Next Week At Local Theatres
“Barretts of Wimpole Street”
Is Feature of Peoples Program
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3 STARS
FEATURED
IN_CAST
Norma Shearer, Fredrick
March And Charles Laugh
ton In Production
AT PEOPLES
WED.-THURS.
John Boles And Loretta
Young Co-Star In “The
White Parade,” Mon.-Tues.
Bv HOWARD HANCOCK
Hospitals have that knack of
being very interesting places —
if you are on the outside looking
in. Given the opportunity to fol
low a bunch of student nurses a
bout their daily tasks, as we are
in “The White Parade,” Monday
Tuesday attraction next week at
the Peoples, a hospital actually be
comes fascinating, and at times,
“most jolly” as our English cou
sins might add.
For instance, we enter a big hos
pital on the very day Loretta
Young and a group of sweet young
things bgein their training as nur
ses. We hear the superintendent
give the first instructions and wat
ch their first awkward moves at
wheel-chair pushing, dietetics and
the switchinf of bed shetts.
Naturally, things are very stran
ge to the girls at first. One of the
strangest being the rule of this
particular hsopital to wear petti
coats. One shapely miss doesn’t e
ven know where to go to buy a
petticoat, but she soon finds out.
And, when one of the student nurs
es asks Loretta Young, the lead
ing lady of “The White Parade,”
the meaning of the word “conval
escent,” Miss Young replies: “A
patient that is not dead yet,” or
words to that effect.
Be that as it may, there is real
ly hard work to be done in this job
oT" learning modern nursing, as
any number of young women who
have chosen this noble calling can
readily attest. It requires mental
alertness; physical fitness; a de
votion to duty, the possession of
much sympathy, tolerance, and the
true love of one’s fellow man. All
these facts of nursing are vividly,
convincingly and impressively por
trayed in “The White Parade.”
However, the picture is not en
tirely to glorify the girls in white.
Romance has its galavanting part
in the story. The love of a man for
a maid pits itself against the de
sires of a womanly heart to serve
—not one man alone but suffering
mankind. John Boles has the lead
ing male role, with Dorothy Wil
son and other featured players in
the supporting cast.
And now for the weeks feature
attraction. Pardon—did we say
weeks? We might have said ‘years’
Tho’ naturally we haven’t any in*
sight as to what we oan expect
from Hollywood for good old 1935.
But, if “The Barnetts of Wimpele
Mail Romance Sours
twill
OMAHA . . . Minerva Walters,
25, (above), is through with “mail
order romance.” After correspond
ing with Arble Harrison of Cleve
land, Minerva went there to become
his bride. But it was no go, love
soured and now she’s home again.
Street” is not among the ten best
pictures of the year, then the mo
guls on the west coast are going
to turn out ten more mighty grand
pictures between now and nose
counting time!
“Barretts of Wimpole Street” will
be shown at the Peoples next Wed
nesday and Thursday, and we have
nothing but arrows of laudation
for everyone who took part in it.
In the gentle, saintly Elizabeth
Barrett there is the best limnnig
of a screen portrait that Norma
Shearer has ever done. Charles
Laughton’s bitter, mentally and
sexually distorted Edward M. Bar
rett is vivid and searing acting.
Fredric March is more than satis
factory as the virile, buoyant Rob
ert Browning. Maureen O’Sullivan
quits Tarzan and the tree-tops to
prove that she is a delightful, and
comely young actress.
I trust that movie-goers will not
get the impression that “Barretts |
of Wimpole Street” is one of those
arty, high-brow film offerings. It
isn’t. It is a beautiful, moving love
story. It seems so real that you
will almost want to get up out of
your seat and walk down the aisle
to lay hands on that hateful, pious,
miserable papa Barrett.
Miss Shearer is a poetess of dis
tinction, who has been bed-ridden
for many years. She is unhappy be
cause of her father’s (Charles
Laughton) tyranical treatment..
She is inspired by the poetry of
March He visits her one day, and
proves so stimulating that when
he leaves she gets up and walks
to the window to see him. Norma
is soon able to walk and go driv
ing. They meet ferquently and
Last of Daltons
PAS
CHICAGO . . . Bob Dalton came
to town this week, the last of the
Dalton Boys Gang of yesteryears.
Now he is Col. Robert E. Dalton,
deputy sheriff of three Mississippi
counties, as photographed above.
March insists upon marriage, but
she says it is impossible as she
cannot get her father to consent.
One night, however, her father re
veals her selfishness so clearly that
Norma is horrified.
It wou'd be unfair to divulge the
climax to the picture, for fear of
spoiling one of the best entertain
ments of the year. Every movie
-goer certainly owes it to himself
to see this wonderful production.
‘‘Murder in the Clouds,” whcih
has been selected for the Friday,
“Bargain Day” picture next week
at the Peoples is a melodramatic
mystery thriller with a most amaz
ing plot involving the commission
of wholesale murder thousands of
feet in the air. Heading the cast
is Ly!e Talbot and Ann Dvorak,
with Gordon Westcott, and other
screen notables in the supporting
cast.
Mrs. Hoskins Dies
In Hollywood, Cal<
News was received here Thurs
day, January 10th of the death of
Mrs. J. P. Hoskins of Los Ange
es, Calif, which occurred at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. C.
Ayers, Holloywood, Calif., after a
long illness. Mrs. Hoskins was a
resident of Roanoke Rapids for
many years and her friends here
will regret to hear of her death.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter and two sons. Also a
sister, Mrs. W. S. Saunders of this
city.
No worse crime than launching
immortal souls and not train*
ing them for usefulness and im -
| mortality.
“Such a Good Laxative,” Says Nurse
Writing from her home in Fes
tus, Mo., Mrs. Anna LaPlante says:
“I am a practical nurse and I rec
ommend to some of my patients
hat they take Black-Draught, for
b is such a good laxative. I took
d for constipation, headache and a
dull feeling that I ha'* 20 much. A
few doses of Black-Draught—.and
I felt just fine.”
Because so many people know from
having used it that Thedford’s Black
Draught is a good, purely vegetable laxa
tive, millions of packages of it are sold
every year.
Matinees Daily
1 and 2:45 P. M.
Program for Week
Beginning Monday, Jan. 21st.
ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES
PEOPLES
Monday-Tuesday
JOHN BOLES-LORETTA YOUNG
“WHITE PARADE”
Musical -_News Flashes
Wednesday-Thursday
NORMA SHEARER-FREDRIC MARCH
“Barretts of Wimpole Street”
Cartoon _News Flashes
Friday
LYLE TALBOT*ANN DVORAK
“MURDER in THE CLOUDS”
Comedy _Oddity
Saturday
ALL STAR CAST
“When Lightning Strikes"
Cartoon Comedy
IMPERIAL
Monday-Tuesday
ANNE SHIRLEY-TOM BROWN
“ANNE OF GREEN GABLES”
Comedy _News Flashes
Wednesday
GLORIA STUART-ROSS ALEXANDER
“MAYBE IT’S LOVE”
Comedy _ Muscial
Thursday-Friday
CAROL LOMBARD-CHESTER MORRIS
“THE GAY BRIDE”
Ruth EttingMusical News Flashes
Saturday
ALL STAR CAST
“FEROCIOUS PAL”
Comedy Cartoon