Foreign News: Talkie Talkie

Italy. As dramatically as Horatius at the Bridge, Signor Benito Mussolini has taken stance on the principle that English language talkies shall not pass into Italy— but in practice Il Duce makes not a few exceptions, personally.

In Il Duce's private talkie theatre, the hero of a U. S. film entitled Il Cantante Pazzo for Italian consumption recently wailed at Il Duce: "Mammy! Mammy!"

Vastly diverted by Il Pazzo, Il Duce permitted Italians to enjoy last week Pazzo Al Jolson in The Singing Fool.

Rumania. Dowager Queen Marie permitted...

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