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Show FIRMAGE THEATRE j Friday and Saturday What is the reaction of a man who loves one woman recklessly, another devotedly, and then learns to his amazement that both women wo-men are one? Clive Brook is faced with just such a situation in the new Fox Film production, "Dressed to Thrill," which comes to the Firmage theatre on Friday and Saturday. Tutta Rolf, glamorous glam-orous star tti the European stage and screen, launched her American Ameri-can career in "Dressed to Thrill." These nights the Gleaner girls of the Milford M. I. A. will present "Amateur Hour" with singing, dancing and other acts. In addition addi-tion to this there will also be a comedy and movietons news. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Six months of extensive preparations, prepa-rations, incuding weeks of dance rehearsals, lengthy research for magic sets, designing of dresses and gowns by Adrian, a complete Broadway dress rehearsal for the penthouse number and four months of filming was necessary at the Metro-Godlwyn-Mayer studios for their most ambitious musical, "Broadway Melody of 1936," (which comes to the Firmage theatre thea-tre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The modernized Manhattan penthouse, pent-house, the setting for one of the five elaborate dance ensembles, is the largest ever built at that studio for a single musical sequence. se-quence. Stage talent-from Broadway, Broad-way, the toasts of Continental capitals, radio sensations from coast-to-coast chains and screen luminaries from Ho lywood have been merged to form the all-star cast headed by Jack Benny and including Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, June. Knight, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Elea-nor Powell, Frances Langford, Nick Long jr., Vilma and Buddy Ebsen, Harry Stockwell, Shirley Ross and Robert Wildhack. Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur 'Freed, famous for their song hits, have written five special numbers, which includes "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' ", "On a Sunday Afternoon", "Broadway Rhythm", "You Are My Lucky Star" and "Sing Before Breakfast." Dave Gould, creator of last year's dance sensations, "The Continental," and "The Carioca," has surpassed himself with his new "Melody" dance routines and ensembles. There will also be a Popeye comedy and news reel. Wednesday "In Caliente," First National's latest musical, comes to the Firm-age Firm-age theatre Wednesday only. Its all star cast is headed by Dolores Del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo and Edward Everett Horton. Scores of beautiful Hollywood chorus girls appear in numbers created and directed by Bushby Berkeley. Phil Regan, the radio cop, sings the "Muchacha" which features Dolores in a dance review. re-view. Winifred Shaw sings the "Lady in Red", and "In Caliente" is sung by a group of entertainers. entertain-ers. Others in the cast include the famous DeMarcos, who do some specialty dancing and "The Can-ova Can-ova Family", radio's 'Hill Billies-of Billies-of the South,' and several other stars. There will also be shown chapter 9 of "The Great Air Mystery" Mys-tery" and Popeye comedy. Thursday "The Last Outpost," the new Paramount film to be shown at the Firmage theatre Thursday with Cary Grant, Claude Rains and Gertrude Michael is a drama-packed drama-packed romance played against the back-ground of the sun-baked, dangerous desert of Arabia during dur-ing the World war. It is a story of two men who sacrifice their friendship to wage a savage personal per-sonal battle for the love of the same girl. How they hound each other through . many untold dangers, dan-gers, eventually patching up their quarrel, is told in a series of thrilling events ending in a gripping grip-ping dramatic climax. There will also be a musical short subject and comedy. |