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Show VICTORY THEATRE One of the most stirring epic ad-. ad-. 'ventures in the history of the conquest con-quest of the west comes to the screen of the Victory theatre Friday and i Saturday as part of the big double bill, in the thrilling Paramount film-';ization film-';ization of Zane Grey's "Wagon j Wheels," featuring Randolph Scott, ' ; Gail Patrick, Monte Blue and Ray-;mond Ray-;mond Hatton. Adapted from the . I well-known novel, "Fighting Cara-' Cara-' vans" by Zane Grey, the picture is a 1 1 stirring account of the famous trip I by the covered wagon caravan from i Independence, Missouri, to Oregon in : 1844, when the sturdy, adventurous American pioneers first went out to i homestead the new country. The : natural scenery of the Rockies and - the forest backgrounds, all filmed in - their natural settings, are among the ) most impressive and beautiful ever - brought to the screen, includinig the 5 fights with the Indians, are so cap-1 cap-1 ably directed and handled that it is r not difficult to believe they are real. Acclaimed by preview audiences in both Hollywood and New York as one ot the most colorrul and sparkling screen romances in seasons, the lavish Fox Film, " Love Time," will be shown as the other feature on the twin bill Friday and Saturday. The new and delightful young Fox "discovery," "dis-covery," "Pat" Paterson, has her best role to date as the sweetheart of a world-famed composer, in this production; pro-duction; and Nils Asther, playing the composer, is said to top all his past film achievements in this unique assignment. as-signment. "Love Time" tells a tender story of youthful passion, struggle and triumph. In addition to "Pat" Paterson, for whom a great career is promised in American pictures, and Nils Asther, who is seen to better advantage ad-vantage than ever before, a notable cast includes such names as Herbert Mundin, Harry Green, Henry B. Walthall, Henry Kolker, Lucien Littlefield and Roger Imhof. Joan Crawfo.d and Clark Gable are together again, this time in one of the most powerful d:amat!c vehicles ve-hicles of the year. The p'c'.ure, directed di-rected by Clarence Ei-own, i? entitled "Chained," ard will be shown at the Victory Sunday, Monday and Tues-: day. A special Metro-Goldwyn-: Mayer production, .it is lavishly mounted and painstakingly produced. The swift-moving story, following : the new trend, was especially writ-' ten for the screen by Edgar Selwyn and adapted by John Lee Mahin. The supporting cast is exceptional, with Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O' ; Connor and Marjorie Gateson prominently promi-nently cast. But chief honors go to the co-stars, who make living ; characters out of their separate ' roles ,and weave a deep-hued tapes-try tapes-try of the poignant romance of Diane , and Mike. The locale of the film, i evershif ting, covers half the Western ; hemisphere, moving from New York , to shipboard, to Buenos Aires, to a South American ranch, back to New York and thus north to a Lake Placid resort. . It is the kind of fare critics have been crying for: swift, credible, well mounted, well acted and, above all, entertaining. Marlene Dietrich's newest starring star-ring picture, the Josef von Sternberg Stern-berg production, "The Scarlet Empress," Em-press," coming Wednesday and Thursday Thurs-day of next week, is taken from a diary of Catherine the Great, Russia's Rus-sia's most colorful and exciting empress. em-press. Two centuries roll back on the screen and Catherine the Great lives again. All the splendor, the barbaric civilization of decadent Russia, Rus-sia, the bizarre splendor of history's most exciting court are brought to screen by the superb acting and personality per-sonality of Dietrich and the direction direc-tion of Von Sternberg. Here for the first -time, movie fans get a picture of the real Russian empress who ruled a mighty empire with her brains and her beauty. Von Sternberg Stern-berg has assembled an imposing supporting sup-porting cast including John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, noted Broadway actor; Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruthelma Stevens, Olive Tell and Gavin Gordon. |