| Show 0 THEATRE attractions 6 0 the attraction at the cinema friday and saturday will be gambling starring george II af cohan and based on his own famous mystery melodrama of the same title in which he appeared on the stage for two years bohans role Is that of a new york gambler whose daughter elopes with a shipboard acquaintance at quarantine and is murdered the lover is accused of of the lne crime tried and acquitted dissatisfied satish aed with the way the police and uie the district attorney have handled the case th the gambler becomes his own detective he plays the role of lover to two young women friends of the acquitted man and finds a clue which he pursues to a powerfully dramatic solution cohan is said to be superb in his quiet easy cf performance penthouse warner baxter and myrna loy are arc the featured players in arthur somers roches penthouse which opens sunday at the kin ema As a scion of an aristocratic new york family and a society lawyer who chooses to defend notorious r racketeers warner baxter is sa said id to give one of the finest performances of his long career As gertie ww ted a beautiful night club girl myrna loy is reported by preview critics to have far surpassed any of her triumphs in previous picture productions with exotic roles now a part of her brilliant past in penthouse she has taken command of one of the strongest and most lovable characterizations of her career and her romantic scenes with ner baxter will long be remembered avelyn prentice A new picture with the same co starring team that made smash hits in manhattan melodrama and the thin man comes to the he anema christmas evelyn prentice cd 11 thrilling new mystery drama revolving about a girl murder defendant circumstantial evidence and an amazing domestic crisis in a defense attorneys home life brings william powell owell and myrna loy together gain again in what is probably the most successful of their recent hits together the new cosmopolitan production contains two mysteries in I 1 oxie one the mystery dramatically unfolded in a great courtroom and the other a mystery in the household of a married couple which threatens their happiness and which is so tied up with the mystery in court that one cannot be solved without the other cheating cheaters A comedy abounding in suspense and unexpected situations universals cheating cheaters opens christmas at the lyric it is a fine example of good clean fun elaborately unfolded on the plus some excellent performances from the splendid cast headed by fay wry A newcomer newcom ir to the screen is cesar romero who plays the love interest in miss arys life there is an abundance of good solid humor in the picture the plot is unusually clever and one better left to an audience to unravel I 1 |
