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She was the
golden gist
who led the
way
imper
for millions!
Backgrounded
hots of the past.
Do years
DALY
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7.15-9.30
SHOWING TO-DAY DA
DRAMA as great as their DANCING!
THE STORY OF MUD
VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE
FRED
CINGER
ASTAIRE ROGERS
with
EDNA MAY OLIVER WALTER BERNNAN
LEW FIELDO
ETIENNE GIRARDOT JANET BEECHER
The tree leve story of the dancing idols at an exciting yerlarday,.. Including a groet Cav alcade of the Dances O that created a world» TADIG Few wide sensation!
Today's Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Topper Takes A. Trip" QUEEN'S:
CINEMA & GENERAL
"The Story Of Veron & Irene
Castle"
ORIENTAL-
"Double Wedding CATHAY:
"Three Blind Mice"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
ELMER IS REJUVENATED IN HOLLYWOOD-A TAXI!
Elmer is to come into his just reward. For Afteen years he has served the stars and served them well. Hollywood heartaches "have been his heartaches and Hollywood foys have been his joys. Sharing scenes in twenty-five pictures with the greatest of the screen's great, and kiving his all, year after year that the mighty might remain mighty, Elmer went doggedly on oven though his creaking frühe and skipping pälse beat forecast an almost unavoidable doom. Yet Elmer carried on, his only pros- pect the doubtful honour of a record of loyalty in old age and incapacity.
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The story of Elmer's career is a
veritable log-book of Hollywood's HOLLYWOOD
greatest successes. John Gilbert, Mae Murray, Lon Chaney, Greta Gaubo, the Barrymores and more recently Jeanette Clark Gable, Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor have shared his ex- periences
"The Story Or Vernon & Irene He.. has
Castle"
STAR:
"Room Service"
MacDonald,
lent his colour and authentic background to give the proper atmosphere to such pictures as The Merry Widow," 'made in "You Can't Take It With You"ray and "The Unholy Thrée," with 1925 with Gilbert and Miss Mur-
MAJESTIC:
KING'S:
Coming
"Prison Without Bars". QUEEN'S:
"Ambush"
ORIENTAL:
FLEMING ROAD VAN HAI
*Algiers"
The Bohemian Girl"
CATHAY:
"Empress Wu Cheh Ten" STAR:
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LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY
GAYEST, MOST KIOT US ROMPING COMEDY ROMANCE!
Just try to keep from screaming when Bill gets framed.. and Myra gets smacked in this mad merry
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sacapade of two crazy love birds,
WILLIAM
POWELL LOY
DOUBLE WEDDING
«Meny Math
TOMORROW-MONDAY-TUESDAY
WOMEN BEYOND THE LAW'S REACH!
They live their own lives, fight their own game, each for her man in the years best melodrama.
Released thru
United Artists
The swift drama of an "adventurer's last stand.
Ai
ALGIERS
starring
CHARLES BOYER
in the Walter Wanger production with Sigrid- Guria and Hedy Lamarr
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"The Gladiator"
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"Spring Madness"
WORKS OF DA
CREATES
A NATION
Harlan Thompson, Paramount producer, and Frank Tuttle, director. went into solemn conclave recently to create a nation, complete with towns. politics and currency,
Lon Chaney,
It was all because of scenes of When "Madame X" in the per-
"Paris Honeymoon" which arc son of Ruth Chatterton rode to lald in Balkan rose gardens where her dramatic trial, it was Elmer roses are raised for perfume fac- who took her there, and when tories. Lionel Barrymore pursued his bro- ther. John in "Arsene Lupin," It Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, was Elmer who aided and abetted Shirley Ross, Georges Rigand, Ed- the law.
ward Everett Horton and Ben Blue.
"But, as regards law and the unlawful, he was unbiased. He CHIC to the aid of Greta Barbo as the international spy in "Mati Hari” and again, in "As You Desire Me; lent his support to "Romance" and this same star in her love story with Melvyn Douglas.
In the cast are Bing Crosby.
Tamiron plays the role of a Bal-: kan who once held a job as a jani tor in the Chicago schools.
A SATIRE
Els ralé becomes a satire on American politics. Thompson feared some foreign countries would not understand that the
Beloved Marie Dressler. found picture was poking fun at Ameri- EXHIBITION OF Tracy appreciated his services in decided to create a country.
him useful in "Grand Hotel." Lee cannot Balkan-politics, So he "Clear All Wires," Jeanette Mac-
The creation of the country in- Donald and Ramon Novarro called volves a tremendous amount of upon his peculiar talent in The research in order to insure that Cat and the Fiddle," and Clark names of towns, people, money. Gable, Jean Harlow and Wallace and other appurtenances of the are Beery found him undeniably useful synthetic civilisation do not dupli- made from public collections and in "China Seas."
Jcate any place in actual existence. those of 'private connoisseurs in
VINCI
Important contributions
weakness
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CHINESE ART
· TREASURES FOR
MUSEUM
Passenger traffic on one of the gangways of the malliner
Elmer's services were always the Britain to the exhibition of the best, as evidenced by the many works by Leonardo da Vinci which return engagementa, was opened in Milan on Tuesday Elmer always had s and which displays almost in their for romance Young in heart entirety that artist's masterpieces. though old in body, he has helped Exhibits from Britain include 19 lovers right up to the anal "Tade- drawings preserved in Windsor out" for fifteen years in Hollywood Orontes at Port Melburne was Castle and three from the victoria before that in his native London suspended for half an rour recent- and, in real life, for fourteen years and Albert Museum which had never been sent out of the country English taxidabi
You see, Elmer is a 29-year-old carried tenderly to waiting lorries. ly while nine large crates were before.
The crates contained about 70- Pictures have been lent by the
Merna Kennedy, who was rea-works of art valued at more than
pieces of Duke of Buccleugh, Lord Melchett,tured with Charlie Chaplin in "The £3,000. Every piece in the collet- Chinese ceramica and Duke of Devonshire, Lord Spencer Circus" and who later appeared in tlon is said to be more than 200 and several others.
Collections In Germany, France "Earnum Was. Right" "and other
"King" of Jazz." years old.
"Broadway,"
The bulk of the consignment
and America are also drawn on to alms, is portraying a brief role in was bought in Europe recently by make the exhibition complete.-"Back Door to Heaven," produced Mr. H. W. Kent, honorary cura- (BWS).
and directed by William K. Howard.tor of Chinese art at the National
Stage Spank Ended
Barrymore
Romance
IT WAS TOO REALISTIC
Gallery, on behalf of the Felton Bequest, An exhibition of these leces will be held in the Museum. The remainder of the shipment is for private collectors, one of Barrymore afterwards. "If there's whom has acquired pieces valued any divorce action Mrs. Barrymore at more than £800. will file it."
John and Elaine, after having Although Betty Grable's role in quarrelled and parted arid been re-her new Paramount comedy, "Give united, were married in Arizona Me a Sallor." portrays her as a after she had chased him all the clinging vine who can't cook, she way from New York
is really an accomplished kitchen After five months together she engineer. Her bridegroom, Jackie sued for divorce. They became re- Coogan, won't eat in restaurants
now that they are married.
NEW YORK, April 28-Too-conciled. realistic spanks given to Elaine Barrymore by husband John on the stage of a crowded theatre caused their separation.
The Barrymores, who married in November, 1936, after two years of tempestuous courtship, were... co- starring in "My Dear Children."
Barrymore... Afty-seven, played the father. His fourth wife, twenty-four, was one of his three daughters. She appeared in the first act on the eue: "This is my fourth and Anal wife."
In one scene father had to spank daughter.
They had quarrelled off-stage. but in the spanking scene mem- bers of the cast were startled when they saw John really deliver a series of healthy wallops.
The audience at the American Theatre, BL. Louis Missouri, thought it was a magnificent plece of realism. Only the critics sus- pected trouble behind the scenes.
"We just can't, get along," sald
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·BILLIE BURKE·
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