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Show Charles Ray Open At American Today Charles Ray. la "Nlnetaaa and Phyllis,- will b tha attraction at tha American thsatro for four days, com-monc'nr com-monc'nr today. This ta Mr. Hay's third raleaa throug-h Associated First National Pictures sines bacomlna- an lnednt star and producor, and In law of tha remark ab I a success which attandad his Initial ladepaadsnt production. pro-duction. "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway." and his second picture, peaceful Valley tha keenest Interest la being manifested In his latest production. pro-duction. Unlike his two preceding: vehicles, ve-hicles, i which were adaptations oi famous fa-mous stare plays, "Nineteen and Phyllis" Phyl-lis" Is from an orlRlnal story by Frederick Fred-erick Stowers. and. according to Mr. Hay's business associates. It Is one of the very test vehicles yet provided for the young star. Joseph 1 Oraase. who directed Charles Hay in 'Korty-Klv 'Korty-Klv Minutes Prom Hrowdway" and triT umphantly astabllahed the star In a character entirely different from any he had previously appeared In, also directed di-rected him In "Nlneissa and Phyllis." In this most reoeat production Kay again makes something of a departure from his euitotnary "rube" role, this time appearing In ths part of a small townedandy wearing up-to-the-minute mall Ardap rauii ralmanl. Tha nrodUO- tlon Is perhaps most fittingly described as a comedy of youth, for In it Hay appears as a Ift-year-old lad and opposite oppo-site blm In the leading feminine role Is demure Clara liorton, who la herself her-self only 1 years old. Others prominent promi-nent In tha cast are George Nichols, Cora Irew, r rank Norcrosa, Ilncoln medman and IeWltts C. Jennings. The Rbotolay. according to preview reports, i replete with amusing situations, and one of these strangely enough, has to do with Mr. Itay'a capture of a burglar. bur-glar. "Nineteen and Phyllis" required three mo n the for production, and then practically two months were spent in cutting and assembling the film. Frederick Fred-erick Blowers' story was adapted for the screen by Isabel Jounston and Bernard Ber-nard MoOonvtlle, two of soreendom's meet able continuity writers. The finished fin-ished production, according to all reports re-ports and Indlcmtloaa, Is ons of the bast Ray films aver offered to tha nibllc |