GRAND

Evening Star, Issue 23783, 14 January 1941, Page 2

GRAND

llcalling thf current double bill at the Ora ml Theatre is ‘ High Fehool,’ a rollick* ing comedy with the over-popular Jane AVithers hi the leading role. Jane is first seen on her father's ranch, where, properly spoiled, she docs exactly as she pleases and lias only to express a wish i'or it to ,bo granted. When she is sent off to school she finds herself a much loss important personage, and her reactions are what might bo expected. The associate picture is a thrilling naval feature entitled ‘ Brown on Resolution.' ‘ CROSS COUNTRY ROMANCE.’ Hilarious, romantic comedy is the keynote of ‘ Cross Country Romance,’ which will be opened at the Gram) to-morrow, with Gene Raymond ami Wendy Barrie in the starring roll’s. The- story is of a. modern mis? (Wendy Barrie), -who runs out on her bridegroom on Their wedding dav and hides in the trailer of a young medico (Gene Raymond) on his way to shin Francisco from New York to catch » boat to take him to China lor medical research. When a frontier gambler schemes to cripple a rival stage line operated by a young woman, George O’Brien, in the” role of a two-fisted Government agent, steps in and the fireworks start. That briefly summarises the exciting plot of RKO Radio's : Stage to Chino,’ the thrilling drama of the Old West in which Virginia Vale plays opposite the popular outdoor star.