Mr. Henry Kolker Would Like to Return 'A visitor who 1s delighted with his first experience of the Far East selled on June 10. in the Tetsuta Maru, with the frm intention to come' again for a longer stay when Thopes to see more of Shanghat Peiping. 'That is "Mr. Henry Kolker, a veteran of the American stage and now a free Tance in the cinema studios of Hollywood." Mr. Kolker who with Mrs, Kolker—formerly Miss Margaret' Bruenn—slayed at the Cathay Hotel, is of Franco-German extraction and entered. the theatrical profession 1495 when he Joined" the famous German" stock company" of Mile waukee, Tu his time he played with the lust of the elnssic actors and hod rounding in the unequalled schoo! of Shakespearean and stock produetions. "Robert Downing, James O'Neil, Mary Mannering, Amelia Binghaim, Bertha Kalich are a few of the names of the great players with whom he was associated In his early stage days. -Shanghal audiences who Saw "Romeo and Juliet" on the screen will remember the. brilliant Little thumb-nail sketch of the Friar which Mr. Kolker contributed to that re: markably fine production. In conversation on June 18 Mr, Kolker expressed the delight which he and his colleagues had experienced in playing in that great tragedy. They felt that" they Were not just Alling the roles assigned to-them but actually assisting In ad~ vaneing the art of the cinema and showing the powers that be that the young medium was worthy of being entrusted with the best that the plays rights could give it,
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