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COMMENCING TO-MORROW

“LITTLE MAN

WHAT NOW?"

At The King's

The trials and hardships of a minor "white-collar man”. and his brave, undaunted wife," are graphically shown "Little Man What Now?" Frank Borzage's Universal drama which is at the King's Theatre with Margaret Sullavan starred and Douglas Montgomery in the leading male

role.

"At the time of his marriage; Montgomery in the character of Hans, is a clerk in the store of acorn merchant in a little Ger- mantown!. and 15 discharged when news of his wedding reaches the ears of his employer, a ruth- less 'man who has hoped to marry of his daughter to the attractive young assistant,

...

Thus begins, a trail of hardship and privation for the youthful married pair, ade endurable only by the face that they are young and very much in love with each other. After an unfortunate experience with his unpleasant step-mother, the young man secures another position, only to lase it a tew months before tragedy faces them, but they are

"HALF A SINNER" sustained by the undaunted spirit

with

JOEL MOOREA SALLY BLANE

BERTON CHURCHILL.

"WONDER BAR"

Famous Musical Drama

Kay Francis

and Dolores 'Del

of the young and unsophisticated. and In the end comes a develop- ment which insures them at least a temporary respite from the worries which have surrounded their married life. And since the young are not prone to look far ahend, Hans and Lamchen are content.

In "Little Man, What Now?" Borzage is said to have produced

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LITTLE MAN. WHAT NOW?

WITH

MARGARET SULLAVAN DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY

FRED KOHLER, ALAN HALE, GEORGE MEEKER. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

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A Columbia Picture

"AS THE EARTH TURNS"

At The Alhambra

To-morrow

a Atting successor to "Seventh Frank McHugh, featured in

One of the largest and most Heaven," his sensational success "Top Speed," First, National's spectacular, settings ever built for in the era of allent pictures, and musical comedy, having its final a" picture was measured in terms to have presented &

at powerful run the Alhambra to-day, for a thousandth of an inch. This exposition of the problems of stumbled across the stage of the

Gladys Hasty Carroll's record the great glass and cellophane smashing novel," "As The Earth youth,

New Amsterdam Theatre where set in which hundreds of beautiful Turns," which has been drama-· Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies was dis-girls cavort, and famous comedians tized for the screen by Warner porting itself in what he hoped figure in "Hollywood Party," Metro Bros., comes would be considered by the critics Goldwyn-Mayer's great

the Alhambra musical to-morrow.

Rio, the two dark haired beauties Wonder Bar" is the interna- who perform the leading feminine tional famous musical drama with roles in the First National pic-ken all star cast.. others being Al turization of "Wonder Bar," com-

ing to the Alhambra appear in several ravishing gala costumes designed by Orry-Kelly.

Jolson, Riczido Cortez, Powell, Hai LeRoy, Guy Kibbee

Dick Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, F d'Orsay and Merna Kennedy.

The picture is set amid the gay reseiries of a Parisian night club with

as a personable Imitation of a spectacle now showing at drunkard,

Queen's Theatre..

The critics proclaimed him the of drunk characterizations on the very best stumbler in the history American stage. When one con- siders all the genuine articles McHugh, had as rivals it can be seen his imitation had to be good

Beaded fabrics lead the group. Miss Del Rio wearing two sequin gowns, one gold and one black,

spectacular musical and | to stand out. while Miss Francis wears a white dance numbers created and staged Since then the name of Frank beaded gown, showing an ex by Busby Berkeley in which 300 McHugh has become synonymous tremely low decolletege, with an beautiful girls take part.

Music with any of the peculiarly colour enveloping cape of black velvet and lyrics are by Harry Warren also beads.

ed liquids that pass for intoxicat-

richly embroidered with and Al Dubin while Lloyd Bacon ing beverages on the unrealistic

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It is in this setting that the great gorilla, the great beauty chorus in Hello" number, with the dancing cellophane costumes, and the huge African male charus appear with

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This saga of New England rural roll, has taken such an astounde life, the first novel by Miss Car-

has broken ing grip on popular fancy that it all records as 8 best seller. The story an epic of American life, has been drama-

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are

wonderfully and realistically drawn The characterizations have been from the lives of the rugged New England ploneer types and said to be portrayed by an un- "Mickey Mouse." Walt Disney's was carefully selected because of usual cast, each member, of which famous cartoon, appears, through a his or her peculiar fitness for the remarkable optical trick, actually part.

Jean

playing a

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Jean Muir, the tall, stately lowing which he introduces a smy blonde former stage player, who Symphony in which the cartooned has recently leaped to leading characters in colour figure in "Tot picture roles, has the feminine Chocolate Soldiers," a lting new

lead of Jen, a farmer's daughter. fumber by Brown and Freed. who loves the soil that has creators of "The Wedding of the nurtured her Painted Doll" and other great song hits.

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Elephants presented a specia problem with the sound of their huge feet thundering on ground as they crashed throu heavy undergrowth.

Donald Woods, a youth who has attracted considerable attentkin

Recording the roars and snart Ohe of the spectacular numbers on the stage, makes his picture electrical expert in charge of re- one time was the most dime animal sounds were solved by the of nearly one-hundred lions. 15 the song "Hollywood Party" bow in. "As The Earth Turns" as sung by Frances Williams in the Miss Mulr's lover, the city boy who Mate," new

cording for Tarzan and His task accomplished by the sound Binging Wires set, composed of reverts to chromium-plated wires in fantas- Appleby is the disturbing element Maureen O'Sullivan and coming the loudest roar would "cover the farm. Dorothy featuring Johnny Weissmuller and placed in front of the animals adventure picture expert. When the "mike” wa tic designs. A "Telephone Ex of the drama, her erotle nature change in glittering modernistis and flirtatious manner nearly Theatre

Thursday to the Queen's the sounds made by other lions. desigh with a great chorus of wrecking not only Miss Muir's

With Weissmuller and Mine, dancing beauties is another romance but

"Rhinoceros charges are part of O'Sullivan in the new pictures spectacular detall, of the unusual brother..

life of her the many thrills of the picture a cast that includes Neil Hamil

and when one of the huge beasta ton, Paul Cavanaugh, Forrester intimate Tamily life of the Shaws. The story deals with the

came within range of the "mike" Harvey, William Stack and Dori a terrific explosive sound with David Landau as Mark heard. The recorder came run for his designing of artistic sets

was Lloyd.

Cedric Gibbons, famo staunch, efficient farmer, whose ning from his portable sound directed.. one son, a part played by Russell Hardie, takes after his father, and Hohl, is a shiftless ne'er-do-well. another, portrayed by Arthur

The roles of other members of

picture:

Another is the Musical Wall, in which a great orchestra is suspend ed in mid-air playing for girls who dance over tables in a gorgeous set Thrills are added when Laurel and Hardy, the roles of lion-tamers lose a hign that stampedes the great party. A

The new picture was conceived by Howard Diets, and Arthur the family are enacted by Emilly Kober. The song teams contribut-who marries the efficient son, Lowry, the country school teacher ing to its music consist of Rodgers Clara Blandick as the querulous and Hart, Donaldson and Kahn second wife of Mark and Dorothy and Brown and Freed

son"

In the great cast are Laurel and eterson as the soured and dis- Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Charles contented wife of the shiftless Butterworth, Polly Moran, Lupe Velez, Frances Williams, Jack Nine of Hollywood's famous Pearl Eddie Quillan June Clyde, children of the screen form the George Givot, Richard Carle and younger members of the various Ted Healy and his Stooges.

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"Do you tell your husband every. Gray, Cora Sue Collins and Shirley thing?"

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Prudence.

Last night as ever I come home and find my wife in Cohen's arms.

Didn't you kill him, Lay Ek Dot's my trouble. I can't, Cohen owes me money."

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