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Kay Francis, the sleek and vampish charmer who teamed as well with Walter Huston in "Gentlemen of the Press" and "The Virtuous Sin" and with William Powell in "Street of arst Chance," will be seen for the
time in a full-length feature picture with George Bancroft when "Scandul Sheet," melodramá of newspaper Ilfe, eumes to the King's Theatre.
Miss Francis' only other appearance with the mighty "Wolf of Wall Street" won is "Paramount on Parade," in the Bancroft Impulzes kkit with several other players.
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"Scandal Sheet" presents Buneraft
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After series of heatle gathering reales, Bancroft
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Picture shows the destruction wrought in the desert town of Ludlow, California, by fire of un- known origin. in which homes, a church, the hotel and 10 business buildings ware destroyed.
fast drawn into a "yarn" of his own Hair the people I meet, away from making. He sees his own reputation the station, appear to be on display. at stake with the publientiem of this It is not their fault. Rather it is the story, the news of his wife's olopementfanik the attitude bold
town!
with the town's leading hunker, Heywood. I have the feeling that Se remains loyal to his predominus code the people of Hollywood themselves, and orders that the “sarn" be run within themselves, resent the las with surprise snap-shirt piefaszos of use atmospheres of the pluer, Gold- the elopers which his photographers fish must despise their boss!," have brought to bine 13 - his stat to pumpare for Baker story the slaying of the babker në the bands of homself. Saying this by stalks out of the offler, never more to relar,
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Marlene Thietrich altitude towardi Hollywood. is far from being hey alt- tale townrds its work. She has tremories interest in all phases of matio. pleturo making, an interest ALF heetie, which takes her beyond the metĺstje Aven, steeped in the rich, pulsatingside and into the great emuplication dron of tædern life nad Üvrebbing of technical detail. She has Dure with aetlen, bise Brand. Begs than a layman's knowledge if the Tomey, Faelen battlefield aand fiber cravern, it stukio lighting. THE HIST Enmiyuroside support fin the
designing and story construction. She
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Brent Meadow." "The Grem Meadow," which will the Queen's at AG TOG DOW Theatre as a tašking shetiere version of the Elizabeth Modus Roberts" best- sellor, has beers called the rust h torical narrative write in the
Inst deende.
Charles Brabon, whose last thr was
is one of those extraordinary women sho Tuve alast a musculi bent for beqiring facts about all phases of
chunies that enter into work in which she is enbeerned.
During the making of "fishéneur. e." Josef von Sternberg, its director,
form the set for a few moments, Instructed Miss Bletrich to supervise "hearsal of the serne that was bring
When von Sternberg prepared.
re-
the surressful all of the Flesh." tornet, uneras, players, lights were entrusted with the responsibility of
all ready for the etion to be photo reserrating the vivid tale of the m troph Virginings who followed Danielinphed, and recorded. Roone over the Willernes Hemd inte Kentucky in 1773,
Joan Crawford's Latest,
ioan Crawford turns newspaper From all reports, the unforgettable pioneer characters of the inch-dise oder Fools, Dance," her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring eussed novel are made to live again.vehicle
thu which is showing Berk Jarvis, leader of the mal. is
Queen's Theatre. Brown. interpreted by John Mark fresh from hix sucess in "Billy the
uf
Diony, the bride, is played by the
Eleanor Boardman charming
Redemption," "She Goes to Wur" and other film bits. The planeerinther, Elvira Jarvis, has her recreation in the hands of Lucille La Verne, the in- ternationally fantous Widow Cagle "Sun Up."
Gavin Gordin, Greta Garbo's fond ing it "Romance" plays Evan Afuir, who marries Diony when Herk
In assigning Joan to this culárful rufe the probicers have supplied a new angle to the gangster story They have nude her the heroine of is senentional a Chiengo crime picture as might be gleaned from any drama based upon the prevailing erine silun |tion so familiar to newspaper readers, Joan dens the best work of her career in this rule and couples, with it some of the ghumour anal brightness of her during daughter" pictures: lord, she disrobes glost at the very utset and plunges overboard for In midnight s in a gay yachting seqenve and later dons a duzzling custuine and perforins a dazzling date in an underworld night club.
An excellent study in oils by the Russian artist Zipkin, of Mr. Edwin S. Cunningham, the Americas Conal General at Shangbai.
“inrinn val" to another repupuny for more thas a nuento, playing the brand- ing male role in “Dishononred" with
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Marlene Dietrich, be expressed joy at Paris. the fact that he would be sile but firs cat day between pictures and the day Oslo,
Helsingfors after completing "Dishonoured,” he
Athens departed for Victorville, California, to uenos Aires. 135/16 start work on his current production Shanghai. for Fux Films, "Not Exactly Gentle New York mon." in which he plays the fading Amsterdain . rode of "Bull Stanley," with Fay Wray Stockholm as his leading lady and Benfinmin Vienna Stolo dirveling. It perm At the Madrid Contiul Theatro this week-end.
The production of "Not Exactly, Montevideo. Gentlessen" is one of the sine pre Hongkong tentings that the
the Brussels movies had yet appeared in, and six Milan.. ends of "Bull Stanley," quite the most Copenhagen. dramatic and colourful he has yet Prague played.
Lew Cody and Fälle Gribbon to Río, the supporting cast which includes Bombay such well known players us Robert Yakubamn.....2/0.11/32 Harry Beaumont, who directed the Warwick, Franklyn Farnunt, Carol. Silver (spot)...194716
· The highlights of the story are: the
new frawford picture, has done so with Winer, Joyee Compton, Louise Hun- maeringe of Berk and Diony
ina iboral and inderaturuling sind notington with James Parles. Virginia; the start of the piineers for his treatment of the newspaper seunos Kentucky; the Indish fight on and aefiers will be appreciated. I am way; the final struggle over the peak sure, by every member of the Fourth of the Corbidden pass; the arrival at
Extate who s the picture. Fort Harrod; the birth of Diony's newspaper sees might have been baby:
the Indian atlack on Formed in any great metropolitan dally Harred; the trip of Berk to find the as far as true colour and detail go. Indian killer of his mother; the re A surprising noweomer, Læster Vail. ceipt of news that Berk has been kill ed; the marringe of Evan Muix and Diny; the return of Book.
falls to return from a hunting ex pedition. Other featured players in
Wilbiams. clude Anita Lentis, Guinn Rassell Simpson, Sarth Padden and Helen Jeronie Eddy.
Charles Renbin éame. the direr- Linn of this picture well equipped with a keen knowledge of the facts under
The
plays opposite Joan in her new tri- unph and acquits himself with con- sidérable distinction. William Bakel: well, as Joan's wrak brother, offers an admirable performance, and Clark Gable, as the gang chieftain, render.
fying the story. For years he lats trayal that will linger long.
been a collectier of antique American,
He knows the customs of Revolution
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Was
"What Men Want." Warner Fabian, possibly the fure- director of "The Belidge of San Luis most writer of modern jazz life und Hey" and "The Ship from Chinglai” the author of "Flaming Youth," has approached his responsibility with a written quother of his incompaenhle very thorough sympathy for his task.gamely-dramaus based upon the vivae- From a production standpoint thus ity and allure of present day life in must imposing ret is that of "Port the fast young society set. This story Hurred,” the historie "Cradle of Ken- was written especially for use on the tucky." This
constructed in screen n the Universal special pro- California exactly to scale, as the duetion. "What Men Want," which is famous old larumark stand to-day at showing at the Central Theatre com- Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Full details mencing to-day, were available to Brabin, through the An outstanding east portrays the courtesy of the Kentucky State Memo-story, headed by Pauline Starke, Hen Lyon, Barbara Keni, Ruberi Ellis and rial Park.
"The Grent Meurlow” covers a period | Hailem Cooley, Production is un a most of pioneer He never before adequate. [lavish senie, with many beautiful set- Iy presented on the screen. It constings in the country club, the elaborate curna a time when life was much more apartments, and many beautiful sump. dimeelt thun later, when the conquest tipus locales of the enticing plot. of the far west was attempted. It Directed by Ernst Laemnite, the deals with a stretch of yɩnts during | grent contrast in the lives of young which the sturdy foundations of people of the present day is forcibly America were really Jail
Pramatized in the confllet
of two! sisters for the love of the same man. All the froth of the giddy whirl in Exotle, glamorous, mysterious, which they move, the butterfly goiety talented and surpassingly beautiful-of their existence, in portrayed in the there are only a few of the adjectives veritable pacan of pleasure. which have greeted the new, overnight One of the fentures of the film is sensation of the American xercen, the strikingly beautiful photograph, Marlene Dietrich. She has created both in the lovely nteriors and the
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Roy Over- critics such as no other uetresa had baugh. Another outstanding feature done within the past five years. She is the lavishness of the wardrobe, the is already almost as well known and gorgeous gowns and negligeon worn a much admired as fiindon's great by Miss Starke in the leading role. Klar, Rudolph Valentino, and, to date. She ulohe wears all together eighteen she has been seen in only three pla- different classies of the Parisian de- tures in the United States,
"Dishonoured.
The Blue Angel” and “Dishono" signer's art.
All of the cast are famous namas, the King's Theatre feature is now popular all over the world for their showing. Yet she is a stranger in outstanding performances in pravious Hollywood.
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