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"A SAINTED DEVIL."

"HER SISTER FROM PARIS." r QUEEN'S THEATRE, MONDAY. A sophisticated Viennese comedy, radiating the gaiety and carelessness of tho waltzing city, is billed for premier attraction at the Queen's Theatre next week, "Her Sister from Paris," starring Constanco Talmadge and featuring Ronald Colman. This airy story has about it a. sparkle and flash associated ,only with all things Parisian, a piquant, romance and original domestic triangle that could be successfully handled only by that queen of coihediennes, Constance Talmadgo, Appearing first as tho domesticated.wife, she later impersonates her dancing sister Paris,, hor objectivo being to regain her husband's affection, and tho amusing and occasionally disastrous developments that follow are all that can bo expected from so precarious an adventure. There are entrancing glimpses of the brilliant life _of Vienna that is noiv no more, its music-loving populace, its famous Follies, courtly officers, and lovely women, and in the midst of this atmosphere of beauty and chivalry whirls "Her Sister" from Paris," bent on recapturing her husband. Tho denouement is astonishingly amusing, both Ronald Colman and Miss Talmadge giving a faultless rendering of roles which might easily have been ° V The"second feature is "A Sainted Devil," starring Rudolph Valentino. The story enacted in the Argentine, where the coulrful surroundings provide an excellent background for the star's particular talent, the P'.c'ure devolves into one of the most , thrilling romances in which this popular actor has \et appeared, his Latin temperament reacting perfectly to every detail requested of him. His leading lady is Helen d'Algy, a perfect typo for tho role. The thirteenth episode of "Samson of the Circus" will also be screened. The box plans are at Wcttley s.

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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 11

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"A SAINTED DEVIL." Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 11

"A SAINTED DEVIL." Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 11