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Just a pair of shoes. Black rather, once black) uxfords, battered and worn, of a style few
women
would consent la be seen in. Once -they-cost three dollars and seventy- five cents, and they wouldn't bring three cents to-day, in any markel, muxt famous And yet, one of the screen actresses in the world wouldn'l take a thousand dollars for them.
fout coverings These dilaplùsted wero purchased some years ago in a San Francines store by n letio
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Tim stenographer moved to Hollywood, and, wearing, the shoes, set out to make herself Alm career. She
them when she
her got role т
five-dollar-day extra, when she secured her fest "hit, "when she played her first lead- ing role in a now forgotten Weatern, when she was cast as the heroine of "The Johnstown Floud Frank Borzage chose het for the part of "Diane" in "7th Heaven."
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Condered an shoes, they are total forn, but Janet Gaynor han never mate picture in which she did not wear them in at least one scene. To her, they represent good luck, and she cherishes them for more than she does her six thousand dollar town car. Between pictures they repose in A satin-fined box, lacked in a wardrobe in her luxurious studio dressing recon. The last time there treasured arth. cles were removed was last summer, when Mira Ginyour wore them in the opening heavier of her Incest Fox comaner, Merely Mary Ann," which opens at the King's Thene next Saturdier.
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third consecutive rule for Paramountpetice, produced by Christie, since she signed her first contract The set which was one of the most rform her tsch about four months ngo. Ber Oral pretentious aver built by the company brather" and the youngsters of the
part, that of the cuddlesome Puff 16 [euvered a full city block and repre- neighbourhood. He builds them Ying Man of Manhattan," brought sents exurtly one of the quadrangles eyninasium. tages shows for them,
the fumons English University a large ensure of verern siceren, Fat gets into 2017 annner of omien "The Sap from Syracuse" is the with its characteristic arcbitaclure, trouble trying to act as athletic In- Brodway stage comedy sensation of chapels and gardens. Huge grey, structor, and then gets local gangsters at season breught to the
covered walls, spaced by arches on his trial. Pun gets fast and furious | Many of the origing) stage players and windows are there ton. The
Troubles 05. 144
increase.
The fare with Onkie and Ginger In the east. "ants were bull from a set of photo. Miterinus hoving bout, the wridling A Edward Southerkini, director of graphs of historie Oxford and are pintch in which he comes to grief, the street battle, th ehn witte the gangsters and the comieni "show," Are all hilardan farident
Buster play-a iliomure's san, for leve of a girl of the tenements, under. takes to
Andia Pars play» the tenempati seir), bents Buster up a bit at the tast and end by marrying hir Cir Fl wards conto bites unbre romely .. the valet, Pongle, red Norman Phil ips, Jr., as the tough younger brother. Ts a role that stump hire as a real discovery among child netors. Other clever performers in the past my Frank Rowan as the gamester, Frank La Rue, Oxenr Apfel, Syd Saylor, and Clark Maxlittl}.
dates White and Zion Myers, elever young creators of the "All Bucks"" comedies directed the new picture, Injecting deft and unique touchqrs.
"The Virtuous" Sin,"
A seretary is a famums Russian CosRek beauty, on mngjurer is general and #bon salesman IN youthful scientist. All ar
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it happens in Paramount's talking film production of "The Virtuous Sin," showing at the King's Theatre. The three people an itemized, are Kay Francis, Walter Huston and Kenneth MacKenna. Although the three are established screen players and saw auccess on the legitimate stage, it is curious that none them started out in life to do stiąg work.
Miss Francis, who is cast as the Russian woman who tries to gain her husband's release from the army. began her professional career 194 stenographer. Her mother Win formerly Katherine Clinton, neteiss, and did not want her daughter to take up stage life. Four years of us- ton's life were spent in engineering work in Missouri. A desire for #
throw stage career, enused his to aside his success as an engineer and begin work on the vaudeville stage. Twelve years of two-n-day brought him to Broadway and, after he had starred for a number of plays, he was drafted into talking pictures.
sereen. ivy
The Symeuse," als dieieted Jack corfect to the minutest detail, Ex- Chukie's "first starring plehur”, “The tensivy research was dong and exhats | Sud Lion." Onkin, whee singhs; tive plans drawn up before anything made hit in "Sweetie" and "Park, was sturtuit, Axa the netion of the mount on Parade," warbles a new film transpires in this wetting extra) sepan "The Sap from Syrac is s 'precautions had to be taken.
MacKenn hil never considered the stage as a possible career until it came to him. Graduated from Colum. bin, he started his life na a broker on Wall street. For three years he followed a business lite until an op- ¦ portaully came Lo appear in amateur play. He was intrigued by his part and did sa well that ke received unsfer to beerne R pra- terminal netur.
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Says Babe:"Mr. Marshall, with his exerllent musical background proved a Godsend to mo In this, my biggest ainging role. His singing ability inspired the best efforta In me, For I found that I must sing-and how! to hold my place in the pleture, n'est pas 1"
Baya Marshall:-"She knows every- thing about screen technique, camera angles, makeup. I havo never met an actress who combines such a marvo. lous talent with such simplicity and feminine charm. Whatever I accom. plish in my frat pleture, will be due Almost entirely to Miss Danieh."
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Charles FARRELL Merely Mary Ann
Henry King Production As a penniless waif he loved her as A
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