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Show r v i completes the trio as Wallingfoi d's I partner in easy pickings, Blaclcie ( Iun. ljeila Hyams hus the feni-i feni-i inine lc:id. 1 (1 i eta (Jai ho soars lo fresh ; heights nf dramatic achievement in i "Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise," i whii h opens Tuesday at the Kivoli j theater for a three-day run. In t he pietmization of the fa. i mous Oiivid Ciiaham Phillips novel, ! tli reeled for the screen by Robert Z. Leonard, limbo negotiates a role demanding frequent transi-tions. transi-tions. endowing it with an emotional emotion-al intensity that makes the chnr-acleri.at chnr-acleri.at ion of the Swedish farm igitl who rises lo fame and wealth la real one. Her character is one I that lives. I Clink Gable plays opposite Garbn ', in the new film and offers a mag- n i fie en t performance as the man who first causes the girl to go I Mritr:iy but returns lo atone for his i recklessness m the years that have j witnessed her triumphs and j drspaiis. 'SOB SISTER' FEATURE FILM HERE FRIDAY "Sob Sis tor." Fox drama of an ambitious irl. who was too busy trading on the romances of others to recognize her own love affair until it had practically passed her by, which opens its local engagement engage-ment Friday at the Rivoli theater, is hailed as being one of the year's most impoitant pictures, and for several reasons. First, it marks the m "ond screen appearance of James Dunn, who bounded into the film spotlight overnight in his history making screen debut in "Bad Girl." Second, it introduces to moviegoers movie-goers a new leading lady, 21 years i old. gorgeously blonde, a favorite ! of the Broadway stage. Linda Wat-kins. Wat-kins. Third, the picture is the first directorial di-rectorial effort of Alfred San tell since his record breaking success, "Daddy Long- Legs," with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. After that picture Santell was given his choice of all the slorios owned by Fox Films and from them he chose "Sob Sister." The right of a girl to make use of a winning smile and perhaps a hint of possible affection to gain her ends in "business competition, and yet the dangers of this means of attaining success is a subject that Santell considers one of the most discussed topics of the times, and in "Sob Sister," he is said to present both sides of the question in unfolding one of the most unusual un-usual and yet most sincere and touching romances yet recorded on the talking screen. The film is reported re-ported by those who have already seen it as exceeding "Bad Girl" in heart touching appeal and vividness. vivid-ness. The festive and hilarious activities activ-ities of J. Rufus Wallingford, grafter graft-er de luxe, are depicted in "New Adventures of GcL-Rich-Quick Wallingford," Wal-lingford," which will open Sunday at the Rivoli theater for two days. William Haines poi trays the master crook. Jimmy Durante, the famous "Schnozzle" comedian of the "New York stage, has a prominent prom-inent role as the chauffeur who in an uproarious episode impersonates a senator, and Ernest Torrence |