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made Tom Sawyer" famous.
Fanchon and Marco bring to the
stage their Olympic Games idea, a
forerunner of the 1882 Olympic games
to be held in Les Angeles. 1t presents
Paul Remo5 and his Wonder Midgess;
Hal Haig, former Olympic swimming
champion; Franci; Sunny and Vina
Jean Rooney and the famous Olympic
Dancing Girls.
Al Mitchell's orchestra will play
kiss Me Good Night, Not Good-by,"
the song hit from Merely Mary Ann"
the picture starring Janet Gaynor end
/ Charles F2rrell. which comes to the
Fox Friday, September IL. A new cpl
sode of The Vanishing Legion" will
be screened at the IL am. and $50
pm shows only. Fox Movietone News
also will be shown.
EARLE-"The Star Witness"
Joe E. BROWN, one OF the screen s
most popular comedians, may be
seen in the flesh at Warner Bros. Earle
Theater this week. His pictures have
brought no ED of merriment to screen
fans. Nov. however he will show him.
self as he is at five complete shows on
Monday Labor day. and at four shows
daily during the week.
The screen attraction, no less impor-
tant than the engagement of ice E.
Brown, is the screen drama, The Str
Witness" now in its fifth week on
Broadway. 1t is described rs "a dy-
manic story of happy family that w2S
nearly wrecked because they looked out
of their window and became embroiled
in a catastrophe over which they had
no control" Though melooramatic. 1t is
Suffused, 1t is said, with heert-warming
comedy enjoyed by all. Featured in a
brilliant cast are Walter Huston, Charles
(Ctic) Sale, Dickey Moore. Frances
Starr. Gr;nt Mitchell, Elliott Nug2nt
and Sally Blame.
Supporting acts on a stage are AN
Impromptu Revue" with Sis and Bud
Roberts and a cast Of five entertainers;
Bert Walton. Broadway comedian: Al
fred Latell. famous animal impersonator
presenting "BonZo," and Maxine Doyle.
COLUMBIA-"This Modern Age"
Joan CRAWFORD appears at Loew's
- Columbia Theater this week in her
latest ro-Goldwyn-Mayer produc-
ticn. This Modern Age" 1t is based
cn the story by Mildred Cram that ap-
peared recently in College Humor under
the title Girls Together" which con-
cerned a girl whose happiness is threat
ened by her mothers refusing to believe
that she is getting old and insisting on
going everywhere with her daughter. 1t Is
cnlv when too late that the mother
realizes the error of her ways and be-
gins to take stock of things. Neil Ham
ilton, Monroe Owsley, Marjorie Ram
beau and Hobart Bosworrh support
Miss Crawford in this picture.
An added attraction will be shown in
the form of tennis lesson No. 2 of the
William Tilden series.
PALACE-"Secrets of a Secretary"
CLAUDETTE COLBERT'S first star
~ ring production, Secrets Of Sec
rotary" is the screen feature at Loew's
Palace Theater this week. In 1t Miss
Colbert depicts a young lady who be-
comes the secretary of her former lover,
now married. She becomes involved in
a scandal whereby she must sacrifice
herself or ruin the life Of the man she
loves. Herbert Marshall and Georges
Mexta head the supporting cast.
On the stage a Capitol Theater, New
York. revue is seen. under the title OF
Variety Revue" In it are several well
known Lee" "cts that have found favor
with NV Yor.1 musical comedies and
vaudeville