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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1932
Page
2
The Congorilla film by Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson debuts at the Broadhurst with exotic jungle battles, wildlife hazards, and dramatic river scenes. Audiences are promised sensational audible spectacle and educational value, suitable for families.
Universal's Radio Control opens Wednesday at Rialto theater. The film follows two radio patrol officers who contend for the same girl amid underworld danger, delivering tense suspense and a gripping climax. Robert Armstrong and Russell Hopton star alongside Lila Lee in a strong romantic arc.
The Tamount theater starts its Greater Entertainment Season on Monday September 5 featuring Love Me Tonight with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. On September 8 the Marx Brothers Horse Feathers debuts with Thelma Todd and Florine McKinney in support. Future weeks promise ongoing major productions and a new era in cinema.
A four year old daughter of Mrs Abner Cress of this city sustained slight abrasions on leg and arm after being struck by a car last night about 630. The driver’s name was not learned. She was taken by Sechrests ambulance to Guilford General hospital for treatment and later dismissed home. The injuries were not serious.
The two day run of Doctor X at the Paramount features an all star cast led by Lee Tracy Lionel Atwill Fay Wray and Preston Foster. Based on Howard W Comstock and Allen C Miller stage play the Michael Curtiz directed Technicolor thriller mixes mystery thrills comedy and romance with reporter Lee Tracy pursuing sensational murder cases.
The list notes Daisy and Peg Teg Lete in Street of Cairo. Tom Brown stars in Mystery of Compartment C while Slim Figuring plays. Friday and Saturday feature Radio Patrol with Robert Armstrong and He roes of the West No 9 Mechanical Cow.
Monday offers Bill Boyd and Ginger Rogers in Carnival Boat plus a comedy, cartoon and curiosity. Ruth Chatterton headlines Tuesday and Wednesday with a large cast. Thursday and Friday present Barbara Stanwyck Ralph Bellamy and Adolphe Menjou in Forbidden with comedy and Screen Song. Saturday screens Zane Grey’s Riders of the Purple Sage with cartoon and Hodge-Podge.
Local theatergoers can expect a mystery comedy with a mix of humor and suspense. The film is praised as a standout entertainment offering in recent memory and likely to receive a warm reception.
Joan Blondell stars as Maizie Dickson in a mystery thriller about a banker murder in New York. The film follows a sensational paper writer uncovering clues that point to Mrs Ferguson and her ally Judd Brooks as suspects in the Cornwall crime.
Robert Montgomery stars with Davies in Blondie of the Follies and Peggy Shannon in The Painted Woman a Fox Films South Seas adventure opening at the Paramount. The plot follows a dubious heroine in Singapore and remote islands with pearl fishermen, a devil fish fight, and a dramatic romantic triangle set against tropical scenery and underwater peril.
A weak district attorney was cajoled and browbeaten into pursuing sensational steps daily, each day delivering a new thrill for the front pages.
Mrs Opal Hill of Kansas City defeated Lucille Robinson of Des Moines to win permanent possession of the women's western golf championship trophy at Peoria Illinois. Hill outlasted her younger challenger who led by one hole after the morning round, winning 2 up with one to play to retain the title she won last year and to become owner of the trophy or a replica in 1929.
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