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Show ; WCTOnrmEATRE Tl:e greater j.art of a Los Ar.gc-les Ar.gc-les armarium wa trtir.siMrte-l lo the First Xc!:-r-! ?;' f j one sequence of "The Diaon Munier ; Case," the S. S. Van Dine thriller which comes to the Victory thea-j thea-j tre Friday and Saturday. Myriads of brichtly-hued fish will be seen in the picture, which presents Warren William in the famous role of Philo Vance, detective extraordinary. Madije Evans, who plays the leading feminine role opposite Richard Arlen in "Helldorado," which comes to the Vivtory theatre thea-tre next Friday and Saturday as part of the usual double bill, was the original "Fairy Soap" baby, posing at the age of two for magazine maga-zine advertisements and billboards. Subsequently she became a child star for World Film Company, and now, a generation later, is again in the limelight as an actress. Dick Powell, with his inimitable singing voice, heads a cast of unusually un-usually talented players in the new First National production, "Happiness "Happi-ness Ahead," which is scheduled as the feature attraction at the Victory theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Although the story is straight comedy drama there are four special songs, catchy airs written by three of the most famous fa-mous song writing teams, Allie Wrubel and Mort Dixon, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal and Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Powell sings two of the songs alone, "Pop Goes My Heart" and "Beauty Must Be Love" and also joins with Frank McIIugh in a duet, "Massaging "Mas-saging Window Panes." A fourth song, "All on Account of a Strawberry Straw-berry Sundae," is sung by Dorothy Dare, the famous Broadway musical musi-cal comedy star who makes . her bow in this production.- Josephine Jose-phine Hutchinson, the famous New York and London stage star who made such a hit last season as Alice in the Eva Le Gallienne Civic Repertory company's production pro-duction of "Alice in Wonderland" also makes her first screen appearance ap-pearance in this picture, playing the leading feminine role apposite Dick Powell. With a cast that fairly sparkles with stage and screen personalities, personali-ties, "Mills of the Gods," a Columbia Colum-bia production will be shown at the Victory theatre Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The picture should be of great interest to all theatre-goers as it deals with a modern, topical theme. May Robson, veteran screen trouper, trou-per, has the starring role that of the owner of a large plow company. com-pany. When she is confronted with bankruptcy and the possibility possi-bility of closing the mill, thus ! throwing hundreds of employees out of work, then does Mary Hastings Hast-ings solve a problem employers face in the country today keeping keep-ing the mill open and out of the 1 red. In the supporting roles, Fay j Wray and James Blakely turn in I interesting performances. Miss j Wray looks lovely and is her usual j competent self. As the labor agi tator, Victor Jory is excellent. He j j gives a realistic and skillful por- trayal of a difficult character forj which he deserves tho greatest j praise, r.aymor.d Wa'ht'rn, former i New York staw'C star, is equally as j good as the arrogant son. Briefly, ; "Mills of the God-" toils the tale of a large industrial plant caught I in the grip of the depression. Miss Kobson, as the retired head of the " mills, calls in her worthless brood of children to help tide the business busi-ness over its trying period. Instead In-stead of aiding their desperate mother, they blunder into a situation situa-tion of labor riots and threats of violence. The climax caps a vivid, unforgettable entertainment which everyone should see. |