Show AT THE THEATRE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AU AH talking p m 11 it II you really want adventure I 1 will expect you nt at the green bay inn four our miles from Go dalming at midnight rooms room will ill be reserved in the name ol 01 of john S smith nith it ir you are a gentleman you will not tall fall me because I 1 am in hideous dan clanger gerl 1 it if y you ou were bored with life and wanted ecate excitement m ent what would you do on receiving the above note ronald colman gets it in answer to a want ad in bulldog drummond his new starring picture which comes to the egyptian theatre tonight friday and saturday needless to say eay it leads him off on IL a mad aba cba chase a ot of adventure and romance with lew few parallels parallels la in cinema history incidentally ci the picture takes a humorous slap at every screen melodrama which has ever been conceived in hollywood samuel goldwyn its producer describes it as satirical melodrama and it la is said to be the last word in laughter thrills and excitement ronald colman appears in bulldog drummond Drumm orid in an entirely new type ot of role tor for the famous screen lover he Is virtually chuckling throughout every scene a decided change from the sombre hero of his bis earlier screen vehicles joan bennett youngest daughter of 0 the famous broadway actor richard bennett makes her screen bow as the writer or of the above note and heroine ot of the picture while lilyan montagu love and lawrence grant furnish a trio of thoroughgoing thorough going Vill villains aind F richard jones who directed the gaucho tor for douglas fairbanks handled the direction with george barnes bames as cameraman and wallace smith as scenarist W SUNDAY ONLY ALL ALI TALKING fila matinee tince night p in because of his bis histrionic ability jack holt who is co starred with dorothy revier in vengeance columbian Colum bias all talking drama ot of life at a west african trading post has lately been cast in roles that require more mental concentration than physical ac alon holt like this he prefers to play men of the big wide open spaces when holt was a government mall mail carrier he was compelled to ride a packhorse over distances of miles or more by the time he be returned to the united states he was an exper expert t at horseback riding in fact it was as a stunt rider that be broke into the movies 1 I suppose it Is the experience of those early days that makes me impatient with parts ot of the quiet type I 1 had little to complain ot of on this score in submarine which gave me plenty ot of undersea adventure or in flight in which I 1 played the role ot of an aviator and took an active part in guerilla warfare but neither submarines nor airships give me the thrill that the good old rough riding did and I 1 cant help longing to be back on my horse agrin again the part holt plays in vengeance Is one ot of the strongest roles from a dramatic standpoint that he has sp appeared in for several years it gives him a wide scope for his superlative acting ability and presents his personality in an entirely new and most attractive light others in the cast include dorothy revier bevier george pearce and hayden stevenson archie mayo one ot of the screens screen er directorial geniuses who has to his credit many outstanding successes handled the he megaphone ALL TALKING SINGING MONDAY N AND TUESDAY lifa matinee tinee tuesday p m night shows p m for many years the legitimate drama has suffered under competition from the cinema c in ema but while heretofore the plaint has been that movies have taken away stage audiences with the advent ot of talking pictures the last blow has been struck and the cinema now takes away not only stage audiences but the most rioted noted ot of the stage players themselves metro goldwyn mayer has been no ailt Us tie successful in the fine art of seducing stars away from the legitimate ate boards to the screen as such conspicuous players as lionel barrymore ruth chatterton peggy wood raymond hackett robert montgomery find and the nugent family among others bear out among the latest to leave stage laurels behind for the greater inducements of the screen are vivian and rosetta duncan D un known throughout musically mus icalla calland ad as the duncan sisters who have cave scored conspicuous successes in winter garden shows on this side of the atlantic as well as in a number of productions over obeah where the prince of wales set a precedent in popularizing them good voices nix an inborn talent for dancing and that indefinable something called personality have pushed the duncan sisters on from their first job singing in taits cafe in san francisco to their present position as one of the foremost song and dance teams in america the duncan sisters bisters will feel right at home in pictures inasmuch as their present metro goldwyn mayer starring vehicle its a great life which will be shown at the egyptian theatre monday and tuesday Is not their first screen experience peri ence last year they appeared in a screen version of their stage hit bit topsy and eva its a great lire life however is the first picture in which they are given an opportunity to sing and to wisecrack and as everyone who has seen them on the stage knows the dunean sisters without their songs and wise cracks are only shadows of their real selves the story of its a great lite life centers about a sister act in vaudeville and contains a number of the typical humorous and pathetic incidents that are so often associated with that branch of the entertainment world important features of the picture of course are its songs and dances the former of which were written by ballard macdonlad naAd who will go down to posterity in his the trail of the lonesome pine and dave dreyer whose me and my shadow and theres a rainbow round my shoulder swept the country a season ago the dances were staged by sammy lee who has done notable work staging the dances tor for broadway Ero adway musical comedies an added attraction of its a great life Is the tact fact that it has been done with technicolor sequences under the direction of mrs natalie kalmus wife of dr herbert T kalmus who Is president of technicolor inc sam wood was the director of the duncan vehicle the supporting east cast includes lawrence gray benny rubin udley dudley chambers willie marks jed touty prouty george oscar aptel apfel and georgo george davis 0 41 silent Sl lent 2 shows p m antics of three women fearing gobs make dames dame ahoy universal comedy showing at the egyptian theatre wednesday one of the funniest pictures of the curr current nt season glenn eyon tryon Is at his laugh provoking best es as a young sailor ano goes ei aground ground on the reef of matrimony his fellow gobs abs in the persons of otts otla harlan and eddie gribbon also turn in highly amusing performances the plot deals with the adventures of the three gobs who set out while on shore chore leave to find ft a blonde who has tricked one of their number into signing away half his pay the complications are heighten heigh ted when tryon ignorant of what he Is doing wins wine a dance con contest test carrying a prize of a bungalow and a bride the greater part of the hilarious action of dames ahoy Is asid at an amusement beach helen wright a newcomer to the screen has the role of leading lady miss wright wryght Is young charming and talented and her work in her first picture forecasts a spectacularly successful fum film career dames ahoy was originally booked for showing on friday march ath but b because ause the exchange receive the picture from the studio until april it could not bo be shown |