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Show his daughter, whose existence he never had suspected. And through this same letter of introduction, Menjou meets Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and helps them become the greatest great-est figures in the entertainment world. The letter also causes a quarrel and parting between Andrea and George Murphy, when she will not explain the relationship between be-tween herself and the aging actor. It indirectly brings tragedy into many lives, happiness to others, and numerous comedy situations. "Letter of Introduction" is the latest masterpiece of John M. Stahl, who produced and directed "Back Street," "Magnificent Obession," "Imitation of Life." that Frankie and his young chums are destined for a life of crime, due to the wretched conditions in which they live and play. The story's novel development reveals how Kelly fights to improve these conditions to regenerate the youngsters. David Gorcey, Hally Chester, Don Latorre, Dick Ellis and Allan Ramsey are- among the talented boy actors, in addition to Darro Johnny Tyrrell, Dick Curtis and Joseph De-Stefani are among the adults who head the large supporting sup-porting cast. D. Ross Lederman directed. Just a simple letter of introduction introduc-tion . . . But it provides some of the greatest dramatic moments ever' seen on any screen in UniversaPs "Letter of Introduction," at the Rivoli theatre, Sunday and Monday. Mon-day. First of these moments occurs when Andrea Leeds, .as Kay Martin, Mar-tin, takes the letter to Adolphe Menjou, as John Mannering, screen and stage idol. For then Menjou discovers that Andrea is Attractions At The Theaters The leading role in the new "Bulldog Di'ummond" mystery drama, "Bulldog Drummond in Africa," are played by John How-and How-and Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, J. Carroll Naiah and Anthony Quinn. The Paramount Para-mount picture which opens Tuesday Tues-day at the Rivoli theater, was directed di-rected by Louis King, who brought the sensational drama "Prison Farm," to the screen. Who is America's A-l favorite outdoor hero! The answer is William Boyd as a result of a nationwide poll recently conducted by Showmen's Trade Review, one of the leading motion picture trade papers. Boyd won his laurels through his portrayal of Clarence E. Mul-ford's Mul-ford's colorful range hero, "Hop-along "Hop-along Ca.ssidy," which he now plays for the twentieth time in "Pride of the West," opening next Tuesday at the Rivoli. In it he rides again with his two saddle-mates, saddle-mates, George Hayes and Russell Hayden, who will be seen as i "Windy Halliday" and "Lucky Jenkins," respectively. The story concerns a range war between stage coach robbers and aroused cattlemen who determine to secure se-cure the safety of the frontier West's "lifeline" of communication. communica-tion. A timeiy expose of a metropolitan metropoli-tan city's slums and their crime-breeding crime-breeding effects upon youth, Columbia's Co-lumbia's "Juvenile Court" opens Friday at the Ritz theater with Paul Kelly, Rita Hayworth and Frankie Darro in featured roles. Kelly portrays a lawyer who has risen fom the slums. He meets Miss Hayworth and her young brother, FrankieDarro, whiie defending de-fending their older brother, a hardened gangster, and realizes |