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Show Noted Stage Hit Coming To Rivoli "Her Sweetheart" (Christopher Bean), based on the - play "The. Late Christopher Bean," 'one of New York's outstanding dramatic hits, opens Sunday at the Rivoli Theatre bringing together Marie Dressier and Lionel Barry more in their first appearance as'co-stars. The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ottering is based on Sidney How-i aid's celebrated drama of a woman who shows a. man the road back to" honor. It was adapted from the French of Rene. Kauchois and was first produced by Gilbert Miller at the Henry Miilcr Theatre The-atre in New York, with Pauline, Lord as the star. , Hiss Dressier, fresh from triumphs tri-umphs in "Tugboat Annie" and "Dinner at Eight," and Barrymoro famous "Rasputin" and recently seen m "The Stranger's Return," head a distinguished cast which includes Helen Mack, Bnulah Bondi, Russell Hardie, Jean Her-sholt Her-sholt (in his first picture since hit-return hit-return from Europe), H. B. vVar-nel", vVar-nel", Helen Shipman, George Coil-louris Coil-louris and Ellen Lowe. Miss Bondi a nd Coulouris were mcmnors of tho original cast. The uniting of Miss DrnMsle.n and Barrymore recalls that they together won the awards of thr Acarerny of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Miss Dressier f r her work in "M in and Bill.V and Ha rrymore for his brilliant por-. tray a! in "A. Free Soul." The it1 new co-starring picture was filmed film-ed under the direction of Sam Wood who produced the successful "Hold ifour Man." The story of "Her Sweetheart" f (. ii isioujer Bean ) clea Is wi th the family of a. country doctor and their servant, A bby. They lea rn that the paintings of an obscur artist whom the doctor once befriended be-friended arc now worth a fortune. Those they had have disappeared with the exception of one, a portrait por-trait owned by tiie servant. The kindly doctor under the lash of greed becomes a scheming fraud until the dramatic denounment in which he returns to his better nature unuei the influence of l.hej i kindly Ahbk. j . I |