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"Dr. Kildare's Strange Case" Opens Three-Day Run At Craterian Today
T CAST
IN NEW
Lionel Barrymore, and Lew
Ayres Stars March of
Time on Program.
The romance behind the walls
of a great hospital and drama
tic moments of a life and death
struggle mingle in the newest of
the popular medico-detective
"Dr. Kildare" stories. "Dr. Kil
dare's Strange Case", which
opens a three day run today at
the Craterian Theatre. With
Lew Ayres and Lionel Barry
more again in their familiar
roles as the impetuous young
interne. Dr. James Kildare, and
the eminent diagnostician, Dr
Leonard Gillespie, the story re
volves about a supposed incur,
able psychiatric case.
After Kildare has refused a
tempting and highly remunera
tive life-time post in a private
sanitarium, he returns to his
hospital and is assigned to sur
gery. His first case is an acci
dent victim, demanding im
mediate brain surgery. His pa
tlent comes out of his coma
hopelessly insane, and Kildare's
friend, Shepperd Strudwick, is
held responsible for having
bungled the operation.
raking matters in his own
hands, Kildare does a little de
tective work and administers
insulin shock treatments to re
store the patient to mental norm
alcy. Though he refused to let
Dr. Gillespie or even the head
of the hospital, Dr. Carew,
know what he is doing, Ayres
goes ahead, brings the patient
out of insanity and thereby
clears himself and the surgeon
friend.
Based upon further adven
tures of Dr. Kildare, the picture
presents many dramatic high
lights, including the picturiza
tion of the successful insulin
shock treatment and the reac-
Dorothy Lamour In "Typhoon" Here Wednesday
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White arms, red lips, black
pearls and lashing waves bring
"Typhoon", the greatest adven
ture film since "Hurricane," to
the Craterian Theatre Wednes
day for a four day run. Teamed
for the first time in films, lovely
and handsome Robert Preston
have the romantic starring roles
in this technicolor South Seas
adventure. Others in the large
cast include Lynne Overman
and J. Carrol Naish.
Miss Lamour plays a girl,
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
sarong-clad Dorothy Lamourcast away on a deserted island
when she was ten who, when
grown, drifts to a nearby Island
inhabited by a derelict navy of
ficer the outcome of which is
said to be the most actionful and
beautiful story ever told in tech
nicolor. The underwater swim
ming shots are a highlight of
the film.
Jones Family Coming To Rialto
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More trouble comes into the
lives of America's favorite
screen family The Jones Fam
ily in their new and most up
roarious film "On Their Own",
which heads the double bill
coming to the New Rialto Thea
tre for Wednesday and Thurs
day. According to advance re
ports, they're a scream as they
try to retrieve the family for
tune and this time, without
the help of Dad. Featured in
the popular family are Spring
Byington. Ken Howell. George
Ernest, June Carlson and Billy
Mahan.
Where there are beautiful wo
men there's bound to be ro
mance and so it is with "And
One Was Beautiful", which plays
as the supporting feature with
"On Their Own". Robert Cum-
mingsi Laraine Day and Billie
Burke feature in the later-
Saturday Evening Post story by
Alice Duer Miller.
Romantic Stars
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tion the patient goes through as
the basic part of his brain is
finally rendered normal.
Settings include a bird's-eye
view of a large surgery room
and the picturization of a deli
cate brain operation, the
grounds of a large sanitarium,
the interior and exterior of a
great hospital, and the private
quarters of Dr. Gillespie.
Featured in the cast are La
raine Day, as " the understand
ing sweetheart of Ayres: Shep
perd Strudwick as the friend of
Kildare who is accused of bung
ling the brain operation; Samuel
S. Hinds and Emma Dunn as
young Jimmy's father and moth
er who again hcl phim to bur
den some of his inner respon
sibilities; Alma Kruger as Gil'
lcspie's nurse. Comedy high
lights are supplied by Nat Pen
dleton as the ambulance driver
with a faculty for weilding a
wrench, and Marie Blake as the
gum-snapping telephone opera
tor. A new "Crime Doesn't Pay"
subject titled ."Know Your
Money" is also on the bill open
ing today at the popular Cen
tral street showhouse. Based
upon the bulletins sent out by
banking houses of the country.
"Know Your Money" is a short
drama built around the work
ings of counterfeiters and their
million-dollar rackets.
The latest war news from
Europe rounds out the well
groomed program.
were devoted to the clinic at the
Jackson County Puolic Health
department.
During the two days Dr. Bel
linger examined 39 patients.
CHEST CLINIC HELD
. BY DR. G. C. BELLINGER
Another successful chest clin
ic was conducted in Jackson
county this month by Dr. G. C.
Bellinger of the Oregon State
Tuberculosis hospital. Two days
Cartoonist Weds
Venice, Fla., May 18. (IP)
Cartoonist Percy Lee Crosby
and his bride, the former Caro
lyn E. Soper of Littleton, N. H.,
are honeymooning here. Crosby,
creater of the newspaper comic
character "Skippy", gave his
age as 48 and Mrs. Crosby's was
listed on the license as 33.
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Carroll plays the woman In the
case and young Jones plays a
romantic singer who is also In
love with the boss of Allen's
Fifth Avenue. Little Carolyn
Lee nearly steals the show, ac
cording to advance reports, and
does steal it as far as laughs
are concerned.
Others in the romantic com
edy include Akim Tamiroff,
Helen Broderick, Astrid Allwyn
and John Qualen.
"Jeepers Creepers", a good
old down-to-earth hill-billy com
edy, starring the Weaver Broth
ers and Elviry, plays as the sec
ond feature and a Walt Disney
Donald Duck cartoon filmed in
technicolor, "Donald's Penguin"
plays as an added treat on the
big program.
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