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an a gambling magnate. Marie Prs His last starring picture in "The yost is cast as an overblown follies Girl Habit." which comen to the beauty now following the races, J. King's Theatre on Thursday next. Farrell McDonald as a horse trader. "The Girl Habit Is the product! Harry Holdman, Hallam Cooley, John of the very capable typewriters of: Larkin and Eugene Jackson are also Ower Davis and Gertrude Purcell, and in the cast. is based upon a stage success by A. E. Thomas and Clayton Hamilton. It is farce from start to finish and ene laugh follows on the giggling trail
"Daddy Long Læge."" of other with consulaing rapidity. Surpassing even her memorable Charlie is seen as the wealthy triumph In "7th Heaven," Janet young bachelor who is engaged to be | Goynor gives a tender, touching por married to a pretty society girl (önetrayal blended with rare humour in Conroy). But Charite has long been "Daily Long Legs," Fox romantic a victim of the "Girt Habit." It is comedy which is now showing at the kind to the females, su, obliging, that King's Theatre, Warner Baxter, also, they Just will not let him alone. As does the most brilliant work of his
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From all appearances, "Daddy Long legs" is going to prove one of the
A bundle of old letters in the hands of Tanzara Gova, exotic exflomo of Charlie's, brings him all ports of Iudicrous trouble. Tamura, no mar-biggest hits, if not the biggest, of
ried to a fealous gang leader, tric
he entire screen year. Such a com-
to blackmail Charlie. When Charlie Bination of superbiy east players and goes to her apartment to recover then eni story is all too seldom seen letters, her bushand discovers the pair
on the silver sheet, and the genuine together. Teniled by the desperate thuaim manifested by last night's. spouse. Charlie in forerd to seek a
audience is significant of the picture's popularity. jail cell an a haven of refuge. During This action he is trying to prevent Sue from swing the truth and the result in attended by scores of ex craientingly funny situations.
The ending curs amid rears of rib.
rockling laughter
over
turf.
The story is so well known as early in need repetition here, but the tale of the orphan girl whom n sympathetic trustee sends a college.
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"Africa Speaks."
in find himself falling in love with her, hus never been more deftly and charmingly told, The director Alfred Santel, fins easily surpasse
The jungle regions of Africa are alt is entier efforts in his subtle une spot civilization has no for left and telling manipulation of the plot untouched-judging from Paul L. and the notable teamwork achieved nefter's account of the diffleulties he by the two who never were rast to encountered on a recent trip through play together in a picture before,
the French Congo district.
FLOODS IN F.M.S.
RIVERS RISE OVER FORTY FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
Singapore, Doc. 19. Hoefler, Rivers 48 feet above normal
"Sporting Blood." Flying cameras sweeping over the largest gambling bull ever built, camera cars on special paved tracks paralleling racecourse to the film encers in "elose-ups;" a camera ou the nose of an aeroplane sweeping
Una Merkel and John Arledge each who represented the Colorado-African and rapidly rising are causing a a ruccitack-lhese are among portray important roles--the former Expedition, says that orly on few serious flood monace in Porn the strange engineering tricks used scoring heavily with her quaint Kensions were he and his men able and Pahang. in the Federated in filming the latest drama of the tucky accent and droll numerismus as to find ferries strong enough to carry
Fiss Gaynor's room-mate and At their heavy trucks across the streams Malay States, and many towns
and villages are submerged. They wer
| fedge, who was "discovered" by Sen. For this reason the crossing of a used in "Sporting ell, showing surprising promise as river WAR fraught with
A relief train was unable to Blood." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's spec- a Juvenile. Kathlyn Williams, Claude Impromptu bridges were constructed, reach a community of 150 persons
danger. Incular filmzization of Hazlitt Brennun's Saturday Evening Elizabeth Patterson and Edwin Max-pulled across by ropes. The man who Lints.
Frederickingwater, St.. Louise Classer Hale, then the trucks were unlended and who nro isolated near Kuala Post story, lorseflesh" which w well have the principul "Grownup" steered had a ticklish job-if he made
on Wednesday at the Queen's
Another train has been Theatre with an elaborate cast.
parts, while from some mysterious one careless turn he ran the risk of patched with native boats, with dea- source the directar obtained a thor- plunging the truck and himself into which it is hoped to revictual and Locations were many.
The com- nughty delightful and appealing group the torrent below-frequently a drop rescue the survivora, pany travelled to u famous race horse of "orphan" youngsters Carin in Kentucky, where intimate de asylum sequenceAR.
for the of fifty feet more. Interesting tails of the breeding and rearing of
motion pictures
The Pahang River la rising at of Hoefler's ex the rate of one foot an hour, tiet out your little red book and be 'periences racers were filmed and recorded. A sure to make a special note not to Spenkn" now running at the Central shown in "Africa cromern and sound apparatus was sent misa "Daddy Long Legs"-for here's Theatre.
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