MUNICIPAL THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 23, 20 October 1937, Page 10

MUNICIPAL THEATRE

"TflE CLOOK STEJKES 8" AND "SHANGHAI" q— riv.-y Kent Taylor, Arline Jndge and Wendy Harfie head a gtoup of Hollywood's younger stars in Paramount's college murder-mystery, "The 'Cloelc Strikes 8" whidh eomes to the Municipal Theatro to-6ight. The plot of the story ceutres about Woiidy Barrle, who is snpposed to have a fatttl fasciuation for tit'1 college shelks. Two of the boys /u'o mysterionsly murder c | aiid the J* 'e of a ihird is tkreateiipd before Kent Taylor and Arline Judgo •wilve the iaystery by dint of super•sJeuthing. William Frawley, William Bcnedict and Eddie Nugent are prominentiy leatured With. Charlcs Boyor and Loretta Young piaying the starring rolcs, "Bhanghai,"- the second featnre, tells the tender and poigtiant love story ot a man who had to clioose between power and love, an'd a Wotnan Who deflod soi culy for tho sake cf oue itin/i. B"yor, ; itom a mysterious origin, has foughl hif way to the top of vShanglial 's financial piio. Loretta Young is the wontan. tvko loVeis hifn for his Ijfavej'y and His tendomess. Whon tho true story of hi» origin is made public, all of Shanghai'a

society lurns against hlm. 1 How these two iiiid a soltitiou to their uiiasual problem is revealed in a moving dra*n?tic elimax.