The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, December 14, 1929, Image 13

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The Soi tthern Israelite Page 13 DOORS to the PLAY WORLD CAPITOL pular Screen Comedy Team Coming In Skinner Steps One" f and Sterna Kennedy to be ■ m Hilarious Farce Comedy • I mm One of Henry Irving i Skinner' Stories , ’ ; Tryon a nd Merna Kennedy, Ii;t1red again by Universal in - hit Steps Out.” one of the •r.ti-'i farce-comedies of the seas- uhi<h comes to the screen of the - < .tpitol Theatre December 16th. . a dialogue picture. •h Trytin, as the star, and Miss •.j>. a- his leading 1 lady, attain hMnunic heights in this picture, fhi-ir roles are admirably suited ' a 11'' i! >. (Continued on Pape 1<>) S / METROPOLITAN Actress Says Long Dresses Arc Immoral Dorothy Mackaill Predicts Skirts Below Knees Will Soon Be Prohibited The long dresses are petting: posi tively naughty, according to Dorothy Mackaill. Soon it will be immoral to wear skirts below the knees! Of course the blonde English ac tress is “spoofing” us a bit, but there is something to what she says. And she cites her latest First National- Vitaphone film vehicle, “Hard to (let” as Exhibits A. B and C. As she says: “1 wear short skirts in part of the picture. But I’m a manikin in the st< ry, so part of the time 1 am seen posing in ‘ultra’ creations from Paris. Evidently ‘ultra’ in this case means ultra long. But it might easily be mistaken for a synonym for ‘hot,’ if you see the dresses. “No, I'm not joshing. Short skirts are now moral and the French naughtiness that makes imported gowns so highly prized comes in part from effective use of length at the expense of circumference. The con front inued on Page D>) CONTINUOUS I :00 P. M. TO 11:30 P. «. Starting; Monday, Deci’iuber l(>tli GLENN IB VON and MY BN A KENNEDY in I heir Latest Comedy Biot “SKINNER STEPS OUT” ON THE STAGE Boss W yw, Jr. Topping: an I nustially Good \ aude\ille Bill Extra Xmas Program WM. HAINES in “NAVY BLUES” Watch for “Loew’s January Festival" Week of December 16 Week of December 23 “HARD TO GET” “MASQUERADE” 1 with va itli JACK OAK IE LEILA IIYAMS DOROTHY MACKAILL ALAN BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN PARAMOUNT America s Boy Friend” I hrill-T hrob King Here “If it’s a Paramount picture, it’s the best show in town" especial ly if it's a Charles (Buddy) Rogers picture. And “Half Way to Heaven,” which opens December 23 at the Para mount theatre, is that kind of a pic ture. Rogers in a new, a different role, thrills you with daring stunts on the aerial-trapeze, shows you what love is all about, makes you forget all your troubles and smile, and, al together. uses bis engaging boyish ness. splendid physique, and eleancut evening of gorgeous diversion. “Half Way to Heaven” brings Bud dy into the limelight as a daring per former in a carnival troupe, in love with lovely .lean Arthur. Paul Lukas is the third member of the triangle. Through a series of exciting events, the romance of Miss Arthur and Bud dy blossoms and fades and blossoms again in spite of the sinister menace of Lukas. (Continued on Page 16) RIALTO "(long to the Rialto this week? They’ve got a great railroad talkie there, I understand.” “Oh. Yeah?” “flow’d you guess it? That’s the name—‘Oh Yeah!’ The Rialto presents this week the first all talking real railroad comedy drama yet screened. Critics have hail ed Oh Yeah with praise for its witty dialogue and fast moving situations. Dude and Dusty, so the story goes, blow into Linda, a railroad town, as piring for a first rate job as befitted two first rate railroaders. Plenty of trouble-dust rises when these two dis cover two “boomers” on the same (Continued on Page 16) WEEK OE DECEMBER If* NINTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW Pointed Heels I Paramount Tallcing— Singing Picture with WM. POWELL, HELEN KANE KAY WRAY—SKEETS GALLAGHER “T/ie Best Show in Town” xunmoiint Week of CHRISTMAS WEEK December 16th “OH YEAH” “MIDNIGHT with DADDIES” ROBERT ARMSTRONG i Hiproaring Comedy JAMES GLEASON Hi»t From Hroadwoay <1 m