TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1930..
TO SHOW CAUSE.
MOTOR COLLISION.
ASKED
TWO EUROPEANS AND A TRUCK
CONFLICTING VERSIONS.
Action, Against N. C. Begg Dismissed.
THE CHINA MAIL.
ROUND THE CINEMAS. The scene of this play is in the Bri-
SATIRE ON MAKING OF PICTURE.
"FREE AND EASY."
The protractel trial of Norman
Those who attended the showing Carmichael Begg, a European, who was summoned at the instance of last night at the Queen's Theatre "Free and Singapore Detective Branch was all-talking comedy,
were We democracy.
tish trenches before St. Quentin. The entire action takes place in a single dug-out under a trench and covers foar days of the thing told Was for that
In short, it 1
effect that of the the story going into the trenches for the frst time had on a youngster mak- ing the plunge from civilisation to a battlefield dug-out.
Second Lieutenant Raleigh, the played by David youngster,
ajestic Theatre on September 24. Mr. Edwin Tungue, Head of the of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's all-star; Manners, and 'Captain Stanhope, the
watched Mr. H. J. Armstrong
interests of the the case in the défendant's employers. Trafile Sub- Inspector Nien! prosecuted.
“Skylarking "?
In delivering judgment Honour said:-
ever to
.
Robert Montgomery
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A motor collision which occurred Nathan Rogul opposite the and in which Mrs. A. M. Reynaulda J 25 Prince Edward Rand received constudeil, when Mr. G. T. Peali, the Easy," are' probably still laughing officer, played by Colin Cilve are the formed that all Goods are being land- injuries causing her to be detained acting Singapore Criminal District for this satire on the making of principals. Raleigh, who has been Kundoubtedly one of the funniest panion, arrives to fight under, this at the Kowloon Hospital for over Judge, delivered judgment and dis-talking pictures in Hollywood is Stanhope's youthful school com-
reach the man who was his ideal, his former livery may be obtained.
athletic hero, and now his war hero. two weeks, had its sequel at the charged the acctised.
summoned to show travesties- Begg was Kowhion Magistracy yesterday after-
includes Stanhope, who is all that he is now With a Cast which naon, when. before Mr. H. R.cause why he should not be ordered acreen. Butters, the Chinese driver of ter execute a bond in two sureties
to be of good be-Buster Keaton, in his first talk-in spite of his heavy drinking, and Anita Page, Trixie who is in love with Raleigh's sister, is forced to send the young man to Standard Oil Company lorry was of $250 each summoned for having failed to give baylour, the allegation of the pro- ing role,
information that the recognised signal when turn-secution being that. Begg has no Friganza,
o. subsistence and William Haines, Dorothy Sebas-almost sure death for the sake of visible means ing.
that he lived on the immoral earntian,, Karl Dane. Llonel Barry-Ketting certain
more, Fred Niblo, Cecil B. De must be had."
Lieutenant Osborne (played by ings of his wife!
his ille, John Miljan, Gwen Lee,
Lettice Howell, William Collier, Ian Maclaren), who Is twice as old "I find as a fact that Mrs. Begg sen., Marion Shilling and a hosts Stanhope, has a role in the play other familiar screen faces, wherein he helps the young man to is a prostitute. Under Section 12
station to that of a war hero, he of Ordinance 143, Begg is there the comedy presents a three-ring see that, while his school hero has fore deemed to be knowingly living circus view of what goes on in lost many qualities in his change of To be sure there is a story has at the same time gained a num ile was riding on the earnings of prostitution un-side studio walls. his motor cycle and had his sister less he can satisfy the Court to the that of a girl from Kansas who ber of good qualities with the losing "Journey's End" is not an (Mrs. Reynolds) astride on the contrary.
"I find as a fact that Begg has tries to become a movie star and of the others.
becomes the wife of one instead, pillion. When he got near to the
Court to Po Hing Theatre, he noticed that in sufficiently satisfed the
was primarily interested in were intimate, quiet, even. front of him was a Sorany truck rebut that presumption. The onusut what last night's "audience hysterical drama of the war-it is In the vicinity has had to slow doru of direct proof that Begg is the glimpses of AI-G-1 celebrities express its thoughts in shocking. because of people in his way. notorious bad ver or a dangerousdoing their stuff", before the profanity.
Half character as laid down in Section horn.
It is a story forth any propaganda. stood by and bellowed ordera.
mera while well-known directors the band, or wave any flags, or set The picture was directed by of men-you see them in fith and Edward Sedgwick, whose sense of stench and fighting, but in your.
con
them see you to grow miad comedy values seems
can homes-you more perceptive with, each suc- their
men they were At any rate, in them, as the
before War grubbed them "Free and Easy." turally though that the driver of is obsessed with a misguided loyalty ceeding effort.
"Free and Easy" he has set a new
they want to be if they get out of it safely-that is how cleverly R. C. Sherriff has which will be hard to Feat.
devised his play.
The complainant, dr. Johh ft. A. Pearne, said that on the morning of September 24 he was on his way toward the Ferry.
He touted his
of Nathan Road was under repair. 75. e) of the Criminal Procedure I have Witness had in round a little corner. Code rests with the prosecution.
"Throughout this case The Socony, lorry was in front and;
It then been considerably impressed by the was going pretty slow. turned to the left. Witness un-earnestness of Begg., I believe he
the truck wanted him to pass.
He to.a wife who is not worthy of
accelerated a little in order to pass consideration, but I do not believe mark för unqualified enjoyment as the men when suddenly, without sounding that he is so depraved as to live on his horn or even putting his hand her immoral earnings.
out, the driver turned the truck to
the right
,,』『fat
"IT'S A GREAT LIFE."
"His previous convletions would Sai-have had good weight if Begg had into ໄດ KO
been required to show cause why'
The Starland Theatre, in the The Street.
motor cscle
he should not be bound over to keep suburbs of Los Angeles, should part hit on the upper
on the left the peace, but in my opinion they have a bronze plate in its lobby.
historic ito celebrate an of the exhaust pipe siile. Witness noticed that the are not sufficient to constitute him
a dangerous character. driver and another man who sat
Was
"Why are you here?"
"For not respecting the secrecy of a letter."
"But that is not criminal," "But it was a registered letter."
Hummel, Hamburg.
"I find that the prosecution have not established to my satisfaction, that Begg is a notorious bad liver or a dangerous character, Begg has therefore shown cause why he should dismissed:
not be bound over and the case is Mr. Tongue applied for a copy of the notes of the proceedings on behalf of the Deputy Public Prosecutor:
GAMING FINES.
event.
For it was at an "amateur night" in that tiny neighbourhood house. only six blocks from the Duncan home, that Rosetta, the clown of the two famous sisters, made her professional debut.
Hold everything! She did not, however,. appear in her present guise as a comedian and blues singer, Yodelling was quite the craze then, so Rosetta came on as a Dutch yodeller.
LOTTERY TICKET HOLDER TO set by."
PAY $100.
she
It does not
It does not strike up
in
sec
THEFT OF TREES.
CHINESE SAYS HE "PICKED THEM UP."
A charge of the unlawful pas- session of 10 catties of dead pine trees was brought against a Chinese before Mr. H. R. Butters this Defendant pleaded that morning. he picked them up from a hillside at Kowloon Tong.
Mr. J. J. Hirst, supervisor of the Botanical and Forestry Depart ment, informed his Worship that the pine branches were taken from No 9B Plantation.
His Worship Where was he found?
"Yodelling was so new," said that not five people in the audience knew whether I was good or not. It was a cinch to
Mr. Hirst--He was found actual- Nearly a year passed that before the presently in the plantation picking them Rosetta up. I don't think that he cut them, of Vivian term Duncan was formed, with a debut and I think that they were left
there by some former "cutters. at Fresno, California.
His Worship-Then you cannot connect him with it?
after
and
Sergeant Slater to-day charged a "By that time," Rosetts stated, Chinese eating-house keeper of 4, "I had sense enough not to yodel" The Duncan Sisters are appear-| Station Lane, before Mr. H. R. Buttere on three counts, namely, ing at the Queen's Theatre in "It's Great Life," all-taiking. being the keeper of a gaming a house, the possessor of po piu lot-singing, dancing production film ftery tickets, and the writer of the ed with technicolour sequences.
same: His Worship convicted on
&n
"TANNED LEGS."
A new slant on the younger
Aa parent to both ponder and smile
is presented amid dazzling beauty
for having in Radio Pictures' "Tanned Lege,"
scheduled for the screen
of the
all three charges and imposed a next him were "skylarking," just fine of $100, with the alternative" before the Socory lorry struck wit-of two months' hard labour on the
Mr. Pearna first, and cautioned the defendant generation that will cause many neus's motor cycle. said that the driver of the lorry on the two other charges. never put his hand out for witness woman was fine $25 or, in default,
weeks' jail to pass, nor did he (the defendant) three indicate his intention of turning tought lottery tickets, relating to
Central Theatre to-morrow. Witness's Po piu.
The screen at last seems, to Into Saigon Street.
have caught the spirit of sister was burt badly, she having
twentieth century youth in this fallen to the sandy road, over Mr. Pearne.
The motor cycle was know. whether the driver of the offervescent drama which features damaged. Here witness produced a truck that they wanted to pass. Ann. Pennington, Arthur Lake,
Revier, Sally. plan of the locality where the mishap Mrs. E. C. Britto of 12, Tung Dorothy occurred.
Hing Road, an eye-witness of the Albert Cran and June Clyde, a re- accident, said that she did not hear freshingly new and youthful star any horn sounded, either by the whose smile and voice promise to truck or the motor cycle. The carry her far. driver of the truck did not put out his hand.
Ran Into from Behind. Defendant ssid that he did not hear any horn being blown by the complainant. He could not ac count for the mishap, but all that he could bay was that the com plainant's motor cycle ran into his lorry from behind...
Mr. Pearne-No, you ran into me when I was passing.
Defendant-1 could not have run into you because you were behind
me,
Mr.Armstrong-It is customary for a driver to put his hand out when he wants to give a signal for a following vehicle to pasa? ..Mr. Pearne-Yes. But he did not
put put his hand.
Mr. Armstrong Then you should not have tried to pass.
Blane,
Songa, dances, bathing suits and girls are the elements out of Put Out His Hand.
which Director Marshall Neilan The defendant, Taul Lin-lok, builds his just-serious-enough
There's a thrill or two! said that he sounded his horn and drama. put out his hand notifying his in for variety and enough legs to tention of turning. He did not at give Ziegfeld nightmares, but it's first go to the left side of the road. the rhythm and the wise-cracking After turning to the right the that put the show, in the "hit" front wheels of the truck almost class by a good wide margin.
he Five new songa by Levant and reached Saigon Road when
felt an impact from behind. He Clare promise to cutbid their looked round and saw the motor "Street Girl" numbers for popa- cycle lying on its side." He stop-larity. Two of these. "With Me, ped the truck. He wanted to re- With You," and "You're Respon- port the accident at the station but sible," are already familiar to. an Indian constable provented him radio fans. He did not hear any horn sounded behind him. He was travelling about eight miles an hour when he took the turn."
"JOURNEY'S END?"
will pre
Mr. Armstrong submitted that, it was quite possible that the com plainant had contributed to the ac-
The Central Theatre Two coolies, employed by the cident by his own negligence.
Replying to further questions, Mr. Standard Oil Company, who were sent for the first time here on Sun- Pearne said that he was about eight In the truck,-gave evidence. One day the Tiffany-Gainsborough all- to ten yards behind the lorry. He of them said that he was seated dialogue film version by arrange did accelerate when he made up his at the back and had also given the ment with Maurice Browne, of B.C. mind to pass. He was in no partialgnal of turning to the right. The Sherriff'e now world-famous play, other coolie, who was seated with "Journey's End." It is recorded by cular hurry to get to the Ferry.
Mrs. Reynolds's 'Story the driver, denied talking to the RCA Photophone, directed by James Mrs. A. M. Reynolds corroborat driver, Whale, supervised by George Pear- ed the evidence of Mr. Fearme. Sho His Worship said that the only son and Joseph Moncure March did eaid that she noticed that the driver point to consider was whether the the continuity, Colfa Clive heads and another man were laughing, driver of the lorry gave the signal the cast, including David Manners, turn for turning The Witnesses Ian Maclaren, Anthony Bushell, When she saw the lorry aharply to right, she turn for the defence had said Bly Bevan, Charles Gerrard, Jack and know no that he did, wallet the com- Pitcairn. Warner Klinger, Robert
that ne A Dair and Thomas Whiteleys L amphaalsed the plainants had sald
certain did not. There was only one dis-Journey's End is a slice of life Socony lorry interested witness, and she said that has been cut from the middle
notHis Worship of rond of the mos
ed bor head; awa
thing more
fact that she
that the driver
did not sound his horn or put out that he
She said, in, sply to held that he
that she did not was convicted
hig
MPZ
Defendant dramatic periods of the
5. tory-the late fradar
Bir. Hirst-I can't say that. The Magistrate convicted and im posed a fine of $25 with the alterna- tive of three week's hard labour.
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