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Astor Showing 'The Rains Came' A truly gratifying and thrilling instance of a great book being transformed into a great motion picture is offered in Darryl Zanuck's production of "The Rains Came," by Louis Bromfield. which ODens todav at the Astor Theatre with Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power and George Brent sharing stellar honors As novel this powerful story ol human emotions at the breaking point and human lives at the climax while the angry forces of nature ravaged the earth, proved one of the outstanding best sellers of the last decade, not only in the United States, but in the British unpire France and the Scandinavian coun tries as well. How successfully and how faith fully Zanuck has transferred to the screen this fascinating story set in the colorful mythical city of Ranshipur, India, is reflected in a statement made by Bromneia. "This is my story and these are mv characters," wrote the author "As a novelist I am grateful for the privilege of seeing this book come completely to me. in my rmlnion.

'The Rains Came is a great picture. I should like to express my gratitude to Darryl P. Zanuck and Director Clarence Brown who recreated it with such astounding Born in Mansfield. Ohio, where today he runs a 400 acre farm, stocked with 2,000 chickens and a herd of cattle, Bromfield served his writing apprenticeship in the New York newspaper field. He fought in the World War and won the croix de guerre for bravery.

Publication of "The Green Bay Tree" in 1924 established him as a top notch writer and in the ensuring years he turned out such successes as "Posseision," "Early "A Good Woman," "The Strange Cace of Miss Annie Spragg," "Awake and Rehearse." a collection of short stories, "Twenty Four Hours." "A Modern Hero," "The Farm," "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow," "The Man Who Had Everything," and finally, "The Rains Came." In the 20th Century Fox film. Myrna Loy plays the amorous Lady Esketh, Tyrone Power is the romantic Major Safti and George Brent is the world weary Tom Ran ome. Featured in the great supporting cast are Brenda Joyce, the newest Zanuck discovery, as Fern; Nigel Bruce as Lord Esketh; Maria Ouspenskaya as the Maharani; Joseph Schildkraut as Mr. Banner tee; Mary Nach as Miss MacDaid; Jane Darwell as Aunt Phoebe (Mrs. Smiley); Marjorie Rambeau as Mrs.

Simon; Henry Travers as Rev. Homer Smiley; and H. B. Warner as the Maharajah. 'Spirit of Culver' At Rajah, Today Only Jackie Cooper and Freddie Ba; tholomew wear the smart uniforrrs of military school cadets for cc starring rolss in Universal's hi "Spirit of Culver," which the Raja! Theatre is presenting on the screen today only.

Supporting players who con tribute to ihe high entertainmen quality of the drama are And Devine a.s the solicitous mess ser geant. Henry Hull as the fathei' and Tim Holt as the cadet cap tain. Gene Reynolds' work in difficult emotional scene is aj standout. The story concerns itself witTi what happens to Cooper, a homeless, disillusioned boy in a breadline, when he Is handed a scholarship and given a chance to prove him.self at Oulver. Bitterness over! his father's death in the war, complicates his life at school.

How his fellow cadets, and especially his room mote, Bartholomew, help him discover himself makes for an inspiring narrative. Reveals Youth Problems Moving at a smart pace through every reel, the picture reveals a keen understanding of boys, the drama of th Mr laughter, tears and heart aches. A Betty Boop Cartoon, musical novelty and Paramount News Evenets conclude today's program. TODAY ONLY Action! Drama! Spectacle! Thrills! It will make you proud you are an American! CULVER If Ol TIM HOLT SLijf ff HENRY HIIIX AZHS I Vandy devine asvvrVrrjf FREE! To Ladies I With 0e Tickets TODAY TOMORROW Another Item of the DINNERWAREI TOMORROW ONLY "DEADEND" GIRLS In a World It hout Annv'D rlisnlfs Nn. at "T.ona Ranrrr Ridra Aratn" 'They Shall Have Music' Shows Heifetz At Loew's Jasha Heifez, world's leading virtuoso, whose bewing and fingering of great comrositions has hailed throughout the musical world was persuaded by Samuel Goldwyn to bring his genius to the screen, and makes his film debut in the production "They Shall Have Music," a moving and poignant story set in New York, which opens today at Loew's Theatre.

The new picture also marks the debut of the California Symphony Orchestra, comprised entirely of boys and girls handpicked for their musical The richly human story drama tized in "They Shall Have Music" concerns Professor Lawson, played on the screen by Walter Brennan, and the school settlement which he runs for underprivileged children who have a talent for music. Since the professor is a happy 20 Iucky idealist with no sense of practicality or finance, the school is on the verge of bankruptcy. But with the arrival of Frankie, a slum boy who has left home of an irate stepfather, plans are hatched to save the school from the hands of the creditors and to pive it a bricht new start. Frankie plots and plans to get the great Heifetz, who is in New York for Carnegie Hall con certs, to become interested in the nail settlement and to lend it his patronage. The group of talented children who play in the film with Mr, THE READING TIMES, READING, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I 5, 19 3 9 TODAY IN li THEATRES Rathbone At Embassy In Sherlock Holmes Film Basil Rathbone, one of Hollywood's most distinguished players, appears at the Embassy, starring today, in "The Adventures of Sher lock one of the famous Theatre.

leatre. stories by the late Sir A. Conan Doyle. This is the second time that Rathbone has appeared as the Doyle sleuth, appearing here about a year ago in the play "Sherlock This time, Sherlock Holmes will be seen as the late William Gillette, adapted him for the stage. The late William Gillette was more than a veteran of the American theatre, he wasa veteran Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'3 great maser detective intrigued the actor so much that, with Doyle's permission, he himself wrote the actor, wno came to know more about Holmes than any man but his creator. The play, entitled 'Everything On Ice' At Park, With Irene Dare "Everything on Ice" has little Irene Dare at the I'ead of elaborate skat.inp numbers with irft hnllet an.i temperamental, hard to get along attempted theft of the $15,000,000 WUk TU. 1 1 with, that he had to be handled with. I British crown jewels. "ree Mesquiteers kid gloves.

After two days stujio The cast includes Terry Kilburn. worKers were nappy to report that George Zucco (as Moriarty), Henry1 the musician was the mast coopera 1 Stephenson and E. E. Clive. 1 tive person and the least tempera The program includes Paramount mental of anyone in town.

He did News with late war news Eu cause no film star would dream of pears as her boyfriend. Walter doing it. Ei'cnnan is cast as the music school Andrea Leeds, remembered for mentor, her unforgettable performances in Completing the program are two "Stage "The Goldwyn Fol MGM shorts, a miniature "The Ash lies'' and "Letter of Introduction" Can a enrtoon "The Book plays the role of the professors worm," and the Latest News of the daughter, while Joel McCrea ap Day. John Wayne, who electrified the entertainment world with his sensational performance in "Stagecoach." is one of the reasons for the an unprecedented thing: He ie i rone; "Youth in the Saddle" and wted twn riavs of his m. fr a Tr, velncne "Rwerien" I of Pictures Whi Republic charge, to the taking of "still" photographs a miracle indoed.

be i Pictures presents with regularity. Wayne provides the romr.nt!c rn California, where he was a member of the All American football team of 1929. Beaten out by one man in the competitive examinations for entrance into the United States Naval Academy, John determined to see the world in another way. and stowed away on a freighter bound for Honolulu. He returned to Hollywood, after working his noted principals fn support, now around the world.

He secured scorine a decided hit at the Park 1 work around the film studios. j.wiiicn uuimaieiy tea ro nis coming Hilflrintis fun nnrl nn unusual to the attention of Raoul Walsh, quality of beauty are distinguishing I wno decided to use him in "The features of "Everything's On Ice," Bl Trail." which has tiny, six year old Irene He has appeared in a number of Dare, princess of the ice skating fi addition to "Stagecoach" world, in its leading role. and the Mesquiteers series, such as Against the colorful background "Men Are Like That" and various of a swank Palm Beach night club i westerns at Warners, Columbia, the graceful little actress elides Paramount and Monogram. His through the intricate maneuvers of newest in the Mesquiteers series. several ice ballets at the head of brilliantly costumed groups of expert skaters, to present a "floor show" of unusual charm.

But less smoothly flows the romance of Irene's older sister, Lynne New Frontier," comes to the State Theatre for a run of three days starting today. i 'Mikado' Comes To Park Roberts, who suddenly finds her Technicolor, Sunday uncie, Koscoe Karns. ine latter Commencing Sunday Universal: well meant but totally misdirected nrai, onenocK noimes piay. inejeuorts as a matcnmaKer Dring on Theatre Gilbert and Sullivan's "The result was a lifelong career for the a succession of situations, Twviniw Hth vnm and the merry climax finds the Bake Jean Coli tne 'D. carte meddler convinced, at last, that ove carte Chorus and a cast of hun is a dangerous thing for an outsider 1 3.

1899, with the full approval of I "Everything's On Ice." was pro The press of the world has taken Conan Doyle, who had read the duced by Sol LeSser for RKO Radio of he Technicolor mo manuscriot and permitted Gillette and nnalifips as thnrmiirhlv Pnim. picture of Gilbert Sulli to adaDt much orieinal material ahlp Aririert atirartinn thp i van's "The Mikado" and has classed With Gillette in the title role, March of Time, brines to the screen i 14 as "Snow White with humans "Sherlock Holmes" ran for more the first complete and authentic as characters. than 1,200 performances, a theatre motion picture story of the U. S. 16 New York.

Dorothy Kilgallen, record. So proud was Doyle of this Army Air Corps the little under columnist of the New York Journal success that he wrote a second play stood but highly important wing of American, writes, 'The Mikado' is himcplfanH a mainr theatrical 1 nntinnnl Aatnrf n.vif,V, fA fVin ntocf thflntr In cfnr Heifetz were formally identified as tradition began. 1 ing built up at a cost of more than 'Snow White'." And. according to prodigies by no less, musical au It is Gillette's play that DarryJ 200 million dollars. Hv Gardner of the Brooklyn Eagle thorities than Iopold Stowkowski F.

Zanuck has selected for Holmes' In filming "Soldiers With Wings," "The Mikado" is "the most charm and Alfred Newman, both of whom i second appearance on today's screen. camera crews of The March of Time ing 'live' competition 'Snow White' have wielded the baton as their Pleased at the success of "The participated in resular Air Corns ever enr, conductors. However their history, Hound of the Baskervilles," in maneuvers for several weeks flying In Toronto, Roly Young of The how they came to the fore as a which Basil Rathbone appeared is In swift pursuit planes and giant Toronto Globe and Mail states "The finished symphonic group is the tale I Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. 1 bombers, attending classes with i film rir i9i of their devotion to music and the Watson, Zanuck set script writers i young cadets, and recording all like Snow White Mr Younir iroes mentor, Peter Meremblum, a gifted i Edwin Blum and William Drake to phases of Air Corps work and train on to sue2est "Settle down to see teacher of violin who built a trio work on the play, with the permis ing. "Soldiers With Wings" thus Mikado'' in the same frame and an idea into one of the out sin of Doyle's executors, and the re provides an authentic and exciting i co 1 groups in the sult ls The Adventures of Sher first hand view of what is probably 1 tmT kV groups in the standing childrens United States.

Needless lock Holmes." This 20th Century the least known, yet one of the most I i' ntV r.w,ivo iii of tk. a i. i i to doughnuts vou will enjoy it to say, the Samuel vlliu 1 hutrelv." The Toronto Dailv Star Gold.n Studios ere on pins and and Bruce in the sieuth roI and command the predicts. a fanUsy of the type needles when the celebrated violin Tria nnri AInn Marshal thB i t.r Disney might produce, with ist Jasha Heifetz stepped on the lot mmanMn ieari Th 4m io i humans as characters will be to make his first screen appearance Holmes against his arch enemy, the i "Thev Shall TTavn Miicif. AH.

I 1., vance reports were that Heifetz was ruper crime of the century is the 'New Frontier' At State a revelation." In London, the Daily Mail finds that "The Mikado," "Combines the best qualities of musical comedy with the fairytale flavor of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Nothing could be more lovely than the color." In the same vein, the London Evening News says, "This picture is the most notable thing contributed to film entertainment in years, excepting 'Snow White and the Seven peal of the trio. Ray Corrigan spec and the London News of the World lalizes In feats of strength and lnmKS lne MiKaao is "as mucn daring, and Raymond Hatton pro of revolution in screen making as vides the ccmic relief. 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Wayne, a native of Winterset I the color is lovely and the act Iowa, was educated in the public i ing of Jean Colin and Kenny Baker schools of Glendale, California, in the top roles is everything that and received his higher education can be desired." at the Universitv of I Theatre Timetable Frii'ay, September 14, 1939 ASTOR "The Rains Came," with Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power and George Brent. Feature at 12. 2.

4, 6. 8. 10. PARK "Everything's On Ice," with Irene Dare. Roscoe Karns and Edgar Kennedy.

EMBASSY "The Adventures of. Sherlock Holmes," with Basil Rathbone, Ida Lupino and Nigel Bruce. LOEW'S "They Shall Have Music," with Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds and Joel Mc Crea. Feature 11:05, 1:10, 3:20, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45. STATE "New Frontier," with thev Three Mesquiteers.

ORPnEUM "News Is Made At Night," Preston Foster; George O'Brien, "Luna Stampede." RIO "Unexpected Father," wilh Baby Sandy, at 2, 7 and 9. p. m. SHILLINGTON "Our Leading Citizen," with Bob Burns and Susan Hayward, 7 and 9 p. m.

RAJAH "Spirit of Culver." with Jackie Cooper Freddie Bartholomew and Andy De vine, 1:35, 3:35, 5:40, 7:40, 9:45. STRAND "Four Feathers," with Ralph Richardson and C. Aubrey Smith, at 2:15, 7:20 and 9:25. plied by the London Symphony Orchestra. The film wr.s adapted, conducted and produced by Geoffrey Toye and the entire production was under the baton of Director Victor Schertzinger.

Allentown Fair To Open Sept. 19, For 5 Day Event Reading residents will have their own interest in the Great Allentown Fair on September 19, 20, 21, 22 and 24 because of the unusually high class entries in the fair's poultry department by William H. Coller, 2334 Fairmount and William Mattack, 1201 N. Tenth st. Last year Mr.

Coller and Mrs. Mattack won several prizes for their fine poultry, and it Ls expected again this year they will be high among the prize winners. The Great Allentown Fair again this year is living up to its reputation as "America's Greatest County Fair." There will be horse racing of the very finest calibre, automobile racing on Saturday of Fair Week, and the free entertainment, to include the world's finest vaudeville acts. They will he scnted every afternoon and every evening in front of the grand Among them are several recent importations from Europe, being shown for the first time at the Great Allentown Fair. front of, the immense grandstand will be presented a night revue this year entitled the "World's Fair Revue," a real Broadway spectacle, which will include the Roxy Theatre famous Gae Foster girls and other Broadway stars.

'Four Feathers' Showing In Technicolor At Strand If you treasure a good film as you do a good book, as first rate entertainment and relaxation, then top your movie list with "Four Feathers." Alexander Korda's stirring dama of adventure and romance in the Sudan, filmed entirely in bea.utiful technicolor and presented today and Saturday at the Strand Theatre. "Four Feathers" is packed ith action, thrills, melodrama and spec table from the opening scene to the final fadeout. Its story centers upon a young man, Harry Faver sham, who resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's departure for the Sudan to join Lord Kitchener's Army. Faversham is dub'jled a coward by his closest friends who send him three white feathers: he gets the fourth one from the girl he loves. Determined to retrieve his reputation, he sets out for Egypt where he is disguised as a Sengall native.

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