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Paramount picture, "Behold My Wife" DEATH CELL TEARS starring Sylvia Bidney with Gene' Raymond and coming to-niorrow to the Queen's Theatro, "Behold my Wife" which presents Miss Sidney as a beautiful full-blooded Indian girl, hus backgrounds in colourful primi

New York, May B. Live New Mexico, and urbane and

Raymond Hamilton. Public Ned Sparks, famous "dend-pan" sophisticated New York. The story is Gene Raymond's comedinn, and Stepin Fotëhit, caloured concerned with funny boy, have formed a mutual attempt to revenge himself on his Enemy No. 1, alta to-day in the meration society. "Stepin, with that ultra-aristocratie family. "Behold my condemned cell of the Huntsville draw of his kills me, says Ned. Wife" was directed by Mitchell Leisen. Penitentiary, Texas, praying and "Ah thinks Mistah Spahka is the The aupporting cast includes H.D.weeping for his crimes.

This "king of the underworld. The leader in offering first run pictures at the most popular prices funniest puason Ah evah did seo" Warner, Laura Hope, Julliette Comp

who swore he would never be taken

THE SAME POPULAR PRICES TO ALL SHOWS! opinen Fetchit, Between them, they ton and a few others.

alive, finally surrendered without a "Sweet Adeline" were the joy and at the same time the despair of Henry King, who direct

"Ned Sparks in so funny that even fight when surprised by a sheriff.

It was from the call he now oc ed both players in "Marie Galanto", for Fox Film. "When one of them the English laugh at him," chuckled doesn't break up, laughing at the Mervyn LeRoy, director of "Sweet cupice for the second time that other in a scene, the other doen", he Adeline," the Warner Bros, musical Inmilton shot his way to freedom complains. "But both of them are so which comes to the Alhambra and 12 months ago.

Terrorised States Since then he has terrorised arned funny I can't blame them, Central Theatres on Sunday. Word One thing, though, when we do get had just been received that Sparks A pool at goud take, I'm sure it will be just had been riven firat place among Oklahoma, Texas and other south- as funny to the audience". Spencer Ameriena comedians in

co- Oxford University. His present role western Sintes.

that of 4. Tracy and Kelti Gallian are starred in "Mario Galante", which in "Sweet Adeline" is

sarcastic slant on bing banks and raiding small com- will arrive at the King's Theatre next theatrical producer with un acid din his extraordinary exploits in rob it his munities and his cunning in ovad- Sunday. In addition to Sparks and position and p "Step" Fetehit, other members of a everything. Ned considers distinguished support cat are Hielen iwat-fitting role since he came to pleing, capture have made his name.

"Sweet Adeline" is a gigantic almost legendary. Morgan, Leslie Fenton, Arthur Byron, turcs.

also But to-day, crushed and cowed, Siegris Rumann, Robert Loraine and musical spectacle by Jerome Kern and

Opeur Hammerstein II, who

Irene Donne he is changed out of all recogni Jay C. Flippen.

wrote the catchy songs. "Outrant Lady"

heads the east which includes Donald tien.

Again and again he has repeated "Outcast Lady," showing at the Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks,

Calher, this prayer aloud:

"Lord, I'm Horry for all my ains Oriental Theatre on Friday and Satur- Joseph Cawthorn, Louis | clay, an excellently conceived, Winifred Shaw, Nydia Westman,

Mer and want you to forgive me, and beautifully developed, intensely enter Dorothy Dare and Phil Regan. taining screen vehicle. Particularly it vyn LeRoy directed the picture from by your help and grace I will serve you, 1 surrender my life to Thee. ical media for the the screen play by Erwin S. Gelsey, offers presentation of its vivil star. Con- while Bobby Connolly staged the

for Pesus sake." stance Bennett, and its rapidly rising sectorular ensembles in which represave mercy upon me and my scul leading man, Herbert Marshall. An of beautiful girls take part.

"The Pursuit of Happiness" "Iris" "Napler, Miss Bennett and Mr. Marshall At monthly by the

When you see Francis elever pon of the original author, Michael Arlen, and the scenarist, Zoe making ardent love to Jonn Bennett but in nevnes of Paramount's "The Pursuit Akine. The story in a strong simple one, n

nara of love under of Happiness," which comes to the cast includes such players as Jol

love-but for another Keye Luke, Erik Rhodes and Minor difficulties, of a woman who deliberate Alhambra Theatre to-morrow he'll be Miljan, Thomas Beck, John Qualen, ly bepatters her own good name to making real protect that of the husband whomas, in much the fashion that John Wataon. The picture was produced

Seller. married her, then committed suicile Alden went courting for 31lex Stand-by John Stone and directed by Lewis

"Devil Dogs of the Air" un his wedding night. It presenta anish In the Colonial times. The man

There are two Pal O'Briens. Yet, One is important supporting cast which in-whone nuit Lederer in plighting is cludes Hugh Williams, Mrs. Patrick sceneris Gene Markey, who wrote the Campbell, Henry Stephenson, Robert fervent and tender speeches for the they are both the same man.

star to recite to his own wife, Jonn tho pater familias. The other in the Loraine and Lumsden Hiare.

Bennett, who is Mrs. Markey in pri- co-star with James Cagney in the vate life. When he was first given Cosmoplitan production, "Devil Dogs The most radical departure in the the joli, Hollywood chuckled at his of the Air," which Warner Bros are art of motion picture make-up is seen predicament, but Markey soun turned now presenting at the Central Then- in Universal's astounding novelty the table on the film capital by assert- tre. In "Devil Dogs of the Air," an "Flirtation Walk" and "Here Comes coniedy, "Night Life Of the Gods". nowing that it would give him

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"Night Life of the Gods"

Amrican forces.

"Charile Chan in Paris"

Lederer

Ilamilton will be electrocuted at daylight on Friday for the murder

state pris guard

MORE THRILLS THAN "HERE COMES THE NAVY

-as Ilumy rod Pat stresh for this aky with the lighting corpe that's never boei sumed by gems in Limes? It's the lengt packed arose bezion of the prer!

"DEVIL DOGS

OF THE AIR JAMES CAGNEY PAT. O'BRIEN

MARGANZY LINDSAY · FRAME MEZUE

SUNDAY

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"SWEET ADELINE" with IRENE DUNNE Musical Sensation for 1935 from. WARNER BROS.

FIRST SHOWINGS IN]

showing at the King's Theatre. In opportunity to say the many pretty the Navy, Fat O'Brien is offered to the pleture the characters are called things to his lovely wife that he has the nation pleture fan as a hard- upen la undergo transformations from never been able to say in person. boiled, though not heartless, service- The rold, marble statues, to real, live, Adapted from the recent Broadway man. In pictures he is a military people. In order to accomplish this bundling success, by Lawrence Lang- despot. At Pat O'Brien's home, how- effect every hair had to be changed to ner and Armina Marshall, "The Purever, there are two other individuals Less than a a red colour, for photographic pursuit of Happiness," presents Lederer who rule the roost. First comes little pose. Under the camera's eyes all in the role of a deserting Hessian blue-eyed Margaret

she conversationalist. But colours are reduced to variations of soldier and Miss Bennett as the pretty year old, the youngster is not yet a black and white, but the transforma Puritan for whose sake ho joins the fluent

doesn't have to be. One look from tion process in this picture strikes a

her blue eyes. and an enticing smile, and Pat O'Brien in the loving, adoring new-note in photography. More than 200 people appear in the east, which

It begins to look as if the character Irlah daddy. Next in Importance in features 2 principal players, inclui ing Alan Mowbray, Florine McKinney, Warner Diand created for the screen the O'Brien household is Mra. O'Brien. Deering, when he played his firat Churife Chan Pat's hard-boiled characters of the Peggy Shannon, Marda

that he Geneva Mitchell, Irene Ware, George role five years ago has taken a de-screen melt the moment he enters hix Hassell, Paul Kaye, Pat de Cicco, finite hold on his own life, and is front door. It is then Robert Warwick. Raymond Benart, shupling his career. "I get hundreds comes Pat O'Brien, the husband in Richard Carle, ileury Armetta, Alene and hundreds of letters of proteal love with his wife. Pat Is a Lieuten. Carroli, Thera Maxwell Conover, from all over the world whenever Innt of Marines in "Devil Dugs of the villainous role nowadays," a stirring romance of the avin- Phillips Smalley, Westly Barry, Wi-play liam Boyd, Gilbert Emery, Douglas Oland said recently. Warner Olendtion corps of the US Marines, with Fowley and Ferdinand Gottschalk. recently completed Charlie Chan in rollicking comedy and breath-taking Paris" which is terminating its en-thrills. James Cagney heads the cast, the Queen's which also includes Margaret Lind- I was directed by Lowell Sherman.

gagement to-day al Theatre. This is the soventh of the say, Frank McHugh, Helen Lowell, pictures featuring the philosophical John Arledge, Robert Borrat and Chinese detective. Mary Brian is the Rusell Hicks, besides hundreds of girl in the case and the supporting marines.

"Behold My Wife"

The dramatic story of revenge that turns into genuine love is the under- lying theme of B. P. Schulberg's new

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