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ROUND THE CINEMAS "CAPTAIN OF THE QUARD.”

"Captain of the Guard," the big- gest all-sound production so far BUSTER KEATON IN "DOUGH attempted in the motion picture

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MILITARY COMEDY.

"Dough Boya," comedy of military life with Buster Keaton playing a millionaire's son who enlists in the' army, is the attraction which will open to-day in the Queen's Theatre. Keaton's role calla for unusual versatility, the comedian appearing as singer, Apache dancer, and ukulele player, as well as a raw recruit

who becomes initiated in the trials and tribulations of life

as a soldier.

Edward Sedgwick, who directed Keaton in "Spite Marriage" and "Free and Easy." supervised the new comedy and also played the role of the camp cook, staging with Keaton and Cliff Edwards a comical sang parody number. Sedgwick further contributed to the produc-

tion by composing one of its big D march called Bong numbers, "Mister Military Man."

A second number used in the written by production is "Sing.". Joseph Meyer and Howard Johnson. The story Was written by Al Boasberg and Sidney Lazarus with dialogue by Bonsberg and Richard Schayer, the latter two neted for their work on former Keaton pic

Lures.

The cast includes Sally Eilers, of "Dry Martini," "Cradle Snatchers," and more recently "Let Us Be Gay":" Cliff Edwards, last seen in "Way Out West" and "Good News"; Edward Brophy, who combines the duties of acting with those of pro- Potel, duction manager; Victor Arnold Korf, Frank Mayo, Pitzy Katz and William Steele.

industry, which opens en Friday in the Central Theatre, is a dramatic musical spectacle of the French Revolution, starring John Boles, singing star of "The Desert Song," "Son of the West," "Rio Rita," and Laura La Plante.

Charles Wakefield It brings Cadman, America's foremost com- poser, to the singing screen for the first time with specially written songs which will become immensely popular because of their haunting melodies.

Itself.

And "The Marseillaise" the dramatic national hymn of the French nation, is dramatised both in pictures and music to a height every of intensity that sweeps

song is emotion before it. This the theme behind the plcture, the that carries for- Immortal music ward both the beautiful love story between Bales as Rouget de Lisle Marie and Miss La Plante as

quet hall where Rouget joins his regiment, magnificent settings In the King's palace, the garrison and the dungeons below, all of which were constructed authentically for the period, and which add material- ly to the appeal of the film. Every costume, every uniform, every prop in the picture even down to the muskets and cannon, are exact re-

there .... and productions literally busands of them.

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GIRL STATE SECRETARY,

Adventureas Career of Louisiana Beauty.

One of the most beautiful girls in the United States, Miss Alice Lea Grosjean, has become Secretary of State of Louisiana at the age of 24.

Miss Grosjean is known through- out the southern State for hor beauty and charm.

When her predecessor, Mr. James Bailey, died, Miss Grosjean imme. dlately accepted the job, and within an hour had taken the oath of office. "I never dreamed," she said, Marnay, who becomes the faming "that I would be a State official, and leader of the early revolutionists, known to them and to the whole of France as "The Torch."

It is "La Marseillaise," also, which carries forward the tremend ous drama of the revolution itself, pictured in the film by huge battle scenes between the revolutionary mobe and the King's trained guards, in which as many as 7,000 players, all in peasant costumes or brilliant picturesque uniforms, were used at one time.

And it is to the newly-created, inspiring tune of "La Marseillaise" that the heroic men of Marseilles, marching night and day as they their revolutionary sing it, reach brethren just as they are being driven back by the King's soldiers, and carry them on with their in- The comedy high lights are convincible song to victory.

All of this has been caught for trasted with authentic battle scenes and spectacular shelling sequences. the screen by John S. Robertson, Amusing "gage" include Keaton's the famous motion picture director, Man's Land," who has succeeded in picturising crossing of "No riotous adventures in the German not only the Immortal march and trenches, his Apache dance in the the terrific battles themselves, but dugout entertainment, and incidents the spirit behind them which made which take place in the training them possible. And he has caught, camp and on the transport. The too, the tremendous pathos behind love story of the rookie and heroine the love of Rouget, a captain in the for Marie, "The provides additional merriment and King's Hussars, Miss Eilers is given an opportunity Torch." to prove her prowess as a dancer in the camp theatre scenes.

Genuine army equipment was used and United States Army off cers aided Keaton in securing realistic warfare manœuvres. The battle scenes were filmed in a mili tary camp established on a location with acres of trenches' and dugouts. Most of the persons connected with the production aro ex-Service men. Keaton served in the trenches as a "doughboy" throughout the War: Sedgwick was an Army off- cer, es was William Steele, Brophy, Patel and Mayo.

Interspersed throughout the pic- tured are gorgeous spectacle scenes In music of the old peasant folk dances by torchlight, of the quaint customs and dress of the rustica, and beautiful, romantic love scenes between Boles and Miss La Plante. His magnificent voice is heard to Its greatest possible advantage in the varying moods of the picture; of in the tender love songs Cadman's and singing "La Marsell- laise" itself as he composes it.

Many huge sets were used in making the picture... an entire French village, the enormous ban--

The first thing I I am thrilled. did when the Governor told me was to call my father and mother on the telephone and tell them.".

Miss Grosjean's salary is com paratively modest-£1,200 a year. She has had an adventurous career. She was married at the age of 15 to Mr. James Terrell, from whom she was divorced three years ago. tary to Mr. H. P. Long, now Gover- At the age of 18 she became secre- nor of Louisiana, but then practia- ing as a lawyer at Shreveport.

She was his trusty helper through several political campaigns, parti- cularly when a strong attempt was made to oust Mr. Long from the Governorship last year.

At a courtmartial at Plymouth Lieut.-Commander J. G. Henderson, R.N.; was reprimanded and dis- missed his ship, H.M.S. Vivid, for buing drunk in the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport.

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