Evening star., 1934-09-09
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screen attraction at the
Earle Theater Kay Francis and
Leslie Howard are starred. The stage
activities are headed by Isham Jones
and his broadcasting orchestra.
British Agent" is fictionized his
tory. 1t was inspired by the book of
R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who lived in
Petrograd during the days of the
Russian revolution.
There is also a love drama of the
British agent and a beautiful and
aristocratic Russian lady who has
dedicated her life to the Red cause.
In its climax, the woman betrays her
lover to the Cheka secret police, know
ing their intention of blowing him to
eternity with dynamite. Yet so strong
is her love that she goes to him at
the last moment, to be with him when
the fatal bomb was to have been
hurled.
Isham Jones, musical maestro,
brings an aggregation of 18 men.
Others on the program are Jane
Moore and Billy Revel, testers OF the
Dance; Steve Evans in Hollywood
Snapshots" and the Five Wonder
Girls.
The program is completed by spe-
cial short reel subjects, the late issue
of the news reel and the Earle orches-
tral overture with Bert Granoff as
vocal soloiSt.
X X X X
UTHE WORLD MOVES ON now
- occupies the Loew's Fox screen,
while the stage, filled with a diversity
of talent, is largely taken over by
Little Jack Little, radio favorite, and
his orchestra.
THE World Moves On" chronicles
the drama of family which, for over
four generations, spreads its branches
over four nations of the earth. Made
leine Carroll, beautiful star of the
Continent, and Franchot Tone form
new romantic team to head a large
cast.
Reginald Denny, Siegfried Rumann,
acclaimed for his unforgetable por-
trayal of Preysing in Grand Hotel;
Louise Dresser, Raul Roulien, Lums-
den Hare. Dudley DiggeS, Stepin
Fetchit. Frank Melton, Ferdinand
Schumann- -Heink and others comprise
the supporting cast.
On the stage Little Jack Little and
his noted orchestra contribute a pro-
gram of melodies. Others listed on
the stage program are Ross and
Edwards, Carl Shaw and company and
the wire novelties of Boyd and Wallin.
An overture arranged and directed ny
Phil Lampkin, news events, COMEDY
and short subjects complete the FOX
entertainment.
ANN HARDING is starred in The
"A Fountain" now showing at R-k-O
Keith's. The story was adapted by
Jane Murfin from the novel by Charles
Morgan. Miss Harding is shown torn
between an old love revived and her
LOYALTY to her husband. The locale
of the story is in Holland, where a
British aviator is on the same estate
with Julie miss Harding). With the
return of her wounded husband, the
conflict in her soul between loyalty
and sympathy on one hand and her
love for the aviator presents an ef-
fective situation.
Radio Pictures. the producers, have
given Miss Harding in her supporting
cast Paul Lukas, Brian Aherne and
Jean Hersholt in addition to Violet
Kemble- Cooper and Sara Haden.
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THE famous writing team OF Ben
- Hecht and Charles Macarthur has
given its first picture to the screen
in Crime Without Passion" vivic
film drama now at the Metropolitan
Theater. Starring Claude Rains, re-
membered for his work in The In
visible Man" with Margo. the Spanish
dancer, and Whitney Bourne featured
Crime Without Passion" tells the
story of the perfect crime-tha'
almost succeeded.
Opening on a court room scene, the
film quickly establishes Rains, WHIT
plays the role of Lee Gentry, as Z
staggering, ruthless. unscrupulou!
lawyer, man who believes that "th'
only crime punishable by law i
stupidity" When he wants to leav,
the little Spanish dancer for thu
stately blond, he finds that she viii
not give him up. His subsequen
crimes eventually are betrayed by hi
own shrewdness.
The short subjects include Syn
copated City" a Vitaphone musi
comedy starring Hal Leroy al