EMPIRE
“PAINTING THE TOWN” “Painting the Town,” now being shown at the Empire Theatre, is ideal film entertainment built around the adventures of a small-town smart aleck and his adventues in New York. Also, it serves to introduce to the movingpicture public a new comedy star in the person of Glenn Tryon. As a young village combination of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford with a flare for tricky inventions and wisecracking, Tryon creates a sensation in New York on his quest for fame and fortune. His specialties are a quickstopping front wheel brake automobile, and his interest in a certain Follies beauty. His efforts in landing a big contract from the Fire Commissioner for his cars, and in winning the interest and heart of the Follies queen provide a rapid succession of laughable situations and opportunities for funnygags and subtitles. Patsy Ruth Miller is the girl, and as usual is easy to look upon and competent in her acting. The others in the cast are well chosen, including George Fawcett. Charles Gerard, Sidney Bracy and Max Ascher.” “Manon Lescaut” is the second feature on the programme.
Adolphe Menjou’s next Paramount Picture will be “The Beauty Doctor.” The story was written by Ernest Vajda and Lothar Mendes is directing. Mendes came under the notice of Paramount after a series of successes on the Continent
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 14
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