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'SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD."

MERRY ESCAPADES OF "DIXIE DURRAN:""

Hollywood with all its foibles, heart-breaks, tinsel and comedy is

pictured by those who live there

ia Show Girl in Hollywood," a

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"THE SPECKLED BAND."

EXCELLENT SHERLOCK HOLMES TALKIE."

Sherlock Holmes, as Conan Doyle knew him and Eille Norwood best of all presented him, does not ap- pear in this, the talking him ver- sion of "The Speckled Band." There are no hansom cabs, no gaa lampe, ne fog even in this London; and the Holmes of the uncanny de- duction cocaine and the violin has been replaced by a gaunt young man who speaks into a dictaphone, has an outer office filled with the

mont.

GOSSIP AND FACT.

During big rosant stay in Eng land Mr. George Arliss, who is in "Alexander Hamilton at the Now Gallery London, made a shock ing confession, to a critic

Ho suid that he couldn't make love on the screen. The kiss, he

declared, considered as a continuous and

performance, was boyand him the truth was the majority of soroen kisses were continuous per- formances.

"Therefore," he added, in his huabed, aristocratic manner, lit with flashes from his monoole, "L And it very difheult to get a part that will suit me. Yes," (hushy

" very difficult.”

But in Alexander Hamilton he seems to have found the part, Few film goers, even those who dislike the costume play and the film deals with the intrigues and crises of the American Civil War will fail to yield, on this occasion, to the Alexandrine wig, and "the Hamiltonian waistecat. Disraeli, after a defent, could not have look- ed more princely.

Mr. Gary Cooper gives a fine exhibition of reluctant reinance in Fighting Carafona," This, film has the background of the Ameri- can Civil War behind it, but as a piece of film-minking it is better for its superb photography than as a comment on the time. It con tains some brilliant acting.

Mr.

Ernest Torrence acts nearly every body off the screen as the indomit- able scout who is killed in an en couator with Indians.

Miss Gracie Fields, the inimit able film and stage actress, recently came to the holy of Rochdale Foot ball Club. There was a fear that the club would not be able to meet, the expenses of the team in travel- received this telegram ling to Barrow. Then the mayor

"Just scen report regarding | Rochdale Football Club, Am quite willing to defray travelling expen ses of club to Barrow, and wish them luck. Lave to all of you.-- Gracia Fielde:"

Rochdale ja Mins, Ficida's nativu town.

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Drama amid Pacific Ocean pulnus and lageena, is offered to-day at A tremendous combination of set- Fing talent, directorial power, story God," Paramount talking romance the Central Theatre; in "The Sen

Film-goers who like plenty of wizardry and music-making magic dealing with the experiences which bustle of clerks and the rattle of

romance in their talkies plus a wore joined to make "The Smiling befull a bronzed young sea-god, a typewriters and seems to succeed highly amusing and often thrilliant, now showing at the primitive-tempered maid of the more by good luck than by judg-Mayer's "The Great Lover," which strong seasoning of comedy, will be delighted with Metro-Goldwyn- ing comedy drama, of Filmdom's

King's Theatre.

South Boas, and a brutal trader; capital, This First National pic

Maurice Chevalier, the screen's

opens at the Queen's Theatre ture, handsomely embellished with

most unique stellar personality, about, over, and in the waters

Something is lost in this trans- Sunday with Adolphe Menjou, in humour and with certain scenes in Colbert, a star in her own right, the "Border Legion overs, rent climax, and especially a plea Russian actress, Baclanova, play

laughing, lilting, loving; Claudette surrounding a cannibal ísle.

formation. However, the skilful Richard Arlen and Fay Wray, handling of the scenario, the excel-

the featured role, Irene Dunne pl Technicolour opened yesterday at

"Cimarron" fame and the cyclonic the Queen's Theatre.

brilliant and gorgeous; Charlie the principal wayfarers. Eigens The story continues the merry falls to garner laughs. Remember Arlen's fratmate. Robert lecker low too many regrets over the pass- Ruggles, the comedian who never Falletta, a sergeant of sleuths and sant piece of acting by Lyn Hard.

cowhand of parts, goes "selt "

the women who are principally in-. cacapades of Dixie Dugan which him in Honour Among Lovers." is the "menace;"

asing as the new detective do not al- volved in the opera star's amouVA, began in "Show Girl" released Miriam

and subordinate

Neil Hamilton is admirable as the pome time ago. Alice White is brightest

Hopkins, Broadway's portrayals are given by Ivah imping of a traditional figure. This aon, Bob Perry, Maurice Black and is the best picture that competent

juvenile and comedy in contributed agais Dixie, although the locale ishxury-lately a film hit in "Fast

charming Fred Wallace.

by Ernest Torrence, Cliff Edwards director Jack Raymond has “made. now transferred, from Broadway and Lposs."

Novelty of viewpoint, or should In the first place it has what some

and the stuttering Rosca Ates, to Hollywood. Brought to Cali

touch of this production, directed of his earlier films lacked, a good Wo say "ear-point," is a bizarre

Harry Beaumont's direction fornia by Director Buelow, who

by George Abbott, whose "Mans-story, which makes for unity. Then laughter promises her a contract, Dixie sud denly finds herself out of a job and broke when Buelow is fired Then begins her struggle to "win a success on her own which culmin ates in the production of "The Kainbow Girl."

Miss White, does her anest work to date as Dixie. The little blonde star shows herself to be

a real actress, and she has a good singing voice.

Jack Mulhall is also excellent

- Broadway playwright who crashes Hollywood with Dixie. "

and most

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, the world's premier director, maker nt The Love Parade," "Monte Car lo" and Emil Jannings might masterpiece," The Patrict," inspired Oscar Straus, unrivalled Lovely, lilting music from the

1 contemporary brought from Vienna to write the composer

ant." music for

The Smiling Lieuten

favour, attained widespread His faculty for Alling in authentre

.

the

Far from prosaic is Ab- detail finds expression in

is taken below the surface of a ages attacking ship. The audience country people. He is perfectly at bott's, method of showing the any glimpses of the countryside and the. home, too, with the straight- action as Arlen sees it, looking up pense, by skilful cutting and the sunlit crystal sea, and shown the forward means of working up sus from the ocean floor.

The mys

travelling camera. Witty, punchy lyrics by Clifford of air lines and implements, the terious hum of aubaer, the gurgis

▲ Fine Beginning. loves to sing, his fans love to hear,pelled about, is captured by a now Marant and the villainous doctor Grey-the kind of lyrics Chevalier pebbly wash of diving.armour pro-examining the rooms

The sequence when Holmes is Chavalier singing-in direct res camera-microphone developed by approaches the house is an example in Stoke ponse to a wave of public demand. Paramount, said to be capable of of the first, the long sequence, hailed with delight as And Claudette Colbert, recently operation at great depths without which opens the film, of the second. favourite, joins Chevalier in the duets. All woven together in a Bizarre oventa are unfoldsi as charming, fast-moving story packed the youthful adventarer outwits with romance, humour, gaiety, pra pagan tribes, heats back a rival, sented against the colourful back captures the heart of a girl and ground of post-war Vienna. sails away with love and fortune, all the spoils of a victorious spirit,

"EAST LYNNE."

bein mobilized

radio the protection of a diving bell.

for service in

Prussian War. Bismarck is seen reading the famous proclamation stating that the Emperor takes pos. session of Paris,

Earlier in the production & briat

This beginning is really very good; and down gloomy corridors in sil we go slowly up mystericus stairs once, and halt before a closed door. Suddenly a piercing scream and the door opens. It is the first sound. ia several minutes of "ilm. There is a good instance of sound coun- terpoint when Helen's voice, desori- bedroom, accompanies the photo- hing her adventures in the fatal graphed record of those adventures. The photography, as so often in

we got good angle shot, as that British pictures, is sound but un- enterprising, though occasionally.

The Acting.

Blanche Sweet has a highly dra nutre part. She appears as Douny Harris, an ex-star, who tries to relive her past triumphs and hasn't. evon the money to buy tires for her fashionable car. Mise Sweet's role All the world's great arte hare should be one of the best roman-Frank Lloyd's Fox Movietone pro sequence showing the bombardment bered events of screen history.duction, East Lynno" featuring of Paris by the Prussian forces 13 from high above when Helen is an all star cast headed by Ann snacted. It is during this sweeping getting into the bed where her ́sis- Ford Sterling, John Miljan, Viz- Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad acent that Isabel played by Ann ter died. ginia Sale, Lee Shumway, and Her-cor, U.P. Heggie and David Tor- avalanche of debris from bombarde Nagel, Cecilia Loftus, Bary! Mer Harding, is snowed under an man Bing complete the list fronce. This romantic screen dramu ed and falling buildings.

The acting is excellent. In addi principals, although the cast is

suggested by Mrs, Henry Wood's will have its local premiere very role in East Lynne,"

Music, too, plays an important mond Massey, whose Dr. Rylott has tion to Lyn Harding there is Ray- soon at the King's Theatre.

Richard all the shades of villainy nicely History shares

Fall, favous Vienness honour There is just the right amount

the hoart interest

with The Dollar Princesssor of sketched: Athole Stewart, as kind- " and other hearted and not-too-stupid Watson; in Enat Lyone." One of the outstanding written an original French martial rather like Norah Baring in this operettas and compositions, hay and Angela Baddeley, who looks of music and colour in the story scenes in this emotional romance 15 air, a Vicanese schottische, and two picture, but has a greater variety to add to the drama. Don't living reproduction or the histori waltzes. In addition he supervised of expression. All these acters are

cally famous Emperor with his entire staff positions and the singing of "Then aware of the camera, to talk and the playing of famous classic com inelined, however, to be too much at the close of the Franco You'll Remember Me" by Miss gesture into it.-K.A. in the (Vontinuer at foot of next colume.) Harding,

Manchester Guardian.

HER MAN" lengthy one.

Watch out for the date

A RKO Pathe Picture

this, as it is one of the highlights

of the movie your.

scene of the

excellent,

For the film "Tin Gods," which he is directing for B.LT. at Elstree, F. W. Kraemer has used his wide knowledge of Chinese customs. In the Studio of Uriontal devices of torture. Instead of merely copying English fashions in this sinister art he has had built from his own specification a copy of a rack he had seen during one of his visits to China. This consists of a len- ther collar suspended from Scaffold

to which the victim is attached by the neck. The stones on which, ho standa are removed one by one un til he is left with out support. A whipping post and a small cone- shaped cage in which the victim is kept standing in a crouching pori- tion in stocks until he perishes is also seen in the film which tells the: story of the capture by a Chinese pirate of several Europeans whom he holds to ransom in an island. stronghold. Some thirty Chinese take part in these scenes slid very good actors they make.

What would any young man with agist for language say if he re- ceived a stream of water from a hose pipa full in the face?

This problem confronted Harry Hughes who is directing"The Bachelor's Baby," for BLP WIL liam Freshman, who stars in this film, was, to be the victim of the watery attack in scene with Henry Wenman and Ann Camon, At the first rehearsal, Freshman had no doubt as to how he would ex pross his feelings, but Hughes do- sided that the risk of fusing ughts, and the possible collapse of the Censor, was too grant. Eventually a compromise was reached Fresh- man was allowed to give full vent over his face while his mut- to his feelings but held a cushion fed voice was recorded.

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