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PART FOUR THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY. JANUARY g. 1928 Clara Is Alluring Enough THE SCREEN GRIEF TURNED Lady Luck Picked on P. A. BEAUTY BEST IN SMALLDOSES Even Jazz Must Be Dolled Up, Says Director Behind the Roses to Win Anyone 1 MUGS 1 IttllUdUIIJC -OtS-On the Michigan's i modern version of the Give Brook TO DOLLARS rc" -Tn Old Kentucky," with (Pulchritude Pickers for Films Cc'stello and James Murray I.

le" Southern tr-in. beautiful women, and rac-" b'U Provld. a colorful back-1 a fnr the love story. Some of important turf classing of m'l. ee" son are Included in the equemW with the last rierby 1 as the climax.

Angeles, Jan. 7. (A. Editors who now and then accuse motion picture publicity men of having too much imagination probably will be inclined to congratulate Adam Hull Shirk, one of them who turned his surplus imagination to the task of concocting a mystery play. The play is running In los Angeles now under the name of 'The Ape." and gets more screams of horror out of the audience than any publicity man's offerings ever drew from an editor, even In the old days when press igents smoked opium.

i iiarry heads the supporting Say Public Likes Little Girls. Holl)Woud, Jan. 7. V. IM Flo Ziegfeld may have gauged the taste of Broadway when he picked his latest chorus on the theory "the ore girl the more sex appeal," but Hollywood takes its beauty in snia.l doses.

While Ziegfeld is picking 'em five feet live inches tall. rUmland is looking for girls under the five foot; marker on the basis that "the small and stage tt. i1- ......4 arreen j. utage show with nroduced under the direction of Lew Widow itpvue" staged iV In It she dances many i dances which made her with the Ziegfeld Follies ieirs stunning and unusual Numerous entertainers her support. Del Delbridge uiehlsan Syncopatora have lIlA Kane, ine tneater own prouueer.

i "Monk" will be assisted by the Key- stone Serenaders and a vaudeville. er they are the harder they tall, meaning the movie audiences, not the girls. bill that Includes (ieraldine and Joe. The Michigan inn Juvenile entertainers; Drawn and I Former German Army Officer Waits Seven Years for Film Chance. Hollywood, Jan.

7. (A. P. Men who were ruined by the World war supply some of the funiest moments In these, fl'm comedies basd on the war. Seldom has there been such hearty laughter on a lot as when Robert von Dobeneck.

wearing a Germm captain's uniform from th studio wardrobe, went through a rough-and-tumble scene wi'h LuuUe Fa-rend. It was hl flrit chance in sven years to show what he do. but il wa go hilariously done they wrote additional scenes Into the script 10 exploit the new "find." Washes IHskea For Lit lag. Then It was learned he had been a captain In the Herman army during the war. had been ruined by the post-war depression and turmoil, hd come to the I'tilted Stales in l'J0 and had been washing difhes and doing odd Jobs to keep alie while fighting for a chance In the Hollywood extra ranks.

After svn years his (llnh-wmhiriK- and determination have been rewarded and Ii is helping to tllm the funny side of the war that ruined him. nrrhestra, under the di- "Short girls with well rounded, i hut slender figures, havn uore sp-i Bailey, eccentric aancers; I'lyae i oi-tnm. formerly of Carroll's Vanities. 1 Wpmpr. I peal than their ta'ler and heavier' and Francis McGulre, Irish tenor, Short comedies, news events and Ay xe i "v.y other film numbers complete the bill.

neclal orchestral nuriiuei, wiu "f'i rtutow offers new organ Ah.U umlay at 12:15 o'clock, Mr. and his orchestra will pre-program for the weekly music hour. has been spending a share of his time for the last 15 years selecting the most beautiful girls ho could find for comedies. TPTOW.V When a pretty stenog- I rapher Impersonates a wealthy worn- "Most of our bathing girls have, an who Is seeking a dlvoroe, almost anything can happen, and It Sloes In Bancroft has his name in the cinema hall two aunouies oeautv ana sex appeal. A theater audience doesn expect any great amount of acting ability from a chorus or bathing "On to Heno" at the Uptown.

This I I I comedy of divorce provides one hilarious episode after another, and girl snd. therefore, nur essential requirement is that a girl must have that appeal." by his characterization of 'pull" Weed in "Underworld" at the and from the response ac- rd" Piuture Detrolt- ne winning a Place in the esteem Moral audiences Today marks the Jnliie of the fourth week of the brings about a remarKanie tangle or husbands and wives. Marie Prevost has the leading role and Is supported by Cullen Landls, Ned Sparks and Kthel Wales. stilly WllOOl siders hlc greatest find'' in many years. Is five feet, two and a half' Inches tall and IM pounds Lucille Miller.

Ruth Hlatl and l.eot.ii On the stage Arthur Ashley, who I I Winters are all In the five foot three inch class. story lentarv on the lives and loves of s-angsters and the gunmen of starred in "The Man Who Came Back" and played Important roles In "Little Old New York" and "Anna Christie." will appear in person with There no competition in the theatrical field keener than the constant striving for novel effects by the leading syncopated bands, according to Irving Aaronson, conductor of tite Commanders at the Capitol. The bauds now in demand, Aaronson says, are those offering unusual methods for the presentation of Jazz novelties. Syncopation alone does not have the appeal that It did last year, this leader says, and the audiences are. demanding more dignltied arrangements played by men who have personality back of original solo snd comedy efforts, Aaronson and his band recently returned from Kumpe, where they were featured at the Cafe des Am-bassadeuis in Paris, Ktireaal in Ostend, and Plaza In London.

"Movie audiences don't get excited over the large and cornfed metropmnim novelist and newspaperman. Helen Clement. Anotner srar ot note on the bill Is Lew Brice, brother of Tom Tyler, wentern ace, snd Robert iielacy, his director, showed not the slightest trace of superstition when thry started their latest picture at the ptndlo on December IS. and the title of the picture at that Is "Tlis Valley of Super-it Itlon." avers Al Christie, another beauty picker of note. "The average height Fannie Brice, lute of "Americana." Lew made his start In Gus Kd-warda' "School Days" and now makes his vaudeville appearance in a med-lev of songs and steps entitled Sv i "Stick to Your Dancing." Flagler brotheis and Ruth will amuse with of the girls who have got along; best In movie comedies and climbed 1 to stardom in feature pictures.

hasn't been much over live feet one. I think men stili prefer the younii and cuddly type, and even when they prefer the fresh young mod-1 ern zip-girl I think they like 'cm sninll. I "Ziegfeld li undoubtedly a great Judge of beauty, but It appears to ine that he is far from right when he says that the most popular type i their dances and songs. Nick Bellls and sisters have a daring aerial act. ho wrote the story, has drawn hi" actual experience for the of the plot and the The boss of a gang, "Bull" ued" his sweetheart "Feathers." ti'avcd bv Kvelyn Brent, and the human derelict, played by Cllve HreuK, are characters who might from the front page of any liailr paper.

gun battles, underworld cafes and the love story 'Feathers" maintain a high speed ndlnn throughout the film. Emit Hollander has arranged a special nMiKlral score for the picture and direct the Adams orchestra In the accompaniment. Starting Thursday tne feature photoplay will be "The Tigress," with Jack Holt and Dorothv Revler. and on the stage will be I. B.

Hamp, who, with Gertrude Beck, will take you "Round the Town." Football Star Accuses Director BROADWAY A D-WIth Web of Fate" on the screen and FOX "Loves of Harold L. Brow and company on the stags in an oriental fantasy, "Song of Old Japan," the Broadway Strand Not So Easy As It Looks Hollywood. Jan, 7 (A. To th rnrelesA observer a mnvle raniorhmHn wouM em to hava the job i-ver attached a alry. I'nld between It St and TOO a wk, he actually crnnki a camera about 28 minutes a Thnt the average accepted aa acmrnte on one lot.

where It hut heen estimated tht the rnmeraman er-Vo approximate. feet of Him a day. However, only cHtneriimen capable of llifhttnir a net effectively and of advieing the director on what can or cannot be done photoRrnphtcn lly ever Kt a chance to crank the canu-ra on an Important picture. the man behind the lens usually eartm his money. I'snnen, one or the most pretentious pictures attempted in recent years, continues at the Fox Washington.

This picture, directed by Raoul Walsh, is out of the ordinary more ways than one. for It brings before the camera in the same production two popular players who leaped to fame in another Walsh production. They are Victor Mc- cf beautv is the tall, heavily-built girl," says I). W. Griffith.

"If he had made this statement twenty years ago, when a woman's oulchrttude was Judged by the size of her hips and legs, 1 would not have tuken issue with him. The Lillian Russells of 20 years ago were famous because their shapely legs' and Junnesqun bodies fitted In well with the burlesque era of the theater. "Today thincs have somewhat changed. 1 fail to recall a single beauty who Is not slim and graceful. The fame of large women Is transitory; thnt of the petite type such as Mary I'ickford, Lillian Gish, Norma Talniadge, Mary I'll 1 1 Inn and Marylin Miller Is permanent.

"Wise men pick them young and Hlini," he ndded. Los Angeles, Jan. 7. (Special) The preliminary hearing for William Nigh, Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer director, who Is accused bv Edward fsher. ex-Michigan football star, of trying to fatally Injure him with a crank handle, has been set for January The altercation was over Jean Jarvls, dancer and Him actress.

1'endlng settlement of the official chnrga of assault with Intent to kill, Nigh is out on ball. The M-G-M studio, stiiklng by Nigh, has given him a new picture to direct. When you se Cllve Brook, the handsome lover, Immaculately dressed, perfectly groomed, always the igentleman in manner and poise, that you are accustomed to viewing on the screen, as the dirty, unkempt "bum" of a low dive In "Underworld" you certainly get a shock. Rut. on lh other hand.

In watching this finely equipped actor of screen and stage on the Adams screen, you are tilled with admiration for his cleverness and talent. In the opening scenes of "I'nder-world," Brook occupies the lowly position of cleaner of the dive's liar a. gentleman reduced to these straits through drink. I.aKlon snri Dolores uei mo, wno Clara Bow, the tltlnn-haired, buoyant "'t" girl has taken a leaf from tho regulations of the Royal Canadian mounted police. N'ot content with wreaking havoc with masculine hearts, hhe has adopted the well-known slogan of the "Mounties" and has called her next picture "Oct Your Man." However, ill most of Clara's film plays she generally gets w-hat she goes after.

Your Mail" is now. on the Capitol's screen. played Captain Flatter and Thar- in.nne, reJMieuu riy. in wimi. i i irw in auuiiiiMi.

1,115 iii- offers one of the best programs In months. "The Web of Fate" is described as a powerful story of high finance, which features Lillian Rich, supported by a cast of well-known players, including Eugene Strong and Henry Sedley. The stage attraction promises be of exceptional quality. "Song of Old Japan" has new costumes and stage settings and serves to Introduce several specialties by the I.a Vonnas, xylophone entertainers. Brow, star of the production, will Introduce his new prima donna, Ora Keeler, who studied for five years in Europe and recently appeared with the Metropolitan Opera company.

Bobby Ie, Stanley Montford. Albert Braun, William Barron and Marlon Morgan are other principals in the company, Ran Q.rH onA Tlnt AltraraHn Walsh was given every opportunity In nmKH an niiMiHi i nrmtMi and he has delineated tnis striking the screen. The director mo. not want inr iuhkiiiih in tuaiunies aurj authentic backgrounds. Jb.rtwm Hill, Fox representative, was in Mim fur a v.nr nnd ftsnemhlorl nu The acting or a noranie cast, excel "Mammy" songs and religions selections.

The story is adapted from (he stage play the story of which was inspired by the life of Jolson, and In many instances is biographical. It tells of the son of a strictly religious family who follows his natural bent singing "ragtime" songs and becomes a theatrical star. The romance story ol the Jazz singer with May McAvoy as his sweetheart and his love and devotion to his mother provide a human, moving story, with "back-stage" as the locale. Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Nat Carr and others are in the supporting cast. Cantor Josef Rosenblatt is seen and heard in some of the concert scenes.

lent scenic effects, and, above all. striking realism, make "Loves of creased when the girl finds that the young Frenchman has been engaged for 17 years, after the French custom of child betrothals, to another girl. The remainder of the picture is a series of comedy situations in which Clara tr.ies to break down the French marriage tradition. The stage feature is a flapper revue with an "IT" chorus, assisted by Irving Aaronson and His Commanders, who have been held over for a second week's engagement. ted Stanley and Phil Saxe, versatile young musicians who double in comedy and songs, are featured members of the band.

Samuel Benavie and the Capitol orchestra in special selections and Marguerite Werner at the organ are other musical features. armon nne ni Tne inoar erreerive Screen Life creep nrooiicts or ine season, 't he Fox Movietone, the Movietone News. and other short subjects complete the program. CtPITOI, Clara Bow. the "IT" rip.

is ine ieaiure screen attrac ts sr. me t.iin toi tnis week in iei tuur wun uimnea ling COLONIAL "Judgment of the ers as ine nursuen memner or the Hills" on Colonial's screen. Is a male. sex. The locale of the storv a ranee, where Clara Is nn tempestuous drama of the hill people, with their surging, primitive pas Amor can Inur st trvlng to see Pirt an 1 fe a one.

There she sions, and of the romance between a meets s. vounir renenman. aveo MADISO.V Al Jolson on the screen at the Madison Is proving as great a favorite with picture audiences as he Is with those of the legitimate theatre. His first screen offering, "The Jazs Singer," Is a vehicle for his talent with perfected VltHPhunn making It possible to hear him singing characteristic bv Itocers. nnd is forced to remain coward, who later proves himself all nic ht with him In a waxworks man, and a girl who tlnds happiness a lunu.

arduous struggle. Vir miisntim wnen tne noors are locaea by a wiitchinan who believes the place empty. Complications are In- EfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiH POSITIVELY LAST WEEK! IfT lilSi. WILLIAM FOX presents iS 'i CWVl fWr The Stars of "What Price Glory" '1 1 1 1 DOLORES DEL RIO iffi I I 5 VICTOR McLAGLEI TmX 1 I D0N ALVARADO U- I fLiikLmttm mini "P--f- from the Beginning" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii WILLIAM lOtT AT MADPV HABIT' 1 pffed FOX MOVIETONE ginia Valli and Frankle tiarrow have the leading roles. On the stage Warner Fabian will present his Colonial players In a new French farce, "Mile, lloudolr." Among- the principals are Ken Christy, star comedian: Hen Weber, Gloria Verne, ulndvs Vaughn.

Gates Austin Holloywood, Jan. 7. (A. Wandering through the wlde-Bpreading picture lots from the etreets of Singapore to the sidewalks of New York and from seventeenth century England to twentieth century trance, one sees: John Gilbert and Ernest Tor-rence, covered with make-believe wounds, apparently dying; In a Turk, ish village surrounded by heartless foes. And just behind the camera a trained nurse doctoring the sore finger of one of the ferocious Turks.

Joe Cobb, the fat boy of Our Gang, throwing: a temperamental fit between scenes on learning that a department store wants hlin officiate at the raffle of a Shetland pony on the afternoon he has picked to go to the hlar football game, and he the most rabid rootball fan In the movie colony. "No! If you make me do that I'll go back to Oklahoma. Life's too short, 'n the picture business ain't worth It." IHreetor trying to calm excitedly gesturing producer, who disapproves of a newly-built set. Producer answering: "Whet's the matter with It? In two words I can tell you what's the matter with It: It's tm possible." Antique orchestra playing- obsolete instruments on a seventeenth century set to Inspire the players with the quaint melodies of that distant past, and overhead a squadron of airplanes roaring past the studio and drowning the music. Kalla Pasha, formerly the Terrible Turk of the movies, passing chewing gum to his fellow-players on a comedy set.

Visitors, seeing Janet Guvnor walk on to a set in street Harry Cornell, Barbara Jlronell and knthrvn Smith. The chorus Is com posed of 16 girls, all well trained SUN. Park Free! In the large lot in rear of thejtr? i I WTitAy Continuum 1:30 to 11 I 1 mtuv WEEK DAYS 1:30 to 5 and 6:30 to 11 and Handsomely gownea. ney nave many new ensemble numbers to offer from week to week. Specialties are presented by leading members of the company, and one of the best liked is the Colonial eiuartet, composed of nu tuc I Leap Year Revels ly STAGE Messrs.

Weber, Christy, Austin ana ST CILSON SCOTT A Beautiful Stage Presentation Cornell. HOLLYWOOD Conrad Xagel, Myr "Radio Aces" na Ley and William Russell play the principal roles In a thrilling melodrama. "The Girl From Chi 0 beauties 0 in iiajjycicuca Barbara Bronell Tht Poll tht Stagt GRACE DORO tritft 10 fingers end a Baby Orond cago," at the Hollywood. The story relates how a beautiful girl outwits a canister and draws from him a SHAPIRO O'MALLEY "How Does He Stand It" confession that saves her brother fmm the chair. I (in the stage the presentation is known us "Lean Year Revels." and DIMMICK'S Sunnybrook Orchestra Smilint SAMMY DIBERT Uadint IN "MELODY and MIRTH" a number of clever vaudeville acts will add to the merriment and music.

clothes, arguing about the exact shade of green she is wearing. And Janet, appealed to to settle the dispute, admitting: "I don't know." Shapiro and OMalley present a I laughable burlesque called "How I Does lie Stand It?" Ollson and dcott. "Radio Aces," singers with I excellent voices, and Grace Dorro, lasslFted by "HI fingers and a baby Fred Nlblo. directing a sixteenth century exterior in the latest Vllma SCREEN lernnd." have a novelty numher. An Hanky-Ronald Colman opus, mega-nhnnlne- to the men-at-srms sta added attraction Is Barbara Rronell, I billed as "The Doll of the Stage." Dimmirk'a Sunnybrook orchestra, led tioned on the parapet of a lofty i castle tower: "Vou boys on the top I shelf begin walking back end i forth." And a tenor In tin armor i by Sammy Dihert, will be heard In new tunes, and the Fight Hollywood The glittering, glorious, melodramatic jtory of a girl from the Southland who braves the terrors and dangers of the underworld to tave her brother from death 1 calling back: "Yes, Mr.

Nlblo." Girls dance new steps and wear new and fantastic costumes. Bob Clarke Esther Ralston In a love scene with Lane Chsndler. and Frank will offer one of his popular organ 6 rXLHf" Tuttle, directing them, suggesting up 1 mas npiny rrw, os.vsWT"Bl recitals. c.rai niviKMA "Ben Hur; nlensantly from behind tne camera: CM1 'Let nave anout ten cents worm more of emotion, please. Ana Tuttle getting it.

If motion picture casting direc tors were fond of framing slogans one of the biggest and most beautiful film spectacles ever 'presented to the public, is on the Grand Riviera's screen this week. This picture was made at a cost of upward of 4. 0110,000 and required three vears to film. In its cast are Buch I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTie Masterpiece That Defies Z)srrfto'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii. HLnmon tii.

Be he DsnleU and m. Pnwell In tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmB "MIK'H A MIIKK" WITH A CAST OF THOUSANDS, Headed by I jl "'ANNEX Grand Rir st iy go i I I Ramon Novarro '2 iW ei one of them doubtless would be: 1 i The bigger the theme the smaller I 'l' I the girl. Anyway no one was sur- nrised when the announcement thnt notable nlavers as Ramon Novarro, the flood-menace of the Colorado Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, mm river would be made Into a feature' Carmel Myers, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Kev and a host of others. picture was followed by the dis covery of a newer and daintier I Franci.

X. Bushman lw 1 Carmel Myers VJ I i DELUXE a in-tr. heroine to play the leading femi nine role against the vast back The thrilling chariot race, a terrific storm at sea, and other dramatic and exciting episodes are high spots In the picture. The story was adapted from the novel of the same name by General 1W Wallace, and as a stage play was famous before the ground of the Grand Canyon. She is Donal Blossom, who weighs pounds and Is barely rive feet tall.

fliiMter keMten in 111. I. hi, Smith Comei Knier ables snd 5c snd the She came here from St. Louis with her mother. Mrs.

E. R. Breneman, THURSDAY II. l. If Ll and Blf St.g.

cinema spectacle was unoenaKen. "Hitting the Hiirh C's" Is the title Presentation taon.of Bill MUIU6 DIUC III Olddft RHUIylVICft and was lifted out of the extra 1 mA GEN. LEW WALLACE Ml of "Monk" Watson's new stage show. ranks for the part. Grand River at BooJetsrrf I r- Wvil JfU I FERRY FIELD Here Is a drama of the real west, where western films are made: The scene Is Fred Thomson's luxuri ous location camn on the Molave I Rlrhard Div In BOVND" llh Mrv Brian A Smry of Firaie Ativ ks and Keneues! A p'Oltre thai ynu 11 lis-: Other Atlrar-tion Two en Review Continuous 2 lo desert.

Thomson frequently spurns I I 3 Conceived Vi yf I Li the comfort of the camp to motor off into the open desert and sleep under the stars, and when his year- (gSTT D.F.KEITH'S fl fl KEITM-AUDEE ptt(Pwm IMP" FRANK A MILT Stage mid Screen old baby was brought over from Grand KiT-r StraChmoor GREAT LAKES Heverly Hills to visit him he de cided to start the Infant off right. So that night he put blankets In ii I Aitound.njly Prodifiom Cm. I IwfPftT I lo II P. vn. i fonway Tenrle and llnrothr ehnti4ii la "THK OF roRlMlTTFN WllMKN" lomeiiy New Vsnderilie BRITTON'S his car and, after garbing himself bavorite ARTHUR ASHLEY rl V5ooouLJuooiu(AAA ltd in pajamas, drove away with tne child to sleep a mile or two out of i tat 1 BROWN DERBY BAND camp.

It turned cold during the mi 1 il i is ii I a innru Fourteenth al brand HI, a. i a laoallc UAnucn night he could not start the car In the morning. His company next "VAUDEVILLE" WITH HELEN CLEMENTS saw him striding back to camp In his silk pajamas, carrying the baby with Sally O'Nfil nd (men M.Hre Crauiuled et Ive. Latiiftia sun.riae n.t A.lvonttlrM ItATUlISa ROY LOOMIS in Tktir Latest Prtstntotion "OUR MUSICAL ANCESTORS" on his arm. 13 i Tomedy Newa Saort subjects One of the chief stockholders of "DOC" RAINES EUNICE AVEY "Mosnk" Wattsoim AND THE I Keystone Serenaders OFFER I.innnnd at Philadelphia ORIOLE MAZIE WALLACE MARTY MAY in "Bananas" the Christie Film company Is also the studio Janitor, Michael Cava-: nugh.

Although his dividends from 1 the stock make him Independent he prefers to continue working at his old Job. "After all," he explains, I All lar (( In "MM.r.O" mffmr "Jttt Suppose" LODENA EDGECUMBE CO. Hppy Happening FLAGLER BROS. RUTH Songt mnd Sayings Monro ArtMiind Libmry r-H1 JA PALACE i-X. -i BUD CARLELL "why shouldn 1 be Interested In every nook and corner of the place? There's very little goes on around I here I don't know about.

Tou see," he added with a smile, "my broom picks up all the dirt." I "MAX HOMAV PIN-tlohn itillrc and 4rnn Kaglf 2 BifcT Girl Rvuj Muic Box Gtri ivDd Fail Raha Rvur INm "Hitting the High C's55 5ltlfp Another cf Those Remarkable Presentation! Devised by LEW KANE nceitt 1 fnmthmWiUOptnSpetct OTIS MITCHELL and MARYLAND SINGERS Nick Belli Sister IN I Cirque Petit. fovrtventh at Grartti K)rr A hkf Thcatr STRAND IKl-U I WITH mFf Dmring" Merg Animataom 2B GERALDINE JOE "Something Different" BROWN BAILEY Tire Boys in Blue Anna Q. aw! fraiwiw Rathana In "THK THIRTEENTH ROK KrvlT- M'Ul an.l Jrft i oniTnuon MERLE CLARK at the ORGAN Pome of these foreign actors and directors, who still have to struggle with their English, add real flavor to the dally chit-chat of Hollywood. "Busy?" casually inquired a studio acquaintance passtner the time of day with Slnv Tourjansky. John Bnrrymore'a director.

"Verrv. verry busy theae days." replied the Russian. "I have not time even to wash my garden." Further Inquiry developed that watering Ms lawn was one of Tourjansky'f favorite relaxations. Hsnilt BIt4 at Tt TUXEDO FRANCIS McGUIRE "The Irish Tenor" CLYDE COTTAM "The DyintDuck" 1 c.venf:.. RtrhNrd IliT and M.irr in M.H 't It'a a P' -lure of H-l Tnnl's "Hii I'aihe Koiew Tithe V'n iJ i IsWlslw-s-aMl i'i.

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