Evening star., 1932-08-28
Thrillers Are Featured
In the Weeks New Movies
Romance of the South Seas, Story of Prison Life,
Mysterious Fiend, Among Others-Opera-
and Screen Stars on Stage.

acts will be Arthur and Morton Havel
in fast and speedy comedy offering;
Carr BIothers and Betty. athletes, and
Maxine Doyle, mistress Of ceremonies.
The program is completed by a new
release Of Screen Souvenirs" which
take the spectator back to the days of
1900 in motion pictures; Betty Boop
OF the Graham MacNamee neWsreel
and the Earle orchestral prelude,
PALACE-"The Last Mile"
"THE LAST MILE" a realistic and
highly dramatic movie, Is the at
traction at Loew's Palace Theater this
week. 1t is a powerful prison story
and one which is told in a sincere
manner and without the customary
touches of Hollywood. 1t Is an exact
ctnematic adaptation of the famous
John Wexley play, which brought fame
to several legitimate players.
The stage version Of The Last Mile"
started Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy
on the high road to film fame. Pres
ton Foster, recently seen In the second
leading role with Edward Robinson in
Two Seconds" has the role of KILLER"
Mears, the part Tracy played. George
E. Stone, In another of his excellent
characterizations, makes Convict Berg
a sympathetic character. Howard
Phillips and Ralph Theodore play the
stage roles they created.
The rugged sincerity Of this prison
story, as well as the honesty and COM
pelling truth Of its theme, have already
won for 1t considerable commendation.
The cast Is composed of Preston Fos-
ter, Howard Foster, Noel Madison,
Frank Sheridan, Daniel T. Hayes. the
Negro actor of THE Green Pastures"
and Louise Carter
COLUMBIA-"BacheIor's Folly"
EDNA BEST and Herbert Marshall,
stage stars of There's Always
Juliet" are seen in Bachelors Folly"
at Loew's Columbia Theater this week.
he screen play is taken from Edgar
Wallace's production and novel. The
shall have achieved considerable sue
cess in the United States. Mr.. Marshall
appeared with the late Jeanne Eagels
IN The Letter" one of the first talk
ing pictures to be made in New York.
Last season he played with Claudette
Colbert in Secrets of a Secretary" a
Paramount picture. Miss Best has been
seen on the stage in "Melo" and
There's Always Juliet"
In addition to Marshall and Miss
Best, the cast includes Nigel Bruce, who
recently closed long engagement with
Helen Chandler and others in Spring
time for Henry" at the Shubert Thea
ter in New York; Gordon Harker, one
OF the best known stage and screen
comedians in English films, and Anne
Grey, statuesque brunette well known
for her film portrayals.
METROPOLITAN-"Make Me q Star"
CONSIDERED one of the best pic
lures of the month, Make Me a
Star" Is to be seen this week at Warner
Bros. Metropolitan Theater. Joan
Blondel and Stuart Erwin, two of the
screens cleverest young comedians, are
featured in the Paramount comedy
drama.
Make Me a Star" Is a real and
human story of Hollywood, the mecca
OF millions, through whose gates stream
the high and the low, the fortunate and
the downtrodden, where the magic of
quick fame, the thrill Of glamour and
the heart-tug of disappointment abound.
But, unlike most of the stories Of Holly
wood that have been seen lately on the
screen, this one has comedy. The pic
ture was adapted from the stage play
Merton of the Movies
The large supporting cast includes
AaSu Pitts, Ben Turpin, Charles Sellon,
Helen Jerome Eddy, Arthur Hoyt, Sam
Hardy, Oscar AptH and glimpses Of
Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Sidney.
Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper and
other stars.
The short-subject program consists
OF Romantic Melodies" featuring
Arthur Tracy, "the street singer" Of
radio fame; Newman Traveltalk.
Dancing Around the World" and the
latest issue of the Paramount Sound
News.