The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-12-18
BIG SHOWS COMING
TO MASON CITY THEATRE

Ihfee shows, acclaimed by crit
les as tops" in their field, come to
the Mason City theatre. this week
and next. cts In The Air." star
ring Jack Benney, Annie Oakley,
| film based on occurrences in the
life of the famous markswoman,
starring Barbara StanWick, and the
return, by popular demand, of
"Smilin' Thru" featuring Norma
Shearer, gives promise of week OF
outstanding moving picture enter
tainment.
There is something new under
the sun! For new angle on screen
plots, Jack Benneys latest starring
picture, Its In The Air." coming
Friday and Saturday can't be beat.
Benney is said to repeat the sue
cess scored in broadway Melody
of 1885,"
According to advance reports,
audiences scream, laugh, cry and
cheer at the thrilling stratosphere
flight, with Benny and Ted Healy
as the novice participants who have
to take to the air to escape the long
arm of the law for their shady
dealings.
Una i.Ierkel, as Bennys wife,
shows that she is as adept at dra-
matte portrayals as comedy Nat
Pendleton, as the dumb "G-Man,
has the audience holding their
sides Mary Carlisle in her charac
terization of the flapper vamp,
while Harvey Stephens and Grant
Mitchell turned IN sterling, per-
formances.
Following on the heels of his
first success, broadway Melody of
1885, Benny proves that he is one
of the screens top comedians in
the o-GoldWyn-Mayer comedy
drama directed by Charles F.. Ries-
ner, who incidentally directed
Benny's first picture seven years
ago when he made Hollywood
Revue of 1922
annie Oakley
More than 1000 players, in cos
tunes ranging in type from debu-
tantes of the Gay Nineties to
whooping Indians, participate in
one of the major scenes OF Annie
Oakley" Barbara Stanwicks new
starring film based on occurrences
in the life of the famous marks
woman, which shows Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday.
The scene is a graphic illuStra-
ton of the appearance OF Buffalo
Bills Wild West Show in Washing
ton, D. c., almost SO years ago.
Seven hundred motion picture ex-
tras act as show spectators, while
| fifty enact the roles of ticket sellers,
sideshow bankers and other attend
ants. In the arena, hundreds OF
Indians and cowboys portray a bat
tie on the Western plains.
More than 300 Indians, recruited
from the reservations of the South
west by Jim Thorpe, Americas
famous Indian athlete, take part in
the colorful scenes.
Prominent among the Indian
leaders are Chief Thunderbird and
Phillip Armenia. The former.
full-blooded Cheyenne not 10 years
old, witnessed as a little boy the
annihilaticn of Clusters command
| by 700 Sioux ana CHeyenneS aI
the battle of the Little Big Horn IN
1876
"Smilin' Through"
Few motion pictures are able to
stand the test of being reissued
through their initial release but
Norma Shearers triumphant film
version of the famous stage classic,
"Smilin' Through" in which she is
supported by Frederic March and
Leslie Howard is one OF those rare
productions which have fingered IN
the hearts of moviegoers the world
over.
SO great has been the demand
upon the part of the public to see
this picture once again that Metro
Goldwyn Mayer is bringing "Smilin'