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Garbed in outlandish wigs, plumed hats, and costumes of the Robin Hood era, Laurel and Hardy make their latest appearance in "Fra Diavolo" a full-length production in which the comedians are seen as a pair of dar ing brigands whose adventures must certainly be the funniest in which these inimitable wits have yet been Dairen (Dalny) Moli seen on the talking screen.

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In their current. picture now piny-Mukden) ing at the Queen's Theatre, they runkow the gamut of tomfoolery from flirting Herbla with milkmaids and being pursued by an unexpected bull to making a nar- rew escape from the hangman's nuo And being engulfed in a variety of hazardous occurrences out of all of which they invariably come out on top slightly bruised but smiling.

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family, and was adopted for the serven from Lester Cohen's novel of the same title.

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However, as the millions of their followers have long since come to

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it is never the plot which mat- ters in a Laurel and Hardy comedy. could squeeze These two buffoons laughs out of direct tragedies. The

The story opens at the trial of Mary Tulky and always slightly annoyed Hardy has but to raise his eyebrows at his partner's irresponsible actions, Martin for the murder of a gangster and you have enough humour to make and we listen to the end of the prosecu-Authorised Caslini ....

tion counsel's speech to the jury. While Paid-up Capital up a dozen comedies.,

There is considerably more to "Fra the jury considers its

and there BRANCHES thinks over her life from her child- Diavolo's then humour, although of sits in the recorder's merit, Mary Reserve Pand course the antles of its two clowns hard to that moment. We learn that play an outstanding part in there her mother died while she was nine duction. For one thing there is the

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presence of Dennis King in the east, and a little later she was sent to R LONDON BRANCHEY!— hero of innumerable New York show reformatory school for a theft she At sixteen, she and hits, whose portrayal of the bandit did not commit.

Leg. king, Diavolo, does not prevent him her friend Bunny, meet

look. from singing several songs of definite gangster who uses the girls as

preliminary asset to the picture. Then there is outs and decoys, While Mary also the dashing Thelma Todd as the playing her part in the

Manner. Antaliers Lady Pinely holl bess gambling club the frets on auf early rental from for 100

charms Laurel and Hardy fall over Themselves.

"Sweepings"

-ing.- -n-young aristocrat who with his friend. Sam is enjoying life to the full. A hitch occurs in the hold-up and Tom, although aware of her connec Typical of Lionel Barrymore is on tion with the gunmen, hurries hor incident which occurred during the

away to hle own home until the police Production of "Swcopings", showing have departed. After an exchange of at the King's Theatre, in which he is ideas and mutual admiration, Mary

baga Tom to

in secretarial Barrymore phoned director John Job, and after training get an honest school she Ik given a stenographer' post in his office. Some time later the young lawyer asks her to mart him and she is about to accept

slarred.

Cromwell.

..

"Can't work! Got terrific carachal" he grumbled,

Nevertheless, baif an hour later he was on the set. He refused to go home.

"Won't do it! Cost studio $5,000 is I lay off!"

He worked all day! But, between scenes, how he grumbled over that earache: He called it his $6,000.00 misery.

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a policenian recognises her and in order that Tem shall not be implicat ed in her arrest, she tells him that she was only "stringing

him for a Macy

not give

*wny her gangster frionds and is pre- sumably sentenced as an accessory

in cause of her record. While

prison she learns of Tom's marriage to a Barrymore's estimate of what his Society beauty and after her release, absence would have cost was con- which is followed by a fruitless search servative. That day a department for work, she returns to Leo. Leo is was being an extremely jealous protector and atore, bargain sale rush staged. Hundreds of extras, drawing when shu accidentally meets Tom at a to put him on the from $7 to $15 per day, were on the night club acts

his friend kiliing 1979 set when the star phoned and would apo

apot-unfortunately ki have had to be paid, whether they Sam in error. Learning later of his worked or not.

mistake he is about to rectify it when In addition there would have been Mary shoots him. At this moment an extra day's pay for the featured the jury returns 'nn delivers a verdlet nivore and an extra day's rental of "Guilty", but their proceedom for the thousands of items of apparel disturbed the entrance of axed, for the set was stocked like a Mannering who explains that she did him.

it to save his life because she loved real department store.

"Sweepings" is the story of the hin. He demands a new trial with

A strong comedy cast appears in great himself taking his place beside her in founding and growth of a American mercantile dynasty, to the dock andite are allowed to assume/upport of Victor McLagten in Racke-

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