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The Adventures of
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News-Important And Unimportant
at
For modesty among the acting.craft, none excoeds. C. Aubrey' Smith, Let's hear him discourse on the subject of nows--impor- tant and unimportant
"I can understand, after many readers all over the world. I can years on the stage and in films." understand, too, that certain events says the rugged veteran, "how one which in themselves are small, does become an item of news to have a picturesque news value which entitles them to considerable prominence in the newspapers: But T'don't understand what con- stitutes news.
"A FAMILY AFFAIR"
1i
Lionel Barrymore, always PTLLS-
"For instance, I airived in Eng- land after several years in Holly- wood, primarily on a visit to see my grandson. As far as I know no one
ter of the character analysis in was aware of the town in which he a screen portrayal, again touches lived, yet when I arrived at the house in Glasgow there were eleven the heart in his latest role as a fearless old county judge. In "A reporters waiting on the doorstep Family Affairs," which will be for me, I suppose this is an age screened at the Majestic Theatre which can be described as the |'candid - camera age,' and a 'flim to-day with a supporting cast that is strongly reminiscent of actor has no right to regard any "Ah Wilderness!" similarly belongs to his pubile and his pubita part of this life as private. He
duced at the Metro-Goldwyn-
wants news of him. He also belongs Mayer studios.
Cecilia Parker and Eric Lin- Robin den provide the young romance,
"A slight Case of Murder"
"Paris Honeymoon””
CATHAY
"The Good Earth"
ALHAMBRA:
"The Crime of 'Dr. Hallet" STAR:
"Elfe Of The Party" - "Hitting A New High" MAJESTIC:
"Battle Of Broadway"
as they did in the earlier story.
to the newspapers,
AN EMBARRASSMENT For the young film players no Others in the cast are Julle Hay- news is bag news, but for someone don, Mickey Rooney, Spring who has spent a lifetime on stage. Byington, Charley Grapewin and and screen a front page can often Sara Hader George Seltz was be an embarrassment. One gets tired the director.
of seeing one's name in the pres "A Family Affair!! is the and one suspects that the public graphic story of any small Ameri- gets tired of it, too. Yet there is can town with its loves and its still for me at least,
got a thrill,
hatreds. Its bitter animosities a genuine pleasure in seeing, my and strong friendships. All the name in print when I know it is characters and circumstances are there because of a legitimate pews there.
angle.
"I accepted the part in "The Four Feathers at the request Alexander Korda not because «the part itself was made sufficiently enticing to lure me to stay longer in England but because primarily I have always beld the view that two fim subjects which were certain of success were "The Four Feathers” and The Prisoner of Zenda.'
CROSSWORD
NO. 270
"ACROSS
1. Mineral
spring
4. Odd Job
9. Sense organ'
I
12.
Possessed
T
20
13. Seraglio
14. Meadow
22
23
0:
15. False
- 27.
17. Body of
water
70
29 30 31 32
19. Cut the
20 Minute
particle
outer part
21. Containing
olly matter
23. Food
26. Supposed
hypnotic
force
27. Plunderer
28. Hemispheri-
cal root
33. Seat with a
back
34. How!
36. Symbol for dysprosium
37. Laboured hard 38. Soft-12 41. Coarse
perennials
42. Prophet 43. Polyphonic
composition
45. Observed 48. Constellation 49. Fragrant
oleoresin
51. Negrito 52. Prohibit
53. Clothed
54. Negative
57
43 44
2. Close
friend
3. Expert
4. Cautious
5. Detest
6. Native
compound
7. Note of the
scale
8. Characterised by strong feelink
9. Component 10. Armative
vote
11. Bring forth 16. Large vessel 18 Heavenly body.
20. Exclamation
of despair 21. Central·
point
22. Mature
person
rote
DOWN
Personal
pronoun
24. Requires
23 Suffix; per-
taining to
SOLUTION TO-MORBOW
124 125
36
25. Carts of
three spots
29. One acrupu-
lous in his re- ligious life
30. Tree
ii, Swis writer on physicg- nomy
32. Sweetsop 35. Half an em 38. Having an
offensive smell
39. Hawaiian
wreath
40, Colourless
crystalline compound
42. Any 43. Fairy queen 44. Anglo-Saxon
money of account Bird's bill Greek letter
Period of 'time'
"Behold
FISTARE
TODAY ONLY
SHOTTER
ELLIS JEFFREYS
MORBOW
HERBERE WILCOX
OF THE PARTY" Joe Penner Gene Raymond
"In other words," concludes the modest Smith, "my own contribu-' tion to this picture is, I think, of jess interest to newspaper readers than the subject matter of the film itself."
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Gordon Ouyer who plays the ton, he made his foot role of Allen, the ambitious young in "Elizabeth the Que MISCELLANEOUS Cathedral police officer in Columbia's "Rac-years ago.
former Beveral local Women's Fellowship Working keteers, is the son of s Party, Cathedral Hall, 10 am,
New York banker who retired followed by and came to California for his rafere i MOON-Chinese Moon, 9th health. He was born in Los in 1938
Angeles on April 27th, SOCIAL ---- Whist Drive and Tombola parent, were Mr. and
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