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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
6
Joliet Great States Theatres announce a one day Dollar Day sale tomorrow with Rialto and Princess theatre tickets cut to 1.00 each. No purchase limit and tickets valid for any day. mail orders due May 20th.
Una O’Connor leads the Fox Cavalcade at Rialto theatre for a Sunday to Thursday run. Merle Tottenham shines as Annie the kitchen maid. Both women signed long term Fox contracts and stay in Hollywood indefinitely. Mundin already under contract with future comedy starring roles planned.
A Universal sea drama shown for one day at the Princess unfolds aboard the derelict rum-runner Prince Rupert adrift in the Pacific after a storm. Twelve desperate men and a beautiful unemployed woman face the elements as the ship sinks and water runs low.
The Rialto Theatre marks seven years since Joliet opened its De Luxe Movie Palace. Since 1926 the venue has drawn crowds from Joliet and beyond to witness grand architecture, marble interiors, and the Barton Grande Organ with Leo Terry, Bailey F. Alart conducting a sixteen piece orchestra.
Anniversary week runs Sunday through Tuesday featuring Cavalcade with Clive Brook Diana Wynward and a cast of 3500. Wednesday and Thursday present Song of the Eagle with Richard Arlen and Mary Brian. Friday and Saturday show The Barbarian with Ramon Navarro and Myrna Loy. Sunday only Destination Unknown with Ralph Bellamy. Monday and Tuesday Hello Sister with James Dunn and ZaSu Pitts. Wednesday and Thursday The Mind Reader with Warren William. Friday and Saturday Under the Tonto Rim with Stuart Erwin Raymond Hatton and Verna Hillie.
The Fox drama Hello Sister opens at the Princess theatre Monday starring James Dunn as Jimmie and Boots Mallory as Pegey. The setting centers on the lives of a savings bank salesman and a glamorous import in a world of wealth and drama.
Wilson Mizner, co author with Robert Lord on Mind Reader, a First National picture starring Warren William, opens at the Princess theatre on Wednesday. Mizner learned many tricks from Houdini and William was a friend of the magician who spent his later years exposing frauds of charlatan soothsayers. The film humorously reveals how the public is hoodwinked by fortune tellers.
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