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Show VICTORY THEATRE One of the greatest pictures of the year will be placed within reach of Milford people's enjoyment Friday Victory theatre through the fore-and fore-and Saturday of this week at the sight of Manager J. M. Hughes, who, several weeks ago and at gret expense contracted for "Sweepings," one of the real outstanding out-standing feature productions of the year and one in which Lionel Barry-more, Barry-more, inimitable actor of difficult roles, shows to unexcelled advantage. A brand new characterization for Richard Dix is the gay, irresponsible irrespon-sible and utterly irresistible lover who becomes known as "The Great Jasper" in the RKO-Radio picture of that title showing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Victory. Dix has been just about every sort of a rugged rug-ged hero and adventurer in his long and highly successful screen career, but this is the first time that all his "adventures" tiave worn skirts. Jasper Jas-per could no more help winking at women than he could help breathing. Having once seen thai wicked wink, no wontan could help falling, and, to Jasper's amazing credit, no woman regretted. No woman except hi wife.s Though he could not be faithful to her, neither could he stop loving her and therein lies the drama of "The Great Jasper." Wera Kngles, RKO-Radio's recent importation from Germany, niakes her American picture debut in this film. Fdna May Oliver, Florence Kldridge, Betty Furness, Bruce Cabot, Walter Walker Wal-ker aiM others give leading support to Richard Dix. Mo-t of the action of the story takes place in Atlantic City. Jean Hersholt, Steuart F.rwin, Wynne Gitx-on an I Frances Dee head the cast of "The Crime of the Cen-tuiy," Cen-tuiy," mystery diaina in a new tyle, which conies to the Victory for faniilv nights next week. Wednesday and Thursday, Aujrut 23-24. "The Crime of the CenVury" offers two innovations in-novations in presentation of a mystery mys-tery story. Fir-t, the crinte is run-fe-ed to police bef"re it is committed, com-mitted, and yet is earned tiirou-h while they watch. Second, halfway through, there is a -second inter-mi inter-mi ion, during which arious clue to the solution are reviewed briefly, and the audience is invited to attempt at-tempt to solve it. The picture centers around Hersholt, an alienist, who walks into a police i-talion, tells the armhlrd officers that he ha planned plan-ned a murder, dess-ribe.s how it will be carried through, and begs to be hcked up so that he will be unable to commit it. Impressed by his manner as well as his rrutt ion, of :Vcr accompany h;m to his home. And there, while they look on. power!e to prrvent it, rot only the murder he ha pljnr.rd, but a sesond one, takes place. o |