biggest flop in the history of show business. It is the greatest motion picture in history. The RKO Radio Studios spent a fortune in money to produce it. We won't attempt to describe its magnificent story... its amazing wonderful cast nor the way it holds you engulfed in the wondrous entertainment that puts all previous productions 15 shame. The cruel fact remains that the theatre-going public is shunning this top picture of the century. The public is depriving itself of the greatest entertainment ever conceived on the screen. What pains us most, men, women and children are proving quite clearly that they care not to share the heart aches, the joys and the adventures of the one man who bled his heart for the well-being of a nation THE GREAT EMANCI-PATER is a forgotten man.
For you, you and you who missed the greatest motion picture in history when first exhibited in Shanghai, we shall show "ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS" at the Uptown Theatre screen beginning Friday, August 2. We sincerely hope that this frank statement of facts will be heeded and therefore be justified—Adv Distinguished Guest Claudette Colbert is not on the list of MGM's long-term contract stars. In order to join the star cast of "Boom Town," Miss Colbert went to the producing company as a distin-ted guest, and therefore occupied the üstinguished guest's dressing room in the studio. This room has a piano and is almost unique in this respect. It has also an ice box and an electric grill, which enables its occupant to have the convenience of lunches in hep own room. As acknowledgment of such distinction and convenience, guests have made a habit of leaving a souvenir behind them, such as a picture, a book or a vase, Guests who have occupied "Room D," as it is known, have included Annabella, Janet Gaynor, Barbara Stanwyck and Franciska Goal. But the occupant of this dressing room is not always a technical guest.
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