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Show 'LONESOME' IS ! FILM FEATURE COMING HERE The Rivoli theater takes jfrrat picture in tho fart th;t it is able Jo announce for showing soon the most novel, interesting ami "different" "dif-ferent" photoplay that has over .-hown here. It is Universalis much discussed aiul cinematic history-ninking history-ninking production. "Lonesome." It will open Sumliiy-Monday. "Lonesome" irf the story of a romance ro-mance -a steal romance because it is'told in simple terms. A boy and a pi'.'l. workers in a hip city, feel the grip of loncsomeness amid the millions among whom they live. On n hot Saturday aftcVnoon each journeys to the beach where Jim "picks up" Mary. Throughout the day they linger at the beach, happy hap-py in having found each other. When the time comes to go home Mary becomes lost in the dense crowd and tho romance of the' day becomes tragedy. They are re-united in a surprising climax, but not until audiences have laughed and wept with them. Some critics say that Lillian Gis.i is at her best when her surround- ings are the most unattractive. "La Boheme," for instance, or the drab - surroundings of "Broken Blos-. Blos-. soms." Others hold that "Annie - Laurie." "Romola" or some picture in which she is dressed gorgeously. - best sets forth her wistful charm. But in her latest vehicle the most audacious combination of the two ' has been achieved. "The Wind," " her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ve-: ve-: hiclo, now playing at the Rivoli 'theater, Wednesday and Thursday, ' sees her in the most primitive of surroundings. But bleak as it is, 1 : her setting is spectacular because of its very hugeness. ' Deliciously audacious, "The Jazz Age," an FBO production1 which opens at the Rivoli theater Tues- ; day, eavesdrops on flaming youth, and tears aside the veil of secrecy : on what is transpiring when mern-; mern-; bcrs of the sub-deb set don't come home until the wee, small hours of- the morning. If anyone is perplexe'd as to how ' the much-maligned adolescents of today do their playing, let him hast-; hast-; en to view "The Jazz Age'," and there baptize himself in the foua-; foua-; tain of modernity- Tropica) nights fireflies lighting . i'p every tree" and shrub sharp moonlight floding the jungle clear-. clear-. ings and turning the sandy beach to silver the Southern Cross shining shin-ing out again the' immense indigo blue vault of. the sky! And through it all the sound of the little waves slapping lazily against the shore and the exquisite spicy scehts blown gently on the soft breeze! Time made for romance and loving lov-ing hearts, with no thought of . jungle terrors. "Tropical Nights" with Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm MacGregor, Wallace' McDonald, Ray Hallor and Russell Simpson directed by Elmer El-mer Clifton suggested by Jack London's story, "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates" the Tiffany-Stahl picture coming Saturday to the' Rivoli theater. Kindness or cruelty. Which does a dog respect? This is-one of the emotional progle'ms 'which provide the unusual suspense in the thrilling thrill-ing FBO production, "The Swift Shadow," which opens at the Rivoli |