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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Jun 1933, p. 43

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Those who look for motion picture entertainiment permeated with the tense, authentic melodranma of actual headlines.i today's news will find "Gabriel Over the White House" one of, the outstanding talkie events. of the year. The. film is the, Teatro del Lago. f eature this Thu rsday, , Friday and Saturday. This picture was adapted' from .a daring expose of Washington, D. Ci its anoniymous. author Wove into his story of a United States President who steps out -and does something about current problems an unusu- ally gripping human theme. Headed by Walter Huston as the President who,,ôvernight is. trans- formed frorn an insincere,, backslap- ping poliician to.a man of iron and action, the distinguished cast of ,Gabriel Over the WhiteHouse"7 in*- cludes Karen Morley, recently seen opposite Wallace Beery in "Flesh"; the Broadway stage star, Tranchot Tone; Arthur Byron, Diekie' Moore, C. Henry Gordon, David Landau, -Samuel ffinds. William Pawley, j ean Parker and Claire Dubrey. Mary 'ýPîckford Stars Surrounided. by one of the largest casts in her long career and directed by.Frank 'Borzage, two-time Academy winner, Mary Pickford cornes to the Teatro; del 'Lago screen Sunday, Moniday and Tuesday, July 2, 3 and 4,' in "Secrets," an . adaptation of the celebrated stage play by Rudolph Besier and May Eclgington. And thus, accorcling to gIl advance reports, mo- tion picture fans will see the star in one of the best pictures she has made. -Secrets" gives Miss Pickford what she believes is. ah ideal vehicle. tIn the first place, it is ',motion picture" froni beginnung to ýend, and in, the second place the story is a simple one of love 'and elemental emotions, with no wisé-c .rackung and no sophisica- tion. At is Miss Pickford's sincere belief, that simple tales, simply told, will be the salvation of the screen, just as they are bound to be in' iterzture. last Week's motion picture perfor- *mances marked the closung of the theater for the summuer ionths. The season just passed bas been one.of the most success fui in recent years f rom the. standpoint of attendance, showing' that residents of the north shore appr ove of the care exercised i n the selection of pictures to .be ex- hibited. Many comments have been. received on, the clarity of the sound reproduction which, is mnace possible by the excellent acoustical qualiies of the hall since it was rebuilt for talking pictures. The regular weekly prograns will be resumned in the faîl. Th-ýiis Gaine of Catch Might Be Dangerous "Playing catch" with red-hot rivets is one, of the thrillung activities in connection with skysraper con- strtuction to be seen in "Fast Work- ers.," the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer thriller, starring John Gilbert.Ex pert "catchers" and "throwers" from a local building coinpany were hired by the studio to bande thé bot metal so there would be no bürfit bands during the filming of scenes in which the rivets were tossed about. "1RIVETER'S WALK", "Riveter's walk" was niastered by John Gilbert and Robert Armstrong for their. roles ini "Fast Workers," the Metro-Golwyn- Mayer thriller of skyscraper construction. Al metal workers "up high" start walking along a girder by stepping fromt thé right foot to -the left to give a maxi- mumn of momentum without losing balance as tbey stride along perhaps eighty stories in the air. SERIALý KINGS MEET Remember Paul Panzer.and Fran- cis Ford, the. serial kings of'the silent pictùitre era? You can see them both playing atmospheric raies ini Mary Pickford's "Secrets." 'wbich presents Leslie HJoward opposite the star. Wnite riouse,' is the newest 'of Holly- wood's stage recruits. He was b<rn in Niagara Falls and was edticated at the Hill sdiool and Cornell, f rom which lie gracluated in 1927. He is a member of the,'Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kaa fraternities. Following a period of acting witb the New York Theatre guild, Tonle, was instrumental in the organization of a new movement kénown as the Group theater, whidh was formed to- boost the Stanislavsky: train ing method. Hlis stage successes1 include "'Green Grow the Lilacs," "Night Over Taos" a ý nd "Success Story." His, 6 rst picture. appearance was mcle' in thc joan Crawford picture, "Today We Live?. A THRILLING DIP Cool: enjoymenit is promis ed in a .ecp-sea travelogue, "Pirates of tbe Deep," which a northshore theater will'soon present. OUR GANG COMEDY ".Mush and Milk" 'is the title of an Our Gang Comedy, showing at a north shore theater this week-end. vl Thurs, June 29 (Last day t.hay) ""CAVALCADE" Fri., S^t4, SUD, June 3.-JuIy 1-2 LIONEL BARRYMORE Lest ries Ionigbt Helen Hayes-Clark Gable, "T6iHE WHITIE 1S9IXRft Miockey. Mkouse Act'. lNews Fnî. Sot., June 3O-July 1 At Evening ShOws Only-6:4ý30 p. M. Lorette Young-Paul Luka$. Comedy ..Tareviogue Cartoon ..News ISefurdy kMatinee From 2 fo 5 f., M. Only. TmMix-TERROR TRtAIL88 Sun. tofo Fn. July 2 fo 7 Mofinet, JuIy 4f h Exclusive First'Norfh Shore Showing The dty shrielçs In, front of tbe cameras was an that Iead to a smashing climax. ail-star cast in every sense of the Tbe story is based on the play, word. Leslie'Howard, English star, "Rivets," by John McDermott, was Miss Pickford's ieading man,; adapted to the, screen byý Kari Brown and Mofia, Maris: is the. "other and Ralph Wheelwright with dia- wonian.". Then,.there are C.; Aubrey logue by Laurenice 'Staliings of Snitho, Blanche Y'rederici, D oris "Whiat Price Giory' fame. MARlON DAV1ES in .6WAG O09NIIERT --Ceaing Sean- "SEDTIME $TOtY" "CAVALCADE' "SONS 0F THE FAGLE' "OEX-LADY@ jl. 1 'I Il . . : '. -.1 .

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