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Show Ruth Chatterton Next at Paramount On of San Francisco' most color- ful characters lives on the screen In "Frisco Jenny," Ruth Chatterton s new starring picture opening Friday at the Paramount It offer the "flrat lady" of the screen a role of the tre-, mendous scope and power of her great portrayal In "Madame X." All of It drams and pathos la made doubly doub-ly vivid by the familiar San Francisco Fran-cisco setting. The action begins on old Barbery coast, a center of vice and lawlessness lawless-ness known throughout the country. In this atmosphere the love of Jenny Ssndoval for the pianist In her father's fath-er's barroom finds its beginning only to be tragically ended when the great earmquake of laoe destroyed ma city snd killed thousand Including Jenny's lever. The earthquake I re-produced In all of Its spectacular awfulness. The fire that awept the city completing the millions of dollars In damage is also shown. In these troublous days. Jenny's son is born In a cellar of Chinatown. The subsequent career of Frisco Jenny 1 dramatically depicted de-picted in the story. Ruth Chatterton put ell of her genu Is into her greet characterization and la aaid to exceed ex-ceed all of her pest portrayals. Donald Don-ald Cook, James Murray, Louis Csl-hern Csl-hern and Pat O'Malley are featured. Laurel and Hardy in an uproarious new eomedy, "Their First Mistake"; a novelty and Paramount sound news will complete the program. "Flesh," with Wallace Beery, Karen Morley and Rirardo Cortes la being shown for the finel time today. |