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CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.
"At the Villa Rose," which is com- Ing to the King's Theatre next Sun day, deplets an unsully conceived unil executed mystery drama that will keep the nudience on their tip- toes right tatil the fiani denave- ment.
Madome d'Auvray (Barbara Gott). the mistress of Vilin Rose, is a kind- hearted and charming old Indy, who lind adopted Celia Harland Nora Baring) when the young girl's father
1.had been sent to prison by M
Hand, the great French detective. Madame has two ruling passions, a love of the occult, and another upon her
one
person as often an less collection of
the delight her price-
including gang
Many people,
of internatiooni
crooks, cavel, an earring in her collection, the second curving being possessed by a millionaire, who also
By wishes in obtain its mate.
is
netf circumstances, Celin
torby ladane into the rule of
medium, and during one of her seances, the old lady is strangled, upon Suspicion immediately falls Celin, who ha
during disappeared
front. the
Banath, the spine. French letective, is entled in, and how he, step by step, succeeds in un- envelling the ballling mystery farma ut©thsl「nvwt £at af th[}!°v%
DEC
ever seen on on the screen in in- kong.
Capable direction of "At the Villa Rose," which was adopted by the A.. W. Mason stage play of the
Filos by the Twickenhum studios, is by that mas! fanious of all English directors, Leslie Hiscott.
Diflicult Casting Job, Finding five pairs of children of diferent tes who boro
J**uteri[1-
Dressler's
blamee to each other, although al different periods of growth, was the ditent task in casting, Inces Clarence Brown in filming "Eman,"
intent Murie
starring vehicle which is now on its final run at the queen's Theatre, In scenes Treth the picture, photographs of the children are used. The family of growing. the In een in
Finel to be Therefore, crsembinace striking. Richard Cromwell, Myran Kent, Loy, Lila Remett, Barbara Kathryn Crawford an Gentity Merker play the grown-up children. Jean Hersholt plays the father.
"Dancers in the Dark".
PROCESS
A small, piquant face, cloud pf curly blonde air, intense, bright blue eyes and a readly spie, are the pleasing identifying characteristicn af Miriani Hopkins, She never weara maken of the screen.
most of her time in the water na
swimming enthusiast and envoy leaves her, bench home when working on a pieture, She loves dogs
has one which
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adures.
Although she has boots on the stage seven years, she is
*peven
1er appearances. less by or frigidened ambition is to become a rector of mation picures. When working an
peture,
SEE THE
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AND MANY OTHER LINES
IN THE
SUMMER SALE
AT-
ELITE STYLES
A.P.C. BUILDING.
NEVER CHEAPER
from vach
with the and the
AT THE
scenarist, enkter, Cineramen
director,
learning aneks of their trade, the terins they
Her
se and the
Licken.
writing short stories,
for all step
avocation
is
She has writ
One was A
ten at least a ball dozen.
attach s
ern
novelette of 25,000 words, un ab has none of the published as yet.
Although she was born in
the South, she thinks it very, silly
ch
to south- importance hospitality and many of the other traditions upheld by, most South- She has the happy faculty of adiusting herself In whatever the Cature
has in store for her. In spite [of this, you get the impression that she is a deterinines! little lady that if She really made up ner mind to do
there would be a way
tu simply
erners,
. She lives very in her beach home, having only one servant, a very fine French maid, and her d
Usanlly she has a swim nher return from the before dinner stuntia unit her favourite pastime is Fang tewas in the telephone in New York.
Miss Hopkins has been a very busy girl since she went to Hollywood, Fol- lowing the timing of "The Saiding Lieutenant at the Paramount New
completing York studio. After
"Dr. dux stretch of exneting work in
Tell and Mr. Bede." she startet
its
in the Dark," which "Planeers in with is the King's Theatre's feature to-day. In this picture Miss Hopkins co-fea- tures with Jack Onkie, William Col- lier, Jr., and Eugene Pallette.
NO OPPOSITION CAPT. SIDNEY HERBERT FOR WESTMINSTER SEAT
London, July 12. Captain Sidney Herbert, Conser
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
THAN THE PRESENT
PRICES
OF
SILKS
GREAT SALE
AT THE
GHANSHAM
SILK STORE
AMAZINGLY LOW
NOTE THE, ADDRESS
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vative, has been returned unoppos- borough and Whitby Division as á division of Conservative from 1922 to 1931. ed for the Abbey Westminster, in succession to Mr. He served during the war with the 0. W. Nicholson, who retired re- Royal Horse Guards, and has been cently after having held the seat parliamentary secretary to several Cabinet Ministers, lacluding the since 1924,
Capt. Herbert represented scar- Prime Minister-Reuter.
Getting Warmer!
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.
Across
1 Temper "a mere toad" may get
into (anag).
An artist in a revolution is one enuse of lying up for a day or two,
9 Less finish to it. but still an obvious place for old balfers.
10 As Mr. Wolehouse would say: "Running round in circles, breathing fire"
11 Prophet quited and ascertained
by questions,
Bird permitted about the pub.
34 Quite an age in 1 Across,
16 In Balochistan.
19 A musical composition.
20 Got up, but not made up.
21 Where to find the C.1.C.
26 In one sense, ditched.
27 Get, a lute to adapt itself ta
such guardian-ship.
28 Goes up and down except in
the middle.
A spell of exercise, or (contra- dictorily) a bit of a rest..
30 Combines and has faith.
31 Mirshane (nong.).
IR
Down
1 Great churchmen get them pure- outcome of their merits. The high priest of evolution. 3 Fruit so dried in left in the raint Quite wrong finish, surely
4 Used to replace a little bit of
the top.
G Metal.
Ignored
-after a close-up
13
7 Estrange.
A final drink.
12 A
dey, time you may remember:
a medical man should.
15 After this a city gives you the
16
37
of a sticker.
ida "So there!"
queer
little beast you'll find
in some tram.
18 Had he lived, there might have
been no Terror.
1 About the Near East and not.
impertinent,
22 A certain minimum (two--ac-
cording to engaged couples). 23 Divine phase of phrase.
24 Emation.
225 Suit.
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