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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1931.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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Tel. 21417.-
DENTISTS.
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lat floor, No 74, Queen's Road;
Central. Tel. 21255.
TANG YUK, DENTIST Successor to
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ELECTI AL SUPPLIES.
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ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
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LITERATURÉ
BOOKS for All
Bibles, Pocket Testaments, Prayer Books and Stationery,
General Literatura Presentation Books Children's Books a Speciality. THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT Wyndham Street.
Next to King's Theatre.
Agents for
British & Foreign Bible Society and "The Religious Tract Society.
SWATOW DRAWNWORK.
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MAIL.
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The critics were unanimous in
"Silent Enemy.” choosing "Abraham Lincola" as one
"Silent Enemy", taken by the of the outstanding pictures of 1981. brothers who made "Nanook of the We see a great picture directed by North" Good picture for the chil D. W. Griffith, the man who stirr- dren. They will love the pretty ed ploneer film audiences and heroiné, "Starlight", the who made film tradition. In the hero, the stately chief "Yellow masterly direction of this play he Robe, the small boy with his bear
In scenery has staged a wonderful come-back..cubs, gorgeous It is beautifully acted. Walter Canadian wilds, life among the Huston in the name part gives a fast-dying tribe of Indians fight- masterly performance. Kay Ham ing their continual war against mond is his wife, and Una Merkel hunger. All taken in the 'pukka his first love.
Ion Keith is seen surroundings, and NO Hollywood an John Wilkes Booth, with Henry fako.
(Central). B. Walthall and Hobart Bosworth in lesser roles.
Edmund Lowe.
the.
Edmund Lowe is really good in 'Scotland Yard," but if you go
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Lincoln's story has all the ele ments of a great drama; and every pictured detail is correct every character real. From the opening when the camera'sweeps across an endless foreat to seek out the lone- ly cabin of the Lincolnsthetective force a few feet of Studio great wild ride of General Sheridan, pond, which is called "The River Pir'. Chillings the pathetic figure of the President Thames in 1914." Good old studio walking through the lonely room in The White House, with the
fog.
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this great Lumsden Hare, who has been Through it all moves man, simple, sincere and always long in America that he has adopt- understandable. He seems to live ed the real stage detective habit of the part and he is inspired. This keeping on his hat all the time in picture is for one and all--not only the room. The cast all speak well the English-speaking people-but (with the exception all who have learnt their history, to love and admire this noble char- acter. The film has been done with respect and understanding. I hope the school children will be given special opportunities of seeing a part of America's history kept so faithfully to detail, not making the chief character one for pity, but letting us into the life led by this sad man so painfully aware of his gaucheness, his terrific responsibi- lities. One of the greatest charac- ters in all history. A picture NOT to be missed(Queen's). ·
of the lead. Steep's Head & Feet.. ing lady). Edmund' Lowe is to be commended for his clear enuncia- tion; the rest of the cast are Bri- Bucking Pigs, to order: tong. (King's).
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"Quick Millions."
A little girl who is landing big parts,, is Sally Eilors, who sup- ports Spencer Tracy in a gangster film, "Quick Millions."
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Fish.
A truck driver achieves ambition of modernistic apartment, and an Barbel introduction to real society, where Bream
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he falls for the girl. The man is Canton Fresh WaterĮ too brutal to win much sympathy,
but there is plenty of excitement, Carp
and truckman ends with bullet of Cats enemy racketeer, I found it very Codfish
(King's).
"Crazy That Way."
Cattle Fish Dab
"Don't Bet On Women," Edmund Lowe, Jeannette Mac-thrilling and well acted through- | Crabe ¦- Donald and Una Merkel, who is out. proving herself to be a fine little comedienne, in a light spicy, naughty comedy called "Don't Bet on Women. The stealer of pic- tures (Roland Young) entres into
If it were my pleasure to an- Dace nounce another Joan Crawford | Dog Fish instead of another Joan Bennett, it Eels, Conger would please me more, but Fox are
| abct with the gay philanderer that giving the plums to the Bennett
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he cannot kiss his wife within forty-girl, Go and see her If you like, at Proge eight hours. Sorry to say, Jean- the Queen's in "Crazy that Way," Garoupa kette does not sing, but she treats with Kenneth McKenna, husband Gudgeon us to her valuable sense of humour,
of the lovely Kay Francis, and of Herrings
Lowe is quite convincing, but late one of the best Directors on Halibut
prefer him in other roles. Wives, husbands and lovers all scrambled, but the ending is quite nice—so do not miss it-there is some witty alone dialogue and Young is, worth sceing. (King's).
"Outside The Law.”
the Fox lot. Neither. Constance Labrus nor Joan make the slightest appeal Losch to me. Others love them. I say Lobsters nothing more. (Queen's).
Mackerel
"Free to Love."
Monk Fich Coming shortly to the Cen- Mullet tral le 1 really gold Conrad Oystara Nagel story, "Free to Love," Ferzot Fish "Outside the Law" with a lovely with
" Broadway favourite, Perch leading lady Mary Nolan, Genevieve. Tobin, opposite. and the Universal's
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heart, one of the famous brother her home, always rented but now Shades of Valentino-five years film. Colony all the time. It is hard pioneers of the Movies-good pre- there is the Thalberg heir to be this month since he died-and he to keep track of happy couples.
a forty-thousand is one who is 'NOT; forgotten.
Marvellous Jackie Cooper's con-- sence, and speaking voice, Edward considered, so G. Robinson, Roumanian, who dollar home is being built at Santa
'Grota Garbo goes to Europe next tract has been bought out by came at an early age to America, Monica beach.
April, and there is not much likeli- M.G.M. and they will pay the boy -splendid on the stage in certain Not all glitter and success in hood of her returning to America. $76,000 a year for five years. types. Mary Nolan, one-time model Hellywood. Remember the blograph Rari, the so-called beauty of for so many famous American Girl7-still one of the famous "Tabu, la dancing one of the artists, is a Ziegfeld dancer, a star Mary Pickford. Remember aleo native dances in Ziegfeld's Follies. in German films, an excellent, ac "The Vitagraph:Girl?" Florence. John Mack Brown was taken) tress, and the most lovely thing Turner-now making a very few out of the play called "Laughing) photographically. (Central). dollars a week as an extra on, the Binners" and Clark Gable put in
Universal lot
his place. Joan Crawford is in the "Sins of the Children."
Mary Brian loses $2,000 per week lead. Guy Kibbee playing the part "Sins of the Children" gives now that Paramount has not ré- he made famous on the stage when father-love an innings. We have newed her contract. Fay Wray has it was called "The Torch. Song." hind lote showing wonderful been chosen by Ronald. Colman in P. G. Wodehouse received $104,000 mothers-BUT in this story we see The Unholy Garden. No one for one year's work from M.G.M. the bad break that is coming to the knows what sort of women the
Ina Claire and John Glibert will fond father who sacrifices all for mysterious Ronnie prefers in really divorce. Josephine Dunn children. Louis Mann, the stage private, life, but in hle picture they has been divorced by the son of a star holds the centre in the good must be blonde so the peroxide millionaire of man. Paulins old-fashioned way. Leila Hyams, bottle is being used on Fay's love- Stark is saying good-bye to Jack Robert Montgomery (before holy brown hair. White for good. Jack Kirkland was too famous) and Mary Doran, Paramount talka of making The and Nancy Carroll are going are the trials of the much-to-be-Sheik with Georges Metaxa (the their separate ways. pitied father. It may be good Box-man whose records are such big Constance Bennett and Joel office stuf, as some of us still sellers in Britain-hero of "Bitter McCres everywhere together. call a good ery enjoyment. Sweet) with Claudette Colbert Walter Huston and Una Morkel }(Queen's)
In the part played by Agnes Ayres. Inseparable. So it goes on in the
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