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Show RRTilAGEJHEATRE Saturday Only Proving again the versatility of William Powell and Luise Rainer, the picture at the Firmage theatre for Saturday, "The Emporor's Candlesticks" presents these stars in roles of arresting interest. Powell, the hero of many a suave comedy, best known for his crea-j crea-j tion of "The Thin Man", now ibe-comes ibe-comes a gay continental spy and gentleman-about-Europe. Luise Iliainer, tlic acudemy award winner of llt.'Ki for her role as Aim Ik-M in '"I'lie (Jrcal Z i- f i.-l i " and iiiom-recently iiiom-recently hailed for her character-, iation of the Chinese lave-wifi-in "The (jood iai th", is a viva'-ious ;Mid exotic woman of title anil in-tiiue. in-tiiue. The story di-scrilies th. mud adventures ,,!' two exeeedinidy attractive .secret aeonts, each of v. lioiii is su; jjicious of the other. Danger lies always in their path , and death is never far away, hut love sweeps aside these obslacle-as obslacle-as love has a way of doing, and they make life very amusing. A comedy mid a news reel al o will he shown. Sund;y and Monday Hailed as the most powerful motion picture attraction in years, "Parnell", the tremendously moving mov-ing fictional drama of Charles Stewart Parnell "Uncrowned Kinv. of Ireland", comes to the Firmage theatre Sunday and Monday with Clark Cable and Myrna I.oy co-starred co-starred at the head of a east of hi names. The picture presents Gable as the dynamic Irish patriot who sacrificed a glorious career because be-cause of another man's wife, and Miss Loy as that woman, the lovely Katie O'Shea, wedded to a man she despised. In the cast are Edna May Oliver, Eillie Burke and Alan Marshall. A comedy and a news reel also will be shown. Tuesday and Wednesday Imagine, if you can, Laurel and Hardy as a pair of "tenderheels" in the wild and wooly west, back in the Gay '90's, and then start laughing. "Way Out West", then-latest then-latest feature comedy comes to the Firmage theatre Tuesday and Wednesday and presents the famous fa-mous comedy team in their first western picture and it is heralded as a rip-roaring, gunfiring, yippee-whooppee yippee-whooppee song-dance hit of the season. When the sad-faced Laurel and the pompous Hardy leave of!' prospecting in the desert to hitchhike hitch-hike to town on a stage coach with a valuable deed to a gold mine, they commit a succession of misdeeds mis-deeds that lead to a series of thrilling adventures and hilariously hilarious-ly funny episodes that are carried through eight reels of the picture. Chapter 5 of "Wild West Days" 'and a com dy al.-.o will be shown. I 'Ihursday "Man V ho Could Work Mija-; Mija-; eh-. " cone- i to the Firmage theatre thea-tre Thursday with Roland Youri, Joan Gan.ner and I'.alpri ki:h.'nd-son ki:h.'nd-son in the cast. It is the story of a little draper's assi-.tant who suddenly sud-denly finds he has the power to work miracles. At first the e miracles are hardly above the level of conjuring tricks, out as lie understand ; his power belter he 1 1 its to organize it. He determines to re-:-hape the whole woi Id and make it a place fit to live in. He . becomes so frightened by the re-j re-j suits of his gift that he wishes everything as is wa- before: he also wishes away his own power. Selected short subjects also will be shown. |