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Highland Park Press, 9 Apr 1931, p. 41

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V.......... n: um“ [Ill "we-- ialling deeply in love-and with In heiress, played by Loretta Young. Marryingjor money. end m-tmr one he loved who bu money. In viewed by Willie u irreconcilable. The dialogue. in bright, witty and sparkling in the true undue men- per. 'It4 the part” of Willie m apo- ttwry written to at the out-gin: Col-, mm Win. . ' _ The picture, described as n-.sophis- tieated comedy drama in the modern "mtmter,-harte, d_trsrtttrthirttriiyiiit loves of Willie Leelnnd, played 'by Ronald Colman, wayward son of a wealthy and unsympathetic British peer who, in an effort to, make some- thing of his “'thentnrdus eon, gives him a start in South Africa. The story opens with Willie, ditqtttatrsd; with his, exile, and longing for the light; of London, auctioning his be- longing: to obtain money enough for a pause home. Never lining ju- 1ttitEftiLjiiiI' liirrt, he decide: .. q 1.tytyri"iiiiFr' a wealthy girl and set- tle down, independent of his father. Arriving in London with twenty pounds in his pocket, he spend: it all "1 buying I doe, and in tnking on aetretur, an 'tequainttuide of former years, to dinner. I "Next {nominrhe meet; his fat- Ronald Colman's latest talking pie- t1i'a,iftoPeie_toeinmrwtoth, star, bears the title "Oe Devil To Pay." It is an original screen story and dialogue by the famous English, dramatist, Frederick Lonadale, inn known on this side of the Atlantic for his ifttrperous stage successes, "Aren't We Allt", "Spring Cleaning," “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” and others. Though several of the Lonsdale pieces have been adapted for the screen, "The Devil To Pay” is his flrst 'iii'::") tempt. at writing directly for screen production. . T Ronald Coleman's Latest Is "The Devil to Pay" Thursday, April tr, 1981 A ldeTTA WUNG 1nornintrwhe M his fate- deeply in love-and with n .rltred by Loretta Young. use ltottte. Never having ax- til. 13ml ltirrs, he decide: that marry a wealthy girl and set- 'n, independent of his father. Cinema Tflgfi "The Bat Whispers,” s thrilling eomedrdrttma, highly mysterious in plot, has s east including Una Mer- kol, Gustav Von Mums. Ben Bard, Gram Humpton,‘ Maude Ebume, William Bskowell, Charla Pow, Clark: Spencer Charters: tr. E, Jennings and am Hunky. . _ T The invention is credited to Charles Cline, a technical man " United Artists studios. It was spon- sored and paid. for by Rolend‘West, prpdueer-direetor, who needed it for only a ahtttler, brief scene in his pro- duction, "The Bat Whispers.” futur- ine Chester Morris. It in treontrfvutiee, that peitoai", A-re-a-whit-srl-w-ante: shot to a close-up as though released,; by a trigger. I The "soom" shot has _ been per- fetted, for talking pieturei. Zooming Camera Used in "The Bat Whispers" Finally, we reach the me ti Whig}: all this subtle art‘hu tended, the episode irrwhieh the tragic Dublin l mother, with- her son tlead and her datttrhter-rttined-,- moves -ttttt- "tyr-ttres' stricken home like an automaton .of woe, with - minim and each footfall counted. its antecedent and incidental Allusion. andorodtte'e a good result, but that would not come anywhere near Hitch. cock’s result. T _ i There is a stealthy tempo in the affair, a sinister rhythm, something that leaks and lurks in the continuity of pictures, which chills the laughter of comedy and springs out like a thing unleashed in the scenes of l tragedy. This trick of giving the eavetsdropper a premonition is pecul- iarly the "genius of Hitchcock. He is I a master of the art of suggestion. You might think that a competeyt stage modicer.,who "ktfeFikii'iiiithiiiir" of the screen technique, eould photo- graph Sean o'Cassey'a play, with all Imeomfortahle, bometimes thiamine, ind sometimes comicd, Ibut always 1dth_tu_ataue, tut taeas _irtttuttatelr connected with it. "q s" Film for Adults Only "ttre---------.---.- =LL.L-i, h ---Lnidpn Daily Express THE I] The Doorway to Hell y WEDmi;sDAY-THURsirif «M 1(7 3%.“ 18 l _""t"i""iii"1iijhu) SATURDAY, APRIL 11 StlNP_AY,.APRrr, 12 " MON " TUES, APRIL Ir. 14 Continuous 2 to 11 . -- _ ---- . Emma!) minim: WHONI 88t m month.“ LORETTA YO u NG THIS DEVIL ,- Iomr _' ii'" FRIDAY and SATURDAY The WI Comm-alum“ an: BAr-6esdG-rear ' _ "e"'"""""'-"-'-"""-'-'-.--.- -rl_a--q----t.-t-.--..-..-.-----..---.-- m Eiteliiirir.Gi7i'ae Oi $§5JUNO a: PAYCOCK hivml Em All“ to “Just”. [dull ch..- - "Cart. Beru". “In! Horn- " “Jcnc” Duly. 'mteee in nod-h; In All tho _ at -*.. Eon: (In. like “In. and the ”our..." 1"”. . FRESH! Pom-non. Ther.Shame of Mary 30er the Noith tettore Sean O’Cas'ey’s Now! mien-m Pct-ac! VII. Irhh Stan PM wmmknum aural 'diG1'rw'"l'l'l"4llllS."aJf. FOR ADULTS _ 0mm - N ORE WGFi LEW AYRES Matinee ' EvenhiE APRIL 15 - 16 tho (I... WWI-1' m I - NEW'. Tl CE

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