Show I 1 AT THE EGYPTIAN S MM K t fra TONIGHT AND SATURDAY 2 shows dally P M X GRIPPING DRAMA WITH CUTE CLIVE BROOK RICHARD ARLEN BUDDY ROGERS AND STELLAR CAST the lawyers secret an excellently acted and thoroughly convincing drama running the entire gamut or of human emo tun front from love to hate from security to dreadful tear fear plays tonight friday and saturday it Is deep down emotional en an ertain ment that keeps the interest steadily at peak charles makes his initial appearance pe arance in a real dramatic role in the awyers secret for the first time on the screen the engaging and much en aged young juvenile has an opportunity to display the tha real acting talent which underlay his romantic popularity he does a great job la in a stirring manner nor Is the handsome rogers portrayal overshadowed nver shadowed by the tremendously forceful acting of clive brook and richard arlen in the conflicting roles brook na aa a perplexed lawyer in whom love and ana duty and an appealing human desire fight tor for mastery carries the motivating role of the drama in love with pay fay wray r he e Is forced to conceal from her as well es cs the world his knowledge that rogers her brother Is really gunty guilty of a crime tor for which arlen alien Is 13 on trial for his life jean arthur as arlen allens a sweetheart handles the role with her usual con can inching ability the lawyers secret Is strong screen f fre fire re presenting real and lively problems in an exciting situation its audiences cre taken right to the heart ot of its allem me ma its spectators are made to leel feel that this tense emotional situation might really happen to them its circumstances are always thrilling its action is highly cx exciting citing the lawyers secret presents a 0 vital and vibrant story brilliantly produced and directed splendidly acted by an exceptional cast it Is real forceful logical emotionally exciting a gripping drama that will be remembered and talked about 0 0 another popular football tor for the fan subject spring training and slim summerville in a 20 minute comedy complete a dandy bill feature starts at and p m each night W 40 SUNDAY AND MONDAY 2 shows dally P STREET SCENE RISES ABOVE THEM ALL it was merely an accident of at birth that mado made the great city ol at new york the locale of street scene which comes sunday bunday and monday had the author of this prize drama elmer rice bice been born bom and drawn his characters from the life of any other american city large or small his characters would have been the same lesh flesh and blood por for street scene Is the story or of conflict co anict and emotions the fleeting joys nna end heartaches heart aches or of human characters in I 1 an environment which Is the same in every city A cross section of new york life it was called when it was presented as a laloge stage play in bringing it to the larger panorama of the screen with king vidor directing and sylvia sidney william collier jr an dEstelle taylor in the leading roles samuel goldwyn Is presenting it as a cross section ot of the entire world new york may have taller buildings more money noise and crowds than other cities but says mr goldwyn the producer the lives ot of its people are inherently the same A boy and girl in love feel the same hope and despair in any other city joy and hate and passion the anxieties of their parents the tongues ot at gossip and scandal all the emotions of dumani humanity ty are alike street scene Is a dramatic panorama ot a f any street in any city in the world it it speaks the language ot of the heart and knows no difference in race color or creed the pulitzer Pull tzer prize bestowed on elmer rices play as the best stage drama ot of its year specifically provides that the award shall be tor for the best drama written by an american author and based on the american scene anyone who sees the picture will recognize cognize the roles ot of rose Maur rant and max kaplan portrayed respectively by sylvia sidney and william collier jr as the boy and girl down the street B eulah beulah bondi bandl as mrs jones Is the neighborhood gossip who has baa an all the scandal of the street at the tip ot of her tongue and relishes every morsel of it david landau as mr maumina Mau Maur mint rant is an american father not the ideal american tather father ot of course but a type who to Is all too common as a product of poverty he Is a symbol rather than an individual a symbol ot of the tragedy which results from narrowness and intolerance estelle taylor as mrs Maur rant Is another symbol of the darker side aide of life a woman driven to despair through lack of 0 affection A devoted mother the years of fruitless yearning for or tenderness and warmth drive her to rebellion and elmer rice the dramatist has had the courage to raise the question as to whether she was not as much sinned against as sinning dinning whether she was not a victoira ot of the gossip bongers mongers even while her conduct was providing them with the good tor for their gossip elmer rice the playwright has told a pitiless story but has hag used into infinite pity in the telling and so moved by its truth and poignancy was samuel goldwyn that in bringing it to the screen he permitted king vidor to film it in the same eama bold spirit with which it was presented on the speaking stage all of the ringing smashing speeches which rice put into the mouth ot of the stage players have been retained where originally all the action took place before the doorway of a single house goldwyn has confined the action to a single street so bo that street scene the united artist release in its screen version remains what its author intended it to be a stirring indictment ot of the hydro crispy and false standards ot of life in any city in the world try and see this great drama of life from the beginning by coming on or before and p m enjoy it more fully the par paramount bount S screen cr een song 1 I wonder whose kissing her now completes one me of the finest programs of the season |