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Show Anthony Adverse' biggest Sensation Of The Screen ''Anthony Adverse" is the last rrmentmanCent -ter" This truly anxiously awaited Warner Bros, production, which has , local premiere at the Cameo Theatre, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Tues-day, October 4. 5 and 6, will hold its audiences in a spell of breathless suspense as reel after reel unfold the vivid story of Hervey Allen's monumental monu-mental literary classic. . The picture follows the romantic adventures of Anthony Adverse through five countries, across the seas and over three continents For mammoth sets, for colorful and picturesque backgrounds, for dynamic dyna-mic action, for the unusual characterizations charac-terizations of its tremendous cast from Fredric March, the star, down to the smallest bit player, for the glamor of its romance, its human interest and sheer, unadulterated entertainment, this picture is unsurpassed. unsur-passed. But all this, while full of color, is but the background for a drama of human life, its loves and hates, its hopes and its disappointments; its desires and its passions; its vain and futile struttings and its vast achievements. Fredric March has given the screen some wonderful portrayals in the past, but never has he risen to the heights of dramatic fire as in the title role of this picture. His Anthony An-thony is a living, breathing person, stepping out of a book into real life on the screen. He is ably supported by Olivia de Havilland, who came to screen prominence with her work in "A Midsummer Night's' Dream" and "Captain Blood." This is Miss de-Havilland's de-Havilland's first great emotional role and she rises to it with true artistry. Other loves of Anthony are found in the characterizations portrayed by Steffi Duna, a fiery half caste with whom he lives in his African slave mart and Gale Sondergaard, a voluptuous and passionate housekeeper. house-keeper. Both give unusually fine interpretations. |