This trio, together with the remainder of the ballet. military number at the Arcadia next week kaya and Gruzinskaya METROPOLE HOTEL.—Grill and dining rooms for business tiffins and other occasions, NEW ROYAL HOTEL.—Lounge, bar and restaurant, PALACE HOTEL.—Tea lounge. snack counter and grill ror. Music clu ing tiffin, tea and dinner by a classical trio. Sundays excepted. PARAMOUNT.—Cabaret. Gloria Andico's orchestra.
PARK HOTEL.—Lounge 3rd floor—tea and cocktails. Dining room 2nd floor—luncheon and dinner, RENAISSANCE.—Restaurant and ballroom. Svetlan ladies orchestra at tea and dinner.
TOWER.—Cathay Hotel dining and dancing. Freddy Kaufmann, Jean Kirk, Fina Rox and Eric de Reynier.
Hollywood -offers get bigger bigger." ing the previous bids for his services formance which, had he accepted, would have brought him a minimum of £90,000 a year. He also said that he has been reading plays, and after "The Citadel'
will make another venture in management in London. The one cost him £3.00.
Hal Roach came into the news last week with the announcement that he is to partner Mussolini's son in producing operatic films at the new (and. I am told. almost Wellsianly magnificent) Rome studios.
Roach's reputation is based almost entirely on his skill in comedy-making. Indeed, it is only recently that he has even tackled full-length comedy with any pretensions toward soph fication. Previously he has concentrated on slapstick of the Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy ty Partnered Lloyd Anyhow. it's a long jump from this sort of thing to "Rigoletto." which is to be Roach's first Roman production. And it is a still long jump from the early employments of the swarthy little comedy find He moved down to California and. for some obscure reason. suddenly left the transport world and took a job in a film studio as a "stock cowboy" at £5 a week. Then he met Harold Lloyd, and between them they raised enough money to e a short film which they sold for £170—and cleared a profit.
That gave them both capital and courage to go into production together and make the series of Lonesome Luke comedies. which was Lloyd's first bid for screen fame. That particular venture was not a success. but
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