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Crehan, Robert Barrat and Poul Guilfoyle are included In the cast. Willum Keighley directed the pro- duction.
"The Three Godfathers"
How to care for four seven-months- old babies in the trackless wastes of a sweltering desert presented one of the rarest tasks to motion picture technicians. The babies are two sets of twins-chubby, cute and blonde-- who, collectively, play the one naby The role in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer'e Three Godfathers," which comes on Wednesday to the Alhambra Theatre,
Two are Jean and Judith Kirchner,
"this setting. The operal-e
Belly Furness, Sarn Halen, Ralph Morgan and Henry Armette. The story is sald to present the most poignant love story ever shown on the screen, and was adopted by George O'Neill, Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman from the popular novel by Lloyd C. Herbert Marshall is the star of Daugias.
Last Days of Pompell"
ancient Paramount's "Forgotten Faces" which
An entire section of the 19 due shortly at the Queen's Theatre. In the supporting cast are Gertrude toman city of Pompeil was repro- Michael, James Burke, Roberi Cum-duced at RKO Radlo Studios to film mings and Jane Rhodes. The nim is "The Last Days of Pompeil," now at Among the struc- story of an all-consuming love the Star Theatre. Directed by E. A. Dupont, the story tures shown is the famous Temple of revolves around a gambling house Jupiter. Three sound stages, a ficor operator, and the woman he marries space of 30,000 square feet, When he finds she is faithless he threwn together to nilow an enormous commits a murder
a ma
and is sent to reconstruction of this temple, the friendly police Forum, a publle square and a market prison. Through
It required 100 are lights to sergeant, his daughter is given to a place. well-to-do family for adoption, and ninate
About 400 never knows who her real parentsling crew numbered 120.
were used to stage a gay. are. Years later, the prisoner learns extras that his daughter now grown, is to be colourful scene of festival, one of the married and that his wife intends to most brilliant to be seen in this spec
a year of blackmail her. Securing a parole tacular film. More than through the efforts of the policeman, research was required to insure ab he arranges to change places with the solute accuracy in the construction of Preston Foster, using butler
home, these settings, his daughter's Development of the scheme whereby each of his excellent portrayals to rise he frustrates his wife's efforts brings to greater screen heights, is cast in the leading role of Mureus, the black- the film to a breath-taking climax.
smith of Pompeil who sacrifices even
and his happiness to gain wealth
Other principal players this RKO Radio spectacle produced the by Merian C. Cooper are Alan Hale, croupier, and the crowd around the Basil Rathbone, John Wood, Louis roulette table seeing that thirteen: Cathorn, David Bolt, Dorothy Wilson hud netually turnel up, registered and Wyrley Birch.
Speelal Agent" that they almost such amazement
"Special Agent," the Warner Bros. "broke up" a scene being made for "Magnificent Obsession," the Univer picture is now showing at the Queen's sal picture wowet the King's Theatre, Theatre, with George Brent and Bette Irene Dune was the centre of the Davies in the starring roles. The action taking plage in a Paris gambil picture 13 a thrilling drama concern- ing casing. The actress placed a bet in the daring adventures of the on number 13 in the Brat photograph- undercover men of the U.S. Treasury ing of the scene and, 13 won! The Department. George Brent as a re. a Government scene was med and of course this my more times, porter, who is also
mumber never came inan. Ir trying to get evidence tigainst again, though each time the Ricardo up croupier, as required by the scenario, part of a polished but ruthless killer.
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This Bette Davies innocently secures > scene finally completed to his satis-position ns secretary to the king of faction, Director Stabi shifted the the crooks. The story is crammed in camera to get a close-up of the rapid-with tense dramatic situations ly spinning wheel itself, with the which Brent determined to bring the tumbling ball dropping into number criminals to justice and at the same sweet- 13. But the shot was filmed and re-time save Bette Davies, his
Robert Olmed for almost two hours before leart from assassination.
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For the famed Dlonne quintuplets. transportation of the infants un ultra- modern auto-trailer was provided. but truck. The trailer alone The trailer was towed by a custom- thirty feet in length, built of dura- luial and as modern as n city apart- ment. Within the trailer, its walls insulated, were electrle lights, con- trolled heat, radio, disappearing beds. buffet, carpeted floors, moderalstic furniture. kitchen
and bathroom. Also, for the desert heat, the rolling
On the "loca- | home was air-cooled.
on" trip for the desert scenes in "The Three Godfather" a company of lifty-six, headed by Chester Morris, i Lewis Stone Waller Brennum and Director Richard Boleslawski, was faken care of in a hotel at Mojave on The edge of the desert.
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