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Larry Scraon is the crack acrobatic comedian of the screen. He can fall as though he likes it, and he. has dis covered more ways of falling than any other comedian ever thought existed. He should be able to. lor he started tumbling at an early age, and travelled all over the United Staes with liis father’s troupe of tumblers. Then Semoa pero decided that the circus was no place for a growing hoy. and sent him to New York to develop life talent as a cartoonist. Larry developed it to such an extent that he was soon on the staff of a leading New York daily. He continued at this work for some years, stifling his desires to return to his first love —the circus—for ho had promised his father that he would not revert to the life of a nomad. However, someone had told some movie director that Larry was wasting his time drawing faces when he might be making them before a. motion picture camera iu order to make people laugh- So, after a little thought. Larry decided to aban- ; don bis studio for that of a. film cor- • poration. and it was not long before ; the motion picture public woke up to j the fact that another comedian had j arisen to make them laugh. Thus it \s j that Semon draws crowds instead of faces, and finds that his bank account has benefited considerably in conse quenee. People with-colds who want a cure that is quick, pleasant, and gives immediate relief should try “ NAZOL.” I Price Is bd. 2

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)

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Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)

Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)