CINEMA SCREENINGS.
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
If you happen to be one of tho many who are wondering what be- comes of girls after they win beauty contests you might And your answer In "Sho Wanted A Hillionaire," the Fox romantle drama, which opens on Sunday at the King's Theatre.
of
In answer to a call innued by John Flystone, who directed the film, which features Jonn Bennett and Spencer Tracy, over three hundred beauties reported and after many days of careful study, forty-four were chosen for parts in the sequenco which shows the annual parade Tomiaine
'pulchritude' at Atlantic
ight of these were
winners of former actual beauty contests, in- eluding Rosalie Roy, who was Mian Hollywood at the last hall of the Wampan; Cecelia Parker, recently elected Miss Sacramento and who is to be seen as Miss Hollywood in the production, Shella Manners, winner of the San Francisco Bulletin_person- ality context; Alice Jans, Fontana, California favourite: Nadine Dore, winner of five previous events; Betty Recklaw, winner in a contest for the most perfect figure, in Hollywood; Lucile House, Bliss Colorado of far- mer years; Louiso Pierce, runner-up in all-Texns trial and Hope Duve, Mise Southern Californin of 1926,
Another young Indy of interest nmong the beauties is Rontrive
Powers, who you will recognize as Mina Germany, for during the filming of the picture, James Kirkwood, who with Una Merkel and Dorothy Peter- son, beads the supporting vant, lie- came no impressed with the lady' beauty, charin and loving personality that he married hor.
""The Champ."
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human be-
The native talent in ing in usually the real secret of suc cess in reting, rather than technique and methods achieved by study. So believes King Vidor, famous director who filmed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Champ", with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper., The new picture is playing from Sunday
at the Queen's Theatre.
Vidor's remark is in connexion with the remarkable performince of eight-year-old Jnckie, hero of "Skippy," and youngest star on the screen to-day. In intense emotional scenes as well as in lighter comedy moments, the child was compellingly convincing.
"I And, when directing children.” suya Vidor, "that they always have a natural aptitude for expressing an emotion, once they can understand
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a large college, where football is of the picture,
and feel that emotion. In Jackie's case, however, he had to express emotions that he had never experi- enced in his life. The methad was home in the uniform of a marine, or simple, though one that entailed a
a soldier of some foreign land, he played on a big seala in stadiums that The Round effects elicited a wealth good deal of work for us bath. I
comfortable in a feels equally as would get him away by himself, and drawing room or aboard a palatial
hold scores of thousands of persons. of praise from
A score of football celebritics take wherever the picture was played. The newspaper critica talk and talk until his imagination yacht. Comedy, drama, tough and part in the thrilling action of Touch- cure which Director William Well was worked to
where he tumble, or the pitch
sophisticated down. The picture was made with man felt the situation. He is remarkably role, ficlagten is ready for any part, painstaking care for exactness
exercised in the production and made of "Wings" a thrilling story sensitive to suggestion and unerring and can always bo depended upon to reality, with Howard Jones, famous of war in the air. The sound effects ly accurate in conveying a menning. give an excellent account of himself. each at the University of Southern added to these realistic and rentis- It is a gift that was born in him,"
In "Wicked," McLaglen plays the California, Jim Thorpe, famous The new picture เส a dramatic rule of Scott Burrows and his part round Olympics athlete and griertically photographed picture the con- heart interest story full of delicate
vincing ear accompaniment. is extremely sympathetic throughout, Tom Lieb, former side to Knute human situations. Beery plays old
and pre- Rockne and many other authorities Wings" aeroplanes really fail prize fighter, ruising a sun in a tector of the disillusioned young wife assisting Norman MeLeoil Mexican border town where he is who finds that the man she has mar- direction. trying to stage a "epme back." fle finally makes a tragic crifice and is not a business man but a bank
robber. The girl becomes an inno that the boy can have the "break"
ak" cent victim of the law and is sent he never had. Thrills of prize fight-prison. What happens when she is ing tersed with comedy, and the story that critics who have seen and other anbellishments finally released is a dramatic part of tragedy. The story
original by Frances Marion, with a notable the picture say you will never for- cast that includes Irene Rich. Rosco Ket. Aten, Edward Brophy, Hale Hamil- ton, Jesse Scott and Marcio May
ure
Jones,
is an
"Wicked."
1171
**Touchdown,"
Pogey Shantion, autumn-haired beauty from Arkansas (via the "Fol- lies" in New York) who made good in the films when she was
be said of Vletur into service as Clard Bow's substit It can never McLaglen, who plays the leading in "The Secret Call." has the prin- male role in Elissa Landi's latest cipal feminine lead in "Touchdown
in
in picture and sound. Ma- the chine guns in
blaze away
and those who see them can also hear them. "Wings" at the Central.
A band marches by and the music swells from the screen The tramp The remarkable sound synchroniza-of thousand feet is measured tinn, which startled the millions who the regulated response from the saw "Wings" at the great theatres i sound reproduccora.)
"Wings" is a great moving picture) in the large cities of the world, where
mrvellous
.in
it played long runs te delighted au- but with sound it is a diences, will be heard when the piece of realism that records for all Paramount epic of the "Aces" in the time the war is it was fought in the world War shows at the Central air in 1917 and 1918. Theatre for several to-day.
day, starting
The master synchronization, which, at the time of its introduction, was the first great sound innovation, furnishes a
wonders
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starring vehicle, "Wicked," which is Paramount's exciting modern story for the splendid accompaniment |
that he is a one-part actor.
Thenire.
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Of the Societe Internationale de now showing at the King's Theatre, of big college football at the Oriental Alusien! accompaniment of heart-
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