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Show ANOTHER LOT OF FINE FEATURE FILMSCOMING The Rivoli theater will present "Tho Foreign Legion," Universal's dramatic screen adaptation of "The i Red Mirage," I. A. R. Wylie's sen- sational novel, as its feature beginning begin-ning Sunday and Monday. This should be good news for local motion mo-tion picture enthusiasts, as the pic-tre pic-tre is heralded as one of the finest ever produced. The novel was a gripping storj of love and duty, set against the chromatic background of the French Foreign Legion in Algiers. Tho picture is said to excel the book in the colorful presentation of the lives and adventures, the passions and the impulses of these iron soldiers sol-diers and the steely discipline under which they live. Thrills form the basis of modern comedy, according to Buster Kea-ton, Kea-ton, whose latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offering, "The Cameraman," comes to the Rivoli theater Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday. Keaton plays, in this new uproari-ious uproari-ious comedy, an apprentice newsreel cameraman, shooting scenes in New York. Among the thrills are his drop from a four-story building into a Chinese tong war; a thrilling boat accident; a scene in which he climbs, like a money, over a Fifth Avenue bus; a swimming pool scene in which he narrowly escapes drowning, and other misadventures, all in a hilarious strain. A drama of the Canadian north woods will make its appearance at the Rivoli theater Saturday. It is called "The Danger Patrol," and has as its principals William Russell Rus-sell and Virginia Browne Faire, with Wheeler Oakman, Rhea Mitchell, Mitch-ell, Ethan Laidlaw, Bertram Johns and Napoleon, the dog star in support. sup-port. Duke Wome produced and directed it from H. H. Van Loan's story, and from advance reports it j is a production that will more than l please every type of picture au-' au-' dience. One comedienne who has no desire de-sire to be a tragedienne is blonde, be-dimpled Laura La Plante, whose nevest Universal comedy, "Home James," will open at the Rivoli theater on Tuesday. It is one of the traditions of the theater that the comedy group want i to do tragedy and vice versa. Each no doubt would like to show his versatility ver-satility at the expense of "showing up" the others. But Miss La Plante is satisfied with her comedy roles. She believes it is much more difficult to be a good comedienne than to be a good tragedienne. "The acting in comedy must be more subtle than in tragedy," said Miss La Plante. "One can actually overact in tragedy without the audience au-dience noticing it, but try it in comedy and see what happens. The audience will refuse to react and nothing more pitiable than a player who is trying to be funny and isn't." |