~!'JI.~!G~ "KING of the DAMNED." - "SPANKY" Mcfarland Produced by Gaumont-British
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,. 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" l<lRO[~FF 'WALKING DEAD' now comes "King of the Damned" this film inspired by TIVOLI-TOMORROW I DOORS OPEN 11:30 A. M. Extral latest "MARCH OF TIME" -there's a title for you that might their remarkable ad- LAKESIDE f JACKIE : mean anything-which tells a tale vent into this world 4728Sheridan.OP. 1 COOPER i of revolt in a penal colony, on a of sin and sorrow. COVENT Rf~a~lnH~7~.OIJr. fictitious island. 2653N. Clark. OP. 1:30 'TOUGH GUY'. It is an English production, evi· And 0 the r things. dently made with the idea of arous- ing sympathy for convicts who are badly treated, and proving to the world at large that, if managed as men instead of as animals--" It's like being in a menagerie!," says the heroine of the piece, with a BEVERLY. MODE Jame' caane~~li;;,ry~Rk~:p~ shuddex:-theid act like men. 95th-Ashland Free Parking Lionel 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.