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CINEMA SCREENINGS appearance with Meurice Chevaller in

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATILES

Fishing is one of James Dunn's favourite sports, yet he doesn't like to cat what he catches. To him the thrill of battling a deep; sen fish is roward enough for an expedition to Caralina Island in California. When he does break down and order sca food, he concentrates on oysters, clams and an occasional scallop."

"Bedtime Story."

"Ace of Ace"

The death ho dealt freely and lavishly to flying foeman is a paci fistturned-kilier's reward in the thrill ing drama of the World War in "Ace of Aces," RKO-Radio Pictures nowicat for Richard Dix

starring production

the King's Theatre en

coming to

Wednonday with Elizabeth Allan and Ralph Bellamy. Entered in the war! by his flancos's taunts of cowardice, Lt. Rox Thorne granpa lis tasic with fervour. He kills relentlessly, and bo comes the "Ace of Acqa" with forty- Ewo victories to his credit. His Still he looked forward, between aruelty and cunning bring him re scenes of "Hold Me Tight," to the day morse and despair. At the height of when it would be over and la could his career, Thorne soars aloft in his

take time off for some fishing. In Silver Spad, and with an enemy in What is Wrong With Him? the past five months he has had only sight makes one final stroke in an 14 days off in all, not time enough attempt to atone his death-dealing oren to organize a fishing expedition.

"Hold Me Tight" is the current) attraction at the King's Theatre.

CATOOT,

"Terror Aboard"

Are you worried about your husband Has ho lost appetite, cheerfulness, spirit?

The nest tonic for any man who

The char.ces are that Dunn will

John Halliday, Charlie Ruggles, keop on postponing that fishing trip.

from "Hold Be Tight heell Hamilton, Shirley Grey, Verree has become run down, nervous, 'ON- Весливо went right into the production of Teasdale and Jack Lallae play tending feebled through over-work, worry, roles in "Terrer Aboard," nautical or other cause, is a good holiday, "Arizona to Broadway".

of air, food horror-flim, showing tomorrow at the with complete change

the attempt of friend to wipe it is not always possible--especially out in its entirety the passenger list here in the Far East-to get away "Broadway to Hollywood" of a luxurious yacht while it is steam from the daily round. Responsibilities to be had for the mere asking, sca Sweeping back in brilliant splendouring through the Pacific, bound for are too great, leave-of-absence is not

Australia.

trips are expensive and hardly to be to the Jesus elghtles and the gay

thought of these hard times. ninoties, onward to modern times,

What then is to be done? The next "Broadway to Hollywood," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's glittering cavalcade

acon's Theatre. The picture centres] und environment. But unfortunatoly

"Take A Chance"

Five hit numbera havo been con-

of theatrem, is the unusual attrac- cocted by the battery of long and lyric best thing is to take a good blood ∙tion

at the Queen's Theatre. The writers who worked on the score of and nervo tonic, and the best of all a Chance" the fin-musical tonics is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. For picture is unique in that while cs-"Take

Laurence Schwab, Willlani over half a century there world- vivid drama of three which ū

• Rentialisongs of a vaudevillo family, it Howland and Monte Brico produced-in famous Pills have been restoring

more

as n

at the same time injects the pomp and New York for Paramount and which health and strength to weak, nerve- pageantry of the Gay White Way of is opening on Friday at the Alhambra mcked, despairing men and women too. Their first effect is to revive colourful. era.| Theatre,

lost appetite. Then they aid diges- nn earlier and Gorgouus ballets in colour, songs and

"I Did It with My Little Ukeleletion, build up the nerves, restore the acts by Fay Templeton and other noted stars of the past pass in review written by Harburg and Gorney and blessing of sound, Invigorating brilliant sung by Chill Edwards against a and the good, rich, red blood in stage sequences

are told the goofy travellogue background showing make at every dose carries new health and strength background on which romances, joy's, sorrows, triumphs and how "Ukelele Ike" escapes front nourishment, disapp:lntments of a lovable family of various perils by means of the instry- throughout the whole system,

numerable auferers have built-up "troupers."

and revitalized themselves through "New Deal Rhythm," written by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in this way. husband? Chemists Rell them. Persunde Harbury and Gorney and sung by Why not your Roth. Lilian Bond, Lona Andre, and him to begin his cure today. James Dunn, June Knight, Lillian everywhere Edwards and danced by the chorus of fifty.

To the present generation it offers! a new type of entertainment with sonalities well known the theatre "old timers" playing alongside per

Kuer of to-day..

"Torch Singer"

ment.

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"It's Only a Paper Moon," written by Harburg and Harold Arlen, the attor the, composer of the famous Stormy Weather" number.

In addition, Laurence Schwabis

Excellently neted, superbly produced anil told through the medium of powerful story that never lacks sus- pense and dran.atic fervour, PATR- mcunt's picture "Torch Singer." fea-writing new lyrics for "Eadio Was a turing Claudette Colbert and Ricardo Lady," the smash hit from the stage version of "Take a Chance," which was Cortez opens to-day at the Alhambra vertten by Buddy De-Sylva, and will Theatre. Adapted from Grace Perkin's Liberty

story, the picture present he sung in the film by Lillian Roth.

Col-

- FORGOTTEN SWEETHEART

(Continued from Page 3.)

in.

In-

would have to pass him to reach the cashler's desk.

And finally June Knight will sing Bob was digging down in his bert in a dual persserted mather song from the Broadway production initi show you just what we have role: first "Should I Be Sweet," another DeSylval pocket. He drew out a blueprint. as an unmarried,

who finds the social barriers too dif- ficult to overcome, and later as the brazen, hard-hearted torch singer of the cabarets, who still longs for tho baby she has been forced to give up,

which she created a Manhattan sensa- tion several months ago.

"College Humour"

in mind," he said.

"Just a minute, Bob," Duke darned interrupted. "There's n

"College Humour," Paramount's ela-pretty girl at a table back of you. A splendid supporting cast assists borate musical-comedy version of knew her once, I think.

class at grammar. Miss Crlbert immeasurably to make college life as it ought to be, will be was-in my

She

the picture the gripping emotional the attraction at the Queen's Theatre school. Funny, I can't remember her first name. Last name was- drama it is. Ricardo Cortez in ex-from Saturday,

Burns

"Good looker?" "And some!"

"Someone else is girl crazy." "Aren't we all? What were you saying about the plant?"

cellent as Tony Cummings, the radio Big Crosby, Richard Arlen, Mary Waring, I believe." Impressario, who falls in love with the Carlisle, Jack Oakie, Georgo torch singer only to step aside grace and Gracie Allen, Lona Andre and fully when he finds that her eventual Mary Karnman head its all-star cast. happiness depends upon another man. The Ox-Road Co-Eda, a comely collec

David Manners is cast in the role tion of cherines prance in and about of the man who "did her wrong" but, the varicus scenes.

"College Humour is a new-stylo nevertheless in his repentance, ho wina the audience's sympathy. Comedy musical comedy-a-pletura in which relief comes from the ever-popular the music, the comedy, the dances and trembling, but she pressed her hat down more firmly and marched other characteristics-of-the- Lyds Roberti and the charming Baby the LeRoy who created such a nation medium are part of the plot, instead bravely by the two at the table.

(To be Continued.) wide sensation in his initial screen of extra scenes thrown in at random.

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