The Archive · 1938

FROM 'SHANGHAI FOOTLIGHTS AND

FILMS

4 howl in the night, wild rides through the mist in driveles carriages, insane men, and red mists which sweep over lawns just before dawn, With Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners and Dwight Frye. Opens today.

GRAND.—"Swing Your Lady."—The highly hilarious romance of a blacksmith belle and the dumbest wrestler that ever grunted on sawdust, further "enlivened by some of the aot aresadies of the rar jailed by the New York press as loneer Ware Of the ebon a The Baroness and the Butler Dracula With Humphrey Bogart, Frank. Annabella in her first American picture and William Powell are co-

Bela Lugosi in his most sinister role comes to the Metropol Theatre McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Louise Fazenda, Nat Pendleton, Penny Singleton and the Weaver Troupe. Reviewed elsewhere. starred at the Cathay today in a smart comedy—also Helen Westtey. today. playing opposite is Helen Chandler. David Mmmers and Dicigh Nigel Bruce and Edward Bromberg Frye are iz strone support mop a g Eguen roan NANKING,—"The Firefly."—Jeanette MacDonald has a new singing sweetheart in the person of Allan Jones in this filmization of the celebrated Otto Harbach-

Rudolf Friml operetta.. Allan Jones plays his most important screen role as the dashing Don Diego who pursues the elusive "Firefly" throughout a series of turbulent romantic adventures in this new musical hit. The supporting cast includes Warren William, Billy Gilbert and Douglas Dumbrille. Today only.

RIALTO.—"Parnell,"—The tense-the the Paramount Ballroom tonight, the There will be no dance contest at Set Telle because ther ave giving {entire establishment having been in the Lyceum a gala performance hho U, S, B, Augusta fora supper taken over by the complement of Soe ea rice the sing har (dance. The third round in the sen Sophie Zorich She to Sing the Waltz eliminations therefore will be A mere oe couch tee foreign couple won first prize in the g play: Postponed: until') @fonday.

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Ulianoff night, second and third prizes being and Chehoy, are taking part. accorded Chinese dancers, Gloria Puccini's "La Boheme" was one of Andico's orchestra is now featuring the most appreciated of all pro-Rudolph Friml's latest song, which clu tions of the company since their has just been obtained irom the opening last autumn, critics at that United States by Ray Nelson. time being favourably disposed toward them and, it is suggested, that The term "meteoric rise to leading music-lovers cannot go far wrong if place," so widely, if inaccurately, they attend this gala show at the used in stories coming from Holly-Lyceum, wood, is the only. correct description V. Clarin Sloutsky is producing while] of Arlene Whelan's assignment to directs the the feminine lead in the forthcoming orchestra.

20th Century-Fox picture, "Kidnapped," based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story. Recently "A Li spe given a screen test, although without A Little Dutch Girl previous acting experience, Arlene In honour of their prima donna, K. Kes her debut opposite Warner Orlovskaya, the Russian Light Opera B@*ter nour of their prima 4 are making gala performance of the first night's showing (April 28) of same show will be repeated in the Lyceum Theatre on April 30 and May 1

Miss Orlovskaya has acquired large following, not only in Shanghai with the Light Opera, but also in other Oriental ports, inasmuch as she is vivid, gay and brisk, while on the stage. The star will play the title role, In support are- Valin, Rosen, Nevskaya, Novatskaya, Tomsky, Slobodskoy and Andreev, while Volsky's Ballet will find themselves at home in the dance motifs. Booking may be made at the Lyceum or at Moutrie's, 323 R. Lafayette Tel, 81200

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