Next Week At Local Theatres
CLAUDETTE COLBERT IS
GILDED LILY IN FILM
OF SAME NAME
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Lila Lee and Onslow Stevens
Co-starred in “I Can’t
Escape” Wednesday
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VICTOR MCLAGLEN
And EDMUND LOWE
Are Peaceful in “The Grea
Hotel Murder” at the
Imperial Last-Half
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By HOWARD HANCOCK
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Claudette Colbert is the star of
“The Gilded Lily,” with Fred
MacMurray featured with Ray Mil
land, in support of her, which
comes to the Imperial next Mon
day and Tuesday.
MacMurray is cast as a ship
news reporter in this picture, and
he and Miss Colbert are accustom
ed to meeting each Thursday even
ing Bryant Park, in New York
which shows you right off the
reel Mr. MacMurray is not on a
weekly newspaper, or else he would
have to pick some other time than
out Thursday evening to meet his
lady love. There in the park, he
pulls off his shoes in order to be
more comfortable, and they eat I
popcorn, and talk about this and
that, as lovers on park benches
are prone to do.
At last MacMurry gazes at
Claudette with that marriage look
in his eye. But, while Miss Col
bert is very fond of Mac, he doesn’t
exatly fit into her idea of a hus
band—just a sort of “companion
in popcorn,,’ as it were.
One day Claudette bumps into
a nice young man in the subway
crowd, whom she believes is a
captivating young fellow out of a
job. Little does she dream he is
a titled Englishman seeing the
United States incognito. They
fall hard for each other. Lord
Something-Or-Other is portrayed
by Ray Milland, and he fails to in
form Cladette he is a nobleman,
and that there is a girl on the other
side of the big pond to whom he
is betrothed.
At length, Milland sails for home
to talk his fiancee out of her ma
rital notions, telling Claudette he
has gone to Virginia looking for
a job. But while he is on the high
seas, Claudette discovers his true
idenity, and believes he has given
her what is commonly referred to
as “the run-around.” And, when
an Englishman does that to an
American girl—well, its a good
thing he is in the middle of the
ocean.
“The Gilded Lily ' is a winy, ex
hilarating and romatic comedy,
very well adapted to the charming
talents of the slender, dark-eyed
Claudette Colbert, one of the most
glamorous ladies of the screen.
Fred MacMurray, who is new on
the screen, is described as a he
man type of actor with a pleasing
personality. Ray Milland is good
as the Englishman, while smaller
parts are competently handled by
C. Aubrey Smith and Donald Meek.
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Lila Lee and Onslow stevens
share honors in “I Can’t Escape,
for the Wednesday-only picture,
with “Hi Ho Broadway,” 18-peo
Stop Tickling!
You’ve heard of the horse
laugh: here’s one of the dog
variety. Either his mistress, j
Helen Dolan of Los Angeles, is !
tickling him, or she just told 1
him why a chicken crossed the (
road, because "Ace" seems to be(
getting an uproarious kick out l
of something, _i
pie stage presentation.
This motion picture “pre-view
ing” puts us in a stage of con
fusion now and then, as perhaps
you have known for some time, if
you happen to gaze upon this
column occasionally. For instance
for years we were under the im
pression that Victor McLaglen and
Edmund Lowe could not be cast in
a picture unless they were con
tinuously fighting over some wo
man. But, such is not the case. In
“Great Hotel Murder” Thursday
Friday picture at the Imperial, in
which they are co-starred, they
neither battle physically or orally.
The yarn has a novel premise.
Edmund Lowe is a mystery writer,
while McLagjen is the house detec
tive in the hotel where he lives
McLaglen attributes Lowe’s suc
cess to the fact he sets up the ans
wers before the case. Lowe, good
naturedly, considers the house dick
just another flat foot.
One day a hotel guests is found
dead. As McLaglen blunders in,
while Lowe functions in a manner
that is second nature to the fic
tionized super-sleuth, the man sup
posedly dead turns up alive and
the corpse is identified as that of
another. Circumstantial evidence
then points to many others, and
the picture becomes baffingly com
plicated, tho’ none the less enter
taining.
An excellent supporting cast is
rounded out by Rosemary Ames,
Mary Carlisle, Henry O’Neill, and
C. Henry Gordon, the latter whom
we firmly believe to be one of the
best character men in Hollywood
today.
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O. J. Blue and W. E. Simpson
were visitors in Roxboro Monday.
Edward and John Taylor spent
the week-end in Norfolk, Va. with
their uncle, W. W. Taylor.
REVUE TO
PLAY THE
IMPERIAL
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Hi Ho Broadway is Title of
New Show at Uptown
House New Wed.
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The Imperial announces a stage
attraction for Wednesday, of next
week, the title of which is “Hi
Ho Broadway,” an 18-people, re
vue type show. This stage pre
sentation comes to Roanoke Rapids
from a successful tour of some of
the larger southern cities, and is
said to be a high-class attraction,
with unusual talent.
Featured with the show' is the
“American Aristocrats,” 6-piece
stage band, and the Burns Twins,
Joan Darling, Glamar Sisters,
Jack Dalton and the Morales Brot
hers. The stage show is in ad
dition to the regular feature pic
ture, and will be given both mati
nee and night.
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Birds In Spring
Will Be Shown On
First Day Spring
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It was one of the coldest days
“way back thar in December” when
Lyle Wilson, booking manager for
Roanoke Rapids Theatres, dated
“Birds in Spring,” new color car
toon from the pen of talented Walt
Disney, but the short was dated in
order that it might be shown city
audiences on the first official day
of Spring,'1935.
March 21st is the first official
day of Spring, and on that day,
the cartoon will be one of the fea
tured short subjects at the Im
perial Theatre.
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KAPITAN
HERE AT
PEOPLES
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Movie Police Dor is Stage
Attraction Here
Saturday
The Peoples announces a per
sonal appearance of “Kapitan,”
Hollywood trained movie police
dog, at the downtown house next
Saturday, matinee and night.
Kapitan is the son of the noted
Rin Tin Tin, and has had a pro
minent part in many moving pic
tures. The stunts he does are said
to be positively uncanny, and he
gives a 25 minute exhibition of
his super intelligence on the stage
of the local playhouse.
Richard Dix is featured in “West
of the Pecos,” for the picture, a
high-class “western” drama, and
there will be no advance in adtais
sion.
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Mrs. A. M. Glover returned Sat
urday from Duke Hospital where
she has been a patient for the past
week.
Roanoke Rapids Theatres
PROGRAM FOR WEEK BEGINNING MARCH 18th
IMPERIAL
PHONE R-393
Monday-Tuesday
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
THE GILDED LILY
Wednesday
LILA LEE-ONSLOW STEVENS
i I CAN’T ESCAPE
1 Also Stage Presentation <
Thursday-Friday
Edmund Lowe-Victor McLaglen
GREAT HOTEL MURDER
Added 1
Walt Disney Color Cartoon
Birds In Spring
Saturday
BIG BOY WILLIAMS
COWBOY HOLIDAY
PEOPLES j
PHONE R-392
Monday-Tuesday j
RALPH MORGAN \
LITTLE MEN
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Wednesday-Thursday |
EDDIE CANTOR j
KID MILLIONS I
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Friday (
Frank Craven-Sheila Manners \
THAT’S GRATITUDE !
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Saturday *
I BUCK JONES |
DESERT VENGEANCE |