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love with his lead-la Falaise. When Gloria Swarson's Like another great arilete, Marie fall in Dressler.they acknowledge their ing lady, nor give out Inter-divorce is made Anal, this "good success to the fact that they were views of what it is like working looking French man will again. wed absent on the roll call of beauty with her, he may be chosen again a film star. Dorothy Lee, Radio's but they bring us Joy, laughter," and for her lead. I hear privately the star blonde, has said good bye to in that must find their content film had to be "cut" a lot, a little her husband of five months. John ment. ("Cimarron," Queen's). ̧ too hot, but the final turn-put will Gbert is said to be very much. in prove box-office history--perhaps love with visiting Hawaiian another Garbo Gilbert riot.
Princess, Robert Armstrong is Marion is, Child," the "stage hit.
also. beautiful English woman
Herbert Marshall one of the lead-being divorced
Clark Elissa Landi and she is to be seen in handles Her part perfectly, na al-
The picture I want to see is a few ing actors on the English stage has Gable re-married his wife, as her first American Talkie, "Body ways, Sydney. Blackner, Lester Columbia films. Jack Holt and made a big hit with Claudette Col-It
not valid
I say
English, be- Vail, Jimy Gleason, Marie Prevost Ralph Graves are in "Dirigible"-bert in the New York. Paramount|fornia. and Soul."
She gave her cause that is how she puts down and Polly Moran help things along. Phillips Holines in "The Criminal film "Secrets of 's Secretary." fortyone and his is thirty. Ginger man who was Rogers is no longer Mrs. Pepper. her nationality in her passport. am still wondering how certain Code" of Anne Harding's successes; George Metaxa, the But she was born in Venice, and arts passed the censor: the theme, also another great actress whom such a hit in the London run of Lupe Valez is making extraordinary
Z. Leonard her father and mother were Ausis risky. Robert
we have yet to see here-since she Bitter "Sweet," and whose gramo-success in vaudeville with her made trian. Rumour states that her directs (Queen's).
good-Barbara Stanwych. phone records are famous, has also inimitable imitations of Marlene matemal grandmother was the
and and Jackle Cooper In made good. I hear that the mar- Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Empress
"Donovan's Kid," -etc.
riage of Norman Foster and Colbert Dolores del Río. June Collyer and
Dix
ins
in Call-
age 29
pre-view of Dolores
Elizabeth of Austria.. Breezy, action and dialogue make The father deserted her mother Robert Montgomery's first starring
· After walking off the "lot" rany has gone on the rocks. Tragic to Stuart Erwin have just married. and the family of three. Her only vehicle "Shipmates" entertaining times, with twenty writers re hear that a woman who has helped Helen Chandler is married to an brother went to Vancouver, where The background, is the Pacific Fleet writing David Graham Phillip's to "make" her husband, shared his English writer, Cyril Hume. Ha à mill shop, selling Viennese of the U.S. Nate who helped in the famous "Susan Lennox-her-Fall poverty, his fallures and his suc-is-In M-G-M.
of the story. Dorothy and Rise"the results are entirely cesses, le forced to divorce her After the sweets and cakes, gave the deserted making family their living. Later the Jordan, Gavin Gordon,
Clio Ed-antisfactory
to the new double-husband. I refer to Lawrence Costello's first Talkie, the announce- mother married Count Landi, and ward and Ernest Torrence Bash in harness "Its" Greta Garbo-and the Tibbetta.
ment was made that she would re- Montgomery is just him- present idol-Clark Gable. If Constance Sennett left for Paris tire from the films. No wonder they all retured to Vienna, and the and out,
the self--very attractive children were educated on·
to the this young... man does not in the same-ship as the Marquis de after reading what the critics-sgid. Elissa Flappers. Kiddies will, like this Continent and in England. went on to the stage and later was fim, so will many adults. (Queen's), married to an English Barrister, John Lawrence. She then took
"Dracola," with Bela Lugosi fix-
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up work in the Movies, among jing his hypnotic eyes upon his them being one In French victim and the audience saying with Adolphe Menjou. Later, aho Oh and Holen Chandler register- went to New York and was on the ing fear or all occasions." comes For a stuge in "A/Farewell to Arms," and shortly to the," Central: Privately I hear thriller, it is a good one. signing to Fox. her first picture is far better than her second. La Landi at times. This title will confuse you photographs perfectly, at other "Drums of Jeopardy," but it re- times; she looks homely. There is fers to a priceless ruby necklace.
and her histrionic murder:
mystery galore. questioning
BD liked here AS ability, She is a very fine actress. Warner-Oland, Perfect carriage, dignity, and her Charlie. Chan, with June Collyer every musement denotes breeding are -not greit but piensing.. Charles. Farrell, the best thing he (Central). has done in the Talkies, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Dillaway and Myrna
But Loy make good support.
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Wait till you see Ronald Colman
it in "The Devil to Pay" and see if will be the intelligent, glamorous you do not agree with me that it Bliss whom you will want to see. jis the best thing Ronnie has done Off stage she is equally brilliant, in the Talkies. He charms with and has had two novels published. his flair for sophisticated drawing. He is a worthless, and sings, and, adores room comedy. She plays
who returns music; speaks many languages, but lovable scapegrace will not add to the gaiety of the from Kenyn in time to steal the from her Film Colony, as she dislikes eroids girl (Loretta Young)
All sup- and limelight, but will, certainly affanced Russian Prince. add to the intelligentsia. I advise porting cast up to scratch-100 per You seeing this one. (King's): cent. (Queen's)
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small daughter of the Warden of appearing too vain a swaggerer, too
" worse still too scatters bombastic, or Sing Sing Prison, who sunshine and wisecracks among the theatrical, but acted by Dix it This was perfection. He gave us such prisoners, are In the cast. particular prison seems to be run a human, lavable character whose
+ love him rather like..& College with faults only made us
Out of obscurity steps Park Chop Ball-Games, variety show, flirta- the more tions etc. and everyone isa. graceful beautiful actress-Irene She astonished by her As we have not been Dunne. happy.
Fat or Lard .. A Musical Comedy overburdened by stories behind the triumph. bars, it may prove as interesting to actress, married for three years to Sheep's Head & Fees: Well directed a well-known New York physician, you as it did to me.
she made.us re-live with her those, (King's). by John Ford.
forty years of love and adventure.
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Room, Erwin, in the Wireless
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Watch the fit to star her now, a thrilling evening.
(I hope we members of the crew run the whole
have some of her "dealers" gamut of emotions, Makes you laughter) -- Edno May Oliver, a finely done famous twisting sniff and all. Telkie-but don't go expecting a she was perfection in "Cimar Muk ish
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