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POSITION SOUND IN SPITE OF

LOSSES

London, Nov. 3, Commenting, upon the fall of

"Midnight - Mary," powerful crook drama, brings a strong cast hended by Loretta Young, Ricardo. Cortez,

the Metro-Goldwyn-averaged about five points ainço Franchot Tone, Andy Dovine and Una Siamese securities, which haa

rebellion broke out, Slayer production to be shown as the the

at the Queon's Times is able emphatically to con next attraction

tradict the rumours of an impend- ing financial crash in the Far East state..

Theatro.

It is a thrilling story of life in the upper strata of crookdom. Loretta Young is forced by circumstances to Join a gang of crooks. Events move at lightning speed as the gang gets more ambitions in their operationis. Miss

falls in love with Tone, Apung attorney. When the gangster leader decides to kill Tone the dramatic tension mounts to a terrific tempo.

The Times says that it seems thore are considerable reserves in London, which in no way have been diminished.

On the contrary, last year's in- creased debt service has always bear mot out of revenue.

Currency réserve, of which two- In the supporting cast are Frank

Warron Hymer, Ivan Simp-thirds is in sterling, is 781⁄2 per Conroy, An Harold

Huber, Sandy Roth, cent, of the note issue.

The decline of revenue in the Martha Sleeper, Charles Grapowin Halliwell Hobhes and Robert Emmett country since 1980 is due to a fall O'Connor.

and Eddie Cline, a graduate of the Mack Sennett sure-fire comedy school, directed the picture.

Comedy highlights are provided by In the price of rice and other Una Merkel in a hilarious drinking commodities and has been more scene and through action in which than covered by economies.--- the "kids" the gangsters. Andy De-Router. vine as a wealthy playboy gets into one scrape after another until he finally meets a tragic death. Loretta Young and Franchot Tone have sover al light love scenes when they are trying to get acquainted in his office.

William Wellman, veteran of such

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"Public Enemy," "The Conquerors" and re-

"Say it with action whenever pos cently "Bread Line," directed from ansible" is Aifred Santell's theory in orginal by Anita Less.

directing motion pictures and he- fol- low's it by taking full advantage of the camera's extreme mobility.

ВИСССЕДОВ дя

"Sweepings"

The tragedy of having too much monoy and of an enterprise that, be- comes too large for its heirs to mana- ge, in graphically and dramatically told in KRO-Radio Pictures "Sweep inge", coming on Sunday to the King's Theatre,

with Lionel Barrymore in the starring role.

The Alm is elaborately staged. whirling its auditors through several decades of Anierican history, each era representated in its proper settings, costumos and social life..

In support of Barrymore are Alan Dinchart. Ninetta Sunderland, Gre- gory Ratoff, William Gargan, Gloria Stuart, George Mecker, Eric Linden, Lucien Littlefield and many other prominent players. John Cromwell directed.

"The Past of Mary Holmes"- Your emotions get a terrific bat- tering from many intensely dramatic angles in "The Past of Mary Heimes now playing at the Central Theatre. Here is a drama bound to give your heart a twist. It analyzes the strange temperament and reveals the tora Bout of a woman who has fak len from fame and glorya woman who nourishes a hatred for her son and then finds, when her testimony has acquitted him of murder, that she loves him.

"Bondage"

For example, in an early scene of "Bondage", the current Fox success at the King's Theatre, featuring Dorothy Jordan, Alexander Kirkland and Merle Tottenham, Santell used a moving camera to niake explanations which under ordinary methods would have required many lines of dialogue, a printed insert, and several photo- graphic setups.

The scene In one showing an am- Lulance dashing up to a girl's board- ing home, doctors emerging, enter ing the place and removing a sick girl. Santell covered all of action without a break and in one setup, by using a camera attached to a mobile steel crane.

this

Mounted outside the bulking, the camera picked up the arrival of the speeding ambulance. Then as Kirk land, who plays a physician, entered the boarding home it moved for ward and upward to that the lens moment on the sign focused for a above the door. Continuing its up. ward and forward progress, it swept where the sick right through the window of the second floor room girl lay, and photographed the action which continued there.

Thus the identity of the building and the girls inside was established without a break in the action or a word of spoken explanation.

"Fra Diavole.""

Laurel and Hardy, make their latest appearance in a feature length comedy in "Fra Dinvole", a story of a pair of rollicking bandits, based on Auber's famous comic opera

Mary Holmes, known in the town an the Goose Woman, drinks and drinks to forget that she has lost her brillant voice and no longer is the famous

opera star whom royalty toasted and the world lauded.

Retired to an old shack in a Jersey suburb she is sunk in dirt and squalor, The picture is reported to be the living in dilapidated old house with most ambitious yet undertaken by the noted laugh pair of "Pardon Us" and her dog, her geeRD and her gin.

Eric Linden and Heln MacKellar "Pick Up Your Troubles, its cast share neting honours, young Linden including such outstanding names us giving a poignant performance as Dennis King, the noted singer and the son, and Miss MacKellar per-stage star, and Thelma Todd, who forming marvels as the Goose Wo has contributed to the humour of a man, first an ugly slattern and then long list of scroon productions. A gorgeous beauty. This is her first screen appearance after many years of saying "No" to offers. It is hoped

it will not be her last. that

Supporting the cast are, Jean Ar- thur, "Skeets" Gallagher, Ivan Sim- pron, Clay Clement and J. Carrol Notch.

"Hook, Line and Sinker."

Mood Lucas, James

Also involved in the hilarious in- eldents of the latest Laurel and Hardy Lucilla opus are James Finlayson,

Henry Armet Brown, Arthur P

Lane Chandler, Matt Nena Quartero,

The C. Morton and Carl Harbough. screen adaptation of the comic opera was made by Joanie MacPherson and the picture was produced and directed Of course it's funny-Hook, Line by Hal Roach with Charles Rogers and Sinker", which will be seen at

atory of the two friends who the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Mon-turn bandita in retaliation for being day and Tuesday.

robbed of their life savings just It goes without saying, with such a when they meant to retire is reported n its battery of professional fun-makers to be permeated with humour from contributing to the story's hilarious very opening real to finish. Far success! In the starring roles are instance, Hardy is sentenced to be

Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Bert who can point to many postive "hits" hanged. Laurel is given the hang-

man's assignment. since they entered the talkie field. Laurel and Hardy flirt with a couple In the leading femfhine role is of milkmaids. Laurel waves a red Darothy Lee, who combines charm handkerchief. A bull gets the way- rate beauty with a hoydenish comedying invitation and charges. flair, Jubyns Howland, with a come- During a scomingly dull moment, dy history of more than twenty years. Laurel becomes restless. He begins

of laughter inspires bursts

She is fumbling with his hands. He ori- the she appears on screen.

ginates what is called the "kneesy, six-foot-three in her French heels.

And last but not least, Tim. Whelan, earsy, nosoy" game, and soon the en- is responsible for the atory "Hook tire household, Including the soldiers are fumbling all ever themselves in Lins and Sinker," Ralph Spence, ono

whenever

of the best known "wise-crackers" order to master the simple process and dialogue specialists in Alms, col- of mingling knees, cars and nose to- laborated with Whelan on the lines; gether:

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I STILL CLAIM THAT WAS NO

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OUT-Y'SEE; RUNNING ON THIS LOOP UNE, IT HÁS TO GO BACK TO THE CEMENT PLANT -- CANT GO ANYWHERE ELSE!

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