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Show Friday, January 27, 1928 First Fields-Conkli- n Hit a Heal Comedy THE OGDEN POST Beery Tells How to Turn in Fire Alarm Startling Glimpse of in New Film, The Noose Gang-Worl- d Two Flaming Youths" the initial Wallace Retry, new chief of the W. Paramount production Fire Department, recently 'aramount A cross section of life- - stark and C. Fields and Chester Conklin, each ssued his revised instructions on llow is the description that ha unadorned own his is in Beecoming to right, a favorite Operate a Fire Alarm Box. been given to First National's "The1 to the Paramount theatre on Sunday, with his ry's job came simultaneously Noose," starring Richard Barlhclmes new role as Elmer in Firemen, Save My Child" a new Edward Sutherland he roaring comedy orgy coming to Colonial on Sunday and Monady. wal-- y tried the new rules on Raymond Iatton, his team mate in the picRay didnt ture, with perfect results. augh at one of them, so ally knows Golden Days of Old California Re-liv- e - N ;heyre funny. Rule 1 After breaking glass do not stick cut finger in mouth Raw meat makes even tame animal wild, and you never know what might happen. Take hold of large hook and pull it down once. Do not jiggle t. To do so may make central operator angry and shell tell you to put the fire out yourself. Rule 3 Upon giving alarm imis mediately leave corner where boxran Run as fast as you ocated. If you iway from vicinity of fire. up as you pick around may police tang ncendiary suspect. Beery expects that hid new rules will revolutionize the fire alarm industry. Rule 2 Chester Conklin inthe fTwo Ilqjhlng Yfcitths1 Monday and Tuesday it is announced in g Rose of Golden West d Now Playing First Run WILLIAM R)X Pfiejmrvi ances of the year, as Diane" and Chico of the story. All of the foggy romantic atmos phere of the Paris Montmartre where the story is laid has been retained through expert lighting and photography in the picture and all of the intimate and beautiful thoughts which made the play so great have been kept through direction and interpretation. Frank Borzage, who directed the production, has achieved a masterpiece. It is a picture that cannot be 'uo highly praised, according to the opinion, of metropolitan critics. Besides the two principals, the cast ncludes Gladys Brockwell, David But-e- r, Ben Bard, Emile Chautard, George Stone, Marie Mosquini, Albert Gran and Brandon Ilurst. i gangster. highly dramatic recital of his dia covery of his own identity and the revenge he takes upon the man who wronged his mother is presented in a convincing manner. Barthelmess role is one of the finest he has ever had, and he makes Nickie Elkins a d per son and not a mythical screen character. The Noose is from Willard Macks sensational stage play of that name. National picture, "The Headliner, a title which is subject to change. Chester Conklin has the leading role in the production, with Alice White and Bodil Rosing in important roles. The Headliner is an expose of yellow journalism and was written by Ben llecht, the stormy petrel of the Chicago newspaper world, and incidentally author of Underworld" for the films. Messrs. Kane and Dwan are making use of all tho familiar paraphernalia of tho newspaper world as they insist upon absolute realism. Experts are working on all the technical Conklin has tho Polo of a sub way guard who is flung into front page position by a big city newspaper. Allun Dwan is directing. de-tail- A big railroad wreck forms the climax in The Night Flyer, the Frank Spearman railroad story in which William Boyd stars. This is the picture which was filmed, with the assistance, of the'.Denver and Rio Grande railroad, in Utah. When the time came to stage the wreck, the cameras were Bet, according to mathematical schedule, to procure a nearer close up than has ever been attempted before The rails, over which the locomotive and five cars were to pass, were weakened by the removal of ties and dirt At a given signal, the train started, and it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour when it struck There was a the weakened rails. thundering roar, loud explosions as air pockets clapped behind the hurtling train, and a tremendous crash as the steel engine and cars leaped from the track and rolled down in a mass of wreckage. Only the monotonous clicking of the cameras indicated that the scene was not h real catastrophe. The men who turned the cranks were so close to the rails that their hats were blown off. Lyceum Theater SATURDAY A1 Wilson in Sky High Saunders . SUNDAY Mary Astor in Rose of the Golden West BIONDAY William Boyd in The Yankee Clipper TUESDAY The Rejuvenation SUNDAY 3:00 Always the Host for the Ogden Guest. f ORPHEUM-B- eg. $ One Sunday al3 P. of the Very Best Pictures of the Year! s. beiwIiana For the first time a motion picture star has signed a contract which BALL ROOM provides for the sharing of his serv- ices by two different companies. This was revealed this week when Jack L. Warner, chief executive of the Warner studios, announced the completion of negotiations with whereby the two organizations will both carry Conrad Nagel on their lists of contract 'ftMOOIfr Exclusively EVERY foJgden WEDgyDAY NIGHT For Ten Weeks Starting December 7th Dancing as Usual Where Happiness Awaits You JACK PASSEYS GREATER HAND DANCING Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays H r va Comedy News Orpheum Orchestra Prices: Matinees, 10c and 25c; Nights, 10c and 35c COMING SOON & THE EPIC OF THE AGES After Six Days A $3,000,000.00 for the 100 Millions! g. Fitz-Gera- ld in The of Aunt Mary r VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY Fascinating Youth Its a Paramount! 3 THURSDAY Just the Place For That Party! Lois Wilson in For Rent Any Day of the Week! For terms, see or phone The Gingham Girl Mr. Stanley Robins. Care Ogden Theatre Bldg, FRIDAY or Phone 23. A Harp in Hock mss EgI Kl -- Fields-Conkl- FIRST UUN OGDEN THEATRE NATIONAL DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS A Weekly Feature at side show and a small town sheriff battle for the love of a wealthy widow, Fields and Conklin have roles well suited to their respective abilities at creating fun. Fields is the proprietor of the defunct circus, who is stranded with his menagerie of human oddities in a certain village. Conklin plays the sheriff with the big bluster and little intellect. An excellent supporting cast has been assembled to- aid Fields and Con-li- n with their Mary Brian is the daughter of the circus head, and Jack Luden plays the son of the town miser, who falls in love with her. George Irving is in the returns latter role. Cissy to the screen as the widow. John Waters is credited with the direction of Two Flaming Youths, and he has rounded up a human curio shop, an aggregation of skeleton men, fat women, fire eaters and giants that would do credit to many a big circus. Two Flaming Youths is the first Joint endeavor, ahd all reports indicate that they make an ideal team. They are of such contrasting types one a slow pantomimic comedian, and the other a believer of speedy hokum farce that they work well together. laugh-gettin- I. M. flesh-and-bloo- Metro-Goldwyn-May- er' Wreck Forms Climax in The Night Flyer story, Help Yourself to Hay," which Marshall Neilan directed. Herbert Holmrt was production manager. Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes have the featured role. Other in the cast are Rudolph Gurneron, Alice W'hile, Jay Eaton and Yola dAivril. t Sam Hardy and Ned Spark have been added by Robert Kane and Allan Dwan to the cast of their next First Rkhu-- d Btrthtfnizs vtd lint fa'fUlttf by Manager Ashton. and Charles Farrell Janet In this comedy, an amusing series have the Gaynor featured roles in the film of romantic and business complica- version of 7th Heaven," which opens at the Orpheum theatre beginning tions, in which, the owner of a circus at the Egyptian theatre soon. Sunday. These two youngsters, both of whom It is the story of an unfortunate into the forehave come comet-lik- e throw nin among bad companboy ground among screen stars through ion and denied the love of a fato said are their work in this picture, ther and mother and who becomes give two of the finest screen perform- a rum runner and The FhutkeN i The most romantic era in the his- the nearest tury uf this contiia-napproach to the golden niedicvul day of gallantry -- is to lie found in tin period when Spain ruled t'alifoinia. It i ill this colorful span of that Rose of the Golden West, cais; tlioj George Fit7.mauricc-Fii- t National: production is based, and the gay and colorful atmosphere of the time has' been faithfully reproduced in the spectacular picture, which i now showing ut the Lyceum theatre Sunday. The day of KurojHun feudalism were revived by the Spaniards in that period before California really almost the entire west was transferred to Aniericun rule. Spanish dons, nobility equal to the baron and duke and earl of Europe, rilled the land. Their kingdom were the enormous land grant given by the Spanish Crown to those who had distinguished themselves by some means in the conquest of the New World. SAM HARDY AND NED SPARKS IN FIRST NATIONAL'S NEWEST Youngsters Rise Comet-Lik- e to Fame IS TITI E FOR DO IT AGAIN" Three-KinMarriage" is the title that the picture, formerly known ns "Do It Again," will boar when it is leleaM-by First National. This is the scieeii version of Dixie Wilson's NEW ng it MARRIAGE" "IIIREE-RIN- . MNiviRBAk vrcTVTCB tfWtSLEfMGQVtSRpAe&m With OTIS HARLAlLwi John Hama fom.fynlJJarcourtJ |