RITZ BROTHERS STARRED
“STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW” “Straight. Place, and Show,” starring the Ritz Brothers, who are supported by Richard Arle.n and Ethel Merman, is showing at the Plaza Theatre on Wednesday next. The film shows lhe Ritzes off to the races, where they buy horses, sell horses, rent horses, steal horses—in fact, they are a little hoarse themselves before the story reaches its climax. Based on a play by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar, the comic story is spiced by a romantic triangle between Ethel Merman, and Phyllis Brooks. The Ritzes play a trio of down-and-out pony track operators thrust into racing when Richard Arlen bestows a thoroughbred on them, John Barrymore has been signed by RKO Radio Pictures to play the leading role in “The Great Man Votes.” in which Peter Holden, Broadway’s brilliant boy actor, will make his screen debut.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 5
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143RITZ BROTHERS STARRED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 5
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