SHORTT'S THEATRE.
S.vd Chaplin's latest success, "The fortune Hunter" is now being shown at bnortt s Theatre. This is a screen version or the play, which held Now York and Chicago (HayHouses for two years, and enjoyed a spectacular success on the road, as well as being the vehicle which gavo .lohn Barrymoro his real start on the way to fame. "The Fortune Hunter is a human, happy-go-lucky, exciting drama. It portrays tlio unusual doings of a young man who comes to a country town on a waKcr to marry the richest girl, and share flfty-flfty with the pal who staked him. The locale Is a Vermont village. Ueleno Costello Is tho leading lady, playing the part of the rich girl, while Clara Horton is the poor girl. The supporting attraction will be the English production, "Whlto Slippers," starring the eminent actor, Mathcsou Lang, and Joan Lockton. There will bo a good supporting programme.^* ■ . • ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 7
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