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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. BATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 19°32, | GEORGE ARLISS IN COMED DRAMA ROLE IN NEW FILM! s in a new'role; in a young man who unwittingly falls in different from any-| lave with Alden's daughter. There Is "NIGHT LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD" : A GREAT BIG HIT = m-------- | GRAND 65: 3 DAY MATINEE DAILY AT 230 iets DEC. 18 FVENINCS AT 8.15 - George' Arli | characterization Premiere at Toronto Theatre Pleased Large Audi-| ence Last Week--Picture a Surprising Novelty One of the most unusual pictures to be seen in Kingstor time was shown Grand in Toronto "Night Life newest release of Arro Film Cor- poration. If the enthusiasm of the immense throngs a8 a criterion, the production Is "due for a tremendous triumph which by the way, it richly deserves. ™ The story proved a deilghtful sur- prise to Toronto theatre-goers, who | had 'expected something totally dit- | ferent. Not only does the porduc- tion teem with ! humorous nature there runs a de Perhaps the most + of the photoplay is the novel way In which Wallace Reld, Sessue H kawa, William Desmond, J Kerrigan, Theodore Rol Love, Johnny Jones, Dorothy Daven- port and many other screen celebri- ties are Introduced. action of a hi t} igh al love eresting feature bu it all theme The story deals with the adven- tures and misadventures of a small town boy whose ambition has been fired by the many hectic tales he has read in the newspapers of the Ings-on which are popularly sup; ed to be a part of the d 3 nightly life of the citizens and eiti- genesses of Hollywood, cussed community i the world Through a subterfuge he persuades | his parents to permit him to leave home and he finally arrives in Holly- | wood, prepared for and hoping for the worst. But where he had expect ed-"wild wimmen" ha;found sincere | and earnest workers and where he | thought to find *'parties" night after night he found a community clean-living, honest, upstandirg.folk, of n*a very long | who packed the | theatre (o the doors may be taken | | players. nd | > most dis- | js busy as the proverbial bee. picture, worthwhile the word and on2 be too earnest] cy I commended to the theatre-goers who | are in search of something ent" {n entertainment. "'differ- "Night Life in Hollywood," th: much-discussed production dea with the much more discussed mo- { tion picture capitol of the world, is scheduled for presentation at the Grand Opera House Monday, Tues- | { has been elaborated by Forrest Hal- day and Wednesday, Dec. 18th-19th. i 20th, matinee daily 2.30, evon- ings at 8.15 ceptional interest to the motion ture loving pub1#® ror not only d It boast in ifs cast a most unusual at pic- oes list of film favorites but it shows the | real inside life of the motion pleture mak hun- ha: pictures in the splendid scenes, play, motion ng, great dreds of thousands of people ir is said to the biggest scene ever recorded by the camera, and through it all a wonderful love sets be theme, a story of romance and ad- | | Robinson. | In "The Ruling Passion," Mr. Ar- | { liss has the role of a philanthropist, | venture such as could only happen in Hollywood. * Although the motion picture in- businéss in the world and over twen- ty million people in the Unitel | States attend motion picture thea- tres every day, 't {s remarkable how few people know anything about "he making of movies and the off-stagn | life of their favorite stars "Night | Life in Hollywood," besides being a thrilling love story, gives an ir into the motion picture business that it would be impossib | to obtain in any other | miss this unique attraction : rgeTeen "Night Life in Hollywood" is an| I ini | everywhere. It should prove of ex-| Stars in their home and at | | which includes Doris "mob" | | Johnston, dustry has become the fifth largest | ;idle in his retirement. | multiply as James ight | for yon | Don't | thing t ed, either on the stage or on the George Arliss as the star in a com edy drama, with all the superb ar- tistry, the speaking gestures, the deft touches - and clear-cut panto- mine' for which Mr. Arliss is famed This is the promise ot the management of the Allen theatro { which announces the engagement of | the new Arliss photoplay, "The Rul- ing Passion." a United Artists re- | lease, which, will be seen here nex: { Monday, Tuésday and Wednesda: Mr. Arliss' latest screen featura sey from the short story, "Idle Hands," by PBEarl Derr Biggers in "The Saturday Evening Post." The picture is the second of the series (o be produced by Distingtive Produc- | this famous star ever 'has por- | { in the '--these are nothing of the cynic or the satirist, the mercenary or the dissolute roles ry--and George Arliss be- came famous for his masterly dJde- picting of rc that call for ¢unning i and skilled acting It will be of interest to the large | following of Mr. Arliss' to know. thas ' he has temporarily deserted the typa | of parts that has brought him to the! among English-speaking | forefront 'actors. How well he has succeeded: with what fine shading he has drawn | his new character ;with what pate:- nal love he has endowed "James Al- den" until it stands out in memory points enthusiastically praised by all who have seen the picture. Rex Stock, Company In Real Melodrama tions, Inc.,gfor United Artists Cor- | poration. Harmon Weigh directed, with Harry A. Fischbeck at the cam- | era, Mr. Arliss is supported by a east ard J. Burns, Ida Darling, J. W Ernest Hilllard, Haro!d Walrige and Brian Darley. The art direction was In charge of Clark retired manufacturer of refuses to remain Adventures Alden assumos the name of "John Grant" by day and mends automobiles in a garage in which he {8 a half owner with a A se. Am a wealthy, autonfobiles who Fi VR ' Kenyon, Ed- | The Rex Stock Company will pre- | sent a real melodrama at the Grant | the last three nights of next week, Mark Swan, one of America's most | successful playwrights, was at ons | time the most successful writer of | melodrama, and his comedy drama of the south, "The Princesg of | Patches," was his biggest hit. The | Rex Stock Company are going to re- vive this old melodrama next week, | 2nd play it as it was written with ne attempt to cover the "melo" part ef | | the melodrama, a thing that so many | companies do in 'revival. Don't you remember, and didn't you love the! | good old days of the "Fast Mall," | "The Denver Express," "Lights of | London" and a bunch like it? Didn't | you { woork!!!!? | at the comedians, hate the villian And and d-i-r-t.y how you laughed and wept for the lovely heroine? And you sat amasz- ed at the endless changes of scenes and the thrijling effects. "The Prin- cess of Patches" has.them all. Zana | in the title role of the Princess, 4 1 little wait whose first appearance Is made in a barrel, having carelessly Rex, STEPHENSON ATTRACTIONS LTD Presents The Worlds Greatest Motion Picture 11) Gail Henry - William Desmond |! NIGHT LIFE + in HOLLYWOO | 4 ith a cast which includes - ank Glendon- Josephine Hill -Bessie Love gL ONS lace Reid~ ThepdoreRoberts-S Hayakawa arrenKerrigan~Bryant Washurn glib ET " LT BI TR 13 RIL Tat ort \ rg Fie sf 1 py \\ | mislaidg her attire somewhere. | as the dirty old tramp, who, of [ course, saves the "gal" several times and at the same times causes yells » | of laughter. Bill Yule as the lov- | 2 thie ply "rue Bater) Col Boiyi PRICES: Matinee, Children 15c., A dults 25c¢. Evenings: 35¢., 25¢. 10e. -------- a lL... Joe Kelly, the wealthy young lovet | A scene from the World's Greates * cast coming to the Grand Opera House, next Monda at 2.30, evenings at 8.15. Stn THE PLANTER | 4 "From lonely virgin forests great Fine gardens are created, And products rare enrich the state, Which for this end hath walted" "Another one whose name never appears In the list of honored Empire 'builders, Teddy," said Uncle Frank, "is just the one who actually does the most in Sunny Lands towards the bullding. No king ever sends him a) medal for what he is doing in the wilds of Papua or anywhere else. The pioneer seldom gets any recognition for the work he does and more often not he is just considered a hig- sized fool. The planter is one of the front line trench men of civilization in the tropical parts of the Empire. There 48 no noise where he is, but the enemy i just as sure to get him un- less he fights carefully. It is a fact that no Papuah planter can positive- ly say when he goes to bed at night whether he will be alive in the morn- ing, and he never knows wi a day will bring forth. He is 'probably more expose to danger than either the trader or the missionary, for he takes all the risks they do,s«nd then 'he takes his chance with the boys when they are sick. 1 have seen a plantation where dysentry was rag- ing. Only one white man was left to Carty on, and he was hardly able 18 crawl about with the help of a stick. He bad. not long got over a very «severe dose of malarial fever. It was his duty to be out and about, attend- ing to the sick and endeavoring single-handed and ill to keep the in- fected isolated and properly cared for. At last he could not stand i: any longer and with his wife he start- on a forty mile walk to Port loresby. Ten miles away from the plantation he was dome and lata down to die. His wife knelt ang prayed for the impossible--a cup of brandy or whisky. Fancy praying for a thing like that in the wild bush of Papua, She was foolish, wasn't she, . Teddy?" "Mother says that God can answer any kind of fool prayer," replied [ry t Photoplay, "N Ys Teddy, 'He didn't die, did he?" "No, Teddy. The impossible hap- pened, and ahe was still praying | When 8 native handed her a note and |2 bottle of whiskey. The man who {sent the whiskey ran the o e of {8 very stiff jailsentence, buf"fie had [taken it just because the planter and Ms wife had been kind to him, wag the only way he knew of saving ! He was just a poor, broken- {down, prospector. I will tell you about him sometime. "The planter is not always ill, though, Teddy, and it is very inter- {esting to see the way he handles big gangs of savages, From the jungle {he cuts out beautiful gardens, where {rubber, tobacco, and many different products grow. In other places fine Cocoanut plantations spring up, and when one visits the plantation years afterwards, there will be a fine bun galow, flowers and ferns, fruit and vegetables, and may be, a tennis court, After the land Is well opened and drained there are fewer mosqud- tos, and after a few years the place becomes 'quits healthy. There will be a planter in the bungalow, but f Will not be the man who did the work. He wili have gone West, Teddy, or one will find Mm a wreck ef his former self in some country where there ts no malaria, It is a fing life. but it sure has Ms disad- vantages." No Compliment. Manuel, a negro with a record | Bitherto clean, was arraigned before A country justice of the peace for as- sault and battery. "Why did you beat this man up, Mandel?" questioned the sqitire, "He called me sumpin', Jedge." "What did be call you?" "HA called me a rhinoceros, sah-- a rhinoceros!™ ' "A rhinoceros! When did this oe cur?" : '"Bout three years 'go, Jedge." "Three years ago! Them how did happen that you waited so long to resent it?" "Jedge, I ain't never seen a rhin- ocerod till dis mawain'!"~~Western Christian Advocate, Iti ight Life in Hollywood," with an all-star | Paramount, featuring Bebe Daniels Tuesday and Wednesday, Matinee dail ' A nit rors, Long-Felt Want. A Los Angeles motion pictdfre the- atre has been equipped with a sound- proof room into which mothers can take crying bables and at the same time see the pictures. ett ------ Who fears to offend takes the first step to please. | the two deep dark ® this fast | That is Gone Forever." 1} 'Story of One of the | id | icom the north, who, of course, in the end marries the "gal," and Bill | Seymour, and Howard Brown, are | villlans. The balance of the cast all aid in kéeping | moving and delightfu) | comedy drama moving a little faster | all the time. Drop in some night the | last three days of next week, and | | you will enjoy your Christmas much | better, if you will let us take yon | ; Ugly Tenements A. short, winding cobblestone | street, algng the sides of which rise jualid, bicached buildings, 2 tenement and there a greasy, evi: | smelling restaurant make the watsr-| front scenes along the San Franclgeo beachline an unusual and pictufes- | que setting for "Singed Wings," | Penrhyn Stanlaws' production for | hern and Conrad Nagel, which will be the ! eature 'at the Strand theatre next | | Monday. An entire district of the North California city was copied stone pir | "one and brick for brick at the West Coast Paramount Studios. for scenes in "Sigged Wings." Although the | company travelled to San Francisco | to take certain scenes in which San | Francisco Bay served for a back- | which leaned front inside the studlo. A squad of sixty decorators, mas- ons, plasterers, painters, carpenters 2nd othar technidal emplovees of the Paramount studios erected the set. Crooked, dirty streets. made more ugly by tin cans, papers and rud- bish, rewarded the diligence of the workers. Moss, springing from the | back for a few hours to "Them Days | 'Tevices of the buildings and spread- { ing along the sides and roofs add.d the touch of age. Paint was strip. ped from a weatherbeaten shack perilously over tha water. . In these motly surroundings some { dramatic scenes of "'Singed Wings" take place. It is from the second story of one of the ugly-tenements that Mies Daniels, as Bonita della Guerda, the beautiful cafe dancer, calle to her lover, Peter Gordon, played by Conrad Nagel, who rushes to, her aid and rescues her from the | | pistol of the maddened clown, Emi- lio (Ernest Torrence). Peter, float- | looks up- | ing to shore in his boat, ward and seed the shadow of Bonita as she dances the '"'dance of death." As the shadow of Bonita vanishes, the shadow of Emilio appears, fol lowing her, his grotesque form out- lined plainly against the shade of the window. Many other powerful and drama- tic scenes as well as several of gena- ground, it.was. necessary to duild a ine comedy, take place on the water- ! replica of the San Francisco watat- Alon front, HENRY KELLY Will present "The Mikado' _at the Grand Opera House on 1 WINIFRED ANG, dnesday evening, Dec. 27th. * ---------- \ OPER! GRAND gre Thursday, Dec. 21 Curtain at 8.15 sharp. OUR OWN Rex Stock Company Will Present th Big, Real 3 : EX Melo-Drama LANA "THE PRINCESS (F PATCHES" 1 VAUDEVILLE BE: WEEN ACTS PRICES . GALLERY ... BATURDAY MATINEE: CHILDREN, 10c.; ADULTS, 28c¢. 10c¢. be roses AANA Nl treat vrata ve eras HE drawn- | tage stamp USUAL ALLEN STARTING PRICES MONDAY A DISTINCTIVE PRODUCTION | GEORGE ARLISS "THE RULING PASSI0 A CONTINUOUS CHUCKLE AS THE INCOMPARABLE ARLISS, GREATEST CHARACTER ACTOR OF THE DAY, PICTURES THE RULING PASSION FOR ALL MEN THE WORLD OVER! SEE IT! LOVE ITI THRILL TO ITIg \19? > LAST TIME I DAY #<" Constance Talma IN "EAST IS- WEST" STRAND - Picture Presentation: "SINGED WINGS" | 'BEBE DANIELS ~ CONRAD) NAGEL . ADDED ATTRACTIONS: FELIX COMES BACK--COMEDY' PATHE NEWS AND REVIEW NO ADVANCE IN PRICES -- STARTS - MONDAY B-------- a ---- dn Stamps. her famous Mulréady en The Swiss cantons were the first European coumries or official sec- tions to follow the example of Great | the other esntons fn 1845. Britain in fssafng stamps, Zurich | Edn » and Geneva $h.ring this distinction Peterboro" Police Court hears come with Brazil issuing thelr first pos- | tession of bootiegger that had oy black adhesive. Basle followed yéars after Great Britein had issued | whiskey, stamp and the now popular one pan sold 8 1843. That was two | many bottles of water at price of