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Warner

"Night Fight”

"Advica to the Lovelorn",

Stevens, and the beautiful Shirley Groy pupply, the love; interest. John Davidson is excellent as tho, Eurasian John Barrymore, Helen Hayes crook, and Hodda Hepper, Ralph-For- Clark Gable, Llonel Barrymore, Robes, Jamison Thomson, John Wray, bert Montgomery and Myrna Loy Tom Moor and Brandwen Hurst put form the amazingly strong multi-star life into their roles, George Allan, beloved by theatro cast which interprats "Night Flight", goers the world over, has found the the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pleture: perfect role in his latest picture, "The showing at the Oriental Theatre on

Anyone who does not belleve that Bros: Friday and Saturday. The story is a Working Man,," feature which opened yesterday at the terrifically powerful tale of Bying the life is stranger than fiction might

mail. by night in South America. ponder the following fronic coincid Queen's Theatre. It is a highly spiced Director, Brown ways of this tale, enco, The evening of the same day comedy drama of American business "Night Fight is the only real, truly that complex mechanical contrivances and youthful folly in which the star accurate, authentic and human airplane were used to create the illvalon of an appears on п short-tempered, soft story so far written. The principal earthquake in "Advice to the Love charactors are John Barrymore, stern lorn," a 20th, Century Pleture starting. hearted champion of "big business" driving manager of the air line, Lee Tracy, an actual earthquake, short who steala tine from his own affaire Clark Gable, pilot of the storm-caught but sharp, was felt in Los Angolos, to straighten out the lives of the or- plane from Puntas Arenas, Robert Hollywood and other parts of Southern phaned children of hin former Montgomery, pilot of a plane crossing Californin. It occurred on October March 10 strongest competitor. Slightly re-towering mountains, felen Hayer 2nd, was the first, in Southern Cal-

fear-ridden wife of Gable, Lionel fornin since the quake miniscent of "The Millionaire" but Barrymore, the lumbering inspector and the second since 1919. "Advice boasting a more dramatic story and of airplanes, and Myrna Loy, wife of to the Lovelorn" open with the earth- even finer production values and cast, William Gargan, the pilot of the plane quake. Tracy, a high-salaried nows- paper feature writer who had been "The Werlinganan" is said to furnish to Brazil.

out on a periodle souse, sleeps through Arllon with his most human role in a

It, minses the biggest story of the year atory that in timely and contains wide

and in forced to take over the "love- mass uppeal. As "Reeves," grumpy Marion Davies plays one of the Tora" column by a managing editor bachelor head of a great manufacture most entertaining roles of her film with an acute talent for iliobolical Ing concern, who goca fishing for a career in the novel musical produce punitive measures. Sally Blane playa vacation only to find that the expedition, "Going Hollywood," her now the feminine lead opposito Leo Tracy tion lends him into the most exciting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehl- in this, mirthful comedy business battle of his life-against clu which comes on Sunday to the United Artista release his own' firm-Arliss displays all the Queen's Theatre. The picture, an showing at the Alhambra Theatre. qualities that have made him recog-original story from the witty pen' of

"The "Bowery" nized as tho foremost actor of the Donald Ogden Stewart, actor, humor- screen to-day. It is a story filled ist and playwright, is a key-hole view with humour and amusing situations, of the real Hollywood, yet one spiced] replete with real drama, pinyed by n with catchy song hits and bizarre the screen was born in Hollywood. cast of all-star calibre. Bette Davis, danco ensembles which make it one He is Jackie Cooper who, with Wal- in featured in the principal support of the most entertaining films of the Jace Beery and George Raft, co-stars ing role as the gay young reckless year. Bing Crosby, noted crooner of in "The Bowery", 20th Century living orphan, and Hardle Albright radio and motion picture, plays the Picture showing to-day at the King's Miss Theatre. Jackio celebrated his oight has his Best sympathetic role in a radio crooner. role, opposito

the sot while making have birthday on Six Jingly melodies long time, as the love interest opposite Davies. Alise Davis. J. Farrell MacDonald been created for the film by the noted "The Champ" He is under contract has a fine part as Arliss' fishing com- camposing team of Nacio Herb Brown to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, from which panion, while Gordon Westcolt sup- and Arthur Freed. To beautify the company 20th Century Pictures hor plies the menace. A promising new-musical numbers, numerous eriginal rowed him for "The Bowery", comer to the nerven, Theodore New dance ensembles in gorgeous, colour- United Artists release: ton, red-headed young actor from New ful settings were created and super- York, has an important role as brather vined by Albertina Rasch, to Miss Davis,

"Going Hollywood"

Inmou

dance Instructor.. Raoul Tranh, voleran director of many stellar mo tion picture productions, directed the new plcture.

drama- currently

Quite fittingly, the youngest star of

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"The Kennel Murder Case". William Powell and Mary Astor, "I Am Suzanne"

both Hollywood stars of long stand- Ing, will be seen together for the first time in the Warner Bros. picture, Hollywood is a town of specialists.

"The Kennel Murder Case," which is There you find men and women who

"Bombay Mall"

coming to the Alhambra Theatre on spend their lives learning to do things! just a little better than anyone else,] Excellent acting, fascinating back-Sunday with Powell again playing his much most famous role, that of 8.3. Van be it building that proverbial mouse grounds, characters who are trap or training a mouse to waltz in alive, and the plot which bubbles over Dine's Philo Vance. Not only have it. Take Danny Huysentruyt, who with suspense all play their paris in they both been playing in Hollywood was sened for a bit in Jesse L. making Univerant's "Bombay Mail," but they have played in the same Lasky's "I Am Suzanne" the Fox showing to-day at the Central Then-studios at the same time and yet never Alm soon to be seen at the King'stre one of the most gripping screen-have been east together before, and Theatre. Danny has an ok profes play mysteries seen in a long time. by a strange anomaly never actually sion for California where the balmy The story, written by L. G. Blochnian, have met in person before they went climate is the big bonst. He cun who is well versed on life in India,on the set for the current production. Jump more barrels, while skimming and the people on that train racing Each has been an admirer of the along on ice nkates, than any other from Calcutta to Bombay. These other's work in pictures and was le skater in the country. Several ex- Include a much-disliked and feared lighted to be cast finally in the same hibition skatern will be seen in this British Colonial Governor, a Mahara- production. The pleture is one of the elaborate revue, which will present Li Jah, an American miner with a for- most baffling mysteries of any of linn Harvey as a Parisian music hall tune in rubies, an aide to the Governor, Van Dine's storica with a strange love dancer. Gear Raymond has the leading who fear the loss of his position, tangle as the motivating theme of the. ve cat include masculine role, with Leslie Bank, scientist with a live cobra in skutt plot. Other in Georgia Caine, Geneva Mitchell, Halli- case, a supposed Russian spy who is Eugene Pallette, Helen Vinson, Jack well. Hobbes, Marry Kinnell and quite beautiful, the Governor's wife, La Rue, Arthur Hohl, Henry O'Neill Edward Keane in supporting parts, and an Eurasian crook, to mention and Robert McWade. The picture was

Edmund Lowe does a directed by Michael Curtiz, Podrecca's Piccoli Marlonettes pro- only a few,

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