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ACENTRAL THEATRE

Paramount's Sound Pictures R

TO-DAY, at 2.15, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

THE YEAR'S MERRIEST COMEDY SHOW |ASTOUNDING IN SHEER SPECTACULAR BEAUTY

Mad wags of "Ris Rita" burl giant. bolts of laughter in

the dizziest riot of

slapstick fun ever brought to the screeni

BERT WHEELER ROB'TWOOLSEY

World's Greatest Comedians in a Juggernaut of Joy

CUCKOOS

With HUGH TRAVOR

DOROTHY LEE

H MITCHELL LEWIS

-JUNE, CLYDE

and 1000 atharamiall

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NINE

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GORGEOUS

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LAVISH

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IN

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RAVISHING CHORUSES OF GORGEOUS GIRLS NINE NEW SONGS TO HUM AND WHISTLE

DAZZLING SCENES IN TECHNICOLOR.

A Super-production at Popular Prices.

Bookings at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

·NEXT CHANGE-

A PARAMOUNT SOUND PICTURE

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in

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'SUBURBAN HEIGHTS-CARRYING OUT A CHAIR

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

WIFE CALLS FROM PORCH THAT MRS. PERLEY HAS STOPPED IN FOR A CHAT, WILL HE PLEASE BRING OUT A CHAIR

TRIES TO HURRY THROUGH, BUT DOOR GWINGS SHUT, HITTING ROCKER AND BADLY BENDING

SCREENING

kizārs

TO-DAY

HURRIES OUT WITH CHAIR, WIFE SUGGESTS HE BRING THE ROCKER INSTEAD, IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE

TRIES TO HOLD DOOR OPEN WITH FOOT, BUT GETS OTHER FOOT EN- TANGLED WITH ROCHER AND CANT MOVE

CARRIES CHAIR BACK- AND STARTS OUT AGAIN, DRAGGING ROCKER

TRIES TO BACK THROUGH, ALL GOING WELL UNTIL ROCKERS PROVE TOO WIDE AND CATCH IN · DOORWAY

(Copyright, 1030, by The Bell. Syndicata, Inc.)

At 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

SCAURICE

CHEVALIER The Love Parade

AN BERIT

LUBITSCH PRODUCTION

TANG LAN ALBOTH

A Famount Futur

Gay with melody!

Spiced with fun!

Hear the man everybody loves sing six

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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST. BY Z.B.W. ON

355 METRES.

HALLOWEEN CONCERT.

11 to 11.30a.m.-Commercial news,

11.30a.m.-Chinete programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programmo, 1.30 p.Weather report.

12 p.m.-Close down.

5 p.m.-Chinese studio concert.

7 p.m.-European programme of Columbia records selected and supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

REACHES SCREEN-PODR. GIVES IT A PUSH TO SWING IT OPEN WIDE

BY INTRICATE MANI - PULATIONS GETS ROCK ER OUT AT LAST. MRS. PERLEY SAYS SHE HAS TO RUN ALONG NOW

Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards.

Dr. McGregor."---Will

Conxedian,

Fyffe,

Hamely Scot's Melodies."-Tom

Kinaiburgh, Bass. Scottish Medley."—Debroy Bom-

ers Band. Lassie, Wad Ye La's Me" and Bonnie Wee Thing"-Duct with Orchestra... "Chean Pease Strae" and "The Glasgow Highlanders."-High; land Military Band.

Ye Banks and Braes" and "The Auld House."-Nina Rai, Con- tralto.

2.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

"THE ROGUE SONG."

Catharine Dale Owen, who plays the heraine opposite Lawrence Tib- bett in The Rogue Song" showing at the Queen's Theatre, came to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios from the stage, and played, her Brat rále opposite John Gilbert in in "His Glorious Night." She was bor in Louisville, Ky., starred on, iho stage in "Tho Silent House," "White Collars" and other. plays, nud is known as the stage's most beautiful blonde.

"MONTANA MOON?"

Four well-known song writers collaborated on the musical hita of Joan Crawford's western picture, "Montana Moon," which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre. Nacio Her-Brown and Arthur Freed, who wrote the hits of "The Broadway Melody," contributed three songs to the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer production, "Sing A Song of Old Montanh," "Happy: Cow- boy" and "The Moon Is Low." Her- bert Stothart and Clifford' Gray, composer and lyricist of "Dovil May Care" wrote two numbers, Trailin' in Old Montan' and "Montana Call."

An added musical attraction is. a chorus of fifty cowpunchers who sing original cowboy ditties and ballads.

FILM COMEDY IN EXCELSIS.

A whirlwind of glorious non- sense and riotous fun came to the Central Theatre yesterday under the title The Cuckoos." A new und brilliant departure for the motion pictures. It is not revue; it is not a musical comedy- in fact, no previously used classi- fication. could fit this picture.

D

Perhaps the title "ne Cuckvos”. explains the mood of the picture "A Night We Burns "-Selection.igtter than anything else, it is n

-Highland Military Band "Sandy Todd Takes the Chair," Humourous Aberdeen Sketch.

"Tarantelle. for Bluto and Clari-"Scottish Fantasia." Squire,

not »

(Saint-Saens), Ezat- bourne Municipal Band. "Second Movement from Sym-

Celeste Octette.

10 to 10.30 p.m.-The 3rd act of

Rigoletto 73 (Verdi).

phonie Pathetique" (Techni- 10.30 p.m.-Close down, kowsky) and" Scena do Ballet" (de Berliot).-Squire Celesto Octette.

Nocturne in E Flat" (Chopin) and "Liebestraum " {Liszt).- Squire Celeste Ostette:

7.30 p.m.-From the Studio: The

HUNTER DIES IN JUNGLE.

PIGMIES' ATTACK.

Mr. Macintosh Robertson, a hun Rev. H. R. Wells will give the ter from Uganda, has died in the 14th lesson on "Cantonese forturi Forest, in the Congo region, Everyone."

8 p.m.-

galo "

Sanctuary of the Heart" (Ketel- __by),-Ketelby's Concert Ordi. Czardas *(Monti) and "Madri- (Simbuolti). Violin Solo by Yvonne Curti). **Alhumblatt " (Wagner) and "Traume" (Wagner).-Squira Celeste Ocistte: "Faust"-Proludo (Gounod).

Milan Symphony Orchestra,

BALLOWEEN CONCENT.

show gone deliriously mad, with the comedy note topping every thing else.

"The Cuckoos carries a touch- ng little romantic story, it is avishly dressed and beautifully photographed, with a large part in gorgeous Technicolor; it boasts, the greatest east of able featured play. ers which has reached the screen for some time; hundreds of day- cers, singore, musicians and extras inake it a production of extrava ganza proportions

But the comedy of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey runs riot before has the screen presented a throughout the whole show. Never while on a photographing expediteain of comies like this one. They tion with Mr. C. P. Bezuidenhoud, Luster of Pretoria.

and

were featured in "Rio Hita," but they were kept under restraint.

Many weeks of hardship great risks were endured by the Hore they are allowed to give two men, who were seeking to obverything and how they give it! tain "close-up" pictures of the

Wheeler and Woolsey are aided kapi, a rare animal of the giraffa ereen comediennes, and Jobyas hy little Dorothy Lee cutest of family.

After his companion died Mr.musical comedy stage. Howland, from the

Broadway. Beżuidonhoud continued his jour ney with a group of natives, some apply the love interest, Mitchell June Clyde and Hugh Trevor of whom were apeared by the Lewis, one of the best "heavies" in pigmios who inhabit the forcat.

It was not until he hit on theive, Marguerita Padula, "Hal pictures to-day, is more than offee- "Reminiscences of Scotland."Tuse of disguising himself in the lelujah" singer in "Hit the Deck.”

8.30 to, 10 p.m.

Highland Military Band.

skin of a giant hog that the hun

terizations.

"Comin, Thro' The Rye" and ter managed to approach closely and Ivan Lebedeff, suave and poli

"Robin Adair."-Doris Vane, be the only pictures of their kind.

enough to obtain what are said to thed actor, lend important charac Soprano. "Aldershot Searchlight Tattoo."Some okapi had been sighted, but Pipe Band of H... Scot's the hunter failed to approach them:

within the necessary few yards. "The Hundred Pipers" and, "Gao Mr. Bezuidenhoud also discovered Bring to Me a Pint o' Wine," en antalope with white horns.

which the Game Department -Laidlaw Murray, Baritone, "The Thistle "Selection of Scot-Nairobi declaró was previously un

tir Melodies. Regimental known.

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