ANNE SHIRLEY - NEW STAR
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COMES TO SCREEN
IN “ANNE OF GREEN
GABLES” - IMPERIAL
Dawn O'Day Adopts The
Name Of Character She
Portrays In Production
STARTS WEEK
AT IMPERIAL
Carole Lombard and Chester
Morris In Gay Gangster
Comedy—Last-Half
By HOWARD HANCOCK
Sixteen-year old Dawn O’Day
will henceforth be known as “Anne
Shirley,” the name of the charac
ter she portrays in “Anne of Green
Gables,” Monday-Tuesday attrac
tions next week at the Imperial.
She is given feature billing in the
picturization of L. M. Montgom -
ery‘s beloved novel, andHollywood
wiseacres predict that here is a
new star to shine from the cinema
tic heavens.
We are informed that most ev
ery girl for miles around has read
“Anne of Green Gables,” some
time in her life. Now, Anne steps
from the printed page to take her
place in the long, long line of
screen heroines. She is a lively
miss, with a way with her. Red
headed—and what a temper! Per
haps it is because her fiery locks.
For instance the very first day she
goes to school on Prince Edwardls
land , she “busts” a slate over the
head of Tom Brown, because he
leered at her and whispered: “Yeh,
Carrots!”
Tom likes Anne from the very
moment she crowns him with the
slate, tho, and his childhood af
fection blossoms into true love,
which is returned by Anne. It
looks for a time, however, like she
is never going to be his wife, as
her foster-mother hates Tom and
his entire family, thus, she is at
least temporarily restrained from
“busting” him over the head with
objects.
Helen Westley, who takes the
part of Anne’s adopted mother,
isn’t really a mean woman, how -
ever. She, with her brother, O. P.!
Heggie, are devoted to the girl,'
whom they took from an orphan
asylum. At first, they do not want
her, for it was a boy they asked
for, but big-eyed Anne, with her
vivid imagination and her high -
sounding “Book language” wins
their hearts. The brother falls in
love with her right from the start,
but it takes a little time for “Ma”
(Helen Westley) to thaw out.
Tom Brown turns out to be a
smart doctor, while Anne grows up
to be a sweet, beautiful woman.
What a pity. “Ma” caused them to
part on that snowy day when they
were still in their teens. At a later
date, tho’, Tom has a chance to do
“Ma” a good turn. And, does he
sulk and refuse? No-siree! Men
are not made that way.
“Anne of Green Gables” is a
deeply moving, sentimental com
edy-drama, of unusual charm. It
is well-acted, wholesome and en •
tertaining, and is unhesitatingly
recommended as excellent for all
types of audiences.
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“Maybe It's Love” an unusual
romance of young love and lovers
torn by doubts and jealousies, as
well as financial difficulties and
family interference, comes to the
Stage, Screen
Stars Marry
Symbolic, perhaps, of the
growing bond between the New
York stage and the Hollywood
“talkies," William (Buster)
Collier, Jr., screen star, was
married to Marie Stevens,
“Follies" beauty, In Greenwich,
Conn., recently. The couple are
shown above after the ceremony.
Imperial next Wednesday-only as
“bargain day” attraction.
A new pair of film lovers Gloria
Stuart and Ross Alexander, are
presented in this production, and
are said to make an unusually pre
sentable couple. Something tells
us you wlil hear a lot, and see a
lot of this Ross Alexander. Many,
particularly the feminine fans, are
of the opinion he all but “stole” the
picture in “Flirtation Walk” in
which he was cast as Dick Powell’s
roommate. He was born in New
York City, July 27th., 1907, and
made his screen debut in “Gen
tlemen are Born,” with Franchot
Tone.
General Johnson might have
thought he knew a lot about the
fine art of “chiseling,” but when
it comes down to real mastery, he
should have kept his eyes on one
ofthose big-eyed, velvety blondes
when she is at work.
Beautiful Carole Lombard is a
“Gillette” girl in “The Gay Bride”
which will be shown next Thursday
-Friday at the Imperial.
“gillette me have this—‘ja-let me
have that!” She is cast as a lus
cious chorine who goes in for tak
ing money—not from easy marks
and yokels but from rum-runners,
gangsters, and suck ilk. The big,
bad boys just so much filet mig
non for Carole, and she takes ’em
like Grant took the nearby city of
Richmond, back there in the Civ
il War days.
Nat Pendleton craves Carole very
depely, but she says she wants a
home; marriage, babies, etc. etc.
Wi ling to listen to any proposi
tion from the ruby lips of the pink
-and-white Miss Lombard, Nat
dresses himself up and marries
her. Immediately she begins to take
him,’ as the saying goes. Being
a careful wife, she inveigles her
husband into writing a will in her
favor on the very night of their
wedding. You see, you can never
tell when a gangster is going to
have a lily tucked in to his paws,
and the glamorous Miss Lombard
figures a gal must live.
Sam Hardy and Leo Carollo, oth
er gansters, look upon Carole with
possessive thoughts. She’s willing
to seize her chisel and go to work
on them too. She is intent upon
fixing up a nice, comfortable old
age for herself, and talks these
gents into fixing up a bank trust
fund for her.
But is is not the intention of
this column to paint the charac
ter Miss Lombard portrays in an
unfavorable light. To be sure, true
love warms her chilly heart. When
she finds that a splendid fellow
called “Office Boy,” (which part
is taken by Chester Morris) is wise
to her game and cannot be chiseled
for so much as a penny—she be
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gins to understand that here is a
man whom she’d like to have get
the love hold on her neck.
The plot for “The Gay Bride’’
was taken from Francis Coe’s Sat
urday Evening Post story “Re -
peal.” Altho’s you may not be in
sympathy with any of it’s charac
ters, it is our opinion you will find
' the flicker to be a satisfactory
evenings entertainment, as it is a
mixture of satire, farce and melo
drama. Miss Lombard does a ca
pable bit of trouping, assisted by,
in addition to those mentioned, Za
su Pitts and Walter Walker.
Intermediate Girls
Auxiliary Reorganized
The Intermediate Girls Auxiliary
of the Rosemary Baptist Church
were re-organized last Thursday
evening in the home of Mrs. P. W.
Ray, who is their Counselor for
this year. Officers elected were
Margaret Butler, President; Lois
Batts, Vice-president; Aileen Ov
erton, Secretary; Bettie Acree,
Treasurer; Virginia Cooper, pia -
nist. This Auxiliary will be known
as the Alda Grayson Auxiliary.
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discussed by several members,
members present were: Margaret
Butler, Lois Batts, Etta Burke,
Bettie Acree, Annie Acree, Aileen
Overton and Virginia Cooper.
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