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SHE WANTED A MILLIONAIRE'
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"The Champ" is a first-rate talkie and does infinite credit to King Vidot, the director, and to Frances Marion, the author who was also responsible for that great work, The charming innocence of Miss The Big House." Joan Bennett, and the awkward,
of MAIL REVIEW love-making overwhelming
are cleverly ex Spencer Tracy
romantic drama, ploited in Fox's
"She. Wanted a Millionaire" which will be presented at the King's Theatre on Sunday next...
&
"TOUCHDOWN”—ORIENTAL THEATRE.
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Jack Oakie is here again in The annual Miss America beauty Touchdown" the "Paramount fea- contest gives Joan the long hoped-ture at the Oriental Theatre.
The production, which is a de- for opportunity of meeting and
Shedication to the memory of the late millionaire. marrying realises her ambition for clothes, Knute Rockne, provides innumer- mansions, Paris and luxury, but able thrills and sustained interest. within a short time discovers. that in particular for football enthus she has
given herself into the lasts. Richard Arien heads a cast keeping of a madly-jealous hus-of present and former football play- band, who had sadistic tendencies. ers in America, to give appreciative It is then that the dog-like devotion audiences all the breath-taking play of Spencer Tracy comes to free her of a first-rate football game.
Jack Oakie, with hia usual enjoy- from a terrible situation.
The breeziness with which Mr. able nonsense, barely keeps the au Tracy portrays the role of the dience from becoming hysterical, hick-town lover cannot fail to de- light, the public. Mr. James Kirk MAIL REVIEW wood as the mad millionaire is Una adequately terrifying. Miss Merkel also gives an excellent per formance as the man hunting press- agent for the beauty contest.
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THE CHAMP-QUEEN'S THEATRE.
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"WINGS"-CENTRAL THEATRE.
One of the most remarkable sound synchronisation films ever made was! presented at the Central "Theatre. yesterday. "Wings" is the Para- mount epic of the "Aces" of the World War (War), and is a marvel- lous piece of realism that records for all time, the war as it was
An ex-pugilist striving to come fought in the air in 1917 and 1918. back'; an
adoring The tramping of thousands of small aon; and the age-old dilemma feet; the falling of stricken aero- of selfish love or herole sacrifice planes; the rapid blazing of This is the human interest
machine-guns and musical accom Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's vivid new
paniment of heart-stirring beauty, drama, "The Champ which will be have well-merited the animous presented at the Queen's Theatre on
praise. of newspaper critics Sunday next.
throughout the world.
Wallace Beery, whose villainous
The production is a stupendous portrayals in the past have never achievement of Director Wellman, ceased to hold and provoke to mirth and is one which nobody should appreciative audiences throughout miss.
the entire globe, is the former fight champion. Little precocious Jackie Cooper of "Our Gang" fame, is his small son. The scene is laid in a miraculously set up Mexican town
In a Hollywood studio.
LION FALLS TO DEATH.
Stockton, California. An oil company had a lion in a It is impossible to depict de hotel here for advertising pur- quately on paper the pathos with poses. The lion, playing around in which Beery finally makes his de-a room, jumped to a window and cision to give his son the proper fell against the window screen. advantages and environment of life. The screen was unlocked and gave With him, the audience, is torn way under the weight of the beast. the between the selfishness of parental The lion fell three floors to love and the desire to give a beloved pavement below and died shortly son the chance, for betterment...
after.
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IN THE MORNIN-
RADION
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
"The following” programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station: ZBW. on a wavelength of 855 metres (843 EC@)}-
:
6-8 p.m.-European programme. 6-7.15 p.m.-A`programme of Vic- tor & H.M.V. records.
6-6.18 p.m.-Band Music. Pagoda of Flowers
(Woodforde-Finden),
Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards
(a) Air de Ballet
...C1912.
(b) Callirhoe (Chaminade), Pas des Cymbales (Chaminade),
ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENCY.
American Traveller's Opinion.
PEOPLE WANT CHANGE,
Unemployed Who Will Not Work
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL
Social Functions: To-day Tea Dance at King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Feninsula Hotels
Entertainmenta. Today King's "She Wanted A Millionaire.”,..
To-day Queen's
"Many men who are "unemployed "The Champ."
J. Theatre;
Theatre;
in the United States do not want To-day- Central Theatre; work, they are content to live on "Wings."
from other
To-day-Majestic. people," stated Mr. Joseph Lilly, "Heartbreak."
Band of Fi. M. Coldstream Guarde, people," stated Ma
6.18-6.40 p.m.
C1501.
Theatre;
the prominent American adventur- Today Star Theatre'; er and big game hunter, who is "Trader Horn."
World: Theatre; Concerto for Violoncello and
To-day at present in the Colony... Orchestra, Op. 85 (Elgar),
During an Interview" with the "Reminiscences of Peking." played by Beatrice Harrison and the
Theatre; the New Symphony Orchestra China Mail on Saturday, he ex- To-day Garden conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, pressed an opinion that "Eoosevelt "Dirigible."
M.O., K.C.V.0. D1507/D1509.
To-day - Oriental Theatre; 7 p.m.-(Stock Quotations, etc.) was almost the certain to be the
next President of the United "Goldie." 6.40-7.15 p.m.--Variety.
Vocal Gems, The Quaker Girl
States."
Mr. Lilly is at present on. his
Light Opera Company C2016. way to Freach Indo-China where PENINSULA CONCERT
Chorus-
Humorous Song, What Archibald Says, Goes,
Gracie Fields B3592.
Orchestral-
he plans to add a few more heads to his already famous collection of wild beasts.
"Conditions in America are not The Land of Snelles.Selection, so bad now as they were," he said, Symphony Orchestra C2227."but they are still very depressing. Humorous Duologue
On the Weat coast, where they Auto-Suggestion,
Alexander and Mose B3925, were enjoying a comparative boom when the rest of the country was in the throes of the depression, they are feeling the pinch at Its worst," but in the Middle-west thing are improving."
Chorus-
Songs of Good Cheer,
Light Opera Male Chorus C2161. 7.15-8 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by Beverly Erwin and His Georgia Serenaders of the "President | McKinley,"
8 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Report.
8.3-10.30 p.m.-Chinese gramme.
10.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News. 10.35 p.m.-Close Down.
All records in the above European programmes. are kindly supplied Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co.
by
GREAT SUCCESS.
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A SELECTED ORCHESTRA.
Enthusiastic 'Praise of the con-1 ducting of the orchestra by Mr. S. "Thousands Bre still without Gellman, was expressed following at employment, and these numbers the twelfth symphonic concert are supplemented by many who do the Peninsula Hotel last night, by The whole programme was well- Pro- not want to work. They are tak many members of the audience.
ing advantage of the excuse "I cannot and work" to get free selected and the last number on the meals from the gullible public." list, "Czardas," from the opera "The Knight's Shadow" by Gross "Why, take for instance this case," Mr. Lilly continued, "I re man, was repeated in response to cently went down to the Court the demand. Those orchestral num- bers receiving the greatest applause House in Des Moines, where a number of so-called unemployed were a selection from "The Merry were hanging around and tried to Widow" by Lehar, the overture to THE HAPPY COUPLE, recruit a few of them to do a wall-"If I were King" by Adam, and andother selection from an old washing job."
"How much are you paying," favourite, "Calvalleria Rusticana"
by Mascagni asked one. I replied, "Forty cents
Three songs, June is Calling" by an hour." "Nothing doing" was
Sanderson, "Lass With the Delicate the general reply.
Air" by Arne and "I Think" by J. "On another occasion. I had #TArdelot, the latter an encore, man in to beat some carpets for were sung by Mrs. M. Sharpham, me. He said that he had tried to who was accompanied at the piano get another man to help him in by Misa Nora Flint.
Also three the job, and had offered to pay piano solos by Mr. J. Maklesoff, him 60 cents an hour for four"The Lark" by Glinca, "Polonaise No. 3 in E Flat Major" by Chopin and the beautiful Lizt composition "Liebestraum," were accepted by the audience as being one of the highlights of the programme.
Mr. Fred Fung and Mies Irene. Ynen-han Lee snapped after their wedding at St Paula Church on Thursday afternoon.
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A baby carried from the sinking Titanic 20 years ago is to-day one
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Speaking about the forthcoming election in the United States, Mr. Last night's concert was by far. Lilly said that in bis opinion the the best that has been rendered at country were ready for a change. the Peninsula as-yet.
"Get the in's out seems to be the motta dow, and I estimate that of the Peninsula, begs to announce "No. 8, Peking. Bldg., Hankow Rd. there will be 175 new faces in the that on the first Sunday in Septem- House of Representatives in Wash-ber, a combined group, made up of in
I guarantee no the best musicians of the Hong SQUEAKS * all ington this year."
"There is a definite leaning to Kong, Shanghai Hotel's orchestras my shoes are mada the Democrats. I myself, have al-and from the 1st Battalion of the by a new process: ways voted Republican, but this South Wales Borderers, will give a Gentlemen's - Shoes year I am going Democrat. After concert at the hotel that should from $6.00 pair. all, Hoover has done very little prove one of the treats of the sea- ***(son. The group will be led by J. L. during his term of office."
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"It is my opinion that Roosevelt Gecks, A.R.C.M., Bandm aster of is certain to be elected as the the wewelsh Battalion. next President of the United' States"
Turning the conversation into big game hunting, Mr. Lilly said that it was his hobby, and be did not hunt for profit.
HORSE MARINES OF. POLAND.
Warsaw, August 3.
A new kind of "horse 'marines"
"I just want a few more heads has apparently been invented by
to take back with me," he said, the military chiefs of Poland. At
of the best known golfers in when asked the object of his trip Gidingia, in the presence of the Polish: president, four Cooperstown, New York His to Indo-China...
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father went down in the ship. I have never been out this way Polish cavalry regiments took s The code of the sea, Women and before, but from what I hear, it special oath to defend the "Pollsk My coastline to the last drop of their children first," separated father is an ideal hunting ground.
to blood and, to prove their allegiance, and son. A woman nurse carried previous trips have been
the entire regiment rode out into the two-year-old lad into a lifeboat, Africa." while the father, a wealthy steel In all his adventures as a hunt the sea-which fortunately
the magnate of Chicago, perished like er, Mr. Lilly has had no really conveniently shallow-and
their dipped other men who could not find room narrow escapes from death or officers and men..
swords and fanions into the brine. serious injury. in the boats.
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