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Show "The Great Moment," A Rousing Hit Starirng Joel McCrea, Betty Field Paramount's "The Great Moment," Mo-ment," co-starring Betty Field and Joel McCrea, is another of Preston Sturges' hits which reaches reach-es out to spell-bind movie audiences. audi-ences. The laugh-filled comedy, playing at the Rivoli theater on Tuesday, is historical in its theme and describes the struggle of a young dentist to remove pain through his discovery of an anaesthetic. anaes-thetic. The action is fast-moving from beginning to end and Sturges has some of his "regulars" back again. They include, besides Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Torben Meyer, Vic Potel and Frank Moran. There's fun all the way through the picture. The romantic angle is furnished by Miss Field, blonde Broadway star whose recent New York successes attracted Paramount Para-mount producers. This is. her second sec-ond venture in films. |