MUNICIPAL THEATRE
"PEOPLE'S ENEMY" & •''RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD." One of the strangest romantic film triangles is pictured in the story of "The People's Enemy," written by Edward Dean Sullivatf, which screens at the Municipal Theatre to-night. "The People's Enemy" offers the romantic and criminal life of the gangster as contrasting phsaes of the title charaeter. When Vince Falcone is sentenced by a court to a long prison term for seeking to evade income tax payment, the desperado's attorney promotes a friendship with the convict's wife, whom he negleeted when she cared to remain innocent of his activities. The affiliation irks the gangster behind prison bars, and when the lawyer is charged with the duty of pleading for Falconer's release before the Parole Board, the story gains momentum to a thrilling finish. Players of the first rank are seen in the important parts in "The People's Enemy.' ' Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, and Lila Lee co- prise the triangle and lesser roles are in the capable hands of Shirley Grey, Herbert Rawlinson, Sybil Elaine, William Collier, Jr., and Roscoe Ates. Second feature at the MunicipaJ Theatre is "The Richest Girl in the World," with Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea in the principal roles.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 70, 15 December 1937, Page 3
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202MUNICIPAL THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 70, 15 December 1937, Page 3
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