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Eight of the ten players appearing in "Too Much Harmony," the Para- mount musical film playing at the King's Theatre, were widely known entertainment in stage and redio before they entered motion alctures, Bing Crosby is still America's best likod radio star. Jack Oaklo, Skoeta Gallagher, Kitty Kelly, Lilyan Tash- man, Ned Sparks, Harry Groen and Graco Bradley were. Broadway stage favourites in musical comedy, all except Miss Bradley having played "REVELLERS"
either the "Fallics" the "Vanities." Judith Allon. who has
Dance the lead opposite Crosby, and Shirley Grey are the only players whose
Orchestra training was limited to the legitimate stage before starting their picture Work "Too Much Harmony," which these favourites appear, teils the story of the love tanglo that all `but ruins the Broadway show which features the film.
"Dancing Lady”
in
The appearance together in a pic- ture of Joan Crawford and Clark is an unmistakable sign of Gable screen entertainment above the or dinary run. The popular pair are again seen opposite each other in "Dancing Lady," Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's filmization of the widely- read, James Warner Bellal novel, which will be the feature attraction to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre. From all indications, Motro has out- done itself in providing its topnotch: stars with a vehicle which from the viewpoint of lavishness, spectacular detail and casting strength leaven
be desired. Its was practically nothing do
"Danclog Miles Crawford, who in Lady" starts outing a cheap burlesque. chorine and ultimately-onda un with her name in bright guts on Broad- way, has a part. which gives her; every opportunity for dancing, sing- ing and plenty of displays of em tional fireworks. Gablo, kowige, has a "meaty" role as the musical comedy director who at first ceni. siders the pushing Mins Crawford an the biggest pest of all hla chorinos, but is eventually brought to realize that there is more to the girl than n striking figure and particularly adept Jancing legs. The unusually Ane supporting cost grouped together for this production includes the fast- rising Franchot Tone, May Robson of "Apple Annie" fame, the, repressible Winnie Lightner,g world-famed dancer Fred Astdire Robert Benchley and Ted Healy and hin stocges. Also in prominent roles are Gloria Foy. Art Jarrott, Grant Mitchell, Maynard Holmes, Nelson Eddy and Sterling Holloway.
"Flying Down to Rio Aerial volley-ball with beautiful icla substituted for the bulls is ne of the thrilling features of RKO. -Rattiv Pictures musical extravi-") gonza, "Flying Down to Rio" coming in sunday at the King's Theatre. In the production's climax a musical show is staged In mid-nir. n the wings of giant planes soaring over beautiful Rio de Janeiro. The thrills of this novelty include the volley game, in which dancers hurl their partners from one plane to another, and such other spectacles as, aerial aquaplaning and parachute ballets the dancer tripping the light fantastie while they flutter earthward in para chutes. The all-star cast Includes Dolorus Del Rio, Fred Astaire, Ginger Roger Gens Raymond and "Raul Roulion. ns well as two hundred beauti. ful girls selected from 10,000 ap- plicants
"The Chief"
Be it ever so exacting, radio broad- casting never again will bo "the toughest job in the world".so far as Ed. Wynn is concerned. Not after his experiences during the making of The Chief, the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer feature comedy new at the Queen's. Hereafter, regardless of whether he ever makes another pic- ture, the owl-oyed comedy star will have a sympathetic car for Che troubles of the motion picture actor. "They made me hang out the window of burning building four floors above the street," the comedian laments. "They made me run through smoke-filled halls with the flames licking my cent tails. They made me hung to the rear platform
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of runaway horses. And worst of all, they made me wrestle a 300- pound bear named Samson." Which, while it may suggest that life in the motion picture studios is not all fun, ikewise indicater a picture filled with thrills and laughs. Wynn in Chinese territory, on Wednesday at moving cargo, consisting of vegetables, value. "The Chief heads a notable cast, noon for Hongkong. About 6 p.m. the dried cuttiolish, salt fish, and so forth off in their boats, but as it was of over $500 worth of cargo and about After about two hours, the moni In all, the pirate's haul consisted. Including Dorothy Mackalil,' Charles (Chic) Bale, William (Stage) Boyd, same day, while hearing British terri- The pirates then wont below
low, where they were placed under
to the extent of about $1,000.
The Sheng Hung left Sum-Man, in guard, while the pirates began re-
and
direction they wont...
Elle Ellaler and C. Henry Gordon. tory in the region of Nak Ngam Kok, ransacked the junk crow's personal dark by this time, it was impossible $400 worth of the crew's personal
a Chinese salling boat, with oight man įbelongings, taking away everything of for the junk's crow to tell in what effects,
Charles F. Rienner directed.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
It Oughta Be Good!
By Blosser
KOMO & KOMOR
Art and Curlo `Experts.
ART COLLECTION
York Buliding.
SEEMS FUNNY FOR |SCRIMMAGE
" BE CALLED OFF TODAY
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Komor's Gallery is a sight of Hongkong, an inspection
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CRACH IS PLAYIN' SAFE.... DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY
CHANCE ON
INJURIES BEFORE
THE MONROVIA
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DID YOU FELLAS S58 "T' WRITE-UP I GOT
IN TH' PAPER.
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You to
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I'VE BEEN LOOKIN' ALL OVER
FOR YOU, CRASH ! THEY MADE A FEW CHANGES IN
THAT STORY YA GAVE ME... BUT ITS STILL A PRETTY GOOD ONE !!.
CLEAN FOOTBALL JOCK SUTHERLAND
FAMOUS PITT COACH.
ME of the most unsportsmanlike stmis on the gadion comes from the stone age of football. Despite the writiquity of the action, it is still practiced by some player ice afore
The deed a performed with malice thought and generally by a blocker who has no thought for clean football Running Interference 101 (tllow back into the line, the player leaves his feet, doesn body roll, sind flings His fest into the air, hoping that his
chang cicats
(vill meet the face of sõnis charging lisemary, a
This is unfair football of the worst set. They don's make penalties stiff enough for this type of play. Many an old-fame is great canc sture inflicted by just ruch sot bể sction,
The sketch ilustrates this example of sportarianči
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