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Show Attractions At The Theaters Two years ago six youngsters ueserted the New York stage and came to Hollywood. At that time they were "boys from the oiiginal cast of the play, "Dead End." Today, they're the "Dead End" Kids. Those three worcvs conjure up the picture of a sextette of tough youngsters anywhere in the United States, nearly everywhere in Englis'h-speaking countries, and in many other spots in the world. The 'Dead End' boys are established firmly as stars. But that picture has to be slightly revised now for the new films in which . the Kids appear are presenting them in a much different light. Following "Angels "An-gels With Dirty Faces," and "They Made Me a Criminal," iS" "Hell's Kitchen," the Warner Bros, melodrama opening Thursday Thurs-day at the Rivoli theatre, in which the boys are themselves reformers. They reform an ex-gangster, ex-gangster, make him so noble he sacrifices himself (to the extent of taking an eight-year prison "rap") to pay his debt to society. so-ciety. Tn their next, "The Battle of City Hall," which goes before the cameras s'hortly, they reform a municipal government, In "Hell's Kitchen," the object ob-ject of their reformation is Stanley Stan-ley Fields, who plays one of the ! main roles. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Lindsay head the cast. "Sudden Money," Paramount's newest comedy, which opens Tuesday at the Rivoli theatre, marks the first reunion of Charlie Char-lie . Ruggles and Marjorie Ram-beau Ram-beau since the days when Miss Ram beau was starred in plays at the old Oliver Morosco theatre thea-tre in Los Angeles, where Ruggles Rug-gles was billed as a supporting player. When last seen together, Ruggles Rug-gles and Miss Rambeau appeared in such plays as "The Battle," "The Fox," and "Pierre of the Plains," all of which are famous new feminine lead in Greer Gar-son, Gar-son, beautiful English actress recently re-cently signed by the studio. Terry Ter-ry Kilburn, boy discovery of "Lord Jeff" and "A Christmas Carol," plays an important juvenile ju-venile role, and Sam Wood, who filmed 'Navy Blue and Gold," "Lord Jeff" and other hits, directed. di-rected. The story, wit'h a romantic love theme, has a new angle in the glorification of the work and influence of the profession of teaching. Donat plays tTte title role, a British schoolmaster. His work, his romance, the tragedy of the death of his wife, his shaping of careers of future great men, are the dramatic elements. Rescue of the heroine from a Tyrolean mountain peak, a great ball in Vienna, a smashing air raid over England during the World war, are among the dramatic dra-matic highlights of the picture. Cricket and football in famous old English schools and intimate human interest touches dealing with the lives of youngsters in British schools are other elements -fn - the haunting story.- One of the largest sets ever built, in Europe, a reproduction in its entirety of a great school, was constructed at M-G-M's studio stu-dio at Denham for tne picture. now chiefly as picturesque relics of another day in the American theatre. "Sudden Money," a hilarious comedy based on the experiences ' of a sweepstakes-winning family, features Ruggles and Miss Rambeau Ram-beau as husband and wife in a cast of familiar players, including includ-ing Charles Grapewin, Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Keyes and I Billy Lee. Nick Grinde directed ! the production for Paramount. I Following his success in "The Citadel," Robert Donat again returns re-turns to the screen, this time as the lovable schoolmaster of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," filmiza-tion filmiza-tion ot James Hilton's famous novel. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ' picture, filmed in England, comes Sunday to the Rivoli theatre. With Donat comes a colorful |