ET Trea ------ EE ---- By TT a THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930 PAGE NINE Interesting Pen Impres- sions of the Coming Attractions on ... » ' THE LOCAL SCREEN Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse- ment World "Dark Streets' Grips Local Audience -as Plays Dual Jack Mulhall, erstwhile a screen comedian of great popularity, is more than likely to double that popularity in dramatic roles. 'He portrays two parts of great power in "Dark Street," the First National-Vitaphone gangster . rom= ance, which opened at the New Mar- tin Theatre today. Mulhall is called upon to charac- terize and speak the roles of a cop and a crook, who are brothers. This is the first dual role in any talking picture, and Mulhall shades the characters delicately, as the brothers are pretty much alike except that they are on the opposite sides of the law. The difficult mechanical feat of having: Mulhall shown twice in the same scene and talking to himself is' achieved by Vitaphone without a "At Cnew' is w.e "Flu" greeting and "Come here for pure drugs" is the best advice. Take the doctor's advice and have | your prescmiption filleq here, Tak- ing pains is one of the best things we do. Establish a Bond of Service Between this Store and Your Home. Sole. agent in Oshawa for "SARGON."" EFS . -- : K NT BY DRUG Teal ORE | NEXT. TO POST OFFICE | PHONE 378 Jack Mulhall Role on Screen flaw. Frank Lloyd, the director, and tue First National technicians de- serve much "credit for carrying .out this new talkie venture successtally. It will open another field to dialogu pictures. "Dark Streets" relates the love of the two brothers for one girl, played by Lila Lce. She 'loves both of them, and not until the life of Pat, the cop, is endangéred through t actions of the crook: does she make up. her mund that it' is Pat she cares for most. The brothers try to protect each other. Pat warns Danny, the crook, to give up his law-bréaking career, and Danny tells Pathe ought to give up being a flatfoot at $40 per week to join the gang afd make some real money. Finally, the gang, incensed at Pat's interference with their plans arrange to' "get" him. Then comes an unexepected and dramatic twist to the story. The plot is cleverly handled by Director Lloyd. It. is a new kind of gangster tale, but has all the thrills of former underworld dramas, It gripped the audience and will un- doubtedly prove popular with the public generally. Lila Lee gives a charming charac- terization as the Irish girl, and Aggie Herring, as her mother, appears in v clever comedy role. The siofy is by Richard Connell and was scena ized by B dley King. 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Left to Right Upper--Leilla Hy "Dark Streets," Roland Young, Car Arliss Leilla Hyams, George role Mulhall playing a dual in in "Bishop Murder Case," ams and Basil Rathbone in the | the latter part of the roll Nye and Leilla Hyams Th the in "Disracli" coming to the Regent | "Dark Streets" at the Ne w Martin. | Bishop Murder Case," Lila lee in Lower-- week, Jack RATHBONE | IN "THE BISHOP MURDER CASE" Basil Rathbome, who looks like permis anent addijion to the New York to Hollywood" having assured everyone of is ity to make love to Norn in "Tie last'of Mrs, Cheyney" quit a "from colony fi abil- Shearer New lesson in ' brother love you will never forget. A story that gets to your heart -- and stays there, Frank Lloyd has given it the sparke img touch of "Weary River"-- the dramat'c ten: sion of "Drag." DUAL ROLE Talking Picture! io.ay Monda y Twvesday hear Jack Mulhall as ge id to Jack Mulhall as a crook. You won't believe your ears. Surprisingly differ- ent! And it tells one of the most appealing stories to reach the screen in years. One we \ of best all-talking pictures have shown this season. "sNew Martin 'L heatre See and Hear JACK MULHALL IN Darieet | Tal Epis0d® G Ace Se PRL. co' Comedy "Hot and How" "Colored M Musival Rhapsody" | SRN as well as he ever did to Heler n Men. ken, Doris Keane, Mary other actresses in the stage, is now going to that hig talents are not "lover". roles. Nick Grinde and David directors of "The Bishop ase," the new Metro-Goldwy crt all-talking mysetry dran Rathbone to play Hie. i well} n Dine When asked re not an. abrupt change ual line, Rathbone replied The da ds of th ¢, and tl of a mystery man-hunt exactly the same source back to the primitive hur of the race. Romance aunt of a man for 4 woman, or nan for a man. Dective stor ate the hunt for the man « who committed. a spetific "Both romance and such detective tories as "the Bishop Murder Case' stand or fall on the cleverness with auch the suspense clement is held ntil the very last reel, or the final omenis of @ stage play. Iu rom ce 'you must never be quite sure it the boy will get the girl, and no d mystery writer will permit you | know the real culprit until the el Dillard; Roland Young, » end of the plot. esson; George Marion, Philo Vance is every bit as {Charles Quartermairie, Pardee: a character as the heroes Last of Mrs. Cheyney' and 'Th { Nye, Johnnie Sprigg. an' He does not get the girl; ters arc played by t pleasure falls to my good freind |Sydney Bracey, viand Young, but he get his IClarepce Geldert, usscd on this feat. "As a detective I |Vance. He doesn't use obvious de [vi ces such as fingerprints, letters hid {den in. books, ge, | ingly mp lie afed of ind by sheer force case so simple you w mu didn't think of it. r, Van De, has Nash Brogdway show/ then retricted to n- [man, and all public | | | greatly set Burton ! of log came this mystery than the five in which he ha prt I . Both emselves become nister 'bishop.' "To my mind a rattling good de tective part 1s cvery bit as fine a of {even the best conceived {her And it hits home |public with equal forcce. | Co-directors Grinde mad Burto ascsmbled an cxceptional this story, which will be the sent. Theatr Vance, pivotal parts arc assumed b {the _ delightinl Alec B. Francis a Professor Dillard; Leila with » shown a today. Beside I Ie Ar ippeal Zel- Other charac- James nearer getting any attention is fo- admire He takes a seem. | ciroums- ¢ s wo of his principal sus. victims of | S romantic the n cast tor t t] v $ Hyams, Drukker; of [da Scars, Mrs. Drukk er, and Carroll Donlon, Nellie Bly Baker, and Delmar Daves. ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS | - FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES Maurice Chevalier, famous French singer, whose ability has made him a popular favorite in America awithin the short space of one year, has just been signed to a long-terny contract by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation Sammy Lee is staging his second all-colored revue for Metros Goldwyn-Mayer's new Norma Shearer starring vehicle, "The Divorce," which Robert Z, Leonard is directing. Joe Cook, America's humorist and star of the stage production of Kain or Shine," lias Jeft New York for Hollywood where he will make 4 s debut in talking pictures by delineating the character he. created "Rain or Shine" for the Columbia producton.. Cook, who has been fil ling u contract in vaudeville will stop off at Cleveland and Chicago to omplete two cngagements before becoming a" movie star. To John S. Robertson 18 been assigned the post of director for the John Boles picture following his appearance in "La Marseillaise." It is entitled "Moonlight Madness" and is from an original story by Ilouston Branch with continuity by Charles Webb and dialogue by Henry La Cossitt. Jeannette Loff will be John Boles' leading lady in Mooulight Madness" and elaborate preparations ave now being made at Universal City for the songs. which Boles and Miss Loff will sing. The production jill have a Spanish setting. . h Edmund Breese, eminent stage and screen character star, is the latest addition to the cast of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new marine melo= drama, "The Sea Bat," now in production under, the direction of Wes» ley Ruggles, According to announcement tate by "Phil Goldstone, chief -exceus tive of Tiffany Studios, Jack Benny has secured his release from his Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract to play the title role in "The Medicine Man," an adaptation of Elliott Lester's stage play, work on which soon will be started by Tiffany. A Mack Sennett Comedy We s spontaneously. staged last week in Winnipeg where four out of the five first run theatres played Mack Sennett Comedies. ; - "The Big Palooka" appeared at the Garrick Théatre; The Capitol Theatre had "The Lunkhead"; "A Hollywocd Star" played the Wine nipeg; and "Uppercut O'Brien" the Province Theatre, JACK MULHALL AT THE NEW MARTIN He began his screen career via the stage. He had just completed a role with Ned Wayburn in "The Producer," on Broadway, when he was in- troduced to Marshal Neilan, the film director, who was then writing scripts Neilan gave him a two weeks role in "Cold Cash." Later Mulhall joined the old Biograph company with Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Mary Pickford and other . famous stars, Mulhall was born at Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Lateg he lived in New York City poi in Passaic, N.J., where hc first went on the stage, playing boy parts in the stock company at Whitehead's Theatre. He is now under contract to First National, where he attained his greatest screen success, Some of his recent pictures are | 'Twin Beds," "Children of the | Ritz," and "Waterfront. LEILA HYAMS AT THE REGENT Leila Hymans, one of the most beautiful and talented blondes in pic- tures, is the leading lady of "The Bishop Murder Case," which will be shown at the Regent Theatre start- ing today. She was born in New York City, May 1, 1905, daughter of the famous vaudeville tcam of of Hyams and McIntyre. She was educated at the Clarke's and Aleun schools, New York. She was almost "born in a trunk,' and has heen on the stage since she was a baby. Her first, picture was "Dancing Mothers", and since then her rise has been ex- ceedingly rapid. Some of her more recent successes include "Alias Jim- my Valentine," "The Kickoff," "The Idle Rich," Clarence Brown's "Wan- der of Women," TO-DAY MONDAY & TUESDAY A Perfect M; fystery | THE BISHOP MURDER | a k \ -- Van Dine's best-seller NOW A FILM SENSATION A 3 TALKING PICTURE A Corking Mys- tery Picture - A Talking Thriller with an Unusual Cast of Players CASE with BASIL Rathbone LEILA HYAMS ROLAND YOUNG And Other Well Known Artists 8. S. Van Dine's bestseller murder mystery novel, now comes tthe screen as a gore geously entertaining talking picture. A series of strange deaths -- each accompanied by the ominous emblem of the black chess bishop and a Mo- ther Goose rhyme, Then Philo Vagice, gentleman and detec ve, gets to work.