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nervousness. and excitement. "Humanity",
the new Fox drama Mackenzie readily acceded to her depleting the romanes of a young request. He was jubilant. Al- ecientist and the girl who loves him, ready he treated her like one of opens at the King's Theatro-to-day for his choicest possessione. She was an engagemont of two days. Ralph cold? Ah, that would never do! Morgan, votoran of the stage and "Haggins, wrap. Miss O'Daro In Kirland, whose the fur rug, so!" That was botter. Beroon; Alexander name has graced a great number of He would order, hot milk sent up successes; Boots Malory and Irene Ware, two now comers who are wollte her room. Did she mind being on their way to stardom, head the cast alone until Miss Anstice returned? of the Alm.
Woll, all the better perhaps, so
The locale of the
contrasting environ involves the that she might make her decision.
of the very
poor and the rich, It moves from the haunts of the wealthy, to the places
•
At parting he was very gentlo
whore the poor struggle even to with her, under the bright, re- maintain life. Through it all runs aspectful eye of the uniformed boy romance that is said to be one of the at the lift. most unusual ever portrayed on the
Beroep.
"Sleep well," he charged her,
Oh, I will," she, promised, laughing nervously. "Thank you for eveything-you are;80 kind.”
The supporting cast includes Neal smiling. Madison, Wade Boteler, Christian Rub," Betty Jane Graham, Ferikb Beros, George Irving, Crauford Kent and Nella Walker. John Francis Dillon directed from the screen play by Bradley King. The film is An adaptation of the atory, "The Road to Heaven", by Harry Fried,
· *
Jimmy Durante
nto comedy "WhatI No
But her eyes were troubled after she had left him. What should} she do? It was too much to expect her to make such "What! No Beer?".
a tremendous From Ronald Colman's arms to the decision overnight. Out of his armis of Buster Keaton. That is the presence, she now relaxed, feel- cinematic lear taken by the screen's ing. if the truth were told, a bit newest brunotta beauty, Phyllis resentful at the tumultuousness of Covey had Barry. Miss Barry came from the his wooing. Mias tragedy of "Cynara" to the rollicking described him not long ago as a nonsense of the newest Buster Keaton bit of n pirate. The term sulted him exactly. He had a touch of Beer?" a burlesque on
beer
ques the buccaneer about him. A tion which will be shown at tha
polite, well-clothed buccaneer, of Queen's Theatre from Sunday.
Quite a loap Indeed, considering course, but there was in his nature that these two pictures mark the sum a trace of the ruthlessness which
the total of this British stage beauty's belongs to
unscrupulous, Monica recognized this,-liking him screen appearances."
You might call it from the sublime none the less for it, attracted in to the
ridiculous,
18," Miss Barry despite of herself. That he waB clares. "But I enjoyed it Immensely: Lice her age did not seem the
"Provided I you have your health and
stand
of the the strain mad
paco that Buster Keaton and Jimray Durante sety my sweetheart in this not love him-no! But since she
it's a jolly lot of
of fun.
can
When I go into a love scene with him I can never be quite sure whether I am going to be kissed or up by a beer keg that Durante is
roll-the-hop loving bath
with. playing
just can't help Buster and Schnozzle Durante when you
work with them in picture They are just as wild ballad the camera as in front of it. There's no use trying to be dignified when they are around, and I can well understand why Edward Sedgwick has directed all the pictures they have made to gether. It takes a 200-pound giant 31st JULY.ke Mr. Sedgwick to hold them down.
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"Ronny" opens to-day at the Central Theatre.
E. Kalman who composed such famous operettas as "Sylva" "Count ess Maritza", "Bayadere" otc, created for the talking screen Ronny"
that Kalman had Everything
written until this last creation of his could not be even compared with this chof- d'oeuvre. His music in intoxicating ke new wine. "Ufa" made it a special condition that this operetta cannot be shown on the stage.
The subject is free and casy, but Its settings are the best that could be created by. Cinema: fairylike aur. roundings, luxury of palaces, ete, All 1′′is new and unusual, you will not find the banalities you encounter in most of the films. The spectator is conquered from the very first part. The merry and witty story makes you Inugh without end.
roles in
"The Mummy”
matter. She was young enough to consider this fact in itself a romantic circumstance. She did
could not have the man she did love, did this matter? Weren't taost people inclined to overesti. mate the value of love?
She sat thus, wrapped in her old blue dressing gown, and sipped the warm milk the servant brought her, reminded by it of the man's solicitude for her.
"What shall I do?" she cried, aloud to the empty walls. "What' shall I tell him to-morrow!"
As if in answer to her cry a soft kuock sounded at the door of the sulte. Monnie, thinking the maid had returned to carry away the empty cup, softly called, "Come." Fut, instead of the fresh faced English woman in her neat uni- form, a page boy entered with an envelope on a salver.
the boat
"The letter came on train. madam.. The director thought it might be urgent, it had been so delayed."
She tore the envelope open with trombling fingers. Dan's writing! It had been addressed to her hotel in New York-and forwarded.
What could he have to say to ker?
(To be Continued.)
#write" a sequel to his unusual career. Karloff and Edward Van Sloan "The secret of success", he said, "is make their second appearance to- to surround yourself with good people. gether in that fantastic reincarnation And that's just what I'm doing in my play "The Mummy" now showing at climb. back up the ladder".
Oriental Theatre. Both actors Lasky's first independent produc- played in "Frankenstein," the film tion la "Zoo in Budapest", in which ho which rockoted Karloff to fame." has Gene Raymond, Loretta Young, Strangely enough. both portray O. P. Heggie and Walls Albright in
the occult Egyptian drama
the principal roles. Rowland V. Lee, similar to those in the previous veteran director with many successes Shelly tale. Karloff again "comes to to his credit, directed the production, life" in what la said to be the most which comes to the King's Theatre on spectacular scono of his career, while Saturday... Van Sloan again enacts the role of a scientist. This, however, is the third consecutive scientifle role which Van Sloan has portrayed since comio
Landi and to Hollywood direct from the York stage, where he was a prominent Ernest Trues will be starred, with member of the Theatre Guild. In Marforio Rambeau playing a pro- "Dracula" he portrayed Dr. Von minent supporting rolo: "Paking Holaing and it looks as though he is Pienie", the Atlantic Monthly prize destined to play scientific roles for novel; and "Berkeley Square", the play which was a sensational success the rest of his screen carcer.
in London and on Broadway.
"Zoo In Budapest"
Jesse L. Lasky, for twenty years ond of the outstanding figures in the
There other pictures also are definitely scheduled for the Lucky programme. They include the Broad-
Husband", in which way atago success, The Warrior's
Elissa
"Platinum Blonde" Brightly audacious, romantically. motion picture industry, in resolved to, dramatic and cleverly and generously
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BUSTER
KEATON DURANTE
JIMMY
monster browers of laughs
WHAT! No Beer?
with ROSCO ATES
PHYLLIS BARRY JOHN MILJAN Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
PICTURE
Jugglers' dates usually turn out to ba hand-to-hand engagements.
humorous is the attraction that opens today at the Queen's Theatre.
Platinum Blonde," produced by Columbia pictures, is the film that stands up under this barrage of virtues, with, one of its dominant virtues the performance of Robert Willums, who did so nobly in "Re- bound" and "Devotion" and tops these with his biggest in "Platinum Blonde,"
The charming and beautiful Loretta Young and the glamorous Jean Harlow are the two young ladies who get Williams into and out of com- plications in a story of how a delightfully independent person-u genuine free soul gets caught in n gilded cage and is pretty nearly smothered.
The production is beautifully moanted. Sots of unusual splendour form the background and some novel Camera angles and effects are "Introduced by Joseph Walker,
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