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As a happy-go-lucky swing band leader, Gene Raymond has per- haps the most ingratiating role in his career in "That Girl From Paris," now showing at the Oriental Theatre. He is here shown be
ing tempted with a dish of ham and eggs by his vivacious co-star, Lily Pons.
FROM MADRID TO SALAMANCA
Impressions Of A Refugee
Salamanca, Mar. 15.
have just completed a fantastic journey; a journey such as might have been undertaken by a character from Jules Verne up-to-date says a correspondent:
It was a journey from Spain back to Spain, as it were; from Madrid to Salamanca, normally a distance of 200 kilometres but, as I performed it, a distance of some
CINEMA NOTES
With Sonja Henie, Queen of the Silvery Skales, executing dazzling dances on crystal ice and romancing with Don Ameche, Adolph Menjou pulling another hilarious performance out of his geg-bag, Jean Hersholt more lovable than ever, Ned Sparks dead-panning his way to new laugh highs the Hitz Brothers running amusingly numak
Arline Judge cute, cuperating and
comical, Borrali
and his gang playing hot
rhythms on their harmonicas, and Ray and Shirley Dixie Dunbar, Leah
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hi-dc- ho, "One In A Million," the Twentieth Century-Fox spcctacular musical smash, opens at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatre 10-day. Set in a brilliant new world of delirious new thrills, "One In A Million” teilau story
of love burning as sub on mow, sprinkled with fun, roaring open fire, with songs you'll remember as the year's big hits. It's exhilarat- ingly new and excitingly different screen entertainment with the east, the songs, the laughs, the girl and the thrill in a million. Darryl F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century-Fox Pro- duction Chief, selected Sidney Lau- field to direct with Raymond Griffith associate producer.
"Lost Horizon"
When Alming began on "Lost Horizon" under the direction of Frank |Capra nearly a year ago, raised eye- brows greeted the report that the character of Miss Robert Brinklow. the missionary Indy in James Hilton' novel, had been altered considerably.
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1 fact, her
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So such so, the rumour went, that Miss Brinklow was no longer a mis sionary, or even a lady. In
wann't Miss Brinklow more. Well, the truth will out. Robert Riskin, who wrote the screen the King's Theatre play for "Lost
Horizon," which is at KANG to-day, under the
Columbia acter hee confessed
that the
nome 18
now Stone, and that she is younger, predecessor.
3,000 kilometres by motor truck, warship, train and auto- Gloria Such less virtuous, than her mobile, via Alicante, Marseilles, St. Jean de Luz, and San Sebastian. And it occupied a fortnight.
The trip might have been made by any Spaniard who, sur- prised in Madrid of the revolution and not desiring to remaining
though much less
in Governmental Spain, decided to escape to the Spain of the arist Riskin sold: In the
All frontiers were
closed
Nationalists.
and current passports invalid and fucking which would have meant intermin- able Interviews with numberless "committees" and "syndicates," im- possible in the circumstances, escape Madrid had to be
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an explana tion of the drastic fashion in
in which he dealt with Missionary Brinklow,
there was the religious angle always a ticklish one in the cinema. But even if there
would wasn't as be- have discarded the character as
"too
is starred in the "
Alicante. During the weary fourteen hours of our trip they alternately ing
of cigars and Ronald Colmar from two bottles, one of "Anis del ture and besides Miss Jewell, the sup-, Mano" and the other of brandy. I porting cast includes Jane Wyatt, was amazed at the labundance of Edward Everett Harton, Margo,
pic-
their supplies, central randy, Thomas Mitchell, Jolm Howard, H.B.
"Tarzan Escapes"
made considered that bottle of brandy, if Warner and Son Jaffe.
perchance it could be obtained, cost fifty pesetas in Madrid. They told me it had been "presented" to them on the previous night,
und then, suggestively "what do you think we fearry these for quired one of them, showing me a huge revolver. The gesture was convincing.
Had I possessed a friend in the Government, the matter would have cusy, as I could have obtained a post abroad in some capacity or other, But there was no such friend, and I was therefore faced with two direct alternatives.
our
Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan are coming to the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in their latest romance of the jungle, "T
"Tarzan Escapes" a thrill- First I might try and escape by We left Madrid via the Puente de ing adventures drama of the king of night across the noman's land around Vallecas district. We were halted the wilderness and his bride from Madrid, taking the very possible risk every 100 metres during the first the civilized world. Thrills
gutore of having my career ended at once kilometres by bands of seven or surround the love idyll the adven- by bullet from elther camp.
eight armed militiamen who closely ture of the giant vampire bats, the Secondly I might use bribery,
documenis. At each quicksand mire of death, the slam- There was however another alter- post I was seized with fear that I pede of elephants routing savages, native, but details of this I cannot might be recognised which would the river of crocodiles. amazing divulge. Suffice it to say that I had mean my immediate death in the swings across gorges and chusms, accomplices, and that for three roadway by a rifle bullet.
and other concentrated exeltement, weary months I lay hidden in a And thus, escaping the explosions. The cast, aside from Weissmuller and house in Madrid. This was necessary of Nationalist shells on the highway, Miss O'Sullivan, Includes Benita to avold joining any of the Pupular and traversing the desolate neglected faithful causin, John Buckler as the
Huma as
as Rita, William Henry as the Front organisations for, at the out-countryside between the Capital ond break of fighting, every Spaniard in the Levante coast, we came | treacherous animal trainer, and Her- Madrid between 16-and-60 years was Allennte.
bert Mundia in the comedy role.. Hundreds
appear in the battles be- tween elephants and savage warriors,
other
days la
and the glant bats and in breath-taking, episodes.
a potential soldier. He either had to I spent six mortal actively fight for the Popular Front Alleunte, living in an hotel constantly in the fight between the white safari or cease to exist. Only one thing spied upon by police, registered as a appeared certain, death; either at halung place for refugees, and man- the front, or in the city like a rabbit aged by Communist waiters who, I in a snare.
was told, hud killed their master. Therefore. I temporarily "died." I At last came the
the moment of my went into hiding, but my hiding liberation. How It was managed I place
shali not be mentioned. shall not relate,, but sumee it to say In due course and with my that I left my hotel at 7 nm, one "papers in order, but in secret fear morning and walked the streets until of discovery. I left my hiding place 10 am. At 10.15 I was aboard to leave by Motor truck for Alicante foreign worship
whose
"A Night at the Opera"
If there is any truth to the saying that "a laugh a day keeps the doctor away," the medicos will be put out of business by the riotous Marx Brothers comedy, #
"A Night at the Opera," on revered the screen of the Majestle Theatre to- day. By actual stop watch timing
through
after certain
on the first stage of my journey. Iemsign, in a moment of emotion, I thrust aside my own personality and could not refrain from kissing.
there are seventy minutes of solid brenme just one "comrade" the more. Thus, as we sped
the laughs in the latest hit of the Merry My pupera documented me. I had be Mistral
to Marseilles, a new life be Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Irving G. Madcops, which was produced for come nothing less than a person res-aan. At Marseillés, ponsible for the safe conduct of a port formalities, sought the station Thalberg. An additional attraction Pay of refugees evacuated from the and a train bound for Hendaye. My she appearance of the De Gactano Capital. Twenty-six persons went un-chief emotion? Not the gayly light-Girls on the stage.
my care, among them eleven chil-ed Cannebiere of Mcrseilles with its
"Sinu of Man" cafes and stores, nor its scenes of Prior to leaving Madrid in my new animation, despite the fact that I had Jean Hersholt contributes another role I had undergone an intensive newly arrived from a darkened and immortal characterization, worthy to training in all the necessary gestures, saddened city. But I nearly brake stand in the screen's Hall of Fame mannera, slang, and the pet blasphe-down when I espted a butcher's shop. beside his famous portrayal of The males in use among the Government I could scarcely believe that those Country Doctor" In "Sins of Man," militia. I learned to raise my joints hanging on the hooks were the Darryl' F. Zanuck Twentieth
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