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Jl 'AMUSEMENTS BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: MONDAY MARCH 27 1933 AMUSEMENTS BRITISH PICK Comedian and King Kong Most Amazing Picture of the Sound Era Great Lakes Feature Introduces Prehistoric Beasts Opens to Standing Room Only British Miss Churchill's Americak film career was not successful through no fault of her own Ollbert Miller tbs interna Uonsay minded stag producer nowr that he ha entered the talkie field for Columbia plans to makt picture in England with Lcnlto Howard as star for hie first venture Prriiape the outstanding bid for the international market however will at the screen biography of the Prince of Wale on which Oaumont British is working This wlU include the prince own collection of newsreel and other film made of him since 111 It probably is not general knowledge but Prank Morgan the nervee shoe producer of "The Half Naked Truth" the big businessman of "Luxury Ralph Morgan Uie "Charlie of "Strange Interlude" and the of "Rasputin and the Empress' an brothers When they were on thcatage Frank was identified mostly with Broadway successes while Ralph attained greatest feme on the road Now that they are In Hollywood the "break" arem (a favor end truth to tell he appear to much better advantage on the screen V- KINO KONQ-Aa NKO-Kadl production: htaod on aa Idea conceived hy Merita Cooper end th late Xdfar Wolteco directed hy Mcnoa Cooptr Bad IrMftt flchotdMcke tad prt atnMd with Um foilewtnf CMt: Ann XcdniB Wny DeAhnm iasaeaaae AriQwi Driscoll Bruri Ctbot Bnflchcfn a Frink Dither WfStOa eeneeaeftsesaso hU8 KcrAj Native chief Noble Johnaaa Second mot Jame Plana Witch Mac Sieve Clemcnta Lumpy Victor Wca By GOODING "King the mast a meting motion picture of the sound era opened to standing room only In Shea's Oreat Lakes Saturday dreplte a snowstorm that ordinarily would keep most sensible persona at home That to fair Indication of its audience appeal and ample basis for a bit of advlre to the wise: that they attend performances aa early in ths day os possible For "King to that rare talkie phenomenon a production that lives up to Its tidal wave of advance bally-boa It to a common experience of stags snd screen that the moat astounding or horrible monsters or developments are better left to the Imagination since the actuality so often fall short of expectations But the first gtimpre of Kong trampling down trees as ha crashes through tits forest to claim hie blonds captive to all that could desired Again when this 50 -foot prehistoric ape struggles to break through the gate that separate him from mankind finally splintering the huge bar snd emerging into the settlement he represent the full imaginative Mope of the screen Nature's Clack Turned Bark The narrative concerns a movie producer who brings back camera thrills from strange snd faroff places He has heard of a South Pacific tale the greater portion of which has been subjected to a turning back of nature's dock An Immense wan erected by people of civilisation long since lost to kept In repair by a few ignorant savages who dwell dose to the shore It eh'jta out a land populated by prehistoric beasts covered with water snd slime its vegetation antedating ths carboniferous age and its atmosphere dimmed by perennial fog Ha hopes here to make ths greatest cinema of hto career Ha persuades a beautiful Jobless girl to accompany the expedition movie audiences he recalls satirically demand romance In the form of a woman Ths suspense ths sense of Impending doom are ably built up The expedition arrives to find the natives on the verge of sacrificing a maiden io the god Kong Savages Kidnap GlrL Tha savages kidnap tha white gtri and Us her to ths altar on the other side of the gate Kong carries her off A rescue party start out in pursuit The next few sequences arc the highlights of the picture The rescuers tint encounter a trl-eeratop three-horned monster which they kill with high-powered bombs They then make a raft to traverse a lake across which Kong has waded The raft to overturned by a bronto- The Buster Keatons have settled down In their honeymoon home in Hollywood The bride was May 8crlbbena until her man-lags to the film comedian in January R0CH6ST6R PLEASANT RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION ghouldera droop under welgb of yeua Young jet beuutj Ou fled Checks ere sallow end drawn Unsightly pimple Keep jour system dean and jou keep the beauty of youth Its energy lu irresistible inarm Then life to not a failure 1 Cloned bowel and Inactive liver cauie poieon to eep through the system Health vanished and with It breuty and energy Dr Edwards Ohre Tablets wlU help save jou from this dark hour For SO jear the have been prescribed In place of calomel to men and women seeking health and freedom from constipation They act ealU Mo dangerous griping Take nigntly teforeretirlng Result will amai you ThouMndt ot men mo women would never be without Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a vegetable eompo'-ind Knew them by their olive color lac 109 end toe All Adv THIS WEEK-END XomulTri HORNELL $200 CORNING 225 ELMIRA 250 BINGHAMTON 300 Going on enj regular train Satim day of Sunday Return a late a Train No 5 Monday following far hbinrlH all on WA tttt Clsr Tfcktt OSes 99 Mala te I a at Bit Sttitan COUGH SPOILED DEAR-LETTS LEAVE JUT MUST SEE THE DOCTOR THAT COUCH TOMORROW YESVOUR THOOMtlS MFIBMCD-PKV I ADVISE PCRXUSSMJT STIMULATES THE now or ttgyRAL throat Wws yen Imtrfc cold" the natural (stature la pone throat dries up TIckHnd Irrltarioa remhlug sat la Amid "rent-adias" remaining drags which mtMr dmdaa tha narvan don't onset tha onus FgRTUBgIN oprna ths thmet Stand ottmulstoo tbs gswol nature! rhnoor mote-two That's whr doctors prescribe It Let "moist throst" tnd your cough I Atk yea I druggist foe FIETU BUN I Canadians Already Realize How Many American Players Are Used in England The trade raw hue been full lately of plane for future British picture productions using American stare Hollywood commentators hare noticed the Britieh producer avowedly are out to compete with the Oold coast for world trade How strong a beginning ha been made probably la realised more by our Canadian neighbor than by people on this aide of the border as yet British-made pictures with American sum which the Dominion already has seen Include Either Ralston In two Rome Express" which Universal has acquired for American distribution and which will be shown in Buffalo shortly and "After the Ball" which Fox is handling in the United States Alexander Korda who may be remembered as the director of Private Life of Helen of Troy" and other Hollywood productions in the silent days is among the more active director -producers in England He plans to use Charles Laughton who made such a sensation In hto abort season or acting for ths camera IA this country in the forthcoming Fourth Wife of Henry Via" Nina Mae McKinney Negro star of Halleluiah" who has not been seen In American pictures since also Is scheduled for a leading part in a Korda production Mias McKinney has been appearing in vaudeville in England for some time Boris Karloff and Anthony Bushell are native Britons who got their cinematic start In America Both will appear In "The Ghoul" Mr Karloff or coune needs no identification but It may be necessary to recall that Mr Bushell was Oeorge faithful secreUry in "DUraell" and the weakling in the screen version of End" While speaking of Mr Karlotr It Is interesting to learn that The Era the British showmen's Journal that corresponds to our Variety la much concerned because he does not resume his family name of Pratt at least while working In England A Atkinson editor of The Era is the most ardent defender that British films could ask and by the same token Hollywood's moat strident critic But the men who review picture for him Invariably turn In favorable notice on American productions even those which get scant attention here Lois Moran while in Buffalo indicated she might make one or more pictures in England Marguerite Churchill talented young actress who has Just left the east of tha successful New York play "Dinner at Eight for a trip to England plans to appesr In one or two pictures for Oaumont Low-Fare 16-Day Over Enter Excursions Saturday April 8 BUFFALO to Washington $1680 (Via I kart Use sr PbllaMpMal Thursday April 13 and Friday April 14 NEW YORK $1680 (Via FhUsMphla) NEW YORK $1930 (VIS rsuadalphls sad SKsaUa Cllr Atlantic City Washington $1680 (Vis Shsr Use sr Mladdphiai Washington $1930 tVIs rhUadtfphia sad AUsallt Cltn Waist Irate Card Slnrt Tor-Sisal A sad TkSOt llailttd Is IS dors mar alar Liberal ateparm al-Issrad as retara (rip far rail ma raaarvatlsm aad fail lalsr-allaa eeaauH CsaaaHdalcd TldtN Oflteo lid Prerl Phaaa Cloretand lass a hrelao DMalaa Patiratr Atom PS Brlabaaa Bid Haw Oars- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Three Stars Show Fashions ife MERRICK" kind of black taffeta la cut in narrow panels at tha waistline and la kept close to the body as far as the knees where it suddenly flares out into tremendous billows like the outer edge of morning glory The entire blouse ta of starched chiffon tome times culled argtnm this year It ha capelet of the chiffon which molds the shoulder line beautifully but ripples gracefully towards the waist A tiny Eton collar tops thta capelet and beneath the sheer softness of thta little cape the line of the gown cut moderately low in front end very low In back are proroklngly distinguishable There la no black above the waistline thus keeping the wetat-and-ekirt effect whleh ta very (mart thta year SELF-POLISHING SHOES PROMISED BY SCIENCE PITTSBURGH March 37 (AV-A new self -polishing ahoe leather announced Sunday by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research The heat of the foot says the announcement active teb a polish lm pregnated in any color In the leather ao that the shoes "require only a slight rubbing to preserve the desired polished The polish ta only part of "an entirely new combination of impregnated in leather These substances are said to and lubricate" fibers of the leather preventing their breaking down under THE SHOW COES ON Current programs in ths downtown theft ten begin at ths following hours: SHEA'S "Pick-Up" talkl 19:30 0:30 and 10:30 Anatola Pried lan Homo 3:11 :7 1117 sad :7 11 BUKA'S OHBAT "Bln talkl II A 1:1 33 1:4 1S0 and 10:10 "When fltraresrs talk la 1 A 12:37 3:04 S41 and 10 Mi talkl 11:14 A l-SL 4:3 and SHEA'S CEKTtJRV "Hard to Bandit1 talk: 11 A 4:4 and 10:30 "Afraid to talkie 13:4 3:3 0:14 and SHEA'S HIPPODROME "Be Other talkl 11 A 1:3 4:1 and "Prom HtU ta Heaven" talkie 13:1 and A road built entirely by hand between Kabul Afghanistan and the border of Soviet Russia to expected to expedite commercial relations between the two countries Dunne Morgan and Hume Display Latest I HIPPODROME OFFERS ENGROSSING TALKIE Hell to Liked Other Woman" AIo Presented THOM HELL TO HEAVER" Pireotaiuil pradnetioo: slsrrtni CiToii Lombard: adapted from a i dram Kasard: dlreewd bp Brls Kreloa and prmnttd with lb toUawlai Coup Tsnaar Charlie Jl: Joan Burt nimm Wrote Burt gSS? mSSZ Cnlf Billinas Sonny Lockwood Tomoip Wlnnio Lloyd TpMc JOBOO Halo Verna Hillla James Basl ahlrteP Ortp ChurrhlU Bits LcBap WO OTHER WOMAN" An BKO-Badm production: itarrlne Irrno Dunne: adapted from Wal-ter'a plap "Juac Woman directed bp Walter Kubtn and pretested with the follow in tuK Anno Bf Jim atantep Marsot Jo Bowi Stanley BUM I a a Ell Bonclll Irene Dunn Charles Bickford Owlll Andre Beta Linden Buater Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Carroll Bates annnet iaaoMa Governess Sutherland Hilda Vnushn Theodor Vos Hu -Prom Hell to more important of the two feature pictures In Shea's Hippodrome ta baaed frankly on tha "Grand Hotel" motif even to repetition of the phrase "People come and go but nothing ever It ta the story of a derby race in which each of 11 Important characters has wagered virtually everything on a different hone Running of the race therefore becomes the thrilling climax of the picture since the hope and future of the character are bound up so Inextricably In the outcome And each of the 11 ta a person whose fate matters to the onlooker While eschewing heavy dramatics it ta a well woven ably directed engraving carrying much more appeal than many a more pretentious production Carole Lombard ta starred The other chief character are portrayed by Jack Oakle Adrienne Ames David Manners Sidney Blarkmer Verna HUlta Shirley Grey and James Eagle There are many surprises and sudden developments yet none defies logic The affairs of the many personage are deftly knit Into a comprehensive whole that ta thoroughly enjoyable Mr Oakle as a radio announcer with a penchant for crooning and song writing rather dominates the picture The songa he composes are presented as Intentionally bad and freely copied from other yet not much worse than many that actually reach publication Irene Dunne to starred in "No Other Woman" with Charles Bickford opposite her end Owlll Andre Brio Linden Christian Rub and Buster Miles a likable youngster prominent in the supporting cast Mias Dunne's acting always ta thoroughly admirable and somewhat inspiring The story ta the familiar me especially where Mtaa Dunne ta concerned of the wife of a miner who sacrifices the beet yean of her Ilf to bring wealth and position to her husband only to have him cast her off for a gold digger His efforts to win freedom ao he can marry ths charmer are culminated In a divorce trial which Introduce the most preposterous effort to blacken a woman's character that ever has been screened It to a aordld story with a sickening Follyanna-lsh ending If at times it touches dramatic heights and Introduces authenticity in the mining town sequences it nevertheless serves to point out once mm that an actress of Miss Dtmne's caliber deserves some thing batter Miss Andre's vacuous posing and weak attempts to lmltalte Oreta Oarbo make it no mm palatable GRETA GARBO EN ROUTE BACK TO UNITED STATES LONDON March 37 Oreta Garbo to on her way back to America on board ths Swedish liner Annie Johnson after a scent departure from Gothenburg Friday the Stockholm eorreapondeut of the Dally Mall said Monday The utmost secrecy regarding her intentions was observed according to the correspondent COMMUNITY SHOWS The following pictures are scheduled in the neighborhood theaters Monday: ALLENDALE "A Hartwell Ts Arms' ELLEN "Th (( "Stranger la Town" "Evenlnss for aad "One la a Lifetime" "Stiver and "Cf re" "JUBlteKiner" "Call Har Sava" and Sitter fra of Orn Yon" "Lawyar and "Silror Dollar" and "Cy- "sHEA'S "State SHEA'S State Pair SHEA'S "Prlaeo Jenny and In th aky" SHEA'S NORTH Ifni Our" and kfammy" SHEAS HOOSEVELT 08HEA-S "State Plr" I "Th HsifBUe I snd Island of Loot Route "Jungle WK POWELL and JOAN BLONDELL In "LAWYER Bennett -Fanl Lakata XOCKABYE" Maori heart miXloa FOR I ENT 1 USB NEWS WANT ADS nrtffca creature 73 feet long and thwf a THEATERS Tonight GRANADA EA Hi- In -SILVER Oik Mi Dentate Alw Ronald OriMH Kav Stands DELAWARBCOm CANDIES HOAD Clara Bow In "CALL BED SATAOH" ban Staawrtb Nil AMbor "TDK BITTED TEA OP GENERAL YIN" RIVERSIDE Mward BaMnoan Bab Dentate "SILe TER DOLLAB- Also Ron eld CoMon Hot Frearia SX4 TONAWAMBA IT- VARSITY "SITTKB TEA OP GENERAL' TEN- Ale "TE AILING Tin KILLSE" ADULTS WEST PEBBY NEAR GRANT Loo Tret ta "Tb Half Webcd ttelta" Tbs Peetbtr Waaon and Her aart -Island sf Last Csnssdri Cnrtosa saur wlthW neck somewhat like that of a giraffe which kills several of the party Kong kills still mare until only the movie director and tha young ship's officer who to love with the girl oerape The director leaves to bring reinforcements while the young man con tlnues in pursuit of Kong and hto creaming captive Surely no heroine ever wu more sorely beset Battles with Monsters Kong deposits her high in a tree apparently a he can seek food for her At once hto hereditary enemy a ty-rannosaurui 30-ton monster described as the most ferocious of prehistoric beasts essays to carry her off There ensues ferocious battle in which Kong using right snd left uppercuts the flying mare the body slam snd eventually combination of the heedlock and ths split employed on the Jaws instead of the lege kills hto rivsL Ha has no sooner found a new hid" Ing place for her than a SO-foot snake caste lta evil eye at her Kong dto" patches the serpent by dashing it vigorously against the rocks Bo he carle her to hto lair far up on a rocky cliff Here pterodactyl or flying reptile picks her up and to about to wing away but Kong also slays it Meanwhile her sweetheart has reached her side Shot Down by Planes A convenient strong vine hanging down toward a lake far below offers a means of eecape Taking the heroine In hto arm the young men starts a hand-over-hand descent Kong grasps the vine and starts pulling them up again They dive into the lake swim to shore and thread their way through ths Jungle to safety The remainder of tile picture In which Kong to captured snd taken to New York for exhibition may seem like a letdown to many However the Juvenile portion of Saturday's audience reached the height of lta enthusiasm when Kong was shown breaking hto chains wrecking an elevated train and smashing ths tracks recapturing the girl climb" Ing to ths top of the Empire Btate building tower snd eventually being hot down by army bombing planes after crushing one in hto huge hand The old fable of Beauty and the Beast ta worked to excess including en unnecessary reference at the end of th picture Cabot a Screen Find Those who insist on logic snd seen racy may find numerous points for critic but sines ths basic theme lies outside both probability and possibility it would seem that a auepoialon of the rules is Justified Certainly the monsters have been crested with most care to detail Any who want to see whu makes ths monsters can have their curiosity satisfied in the newsreel at Shea's Hippodrome which shows numerous specimens made for the prehistoric section of the natural history exhibit st the Chicago World's fair Ths human actors dwindle almost to insignificance in a production of such magnitude Robert Armstrong and Pay Wray give able performances while Bruce Cabot offers indications of having a great ecreen future in a iew type of virile role Program Offered By Ensemble Group Concert of Sunday Series Provides Varied Musical Fare In Cooley Home By EDWARD DURNEY A varied musical program was presented at the fifth of the Sunday Evening Ensemble concerts Sunday night In the home of Mr Frederick Cooley Geraldine Ayera Ulrich contralto Eva Reutenberg pianist and Agnes MUlhouse 'cellist three well-known local artists were heard and choral music was furnished by the choir of SB Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox church Rev Ernest Woikodoff conductor Mrs Ulrich offered songs of Schubert Schumann and Strauss In the singing of which she gave of her beat The contralto was in fine voice end the spontaneity sincerity and vocal beauty of her Interpretation convinced and delighted her listener Remembered particularly ta the beautiful Schumann "Mein holder Stern" and the Straus Wie eolltcn Wlr" which eame as a brilliant climax to tha group of songs Mrs Ulrich responded to insiitrnf applause with a Brahma Oypsy song Miss Rauten berg's artistic accompaniments contributed abundsnt-ly to the erfect of the singer's performance The pianist and 01111 gave the Brahms Sonata Opus their spirited performance giving salience to the nigged character of the competition end communicating its vitality iu convincing manner The listener appreciated the opportunity for a bearing of this eloquent work the second of Brahma two for these instruments The artists were applauded heartily The youthful Russian group In costume contributed color literally and musically The singers ottered sacred music and group of folk songs and while certain details of vocal and Interpretative method were Identical throughout varied wdrit and changing mood were protected unmistakably The voices betray mingled qualities of freshness and Im maturity the singers respond well ta their leader and many essentials of choral discipline are regarded esre-i fully The director gave effective ut-I terence to the solo portion of "Evening Bcllr" the closing offering and the audience welcomed Its repetition RECONCILIATION REPORTED LOS ANGELES March 31 Tha Examiner esld Sunday night it had learned from Mary McLaren ste-! tar of Katherine MacDonald who was i known ns tha "American beauty- of the screen In the days of silent pie-i tuns that Mlfl MacDonald and 'Christian Holmes her husband hare reunited after engaging in divorce proceedings HONEST To a tramp who wanted to earn a bite to eat a woman said: -If thought you were honest I'd let you go to the chicken house and gather me eges" i he replied with dignity was manager at a bathhouse for IS yearn and never took a bath" WHEN SKIN ITCHES Step It laatantly When' akin ttebee and bum so I much it feels like a million little devils prodding your tender do you know lust ooe application of powerfully healing and eootbing Ointment immediately stops sU itching reHtves irritation end keeps you Joyfully comfortable an day kuifl The sublime medication in Peterson's la favorably known to phytidane sverywhere and nothing known to chemistry has greeter or more effective healing powers Big ISe box it I All Adv SWELL! MOLUE CopprlihL 131 bp Brrvto Bvhino Bsws and Henb Aaerteaa Ntwspopov AUtenct HOLLYWOOD March The mm Jacket of cotton fabric ii the uniform of Hollywood for summer evening wear Whit pique mess Jackets an In almost every movie wardrobe Irene Dunne has the mast Interesting variation hers ta the mesa Jacket of pique dyed pel green to match the pale green evening gown which ta her favorite in "The Sliver Cord" Bo beautifully ta this gown molded over trie hips fo graceful its restrained tore in the skirt so feminine the way lb sweeps the ground in front and trails bit behind her in the back that Irene Dunns has had it copied for her own wardrobe It ta soft and all-very and springlike: It ta very low ic back under little bow at the hue of her neck The neck ta medium In front The most dramatic note of the costume ta the shoulder tab arrangement on the Jacket Thee run to the extrema ad of the shoulder line and are edged with twin dyed the same shad as the Jacket itself Claudia Morgan ays her Ideal hair dress Is created from medium length bob on one side snd waved in loose flat wave very close to the heed Now says Clsudls "lift the upper half of the hair sway from the lower half dividing oa level with the eye on the tong aide of the part Turn the upper part In curl around the head toward the short aide of the part Now curl upward tha lower half Just at tha nape of the neck leaving a space of about two Inchet between the two rows of curls As ths rows approach tha abort side or the part gradually bring them together urtll they meet In one curl at the edge of the cheek Xn other words there are two rows of curls on the side where the hat tips up snd only one curl on the side where the hat dips 1 The loveliest of ell Ole penguin gowns of the season is being worn by Benito Hume English beauty brought oxpr her by MOM on a long-term contract The black and whit which returns every season or so and which to one of tha smartest color combine Lions on record la used in this gown In the following manner The softest DON'T NEGLECT CONSTIPATION! netnral stated anted phy -JP lidana now pnacrtb a Ikoak too1 JMM Yoaoe te ao habit- finn Is Isa'S a An It acmuy MveaAtbaao the tins! minrlaT remvl west auunrinta iman irr 1 i haalthl Bear eaHag MateVenaVfilnirnnit ant i Snllf -(! or in a iM af a ka af voter Nracttean nsw na tha tabal fleischmann's YEASTm- Health IBAILEYBPSE NECA ELMWOODi WAMvrgnriEg Janet Caynor MCTITC ADVV WiU Ran Law Ayr 0 1 I I Mill Sally Eilor NORTH 1 PARK I KENSINGTON! ROOSEVELT 2 FIRST RUN FEATURES NOW TONIGHT I RUTH CHATTSBTON "SIGN Fniria March "FSISCO JENNY- Coitort nnl "TIM MUMMY-1 A "Fast in to Star- Cfcarion LaacMoa 1 Jack Holt WHEN STRA jjGERS MARRY Ill'S TURN ON THE RADIO THAT BIG MARINE BAND ON THE AIR TONIGHT COMMUNITY Programs for ILLENDUE FABEWCLL TO CHILDREN "TWO UPS AND Coartr CENTRAL PARK "IP I HAD A And "THBER ON MATCH' ADULTS 15 ELLEN TERRY 15c EMBASSY VZSSS Sort MorMin In rom SMnov Pot Sue Oaklo IN A Lira TIME- NOVSI Slnrt SrtjteU GENESEE ADULTS 15 UPTOWN NEW Aad "PENGUIN POOL AND ZANE "SMOKE with CEORGE O'BRIEN HOLLYWOOD I Sll Dolowaro Avo W0 Mol CmL JMl-xe Call voa Hoffnuu Alin Dobnnfto Afrit Mir ta Ike BaJftte Stoning Hon OH JIM! YOU'VE BECOME OLD SELF AGAIN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN EAT IMG fleisch Mann's yeast.

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