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The Letter and Talkies Highlight Paramount News
Paramount reports Somerset Maugham authors The Letter to be released at Prince Edward Theatre with Jeanne Engels in the lead. Innocents of Paris with Maurice Chevalier continues at the same venue, while The Letter follows its season. Hollywood casts a global mix for Betrayal and The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu, with 300 costumes for The Dance of Life filmed in technicolor. Applause on talkies returns as audiences feel live performances on screen.
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Somerset Maugham
Prince Edward Theatre
Sydna
Sydney
Dior Boucicault
Australia
Malay Peninsula
Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanne Engels
Eddie Cantor
Booklovers
Joseph Santley
Smith and Dale
Cass
Daisy Bell
Hollywood
Emil Jannings
Mountain Republic
Central
Dr Fu Manchu
Los Angeles
London
Sax Rohmer
Pekin
Limehouse
Thames
Travis Banton
Brown
Gladys Delsell
Sand Te Hious
Melbourne