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" THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1929 Interesting Pen Impressions. of the Coming At- tractionson . . . + i + --_ a i Raman eo THE LOCAL SCREEN the i A -----t a tciam - Who's Who and What's What in Amusement World 4 Dick Barthelmess Seen and Heard in "Weary River" Another Barthelmess triumph is the way 'Weary River" is being hailed by motion picture patrons who attend the First National star's newest effort at the Regent Theatre on Monday. Mr, Osier, Manager of the Re- gent, originally intended to play another picture but characteristic of the Regent Management, he cancelled the previous booking when an opportunity put in an ap- pearance to obtain "Weary River'. This picture has been showing in the Tivoli Theatre, Toronto, this week and will come direct to the Oshawa Regent starting Monday. Oshawa theatre fans will be glad to have an opportunity of seeing this picture on its second engage- ment in Canada. "Weary River" is the thirty-sec- ond feature in which this popular star has appeared in his brilliant career which began upon his ter- mination of his sophomore year at Trinity College, Hartford, twelve years ago. Barthelmess was horn in New York City and is best remembered for his classic interpretations in "Broken Blossoms," '"Tol-able Da- vid," ** "Way Down East," and many others. 'His most recent suc- cesses have been '"The Patent Leather . Kid," "The Noose," "Wheel of Chance" He was recent- ly seen in a story of the high seas entitled 'Scarlet Seas." "Weary River" . gives Barthel- mess his initial opportunity in Vitaphone synchronization. For the first time this star's voice will be heard in conversation, He also plays the piano. The story is one especially suited to his dramatic talents and is teem- ing with action and heart interest. Frank Lloyd directed it with a superlative cast headed by Betty Compson and including William Holden, Raymond Turner, George Stone, Louis Natheaux, De Sacia Mooers, Robert O'Connor, Gladdens James, . "Weary River" was published as a short magazine story by Court- ney Ryley Cooper and was adapted to the screen by Bradley King, the dialogue by Tom Geraghty. Dick Barthelmess Talks in His New Picture Richard Barthelmess, who has been a star of the first rank for ten years, will be heard as well as seen for the first time in his car. eer in "Weary River," his new First National starring feature coming to the Regent Theatre next Monday, In "Weary River" Barthelmess will take in a dialogue sequ2nce and play the piano. A test of the star's voice proved it of excellent quality for reproduction and. much interest is being evinced by Bar- thelmess fans over the star's taikie debut. "Weary River' is the story of a singing convict and contains an abundance of action and sentimen- tal dramatic interest. It was direct- ed by Frank Lloyd from the short story by Courtney = Ryley Cooper and introduces Betty Compson as the feminine lead opposite Barthel- mess. Others in the cast include William Holden, Louis Natheaux, George Stone, Raymond Turner, Robert O'Connor 'and numerous others of cinematic note. Ernie Haller was chief cinematographer. The Garden Beautiful | --.and - The Garden Bountiful * 4 CONDUCTED BY M. McINTYRE HOOD, MEMBER NATIONAL GARDEN ASSOCIATION Readers are invited to use this department for a dis- cussion of their garden problems. Questions addressed to The Garden Editor, The Oshawa Daily Times will be answered in this column as promptly as possible. This department will appear in The Times twice a week. Tender Vegetables Go In Now This is about the time to put in that group of vegetables, or botan- ists may consider some of them fruits, known as the tender sorts. Chief among these will be the squash types. Marrows and sum- mer squash may be planted any time up to July 1st. The same holds true for watermelon, citron, and muskmelon. © The Summer squash and marrows 'as well as cu- cumbers, which come in about this time, should be picked when about half grown, the flesh being more tender than at any other time. This rule decidedly does not hold good for the Melons, however, which must be ripe before any but the very small boy will dare tackle them. To determine wheth- er they are ripe or not, simply press the end of the fruit with the thumb, and, if it is a little soft, one can consume them -safely. The soil for all of these plants should be warm, woll-dreined, © well- watered, and very rich. An old chip pile, where some well-rotted manure has been dug in, and which is fairly drenched with sunlight, is the ideal location. Plant six seeds to a hill, three feet part, and thin to four plants. This also is the proper time to plant lima beans, which should 'give a fair crop it sown immediately. Limas need richer soil than string beans, and there. must be plenty of humus to retain the moisture. Pole limas give larger yields than the bush varieties, and usually do best with the amateur. They need seven feet of climbing space. Bush limas should be planted in hills eighteen inches apart each way. Water well in dry weather with the nozzle off the hose. Soak, do not sprinkle, and keep the water off the leaves. Egg plants should be set out now too, and to lay their full quota, which is not more than three or four full sized eggs to the plant, they must be set in rich soil, but not too heavy, and have abundant moisture. Set them two feet a- part in the row. Keep Flowers Picked To keep the flower garden blooming and looking its best, all dying flowers must be kept re- moved. With' most sorts the oft- ener the bloom is removed, the more of it there will be. When the plants are allowed to start develop- ing seed pods, there will be no more flowers. With these sorts, such as alyssum, phlox, petunias and oth- ers which do not produce flowers that can be easily picked, it is ad- visable to shear off the fading bloom. ' Ready With Celery That most popular green vege- table, celery, can be get out now. Except for the commercial man, it is inadvisable to grow plants, and these should be secured from a re liable source where the variety will be guaranteed. For a continuous supply, set out a few plants every week or two, up to the middle of July with the bulk going in about the last mentioned time for Fall storage. Celery can be grown on any rich, drained soil, provided it is not too compact. Well drained muck, which is the richest soil in humus that we have, gives the best THEME SONG IN "WEARY RIVER" Patrons of the Regent Theatre who view the showing of "Weary River," the new First National feature starring Richard Barthel- mess, next week. will hear the music and words of what is freely predicted a national song hit, the title of which is the same as the title of the film "Weary River." The song, 'Weary River", was composed by Grant Clarke and Louis Silvers, the former on the lyrics and the latter on, the music. It is a crooning, bal- lad type, specially designed for the feature film of the same name and with a view to popu- lar appeal. The hero, a convict, sings and plays the song in the unfolding of the story. Frank Lloyd directed "Weary River," and Betty Compson 'plays the feminine lead opposite Barthelmess, It is a First Na- tional feature, the first in which Barthelmess is heard in dia- logue and song. The story is based on an original by Court- ney Ryley Cooper. results. Heavy applications of ma- nure are needed on loam soil, with nitrate of soda during the early stages of growth. Water plants well before removing from flats, and, if possible, have soil moist into which they are being trans- planted. Plant six to eight inches apart, in rows from one to three feet apart. Cultivate early and keep at it during the season. In order to keep the plants growing quickly, which is: the only way to produce a tender crop, water them when necessary. In the Fall, the simplest' way to. bleach the celery is to place hoards close up against the plants on both sides of the row, and hill these up a little with earth to keep them in place. Celery will keep half of the Winter in cool, fairly dry storage. Remove Surplus Growth A lot of wasteful growth around the garden can be prevented, and the surplus energy turned into useful flowers and vegetables, if one will pinch off unwanted shoots before they develop to any extent. The newly set out bedding plants will have buds, or even flowers, Coming Monday for 3 Days 2-VAUDEVILLE ACTS-2 off so that the plant will get a chance to grow before producing bloom. Rose bushes will send out a dozen shoots when only half a dozen are wanted. The weaker buds should be rubbed off at once so that all the growth will go into the others, "If larger flowers are wanted, nip off about half the buds. Protection of Rose Foliage Good foliage is essential to the production of good roses ani. moreover, good foliage is desirable in a rose garden because of its appearance. Leaves which 'are mildewed, spotted or partly eaten by insects take away very much of the attractiveness of a rose garden. The easiest insect to control is the Rose Slug, a green caterpillar, which does not usually appear in great numbers but which works on the underside of the leaves and eats. out pieces. These may be picked off by hand when bushes are few but the surest way is to spray with arsenate of lead in the proportion of four ounces to ten gallons of water. The Aphis, or green fly, is often troublesome, as is also the Leaf Hopper. These suck the juice from the foliage and must be killed by contact. Nico- tine sulphate is a good remedy for these and the addition of half a pound of an oily soap to each ten gallons of solution will make it more effective. Red spiders may be removed by a strong force of water against the underside of the leaves. The Black Spot causes much defoliation of roses... This disease is seen as spots:-on the leaves in early summer. 'known remedy for this is a mixture of flowers of sulphur, nine parts, arsenate of lead, one part. The sulphur should be fine. This mix- ture should be dusted on the plants as soon as they are in full foliage and before the Black Spou is noticed, repeating again several times at intervals of about t2n days. This is effective against powdery mildew also. If spraying is 'begun early in the season therc should be good foliage and abund- ant bloom. on now, which should be nr The best |. Beautiful Betty Compson and Richard Barthelmess who will be heard as well as scen in "Weary River" at the Regent Monday where the big picture starts its second engagement in Canada com- ing to Oshawa direct from the Tivoli theatre, Toronto. Charles Rogers Here in New Picture The tendency of girls and boys of today to vie with each other in the pursuit of pleasure is touched upon with accurate psychology in "Red Lips," Universal picture of ultra- modern college youth which will open here at the New Martin Theatre on Monday night with Charles Rogers and Marian Nixon in the starring roles, The picture presents the contrast of a youth of unusually high ideals who falls in love with a girl whose philosophy of life is of the most ex- tremely modern type. They are both of college age, the susceptible period, and the girl's love of pleasure exerts a marked influence on her compan- ion. Cynthia and Buddy are saved from themselves when the boy's room-mate fakes a hand. Youth has been depicted on the screen with real truth in "Red Lips," according to critics, Director Mel- ville Brown has set the glamorous side of college and university life before screen audiences with sincere understanding. Aq Kiwis © woiy st sd] pay, Percy Marks. While walking by the canal, two Jews saw a notice-board which stated that five shillings would be paid to whoever rescued another mah from drowning. It didn't take them more than a minute to ar- range that one should fall in and be saved by the other and the re- ward divided... In went Cohen, who found it rather deeper than he had expected. However, he splashed about, saying: "Come on! Save me!" ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS | FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES co-directing on the dialoguc. ing Patsy Ruth Miller Besserer and James Marcus, starring Sid Saylor. "Collegian" series, may be assigned ure, pleted at Universal, are included in the picture. able Parisian bantamwcight. tan society. Lother Mendes, will direct. Edwards, who directed several episodes of Universal's and Mack's first all-talking picture, * duction at the Paramount studios in Hollywood. It will be used as one of the three songs to feature stage acts which Dialogue sequences are now being recorded at the Mack Sennett sound studios for the Tiffany-Stahl production "Whispering Winds" di- rected by James Flood, with Davis Hartford, well known stage director, The picture has an all-star cast, includ- Malcolm McGregor, Eve Southern," Eugenie Harry Edwards, former director for Harry Langdon and "Baby Peggy," is directing "Camera Crank," a Universal two-reel comedy S popular to direct a comedy starring Sonny McKeen, Universal's child star, upon the completion of the Saylor pic- Production of "The Climax," all-dialogue and music adaptation of tidward Locke's famous stage play of the same name, has been com- "The Climax," directed by Renaud Hoffman, stars Jean Hersholt with Kathryn Crawford, LeRoy Mason, John Reinhardt and Henry Armetta composing the cast. "Speedway," a racing story to be made in Indianapolis, with realistic scenes of the big annual auto race there, is William Haine's new star- ring vehicle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harry Beaumont, who made the sensationally successful "Broadway Mclody," is directing the new picture. "The Early Bird," an original song, has 'been written' for Morgan 'Why Bring That Up" now in pro- Patsy Ruth Miller and Arthur Rankin have been selected as the romantic leads of Columbia's talking special which will be brought to the screen under the direction of Frank Trayer. As a rollicking com- edy of domestic tribulations "The Fall of Eve" introduces not only an entirely different type of talking picture from the current offerings of melodramas, mysteries and musical comedies, but also marks the debut of the two popular playmarks as talking stars. Maurice Chevalier, French music hall favorite, in Hollywood, under contract to Paramount, sponsored the American tour of Kid Francis, Lawrence Gray, who appeared with Norman Shearer in "After Midnight," and with Marion Davies in "The Patsy," the male lead opposite Miss Davies in the all-talking version of "Mar- ianne" which goes into production this week, has been given Neil Hamilton has been assigned by Paramount to play one of the principal roles in "Illusion," the all-talking film of Arthur Train's latest novel dealing with a young magician's adventures in modern metropoli- Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, who were co- featured in "Close Harmony," again will appear together in "Illusion." June Cellyer also has one of the prominent roles, The German director, ANNUAL PICNIC OF MATERIAL DEPT. GENERAL MOTORS Enjoyable Event Was Held at the Beautiful Park at Hampton The annual picnic of the Mater- fal Department of General Motors office was held at Hampton Park Jast evening. The 'weather man played his customary joke on this picnic when the day. opened with a heavy shower but the evening was per- fect for outdoor games and en- tertainment. At five o'clock about one hun- dred and fifty of the staff and their wives and sweethearts were transported in waiting cars to the lovely park at Hampton where, upon arrival, a series of softball games was run off between four teams captained by' Mr, W. FE. Davis, Mr, W. A. Coad, Mr. F. Chappell and Mr. R. F. Bennett. The teams captained by Mr. Davis and Mr. Coad finished the series with a tie and it will be necessary at some date in the near [future to play this off. Result of Races The races organized by Mr. Percy Morrison resulted as follows : Single ladies--K. Wells and G. Marion "Nixon and Charley Rogers Coming Monday Portraying a new 'side of iate life in vivid colors, but with rare understanding, "Red Lips," Charles Rogers and Marion Nixon, will open here at the New Martin Theatre starting Monday. Because of its youth and interest, college has been a frequent subject of motion pictures. Universal has chosen to show the glamorous side in "Red Lips" and depicts the rom- ance between a shy youth and an off-campus flapper. Rogers and Miss Nixon, two of Hollywood's youngest stars are said to portray to perfec- tion the heart of modern youth. An entire college campus was construct- ed for the picture. It includes a track, dormitory, student's amusement starring colleg- hall and other features of collegiate life. The picture also shows the pet- ting parties and whoopees. "Red Lips" 'is from a story by Percy Marks, author of "The Plastic Age," sensational novel of college life. "Red Lips" is equally sensational and similar in theme, Melville Brown adapted the story for the screen. He was then assigned the job of direc- tion. The supporting cast is reported to be unusually good. Stanley Taylor appears as the room-mate of Rogers. Hugh Trevor, Hayden Stevenson, Andy Devine, Robert Seiter and Earl McCarthy are in the cast, plus a bevy of Hollywood's snappiest beauties. James T O'Donohue wrote the con- tinuity. McCurdy; Married Ladies --Mrs. Boultbee and Mrs, Rice; Execu- tives, W. L. Pierson and Gor- don Drew; Bunny Race--Geo. Moore and Miss Huggins and Carl Houck and Miss Blessenger; three legged race--K Wells and W. L. Pierson and Mr. and Mrs. Boult- bee; clothes pin race --Gordon Drew and Art Petre: slow walk-- Mrs, Finlay and Mr, R. Mark; number race, Mr. Boultbee and Lottie Northcott, W. L. Pierson and Mrs. Boulthee; men's open-- Art Petre and Murray Hainer, Mr. C. E. Hare's team won the Tug O' War against W, L, Pier- son's team, The Solira ladies under the able leadership cf Mrs. McKessock cat- ered to the entire satisfaction of all. The Department Male Quartetis consisting of Messrs, Frank Ches- ter, Clarence Toaze, Art Petre and Chester Lambert rendered a num- ber of popular numbers and solos were presented by Mr, Toaze and Mr. Murray Hainer. After the sing song a huge circle was formed and the whole en- semble sang Auld Lang Synz and God Save the King, bringing =a most delightful picnic to a close. "There goes a fellow who chased around for years trying to land a political job." Direct from Starting Monday ENGAGEMENT POSITIVELY FOR 3 jj DAYS ONLY Toronto "Tivoli" Theatre to Oshawa "Regent" Outcast muddy waters sun. to speak his sorrowful fought for the bad. SHOWING LAST NIGHT IN TORONTO---MONDAY NIGHT IN OSHAWA! RICHARD . + + » with beautiful Betty Compson from society -- a - down-and-outer--as weary as in a blazing But Love inspired him soul through the genius of his music--to fight for the better things in life, the way he had Other . . Sound Attractions DAILY MATINEES | , w i ™ His marvelous baritone voice doubles the thrills that his wonderful acting gives you. Now, he's a { convict boy, whose gold- en voice melts prison bars. Hear him sing his soul song and play that tearful melody. It's a thrill you'll want to re- member forever. _'