The Bioscope (Jul-Sep 1931)

42 THE BIOSCOPE August 26, 1931 London Trade Show Diary THURSDAY " Travelling Husbands Radio Prince Edward, 8.45 On Thursday, August 27th, at the Prince Edward Theatre at 8.45 p.m., Radio Pictures are trade showing their Evelyn Brent feature, “ Travelling Husbands.” The story deals in general and in detail with the manner in which " commercials ” spend their hours when they are not putting over high-powered sales talk. A strong cast supporting Evelyn Brent, the star, is Hugh Herber, Constance Cummings, Frank Albertson and Rita La Roy. Paul Sloane has directed the film. " Defenders of the Law W. & F' New Gallery, 11 W. & F. Film Service are presenting to the trade on Thursday, August 27th, at the New Gallery, at 11 a.m., their new film, " Defenders of the Law,” featuring Catherine Dale Owen and John Holland. “Men of the Sky” F.N.P. Prince Edward, 3 " Men of the Sky,” which will be trade shown by First National on Thursday, August 27th, at Prince Edward Theatre, at 3 p.m., is a drama in which the friends of the morning become enemies ere nightfall, due to the plunging of their respective countries into war. The cast includes Bramwell Fletcher, the British juvenile John St. Polis, Otto Matiesen and Lottie Loder. The leading roles are played by Irene Delroy and Jack Whiting. "Glamour (re-edited version) Wardour London Pavilion, 12 noon The re-edited version of " Glamour ” will be trade shown at the London Pavilion on Thursday next, August 27th, at 12 noon. It is a domestic drama featuring Seymour Hicks, Margot Grahame, Ellaline Terriss and Betty Hicks. FRIDAY “ Madame Julie ” Radio Prince Edward, 3 Lily Damita as Madame Julie returns to the screen in her first talking part in this picture and reveals herself the possessor of a rather fascinating " accent ” to her English. O. P. Heggie, as her elderly husband, gives a remarkably sincere performance, whilst Lester Vail is the son who returns from Europe to fall in love with Madame Julie, all unconscious of the fact that she is his father’s wife. " Women Love Once ” Paramount Carlton, 10.45 Paramount are trade showing on Friday, August 28th, at the Carlton, at 10.45, " Women Love Once,” featuring Paul Lukas and Eleanor Boardman. The story deals with the destructive intervention of a capricious Society woman into the quiet home life of an artist, who, under the influence of the interloper, discovers new aspirations and becomes dissatisfied with the simple pleasures of domesticity. Eventually a new admirer begs the wife to divorce her husband and marry him, but in spite of all she still loves him. A common sorrow brings him back to sanity and heals the estrangement. It is directed by Edward Goodman. " Maid to Order ” Sterling Phoenix, 3 " Maid to Order,” which Sterling are trade showing at the Phoenix on Friday next, August 28th, is a comedy drama featuring Julian Eltinge and Betty Boyd. It is a Stewart Rome and Marjorie Hume in Butcher’s new British picture “ Deadlock,” for trade presentation in seven different centres on September 4 th crook story with J ulian Eltinge disguised as a girl, and was directed by Elmer Clifton. "Wild Horses ” Universal Rialto Theatre, 11 “ Wild Horses,” as its title suggests, exploits the man-killer of the wild horse herds that roam the West. It offers a Wembley rodeo and a Chicago round-up combined for thrills, with such experts of the saddle as Hoot Gibson, Neal Hart, Edmund Cobb, “ Skeeter ” Bill Robbins and Fred Gilman among the human stars. "Jealousy” Warner Bros. Own Theatre, 11 and 3 " Jealousy,” a British picture, presented by Gordon Craig, which is being distributed by Warner Bros., will be trade shown on Friday, August 28th, in Warner Bros’ private theatre, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Adapted from John MacNally’s play, " The Green Eye,” it tells of the love of a guardian for his beautiful ward and his mad jealousy when he perceives that she is falling in love with someone else. Mary Newland portrays the leading feminine role, Malcolm Keen appears in the part of the guardian. "Jealousy” will be preceded by three Vitaphone shorts. " The Star Witness ” Warner Bros. Prince Edward, 8.45 " The Star Witness,” a Warner Brothers production, featuring Walter Huston, Charles (Chic) Gale and Frances Starr, will be presented to the trade on Friday, August 28th, at the Prince Edward Theatre, at 8.45 p.m. A gangster story, " The Star Witness ” deals with crime not from the standpoint of the criminal or the police, but depicts its effect on innocent and law-abiding citizens who are quite accidentally involved. The cast also includes Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane, Ralph Ince, Edward J. Nugent and two attractive juvenile players, George Ernest and Dickie Moore. Four Vitaphone shorts will be presented preceding " The Star Witness.” MONDAY "Dancing Dynamite” British Lion Prince Edward, 3 Described as one of Richard Talmadge’s fastest action features to date, " Dancing Dynamite ” has been secured by British Lion and will be trade shown on Monday next, August 31st, at the Prince Edward Theatre, at 3 p.m. A kidnapping plot with numerous hair-raising stunts is frustrated by Dare-Devil Talmadge, which enables him to win the affection of the girl who is accidentally thrown across his path and is the daughter of a wealthy packer. TUESDAY " I Take This Woman ” Paramount Carlton, 10.45 " I Take This Woman ” is a dramatisation of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s well-known novel, “ Lost Ecstasy,” which Paramount will trade show on Tuesday next, September 1st, at the Carlton, at 10.45 a.m. It is a story of a beautiful Society girl who is caught in a sudden whirlwind of emotion and marries on impulse an easy-going Westerner. She deserts the ease and luxury of town life and goes with him to his barren ranch in Wyoming. Her efforts to find happiness in a life completely different from anything to which she has been accustomed forms part of a compelling drama. Gary Cooper is the star of this intriguing story, and Carole Lombard plays opposite him. " Lasca of the Rio Grande ” Universal Rialto Theatre, 11 “ Lasca of the Rio Grande ” figures among the outdoor classics of the year. It is a story of the Rio Grande country and its hot-blooded people’s fight with the U.S. over the border. Dorothy Burgess, famous vamp of " Old Arizona ” and others, Johnny Mack Brown and the new star, Leo Carrillo, head the big cast. " Guilty Hands ” M.-G.-M. Phoenix, 3 W. S. Van Dyke has an entirely new type of subject in his latest M.-G.-M. film, “ Guilty Hands,” for trade show as stated above, for it is a murder mystery in which it is claimed " the perfect crime ” is enacted. The cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, William Bakewell, C. Aubrey Smith and Polly Moran. WEDNESDAY " The Road to Singapore ” Warner Bros. Prince Edward, 8.45 Warner Bros, are presenting to the trade on Wednesday "The Road to Singapore,” in which William Powell makes his first appearance as a star for Warner Bros. He is seen as Hugh Dawltry, an Englishman living in Khota, Ceylon, but with a reputation that does not permit his countrymen to accept him into their society. Only the doctor’s wife, Phillipa March — charmingly played by Doris Kenyon — senses the qualities that lie dormant beneath his hardened exterior, and so certain is she that he has more to offer her than her husband, whose work absorbs his entire interest, she leaves Khota and takes " The Road to Singapore ” with him. Four Vitaphone Shorts will be shown preceding " The Road to Singapore.”