The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
|CABLE-LOY FILM
AT LOEW'S Poll
"TOO Hot to Handle"
Opens Four Days En-.
gagement Tomorrow

landing Of "Test Pilot" Is still vivid
In every theatregoers mind. TOO
Hot To Handle" ICONS across the
horizon, destined for even greater
entertainment heights, when It
opens q Z day engagement tomorrow
at the Loew Poll Theater.
Voted "l937s King and Queen OF
the Screen" Clark Gable and
Myrna 10y added still more to
their popularity by magnificent
trouping In "Test Pilot" as the
increased fan-mail conclusively
proves. Now, while in the spotlight
Of greatest favor, they step out in
TOO Hot To Handle" with per-
formances to clinch q new all-time
high in popularity.
In one word, this picture has
action. "Mutiny On the Bounty"
and "China Seas" had It. TEST
Pilot" had 1t. '"Too Hot To Handle"
has 1t. and more.
Your see the ction off to q flying
start In Shanghai with Gable as
signed to film war scenes, and In
stead Of sending back the ravages Of
war he sends the biggest bomb
shell that has hit town -. +. the
Chinese Big Apple" You follow the
film through its swift flight to New
York actually a vivid disclosure
Of the speed and dexterity with
which newsreel scoops are handled
from scene 10 screen. You get more
action when Gable stands unpro-
tecteG in the middle Of a street,
camera turning, while overhead
bombers and snipers rain lead all
about him. Il, swift succession you
see these action shots: 1.-THE round
the-world flight Of famous avia-
trix (Myrna Loy) spilled into a
crackup when Gable tries to scoop
the other cameramen and inad-
vertently runs her into q ditch. You
see him rescue her from the burning
plane and rush her all the way
back to New York as the biggest
newsreel catch" Of the year.
Again the action mounts to tense
pitch when this girl pilots Gable in
crate" as an old airship Is called,
over nid-ocean to film q fog-bound
liner afire. This tremendous scene
will undoubtedly prove as startling
as the nerve.tingling and memoir
able earthquake scene Of "San
Francisco" All these spectacular
thrills mount to surprise climax
that's emotional explosion.
Then there is the romance!
The exceptional feature Of TOO Hot
To Handle" over any predecessor,
Is that in the terrific action scenes
Myrna goes hand-running with
Gable. She isn't on the sidelines
watching all the thrills. she Is in
the very middle Of every spectacle
Lar happening. This Is one Of the
reasons that "Too Hot To Handle"
Is the fastest, grandest Gable-Loy
romance yet filmed. In addition to
the heretofore mentioned action
and romance you have comedy :.
rollicking, rowdy comedy. the
type which Gable scored In as the
reporter Of Love on the Run" and
1T Happened One Night Myrna
booms out with the same delicious
comedy that made her so popular
in Thin Man." and "Libeled Lady"
A grand cast makes TOO Hot To
Handle" In the top rating Of the
hits that have gone to make this
Motion Pictures Greatest Year, and
also proves to the theater-going
public that Motion Pictures Are
Your Best Entertainment" In addi-
ton TO the world preferred stars In
this film there are Walter Pidgeon
doing his best job since leaving the
stage .as the rival newsreel re-
porter rival romancer and
swell egg who casts lots with Gable
when he's out. Walter Connolly
has the grand old role of Cables
boss. Leo GARLIC Is the sound man
on Cables outfit, and his role Is
packed with comedy. In every sense
Of the word, TOO Hot To Handle
contains everything you'd ever ask
for in a motion picture, and in ad.
dition is included in the Movie
Quiz contest.
On the same program the COM
panion feature Is THE Night Hawk
with June Travis, and Robert
Livingstone.
Tonight Boys Town" co-starring
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
and Meet the Girls" terminate
their engagement at the Loew Poll
Theater.