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ALHAMBRA

“See how this 5-year- old dimpled darling shook down the tongh-. est mob on Broadway

for lollipops!

TO-MORROW

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SYBIL JASON acclaimed by all critics as the ginchest hele star of them all.......

LITTLE BIG SHOT

A Warner Bros. Picture-wide

-OLENDA FARRELL. ZOET. ARMSTZONG JBW. TVERETT HORTON-

Assisted by za'all-star cast," "Ann Dvorak, Dick Powell and -Pity helix step-out-to new heights in ratertainment in - Thanks a Million," the 20th Century production which will be shown sim- ultaneously at the King's and Alhambra Theatres shortly.

SHORT

SHOTS

WILLIAN POWELL intends spend-

ing six months of each year in Bagland, in order to avoid the Cal- fornian income ax He will then have to pay tax only to the British authorities, Frances Marion, the well- known scenario writer, has been to England for the same reason.

Directly Douglas Fairbanks Jr. an- zonnced that he would produce and star in a life story of Bonnie Prince

· Charile, Leslie Howard stated be wonid also, in another-British studio woden bis own managemaze. Ône of

· them will surely shelve his intention.

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Victor McLaglen is leading MAN with. Mae West in "Klondyke," The story tells of the 1896 gold rush and was written by the star herself

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There are strong rumours in Holly-

Glenda Ferrell-

gold-digger of many film hits, plays a new type role in "Little Bir Shot," in which she is coming to the Alhambra Theatre to-mor- zow with the screen's new child star, Sybil Jason.

wood that the late Thelma Todd was wife, Eleanor Boardman, is suing him murdered. She was recently the vic-for-there money for support of her tim of blackmailers and her life as self and their two children threatened

STIRRING PERFORMANCE BY TIBBETT IN "METROPOLITAN"

JIMMY CAGNEY IS AGAIN AMUSING

IN "PICTURE SNATCHER'

NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CHILD ACTRESS TAKES

HONOURS IN "LITTLE BIG SHOT”

$ a

By Diane

Tibbett song-feast!

"Alice Adams" Katharine “MetropolitanTM is the

Hepburn has captured all most satisfying picture of its

the charm of the Booth Tark- kind. It seems to be diffenit to

ington - heroine. She has a find original stories for these

sympathetic role of the small- famous Opera stars, so there is Beatty, Robert Meade and all town girl who pinched by a similarity in them all. They the M-G.ML stock players we know poverty, living in dreams she must show early struggles and so well (cinematically), with the cannot realise, makes a grand finally success, and give them aid of Lewis and his grand band, play for a handsome newcomer opportunities to render their make this an amusing and enter-and-after a series of heart- greatest numbers. Now we taining evening (Alhambra). breaking adventures gets her have hero. Tibbett (a.much im

This is the best acting proved man in appearance)”

the star has given us since emerging from the Metropolitan chorus and funding fame only in most capable Warner Bros. star women the final scene in a newly-form-cast. Dick Powell is the cabbie

"Broadway Gondolier”

QUEEN

THEATRE

TO-DAY

MUSICAL ROMANCE

"BROADWAY GONDOLIER”

with

-DICK POWELL - JOAN BLONDELL

-NEXT CHANGE- REAL SNAPPY ACTION!

“PICTURE SNATCHER"

with JAMES CAGNEY:-

Laughter and sweet music with "Morning Glory" and "Little SUNDAY HE

You either like or dislike Miss

led opera company in Philadel who gondolás his way to fame ca Hepburn, but you must admit she phia. I can only echo the sent the radio. He handles the many has a personality and charm all her ment of the old-time Conductoritateful songs in his most charm-t

Gone is the strident voice Pārnēt, while (played excellently by Anna ing

Adolphe and mannish walk” She brings all Christie George Marion Senr.). Menjou, Grant Mitchell. Louise the sympathy needed for the role, who says that only once in a Fazenda and the adorable Joan and you share her tears and her life-time does such a voice as Blundell supply the laughs. This joy. Tibbett's come to this world picture gives an insight into. life

There is honesty, realism and

Marray is hardly on a par with

the star, but Frank Albertson, Fred Stone. (old-time stage actor in his first picture) do grand work.

"A Night At The Opera” Also Arne Shoemaker. Evelyn

to

be

I will not forget his rendition of behind the scenes of a big radio truth in this Tarkington creation, the most difficult songs "Glory jstation, and while the story is far and this picture will.rank high in Road and the Barber's song fetched it is all done so much in the season's outstanding find. To from The Barber of Seville." a spirit of fun and so well acted miss it is to miss something great, and when you hear the Prologue by the whole cast that you are in and a word of praise must be from "Pagliacci" you will want for enjoyment all the way.

given to the new Director, George to applaud with the cinéma In addition to the splendid cast andience.

we have the Four Mills Brothers Stevens.. who has handled the star so magnificently and retained the I well remember the Premiere of and the famous Ted Fiorita-Band

small-town atmosphere convincing- Tibbett's first fim The Rogue You will want to see "Broadway

Ir and exquisitely. Fred Mac- Song" at the Hollywood Grauman's Gondolier." and will be whisthi “Chinese.” It was the only time its tubes for weeks to come. Just I ever heard tremendous applause the sort of good fun for this from a cinema audience for a festive season. {Queen's). screen artist. This magic voice will thrill you in "The Toreador Now there are only three Marx Venable. Hattie McDaniels and Song" from "Carmen" and a brief Brothers -Grozcho, Chico and Charles Grapewin are bit from the final scene of "Faust" Harpo, but they carry on the mad specially commended. Not to be

Virginia Bruce makes a charm traditions of the famous clowns as missed (King's), ing and lovely heroine, while well-as-ever they did Also ther glimpsed Jessie Ralph and Cesar have surrounded themselves with Romero in minor roles with Luis an exceptionally good-cast. There Alberni playing his usual charac terisation as only he can. You will be surprised at comedienne Alice Brady as the temperamental ¡Opera star — she turns in a won- derful performance and looks sur- prisingly young and pretty, while Boleslawski's direction is Out- standing. Lawrence Tibbett is, an actor as well as a singer and he assuredly makes this picture one of the best examples of its type yet screened Not to be missed.

(King's).

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"The Last Outpost"

The age-old time triangle crops in India this time, mith C2ry Grant 23

the officer who unknowingly falls in love with his best friend's wie, Cland Rains, while Gertrude Michael plays the wire. This pic ture has all the thrills which used to delight us in Westerns, even to the scene where the hero, armmedi with one revolver. holds off an en- tire band of native Afridis arm fed with rifles, spears and arrows. The British soldiers arrive in the nick of time and we are all re- Heved and happy.

"Patricia "Ellis' plays the leading feminine role in "Picture Snatch- er," a-Warner Bros.' production which is coming to the Queen's Theatre next Sunday."

are also Kitty Carlisle, cultured sweet girl with the pretty voice

"Curly Top"

-"Sure-Gre” entertainment for Shirley Temple's admirers.. It is a flimsy story of the old-time movie "Daddy Long-legs with Rochelle Hudson and John Boles in the love interest. Esther Dale! and Arthur Treacher zze the others who count most, but the real success lies upon the slim] lovely shoulders of the child-genius Land she is given every opportunity to shine. Not to be missed, as it is only showing for one day special request (Alhambra).

"Way Down East.

The

at

classic melodrama of the [movies which gave fame to Lillian | Gish, Richard Barthelmess; Lowell Sherman and director D. W. Grif- fith has been made into an effec tive talkie, leaving out none of the thrille, but doing away with most+ [of the trash. King Vidor directs with

feeling and imaginations Rochelle Hudson may not look quite so ethereal and inaccent-as Lillian, but she is sincere and ma tural and pretty to look upon. Henry Fonda semuas destined- for similar roles to the ore be-had-in The Farmer takes a Wife, but there is no one is Hollyword more A grand cast puts over this (remembered in two firms with Bing suitable Edward Trevor is the Now that Dick Powell has made up There

exciting film in first-rate manner. Crosby), Allan Jones and the villain in the piece, who stones Barbara Stanwyck's star is in the his differences with Warner Bros. he

·ZTE, SOME Tarzan-like" Marx "Female Stooge Mar for his misdeeds by sacrificing his ascendant.

After making a big hit has returned to a larger pay cheque scenes with elephants stampeding, garet Dumont As the cycle of He in "Annie Oakley-she will be starred and the big role in "Colleen with swollen rivers, mountain climbing success now runs to opera and There is no-need to enter into with Wallace Beery in "Message to Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell Garcia" by Twentieth Century. Lond

and death in the desert, but the things operatic, the Marx Brothers, the story, but the pleasant domes Strong ramoms are adort that An-leading players do fine work and are not far behind in knowing the background, the country scenes King Vidor, the director, is making ne Harding will really many the US. I don't think you will find the ex-what the public wants, and this is and the thrilling finale are capital- loss of money these days, so hit ex-Army Officer she met while vacation-citement missing. \(Queen's). easly one of their maddest and Hy photographed, and helped by a "The Little Big Shot"

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ing in Honolulu, and there seems no

funniest times. More of this later. well,picked cast. I have no doubt argument against the fact that Ka tharine Hepburn has married her

Warner Bros. wanted a child but it is due soux at the King's, it will thrill the "fans" as much Broadway Melody Of 1936".

to-day-as-it did many years ago manager Leyland Hayward, akhough actress. to share in some of the they both still deny it.

It is welcome news to know that war, Coat and Glove") is out- Hollywood glory attained by the Fax child

Margaret Hamilton (seen here in seems to have at last accepted the genius Shirley Temple, so they this super MGM picture will play standing as the busybody, and fact that Chaplin is really married to brought little Sybil Jason over at the King's and Alhambra from Anity Derine and At Lydell partrzy Paulette Goddard.

from British films Thistle January 4 to 7. That will give At Inst the famous Metropolitan is South African-born girl is a cut everyone a chance to see this great spring Byington and Russen Shap the comedy Slim Sammerville recognising Hollywood. me have ning child and excels in patting musical at least three times son are chief among the support given Gladys Swarthout special pet lover song numbers The story of From what I hear and read mission to finish her picture with Jan the adoption of an orphan by rank as the greatest musical Kiepuma, before returning to her con {tract with them.

Broadway gangster is not much, all time (with the exception of the but a grand cast-surrounds this Rogers-Astaire hits) and will go You Steinberg seems to be concen- clever little il Robert Arm- down in history alone for the fact Jimmiy Cagney is clways worth. trating on making Marian Marsh into strong. Edward Everett Horton, that it gave to the cinema "fang" seeing, but this pict sglamorous beauty of the type of Glenda Farrell Jack Rue, the real", Eleanor Powell her one of his best. Marlene Dietrich, In "Crime and] Punahment" the now Marian already roll Nash Edgar Remedy, and chance in George White's Scandals from prison. he shows signs of improvement in ap-others. Worth seeing alone for WAS 30 KML]))

snatching pictures people for

pearance and acting.

Eddie Cantor in his newest" "pro- duction"Shoot the Chutes" has Sally Eilers as leading lady.

Warren Hymer has married ginia, Meyer. Both had been married before,

Eggert

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Now you will see the Band

greatest dancer, and in Ted Healer we have the handsome

is heading

Good entertainment value. (A)

Picture Snatcher

Katharine HEPBURN

gives dynamic life`15 80OTH

TARKINGTON'S

best loved hero, ine...

KING'S

Pulitzer

Prize

ALICE ADAMS

IKO

RADIO

FRED MACMURRAY FRED STONE EVELYN VENABLE

Fred Machturray, who is the town's most eligible Bachelor, wooes Katharine Hepborn in "Alice Adams," which is said to portray "one of the most poignant situations brought about by the social bar- riers that exist in average America Heartaches, sunering and gallant courage zre woven into this gripping human interest story by Booth - "Tarkington, coming on Sunway to the King's Theatre meant

capture. the

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five-year-old Sy!

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