NEXT WEEK AT ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES
JOAN CRAWFORD &
ROBT MONTGOMERY
IN PEOPLES FILM
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Change Bill
5 Times For
'Cabin Kids'
The “Cabin Kids,” those five a
dorahle pickaninnnies who have
entertained you in various short
subjects on the screen, as well as a
major appearance in the recent
film: “Mississippi,” with Bing Cros
by and W. C. Fields, are respon
sible for the Peoples deviating from
their usual four-picture policy next
week. However the result is that
the popular downtown house will
bring you five first-rate pictures,
and the opportunity to see the Cab
in Kids in person.
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“Dangerous Number,” a marital
comedy offering Robert Young and
Ann Sothern in leading roles will
be shown at the Peoples for a spe
cial one-day engagement next Mon
day.
An excellent supporting cast in
cludes Reginald Owen, Cora With
erspoon, Dean Jagger, Marla Shel
ton, a newcomer to the screen, Bar
nett Parker and Charles Trow
bridge.
The story concerns a young silk
manufacturer in love with an ac
tress. When she is about to marry
a wealthy old gentleman Young
crashes the wedding and takes her
away. They are married and
promptly he discovers that he has
nothing in common with her
friends of the theater.
He learns, too, that it is increas
ingly difficult for a modern man
to pursue cave-man methods when
his only clubs are the exclusive
sort that face on the avenue. The
couple quarrel over a dozen inci
dents and the climax comes when
he finally drives with his bridj in
to the river at a time when she is
wearing one of his own silk cre
ations, a gown that is soluble in
water.
It doesn’t matter that the silk
worm never turns out such a gar
ment, because the audience laughs
anyway and so will you.
* * * * * * *
Small-town America and the “sa
voir faire” of Paris mingle in com
ical conflict in “Mama Steps Out,”
a satire on wealthy tourists abroad
Next Week at the
ROYAL
THEATRE
DIAL R-394
PROGRAM FOR WEEK
MARCH 1, 1987
■ a Admission ■ ■
10c rss 15c
MONDAY-TUESDAY
Carole Lombard-Fred M’Morray
The Princess Comes
Across
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
W. C. Flelds-Rochelle Hudson
POPPY
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Gene Autrey
The Singing Cowboy
Added: Robinson Crusoe
s
which brings Guy Kibhee and Alice
Brady to the Peoples screen as the
newest comedy team next Tuesday
only. The screen half of the en
tertainment provides a sure-fire
“hit,” all-laugh show, what with the
“Cabin Kids” occupying the stage
for that day.
It is a fast-moving story of a
wealthy manufacturer, a typical
Babbitt, who takes his flighty wife
and serious daughter to France,
where Mama achieves ideas of
“culture” and fills the villa with ec
centric personages including an un
conventional novelist painter and
composer, while daughter, instead
of heeding Mama’s urge to marry
a cultured foreigner, elopes with an
American crooner.
Jealous battles between the “ar
tists,” rebellious on the part of
matter-of-fact father, complications
galore that lead to a fight that
lands Papa in jail, are among the
hilarious mishaps until they get
tired of it all and resolve to go
back to America.
Kibbee plays the stolid manufac
turer and Miss Brady the flighty
wife. Betty Furness plays the
daughter and the crooner is enact
ed by Stanley Morner, singing pro
tege of Mary Garden, in his first
feature lead. Morner sings two hit
songs, “Be Careful of My Heart”
and “Burnt Fingers.”
The trio of “artists” is enacted
by Ivan Lebedoff as the painter,
Heather Thatcher, British actress,
as the novelist and Gregory Gaye
as the eccentric pianist.
* * * * * * *
A brilliant cast headed by Joan
Crawford, William Powell and Rob
ert Montgomery appears at the
Peoples for the regular feature at
traction of the week next Wednes
day-Thursday when “The Last of
Mrs. Cheyney” will be shown.
Based on the stage play by Fred
eric Lonsdale it is said that the
screen version of this memorable
play is better than the original. An
exceptional supporting cast in
cludes Frank Morgan, Jessie Ralph
Nigel Bruce, Colleen Clare, Benita
Hume, Ralph Forbes, Aileen Prin
gle and Melville Cooper.
PEOPLES
SATURDAY. FEB. 27th
On Our
STAGE
Roanoke
Rapids1
Own Little
"Big Timers"
THE
ROANOKE
RAMBLERS
With these Five Local Stars:
0 Johnny Strickland
• Glenwood & Kent Newsom
# Willie Butler § Chas. Brown
IN A BEAL “HILL-BILLY” PROGRAM
IN ADDITION TO REGULAR PICTURE
The story, ultra-modern as a
stage play, has been advanced to
the current minute in dialogue and
atmosphere so that it is more than
ever smart and sophisticated.
Miss Crawford portrays the
charming American widow in Lon
don society with finesse, and Wil
liam Powell is excellent as the
suave butler who is in reality a
crook. Robert Montgomery por
trays the young English lord who
falls in love with the American girl,
only to find her under suspicion of
jewel theft.
However, when it is discovered
that the gay lady from this side of
the Atlantic has bravely destroyed
a love letter which might have cre
ated untold trouble, and further
more that her butler is the thief,
all is well. Obviously, as she be
comes Lady Dilling in response to
the young lord’s plea, it is happily
“The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.”
Miss Crawford, looking her most
stunning in the gowns designed for
her by Adrian, gives a fresh vivac
ity and sparkle to the role of the
glamorous Mrs. Cheyney. Powell
has never been better than ae the
crook with a sense of humor, and
Montgomery as Lord Dilling once
again proves his flair for sophisti
cation and jauntiness.
With its star-studded cast, its
brilliant production and engrossing
story, “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney”
is recommended as one of the most
entertaining and delightful films
seen here in some time. j
*******
It’s Roscoe Karns’ job to tend the
furnace, repair broken bathroom
fixtures and tune the piano in the
daffy Wheeler homestead in the
Booth Tarkington comedy “Clar
ence” which comes to the Peoples
next Friday for the regular “bar
gain-day” attraction of the week.
However, being a conscientious
man-of-all-work, Karns also under
takes to unscramble the complicat
ed love affairs of the Wheeler kids,
a task which he accomplishes to
everybody’s satisfaction including
his own. Eugene Pallette, Eleanore
Whitney, Johnny Downs and Char
lotte Wynters add to the general
hilarity.
Gene Autrey, singing star of the
saddle is scheduled to once again
thrill “Western” fans when his lat
est out-door saga of the West,
“Guns and Guitars,” comes to the
Peoples next week for the Satur
day engagement. Autrey is said to
have the ability to handle either in
an adept manner that pleases the
most exacting thriller fan.
THE CABIN KIDS
HERE IN PERSON
AT THE PEOPLES
*_:_
The “Cabin Kids,” those five mu
sical youngsters of screen, radio
and stage fame, are coming to Roa
noke Rapids “in person” next week,
and may be seen at the Peoples
next Tuesday, March 2nd, on the
matinee or night program.
If there is anything cuter than
one Pickaninny,—its five. And the
novel and entertaining presentation
of the Cabin Kids is the talented
offerings of five pickanninnies.
Ranging in age from seven years
to fourteen, attired in hair ribbons,
starched dresses, and suits for
boys.
The five children offer a knock
about singing and comedy act.
They were recently featured in
the motion picture “Mississippi”
creating a huge success. They
have also appeared on the radio as
guest artists supporting Rudy Val
lee, and Paul Whiteman.
In their stage appearances they
Indulge in cross-fire comedy chat
ter, sing hot and special numbers
in harmonic ensemble form, and
one little lad does a solo.
Their youth and appearance is
appealing and are bound to make
a hit with any audience.
Their appearance at the Peoples
next Tuesday will be in addition to
the regular moving picture pro
gram, at which time Guy Kibbee
and Alice Brady are co-starred in
the new farce comedy: “Mama
Steps Out.”
Mrs. Nunney Ewel and daugh
ter, Shirley, of Norfolk, Va. spent
the week-end with Mrs. W. A. Tay
lor.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Strickland and
daughters, Agatha Mae, Lena Riv
ers of Erwin spent the week-end
here with relatives.
Mrs. A. L. Cawthorn has return
ed from a delightful trip to Flori
da; she took the trip with Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Williams and Mrs. Wil
liam White; they will remain in
Florida for another week.
PEOPLES
TUESDAY, MARCH 2
1 Day Only # On the Stage
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
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THE FIVE
CABIN IS
The Screen's Newest Sensation!
Features of Bing Crosby’s and W. C. Fields*
“MISSISSIPPI.” These five inimitable picka
ninnies have appeared as guest stars on the
RUDY VALLE and PAUL WHITEMAN Ra
dio Shows. You’ve seen them in short subjects
on the screen—now’s your opportunity to see
them
IN PERSON
In addition to regular movie program:
GUY KIBBEE—ALICE BRADY in
"MAMA STEPS OUT"