BATURDAY, NOTIMBER 10. 1928.
TODAY and TO-MORROW.
at 9.15
MAX LINDER
IN
The Three Must
9
Get Theres
Come and see Octopus, Walrus, Porpoise and Dart - in - Again in their hilarious burlesque of
Dumas' famous romance.
THE GRAND
RICH MEN'S WIVES."
THE CHINA MAIL.
CINEMA CHATTER.
PROGRAMME FEATURES
TO:NIGHT,
Coronet. Na zimava.
"Salome."
World.-Harold Lloyd in
"Bafety First.
Star, Kowloon.-Mary Pick- ford in Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Grand, Wanchai. Mux Lin- dor in "The Three Must Get Thero's."
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN." THE ART OF MAX LINDER.
SOCIETY DRAMA OF GREAT CLAIRE WINDSOB'S WAIL
POWER.
For the girl or woman whe in dis- satisfied with her lot, there is a
ABOUT GOWNS.
"Gracioua me," exclaimed Claire
VETERAN OF THE SCREEN IN A LAUGHABLE RIOT.
photoplay of real value at the Windsor, during the filming of Coranet Theatre this week.
1
J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois. Wilson, leading players in. THE COVERED WAGON-a Paramount Picture directed by James, Craze with Major T. J. McCoy, who is in aburge of several tribes of Tadians appesting in THE COVERED WAGÓN.
"LORD FAUNTLEROY."
MARY PICKFORD'S CHARM- ING FILM.
TO-DAY ONLY
st 8:80 and 9:15
MARY PICKFORD
IN
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY
SUNDAY ONLY at 6 pm and 9.15 pm. HOUSE PETERS
IN
HUMAN HEARTS
THE STAR
MARY PICKFORD.
THE LOVE FLOWER."
HOW A PHOTOPLAY WAS NAMED.
has a chance to lot her public LOSES A CURL BY MISTAKE. see her as a maturo WOULD and also as a boy of seven. In the If you had curly hair that was world of dramatic art what could worth twenty thousand dollars a curi striking ability as an actor was first Mr. Richard Barthelmess whose Max Linder, the joyous comedian It is "Rich Men's Wives,' a Pre-Rich Men's Wives," a Preferred who scored such a notable success in
bo maro difficult? Not only in the and somebody cut off a ringlet by recognized by the master of the The millions of readers of Frances Bams play but in the suro scenes, mistake, what would you do? ferred Picture produced by Gasnier, Picture, which is to be shown to the laughablo travesty of Dumas' Hodgson Burnott's world-loved will this greatest of all screon artists
silver-screen, D. W. Griffith, WAS the maker of "Kismet."
local theatre goera for the first time "Three Musketeers," is by way of novel, "Little Lord Fauntleroy," be seen in these two difficult rôles.
Mary Pickford has the most ex-if the peculiarly poetic possibilities No woman or munn, either, for at the Coronet Theatre.
destined to bave become a painter that matter can sit through this wife of u rich man of reality, has a screens. It is a good many year the screen has preserved all its "If the boing one of the real veterans of the will be delighted to know that Mary
lensive and expensive collection of of his personality before the camer photoplay without being the guiner
Through the medium of double curls in captivity, and during the had not shown him, through the in moral staining, for the story, much worry and trouble in her daily juga, as screen history goes, that the quaintness and charm, and has been photographic methods, Miss Pick her brother, Juck, who with Alfred future in a readior direction.
Pickford in reproducing the story for exposure, that most boiling of filming of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" intervention of Mr. Griffith, the roud written by Frank Dazey and Agnes life as I have experienced during the geuial Max became an indispensable capecially faithful to the costumes ford is able to appear as two differ. Green, directed this picture,
to artistic expression and high Christine Johnston, is based on making of this picture, I'm heartily part of any film programine with his and manners of the period depicted ent chameters in the same scene accidentally cut off one of Mary's the Chinese Poot-Lover in "Broken. sound logic and displays a keen
With his first tremendons hit as study of the lives our so-called social sorry for her.
one act absurdities. During the vividly by the author, butterflies lead. As a matter of fact, "All I've been doing for the last war, being a patriotic citizen, not this story is ideal, running as it does
As a vehicle for the lovely Mary, sion possible.
thus producing the most perfect illa twenty thousand dollar cuile. Blossoms," Mr. Barthelmesa be- it is reported that the story was few weeks, it seems, has been to quite so much was beard of him, but actually inspired by the breaking up put on one elaborate gown, wear it once he was free to resume film
The Victorian dresses with their Lord Fauntleroy, Miss Pickford is large, and which is sure to reach still It happened thusly: de Littio a scroon figure of international importance; a bigure which loomed of two homes of notable rich men's a few minutes while I made myself work, he proceeded to produce a
puff-sleeves, bustles and long trains supposed to have, her bair cut, the greater heights in Mr. Griffith's wives recently-ona in New York, the other in Chirage.
agreeable to a lot of people, hurry succession of multiple reel.comedies
the thatched houses and the magni- little Lord, it seems, kid always latest United Artists' creation The ficent castle shown in this film tend objected very much to his curls. He South Seas which will be the fea Love Flower," a romance, of the to make it an achievement in picwanted his hair cut short like other ture at the Coronet Theatre shortly. ture-land.
And who can ever forget the which this ambition is fulfilled, Jack were taken on the island of New boys. While rehearsing the scene in It is well known, now that the final scenes of "The Love Flower". rheumatic old apple-woman, the portly grocer, and the lovable boot the part of the barber how the trick Bahamas group lying some two was showing the man who played Providence, the largest of the black who were such great cronies of should be done, and lo, the scissors hundred miles due cast from the Codrie Errol? The human interest slipped and whack went a golden of coral islanda atrotching fox six jooast of Florida. This whole group and heart appeal in this picture' is said to top anything ever yet trans-
hundred miles across the map has There are twenty eurla in the been built up by the coral insects luted into eclluloid, ·
Pickford collection, and at twenty and is actually, as geologists men Miss Pickford will be seen in thousand dollars per curl Mary Pick-sure time, as transient and unstable greater variety and a more novel set ford's hair is four hundred thousand as a quminer cloud. fof costumes in "Little Lord Faunt dollars. And it isn't insured! So the cradio of all that is sheerly They are, in truth, fairy islands; leroy" than in any play in which she
The play carries a charming girl back to my dressing room and help that have brought joy into the lives from her finishing school days, an through the debutante period, then aid get me into another crea of thousands of film-goers the world into a triumphant social life, aurten, and then another and another, over..
Wives."
riage, motherhood, flirtation and almost ad infinitum. A model in a For sheer nonsense it would be unhappiness and a climax that is fashionable shop couldn't possibly hard to beat "The Threo Must Get as interest-holding us it is surpris-be bothered with dressing and un-There's," which, incidentally, ix ing and unexpected.
Quite as important as the play it- drossing more than I have been dur- now, winning golden opinions at the self is the cast of artists that has ing the making of Rich Men's Grand. The parody has been work- been chosen to interpret de trying rôles. House Peters, as the rich
fed out very carefully, and there are! man and a believer in the double
course of the play, where Linder, as some highly diverting scenes in the moral standard for men and women, is his usual impressive self and adds any younger screen sister but burt-in-Again, cute many capers. lustre to a career already made not authors of the story, isn't forced to who, through the kindness of the able by many fine instances of
Telephones and meter-cycle superior acting.
actually envied Mildred June, who There have been times when I've
go through all this sartorial hubbub policemen figure prominently in the Claire Windsor, the newly-risen such a perfectly wonderful role and
that I hate had to.. Of course, it's scene where the Must-Got There's star of cinemaland and probably the it gives nie so inny splendid oppor- are pursued by the Duke of Rich- ucen of all the beauties of the tunities when I have a chance to Lou's guards.
Linder's donkey Armance of her carver-as-the-wife, fairly revel in it. free, gives probly the finest per forget about my gowns that 1 Jazbo contributes largely to the nube wears enough beautiful gas to make the average woman exigencice of the scenario dentand-
But just the same, when the humorous aspect of the picture, too. diy with delight and the billed that I attire myself in the rather clasa comedians in support, and Max Inder has a cast of first per equally dizzy in contempla simple and humble garb of a wage altogether the production is one of tio of what they must have cost.
eamier and make my own way in
aby Richard Headrick, the won-the world, I welcomed this change." the laughing hits of the year... derfchild of the screen who flashed Boriss the theatre horizon in his malorable role in "The Child Thou Gavest Me," is here in a rêle similar to that one and he interprets it with the same surprising intelligence that characterized his carlier work.
Rosemary Thisby is the beautiful "wanip" of the plot, while the por ennially splendid Myrtle Stedman is a society intron to the very last lift of bar eyebrow and the ultimate billow of her marcel wave. Another beauty in the cast is Carol Holloway, who long kept millions in heart- breaking suspense while sho defied death and devastating villains in Berial thrillers
Gaston Glass, the violinist of "Hamoresque" and the hero of many other screen stories, plays the juvenile "heavy" in "Rich Men's Wives," and Charles Clary; one of the findst actors in the picture game, is the father of the heroine. Martha Mattox character actress of ro putation, and William Austin; par- trayer character comedy parts, completes the casto vymenen
"Rich Men's Wives," in addition to its entertaining qualifies satis cast of beautiful women, seeing to strike a new naté in Blm productibu The settings are rich but not bizarTE, and the good taste of the European, Gasnier, makes itself apparent. The groupinge of hip big gatherings are excellent and be introduces lighter momenta as a ralief from the tense situations with a deitreal truly
listic.
HERE'S A NEW ONE.
What you do?" said a vintar "Oppio Rahm, who stood of the
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RICH
MEN'S
WIVES
HONESTA DE PARODIE BESONEN EI KOREAN KEBERS LAST SHOWING
OF
SALOME
AT THE
CORONET
TO-DAY AT
5.15 and 9.15.
:
curli
a ne zna se je has ever before appeared. The dis- with one of the golden ringlets mise beautiful in tropical nature.
play of women's fashion typical of ing, Mary Pickford has sustained all the world over painters flock to the Eighties will undoubtedly prove an actual loss of twenty thousand doud effects discernible in no other the Bahamas to catch the glory of the entire gamut of emotional especially when contrasted with the dollars. A falso carl had been tied very interesting to style devotees, drama, pathos and riotous conexly. scanty attire of to-day,
into this hirsute treasure trove and It gives her to greatest opportunity. But most appealing of all will be it was this the barber was supposed that brilliant genius which bus so Mary Pickford the grown-up woman. she ever has had for the displey of Mary Pickford the little buy and to cut. World and his Wife. In this play, be moje elaborate thun ungibing yet Jack, ne le viewed the severed "Pretty lucky for you that you're ondeared her to the hearts of Mr. The presentation of this feature will
my brother," said Little Mary to at. The Star Theatro, sho (shown at the Star."
Jeurt,
Are they to be Pitied, Scorned or Envied ?
You can make up your mind after seeing
RICH
MEN'S
WIVES
HOUSE PETERS, CLAIRE WINDSOR, ROSEMARY THEBY,
Gaston- Glass, Myrtle Stegman and others
in the dazzling Preferred Pictures Productión de Luxe
in reels
COMMENCING SUNDAY
at
-
One half the world does not know how the other half lives; Rich Men's Wives gives glimpse through window
HE CORONET
quarter of the globe; and Mr. Con- stantine Du Bois, the Parisian under- whom Mr. Barthelmess studied, has placed several of his paintings of
completing the picture, "The Love Eahaman landscape on the walla ofi the Paris Salon prior to his death.
And so, when for the purpose of Flower" Mr. Grillin took Mr. Barthelmess to theso magio isles" he had with him young man eager to drop for the nonoo the art of acting; keaply alive and sensitive to the native beauties of an island paradise which the greatest painters of the world bave tried in vain to reproduce.
It was Barthelmes who pointed out the wondrous ever-changing sheep of the ocean as it shallowa near the many keye; glinting with groca like emeralds, and with light blus sapphire, reflecting the glories of the tropic sky. It was the trained artist's eye that pointed out the striking contrast between the black beach in The Love Flower," and the "red sea" whose effect is caused by the setting sun reflected from the pure white of the coral bottom o that the white foam churned up by the vessel's bow drifts by ss red as carmine, and the white sides of the little achocmer on which they drifted, hunting for locations, seemed to be painted a bright rosa colour, qan- rasting with fairylike brilliancy against the translucent green of the ahallow water.
But the most interesting thing. about the island was a white, beauti- ful flower, called the Love Flower from which My Girinth's latest picture gets its name.
If only the camera could catch this beauty and carry it back, sighed Mr. Barthelmess
Even if we could reproduce en h colour and such tints," said Mr. Grifith, who would believe tham real? It is for such tropic mysteries ae this that styng men sacrifice their bomes, forget their educatine, everything, to become mere beat
string of be
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