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2 I 1 -PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1933 ocm; sack: over the PRODUCTS OF DECEMBER fishing Particularly Si dating Revealed J) -ring Last Month -nt Fare of Annual Shopping Period Way to Lightweight Product Public cmands for Holiday Relaxation. 0 STAM.KY-t.ary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins In "Design for Living." PMN XL-onel flarr, more In "Dinner at Kighf WARNKK Klondell. Alophe Men.jou and Mary Astor in 11 Jl" 1 1 1 r------. r- hi i i i ity." i. 4 H'45 I -I r- Cohcrn.

been -what ZE1 1 Vi'. VJr-- conscientious distinctive. It has brought iuht entertainment, little pia nut nothing exactly note- C'Himait: Itiniill-iJ VTTT riviiic liiii jnui.t fact that it ls genuinely en tertaining despite a terriDiy beck- theme. Franchot Tone and Healv heln out a lot, and bo Clark Gable, in a lesser way. "The House on 56th Street" Francis ages nicely in another variation of the "Madam plot.

a good-looking romantic trag that manages at least to keep becoming monotonous. "Son of a Sailor" Joe E. Brown much better than the routine of "Son of a jailor" permit to be. (joing Hollywood" Nice musi comedy entertainment with ion Davies pursuing Bing Cros for seven or eight reels and giving nice accounts of themselves. "Alice In Wonderland" One of year's major disappointments.

most widely-heralded picture the decade, it turns out to be a unimaginative fairy tale, lack entirely the distinction of its predecessor as done by Miss Le Gallienne and her Civic Repertory Theater. "Smoky" The biography of a told efficiently and reveal in the leading role a mount almost human instincts. "Design for Living" Ernst Lu- bitsch, director, ana Ben Hecht, writer, have taken only the title Noel Coward and the result a spry farce that lacks only the acting lustre of Mr. Coward and Lunts to make it even better Mr. Coward's original.

"Cradle Song" A beautifully photographed but slow-moving of a nun with an overwhelm maternal instinct. Miss Dorothea Wieck, while a splendid ac tress, seems a little too heavily Teuton for the gentle shadings of Sierra's simple heroine. Next week the "10 Best" of 1933, "10 Worst," etc. a-- if v- i i i i ti.v. I I I ir13 iii t4 "'rf' HARRIS-FAMILY Lilian Harvey in scene from "My FI'LTOX Clara Bow in 'Hoopla.

Opens tomorrow at midnight. DAVIS Grace Bradley and Charles Farrell in "Girl Without a Room." Opens tomorrow at midnight. at midnight. TODAY ONLY WILL ROGERS in "MR. SKITCH" DUTCH HENRY SAYS: I thank all my patrons and friends for the great confidence shown in me during the past yer and will continue to merit this confidence and good will in all time to come.

I wish you h.nnv and orosperons New lear and JiilB- The New Films Noel Coward's "Design For Living" a La Lubitsch And Hecht at The Stanley and "Convention City" at The Warner. By Harold W. Cohen. ly believe that with the superior leadership of our great Presi CMTCrt (1CNRY-. dent we will nave it.

OUR oil i KHK WHAT IT TAKES i TO GET WHAT StfF WANTS gi! AND GETS IT. A 5 1 WINE Opens tomorrow A HAPPY KEW YEARS STARTING WITH W1DK1TE 1201m i7- SHOW SUNDAY. The Flaming Red-Headed Tornado Of The Screen Leaps Into This Romantic Tempest Like A Glorious Sunburst! HOOPLA "Adapted from the Noel Coward play of the same name," the heralds for "Design for Living" read. Adapted, however, isn't quite the word. Amended would have been much better, for the cinema's "Design for Living" suggests Mr.

Coward as much as it does Sam Shiprnan or even Myron C. Fagan. Some of the so-called sophisticates with whom Mr. Coward a little tin Cod will veil blue-murder, screaming of Hollywood the high heavens, "butchers, torturers and assassins." Others may not be so sure that every-O Harold W. ni.rr hasn't li-htwt of ptly l'oiiret, not IlltlU TO n.

lie i he Power jthe quite natural. the Yule-aK-Amrrican two weeks in ihs are more tip ties, socks i 1 Kred and ply that they entertain-c tnouls, real-. liimip upon the ist Strip of call their il nrrival of Year's, the i. This calls musicals and heavy, nothing too rv.ovie business, innre than just December has more than an of interest. It merican debuts raided foreign and Lilian Joan Crawford lie screen's most lies, and it has fears of the -trds.

And now r.r 'IS or i 'o ly survey. Killer" Another of Mr. i comedies, in successively movie lender, movie extra m-vie star. Through it run of delightful satire Roy Del Ruth's i nt tempo and excitc- tf oman" Love and hate tropic? (what, again? yes nd interesting only for LauRhton's hilariously 1 portrait of an evil, r-. white trader in the Ma-jungle s.

Carole Lombard is she doesn't seem about it. nl A timely ex- the kidnapmp; racket, with i r.did performance of Spen-. icy do r.z much to overcome pu ihc's resent antipathy i vthinj; of gangsters. I ij.h 1. 1 fray" In which that comedienne.

Miss 1 irvey, lives up to the ad-I in a rather familiar rkian setting with music ncing. the ISaron" Jack Tearl oimy Durante in some of iM.n's worst slapstick. I Were happens Urook, who loves Irene marry her because v. give him a divorce. John Van Druten's stage i 'noli We Live," and not i i rr in Hi-tdrjuartern" An inter- -'udy of the work of the in any large city.

a bit fascinating, ti Will Itogen, a decides to -i by motor and he results. It's i consistently work since "A hi in it A pungent. about traveling aturing one of 1 i best casts, in- i 1. Hugh Herbert, Frank McIIugh, Mary Astor, Guy h-i of others. i i net Woman in I'aris?" -c L.

La sky's minor 'ha' conr-idc-rabiy bet- have been in 'T and 1 or the love of I'lfht or nine i uat ions and i -An interesting 111'. IV I. Ill 'n thing i ls years rnay be gauged by Variety Set Celebrate 'Ftht Show And rians Matinee Scheduled. irs Kve show starting followed by Matinee" at lV morning will be Variety in rk-bra- Vcar 'Hello 1034," I 10 anrs, fcatur-' prini ipais and a will be the offer- the second largest thi.s season. Joan platinum blonde, ''an Harlow" of iiake her bow for this city.

Miss rr jn addition to i show, George his engaged five -xtra attractions '1 show. 'Ison, a comedy 1 Gentlemen of the Chicago the special ations for the how and the are now being ofTke. i Parje 7 Will IV neyed Ted does Kay It's edy from is gags him cal Mai by both the The of flat, ing stage Eva horse, ing with from is the than story ing the is to but as of the and the of Mr. did mui and or and test and at plot, a DRY WHITE WIHES Reislinz 51.60 DRY RED WINES Claret $1-60 Burgundy 1-60 HAUTE SAUTERNES Dry Sauterne $1.60 Haute Sauterne 2.10 SELECT OLD VINTAGES Muscatel de Forontiginan $2.25 Chauteau Yquem 2.00 NOTICE MY CUT WHISKIE5 Golden Wedding Rye (95) LIST SWEET WINES Very Old Port SI .80 Very Old Sherry 1.80 Tokay Muscatel I-80 SPARKLING WINES White CHAMPAGNE Moselle Moselle IN LIQUOR PRICES S3. 50 2.00 QTS.

25 3.25 3.00 1 ,55 Brandy 1.50 1.65 1.50 1.00 3.00 Fifths 1.60 Fifths 6.50 BE GOOD in Pittsburgh to sign the Blum Eagle. the SRA PRESTON FOSTER RICHARD CROMWELL HERBERT MUNDIN MINNA G0MBEU JAMES GUAS0N Old Meadville Rye Shenandoah Belle of Nelson Paul Jones Rye Old Oscar Old English Dry Gin 1915 Bonded Old Bridgeport Imported French XXX Hennessy A FIERY AND FURIOUS ROMANCE OF A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE IN LOVE SPECIAL PREVIEW MIDNITE NEW YEAR'S EVE Gentle as an earthTjuakc, and mild ns a tornado, the trumps men's tricks with a woman's charms and then IF IT COMES FROM the unexpected sne iaus in like a schoolgirl. xn most sweep performance of amazing career, ing and All Seats ONLY 4Gc Clara Bow a 1 I riTx Grace Hayes in 'Rainbow Over Broadway." Opens tomorrow at midnight. While the Stanley's "Design for Living" doesn't have Mr. Coward and the Fontanne-Lunt combination, it does have Mr.

Lubitsch. That is some compensation. He has been generous with that cunning piquancy which has always been his stock in trade; he has filled it generously with those inimitable Lubitsch touches and he has wrung from Miriam Hopkins a pretty good imitation of Lynn Fontanne and from two such otherwise straight-laced performers as Gary Cooper and Fredric March downright entertaining performances. As for Edward Everett Horton, he is his usually reliable self. Although the general idea is pretty much the same as Mr.

Coward's, the procedure is altogether different. Here again a young dramatist and an earnest portrait painter fall in love with the same girl and she discovers that she's in love with both of them. So all three agree to live together as friends and forgetting, of course, sex. Eut it doesn't work out. She becomes the mistress first of one and then the other, finally discarding them both for respectability and marriage to an ultra-respectable advertising Midas.

But she still isn't happy and, in the end, all three get together again, renewing their pledge of eternal friendship, with a thumb of the nose at a three-letter word meaning physiological distinctions. All this is handled in Mr. Lu-bitsch's most delightful manner. City" Warner been hoarding for years. As fresh as the proverbial daisy is "Convention City," pungent and cynical, swift and bawdy, mildly lecherous and devastatingly funny.

In other words, "Convention City" is genuine entertainment from the welcome word go to the unwelcome wotd stOD. one of the most diverting movie experiences of the year. Archie. Mayo, the director, establishes an almost unbelievably furious tempo at the outset and the cast never lets him down. Mr.

Menjou is both suave and persuasive as the go-getting salesman in quest of the sales managership; Pittsburgh's Mr. Powell will astound even his fondest admirers as a flip, breezy Romeo from Seattle; Miss Blondell is perfect as a gold-digging chorine who wrings at least one breach of promise suit out of each convention; Mr. McHugh and Mr. Herbert make a rott-ft pair of drunks, and all the o'hers, down to the tiniest bit player, are remarkably effective. A week earlier nd "Convention City" would have been the answer to every moviegoer' Christmas stocking.

With Mr. Hecht, he has discarded the serious implications of Mr. Coward's theme, regarding the triangular situation as pure farce, no more, no less. And if Mr. Coward feels filled with an irreparable loss, if he would have you believe he has been blasphemed, he can find no sympathy in this corner.

For it so happens that "Design for Living" is a reasonably expert farce for which neither Mr. Lubitsch not Mr. Hecht need apologize. It may not be Coward, but that's hardly cause for complaint Anyway, it's good Hollywood. Coming Attractions NIXON Joe Cook in "Hold Your Horses." Opens January 8.

PENN "Sitting Pretty," with Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers and Jack Haley. STANLEY "Flying Down To Rio," with Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond and Fred Astaire. WARNER "Son of Kong," with Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack. Leslie Howard in "Berkeley Square," with Heather Angel. DAVIS "Shadows of Sing Sing," with Bruce Cabot and Mary Brian.

Highway Patrol Units Moved to Aspinwall HARRISBURG. Dec. Captain William C. Price, superintendent of the highway patrol, today announced that the Perrysville and New Kensington sub-stations will be consolidated and moved to Aspinwall, effective January 2. lARNCIrlt; HALL FRI.i JAN.

5 Art Concert HOFLIAHH 80c to .1.00 at Mellor'n May Tlrrgle. Mgr. SIXn.V At I N.i hiidrcfi Sat. Morn. 0 10:30 I Theatre ft II Dili IT THE PRINCESS it I AND THE GOBLIN 2Sc to fl.B.5, Mellor'n.

May BreKle, Mgr. MILL VALE 927T ei 7c per PEitnv 7 )dil3 EV YEARS EVF. includes Turkey Supper, IJreak-fast. All the Ice jou want, Ginger Ale, AVhite Rock, Mission Orange, Lime, Noisemak-ers. Hats.

Souvenirs. ALL. GIRL RKVUE Celebrate New Year PLAZA CAFE The Greatest Show Ever! Dinner Show Nightly at 7 Also at Satorday Tea Dannant last "BOTTOMS UP" Comedy, Cat of 85, and TEDDY JOYCE AND HIS BAND SPECIAL SUNDAY MIDNITE FROLIC AO New STAGE SHOW Benerved feati How on Sal FIRST TI.MK AT POPULAR I'lilCKS fl tT-i STARTS FRIDAY ''SITTING PRETTY" WW An Elaborate Party Replete With Merriment! New Year's Eve at The Roosevelt Grill of combined dignity and gaiety Roosevelt is noted. Souvenirs Hats Favors. A delicious Breakfast vou are.

Entertainment Sunday. Absolutely Limited to 200 Persons 00 I T-i- -ii 1 1 An atmosphere for which the Noisemakers rearlv when thing hasn't turned out for the best. The point is that Director Ernst Lubitsch and Writer iien Hecht have discarded everything the Coward title and general idea, fashioning an entirely original work that is in its own modest way just as witty, as prankish and insinuating as the original. In the first place, "Design for Living" was hardly the momentous masterpiece with which the legend the almost subsidized Coward Claque has endowed it. It had a first act that promised much in a serious vein, a second act in which playwright Vecame a little boy playing with literary firecrackers a last act that was a classic example of poor taste and ill-breeding.

What it did have, on other hand, was the services three such shrewd performers as Lynn Kontanne, Alfred Lunt and Coward, performers who not only covered up the play's shortcomings bat made some of the author's flat dialogue sound positively brilliant. AiHe from the fact that nine- tenths of the lines wouldn't have in the Havs ned the indis- for piiLdinc Living" wasn't motion picture material. Mr. Lubitsch knew this. So Mr.

Hecht. Together, they decided the central situation of "three people who loved each other very had the makings of a good farce, fo they preceded on that premise. The result justifies their belief. "Convention In "Convention City," Warner Brothers have manufactured a rollicking, rapid-fire comedy that doesn't stop even to catch its breath. Alert, up-to-the-minute breathlessly hilarious, it spills laughs right and left through seven eight reels of smart dialogue breezy situations, a remarkable combination of effective direction, inspired casting and racy writing.

So well-paced is "Convention City" that its more than 75 minutes seem like 20, and that, if anybody should ask you, is the acid of comedy. Dotted with well-known names, among them Joaq Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell, Hugh Herbert, Frank Mc-Hugh and Mary Astor, each of whom registers solidly, the film hasn't anything remotely suggesting a dull moment as it blips in out of the Honeywell Rubber Company's annual sales convention Atlantic City. There is the faintest wisp cf a but it is merely a peg upon which Author Peter Milne nnd Scenarist Robert Lord have hung series ot gaga they jmust have Reservation WILL LAMONT and.Pl,cTaI0;roo7trhowilh TWO DOLLARS FIFTY PER PERSON RKSKRVATIOXS SHOULD BE MADE AT ONCE -i. MM TCM IT MUST Dutch Htnry we th first and rtceive NOW PLAYING At Your Favorlt INDEPENDENT THEATER LIBEPTY (E. WARNER BAXTER In "PENTHOUSE" Disney's "Lullaby TRIANGLE (E.E.)S276 FranUitnwn Ave.

Bing Crosby in "Too Much Harmony" Tim McCoy in "A Man of Action" HARRIS BEECHVIEW DICK POWELL-ANN DV0REK In "COLLEGE COACH" MT. OLIVER HARRIS PAUL WUN1-MARY ASTOR 'THE WORLD CHANGES" HARRIS FAMILY Penn Ave. K. E. JANET GAYN0R-WARNER BAXTER "PADDY, THE NEXT BEST THING" GARDEN (N.

HI-12 ISortH Aveno "The Prizefighter and the Lady" with Max Baer-Myrna Loy MELROSE 1108 Brown.vllle Kd. Dick Powell In "College Coach" Cartoon Comedy Song Reel LISTEN IN HOLLYWOOD Show Shopper 11:45 DAILY DU 11 J4RA wn MoviMir NEW YEAR'S EVE if SUNDAY MIDNITE SHOWS in-ALL WARNER BROS. THEATRES Evn'iit Talsoe iMihnvisibie R0WLAH0 "iTsr Man JOAN BLONDELL HAK0R FRANK McHUGH in A A BELMAR 1 0 schenley 4 MARX KENYON "DOCK SOU?" PLAZA SUMMERVILLE ARSENAL "HORSEPLAY" CAMERA- "FOOTLIGHT PARADE" DICK POWELL in WM.PEhN "COLLEGE COACh" "SATllRHAY'S RITZ MILLIONS" I JOE E. BROWN in gig "SON CF A SA1L0IV 77" "WILD BO PALACE oi the ROAD" RUTH CHATTERT0N REGENT In "FEMALE" r. JAMS DUNN MCMflRIHI JUfiE KNIGHT ill nsnz-inir 17 01 A Mnndav.

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