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"Marión”Davier' now starring film, "It's Wise Child," which well open on Thursday at the Queen's Theatre, is said to be the most mirth-provoking picture of this popular comedienne

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"It's Wise Child" was purchased for Mian Davies' use because film executives belloved that the long-fun Broadway stage hit would provide the screen star with an ideal vehicle. After the purchase of the stage play, Laurence F. Johnson, author of the play, was engaged to prepare the cinema adaptation.

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CINEMA SCREENINGS. whom have attained prominence on Bruce, was attending the Hollywood course, the hero's home, the heroine's fled Bishop and popular Alf Goddard, the legitimate stage, have important community school but now will Join ball-which was the purping and in- as a well-cast bookmaker, add further roles in the now picturo,

Mitzi Green, Jacklo Searl and other tent of the art director, who is respon-to the laughs. There are a couple of ugly-looking but laughable house- Among the Important feminine sup-motion pleture children at the Para-sible for the atmosphere. NOTES' SUPPLIED BY THE porting players are Polly Moran, who mount school.

"Atmosphere," says Captain Day, breakers, ond of which is played by THEATRES.

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There is velenco in art directions to have it correct in every detail in English films for some year,

Incorporated by Moral Charter 183). take it from Capt. Hichard Day, noted And that includes the English_style" "Bed and Breakfast should nypent That's to Hongkong, for li fa real English "Forbidden Adventure,

art director, who acted in that in merry-go-round horses.

HİAD OFFICKI LONDON capacity in the production of "The what I mean by saying that there is farce, that follows very closely on the Because of his charming English Devil To Pay", Ronald Colman's latest science in art direction. For science lines of "Rookery Nook" and others accent and his regal features, youth-talking pletare which comes to the is knowledge, and if you don't ab of that type that have been already

solutely know what is correct, how seen here. ful Bruce Line was chosen by Para- Queen's Theatre on Sunday.

in the name of St. Georgo and the mount to enact the role of little Max,

To begin with, the picture's locale dragon, are you going to make it the boy king of Slovaria in "Forbid

BANGOON Clothes may make the man, but not ALOR STAR KAHO den Adventure", the comedy chronicle England. As a happy-go-lucky pro-convincing?" We leave it to you.

AMRITSAR Gobnan tukea Loretta

IPOH Hollywood digal son

the actor. The more costumes an "Bed and Breakfang,"

BANGKOK KARAUSTI of kids and grown-ups

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And the more artificial the BORBAY British films shown in Hongkong comes. King's Theatre on Sunday next.

копи The Kearch for the proper Ind tola fairly bulging with love. Loretta.

high less real and the loss real the poorer | SALOUTTA KUALA enact this part in the screen version it seeme, is the first genuine heart recently have maintained

KANOBAR SITIAWAN of Sinclair Lowis' novel, was an in-attack the sophisticated playboy has standard and "Bed and Breakfast," actor.

which begins te-day at the King's Such, at least, is the opinion of DAWNTORE KUALA - BOURABAYA "It's a Wine Child" was a David tense one, Insting more than a month.jever experienced

LUMPUR TAIPING Helasco #tego production and n atand- Hundreds of children were interview. Now, you'd think off hand, that afdoes not do anything to lower the Joseph Schildkraut, who is coming to

TIENT IN out hit during is engagement at the ed,

merry-go-round horno was just that, Average. A merry matrimonial force the Central Theatre today in the 00100

TOKYO Holanco Theatre in New York. This Bruce, who is ten years old,, was A block of wood carved to represent that pins through a succession of James Cruze, Inc., production, "Cock DAIREN

TONGEAH story of the embarrassing anal ap-born in Mariborough, Binnsachusetts, an impossiblo Fort of animal, and embarrassing situations, it has a first-o the Walk" based on the novel DELHI

(10kket): roarious effects caused by gossip in a while his family was in the United that nationality nover so much as en-class cast, some crisp dinlegue and "Haplaess, Insurance," by Arturo HAIPHONG

TEĽNOTAO small town has been praised by States an a visit. Except for ac- Lered their inanimate lives if there very funny situations that raise the Mom..

Schildkraut has appeared in many HANKOW

YOZOKAMA dramatic critics an one of the best companying his parente to Amerien can be such a thing. But, you should laughs from title to firul fade-out,

A new batch of English stars as costume pictures, but he admits ho HARBIN force-comedies of the theatre, Those on a subsequent trip, Bruce has lived see them in Colman's picture. By no

some well-known' anca I prefers straight rolon so far as clothes WONGKONG

WAVE CALOUTTA

CANTOR who have seen the plcture declare that mostly in Australia where he wont stretch of the imagination can you well an

In "Cock of the Walk" "Torslan' Exodazzo and General Banking CAPOO it in even funnier.

to school.

conceive them to be anything but introduced in the film. Most of the aro concerned.

humour in derived from the sorios ho is cast as a Latin lover and the intruzimated."

QOLAMBO Miss Davies Wha directed by Ambition to be an actor was arous-English.

Derives Anabe opened And Fund DAIRIOS Robert 7. Leonard, who directed "The ad in him when Nancy Carroll was In fact, you'd never mistake any comic efforts and by-play of Richard story of his affairs with many women'

Deposit received for one year or shore WOOCO Bachelor Father"; "The Cardboard m thi same boat coming from animate or inanimate object as any Cooper, the lead in "Lord Richard a packed with drama.

Schildkraut is supported in "Cockat puts which will be quoted en

application. Lover" and several of her other out Honolulu recently. Miss Carroll and thing but English in all the produc-the Pantry," who is ably supported

1. STUART. standing pictures. Sidney Blackmer. Bruce become great friends during the tion's many scenes-South Africa, by a London stage favourite, Jane of the Walk" by a sterling east, in-

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