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Show Film In New Spotlight: "100 Men and a Girl" The motion picture in the news spotlight is "100 Men and a Girl". The fact that Deanna Durbin has .achieved the heights of movie stardom star-dom in her second picture, of itself, i attaches new interest to this production. pro-duction. The little singer has won the acclaim and sympathy of raoio and screen audiences. That the leading musical figure in America, Leopold Stokowski, has devised a new method for enriching screen music .and giving it perspective in sound, makes the film increasingly significant. This Universal comedy drama with music, "100 Men and a Girl," which plays at the Cameo Theatre Sunday Sun-day and Monday, December 26 and 27, features many players who have played in notable hits. Deanna Durbin, Alice Brady and Mischa Auer scored in "Three Smart Girls." Miss Bardy, Mischa Auer and Eugene Eu-gene Pallette also registered in "My Man Godfrey." Adolphe Men-jou Men-jou won praise in "Sing, Baby Sing," "A Star Is Born," "One in a Million" Mil-lion" and "Cafe Metropole." The film was made by director Henry Koster and associate producer produ-cer Joseph Pasternak, who also guided "Three Smart Girls" to success. suc-cess. Both offerings were under the supervision of Charles R. Rogers, executive producer. Mischa Auer, the madcap musician, musi-cian, has a genius for torturing musical instruments. He declares he is the only pupil of his uncle Leopold Auer, able to play music which cannot be scored on paper. Mischa adds that it might be possible possi-ble with a squeaky pencil on a shrieky slate. The story theme stresses the drama and comedy of human living. Deanna Durbin as a musician's daughter, strives to save the careers of 100 musicians facing a crisis. i |