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Show Attractions At The Theaters Deriving drama from the ever-changing ever-changing world -affairs of today. Universale "The Sun Never Sets" will bring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone, Virginia Field, Barbara O'Neil and others to the screen of the Rivoli theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. While the new picture concerns con-cerns itself largely with the romantic ro-mantic careers of two closely-knit closely-knit couples in England and on the Gold Coast of Africa, it has its background in the channels of international diplomacy. Fair-banks and Rathbone, as brothers and British civil service officials, find themselves in a dramatic position as key characters char-acters in a political emergency 1 and drives the men to mutiny eers are interrupted by an attack by a wild desert tribe, the "Toua-regs." "Toua-regs." As the Legionnaires are killed in successive attacks, Mark-off Mark-off props their bodies in the fort's embrasures to create the impression impres-sion that it is still well-manned. A violent climax is reached when Beau is fatally wounded, and J John plunges a bayonet through Markoff s chest as the latter tries to search Beau for the jewel. The ultimate fate of the brothers broth-ers Geste and of the jewel is ex- i plained in an exicting flashback i in which Digby figures prominent-; ly. Although "Beau Geste" is pre-: dominantly a great adventure picture, pic-ture, there are many romantic scenes in which Ray Milland and Susan Hayward, cast as the lovely love-ly ward of the Geste brothers' guardian, figure prominently. that might rock the entire world if their heroic efforts prove in vain. I Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, ; Melville Cooper and Mary For- bes have other roles. Rowland V. Lee produced and directed. A roaring, lusty tale of the in- I domitable gallantry of three loy-: : al brothers will blaze across the screen of the Rivoli theatre when Paramount's great new production produc-tion of "Beau Geste" is presented on Sunday to local audiences for the first time. Gary Cooper, Ray Milland ana Robert Preston are starred in this glorious picturization of the great P. C. Wren novel, produced and directed by William A. Well-man Well-man and written for the screen by Robert Carson. The superb supporting cast is headed ty Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Donald O'Connor O'Con-nor and James Stephenson. As indicated by the nature of the production, thousands of other players round out the cast, serving serv-ing as legionnaires, and members of wild desert tribes. With Cooper, Milland and Preston Pres-ton cast as the three "Geste" brothers "Beau," "John" and "Digby," respectively, the picture tells how they gallantly join the French Foreign Legion to avert having the finger of suspicion point at any of them as guilty of the theft of a valuable sapphire, sapph-ire, the "Blue Water," from their guardian. In the legion, there is desperate conflict between the brothers and a mad, brutal sergeant, ser-geant, "Markoff," played by Brian Donlevy, who, suspecting that one of the brothers has the gem in his possession, determines to get it for himself. The picture reaches high peaks of adventure when Markoff, having hav-ing chosen only Beau and John for duty at an isolated desert fort, Fort Zinderneuf, gains command, and drives the men to mutinty with his savage treatment. His efforts to force Beau and John |