MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1932.
ROUND THE LOCAL
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"A FREE SOUL."
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Some of his beat works are melodramatic comedies in which ad- venture and laughter go hand in hand. One of these is the original. play upon which Paramount has based its newest mystery farce, "Only Saps Work" which comes to The following programme will the King's Theatre soon.
be broadcast to-day from the Hong "Only Saps Work" is a story Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W.. about a light-fingered crook, who, on a wavelengh of 355 metres:--- while looking after his
wel-! 5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
7-10.30
pm-European Pro- grainme.
own
Trio
To elaborate on the beauteous. Care, is just human enough to be cultured qualitles and acting generous and helpful to those whom abilities of Norma Shearer would he likes. Leon Errol 86 the 7-9 p.m.-Programme of Colum-
to a Healthbia and Regal Records. be to embark on a futile job. Suf-laughable crook, goes fice it to say that her films are al-Farm to hide away from parsuing
7.5-7.54 p.m.-Variety, ways a wonderful treat for cinema-detectives after he has robbed a goers, and that is no exaggeration. bank. At the same farm, Richard The Queen's Theatre yesterday Arten is working as kitchen boy to was taxed to capacity at every per- prove to his rich fatiher that he can formance, crowds flocking there be self-supporting. to see and hear Norma Shearer in her latest starring hit "A Free (Metro-Goldwyn Mayer) which will be on view until Wed- neaday.
Soul"
yer,
Mary Brian comes to the farm to take care of n sick relative, and; Arlen falls in love with her. Errol, who has represented himself as a detective in search of a thief, takes
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A General Post Office notifien- Social Functions.
tion gives the following unclaim To-day Tea Dances at Hong ed correspondence, etc., waiting Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; at the Post Office and also un. Dinner Dances at King's Restaur- claimed radio telegrams at the ant, and Hong Kong and Peninsula Radio Telegraph Offee, Govern- Hotels.
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To-morrow-Tos Dances at Hong Posts Restante Correspondence.
Entertainments.
Kings
Mad Madrid, Jolly Along!,
The Tree Harmonisers
MR283, Descriptive-
Laughing Suzanne and the
Sousaphone Man, My Giggling Typist,
Charles Jolly and Kaye
Connor MR381.
Band-
The Kisa Waltz, Seven Vella,
Bily Cotton and His Band:
MR222.
To-day "Bad Girl"
To-day Queen's - "A Free Soul,”
Today Central "So This Is Paradise,"
To day
Majestic picture).
Today Star "Crazy that Way."
Home Malia.
Norma portrays the role of Jana fancy to Arlen, and helps him to Ashe, a rather headstrung daugh- prevent Mary from learning that ter of a brilliant but drunken law. The is a mere kitchen boy. The
Stephen Ashe,
centres around excellently ensuing action played by Lionel Barrymore. For Errol's efforts to keep out of the this, acting he was awarded the law's clutches and Arlen's efforts to golden statuette for the best actor win Mary in spite of his embar-Humorous Song-- of the year 1931.
Clarke Gable, who shone is a gangster in Joan Crawford's Alm "Dance, Fools, Dance" is ideally
cast
as a gambler crook, whilst
Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant;| G. Abily, J. M. Broom, E. Dinner Dances at King's Restau- Brocard, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. rant and Hong Kong and Peninsula Brooke, G. Borea, Cav. & Mrs. E. Hotels.
Bacci, Miss W. Blackie, China Bird Co., B. Clement, Mrs. A. Clear, Mrs. M. De Choy, R. Clayton, Mrs. Theatre; S. F. Chalfin, Mrs. W. D. Clark, V. Carnac, P. 0. Curry, Dr. E Theatre: Chambers, G. Carill, S. J. A Daoud, D. Davies, F. H. Davis, H. The (Chinese G. T. Fulford Co.), Ampy & Fely Dennis, Mrs. G. T. Fulford (c/o Theatre, Franquelli, Joe Fleming, L. A
Gile, Mrs. A. S. Theatro:
Gomes, A. Gerschel, C. Goldkette, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon, J. F. Garges, Miss J. Garden, M. C. Holloway, F. II. America Hyndman, S. H. Haskell, W (President McKinley); from Europe Hochstadt, International Trust Co., via Silberia (Pilana); Outward for F. H. Jewell, 8 Jeswanki Trading Europe via Siberia (Pilana). Agencies, Capt. S. R. Kitching (8.8. Chasinar), O. Katz, Toby Pardon, Madame,
Loy, Mrs. Larsen, J. S. McCall, Viktoria and Her Hussar~~
Miss M. Murphy, Dr. and Mrs. F. Good Night,
Metcalf, Mrs. V. Moessereo, Eric Reginald Fourt DB649. film caused a woman in a Los AD-Mockly, Miss Metes, J. McCarthy, McMillan (5.8. Chasina), Reni-
What Are You Thinking About
Baby?, That's What I Like About You,
Phyllis Robina DB653.
rassing position.
"BAD GIRL”
Vina Delmar's sensational novel,
Organ Solo-
Viktoria and Her Hussar-
Leslie Howard, who did good work "Bad Girl," has often been called in "Five and Ten," also rises to
*an honest record, unclosed and
the occasion as a debonair million-unashamed, of the coming of aire sportsman who is faithful tó
baby."
his lover, so much so that he mur-
A
ders the gambler. Lucy Beaumont hundreds of thousands who thrilled As such, it was read eagerly by is also accredited with a fine plece of acting in the role of Grandma to the primitive vigour of the book,
Ashe, and James Gleason com- pletes the measure of comedy, all means Ree this film!
From Official Sources.
"KILL LASCAP
Vocal Duet-
Nevertheless,
That's Why Darkles Were Horn,
a personal ac-Humorous Song-
its gusto, and the racy marrative Bytang that read like
count of the young couple next door. As climax to their reading, they found to their surprise that the heroine was.not a "Bad Girl" in any sense, but was in reality the anti- thesis of the term.
Layton and Johnstone DB678. I'm Waiting Now for Any Kind
of Sweetheart, National Economy,
Norman Long DB676.
8 p.m.-Local Time. 7.54-8.48 p.m.--Scottish Selec-
►
The Wee MacGregor (Amers),
Band of The Royal Air Fore
G9285.
Song--
Castles in the Air (Traditional). Up in the Mornin' Early
(Hamilton and Mackenzie),
Margaret F. Stewart
(Soprano) 5565.
It is this latter interpretation of tions. Murderous and humane senti- Miss Delmar's moral in writing the Band- ments battled back and forth at book that has been dramatized in Universal city studios for four the Fox Film version which reaches weeks and a half. The subject of the screen of the King's Theatre the acrimonious discussion was a to-day, Sally Eilers and James beautiful Spanish girl. Half the Dunn as the featured leads. studio thought she should live, but "We adhered strictly to the book the more important part thought in our treatment of Misa Delmar's sho should die. The more
im-story," Borzage said, while Alming The verdict the novel, "with one exception. We portant part won. was "KI Lasca!" And the atressed the importance of present- Humorous Song--
80 poor girl died, and there is no ing our heroine as a normal girl,
Jack O'Hazeldean (Words by happy ending to "Lasca of the Rio yearning only for the joys of wife-
Sir W. Scott). Grande, which is playing at the hood and motherhood that were!
Blue Bonnets Over the Border Central Theatre to-day.
rightfully hers."
(Traditional), Naturally, there wasn't any
The exceptional supporting cast
Sandy MacFarlane DB666. happy ending to "Lasca" or to the includes Minna Gombell,
William and many story when Frank Desprez Pawley, Frank Darien ginally wrote it. It has come others. ringing down through the years as a supreme example of love and self- Bacrifice. But these years hadn't Been Dorothy Burgess. Further- more, they hadn't seen her playing a Spanish giri "swayed in her sup- pleness to and fro by each gust of passion."
"THE LADY REFUSES."
Never take a woman at her face value.
And don't
Organ Solo-
Scotia-Medley,
Song
Quentin M. Maclean DX260.
I'm Cled My He'rt's my Ain
arr. Inglis), The Auld Scota Sanga (Bethune
and Leeson), Margaret F. Stewart
(Soprano) 4758.)
character by the clothes she wears.
judge a woman's
The camera man, the juicers, the
These points of estimate, which Band- stage crew, and the property men, qualities and virtues, are
have been used for womanly They
proved radically wrong in Radio Pictures'
all begged to let Lacu live.
A Night w' Burns-Overture
(ari Carl Volti),
The Silver Stars Band) GB627.
on
Songs-
were almost on the point of getting "The Lady Refuses," coming up a petition. But Dorothy Bur- gesa felt vehemently that Lasca Thursday to the Queen's. should die.
Because her clothes create the So did Leo Carrillo and Director Edward Laemmle. impression she is not a lady Betty Slim Summerville was in favour of is hired by an anxious father to lay killing pretty Lasca and proceedings, love trap for his erring
However, appearances belle her real the de- character and the woman emerges After days of conflict, cision came from the office of Uni- out of the tangle a little more than
home to supper.
versal'a production chief. Carla street angel.
Laemmle, jun. It came in the form
of a curt note.
"Kill Lasca."
вол.
"The Lady Refuses" is an inter- The note read:esting entertaining story of a triple
love and renunciation.
And so Lasca died, realistically,
In the cast are Betty Compson,
just as the poet, Frank Desprez, had John Darrow, Margaret Livingston,
intended that she should.
"ONLY SAPS WORK"
Give the public what it wasta.
Gilbert Emery and Daphne Pollard.
In the second innings of-a match between Somerset and Lancs., at Liverpool, the late S. M. J. Woods simple rule which was out to a curious catch, the ball Davis has observed in going off the wicket-keeper's glove achieving success as one of Ameri- through the first allp's hands into ca's most emiment playwrights
That is the
Owen
those of second slip.
Bringing Up Father.
ITTIE-BT TIE BABY DOGGIE - DOG. OOZA PITTY'ITTLE MAMA'S PET,
WHAT KIND OF TALK-18 THAT, MAGGIE? DOG LATIN?
Songs of the Hebrides (arr.
Kennedy-Fraser), Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser
(Soprano) 9898.
1
8,48-9 p.m. An Old Time Music Hall-
Second House (Chairman Jack Morrison with the Variety Singers, MR428/MR429. records in the above European Programmes Are kindly. sup- plied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.
All
To-day-Inward from
WOMAN DIES OF LAUGHING,
The antics of a comedian in a
to
| geles cinemas, to laugh
selt
death,
says From
her- Router's chuckles
Mrs. E. P. MacDonald, Misa F. correspondent.
Moorhead, Northern Bank, Ltd., she went into roars of laugh- W. C. Newberu, E. G. Naniche,
M. R. Pulin finally fell from her theatre seat, Piters or, Cherniakoff, Mias B.
hysterica,
(c/o Glyn Co.), C. E. Peterson. Mr.
ter,
then into
and
dead.
she had had high blood pressure.
Members of her family said that
(Glazounow) Pecker.
3. Songs-
Popes, G. Parisot, Mr. and Mrs. G. Reibero, Miss J. Ruot, I. W. Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. K Rabinson, Miss M. Rhodes, Wm. Stewart, Mrs. T. Soares, Miss M. Sollman, L. Srichandra (Siamese (Eic Tabaiza, Miss H. Uhlman, Dr. Student), A. A. L. Tason, W. U. J.
Miss Luba
(a) Bird Songs at Eventide
Coates),
(b) Duna (MeGIR),
J. A. Urquhart, J. Vacheron, Capt Mr. C. Reg. Anderson (Bari-Whitehead, Dr. Cecil Wong, B.
J. A. Vemon, Miss. Wood,
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4. Violin Solos-
(a) Andantino (Martini-
Krelaler),
(b) Petit Serenade pour
H.
Miss Walton, J. A. Wells, F. A. Welti,
Arlequine (Forterre),
A. G. Watson, Dr. G. C. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wobb, Miss J. Williams, Basilio Yhoa.
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