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REASSURING STATEMENT RY JAPANESE DIPLOMAT
Moncow, May 27. Vaudeville patrons of a core of
Recent alarming reports years ago well remember the many
а Кивно- ketches written by and starred in by cerning the threat of
from John B. Hymer, of which "The Bev Japanese war have drawn and Tom Walker" was the beat re- Mr. Obain, Japanese Ambassador membered one, due to Hymer's con:in Berlin, a reassuring statement inuou salutation to the devil of
which is published in the Soviet "Come on, Red,"
fe is reported to have
Retiring from yaudeville, Hymer prens
ቢ representative of tho wrote many stage succeses, the most told notable of which was "East Is West." Japanese Association in Germany and more
he has been that the "Japanese Government recently
tho writer for the screen in collaboration has always taken
greatest with Sam Shipman.
Soviet's care in respect of the lymer's offspring, Warren, was awful interests in Northern Man- educated, here and abroad, with his father planning something other than churia and has avolded prejudic Ing them. The Japanese Gov- stage career for the son. However, heredity entered into the ernment has repeatedly declared thing, with the result that Warren to the Soviet Government that the Professor Baker's sole aim of the operations of the emerged from Workshop at Yale to the speaking Japanese troops in Northern Man- stage and eventually to pictures and churin is to protect local real- to Fox Films, where his success ha dents, and we are convinced that,
reached heen meteoric. His prak wan
Govern- in felin
fohn Ford's production, "Up the on its part, the Soviet River," and his current roles in ment also understands the Japan- Hamilton MacFadden's production, ese Government's real intentions
gh, Far
respect and does For A Man" coming to the Klug's in this Thentry, next
not
teamed with day in which ka is cherish a feeling of mistrust."--
White an chief Reuter's Special. supporting of Jennette MacDonald and
Denny, "Oh, For A Man'
concerns chiefly a burglar and a prima
flonna.
Phillip Klein and Lynn star-
ling wrote the screen adaptation and dialogue. It is the fourth firectorial production within the space a year Paris by the youthful MacFadden.)
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Helsingfors In "Private Live," opening to morrow at the Qaven's Theatre the Athens picturization of the Noel Coward stage Buenos Aires
Shanghai success is by far the reeziest and most delightful offering the screen has New York
Amsterdam Kiven us for Horne tum. It is breath- Amste
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Madrid bysterical climax on the fleet wings of sparkling dingue and a restful plat Bucharest Hongkong that
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Copenhagen suites on their second honeymoons. | Lisbon A good share of the netion is taken o up in fights between the respective Bombay husbands and
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· Montreal... Silver (spot) ...18% (forward) 16%
As Amanda, the wife who disputes her husband for another, more fur) spite than anything else, Miss Shearer achieves the next partenyul in force we have beheld since the advent of talkies. She has always shown con- siderable promise along these lines but all The present vehicle proves beyond ronjecture her adeiitness in this type; of role. Montgomery, us Elyet, wisd
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Many genuine glimpses of Hawaii's omartie shares and breath-taking spots Tenture "The Black actually strned in the Islands, and these alone make the picture well worth seeing. Gland's work is even liner than in the film, fine as that was; Bolu fortune-teller: Saily Eilers and Robert is putstanding as the sinister reviewer rated "Charlie Chan Carries)
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ship after a dance and their subse- abvantage of such facilities, and it isquent encounter with an admiral. It gratifying to find that the British authorities appear to be relenting a little in their unending attitude to the film producers.
exceptional supporting Hamiltos MacFadden, who made the former Bim, has again given a flaw- less piece of direction in the America, of course, has long had the Kar! Berr Biggers' story to reach the talkies, as do Harry Conners and Philip Klein,
who also dialogue Charlie Chan Carries On."
"The Middle Watch." In "The Middle
Here is a thriller, with the bland Warner Olan again investing the role of Charlie with
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his pense. Once mare Charlie makes
The play written by lan Hay and calm, unhurried way through a tang- led mass of conflicting evidence and
Watch," which is Stephen King-fall was very success false clues to a brilliant conclusion, but having its final runs at the Queen'sful on the stage, but Norman Walker, a greater degree of unity and speed Theatre to-day, we have for the first the director of this British Intern is inaintained in the new picture-due, time on the server a comedy sel on a national picture has avoided theatre probably, to the fact that all the action British battleship, The Admiralty effects to give the camera its fullest deals with two taken place within two or three days granted facilities for the scenes doal-scope. The comedy and in one orale, instead of being ing with actuat
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