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Show up for poor "Phyllis." He, personally, per-sonally, as mayor of the town, too, will conduct the wedding. After all, he has "Drummond" in jail. Just' at this point, a fellow prisoner helps the. famous sleuth to break jaU. The cast of Paramount's "Heritage "Her-itage of the Desert," which opens on Friday at the Ritz theatre, is a veritable literary society, according ac-cording to studio workers. The troupe includes playwrights, play-wrights, novelists and translators. transla-tors. Though the amateur litterateurs littera-teurs hardly approach Zane Grey whose yarn, "Heritage of the Desert," started him on a long, successful career interpreting the color and romance of the west to millions the world over nevertheless, their accomplishments accomplish-ments prove that they have so much artistic talent they have to express themselves through other mediums. The Zane Grey story, filmed by Harry Sherman for Paramount, Para-mount, relates the fight of a : tenderfoot to restore 'his self-respect self-respect and, incidentally, win back a fortune out of which he had teen cheated by a double-crossing double-crossing agent. Donald Woods gives a realistic performance of the young e'asterner who wins fortune and fair lady; the latter is ably represented by talented, lovely Evelyn Venable. Avttractions Ai The Theaters Presenting the lucky seventn Hardy Family hit, "Aiidy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" opens Sunday Sun-day at the Rivoli theater with the "family back home in Carvel. Again Lewis Stone is seen' as Judge Hardy, Mickey Hooney is Andy and all the rest of the family are present. Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Ann Rutherford. Two new members are Terry Kilburn, fresh from his triumph in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" enacting an annoying friend of Andy's, and Helen Gilbert, Hollywood's Hol-lywood's newest discovery, who plays the school teacher. The director is W. S. Van Dyke II, one of filmdom's outstanding directors and vvno numbers among his successes such pictures as "The Thin Man," "San Francisco" Fran-cisco" and "Sweethearts." The story is said to be the most amusing and the most dramatic dra-matic of all the Hardy pictures. The Judge gets entangled with some crooked promoters who talk him into investing not only his own money but that of his friends also in a phoney aluminium company. com-pany. Andy Hardy, hi the meantime, mean-time, 'having quarreled with his girl, Polly Benedict, falls in love with the higij school dramatics teacher. Vowing to have his worth recognized, Andy writes the school play and wins .the role of the hero. One of the most thrill-filled and romantic wedding scenes ever to reach the screen will be seen in the newest "Drummond" film, "B.ulldog Drummond's Bride," which will be presented to local audiences for the first time on Friday at the Ritz theater. Moviegoers who are familiar with the "Drummond" films, which are based on clever, exciting excit-ing plots of H. C. (Sapper) Mc-Neile, Mc-Neile, will recall that "Captain Hugh Drummond," played by that fine actor John Howard, and "Phyllis Clavering," played by the lovely English actress, Heather Angel, have almost been married in no less than live "Bulldog Drummond" pictures! Although wedding plans nave been made by "Phyllis" many a Lime, the dapper sleuth has always al-ways avoided the altar by becoming becom-ing involved in such adventures as international spy plots, searches for hidden treasure and similar hair-raising escapades. In 'Bulldog Drummond's Bride' I he situation is even more serious. seri-ous. "Drummond," despite the threat of his fiance to marry a mysterious "Mr. Aldergate" if he strays again, joins Scotland Yard against her will in an attempt to capture a daring bank robber. The thrilling chase leads to France, to a small town Where "Phyllis" and "Drummond" are supposed to be married. Scotland Yard wires the chief of ponce of the town to hold "Drummond." "Drum-mond." But when the chief of police learns that their marriage has been postponed for so long, his gallant French heart wells |