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"The Plough and The Stars" screen drama of the Irish "uprising of 1910 which opens at the Queen's Theatre to-morrow, with Barbora Stanwyck starred, in one of the fine

Miny achievements of Hollywood's picture July makers. The compelling power of its det story, which is presented only as a

Dcc. work

its per of fiction, brilliance of

Jan. formance, richness

production and

Mar. beauty of photography are high tribute to all concerned with its film Spot ing. Dramatizing the effect of the

The May street fighting on the undercrust of July Dublin, the story focuses most sharp Sept. ly on a young combatant and his wife, whose lives and love are tot tured and almost destroyed in the ordeal. The emotional force which Barbara Stanwyck and Preston F05- ter, who is featured in support, pack into the lense

ase passages, the restrain-

Dec.

Jan. March

Total

May

July

Sept.

New York Cotton

14.20/20 13.00/00 14.03/07

13.80/80

13.55/58

.13.41/43

13.48/48

13.34/34

13.47/48

(1038)

13.53/53

13.34n' 13.43/43

19.00

14.00

14.39

24.24/24

New York Rubber

24.74/74.

24.90/90 24.40/43

24.03/08

24.45/40

24.43/43

24.40n

24,35n

24.000 24.87n

24.820

sules: -11,620 tons.

Chicago Wheat

.

138/1384 139%/139 125/125/ 1255/1253 121/121% 1213/121

Thursday's sales2,991,000 bushels.

Chicago Corn

129%/128%

130%/130%

unreceived

119/110%. 120/120%

110/110%

ed ardour and beauty of their roman~ tit scenes, make their performances

of version of Scan In this screen

Scan O'Casey's Irish play masterpiece

as the greatest stand ou

of their their

May respective careers. Deserving par-

DUT July ticular note in the cast are Ave mem- bers of the famous Dublin Abbey Sept. Theatre who make their screen debut In this story of their homeland, which July they have played many times on the Oct. stage, "The Plough and the Stars" having been first presented at the Preachery of civilised man Abbey.

May

Winniper Wheat

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against

the jungle friend of wild beasts who "Give Me Your Heart"

has never known the tricks of his The desire to be an actor or an "enlightened"

brothers. "Reunion" actress seems to be inherited. A glance at the family trees of stage Suspense gives way to heart-tuss. falk shows that the passion for net-pathos yields to hilarious laughter ing at least is contagious for the off- and dramatic strife alternates

curse charming romance spring. Or perhaps it's a

in "Reunion, Century-Fox's which goes on down unto the last Twentieth

heart-

warm hu generation born. Kay Francis, who

screen story of the Country has the stellar role in the cosmos" back to him with all that!

· summons his 3,000

and troubles

with

and #t

tan production, "Give Me Heart", now showing at the King's grown-up tears Theatre as a Warner Bros., release, heart-pangs. "Reunion" opens made many

half-hearled attempts to the Alhambra Theatre to-day. In a escape. Her mother, the well-known story rich and real in romance and actress Kathrine Clinton, probably emotion, high-lighted by: the most gave her that idea. Or perhaps uproarious comedy the screen hus Kay's earliest memories, which were seen in years, we follow the Inter- of rapid moves from place to place, twining fortunes of the old doctor's influenced her. In "Give Me Your "bables" as they come back to share Heart." her current starring vehicle, their joys and tears with the man based on the stage play by Jay Malwho brought them into the world she has two leading men, Surprise follows dramatle surprise as orge Brent and the handsome romantic secrets are revealed and

Englishman, Patric Knowles, tangled lives are set straight. young Frieda Inescort. Roland Young, Henry other

Stephenson,

favouriteselen Flint and

in support. "Bulider Drummond Escaves" Dastardly doings in the London fog. with "Bulldog Dru

Drummond" on scent,

brought a new Drummond to the screen in the person of hand- some young Ray

in "Bull-

the

dog Drummond, the latest

of the popular series of light detec- live stories, which has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day. With Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Por- ter Hall and Reginald Denny in the supporting cast, "Bulldog Drummond"

is a fast-moving, light-hearted mys-

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"My American Wife" A fine cast of stage and screen veterans, a neatly designed screen play, and expert direction make "My American Wife," Francis Lederer pleture with Aan Sothern, which opens on Sunday at the Star Theatre top-grade fim entertainment. Lederer, of course, is both charming and convincing in his role, as he tins been in every motion picture in which he has appeared. Ann: So- thern, lovely, exotle, and capable of handling the story's breezy, romantic dialogue, proves herself

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"Tarzan, Escapes"

Crashing through breath-taking adventures in the jungles, Tarzan and his mate, as enacted by Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan,” bring to the Majestic Theatre another breath-taking, "adventure. romance.

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POINTS ABOUT

COMING TO THE

ALHAMBRA

GUYS! GALS! GAGS! : ***GUFFAWS GALORE!:

Breezing BRASS Home

Joojoins the Joe.. and ing in the of this fam cal hit now

Warner Bros. Prosont

́araty Joon joins everybody's John- laugh and songs ous Broadway musi- brought to the screeni

JOE E.

BROWN

Sonso Guns

with JOAN

BLONDELL

BEVERLY ROBERTS ERIC BLORE WINIFRED SHAW

CRAIG REYNOLDS. JOSEPH KING ROBERT BARKAT Directed by Lloyd Bacon

Mawsonghits by Worren&Dubin

IT'S

BRIGHTER THAN

"BRIGHT

LIGHTS"

ALSO LATEST WARNER BRos. colour CARTOON

"COUNTRY MOUSE"

The Flaming Torch of Civil War Sets Fire to the World!

Here's a flag-flying show that will thrill your blood and make your heart beat faster!

A romance of revolt in the stormy days' Dublin's Easier Week Rebollion mightily filood by the producer of "The informer"

BARBARA STANWYCK

in SEAN O'CASEY'S

The Plough

and the Stars

RKO RADIO FICTURE- Apociate producers, Ch Rild and Robert Sisk

PRESTON FOSTER

UKA O'CONNOR and Players from Tise Famous Abber Thesire of Dublin, Irlik Free State

-Directed by JOHN FORD

TO-MORROW AT THE QUEEN'S

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