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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1934
Page
2
The Enterprise reports a deluxe musical comedy, Vanities of 1934, will show Friday and Saturday at the Paramount Theatre with twenty youthful artists. It accompanies the feature film Lady Killer starring James Cagney. The touring company is praised as one of the outstanding acts on the season.
Nashville critics praise Vanities for novelty and a 4 member stage band with a chorus of beautiful girls. Cotton Watts, billed as the Ace of Blackface Comedians, delivers monologues and dancing that often steal the show. Janet and Hardy perform an elaborate Chinese adagio octopus dance titled A Rhapsody In Gold with two golden figures.
The film Dinner at Eight opens at the Paramount after a long New York run and engagements in major cities. Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore headline a star packed cast including Wallace Beery, Jean Hersholt, and Edmund Lowe in a Kaufman Ferber adaptation of the Broadway play about a dramatic dinner party.
A lively farce about a mismatched circle under one roof for a hectic weekend features William Janney and Mary Carlisle as young lovers, Conway Tearle as the worldly suitor, Katherine Alexander as a catty rival, and Lionel Barrymore as Mary’s husband in a witty plot at Mayer’s.
Paramount shows include Dinner at Night with Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery and a lineup featuring James Cagney in Killer plus Radio Row and Vanities of 1934. Other venues offer White Woman with Carole Lombard and Chas. Bickford, Mad Game with Spencer Tracy, and Riders of Destiny with Cecilia Parker along with serials and comedies.
Monday and Tuesday showcase The De fee with Pegey Shanton Lois Wilson Sidney Blackmer and Matt Moore plus Sky Symphony a comedy on Fox News. Wednesday and Thursday present Should Ladies Behave with Alice Brady Lionel Barrymore and Con way Teatle The Audition and Sports Thrills. Friday and Saturday feature Fugitive with Rex Bell Perks of Pauline serial No 3 and Mickey's Knight mare Mickey Mouse Cartoon.
Friday features Nina in Handle With Cate Laurel Shannon in The Painted Woman and Strange as it Seems while Will Rogers and Dorothy Jordan present Down to Earth in Cartoon Comedy and News. Saturday includes Ree Bell in Lucky Larrigan Our Gang Comedy Cartoon and Chapter 11 of Wolf Dog.
Spencer Tracy, famed for rugged roles, headlines The Painted Woman, a South Seas romance, opening at the Carolina Theatre Thursday. Tracy plays Jacy, a pearl diver who falls for love, a departure from his prior screen persona. Peggy Shannon co stars and is praised for a standout performance.
Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard head a star cast in the screen drama White Woman arriving Monday and Tuesday at the Broadhurst Theatre. The Malay jungle tale follows treacherous savages and a beautiful woman amid men’s perilous pursuit. Directed by Stuart Walker from a Raine Butler screenplay.
A review notes Deluge a motion picture showing the world’s destruction by a mammoth tidal wave and earthquakes. New York harbor is destroyed as skyscrapers crumble and lifelines are smashed. Three hundred survivors begin rebuilding while Martin and Claire face a dramatic reunion and conflict.
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