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"HER MASTER'S VOICE”—
QUEEN'S THEATRE
All who can recall the days ofị close
harmony in the corner barber-shop will feel a reminiscent glow creeping over them as they [listen to Edward Everett Horton
warble "Down by the Old Mill] Stream" in "Her Master's Voice."
That perennial favourite of all; quartettes and "bathroom bari- tones" furnishes the theme for the screen version of Clara Kummer's Broadway success, in which Peggy Conklin. Laura Hope Crews and} Elizabeth Patterson are featured in support of Horton.
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AND SUDDEN DEATH”.......... ALHAMBRA THEATRE
BRIDGE NOTES
Results Are What Count
By Ely Culbertson.
“What would you bid” began my friend John Mattheys, and I immediately rang for the waiter. John, who is an excel- lent player, had a neatly folded: piece of paper and was show- ing me only the South cards of the following hand.
31
East, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable; Fast-West part score 60.
NORTH
S. Q J 9 FAQ
D. K 10 9 CAKS76
EAST
Randolph Scott and Frances Drake have the leading romantic WEST roles in the Paramount produc-S. 5 5 4 tion of drama on the highways. H.. 10
And Sudden Death," which is now D. AQ865432 D. None showing at the Alhambra Theatre D. A
The story was inspired by, the famous Reader's Digest article which made a nation conscious of the traffic toll some months ago.
Miss Drake appears as a young
"Her Master's Voice" sparkling comedy, telling ef the large measure of wee which has come to middle-aged Ned Farrar,
broadcasting system because his! boss and he could not agree on the correct way to sob "Down by the Old Mill Stream" To add to Ned's headaches, his mother-in-law, an! extremely opinionated lady, holds woman in love with speed who per- sists in driving her sports road- him responsible for the fact thati
ster with her foot on the floor, in East his wife. Queena, has been forced
spite of citation after citation for Pass to abandon her hopes for a sing-reckless driving. She meets and Pass ? ing career,
:
S. K 10 8 H.KJ84 3.
CQ 10 5 3 2 SOUTH
S. AT 32 H. 9 7 6 5,2 D. J T C. 9 4
The bidding:
South West Pass 4D.
North-
Dble.
I said I would pass, and John grows fand of a young police of- Queena's Aunt Min comes to call.
at-admitted that I would have ficial, Randolph Scott, who Unfortunately while she has never tempts to convince her of the folly obtained a good result, but not met Ned, she has developed a large of fast driving.
as good as he did. Here's the and generous grudge against him.
The romance which develops be rest of the bidding that actual- and when she finds Ned alone in the house she mistakes him for tween the pair comes to a suddenly occurred.
South West halt when a car driven by the East George. the servant, and lets out
girl's brother, Tom Brown, collides Pass all her grievances against his sup-at high speed with a school bus, Dble
North
41 Pass
Pass
Pass
Redble
Pass
4S. Pass Pass posed boss. Ned is so eager not
(final bid) Bandage for medical to contradict Aunt Min that helling the son of a police friend Dble
fof Scott's. Because the brother
West led the ace of diamonds permits her to go on thinking him was intoxicated at the time of the
low and continued with a really George, and she is so in-
crash, Miss Drake assumes the diamond which East trumped. pressed by his obsequious attitutej blame.
East returned a low club, South that she offers him a job on heri estate.. Ned accepts the job, to bel
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near Queena, who will be going visiting her aunt, and they leave.
Ned takes Aunt Min's car, to hurry to town for a broadcast, for secretly he has secured a spot on the radio as the "Fireside Trouba- dour" singer of old-fashioned ballads to a million romance- starved women. While he is or the
She is tried and convicted on a played small, and West's jack manslaughter charge, and sent to forced the king. The queen of the penitentiary. Testimony given spades was led and covered by by her sweetheart plays an impor- the king. South winning the tant part in the conviction.
Jace. A spade was returned
A second trafic crash proves and after careful consideration the means of freeing her and re-lo the bidding, declarer decided uniting her with Scott:
the finesse probably couldn't twin So
he went up with dummy's jack and was agree- ably surprised by the fall of East's ten. Ten nine of spades.
took inow
"THE GARDEN MURDER CASE-ORIENTAL THEATRE
out West's last
to
road, Aunt Min returns, Ends the car gone and broadcasts a general alarm to the police, who pick Ned
As the super-scientific detective, trump. The contract still wasį up and keep him in gaol By the Edmund Lowe gives a perform-far from made, but South now time the family arrives at the ance in this picture that is utterly had an almost perfect count on gaol to identify him as the "Fire delightful. He crawls his way in, West's hand, and decided side Troubadour" and to arrange and out of a series of thrilling ad- play for West to have had a for his release it is too late for ventures, more than once being in singleton club and for East to Ned to make his broadcast. The actual danger of sudden death. make a grievous "error. police oblige, by letting him sing! But not one of his thrills can He, therefore, led a low club lover their short-wave system. Ned be compared to his sudden falling and East put up the ten to win goes into his familiar theme song in love? It is the first time in the trick. Unnerved by the "Down by the Old Mill Stream,” Philo's adventures that he has way the hand was working out! and all is again serene and peace-underrone this experience, and for his opponents, East made ful, with the whole gang joining the way he reacts to
romantic the frightful error for which in the chorus,
situations is at once humorous declarer had hoped. Instead and entertaining.
of returning a club be returned Virginia Bruce is the smart a heart. Dummy's queen won, society girl who gives him pal. the king of clubs was cashed. pitation of the heart, and to save and the eight of clubs forced Wired for thrills, alive with her from police suspicion he East's queen. South trumped, laughs and super-charged with risks not only his reputation, but and durday's cards all were
high. sizzling excitement and romance, his life..
"What would you have done,” Supporting the two principals this picture has Brian Donlevy,
I asked, "if East had ducked Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster, is a strong cast, each member of Helen Wood, and Robert McWade which deserves special mention. your second club lead complete- in the leading roles.
Outstanding in their roles arely, letting you win the trick
with your nine?" As the title indicates, "High Benita Hume, Douglas Walton,
"Well," said John, noting the Tension" is a fast-moving film of Nat Pendleton, Gene Lockhart, waiter's approach, I would thrills and suspense, with Doxievy H. B. Warner, Kent Smith, Grant,
have paid your check." and Frieda Inescort, and Foster appearing as dare-devil Mitchell undersea cable workers who, as while Henry B. Walthall, Jessic they express it themselves, have Ralph, Charles Trowbridge and nothing to lose but their lives” Etienne Girardot contribute not-
The Alm hits its keynote in the ably.
"HIGH TENSION””—KING'S
THEATRE
opening scenes with Donlevy get-
ring the air from his girl friend, THE THIN MAN-MAJESTIC Glenda Farrell, and winding up in
a waterfront bar where he is re- scued from 2 free-for-all by Foster.
THEATRE
· “JUST IMAGINE”—STAR THEATRE
"Just Imagine" is
novel in theme and treatment, has a bril- liant cast headed by the inimit- able El Brendel and has a number
Critics have declared "The Thin of songs of the calibre which has Donlevy, ace **trouble shooter" | Man" to be the most unusual de-made DeSylva, Brown and Hender- [for an undersea cable company, tective mystery to reach the son one of the greatest song-writ-
gets Foster a similar job and screen. While most mystery films ing teams in Americă. teaches hip all the tricks of the are steeped in drama and spooky These young men, who also perilous trade.
shadows, “The Thin Man” is hu- wrote the story and dialogue, have Returning to
shore, Donlevy moronsly entertaining as well as projected their picture 50 years makes up with Miss Farrell and mysteriona.
into the future. The love interest, she agrees to marry him-provid- It presents Wiliam Powell in which centres about Maureen ing he gets a shorë job. In a burst the finest of his detective roles. O'Sullivan and John Garrick, tells of short-lived enthusiasm, Donlevy His wife is portrayed by Myrna of the romance of the “Lindbergh, agrees and buys Glenda an engage-Loy in the first light comedy role of 1980′′ in 'a gripping and sus-
of her screen career, ment ring.
tained fashion. But when difficulties occur un-1 Many familiar faces are to be Brendel has one of the greatest der the ocean, Donlevy chates at seen in the filmm, among them those roles of his career and scores re- the restriction and eventually an- of Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pen-peatedly. Miss¦ O'Sullivan is (nounces to Glenda that he is go-dleton, Minna Gombell, Natalie everything that her enthusiastic ing out to hunt the trouble. The Moorhead and Edward Brophy. friends have said of her, and that Itwo have another love-battle and On the other hand, many new is plenty. Garrick reveals a charm- Glenda tries to return his ring-faces make their debuts in the de-ing singing voice and is handsome bat to her raging disgust it will]tective story. They include those and manly in the leading male not come of her anger.
of Porter Hall and Cesar Romero role. His acting in above réproach. The film continues its mile-a- from the New York stage; William⠀⠀ The song number, of course, minute pace to its thrilling con- Henry, who has just graduated are outstanding and it seems thát clusian, which sets a new criterion from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director David Butler appears to for excitement and -thrills In an dramatic school, and Henry Wads" have scored another triumph which unusual scene at the bottom of the worth, an up-and-coming youth of entahines his previous brilliant
the films.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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dormouse
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