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Show 'PARIS' COMING TO RIVOLI NEXT SUN.MON.TUE. "I am one actress and zat ccs my beesncss." That is a line spoken by Irene Bordoni in "Paris." It describes with simple accuracy one's reaction to this piquant little Broadway star, whose initial screen venture opens Sunday, Monday. Tuesday at the Rivoli theater. She is certainly one actress and what an actress! Bordoni is refreshingly different. From her intriguing French accent to her twinkling toes sho spells a novel screen personality. She has brought "Paris," ' her New York stage success, with all its original charm to the First Natlonal-Vita-phone screen. The star sings and dances in somc very spectacular theater sequences, se-quences, although the picture is mostly a comedy-drama. Some of the outstanding scenes of "Paris" are made in Technicolor the wonderful new process which has finally perfected the art of photography In natural colors. We see a famous Parisian music-hall during the performance of one of those glittering revues for which the City of Light is so famous. These color effects are not only startlingly realistic they are utterly utter-ly beautiful. And in the midst of this chromatic revelation is Bordoni Bor-doni Bordoni the laughing the singing, the scintillating Bordoni at her most inimitable! The Rivoli theater . announces that starting Wednesday and Thursday, its feature attraction will bring Corinne Griffith to the audible screen in her first all dialogue dia-logue picture, "Lilies of the Field," directed by Alcandcr Korda. In this latest First National and Vitaphonc production Miss Griffith is sup ported by an exceptionally fine cas including Ralph Forbes, John Lo-der. Lo-der. Eve Southern, May Boley, Rita La Roy, Jean Bary, Betty Boyd, Virginia Bruce, Wilfred Noy and Tcnen Holtz. "Lilies of the Field" is a brilliant comedy-drama from the pen of William Wil-liam Hurlburt, author of "Bride oi the Lamb," "Chivalry" "Flgntlnu Hope," "Engaged," and other well known plays. , The story presents Miss Griffith in the role of a society woman unjustly un-justly divorced by her husband who is forced to earn her living as a show girl in a Broadway cabaret, where she mingles with a group of gold-diggers who attempt to draw her into their easy-going manners and morals. Every corner of the world has come to know Charles (Buddy) Rogers as a great dispenser of joy- j ful entertainment and, in his latest I action-romance. "Half Way to ; Heaven." which will show at the ! Rivoli theater Friday and Saturday he has a part which gives him all the opportunity he needs to amuse and thrill. "Half Way to Heaven" brings Rogers to the all-talking screen as a youthful trapeze performer in a carnival. In this daring role, he falls in love with Jean Arthur, his feminine partner whose charms have also captured the heart of the third member of the act. Pau. Lukas, a dangerous character whose fiery jealousy threatens even Rogers' life. Rogers' own skill and daring alone savc him from Lukas' rage but Lukas vows to kill him while the trio are performing under the "big top." |