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Torrance Herald )RRANCE, CALIF. TORRANCE HERALD THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 Valley of the Giants/' Gives Film Stars on SOCIETY TORRANCE THEATRE1 Air Tonight in "Consistently Good Pictures" Milton Sills His Best Role MRS. CHARLES CURTIS Calif. HOSTESS AT BRIDGE Phone 132 * Torrance, Mrs. ptmrles Curtlm entertained Saturday! and Sundaye Continuous Starting 2:80 P. M. Dodge Program M. a few neighbors.at bridge Monday Other Daya Continuum Starting 6:30 P. evening at her home on Post ave- Adults, 25c ________Children under 12, 10c Fairbanks, Chaplin, Talmadge and Others Ho Mr THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 29-30 to Talk ! S. Lancaster and Grover Whyte I Others present were: Mr. nnd Mrs "THE LOVES OF CARMEN" Hrothers, Inc., Detroit J. W. Post, Mr. 'and Mm Georg tonight sponsor one of the biggest Nelll, Mr. and Mrs. George Pock SATURDAY, MARCH 31 ' nullo hook-ups yet accomplished ham, Mrs. Florence Welch, whrn movie stars of Hollywood go Lancaster ttnd Mrs. Whyte. BUCK JONES in on (he air nationally In the Curtlss was assisted In entertain "Dodge Film Stars Radio Hour," ing by her daughter, Mrs. Shlnn "TOE BRANDED SOMBRERO" over KFI. Dodge Brothers, which has been ENTERTAIN VISITORS SUNDAY," MONDAY, APRIL 1-2 a leader in use of radio for na­ AT DINNER PARTY tional entertainment hook-ups, In­ Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Murphy, RIN TIN TIN in troduced the Victory Six In a na­ 911 Amapolo, entertained Mr. and tional broadcast the first ol the Mrs. Dale H. Klllott and daughter DOG OF THE REGIMENT" year. The "Dodge Film Stars Ra­ Annolee, of Santa Ana, and Mr. dio Hour" will be on an even and Mrs. Owen T. Sanford of Los TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3-4 larger scale, with Norma Tal- Angeles at dinner Sunday. madge, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, John Big Double Feature Program Barrymore and Dolores Del Rio as artists. Paul Whlteman and hl« Our Want Ads JETTA GOUDAL in band, broadcasting from New York will be < part of the program. "THE FORBIDDEN WOMAN" More than two score radio sta­ Bring Results tions will be used, and the hook-up by the National Broadcasting com­ Astor and Lloyd Hughes in » ' 7H V+//tr of tJH pany will be consolidated through Ktuffo* anet tMtttou Silla two transcontinental telephone T)o you suffer "NO PLACE TO GO" Milton Sills, First National Pic- tional Pictures lost none of the lines of the American Telephone ires star, has added another re- beauty and romance of the. origi­ and Telegraph Company. from conMpatian, indi- J larknblc performance to his al- nal. The "Dodge. Film Stars Radio fatten, and sluggish liver § cady Ions list of screen successes. In beautiful settings amid the Hour" is to be on the air from Hioorou already know that or-" Playing Bryce Cardigan, In Pete,r giant trees of the Pacific "North­ 6 to 7 I'. M., Pacific Standard Olntrr laxatives give only letup- \. Kync's sreat story of the Red- est, this graphic story is unfold­ time. Douglas Fairbanks will act They do not get to the NtiL April 27th you may have'your oods, "The Valley of the Giants" ed In anner that holds interest. as toastmaster at his Hollywood [.root of the ttouble, which, unices t the Torrance theatre next from start tb finish. There- Is con­ bungalow, whence the stars will f checktd in time, may produce choice of a beautiful 10-piece set 'hursday and Friday, Sills sur­ flict, sfuggle, and action through­ broadcast. He himself-will talk on U ) serious results. - ^atrx passes any of his past perform- out, and one of the most thrilling "Keeping- Fit" of Gojden Maize Waffle Dishes or a 7-piece scenes ever shown on the screen Is John Barrymore will render laracteristatlon. provided In the wreck of the log- j Hamlet "Soliloquy." Norma Tal- set of heavy Aluminum Ware with a PICTURES ARE FIRST RUN IN THIS DISTRICT "The Valley of the Giants" Is a glng train, which plunges down a] madge Is to speak on "Women's :ory of the lumber mountainside, breaking away from Fashions In the Motion Picture more than a .physic Westinghouse "Flavor Zone" Range. Admission, lOc and 15c tie Pacific Coast, and of ro- the engine, running Into a sharp World." D. W. Griffith has chosen mance that., grows ivalry curve, and over a sixty foot cliff "Love" as the subject of bis talk, ^*EACHES THE CAUSE lumber baro Into a river. The see while Dolores Del Rio will sing a to not an ordinary bntive. While it Only $10.00 down payment places this Show Opens Promptly at 7:00 P. M. between two rival I biaplcaiaatluativkeficcttitlitftom PHONE 297 ?he story by Kyne was an Inter­ been duplicated for the motion pic­ Spanish song. the Matt, mntuillr it overcome* ch< . esting and..enthralling one, and in and Is thrilling in ithe As was the case with the Victory t. note chronic condition*. modern range in your kitchen. No extras, iringing it to the screen First Na­ Hour early this year, the new radjo , lakcacoutMofpoiicoIauNOW. Ob- .. taiaatla i» bc«M of 12 tablttt at 25c. simply this small down payment, and then event is co-ordinated with exten­ 1 C3tobo«loo<60lt$1.00/romoUdn;« THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MARCH 29-30 York Man to sive newspaper and magazine ad­ of "Flavor Zone" cook­ linty Hops Skyward New vertising of the Dodge Brothers enjoy the benefits TOM MIX in "Silver Valley" cars and Graham Brothers trucks. A Sterling Romance with Dorothy Dwan. in Latest Picture Manage United ing, while you pay the balance in- con­ One of Tom's best Artists Theatre venient monthly installments. Added: Collegians in "Samson at Calford" Laughter Billed at Comedy: "Ocean Breezes" News Reel Announcement, was made today Orpheum Sunday of the appointment of Dr. rlugo Rate for Electricity Thursday Only Big Gift Night Riesenfeld, celebrated motion pic­ Fresh from convulsing the Aus­ Special Low ture impresaria as director gen tralian populace with their hilar­ There is a special low rate for all electricity '. SATURDAY, MARCH 31 eral of the United Artists Theatn ious antics Ole Olsen and Chic Circuit. Reisenfeld, who has jus Johnson will headline the big spe­ 'used applicable to electric range users. Ask Big Double Feature Night arrived from New York, took ove cial Carnival of Fun Weeft bill which comes to the Orpheum, Los tbout itl the reins of the circuit to operat April 1. Judgment Peter the Great from Los Angeles, with headquart Angeles, Sunday matinee, ers at the United Artists Thwitn With a new edition of their "Merry Under his jurisdiction Mad Minutes" of Monkey Business," in this city. even madder Hills "King of "the Pack" will be the management of tin which IB saTd to be Artists Theatres all over the and merrier than oo their previous Also, Comedy: "Excess Relatives" United visits, the two laugh'-makers will country including the new pal ^bill pleted In Now York, Chl- "top" the outstanding comedy 1-2 just season. Other highlights of SUNDAY and MONDAY, APRIL cago, Det ther middle of the cities. humor on the special bill will be "COMRADES" "A Night at the .-Paradoxy Thea­ The season's best drama is particularly significant tre" with Ruth De Quincy_and Angeles theatre-goers a what Is described as a company of Added: "The Trail of the Tiger," No. 8 the LI , Angeles- United Artist much less than one hundred peo­ Comedy: "Captain Kidd's Kittens" and News Laffs T.heatr ill be the main th ple; The Broadway Comedian, Jay if the uit th C;1 Fllppcn and Miss Frankie THE ovelties and symphonic acco H&ith who holds over and will of­ TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3-4 anlments which have made the fer a new repertoire of songs. Also bnMima ame of Riesenfeld famous through- will be Mijares, Attar » On-oatn Bill abounding in fun BmlMW Big Double Feature ut tlie motion picture 'world will Ray Kavanaugh and his "Vanities" *a k«r«nuM4 lit See them at our office or your Shirley Mason and Malcolm McGregor in e first arranged and presented in Orchestra with Hazel Shelly, and Iat*rroptl*a ! *» « shown deafer Kin. Tin. Tin. onnoctlon with the pictures W. Cromwell Knox the English own electrical "THE WRECK" humorist. Reserve seats are on And Ted Welkin in'^Dog of the. fa Dr. Riesonf eld was responsible for sale at the Dolley Drug storeT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA cores of such pictures as "The Torrance. "THE CLEAN-UP MAN" Jt&r/ier Biros. tirade Man," "Ten Command - L. B. KELSEY Wagon," 1405 Marcelina Ave., swoops down on the lents," "The Covered NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE EDISON COMPANY Comedy Cartoon, "Bear Facts" Rin-Tin-TIn "Hunchback of Notre Dame," Notice is hereby given that the "Where Insurance Is Torrance th( .trc next Sunday other been nom­ Not a Sideline" Owned by Those it Serves swoops down, "King of Kings," and many following persons have and Monday, He productions. inated for the office of City Ti ranee Phone 135-M literally, for ii a "Dog of the Reg- jteworthy r Bros.' latest, he With his arrival here this week, tee full term, to be filled at the doe in r. Riesenfeld began work on the general municipal election to be appei- Red of Torrance on §^ 11 n lin To irthcoming musical setting for held In the City the 9th day of April, 1928: the ly," an Ame can vho "Ramona," which opens at the rly been his friend, he Tnited Artists Theatre following John Dennis. most ap­ 'Sadie Thompson." William F. Horton. proved Lindy manner, 'and does William T.
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