1931-07-31 — Page 7

CENTRAL

THEATRE M

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2,80. 5.10, 7.15 &P.20 p.m.

SHE DARED

TO LOVE though love to

her meant peril!

CZAR OF BROADWAY

See this astonishing disclosure of high life in low places... It will grip and amaze you! ::

The all star talking cast includes JOHN WRAY, BETTY COMPSON, JOHN HARRON, Claude Allister, King Baggot, George Byron, Duke Lee, Directed by William James Craft Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Presented by ÓIRL LAEMMEE,

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drama for which New Yorkers stood in line to pay $8 a seat!

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Guramant Burden-Chandler Glage

Production

COMING SOON

NOT

EXACTLY GENTLEMENO

VICTOR M‹LAGLEN-

FOX

Booking at ANDERSON'S and at the THEATRE (Phone25720)

SERVICE TO READERS,

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THE SILVER SCREEN.

LO QUEEN'S THEATRE.

THE PRODIGAL,”.

Coloured singers, ranging from the Ethiopian Etude Chorus, noted |Los Angeles singers of spirituals, to celebrities from the Apex and other Central Avenue night clubs, have their break in Lawrance Tib Lott's new picture," "The Prodigal,'" which is showing at the Queen's Theatre.

The coloureil chorus appear in Iwo numbers, one singing with Tibbett and the other in an ensem- ule number with Laura Smith, night club and phonograph record star, "as a central figurs

The coloured singers also appear in an elaborafe plantation scene In the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro- duction Thoir first numbers", "Childlian," composed by Herbert Stothart, and in this Miss Sach, Stepin Fetchit, John Larson

id Gertrude Howard, the “Mommy ¦

Hearts in Dixie,Care featür-

of

ed na soloists and dancers.

In the second number, Tibbett xings. “ A Child' Is Born," a negro spiritual by Stothart with the Ethiopian Etade Choru

"DANCE FOOLS, DANCE.

Cliff (Ukulele Iko) Edwards opin- ments that his “rôlerin, Dance

Fools, Dance, Joan Crawford's new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring | vehicle, reminds him of his carly vaudeville appearances. I die in tha ond "hoe

HATTY directed the new Crawford film which will come to the Queen's Theatro on Sunday. It in story of Chicage, gangland with Edwards playing the part of

reporter who is killed.

Lester Vail is cast in the romantic lend in the picturization of the riginal Auranin Rouverol story and the supporting cast includes William Bakewell, William Holden,

Clark Gable, Eari Foxe, Purnell 3. Pratt, Natulie Moorhead Hale Hamilton, Joan Marah and Russel Hopton.

KING'S THEATRE.

"SEA LEOS." ·

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

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At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 P.M.

Lillian Roth and Harry Green

JAKIE

الله

Sea Legs

A Paramount Picture

The captain of Oakie's ship has a bevy of beautiful daughters, the incat decorative of whom is Lillian Both. Oakie falls in love with her, and as Lillian owns the town's only tea-room and Oakie fads his cradit is good on the O'Brico checking account, he wins love and. friendship by buying pastry for hin shipmates.

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COMMENCING SATURDAY

DIETRICH

Yes

CAN

smile!

But beneath her smile-?· VICTOR

McLAGLEN

- MARLINE

DIETRICH

Dishonored

A Paramount Gletur

Dangerous to love! Yet abe sacrifices overything for the one man who reads

ber guarded beart

Booking at the Theatre

Daily from 11 A.M. Telephones: 25313, 25330.

ly on the ship where

his sweet. heart's father is in command, and his sweetheart herself, is in high command. And, to add to his joy, Pallotto's spaghetti roller rate into the

rosy.

money, making everything.

"DISHONOURED."

Admiral O'Brien, grandfather of tho man for whom Oakie' is. proxy, comes aboard to see how his grand- Mariene Dietrich, Paramount's son is getting along, Oakie mia-new dramatic sensation, whose in. takes the admiral for a civilian troduction to film audiences in sacoper, and throws him overboard, "Morceco" and "The Blue Angel" The captain and the entire crow

was an overwhelming success, has jump, as a man, into the water to taken rank with Hollywood's dare. the rescue. To the surprise of divil stunt men and proved herself evorybody, including Oakie, the a woman of highest courage. admiral compliments Oakie's vigi- Without hesitation, she boarded lance.

an open plane for a/night flight in a blinding fog fer scenes in her latest picture, "Dishonoured," in which she 19 co-starred with Victor Melaglen, hero of "What Price Glory" and "The "Cock- Eyed World."

Jack Oîkie, star of Paramount's nautical comedy, "Sea Legs" is now showing at the King's Theatre, Oakie, lightweight champion of the United Stated Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, mythical island republic, to take the place cf a rich alackey, O'Brien, who must serve his coun- try to win a 82,000,000 inheritance, Harry Green, O'Brien's attorney. Oakie's real identity is exposed concocts and carries out the scheme. by a group of American sailors on All of Oakie's shipmates, except a visiting battleship, and Oakie is Eugene Pallotte, think he is suspected of having killed O'Brien 'Brien, and make life miserable and stolen his name to get his in. for the supposed slacker. Oakjeheritance. He is cleared of these and Pallette become pale, and | suspicions by n wiro from the real- Oakie takes an interest in an in-O'Brion, saying he is ecming to vention, a machine for rolling serve the remainder of his term.. spaghetti, on which Pallette is Freed from service by this do working.

velopment, Oakie enlists voluntari.

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY-

SUNNY SIDE

UP

The Bong its —

MIL TALNING, z SINGING. DANCING MUSICAL COMEDY

JANET GAYNOR CHARLES FARRELL

DAVID BUTLER'

"I'm a dreamer, aren't we all?".

"Sunny Side Up" gives you rich meanings to Digest, The screen's famous sweethearts at their sunniest-give your eyes wonderful sights to enjoy.del

We are sure of a FULL HOUSE,

so better come and

BOOK YOUR SEATS BARLY, Dally Performances: 2.30 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

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The Great Epic of the Dark Continent TRADER HORN

"Dishonoured," which the King's Theatre will feature next, is the story of a woman spy in the Aus train service during war-time, an embittered Miss Dietrich, as woman impressed into the secret service, is so successful tracking down foreigh spice in Vienna, that she is sent to Russia. Pursuing aa | uvasive": foreign agent, "who mocka her intelligence and lauds her be auty, she is drawn into a dilemma in which she has to choose between love and duty Her choice and the resulting netion makes the smash- ing climax of the story...

Dishonoured" is the third Von Sternberg picture, to feature Miss Dietrich's talents, "forceco" and "The Blue Angel" both having been directed by him

ROMANCE OF A POLICEMAN...

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said: "You are not my son, You must go, and I do not wish to see | you any, more, She added that he was really the son of a poor cob bler's wife who had died at Rio de Janeiro, and that she had adopted him when his mother lay dying,

Foreign Legionary.

The young man, having taken the Paris. Standing in the Place de name of Munzer, joined the Foreign- la Concorde is a traffic policeman Legion, and after completing his whose romantic claim to be the

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heir of a South American million-service he entered the Paris police site is shortly to be discussed in force. Meanwhile the woman be the law courts. Ho is named Henri had always regarded as his mother Munzer, and, he wears a brassard died, and left her entire fortune to showing, that he is qua'ified as an" interpreter in several languages, pieces and nephews Munzer claims Until he was 18 years of age, that he really was her son, and that Munzer lived in Suxury, and be therefore he cannot be cut out of lieved that he was the son of a wealthy Argentinian. He was sent the inheritance, to Lausnnue to complete his educa. tion, and was liberally supplied 'with "funde by his step-father for

He has asked that the private papers of Mmo. de Earros be placed

sading dressestion

her first husband and had married | a magistrate. For he is convinced again,

Then one day Mme. De Barron

called him into the drawing room

of her expensive Paris“ Ant and

tha:

him:

to the

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p.m.Local time and weather

report.

1.30 p..-Rugby Press news, mail·

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6 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme.

to 10.30 p.m.-European pro

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p.m.-Stock quotations, nodico, etc.

7.03 to 7.25 p.m.

mail

Band Belsation. Cornell Song Medley Mod 5. Cornell March Medley."Cornell University Band:-10835, lies. Hail to the Orange-Oskee Wow

Wow" (Green-Hill) Illinois Loyalty "" (Guild).

University of Illinois Military Rand.-10835.

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"On, Wisconsin" (Beck-Purdy),

Varsity Tonat--Mediny-Univer. sity of Wisconsin Concert Band ---19000,

7.25 to 8 pm,

Varfaty.

"Sting Love" (from the film "The Trespasser "). Glorin Swanson (Soprano),-22070.- Organ Solo-"Dinah.$? Orgen Solo Always."Jesso

Crawford.-20000:-

Song Pal of My. Cradle Days." Song- Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue Franklyn Baur (Tenor),19306.

Orchestral--" Marchet Orchestral What'll I Do.!!--

Victor Salon. Orch,-19870, B Humorous Duet-" How's Your Folks and My Folks The Happiness Boys.

Humorous Sung-"I Married thei Bootlegger's Daughter"-Frank Crumit.-19739

PmLocal time and weather

report

8.05, to 8.32 p.m.-

Orchestral.

Warblings at. Eva (Richards).. Dance of the Toy Regiment" (Green-Shilkret)-Victor Salon

Orch.-19849,

Traumerai (Schumann).. "Evening Song" (Schumann).

Victor String Ensemble,--19364, Kashmiri Song Mattinata-Mod- ley (Woodforde-Finden-Leon- Cavallo).

The Merry Widow

(Lohar).-

The Troubadoura-10332, "Hungarian

Dance No.

(Brahms) N

"Hungarian Dance No. 16 ? (Bralung).Philadelphia Sym-

phony Orch--707.99

8.32 to 8.82 pm

Oporatio,

Wil

Male Chorus Faust-Soldier's. Chorus (Gounod), Victor Male Chorus-19783 Brad Trovatore Anvil Cho

rus" (Verdi)-Arthur Pryor's Band.-19979,2

73.

Mals Chorus- Tannhauser-Pil grima Chorus (Wagner).- Victor Male Chorus-20127 Band-"Traviata" Selection (Verdi). Creatore's Band- 3807.

8.52 to 8.27 p.m.-

A. Concert, kabogpren Piano Solo By the Brookside"

(Stojowski).

Piano Solo The Prophet Bird

(Schumann'). Ignace

Paderewski,-1490.

BROTHER'

WIFE

The brilliant star

now in a modern romance 1

LIBBETT

in a talkie of hobos" and heart-throba!: THE

PRODIGAL

NEXT CHANGE

JOAN CRAWFORD

DANCE

Dances her

Way from

the gayest soolal whirl

to grimmeat

under-world

FOOLS DANCE

STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.

Jan

ACE OF

LAUGH MAKERS!

Song-Homing" (Salmon-del

Riego).--

Song" Do Not Go My Love" (Hageman).Marguerite DAI varez (Contralto)1116, Violin Solo "Negro Spiritusj

Melody Dvorak-Kreisler). Violin Solo Song of the Volga i Boatmen " (arr. Kreisler)

Fritz Kreisler-1122.

Song-"A Brown Bird Singing"

(Barrie Haydn Wood), Song "Mother, My

Dear" (Nolen-Treharne). John Mc- Cormack Tenor),1137, NAY, Instrumentai Trío - “ Mother

Machree (Young-Olcott-Ball"] Instrumental Trio A Perfect

Day"

(Jacobs-Bond)-Victor Salon Trio.-19474(20

Organ Solor,

8.27 to 9.43 p.m.- "The Swan" (Saint-Saens).

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Preludo in E Flat" (Saint

Saens). Marcel Dupre 1430.

In a Monastery Garden (Ketel

bey),

Inn Persian Market" (Ketel- boy-Reginald Foort.-35821.

Hawaiian Musle.

9.43 to 10:7 p.m.

Trio

Hawaiian

Hawaiian Trio.

tra,-1969K)|

Twilight.

kdir, y

WARNER BROS.

AVIATOR

Everett

Horton,

Rat's

Johany

Arthur,

WORLDA

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HARBOR

Duet Benatiful ⠀⠀ Hawaii.”~~ Frank Ferara and Anthony Franchia-8899 || Orchestral In the Heart of Hawaii. Orchestral Honolulu Dream

Girl."-Hilo Hawaiian Orches o Fianoforte Solos. 10.7 to 10.28 pm.de

Dance of the Gnomes (Liszt). Etude Tableau (Rachmaninoff). M-Sergei Nachmaninoff,184/ "Invitation to the Waltz"

(Weber)-Alfred Cortot.—1201.

Hungárian

(Liszt)-Yolanda 10.23 p.m. Rugby

newald ge

10.30 pr.m.--Close down.

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