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Show LIFE OP THE THEATRE WORLD REVEALED What sort of girls are showgirls? show-girls? The mask they are presenting from back of the footlights show bewitching be-witching eyes, alluring smiles and captivating mouths. But that is the mask of the show girl. They have generally been assembled assem-bled into one group of glittering artificial ar-tificial beauty by the observer who never looks back stage. "Practically each one of them is leading a life that in itself tells a striking story. Edmund Goulding, in bringing "Sally, Irene and Mary" to the screen for Aletro-Goldwyn-Mayer. gives a glimpse of what is back of the mask. This picture will play at the Orpheum theatre. The three girls in the story are each of a distinct presonality, each leading widely different sort of lives when away from the theatre. Sally is played by Constance Bennett. Ben-nett. Irene is enacted by Joan Crawford Mary is portrayed by Sally O'Nell The story is adapted and scenar-ized scenar-ized by Edmund Goulding from Ed ward uowling's popular stage play. Edmund Goulding's selection for directing the film was a happy one s he is thoroughly acquainted win, back-stage life through his many -vears' association with le u,oa.r( both as an actor and an author l,o-"K l,o-"K the collaborator In last season's New York stage success, !),., .Mothers." " |