,. Alt T fc-P A'GE ~. 'CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE: :APRIU 26. 1936. MOTION PICTURES •• MOTION PICTURES MOTION PICTURES 1, Penal Colony DOWNTOWN NORTH DOWNTOWN Again Locale BALABAN I KATZ WONDER THEATERS BALABAN & KATZ "THE for a Movie Open al 10. Pro Chg. ai, 5 ~ Siage Shaws slart •••• COUNTRY 11:30·1:50- 4:15 -6:5D·9:20 r lAn unequalled shaw (';;' liKing of the Damned" DOCTOR" :)fa, the whale familyl~ AllIN PERSON! Unconvincing 0 ram a tr.:....,..,~lll Hal Roach's .••. ",. in Spite of Good Cast. ~!'JI.~!G~ "KING OF THE DAMNED." - "SPANKY" McFarland Produced by Gaumont-British. And All the Other Rascalsl "PETE," the pup, too I Directed by Walter Forde. Presented at the State-Lake Theater. Plus Brilliant Revue Lee Sims Be llomay Bailey THE Cf.ST. Lime Trio Freddie Dosh "83" ••••••••••..•.•..•• Conrad Veidt Florence &. Bob Robert~on Evans Dancing Girls ~nnCl •••••••••••••••••••• Helen Vinson I Mooch •••••••••••••••••... Noah Beery Ramon ...••••••••••••••. Cecil RamClge Here's ~ean Hersholt The Captain .••••••••••••. Percy Walsh as he a ppears in the Young Convict ••••••••....• Peter Croft Priest ••••.••••••••.••• Gibson Gowland title role of "The Co u n try Doctor" By Mil. Tin •• (Roosevelt). There's a OOD Morningl reason for the grin- Penal colony proceeding. G certainly are weighing heftily for Mr. Hersholt has on the minds of producers the time of his life these days! p I II yin g with the SOUTH We've had "Devil's Island," +BELMONT LIncoln-Ashland.12:301 Dionne quintuplets in BALABAN & KATZ WONDER THEATERS Snatched from Grave! "Prisoner of Shark's Island," and Restored te Life by "Lindbergh Heart" lLionel Barrymore EDWARDG. ROBINSON ;SUT- Feature Films GROVE Aline MacMahon "SMART MONEY" Chicago 76th-Cottage "AH, Plot 'Progresses in lin W.ENGLEW'D ., , ",' 63rd-Ashland WILDERNESS" VOGUE , ,. OPENS 1:00 ,Unconvincing Manner. Playbills r.: ~. to Be Longer JEFFERY ~ Gary B'dway &. GraCI The picture doesn't prove its lilli lr point. You find it impossible to CONTINUED: 7':fiG Ht.4ND ~~~~~I~ 79th-Ashland "DESIRE" park your sympathies either on in the Future •• Winterset," drama; Harris the- one side or the other. Some of the ater; third and final week. COSMO 79th-Hari1~edn~0~~~efr~rt:~~ JACKIE COOPER In "TOUGH GUY" officials are cusses, but then-so •• At Home Abroad," revue, wlth GARY COOPER James are many of th& prisoners. OVIE executives are plan- Beatrice Llllte, Ethel Waters; The •• king "--a convict of supe- ning to put more footage CAGNJEY Mitzi Mayfair; Grand Opera 7~t~I~n~~n Pat O'Brien %A.~q~tir7'~Jt rior intelligence, known as "83," into future feature films. house; third week. FROLIC l June Travis JEAN ARTHUR lJ.t:~~8 who heads the revolters, arouses M 55th-Elll' "CEILING The running time will be •• Three Wise Fools," drama, by Columbia'. Triumph! Smash! your pity and respect-but there is American Repertory company OAKLAND extende.d from approximately 70 3947Drexel ZERO" much about many of the men he [WPA1; Blackstone theater; minutes to two hours or more, ac- controls that convinces you they second week. LEXINGTON JEAN P~~UR 6:~: BIOGRAPH JAM~~3UJ':f~I~ NORTH cording to the entertainment value ROBERT DONAT In "GHOST GOES WEST" need-not brutality, certainly!-but "Chalk Dust," drama; staged by PAT O'BRIEN. June Travis, "CEILING ZERO" 1823 MONTROSE ROSEWOOD OPENS AT 12 NOON plenty of good rigorous discipline. of the picture. Federal Theater No.1 (WPA]; HAMILTON Freddie J~~th~~t~~ BRUCE'CABOT FEATURE AT:-12:30-2:35-4:43-7:00- Victor MeLaglen, "PROFESSiONAL SOLDIER" BUCIUNG'M The "king's" idea Is to take the By this means the producers Great Northern theater; opens 3319N. Clark ROCHELLEHUDSON 9:20-11:35 P. M. Tuesday. "SHOW THEM A LAW WRITTEN WITH BULLETS colony over, run it as it should be hope to end the so-called menace 47TH & DREXEL DAVIS L~6c~tn NO MERCY" A boy, a dog and a fugitive from run, and persuade observers and •• Boy 1I1eets Girl," comedy, wlth DICK POWELL the Jaw-what a combination for of double features. Exhibitors pay MARION DAVIE5-"PAGE MISS GLORY" thrills. excitement and B.Ilventul'e! Ar~YJ~ unbelievers of the superefficiency very little more nowadays for the Polly Walters; Selwyn theater; ARGMORE '~~~~~~r8JACKtE COOPER-JOSEPH CALLEIA 1l1teenth and final week. Mat~ifl;Al;!far~s ~ilG~llS CAROLE LOMBARD."THE GAY BRIOE" of humaneness over the waste of rental of two pictures than they OLYMPIA RIN TIN TIN. JR. JEAN HERSHOT_T BING CROSBY-"ANYTHING GOES" VIC FREDDISEh~C~"r~gLBoe~mJ!'~ Inhumaneness. It is his desire to formerly paid for one, and the WEEKLY CHANGES: "TOUGH GUY" make the revolution bloodless, Vietor McLAGLEN,"PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER" studlos feel that if the double pic- Chicago theater: Vaudeville and NEW MARCH OF"·TJlll£ Well, you know that one about the TODD-KELLY Toothache" "MICKEY'S POLOTUIIl" ture idea is abolished the revenue cinema; •. Our Gang," tllm play- "flONOLULU. the Pacifle Paradise." in color best laid plans 0' mice and men Will increase. ers. Color Cartoon-Pete Smith Sportreel-New. ••• n? CONGRESS Electrocutedl Producers have been making sec- Palace theater: Vaudeville and LINCOLN 2135Mllw'kee.OP. 1 :30 Snatched from Gr.ve I 3164 Lincoln. nr, Belmont Starts 12:30 Noon NO M S Alive to A ve n •• II ond rate pictures, calling them" B " cinema; Abe Lyman's band. TERMINAL His 0 w n D~thl J Noah Berry Gives Grand headliner. VICTOR McLAGLEN AN~ LAND products, which are to be used for SYLVIA SIDNEY-HENRY FONDA ON STAGE 3315Lawrence.Op.1:30 "WALKING I Performance as Drunk. double bills, but they are annoyed State-Lawe theater: Vaudeville and What 'PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER' TEATRO Del LAGO BELPARK DEAD" FRED MacMURRAY Entertainer. Intrigues, riots, fights, follow In by the fact that more costly films cinmea; Gwynne, headliner. Malor lIAmateur Th, of thl Air" Lionel Barrymore-Aline MacMahon 3231N. Cicero.Oo. 1:30 with BORISKARLOFF FRANKIE Terminal and Belpark: "MARCH OF TIMEt" rapid succession. Hectic, all of the known as " A" pictures are, in most Rialto theater: Burlesque; Ada 'TRAIL TOJELONESOME PINE' R~~:R KEATON COMEDY-LATE NJo;WS WALLACE BEERY Tomorrow, Congress: Polish Talkie, 'Owl. Joasle~ theaters, used along with "B " Leonard In •. High Jinks." With FREO STONE and SPANKY McFARLAND "3 Orphan Kittens" 1935 Cartoon . action, but, somehow, MOST un- ALSO LATEST "MARCH OF TIME" MASTER5~~~ GATEWAY G~;~~~~~~~~i~o!.~"a~~ convincing. films. The smaller theaters cannot ~~~~~p~r1Ze~AW~ard COMING: "ANf WILDERNESS" LIonelBarrymore "AH WILDERNESS"1 Noah Beery, as a revolutionist afford to pay the rental on "A ", SHAKESPEARE J. Har.l~rFFsR;FFr. Wallace Beery' I II Awake and Sing," drama; Sel- POPEy6ENCARTOOH whose addiction to whiskey inter- pictures, so they pay the "B" wyn theater; opens May 4; aus- 43rd & Ellis Mat. Only: Free Movie Photos to Kiddles CALO CRYSTAL JA~fS CAGNJ~~e J rental for better films. 5312 ~ Bruce Cabot WILMETTE. North·CaUf.Oo. 1:30 ~ O'BRIEN I TRAVIS feres considerably with his poten- pices or American Theater so- HYDE PARK LakePk. Rochelle Hudson JAMES CAGNEY .~~'"'~~~~- Samuel Goldwyn thus voices the ciety. BILTMORE "CEILING tial rightness of purpose and the A~~~r PAT O'BRIEN, JUNE TRAVIS BRIGHTOt~ "SHOW THEM WILMETTE Dlv.·Damen.On. 1:30 ZERO" J intentions of "83," gives a bang-up opinion of Hollywood producers: Both Theators-POPEYE Cartoon Howl " If the public will sit through two BOULEVARD ls5~~a~d NO MERCY" "CEILING ZERO" JACKIE COOPER' iJ performance-quite on a par with Boulevard Only: Todd-Kelly Comedy.-popeye--last and RIN TIN TIN JR. ALBA Kedzle- Lawrence,OP.1:30 ; Gangland Rats Meet Doom! some of his brother Wallace's best bad pictures that consume three Episode Frank Merriwell-Free MOVie Star Photos lower the price of admission to TEMPLE RICfiit~ ~'b~Tr~;z?Ltt~r~ , 'T 0 UGH GUY' , Romelle Hudson-"8HOW THEM NO MERCY".,!. ones. Conrad Veidt is an arrest- hours' time, there is no reason why KENWOODKY~~a~k'~'R~aF1N~ol~e:As~~lLV >~~~~ Astor. •. MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN" it shouldn't sit through one good draw the crowds, and because of Ing personality as " 83." Helen ANTIC 26th &. ~ WAI_LACE BEERY AVON Fu"efi¥~Dn~·I:~~i~TH~at·O~~~ Vinson, as the daughter of a kindly picture that will run that length. this they had to dispense with stage ATL Crawford Lionel Barrymore Victor McLAGLEN."PROFESSIONAL SOLOIER" The same holds true of enduring a MIDWEST l5r~~fr "Ah, Wilderness" colony head who has been sup- shows. Audiences were accustomed HO'WARD IRVING JAMES CAGNEY; planted, plays sincerely and effec· bad picture in order to view a good to three hour programs, and in PEOPLES :;~ra~ Margaret Callahan Howard St. "L" Free Parking . Open 1 :30 Crawford&. Irvin, i PAT O'BRIEN j tively. Cecil Ramage is sinister, one." order to fill in the time the exhib- PRESTON "MUSS EM UP" The Season's Gayest Romantic Comedy EMBASSY "CEILING Producers know by experience FuHcrton8i. crawo'r~~lon ZERO" handsome, and a devil as the sup- itors began running double rea- :~~T~nSTER CRABBE In "FLASH GDRDON" Robert Donat Jean Parker planting commander. that the public will not sit through CROWN &. Ashland EMBASSY-EON PARII, tures. Even though one of the HARPER H5240 Jackie Cooper with EUllene PALLETTE Direction's not so hot. a three hour film unless it is en- arper r GUY" films usually is poor, the public "King of the Damned" isn't ex- tertaining. HALFIELD l;~ra~d "TOUGH "THE GHOST GOES WEST" PORTAGE 7 4Jl~N:1ll;;~~~se 7 sits through it in order to see a Halfleld Only: Free Movlo Star Photos-Pop~~ actly ten, twent' thirt' melodrama, Two recently filmed productions, Todd.Kelly Com. "CUSTER'S LAST STAND VARSITY DOORS ~~\~lri3JEAN HARLOW zens when they learned that a Toulon quality are rare, however, and pro- 'V Stat.-Lon. 8074 the Black sea. Bits of gold wire and BRYN MAWR LAKE FOREST Armltace& Western "RIFF -RAFF" factory was making flags bearing the ducers will have to do a great deal other fragments testified to the fact ROBERT DONAT DEERPATH LIO~it1J1CfR~~~~l; ROGERS BING CROSBY Hitlerian hooked cross, were dispelled of exploring to find suitable stories JEAN l'ARKEIt-EUGENE PALLETTE that gold was mined here many cen- "AH WILDERNESS" 2m F'ullerton "Anything Goes" when it was disclosed that the ern- to hold the interest of the audience turies ago. blems were b~ing manufactured for for that length of tirr:e. 3940 Lawrence 25 "GHOST GOES WEST" ADMIRAL 20 C1:OO to 3:30"after C the French navy, which needed a The double feature bills became CENTURY Malor B~~~~' E 3-GIANT ATTRACTIONS-3 stock for the perfomance of maritime popular during the depression era. MOTION PICTURES ~~m~~ Freddie Bartholomew-Victor McLaglen H~~W "RIFF-RAFF" courtesies. Theaters discovered they had tv DOWNTOWN "PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER" W rENwOs bR ALL NEW Acadernv Winner MADLIN ET1J.Jl Maior Bowes' Amateurs '3 Orphan Kitten." RANDOLPH NR. LA SALLE RI~R~~g~1255 N. Clark. Doors open 1 P. III. BING CROSBY, "ANYTHING GOES" FOX 20c Elston, Belmont & Cal. 25-- ~ttIf;E&~fi*TRICH "DESIRE" 1 :00 to 3 :00 - After "" RKO PALACE ~~'i~RHtfJ'JE~~-WORLD NEWS EVENTS Ba::I;;~~~eew'Professional Soldier' MJ!;;?:. 3437 OGDEN All New-Maior Bowes' Amateu rs 35th~l}~i_~t~~~~R~ LINDY UNA MERKEL RAMOVA SPENCER TRACY~EAN HARLOW 1530 DEVON g.n IPJ2Jt4DJt "AH! WILDERNESS" DOORS OPEN 1 :30 P. M. LAMAR MJ~~u~~aBiE¥R~6'~ FreeMt;id~~lli-;;;:ltGrf,Tkfd~ie~m1J~~~'Onl;,j "RIFF·RAFF" RIDGE GARY COOPER-"DESIRE" ABE Mat. Only-FLASH GORDON JAMES CAGNEY TICKETS ON SALE FOR MAY 7 AND 8 DRAKE 25c 3548 Montrose 250 MARSHALL SO. 2ca~&KJ~~ COMMODORE 3106 IrC/i;>e';,PiBEN LYON-JOAN MARSH ~NEWRITZ Adults25c-1 P. M.to 2:30 P. M. ROOM REVUES THE BEAU BRUMMELS EMPRES S Halsted "ANYTHING GOES" ~~r,W:lt "Dancing Feet" REVUE 20 3956 ELSTON 20'" 69th &. Boris Karloff LEXINGTON 715 S's9!iNt'j,m-0oFRiW c 1 :30 To Closing' \ol "TINY" WOLFE • LYMAN OCTET REX Halsted "The Invisible Ray" -SCREEN--- JEAN HARLOW-"RIFF.RAFF" "Suicide Squad" ~~;~~"co~~~~HUGE VODVIL EDDIE CANTOR "sTJ-llflf.. M.E Comedy, Cartoon and Latest News Mat. On]y-"GREAT AIR MYSTERY" I~ALTIER 47th·S, Pa rkw av. Onen 1 :30 Free Box Popcorn to Kiddies-Matinee OnlJl REGAL ON STAGE-TODAY ONLY STAGE SHOW PARK RIDGE ~1.¥EJl'B~~~EY 'CEILING ZERO' IIUSTON GALA STAGE REVUE MILFORD ~g~lib8R~'~?~R~,~¥~'; GARY "DESIRE" MARLENE PICKWICK Open 1 P. Mju~E'e.ftt~~~ Jean Harlow. Spencer Tracy-"RIFFRAFF" COOPER DIET);tICH Do~i\5 EXTRA-New "March of TIme J~~:fso!itR1~~Y "CEILING ZERO" ROXY g~qni:li: ~p1?" r?:.~t08'i"ap?~;n~~;il\"h~~~c1!i •.rfn~';,~ ••HODS' RESERVED SEATS NOW ON ~ALE FOR J ames Cagney-Pat O'Brien . DIAMOND ~ "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" LIBERTY 3lP1TrJlkkED~T~~ METROPOLITAN La~r"S'h;~ iti>.M: MARX BROTHERS MASTER ~ ROBER'!' DONA1'-JEAN PARKER "CEILING ZERO" "NIGHT AT THE OPERA" "GHOST GOES WEST" MAYWOOD OPENS 10:30 A.M •• Price Changes 3641 ChiCag1&.tR6H:rg~t BERTHA D436llm.~o~Ff i:li: ALAMO -P&li LATE SHOW 10 P. M. at 5 P, M. JACKSON PK. 67J,lodSl~;;;& 18~::.l~LIDO MATIN.K),l Wl'N~§ WALLACE BEERY. ALINE MCMAHON Lionel Barrymore-Aline MacMahon Jean Harlow-Spencer Tracy June J~~~~b~':;~e,;rravi. "Ceiling Zero" ~:"O~AWRE "AH! WILDERNESS'~ Wtkkft~E "AH! WILDERNESS" World PLAYHOUSE Ml~~~ ~v•. HAR.VARD 63D·HARVARD-Open 1:30 "RIFF ·RAFF" CICERO RIVOLI ~~~gdi~InS"Wi61:nYe~ Cant. Noon Until Midnight-35c to 6:30 Rochelle Hudson-C. Romero FOREST PARK VILLAS Dooil~ogPirN 2t!j.. s:&: M~lx~~~;N "Professional Soldier'~ FRED ASTAIRE "SHOW THEM NO MERCY" MUSIC BOX Do03Jl~30~~~Trf.?~ Todd & Kelly-"All Am. Toothache" ~OREST MADlSO-N a; D",S PLAINE.S James Cagney-Pat O'Brien James Cagney-Pat O'Brien "FOLLOW THE FLEET" COMMERCIAL 9150com~um~-.gftR':I& F F'ree Parkinz-c-June 'I'ravis TIFFIN 4051IRq~TlrNAD\~ JAMES CAGNEY-PAT O'BRIEN "CEILING ZERO" GINGER ROGERS .. Jf/l:fs09tilli2fl "CEILING ZERO" "CEILING ZERO" "CEILING ZERO" Wtkkft~E "AH! WILDERNESS" "Ga1/ .• catcbu tune•.. uou't; uke it:" Matinee Only-Hoot Gibson, "Lucky Terror" -MAE TINEE. Trib. RAY "RIFFRAFF" PALACE "Show Them No Mercy" 2540 llIILWAU1BETTE DAVIS-"DANGEROUS" JAMES CAGNEY in "CEILING ZERO" Bing Crosby-Charlie Ruggles. Today \)nlY. en WALLACE BEERY - "AH! WILDERNESS" 3175 Broadway-Matinee DES PLAINES DO"!Mlfu Tiil+1g 2860 Milwaukee. Onen 1 P. M.J IRIS ~6gH~¥1?£~BJti'!N LAKE SHQRE JESSIE HA.TTREWS ~AMES 9AGNEY "CEILING ZERO" ROSE THE MARX BROTHER" BRUCE Ct,BOT-'JSROW: THEM NO MERCY'! "FIRST A ~IRL" PAT OBi-lEN ~ . ' . IN "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA"