In the past seventeen years Adolphe Menjou has grown to be so unshabably implanted in the publio mind as ihe embodiment of worldly grace. sophisticated charm and sartorial impeccability that even people who wear sleeve-holders must acknowledge what so far the Internal Revenue Department has churlishly failed to admit: that his expensive wardrobe is to-day an inseparable part of his art. Ti State of California has already allowed Mr. Menjou's claim for the upkeep and depreciation of this splendid stock in trade; only the Federal Government, with, bureaucrat insensitiveness, continues to hold out.
Because he is a firm turner-downer of parts in pictures which sound swell but end as flops, and an almost infallible picker of hits, Mr. Menjou has never been more in demand than he is to-day; though he has made 185 pictures, the public remains unsurfeltted with his well-known face and his beautifully draped form. He h: a simple formula: "the only way to keep going im Hollywood is to heer getting in good pictures." His last few have been "Cafe Metropole "Stage Door," "Three Smart Girls and "100 Men and a Girl." Just like "Broadway, Melody of 1938"—With Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor ce-starred and with its giant cast including such celebrities of the stage, screen and radio world as George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Garland, Roy Del Ruth who was behind the making of such earlier musical films hits as "Broo way Melody of 1936," "Gold-diggers and "Born To Dance," directed the film. Coming to the NANKING.
"Back in Circulation."—An engrossing and smart newspaper comedy-drama, greatly appreciated during its first run—Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay and John Titel. Coming to the CAPITOL,
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