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She Hired This Penniless Nobleman As Her Cook. But His Romantic Ideas Soon Had Her Boiling Over!
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Fools
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RALPH BELLAM
ALLEN JENKINS ISABEL JEANS · MARIE WILSON - MARCIA RALSTON
A MERVYN LROY PRODUCTION · Preseased by WARNER BROS.
A First Nations! Piature · Servon Pay by Herbert Falde and Joseph Fieldy · Asalitional Dialogun by kan o Broker From the Play, “Komarn Engajamant," by Nanay Hamilton, James Share and Emonary Cosm "Musim and Lycine by Riskari Pokters and Ledina Har
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DAIRYMEN at Hayward, Califor-wagon came along to sell break- ala, on a farm three miles fasts, the members of the town from the sea, called Game Warden band rushed home for their uni Fred Rogers at 3 am the other forms and instruments, two day to report that a seal was bel- three shopkeepers holsted nags, lowing in the cow pasture. When and at the electric light plant the they refused to take his advice to engineer on duty kept blowing the sleep it off. Rogers came out with whistle. Encouraged by all this. a gun. and there, sure enough, the seal flapped to a faster stroke, three miles inland. was a 400 lb and reports say that coming down seal.
the straight he was doing a snap- They persuaded the seal to get py 120. By the time he crossed on the road, and at 4 a.m., by lan- the finishing Une and dropped "The Lady In The Morgue" trek to the sea. By the time dawn the band, the shrieking of the tern light. he started the long Into the sea amid the blaring of STAR:
ORIENTAL:
"Tip-Of Girls"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Wise Girl"
MAJESTIC:
Criminals Of The Al"
KING'S:
Coming
"The Woman Along"
QUEEN'S:
"Vivacious Lady"
ORIENTAL:
"The Bad Man Or
Brimstone"
"Professional Soldier"
ALHAMBRA:
"Fools For Scandal" STAR:
"Submarine D.1."
MAJESTIC:
"A Yank At Oxford"·
FOOLS FOR SCANDAL
had put in an appearance there whistle and the cheering of the was such a crowd cheering him crowd, he had hit 125, and close on that motor cycle police were observers say he still had plenty in called out to escort him.
As the
crowd grew, hot dog
reserve
.
AFTER she had sneezed for three,
days in the Alameda County
What The Stars Hospital Mrs. Betty Grose, 24, de-
Are Doing
M-G-M is getting "The Bad Man from Arizona" ready for Wallace Beery to follow up his success in "The Bad Man of Brimstone." The scenes will be filmed in the Arizona desert.
veloped a whistling ear. She sneezed every 20 seconds; and every three minutes her ear whist led for 10 seconds. Doctors said
ear drum. they thought she had broken an
SEVENTY days before Easter, on
Black started taking orders from his farm in Illinois, Mr. George
people who wanted eggs with coloured yolks real eggs, with real yolks
Harold Lloyd has chosen "The Veterinarian" for his next pictare after "Professor, Beware." The
He has two hens on a special story is his own idea and will diet, which varies with the colour diet; and after 10 days on the into preparation as soon as his pre-cr yolk you desire. the hens fay sent picture is finished.
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Fernand Gravet. the King of
Shirley Ross and Tito Gulzar, "The King and the Chorus Girl" toth seen in "The Big Broadcast of last year's unusual hit, appears 1938" head the cast of "St. Louis today at the "Queen's and Alhambra Blues," Faramcunt musical migrat- Theatres in his latest picture, ing between. Broadway and the
Mississippi.
"Fools for Scandal."
He has the assistance of Carole
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égks with yolks of that colour "There is no difference in taste." says Black, "and you can eat the 689 with no danger of poisoning. They and colour, too, when used as
garnish"
AT POLICE headquarters in San Lombard in this film of gay Parec, Apparently Allstar Cooke Is not Francisco Constable Mervin of those-famous gay spots in that set for certain as "March of Pratt talked about the tricks of city of dreams, and of the music
Time's" British commentator. criminals. "I'm Lieutenant Mc- and laughter of the French.
Various voices are being tried and Connell, of the Plainclothes. Gravet plays the role of an im-opinions sought from exhibitors.
Branch," said the man he was poverished baron who is thrown
talking to," "And I tell you. I've into the company of an American
Sonja Henie is reported to have had some queer experiences. Only movie star on the visit to the asked £500 for each of six appear- yesterday a fellow pulled this trick French capital-and the fun that ances at Madison Square Garden. on me-here-iend, me a dollar, I'll the two have, and also the scrapes. The manager thought it too stiff show you." He tolded Constable make up a really fine musical pro-and offered her 40 per cent of the Pratt's silver dollar in his hand- profits. She accepted and her kerchier, said "Hey, presto!" and share, £8,600, turned out to be the dollar was gone. nearly three times more than she
than s had asked
duction.
ORIENTAL THEATRE
BOOKINGS
The management of the Oriental Theatre announces the following forthcoming programmes:-
Tip-off Girls (July 22 and 23) Bad Man of Brimstone (24 and 25); Professional Soldiers (26-one day only); Dangerous to Know (27 and 28); Dead End (29 and 30); Stage Door (July 31 and August 1); Trou- ble in Morocco (August 2-one day only); The Last Trail (3.and:4); Wise Girl (5 and 6); Happy Land- ing (7 and 81: Prisoner of Shark Island (9-one day only); Midnight Taxi (10 and 11).
TRUST-BUSTING
EXTENDS TO
After the Heutenant had depart- ed Pratt realised he hadn't got his dollar back, so he went to the Warnera earnestly hope Paul plainclothes branch. "Lieutenant Wolf" for them when he returns officer in charge. "Son, you're Muni will agree to do "The Sea McConnell here?" he asked the from his trip. The Jack London talking to him right now," said his demand for non-blographical adventure story is their answer to Lieutenant McConnell.
arts.
The constable's, dollar is stil missing.
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asking for the segregation of theatre ownership and also seeking Dermanent injunctions to restrain 19 Affirmative. all discriminatory practices against (biblical) Independent producers and exhibi- 21 Ordered 23 Musical The Department of Justice, in note announcing issuance of the writa, 24 French states that it has concluded that article free competition, both in the pro-26 Instrument duction and exhibition of motion 28 Swiss river pictures, should be restored, and 31 Boxes the most direct course is to divorce 34. Rule production from exhibition.
Although
36 Exclamation. 1 suit of this
31 Doctrines magnitude may take years to set-
39 Navigated Clubtle, amusement shares on the New
41 Biblical York Stock Exchange have fallen from one to four points.
The US. Attorney General, Mr. 42 Small Homer 8. Cummings, charges eight major
companies, against
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NEXT CHANGE Gaumont British
THE GIRL of the GOLDEN WEST
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A CRINK CLUB PRODUCTION ·
TOMORROW
FOOLS FOR SCANDAL
Carole Lombard
Fernand Gravet
A Warner Bros. Picture
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Rosalind KEITA- Charles QUIGLEY - - Directed by C. C. Coleman, Ir.
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THE BEST PICTURE ROBERT TAYLOR HAS EVER MADE!
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AYANK AT OXFORD" with Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Comedy: Hit!
CHINA WAR
Does Not Affect.
Cinemas
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US-CANADA "HONEYMOON BRIDGE"
The war in China is not affecting Legislation to make possible the cinams trade, according to Ontario's part in the building of M. H. S. Dunn, Far East Super a new "Honeymoon Bridge" at visor of "Warner Brothers First Niagara Falls is now before the National Pictures, who is Canadian Senate after passing the Sihrapore st the moment, in House of Commons. the course of a tour of Warner's ofices. Move da gled
Under a bill authorizing creation
of an International Bridge-Build- The Adventures of Robin Hooding and Operation Commisalon.. in spite of the war broke the box-passed by the United. States Con omeo record in Shanghal at the gress recently, Ontario would join Cathay Theatre:
with New York State in formation
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Some people, he says, do not or the Commission
lice the night shows in Shanghai | te
Bow on account of the curfew
hour, but day shows make up for the first towns for new pictures.
this.
Robin Hood' will have been shown
Mr. Dunn says he has the inten in only three other places when it tion of making Singapore, one of comes to Singapore.
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