"DETECTIVES."
"TARZAN THE MIGHTY." GRAND THEATKB, TO-DAY. Three pictures are to be screened at the Grand Theatre this week as well as the usual programme of short subjects. The Karl Dane-George K. Arthur comedy, "Detectives," heads the bill, followed by a Hoot Gibson story, "The Lariat Kid." Then there will be presented the first chapter oi the new serial. "Tari3n, the Mighty," from the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs The first chapter is entitled "The Terror of Tarzan," and is set in the African jangle Frank Merril and Natalie Kingston have the leads in this picture. As for "Detectives." it is another of the uproarious farces that Dane and Arthur do so well. In this story they are amateur detectives in a fashionable hotel. A jewei robbery, a haunted house a girl who disappears in the night, and other sensational things are some of the incidents that go to make "Detectives" a very funny affair Hoot Uibton in "The Lariat xfd" provides another outdoor thriller. Box r.lir.« are at The Bristol Piano Company, whcrl seats may be reserved. «"«.re
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19665, 8 July 1929, Page 6
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