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Phantout President."
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••• ON THE BOREIN IN
A BLAZE D'OLOETE
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with
Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea Jaku Halliday, Creighton Chaney, Wichurd “iknots”
3 Bellagher, Bart Roach, Dorkl G. Salmick, Executive Pradvene. RKO-RADIO Picture
NEXT CHANGE
STRICTLY
DISHONORABLE
She met the "Great Lover" in the heart of Broadway and then she didn't want to go home!
with
PAUL PUKAS SIDNEY FOX LEWIS STOR-E in Brock Pemberton's amazingly auccessful· stage hit by Preston Sturges,
Directed by JOHN STÄHL,
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
as
the
guillotine January 21, 1783, his head, leaving his son, Dauphin, as his only successor.
The Dauphin was taken in hand by Republicans, who led him into rosy paths of dissipation. The Dauphin was so apt a pupil that two years later he died from it. But in the turmoil of the times, his demise went unnoticed.
Pardon Us."
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Majestic,
KOWLOON
Call of the Sea"
This is the Night.
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COMING
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"Sky Devils."
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Central.
Strictly Dishonourable,”
"Girl Crazy."
Tom Brown of Culver.' **Thark."
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Bring 'en Back Alive."
Polly of the Circus."
"Squaw Man."
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Tai Tak.
"Miss Shanghai."
San Kwok Man,
Bring 'Em Back Alive."
Wing Hon.
Blonde Venus."
Chung Wah.
Charlie Chan's Chance.”
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Polly of the Circus."
Pearl Theatre.
"Hell Divers.”
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Amadica's "Yankes Doodle Dandy" teams with "no. nose" Jimmy in the moshilaroustummy- laugh of our Haus.
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Plus Gaichy
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THE
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MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong-
THE PHANTOM
PRESIDENT"
RATTLING GOOD POLITICAL COMEDY
To look like someone famous has intrigued many a hardy soul into gambling his life on the chance, of Impersonating his double.
A Czar of Russia, a Dumphin of France, a Duke of England-they've all, for example, been impersonat ed, with and without success, in the past centuries.
Paramount Pictures officials dis covered that fact as they set pro duction under way on The Phan¦ tom President, political comedy, featuring George M. Cohan, Clau dette Colbert, and Jimmy Durante, the film now on display at the King's Theatre here.
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LIBERTY
GEORGE M COHAN
BUN!
TWO
DIMES
FOR EVERY NICKEL
CLAUDETTE COLBERT JIMMY DURANTE
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NEXT CHANGE THURSDAY, 19th JAN,
SOB SISTER
Romance of a Girl Reporter
On-the-job en- emies become off-the-job sweethearts. Thrills and heart throba
of a reporter.
JAMES DUNN LINDA WATKINS Directed by Alfred Santall
A FOX PICTURE.
FILM NOTES FROM
LONDON:
(Special Air-Mail Service)
Lospor, December 29. Real-Life Stories in the New Year Movies.
will be presented the talkie version of the book by Lewis E. Lawes, Warden of Sing Sing prison since 1920. In the film, as in the book, is to be some of the World's worst offenders, who have, as -Warden Truth is stranger than fiction, and Lawes staten been guilty of all the now in their efforts to supply film crimes that go to make up the goors with intercetins puctures for criminal calendar. Spencer Tracy, PYJAMA COSTUME IN 1933 the movie brotors are con- Bette Davies and Lyle Talbot ap
centrating on real-life stories as pear in this production. material for entertainment." All instance to be mentioned is "The GUARDSMAN
avenues are being exploited to this Match King" which may be said end, and from results, already reto come direct from the pages of It is the life marked the New Year may bring a the world's" prees. now era in the sphere of kinemadomy dory of a financier whose amuz Seveal of the productions are coming exploits are still a source of pleted, and awaiting presentation the widest comment, played by in London. One example" Silver! Warren William, Dollar" concerns the life story of
FAMININE PROBLEM
SOLVED
Another
SOB SISTER
Sob Sister," Fox draina of an ambitions girl, who was too busy trading on the romances of others to recognize her own loro “affair until it had practically passed har- by opens its local engagement on Thursday at the King's Theatre.
The film marks the second soreen": appearance of James Dunn, who jumped into the film spotlight in "Bad Girl,"
Second, it introduces to movie goors, a new leading lady," twenty-
-years old, a favorite of the Broadway stage, Linda Watkins..
Third, the picture is the first directorial effort. Alfred Santell since Daddy Long Legs," with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter.. After that picture Santall was given his choice of all the stories owned by Fox Films, and from them he chose Bob Sister."
The right of a girl to make use of a winning amile and perhaps a hint of possible affection to gain her ends in business competition, and yet the dangers of this means of attaining success is a subject that Sautell considers one of the mont discussed, tonics of the times, and in," Sob Sister," he is said to present both sides of the question in unfolding one of the most unusual and yet most sincere and touching romances yet recovered for the talk- ing screen. The film is reported by those who have already seen it as "excooding "Bad Girl in heart touching appeal and vividness.”
The large cast supporting James Dunn and Linda. watkins includes
such celebriting as Slima Gombell,
who Edna, the friend, in “Bad Girl" Molly O'Day and Howard Phillips in the other featured roles as well as George E. Stope, Sarah- Pabber, Eddie Dillon, Neal Burns, Lex Lindsay Harry Beresford, among other's. Edwin Burke, who wrote the sparking dialogue for "Bad Girl, adopted. "Sob Si ter" for the screen from Mildred Gilman's novel of the same name.
Wi-
New Films Produced in London,
The two films to be produced in London this week are "The Big Broadcast" and "Rackety Ra, the latest examples of American. producers ingenuity In The Big Broadcast the producer-has bor rowed from the American, radio
some of its best performers to play the chief parts, and in Rackety Rax" the chief character is a racketeer who buys a university for the purpose of making money out of its football team,
Jew Suss,
Emil Jannings and Conrad Text> British Industrial Films,
are to star together in a British film-, screen version of “Jew The first of the series of British Sum," the great historical novel by industrial films collooted by the Lion Feuchtwanger. The singing Educational Films Bureau are now of two of the greatest actors on the available, free of charge (except German sareen for a Elm in Eng that of carriage), to universities, land is undoubtedly a scoop schools of all types, churches, wel- and a feather in the cap of British
films. fare centres, film isocieties, boys clubs, women's institutes, and
Film Fashiozis. other recognized educational or- ganizations. These films which Anne Grey introduces an eau de have been expressly for eduentional ail green pan velvet dress in purposes comprises, among others,Driven, her current picture for such varied subjects as The British Paramount British. She wears a Oil Industry The Port of London, green velvet cap to match, the The Making of a Newspaper, Our whole presenting a very pleasing
From Ore to Finished Steel Frotret to her striking dark hair. * duct; How a Talking Machine Re | Incidentally :" Driven" is Miss
How to wear trousers and retain" Haw" Tabor, a man who made one's femininity has been solved by his mark in the roaring days of Adrian, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the past century when pioneers fashion expert.
were blazing the trail everywhere A dificult undertaking, Adrian and nature was being forced to dis has succeeded in overcoming the gorge ita vast fortunes, Tabor obstacles encountered in striving to rondered his country and parti- take away the masculine aspect of cularly the State of Colorade in the feminine versions of trousers which he won his fortune in the and has created a new and origin-silver mines, invaluable service and al design of interesting lines. was afterwards swept away from Lynn Fontanne, the well-known his high place by the varying tidea New York stage star whose first of fortune ta die in poverty. Tabor motion picture appearance is in the founded the city of Denver, and picture, "The Guardsman,"-which his story is one of the most remark is now showing at the Queen's Thea-able in America's history. Again, tre, wears two versions of Adrian's in "Twenty Years in Sing Sing "Fish Supply from Sea to Slab, affect both in amartness and in con trouser-dress in the picture.
For The Phantom President" is the story of a man who passes himself off as someone else, and gets Since she portrays an exotic se away with it. The role is played tress she dares to appear in this by Cohan, who is cast 25 a distinctly different and away-from- Candidate for President. He is the conventional type of dress which well qualified for the office, but, Adrian predicts as a forthcoming lacks the personality to win votes, fashion, His managers, to solve this little
Ingenious But... One styling is carried out in problem dig up a tmedicine-show man who is a dead ringer for the black taffeta, the dress being, made candidate, and send him out to ring in a sophisticated manner, in keep in the ballots.
ing with Miss Fontanne's clear-cut Have there ever been any similar beauty. Tho sleeves are tightly fitt incidents! That was what Para-ed and the bodice accentuates the mount wanted to know and they waistline. The skirt is of the lines. soon. found. there had been many..
From Reel Life.
Most successful of the lot was a fellow known as Stefan, Mali-Ste- fan the Little-who got himself the throne of Montenegro in the eigh teenth century by passing himself off as Czar Peter III to Russia, who was supposed to have been murder od in 1782.NA
Stenfan turned up one day in 1787. "I'm the Czar," he said. No one bothered to question his word "It's OK, by us, pal," they tol3 him, presenting him with the throne and scepter.
All went well until a war against the Turka, developed. Theo
In later yours, when things calm- Catherine, Empress of Russia, der ed down, there was many an in-nounced him as an impostar in a dividual willing to attempt to pass letter. She's right,” Stefan ad- himself off as the Dauphin In all mitted, casually. He was imme: seven attempts of this sort were „diately tossed into prison, but al- made. They all ended disastrously most naammediately: released. for the men who tried it There was a war on, and a strong Three centuries earlier, a fellow man was needed at the head of the named Perin Wärkeek tried to pass state. Stefan might not be Peter himself off in England as the Duke but he was a strong man
approved to-day with the difference, however, of having a slit up the front, through which are revealed the trousers of as tight a fit as the dress sleepes
The other design is more lapish in pattern. On first glancs the dress, which is of white satin, gives the appearance of a Grecian style. A flattering jewel-edged neckline with matching jeweled belt carries out this idea as does the graceful- ly long skirt finish. Again one is treated to the surprise of trouser concealed under the skirt. In this case the trousers show Turkish ouffe of jeweled bends, the effect being original and attractive.
ANITA PAGE IN SKYSCRAPER-
COMING TO QUEEN'S ON THURSDAY
Yarle who had bean murdere So he came out, climbled back on Anita Page, who plays an im mysteriously So far as the publish throue, and ruled to everyone's poflanze role. T knew, however, the Duke had just satisfaction or almost everyone's Souls," disappeared, so when Perkin arrivantil 1774. In that year someone to the
(on
Queen's Theatr
ell and announced,, penedo cho was dissatisfied murdered him, born in Flushing, identity, they took
The hold for impersonatora was firat ambition was to be a fash oponed again by the French Revolu-- designer-but- faker, and he was hanged for his tion Louis VI emerged from the changed that '
But it was soon pros
trouble
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screen career in Love Em and cord is Made, The Manufacture of Grey's fourteenth picture in less Leave Em" for Paramount. Then Gammed Paper, The Cocoa and than two years M-G-M put her under contract and Chocolate Industry, How Soap is she appeared in four silent pictures made, The Scottish Oil Shale In before scoring her big hit in The dustry, and How Roads are Maxie, Broadway Melody. Following eta Application for loan should that came "Caught Short," "War be made to Educational Films Nurse,
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