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A MIGHTY SAGA OF BRITISH HEROISM!

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JOHN FORD'S (PRODUCTION

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"The Eskimo"

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The Penthouse"

The Kongo"

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FASHIONS OF 1934 How Styles Are Stolen

Intrigue as daring and exciting as international espionage but with more practical rewards to those who partwipate in the game, lies be in the unportation vi exclusive gown model from the glamorous ateliers of famous Paris dressmakers

The value of an exclusive un portation lies in the fact that it is exclusive. Women who can afford to pay several hundred dollars for gown naturally do not want to part with that much money for a design that they are apt to sou on their cook on her day of

Styles are as closely guarded as the mint until they are asiely in hands of the purchaser. Modern business pirates engaged in the anufacture of women's clothes on wholesale scale, maintain an "army of spies and copyists in Paris who rush sketches of the very intest

uodels to their employers.

Cheaply made copies of designs by famous Parisian designers frd a ready sale in thousands of stores in America, So it is well worth the hile of style thieves to carry on

their nefarious trade.

Intimate insight into this modern buccaneering is given in Fashions of 1939. William Powell's latest First National production which opens to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre.

is in Poor Madam Butterfly' trouble again. This time it is a Maryland law which forbids "Star-Spangled Banner" being Powell and Bette Davis are pre-

played except in its entirety.

the

sented as a pair of amiable chise-

The Metropolitan Opera Com-fers who all but wreck the business pany, from New York, hadar of hall a dozen of New York's lay- ranged to perform "Butterfly" la Baltimore this week. Then some one pointed out that it was illegal, as one of the leading themes identified with the hero, Lt. Fink-

erton of the United States navy- is a few sallent bars from the American national hymn.

gest importers by intercepting de livery of their latest Paris gowns, making sketches of their and selling the drawings to wholesale donk and suit dealers for good prices.

When they are caught, they blandly offer their services to the importers, and are sent to Paris to steal designs at their source.

I remember some years ago a

The complications that result protest against the same орега

when they match their wita against from a Japanese Consul some elever Parisian detectives, hired to where on the West Coast. His ob protect the famous couturiers, are jection was that one of the extremely amusing, as well us en- Japanese tunes in "Butterfly "lightening, on modern business ,,was of an immoral nature.

practices.

Puccini's most popular opera In addition to an amusing comedy has also from time to time been romance there are special features, criticised as likely to bring the one of which is a mammoth style American navy into undeserved show with 25 pretty mannequins udtum.

displaying the latest

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creations in women's gowns There, is also a show within a show as part of the story, an elaborate fan dance having been staged by Busby Ber- keley.

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Among the principals in the cast Inte Frank McHugh, Reginald 1. Jean Harlow (in "Dinner at

Owen, Henry O'Neill, Hugh Hor Eight": 2, Warner Baxter (in bert, Phillip Reed and Gordon "42nd Street"), 3, Katharine Hep-Westcott, William Dieterle direct- bur (in "Morning Glory"). 4, ed the picture from an adaption by Diana Wynyard (in "Cavalcade"). Gene Markey and Kathryn Beolo 5. Paul Munt (in "Fugitive"), 6 Music and lyrics are by Sammy Conrad Veidt (in "I Was a Spy"). Fala, and Irving Kahal.

7, Alice" Brady (In “Ring Up the 'Curtain"), 8; Claudette Colbert (in "Three-Comered Moon"), "0,

→ Gary Cooper (in "One Bunday Afternoon"), and 10, Lée Tracy (in "Blonde Bombshell”),

Jean Harlow has been the real surprise of 1933. She started her move career with an incredibly crude performance, in "Hell's Angles" more than two years ago. Bhe was, if you remember, the original platinum blonde; she had

curves,

In fact, she had everything an actress needs except a talent for acting. 1932 revealed nothing to alter that view, «

Her life seemed just one long succession of front page stories.

Then Metro-Goldwyn took her in hand, promptly gave her the thrill of a lifetime by casting ber as the tough little dance hall hostess turned business man's wife in "Dinner at Eight."

She leapt at the chance, and proceeded to eclipse such season- ed and talented scene stealers aa Marie Dressler, the Barrymores and Wally Beery, '

As her personality, and her ability to give lines the point the poor author intended grew, so her

reputation for blonde frauty re- ceded. It has been a remarkable metamorphosis. Pretty lady in- to actress.

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KINGS

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Guilty As

WITH

Hell"

EDMUND LOWE VICTOR McLAGLEN RICHARDARLEN

ADRIENNE AMES RALPH INCE A Paramount Picture.

“THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE ROOM”

At The Alhambra

Theatre

A bleak old castle with the wini; howling round, a family ghost which has already nid three people low and a triangular love tangle, form the back ground of The Secret of the Blue Room, which commenced a run at the Alhambra Theatre Jab night.

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WHO IS THE MURDERER?

Who Who killed Frank Faber? mercilessly did away with young Thomas Brandt on the very night he pledged his love to beautiful Irene von Hellsdorf?

He is the first and strangely enough he disappears on the stroke of 1 o'clock. The mystery deepens When the second of the guests,." a journalist who is also in love with the daughter of the house, falls a prey to the mysterious murderer, but when the official Police are call ed in the mystery arrives at F dramatic climax," a secret entrance the Blue Room solving the strange murders which take place,Arnold William Janney, Russell

The film is an exciting one and as the picture proceeds so does the myto stery of the "Blue Room" deepen

A farly celebration of the daughter of the Castle's 21st birth- day takes place, strangely enough somewhere near midnight when all ghosts are supposed., to be on the prowl. The master of the Castle is strangely silent and prompted by one of his guests, reveals the gri tale of the three unsolved murders' connected with the Blue Room,

One of the guests, madly in love with the daughter, plans wholesale murder in order to satisfy his de mand for love, and cunningly sug-

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Lionel Atwill as the master of the Castle is brilliantly cast and throughout one is led to believe that he is the culprit, while Paul Lukas as the ultimate hero is also well suited to his part.

Gloria Stuart, practically a new comer to the screen is good and cines not overact, while Onslow Srevens who takes a very important part shares the honours with Lionel Atwill,

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What dastardly flend holds the chrottle on the mechanism of death that spells destruction to each guest brave enough to sleep in a luxuriously-appointed bed- chamber..called the Blue Room?

Lionel Atwill, Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart, Onslow Stevens, Edward

Hopton, Elizabeth Patterson and cast. Muriel Kirkland head the Kurt Neumann directed the pic- ture from the hair-pising Phillip- Hurlbut story of the sat, name.

The film on the whole is extra- ordinarily well directed and the moment "between "murders" are not sperit in idle waste as evidenced in most mystery Alms. The film is. recommended to those in search of good entertainment.

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"THE MATCH KING"

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Powerful acting characterises The Match King," featuring War- ren Williata and Bili Damita, which

will have ita final showings at the Queen's Theatre to-day,

The picture was adapted from Eisar Thorvaldson's novel which tells of a character that parallels that of a late match king whose financial machinations are well- known and which need no recapi- tulation here.

Both William and Miss Damita play their roles excellently, and as for the supporting east, they tud deserve honourable mention. The picture paints the most colossal financial swindles the work! has ever known. It also reveals the startling and intimate romances of 1111 overtowering genius, who ultimately ruins with utter unscru- pulousness, women from every walk of life.

Other members of an imposing cast include Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray, Murray Kinnell, Jullette Compton and Claire Dodd. The picture was directed by Howard Bretherton, with William Keighley assisting...

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Excellent Entertain-

'ment

Said to be daring different and

Twenty years of villainy haven't intensely dramatic in theme RKO altered Ralph. Ince.

Radio Pictures' ""The Lost Patrol" presents Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny and

a strong supporting. cast in a colourful story of gallan-

The player who first became famous on, the screen as the Abraham Lincoln, "of several early Vitagraph pictures, and who short time later turned his talents to Alm villainy, has the cher role in "Guilty as Hell," a comedy mur- der story starring Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen, now at the King's Theatre.

To-day, after a lifetime of un- pleasant characterizations before the camera, he remaina one of the best liked players in Hollywood.

try and suffering on the desert of Mosopotamia.・

The story based on the famous novel by Philip MacDonald, centres about the plight of eleven 'men, members of a British cavalry de- bleak sands without knowledge of tachment which is lost on the its orders, its exact whereabouts, or its destination, when the com- manding officer is killed by snip-

Taking refuge in an oasis, the soldiers become virtual prisoners there when the Arab enemies slip up on the camp a sentry and steal their horses. A

at night, kt

ince went on the stage as a boy, joining "Richard Mansfield and fing Arabs. later appearing in "The College Widow. After several years be fore the footlights, he joined Vita- graph, played the role of Abraham Lincoln in a series of successes of the day, and then turned to direc-ring of death about them, the men ting.

react in various ways to the Among recent pictures in which strains of waiting for the inevi be has acted are "The Star Wit-table doom. As the invisible ness," "State's. Attorney", "The enemy strikes again and again, Mouthpiece," and The Lost and the ranks of the patrol grows even thinner, the drama is said to move swiftly to a tremendous

Bquadron."

In "Guilty as Hell an adaptation

of Daniel N, Rubin's successful climax Broadway play, Ince appears as a John Ford, whose list of direc gambler engaged to procure a bit torial successes te one of the most of evidence planted by a murderer imposing of screen history, direct- In his victim's hands to throw ed the production, all of which suspicion or another man. The | was nimed on a picturesque dese audience sees the crime commit- location in Aridona Wiere deto ted, and knows the culprit, but, and technicians ** sum hardan from the int

heat cast includes a Billy Bevans, idson Hurst, Douglas Walton

port

a detective, zespe

me, bungle, situations

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Kerri

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