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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Feb 1933, p. 43

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brearII-takiIIg a'.nt' u'.ar aigLC. recently completed at Cataina Island and iii the, Los Angeles Harbor. Haines is given one of the stroingest portrayals of his career, as the irrek- pressible "Sandy," a moictorboat me- chanic who bas a nev idea for. an engine that sOi- break, the world 's record. He drives bis boat througli a race that will ;send thrillinig chilis down the spine of, even, the niost apathetic theatergoer. Ciiff Edwyards pokes his expressive countenance into a series of conmedy ituations vvith Haines througi whichi they both have many hilarious adven- titres. .Madgç Evans ,is .seenii a sparklinig; role, as- the daugiter of a %weaithy racing-boat builder Nwho oh- tains jobs, for Haines and. Edwards iii lier father's company. The tw9-mile-a-miniute story is l)ased on E. J. Rath's novel,, '{et*s Go," ni which a young motorboat inechanic and his assistant are 'deterniined to get backing for their new type of exîgine. \Vhe'> they finally do get a wealthy boat builder to construct a craft using their plans, they have a serions accident anid are f orced to resort to piracy amiong thie millionaires' vachts ini the harbor, ,iîing 1. O. U.'s for the ;noney they take. The way the two speedboat. demoxis finally do get their boat ini in- ternational conipetition . eads to a cornes to the 'reatro del Lago on Sun- day,' Monday and Tuesday, February 26, 27 and 28, ini "Cynà.ra," his. latest anid. ni the opinion of bis frienids, bis best United Artists picture. The filmi is presented by Mr. Gl~y and ivas (irected-b)y King Vidor. As was the case Nvith -Arrowsmith," bis last picture, Colman treads new ground ini "Cynarai" It was largely because of. the sense of contrast, as a Adventure, strife and conicedv run through, this astonishing wild animal pict ure, in which everyth ing is real, unstaged and. unrehearsed. Fact, once more proves more astonishingtlhan fic- tion-and there cati be no. douht tÏhat 'Bring 'Em. Back Alive" is',fact. Any- one who witnesses the death ,struggles betweel thé crocodile ýand black lIeop- ar(l, the python and the man-eating Rýoyal Bengal tiger; anyone who sees the shots of the eléphant herd and thé pathictic :Plight of the I ost baby ele- phatt; anyone, indeed' who sees any part of ' "Bring 'Emn Back Alive" knoW'.s thaàt the picture' is the real thing. It is impossible to convecy in niere words the, tbrills of "'Britig .ETmBack Alive." It, is known that several, of the. gequences in this picture \vere the: resu It of weeks of -patient waiting. and thev have 4.monstrated fieniselves o be \vell wortb waiting for. .Bring 'Emi Back Alive- has such a diversity of convincing jungle epi- socles thiat it Nvill be of interest flot only for its sure-fire entertainment featurcd 1i11 -No Mani of lier Owii," the new filmn whichi will be the attrac- tion at the 'reatro del Lago on Wed- ,îesday, 'lhursday and Friday-. Mardli 1, 2 and 3. as assistants, Gable lures his victimrs into poker gaines and trinis, thern easily. T'rouble enters the part;iership, how- ever, because Dorothy is uiadly in love with Gable, and the gambler is fed Up îvith lier. When lie walks out on lier, she threatens to go to the District At- torney, and Gable, with Detective J. Farrell MacDonald too hot on bis trail, decides to leave New York until On btmdred miles per hour speéed- boat racing, the world's mnost thrilling sport. is shown in "Fast t.ife," the breath-taking action picture f eaturing William Haines. No effort b as- been - spared, to, bring the1 roaring, realismf of boat racing to the screenl. The camera waàs evidently mounted on a craft following so close to the speedingý racers that the results obtain startlinig effects- in reproduction. How collisions, were avoided until the big boat smashup does take 'place is a marvel of comfbined motion picture and marine engineering. HOÈMES IS PREPLEXED "Sherlo ck Holmes" is faced %w.ith new probleins in 'the new Fox picture of that name with Clive Brook play- ing the role of the famous detective; Ernest Torenc s ~"Moriart,," iýj~ arch enemy; Miriam Jordan as the Iovely "Alice Faulkner," and Reginald Owen as "Dr. Watson." ARE FISH FEATHERED? '*Fish Featiiers" is the interesting title of a comedy that wvill soon cause north shore movie fans to howl in mirth. But this critic' s .zoology- book never told him that a fisi had feath- "The Dcv Ii Driviug". V.ltb Wynne Gibson . Jimmy G1efson-Diel1e Moore ffl IV %p % .u ami Cartoon in CoIor-Comedy--Newi Sat., Pcb. 25-Clive Drook 'UhOlookHobes" $Inq Crosby ..Bue of the 'NIgh- Cômedy - "The Prowlers" - Ac- Organlogta.-Nows Sun. , Fb. 26-JoeI MeCre. Comedy-Krazy Kat Caroon- Act--News Edgar Kennedy Comedy, Act. Nom Gable Sen as Gambler Clark Gale is starred and Carole Lombard and Dorüthiy Mackaill are *Admits 25e CIlIdren 10e "The King's Vacatic

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