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Show 'Mother Machree' Among Bookings Coming To Rivoli For over a score of years, no song ,has been able to hold the imaginations imagina-tions and the' hearts of the American Amer-ican people like "Mother Machree." Probably no tenor has ever been able to give a recital without hav-! hav-! ing it called for by his audience if he' did not include it in his program. pro-gram. The sheer beauty of its compelling com-pelling lyric even haunted their author, au-thor, Rida Johnson Young, until she was forced to write the story of "Mother Machree." And now Fox Films has translated this grc'at epic of Irish mother love and sacrifice to the screen and it will be shown at the Rivoli theater Sunday and Monday. With John Ford, maker of "The Iron Horse" and "3 Bad Men" as its director and Belle Bennett in the title role, Fox Films has produced a memorable picture poignant with drama, whimsical with humor and throbbing with life. The best tip that could be onered picture lovers regarding the' offering offer-ing at the Rivoli Wednesday and Thursday is that it is even better entertainment than "Dressed to Kill,' which created such a furore .here some weeks ago. "Romance of the Underworld" is the title of one of the finest pieces of scre'en entertainment that has come this way in many months. It was made by the same director who produced "Dressed to Kill' for Fox Films, Irving Cummings. Radically different in theme from his former epic, it is neverthe'less a story of underworld characters. The story of a girl who is forced to make her living as an entertainer in a speakeasy, who tires of it all, trie's to redeem herself in a new environment, meets and marries a good man but is ever in fear of a former acquaintance, "Derby Dan," -a philanderer, thief and blackmailer. black-mailer. i i "The Two Outlaws," the production produc-tion in which Universal is starring Rex, the King of Wild Horses, has been booked by this theater and ; will open Saturday. The story was written especially for the famous horse1. In it he is seen at his best. Jack Perrin, one of Universal's best liked cowboy actor, portrays a dual role. He will be seen as the Lone Rider, a mysterious horseman whose ide'ntity is unknown, and as Phil Manners, a Secret Service agent. Kathleen Collins enacts the role of the heroine. This charming Universal actre'ss is rapidly rising to the top of filmdom and in this story of the western range she has her best part since starting in pictures. pic-tures. I |