SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1930.
ROUND THE CINEMAS final showing to-day, and those who
like a good detective story should book their seats early for one of to-dny's four performances. To- STRANGE DEVICES IN "LUCKY morrow, Sunday, a new programme
STAR."
A WAR CRIPPLE,
Some of the material for Rube Goldberg's
inventions" "strange cartoon finds counterpart in the inventions of Charles Farrell, as Timothy Osborn when he returns from WAI a cripple in Frank Borzage's tenth production for Fox Film, "Lucky Star," a Movietone talker. Gadgets, devices and various crudely made "helps" man who lives alone and depends
wheel chair for mobility are to be in this grippingly human picture developed from Tristram Tupper's story.
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noutles In Poverty Tim's home Hollow, a picturesque bit of "Down rail-fence lined East," where the road winds about through the hills. Nearby is a brook and from Tim's back doar is stretched an endless rope around two pulleys, one on the kitchen casement and the other on the bank neross the creek.
When Tim wants, water he "gends" a bucket out on the endless bucket drops into the rope, the stream, and he pulls it up and reels. it up to his door. This Is but one of many inventions with which he hus "modernised" the little home where much of his romance with Mary Tucker, Janet Gaynor's chur acter, unfolds.
cast. scenario.
"MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER."
will be shown, the big picture is titled Sweetle," an hilarious ex- travaganza of campus life, and wil be shown for four days.
Nancy Carroll, the petite little red-haired cutie of the Paramount studios, who is rated by the film- going public as second only to Clara Bow in popularity, plays the title role in the production. Her leading man is Stanley Smith, Intely seen and heard in "The Sophomore."
Jack Oakle, the wise-cracking. "fresh guy" comedian of "Fast Company" and many others; Helen who Kane, baby-voiced singer "boopadooped" her way to national fame overnight on phonograph and radio, and Wiliam Austin, beloved English comic actor of silent and talking films, are cist in support of Miss Carroll in singing, dancing and comedy roles.
The pleture is all about prep school boys and girls and it is a tonic for the pep-hungry, a bracer for the music-lover. New, jass-mad dances, new catchy tunes, new comedy "gaga" and a great assort- ment of real American thrills makes this picture a veritable whirlwind of inspiring entertain- ment. If you miss it you are miss- ing one of the biggest fun-thrills and music-feasts of your career.
NANCY CARROLL'S ROLE.
Imagine the embarrassment of a cherus girl who inherits a boys prep school. This is what happens
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Hedwiga Reicher, Guinn Williams, to Nancy Carroll, Paramount's red-thusiastic for her daughter to go Paul Fix and others complete the hended cutie, in the comedy-revue
on the stage, told Nancy that she Sonya Levien
the extravaganza, "Sweetie" which is wrote
must remain in New York, Nancy showing at the Central Theatre to-stayed in New York, pil appeared day for a four days run.
as Madame Du Barry in a sketch featured by the Topics of 1923. The next year, she rejoined the A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, Passing Show and had a dance specialty of her own.
This was followed by a prominent part in "Mayflower." which opened at the Forest Theatre in New York.
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According to the plot of the story, which was written by George. Joan Bennett, who is now only Marion Jr., Miss Carroll is a show eighteen years of age, has had one girl who falls in love with a young of the post fapid rises in the his- football player at A famous tory bf the screen. One of the most Southern prep school. He has beautiful girls in pictures, she in- talents as a song-writer and she herits her marked dramatic ability begs him to quit school and enter from her father, Richard Bennett, theatrical work but he will not the famous stage and screen star.
listen, being Imbued with school Misa Bennett will be seen in the spirit to the exclusion of all else. lendin, feminine
opposite But Nancy is suddenly discover- Joseph Schildkraut in "Theed to be the lost heiress-owner of Mississippi Gambler," his most re- the very school in which her boy. cent, all-talking. Universal starring friend is the captain of the foot-Brice. production which comes to the ball team. Then the plot conflicts Queen's Theatre to-morrow, Other set in in earnest. notables in the cast include Carmelita Geraghty, Alec B. Francis, Otis Harlan, and Billy Welsh.
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"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" Paramount's all-talking murder- mystery drama, with the noted British actor, Clive Brook, in the title role of Sherlock Holmes, which has been drawing packed houses to the Central, Theatre, will have its
Although giving a class-room full of young football players an examination in English is not with- in the earlier experience of the vivacious Miss Carroll, being what a chorus girl is..
She began her chorine career by winning a local talent contest held in New York by one of the Loew theatres. She then joined the Passing Show of 1923. Within three weeks, she was graduated from the lineup to the leading feminine role, a little dancing
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Having noticed her work in re- vues, Louis Macloon starred Miss Carroll in "Loose Ankles," which toured the Pacific Coast. After that came the leading role in "Chicago," produced in Los An geles.
From stage work, Miss Carroll naturally gravitated toward plc-, tures, getting her first big part with Paramount as the feminine lead In "Abie's Irish Rose" with Charles "Buddy" Rogers.
Appearing with her in "Sweetie" áre Helen Kane, William Austin, Jack Oakie and Stanley Smith.
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