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E EXCITEMENT AND ADVENTURE!?? Cried Drummond at Midnight. and proceeded to meet...one... a deep-dyed mystery1.· koo.......a murder-beat villain! three...a limpid-eyed damsel I...and poor Scotland Yard slept no more that night!

JOB PEI AT SCHENCK

presente

Ronald

COLMAN

DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S production of

BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK

with LORETTA YOUNG WARNER OLAND CHARLES BUTTERWORTH - UNA MERKELS Directed by NOT DEL NUTH *. Relonaed thru UNITED ARTISTS

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FEBRUARY 14, 1935.

CINEMA NEWS

NOTES FROM THE THEATRES

excel even his memorable "Disraeli”

in magnifierce, interest and dramatic PLEASE CALL & INSPECT

appeal, is now showing at the Alham bra Theatro. This is a picture in which Mr. Arlias, recognised as the dean of actors in America, realisos a life long ambition to bring the Door to-day's American girl have character of one of the greatest any chance of winning fame in an Frenchmen to life on stage or screen. artistic career against the competition of foreign artists? In "One Night of Not even the life and career of Love," having lte initial showings to "Diarasli" offer such a rich field for an did the day at the Queen's Theatre, you will dramatle exploration Boo the grief, and struggle much an character and times of Voltaire.. Pro- ambition involves. You will see, induced with a magnificence never bo- glamorous foreign settings, the ad- fore equalled in an Arliss picturo ventura and beauty that makes such a "Voltaire” marks the high water mark struggle worthwhile. The story of of the star's career, out-ranking in "One Night of Love", is largely the importance all previous screen, offer- true story of Grace Moore, star of the ings he has made. A stellar cast of picture, a Tennessee girl who made a able players support the star in this spectacular struggle upward to fame picture. Doris Kenyon lends her ex- in musical comedy and grand opera. quisite beauty to the role of Madan.o In "One Night of Love" Miss Moore Pompadour. Margaret Lindsay playa emerges as a sensational motion pic. Nanetto, while Theodors Newton, Re ture personality, glorious, daraling ginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, David Alm figure. Miss Moore ran away Torrence, Doris Lloyd and Ivan Simp- from her objecting parents to stady son are others featured in the im volco in New York city. She worked posing array of talent appearing in In a Greenwich Villaga cafe to earn the film. har mois. Winning a singing role in musical comedy, aho apent most of her pay on mora voice training. When

The merry escapade of a charming i roles in Irving Verlin's Music Box girl who, auddenly losing all her Revue in 1923, 24 and 26 brought big money, becomes a chauffeur, is told in pay, she saved to study in Italy with The Love Contract," showing at the Mary Garden. When Miss Moore Star. Winifred Shotter and Owen obtained = Metropolitan Opera audi Nares play the leads in this amusing tion in 1928, and lost, she made a benim. The whole story is very good that she would sing at the Metro fun; there are many bright spots, and politan in two years. And like the all the artistes, who include Miles story of "One Night of Love" it was Malleson, Cosmo Kyrie-Bellew, Spen- her conceri debut in Milan which won cer Trevor and Frank Harroy, enter her a Metropolitan contract just two into the spirit of the play, contributing weeks before the two years were up to vastly-amusing entertainment, All the charm of European scones and people, all the glamour of life abroad, all the glorious beauty of the finest Italian, French and Spanish music, form the charming and thrilling back- Around for this exceptional, romantie motion picture. The handsome Tullie Garminati, Italian born screen lover, plays the romantic lead opposite the fan.ous songstress.

Victor Schert zinger directed.

"The Love Contract"

"Bulldog Drummond Strikes Bšack" When an American screen actress hires a make-up export to make her look not more but less Oriental, that's nows! And that's just what Kathleen Burke has done. For The Panther Woman" wants to shed her title. The girl who was selected from 00,000 con- testants to play a new type of screen cillainess in Paramount's "The Island of Lost Souls", wants to piny Polly. "A Cuckoo in the Nest"

anna. She hopes that the role of the A feast of fun is given by "A sinister half-easte daughter of Warner Cuckoo in the Nest", showing at the Oland she plays in "Bulldog Drum- King's Theatre to-day. This popular mond Strikes Back." Ronald Colman's Ben Travers farce has been directed first starring vehicle under his now for the screen by Tom Walls, who with contract with Joseph M. Schenck and Ralph Lynn and Yvonne Arnaud play Darryl F. Zenuck, which United the principal parts. "A Cuckoo in the Artists brings to the King's Theatre Nest" in the story of a mix-up. Peter on Sunday next, will be her last of Wyrkham (Ralph Lynn) meets his old this type. "I am tired to being hated friend Marguerite Flickelt (Yvonne by the screen public for doing hateful Arnaud) at the railway station as he things', says Miss Burke. But "The ix on the point of starting off for a Panther Woman" is learning one of short holiday with his wife. He is so Hollywood's cruellest axioms-that it interested that the train leaves with is as easy for a camel to go through out him. As both Mrs. Hickett and a needle's eye as it is for a ho are bound for the same country player to change his or her type at house they decide to go down by car. will. There is a breakdown at a small vil. lage and only one bedroom In the little

Philo Vance, Charlie Chan and Inn to accommodate both. Out of this curious arrangement arises writer row Inspector Trent. William Powell of comle incidents with Major Bone owes much of his present screen (Tom Walls) acting the part of well-eminence to his characterisation of the wisher and pacifier The whole thing suave, debonair aleuth created by S.3. in in Ben Travers' best vein and the Van Dine; Warner Oland wisely at- film provides really frat-cinsa enter- tributes his many oriental roles to tainment of the well-known type, his portrayal of the portly Chinese when Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn whose homely philosophy aldy him in the salation of crimes, a character come together on the screen.

evolved by the late Earl Derr Biggers, Inspector Trent is the latest addition Six stellar comedians appear in the to this triumvirate of screen sleutha cast of the First National picture He represents the finest type of "Havana Widows" showing, at the American detective. Concise, brisk Oriental Theatre on Friday and and to the point, he miness no words Saturday. They are said to give the but arrives at his conclusions in a picture such an unusual comedy twist clear-cut.

pertinent fnahion. In-

"ATRIA Widows"

"One Is Guilty"

screen

as to make it one of the most hilarious spector Treat comes to the screen in Tunmakera the Bereen has been in a series of four mystery thrillers made many a day. Joan Blondell and Glena by Columble studios. Portrayed by Farrell, two of the most sophisticated Ralph Bellenmy, he made his debut wise-crackers of the screen, as the several months ago in "Before Mid- two Broadway chorus girls on a quest night"; his second appearance in "One for millionaires in Havapo whom they T. Guilty" scheduled as the next plan to shake down, head the cast. change at the Queen's Theatre. The other four scintillating comedians Shirley Grey is featured opposite him include Guy Kibbec, Allen Jenkins, in "One Is Guilty" while the support- Frank McHugh and Ruth Bonnelly, ing enat includes Willard Robertson, With Lyle Talbot playing a straight Rita Lu Roy, Vincent Sherman, Ruth rale n the hero of the piece, and Abbot, J. Cartol Naish, Ralph Remley making

perfect foll for the broad and Harry Todd.

comedy roles, the cast is an unusually

excellent combination. Other mem-

bera of the cast are also well known In connection with the S.P.C.A. players and include Hobart Cava- cabaret dinner-danco at the Hongkong naugh, Ralph Ince, Maude Eburne, Hotel Roat Garden to-morrow, late- George Cooper, Charles Wilson and comers who dine elsewhere will be Gary Owen.

able to dance with the throng on pay. ment of the usual cover charge. All

"Voltaire"

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Warner Bros., "Voltaire,"

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