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THE CHINA MAIL.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. -
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W. a wavelength of 355 metres (845 K.0.1):-
story that every fan will appre on ciate and enjoy.
screen
6-8 p.m.-European Programme of Victor & H.M.V. Records.
6-6.20 p.m.-Children's Concert. Song-
When We Were Very Young.
The King's Breakfast (Fraser-Simpson.Milne), Now Were Are Six- (A) The Engineer, (b) Wind in the Hill
(Fraser-Simpson-Milne),
Mimi Crawford (Soprano) (B2097).
Dialogue-
The Fairy Letter Box (Grey), Rupert the Ridiculous Rabbit
(Grey),
B. Grey, P. Swinstead, B. Glennie and D. Hather (B2630).
(a) Hallway Down, (b) Hoppity,
SONG HITS IN ABUNDANCE. The epic war film "All Quiet on
Promised as an innovation In the Western Front" is drawing
musical comedy, Eddie crowded houses at the Majestic Cantor's newest picture, "Palmy: Theatro. It was engaged for a re- Days" will be presented by Samuel turn three-day run, from Sunday Goldwyn at the King's Theatre to- to Tuesday, but, there being a very day as successor to the goggle-eyed comic's Inaugural "Whoopee" of heavy demand for seats, the Man last season. Eddie appears as an agement acceded to a special re- unwilling assistant to a gang of
fortune tellers quest and extended the screening crooked
and yesterday and to-day. The film, spiritualists, planning to wreck a which is adapted from Romarque's bakery by installing Eddie as an sensational book, features Lewis efficiency expert. It is, a rowdy Ayres, Yola D'Avril, John Wray comic strip kind of a yarn moving and a host of others.
blithely from the phoney mystic's | Songs holy of holles to the splendour of a futuristic bakery,-ona of those Rube Goldberg bakeries, "man- ned" by an imposing assemblage of Hollywood's most decorative femininity, to the Ziegfeldian opulence of A swimming pool It takes time to film "gags" in scene, with a hundred prize bath- motion picture comedies. There ing beauties competing with equal-| fore, after Charlotte Greenwoodly proud swans for attention, to a had hauled Bert Lahr through a moonlit garden party with young ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS. window by his legs forty-two times love cooing among the lilac bushes,
for a scene in "Flying High," she and on and on. was decidedly ready to call quite Sharing the comedy honours Lahr weighs around 180 pounds. with the beady-eyed and ebulient
"Why," gasped the elongated Eddie Is
Charlotte elongated Charlotte, "don't they ever cast me Greenwood. Together, they lead with midgets?"
their company through a striking Bert Lahr,
most gymnasium number, giving more famous comedian, and Charlotte authenticity than usual to elabor- Song-
TANG YUK, Dentist. Successors to
the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Aguilar Street.
TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.
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HAIR, DRESSERS.
LEE YEE,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Aguilar Street. (opposite Queen's Theatre).
OPTICIANS.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
'Phone 22232
53, Queen's Road Central.
SHOES.
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ALEXANDER
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WHAT THE ELONGATED FUNSTER SAID.
America's
(c) Growing Up
(Milne-Fraser-Simpson),
(a) Happiness, (b) Missing
(c) In the Fashion
(Milne-Fraser-Simpson),
George Baker (Baritone)
(B2220).
6.20-6.46 p.m.-Variety. Orchestral-
Delishious,
Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra (22902).
Organ Solo-
'S Wonderful,
Edward O'Henry (B2960): Orchestral-
Who's Your Little Who-Zlx?
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and their Orchestra (22993).
Melville Gideon (Baritone)
(32574).
Greenwood, the notable elongated ate and complicated precision rou- The Girl is You and the Boy is Me, funster, are stars of Flying tines by a large dancing chorus. High,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's And they lead the cast in an ex-Orchestral- riotous musical burlesque, which hibition of dunking-as-it-should-be- is showing on Sunday at
thedunked. Queen's Theatre.
A PEPPY HUMAN STORY.
Song hita in abundance are pro- mised, the drst of which is likely to be in Eddie's ditty, "Yes, Yes," Most of the songs are the work of As a wise-cracking, crap-shoot- those popular music masters, Con ing Wall Street messenger boy, Conrad and Cli Friend. Among are "Bend Down, Sister." whose unusual luck wins him fame them
#5
Tunes of Not-So-Long-Ago-1921, Tunes of Not-So-Long-Ago-1922,
Now Mayfair Orchestra) (B3944).
Orchestral
(22010).
How Long Will It Last?
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra 6.45-7.10 p.m.-Örchestral, Carmen Suite--
March of the Smugglers (Biret), a notorious racketeer, Eddie which has a kind of negro spiritual
Soldiers Changing the Guard
(Bizot), Fea- tenor, and "Goose Pimples," both Quillan is a great success. tured in the leading role of Pathe's of which command the able assist of Miss Greenwood, and a comedy drama, "Big Money" ance which scored a decided hit at the strictly gag comedy song, "Dunk Central Theatre
yesterday, he Dunk, Dunk."
achieved both a personal and ar-
FILMLAND.
tistic triumph. This is by far the MISS CARTER'S ENTRANCE TO most delightful dialogue picture in which Quillan has thus far ap-|
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the direction: of Leopold Stokowski
(6624).
The Gipsy Princess-Potpourri
(Kalman),
Ferdy Kaufmann-and His Orchestra (82588). Rienzi-Overture (Wagner),
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski (6624). 7.10-8 p.r.-A. Concert,
Nocturne A Raguza (Schelling),
Piano Solo
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.
Social Functions; To-day-Tea Dancen at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong, and Peninsula Hotels and King's Restaurant.
Entertainments.
Today King” · Thaatre; {"Palmy_Days.”
To-day — Queen's "Beau Ideal."
Theatre:
Today Central Theatre: ["Big Money."
To-day -- Majestic Theatre: "All Quiet On The Western Front" Today Star Theatre: "The Sleeping Cardinal."
Home Milla To-morrow-Inward from Europe via (Negapatam (Hong Hwa); Out-i ward for Europe via Marsellles (Yasukuni Maru), 1.80 p.m.; for Europe via Siberia (President Cleveland), 6 p.m.
Meetings.
April 19-A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd, Hong Kong Hotel, 11.30 1.3.
April 21-Wm. Powell, Ltd., 6, Des Voeux Road Central, 11.30 am.
When the Cock Begins to Crow
(Purcell),
Three Etoniana (B2774).
Piano Solo-
A la bien Aimee (Schutt), Waltz in E Flat (Durand),
Harold Baner (6508).
Song
The Lavender Seller
(Breville-Smith), Vienna, City of my Dreams
(Steezynak!),
Derek Oldam (Tenor) (BSB63),
8 pm Local Time. 8.03-10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studlo Concert.
10.33 p.m.-Close Down.
All records in the above Euro peau programmes are kindly sup plied by Messre. S. Moutrie & Co.
H.K. HOTEL GUESTS.
The following are at present in residence at this hotel:
Messrs. F. C. Andrews, 8. J. Burn, A. Bandamann, Geo. W. Briggs, G. Bradford, T. Black, Geo. C. W. Cumming, R. Christle,
H. B. R. Clarke, S. Davison, R. Vaughan Fowler, F. Gumprich, C. E. Geddes, J. R. Hooley, J. L Hunter, John E. Hope, and G. L Hogg, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hagen, Messra. G. Heaton, Hans Kohn, H. Krebs, H. Kuottenbelt, W. F. List, W. J. MacConnell, and Cullen Ignace Jan Paderewski (6700). | Mather, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Song-
Mezger, Messrs. C. McKeefry, F. Calm or the Night (Bohm), ' Serenade (Schubert),
Merecki, A. E. Nobbins, W. Payson, Louise Homer (Contralto)N. R. Peploe, K. H. Stanton, and
(6703).
L. C. Bolomon, Miss G. A. Violoncello Solo-
Stephens, Capt. F. A. Swoffer, Die Meistersinger-Prize Song
Messrs. H. P. Stubba, W. Stewart, (Wagner-Wilhelm), Tarmhauser-The Evening Star and L. Smita, Miss M. Stevenson,
(Wagner),
Dr. A. Stamper, Messrs. D. Jte Pablo Casalı (6820). Siong, L. Sterpin, M. Thompson, and G. Vermij, Misses Walter, Messrs. R. L Wyllie, and A
peared. We've seen gangster ple- A veteran New York stage ac- tures aplenty, but never a comedy treas and playwright, vacationing version of the tough, gat-bearing, in California, recently figured in vicious and murderous crew of the "one of those things" that happen underworld, who care not who in Hollywood. Erast Lubitsch, makes the nation's laws, so long Paramount director, after a week's as they can cop off the coin. "Big futile search for the exact type of Money" is an adroit story that actress he had in mind for the part pokes fun at luck that never loses of the mother in "The Man 1 KI- and the gangsters that pack aed," which comes to the King's "rod." Hence, there are dramatic Theatre soon, heard of Louise scenes that fairly lift one out of Carter, invited her to make a tent, Opposite Entrance to
one's chair, and incidents and and two hours later notified execu- Hong Kong Hotel.
wise-cracks that convulse one with tives that she was the player he
In this respect, Lustrous Oil Permanent Hair Wave laughter.
"Big wanted in his arst dramatic talk-
Chorus-- which are Large, Soft and Natural, Money" stands alone in its class. ing picture. Artistic Finger and Marcel Waves. Oli
Miss Carter had never been in- Eton Beating Song (Kaps), Besides Quillan, Robert Arm- Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack
Eton College Musical Society. (any colour), Hair Cutting and Haul-strong, of "Oh Yeah" fame, James side a studio until she went to the Vocal Tro cure for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con- Gleason who also shone in that Paramount lot to sae Lubitsch. scientious, Artistic Work by European picture, and Miriam Seagar, a She says she had no idea of ever Expert, Mr. Alexander.
young stage actress of splendid seeking a screen career, and she magnetic per-was planning to return to Broad- appearance and sonality, who plays opposite way to appear in one of her own) Quillan. acquit themselves with plays. With thirty-three years' signal brilliance. In addition to stage experience, Miss Carter has these, there are players of promin-played hundreds of roles. She Is These include the author of more than a score' ence in the cast. Robert Gleckler, Charles Sellon, of plays, three of which were pro- Kit Guard, Myrtia Crinley and duced on Broadway. She starred others well known to screen fans. In her production, "Clouds.”
One of Miss Carter's best known The direction by Russell Mack, who piloted Quillan in "Night roles on the New York stage was Work," was all that could be ask-in "The Dybbuk." She played an ed for, while the photography by eighty year old Jewish woman. John Mescall was more than ex- When Miss Carter, born in Jowa cellent.
of French ancestry," made up in "Big Money," with its suspense, character to convince Lee Shubert thrills and laughs, is a distinct, she looked the part, he signed her novelty and a credit to E. B. Derr, with the exclamation: You're a ite producer. It is a peppy human picture of my grandmother."
CHARGES MODERATE A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.
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