The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
Will Rogers in l "A Conn Yankee
Palace Offers Great Star as Feature of Jubilee
 Week

National Players and Patrons Ju- bilee week will be celebrated at the Fox-Poli Palace theater, Water bury's largest playhouse, in common with 250O other theaters from coast to coast, with one of the strongest attractions of spring season that promises to be brimful and flowing over with good things for movie fans. Will Rogers, the greatest live ing humorist, admired and loved by millions all over the world, in his newest and by far his best picture, "A Connecticut Yankee" will be the principal attraction at the Palace for four days only starting Sunday. With Will Rogers as the star, the laugh classic of the 18th century the goth. Written by Mark Twain, America's best beloved humorist, and author of From Sawyer" "A Connecticut Yankee" was made as a silent picture ten years ago and smashed all box office records. Now Will Rogers, the greatest of living humorists on stage, screen, radio or newspapers, plays the title role Tn an all new, all talking version of a great story read by millions for two generations. Directed by David But Ter, the man who made "Sunnyside Up'' and Society Blues,'' and sup ported Myrna Loy, William Earn um, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank AL bertson, Brandon Hurst and Mitch ell Harris, Will Rogers in "A Con- necticut Yankee" is a big, modern miracle of humorous entertainment, with the king of clowns showing King Arthur who's boss of the round kct, Tvn 1lyno nn1fcU nf showing the pick of pictures from Fox, Metho- o-Goldwyn-Maye and Paramount, on the biggest screen east of New York, the Palace takes pride in presenting Will Rogers in "A Connecticut Yankee" as it's Eas- ter week attraction starting Sun day, for National Players and Pat rons' Jubilee week. The engagement of Will Rogers in Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee" at the Fox-Poli Palace theater will positively end Wednesday night. The surrounding program is exceptionally strong, with three outstanding features of unusual calibre to surround Will Rogers latest laugh epic. One fea- ture is "The Stolen Jools," sen sational two-reel comedy especially made for National Players and Pat TOHS' JuUlIee Wcck, duu ihILOuoS- ing 24 of Hollywood's greatest stars in one two-reel comedy. Among the stars who appear in "The Stolen Jools' are Richard Barthelmess. Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Fl Brendel, Joe E. Brown, Charles But terworth, Maurice Chevalier, Joyce Compton, Gray Cooper, Joan Craw- ford, Bebe Daniels, Richard Dix, Eff D'Orsay, Irene Dunne, Stuart Edwin, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Frank Fay, skeets Gallagher. Wyn- ne Gibson, Mitzi Green, Hedda Hop per, William. Haines, Eddie Kane, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Dorothy Lee, Winnie Lightner, Lit- tie Billy, Edmund Lowe, Ben Lyon, Bert Lytell, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Polly Moran, Charlie Murray, Our Gang Kids, Eugene Palette, Edward c. Robinson, Buddy Rogers, George Sidney, Norma Shearer, Lowell sherman, Barbara Stanwyck, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Flap Wray and Loretta Young.
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