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Show Gable and Lamarr Appear In Furious-Paced Story In "Boom Town," Hedy Lamarr romanced with Clark Gable, but lost him, which prompted thousands thous-ands of fans to request Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to put them together toge-ther as hero and heroine in another an-other picture. The result is "Comrade "Com-rade X," a hilarious, adventuresome adventure-some comedy, which comes Sunday Sun-day to the Kivoli theatre for an engagement of three days. This is Gable's first real rollicking rol-licking comedy since "It Happened Happen-ed One Night," and again presents him as a newspaperman, this time a foreign correspondent in Russia. It also opens a new field for Miss Lamarr, who goes commedienne, with no punches pulled, as a Moscow Mos-cow lady street car "motorman." The film opens with Gable wearing wear-ing a beard and uncovering scoops about Russian revolts and famines. It is climaxed by a dizzy, funny-bone funny-bone tickling escape in a Soviet army tank, after the Ogpu has discovered dis-covered that he is the guilty reporter. re-porter. Miss Lamarr not only joins Gable in his daredevil escapades, but often tops him. She has a rough-and-tumble fight with him, and with another girl, operates a street car and drives a tank. Featured in the supporting cast are Oscar Homolka, Felix Bres-sart, Bres-sart, and Eve Arden. The production produc-tion was directed by King Vidor, director of "Northwest Passage." |