MAYFAIR

Evening Star, Issue 23124, 25 November 1938, Page 13

MAYFAIR

‘ China Clipper,’ the new First National production which is the attraction concluding at the Mayfair tonight, is a glamorous romance of the air 5 marking a milestone in the pictorial history of daring aviation. There is an exceptionally talented cast, which includes Pat O’Brien, Beverley Roberta, Ross Alexander, Humphrey B. Walthall in the principal roles. ‘ There’s Always a_ Woman,’ a romantic comedy co-star-ring Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas, is the second feature. THORNE SMITH’S ‘TOPPER.’ The Hal Roach-M.G.M. feature comedy, ‘ Topper,’ which will be the next attraction at the Mayfair, enters into the ultra-modern and futuristic realms of entertainment. Luxury and richness provide the background for the fast-moving action and hilarious humour of the new picture, based on Thorne Smith’s delightful novel of whimsy, wit, and satire. Co-starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant, with Roland Young as Topper, and a supporting cast which includes Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, and Eugene Pallete in featured roles, they make a team of outstanding players to enact the astounding and ribald adventures and the merry episodes. Ben Amos Williams is one of the best writers of sea stories in the world and ‘ Adventure’s End,’ the film version of which will also be screened, is one of his best novels. It is a story of a masterful young man who plucked pearls from the'South Sea. He is injected into on adventure which includes mutiny, hurricanes, and the rescue of a friend from being towed to the South Pole by a whale. John Wayne, Diana Gibson, and Montagu Love are the principal players in ‘ Adventure’s End,’