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Show F1RMAGEJHEATRE Friday Called into action on New I York's Great White Way, Charlie' Chan invades the night clubs to seek the killer -whose double murder mur-der casts a shadow of terror over Manhattan's gayest spots in the newest of his Twentieth Century-Fox Century-Fox screen adventures, "Charlie Chan On Broadway", coming bo .the Firmage theatre Friday only. I It's "candid-camera night" in a swanky midtown cabaret, and as ; the flashlights of a hundred en-: Ithusiastic "minicam" fans boom,' . death strikes, then strikes again, bringing Chan, fresh from his sleuthing triumphs in distant lands, to confront the most baffling baf-fling adventure of his career. The cast includes Keye Luke, J. Ed- j ward Bromberg, Joan Marsh, Joan I Woodbury, Louise Henry, Donald j Woods and others. A comedy and u MetiotoiK! riewn reel also will In-uliown. In-uliown. Sui tirday (lluwing with lempeMtui'us ro-niaiiee, ro-niaiiee, which bloom iieainst the pay liiiike. round of Iiud,-irt, and hjarklini? with the wit which hus lifted Miselia A uer und Frank Jeiiks into the top flight of comedians, com-edians, Universal' " Prescription ' For Romance" comes to the Kir-1 niuyv theatre Tuesday only. Superb ( settings which emphasize the glamour and charm of this historic, city in Hungary form a sparkling! background for a brilliant rornan-j tic comedy, wherein the while shoulders of beautiful women, J glittering jewels and the pugean- try of gay uniforms, medals and j decorations vie for the intense interest in-terest created by the unusual ano amazing situations that unroll in I his fast traveling screen story. I .Setting the pace for the love I scenes, the vivacious Wendy Bar-lie Bar-lie appears opposite Kent Taylor, with supporting cast of Gregory Gaye, Dorothea Kent, Henry Hunter Hunt-er and others. It's not always fun being fi nny. Laurel and Hardy testified to this while filming "Beau Hunks." their latest Hal Roach-MGM comedy which comes to the Firmage theatre thea-tre Saturday as another feature. For several days these two comedians come-dians drilled and tramped under a sizzling California sun dressed in heavy woolen uniforms and packing full military packs on their backs. Two cartoons also will be shown. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Broadway pricks up its drooping j ears like an old fire horse at the sound of the alarm as "Broadway Melody of 1938" sounds gayly' from Hollywood. There is irony i in the new order of showmanship, as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produces a musical comedy that excells in lavish splendor anything that Broadway ever attempted, includ-' ing Ziegfeld's Follies. Indeed, the studio raided Broadway for most, of its talent which appears in this spectacular new film at the Firmage Fir-mage theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Only Robert Taylor, who co-stars with Eleanor Powell, is strictly a product of the screen. Miss Powell, of course, scintillated on the stage long before she tap- ped her way to cinematic fame. J Others in the cast are Sophie Tucker, George Murphy, Binn; Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, and others i with a chorus of girls that would have brought out the police re-, serve at any stage entrance in the; i days when Broadway railed the movins flickers. A Movietone news reel also will be shown. Wediu-nday , I Dealing with the hilarious re-nultrt re-nultrt of a mid-western woman being chosen as one of the coun-j try's foremost housewives in a contest, con-test, RKO Radio's "Meet the Missus" Mis-sus" co-stars Helen Broderick and, Victor Moore. The fun revolves around the fact that Miss Broderick Brod-erick probably the world's worst housewife, and can't even make a bed or brew coffee. The housekeeping house-keeping duties fall on the shoul-deers shoul-deers of her husband, Moore, and this basic situation plays a prominent promi-nent ipart in the stiry plot ei.speci-ally ei.speci-ally when the two are taken to Atlantic At-lantic City to compete in the finals to select "Missus America" and win a ten thousand dollar prize. This picture comes to the Firmage theatre Wednesday only with the! first chapter of the new serial, "Tim Tyler's Lurk," a -arWin and the finals in the? amateur talent contest in which little Reveily Jleslington will compile v.i'ti t!,e Mis -en Betty Denny and Fonda Morrell. Thursday Ad venture in tli skyway-.! Diama in the headline.-.! A li'Ltinie of excitement has been packed into in-to tho thrilling new Universal mystery drama, "Reported Missing", Mis-sing", which comes to the Firmage theatre Thursday only, featuring William Gargan and Jean Rogers. "Reported Missing" is a swift, high tension aviation story. Planes protected by every scientific device de-vice crash mysteriously. A young aviation inventor is blamed for the disasters. His sweetheart and friends lose faith in him. Thrill follows thrill. Suspense will grip your pulses while you watch the story un.) Id. A comedy and cartoon car-toon also will be shown. |