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Show HRMAGETHEATRE Friday and Saturday The adventurous career of that benign detective, Charlie Chan, very nearly comes to an untimely end as Warner Oland, again playing play-ing Chan in "Charlie Chan in Shanghai" coming to the Firmage theatre Friday and Saturday, ventures ven-tures into China's roaring metropolis metro-polis to break up a dangerous gang of international opium smugglers. From the moment Chan sets foot in Shanghai, his adventures begin with the murder of his host, an English secret service ser-vice man. Chan's life is menaced by mysterious assailants who shoot at him during the night, attempt at-tempt to kidnap him, but fail to match his Oriental wile. Joining forces with the American .secret service, Chan takes up the threads of the crime. The Englishman's secretary, Charles lecher, is suspected of the murder and held, despite the protests of his lovely fiancee, Irene Hervey. The motives mo-tives and positions of the various members of the drama become more and more involved, until finally in a thrilling gun fight in a water front cafe, Chan gets his men and uncovers the force behind be-hind the mystery. Key Luke, prominent Chinese actor, is featured fea-tured as Chan's son, and Russell Hicks and Halliwell Hobbes are prominent in supporting roles. Two comedies and a Fox Movietone Movie-tone news will also be shown on these nights. Sunday and Monday "Diamond Jim," the glittering screen play based on the life of James Buchanan Brady, first of the super-salesmen, the man who made the gay 'nineties' gay, comes to the Firmage theatre Sunday and Monday. "Diamond Jim" is the man: who wore $2,000-000 $2,000-000 in jewels. Who offered Lillian Russell $1,000,000 to marry him. Who made a fortune of $12,000,-000 $12,000,-000 from a start of $91. Who gave millions to charity and friends, and steel cars to America. Ameri-ca. You'll see Edward Arnold, of "Sadie McKee" fame, as "Diamond "Dia-mond Jim", Jean Arthur, beautiful Binnie Barns as "Lillian Russell", Cesar Romero, Hugh O'Connell, George Sidney, Eric Blore, Robert McWade and a host of others. You cannot afford to miss this all-important production. There will al?o be shown these nights a comedy, color cartoon and a Universal Uni-versal news reel. Tuesday and Wednesday Warner Brothers latest musical comedy, "Broadway Gondolier", which reunites the popular stars of "Gold Diggers of 1933," Dick Powell and Joan Blondell. comes to the Firmage theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. There is an all star cast which also includes Adolphe Menjou and Louise Fa-zenda. Fa-zenda. The story which is new, concerns a Xew York taxi driver, played by Dick Powell, who aspires as-pires to be a sincer and takes lessons from a down and out Italian teacher. The taxi driver gets an audition at a radio station but through a series of humorous I mix-ups, fails to arrive. The pro-: pro-: fessor sings for him, but his one j time fine voice is gone and Dick loses his chance. They go to Italy where the professor sells vegetables vege-tables on the streets and the taxi driver becomes a gondolier, finally ! singing his way to opera, and ; back to America to Joan Blondell, j the girl he loves. Adolphe Men-' jou, is the shabby professor while ; Miss Fazenda is the sponsor of a j program. There is an unusual j novelty in a complete program , which also features Ted Rito and his famous band, the Four Mills : brothers, and the Canova family. ! The last chapter of "The Great Air Mystery" and the first chapter chap-ter of the new serial "The Adventure Adven-ture of Frank Merriwell," will , also be shown. Thursday A human pyramid, an impersonator imper-sonator of Popeye, a singer with a girl tap dancer for accompanist, and an embryo Greek Houdini are among the contestants seeking glory and gold in the story about a radio amateur-hour broadcast which Paramount has made into one of the season's most entertaining enter-taining screen attractions, "Millions "Mil-lions in the Air," and comes to the Firmage theati-e Thursday only. The picture is concerned mainly with the romance of a young icecream ice-cream salesman and the daughter of the radio program's sponsor. Wendy Barrie and John Howard, the two principals, are among the contestants on the "Kello" hour. Miss Barrie going on the program under an assumed name, seeks to establish herself as a singer because she is bored by the society life she leads. Howard, who plays a saxophone, wants to win the first prize of $500 so that he may buy a better "stand" for his ice-cream truck. Other play- ers are Willie Howard, Harry Semels, Eleanor Whitney, Halliwell Halli-well Hobbes and Dave Chasen. Two comedies will also be shown Thursday. |
