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Show Attractions At The Rivoli Twentieth Century-Fox producers produc-ers of "Thanks A Million," the cinematic combination of melody, hilarity and romance which was such a pronounced success, are said to top their previous triumph tri-umph in a million ways with "Sing, Baby, Si ng," opening Wednesday at the Rivoli theater. Featuring one of the greatest collection of comedians ever cast together in one picture, a veritable hit parade' of songs, and a riotously riot-ously funny story, "Sing, Baby, Sing" is being 'hailed as one of the most entertaining pictures ever produced in Hollywood. Alice Fayc, Adolphe Mcnjou, Gregory Ra'toff, Ted Hon Icy, Patsy Kelly, Michael w'halen and the Hitz Brothers head the cast. Five distinguishcr actors of pc-miliarlv pc-miliarlv ennfrastiner characteristics four of them as lovers, were required re-quired to impersonate the men who figured in the life of glamorous glamor-ous Peggy O'Neal in "The Gorgeous Gorge-ous Hussy", which i opens an engagement en-gagement of three days at the Rivoli theater. Joan Crawford, in the title role of this historical romance from Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, portrays the lovely daughter of a Washington Washing-ton tavern keeper during the administration ad-ministration of President And rev Juckson. Jackson himself, s'hicldcd her from the savage attacks of Washington Wash-ington society. John Eaton, .secretary .secre-tary of war, eventually married her, but her first love was for "Bow" Timbcrlakc. the gay young naval officer who married her and sailed away to be killed. John Randolph Ran-dolph of Virginia loved her from childhood but lost her. A newspaper news-paper man was her friend and loyal aide. President Jackson is hnpersional-ed hnpersional-ed by Lionel Bfirrymnre, the vel-crtun vel-crtun star whose engaging personality person-ality has captured millions through the years of his brilliant career. Robert Taylor, Hollywood's most spectacular young star of the cur-rent cur-rent era, plays the part of Timber-lake, Timber-lake, the dnshing seam tin Who made swift lovo to Peggy O'NeM and swept her off her feci. Franchot Tone portrays fviton, the suave secretary of war. who married the Ml tie spitfire and wan sent away as ambassador to Spain when Washington revolted against her. |