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ACENCIES AND BRANCHES. ALOR STAR HLOHO More than Ave thousand applicants AMRITSAR appeared for "Palmy Days" chorus DANDROM when production began. Fifty girls BATAVIA were accepted as the most beautiful, DOMDAY and the georgeous ensembles in which CANTON they appear give unique enhancement CAWNPORN
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In a startling designed by Willy Fogany, the chorus DELI
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Wall street messenger boy whose un- usual luck wins him fame as a notor lous racketer, Eddie Quillan is quite a success. Featured in the leading role "Big Mon- of Pathe's comedy drama, ey," which scored a decided hit at the Central Theatre
and artistic triumph. This is by far the most de lightful dialogue picture in which
thun for appeared. Quilian has
We've seen gangster pictures aplon- ty, but never a comedy version of the tough, gat-bearing, vicious and murderous crew of the underworld, who care not who makes the nation's story coln. "Big Money" is na adroit that pokes fun at luck that never loses and the gangsters that pack a "rod." Hence, there are dramatic scenes, that fairly lift une out of one's chair, and incidents and wire-cracks that on
one with laughter. In this res-
lo it "Big Money" stands along pect, class.
Besides Quillan, Robert Armstrong, of "Oh Yeah" fame, James Gleason who also shone in that picture, and Miriam Seegar. a young atage tress of splendid appearance and mag- netic personality, who plays opposite Quillan, acquit themselves with sig. nat brilliance. In addition to these, there are players of prominence in the cast. These include Robert Gleckler,
Guard,
Myrtis Charles Sellen, Kit
well known to Crinley and others
Russell rereen fans. The direction by
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1. STUART, Greenwood. "Palmy Days" boasts application.
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Hongtour, 17th Angost. 198). the presence of three former musicial comedy stars. First, of
who ended soveral com Eddie Cantor, years ne star of musical shows with
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE the Ziegfeld production, "Whoopoo."
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Work." was all that could be asked by John
for while the photograptent
Mesenll was more than
"Big Money" with Ita suspense. thrill and laughs, is a distinct novel. ty and a credit to E. B. Derr, ita pro- ducer. It is a peppy human story that every fan will appreciate and
njoy.
The Sinn I Killed."
Although he is still in his twenties
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in "Palmy Days" Cantor uses the Batavia bland nonsense of his newest picture Bella as an attack on the practice of spiri- Bomber Caletta tualism and fortune telling. Eddie anten appears as the unwilling assistant to choretus
Israchi
Lobe
London
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Lyo un
Mantia
of fake mystics, through which Dairen (Dalny) Nagmaak! evealed some at the crooked tac-Fangtien
(Makden) annually 25,000,- Hankow is and HamDUTE the craft that to mulet the publle out of
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detail and experience Harbis atmosphere for the picture,
and has been in picturen only two to get doda
years or so, Phillips Holmes has to his credit parts in 15 movies, includ ing his most recent one, "The Man I Killed," which comes to the King's Theatre soon.
Eddie Hongkong
he is hailed as a
Ugnolais
Ria de
Janetro Balgo
Ban TERA Seattle
Bemarang
Bhangbai Thicnonowaki Singapore Bograbaya
Nugsyn Newchwang
New York
Bydowy
Osaka
Peipios
Tokyo
Fangoom
Telanfu
Talastas
Mestre.
visited numerous fortune tellers in Interest allowed on Current Accounts, New York, Los Angeles and other ci
Deposits received for £zed periočia at rates
R. NORL ties, gathering together actual in-to be obtained on application. stances exposed by the late Houdini. A deviation from spirituallam to
Kongkowe, March 11th, 1DEL Holmes has a heritage for acting, gained from his distinguished father, the role of bakery efficiency, manager highlights in BUC-
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDI Taylor Holmes, who has been a fa-provides one of the
mirth and excitement ourite actor of the stage for many cessive waves of
MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. years, and, at less frequent intervals, experienced by Canter and his troupe.
(Netherlands Trading Bosietr.) Howls of humour are bound to trail of the screen.
BANEKER. Young Holmer was born in Grand Eddie's bare feet in their scramble for Rupids, Mich, on July 22, received his safety when a bevy of beauties pur-
NOTABLISHED 1294. early education in that city and in suc him through a house partly, a robbery, a filting, and an anti-climax New York, then spent five years study. ing at Trinity College, England, and in which, despite Eddie's comical and
Konstanz Offont 11, Queen's Bond, Ben Yri a school In Paris, France. He
He agonized pleadings, he is
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and while
chance in pletures when Frank or stars is seen in "Palmy Days."
of these creations is worn by Bar-
Mr.
sity." The Princeton campus was chosen as the locale for many of the bar Weeks, who was recently signed
by to a five-year contract scenes in this picture, and Holmes, be-
Fl
ing a member of the Princeton Trian-Goldwyn.
Club, student dramatic association, was drafted for a minor part in the picture.
Helmes prestige as an actor has
new importance with each
AF, Picture. The general ex-
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Paris
New
which he had gained in the Geneva first thirteen reached full flower in Berlin
Ameri- "An
Onlo his fourteenth production, Can Tragedy,
one of the greatest Helsingfors screen aensations of the past seas- Athens son. Previewcritics who have seen "The Man I Killed" assert that this portrayal is even more vivid, more of Clyde intereating than the part Griffiths in An American Tragedy.
The complete list of pictures which follows. Holmes has appeared in Thirteen of them are Paramount Pic- tures. "The Criminal Code" was a Columbia picture, "Her Man" was an RKO Pathe production.
"Varsity." "His Private Life," "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," "Pointed Hecie," "Only The Brave," "Para mount un Parade," "The Devil's Holl- day." "Stairs of Sand," "Stolen Hen- ven,' "The Criminal Code," "Hor Man" "Conferetons of a
Co-Ed," "Grumpy," "An American Tragedy." "The Man I Killed."
"Flying High" At Queen's,
A queer new kind of arroplane, R dumb Inventor, and a waitress who has a "yen" to marry an aviator, are hilariously tossed together in "Fly- ing High" which is coming on Sunday to the Queen's Theatre.
"Flying High" is, of course, a talkle adaptation of the enormously success. ful Broadway stage musical comedy. The princival role of Rusty Krause is played by the same star who made the rubber-
such a bit in New the timi
faced Dort Lahr,
tuted comedian. He is ably supported in a long succession of funny gaga by lanky Charlotte Greenwood long and as the amorous
Misa
waitroes.
continual pur- auit of Lahr, and their final struggle in the queer aerocopter, far above the earth, have been handled by the adept. comedy director, Charles Riesner, to get a very maximum of laughs.
Other
lovers of the
include turn in
performances excellent per the place who Pat O'Brion, Kathryn Crawford, Char- Guy
"
les Winniger, He
Hedda Hopper, Kibbe and Herbert Braggisti.
The pleca is M-G-BI's first musical of the current season and it bristles with tuneful numbers, including "It's the First Time for Me," "Dance Until the Dawn" and "Happy Landings. The first in by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, the last two by Dorothy Fields and James McHugh who wrote "Go Home and Toll Your Mother."
The picture La decidedly for the tired business man, for in addition to its laughs it has a long procession of axtremely personable young ladies, a really beautiful beauty chorus, pick. ed and trained by Rusby Berkeley, whn did such a fine lob with "Whoo- pec."
"Palmy Days."
Eddie Cantor's memorable entry in- to the motion picture Armament by making "Whoopee" has been eclipsed in "Palmy Daya," the famous comic's second screen vehicle which will be presented by Samuel Goldwyn at the King's Theatre to-day.
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