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Show I " MARIE DRESSLER AND POLLY MORAN IN TOP-NOTCH FORM Fun in a small town, mothers-in-law in prodigious battles, romance and a bit of drama these are the elements with which Marie Dressier and Polly Moran mould a marvel in pure entertainment in "Prosperity", Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mirthful melee of battling mothers-in-law playing at the Cameo Theatre Sunday, Sun-day, Monday and Tuesday, February 26, 27 and 28. Marie and Polly are the mothers-in-law. They battle over the married mar-ried life of their respective son and daughter until they drive the youngsters young-sters into divorce and the audience into hysterics. Amid the howels of ; laughter there are a few heart throbs I too, for a bit of mother love, a sacrifice, and a very tense little dramatic dra-matic situation are interlarded among the laughs. Sam Wood directed di-rected the picture, and the clever young man who directed "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" certainly knows his comedy. Runs Grocery Store Marie plays "Maggie", who gets a job in the town grocery store when the town goes broke, starts a "swap and trade" business, and finally solves the problem of good business. Miss Moran is the shrewish shre-wish purloiner of pickles incidentally incident-ally that scene is a classic in comedy. come-dy. Anita Page and Norman Foster play the married children, and they in turn have children played by little Jacquie Lyn and Jerry Tucker. Tuck-er. Clever character comedy is contributed con-tributed by Charles -Giblyn, Frank Darien and Henry Armetta. The comedy highlights include the Christmas Night when Miss Dressier, Miss Moran and Foster all turn up dressed as Santa Clauses and battle for the honor of officiating at the Christmas tree, the comical squabble squab-ble of the mother-in-law that breaks up the wedding ceremony and sends the youngsters over to the city hall to be married in peace by the mayor, and many other screaming situations. situa-tions. The denouncement, with a gripping bit of drama, affords Miss Dressier opportunity for some very dramatic "straight" characterization as well. o 1 Plant A3 cultivated In China the bush Jrom which tea leaves are gathered Is an evergreen shrub growing to a height of from S to 5 feet. |