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Daily News from New York, New York • 152

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DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1927 21 GARDEN OPENS The Park Central roof garden, JANNINGS9 GENIUS PROVED IN "WAY OF ALL "WEDDING BELLS" GIGGLY By IRENE THIRER. 12,000 TURN OUT TO SEE VILMA AND ROD WED Br GEORGE SHAFFER. Hollywood, June 26. From three hours prior to Vilma Banky's arrival at Beverly Hills Church of the Good Shepperd where she was married to Rod La Eocque TO SEE. PANTHEON Gov.

Dan Moody of Texas and his party will view the Pantheon de la Guerre at Madison Square garden tomorrow. Gilbert will produce a show for the Columbia circuit. Selwyn sails July 2 from Paris on the Aquitania. WAYBURN'S 'CHICKS Ned Wayburn's fourth vaudeville revue of the season will be known as "Chicks" and have a cast of twenty with twelve scenes. This will be followed by another unit show of fifty actors.

atop the new 35-story hotel at Seventh and 55th at, opened Saturday night, with an entertainment including Lisbeth and Romero, dancers, and Lloyd Garrett and Ruth Williams, formerly of "The Student Prince," DANCER RETURNS After a six-week vacation abroad, Florentine Gosnova has resumed her dancing in "Honeymoon "Kiss Me" opens tonight at Atlantic City. Cecil Owen is staging the re vival of "Madame Don't miss yr favorite fratares. Have THK NEWS seat ta four vacation address. MOTION PICTURES. "The Way of All Flesh." a Paramount production, directed by Victor Fleming and presented at the Rialto theatre.

THE CAST: Auetist fV-hillef Emit Jannlnrs Mrs. Schiller Belle Bennett Ma? me Pnyllia Haw A ueuat jr Donald Keith The Tough i'reii Koltler THE CHILDREN: Aurunt Philippe de Kvald Mickey MdBan Charlotte Beuy Ann Hiaie Elizabeth Carmencita Jnhnsoa Karl Gordon Thorpe Heinrich Jackie Comb Emil Jannings, the man who made in Germany such movies as "The Last Laugh," "Variety," "Faust" and a score or so of others equally meritorious in their own way; he who was finally induced to journey to Hollywood and continue his cinema career there, offers for public perusal his first American made motion picture. "The Way of All Flesh," poignant, powerful melodrama not based on the Samuel Butler story, but on an original by Perley Poore Sheehan proves only what we already know that Jannings is the greatest DO YOU REMEMBER the first girl who. walked home from an automobile ridel WARNER BROS. Present "THE FIRST AUTO" THE ROMANCE OF THE LAST HORSE AND THE FIRST HORSELESS CARRIAGE Lea via a- the eltyt Doa't onset to aave vow favorite newspaper follow von.

MOTION PICTURES. OLONI At 53d with a I ff cX v- BARNEY OLDFIELD THK MASTER DRIVER A WARNER BROS. PRODUCTION ON THE SCREEN AND IN PERSON and New VTTAPHONE Presentations EVOLUTION OF DIXIE "THE HAPPINESS BOYS" AUNT JEMIMA WEBER FIELDS of all character actors among us; that a slapstick comedy might become a pictorial masterpiece with Jannings as its star; that Hollywood production has not lost to Emil his acute sense of realism, his uncanny power of perfect portrayal. The vehicle itself, having been well selected, nevertheless falls a bit short. For the first half it is excellent.

In this part Jannings seems to give Director Victor Fleming a tip or so about how megaphones are handled in Germany. During the second half Emil, under stress of his difficult and splendid characterization, must have turned the picture over to Fleming completely. And, while it smacks of realnesa and subtlety in the beginning, it becomes sentimental, almost trite stuff finely directed, however, toward its conclusion. Sheehan's script as well shares responsibility for this condition. Jannings starts the tale as a small town cashier, a self-confident, kindly individual, entirely satisfied with his home life his wife, his six robe.

GALA PREMIERE KNTTBB RECEIPTS CP PREMIERE PERFORMANCE FOR BENEFIT GYMNASIUM FOND NEW YORK HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM PRICES $1.00 and $2.00. Good Seat. Only on Sale at Box Office "AN ITALIAN FANTASY" By W. FRANKE HARLING d) Tarantella (JaccKia) e) "Gondoliers and Divorcees' g) "Ukin'theUke" h) "Santa Lucia" i) Finale "Venice. You're Coins To Be" f) "Caro Mio" At the bank, where he rules supreme over a dozen or so tinder-workers, he regards himself as just about the best thing alive.

When he bows to his superiors, however, he is humble, very humble, indeed. Picture gllmPSeS Of his home lifa crtranrHmarMir Tool a) SiiMr, Signora" "PcaT Sigoora, c) "Ja a Lktle Souvenir" 50th SL znd 7th Ave. The World's Greatest Theatre DOORS OPEN at 11:30 A. M. ROOT a) "Wecteewood" of the Niekt" d) R0XY him up from his bed with the 7 o'clock alarm in the morning.

Gently he wakes each child, pacifies those who would quarrel, tends to the baby, does little tasks for his wife, presides over the breakfast table and finally departs for the bank. At his office it said his beard and mustachios are his power. "If old Schiller shaves his whiskers, it'll he like DIVERTISSEMENTS: b)" Fianperenes" c) "Watchman. Whj The Moth and the Flame c) "till. til.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CF 110 THE FEATURE "MOON OF ISRAEL" with MARIA CORDA an F. B. O. Picture his hair," they jest. They mock curls the mustachios.

But he's important, just the same. Beranso a late duty call to the bank his employer informs August that he's to be sent to Chicago as a special trusted messenger to dispose of some valuable bonds. tT New York's Greatest SuaimrrReiort "11 Best Ventttared Theatre in America ft (L TesMOerature A Itray 68 Degrees JJ A Rod La Rocque Vilma Banky today until hours afterward, the movie colony was the scene of an unwatched wedding spectacle. Comedy marched into the church along with the stately rhythm of the Catholic cermony when Samuel Goldwyn, film producer, who sponsored the eeremony and gave away the bride, tripped and skidded in Miss Banky's twenty-foot wedding veil of tulle while following her from the bridal limousine up the church steps. A crowd of 12,000 persons was lookinir on from every vantage point within blocks.

The streets began filling three hours beforehand. Church bella pealed, frock coated cinema gallants raced up behind screeching police motor- cvcle escorts, small boys climbed atop of parked cars, -women waved handkerchiefs and fainted while rope lines, which had been stretched for blocks around the church broke before the 12,000. At Valentino Altar. Miss Banky and La Rocque were married before the same altar which Inst October witnessed the last offices for Rudolph Valentino. The si me priest.

Father Michael F. Mullins, performed the two ceremonies. Today's crowd exceeded even that of Valentino's funeral. The comedy note galloped up when Tom Mix, who had previously announced he would "bring my horse if 1 can't wear my five-gallon hat to the wedding," drove up behind two coal black steeds in an imperial phaeton, formerly the property of a German noble, which Mix imported from Europe. Movie cameramen cranked off Mix's arrival just as they did the pomp and correctness of the bride, the groom, the skidding Mr.

Goldwyn and the stern Cecil DeMille, who was La Rocque's best man. Stars as Bridesmaids. The bridesmaids were Mildred Davis Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Constance Talmadge, Monque La Rocque, Diane Kane and Frances Howard Goldwyn. They were rivaled in consequence by the ushers, who were Harold Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Victor Varion, Donald Crip, Jack Holt and George Fitz-mauriee. La Rocque and Miss Banky will take a honeymoon trip into the Canadian Rockies; later they plan to visit Miss Banky's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Konszycs, in Nagy- dorg, Hungary. I ilma came to this country in 1925. She and La Rocque met at a dinner party at Cecil B. De Mille's home.

She spoke no English La Rocque spoke nothing else. Six months later they met againshe had mastered English. Three weeks later they announced their engagement and in another three weeks announced the wedding date. Wife to Join Syd Chaplin. Mrs.

Sydney Chaplin has announced her plan to leavte Los Angeles and join her husband in London, stilling whispers of a do mestic break, fcyd Chapun is now makine pictures in his native country. Good luck came in Gowen Lee's front door the same day the ambulance drew up at the side door and Joaded her in. The actress is now recovering from acute appendicitis, which necessitated a hurried Schiller, in all eagerness, sets cute blonde vamp, who notes his wallet, laden with bonds, and makes up to him. They get intoxicated on champagne and when the train reaches Chicago she induces him, because he's so young, to get rid of his beard and mustache. He like a different person.

But she wdd night. And in the morning he discovers his wallet has been stolen. He cannot face the disgrace that lies before him. Thus when the body of a man who had stolen from August and thus possessed some of the cashier's things on his person is found on the railroad tracks, the newspapers carry the story of the heroic bank messenger who died in the call of duty. Several years later August, an old, decrepit bum, is seen peering into the window of his former home on Christmas eve watching his family in their Yuletide happiness.

His eldest and favorite son, August rot recognizing him, offers him shelter and food, but the old man refuses. He walks off into the blinding snowstorm. And the film fades out. Supporting the unsurpassable Emil much the whole picture Belle Bennett gives a convincing performance as the buxom Mrs Schiller. Phyllis Haver does the best bit of work in her career as Mayme, the vamp.

Philippe de Lacey, Carmencita Johnson and Betsy Ann Hisle are charming children who deserve mention for an inspiring naturalness. Phyllis Haver and Emil Jannings children, his dinners and his ward him when he strokes the hoorH forth. On the train hp mt does this and immediately fools leads him on. More champagne. A production, directed by Erie Kenton.

mgn-naitea comedian a usual gaggy output. It abounds with laugh-provoking situations. And though sometimes you can kick Yourself for giggling at the very foolishness of it, you've got to admit that there is a good deal that is spontaneous and genuinely clever. It's about Algy, who was seven times a best man but never a bridegroom. When he meets the one and only girl lots of complications set in, including a "big blonde bliz zard newest for vamp a theft and various fights.

Finally the wedding bells ring out for Algy and the only girl. Ann Sheridan, a flaxen-haired newcomer, is she. Not much to speak about histrionically, but pretty. Hallam Cooley, --j "Wedding Bells," a Paramount 13 CUirruh Mb llic oiajuutiub tut uviu, Raymond Griffith's newest funny one is quite in keeDini with BEFORE THE! SUMMER. VACATION Give Yourself and Family tfie wonderful Experience of feeing CEtiLaDEMILLtrS' PICTURE OF PICTURES Slay ay cfetna: AucrtotrtM DAILY CVtS SGati- 'SAX MAX 50 to 150 Hippodrome Continuous Noon ta 1 1 FM ED WYNN Vaudeville la "RT BHKR HKKLS KS.

ta ksasfteaM' CAMEO! TMr AKIN 1. 1 ur DR. CAUGAKl With Conrad Venn Also CHA9. CHAP1.1W B'VAYi; At 41t Street! of Artists ModeU THE OtCKEl uuiu r. eiirir ACTS Hh fin Horaen LOIS WILSON in BROADWAY NIGHTS' Mtnsvtvaniana Oreheatra rKKUKIt yRADsVIN IBminmi vioimmi BROOKLYN tiao 89 Cooiina Plant: 7 Degree Atwavt hklyN Art Laadrr Baod so Otaera tol.

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M. Popular Prices! RIVOLI 'w 49 ta SON SO, GARDEN Vfr-Zl Vic li r.HPRRF. rwia CJwAH Sfrtotajnrnerit of wona war Mir I ires 3k DAiLV OJLH Cfi iOfHjlT SUNDAY ItDIl I Aawces JefTeaon Memorial hamdatson-X Bead the SUJTDAT NEWS. ft, IV MAM I.J vv- it Ann Sheridan and Raymond Griffith capabie supporting cast, and Erie Kenton's direction is smooth and snappy..

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