ST. JAMES THEATRE.
"Double or Nothing."
An impressive cast has been assembled, by Paramount for its new comedy with music, . "Double 01 Nothing," which opens on x J" day R . the St. James Theatre.: With Bing Crosby in the star position, the cast includes such popular entertainers as Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Cailisle, William Frawley, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, and others and -also has specialty hits i rom that famed comedy team the Calgary Brothers and the noted eccentric dancing team of Ames and Arno, Alphonse Berg, Tex Morrissey, Frances Faye, and Ed Rickard. In addition there are seventy-five beautiful girls and handsome young men known as the "Sing Band:" This group uses no musical instruments yet "plays popular mu&c by imitating the various instruments of a dance orchestra so closely that it is impossible for the human ear to tell the difference. The "Sing Band" renders several new musical hits written expressly for "Double or. Nothing" by the songwriting team of Johnson and Burke, who gave the world "Pennies From Heaven." "Double or Nothing," which is a gay and irresponsible story of four persons vying with a crooked lawyer to get a million-dollar legacy, is the first Crosby picture, in which . Bing uses the same feminine romantic lead for the second time. The honour falls to lovely Mary Carlisle who appeared opposite Bing for the first time in "College Humour." ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 4
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235ST. JAMES THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 4
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