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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934

Short Shots TALKIE TALKS

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Adrienne Ames and husband Bruce Cabot have been quarreling, the same as Cary Grant and his wife, Virginia! Chervil

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"Cockeyed Cavaliers"

Fox Productions Coming Fox promise us some super re-

One of the funiest things about leases soon. The first will be {"Cockeyed. Cavaliers" is the mix-another adventure of the well-loved John Cromwell and his wife, Kay modern languages. It

ture of the old English and the detective. This time it is titled, Johnson, have adopted a child, and the

is typical "Charlle Chan's Courage" Then Fredric March's now have an adopted Wheeler and Woolsey nonsense, Jimmie Dunn and Claire Trevor in girl and a baby boy.

done with gusto and self-con- "Hold That Girl," and then best of fidence. We soo hom as vagrants all-the adored Shirley Temple in Anita Page and her husband song who, escaping from the stocks, dis-one of her greatest hits, "Baby, writer, Nació Brown, are not yet liv- ing in the same house, as his marriage use themselves as the King's Take a Bow." Jimmie Dunn and Is not recognized in California his physician and his assistant, sent Claire Trevor are in support. Yes divorce is through in that State tilto cure the Duke of Weskit of in- say in support, because candidly next June,

somnia.

no one else seams to matter now in! Thelma Todd, as the niece of the film, just so long as the sparkl-| the Duke and wife of Noah Beery, Ing baby Shirley is there to shine. Jooks lovely in the seventeenth All due at the King's. century costumes. Dorothy Lee

"The Little Giant" Warner Baxler has been loaned to is looking a little too thin, and has Columbia to work with Frank Capra very few chances, only jolning in Edward G. Robinson you will see If you are among the admirers of in "Broadway Bill."

one singing number with Bert him shortly in "The Little Giant." Wheelor. The two songs will be Here is Warner Bros answer to the whistled and humined by every-question "What will the racketeers

do now that beer is legal?" Noah Beery is truly wasted. In the title role Robinson, ng a Here is an actor who does not seem gang leader, pockets his winnings, ICARDO Cortez's real name is to me to have had his rest chance and starts off for Santa Barbara Jacob Kranz. He was born yet in the talkics. Who will ever to become a gentleman. The star LIVERPOOL via Port Sald, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus, Genoa York when very young as a poor "Beau Geste"? He has a wonder-mingling bravado with pathos, and in Vienna in 1899, and went to New forget his "Sergeant Lejeune" in makes the most of his opportunities, emigrant. He sold newspapera inful speaking voice, is far better provides a good deal of comedy, the streets before starting in locking than his brother, Wallace, something unusual for this star. very amall way on the stage. Heland yet has none of the opportuni- How he attempts to break into good was almost ruined by being groom-tles to show what he can really do. society, and the way he is used as ed as "The Second Valentine," but You will also be surprised at his a tool by other social climbers, hia natural talent and charm at singing voice.

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CAREER OF STARS

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now dead.

one.

The Wheeler and Woolsey "fans"] long run with Paramount he is now will delight in this, latest R.K.O. signed to Warner's. Married Alma release. It will prove a big hit Donald Dilloway, and Kenneth Rubens, the lovely ill-fated star, during the holiday and for the ra-Thompson are in the cast.

His second marriage mainder of the week at the King's. This will be followed by one of was to a Society girl in Los if you want to ace the best rendi-the best pictures George Arliss has Angeles,

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"Mandalay"

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NOAH Beery is the older of the

to hear and see the two criginals, two famous brothers. le and with the aid of chorus they put elderly star as a figure of romance, spent 10 years on the stage before:

full they have got into it. (King's). adored by the ladies, and particu- he commenced screen work in 1912.)

arly a young one very blonde and His biggest success was in "Bean)

very pretty, you will most certainly Gesta," and, although he has not) "Mandalay stars the lovely Kay enjoy the story of a famous pianist the fame of his brother, he turns Francis in a story of sin and salva-who goes deaf, and while sitting in in splendid work. He has been tion in the tropics. Times seem to his room in his loneliness reads, the married once, and his son is now have changed since I visited Ran-lips of the people in the park below, on the screen,

con and Mandalay, or perhaps this and "plays God" to those in need

AFTER ACTING TOGETHER IN "WHY LEAVE HOME?”.

is Hollywood's idea of what they of help. visualise them to be. The acting is

George Arliss makes him

good all round with no outstanding poignant and beautiful figure, and performances,

and is aided by the girl to whom Miss Sue Carol, the film star, has: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Francis' he gave an excellent chance, the filed a suit for divorce against her gun-running lover, is forced by vil-now famous Bette Davis, who gives' husband, Nick Stuart, charging himi' lainous Warner Oland into handing an intense and earnest portrait of 6th Now, with having "berated, abused and over Kay Francis to him, to become the idol-worshipping girl. Do not criticised her." She alleged that, in time: the most notorious of miss these 180 films at the tress-word women, and hostess at has house of Alhambra.

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