mille pictures corporation. Bill is also scheduled to appear this season in the title role of Peter B. Kynes famous story, Jim, The Conqueror." Boyd is still in his early twenties, has blue eyes and brown hair stands six feet one and weighs 170 pounds. He is the young Ameritypical strong, clean-ccan boy who ix idolized the world over. Many intelligent and observant authorities in the realm of motion pictures echo the prophesy of Mr. De Milie that Bill Boyd's likeable person ality, marked talent and splendid screen presence will before long make him the most popular young actor on the screen. roles What is a tin can tourist? Rub ber Tires, which features Bennie Laemmlc Announces Love and Harrison Ford, discloses the Seeking: secret, according to Alan Hale, director of the screen version of Frank Con dons humorous story of auto ramp In an effort to develop practical, life. This feature will be shown at and constructive ideas am helpful the Egyptian theatre for four days, suggestions for the advancement o; the quality and usefulness of moving beginning February 23. The typical tin cun tourist is Laemmle, president o:' Cctures, Carl never quite sure of his exact Pictures Corporation, has lie motors on duy by day, just announced the establishment o stopping at the auto ramps along the what will be known as the laemmle way, ever in search of new fields to Award. This award will consist o: annual prizes amounting in the ag conquer. He has no resimnsibilities probab gregate to $6,000, 'open to writers on ly all that he wears. He is a sort o: newspapers, magazines and trade elevated hobo, who motors from town Journals in all parts of the world. The to town rather than use the brake award will be divided into twelve inbeams as his predecessors did. dividual prizea, the major one of Rubber Tires deals with a fum-il- which amounts to $2,600 and ranging of tin can tourists, the chiei downward to $100. member of which is a vivacious am The laemmle award, which will as Mary Ellen Stack, is the brains o: operate in the film world in a manner resourceful daughter. Bessie Ixtve, somewhat aimilar to the Ihilitzer the family, its sole support, in fact irizes in literature, is the result of and her effort to pull I'a and Ma and r. laemmles conviction that news her kid brother out of the rut, and get wper training is a splendid fitting WILLIAM BOYO them to California, furnishes laughs or the moving picture business, and his conviction that the industry might galore throughout the picture. (De Mille Featured Player) Harrison Ford, as the hero, is of no benefit in a startling way not only William Boyd is the son of a little assistance to Miss Love in her from the receipt of carefully thought-ou- t civil engineer, Compel-e- d Ohio, to her ideas but their from struggle transport family prior publi financial by stringency to leave a from the Atlantic to the Pacific via cation and the .interest thst they the auto camps in a 1910 car. In ad- might thus arouse. .There are up- Tulsa, Oaklahoma, high schobl before dition to Miss Love and Ford, the wards of 800 people in the business graduation, he set out in the direction of San Diego. On arrival at cast includes May Robson, Junior with newspaper training. No limitation of any kind is placed ) range, California, one hundred miles Coghlan, Erwin Connelly, and John Patrick. Zelda Sears and Tay Gar- upon the suggestions. They may have rom his destination, he discovered cents left, nett adapted Rubber Tires" for the to do with production, with stories, that he had but thirty-fiv- e he hopped off the train and got screen. Alan Hale directed. with mechanical appliances or meth- so ods in the studio or in business. The limself a job in an orange-packin- g louse. Thrown entirely upon nis own only requirement is that they be pub-ish- resources loss of both parents, in a recognized newspaper, $11 tried by the from grocery everything or trade and that magazine journal to automobile and oil clerking selling .hey be sent, together with a letter, to Carl Laemmle, Laemmle Award, drilling before hie heeded the urgings of his friends and turned to the films, "30 Fifth Avenue, New York. le attracted the attention of Cecil desti-natio- E-GIA- 1. De Mille, who itf world-famofor lis faculty of recognizing latent talent, and was given an extra part in us "Why Change Your Wife? After hat he progressed steadily through eads and feature roles in Bobbd New Lives lair, "Forty Winks, For Old, "Feet of Clay, Triumph, The Golden Bed; and when and 3ecil B. De Mille became an independent producer, he gave Boyd one of the eading male roles in his first personally directed special production, "The Road to Yesterday." Bill gave such a splendid account of himself 'in his and opposite Vera Reynolds in the Metropolitan production, Steel Fre-erre- d, ut - Home Heating Oil Burners Discussed bulletin, The Domestic Oil issued by the United States Burner, Department of Agriculture as Department Circular 405 C, should be secured by everyone considering the installation of an plant. 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Always the Rost for the Ogden Guest II Uni; the other was the Start of The Ernst Laemmle, direc- tor, and Hugh Hoffman, supervisor, entrained for British Columbia with more than half of the long cast. Summer Bachelors see their wives off with one eye and seek flirtations with the other. Furniture w Wreck. A huge Spanish hacienda was built in the Santa Monica mountains as a location for much of the action. This hacienda differed widely from the average western home, being a replica of the palatial residence of a large western landholder whose property is nearly as extensive as some of Special DANCE at the the smaller eastern states. The. corresponding interiors, erected, at great cost in the studio, are lavish reproductions of this Spanish property. Another rancho was erected on the Christie location at Westwood, complete in its duplication of the many buildings found on a cattle ranch This was erected at greater expense than a location trip to Arizona would have entailed, in order to take advantage of certain lighting equipment and technical facilities only available in the studio area of Los Angeles. . BERTHANA Feb. 22 WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY Prizes and Refreshments. Olie Reeves Orchestra. Admission 50c Each. Conrad Veidt returned ,to Ameri. H'l'i.m. the Today and Tomorrow 6 BIG ACTS 6 3 HEADLINERS JAMES J. CORBETT THIS IS AND. ONE BOBBY BARRY OF THE BEST BILLS Whenever Carl l aemmle, president the Universal pictures corporation, Toes to Universal City to visit the rrpst motion picture city he establish'd he sees greater Possibilities of the industry and then begins expanding operations. For the past two weeks he has been in I .os Angeles, where he attended his sixtie'h birthday party, and the 21st anniversary of his companys entrance into motion picture He topped off his visit production. :n California with the purchase of the Thomas Irce ranch at Rennedu--t canyon for $661,000. The next day the veteran producer went to the Hal Roach studio at Culver City and closed a deal for an annual star. The star is the famous horse that has Rex, been used in comedies from the time Harold Lloyd appeared on the lot and started making one reel comedies. President Laemmle rested a day, and Mien the rumor gained circulation that hp has closed a deal for the Purchase of property at the corner of Hollywood boulevard and Vine street for x twelve story theatre with store rooms and office buildingir connection. The theatre, it is a?d. will be the finest on the west coast, and will be used for the showing of the first run Universal releases. GDE Mc-Gre- st Where a G Two notable events hsppened at Universal City on Monday. One was the completion of The Cat and the Canary under the direction of Paul March w Plans New Theatre Thursday Friday Saturday II. that Mr. De Mille was convinced that here was the man to han- noted novel, directed by Allan Dwan. dle the prodigous part of Feodor, the itle role of his masterpiece, .The Carl Laemmle Busy; Buys the luce Ranch; : Forrest is married to Lottie Pukf'.H Surveys conducted all over the Hale Hamilton to Grace La Itu,. and country, including exhibitors in both Charles Winninger to Blanche Ring large and small cities, have conclusively proved that outdoor pictures and feature comedies hold big box office C. A. O. records. Now for the first time, the motion ? picture public which is both an outdoor western with an Arizona locale, and a comedy of the first water, in 7th the new Al Christie special, The Nervous Wreck, featuring Harrison Fard and Phillis Haver, Cherter Conklin, Mack Swain and Hobart Bosworth, which will be on view at the Orph-tur- n Furniture - Stoves - Range? next Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Musical Instruments and Wednesday. Mr. Christie expended more time Adding Machines and money to make this western-cor- n Cash Registers a success than edy or comedy-wester- n on any of his previous offerings. TRADING OUR SPECIALTY With the background of the celebrated Owen Davis stage play, based on Price Always Right the best seller by E. J. Rath, the screen rights to The Nervous Wreck were secured by Mr. Christie at enorOgden Auction and mous expense. Scott Sidney and Co. Willis, the director-scenariteam which made Charley's Aunt, 2284 Wash. Ave. Phone 870 are responsible for The Nervous Egyptian' theatre beginning February 27, in Summer Bachelors, Fox films version of Warner Fabians folga Boatman. Entrusted with-thO. H. C. A. DANCE nteresting and difficult charactcriza-;ion- , ively prudent OGDENS NEXT BIG Boyd gave a performance so Derry Is drkwn into a gay set of imwerful, so skilful, so sincere and so DANCE EVENT prosperous men who have been de- appealing that it won him internationserted by their wives for the summer. al fame practically overnight. He has BERTHANA, MARCH 7 Parties follow in New York night snt'C appeared in the leading male clubs, fashionable roadhouses and at country estates within motoring distance of the city. Here Is rich material for the art of the camera. With the advantage of You Always an enthralling story, Director Dwan chose an excellent cast. Allan For-res- t, See Good Show has the leading part opposite CfiEHCER Mias Bellamy, Matt Moore, fresh from his success in Early to Wed, Is the FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA IN A ONE-LUNabsent-minde- d MOTOR CAR 3000 MILES OF LAUGHS! Leila s professor. and Cliffonl Holland, a decidedly A, H SEBASTIAN Winn attractive couple, are in the secondary leads. Prior to his departure for Los Angeles. Samuel Goldwyn. accompanied by Mrs. Goldwyn and Yilma Bankv. visited Washington where the Goldwyn party was received at the Capitol by President Coolidge, and later in the Red Room of the White House by Mrs. Coolidge and John Coolidge. Of all the Summer Bachelors" 'ist in the Fox film by the name, Mr. Moore is the only one who carries out the bachelor ride in real life. ca on the Deutschland on January 24. The Vamp of Venice, Constance He went immediately to Universal Talmadges latest First National re- City to star in Victor Hugos The lease, now shooting on the coast, has Man Who Laughed. undergone a title change and will henceforth be known as Venus of Venice, it was announced by the Joseph M. Schenck office. Ily-im- Tuesday : Wednesday Picture Fans Like Big Outdoor Films WE AARON & KELLY NORMA AND HER GOLDEN VIOLIN HAVE EVER DASHINGTONS DOGS SHOWN PIRATE TREASURE TAKE Ml A FINE CLOTHES TIP. WITH COME EARLY! LEWIS STONE AND AN ALL STAR CAST SHOWS AT 13 Pnductd bv DC Mill CJSf E PICTURES ORATION A BLOWOUT! They went westward in a flivver, but ultimately reached their destination They had their troubles, and oh! how you'll enjoy this picture of the modern covered wagon this entertaining romance of tin lizzies and auto camps. Added Features New Whirlwind Comedy : Latest Pathe News Gene Halliday at the Big Wurlitzer. 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