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"And now you can forget all about me-good-night." The Queen of "The Love Parade" and the Beau Brummel of the English stage as they appear in one of the scenes of the latest Lubitsch production.
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heroes must not lisp!
"My thweet" lisped from the screen would mar the star's romantic appeal. But that is something you don't hear in the theatres which have Western Electric talking picture equipment.
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SMART
MONTE CARLO.” ·
MART, amusing, sophisticated, and just a little spicy, "Monte Carlo" owes most of its piquancy to Jeanette Macdonald's charming performance of a penniless Coun tess who runs away from a mar riage to a Prince, while à young Count masquerades as A hair dresser in order to be close by. The background, as the title indicates, is Monte Carlo. The man who made "The Love Parade," Ernest Lubitsch directed. He has succeed- ed in making this "Golden Girl" from musical comedy a fino corje," dienne."
Jeanette Macdonald, born in the Quaker City of Philadelphia in 1907, brought to Broadway, youth, beauty, and a lovely voice. Then Paramount gave her a voice test, her success as Queen Louise in "The Love Parade" made Talkie. history. Lubitsch has given the magic touch that has made this pretty girl blossom into a beautiful artiste. "Monte Carlo" allows her: full scope for her singing, and it is a part after her own heart.,⠀
The settings and the surrounds ings are what we would expect. Jeanette posee in gorgeous negli- gees, sings divinely, and looks "stunning,”. The songs will haunt, you; "Always In All Ways” and
Give me a Moment Please,"
Jack Buchanan born in Glasgow, idol of London and Broidway; la]- the masquerading hair-dresser. This "Beau Brummell of the British stage needs no introduc- tion. He helps to make it the out- atanding success it is bound to be..
Claud Allister, as the Prince, has succeeded in a distinctive type of character. After this succeas In "Bull-dog Drummond" with Ronald “Colman, he made the stage idea of the British dude" entirely his own, going on from one film to an other all the same mannerisms, -affected speech, and the eternal monocle, but proving that the public Ukes this, sort of thing
Three Live Ghosts, helped him to build quite a reputation, and make the name of another Briton" famoris,
Others in support are Roche, Albert Conti, Zazu ¿-Pitts, Lionel 4 Belmore another Britof bas ma
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