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* CALL OF THE WEST."
Players of the adaptable type are invariably more popular, with motion picture directors than those who have set ideas of their own.
The reason for this la obvious: pliable Thesplans are quick to re- spond to ideas and casy to handle. This does not mean that they lick No matter how obvious the fake they have sufficient temperament personality-It simply means that in a Alm one is compelled to give to attune themselves. credit to the producer and techni- tor's mood and carry clans. One will adopt this view instructions. the caso of the talkie "Just Ima- gine," formerly screened at the King's Theatre, and now at the Majestic Theatre.
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Entertainments.
Today King's 'Theatre;
to the direc- "Unfaithful,"
out his in-
Today Star "Let's Go Places."
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Theatre;
Theatre;
Theatre:
To-day Queer's Theatre;
type of player is Dorothy Revier,
An outstanding example of this "Parlour, Bedroom and Bath." who is co-featured with Matt "The Call of the West."
Today Central Theatre;
Moore in "Call of the West," the It is a picture that tells of what all taking drama of the great
To-day Majestic the world would be like fifty years outdoors now.. howing at the "Just Imagine." hence, that is, in 1980. It shows Central Theatre. Miss Revier de that motor cars are dispensed with, clares that she makes it a practice "The Pagan."
To-day World THE HARBOUR VIEW PRIVATE HOTEL.being replaced by aeroplanes that not to form any definita iden of a are able to stop in mid-air. Food part until she has attended re and drink are 'contained in the formhearsal. "Thus, when she has her of pills, and almost everything is first reading with a director, ehe manipulated automatically, Cable Add.
Even is in a receptive mood and finds it lamp-posts, are gone, the lights easy to react to his suggestions. keeping afloat in air. House-steps Miss Revier's responsive. tem, are huge blocks of stone, and so on. perament may be attributed part- "Just Imagine" also takes one to ly to the fact that she inherita a Mara! Just imagine! Here the strong sense of rhythm from population is composed of twins, musical father. As a child she one half being good natured, whilst displayed an instinctive talent for the other half are bad. Weird is interpretative dancing. She would the setting here, the women's eye-create steps to every musical com-) brows being just vertical lines! position her father would play. No No. film is complete without a doubt these efforts developed in her cast, and in "Just Imagine" the fol-the-sensitiveness-to-mood that has lowing appear-El Brendel, Mau- contributed so much to her screen reen O'Sullivan, John Garrick, success.
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STATUE SMASHED.
Raid by Two Men on a Sculptor's Garden.
:
Marjorie White, Frank Albertson, The role Miss Revier playa in Hobart Bosworth, Kenneth Thom- "Call of the West" is that of a
A GREAT CRASIL. son, Wilfred Lucas, Sidney De Broadway musical comedy favourite. Gray and Joseph Girard. A fea-Buff Jones, Alan Roscoe, Nick De
Police are investigating the ture is that the cast have no Ruiz, Ford West, Vic Potel and smashing of a statue in the names, but are numbered, like Kathrin Clare Ward play sup-garden of Mr. Francis Doyle-Jones, LN-18, J-21, MT-3, etc. Brendel, porting roles. Albert Ray direct the sculptor, of Wentworth Studios who is brought to ilfe after fifty ed.
Manresa Road, Chelsea. years, finds that all the numbers. have been booked and so he takes Single-0.
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From Other Sources.'
"UNFAITHFUL."
"Unfaithful," which is now show- ing at the King's Theatre, is Ruth Chatterton's latest starring drama. tic hit, her third featuring Paul Lukas in the leading male role. Lukas, a perfect foil for Chatter- ton's emotional personality, leaped
"SKIPPY"
The statue, representing a faun, was six feet high and was made of Portland stone.
RADIO
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The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 855 metres.
6-8 pm-European Programme of Columbia Records kindly sup- plled by. Messrs. Anderson Music Co.
6-6.21 p.m.-Band Selections. Regimental Marches
Border Regiment,
York & Lancaster Regiment,
West Yorkshire Regiment;
South Wales Borderers,
Welsh Regiment,
Cheshire Regiment
King's Shropshire Light Infantry,
The National Military Band (DB239). The Toymaker's Dream (Golden), Lonesome Little Doll
(Cowan & Bouteljo),
Casablanca
Debroy Bomers' Band (5580). (Damerell-Hargreaves-Evans) Sarita (Glick & Burton),
Debroy Somers' Band (5249).. 6.21-6.35 p.m.-Organ Solos. Cinderella Waltz (Pattman), Alice Where Art Thou? (Traditional),
G. T. Pattman (DB104). Nauticana (arr. Casey),. Rustiques (arr. Casey
Terance Casey (DB202). 6.35-7.20 p.m.-Humorous Num- bera.
Xylophone Solo-
Dance of the Paper Dolls, The Squirrel Dance
Song
Havin' You Around is Heaven, It's for You,
Rudy Starita (DBI46).
Florence Oldham (DB402).
Guitar & Plano Duet- A Blues Serenade,
Len Flix & Sid Bright. Banjo Solo-
Butterfingers.... Len Fillis (4020). Song-
We Must All Pull Together, Gorgonzola
Jack Morrison (DB330).
Piano Soin
believed
Spring Feelin', Fire Cruckers,
Song-
Robert Coogan, the "Kid's" very Mr. Doyle-Jones told The Evening own "kid brother," at the age of News that a neighbour saw two five, wants the newspapers to quote young men, wearing light flannel/ him as being "properly grateful" suits walk up to the statue in the for, the ability and parental train-garden and, it is ing which have enabled him to they deliberately pushed it over
and smashed it. print his own name;'
The ability to do so has made him' The statue fell with a great true film player in the fullest crash," said Mr. Doyle-Jones, "and of the word.. Although the two men ran out of the garden sense Jackie's brother is not yet sldjand, I think, went away, in a wait- enough to enter his primer classes, tug car.
"I am certain it was an act of he is signing autographs just other!
vandalism, but I do not know the famous film folk.
reason."
with his work in It was to popularity
not until Robert was Chatterton's "Anybody's Woman," selected for the role of "Sooky," in added laurels with his work in "The Paramount's talking feature ver- Right to Love." "Unfaithful" sion of "Skippy," the Percy Crosby's offers him a greater opportunity cartoon celebrity, and which will than any previous picture.
show at the King's Theatre, begin Important roles in such pictures ning to-morrow, that Coogan, the as "The Devil to Pay," "Grumpy," younger, found any demand for his "The Storm" and "The Virtuous signature. Sin" lead Paul Cavanagh to an im-
That part of Skippy is played by portant featured role opposite Ruth Jackie Cooper, six-year-old tow- Chatterton in the dramatic star's head. He is quite fond of dogs, latest emotional hit, "Unfaithful.” and one of his greatest concerns An American girl of brilliant during the making of the picture brunette beauty who made good in was that the division of time. be- the theatre capitols of two contin- tween acting and attending school ents, London and New York, and allowed him no great chance to then cast her fortunes with talking adopt and take care of one of pictures, has the "other woman" Pierce's "pound" types.. role in Ruth Chatterton's amazing
Mitzi Green and Jackie Searl are drama. Juliette Compton, whose other well known little stare to effective work in "Ladies of have parts in the picture. Leisure," "Anybody's' Woman” and "Morocco" introduced her to acreen; audiences, is the girl,
"Directed by John Cromwell” is
| "PARLOUR, BEDROOM & BATH.”
“THE 'EASIEST WAY.”
friends of Ruth Roland have on ranny occasions appropriated the honour for her, but were they ever to stage a cheque writing derby among the screen's fair sax, one little lady who would be right in front at the finish- is Dorothy Mackaill, who enacts the leading role in the Fox movietone produc- tion "Once A Sinner," which opens Its engagement on Thursday at the Central Theatre.
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Old Barty, The Bulls Won't Bellow.
Harry Dearth (Baritone) (DB280). 7.20-7.38 p.m.-Octets. Collette (Fraser-Simson), Memories of Devon (Evans),
J. H. Squire Celeste Octet Air on G String (Bach ar Sear},
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J. H. Squire Celeste Octet (5507). Minuet Sicilienne (Squire & Hart),
J. H. Squire Celeste Octet (DB76). 7.98-8 pm-Concert Hems Guitar Solo-
Gavota (Gomes),
Song-
Guillermo Gomez (6397). Vale ('Arcy & Russell),
Mme. Clara Serena, Contralto Piccolo Duet
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The Language of the Nightingale
(Gennin) Jean and Pierre Gennin
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While the screen has contributed greatly to Miss Mackaill's fortune as well as to her fame, and popu larity, she has added much to her wealth by her many activities "off the lot." A business woman well as an artist, this delectable Report. blonde is the owner of a large and prosperous range in Southern California, and of vast timber lands Adolphe Menjou attributes his in the North-West. She is a a phrase rapidly gaining authority efficiency at languages to two director of one of the largest banks as entertainment insurance with things: first, the fact that his on the Pacific. Const, a partner in moving picture audiences. *Un father. was an accomplished an advertising agency and a keen faithful" is the latest of a series of linguist, speaking nine tongues; real estate operator. hit pictures made by Cromwell, second, to frequent trips abroad as "Once a Sinner," which Guthrie
a child.
McClintic directed from the or. Menjou has already appeared riiginal story of George Middleton, pictures in four different lan- the well known playwright ... and Cliff Edwards and Edward guages, English, French, German dramatist, is a daring drama of a Brophy, the inimitable comedy team and Spanish, and he says that he modern Magdalen which asks and of "Those Three French Girls" and still has to do a film in the foreign answers the old, yet ever new, ques- "Dough Boys," are together again. language in which he is thoat pro- tion, "Do a girl's past life and sing. They play the bell boy and detec- ficient, Italian.
belong to herself?" tive, respectively, in "Parlour, His latest English talkle role is Joel McCrea, whose work in Bedroom and Bath,"
Buster in "The Easiest Way," which will "Lightnin'" has made him the Keaton's new comedy which le now open on. Thursday at the Queen's most sought after juvenile actor. In at, the Queen's Theatre.
Theatre and in which he supporta screenland, portrays the leading Reginald Denny, who made the Constance Bennett. This is the male role of Miss Mackalll's young duo a trio in "Those Three French Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of and jealous husband, who failed to Giria," is also present in the new the celebrated Belasco stage hit in live up to his promise to forget her Keaton laugh-maker.
which Frances Starr scored in past. John Halliday, noted stage 1909.
and screen star, and C Henry Gordon, whose most recent role wAS Captain Mardicont. in the Fox movietone, "Renegades,” ・ are the Who is the richest woman in other featured players. The re Hollywood to-day? This is often mainder of the strong cast includes asked and much mooted question. Lika Chase, Clara Blandték, Myra The distinction has often been Hampton, George Brent, Sally claimed for Mary Pickford and the Brane and Ninette Faro.
The talkie is an elaborate adapta tion of the stage farce with Keaton as a billposter who becomes a "great lover." His victims include "the preposterous, long-legged Char- lotte Greenwood, Dorothy Christy, Joan Peers, Sally Ellera and Natalie Moorhead.
Edward Sedgwick directed.
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