The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
Promising Pictures Feature Programs Of Local Ihedtes
STATE TO HOLD ] MIDNIGHT SHOW
Alice Faye Featured in Musical-Anna Wong
 on Same Bill

The stage is all sN for the ans nual eagerly awaited New Years Eve midnight show celebration 70 he held At Warner BrotherS' state theater tonight
 "YourO Q Sweetheart, If There Ever Was 0ne," sings blonde and beautiful Alice Faye, star Of "You're Q Sweetheart. And the picture, too. which heads the great show to. night is Q sweetheart.
 This. the first big musical hit of the new year, comes as an unex.. pected, but intensely welcome, relief from the tide Of Tun.of.the.Fniu musicals which have been deluging the screen recently. It is pert, lively, different. It has tuneful tunes, danceahie music, hearty comedy. 1t moves along with Q swing-tiTne pace, packing, condensing, tanning more entertainment into Q given number of reels than we've seen in many Q moon.
 1t stars Alice Faye, who has never been seen to better advantage. Alice sings in her own i1imitable style; she puts class, finish and firesse in her performance end makes her ev. cry minute on the screen count. And 60 do George Murphy, Ken Murray, oswald, Andy pevino, William Gar. gan, Frank jenks, Donald Meek, Frances Hunt, Dave Oliver and the others of the east.
 Miss Faye and Murphy are out. standing. As c dance team they gre something novel on the screen; as Q singing team they have no peers. Nine speciality numbers make their appearance as the picture unreels. These include the appearance Of The Novelie Brothers, novelty bird i'm. ttators; Casper Reardon, who plays swing music on c harp; Edna eodgs wick, worlds fastest toe dancer, and Maida & Ray, trick ropers; Frances Hunt, Q newcomer to the screen, with The Piayboys; c big singing and dancing chorus which does rope tricks, and "the man who looks like Will Rogers" A. A. Thimble.
 The story relates the woes of c theatrical producer who guesgeg wrong on his dates and can't open because of opposition. The producer, Ken Murray, hires George Murphy to pretend to Dc c millionaire who has purchased ali the tickets to the show. The stunt iS calculated to al- low Murray to open on the sched. uled date, and also is c good pubs licity stunt. But Murphy fails in love with the shows gtar, Alice Faye. an unpredictable development, which leads to complications. And . discharged press agent, c hard- hearted creditor, c matter Of c forged endorsement aIl strive t0 break the producer before he can get going. But no efnergeg o. x, with everybody happy, and Murphy and Miss Faye in Q big clinch ct the fade-Out.
 The second big attraction viii present Anna May Wong, famous Chinese staf, ifl Daughter Of Shanghai, . thrilling taie Of the alien smuggling racket and how . clever Oriental girl outsnaarted the brains Of afl international ring and brought them to justice.
 The next big attraction on this gala program tg the Norman Alley exclusive, authentic and the only complete picture record Of the ct. tack that shook the world, the bomb. ing and sinking Of the .. 6. dttn- boat Panay.
 Herein is contained exclusive pic- lures captured only by the camera of Norman Alley. This complete pie. ture account viii be shown jn Wa terbufy exclusively at the State t1e- ater.