Show cinema to show two outstanding pictures of year I 1 the talk talking ing picture debut of lawrence tibbett internationally known metropolitan opera star will take place at the cinema theater friday saturday and sunday in the rogue song 11 a metro goldwyn mayer production directed by lionel barrymore and filmed entirely in technicolor the picture the first approach to an operatic film is considered to be one of the most important productions of the year and entailed elaborate preparations the scenario based upon the operetta gypsy gyps y love was written by frances marion mario n with dialogue by john colton of rain anti and shanghai gesture fame and music by franz achar and herbert the lyrics are the work of clifford grey besides tibbetts songs the musical innovations of the production include an aria sung by elsa alsen wagnerian soprano with a chorus and numbers sung by wallace macdonald accompanied by a large male chorus there is also an albertina rasch ballet of girls who dance to special music contributed by the modernistic composer dimitri more than 2000 war veterans were employed in the making of all quiet on the western front coming to the cinema for four days starting monday most alost of them were Amer american icah ex service men the others were soldiers who had served with the germans french english russians and italians sometimes they wore the uniform of france and other times the gray of germany for a month and more they lived together at the huge camp established by universal on the irvine ranch near los angeles aba sharing T me the same quarters and food while the battle scenes were being made there was a perfect spirit of comradeship comrad ship the hate of the war forgotten explosives enough to demolish a city were used in the greatest battle scenes ever filmed more than pounds of black powder and six tons of dynamite were used to give the effect of shell fire and mine explosions six thousand bombs were planted and exploded ap boded on the battlefield covering 20 acres of land on the irvine ranch one of the terrific war scenes of the picture shows a french village under bombardment in this scene shells are seen bursting in the air over the village occupied by a thousand and more german soldiers A building is blown to fragments other explosions tear up the streets and shatter walls in another scene a church is demolished moli shed by three direct shell hits while a company of german soldiers is is passing it mr air stallings manager of the cinema urges that patrons should see both of these great pictures from the very beginning in order to properly appreciate them the rogue song feature starts at and p in with the news reel beginning ten minutes earlier all quiet on the western front will be shown but twice daily the matinee starts at 2 3 and for the evening show the doors open at with the show starting at sarp sharp the feature tt ure begins at 9 |