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Show Attractions At The Theaters At last Lloyd Nolan is getting a chance to "go straight"! The familiar -character actor will be seen as in incorruptible police inspector in the new Anna May Wong-Akim Tamiroff drama, "Dangerous to Know," which comes Friday to the Ritz theatre. Nolan was a "menace" in "Exclusive," "Ex-clusive," "Ebb Tide," "Wells Fargo" Far-go" and Mae West's "Every Day's a Holiday," but. in "Dangerous to Know," he not only defies the political po-litical boss of the community but makes him pay for his career of murder before the story is ended. Gail Patrick, as Miss Wong's rival for Tamiroff's attentions, also al-so plays a leading role, while others in the cast are Lloyd Nolan, Anthony Quinn and Roscoe Karns. Frolicsome comedy is not the special province of typed comedians, com-edians, the romantic Gladys Swarthout and John Boles prove in the new paramount comedy, "Romance in the Dark." The singing actors with John Barry-more Barry-more head a comic cast that includes in-cludes Claire Dodd, Fritz Feld, Curt Bois and Carlos de Valdez in this comedy, which comes Thursday to the Rivoli theatre. While the two sing their way to romance in the manner they have popularized in their previous pictures, pic-tures, they join heartily in the broad comedy of this story of a Hungarian stage star who makes a fake Persian princess out of his housemaid in order to get even with his manager and ends up by falling in love with the Cinderella Cin-derella he created. , Dick Foran and June Travis, fast-rising young WUrner- Bros, stars, appear Tuesday at the Rivoli theatre in "Over the Wall," amelodrama having to do with a man falsely thrown into prison and his sweetheart who believes in him and finally obtains his freedom. A thrilling story originally written by Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing prison, "Over the Wall" has an authentic ring that combines gripping drama with romance to make A-l screen entertainment. While at first glance it seems a bit surprising, stardom in Hollywood Holly-wood is not a rare or exclusive achievement. But the true test of top-notchery comes to the screen luminaries when they get in the coveted coterie of the "best ten." This list is compiled from reports re-ports by motion picture theatre managers from all over the country coun-try by an exhibitor's trade journal. jour-nal. Their test is as unbiased in its judging as an adding machine. Stern Test "What star brought you the most patrons ?" Naturally the ten stars who bring trie most patrons must necessarily prove to be the most popular to the fans. In the recent poll, Jane Withers rode right in the middle of the top-notch ten . . . and when she comes to' the Rivoli theatre on Sunday in "Rascals," the reason is self-evident. |