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"STAY, OUT OF MY
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(Continued from Page 2.). Providing, an entertaining combina-Jane was ashamed of. Amy, ahe tion of mystery and music, Para had thought, would condone the mount's production of Earl Carroll's
"Murder at the Vanities showing lle about Howard, since she know to-day at the King's Theatre, sends it was a lie; and she would never the audience away dazzled by beauty, have naked payment for her home whistling hit tunes, and completely if she had not stin been furious. salafied. Earl Garroll's beauties, and afraid and overwrought when brought from the New York show to Professor Lowe appeared. She appear in the filmization of his turned scarlet. She did not know Broadway rorue, are everything they how to protest or apologize. wero supposed to be beautiful, and beautifully on display. The dance ensembles, particularly the "Jassing the money-please-I'm
But Amy-Amy, I don't want the Classlos" number, are spectacular that Howard-Amy-If you'd for in the extrone, and what is most give me~" unusual are strictly stage choruses. Nething done in the picture couldn't
30 glad
Amy could not be moved. "TH
be duplicated on any stage, The never see you again or speak to story deals with the opening night of]
a "Vanitica" production.. A strango you.
You're rotten And I'll
| woman is mysteriously murdered, and laver forgive you na long as I live.
a short time later one of the prin- She closed the door with the
(To Be Continued.)
DRAMATIC RESCUE,
HAI SANG ANSWERS S.0.8. OF DISABLED SHIP
cipals dropa dead on the staro. The finality of fate. entire action takes place backstage, and the story covers just a three- hour period. In the cast are Jack Onkie, Victor McLaglon and Gertrude, Michael, who are well known to screen fans, and who perform in their customarily effective style. Threu newcomers are introduced with out- Atanding results. They are Carl Brisson, brought from England for the picture: Kitty Carlisle, star of New York operettan; and Dorothy A dramatic 8. O. S. call was picked Stickney, Broadway stage star. Both up by the Chinese freighter Ilai Sang Drisson and Miss Carlisle sing beauti-while nearing Foochow on a voyage fully, and otherwise distinguish them-from Shanghai to Hongkong. selves. Mitchell Leisen directed this
The call was from happy combination of muste and
the, Chineso mystery, keeping the picture moving freighter Ya Shum, and the message nt a fast pace, and despite the in-plated that she had lost her pro-. tricacies, never confusing lila audience. Rocks and was at the mercy of the pellor of the treacherous Aligator weather.
"Operator 13′′
Romance has served as the key- The skippor of the Hai Sang i- note of every motion picture that has mediately steamed to the assistance starred Marion Davies, whose newest of the distressed vessel, and putting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Cosmopolitan a line aboard, towed her to safety
Matsu pleture, "Operator 13" opens to at the
Island Anchorage. merrow at the Queen's Theatre. No which in to the north of Forchow. matter in what country the plot of The steamer Hat Sang arrived in
the story was laid or in what period|port yesterday,
of history the ramatice took place
always there has been a wholesome
love story Interwoven into the pictare
production and always Miss Davies another tribute to fan skill in has had the most romantic lovers of presentation.
screen playing opposite her. Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther,
the
"Up To The Neek"
Lawrence Gray, Robert Montgomery į "Up To The Neck", one of the best! in "Blondie of the Follier" and it was British comedies which will be screen- none other than Bing Crosby wholed at the Oriental Theatre on Wednes erooned love tunes to Miss Davies in day and Thursday has as its plot the "Going Hollywood", And now comes exploits of a young man whose am- "Operator" with Miss Davies piny-bition is to become a successful neter. ing the role of a Union spy, with He goes to a dramatic collego and Gary Cooper as her co-star. Pro- as unsuccessful in his efforts as hial duced by Lucien Hubbard and directed name suggests, He graduate t by Richard Boleslavsky, the cust also includes Jean Parker. Katharine Alexander, Ted Healy, Russell Hardie, Henry Wadsworth and the Four Mills Brothers.
"The Only Girl"
Scoring no less on its superb acting
local town hall amated dramaties nad ruins everything he touches. fle meets an actress (Winifred Shatter) and puts on a show with her in the tend. The leading man faile at the last minute and Ralph Lyan steps into the breach, playing the part, in true Travers style as no expected it could be played.
one has
"The Invisible Man" Universal's daring screen transla
than on its spectacular canvas of ducal romance, "The Only Girl" at the Alhambra Theatre, is sald to be stimulating entertainment for Jaded film taster. The entire plot is bernion of I. G. Wells' novel "The In- of the merest trifle (s garter. in fact) visible Man", returns for one day which is picked up by a royal Duke only to-morrow at the King's Theatre. and tracked to the local barracks by The picture, which has caused more its distressed owner, the pretty speculative talk in Hollywood and the Julietta, (Lilian Harvey) hair-dres theatrical world than any film of ser to Her Majesty, the Empress. The recent years because of the odd mass of provocative incident has been character of its theme and the well handled by the director, with secrecy which veiled its production, the result that there are few moments is said to be a totally new departure. when the onlooker is not responding in spectacular entertainment. Still cordially to the picture's delicate shrouded in mystery na to its necom- comedy. In ting music, high- plishment, only the intriguing nature spirited romance, impressive Court of the story, which deals with a spectacle and richly amusing charac- eclentist who succeeds in making terizations, the development is yet himself invisible, therefore all-power-
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IT'S ALL VERY CLEAR TO ME, WHAT |'HAPPENED! SCUTTLE MUST HAVE TAPPED
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YES,
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WHEN FRECKLES; AND NUTTY WERE DIGGING, THEY ACCIDENTALLY PUT A HOLE IN THE PIPE...AND, THINKING THEYD STRUCK OIL, OT OLD SCUTTLE INTERESTED THATS WHY HE WAS SO ALL-FIRED ANXIOUS TO BUY THE.
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