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TWO FINE TALKIES What is stated to be the largest collection of screen celebrities ever to be used in a talking comedy are seen at tho National Theatre, where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's satire of Hollywood studio life, “Free and Easy,” is the current' attraction. Buster Keaton, in his initial talking and singing screen appearance, is the star of tho production, and the big cast includes Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Sebastian. Karl Dane. John Mlljan. Gwen Lee. William Collier, senr., Edgar Dearing, Marion Shilling and Lottiee Howell. Tho company did not stop with its regular players, but oven incorporated several of its directors in the cast., such well-known executives as Cecil B. De Mille, Lionel Barrymore and Fred Niblo making their appearance in the inside studio scenes. Edward Sedgwick, known for such comedy hits as “West Point.” “Slide Kelly Slide” and “Spite Marriage." directed the picture. “Tho Ship From Shanghai,” a screen version of Dale Collins’s well-known novel, “Ordeal,” is the second big attraction.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 15
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165NATIONAL Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 15
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