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been grouped by Warner Bros, around the star. Robert MeWade, one of Broadway's best known headliners, has the role of District Attorney Markham. Mary Astor plays the role of Hilda Lake, Archer Coo's ́_ward. Archer Coe is played by Robert Barrat, who will be remembered for Summer activities in the Euro- his powerful characterizations in "Lilly Turner" with Ruth Chatterton, Pean Young Dien's Christian Asso- and in Captured," as the command clation, Kowloon, will commence ant of the German prison camp. auspiciously on Sunday, April 29, Arthur Hohl, whose work as Captain when the first of a series of Band so much attention, is Gamble, the Lounge. Nicole in "Narrow Corner" attracted] Concerts will be given in the West. butler.

"The Bowery"

at 9

More than baker's lozen of movio. doin's most tuneful and funniest lead. Ing citizens will be seen with Marion Davies in her new Bletro-Goldwyn, Mayer production, "Going Hollywood," when it opens at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday. At the top of the unbest able cast stands Miss Davies, one of menace of The Story of Templo permission of Col, E. J. de C. Boya Jack La Rué, the minister The music will, through the kind teen's loveliest comediennes who Drako" which made him famous, plays nud Officers, be provided by the

scored successive triumphs in the part of Eduardo Grassi, the "Blondle of the Follies," "Peg O' My Italian art connoisseur. Helen Vine Band of the 1st Battalion, the Lin- Heart" and more than a score of other con lends her charm to the role of colnshire Regiment, and will be of picture romances. In "Going Holly Doris Delafield, Archer Coe's mistress. 90 minutes duration, commencing wood," Miss Davies plays the role of a lovelorn girl who falls in love with

p.m: a radio crooner'ʼn voice, pursues him

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Hollywood, sleeve"The Bowery Uproarious the function, admission to which fame as a flim star. The whimsical story is from the wilty pen of Donald happy days in the wicked eightles and Orden Stewart, noted author, humo naughty ninetics are features of "The Bowery, 20th, Century's first picture,j rist and actor, who has written such starring Wallace Beery, George Raft are synthetic. J. Farrell MacDonald, famous stage plays as "Perfect Re-anal Jackio Cooper, with Fay Wray the other fisherman in the picture, is haviour," and "The Crazy Fool." Throughout the film story is woven and Pert Kellen, showing to-day at expert with the rod and reel. Othors a musical romance which includes "Chuck Connors", Steve Brodie and leading lady, Hardie Albright in the the King's Theatre. John L. Sullivan, in the cast includo Bette Davis as his series of six seng numbers composed for Miss Davies by Nacio Herb Brows Carrie Nation, four real-life charne- juvenile lead. Gordon Westrott and and Arthur Freed, two of the musical term, appear in "The Dowery", all of Theodre Newton. The screen play world's most successful young song Dowery style. Minging with the "big lowell is based on a story by Edgar them doing thole stuit in approved by Charles Kenyon and Maude 1. writers and co-authors of the national shots of the nineties are the other Franklin.

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"The Working Man"

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"Advice to the Loveton" Bing Crosby, radio's topmost men and crooner of love ballads supports Miss Orientals from the Pell-Mott-Doyer

"Advice to the Lovelorn," starring Davies as the crooner whose mellow Chinatown; tin-horn gamblers, wire, Lee Tracy and Sally Blane, will open voles entrances her in "Going Holly- toppers, con-game workers, sallors, to-day at the Alhambra Theatre, The wood," and who eventually is captured Bowery boys and girls, bar-les, story concerns Toby Prentiss, breczy by her persistent love pursuit. Crog-hunky tonk entertainments; and the young Los Angeles reporter who, by rings two numbers with Misketuresque human flotsam and jet- sleepinie off • jag in a Turkish bath, Davies Our Big Love Scene" and san of the Bowery the song writers kemains blissfully oblivious to | "We'll Make Hay While the Sun romanticized in by-gone decades. earthquake. This fall from grace re

Shines" and two by himself "After Sundown" and "Temptation." Fin D'Oreny, vivacious French comedienne, is the third tangent In the love triangle, French-Canadian bern, Miss D'Orsay only recently awept the theatre public with enthusiasm follow- ing her discovery by Will Rogers with whom she played in her first potion picture. Stuart Erwin, young in years but a veteran featured player in pictures, plays the rule of the sympathetic film producer who fan ces the motion picture in which Miss Davies and Bing Crosby are eventual ly co-starred.

"I Am Suzanne”

Lillian Harvey, scintillant star of the American and European motion picture screen, comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday in her third p duction for Fox Film, "I Am buquel" And here is another fim that presenta this young artist as the, met versatilo in pictures. Combin ing the elements of a tender love romance with elements of spectacle and richness, this new Jesse L. Lasky film promises be one of the out standing screen plays of all time. Against a background of the MUSIC

hat stage in which a group of puppels represent a fresh and vitalizing atmos phere, romance of simple beauty and refreshing tenderness: The east in support of Miss Harvey and Raymond includes Leslie Bank, star of the stage, Georgia Caine, stellar perfor mer in musical revuca; Geneva MIL- ehell, Halliwell Hobbes, Murray Kia- nell and Edward Keane. The world- famous troupe of Podrecca's Piccoli Marionettes participate in the puppet incidents.

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Belleve It or not, George Arliss, who that dim host of lovelorn ladles who is, and to give an excellent imitation Apply to “agony" columns for comfort of an expert fisherman in his latest and guidance. The role in perfectly Warner Bros. picture, "The Working suited to Tracy's pecullar talents and Man," which opens to-day at the Armed with a supply of wise cracks Queen's Theatre, never actually did fresh and snappy as himself, the any fishing in his life. He looks and bland star contribules another laws nets the part of a fisherman te per-less and vivid characterization to add fection, even to the rough, wrinkled to his long list of successes. Tracy old clothes he wears, but that is as given excellent support in thin close as he comes to being an Izaak United Artists release by Saby Blane, Walten. Ile knows nothing about Isabel Jewel, Paul Harvey, Jodith rods or reels, hooks or bait. Even the, Wood, May Boley and Sterling Hilo- fish he entelies in "The Working Man" | way.

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STAG CAME

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AND DISPLAYED

A SVIELL

BLACK

EYE....

HOW DID IT START, TAG? COME,NOW....

TELL ME EVERYTHING

*

WELL...I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH FUZZY DAVIS, AND I WAS TALKING

WHEN I SHOULDA

BEEN LISTENING!

OHOH!

THEN, WHAT HAPPENED

HE SWUNG AND I DUCKED, AN' I

SWUNG AN' HE DUCKED... THEN HE SWUNG AN' I FORGOT TO DUCK! THEN A

MAN CAME AN'

STOPPED THE FIGHT!!

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