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Show Attractions At The Theaters A new co-starring team makes its screen debut at the Ritz theatre thea-tre Friday, with the initial performance per-formance of a new Warner Bros, comedy, called "Women Are Like That." Curiously, although they have been at the same studio for several sev-eral years, the lovely, dark Kay ' Francis and the genial, rapid-talking rapid-talking Irishman, Pat O'Brien, have never before worked in a picture together. Years ago on the stage, they were teamed up "in "Nigger Rich." Pat and Kay are said to make an ideal movie team. "Women Are Like That" is a gay comedy revolving re-volving around the colorful and exciting advertising business. You can imagine Pat with his staccato patter selling advertising accounts and you can also fancy Kay wielding wield-ing her feminine charms for the same purpose. While this movie is by no means a fashion show, the advance notices no-tices from the producers say that Mis Francis (always listed among the ten best dressed women of the world) wears no less than thirty-five thirty-five different costumes, created by the Warner stylist, Orry Kelly. The original story of "Women Are Like That" was by, A. H. Z. Carr and was printed in a national magazine under the title of "Return "Re-turn From Limbo." it was made into a screenplay by Horace Jackson Jack-son and the picture was directed by Stanley Logan who was also responsible for Kay's highly suc-cesful suc-cesful comedy of political life, "First Lady." In the cast that supports Miss Francis and Mr. O'Brien, are such notables as Ralph Forbes, Melville Copper, Thurston Hall, Grant Mitchell and Herbert Rawlinson. "Three Blind Mice," the new Darrl F. Zanuck romantic hit from the 20th Century-Fox studio, comes to the Rivoli theatre on Friday as a distinct innovation in motion picture production. While the usual . procedure has been to make established stage successes and bring them out in screen versions, this production reverses the order by giving movie fandom a glittering, cinematic form of Stephen powys' play before be-fore the scheduled London and Broadway openings. Brilliant Cast I Assurance of a maximum of ro-! ro-! mantic beauty has been established estab-lished by the selection of Loretta Young and Joel McCrea as co-stars. co-stars. "Three Blind Mice" also adds a brilliant cast which includes David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorio Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie , Barnes and Jane Darwell. In the capable hands of veteran director William A. Seiter, the pthereal charm of Miss Young,ac-cording Young,ac-cording to preview reports, "registers "reg-isters a new, thrilling portrayal." Miss Young Miss Weaver and Miss Moore form the trio of mid-Westem mid-Westem girls Who gamble their entire inheritance on the theory that it "is just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one." The picture marks the reunion of gorgeous Loretta and marvelous marvel-ous Marjorie a notable event, since it was in their first appearance ap-pearance together ("Second Honeymoon") that young Miss Weaver got her first break in the films, and immediately captured the hearts of the fans. Gay Life Depicted Scenes on a Kansas chicken farm; life in a millionaire playboy play-boy colony; pleasure sailing craft crashing at sea; gay fiesta scenes and three delightful love stories gomg on simultaneously form the principal highlights of the picture. Producer. Zanuck has surrounded lovely Loretta and personable Joe! McCrea with impressive support; recognizedly expert direction and an engaging story ' prepared for the screen W Brown Holmes and Lynn Starling, with Raymond Griffith i as asociate producer. With that sterling comedy team of Glenda Farrell and Barton Mac-Lane Mac-Lane as co-stars, a Warner Bros, comedy called "Blondes at Work," will be the feature attraction at the Rivoli theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Glenda once more plays that flippant but winsome girl reporter named "Torchy Blane" and the husky Barton steps again into the role of Police Lieutenant Steve McBride. her boy friend. Fourth in the series of "Torchy" shows, this is said by the preview-ers preview-ers to be the most exciting and funniest of all. Once again the skirted journalist outwits the slightly dumb copper and solves a puzzling murder mystery, at the same time scoring sensational seoons over the male reporters at city hall. In the capable cast are such familiar nlayers as Tom Kennedy, Rosella Towne. Thomas E. Jackson. Jack-son. . Kenneth Harlan, Jean Benedict Bene-dict and the one-time idol of the silent films, Betty Compson. Betty is making a splendid comeback at the Warner studio and may again be at the toD or near it. Frank McDonald, who directed all of the previous "Torc'hy" photoplays, again guided the making mak-ing of this one which comes from an original screen play by Albert De Mond. |