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"Her Master's Voice" ORIENTAL:-

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"AND SUDDEN DEATH"

An arrest for speeding and a j fatal traffic accident opens the Paramount thriler-romance, "And

Sudden Death," which opens to- day at the Alhambra Theatre.

The picture'nspired by the "Reader's Digest article which made a national sensation when it appeared recently.

Frances Drake appears

as the speed-loving, responsible daugh ter at a wealthy citizen. Arrested

ior reckless driving, she falls in love with Randolph Scott, poltes official who is leading 1 battle against highway killing.

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"The Kid From Spain"

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"Babes In Toylund"

"HER MASTER'S

VOICE

Taken from Care Kummer's successful Broadway stage play "Her Master's Voice" Paramount's amusing comedy which is being shown at the Queen's Theatre tells the trials and tribulations of Ned Farrar (Edward Everett Horton) who is suffering from a combina. tion of too much mother-in-jaw and the fact that he is just fresh out of a job. The mother-in-law (Elizabeth Patterson) is one of those delightful persons who only stops reminding Ned that he's out of work when she shifts over to the theme of her daughter's mis- take in marrying him.

While Ned is home alone, war- bling "Down by the 0.d MIR Stream" at the top of his lungs, his wife's rich o'd Aunt Min shows up, and mistaking him for the servant, offers him a job. Ir. order to be near his beloved Queen (Peggy Conklin) he accepts the job.

En route to the city, speeding to reach the radio station on time for his broadcast, Ned is picked

New Box Office Champion

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Shirley Temple Lose To Fred Astaire

Gable Placed Third; Loy, Shearer, Taylor Jon Charmed Circle

Hollywood.

Shirley Temple has lost the Na- tional box office championship to Fred Astaire arid. Ginger Rogers according to the Intest movie trade checkup.

The conclusion was reached by the "Hollywood Reporter," trade! paper, on the basis of ques- tlonaries returned by 1192 exhi- pitors throughout the country:

A similar survey made by the Quigley (trade) publ.eation a year ago, placed Will Rogers at the top of money-making heap, but with the passing of the sage of Okla- homa, little Shirley. in second place. was hailed as queen,

The Astaire-Rogers team rated no better than fourth last year. but Clark Gable held third place In both checks,

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News Flashes

Bing Crosby's dulcet tones, Frank Capra's soft-spoken -in- structions to Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur's throaty laugh, the stifled screams of Fay Wray, the thud of James Dunn's fists as he battles a professional husky, the angry tones of Rosalind Russell as she quarrels with John Boles. the roar of Jack Holt's six-gun-such is the strange symphony now to be heard Studios, where Hollywood picture on separate stages at Columbia making is at its busiest. Seven pictures are in

production. with

two more to start soon.

"Lost Horizon." the Capra-Co!- man picture, continues as chief among the current Columbia Alms in work, and has passed its 100th day before the cameras... More filming remains.

Crosby has just started "Pen- nies from, Heaven," under the direction of Norman McLeod, with little Edith Fellows in an

Im- portant supporting role. To as- sure her presence in the cast the child actress has just been given a new term contract by Columbia. Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea

Ten top stars according to the are in their third week of "Adven- 1936 survey were Astaire and Roture in Manhattan," in which Re- gers, Temple. Grable, Norina ginald Owen is featured import- Shearer. Claudette Colbert, Ro-antly. Fay Wray and Chester bert Taylor. James Cagney. Joan Morris are sharing leading parts Crawford, Dick Powell and Myrna in "They Met In A Taxi." with Loy.

Lionel Stander playing one of the Tupfighters in 1935 were Ro- better comedy parts of his career. gers, Temple. Gable. Astaire, and The James Dunn plcture, a story Rogers Crawford, Colbert, Dick of the prize ring with emphasis on Powell, Wallace Berry, Joe E. a fighter's romance with a beauti- Brown and James Cagney.

ful young woman manager, is the Newcomers in the charmed fifth Columbia' picture under way circle are Taylor, a find of the and carries the title. "Two Fisted rear. Shearer and Loy, replacing Gentleman." Rogers. Brown and Beery. tion of Shearer was no surpriss. but the rise of Loy is harder to explain, since she was co-starred in most of her pictures during the 12 months.

Other rankings were: 11. W C. Fields 12. Mae West

13. Irene Dunne

Addi-

Rosaling Russell and John Boles Pulitzer prize play. "Craig's Wife."

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in which they have the able suc- port Dorothy. Wilson and Billle Burke. The Jack Holt picture is "A Man Without Fear." with Louise Henry in the feminine lead. "The Man Who Lived Twice." with Ralph Bellamy, Marian

appearing in George Kelly's

14. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Marsh and Isabel Jewell in the Macdonald

15. Charles Chaplin 16. Gary Cooper

17 Carole Lombard

18. Edward G. Robinson 19. Paul Muni

20 Janet Gaynor.

"THE THIN MAN'

The M-G-M-Cosmopolitan Alm version

of Dashiell Hammett's

to-day at the Majestic Theatre.

And the best of the screen de- tectives, William Powell, plays the leading role, with lovely Myrna Loy as his leading, lady.

leads, and "Two Minute Albi." with a cast yet to be chosen. are the pictures slated for immediate production.

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"AND Sudden DEATH

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ture "Peter Pan." was given the Herbert Brennon зая her picture published as a winner in & beauty contest by a Los pictures have been Angeles newspaper. Since play- "Fog"; "Ever Since Eve." "Privo te ing that part, she has become one Scandal," "College Rythm," "Monta of the most popular young in Carlo Nights," "Charlie Chan In genues and leading ladles of Holy- Paris" and "The Man on the Fly- wood. Among her more recent ing Trapeze."

up by the police who have been latest and greatest detective mys-first success as Wendy in the pic- on the lookout for Aunt Min's cartery, "The Thin Man," is showing which has been reported stolen. Even when the family arrives en masse, the police refuse to listen to any alibi.unt they discovered that Ned is the "Fireside Trouba-. dour" to whom they have all been in the habit of listening. Then the pollee permit him to broadcast over their short-wave radio as it is too late to reach the broad- casting station. Ned models his familiar "Down by the Old Mill Stream" to his fans. while the whole happy gang join in the chorus.

with

"HIGH TENSION"

Wired for thrills, alive with laughs and super-charged sizzling excitement and romance, "High Tension," new Fox picture. opening to-day at the King's Theatre with Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster, Heleh Wood and Robert McWade in the leading roles

As the title indicates, "High Tension" is a fast-moving alm of thrills and suspense. with Donlevy and Foster appearing as dare-

Different from all other detec tive Aims, The Thin Man" is probably the most gripping and exciting picture that has reached. the screen recently, yet it teems with sparking humour and smart dialogue throughout its length.

The story is Nick Charles' story of a retired detective who is deprived of a pleasure trip to New York on his wealthy wife's money by three baffling murders which he is called upon to solve.

Maureen O'Sullivan heads the supporting cast. which includes Minna Gombell, Nat Pendleton, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, William Henry and Natalie Moor- head.

Col. W. S. Van Dyke directed "The Thin Man.'

"JUST IMAGINE”

Just imagine love making, ro-

devil undersea cable workers who, mance, ity years hence. Just as they express it themselves, how it is done is seen and heard "have nothing to lose but their

·lives."...

Donlevy, ace "trouble shooter" for an undersea cable company, gett Foster' a similar job and teaches him all the tricks of the perilous trade.

"Just Imagine," the DeSylva Brown and Henderson Fox Movie-. tone comedy with music now cur- rent at the Etar Theatre.

The authors of "Bunny Side Up" have looked far into the future in this production and projected on Returning to shore, Donlevy the screen their ideas of the world makes up with Miss Farrell and and romance in 1980. the agrees to marry him-provid~ { Famous for their great popular 'ng he gets a khöre job. In

a song hits and stage successes, The romance of the pair is shat- burst of short-lived enthusiasm. DeSylva, Brown and Henderson tered when Miss Drake is tried Donlevy agrees and buys Glends have provided a generous num- and convicted of manslaughter, an engagement ring.....

ber for "Just Imagine" and the after she has taken the blame for But when difficulties occur under tuneful score is one of the many an auto crash her brother has the ocean, Donlevy chafes at the reasons why capacity crowds are caused, Scott's testimony in the restriction. and eventually trial is important in leading to "nounces to Glenda that he is going Butler directed. Both served in an-flocking to see this picture., David

the girl's imprisonment..

oat to hunt the trouble. The like capacities on "Bunny Side Up." A death-bea confession by the two have another love-battle and El Brendel heads the cast, which wayward brother, played by Tom Glenda tries to return h's ring also has Maureen O'Sullivan, John Brown, frees Miss Drake and the but to her raging disgust it won't Garrick. Marjorie White and Frank romance's patched up.

come off her inger

Albertson,

Fred Astaire, who with his dance partner, Ginger Rogers, is now con sidered National box office champion, replacing Shirley Temple, the world's outstanding child actor. The popular dance team will be seen

next in the flira musical, “ Swing Time.

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