The Archive · 1937

CURRENT FILMS

CATHAY.—"Marry the Girl"—Hugh Herbert heads a cast "of "lunatics" including Mary Boland, Frank Mc-Hugh, Alan Mowbray, Frank McConnell, Allen Jenkinsand Carol Hughes, in a riotous tale of big business that nearly lands the entire cast in the mad house. Opens to-day.

NANKING.—'Meet the Missus"—A laugh-hit, which again brings the team of Victor Moore and Helen Broderick to the screen. Dealing with a contest to choose the nation's foremost housewife, the film is a satire upon popularity contests, Burlesquing the current dance Sensation, the men stage a parade in evening clothes and then peel them off to disclose highly coloured bathing suits. Reviewed elsewhere; METROPOL.—"Breezing Home." Featuring William Gargan, Binnie Barnes and Wendy Barrie. The story has its settings in modern night clubs where Wendy is a singer and at the Santa Anita track where Gargan trains a string of horses. owned by Binnie Barnes. There is romantic rivalry between the two girls over the affections of Gargan. Reviewed elsewhere. GRAND.—"The Singing Marine"—Return of Warner Bros great musical hit. Starring Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon, Hugh Herbert, Jane Darwell, Allen Jenkins.

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