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Lydn Robertio is a girl for whom all things come true.
Privation; childhood joys in the Bows of her native Poland; travel- ling with her parents in a little middle European circus; her first view of the blazing blue of the Meiliter- ranean; the clowns and the grease| paint and tho strango human, and animat smells of thoir wagon car avan as it travelled through Franco and Germany; loneliness and longing- for girls of her own age as piny-į matos; soiling the fabled Indian, Ocean and the China Seat stranded: and broke in Sumatra, where bounti ful. Mother Nature provides evory- Robe Yokohams online thing but money; the success and Empr. of Japan...Oct. 6 Oct. 8
Ont. 11 Oct. 13 Oct. 10 Oct. 24 plenty that followed her debut as al Empa, of Asia ....Ost. 20 Oct. 22
Oct. 26 Oct. 29
Nov. 6ainger in
Shanghai cafo; the hard, Empt. of Canada...Nov. 3 Nov. 5
Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Dec. 22 white sun of California; in vaude- Empe, of Russia ... Nov. 17–Nov. 19
Nov. 23 Nov, 25 Impr. of Japan...Dec. I Dec. 3
Dec. & Dec. 8 Dec. 14 Dec. 10 ville In Now York and in 'n show with Empe, of Asla dan. 4 Jau, & Jr. D. Jan. 10 - Jan. 12
Jan. 21 Lou Holtz; a beginning in pictures, the grinding camera, blinking lights of her first pieture at Paramount and then a more important part fan- other one.
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And now, she is comedienno with Eddie Cantor, in its big, new comedy,} *The Kit front Spain", at the King's Theatre to-day. All things come true; a full life is already here t an age which to most girls is just) a preface to life.
Eddie Cantor, who never met.or anw Lydn until the moment she was brought on "The Kid from Spain") set to be introduced to him, thinks she's one of the coming stars of) musical comedy, stage, and screen both.
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Afla Roberti is scheduled for the now Gershwin show on Broadway this autumn which will boast of the Astairs and Jack Buchanan in its cast.
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Filmed from an original story by Charles MacArthur; famous for The Front Page," "Lulu Belle," "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" and other hits with which his name has been coup led, the huge production was directed Then, after his death, cornes the re- Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John plunges Russia into the world War. of the book. Such stars na Jessie by Richard Boleslavsky, war hero, author, director in the Moscow Artvolution that seals the doom of the Gielgud, Mary Glynne and A. W. Theatre and producer of such stage Romaanit dynasty. Authentic make-Buskcomb have leading roles, and spectacles as "The Miracle" and "The Up Iterally reincarnates the original they are supported by a long list of
selors in Vagabond King."
the strange drama, and artistes-all.perfectly suited for the Rasputin, the Mad Monk, is played gettings absolutely true to the parts they portray The selaillating
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nurrative has been faithfully and Czarina by Ethel,
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luviah and numerous settings. duction which comes on Thursday to the Queen's Theatre. The Czar is
The completed film has turned out played by Ralph Morgan, last seen its 30th edition and still, according to to be a spectacular success. When in "Strange Interlude." Diana Wyn the publishers, selling in large numit commenced its pre-release in Lon yard, London stage star, makes her hers. When this work was adapted on it received unmitigated pratae American talkie debut in the part of for the stage it proved to be in from the whole of the On
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