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Show JOLSON COMING TO RIVOLI IN BIG SONG HIT; . For Ihiee years Al .IoHoii kept in I the back of his: mind the idea that ; he would one di-.y make a 'Mammy" j picture based o.i minstrel show life, alfiny lines on.:e outlined to him 1 by his friend, Irving Merlin. During the time Jolson was making mak-ing Wai ner Brothers history ami entertainment hjstory at the same time "The Jazz Singer". "Th" Sinir.i? Fool." ",Say It With Songs" - he was building up to what ho believed be-lieved would be his greatest picture. F r o o f that hi s j ti d z nn'iU was c o t-rect t-rect may be seen Sunday and Monday Mon-day next at the Hivoli theater when "Mammy", a n all-talking, sinjiintf , minstrel romance with Technicolor, gives its fiist performance. perform-ance. "Mammy" is a dramatic story of life with a travelling minstrel show and especially of Al Fuller, an end man. ft is a comedy of errors in which the laughs have it: There ar? many gorgeous songs, also written by Irving Berlin. Jolson personally selected the cast which includes Lois Moran, Louise Drtfsscr, Lowell Sherman, Ray Cooke, Hobart Bos worth, Tally Marshall. Stanley Fields, M i tc hell Le w is and numerous others. Michael Curtiz directed. Hoot Gibson will gallop onto thn screen of the Rivoli theater Friday i and Saturday in "Roaring Ranch," j one of the fastest and most exciting excit-ing pictures of his thrilling career. It is all-talking. "Roaring Ranch" deals with the adventurious West at the height cf its sizzling spaed. There are fights and conspiracies, and through it all runs Floot's own particular brand of humor. The plot deals with the efforts of two men, one a rancher, the other a geologist, to win the hand of a pretty school teacher. Th3 situation is complicated by a secret oil discovery, and there is action aplenty up to and including the final fadeout. Around himself Floot has assembled assem-bled a supporting cast of an unusually un-usually high and capable order. Playing the part of leading lady ij charming Sally Eilers, one of the most promising of the younger actresses act-resses of the screen. The notable cast also includes Wheeler Oak-man, Oak-man, Young Bobby Nelson, Frank Clark and Leo White. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lars on and daughter of this city have gone to Atlanta, Wyo., to make their home. I |