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Clark Gable, who recently oor In "A Free Soul," "The Secret Six" and "Laughing Sinners," and Magre Evans, of "Son of India" fame, play the central roles, as the blackjack dealer and the gambler's sweetheart respectively, who in seeking to re habilitate an abused racehorae find
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1931.
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CINEMA SCREENINGS.! Filled with splendid outdoor scenes | Owen Davis and Gertrudo Purcell. and action, the picture has a cleancut Davis is probably the greatest of appeal. Gary Cooper is a fast-riding, living American play-makers. Mias fast-shooting plalisman, whose true Purcell is a veteran scenerist, Edward honcaty is forced to the surface in a Cline, one of the most famous human and logical way. Fay Wray comedy-dircetorn in the film industry,
the girl. She played opposite directed the picture at Paramount "Sporting Blood." sensational drama Cooper in "The First Kiss" and "Le- New York studio. of the turf, with one of the most gion of the Condemned." Emma Dunn of Broadway
A competent cast favourites einborato casts assembled in seasons, gives another wonderful mother par-Ruggles. The support is headed by supports is the attraction which will be shown trayal, one of the best of those Donald Meek, recently starred in the at the Queen's Theatre today.
which have made her famous DN The picture is based on Frederick stage and screen for nearly a quarter farce hit, and a veteran also of comedy cast of "Oh Promise Me" Broadway Hazliit, Brennan's Saturday Evening of a century, Jahn Cromwell, who character parts in the films. Maraget Post alory, Horacflesh." Metro-directed George Baneroft in "The Dumont, the queenly hostess of the Goldwyn-Mayer produced it.
Mighty and William Powell in two earlier Marx Brothers Alms, "Street of Chance," made this pic "The Cocoanuts" and "Animal ture.
Crackers", enacts an Important role "The Dawn l'atrol,"
as the mother of the young society enced airman and In which forty-six Charllo in engaged, Miss Conroy is Air scenes directed by an experi-girl, played by Sue Conray, to whom stunt flyers anticipated will be wit graduate from the "line" of the eased in "The Dawn Patrol," the famous Ziegfeld Follies. As the not- Firat National-Vitanhone feature to-bad villainess, Tamara Geva has starring Richard Barthelmess which an important place in the picture. Theatre on Miss Geva is the sensational, dancer comes to the Queen'a Sunday.
who, with Clifton Webb, knock the Four weeks were apont on location customers cold in "Three's A Crowd". at Triunfo, and Newhall, California-ne big Broadway revusleal show.
"The Girl IIabit" presents Charlie two locations--one acrving as a Ger-
and the ather as a na a wealthy young bachelor who, man airdrome British airdrome. Forty planes were although already engaged to marry one sweet young thing, Just can't seem to keep out of the clutchen of ¦ very conniving female he meets.. Mas Gova Is the department store sales girl who makes the trouble for our comical hero. She is Charlie want to get so that he can he possessor of old love-letters which in landing with Bach, president of the destroy them. When he goes to her acroplane company braring his name. apartment to receive the damaging. Howard Hawks, who directed "The eplattes, he is discovered there by Dawn Patrol is himself a license Tamar's irate gangster husband, who pilot having entered the air service awears he'll put Charlie on the spot. 1917. He is a brother of Kenneth | The ensuing events shows Charlie Hawks who met an untimely end in trying to evade the avenging gangster the Fox Film crash which wont the and his mob and at the same time ijers of ten men.
trying to pacify the "one and only"** Barthelmess is supported by a rennd her mother. He finally has to markable cast composed at Dougles resort to a Jull term to get out of the Fairbanks, Jr. Nell Hamilton, Gard-path of the avenger. But even there ver, James, Edmund Breon, Clyde he nnt safe, ne the gang has been
Charles Brabin, Who Almed "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" and other | hits, "difreled the new production, and a specially notable cast appears, in- cluding Ernest Torrence, Low Cody. Mario Prevost, Harry Hainan, Hallam Cooley, J. Farrell McDonald ant others. Many famous Jockeys and
race horses also appear.
Much of the picture was Almed on Kentucky race horse breeding farms and show the "inside" of the method of the track, The Kentucky Derby and other famous races farnish addre
used at these locations, eight of which were completely wrecked to ob. tain realistic effects and thrills, The stunt flyers included much noted pilot as Leo Nomir, E. 1. Robinson, Ims Rel. Frank Tonick and R. S. Me. Allister, who was later killed in
thrills to the vivid atory of gambling crash in New York City while making
and greed.
"The Texan,"
Totally different in many ways, yet bringing the same marefree, swagger Ing, outdoor freedom of "The V ginian" to the talking screen, "The Texan," Paramount's second Kron romance of the West, upens a three day, showing at the Central Theatre Gary Cooper, "The Virginian," is aime
The Texan,"
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Doris Anderson, who wrote "The Wolf Wall Street", is the author of the screen play, "Grumpy", whleh comes to the King's Theatro shortly. with Cyril Maude, one of England's foremost actore, in the title role.
O. Henry wrote the original story "A Double Dyed Deceiver," fror which "The Texan" was adapted. Cook, James Finlayson, William Jan-sent up also. Then there is the first appeared in n collection n'
Day, and athers. Th story wns innocent "affair" with the warden's stories, "Roads of Destiny," by the famous author, and popular acclairanted by Seton Miller and Dan wife, and any number of rollicking
Totheroh, one of the mont
altuations which follow. singled it out ha thoroughly bumna picers from the
"Grumpy" A merlen's best-beloved writer Oliver II. P. Garrett, who wrote "Street of Chmer," adapted O Honry's story for the nerevo,
The story
openn in Texas A climaxes on the pammen of
South Amerion. It tells of the Llano Kid. n young handit, who is persuaded to go to South America to pose as the runaway son of a wealthy and aristo, ernife widow, There he meets the widow's beautiful niece, and finds a mother's love. Although he went to rob, he finds he cannot destroy the older woman's happiness.
"The Girl Habit”. "The Girl Habit" Ruggles' first starting picture, is now showing al the King's Theatre. As such it gives him a chance display fully all his over talents for making folks laugh right out loud. Since he is the main personality in this picture. audiencer can depend upon it that the perfor- manre will be even funnier than the earlier films in which Ruggles was a mere featured player such a "Gentlemen of the Press", "Young Man of Manhattan" and Her Wedding Night".
The Girl Habit" was written by
and
Mias Anderson made her adaptation from the stage comedy of the aume naineя by Horace Hodges Thomas Wignes Percyval, who had completed the play in 113 when Maude was looking for a vehlele to add to his repertoire for an American engagement.
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The authors read "Grumpy" to role in London, and all of the largų Maude and he selected it for the cities in the United States and American tour. He first appeared Australia. His individual stage per- In "Grumpy" at the Theatre Royal informances of "Grumpy" total y #pm Glasgow, Scotland, during the, couras proximately 1800, of a preliminary tour in which he tried out the vehicles to be presented Maude is supported by Phillips In the screen version of this comedy In the New World,MENT
His American debut was made and others
Holmes, Frances, Dade, Paul Cavanaga "Grumpy" ng-Wallack's Theatre, New York, on November 8, 1018, He since has successfully played the
George Dakory, and Cyril -Gerdos are the co-directors of th