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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1936
Page
2
The Great Ziegfeld opens at the Paramount with two daily matinee and evening shows including 2:16 and 8:45 start times. The roadshow production features a star cast and MGM scale production, with four performances daily Monday through Wednesday and popular-priced tickets.
Laurel and Hardy headline at the Broadhurst theater in Our Relations a dual role comedy based on W Jacobs The Oney Box they play two brothers posing as businessmen with their wives in a quiet port city before a streamer docks and changes things.
The Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer plus many stars will be shown today only at the Broadhurst with the regular Paramount engagement. Showtimes are 2 30 and 9 00 pm.
The gangway brings Alf and Bert, long reported hanged for mutiny, into a seaside farce. Laurel and Hardy hide the secret from wives as twin brothers roam ashore with a priceless pearl fringe, drawing in two girls and causing chaotic comedy aboard the ship.
This week at Paramount and Rialto features star-studded showings with William Powell Luise Rainer Myrna Loy Virginia Bruce and Frank Morgan in The Great Ziegfeld and Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland in Charge of the Light Brigade. Also listed are Seven Sinners Our Relations Little Miss Nobody and White Fang among others with multiple daily showings and cartoons.
Will Rogers returns in State Fair at the Rialto Monday and Tuesday with Janet Gaynor and a galaxy of stars. The Fox adaptation of Phil Stong's novel blends romance, comedy and excitement in one of the screen's finest pictures.
The city established infant health facilities dating back to 1816, reflecting early public health efforts. The clinics aimed to support mothers and children, offering medical care and guidance in a developing urban system.
The Temple in West End opens Wednesday at 7 pm after a complete renovation of the old Delano theater on English street. The contest name Temple won the $25 prize shared by Carolyn Hiatt, Sadie Green, and Lee Meredith. The theater is run by Balfour Amusement, with J M Wallace as manager, and will feature Woman Wanted starring Maureen O Sullivan and Joel McCrea.
Complete returns of the annual Red Cross Roll Call in High Point were not available last night. The drive began Tuesday and runs through Wednesday with the Industrial division delaying to Friday. The goal set by national headquarters is 1250 members and officials hope reports will push High Point over the top. Funds support local and national disaster and welfare work.
The film White Fang, Jack London’s sequel to Call of the Wild, arrives at the Rialto showing Wednesday and Thursday. Michael Whalen and Jean Muir lead an exceptional cast in this dramatic northern frontier adventure.
Seven Sinners a mystery drama stars Ed Mund Lowe and Constance Cummings at the Broadhurst next Monday and Tuesday. The plot follows an American detective and a pursuing girl from Nice to Paris to London, tracking a criminal gang led by a dangerous mastermind through murders gun running and a fatal train wreck. The train wreck sequence provides a pivotal clue proving the wreck was murder designed to hide other crimes.
Jane Withers leads in the Fox film Little Miss Nobody at the Carolina theatre Wednesday and Thursday. She plays a mischievous yet good hearted girl at the Sunshine Orphanage run by two kindly matrons.
A Warner Bros screen version of The Charge of the Light Brigade brings Alfred Lord Tennyson’s immortal poem to the city. The film features a glamorous romance and rivalry between two brothers for a woman. It is billed as a major production with a star cast and extensive battle scenes.
Bob Steele stars as Bruce Conway in The Law Rides a Western about avenging a friend’s death and rescuing a girl from outlaws. The film plays Friday and Saturday at the Broadhurst theatre amid tense chases and a climactic showdown.
The Fox picture Private Number arrives Monday in Carolina offering romance with Robert Taylor and Loretta Young. A mother’s grip on a social plot threads through a summer romance as Taylor ages toward college while Loretta eventualy returns to school and faces a family conflict.
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