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NOTES FROM THE
THEATRES
NOVEMBER 16, 1935.
greater acclaim than in "The Little! Minister." Opposite him plays Gloria Stuart, true princesa in beauty and inj ability. Another outstanding femin- ino figure is Gloria Shea, principal figure in a secondary romance, and showing grand acting talents. Char- lotte Henry, young actress beloved for her roles in "Alice in Wonder- land" and "Babes in Toyland is charming an Shelley Stanton,
The brightest spot of light enter tainment in town can be found at the Queen's Theatre to-day where. "Every Night At Eight.", will hold audience ano and all in merry musical away!!
“Our Úttle Girl” * Highly hilarious, with tuneful, toc- tapping tunes and an originality of
They're calling "Our Little Girl",) air story that is refreshing as an
Shirley Temple's greatest. Thin Fox cooled theatre on a sweltering un-Film picture coming to the Oriental mer day, "Every Night At Eight" Theatre on Sunday, Monday and proven to be a blues-chasing, heart-Tuesday has been landed everywhere. warming piece of funny business a In this production, the first since the has come along in a month of musi- child screen wonder received the cala. The picture opens on a Y special award from the Academy of note with Frances Langford, Alice Motion Picture Arts and Selences, Faye and Palsy Kelly as stenogra- ahe gives a powerful portrayal of a pher, switchboard operator and bottle! child's heart-break. "Our packer respectively in a mint Julep Girl" is a poignant story, tenderly factory getting fired from their Jobs conceived, frightened with heart- for practising their harmony singing tugs yel leaving the audiences, from in the bonn's office. Broke and home all reports, strangely happy. Alone Jess they decide to try their luck as Shirley Temple suffices to make any singing trio on an amateur hour. At picture popular. But Producer Ed- the radio station they lose the prize ward
loaded Bitcher has
them on
Little
"Qur
to George Raft who appears this time Little Girl" with talent. Rosemary in a now kind of dramatic role, that Ames playa Shirley's mother; Joel of a conceited band lender. Attrnet- McCrea, who needs no introduction, ed to the girls and seeing their posplays her father. "Poodles" Hanne- sibilities, he starts
their ford, world-famous clown and cireus career as the Swance Sisters. He riter has an amazing net; he clowns, builds them up to be a trio of sweet, rides; falls, and thrills in the circus unsophisticated southern girls, makes sequence which has everything com-1 them dress alike, look alike, and in plete from the wild animals. to the general manages their liven for them. big three-ring tent. Lylt Talbot, There is a series of sparkling events Erin O'Brien-Moure, Jack Donahue, then a ellmax packed with thrills, continue the list of fine supporting romance and acting,
"Dante's Inferno"
Cast.
"Stranded"
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Kay Francis and Theatre, with greatest poet. Some sixteen months George Brent in the leading roles. YOU'RE the only girl in the ago, Fox Film executives decided to "Stranded" is stark drame, although produce a modern version of "Dante's there is comedy relief here and there, Inferno", which comes on Sunday to just as there is humour in every walk of life. It centres about the life of the 'King's and Alhambra Theatrean worker of the Traveller's Ald, who When the script was finished, the only thinks in the term of humanity. executives turned it over to Prolucer She is in love with a hard balled en- Sal. M. Wurtzel and Director Harry gineer who is building the largest Lachman, bidding them to make it bridge in the world, and who con into a picture. Lachman went home siders human beings only as cogs in
industrial machine. The
clash of eagerly to prepare it for "shouting", but within a week he was back at the characters is the strongest point in
although the netian story, althou studio, his face drawn and haggard times is fast and as thrilling as the and with a heavy, bewildered look in wildest, melodrama. Kay Franels in his eyes. He had been trying to c ture what Hell looked like in de- the role of the Travellers Aid worker
greatest nce of his health, Lachman finally characterizations, George Brent
gives one of her organised one of the largest pre-pro- excellent as the unveilding engineer. duellem departments on record, and He seems to live the role and some took a vacation. When he returned
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to the studio he found that his staff of the scenes give him the beat chances of his screen career. Patricia Ellis had secured a complete zet of Dore'is wonderful as the villainess of the illustrations of the Inferno. They hnd production. This is her first exper also painted several from Dunne's descriptions, and a number of their fence as a film menace and definitely lifts her ou! of Ingenuc roles. real work began thirteen months of
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vere made separately, while the again, and that they might as well cast headed by Spencer Tracy, Claire enjoy the film while they had access Trevor, H. B. Walthall and Alan it. But now that Grace Moore's Dinchart, enacted the modern side of
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"Laddie" at the Star
nemuin fim, now showing at the picture, "Love Me Forever". King's and Alhambra Theatres, has heen released people are making the sanie statements again. According to all reports, "Love Me Forever" is far surpassing "One Night of Lawe" in every respect. Grace Moore, as the cess and trappiness, bringe cafe singer who
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Love's an imaginative use of the cameras plays a comedy role, that of an exeit. that is seldom met with in movies able little Italian. Michael Bartlett, these days. It is the tale of the In- distinguished lyric tenor, sings oppo- diana farm boy, Laddle Stanton, and situ Miss Moore in several scenes. of the English girl, "Princess," whom Robert Allen, of the New York Hinge, he layed; of how this son of the soil is also cast in an important role, wing her heart, and at the same time The balance of the supporting cast establishes the nability of toil includes auch pinyera as Spring against the nobility of blood. In the Byington, Douglas Dumbrille 16720 title role is John Beal, winning even | Gavin Gordon.
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