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Show Victor Hugo's Greatest Romance Coming Here As Super-Picture The third great Victor Hugo class ic- to reach the screen, the Universal Super-production, "The Man Who Laughs," is to be shown at the Al-bambra Al-bambra Theatre, beginning Thursday, August 1 for three days. Remembering Remember-ing the screen popularity of the two previous Hugo-Universal masterpieces, master-pieces, "Les Miserables" and '.The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Manager Albert Van Wagoner of the Alhambra left no stone unturned in his efforts to secure "The Man Who Laughts" for showing here at the first available opportunity. He promises a film sensation. sen-sation. "The Man Who Laughs" surpasses the previous Hugo-Universal films in magnificence of setting, (dramatic Intensity In-tensity and heartgripplhg qualities' The story of the mutilated mountebank's mounte-bank's life-long devotion to the beautiful beau-tiful blind Dea is as human as the background is lavishly worldly. Paul Leni, the director, is said to have showered a wealth of detail in his reproductions re-productions of the England of Queen Anne's: reirn. The replicas of the Court, Parliament, the Duchess Josi-ana's Josi-ana's boudoir, Southwark Fair, London Lon-don street scenes, and other colorful settings, are promised as eleborate and faithful. Against this rich background, a distinguished cast contributes some of the finest acting that has yet reached the screen. |