__ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1023. =tco CALCUTTA SWEEP" Is Sequel to, and Greater Than | "Me and My Gal"'--AtL Allen Next Week. SQUIBS WINS THE CALCUTTA | SWEEP wu B11 BALFOUR NINPRICES CHEERIO! Squibs, the prettiest flower girl in London; Sam Opkins, the funniest bloke in Blighty, and P. C. Chas. Lee, the cop- per from Piccadilly Circus. These three won the famous Calcutta sweepstake, 60,000 quid. : And then imagine England's rum. miest blighters in Riles Rices, country 'ouses and--Paris. I's Funnier Than the Funniest Comedy You Have Ever Seen Special English Musical Score N | The Toronto Weekly Star says, | '""Betty Balfour in "Me And My Gal" has conquered Toronto. Wait until they see her in '"Squibs Wins The Calcutta Sweep." The habitues of the Paris boule- vards were treated to some real fun, when the English director, Mr. Pear- 80n, brought those delightful char- acters, Sam 'Prkins, Squibs, and P. C. Charles Lee, over there to fake many of the scenes of the lat- est and greatest English comedy hit, | "Squibs Wins The Calcutta Sweep." | The fastidious Parisian was shock- | ed and delighted at the sight of Sam *Opkins, the English Bloke, all ar- | rayed in a French walking suit, with silk hat and spats, and almost per- fect as to dress, but nevertheless, marked all over with the character- istics of a bloke, and going through | his screamingly funy gesticulations | in a manner that almost made the }Arch de Triomphe scream with laughter, Much of the action "Squibs 'Wins The Sweep' takes place on tha ! streets of Paris, and as in the pra- | vious pleture, "Me And My Gates, | where agreeable views of Pichdilly | Circus and other famous sections of London were shown as the story was unfolded, in this picture the boule- vards of Paris figura prominently. ; The director took the whole com- i pany across the channel, and the ALL views of Paris are a treat to the eye, & while the fun that is experlenced there by the spectator, as he fol- lows the antics of these wonderful | English characters, Squibs. 'Opkins and P. C. Charles Lee, is such as | will not be forgotten for a long timo te come. | This cinema plays the Allen for | four days only, starting Monday, and in view of the tremendous pop- ularity of Betty Balfour, the pat- rons of the Allen are urged to _eomoa early and make sure of seats. FANNIE HURST'S LATEST PHOTOPLAY 5, 8hows Departmsnt Store in| which one might find in the largest Every Detail--Remarkable [HE he department store that Set Pictured. {is not included in this studio store, {around which one of the most in- What is believed to be the most | teresting episodes of the story is remarkable studio set ever designed woven. When the scene was filmed for the making of a motion picture | every special department was in iz one which was fashioned during|focus of the camera. These special the filming of ""The Nth Command- departments include footgear, cloth- ment" a plcturization of the famous ing, gents! furnishings, ladies' and Fannie Hurst story of the same children's wearing apparel, millin- name. This particular set repre-| ery, corsets, lingere, furniture, sents the interior of an up-to-date | luitchen ware, hardware, truwks, New York udepartment store so com- {aporting goods, musical instruments plete as to detail that it entails|and a popular song booth. Incidewn« wl BEE naa { a Seamed ul My La in. ef | | ' Hi Hy 2 1 NS ~~ Pip-pip, it's the cheeriest of all English comedies. Went bigger in England than "Me and My Gal" and all others. Com- ing direct from the Allen Theatre, To- ronto, where it played two weeks to ca-. pacity crowds. Don't let anything keep you from see- ing the greatest comedy of all time. A picture that the whole family will enjoy. Leave the washin', 'ouse cleaning and dishes in the sink and spend two ours with the greatest characters in all Eng- land, cheery chappies, queer blokes and good 'earted Johnnies that will tickle you pink. A LIDY--GOOD-BYE BLIGHTY FOX NEWS FUN FROM PRESS | > ' j 4 i 9 Ya [INE OOM rg : Wa: Ne of $4 3 7 A wi RA IR > 5 Se 008 QL A RX PN A BS Ha SE (J ¢ 2 (Q NSS KS & a " -- \ NN | LEY-IDD ) rE LE 4 CAME TWO GENTS AND FOX COMEDY "YOUNG AND DUMB" TDD Y.IGH FOUR DAYS ONLY STARTING MONDAY ~ and bustle of a modern department Commandment," 'which "will be the [Merriam and George Cooper com- store. feature at the Strand Theatre nexi.|plete the personnel of the players The construction of this unique | Monday. Eddie Phillips, Charlotte | who interprete the story. studio set was made necessary by the fact that the location is SUpPPOs; A An ---------------- tn Matinees Evenings | MONDAY Impressive Human Interest Story > "HU {0} BY THE AUTHOR OF everything that is warranted to ex- cite the fancy of a bargain-hunting housewife. tally, the scene includes a wrapping department, stately floor-walkers, fleeing cash-girls and everything In fact, there is not a single article | else that goes towards the hustle An | | ted to be in one of New York's big, | stores. No department store in a | basement floor space of the required | | size and completeness could be found 4 = her iio . n the mount 'Qc +The Nth Commandment Q Cosmopolitan. Groduction ---- | Fannie Hurst CAST INCLUDES COLLEEN MOORE JAMES MORRISON EDDIE PHILLIPS CHARLOTTE MERRIAM GEORGE COOPER Worth While Attraction jin Los Angeles, and as this com; lete->| |ness of detail is vital to the story, | | {Frank Borzage, who directed the he | i picture, decided to construct a re- ys <7 | |plica on a scale more lavish than |ever before attempted for a similar | { : | scene. | Maurice Brierre and Grace King in exclusive songs and | Sam 'Opkins and Squibs, those funny characters in| Colleen Moore and James Mor-|dancing with the Cultural Vaudeville Circle at the Grand | "Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep," at the Allen next week. |rison head the cast of "The Nth; (pera BCs all next week. AAA AA mm a. mmm | (Down, down they sank in the wat- | ers until they 'réached the very! " a bottom of the ocean. There in the | sand on his side rested Mr. Flat- fish, with his two big eyes on the | same side of his head. Beside ne a's rock wat sir oveter sms arn | CHAI AEE in the sands on a weed sat Why | Eo EAA AAA AAs Ace AA Area { "I can't help what you think," !for him to travel. . As long as each declared Mr. Flat-fish, "I still insist land every one of us does the best he 2 | that it's far nicer and shows better !can to make the others around him "Dear me," sighed Dotty, 'bun | judgment to lie op one's side this | happy and contented we'll all nave this is a funny old world," and with & {Way than to rest any other way." no time for fussing as to which one a sigh she seated herself on the | "Hum," grumbled Willy Crab. {of us is right." sands and watched waves rippling h | "To me it certainly looks silly. But| "Well, 1 do feel safer walking back and forth on the beach. "Even {I suppose you've never been taught backward." repiied Willie Crab. the waves don't know what tu do 0 | differently, 80 you shoukin't be crit- | "Then I know no one's following me next." - | icized. - ite step on my toes. m eorry Mf "Just what I've come to straighten "Great room you have to prat-|I've misjudged Mr. Flat-fish. But out," whispered a soft voice, ana { tie," laughed Mr. Oyster. "If there's I thought--"' Squeedee, the little elfin trom Joy- . « {one thing I think silly it's to see a "Never mind what you thought, land, sat down on the sand beside . fellow with as many legs as you Mr. Crab," spoke up Mr. Flat-flah, Dotty. "For some time there has have crawling backward over the "I'll forgive you, if you on the ofh- been quite a discussion in the water- \ | sand." jer hand will forgive me. if I've hurt world, and I was just on my way jy 'AN . | "I think {t's silly, 'too,' added your feelings." there when | saw you." y | Mr. Flat-fish, "and juet as much out At this every one laughed and "Oh, take me, too, Squeedes," |ot date to spend one's time in quar- | Mr Oyster jumpe! down off the Dotty begged. "I'm 80 tired of do- | prelung, What if Mr. Flat-fish does 'stone. He and Dotty and Squeedse ing nothing." | lie on his side that way? What (danced a jig, and hefore long Mr. Squeedee took Dottr's hand and! harm does he do? Possibly he can i Flat-fish and Willy Crab were dane they rushed into the very mext wavs see better that wz', for both his|ing with them and they were all hap. that swept the shore and were car- ! eyes are on one side." | py ono: more $n | Tle) Fanny Nodons of the Different | Water-1* ..k. | A TION a THA 1 LT o CANADA'S BUILDING AT THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION. The British Empire exhibition which is to be held next year between April and October at Wembley, negr London, England, is expected to attract al least twenty million visitors. Nothing used in the construction but will be produced within the Empire.- 'Only the Dominions | and other parts of the Empire will be exhibitors, Canada will erect a building of which the ried out quite a distance all of their faces that they had just] "And what it Wiliy Crab does pre- bove skeleh shows the architectural design. The government is to spend a million dollars] I guess we'll drop down row."|been having a discussion of some fer walking backward, If he feels the exhibition. The two Canadian transcontinenial railways are also erecting buildings. isaid the elfn. "So watch yourself." ! kind, that way, then that's the proper way ' "Take 'Me. TH», Squeedee." Dotty knew by the expression on ------_------ "Tis the riches of the mind only that make a man rich and hadoy. Ji