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CINEMA SCREENINGS.
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.
It is somewhat of a disappointment to see Adolphe Menjou wearing golf knickers in only one seene hut after he gues back to his evening clothes and top hat in “Men Call I Love" you pre Just as well pleased.
In the now Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature, which is showing at the Queen's Theatre, Menjou plays the part of a gold champion. He senia to devote mat of his matches, how-| ever, to the boudoirs of other men's wives,
Edgar Selwyn directed the Alni, which is a pletürization of the Vincent Lawrence stage farce, “Aznong tho Married." He managed to bring it to the screen almost intart in glialoguo but enhanced by action ilmited on thes stage by obvious circumstances.
In the east Selwyn Jina assembled auch brilliant players as Lella Uyams, who is the wife who tried to be un- true to her husband just for spite; Norman Foster, the husband whose infidelity hrought his wife to seek retribution; Mary Duncan, sonuna elne's wife whose adventuring brought Foster into a pitfall, and Hodita Hop. per, as the mistress-of-ceremonies, an to sparak, of the illelt intriguva going on in her, social world. Robert Einnett Keune is a hen-perked hi-
wand.
The picture alarts with a bang anal gove into a swifi pare that ever slackens, almunds with pictorial interest and the sollinge and restumra ore lavish
"Derelict "
One of the most costly, most dan rerous, most spectacular, nad, from a technical slamipoint, mue of the mus ddleult sernes ever attempted for may motion picture, was engineered and photographed during the making of George Bancroft's new story of the men, Derollet,
The plot of "Derelict", which in now showing at the King's Theatre, re- quired a collision of two ships at net. As the action required that the cul- inion take plavu in a fog, and, nu foga r the cunst of southern California during summer days are practically unknown. It was necessary to manu- |facture a fog.
To further complicate the netion, I I was necessary that one ship striku the other broadside, at an exact, pre- arranged spot on the upper steel hull forming the outward bulkhead of a ealna. Catueras in the cabin were to Ishow the prow of the attacking ship tearing its way through the solid steel side.
NEA
Austria's
apotta- foremost woman is the Countess Rudol phine Auersperg, shown above in her most recent portrait, She hunts, playa polo, and haa ridden her own horse to víc. tory in open stemple chri recen. Hier historic home, the Cumberland Palace in Vienna. is the macca of society sports. folk who visit the Austrian capital.
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NEA
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"Kick In."
With the filming of "Kick In," which will show at the King's Theatre next, the startling Willard Mack stage play. Paramount picture execu, tive declare they have produced the of Clara Bow's outstanding' story sparkling screen carour,
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HOME RACING.
ww The scenes of the play are laid in Montevideo, Greenwich village and in the Para-angkong..
Brussels, mount Theatre, New York.
Milan..
"Kick In" made under the direc. Linn of Hollywood's outstanding
The story denis with the lives of a Copenhagen. dramatic director, Richard Wallace young couple, Foster and Miss Lom Prague. the man who directed Ruth Chatter bard, who live in a circle of "good Lisbon. Ton in "The Right to Love", the deeply emotional story of a girl who imp" artists and writers in the very Kie.... fights the law, the templations of law sophisticated region of wich Mac-lombay... lessness, the threats of the ander. Dougall Street is the admitted mani Yokohams.....2/0.13/32
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atany."
Regis Toomey, the young stage and all their extra money goes for
star of "Alibi” wha has been seen re- cently In George Bancroft's "Scandal Sheet" has the lending made vole. Wynne Gibson, one of Paramount's bright new personalities who has all ready contributed outstanding per formances in "The Gang Buster", "Jure Moon" and "Man of the World"
gin and din. Ments und sleep come second.
But after a year of married life they decide that they will have to buckle down seriously to the business FINAL ACCEPTORS FOR THE
af living, and the wife puraundes her, husband, who is an advertising man,
to give up his job and to stay home
is also in the east, with Donald Crisp for the purpose of writing a novel. Paul. Hursh and Juliette, Compton. Meanwhile she gets job in the
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London, Sept. 2. Final acceptors for the St. Løger, In "Kick In" every opportunity has chorus of the stage show at the movie to be run on September 9, are: been given Clara Bow to display the theatro in order to earn money to pay Birthday Book, Goyerens,
Suze, dramatic talente about which Holly-for the household expenses. Many Convey, Salaam, Cameronian, Khor wood's leading directors have seen humorous and many dramatic episodes sheod. Sandwich, Orpen, Inglesant, marvelling for yeare. She has both result from their adherence to this Sir Androw, Take my Word. story and supporting cast, as the fightmode of living, but their topsy. Take my Word was subsequently who fights the law to keep her sweet-turvy lives at last turn right-side up scratched from the race.-Renter. heart. The story is filled with human, vital drama of down-to-earth rmotions, according to Schulborg, "Just the kind of role Clara needa to prove herself."
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circumstances
"Up Pops the Devil,"
A trio that gained triple honours for comedy and romance In "IŁ Pays to Advertiso" are seen currently in another Paramount comedy-romance, commencing ita engagement to- morrow at the Central Theatre.
They aro Skeets Gallagher, Carole Lombard and Norman Foster; and the name of their nowest picture la "Up Pop the Devil,"
Although "Up Pops the Devil" portrays an entirely different phase of modern life than that disclosed in "It Pays to Advertine," the roles are, In their essential points, the same. Foster in the young man in love, Miss Lombard is the girl he loves. And the blond and glib keota tha
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