The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-22
CAPITOL GIVES MELODY MIXED
 WITH COMEDY
Cracked Nuts to Be Sue ceeded by ''Lady's
 Morals and Farce

Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, will be shown for the last times to- night at the Capitol Theatre. "A Lady's Morals" with Reginald Den n.y. Wallace Beery and Grace Moore in the leading roles, will be the headline offering, and Chickens Come Home" featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, will be the added attraction on the new program Sun day, which will be given its first presentation at the afternoon mat inee.
 In Cracked Nuts" in one of the. thrilling comedy scenes, Woolsey is compelled to sit strapped in a chair while bombs rain on him from an airplane piloted by the, wavy-eyed Ben Turpin. This scene is one of the most amusing in the play. which besides Woolsey and Wheeler includes in the cast Dor cthy Lee and Edna May Oliver.
 A Lady's Morals
 "A Lady's Morals" brings to life again Jenny Lind, celebrated sing CT. It is a vivid, romantic drama of the love of a great singer and the tragedy underlying it. Woven into the tale are beautiful songs, sung as essential dramatic details in the plot The music ranges from original compositions such as "a simple love song to the great operatic numbers in which Jenny Lind triumphed during her bril- liant career The singers love for the composer, her debut in New York under the aupices of P. T. Barnum, and other dramatic de- tails, many of them authentic, make this picture interesting as bit of history
 Plays Difficult Role
 Miss Moore, taken from the realm of the grand opera, plays the diff ficult role of Jenny Lind. Her singing of Carrie Jacobs Bonds Lovely Hour" Oscar Straus "It Is Destiny Herbert Stothart's {gOh Why" the operatic "Casta Diva from Norma" and an aria from Daughter of the Regiments meets every expectation.
 Denny is the singers suitor whose blindness brings the dram atic threads of her life to a climax
 Wallace Beery enacts the role of l Barnum.
 The companions of Jenny Lind | are played by Jobyna Rowland as | the bombastic Josephine; Paul Forecast as the musical conductor, i Giovanni Martino, M et tr opolitan | opera star, as the accompanist, and | Joan Standing as the maid Gus Shy is amusing as Olaf, bowery dance hall entertainer George | Marion and Bodil Rosing are the | and his wife, and Gilbert | Emery is Lord Brougham, suitor of 1 the singer.
 sidney Franklin directed.
 Chickens Come Home
 In Chickens Come Home" Hardy, Il a prosperous citizen, is running for mayor Che and Laurel are the owners of a high grade fertilizer 5usiness). One of Divers sweet hearts comes tout of the past" and threatens him with blackmaiI. The sest of the story has to do with Hardy trying to get rid of the trouble maker, and Laurel helps lim. Neither one of them is suc- ;e5sful.
 There are lots of new and funny 3ags and plenty of excitement in Chickens Come Home, and es- 1ecially funny is the sequence in which Hardy is singing to entertain lis guests, the music and lyrics CO., ncidetally being suited to the ac- ion around him. , Mae Busch, Norma Drew and Fhelma Todd support the boys and although each plays her part to al Mae has the outstanding ,art-and she plays it accordingly. II 1. James w. Horne directed. II