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THE SCREEN'S No. 1 LOVE TEAM
In a romantic triumph more thrill- ing than "San Francisco"! See it —you'll never forget i!!
CRAWFORD TAYLOR Ba more
in CLARENCE
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production
GORGEOUS
FRANCIOT TONE.
HUSSY
MELVYN DOUGLAS
MNES STEWART - Prutooed by Joseph Wankhurlez
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FRI KELLY THE SECOND Patsy Kelly
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I get through telling what I learned when
"I MARRIED
A DOCTOR
PAT O'BRIEN-JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON
ROSS ALEXANDER • GUY
KIBBEE • LOUISE FAZENDA
Peter
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TOLAR PIOL ROBESON SANDERS OF THE RIVER
MORROW, LESLIE BANKS
EASY TO TAKE
الرمانة
Marsha Hunt and John Howard
appear as a romantic team for the first time their filin: careers in Paramount's. tunetal comedy romance of radio life, "Easy to Take." which is shown at the Alhambra Theatre today.
The picture introduces Howard as a radio "uncle," who nightly
broadcasts talke and adventure stories for the kiddles of the land. He hates the job and most of the kiddies-but grins and bears it for the forty dollars a week it brings
The story gets under way when
diately; the boy's estate proves a myth and Miss Hunt, angry at the publicity-Meeking activities of Ho ward's manager, Eugene Pallette, runs away. Meanwhile Scott has proved himself a spolled nuisance
high point in the story comes when Howard spánk him in front of a microphone with a million en- raged women listening in. Just
as it has been the means of se- parating them, radio at length brings Misi Hunt and Howard to-
gether again...
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One of America's smartest ballroom dance teams, Cedric and Arlinda, depicted above. who recently closed an engagement at the exclusive, Blackbawk Restaurant In downtown Chicago; will commence a season at the Hong Kong Hotel on March 13 with a gala premiere.
Featuring a large repertoire, very desirable dance routines and many changes of wardrobe, Cedrio. and Arlinda have attabied nearly as much popularity in the ballroom dance field as Velos and Yolanda and the famous De Marcos. Notable among the dances they will offer during their engagement are their original French tango, "Fajanca." a novel swing number, "Stomping at the Savoy," a smart Strut called "Strut Miss Lizzie." "Metropolis," a modern number. "Top Hat Med- ley." "La Cubana," Rumba, "Cubanola," harlem number, "Poetry in Motion," waltz, "Asia Minor," an Asiatic creation depicting a theme as ancient as civilization, "the manifestation of elemental desire," and "American Kiss Waltz," and "Continental."
Last winter they were the featured dance team at the Miami-Biltmore at Miami Beach, Fla. and upon returning north were engaged for fifteen weeks with Joe Sanders Orchestra at the Blackhawk Restaurant in Chicago. They are at present at Park Hotel, Shanghai.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"Peg Of Old Drury" QUEEN'S:
"Three Smart Girls" ORIENTAL:---
"Gorgeous Hussy"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :-~~
"Easy To Take"
MAJESTIC-
"Murder By An Aristocrat"
STAR:-
"I Married A Doctor?
Coming
KING'S:-
"The Devil Is A Bissy" QUEEN'S
"Dimples" ORIENTAL
STAR
"Kelly The Second". ALHAMBRA
"Dimples"
"Sanders Of The River" MAJESTIC:----
"The Amateur Gentleman"
GORGEOUS HUSSY
the
"Easy to Take" presents several talented child musicians during its studio sequences Mary Ruth
Five distinguished actors of Kizziir, four-year-old planist; peculiarly contrasting characteris Baundra Mazzel, four and a half, tica, four them as lovers, were violinist; Billy Lee, pint-sized tap required to impersonate the men Howard is named, in the will of an
dancer Marilyn Knowldon, Carl who figured in Sweitzer and otherý have support clamorous Peggy O'Neal in "The eccentric radio fen, as guardian of ing roles. Pallette. Robert Greig Gorgeous Bussy showing at the a wealthy ten-year-old, Douglas and Jan Duggen are given comedy Oriental Theatre on to-day and Ecott. He takes the job when he roles, and Glenn Tryon, director, meets the boy's sister, Miss Hunt, has paced the film as light roman- Complications begin almost imme- tic comedy throughout.
to-morrow.
SINGING MOUSE BROADCASTS
Minnie the Singing Mouse is the servers claimed that singing mice, latest star on the Anierican radia while not common, have been dis- networks.
covered before from time to time. In a national hook-up relayed Radio interests soon heard of from here, the extraordinary little the mouse, and the nationwide animal dispelled all doubts as to broadcast of her "art" the genuiness of the advance ranged.
i
was ar-
claims made for her by singing Announced as "the Phenomenon into a full-sized microphone and of the Century," Minnlë rendered then returning a few minutes later her aria before the microphone to chirp an encore.
without keeping the nation wait- Reporters in the audience could ing. Like other radio performers, not agree whether Minnie sound-she "trained" for her appearance. ed like a cantary or a lark, but She was kept in a special room in they were quite sure she did not the broadcasting station all day sound like a mouse,
and did not eat anything, until after the show.
Only eight weeks old, Minnie was found a short, while ago. In the The man who discovered her cellar of an industrial home for declared ho would insure Minnie chlidren. The curator there had forthwith, as her "fan mail” and been looking in the cellar for a the applause she received after canary and was astonished to find the broadcast indicated that she' that the chirping and singing had financial potentialities as an which he had been trailing care entertainer. from the diminutive mouse." At
Another theory for the mouse's first his claims for her were derid- volce is that all mice have voices ed, but doctors examined the little and constantly sing but their tone creature and were unable to ex la too high to be heard by the hu plain the phenomenon. 'Bome 'who man
In this case Minnie saw her thought she suffered from possesses a bass and hence can be a throat affliction. Other ob-heard.
ear,
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PEG OF OLD DRURY
ANNA NEAGLE
Delightful as Peg Wolfington CEDRIC HARDWICKE
Skilful as David Garrick
in a story containing a wealth of human interest, drama and fine sentiment,
PEG of OLD DRURY
TO-MORROW UNITED ARTISTS
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
UNITED
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THE DEVIL IS A SISSY" FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW-JACKIE QUOPER MICKEY ROONEY JAN HUNTER
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THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JE. and ELISSA LANDI
THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN”
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Germany
The story follows her rise, bet | GERMANY quarrels with fellow artista, her the lovely daughter of a Washing-
imeetings with celebrities like Dr. on tavern-keeper during the, ad-
Johnson, William Pitt, Pepe and ministration, of President Andrew
Sir Joshua Reynolds, and her as- Jackson.
Anna Neagle and Cedric Hard-sociation with David Garrick, cut-
President
wicke, the brilliant team of "Nell minating with her tragic death on Jackson is imper- Gwyn" are together again in Fes the Drury Lane stage sonated by Lone! Barrymore, the of Old Drury," which is showing veteran star whose engaging 'Der at the King's Theatre to-day.
The film has been made by Her sonality has captured millions
bert Wilcox on lines of sweeping In "Peg of Old Drury" they have colour and action and has been through the years of his brilliant radically different roles from those based, as was "Nell Gwyn," entire-
"career.
· INVITATION:
Geneva, Feb. 22/ has declined to ac cept an invitation to the Interna tional Conference on raw materials: summoned for March 8 under the auspices of the League of Nations
UNDERGOES
OPERATION
In "Nell Gwyn." Anna Neaglely on recorded fact, which has Robert Taylor, Hollywood's most plays Peg Wonington, the tempest been proved again far more ro- spectacular young star of the sous Irish actress whose famemantic than any creation of fric- current era plays the part of swept the London stage of the mid- tion. Timberlake, the dashing seaman eighteenth century, and around The huge cast, headed by Anua who made swift love to Feguy whom more amusing and in Neagle and Cedric Harwicke, in- life of O'Neal and swept her off her feet triguing anecdotes have collected cludes Margaretta Scott, Jack
Washington, Feti. 22 arst picture to provide a reigning The Uvellest and most romantic Sinclair Robinson, Hay Petrie, Tom of Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
The Gorgeous Hussy" is the that around any other stage Azure. Hawkins, Maire O'Neff, Arthur
Hudsy
Miss Ethel Dupont, the fancas star with four romantic, leading episte of her career was, of course, Heslewood Leafle, French, Robert the son of the President of the men. As the tavern-keeper's her love affair with David Gar-Atkins, Charles Childestone, Tarva United States, was to-day operated daughter. 'Size | Crawford makes rick," the great actor and this Fenné, Chroctopher Steele and upon for..appendicitia good use of all of them.
forms the basis of the plot.
George Barratt,
Beuter
Joan Crawford, in the title role of this historical romance portenys
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