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While the ostensible purpose of the dcepiflowing passion. A structure was lur storage of cars, it strange trick of the fates almost up- actually served murely as a "front" sets their lives, but a surprising, for operations of the gang, and for dramatle, clix rots everything to nu elaborate speakeasy located on the rights,
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Allson Skipworth, veteran stage There are types that flmgoers actress seldom ace, lucidents that will appear success in character roles in "K! who has scored brilliant Nights, customs that derive from tho Had a Million," "Night After Night, dim North African past in "Baroud" and "Madame Racketeer," heads the Rex Ingran.'s first talking picture, supporting cast. Others in featured which is relensed by Ideal Films Ltd.,;
Arthur Byron and Paul now showing et the King's Theatro Cavanagh.
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"Lucky Devils” TO SAN FRANCISCO TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA picture, the producer to the screen inning at the Central Theatre, taking $50-a-day dare-devils have their Horsemen" has brought to the screen the breath away in every foot of a variety of types of glamorous diversity, a Moroccan chieftains, "Lucky Dovila". his bandits, sand-diviners. street sellers, nomads of the desert, bring the indubitable, authentic East to the
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None, assuredly, could have been more fitted to interpret the East for the talking flim than the man who has lived for years In North Africa and understands their mentality and philosophy, a man whose home s associated with the screen's most spectacular triumphs,
Thrill is a by-word of Hollywood stunt men, Courageously, they brave avery conceivable hazard, risking their lives and limbs to crash auto- mobiles into plate glass; fight fool-wide, paleor walls; swing across buildinga; fight on burning roofs; and tumble fifty feet to earth through a skyline.
Bill Boyd employs his virile phy- alque and personality with realism in a sincere, convincing portray "Baroud," which is the love story As Skippered from suicide. Up
head stunt man, he saves of a French officer of Spahis and Zinat, daughter of a Moroccan Caid, netting his theory that stuntsmanship may be described as bringing to life and romance do not mix, he marries an authentic "Song of Araby" Its her. He acquires a fear of death and day actors are numbered by the thousand, loses his nerve. He works na a Its settings are such as, in the words labourer, and eventually becomes of Rex Ingram, to create within the despondent when his wife anticipates heart of the onlooker an intenso, a baby; he is penniless. desire to visit the localition pictured. There
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"Baroud," based upon with a universal appeal, is likely to arouse excited controversy. love of the Frenchman for a daughter The of lam; the attempt to surmount the irriers of nationality and faith at the behest of the call of the heart, in the central theme of a picture that is sold to be worthy of its pro- ducer's reputation and utterly unillo any talking film so far made.
"To-Night is Ours".
A stunting job is available. He undertaken the execution of a death ride in a tense dramatic climax which kept an audience glued to the edge of the seats,
Dorothy Wilson, recently sonring to prominence 11 the RKO-Radio stenographer featured in "The Age of Coanent" gives an able dramatic Gargan, stage star, whose recent role portrayal as Skipper's wife. Wm.
his laurels, is well east as a member in The Animal Kingdom" added to of the "Lucky Devils" club, Rayco Ates William Bakewell, Jolie Haydon and others are fentured,
"Cynara"
Ronak Colman has no intention of retiring. His season's work that saw the completion of King Vidor's of the Claudette Colbert and Frederic picturisation
international March are co-starred in "To-night in Samuel Goldwyn will present at the stage success, "Cynara" which Qura,' screen adaptation of the romantic play by Noel Coward, which King's Theatre on Wednesday and apened yesterday at the Queen's the forthcoming "The Masquerader", Theatre. It marks the first appear makes his future more assured. ance of March on the screen since he won the award of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences for the best performance of 1942,
The witty but romantic flavour of "Private Lives." a sensational movie success, best-known of Coward' plays.
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It too is a story of clever. amusing people, outwardly gidy but actually devoted and tender toward each other.
"The Devil is Driving"
Construction of a seven story ramp up, which automobiles could be driven gave Paramount set designers and elucers one of the toughest pra- blems they have ever faced.
The Devil's Driving, drama set in The ranip was needed for scones in
As hend- a garage which is used quarters by an organized auto-theft ring. "The Devil is: Driving" comes to the Queen's Theatre on Thursday. Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson, James Gleason, Lois Wilson, Dickie Moore and Allan Dinehart play the leading roles in the picture.
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