1932-07-08 — Page 11

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MARIE DRESSLER PRICELESS IN "EMMA"

"LILIOM" DUE AT CENTRAL.

Cheaters At Play," Is Thrilling Story.

"Emma"

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"Cheaters At Play" Thomas Meighan is seen to real

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Colony English speaking films are Continent after she finishes "Love what Pwint. Shanghai favours the Me To-night" Maurice Chevalier re- foreign films, maybe, be they turns to cap and scarf in this alm, French or German, But I doubt reminiscent of the Chevalier of the that success being repeated here. Parts Music Halls. (Queen's),

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The new Paramount find, Car Grant, will do Valentino's "Blood and Sand" with Tallulah [Bank- head as leading lady.

"Dancers in the Dark." Any appearance of Miriam Hop- kins is interesting, and in "Dan- The play John Gilbert so much cera in the Dark" we have her usual wanted to do, "Farewell to Arms", charm, naturalness and originality, has been handed to Fredric March portraying the part of a taxi dan-and Claudette Colbert.

cer reformed by love for a saxo- George Raft, now 8 featured phonist. The only weak link is that player, was once a professional William Collier, Jr. as the hero, is dancing partner in the same cafe colourless. Jack Oakie almost, but ns Valentino. Then he tried pro- not quite steals the picture, but is fessional baseball. He is being prevented from that by a young featured with Carole Lombard in man worth watching-George Raft. Vina Delmar's latest, "Pick-up." Don't miss seeing this at the King'a.

Sari Maritza speaks many lan- guages and holda medals for skat- ing and ski-ing..

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All the critics. are delighted with Heather Thatcher, so long a favourite at the London Winter Garden. She steals Kobert Mont- gomery's latest picture.

Harold Lloyd has paid full| salaries to all his staff for months

* Without Marie Dressler I cannot see what "Emma" has to offer, ex-advantage in one of the adventures "Once a Gentleman” cept, to give us one of the most of the Lone Wolf, (remember him!

"Once a Gentleman", with one natural young juveniles, in the per- Played so capably by Bert Lytell?). of the cleverest comedians on the son of Richard Cromwell, who re I like "Cheaters at Play"it is ex-screen, Edward Everett Horton, as cently appeared here in "Tolable citing and well acted throughout by the butler who, while on holiday is TRUSTING CO. David". The story tells of a faith- the whole cast. Barbara Weeks is mistaken for a Colonel from India, ful housekeeper who mothers a the pretty heroine. She was seen is good. It will interest you to seo 17A, QUEEN'S ROAD C. flock of children, only to have them here with Eddle Canter in "Palmy the names in the cast. King Bag

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turn against her on the death of Days." Bill Bakewell, ever since gott, Francis X. Bushman and Lois Owing to our cheap rental and low their father, and she is accused of "The Iron Mask", has done well. Wilson; all old movie favourities, fortune. Charlotte Greenwood gives us the James Cruze directed this amusing working expenses we are able to offer murdering him for his our SWATOW DRAWNWORK, CAN- After her acquittal in a maudlis humour. AND the emeralde-and comedy with a masterful hand, and talkie, with himself as a deaf and TON SILK SHAWLS, HANDMADE Court-room scene, she nobly turns that's where the mystery comes in. the absurd story gives you many LACES. LINEN, UNDERWEAR, over the whole fortune to the (King's),

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British film-"Almost a Divorce," Coming to the Central, Charles Marie Dressler IS priceless. She gives us a few tears and & few Farrell and Rose Hobart in that with Sydney Howard, so liked in "Tilly of Bloomsbury"; and the laughs, but the trouble with this masterpiece by Franz Molnar, picture is that it is fitted too snug "Liliom", with Frank Borzage at Keys. I noticed the name of an famous stage comedian, Nelson ly to the star, and the other charac. the megaphone! Also Chester Mor American girl I once knew-Kay ters just fit through the scenes ris and Alison Lloyd in "Corsair", like shadows, and matter about as exciting marine story of gangsters the heroine, Majorie Binner. Ho- much. These days we ask for and rum-runners. The next change ward as Macintosh,

star. We are is "Heaven on Earth", with Lew than sober, is amusing, and Keya generally given at least three. Ayres and Anita Louise adopting is the much harassed husband. It Jean Hersholt is good; the others a Southern accent in this colourful is full of matrimonial tangles, and don't amount to a row of pins story of the never-ending fued be the success of the film lies in the Marie is one of the 'idols of tween the Mississippi River stea- screen audiences and has had re-mers and the Shanty Boat settle-comedy acting of the two princi-

pala. (King's). on the atage, ments. There is grand excitement!

more than one

markable success

in movies, and now in the talkies, when the shanty boats are cuti where the 18 à fuigger, drawing- adrift, and the whole cast works card than Greta Garbo.

The story is admittedly trash, but there is Marie, and there is, Crom- well with his natural charm. It is a film not to be, missed. (Queen's).

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Charles Farrel and Madge Evans in "Heartbreak" are convincing Tallulah Bankhead and Fredric March in the Southern girl's best date, "My Sin". AND, later on, Miriam Hopkins and George Bancroft in "The World! and the Flesh." More about these! super pictures later. All due at the King's.

"4 Infantry Men”

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"Mata Hari" and "Ben Hur"

dleness With Constance Cummings he has just Anished "Movie Crazy"

Charlie Chaplin's next, will be a dumb clown.

Popularity of Naney Carroll is on the wane, as her contract has not been renewed. She talks about going to act in pictures in England.

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with the handsome Ramon Novarre and brilliant cast in the story of the famous spy, Mata Hari. Also on its strutting now to sound, and Fran- way, "Ben

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with Helen Chandler in a colour- Ramon Novarro in "Daybreak"

ful story of life in Wien. This will be followed by the glamorous, No-I cannot say I am exactly glorious Norma Shearer in "Stran- in favour of the all-German film. gers May Kiss" in which No doubt it is well acted, and the Hamilton and Robert Montgomery photography is up to standard. War give perfect support. All are due story? Tired of them. "The Four

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Talks About the Film Stars The John Barrymores have a son who was born on June 4 and they are the proudest parents in the film colony. John la a devoted husband and Dolores Costello the sweetest wife and mother. Long may the Royal Family reign.

Dorothy Jordan will be marrying Donald Dillaway soon.

That pretty English girl (seen here in "Black Coffee,") Adrienne Allen, will be soon seen locally in her Arst Paramount talkie, "Mer- rily We Go to Hell", with Fredric March and Sylvia Sydney,

Is that Sydney girl having the "breaks"? The part Mary Pick- ford has aimed to play for years, "Madame Butterfly", will be her next and Gary Cooper is the Ameri- can naval lieutenant, Pinkerton.

Adrienne Allen, too, is in luck's way. Cecil B. de Milla will direct her as. Mercia in "The Sign of the Cross", with Charles Starrett as Marcus, I would not like to say HOW long ago I remember Wilson Barrett and Maud Jeffries in this famous play,

In Shanghal during the run of "Mata Hari", thoy advertised that no child under seventeen would be admitted..

Adolphe Menjóu has been select- ed by Columbia to portray the | difficult part of the detective from | Anthony Abbott's mystery novels, "After all the surprise that divorce of the Harry Bannisters occasioned, we hear that there is another blond in the case. A friend writes to me that she saw Anne Harding recently, and sho looks very sad and more beautiful than ever. I do hope she, too, finds happiness elsewhere.

Anne Bien, a Soviet beauty, will be the next leading lady for Ronald' Colman as soon, as she mastore.

Talk about soldier stories, Col -man ban Sun, Anished Way ofka Clive Brook and Gene

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