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Tivo NeUT. Thrillers HICK CARTER 4rol- of a dumb blonde. to Pideeon in the Btiic4it. OX Verne; Edward Ashley, Tom Con- The picture moves quickly and way and George Lessey lend ample' runs about an hour. At Central Theatre IS HERE AGAIN AT CRITERION RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showplace of the Nation Rockefeller Center HELD OVER Third Week By KATE CAMERON "Sky Murder," Metro-Goldwyn -9 CJ S3 in a Mayer picture directed by Georpe B.

Seitz from screen play by William R. Lipman, presented at 4 Loew's Criterion Theatre. THE CAST: Hiok Carter Rartholfniew "Moves with surprising speed and has an air of suspense seldom found on Cortland Grand ChrUtme (-'ross Andrew Hendon Senator Mt urostr- -Walter Pidsretm Donald Meek Karen Verne Edward Ashley Jo.voe Conipton Tom Conway Ceorp LeFHey Dorothy Tree Frank Reii-her Chill Wills Georsre Watt Byron Foulger iiaine the screen." MIRROR "Exciting a masterpiece of melodramatic construe, tion crackles with vital' lr. Grattan Sheriff Peokwirth Judere Whit more Kuse ity." TIMES I "Robert Taylor gives a grand performance Norma Shearer is a surprise and a delight." WORLD TELEGRAM "Powerful striking dynamic succeeds in be ing both significant and en- teruining." HERALD TRIBUNE "Enormous suspense builds one tensely dramatic situation atop another." JOURNAL AMERICAN "Breathless drama and suspense a masterly job of transferring book to screen." Walter Pidgeon fills in his time between loan-outs to other Studios by playing the title role in the Nick Carter series on the home lot. The executives of Metro-Goldwyn- "The best and most faithful adaptation of novel to screen that this season, or many another, has ever seen." POST NEWS Frances Gifford and James Dunn are at the Central Theatre in "Hold That Woman." By WANDA HALE Hold That Woman," Producers Releasing Corp.

picture directed by Sherman Scott, screen play by George Bricker from story by Raymond L. Schrock and William Pierce, presented at the Central Theatre. THE CAST: Mayer keep him busy while at home, as they are turning these detective yarns into film in rapid succession. The latest to hit the screen, "Sky Murder," now at the Criterion Theatre, is a confused tale of espionage, kidnaping and sudden death. While Nick is flying back to New York from a visit to Washington, he runs into a murder mystery that involves him in an espionage investigation.

He had refused, previously, to come to the aid of Senator Monrose, head of a Senate committee trying to track down enemy agents, since it was, Carter admitted, outside his line. But murder is another matter and right up Nick's alley, so when it is established that the victim was a member of a foreign gang, Jimmy' Parker James Dunn Mary Mulvaney- FTames Giffoi-d -tieonre Douglas Meve Brady- Michael Mulvauey Martin Sneliman IjiIu Driscoil Rit Ij Rov rnnrnv Efklit; Fetherton Mulvauey Guy ITsher Duke JurKena Paul Brrar ranbie Edwin Miller to 'I I -John Dilson Pill Lannifran Mile Hanover-Corrine Hill Dave O'Fnen Anna Lisa firearms which are to be run into Mexico. "The Range Busters" gallops along at a lively pace and the mystery of the murdering ghost peps up the usual western tricks. John King has joined Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune to complete the threesome that was broken up by the advance of Robert Livingston to leading man roles in Hollywood. Supporting the featured players are Luana Walters, Leroy Mason, Earle Hodgins, Frank La Rue and Duke Matthews.

Frankly, stronger support could have been found. NORMA SHEARER ROBERT TAYLOR with Conrad Veidt, Nazimeva An M-C-M Piciure Ducctcd by Mervyn LeKoy Produced by Liwrracc Wewganca Htm Watt Oltiwy Cartaem TUT-PUT TROUBUS" ON THE 6 RE AT STAGE -MAGAZINE RACK" the fifth edition of this popular show gaily dramatizing in melody-filled, dance filled scenes, six famous magazines produced by Russell Markert, with settings by Nat Karson he is up to his ears in an espionage Jimmy Dunn, teamed again with plot. lis pretty wife, Frances Gifford, Pidgeon conducts himself through the mazes of the mystery is at the Central Theatre in a crazy little piece, the laughs of which with his usual competence, but the comedy relief is feebly rendered by Donald Meek as Carter's screwy shadow and Joyce Compton, in the spring from the trials and tribulations of a skip-tracer's life. A skip-tracer, in case you've never met up featuring Betty Bruce, The Revuers, Demetrios Vilao and Ilsa Kevin, John Sebastian, Paul Nolan, Katherine Warren, Tony Kraber, Louis de Milhau, with the Music" Hall Rockettes, Corps de BalTet, and Glee Qub. Sym-phony Orchestra, under the direction of Erno Rapce.

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SHOWING! MEZZANINE SEATS RESERVED Circle 6-4600, 168 with one, is a bill collector for a budget collection agency, that is, a fellow who, if he can't collect the dough, had better not report to the boss without the article on which the installment is due. Dunn finds it not very good work, but it's all he can get. Worked into this humdrum idea is a jewel robbery by the fiance of a glamorous movie star which produces the thrills and laughs and ultimately makes a hero of the unsuspecting and much maligned skip-tracer. The presentation of "Hold That Woman," is better than the production. That the picture has been put together with as little expense as possible is evident but it is invested with humor and clever situations.

And the acting is all right. Supporting Dunn and Miss Gifford are George Douglas, Martin Spellman, Rita La Roy, Anna Lisa and Guy Usher. "The Range Busters," Mono-pram picture directed by Roy Luby from screen play by John Rath-mell, presented at the Central. Theatre. THE CAST: Crash Bay Corrian Kinir with JON HALL STAR OF HURRICANE I LYNN BAR I UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE audi Max uernune Lusna Walter Leroy Masom Earle Hodirine Frank Ia Rue Kermit Maynard Utwte Rolf Xhm StetiKle Wyoming Wnll Jtfriwe Kinp Rimruek- Duke Matthews Horaee Murphy Thorp DOWNEY KttSSt a a 'Irish MimW and ORCH.

1 I i CHARLIE CHAPLIN in his new comedy I I rrvii i mini I IT I I I YIUIU The Great DICTATOR 5 4 f. Metro-Go)dwvn-Mavr'i Younn Sinn UC1I Ill UlUIt The Three Mesquiteers, minus Robert Livingston but John King, are now the Range Busters, which means presumably, that those roving cowboys are out on their own to eradicate organized crime to make life sweet for unprotected people. Currently at the Central in "The Range Busters," they kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, by exposing a phantom killer who has for years been ter-orizing the Circle ranch. At the same time, they smash a smuggling outfit that has been using an abandoned mine on the Circle to store 46U St- CONTINUOUS 3 DANCING DEBS And Extra Added Attraction WALLTVERNON rM CI" 'rom 10 A. SF I.ln IT P.M.

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