tke" at the Lyceum Theatre. will soon in "Venus in ursday the Russian Light "Will present (he first Shanghai ormance "of. /s "Venus in Theatre, the The full éást of principals will participate—Bitner and Orlovskaya as prima donnas, Valin and Rosen as comedians and the soloists, Kudinoff afd Slobodskoy. New scenery also 15 in the course of preparation.
The plot is said to be comical and original and the opening stages portray a countess sending an of painting of herself to a Court ball A count falls in love with it and then action begins to register, Valesby Recital nj- A musical event will be the recital '|by the 17-year-old violinist Leonora Miss Valésby's programme Powell Comes Back—to a Hug and a Kiss William Powell is back at work. With heartbreak behind him, and three major operations that nearly cost his life, he stood hesitating one morning recently in the circle of studio lights.
Everybody was so glad to see him, they couldn't say a word. For once ihe wisecrack failed him. Then Myrna Loy threw her arms round his neck and kissed him.
It was Bill Powell's turn to swallow hard. "That was worth getting well for," he said.
Oh, Bill," said Myrna, with an April face, "this is going to be more fun than another vacation."
2 Ten they all felt better, cheered himgroundly, and started work.
So "Another Thin Man" was born.
They are for fond of many people in Hollywood—envy, fear, admire Perhaps. But BW Powell la different.
es shown them he is brave and gallant, that he can take it on the chin, whatever the odds, and without a word-of complaint.
Other stars must work from 8 am. until 6 p.m. Powell goes to the studio at 10 a.m.
They provide him with a bed in his portable dressing-room, where he rests between "shooting.
The entire organization has been adroitly speeded up so that Powell is never unnecessarily tired, This has meant an army of stand-ins, and almost double the number of electricians and prop. men.
He told a friend: "One pain kills another. I've found a new faith in people. I've sold my big house and I want to live simply in a small one. Ill be all right now. Work is the best tonic a man have"
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