El heraldo de Brownsville. [volume], May 12, 1935, Page THIRTEEN, Image 13

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Bride of Frankenstein’ Returns Monster to Capitol Screen Sunday
B KILLER IS
EN MATE IN
NEW PICTURE
fan Monster Escapes
Flames and Returns
To Terrorize World
In Thrill Story
The monster is at large again t"
Karloff, the grotesque creature of
te original ‘•Frankenstein,’* a mur
srous giant constructed frong parts
' dead bodies and brought to life at
te height of a crashing electrical
orm, comes to the screen of the
apitol Theatre, Sunday and Mon
ly in “The Bride of Frankenstein,”
sequel to the first picture.
In this strange drama, produced
r Universal by Carl Laemmle, Jr.,
e monster is seen to further ad
nturep of such a hair raising na
re that the picture is said to fur
sh the very ultimate in ghastly
rills. At the conclusion of “Frank
istein.” it will be remembered, the
poster was apparently destroyed
i a burning mill, but the opening
senes of "The Bride of Franken
ein” show how he escaped death
nd returned to throw the entire
mntrysirie into a state of terror.
[Henry Frankenstein, the half mad
lentisgr who created the monster,
nds himself forced to continue his
cperiments with the evil Dr. Pre
rius. already successful in the cre
ion of tiny living human beings
in lack only size to make them even
ore perfect figures than the mon
er himself.
Meanwhile, the terrifying creature
►ntinues his murderous career, un
1 he is befriended by a hermit who
aches him to talk, but again lapses
\to savagery and takes to the hills,
from uiis point the excitement ln
r*nj| t. culminating when the mad
“BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN”
ns
Elsa Lanchester and Karloff in “The Bride of Frankenstein," new
thriller with a great star cast, showing Sunday and Monday at the
Capitol, Brownsville.
scientists collaborate on the crea
tion of a mi te for the lumbering
giant. Then follows what is said
to be the most amazing climax in
the history of the screen.
James Whale directed ‘The Bride
of FiRnkensteln,” and the cast sup
porting Karloff includes Colin Clive,
Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger,
Elsa Lanchester. Dwight Frye, Una
O'Connor and many other motion
picture favorites.
TASIONO MURDER
MYSTERY* AT CAPITOL
In "The Casino Murder Case,”
showing Wednesday and Thursday
at the Capitol, Brownsville, a new
and entirely different Philo Vance
has been presented to the screen to
thrill the theatre public in S. S. Van
Dine s gripping murder mystery.
The scientific gentleman who
solves a most puzzling crime in the
current picture is our good friend,
Paul Lukas, who is always depend
able for an excellent characteriza
tion.
Remembered for his admirable
PHILO VANCE solves a NEW MYSTERY!
The perfect crime
... but then Phild
Vance is the per
fect detective! J
You'll gasp...you'll
howl... but you'll
never guess it!
Wednesday
and Thursday
— At Your —
TV »
'Casino
Certified
Entertainment
Hit . .
I CAPITOL
RIVOLI
IcSAN BENITOJJ
^ TODAY and MONDAY
POPULAR
DEMAND
— ADDED —
Paramount
Sound News
Musical
Melody
Film Cartoon
r
with I
FRANCHOTTONE 1
MAY ROBSON
work in ‘Tittle Women" and "The
Fountain." Lukas has added another
film performance to his record.
Deviating from the usual murder
mystery. Director Edwin Marin has
contributed a picture that is sug
gestive of that other perfect mys
tery picture, “The Thin Man," a
fast-moving plot with sparkling dia
logue. no lagging scenes and a fair
sprinkling of wholesome humor.
Lukas is assisted in his detective
work by a new leading lady for the
screen — Rosalind Russell, a prom
inent recruit from the Broadway
stage who has only been in pictures
for a short time.
The baffling plot deals with the
eccentric Llewellyn family. One
member is murdered, another dies
mysteriously and two others are
strangely poisoned although they re
cover. It befalls Lukas, as Philo
Vance, to discover the guilty poison
er and. naturally, to cast suspicion
on everyone.
Unusual in Itself, one of science’s
latest discoveries, "heavy water,"
figures prominently in the plot. All
son Skipworth is seen in one of her
finest roles as the eccentric Mrs.
Llewellyn; Isabel Jewell as her
daughter; Louise Henry as her
daughter-in-law; Donald Cook as
her son: Arthur Byron as her bro
ther. and Leslie Fenton as her
daughter's fiance. Ted Healy as Ser
geant Heath, district attorney’s in
vestigator. and Louise Fazenda as
Becky, the Llewellyn. maid, contri
bute the humorous sequences. Oth
ers in the cost worthy of mention are
Purnell Pratt as the District Attor
ney. Leo Q Carroll as the Lewellyn
butler and Eric Blore as Lukas’ but
ler.
MONA BARRIE PLAYS
LADIES LOVE DANGER’
Murder for profit motivates the
.-rimlnal in Fox Film’s exciting mys
tery, "Ladies Love Danger,” show
ing Tuesday only at the Capitol.
Brownsville, with glamorous Mona
Barrie and Gilbert Roland in the
featured roles.
Producer Edward T. Lowe, in de
veloping this story, acted on his
Fred MacMumvjr
Ann Sheridan
*
Mile-a-Minute Action ..
Bristling with excite
ment. adventure and
thrills!
And
TODAY Monday
MYSTERY STALKS TRIO
Romance, murder and mystery compete for honors In Fox Film’s new
picture, “Ladles Love Danger,” showing Tuesday only at the Capitol,
Brownsville. Here Gilbert Roland Is shown suspecting Adrienne *»»*■
of multiple crime, after clearing Mona Barrie.
IN ‘RECKLESS*
a. .T-ara—m—
Franchot Tone. Jean Harlow and William Powell co-starred in the
screen's new musical romance “Reckless" showing Sunday
at the Rivoll Theatre In San Benito.
favorite theory that crime In fash
ionable circles is always fascinat
ing. and apt to be more Interesting
than the common-run type.
Gilbert Roland plays the part of
the playwright, who strolls into his
smart bachelor’s apartment to find
that a strange beauty has strolled
in before him and, uninvited, made
herself at home. A few minutes
prior to her coming a murder has
been perpetrated next door. So.
feeling that she is somehow Involv
ed. he keeps her prisoner for the
night.
When she slips oat, and her escape
coincides with three other murders,
he proceeds to unravel the mystery,
getting himself, incidentally, at the
William Frawley, Fred MacMurray and Ann Sheridan in one o fthe
lighter momenta of Paramount’s roaring adventure drama, “Car 99“
showing Sunday and Monday at the Queen Theatre, Brownsville. The
picture is based on Karl Dietrer’s Saturday Evening Post tales of the
ing and Marina Schubert, daughter of the noted opera singer. Nina
Michigan State Radio Police. The cast also includes Sir Quy Stand
Koshets.
wrong end of a loaded revolver.
“Ladle* Love Danger** has Its
grim mystery relieved by hilarious
comedy, a combination that la said
to be unusual. Tense situations el
bow rollicking mirth. Advance re
comedy.
A twenty-three-year-old girl, Ilya
Zorn, wrote It. Bruce H umbers tone
directed.
In the supporting cast are Donald
Cook. Adrienne Ames. Hardie Al
bright Herbert Mundin, and Nick
Poran.
“Ladies Love Danger” teams Mona
Barrie and Gilbert Roland because
of the outstanding success that at
tended their work together in “Mys
tery Woman.” It is said that Ro
land's fan mail tripled since his last
named picture.
CAGNEY TAKES ROLE
OF FEDERAL ACE
The leap from gangster to copper
would not appear such a long Jump
for some players, but the last person
one would expect to succumb to the
cause of law and order is Jimmy
Cagney.
Nevertheless, the one and only
Cagney, tough guy of the movies,
has turned Federal sleuth in the
First National production “O Men”
showing Friday and Saturday at
the Capitol, Brownsville, in which,
as a member of the United States
department of Justice, he tracks
down and eliminates the very type
of character he has so often portray
ed.
Cagney Is still the tough guy —
tojgher even than he has ever been
before.
Gregory Rogers, author of **G
Men.” built his story around the
headlines that have been chasing
one another across the front pages
of American newspapers for the
last two or three years. He was in
spire! by the heroic deeds of the
G Men — the government men who
have knocked the very foundations
cut fom under gangdom — and he
gave the title “Cl Men" to hit scen
ario.
Jimmy Cagney got the role of
“Brick Davis,” a tough guy from
New York's East Side who throws
overboard a meager but promising
law practice to become a O Man
and exterminate the gang responsi
ble for bringing to an untimely con
clusion the life of his college chum.
Eddie Buchanan (Regis Toomeyt
who went straight from law school
into the secret service.
Number of teaching positions In
this country was reduced from ap
proximately 800,000 to 600,000 by the
depression.
An eminent Baltimore phjsldaa
has said that snake venom becomes
harmless when exposed to ultra
violet light.
HOW FEDERAL I
AGENTS RUBBED I
OUT CRIME! I
G MEN
I Starring JAMES
L CAGNEY
11 i t St * |4»»«
I FRIDAY
| and Saturday
— At Tour —
rAPiTOi
^ mm
All the Picture Hits
Advertised on This Page
For the Capitol and
Queen Theatre Are
Certified Entertainment
nave’s Always a Good Show
At Thews Theatres
WARNING!
NOT for the young, the scarey or the nervous — it
you are afraid of tantrums, and nightmares, STAY
AWAY! But if you can enjoy thrills, chills and
spine-tingling sensation while your hair stands on end
See KARLOFF in
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
The
Monster
Talks and De
mands a Mate
“Create a Wife for Me
. . . or I Steal Your*!
The Frankenstein Monster chal
lenges his maker! ... To agree
meant another monstrosity roam
ing the world! ... To refuse
meant the end of life and love!
A Synthetic Woman It Brought to Life!
To Become the Bride of Frankenstein's
Ghoulish Monster!
—with—
COLIN CLIVE - VALFRIE HOBSON - CNA
O’CONNOR and A GREAT SUPPORTING CAST
Today and Monday
EXTRAi
IPOPETE
Rrhe Sailor in His Latest
Cartoon
“PLEASED TO
■ MEET CHA”
CAPITOL