Fine Cinema Fare To-morrow:
Cathay's "Cafe Metropole"
After an elapse of almost seven weeks during which all old patrons and well-wishers of the two popular theatres have repeatedly' expressed their sincere wishes for resuming business, the Nanking and Metropol Theatres have decided to throw open their iron shutters to-morrow.
Apropos the present circumstances, the management of the two theatres has wittingly. chosen two pictures with appropriate titles:—"Thunder in the City" and "Riding on Air" for the Nanking and Metropol respectively. These pictures featuring Edward G Robinson and Joe E. Brown respectively, both being wholesome come-dans, will guarantee the Shanghai public not only high-pressure entertainment, but also inspiration for adventure.
"Thunder in the City" moves quickly along in a highly diverting and thoroughly enjoyable manner to a pleasing romantic finale.
The story, by Robert Sherwood, Aben Kendel and Akos Tolnay, revolves atóund Dan Armstrong, who startles his New York employers by a bout of high-pressure sales propaganda that'even they regard as a trifle beyond the pale.
Falling in with their ironical suggestion, he visits England to learn the value of dignity in advertising Dan is taken up by blue-blooded but penurious relations, who secretly plan to sell hit their country seat, unaware he is as penniless as themselves, Later, discovering a British peer acqaintanee has a Rhodesian metal mine, Dan starts to launch it on high-powered American lines, with great success, until rival forces him out of business.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.