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MICKEY ROONEY DETTOL' Tops Year's Stars THE MODERN ANTISEPTIC
NUMBER ONE film star in British and American cinemas in 1940 was five-feet-three, snub-nosed, nine- teen-year-old Mickey Rooney. This has been established by the poll of British and American cinemas conducted by the American "Motion Picture Herald.”
This means that Mickey Rooney has changed places. with Deanna Durbin, who was first in 1939 and is now second.
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Others in the first ten, in order, are Spencer Tracy, Jeanette MacDonald, George Formby, Nelson Eddy, Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, and Bing Crosby.
As compared with the first ten stars of 1939, James Cagney and Bing Crosby come in, while Shirley Temple and Robert Taylor drop out.
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Young Tom Edison
Shirley Temple has cess was foreseen by his temporarily retired at employers, for whom he the pictorially awkward is estimated to have Mickey Rooney gives his most worthwhile piece of age of 12. Robert Tay- earned at the box offices acting to date in this fascinating biographical drama lor has had bad luck which depicts the early life of the famous American in-with stories. ventor-Thomas Edison.
The boyishness of the character, combined with the latent] genius in his Character, are brilliantly brought out and the human quality of the film is exceedingly good.
There are, of course, thrills mostly concerned with the boy's inventive genius; he amplifica light so that his mother can be operated on safely and saves a train from crashing over a bridge! which has been blown up, by an engine whistle to send a message in morse.
Young Tom is expelled from school for his somewhat disastr ous inquisitiveness but the end of the picture shows the start of his recognition as a youth with ideas and genius.
Virginia Weidler is delightful as Tannie, his sister and Fay Bainter and George Bancroft score as their parents. The film is on at the Queen's and Alhambra.
Four Wives
"Four Wives," now showing at the King's Theatre, continues the adventures of the "Four Daughters," and tell, of the marital life of three of them and the personal
tragedy of the fourth.
Mickey Rooney's suc-
of cinemas over £6,000,- 000 in the past 12 months.
Last September he was given a new contract by
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of £24,000 a year, out of which he was allowed by the Los Angeles courts $25 a
money and £250 a week for week for personal pocket living expenses.
Great Dictator," which has Charlie Chaplin's "The now played a week at the Lee Theatre to excellent (All contracts for minors houses, will be held over for in films have to be approved another week at least, ac-by the Los Angeles courts.) cording to the latest in- In the past year, Mickey, Rooney has appeared in "Babies in Arms," "Judge Hardy and Son," "Strike up! Edison," currently showing the Band" and "Young Tom in Hongkong.
formation.
Though described as an uneven film, because politics comedy and a long harangue conflicts so much with pure is inserted at the end, "The The development of the story centres around the situation Great Dictator" will appeal of Ann, the young widow who, about to have a baby by her dead
Of British film stars, husband, is now in love with a young composer, Tier mental ob-lto every cinema-goer except George Formby and Robert sessions in regard to her husband's brief happiness and her tre- the most fastidious, and even Donat were top, followed by pidations, concerning her new romance provide the emotional im-the latter must acknowledge Gracie Fields, Arthur Askey, petus of the film.
While the interest of the film is mainly obstetric, there are ments in which Chaplin is at Laughton, Will Hay, Conrad that there are brilliant mo-Lucan and McShane, Charles | amusing monterits which have little to do with babies. The pic- ture retains much of the charm of its predecessors, with Priscilla his comical best.
Veidt, Gordon Harker, and Lane appearing again in the role of Ain, and the other Lane sis The Lee Theatre will show Anna Neagle. ters, Rosemary and Lola, and Gula Page as the other three sisters. "Rebecca" next. A seriali- Of these stars, Gracie Claude Rains, May Robson, Jeffrey Lyun, Frank McHughsation .of this remarkable Fields, Charles Laughton, and Eddie Albert are also in the cast, the last-named giving novel by Daphne du Maurier Conrad Veidt, and Anna commendable and sincere portrayal of a young doctor. There is a brief glimpse of John Garfield, the dead Mickey, in a vision will run in the "Telegraph" Neagle are now in Holly-
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.4. How many times in 24 hours do eight bells sound in a ship?
5. What are the last twelve words of the Bible?
6. If you said an insect was sesquipedalian, what would you mean?
7. A sextant is (a) a person who tolls a church ball (b) sixth part of a circle (c) a stanza of six lines..
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Islands (c) province of Armenia
(d) Siberian tree.
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