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Smart Strand Hit The Friendly Racketeers’ Head All-Star Bill

The very bent that Broadway offers. That's the kind of stage entertainment Warners' Strand Is bringing to Waterbury and the deluxe program opening a four day engagement to-day proven once again that this is no idle boast. Headlining the bill are Roy and Romero in ‘‘The Friendly Rack- eteers” with Sunny Schuck, Anna Knell and the Eugene Twins. Here Is one of the smartest, fastest mov- ing In vaudeville to-day. Six talented artists who present a whirlwind cycle of songs, dances, novelties and . Harry Hines, well known musical comedy come- dian, bills himself as "The 58th Geoffrey Kerr, Ruth Chatrertoti and Ivor Lola Moran and Edmud Lowe in “TranaatlanUc” open at Lyric Variety” and presents a new act Novello in a scene from “Once a Lady**, Sunday that packs a laugh in every line of its sparkling dialogue. Harry will A Paramount Picture act as master of ceremonies and thus local audiences will get an At the State starting to-day. Chatterton in Palace extra share of his inexhaustable Presents fountain of . with a marvelous display of acro- ed by the ever popular Jack Holt with Graves George P. Wilson, whose name is batic prowess. This act, Incidental- Ralph and Sally Blane, “Once a Lady” Helen well known to vaudeville fans ly, Is one of the finest of Its type The stage show is presented at Hayes 6:00 and throughout the country, appears in In vaudeville to-day and is booked 3:30, 9:00 dally. a new sketch "Oh! Professor” with solid far Into 1932. State Noted Actress in Adele Emotional Actress at “The Sin Beers. Here is real vaude- The screen presentation is a Without stopping: to remove Jack Holt, Sally Blanc, Susan Fleming and Ralph Graves in ville entertainment dispensed by rousing mystery thriller with his clothing seventy-year-old Char- Four of Madelan Claudet” — one of the old masters. Days Starting "A Dangerous Affair" A Columbia Pitta re chills, suspense, adventure, ro- les D. Thompson Jumped Into the Durant A Semon, "The Imper- mance and red blooded action sea at Southsea, England, and This Afternoon An have a new engrossing story acted to per- At the Strand To-day, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. sonators,” and novel crowded Into every mlnutft of its saved a twelve-year-old boy, swim-, fection < by a brilliant cast, headed presentation while the Dematl Har- running time. The title is “A Dan- mlng ashore with the lad under One of those events looked for- by the New York stage star, Helen mond. On this saihe bill Is Eddie lequins flnlsh up the Btage show gerous Affair" and the cast Is head- one arm. ward to, and cherished by movie Hayes, makes "The Sin of Made- Fun Makers Qulllan In “Sweepstakes” with “Transatlantic” millions, a new Ruth Chatterton Ion Claudet,” which will open at Janies Gleason, Marlon Nixon and picture, comes to the Warner State the Fox-Poll Palace Sunday, one Lew Cody. > theater for four days, starting Fri- of the most Interesting and enter- Come to Garden Wednesday and Thursday comes at The Lyric day. The newest opus for the "first taining talking pictures seen here “Night Angel” with Nancy Carroll of films titled "Once a in some time. and Frederic March. Two lady” is \ great The Star of Stars In Her I Lady,” and is a melange of the The picture marks the first ap- Stein Laurel and Oliver stars together. The underworld Edmund Lowe Heads surefire dramatic clay which this pearance of Miss Hayes on the girl. The upperworld man. Also on - emotional sculptress so effectively screen, and her outstanding per- Hardy in “’’ this bill is “Caught” with Richard Noted Cast of Players Most Most Momentous Role! handled in “Madam X,” "Sarah formance leaves little doubt but Arlen, Louise Dresser and Frances ***'■■ Appealing |; and Son,” and "Anybody's Wom- that moviegoers will see a great The Mew Garden la presenting Dee. an all thrill talkie of days Stage exper,_,• is a valuable an.” deal more of the fine actress who in the lawless west. Friday and asset to who are now "Madam X”, “Anybody’s aome very good entertainment next players Although Miss Chatterton has scored on the Broadway stage in Saturday comes Universals big pro- prominent In talking pictures, ac- “Sarah and Woman week. Beginning with Sunday for Woman”, been surrounded with a notable "Coquette,” "What Every duction “Spirit of Notre Dame” cording to a census of the princi- Knows” and “Dear Brutus.” one day only cornea “Unfaithful” and gifted cast, including a goodly featuring Lew Ayres and Wild pals of the cast of "Transatlantic," Son”, from Hit and Oliver Hardy in "Pardon Ua.” sprinkling of English celebrities Adapted Stage Horse, a late super western feautre Fox romantic drama playing Sun- and NOW HER FINEST is an Their first feature comedy. who ideally suit the earlier Brit- The picture, which adapta- length with Hoot Gibson. day and Monday at the Lyric. The is on—don’t miss this ROLE EVER. A PIC- ish environment of the action, it tion of the Edward Knoblock stage panic Every one of the feautred - success, “The tells the one. The unit attraction is "Daugh- is again the royal sense of dramatic Lullaby,” EATING IT ers in this drama TURE THAT WILL UN- a who not wise- ter of the Dragon” with Anna May values which the star possesses and story of girl loves, has served his or her apprentice- but too well. She Is Warner Oland and Sessue "We are going 50 miles an hour. QUESTION ABLY BE so facilely projects from the screen, ly caught up Wong, ship behind the footlights, most of In an web of Are you game for another ten?” which carries off the honors. amazing romance Wayakawa. them on the Broadway stage. HAILED THE YEAR’S and melodrama when her artist Monday and Tuesday is said a motorist to his fair com- The story is of a Russian adven- Coming Edmund Lowe, who heads the lover kisses and run and Carroll as the red-headed panion. MOST MASTERFUL turess transplanted from Paris, away, Nancy cast, started his theatrical career when subsequently her friend, wlaed-up heroine of Grace Perkins "Yes,’ 'she replied, as she swal- DRAMATIC SCREEN scene of many amorous conquests, $>nly with a San Francisco stock com- whom she believes to be a count, sensational novel "Personal Maid” lowed another mouthful of dust; by the different wooing of an Eng- pany, late graduating to Broad- TRIUMPH. turns out to be a notorious with Pat O'Brien and Gene “I’m full or grit.”—The Humorist. lish son of wealth. The jewel Ray- way. changed thief. environment, with the husband's Lois Moran, leading lady, recent- The pathos of the tale Is bound disapproving family alienating the ly played a highly successful en- up in the girl’s devotion to her affection of from her gagement on Broadwa;- in “This once in a a daughter child for whose- success she de- Only great mother, and a moment of indis- Is New York,’’ her first appearance scends to the lowest depths of so- while are we privileged cretion with former admirer on on the speaking stage, although a ciety. Daring the of the the eve of an election coiyse she previously had been a dancer the to bring important narrative, Miss Hayes changes opportunity in which the man is inter- in Paris. young some fifty years in age, which en- to the STATE SCREEN a John Halllday is a former Broad- ested, provoke breakup. Reported tails a remarkably feat convincing leading man. Greta Nissen a play, such as “Once A killed in a train wreck, the outcast of makeup. way came to pictures from the stage. a9 wife remains "dead,” becoming fa- Film Has Brliyant Cast Lady”, in which the lead- mous in but did Jean Hersholt, Earle Foxe and butterfly Paris, Jeal- Lewis Stone as the bogus count ing role is so admirably ously watching the career of her Billy Bevan. and, Neil Hamilton, as the unfaith- "Transatlantic,” which brings daughter from a distance. ful lover their roles play respective this undsual cast together, is a The manner in which the hus- with rare skill and dramatic feel- story which deals wit hlife aboard band’s faulty divorce decree, fear ing. The remainder of the sup- ■ a luxurious ocean liner, and the anonymous devotion to her gown porting cast Is equally proficient, entire action takes place during a of scandal, and the woman’s includingj Robert Young, Cliff Ed- ■ from America to -Europe. daughter's love urge, are dramat- Jean Marie Pro- trip wards, Hersholt, William K. Howard directed ically woven into a happy event for vost, Karen Morley and others. from the by Guy Bolton, fa- the second generation, makes an The and even direction story smooth, 'mous Broadway* playwright. Lynn impressive climax. of Edgar Selwyn keeps the story Starling provided additional dia- An excellent, specially selected constantly moving at an alert pace. surrounding program accompanies | has to instill an logue. Selwyn managed Co-feature—Eddie and this splendid feature, one of the adroit combination of and Quillan comedy James Gleason in "Sweepstukes,” Important screen presentations of pathos Into the picture and shows his ho plays the the winter season. John Barrymore ;himself to be particularly expert at latest picture, of a famous Marion in "The Mad Genius” comes to the dramatic climaxes. part Jockey. Nixon furnishes the love interest, State on Wednesday. “The Sin of .Madelon Claudet” and James Gleason, well known may be. into a class with “Stel- put is for much NEW POST PUBLICATION la Dallas” and “Madame X.” , responsible of the fun. Others in the cast are Columbia, S. C.—Richland post < The supporting program will be Lew Frederic Burton, Paul of the Amerloan Legion recently Sten Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Cody, and Lillian Leighton. published the initial issue of a new their latest comedy sensation “One Hurst, monthly magazine. A contest will Good Turn”; Rudy Vallee. song Mrs Maurice Hewelett, seventy- be conducted to a name for from Kansas City”; provide cartoon, “Kitty widow of the novelist and the The first issue, football thrills and Fox Movietone year-old publication. believed to be the world’s first to- which was sixteen pages, had a news. as tlie added Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in “One Good Turn” man air pilot, having learned to mark in the reserv- question space In has just flown from ed ARMY BUILDING DAVID at Fox-Poll Palace Sunday fly 1908, for the name caption. feature to Java. AND GOLIATH OF THE AIR England One-seventh of China’s exports in Seattle — The "David’.* and "Go- the 1930-31 fiscal year were liath" of the Army Air Corps’ new- (2 paramount picture shipped to the United States. est fighting aircraft are now being with constructed In the factory of the IVOR NOVELLO Boeing Airplane Company of Seat- tle. JILL ESMOND — GEOFFREY KERR new The first Is the Wasp-pow- ^ _ ered pursuit plane, latest In the SPSS£«l£9i® and distinguished cast series of for LYRIC Boeing speedy fighters — — (FEATURE SHOWN* AT 2:20 4:45 7:00 the Army, which has ordered 136. —.9:80) DOUBLE FEATURE With a wing span of only thirty SUNDAY and MONDAY feet and a length of but twenty Positively 4 Days Only feet, the pursuit Is the smallest type of the Army’s armada of com- bat planes. The second Is the new Boeing I bomber, heralded as the most ad- STARTtNC STARTS vanced type of large bombing A low-wing, all-metal mon- the faaceac plane. . Exposing sailing oplane, the bomber has a wing SUNDAY and car- | sec that ever broke a heart span of seventy-six feet TODAY ries two 1,000-pound bombs, In ad- or dissolved a sugar daddy’s dition to a crew of five. GREAT bank roll j -trulj picture Garden! Deluxe Programs of Shows That Are W. myjrtuUrt mi In the strongest, most positive words at our Broadway’s Finest The Talk Of command we declare and this one SUNDAY ONLY guarantee The Town of the finest pictures ever created! STAN LAUREL Vaudeville AGAIN! OLIVER*HARDY THE STRAND in “PARDON US” OF THE SIN BRINGS TO The world has been waiting for WATERBURY EDMUND LOWE their first full length talking pic- ture and It’s a “wow”. Don’t A SENSATIONAL LOIS MORAN miss it. Shown one day only. CO-FEATURE MADELON Hnllliim ■—_■«- nwiwwif •Wwn *1R»WIWI¥ STAGE SHOW

RMmmAROG I •IRNi INHVH MffRB Ulf BIG ACTS CO-FEATURE CLAUDET 5 5 From the Play "The Lullaby, by Edward Knoblock EDDIE Introducing to the Screen One of America’s Greatest Stage Stars QUILLAN SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS HELEN HAYES SWEEPSTAKES MONDAY — TUESDAY VAUDEVILLE and a remarkable east including ROY & Feature ROMERO Saturday—(1) Program In — ‘‘The Htckrtcent" with Schuok—Anna Knell—The Twin* — Jean Hersholt Neil Hamilton Friendly Spnny Engene -NEAR the TRAIL'S End” Lewis Stone aad Cliff Edwards — Marie Prevost "FIRST AID” HARRY HINES Musical Star In “The 58cli Master of COUNTRY STORE NITB NEVER—we mean NEVER—have you seen more powerful acting! Comedy Variety” (As Ceremonies) Baskets •( OMttrlM Olm The N. V. Dally News gave It four stars. Away Vim. P. WILSON MILLER BROS. With Allele Beers and Cecil Billing* Pair OO-FEATUHE Pins That Screamingly Funny In “Oh Professor!” In “Musical Frivolities” ■yBamMuSMBma \GEO. / Sweepstakes THE DEMNATI with EDDIE QFIELAN STAN HARLEQUINS SfllllMllllflf Vamlevtile'ii Foremoat Acrobatic ScnaaHonw LAST TIMES TO-DAY Whirlwind melodrama with LAUREL of thrill. (AND ON THE The Moat Picture every variety SCREEN) Escitinc OLIVER Ever Filmed Hie Vow’s Greatest Myntcry. “BAST OF BORNEO” HARDY MATINEE “A DANGEROUS PRICES in GOOD TURN" -CO-FEATURE— “ONE SAT. AND AFFAIR” SDN. "THE BIO GAMBLE” RUDY VAbLKE With DNTUj with BILL BOYD SONG CARTOON SiSOP.lC JACK HOLT HAROLD "RED” ORANGE POOTBAIiL THRIIJjS RALPH GRAVER GALLOPING GHOST” In “THE t SALLY BLANK “ROLLING ALONG” — Comedy POX MOVIETONE NEWS !» TO-NIGHT • Extra I COUNTRY STORE STARTS STARTS TO-DAY TO-DAY