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Attractions at Strand Theatre


Today and Thursday "Congor-
lila" the only talking picture en-
tirely made in the African Jungle
with Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Johnson
brings to the audible screen for the
first time the roars, shrieks and
cries of not only primitive savages
and wild animals, but the un-ex-
plored wilderness of Central Africa
is shown in all its hectic splendor.
Rivers alive with rhinos and croco-
diles, wildernesses vibrant with
man-eaters, forests shrieking with
savage cries and treacherous
mountains with shouts of gorillas
are realistically brought to you in
"Congorilla," thanks to science. and
the daring of the worlds most
fearless explorers. incidentally.
the natural sounds record Of the
jungle will furnish innumerable
surprises. Theories are blasted.
Claims of writers of animal stories
are likewise jolted by "Congorilla".
Friday and Saturday "HeIl's
Highway" is more than superb en-
tertainment; it is an appeal for
justice and humanity. No one can
see this screen drama without real
izing that he has been a bit calIous
in the matter of concern over his
fallen brother, the convict No one
can see Richard Dix's portrayal Of
Duke Ellis, without suspecting that
his own humanity may never rise
to such a height as this grim bat
tered jailbird's. And no one can
hear the convicts, white and negro,
chant a convict spiritual, without
feeling that he has listened to mu-
sic summing up the ultimate an
guish to which the outcasts Of our
civilization are susceptible. With
out mincing matters, "Hell's High
way" presents conditions on a typ
ical county convict road gang
conditions that are a challenge to
our SNUG certainty that we are
civilized And so the picture be-
comes something more than a
great drama, although it is all Of
that. It is profound social docu-
ment, perhaps as important to our
times as Harriet Beecher Stoves
novel, Uncle Toms Cabin was to
tho Civil y1yor pnriOd
Monday and Tuesday Have you
been looking for something new in
pictures? And have you about
come to the conclusion that Solo
mon was right about there being
nothing new under the sun-even
the Hollywood sun? If you have,
you'd better pay a visit to the
Strand Theatre where If Had a
Million" a tremendous film drama
with a cast including more than
fifteen stars, will start Monday.
For IF I Had a Million, is new
kind of screen drama. In concep-
ton, in direction, in everything, the
film is new-so new that you owe
it to yourself to see what motion
pictures can do when they kick
over the traces of conventionality
in film making, and use the camera
and sound equipment with imagi-
nation and taste. The movies have
never before seen anything quite
like this one. IF 1 Had a Million" /"
is the story of an eccentric million
aire, played by Richard Bennett,
who decides to give away his
money before he dies. He writes
out checks for a million each and
gives these to a group Of people
none of whom has ever risen far
above the stages of poverty. 4
down-trodden clerk in china shop
a prostitute, a forger, tough mar
/ inc, a murderer, an ex-vaudevllle
/ performer and an inmate Of an old
lady's home are among the reciP-
tents of his gifts, and the manner
in which each disposes Of his new
wealth provided the action OF story.
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