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5 A Sizzling Western cramjam full of fiat fighting straight. shooting: hard riding and the sort of romance that makes you tingle all over with Lucille Browne, John St. Polis, Bobby Nalion,
A Universal Picture.
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Bing Crosby
in
"We're Not Dressing."
With Carole Lombard, and George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, Leon Errol,.
A Paramount Picture.
ROCKING CHAIR STUNT
This stunt because of its spooki-, light over this display and signs ness, will get lots of interest and attention. It consists simply of a rocking chair placed in one corner of your lobby where a concealed wire can be connected to it, this wire leading to an oscillating fan motor which will pull the char Fiving it the appearance of rock- ing mysteriously. A book can be suspended over the chair at the height where it would. be held for reading-thin plano wires being used for the purpose. Use a weird
here, but you cannot see around it reading: beware! he's
don't disturb "the invisible man" -see him on the screen! H. G.. Wells' fantastic sensation.
The Cast
The Invisible One... Claude Rains Flora Cranley
Gloria Stuart Doctor Kemp......William Harrigan Doctor Cranley....Henry Travers Mrs. Hall
Una O'Connor Chief of Police.. ..Holmes Herbert Jaffers
E. E. Clive. Chief of Detective.....Dudley Digges Inspector Bird
Hary Stubbs Inspector Lane Donald Stuart Milly
Merle Tottenham
Review
2.
H. G. Wells' imagination, Jamie's Whale's direction and expert act- ing on the part of a large cast or distinguished stage and screen, ag- tors make Universal's "The Invisi- ble Man," which is coming to the Queen's Theatre, the most striking picture seen in yekra.
How Universal managed to put this extraordinary story on cellu- lold remains one of the mysteries of Hollywood, because throughout all of the exciting reels, things happen so incredibly that one is prone to shake his head and blink his, eyes to look again. Naturally, with such a wonderful idea and theme, beyond ordinary propor- tions was expected, but nothing so astounding as this uncanny film. super scientist
It's all about a who manages to make himself-in- visible by means of an obscure drug and then, half crazed by its effect. seta about to make the world real- ize his unlimited power. He does so in a graphic, startling manner, and strangely enough, there isn't a moment when the audience is not aware of the unseen man's presence on the screen, when he is meant to be there. Of course, be- ing invisible, he is not actually seen, but how he is felt!
If you want to elaborate on this stunt, you can have a cupboard in
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Foolish
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lieved her lies...and -liked it!
Madame SPY
See the story of a ruthless ad- venturess who becomes a loving wife, only to be plunged back Into the role of adventuress] with
NILS ASTHER
FAY
WRAY
Edward Arnold, John Miljan and others. Screens.
* play, by William Hurlbut. Original by Man Kim
mich, Johannes Brandt, A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
dark carzer, with the dishes BUSTER KEATON JACKIE COOGAN
dancing around, pulled by wires, Or you can use a magnet under glass and have small articles mov- ing around on a table.
Look Out For The New Dog "Star"
A new kind of dog star is to be G. Robsinson production, "Dark seen in the forthcoming Edward
Hazard," to take his place with the famous ones of the screen. Furthermore, he takes the title role in the picture.
Perhaps Dark Hazard hasn't the finesse of some of the more hu- man personalities, but according to report he is destined to cause something of a sensation among legions of flmgoers who love dogs. He is a handsome racing. greyhound, and a champion of champions on the tracks of many American cities. What is more, he can act.
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GROANS
Bad Luck Has Dogged Him To London
Misery met I have just left Bus- ter Keaton. the frozen-faced come- dian, who is, at the moment, twice as sad as he is on the flims, And ne has reason to be writes a cor- respondent.
In a three-weeks boat trip from Hollywood, via Panama; he con- tracted ptomaine poisoning and injured his hand when a table overturned in bad weather.
And a few hours after his ar- rival at the Savoy Hotel in Lon- don I inconsiderately gwakened
him
He lay in bed and groaned, not the groan of a man peeved with fate, but of one who accepts suf- fering as part of the normal day's work.
"I shall get up "to-morrow," he moaned.
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I was at the Palace. The next was in 1918, when I had a few days here before going to France with the American infantry.
Dark Hazards real name is Bold important racing events. In his Warrior, and he has won many first talkie he displayed remark- This is my fifth trip to Eng- able talent as a film artiste, pho-land. My first was in 1909, when tographing perfectly and display- ing undeniable camera poise. He even displayed a bit of tempera- ment when Alfred E. Green was, engaged on "shooting" him for one scène, and forced the direc- tor to supply him with a stand-in under the bot lights while, the camera were being focussed.
Greyhound racing forms the. theme of "Dark Hazard," where-" In Robinson is a small town gam- bler who, when in reduced cir- cumstances, buys the dog with his remaining dollars to see it ultimately win big track events. It is based on W.R. ("Little Cae-
sar") Burnett's famous novel
which was the American Book-of- the Month Club's selection last September.
IMPROVING DESIGN OF PROPELLERS
Important Results Of Research
is being undertaken by the Na- Important marine research work tional Physical Laboratory at Ted- dington.
has recently been installed, and is A propeller tunnel of new design now ready for observations. It will of cavitation on marine be used mainly to study the effect. and by this means to Improve Screws, their efficiency under working con ditions.
His wild course is so cleverly shown on the screen that it would be downright treason to describe it. And his fate is worked out in such a spectacular manner that memor- les of "The Invisible Man" are bound to linger long with those so fortunate to see it. Somehow the treatment given this weird tale by R. C. Sherria, who is credited with the screenplay, makes the picture entirely reasonable and not fantasi tic in the least, and the expert ing by means of the more familiar Investigations are also proceed- characterizations, lept by Claude model method, and it has already. Rains in his picture debut. WD been shown that the performance. llam Harrigan, Gloria Stuart, Dud- of a ship may be improved by as ley Digges. Henry Travers, Uns much as 10 per cent, by careful de O'Connor and Forrester Harvey, sign of the screws. This con enhance this effect of entirely 10-clusion has not been reached by gical occurrences, although the haphazard observations, but is the menace of the unseen is present result of a careful calculation always...
based on constants of electric mo tive power and unvarying sea con- ditions during the tests.
Undoubtedly "The Invisible Man" is crowedd with genuine entertain- ment besides being a definitely new departure, a brand new idea and a spectacular photographic achieve- ment. You can't help but enjoy it, and we'll guarantee you auch an evening of thrills as you've never fiad before,
The Difference "Learning to fly a plane is like falling of a log," says an expert. The only dimerence is in the length of the drop,
Romance With Actress Denied
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, July 25. Jackle Coogan Jocularly denied in Los Angeles on Saturday that blue-eyed blonde, who played in he is engaged to. Toby Wing, the "The Kid From Spain" and "Forty Second Street," and who is known
girl. as America's most perfect chorus
Jackie admitted, however, thai he is fond of his girl friend.
Jackie Coogan, who is pow 19, first figured in "The "Kid" with Charlie Chaplin when he was four years old. Shortly afterwards he achieved further success in "Peck's Bad Boy," "My Boy." and "Circus Days."
He was then one of the highest paid Alm stars in Hollywood.
and it was not so funny.”:
"I was over there seven months
He sighed, closed his tragic, ex- pressive eyes, and, rolled over to avoid the hot sunlight that sneak. ed between the curtains,
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The story of a love that flamed through three generations— with inspiring music and with songs sung.
by John Boles.
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE- With Morgan Farley, Ruth Hali, Albert Conti, Dorothy Peterson, Jim male Butler. Story by Paul Gangsila,
"MADAME SPY"
An Excellent Film
Who are, as a rule, the most successful aples? Opinions vary as to the answer to this question, out as a general rule, women have a knack of getting some of the news that even the most astute mari spy cannot There have been some good examples of this in the War, and even to-day, there are going about, gathering information some extremely clever women sples
here and there and giving perhaps a smile or even a kiss in return for "Information received."
Hongkong cinema fans have an excellent opportunity of seeing how these clever wonɩn go about their business fo in "Madaine Spy Fay Wray zly perhaps one of the most brilliant performances in her career.
In "Madame Spy." a story of the last upheaval in Europe, Freund, human emotions in its relation- the director deplets the gamut of
ship to the collapse of the histori- cal structure of a continent. He strikea a particularly important note on the various espionage systems, which played such a signi, fezat part in the last War, and which Freund believes will play an even more important role in future wars. ..
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The Invisible Man"
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"IS IT UNGRATEFUL
A CHINESE TALKING PICTURE WITH CAN TONESE DIALOGUE.
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"BELOVED"
A Struggling Composer
The newest cycle of entertain-
Ken Maynerd, the rangy Texas cowpuncher who will play at Cen-ment in the motion picture world
is bringing back to the screen the? tral Theatre to-day in "King of the Arena" has become the mosThough the révue type of “must-
romantic musical picture. manly, romantle figure in western cal" has lately attained great suc "ilms. He is decidedly more than "Just a cowboy,” being the idol of millions all over the world, the most spectacular horseman of the films, and aviator of note,
ess and again established the vogue of music on the screen,
has been a long time since the theatres have presented a picture
which might be truly described as
A
Some of these days, he plans a "musical romanec." exemplined to go back to a ranch, in Texas, on the stage for all time in or possibly Mexico, a land which som line
**Mos- interests him strongly and tend The forerunner of the new vo- his own herds again, Ranching gue is "Beloved," coming on Fri- and cowpunching is deep in the day to the King's Theatre, an epic blood of this virile actor from drama with music which presents. the great oper spaces. He John Boles and Gloria Stuart Inj was born next to the famous featured roles. The story presents Madero Ranch in the Lone Star the romantic career of a struggling State and could literally ride be-composer throughout his lifetime fore he could walk-
and before a constantly changing
Right now, he could earn his background covers a span of an living with horse, a rope and entire century. In the first scens a blanket. If necessary he Boles in seen in his cradle as would with his sturdy, white baby, and in the Anal fade-out he maned Tarzen for amount..
appears as an old man or Maynerd, with all his popular
cidental to the story ther ty and fame, gurrounds him- presents stirring pictures of self to this day with his old,
portant historical events in cowpuncher pals of the range, and the final scene takes place in the
growth of the United States un later the circus riding days, when cowboys took a look at the worldBeloved, produced by BF
year 1933.
WARNER BROS help of circus box cars. Zeidman, was directed by Victori
He's one of them on the set schertzinger, and the cast suppo around the stables. He couldn't ing Boles and Miss Stuart Includ and wouldn't get along without Dorothy Peterson, Edmund them. Maynerd insists on cor- rectness in his pictures and never aille La Verne, Richard Carlo Ruth Hall, Anderson Lawler, allows a double to ride for him many other acreen favourites.
THOSE WHO
DANGE
with MONTE BLUE
this genuine, dyed- Tange rider always oset when anypac
you say that
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