EMPIRE THEATRE

Western Star, 6 October 1939, Page 6

EMPIRE THEATRE

"The Great Man Votes," featuring John Barrymore and Katharine Alexander will be presented on Saturday night. It is a delightful film with many fascinating incidents and some great acting Ivy great artists, comedy and pathos fill the canvas and the spectator practically laughs and cries together. John Barrymore starts off a broken-down person who, with every talent to become a great leader in tho world falls down on it, through the death of his wife. In spite of this his children enshrine bun mentally as a world marvel. When he ultimately makes good he rides to the polls at tlu> head 'of a swanky parade, on the up grade again.

Cn Wednesday night "Three Blind Mice," featuring Loretta Young and Joei McCrea, assisted by David Niven, Stuart Erwin. Mnvjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes and Jan-? Darwell. What a cast! ■'This ?.uft-i.'-e '- a. veritable' 'bombardment r,f c Ivirin., glamour and palpUatin:*' splendour .Not content with the ehok-o of three of Hqllywood'ss most beautiful womeu as- the "Three Blind Mice" the producer has built a cast around 'Stephen Powy's as yet unproduced stage play that includes another trio of filmland's best known masculine names. This is :> gay romance in a holiday mood, binart ly, lavishly and brilliantly produced. It is very fine entertainment.