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Girl in Danger. Norma, wanting only peace and the right to the love she had found, suddenly finds herself in the midst of perilous adven¬ tures and conflicts. What happens to her is the story of “Blockade.” Rescued (?). Thousands of peasants, desperately close to starvation due to th< relentless blockade, sight new hope of salvation as the food ship tops the horizon. Will it succeed in getting through and bringing relief to the suffering inhabitants? r* Biggest News of the Week ... Headline excitement, ripped from the front pages of today's newspapers, comes to your screen in a picture of heart-touch¬ ing romance against a background of stirring conflict and One man in Hollywood had the courage to make this great picture. Showmen will thank Walter Wanger for giving them “Blockade” with its unbeatable combination of boxoffice qualities, its canny fusion of exciting spectacle with heart-warming romance and momentous drama. You have many things to be thankful for about this picture besides the story itself. For example, you have: —Two topflight boxoffice names in Madeleine Carroll, lovely heroine of “The Prisoner of Zenda,” and Henry Fonda, unforgettable star of “Jezebel.” —Unsurpassed direction of William Dieterle, who made “Pasteur” and “Emil Zola.” —The unstinting production which Wanger has lavished on the pic¬ ture, providing scenes and settings of overwhelming dramatic power. —A vast national advertising campaign involving an expenditure of $125,000 by the producer to sell this picture big throughout the country. —An unprecedented series of national tieups with such firms as Wonder Bread, Montgomery Ward, Richard Hudnut, Rogers Silver, Ever-Ready Batteries, and many others—tieups which include national Pan Pipes an Arpeggio. Luis, tending his sheep in happy contentment, plays them a solo on his pipe, blissfully unmindful of the storm that is soon to break over his head and those of his fellow peasants throughout the land. i * Norma, Rebelling against the fate that has made her a spy against her sweet¬ heart, turns recklessly on the man who forced her into her life of duplicity. One of the many breath-stealing moments in “Blockade.” Secret Wireless. A spy turned counter-spy, Norma brings a false mes¬ sage to her supposed accomplices, hoping to ward off the perils that beset the food-laden ship which is steaming toward the port. Copyright MCMXXXVIIi; by United Artists Corp., Nfew York, N. Y. V- if