Show I News Nes Reviews of Amusements Star Presenting Broadway Gondolier Novel musical comedy having the career carcer of a ta driver as central theme Broadway Gondolier now to be seen at the Star theater gives Dick Powell a a. role to his liking When the chanco arranged by his sweetheart Joan Blondell for a aradio aradio aradio radio audition goes haywire he and his out down-and-out teacher Adolphe go to Italy Here Dick makes good first as 88 a singing gondolier gondolier gon gon- dolier and later gets into opera When he returns to to New York and the he girl he he loves an unexpected climax is provided The cast includes in addition to the stellar trio Louise Fazenda Grant Mitchell tho the Four Mills Brothers Ted red Fio FioRita Rita and nd his or orchestra orchestra orchestra or- or chestra the Canova Family Dick offers otters several songs song in the course of ot the production and there are many novelty features George OBrien O'Brien in Hard Roc Rock Harrigan a thrilling thrilling- action picture e dealing with dynamite and daredevil daredevil dare dar devil drillers driller also is offered Irene Hervey plays opposite him and others are arc Fred Kohler Dean Benton Benton Benton Ben- Ben ton Frank RIcO Rice I Striking Spectacle Thrills at Rialto Magnificent as u a sp spectacle dramatically dra dramatically powerful The Last Days Day of at Pompeii opened Saturday y o othe on the Rialto screen th the historic Roman city the film rum transports transports transports trans trans- ports its audiences s back to the tho gilded gilded gild I ed days of the first century an and recreates its scenes of ot barbaric luxury luxury luxury lux lux- ury and pagan rites The seen scenic highlight is the volcanic eruption that destroyed the city which fo for sheer magnitude and breath breathtaking thrills with maddened fear mobs mob caught between toppling walls waH an and flowing rivers of molten lava cha challenges challenges chal- chal lenges comparison with any screen scree en spectacle Preston Foster is starred in th therole the therole role of f Marcus Marcu a young blacksmith embittered by the loss of hi his young youn wife wire and baby He recklessly engages engages engages en en- gages In any deal from slave sla trai tradIng trading trad- trad ing to horse thieving and at the em Ind nd of at 20 years has risen to power an and affluence as master of the arena directing spectacles spectacle that cost thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ot lives He hopes to make mak his adopted son a leader in th the empire but the boys boy's defiance o ot of Roman law endangers his life am and the father finds that thal his position o of wealth condemns the boy to death deaUl John Wood is the role o othe of oC the son Basil Rathbone Alan Ha Hale and David Holt o t a are e of the supportIng support support- Ing cast Edmund Lowe is featured I In InGrand InGrand Grand Exit the sec second nd feature app appearing ai g as fire Insurance invest gator puzzled by a series of fires fire fires Ann Sothern a mysterious young youn woman involved in the incendiary blazes captures his Inter interest st O Onslow slow Stevens appears as his rival an anthe and the cast has Robert Wyrley Birch and others |