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Oshawa Daily Times, 20 Apr 1929, p. 10

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Interesting Pen Impressions of the Coming At- tractionson . , . "The Fo Legion" at the New Martin ~The New Martin Theatre will present "The Foreign Legion," Uni- versal's dramatic screen adapta- tion of "The Red Mirage," I. A. R. Wylie's sensational novel, as its feature stute beginning Monday. he good news for lo- cal . enthusiasts; as the picture a heralded as one of 'the finest ever produced. The novel was a gripping story of love and duty, set against the chromatic background of the French Foreign Legion in Algiers. picture is said to excel the in the colorful presentation of the lives and adventures, the passions, and the impulses of these iron sol- diers and the steely discipline un- der which they live. Norman Kerry and Lewis Stone are co-starred in the picture. Both are favorites and both art said to have exceptional roles in this pic- ture. Opposite them are two popu- jar women, Mary Nolan and June Marlowe, one the exotic, heart breaker, the other 'the adorable sweetheart type. Miss Nolan is re- membered as one of the most glori- ous of the famous Ziegled's Follies. When she left the Follies she went "Battle of the Sexes" Real Home Drama "The Battle of the Sexes" tells of the love adventures of a respectable married man who has fallen under the spell of a heartless gold- digger. It is coming to the Regent Theatre Monday. The gradual change that takes place in the man ag well as the method of at- tack employed by the wo-* man are depicted in the pic- tures and copy appearing to the right of this column. Use it in your newspapers, programs are throwaways. Make it the basis of a con- test for your patrons and newspaper readers,. inviting them to give their descrip- "tions of amateur -heart- breakers and of profession- al gold-diggers. Offer prizes for those submitting the most humorous, the most {nteresting or the most un- usual essays. AWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, book to Germany and started her screen career there. "The Foreign lLe+ gian" is one of her first roles since she returned to America. The story concerns a British so- ciety man and Army officer who be- comes infatuated with an unserup- ulous woman, a: blonde of indescrib- able beauty. Her kisses spell dis- aster. His fate is to be cashiereq from the army and to drop out of sight. He turns up in the French Foreign Legion, as a private under the command of his own father, who had similarly dropped out os sight before him. The dangerous blonde turns up in Algiers. With her is the hero's real sweetheart, her sister. How father and son, their identities unknown to one an- other, lock horns over the adven- turess, the unusual military results that ensue and the final working out of the romance, makes one of the most gripping life-dramas ever screened. Stone plays the father, Kerry the son. Mary Nolan is the adveunturess and Miss Marlowe the younger girl. BOSTON BRAVES TAKE TWO Boston, April 20. -- The Braves celebrated Patriots' Day by riding roughshod over Brooklyn Robins in morning and afternoon games. The morning decision was taken by 6 to 5. The winning run crossed the plate with one out in the ninth, when Bissonnette fumbled Rich- bourg's grounder and let Hearn score from third. Some 20,000 fans saw the afternoon contest, in which Ed Brandt held the flock to three hits. The Braves won by 5 tb 1. Dazzy Vance was the losing pitcher. oe a UY-237 xase UX-171-A pr Canada Radio Coie res squip with 4.30 WPG (273)--Atlantic City, Concert p §BC s Sram whRimey Musicians Who's Who nd Wiz KYW, w WLW, KW ZW HAM, XD » ¥% WJK, WR 5.00 EFC Toron rd Hour. BC Tea pois Bol to WJZ WCAU" 656) Phila. News; Jubilee J k 100 -Detrote. (Michigan theatre inci, Vesper Services. 5.10 WCCO iy Si St, i Presby- 5.15 WPG (272)~--Atlantic City, Services. 5.30 Columbia Network: Presbyterian Ser. vices to WABC, WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WCAU, WIJAS, = WADC, WKR WGHP, ole WOWO, KMOX, WMAL, WL BW. NBC System: Spacers WEAF, w C, WGR wear, WKY, Toronto. )--Pitts, Orchestra. pen: A ila, .- Sylvatia hg Whe 30, Wraki 6.30 NBC §: stent Dict ram to YE WE! WHC Wor WCFL, WIAR, We WERE! won, Mt WIAN, WWJ, WTAG, West, YET, 2 Wen "(416)--Chicago. Children's con: What's What in the Amusement Nie Systems L Auglo Betzjsns to WIZ, WHAM, EMyTaty NY WREN, Mots." St, a Rg Scientist Church. 7.00 KnKA (306)--Pitts. Services. WCAE Gi2)-piste, Shudio progam. FW w Wi 0 WTAC, WCSH, WRC, W NBC System: Chica hony WGN Fem J, Wow, Rv RSD) Religious Bis KSTP, WHAM (258.5)~Rochester. Dra NBC. System y The Nomads to WIZ WBAL, KWK, WREN RE Top--Ley, Nolan in °* showing next w®.> "a. the New Martin Theatre. Below--Jean Hershott and Phyllis Haver in D. W. Griffith new masterpiece "The Battle of the Sexes". D. W.Griffich's Latest Film Is Entirely ] Modern D, W. Griffith, the famous mo- tion-picture director, belipves that reality is the basis of the greatest drama and in consequence has chosen for the theme of his latest picture a story that might have had its setting in any town or city in America today. His new picture is entitled "The Battle of the Sexes," and tells a story as universal in its appeal and application as a page from Dickens, Hardy or Shakes- peare, according to all advance re- ports. Jean Hersholt. Phyllis Hav- er, Belle Bennett, Don Alvarado and Sally O'Neil 'play the leading characters. Early in his career Griffith pro- duced a picture similarly motivated and the popularity it enjoyed was phenomenal. Grifiith was convinced that with the proper facilities and the appreciation of human beings ere Mother and An Glia mistaken?) B= think of the worry and trouble I've had with home laundering all these years," exclaimed Alice Garley to our courteous guide, "because of the foolish things Mother and Aunt Celia told me about laun- dries. But, thank goodness, I know now that clothes washed in your modern laundry are cleaner and last longer." Rem day a week at home-lasuindry-drudging ember--a means 52 days taken from living each, year. Telephone us your washday worries, La thelaunory doit! The Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. Phone 2520, Our Driver Will Call A hl [| A telephone call 'will brin bring of this deli ful etory of Alice's journey into Launder. lan, a ---- Bu 1th SSWTAM WPG (272)-- Atlantic City. Concert, the (280)=Cleveland. Cour and experience, Buci® Lv emrodid be made a human document never- to-be-forgotten. Hours were devot- ed to research and reading till he fell upon the story of "The Battle of the Sexes." Audiefices wherever the picture has been shown have been enthraleld by this everyday tale of the domestic complications arising out of a Fate that was too kind and a fond husband who was too weak, The United Artists cin- ema version of this story is coming to the Regent theatre on Monday, The plot, Griffith claims, deals with situations that might happen to anyone and of which everyone life or that of some one he has met. Overnight, a happy benedict finds himself unbelievably rich. He and his family look forward to peace and plenty for the years to come, but they do not figure on what Chance may throw in their way. Lured by nis gold, an ad- venturess contrives to burst in up- on his tranquil life, and instantly there is chcos. Home. happiness, fortune, honor, all are risked for the love of this female fortune- hunter. When father and daugh- ter find one another in compromis- ing situations in the home of the gold-seeker things reach the break- ing point. Right on up to the end of the picture the suspense is main- tained, while through the entire film runs a human note that makes the story sink deep into the inner consciousness of the spectator, those who have seen it report, The cast which appears in this production is composed of players whose work during the past year has been of outstanding excellence. The actors are Jean Hersholt, con- sidered by Mr. Griffiths and many other film authorities to be screen- dom's finest character actor and remembered for his work in "Don Q," "Stella Dallas' and '"Able's Irish Rose" Phyllis Haver, the come-on 2 ol in "Chicago" and Shanghai Mabel in "What Price Glory"; Belle Bennett, the immort- al mother of 'Stella Dallas" and "Mother Machree'"; Don Alvarado, the dashing hero of "Drums of Love"; and Sally O'Neil, the fam- ous Marshall Neilan find who be- came a star with her first picture, "Mike." Other players are Wil liam Bakewell and John Batten, MUSICAL SOCIETY CAST OF 'MIKADEY IS WELL BALANCED Local Company Will Present Opera on April 30, May 1, and May 2 characters for the Gilbert-Sullivan opera, "Mikado,"" which is to be produced in the General Motors Auditorium on April 30, May 1-and May 2, the General Motors Musical Society was fortunate in being able to enlist the aid of a splendid list of artistic combining both musical and dramatic ability, For that rea- son, the cast is one well fitted to bring out the best in the sprightly music and the humorous lines of the famous composer and writer. In their rehearsals, those taking part have shown the keenest enthu- siasm, and are fitting in excellently into the ensemble of the produc- tion. he following is the list of the members of the gociety who are presenting the opera. The Mikado of Japan, T. McDowell; Nanki-Poo, his son disguised as a wandering minstrel, and in love with Yum- Yum! Ko-Ko, the Lord High Exe- cutioner of Titipu, Reg Terrett; Pooh Bah, Lord High Everything Else, George Walsh; Pish-Tush; a noble lord, Richard Currie; Yum- Yum, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo, the three wards of Ko-Ko, Joan Eve- lyn. (Mrs. G. Walsh) Elsie Righ- ardson and Beulah Walker; Katisha, an elderly lady in love with Nanki-Poo, Mrs. Lesy; Japan- ese ladies at court, Mrs. H. Nichols, Mrs. R. Maybee, Mrs. L. Unitt, Mrs. Gittens, Miss Watson, Mrs, Tosland, Mrs. Noble, Miss Heath, Miss Kayes, Mrs. Wilson Miss Forsythe, Miss H. Ward, Miss M, Werry, Miss Hainer; Japanese noblemen, N. Merrick, R. Stacey, S. Black, D. Pugh, F. Ayling, M. Hainer and Messrs. Watson, Wilson, Dyas, Pos 'and Fleming. Seats for the production will go on sale on Monday morning, and it is expected that there will be a heavy demand for them, AL, 4 KDKA, EW, 4 has seen either a counterpart in his, lasti ict but the everla an Sond Jean HersotT DUYLLI Haver In the selection of the cast of | New = Starting Martin Theatre| MONDAY NORMAN KE R RY LEWIS Primitive Passion of the Burning Desert Gripping! Powerful! Dramatic! EGION Collegians , with MARY NOLAN ond Fox News JUNE MARLOWE SEX~--Unrestrained "neath the burning tropic sun. SOLDIERS--The Dare-Devil of the Legion--in the most realistic presentation of their life on the burning desert sands--ever screened, STRIFE--Between Father and Son--between Sister. PASSION--Mad passion n of the flesh--sublime passion of a pure love--a conflict' that has endured since the begin- ADDED. Sister. and ning of time, iy : - -- eH ---- A. -------- aa ls RA

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