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Greta
Just Clive Bresk, but very nico in in "The Great Meadow"
scores | McLaglen has been chosen, Garry his own way. (Central).
tremendously.
was not given a fair deal by Para Marlone Dlotrich Is making 'mount. They are exploiting Mar- "Hit the Deck" coming shortly.every one gasp. She is a rict in lene in a million dollar publicity A good chance for Jack Oakie to "Morocco" with Garry Cooper, and stunt, to make her A biggor shine, but Polly Walker does not the recently released German film favourite
Garbo, come up to scratch. It is amusing "The Blue Angel" with Emil Jan-M-G-M's special pet. She looks and the Hallelujah number wilnings. Garry will not play opke being a worthy rival to the revive memories. You all had Iposite the star In the next film, and Swedish Queen, so long, ago on the records that Recom- tion of retiring, and gives always you have forgotten it. of her best. Recently finished mended as a good evening, enter- just because of Jack "Strangers May Kiss," with Robert tainment, Montgomery na her lead again. In this play, "Let Us Be Gay," she is the magnet who draws all to her side, and she carries off the
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Hedda Hopper has signed other long-term contract with Has recently finished In the Married." smart.
As I had hoped both theatres re- port full housea at each show. In "The King of Jazz" the outstand- ing muslen! numbers are, of course, that masterpiece by Gersh- win, "The Rhapsody in Blue," and the two songs by John Boles, Pity we had no outstanding voice honours, too, ably assisted by an
Tyrell Davis amongst the women members of excellent cast. the cast, and the Hollywood the absurd Wallace the pootic M-G-M. Benulies rather made Jeanette hanger-on. Gilbert Emery as Town-"Among Loif's much exploited-so-called ter, the long-legged Briton, Hedda naughty but nice comedy, in which SAW Mary Antor, Florence beauty fade into nothingness. Hopper alwaya charming, not for Charles Irwin, who was Master of getting Marie Dressler as Bouci. Eldridge, Gavin Gordon and Ed- Hedda Hopper is Ceremonies in A Los Angeles How I wished for more of her. ward Harton. Theatre when I saw him last, fail-
When we see her in "Min and most attractive, and in her ed utterly to convince. His free Bit we shall see the Marie who type there is no one better.
Lois Moran is a success on the and easy style was cramped; he has proved herself at the age of merely announced. I still main-sixty to be without a rival in her New York stage, which is more one can say of the Rod la tain that the best man in this par- own particular characterisations. than
Lya do Putti, Olive ticular job is Frand: Fay, whom wo At the opening of this film in Rocque, shall see in "The Show of Shows" Hollywood, a heartfelt tributà was Borden and Colleen Moore.
Norma Talmadge is acting on Laura la Plainte hud no chance to paid to Miss Dressler by her fol- shine. The vaudeville turns, like low artistes, a tribute they pay the road in "The Greeks Had A but seldom. When she alighted Word For It," and will play it from her car, that vast crowd who also in the Talkies. She is liking had collected to pay her homage the stage work and is making a gave her such a deluge of applause success of it. that the wonderful wrinkled face,
Another great actress given her which has never become embitter real chance,-Eleanor Boardman
Laura La Plante.
the trick violinist, Wilbur Hall, and the Rag Doll Dance of Statler and Rose pleased the audience the most. The skits were weak. It in certainly a pity that musical shows are no longer popular, because I have the greatest admiration for the girls who do the major part of the work. The theatrically termed "Pony Ballet." That opening number with the perfection of the hand and leg movement pleased me greatly. Paul Whiteman and his Band need no praise. With John Murray Anderson, who has a flair for beauty, they make this film something outstanding. Most cer- tainly advise a visit. (Central).
ed by life's worst experiences. broke from a smile to real tears. The woman who has made good, who has battled through adversity. lost more than one fortune through 11-health or tricks of fate, who at tained stardom in the old days of the Movies with Charles Chaplin in "Tille's Punctured Romance," and through no fault of her own went into total eclipse, though she had made it screen history, has kept going, taking anything that was offered, making the best of everything. We have not seen how truly great sho la till we see her in this strong play with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Rambeau.
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I think "Let Us Be Gay" is a play to be seen twice, as so many points are lost through the laugh- ter of the audience. The picture artistes have not yet quite learnt the value of stage technique which Every allows for the laughs. moment enjoyable, from the open- ing show, "Blotts," with the two cleverest comedians in "Shorts" on the screen. Stan Laurel (British) and Oliver Hardy. I hear for a fact that their pictures make the greatest appeal, and they are now making them in Spanish versions.
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Bill Boyd, the blond star from Pathe, has married Dorothy Soban- tian. She was engaged for a long time to Clarence Brown, and ho was the husband of Elnor Fair. Dorothy Lee, always in support of Whooler and Woolsey, has married her Press Agent. Natalie Moor- head, the beautiful, vamp, has married Alan Crosland, the Direc- tor, Robert Ames has been divorced for the third time, and Pauline Frederick for the fourth time.
C. Aubrey Smith, the famous British actor, has scored with Marion Davice in "The Bachelor Father" Ralph Forbes, to whom the good breaks are now coming. another hit, also in the sequel of "Beau Geste," "The Devil Bat- talion."
In
Ronald Colman's newest "The Devil to Pay" by Lonsdale, a small terrier zimost steals the picture, so Ronnie has bought it.
When are we going to see Ina Claire, one of my favouritea. A riot in "The Royal Family" with Fredric March.
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keep to clean humour. Off stage these two are tremendous pals, and "Let Us Bo Gay." Oh, you won-help to write most of their own You gags. I have seen them in dozens possess at least three sources of comedies, and they are always
amusing. (Queen's).
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"Monte Carlo" in the new King's Theatre. Smart, amusing, spicy, with Jeanette Macdonald, the never-to-be-forgotten Queen Louise of "The Love Parade," as an im- poverished Countess who run's away from her marriage to Prince, and meets adventure in the person, of a young attractive Count masquerading as 1 hairdresser. Shoop's Jack Buchanan, idol of Broadway and London, who made a big aue- cess in "Paris" with Irene Bordoni,
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scores as the Count. There are Sucking Pigs, to order some catchy songs, which we will all play on oùr gramophones till we hate them so we now do "Dream Lover" and "March of the Grena- diers." Still that means
popu. larity, when the dogs bark them,
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claimed in all comers of the earth. the You have survived through critical stage of the gradual pro- gress from Movies to Talkies, and you take your share of the highest honours, Born in Montreal, Canada, on August 10, 1904 Norma Shearer had the honour of being chosen as one of the dancing partners of the Prince of Wales when she was a pupil in the High School. Later she tried her luck on the stage in New York. She had a hard struggle, and most of her housekeeping was done out of a paper bag, you know, the de- ficatessen meals. It was in the
Next, change at the Contral, Lobster Movies when she migrated to well, you all raved over the Two Mackarel Hollywood that she made her Black Crows," when they first ap Honk Fish mark. Married Irving Thalberg peared on the records, but "Why Hallet the genius behind the throne at Bring That Up?" I leave it to
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