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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 29, 29 October 1918, Page 6

A famous name overshadows all other . considerations where picture nianufac- ■ hirers are concerned. The mere fact that i a person is famous in one direction or the other is enough to ensure him or her big money to appear before the screen in a live novelette.- The latest to fall is \ Caruso, the eminent Italian tenor. Ivow ; Caruso, though a divine singer, is no beauty, nnd.l have never heard anyone rave over his histrionic ability, let tho 1 world is to seo this artist jigging round in a storv minus the ono great gift which has made his rinmo famous throughout the universe. .In the same 1 manner, disregarding physical unfitness, we saw Mies . Geraklino Farrnr (Mrs. Lou Tellegen), the grand opera 'artist, as Joan of Arc. No artist has ever conceived Joan as Miss Farrar depicted her, and it is well that it is so. Irene Castle earned famo as a graceful and daring dancer at Zeififeld's Midnight Follies in New York, but we do not see her ns a dancer in her pictures- but as an actress, whjch is peculiar. This last week Miss Mary Garden, .another grand opera singer, > figured An a Wellington theatre, as tho protagonist in "The Splendid Sinner," jrhiuh does not spread her fame as an actress. Indeed, it is often most disturbing, and just as often disillusioning! to see these artists out of their proper place. Dollars ngnin. "A faithful friend is the medicine of life."—Proverb. e Baxter's Lung Preserver is a friend you can always depend upon. When head is stuffed with cold, when throat is sore and painful, when chest cough keeps you wake at night, Buster's can always be relied upon to give you relief. Keep it handy. Large, bottle, 2s, Gd, All chemists ivnd store's.—Advt".