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Show S: J Qievalier Now "Americanized" j I 1 i j f:; f -Y) v:v: Maurice Chevalier with Claudette Colbert in a scene .from his latest Paramount Picture, "The Big Pond" Claudette Colbert, the lady of "The Lady Lies" fame. "The Big Pond" comes to the Rivoli theater Wednesday and Thursday. 1 In "The Big Pond,' his newest starring film, Maurice Chevalier becomes thoroughly "Americanized." "American-ized." ' His earlier films showed the former for-mer favorita of the Folies Bergere in the characterizations of a music hall singer and of an ambassador ambassa-dor extraordinaire in a mythical kingdom. But "The Big Pond" shows him as an enterprising "big shot" in a chewing gum factory. And nothing could be more American Ameri-can than that. "The Big Pond" is based on a Broadway play of last season by George Middleton and A. E. Thomas. Thom-as. The story deals with a young Frenchman, who is employed as a guide for American tourists in Venice. Ven-ice. Through the influence of some tourists he is brought to America to take a position in a chewing gum factory. Pie starts "at the bottom" and gains prestige in the business through his novel ideas about advertising. ad-vertising. He writes successful songs which exploit the company's product. Before long he is a power in the industry, and an ace in the regard 51 his sweetheart, played ny |