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"MICKEY ROONEY
in 'BOYS TOWN"
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Starring
UHEN YUN SHANG
A Chinese- Picture
MICKEY ROONEY
SPENCER TRACY
ip
BOYS TOWN
STAR
SYLVIA
TODAY ONLY
„Two great dramatic stors bring you the searing story of love on porola!
GEORGE
SIDNEY RAFT "YOU AND ME"
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LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD
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· BRO, BADID”PICTURE
Commenting BUNDAY, 4th June, 1939, M-G-M WEEK, OF "OLD" FAVOURITES* 7 Super productions each for ONE day only 1- Everyone A Knockout!"
SUN. Laurel & Hardy in their Funniest "WAY OUT WEST* MON. Ronald Colman in Dicken's "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" TUE Marx Bros. in Fastest Riot "A DAY AT THE RACES”, WED. Norma Blearer & Lesile Howard in "ROMEO & JULIET: THU. Laurel & Hardy in Twin Brothers "OUR RELATIONS" FRI Lobert Taylor, & Margaret Sulavan in “8 COMRADES BAT. Jeanett MaaDonald & Nelson Eddy in "MAYTÍME":
Today's Screenings
KING'S,
Hongkong
"Four Daughters"
QUEEN'S!
"Swing, Sister, Swing" ORIENTAL:
"Judge Hardy's Children" CATBAY:
"Law Of The Underworld"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"The Angel"
STAR-
"You And Me""
MAJESTIC:
"Kentucky Moonshine"
KING'S:
Coming
*King Of The Turf" QUEEN'S:
"Boys' Town” ORIENTAL:
"Smashing The Spy Ring" CATHAY:
"Way Out West”
ALHAMBRA: \,
"Boys' Town":
STAR:
"Dodsworth"
"Three Smart Girls" MAJESTIC:
"Kidnapped"
CINEMA & GENERAL
"FOUR DAUGHTERS"
AT THE KING'S "Four Daughters," the Warner Bros. picturization of a famous story by Fannie Hurst, will open at the King's Theatre to-day. A moving tale of tour devoted sisters who fall in love with the same man, the Alm has bue of the most unique casts in motion picture history.
Given stability by the presence of such tried and true performars as Claude Rains. May Robson, Frank, McHugh and Dick Foran, the cast is made remarkable by couple of striking circumstances.
First, it mark the only time in motion picture history when three sisters not only played important mles in the same picture but were, in fact, cust. as sisters. They are, of course, the Lane girls, Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola. The fourth sister, incidentally, is played by Gale Page, who is said to fit beauti- fully into the Lane ensemble.
BEST-SELLERS BOUGHT
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. -PAGE 5
BY COLUMBIA PICTURES KING
Columbia has purchased. Margaret Sidney Lothrop's series of best-sellers, "Five Little Peppers,” 85-starring vehicles for Edith Fellows, who is under contract to the company. "Five Little Peppers and How They Grow," soon to be placed in production, will be adapted for the screen by J. Robert: Bren and Gladys Atwater. The stories deal with the lives and adventures of an exuberant and indomitable family of fatherless children.
"BOYS TOWN" IS
ONE OF YEAR'S
BEST PICTURES
Edith Fellows, one of Holly- wood's leading child actresses, has
been stated and featured. In many
Columbia pictures," among them.
"he Married Her Boss," "And So
They Were Married." "Tugboat Princess," "Pennies From Heaven," "City
Little Miss Roughneck,"
Social problem fims are usually Streets" and "The Little Adven- looked upon with a certain amount turers." of suspicion by most cinemagoers, many of whom sea in them highly leading lady, recently placed un- Rochelle Hudson, Columbia's new dramatized, exaggerated and un-der long entertaining portrayals of an as- Richard Arlen, will be the princi
term contract, and pect of life with which they have pals in a new picture entitled little, to do. of which they know "Missing Daughters." It is plan- Witle and wish to know less
ned for early production, with C "BOYS TOWN.": Metro-Goldwyn-) C. Coleman, Jr. directing. Mayer four-star special, described In leading cinema magazines as one of the best. ten pictures of the year, must; speaking strictly, be classed as a social problem alm, but this previewer has no hesita- tion at all in rating its entertain- ment value, as distinct from educational, among the highest for the past 12 months. -
COVETED SCREEN ROLE
Based on the true life story of One of the most highly coveted Father Edward J. Flanagan, of screen roles of the year has fallen Omaha, Nebraska, in his fight to to Barbara Stanwyck, establish
Powerful Role
•
has been completed by Lewis Mel- The screen pl7, of "Golden Boy" zer and Daniel Taradash and the production will be made under the the superision of William Perlberg.
home for under- Miss Stanwyck was signed by privileged boys, the picture affords Columbia to play the leading fe- Spencer Tracy, co-starred with minine rule in the picturization of Mickey Rooney.. another oppor- "Golden Boy." the Broadway stage tunity for one of those sincere, hit by Clifford Odets. She will natural characterisations for which portray the part of Loma Moon. he is deservedly famous.
a young woman who has battled life in her own way and who As the idealistic priest whe throws her heart into the balance stakes everything on the theory while the Golden Boy seeks quick that "there is no such thing as a short-cut to a spectacular career. bad boy," and that, If given a proper chance, juveniles who would otherwise wind up in reformatories and prisons, could become worth while citizens-and goes prove his theory despite strong opposition--Tracy has a role simi lar, but even more powerful than. that of Father Tim in "San Fran- cisco." He puts it over as perhaps no other star of to-day can.
Mickey Rooney, as the tough "Kentucky Moonshine," featur- also turns in one of the best Brothers, will open at the Majes younger brother of a gangstering the three irresistible Ritz
a depth of adaptability. portrayals of his career, revealing tic Theatre to-day. dramatic ability he has not pre-the picture contains three new and Aside from all the mad antics, viously attained.
on to
.
"KENTUCKY
MOONSHINË”
songs by the same. team which Supporting Cast Heading the supporting cast is rui sensation. Lew Pollack and
made the college picture a tane Henry Hull, who excels as friend Sidney Mitchell" wrote and anancial adviser to Tracy and shine Over Kentucky,"
"Moon. his boys. little Bobs Watson, who Reuben, I've Swingin'" and "Sing "Reuben, is utterly charming as Pee Wee a Bong of Harvest."
of Father
mascot
The Warner studio also chose Home,
taneously two of the most promis-Norman Taurog directed.
Flanagan's
Darryl F. Zanuck
Gene Reynolda, Frankle To make sure these melodies this vehicle to introduce simul-Thomas, and Jonathan Hale are properly sung, producer has placed ing young actors it has ever pre- "Boys Town" opens at the the vocalization in the capable sented in its long history of star- Queen's Theatre to-morrow. Spe-throats of popular Tony Martin making. They are Jeffrey Lynn, cial Increased prices will be jand Marvelous Marjorie Weaver... tall handsome and charming a charged for the 9.30 performance
romantic interest of the promising candidate for feminine-only, the surplus thus gained otherwise mad movie.. heart palpitor No. 1. and John going to the Society for. Protection The plot, what the Ritz Gardeld, alreary famous on the of Children. It is heartily re- thers leave of it, is fairly plaus- Bro- Broadway stage. M3 a young commended-Y. el A. · character actor..
Original Scenarios
TEN OUTSTANDING
PICTURES
The Academy Award for ten butstanding pictures went in
■ large majority to films which were adaptation."
Only four out of the ten might be considered as in any way "originals." They were "Test Pilot," "Alexander's Rag-time Band," "Boys' Town" and as
doubtful quantity "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Producing companies spend “a tremendous amount of time in ex- amining the" possibility of likely novels and enormous suns of money in securing film rights. A large quantity of the money is completey wasted in buying rights which are never used.
Assumed Argument
No doubt there is an assumed argument that a successful book Or a successful play makes for. Alm publicity when the picture comes to be made.
But what does seem to be a rather remarkable fact is that after pictures have been made for
the
ible.
CROSSWORD
NO. 325
." ACROSS
1 Prance (5)
5 God of
love*(5)
8. Call forth
*(5)
9 Wait for (5) 10 Quaint (5) 11. Regret (3). 12 Tight (5) 14 Humility (7)%
17 Opulence (6) *
19" Real (6) 22 Church top
-25 Indenta→ tions (5) Distant (3)
28
29 Picture.
support (5)
30 8ky blue (5) 31 Prize (5) 32. Civic head
(51) 33 Finishea·
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DOWN Workman- ship (5)
Bo many years there should be 2 Distinct (5) apparently so few of what, one 3 Fall back might call dramatista
specialized
all," the
Alm
cinema
But, after is still a young art Com pared with the others, and doubtless it will develop its writers as well as its technique in a satisfactory slow and sure manrier.
17.
4 Grave, (6) 5. Yielded (5)
6 Buttresses
(5)
7 Hinder fo
13 Use force
(5) 15 "Consume
(3)
16 Express SOLUTION TO-MORROW
Solution No 324
30
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gratitude (b)
18 Recline (3) Pal (7)
Conquer
(5)
Vapour (5)
23 Trial (5)
24 of the pole
Circular (5) Haste (5)
ACROSS, 5, Hides. 8, Imbecile. 9, DOWN I Birca 2 Spool. 10 Conclude, 11, Climb. 14, Scald, A Pledge, do Net. 16, Indigo, 17, Untrue. 18. Way, Enormous, 12 Ancestor. 15, 20, Decoy, 24, Schedule, 25, Story, gram. 14, Now. 15, Tug. 19, 28 Sentinel. 27, Crumb,
21, Jesta. 22. Funny, 23, Realm
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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE SHOWING TODAY AT 138, 10, 7.15 AND 6.30 PM. ONE OF THE 10 BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR
No picture will ever
more fondly remembered!
FANNIE HURST wrote is with the genius WARNER BROS, imed it with the "of greatness! YOU will love it with all your
with PRISCILLA LÄNH - KOSEMARY LANE LOLA LANE GALE 'PAGE › CLAUDE RAINS JOHN GARPULI - JUPFREY LYNN - DICE POIAN Prank Murtagh - May Kaboom‹ Dieiend by MOCHART, CURTIE
ALSO CARTOON
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"How Am I Doin', Folks?”
JUDGE HARDY'S
LEXIS
STONE
CIQUA
PARKER
SUN.
MON.
With t
MICKEY
ROONEY
PAY
HOLDEN
Directed by GEORGE B. SEITZ
Stop-qut on NEW adventures-heart- warming and hilazione ...with Mickey Rooney the Zid who rocked „America, and the, zast
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Joved in"You're Only Young [Onca"; medi
Children
Another story of Judge Mordy's family
Mera Goldwyn Mayer MCTURE
SMASHING THE SPY RING'
with Balph Ballamy, Fay Wray, Regis Toomy. Ann Daran."
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
THE CRAZIEST, DAFFIEST COMEDY OF THE SEASON!
WHEN THEY GO HULFILLY.
HEAVEN HELP THE HILLS I
Thes Ritz Brothers KENTUCKY MOONSHINE
A 20th Century Fox Picture with
TONY MARJORIE
MARTIN WEAVER
SUM SUMMERVILLE
JOHN CARRADINE WALLY VERNON "BERTON CHURCHILL - EDDIE COLLINS Directed by David Butler
Darry! & Lamech in Orange of Production
LAUGH DAFFYL
SWEETHEART-Y! SWING-HAPPYI
with Pollack & "Mitchell's nawait
and swellest tunes!
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S
Immortal Tale of Love and Adventure on Sos and Land I WARNER BAXTER FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW
"KIDNAPPED"
A 20th Century Fox: Super Production
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