Show The Secret Gift At We Ve are so accustomed to scarlet vampires yam yam- pires halo haloed d heroes and satanIc heavies that a simple story of simple people well played and well presented Is as refreshIng refreshIng refresh refresh- Ing as the pattering showers that lays the summer dust I Such Suh a story is The Secret Gift Girt which is showing at the theatre I The characters of The Secret Gift arc are simple lovable ever everyday day humans There Is old Jan Saxe himself dreaming I of his one romance as he tinkers away at some some delicate delicate mechanism he has promised promised promised prom prom- tomorrow at five five sure There Is Peter Harlingen his of the steerage steerage steerage steer steer- age voyage who has risen to wealth In America There is Peters peter lovely daughter daugh daugh- ter and the young joung ward boss who meets her and loves es a above ove his station There Is the browned beetle-browned banker Ahlman Ahiman and I his weak-chinned weak scon There is but Is-but but to enumeratE them is no more than to call by name the beloved friends of The Old I Curiosity Shop or of David Copper- Copper field We Ve must know them to love them thein The Tue Secret Gift won a 1000 prize bonus tonus In Ina a a contest in which eighteen I experienced scenario writers participated The Th story is by Georgo Hull who developed devel his own scenario and placed d 1 it in inthe fl the hands hands' of oC Harry Franklin to 10 o produce In the parts of or the tho two comrades Jan and tid Peter leter Universal has cast two polished pol pol- pol- pol actors skilled and respected on the thEt stage but yet new to the silver er sheets Lee Kohlmar has played Important roles with David Warfield Rose nose Stahl and other noted stars Rudolph nudolph Christians Is well known upon the continent and was formerly formerly for for- merl merly star of the he Irving Place theatre In New York City The remainder of the east cast ast Is 1 capable and happily chosen In addition to the feature is an exceptionally exceptionally funny comedy T Tie The le Prohibition Monkey n with the famous Joe Martin in inthe inthe e l lio 1 the principal role o It is full of f thrills as aswell aswell well as humor from f start tart to finale Also International News Weekly |