1931-08-21

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931.

ROUND THE LOCAL un engagement at the Central

CINEMAS.

What Mail Reviewers Say.

"CRAZY THAT WAY."

Theatre to-day.

Sidney Fox and Bette Davis are the two girls in question, and both give promise of successful screen careers. Miss Fox plays the lead- ing feminine role of Marianne, spoiled, selfish daughter of small Lown parents, and Miss Davis is seen as her far more worthy slater. The man in the case is Conrad Joan Bennett, concerning whose

Nagel, who can always be depended ability to net picture "fans" are at upon for a pleasing, capable per- variance, is to be seen in the fenformance, and it may be said that good programme he has never appeared to better

the showing at

Queen's Theatre. "Crazy That Way" will advantage than in "Bad Slater." be on the screen until Saturday, and all who want to be amused

ture-film of 1

now.

and entertained ought not to miss

il.

feminine role.

Other principals

are Mitchell Harris, George Brent and Nat Pendleton, while John Shechan, Erwin Connelly, Williard And Robertson, Alphonz Ethier Ernest Adams are other favouritos in the cast.

"Fair Warning," adapted from Max Brand's widely read story. "The Untamed," tells the story of an untamed young man of the wide open spaces who possesses an un- canny influence over wild. things, an ability to shoot straight and to fight with his flats.

THE CHINA MAIL.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station 2.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 metres:

5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 5.30.8 p.m.-The Second of a Series of Lectures on "The Scien-

Explanation of tific

Common Because he Natural Phenomena" by Mr. 1. T. is primitive, he does not understand Pun, B.Sc.

7-10.30 Zasu Pitta as a combative ser, the ways of men nor of women, but

p.m.- European "Pro- vant in the household of the Madi- he is quick to learn and, after re-gramme of Vietor Records.

on his enemies, son family, is a positive delight in venging himself

7.05-7.47 p.m.--Variety.

a characterisation which is at the finally turns to romance and Ands Orchestral- The eternal triangle" gives same time funny and very true to happiness.

Slim Summerville also The picture was directed by L. Werker, who made place in this story to a "square"life, and for there are three men striving adds greatly since it also includes Alfred

such favourites as Bert Roach, "Double Cross Roads" and Last of .for one girl's affection The Charles Winninger, Emma Dunn the Duanes." The adaptation for

scenes are lively-In the case

the screen was made by Erneut L. the fight between two of the and Humphrey Bogart,

"Bad Pascal, well-known novelist and Hobert Henley directed suitora for the girl's hand, per-Sister" and he has turned out a pic noted dramatist. haps, too lively, and unrealistic-

way good and the dialogue sparkles with ture which is in every

entertainment. The original story good things,

was written by Booth Tarkington, with ecreen adaptation by Tom Reed and Raymond L. Schroek.

Joan Bennett is not, vivacious: shel is decidedly restrained and subdued in her interpretation of a charming society girl with a pen- chant for collecting scalps. But it seems that, by just her restraint. she confounds those who hold she cannot act.

"Crazy That Way" is not shot with tragedy. It is essentially light and pleasing comedy.

"ANNA CHRISTIE."

THE LAWYER'S SECRET"!

"TÁILOR MADE MAN."

Playing opposite William Haines acems to be one way of becoming well known on the screen.

Joan Crawford, who played op- posite the comedian in "West Point" and "The Duke Steps Out," 箱 now a star in her own right. Leila Hyams, who last scored with Haines in "The Girl Said No" and

Collecting its cast of stars was. the chief early difficulty in the film- ing of the dramatic James Hilary Flun story, The Lawyer's Secret," in which Clive Brook, Charles "Way, Out West," and Anita Page, Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, who was seen with him in "Speed- and Jean Arthur have the leading Way" and "Navy Blues," are now two of the foremost feminine play- era On the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roster.

rojeti.

Haires's newest leading woman is the charming Dorothy Jordan, 48 the

The second appearance of "Anna

Rogers was designed to the pro- Christie" has proved a great draw-duction as soon as the story was ing card at the Star Theatre, and ready for filming in Hollywood, anyane missed the initial Book, however, cast for the leading who will be remembered

who showing abould take this oppor- role, was at the New York studio tunity of seding Greta Garbo in her greatest role. Hafted in America as one of the finest plc- tures of the year, we can only en- dorse that opinion.

From Other Sources.

"QUICK MILLIONS.".

of the Paramount company, com-waterfront waif of "Min and Bill" She has the leading feminine role plating his work with Tallulah

in A Tailor Made Man," coming in Tarnished Lady." Bankhead Arlen was busy in a stirring role to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, for "Caught," a Western drama in which Louis Dresser is cast. Film- ing of "The Lawyer's Secret" was delayed until these players could take up their work."

TSETSE FLY-TRAP.

Sir Ronald Ross, the scientist,

Honeymoon Waltz, Sweet Blue Bird,

Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra (19801). Whistling Sold- Tout Passe, Listen to the Mocking Bird,

Margaret McKee (19894). Piano Solo-

The World in Waiting for. the

Sunrise,

(21821). Dorothy.....Frank Banta Nightingales,

Dawn in an Old World Garden,

Actually Recorded in Beatrice Harrison's Garden, Oxted, 1. England (26968).

Sleepy Time Gal, Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blac.

Gene Austin, Tenor (19899). Banjo Solo-

Sung-

St. Louis Blues. The Doll Dance,

Eddie Peabody & His Banjo (20698). 7.47-8 p.m.-Operatic. Band-

Trovatore-Anvil Chords (Verdi),

Arthur Pryor's Bard (19879). Rigoletto-Mid the Fair Throng

(Verdi),

Enrico Caruso, Tenor (600).

Faust-Seller's Charus (Gounod),

Song

Chorus-

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN CHINA MAIL

Entertainments. To-day King's Theatre; "Quick Millions."

To-day Queen's 'Theatre; "Crazy That Way."

Today Central Theatre; "Bad Sister."

To-day - Majestic: "Framed."

Today Star "Anna Chrlatie."

Theatre;

Theatro:

Lammert's Auctions.

August 25-At Sales Room, house- hold furniture, 2.30 p.m.

August 21, 25-26-At King's Silk. Store, 18, D'Aguilar Street, stock- in-trade, 10 a.m. daily.

...

Meetings.

August 31-Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd., P. & 0. Bldg., 11 a.m.

August 81-Hong Kong Develop- ment Building and Savings Society, City Hall, 2.30 p.m....

Home Mails. To-morrow-Inward from Europe via Negapatam (Col di Lana); Out- ward for Europe via Suez (Fushimi'; Maru) 9.30a.m. via Siberia

President Madison), 5 p.m.

Sports..

See Sports Diary on Page 4.

Concert. August 28-Promenade Concert, Volunteer Headquarters, 9.15 p.m. Land Sales. August 24.At P.W.D.Offices, two lots of Crown land, 8 p.m.

Victor Male Chorus (19783). POETRY OF MOTIÓN.

Value of Ballet Exercises.

8 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Report.

8.03-8.17 p.m.-Hawaflan, Music. Three, O'clock in the Morning, The Missouri Waltz,

Irene Frederick-Al Mason (Hawaiian Guitars} (20905).

whose discovery that malaria is In the Heart of Hawail, My Honolulu Dream Girl, transmitted by mosquitoes has

Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra Rogers was assigned to the.cast

(19080). "The Lawyer's Secret" im- saved thousands of lives, regards as

8.178.45 p.m.--Orchestral. extremely valuable the demonstra-

(Green-Shilkret), Warblings at Eve (Richards),

Victor Salon Orch.' (19849). Polianka,

Zululand by Mr. R. H. Harris, an entomologist, of catching teetse flies in traps.

years age a pic mediately following a personal aption which has been carried out in Dance of the Toy Regiment Not so many ture was made that brought the pearance tour and · a European players of its three principal roles vacation. The handsome young instantly into the limelight. The favourite takes his first step into picture was the silent "Tolable the realm of dramatic acting in David." The players were Richard Barthelmess, Ernest Terrence and Warner Richmond.

Richmond, who has a strong part in the Fox production, "Quick Mit lows," which ie daily attracting crowds to the King's Theatre, is a Virginian.

whom he le compelled to protect.

These flies, besides causing great mortality among cattle, are carriers for sleeping sickness germa. The

Sir Ronald Ross said to a report-

this story of a lawyer's fight to re- main true to his professional ethics against his duty as a man.. action is complicated by his love for Fay Wray, sister of Rogerscr. It should be possible, if the thing is done systematically and on "The Lawyer's Secret" which a sufficiently large scale, to reduce will show on Sunday at the King's the numbers of tsetse flies so very For years he was a well known Theatre 18 an. original story considerably that the effect would figure on the Broadway stage. He by Finn, a Los Angeles newspaper scon be observed in a reduction in can handle any type of role. With

man, Max Marcin and Louls the amount of sleeping sickness.

directed the the advent of the talkies his train- Gasnier

picture. The tsetse fly has up to the pre- made him additionally | Marcin ed voice

worked, with sent time kept many parts of Africa recently valuable.

Frank Tuttle on "No Limit," the in an awful state, and it ought to Among Richmond's various Clara Bow farce-comedy. Gasnier's be stamped out, no matter what may been per- latest work was with George Cukor be the cost. characterisations have

"Tolable

Gasnier David," in "The Virtuous Sin."

Sir Ronald pointed out that tsetse formances in "Slide, Kelly, Slide," "Men With- and Marcin, together made the pic-flies were not nearly so common as out Women," "Chicago" and ture, "Shadow of the Law," with mosquitoes and should therefore, be "Strictly Modern."

William Powell in the starring role. much easier to deal with.

"The Lawyer's Secret," with Its Spencer Tracy, recent Broadway star of "The Last Mile," and who powerful cast of starring players, scored a sensational success in his marks another step forward in the first pleture, "Up The River," has development of moving picture the principal role in "Quick, Mil-entertainment, the insistence that lions" Marguerite Churchill has every part be portrayed by the the leading feminine role, while best talent obtainable. others, prominently cast, include

Robert Burne,

And George Raft. Rowland Brown co-

Sally Eilers, John Wray.

Warner Richmond

"FAIR WARNING.”

The

"Fair

The terrible disease of sleeping sickness is "carried by them after they have bitten and sucked the blood of animals which have bitten and sucked the blood of animals which have been attacked by par- asitic trypanosomes which cause the disease.

Obviously, then, the fever tsetse Alies left to act as carriers the less sleeping sickness there will be.

cast presenting authored the story with Courtenay Terrett and also directed. Brown Warning," Fox Movietone outdoor

Central 10.10.28 pm-Band Selections. was the author of "The Doorway. romance, coming to the

Theatre on Sunday, was selected The Yellow and Blue (Gayley-Balfe), To Hell."

to types The Victors (Louis Elbel), with particular reference

University of Michigan. Band (19971). and, in all, there are close to 200 of them in the picture.

"'BAD SISTER.

The Blank Horse Troop (Souza),

Odessa. Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika

Orchestra (19776). Hungarian Dance No. 1 Brahms), Spanish Dance (Bizet).

Philadelphia Symphony "Orch. (1113) Spanish Caprice (Rimaky-Korsakow),

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (1185). 8.45.9.35 p.m.-Concert Items. Piano Solo

Naila (Delibes-Dohnanyi), A Dream of Love (Liszt),

Song-

Wilhelm Bachaus (0582). Simonetta (White-Rumbold), The Little Damnozel

(Weatherly-Novello),

The Bells of St. Mary's

(Forber-Adams). John Feel. (arr. Andrews),

Associated Glee Clubs of America (1991).

Dryden spoke of dancing as the "poetry of the foot." But perhaps a more suitable description would be the "poetry of motion," because good dancing reveals a grace of perfect movement which is not confined to the feat alone.

Dancing exercises many musclés which might otherwise remain un- used; for the good of the general health, it is well that each muscle should have its quots of exercise.

When I speak of dancing, I mean the real thing; not the travesties that masquerade under the name of dancing, such $8 the listless "walks" or the Negrold "wriggles" | which have their brief spells of popularity. The latter, from the exercise point of view, are prefer- able to the former, but they are 30 this small ungraceful that even value' is discounted.

ar-

Ballet Exercises. ! Lucrezia Bori, Soprano (1162). |

Some years ago it was discover- Cyrabalom Solo-

ed that

free many

the Hungarian Dance No. 6. (Brahms),

movements which have to be mas- Csardas (Hungarian Dance)

were (Hubay)...Feri Sarkozi (20841). tezed by the ballet dancer Male Chorus

those required to get right certain bone and joint deformities. These deformities are common in child- hood, by reason of weak muscles or ungainly ways of silting and Plano Solo-

standing. To Spring (Grieg),

Myrile C. Eaver (22168). A school Medical Officer

ranged for a number of chil Song-

of Kathleen Mavourneen

dren to undergo & course (Crawford-Crouch),

these adapted ballet exercises, The Harp That Once Through Tara's

with such gratifying results that Halls (Thomas Moore),

The Silver-Masked Tenor now both adults and children are

'(10916).

being successfully treated by this Violin Solo-

method. Rose in the Bud (Forster), '. One Little Dream of Love (Gordon).

Renee Chemet (1182). 9.35-10 p.m.-Organ Solos. Because.Jesse Crawford (20663) Cherie, I Love You, Ting-a-Ling Jesse Crawford (20288),

Always Jesse Crawford (20000). In a Little Spanish Town, Just a Bird's-Eye View of my Old

Kentucky Home,

George O'Brien, whose "Lone The National Game (Saad (19741). Dinah, Marking the screen debut two actresses from the New York Star Ranger" and "Last of the are outstanding screen Duanes" stage and another strong.role in the hands of one of the most popular successer, is featured and Louise leading men in motion pictures, Huntington, a beautiful as well as "Bad Sister," a sparkling comedy talented young woman from the drama produced by Universal opens New York stage, enacts the leading

"Lights Out" March (McCoy), National Emblem March (Bagley),

Arthur Pryor's Band (19842), Blectric March (Creatore),

Creatore's Band (19844). American Army March (laaselli),

10.30 p.m.-Clase Down.

ARE YOU CRYIN' LITTLE GIRL ORIS. THAT A COLLEGE

YELL

Jesse Crawford (20458): (Continued at foot of preceding"

Column):

YOU ARE OUT WHY DON'T YOU PLAY?

A very interesting point is that! not only was the malformation rec-| tified in the "tested" cases, but the children's teachers reported in al- most every instance there was marked improvement in brain work. Encourage your children to exer. clue by rhythmic dancing. Try it also as a means of exercising your own muscles, and you will be sur prised at the feeling of fitness and well-being it will produce.

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