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Tronchi CINEMA SCREENINGS. to speciality bits, and performed funny advised by the stage director in men in the German ranks.
little steps that her long nether ex-charge of the Broadway production to mortars, rille fire, gas, minchine guns, tremities enabled her to do. Present-visit the criminal court and acquaint and big guns pound their way through
sho she was found on Broadway, at himself with court procedure, inas- the film and clear the way for the NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE racing attention in the Passing much as many of the Important reones final and most powerful aequence of
Show" with thead THEATRES.
Bano unusual of the gripping mystery drama are all, which takes place in a hospital Lunts.
Inid in Old Bailey, London. He bent the front. Men without legs, men
D & 0.
BANKING their ab Next came a successful vaudeville enme so engrossed in the examina- without eyes, men with
opposing domens shot away, men furned into tions the will be seen on Sunday at the Queen's tour, and then back to Broadway, then tour of at the murder trial he nt-stark-mnd maniacs by the horrors of CORPORATION LTD
starring more vaudeville, and after at the long vehicle, "Emma" an intimate story of series of "Lotty" shown, "So Long tended that he came back the next the battlefielda! It is a nequence that
So realistic (Incorporated in England, 1920). easy to forget. American family life, Richard, Crom- Letty", "Linger Longer Letty", "Let day and the next until a verdict was is not
Frank Gnally rendered. And since that time and terrible are its horrors that they Jean Hersholt and Myrna Loy ller Go Lelly" andro
for
time in the mind. n long Greenwood's little girl was gaining the international stage ster has spent linger have important supporting roles.
"The "un
a great many of his idle hours listen- Dramatically, the picture, by cheer
of this one Miss Drenaler with the coming of talking pictures lug to trials of criminals, in her
character por-
While Atwill has only been a silent heights that have trayal mince "Min and Bill" which her field widened considerably; she
panned in ple
picture won her the Academy award for the had cannyed a couple of silent films, attendant at murder trials in real life. The Silent Witness" he ap creating any great in the industry in 1991. The story in furore, so wisely stuck to the stage pears as Une de stands on the print best performance of any setreas in it without
the defendant of a murder author, Frances Marlon, until the round track gave her a charge. And the same auction was directed chance to use her voice as well as her of conviction, by circumstantial evi-
by and
startling happening dence, until Clarence Brown, whose
Inst effort was lega
"So Long Letty" was triumphantly turns the tide in his favour, the Crawford-Gable hit, "Possessed.”
Appearing in "The Silent Witness" Miss Dressler is seen as the faithful reincarnated on the screen, and then
came "Parlor, Bedroom and Unth", with Mr. Atwill are Greta Nissen, servant in the home of a rich man. She is a second mother to his children "Stepping Out", "Flying High" and Helen Mack, Bramwell Fletcher and but in the end they turn against her other film hits, which served to make Weldon Hesburn in the other featur as the result of a dramatic will con-her as much of a popular favourite er roles. The production, based upon the stage sucess of Jack Del.con and tent,
"Chenters at Play."
Jack Celestin was directed by Marcel Verne! and Once upon a time, as the children's Isoks have it, a lanky thirteen-old school girl walked nervously into the of a busy Boston stage manager. office nald she was the daughter of Frank Greenwood, a local merchant, anked for a job in the chorum. claimed to be considerably older thin she was, and also claimed to be an experienced dancer.
by the
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BANKOW accounts opened. Her latest serves appearance is in
Pathe's spectacular special staged with the co-operation of the United States
ACCOUNTS Interest HARDIN
HONGKONG The Fox Films thriller, "Cheaters at
A Remarkable German Film.
Navy, which in the special attruction silawed at rates which may be obtained on Play", which opens at the King's
10-day. A grim and stark tragedy in which at the Central Theatre,
TRAVELLERS' LETTERS
Foreign Exchange and General and Fized: OF CREDIT The picture combines a great ro-
CALCUTTA Theatre on Thursday. Teamed with
CANTON excellent TRAVELLERS CHEQUES Sarved, Thomas Meighan in this exciting tale the Grent War, as seen through Gor
in Nealed. "Four Infantry | Mantic adventure standing east, for use only on board P. & 0. Aud B.. Deposits received for
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ins and Comedy afloat and here, she
apily be described as performances by na muay
or shorter CHEFOO
COLOMBO will be quoted on perioda at rates She: one of the funniest revnes of her Germany's reply to Universal's "All splendid direction and photography, House Line Airmers, and at Furts and fli..
DAMEN on the Western Front." Quiet on
I'round amazing production values.
FOOCHOW film career.
The story denis with the war ad- thed by
J. STUART, "The Silent Wittens."
by Neru-Film with all dialogue
who leave their the
Maneget. lonel Atwill, who made his talking in German, pleture is
Johannsen, Coney faland The Four
all love the Infantry" and the Navy frost was originally 1918. It was directed by the famous G. W. Pabst and in an excellent piece of eburnetre study.
There Is Bittle story continuity,
Mo
The stage manager was doubtful, pietine debut in the lending role of from the novel by Ernest adapted | venture oncessions to enlist in
but he was late getting his show into
production and there wan a dearth of girls
at that moment, so he grudging. ly took ner on trial. The following week the show opened, and Curlotte: Greenwood minds her debut before the footlights.
the Boy drama, "The Silent. Witness",
which is a playing at the keer Theatre, is a great patron of murder trials.
"ntitled "Comrades of girl but. They als
the same
over
Application.
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W. J. WADDINGTON,
*pplication.
Manager.
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mance rivalry in the final crisis.
Splendid work is done by Bill Bayel, Robert. Armstrong, Jumes Glenzon. When he fret started to rehearse
Ginger Rogers, Harry Bannister and the rate of Sir Austin Howard, a role be has played on the stage more thin. Rather the action is concentrated other members of the imposing cart. times and which h instalarepom a group of infantrymen as Albert Rogell deserves grent eredit It wasn't long, however, before 200
presenting the lot of all the Aghting for his direction of the story by com Charlotte advanced From the beras portrays in the motion pietme, he was
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Every year the contmon cold
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