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SALLY EILERS"
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"A HOLY TERROR""
GEORGE O'BRIEN'S FIRST FAN LETTER.
George O'Brien has furnished muny thrills in various mation pie-l tures, but he described his "on
greatest drill as the receipt of his first letter which he still carries) in his makeup box. The letter
STEPPING SISTERS."
COMING TO KING'S THEATRE
From a Sunday school teacher and choir singer in Columbus, Ohio, 10 the chorus of a burlesque show in Boston, was the quick and rather
RETIRED.
CHORINES ... BUT NOT WITHOUT THEIR FOLLIES
Thundering and blundering. they give you the laugh of 4* lifetime....
STEPPING SISTERS
"with.
Louise Dresser) Miaan Gomis in 10 Jobyna Howland-
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William Collier, Sevil
· Directed by: Saymour Felix-
A: FOX PICTURE.
Tilly of Bloomsbury.
COMING.
Central
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Their Mad Woment' Arrowsmith
Stepping Sisters." A Holy Torror.
Delicious.
The Miracle Man,"
One Hour With You
Queen's.
Escape."
"Susan Lenox. "Black Coffee.'
World..
Star
City Lights."
"Floroos.
Ep. 5. Chinese picture..
One Romantic Night," Eyes of the World
PRAISE INDEED!
AN EDITOR'S LETTER TO BRAILOWSKY.,
After Alexander: Brailowsky's Blast New York appearance, amid, the piles of fan mail which wi wayroome to the popular artist was a letter to his managers from s **hard-boiled:** newspapar, F John O'Hara Cosgrave, distinguish ed journalist and former editor of the New York World. Mr. Cos grave wrote:
other pianist has aroused around hore this season. When there are bona-fide cheers and loud braves ab
That way a most magnificent the end of a recital it is something performance of Brailowsky's Fast out of the common in this metro-night. He was ab his best and polis."
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Alexander Brailowsky, plays here on Friday April 20 at the King's Theatre in the course of his seventh consecutive American tour,
A Zola Novel.
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played superbly Porsonally I think now before the public Incidentally him one of the four greatest pianista there was more enthusiasm in that auditoriase yesterday than (Continted un Previous Column.)
GOSSIP
FACT
my
at Elstree under the direction of Zoln's navet Nana" is to be film deals not only with the daily Thomas Bentley. The story of the Almed by Universal. It deals with the routine in a typical London office, adventures of an actress who passed but also with the pleasures and most of her time among the night pains of its occupants after six- haun of Paria and whose life end- o'clock.
od in tragedy.
The part is being:
played by the Vienneae star, Tali Red-Haired Beauty. Birell
Mata Hari,
Anny Ahlers,, London's latest singa heroine from the Continent, Greta Garbo's next film, in which blue eyes and nothing of the arti is a lovely rod-haired girl with big she is said to outshine all the stars ficial air which is called sophia
by the extravagance of Ner clothes, ticated." She is to play the titio iMata Hari." Ramon Novarro part of the shopgirl who marries a co-stars with her, supported by marquis and dominates a king" in Lionel Barrymore and Karen, Du Barry," the spectacular musi Morley,
Wedding Bahearsal,''
cal play which Mr. Stanley Soott is to present at His Majesty's Theatre, says a London critics-
Miss Ahlory was so delightfully
Alexander Korda who produced fresh and naively interested in the Paramount British hit "Ser everything when I met her that one ice for Ladies," is to make a flm hardly thought of her as a celebrat- with George Crossmith called ed actress. Yot ato has been
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was from a young woman Hving starlting transition of Louis Dres "Wedding Rehearsal." It will be German and Austriep favourito for
**Sparks."
tonka, carnivala, medicine shows, fone-night standers. Migrated to Broadway where gained reputation for droll comedy. Thence to almos
in Grand Rapids, Mich., who saw, who portrays one of the fen the first picture to be produced by several years," him in The Iron Horse, in which tured roles in Stepping Sisters," new British company, London
Film Productions. he played his first lending role.
the Fox comedy, coming next Sun- day to the King's Theatre. She Truth About Hollywood. Since that time, O'Brien's fan strikes an analogy in the picture
Ned Sparks in The Miracle mall has grown to proportions taat
Man Studying for ministry in by appearing as an ex-burlesque they say, is to be told in a film to began. Trekked to Dawson City The Truth About Hollywood," Canada when Klondike gold rush require the undivided attention of a
queen. Stage struck since she was be made by Radio Pictures and whore, at 17, found prospecting too secretary and the expenditure of a
a child, Miss Dresser obtained her written by Adola Rogers Hyland, strenuous. So became dress-sult, hog considerable sum for sationery first engagement when she was 13 apparently, is a forious story about 900 weekly with such heart-souchers author of "A Free Soul." This, balldist in dance balls. Averaged Rounding up a troupe of "Dane stamps and photographe. His son years old. She was fed to believe the dreams, ambitions, struggles as "Only a Bird in a Glided Cage." ing Beauties of All Nations per mail is equal to that of any male she was going into magical comedy, and romance that make up, the Took first boat out in spring of 1904 Naturally, you like an oldfashion, plexed the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mar in Hollywood. It almost but when he arrived in, Boston, everyday life of the citizens of the and began stage career in hunky ed rip-snorting melodrama, filled casting office when Director Robert doabled after the release of one where the show was playing. She
magio city." fast and exciting setion. Z. Leonard placed such an order Star
Ranger," "Last of: the Everybody does. Do not fail to see during the filming of Susan Duanes" and "Seas Beneath." discovered, to her dismay, that it From Hollywood,
O'Brien is seen in Fox Film "A.
was a burlesque company she was A rainbow of raincoats appeared oight years ago. Originated line: Holy Terror, current success at the joining. It took her many weeks to during the recent storms. Frances A boy's best friend is bis.mother.” portrays the role of a young so-pay back what had been advanced De wore bright blue.
Marlone ciely man who trails the suspected to her, but as soon as she had done Gibson's was plaid. Travis Baaton,
Dietrich went in for brown. Wynne Careful Payalova 2 murderer of his supposed beautiful girl he meets in the west. The this she quit and found herself Paramount stylist, plans to paint Norman Loe, the film directer who It was only due to the caution of listovers he had been tracking his climax is reached when the boy stranded in New York.
the mural pictures on the dining is now producing "Stop Me" at owa father.
She was without money and with Feliz home. Charles Bickford and volving the lives of two year-old room walls of his fifteen-room Lor Welwyn Studios, that a tragedy in our food and on the day her land-Paul Lukas wear home-grown facial babies was averted. A scano show- Sally Eilers, who was widely a lady was about to evict her from bristle for the early sequences of ing a powerful car speeding down The story is told against the back. tional delegation of dancing girls claimed for her performances the little attic room she occupied, Below."
Tallulah "Qujak. Millions" and "The Black ground of a newspaper editorial Germaine Do Nohls from Paris Camel, enacts the role of the girl Miss Dresser got a jon singing in went on the stage in the days when participants were driver and the Bankhead's.. Thunder country lane at 80 miles an hour Groucho Marx saya ke room on the eve of an important Lillian Realba from Hawail; Viola and others in the oast are Rits La a dime. museum-aight shows a day. cornatista wore derbies instead of wo little ones in the back wond coction, and lays hare the tricks Louise-from-Ionly Carlotta Monte Roy Humphrey Bogart Jamesve years from the time she left blowing into them. According to Lee is a great believer in recliam and devices of crooked politicians from Spain; Emma Young from
the burlesque show in Boston, she Author Harry (Shanghai Express) in Alms, hat be refused to risk the was a star on Broadway and she Harvey, Chinese theatre managers anfety of the babies who had arrived The fine cast includes beside. He China and Allegretta Anderson from gis Toomey, beautiful Suo Carol,
Tunis
for nine straight years, & record each performance and explain what fact that the driver was specially Dorothy Heviog, Boris Karloh,
that few have equalled. During a kiss Garbo took her place with these a try at motion pictures and made this time she was under contract to me and what it means in the engaged on the strength of his past girls in the carnival soonos, posing her debut in The Glory of Cla- such well known producers as Richard Tucker, Carmelita Geraghasa Turkish harem entertainor.. mentina with Pauline Frederick. Weber & Fields, Charles Forhman, London Wall," ty and many others.
Clark Gable plays opposita Garbo, Then she appeared in "Burning Klaw & Erlanger, a Woods and
diraotor insisted on "doubles for You will enjoy every minute of in the new feature and the support Sands and after that in "Enter the Bhuberts. She was one of the After Chfice Hours is the now the car. As it happened there was the babies in case," and two large. Graft" which is showing of the cast includes Jean Haraholt, Madame with Clara Kimball most popular netzesses of the stage title conferred on London Wall, vory bad accident, his collid dolls were purchased and placed in John Miljan, Alan Hale Hale Young Miss Dresser has been Hamilton and others.
In 1923 she was induced to have the B.LP: ilm of John van Druten's ing with a tree. Both occupants netive in motion pictures. since then. (Continuat un previous colume, play which is now being produced were hurt and the dolle amshed
Lenox, Her Fall and Rise," Greta You are going to be thoroughly Garbo ́s new starring vehicle, which interested in a young man, who will open on Sunday at the Queen's in the line of duty, acauses a boat-Thostre "tiful girl of murder and then works With Al Copeland, veteran circus like Sam Hill w clear her so he manager, acting in an advisory marry her. Paticulary when capacity, the ensting office finally 'this' young man, is Regis Toomey, assembled a satisfactory, interna.
Contral Theatre to-day,
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Kirkwood aend Stanley Fields; Trying Cummings directed."
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about to be filmed, and the
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