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Owing to the arrival of adveral' "Madame Sang Gane, wofttonThe practice of buying and sell of the long booked Alma, it has for the screen by Forrest Halsey as wives has been common et some been possible to shape up the pro and directed by Leoace, Farret, is bine or other in the history of grammes for some little time ahead. based on the stage success at the simost overy country, but generally Next week'n is defnitaly settled same name by: Vloterien Sardou, the brides have been purchased and following are a few detalle. and Emile Moreau, that for the only from their parents. The Greta Nissen makes her how past thirty years has enjoyed an practice of buying another m te Hong Kong audiences in "The international reputation as the win backboen so prevalen Love Thief" on Sunday and Mon-starring vabicle for the greatest et up to little more than 50 yea day next, at the Queen's Theatre. actresses of America and the Cong the poorer classes in England

bellevad, that it was perfectly legit With her royal bearing and hertinent. divine expression Mies Nissen per Filmed with the co-operation to sell one's wife and so annul the fectly portrays the princess of the of the Fine Arts, Ministry of the marriage.

Germany and Hungary.

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court. Her own experience with French government, reads a sub Tho plátce cheach for these auc- the courts of the European capitals title in the, production and one tons, ware usually the public files taught her the mannerisms of can readily realise what this co- and markets, and it was generally royalty for she was one of the most operation really meant to Para-the husband who took the role of famous singers of the continent mount, when he sees the lavish auctioneer

It is on record, for instance, that in spite of her extreme youth,

ness and care of detail with Educnted at the Royal Opera which this "gorgeousest of all in 1815 a man sold his wife at school in Copenhagen, she played Gorgeous Glorin's pictures has entefract, although the price ob- tained for her is not known, in opor "in Scandanavia, France, been staged.

The story is one of & pretty Another, In 1885, dropped the ham Miss Nissen is five foot our little flirt, who runs a laundry in mor at 416 In those days a goodly inches tall and very slender. Her a back street in Faris. Madame sum-but what is probably the most hair is blonde and her eyes bluc. Sans Gene" (Madam Devil May nominious example of all is that She was considered one of the most Care), they call her because of the of a man in Birmingham, who led beautiful girls in Norway. Now free and easy manner in which his wife to the local cattle market inhe is in the front rank of the she treats her customers, rich and by a halter!

As recently as 1868 a man in the Hollywodd beauties.

poor alike, one of the latter be- An unusually good supporting ing Napoleon, when the Little village of Little Horton, near Brad rast appears in "The Love Thief" Corporal was just a little cor-ford. auctioned his wife simply 56- cause both thought that it would and Norman Kerry and Misa poral.

be "nicer" to have a new partner. Nissen.

and Lido Manetti

The members are Mare The French Revelation brings re is no evidence that their MacDermott, Cissy Fitzgerald, about A change in fortunes. Oscar Beresh Augustino Borgato, Napoleon has placed himself on married life had been in the least

Nigel Barrie, the throne of France, and Cather-

bit unhappy. Carrie aamery, Clarence Thompson, Charles Puffy,ine Hubscher (Miss Swanson), The last known instance of this Alphonse Martol. Anton Vaveria now married to Lefebvre, one of bargaining took place probably in Napoleon's sergeants, finds herself Dudley, about 80 years ago, when Duchess with a rightful place in a man actually sold his spouse for the Court of France, when the sixpence, and went away convinced Emperor prometes her husband that he had been a party to a per- to the rank of Marshal of France fectly legal transaction. and bestows upon him the title of Duke of Danzig..

"The Black Pirate."

In compliance with many re querta, "The Black Pirate" will given another two day showing, alse at the Queen's Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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"Partners Again.”

The practice grew exceedingly common towards the end of William IV.'s reign, but thep the law began to operate, and men who, resorted

But the Duchess is still the aame spit-fre.San Gene and is looked down upon by the snobbish to these lucrative means for dia

solving their marriages were Two merry friends will occupy ladies of the court, but she is the screen from Thursday to Satur-more than a match for them all punished. In 1887 a Yorkshireman imitating, their stiff bows and got a month's hard labour, and the This 1926 contribution to the gestures to the amusement of the sentence proved effectual in putting Goldwyn ipy list, is Partners Again great Napoleon himself. --with Potash which bids fair to eclipse former offerings for fun value.

George Sidney and Alexander Eart again enact the title roles; ns

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The remainder of the picture is taken up with the amusing man- er in which Sans Gene through her wit and the aid of several

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ing the course of which the part- ners engage in the Automobile dis- tributing business with reedits truly ludicrous. He has again de- monstrated his versatility in the It is reported from Gothenburg but as no one would buy he raised easterly direction of this fun fin.that a preliminary agreement has the price guinea by guinea until]

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FRANCE IS WILLING TO REDUCE

fine hard may be detected in the In welcoming the return to pri-pared to make "drastic reductions" light treatment. The picture may vate interests of the control of the in her military establishment to ob- be described as a romantic comedy country's largest shipping com-tain money to meet her debt to

pany Goteborgs Handels och America.

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those who have been "spreading different from any which he has new interests represent a false information in America and previously essayed. It also gives bination of the management him an opportunity of great. ver hitherto and of specially strong charging France with militarism satility, inasmuch as he will appear financial interests, through, which and debt defaulting. He said that in three different guises. He is a sound development of the com.the French government would "act even first, as a dashing Cossack offi-pany's extensive activity can be like an honest man" and proceed to balance revenues and expendi eer, later as a Tartar bendit, and considered to be assured... for a while he masquerades as a' The new ships are to be of tures.

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