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COMING SOON TO THE KING'S

"Kentucky Kernels”.

The first step toward an armistice is a garden party given by the Mufords, honouring the Wakefields, Everything is ideal, Aunt Hannah Down below the Mason and Milford and Colonel Wakefteid, se- Dixon line go Bert Wheeler and parated in their romance decades Robert Woolsey as "Kentucky Ker-ago by the family feud, are re- nels," and concoct a mint Julep of merriment.

unitou. Bert and Gloria are hold- ing hands. The Wakefields are ac-| cepting Bob's bouquets as a peace offering until young "Spanky" in.

Kentucky Kernels" is Wheeler and Woolsey's latest comedy hit for RKO-Radio Picture. Interpo-vestigates a lated with gay music and rousing dances by pulchritudinous chort- es the story reveals the come- djane mad and merry antics. in 192 jolly you-all section of Banes- ville, Kentucky..

champagne bottle, The pop of the cork is mistaken as a pistol shot, factions take to ambush and the battle is on again, "Kentucky Kernels" introduces "One Little Kiss," new popüler melody. Woolsey and other play- ers interpret the tune in pleasing renditions, and a galaxy of gorge-. cus girls offer fast. mcdern

Wheeler and Woolsey are sup- ported by Mary Carlisle, Noah Beery and "Spanky" McFarland in "Spanky" has inherited the Mil-important featured roles. Miss ford Homestead at Banesville.

Bert and Bob are seen as two unemployed vaudeville actors whom Fate has inadvertently appointed guardians of "Spanky," an impe-high-stepping dance in the garden

Mous youngster with A glass-party sequences. breaking mana. Their ward is getting in their bair when two lawyers inform them that

The boys see a short cut to Easy Street and deliver "Spanky to his family, and simultaneously, to a feud between the Milfords and their century-old enemies, the Wakefields. Bert, has meanwhile fallen in love with Gloria Wake- fleld and Bob belleves that fights should be kept within the family. So they undertake to reconcile the enemy factions.

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Carlisle, a decorative blonde in- genue, is gaining increasing film tame; and "Spanky" is the pre- coclaus bright youngster formerly oft the "Our Gang" comedies.

George Stevens directed "Ken- tucky, Kernels." Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar, who styled previous productions for Wheeler and Wool- sey, Eddie Cantor, the Marx Bro- thers and Joe E. Brown, wrote the story, screenplay, music and lyrics.

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"THE KEY"

Evelyn Prentice

"Evelyn Prentice," the Metru- Goldwyn-Mayer production, play- ing at the Queen's Theatre is the drama of the work of a great criminal attorney, who, through an amazing trick of fate, Ands his own wife enmeshed in the tangled maze of motives and evi- dence in which he is struggling to save a woman's life.

Based on W.E. Woodword's novel, it was directed by William K. Howard ad was given lavish settings at the studios,

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fervently that had his fine chain mail beneath his shirt.

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and Benvenuto laughing insolent ly and saying taunting things, Benvenuto played his old trick of And now Benvenuto had seeming to be off guard and then much to do. that he could not with a lighting twist Hfted the waste time, effort or thought in weapon out of Ottavania's handgrinning and taunting. He began with such force that it hit a beam overhead and fell almost at Ben- venuto's feet.

to fight the four, grimly, in silence, save for the clicking and clashing of the weapons as each of the four called soldiers tried to run him through. He had four piurderously eager blades to parry.

Benvenuto laughed and Ottavanio a vile name, with no Intention of killign him, but Otta- vanio leaped to the door,, opened it, dashed out and cried loudly for help to his soldiers awaiting there with the guard that the Duke had set about the place,

At once Ottavanio got another sword and with four of his own soldiers, came rushing back into the shop all five with swords drawn.

ported to the Duke.

"You lle, you dog" Benvenuto cried, backing to the wall, ready to ight Ave. to one, but wishing

Two of the soldiers edged Ben- venuto over somewhat until finally

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"The Key

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VANISHING SHADOW

A UNIVERSAL SERIALI 12 big episodes. With ONSLOW STEVENS, Ads Ingi, Walter Miller, James

SHOWING TO-DAY AT THE KING'S

"The Last Round-Up" The Life Of Vergie

Winters

A small town scandal, with all of rts gossip, malicious comment, and petty persecution is revealed in... The Life of Vergie, Winters," starring Ann Harding, showing at the King's Theatre to-day.

The cause of the scandal is the romance of Vergle

and John Shadwell, portrayed by Winters, played by Miss Harding,

John Boles.

Vergle is the town millimer. Shadwell is the community "av-

marrying Vergle, he carries on an affair with her in defiance of con-

Shadwell has been wed to another ventions after they discover, after

girl that they were tricked Into their mating by Vergle's father..

The daring. Border Legion rode out of the thrilling '70's yesterday. on to the screen of the Alhambra Theatre, to live in Paramount's "The Last Round-Up" those dan gerous days of the West when the "Edge blim into the open!" majority of adventurers took gold Ottavanio ordered. If they could from the ground and the minority get Benvenuto's back away from took it away from them. the wall Ottavanie knew that he

"The Last Round Up" struck & tremendous could get behind him and deliver new tone

killing thrust. There was noth with the first enactment and screen in put-door romances William Powell plays the amaz-

ing more in the world at the mo-recording of the famous cowboy ment that be wanted other than lament that is sweeping the na ingly clever criminal attorney whose feats before a Jury and

to kill Benvenuto Cellini: whose brilliant coups make him

tion via stage and radio.

a legal sensation.

"He attacked me! He was try- Мугла Loy

Everything expected of an out-ourite son," with a brilliant poll- plays the society wife,

future. ing to escapel" Ottavanlo shout he leaped upon an end of his work door rapid-fire drama is embraced tical who,

Prevented from through Σ mistake, finds her ed, so that later this could be re-bench From this vantage point in the screening of this Zane Grey, self linked to: a

they had more difficulty in reach novel, The Border Legion."! Ing him while he could slash here role of Jim Cleve, the hardy Randolph Scott, portraying the downward on them."

Ottavanio began cursing his son of the West who inadvertently quartet of soldiers for not killing finds himself a member of the

The story covers an epochal span the man sooner, and urging them outlaw band, wins his right to fu-

of the four soldiers leaped up and on to greater efforts. The tallest ture stardom.

of twenty-two years to the present Barbara Fritchie, making her time tracing the voignant romance thrust, but missed and as he fell Dicture debut in "The Last Round-through its many vicissitudes to back a wasp-like dart of Benvenu-Up" is revealed as a new type of what is said to be an intensely to's blade in the man's neck and realistic screen feminity. She dramatic climax.

ended. he clattered to the floor, his days turns in an excellent enactment of the difficult role assigned her as Ottavanio became crazy with Joan Randall--the girl over whom rage. Benvenuto had more of a the Legion Ughts and two men The dramatic highlights in-chance with three than with four lose their lives.... clude the attempt of the gigolo to He picked up a square iron bench blackmail the heroine, the grip anvi and hurled it directly at as a virile out-door figure-25 Monte Blue returns to the screen ping murder sequence, the search Benvenuto's facel for hidden evidence to clear the

Hells, the fast shooting, 2 Asted defendant, in the grange maze f

wrath of the Legion. What will be the "unexpected out amazing duel Powell and the District Attorney. do not miss any of them.

of wits between Surprising developments will crise

murder case in which her husband is

de- fending another woman. Sus- pense rupe high, and an amazing depouement solves the mystery

To The Alhambra Coming To-morrow with a surprise to the audience

William Powell is in uniforma again. He appears as an English army officer in the Warner Bros. picture "The Key" which comes to the "Alhambra Theatre to-morrow and is in milltary costume for practically the duration of the pic-

Proving that police detective stories never lose their favour so long as they're fast-moving" and full of excitement, "The Line-Up" the Columbia production which opens to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre_will__be_worthwhile ture..

seeing.

as a twist of evidence gives the sensational case an entirely new aspect. Thrills and comedy, my- stery and suspense, keep a rapid fire succession in the fast-moving drama.

Time was when Bill Powell and There's little sympathy for uniforms were almost synonymous, gangsters and their molls in "The but not for six years has he bad Line-Up." George Waggner's on a uniform for motion picture original story and screen play work, and never in a talking" pic-beleagured blonde defendant in circumstantial testimony, and the come of this unfair mortal combats Jects his famous variety of menace.

dy roles to prove herself an adept mistress of a tragic portrayal,

child of Powell

"Little Cora Sue Collins, as the adds

and Miss Loy, to laurels already won in- "Queen Christina" and other hits, Powell is masterful in his 1-and the rest of the bast is equally passioned plea to the jury, and well chosen. Miss Loy, amid lighter moments, has several poignant genes Comedy added by Edward Brophy and Una Merkel while Rosalind Russell of the New York stage plays an effective "vamp." The tragle, concerns itself with the problems ture.

the murder trial is played by Is- encountered by the police in His last appearance in military able Jewell, who lays aside come solving crimes, rather than with costume was in "Beau Sabreur! the ingenuity of the criminals in which was released in 1928. In thinking them up. Which policy, this picture he is an officer of the in itself, deserves credit. It's Foreign Legion. He also appeared much better for the youngsters to in uniform in such pictures as see the disgrace that follows", "Beau Geste," "The Last wrong-doing, rather than have mand" and others.

Com-

The

the murders and thieves glorified, As Captain Tenant of the Bri- An expert. cast was assembled | tish Army in "The Key Powell for the featured roles in The serves with His Majesty's Forces Line-Up." William Gargan, who durnig the uprising of the Sinn has been spending most his time Feiners in Dublin in 1820. lately in action thrillers, presents picture is a flaming romance set: a clean-cut, decisive performance in the turbulent background of the as the young detective. Instead Irish revolt, adapted by Laird of the smart-cracking, I'll show'em Doyle, from the thrilling drama by type of characterization one might R. Gore-Browne and J. L. Hardy. expect, Gargan takes his assign- Others in the cast include Edna ment seriously and solves the Best, baffling fur robberies by intellfnaugh, Halliwell Hobbes, Hen-y "gence "rather than luck.

O'Neill, Phil Regan, Donald "Crisp Michael

Colin Clive. Robart Cava

Marion Nixon, always competent and J. M. Kerrigan. and easy to look at, does a com-

Curtia directed. meridable piece of work as the

check-room attendant who s

suspected of being, an accomplice, many pictures. Paul Hurst blus- The sequence in which Gargan is ters adequately as Gargan's part- forced to put her they're in lovener in crime detection.

with each other, of course,

through the grilling police line-up

Howard Higgin's direction is smooth and intelligent through-

is full of suspense and drama. out. And whoever designed Miss

John Miljan never fails to please as a menace He has that Buave, debonair manner. Noel Francis effective bis

tane, while Harold Huber for

Nixon's wardrobe deserves credit for creating smart but simple and inexpensive looking costumtés.

sets are also in the story. All of my terpine with rainor role presents a colourful make, "The Line-Up a bellevable, distinctive characterization that straight forward, and realistic explain why he is cast in so acreen attraction,

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There's a new joy in store for the thousands of movie-goers who made this gay couple their favou rites when they saw them in "The Thin Man."- A laugh and a thrill in every fascinating foot for film!.

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UNA MERKEL

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Evelyn Prentice

Fred Kohler, as Sam Gulden, in-

into the Legion, while Fuzzy

Knight, in the role of Bunko 'Mc- Gee is a sure-fire laugh-starter as well as sympathetic sogue on his "Last Round-Up' ride.

Other outstanding cast members are Richard Carle, Barton Mac Lane, Charles B. Middleton, Frank. Rice, "Buck" Connor and Bor Miles,

The Last Round-Up" opens with a terrific gun fight in which the Border Legion is driven from Call- fornia.

News of the rich gold strikes in. Arizona draw the marauders to the atrike centre, where they await an opportune time to prey on the mining cities,

In the meantime, Scott, & young miner is accused of a murder which he did not commit Blue rescues him from a mob deter- mined to 1inch Scott on the spot,

Scott, grateful, and now an out- aw, though" guilty of no crime, casts his lot with Blue's band,

He meets Miss Fritchie while in custody and is surprised to learn that she supposedly is Blue's wife kidnapped by Kohler and brought

to the Legion retreat.

He tries to rescue the

his plan is frustrated

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