Theatres Offer Tarzan Adventures Promised This Week
A fine week of entertainment unfolds at Theatres Promised MEW featuring Tarzan adventures and a film with a notable star Mayer alongside his mate.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1934
Page
5
Tarzan the Ape Man sequel at Princess Theatre
Johnny Weissmuller returns as Tarzan in Lillums at the Princess Theatre on Monday. The jungle epic recreates a dense 100 acre set with elephants lions rhinoceros and crocodiles plus underwater battle sequences. Notable supporting players from the original Tarzan cast are featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Weissmuller
Mauréen O’sullivan
Princess Theatre
Tarzan
Neil Hamilton
Forrester Harvey
Doris Lloyd
Paul Cavanaugh
William Stack
Desmond Roberts
Nathan Curry
The Great Flirtation opens at the Strand Theater
Elissa Landi and Adolphe Menjou lead a Paramount comedy drama about theatre stars Karpath and Zita. The story follows their stormy marriage, press agent ruses, heartbreak, and a dramatic finale as real lives clash with stage egos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Rogers
Paramount
Strand Theatre
Gregory Ratoff
Adolphe Menjou
Elissa Landi
David Manners
Lynne Overman
Adrian Bosley
Raymond Walbum
Paul Porensi
Menjou
Karpath
Budapest
Zita
America
Fortune
Miss Landi
Manners
Miss Lavdi
Menicu
Ralph Murphy
Adrian Rosley
Flaming Gold at Capitol Theatre in Mexico oil fields
RKO drama features Bill Boyd and Pat O'Brien in a clash with a ruthless oil combine. A lovers weave amid explosions and sabotaged wells as the couple confronts threats in Mexican oil lands. Mae Clarke co stars with a story of guilt and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Clarke
Pat O’brien
Dan Manton
Ben Lear
Capitol Theatre
Bill Boyd
Boyd
O'Brien
Combine
Return of Casey Jones Opens at Capitol Two Day Run
Monogram feature depicts railroad life during wartime with Jimmy Martin a young engineer blamed for a wreck. He overcomes prejudice through the spiritual influence of Casey Jones, the boyhood hero who died at his post, as the plot gains momentum and drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Jones
Monogram
Capitol Theatre
Jimmy
Martain
Harold Teen and His Pals Coming
A lively film synopsis shows Harold Teen as a newspaper reporter in love with Lillums. The plot centers on romance, a bank saving, jealousy, a small town play, and colorful cameos by Rochelle Hudson Patricia Ellis Guy Kibbee Clara Blandick Hugh Herbert Hobart Cavanaugh Chic Chandler and Eddie Tamblyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Teen
Lillums
Ite
Lillame
LeRoy
Rochelle Hudson
Dr. Bull
Mr. Skitch
Patricia Ellis
Mimi
Snatcher
Miss Hudson
Guy Kibbee
Clara Blandick
Hugh Herbert
Ashburn
Hobart Cavanaugh
Chic Chandler
Eddie Tamblyn
Shadow
Debutantes Compete for Extras in Fox Film "Coming Out Party"
In lean times debutantes seek film work and compete for extra roles in the Fox picture "Coming Out Party" at the Princess Theatre. Alice Leone Moats selects six girls from across the nation to register a chaperone for the film’s showcase scene directed by John Blystone and featuring Princes Dee Gene Raymond Nigel Bruce Alison Skipworth and Harry Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie L. Lasky
Fox
Princess Theatre
Alice Leone Moats
John Blystone
Fox Film
Princes Dee
Gene Raymond
Nigel Bruce
Alison Skipworth
Harry Green
Make-up Nightmare in Tarzan and His Mate
The biggest daily makeup job in MGM's Tarzan and His Mate fell to Maureen O Sullivan. Her face and entire body needed makeup each day with a colored maid applying it for forty five minutes and scrubbing it off in an hour each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarzan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Miss O’sullivan
Starrett and cohort charm in stage cast listing
Charles Starrett plays Jimmy Martin with touching sincerity and Ruth Hall shines as Nona Winters. George Hayes earns praise for Timothy Shine with Jackie Sears as Jimmy and Margaret Seddon and Anne Howard in key roles. J Py McCarthy directs a warmly received performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Starrett
Jimmy Martin
Ruth Hall
Nona Winters
Aij
George Hayes
Timothy Shine
Jackie Sears
Jimmy
Margaret Seddon
Chita Grows Up In Tarzan Play
Chita the chimpanzee from Tarzan, the Ape Man, returns in the sequel as Chita grows older. The film, directed by Cedric Gibbons, follows her evolution from companion to an adult role in the African adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chita
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Cedric Gibbons
Hal LeRoy Performs Endurance Dance in Warner Bros Film
Hal LeRoy, featured dancer in a Warner Bros production, delivered an endurance dance routine lasting two and a half minutes without rest. He attributed his stamina to correct breathing, noting the performance featured a role for his own daughter.
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Hal LeRoy
Warner Bros
Trick
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Pietwre
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Tarzan and His Mate
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