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Show 1935 HIT AT THE RIVOLI THEATRE i An array of stars, plus a sophisticated so-phisticated story triumphantly tested first on Broadway, plus the important factors covered by "production value" equals "No More Ladies." Irving Thalberg's new production for Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer, opening Sunday at the Rivoli theatre. Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery are co-starred, heading head-ing a cast which includes Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone and Edna Ed-na May Oliver. The co-atars were last seen together to-gether in "Forsaking Ail Others" and in ' Letty Lynton," before that "Ruggles of Red Gap" was Ruggles' Rug-gles' latest. Miss Oliver played Betsey Trotwood in "David Cop-perfield," Cop-perfield," and Tone scored in "Lives of a Bengal Lancer." The new Crawford-Montgomery vehicle is based on the stage hit by A. E. Thomas, which completed complet-ed a long run on Broadway and was hailed by critics and public alike as the most sparkling romantic ro-mantic comedy of recent seasons. The screen story stays close to the original, retaining all the comedy situations and bjight dialogue dia-logue that characterized the play. Edward H. Griffith, noted for his success with .sophisticated stories, directed "No 'More Ladies." La-dies." Among his previous hits were "The Animal Kingdom" and "Holiday," |