".+... John King Richard Cromwell lim" Summerville Andy Devine Barbara Read Louise Fazenda VUNoah Beery, Jr. Maurice Murphy... John Emery Gtienne Girardet "Lionel Atwill Wiliam B. Davidson Superb direction and a really gripping theme made "The Road Back," at the Metropol Theatre last night, a picture never to be forgotten. Very realistic scenes of wär, (necessary to lend background to the story) tragedy, humour and love combined to make it one of the pictures not to be missed. The story centred on a group of young Ger-mian. soldiers, who had served for four years in the trenches, and who care back to their homes to the peace they deserved, only to find révoltition, disorder, and turmoil, making it almost too difficult for them to conform to ante-war life, One of them found it too difficult, and in the heat of the moment shot the man who had ruined his ideal. Placed on trial before those who helped send him to the front he was condemned for his action. In that court scene, Mr, John King gave a most passionate speech, one of the scenes that will live Jong in the memory of those who know its full meaning. The other players were so well cast that it would be difficult to praise them in detail. The settings Were ifipressionistic, and each scene followed its predecessor logically and in sequence, The climax was startling, but clever, Preceding the main feature was a Universal Newsreel and a cartoon The newsreel ended on a note clashing with the main picture, but was nevertheless a complement to it—
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Council or lower house, and the Council of Nationalities or upper house, will meet simultaneously.
These two bodies will form "Supreme Council" to elect "one President for the entire Soviet Union instead of the "Board of Presidents" now existent.
The deputies to the first Soviet Parliament were elected in the General Election held on December 12, when ät least 95 per cent, of the electorate is said to have gone to the polls,—The great majority voted for the approved list of candidates.—Reuter.
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