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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1931."
CINEMA SCREENINGS."
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THEATRES.
Although "General Crack", John Barrymore's initial all-talking Vita- phone starring vehicle for Warner Brothers showing on Sunday at the Queen's, is not an all-colour picture, saveral of the more elaborato sequen- cts which particularly lend themselves to the new natural tone medium were filmed by the recently perfected pro-
CERT.
One of thers pretentious scenes which are photographed in natural colours is a cathedral interior during The the coronation of the emperor. chanting processional, singing choirs, and the traditionni coronation ritual, climaxed by the crowning of the ruler, In presented in the gorgeous naturel at. tho colours characteristic eighteenth century, the time in which this romantle story takes place.
This setting is one of the most beautiful and elaborato in the entire pleture and hundreds of people appear as partakers in the coronation cere- monica.
Lowall Sherman plays the emperor In "General Crack," while Mr. Barry- mare, in the title role nsets a great fighting lover whose nitxture of gypsy noble blood makes him the feared and admired military Agure of his ern. The cast Inchides Marian Nixon, Ilubari Bonworth, Armida, Jacqueline Logan, Philippe de Lacy, and scores of then Walter Anthony and J. Grubb Alexander did the adaptation of the George Preedy novel. Aino Greslaud fa director.
"A Devil with Women."
One dark-eyed senorita should be i enough to keep two men busy fighting over her, but in "A Devil with Women," Victor Melaglen's latest Fox Movietone offering. now playing at the King's Theatre, the noted actor and his rival baddy successfully conve to blows over three charmors,
Monn Maria Luana Alcaniz and Mona Rico have the roles of the tria of heartbreakers-in this exciting.story. of the tropics. Melaglen inaugurates a new type of role, that of a captain in the army of a little Central Ameri- enn republie who in assigned to. cap. Hia ture a notorious bandit leader. encounters with the outlaw, and his rerio-comle rivalry with Humphrey Rogart over the aforesaid damsele, together with a fast moving and tril- ling story, make the picture a unique one in the long list of Meinglen successes.
Michael Vavitch, Mrs. Jiminez, John St. Polis, Robert Edeson and other screen favourites are in the cast, Irv-. ing Cummingh, who made "chind "In Old Arizona,” That Curtain." "Cameo Kirby.", "on the Level" and other Fax Movietone talking hils, directed the production.
"The Dancers."
Dois the present vogue for strong melodrama in our screen fare, lighten. ed and brightened by a goodly mixture of old fashioned romance, indicate an early return to the fine sentiment that marked ear everyday lives before we learned the words "hardbolied" and "realism 2
Phillips Holines, popular young lending man whole latest vehicle. "The Dancers." produced by Fox Movietone, featuring Lola Moran, believes that It does. **
I don't care how much times and eunditions have changed," Phillips de- clares; "how much women get out into the world. their frat and trucat in- terest in in the man they love."
"The Fancers," directed by Chand- ler Sprague, is marked throughout with a ronance as fine and trun da ver the gentle Indies of 1880 dreumed about. Ita heroine affects an air of sophisticated modernity but in the end she finds happiness in being true, to her childhood sweetheart.
"It just goes to prove that love is. after all, a very strange thing, beyond hunan analysis," Philips explained, while the pleture was being filmed.. "You can watch my words, the pro sent trend of feminine thought will lend back to the days of romance and sentiment, for the era of independent womanhood through which we have Just passed was wholly of artificial eration. We are going to see this change in real life, therofore it will make the most popular subject for screen presentation."
Walter Byron, Mne Clarke and Mrs. Patrick Campbell are also featured in, "The Dancers," which opens next at the King's Theatre.
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Chaplin Writes Songs in Film. Charlie Chaplin undertakes master another phase of motion pic- ture making in his super-production, "City Lights," which is now at the Queen's Theatro, ailding to his accom- plishment of author. director, star and producer that of composer of
music.
While City Lights" is absolutely vold of dialogue, it is fully synchronis ed with musle, and sound effects aro also included." The entire musical accompaniment, with but several ex- ceptions, is the original creation of Chap He was assisted in the ar
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IF ONE IS IN THE
HABIT OF OBTAINING- 200 10 225 YDS
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Should a golfer ever ease up on shot 7
"Spure the rod and spoil the child" is an old proverb that might be applied to this game of golf. Walter Hagen claims that many a ruined by good golfer has been "easing up" on the club for its
"Always use proper distance," is an ancient golf axiom. If cue is in the habit of
a shot.
from 200 to 225 yards with
rangenient by Arthur Johnston of the dubr. It is ridiculous and..
always disastrous to use the same club for a shot of 180 yards. Many players cannot hit a teo shot unless they put all they have into. it. Once they ease up, the rhythm of their swing is ruined. ABT KRENZ
Irving Berlin organization. Although a It is not generally known, Charlie Chaplin is an accomplished musician, In this art he is self-taught and ho Is known; to be the master of numer oua instruments His talent In this Trapec includes the violin, cello piano.organ, concertina and several of the brasses.
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his early youth; while travelling with a repertoire troupe. throughout Continental Europe and the United dogroe and he turned his attention to States, Chaplin began to develop his the piano. This was easier for him taste for music. With his firet vand it was not long before he wOS. ings he purchased an old violin and considered quite an attraction among that became the foundation for his the members of his company. present day, khowledge. Each night with the coming of synchronisation:
his of the solitude
hotel in motion pictures Chaplin decided to room young Chaplly would devote undertake the accompaniment to his his time to the violin. His first wound production, "City Light. eara axcellent,, but not having had For a year or more he has devoted. the education.In, music he was unable much of his time to this phase of the to read notes altliough he could disproduction. One of the outstanding tloguish them. He would therefore naabers, to be offered with his latest hum or whistle the various numbers picture in Danutiful," Wonderful Ko had heard of the theatre and then Eyes The nielody as wall as the attempt to play them on his violin words of the ballad aró, Chaplin's In the course of time Chaplin had although only the music accompanies mastered the violin, to an advanced, the Blues
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