Evening star., 1932-12-04

headed Boy" a comedy in three acts by
Lennox Robinson, will be featured. and
on Wednesday evening and Saturday
matinee Juno and the Paycock," q
play in three acts by Sean O'Casey,
will be presented.
Thursday evening "The Far-on
Hills" comedy in three acts by Len
nox Robinson: Friday evening "The
New GoSsoon"; Saturday matinee,
Juno and the Paycock," and Saturday
evening, THE Playboy of the Western
World j. M. Synge's three-act COM
edy, will complete the weeks bill.
In this original cast of the Abbey
Players will be found the versatile and
gracious F. j. Mccormick. Barry Fitz-
gerald. Eileen Grove, Maureen Delany,
Michael j. Dolan, May Craig, Denis
O'Dea, Kate Curling, U. Wright, Ria
Mooney. Joan Sullivan, P. j. Carolan
and Arthur Shields
R-K-O KEITHS-"Rockabye."
TWO phases of mother love are in
terpreted with careful insight and
sympathy in Constance Bennett's cur
rent starring vehicle, "Rockabye," now
showing at R-K-O Keith's. To Miss
Bennett herself falls the lot of inter-
preting both phases-that of a girls
love for her own mother, despite that
mothers apparent worthlessness; and
that Of the same girls love for foster
child
"Rockabye" is the first Bennett pic
ture in which this star has had an op-
portunity to protray highly dramatic
role. The supporting cast has Joel Nc
Crea and Paul Lukas featured while
other important members are Jobyna
Rowland. Walter Catlett and Charles
Middleton.
LOEW'S FOX-"If 1 Had a Million" /"
GARY COOPER, George Raft, Wynne
Gibson, Charles Laughton, Jack
Oakie, Frances Dee, Charlie Ruggles
Alison Skipworth, w. C. Fields, Mary
Boland, Roscoe. karns, May Robson,
Gene Raymond, Lucien Littlefield and
Richard Bennett. These stars play the
leading roles in IF I Had Million" /"
the current attraction at Loew's Fox
Theater.
The film has woven into 1t all the
elements which stage and films have
developed individually in the past
comedy, tragedy, irony, romance. Ac-
QUESTION Of sudden fortune means one
OF those elements Of drama to each of
the beneficiaries.
oSIulcIt pldyS lie IOle Oh The HILL
Honaire. His beneficiaries are Cooper,
a rowdy marine; Miss Gibson, lady of
dubious past; Raft, forger; Raymond,
a convicted murderer only few hours
from the electric chair; Laughton,
underdog in an office; Ruggles, clerk
in a china shop: Miss Skipworth, an
ancient vaudeville actress, and Miss
Robson, an inhabitant of home for
the aged.
Irene Rich, one of Hollywood's fore
most stars heads the stage show in a
comedy sketch, entitled "Ask Your
Wife" Other acts include Jimmy Savo,
Chiffon and Thomas, VINO appear in
"Raindrops," comedy singing and
dancing act, and Raye Ellis and La Rue
in Dances. Unusual" Phil Lampkin
conducts the Loew's Fox Concert Or
chestra.
COLUMBIA-"Big City Blues"
"RIG CITY BLUES" the Warner
- Bros picture now showing at
Loew's Columbia Theater, Is one of the
most vivid and intimate dramas of a
great city that has yet reached the
screen. It Is q swiftly-told chronicle of
New York as it reveals itself to lad
from Indiana and girl from the Mo-
hawk Valley thrown together by chance
and caught in mesh of adventure
and romance Joan Blondell Is the little
girl from Oneida, N. Y, and Eric Linden
Is Bud Reeves from Hoopersville, Ind.
Walter Catlett portrays the wise
cracking city cousin and Ned Sparks
contributes one of his typically droll
characterizations as bored globe trot-
ter. Others to be seen are Guy Kibbee,
Thomas jackson, Inez Courtney, Hum
phrey Bogart, Lyle Talbot, Evalyn
Knapp, Jobyna Rowland. josephine
Dunn, Tommy Dugan, Sheila Terry and
Gloris Shea.
The added attractions on the same
program are Torchy comedy entitled,
"Torchy Rolls His Own; a musical reel,
The Family Album" and Paramount
News.
"ALACE-"Tess of the Storm Country"
JANET GAYNOR and Charles Farrell
In Tess CT the Storm Country"
made their bow to local audiences Fri
day at Loew's Palace Theater. Adapted