"VANITY."
LEATRICE JOY IN GOOD ROLE. GRAND THEATRE, TO-DAY. strong-iy reminiscent or her role in "Manslaughter," which she made some years ago with Thomas Meighan, Beatrice Joy will be «een at the Grand Theatre this week in &city," in which she is supported by .Charles Ray. This story is an'original fcr me screen, with a plot not overburdened with . superfluities, but a rather direct, bold tale, . wh;ch suits Misa Joy verv well. It opens with a rather selfish, pleasure-loving gir l j y Oln S " wa r work' for the fun of the thing, during the peace years, not finding excitement of the right sort offering, she seeks Jier pleasures in unconventional places, and on the eve of her marriage to a man of ber own class, she comes up against life, for a tew brie* hours. Quite three-quarters of 'he lecture , s crowded into these twelve hours, ine second picture is "Ginsberg the <--reat, comedy, in which George Jessell Plays an ambitious amateur magician. Audrey Ferris is the girl and Gertrude Astor is the vamp o, the tneatrica] company. Box plans are at The Bristol Piano Company.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19611, 6 May 1929, Page 5
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188"VANITY." Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19611, 6 May 1929, Page 5
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