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At the Cinema

FTER fteen years, a

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of

"Way Down Enat" has "appeared. It is strange

to think of it. Going back to 1920 in the history of flim trama 15 something ke theatre-goers reverting to Aristophanes.

When D. W. Griffith, then the unchallenged king of producers, made the original, his leading Indy was the tremulous, shrinking Lillan Olsh. In the Western Blate of Oklahoma there was a four- year-old Hitle girl named Rochelle lludron, who find never been to the cinema.

Miss Hudson in the present

• heroine of the picture, which

opens on Sunday at the

Capitol. At 19, she has been

neven flms.

In New England

THE story of warm-hearted

but intolerant farmfolk

the State of Vermont remains rincere domestic melodrama,

Misa Hintson, dark and big-eyed, in

es ethereal than her famous pre- lecessor, but just as sympathetic.

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Henry Fontis, a numbly young actor. the son of the hole, originally Hayed by Richard Bartheline; and he villainous gentlemanly seducer is Jepleted by Edward Trevor, not quite to well na by the creator of the pari. Lowell Blierman, who died only a few months ago.

Glim Bummerville, Andy Devine. Russell Simpson, Astrid Allwyn and glorious Margaret Hamilton (ab A mybody all present convincing rural personages.

Heroine on Ice

PERIOD of 30 years ago is mug- gented by the ballads in vogue. but this does not the expression

Whoopee!' from the village post- mar..

Otherwise, setting and sentiment are beyond criticism. The whole thing in

An essay on the milic of huma: kindness resisting the rennet of gossip and bigotry, A

The final frills on the cracking ter of the rapids are done with a reallem almost painful in its intensity. The Incident WIL based on an actual tragedy at Niagara Fall.

The Sunny Hales MR. AND

MRS. CONNIE HALE (Jensio Matthews) return to the creem very vivaciously in "First a Girl," at the Tivolt.

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Way Down

East

AGAIN

no rood. Mr. Hale plays a down-and- But comedian and a fenule impersian- tor, and Jensie is called upon to play a young ina who takes his place. You see it? Jessie looks so exactly like a #irl, especially in her daring dance costumes, that it was no wonder an- other young man resolved to confirm 1 suspiciona.

As Way Down East." some thin ice is minceuvred, but actual pleasnathers in adroitly skirted in the bvious bedroom embarrassments and love scene.

Girls and Tunes -

R HALE (who spouts Romeo and Bзy it is "As You Like It") works with cheery energy, and has hilarious finale in cabaret girl undrets..

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Miss Matthews is, if possible, better than ever. and, with a shapely chorus. Juta over numbers with spirit and allure, in GO! gorgeous settings. Anna Lee. Alfred Drayton and Edule

the Gray made

of limited inost chances.

The lust episode puzzled me. Why the police should be concerned with a mild Immud on an audience I do not know; nor did it seem very sensible for two English people to cross the frontier Inte Italy t this noment, especially with "phoney" passport.

Oil Work, No Play

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E only needless interruptions to O for the Lamps of China were the turning leaves of the book on which it is based.

Interesting enjoyed tlako

und capably-made story about a young American anlesman of all who sacri- fices his child, his friend and the best years of ls life for an ungrateful cor. poration. I do not recommend China for a married business man.

Many wife will appreciate the theme, which is the male strogadie between conflicting "loyalties, domestle and commercial.

Chinese "Anxiety"

EPAT OBRIEN plays the pushing

hero very well. In his position

I would have resigned and joined British oil Interests, who, I hope, treat their employees more humanely. But he was not that sort. declaring that China is anxious and rendy, for the United States business mati." I did not notice this anxiety. Graft and banditry were all in the day's work.

Josephine Hutchluson is tender an tenable as the wife, and Donak Crisp, Lyle Talbot and arme Arst-rate The Chinese actors do capital work picture opens to-day at the Regal.

Baker's Treat

JOSEPHINE BAKER, dusky flaunt- ing queen of Paris revue, obviously enjoyed making her firat nim. "Zou. Zou" now at the Rialto.

She has sonto strulling, uncovered moments, but, if I may confers it, mostly fully clothed and far less interesting, as a laundry firl.

The picture in a very crude afar. *TC me its main interest is the “ dubbing" This process, general on the Continent, but seldom seen here. consists of grafted voices in another

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Language 011 the Alm's soundtrack. to At the players' ip-movements. "Zou- Zou" was photographed and recorded in French. English worda were concocted later. They often at the pleture.

Shorn Politics

NEXT Monday the London Pavilion shows Arma and the Girl." with hand- Robert bumptious Young and delightful Barbara Stanwyck.

Lotme,

Most of

13 u the story miner monotonous. wine. cracking trek from Mexico to Washington. dodging police. The heroine loves u revolu Limary college boy,

Censorial scissors have been busy un nos; of the politics origmally in the story. Bome of

car-Fascist in WHB Tune. The reformers are made to appear contemptible, even now. But their "Red" argu- ments have been whittled slown into Samuelite Liberalium.

In the some bili is flaney's " Mickey's Fire Brigade."

Romeo Wanted

to Norma O will play Romeo Shearer's Jullet? Don't all shout at once

Fifty letters a day reach the Metro- Goldwyn studio from aspirants. Robert Donat han refused, and Brian Aherne is being conaldered if he can spare the time.

Mr. Aherno is more in demand than Any other British aclor these days. Our own studion have little chance of luring him back, This Birmingham. born young man has just finished two big leading man roles-with Joan Crawford, in "I Live My Life" and with Katharine Hepburn in "Sylvin Scarlett."

Magic Play Names

NOTICE that one of the newest young magnates of British flims, Mr. Paul Boskin, has been contending that artistic' pictures are not for him.

He would like to make a "Crime Without Pasalon," or some Dickens. but is out to make money. Therefore he will concentrate on buying the rights of muccessful plays.

"It is an Infallible way to success," bo asterio, urging that the very name of a long-run play is magle for the box. ollec

Mr. Boskin must forgive my s agreeing with his views, respectfully but utterly,

Deceptive Runs

MR. BOSKIN, with a little more

experience, Will

that Icar "Crime Without Passion" and "David Copperfield" made money, in spite of being artistle.

Also, tant play subjects are far from Infallible im successes. Even those with record runs. I shall, for example. be more than interested to hear of huge profits from the fitm version of "The Farmer's Wife," "The First Mrs. Fraser,"

"The The Arcadians, Vortex" or "The Constant Nymph." These five pinya' average run was I could give over 700 performances. others.

Besides, if Mr. Boski: collars the half-dozen or so long-run plays every year, that leaves nothing for the rest of the film world. Which seems hardly fair.

Now Available

MY first choice among ceneral re lenses is "The Wedding Night." Anna Sten, beauteous and with re trained physical glamour, plays the daughter of a Polish farmer in Neu England.

<Gary A young author Cooperf falls in love with her, but ha wife turns up and ends the interlude. It is delicately done; acting is splen- did, and tho Retting unusual,

Well-tried and always effective humour from W. O. Fields, as n hen- pecked husband, makes "The Memory Expert" a highly entertaining domes. tte comedy.

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Nineteen year old Rochelle Hudson stars in the talking film version of Way Dawn East" with Henry Fonda,

American play that a bound to fall foul of the Censor unless the central theme 13 eliminated.

"Public Nuisance No. 1" is the name of the picture now being made here with Frances Day and Arthur Riscoe. It is also the name of the next Hollywood film of the child actress, Jane Withers.

Janet Gaynor will be leading lady for Robert Montgomery lu

Small Town Girl,"

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Whipsnw."

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