The Archive · 1938

CURRENT FILMS

GRAND.—"Love and Hisses."—usicole, packed with novelties, wise-. cracks. and headline—numbers: revealing, too, the biggest surprise of the year with Simone Simon singing ihe hit songs of the production. A great cast includes Simone Simon, Ben Bernie, Walter Winchell, Bert Lahr. Joan Davis, Dick. Baldwin, Raymond Scott Quintette, Peters Sisters and the Cabin Kids. Opens to-da:

NANKING.—"The Prisoner of Zenda."—Ohe of the greatest love stories of modern times is dramatically interwoven with desperate adventure and intrigue. This picture features the incomparable lovers, Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll, with Douglas Fairbanks, jun., in the role of the fighting daredevil, Rupert of Hentzau. The notable supporting: cast includes Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey and David Niven. Opens to-day.

RIALTO.—"Shall we Dance?"—The sensational teaming of Rogers and Astaire is full of original ideas, Gershwyn music, stunning sets and completely novel dance routines. The cast is diverting, the songs delightful, the whole thing is deluxe.

CATHAY.—"She"—Rider ' Haggard's famous romance of "She Who Must be Obeyed," the woman who had conquered time, bróught to the screen with all the splendour, spectacle and fantasy of the original story. With a cast of many thousands, headed by Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Helen Gahagan, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Lumsden Hare, Reviewed else-! where, METROPOL.—Mei Lan-fang in Chinese dramas in aid of refugees. CAPITOL.—"One Rainy Afternoon."

—Francis. Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes in a gay Parisian, romantic comedy. Opens to-day.

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