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MARTELL'S

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 8r 1978.

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FILMING "THE CHRISTIAN."

REMARKABLE SCENES IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON.

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The filmed version of Sir Hall Caine's novel The Christian" is now complete, and is to be released shortly. Our readers be interested in the following graphic description of certain episodes in the film (as narrated in the London Evening Net), in which Trafalgar Square provides the setting to impressive scenes in the story. With old display headings the Evening News described the incidents in the follow ing story

KENYA SETTLERS, AND

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INDIAN CLAIMS."

GOVERNMENT DEFIED.

An important meeting of Europeans bas been held at Nakuru, which is the centre of the white settlements in the Highlands The speakers included Lord Delamere and Lord Delamere said he did not think the

Francis Scott. Governor would force through any Bill even until the districts had been given a chance if ordered to do so by the Colonial Office, to state their opinions. Stope were taken at the meeting to organize the districts, appoint district leaders, and establish a Central Committee to act in the closest touch with

Trafalgar Square in the early hours of Nairobi volations passed stated that in the this morning presented a scone which has never been equalled in history. From one

event

of the Government of the Colony o'clock until dawn it was lit up by a fanaccording to the Indian claims the white com tastic blaish light, which made the falling munit would take such action as was con. min look liko snow, and threw garish

proper and necessary to prevent such khadows over

over a mob of same 2,000 people.

legislation taking praction taken shall be effect. It was This nightmare

mare scene had been conjured also resolved that any

up by the enterprise of an American Almum, shall be complete

producer who evolved the idea of staging the most dramatic episode of his film

INTIMATIONS

PRIMO BEER

As will solve decisively the Indian OBTAINABLE ·

tein its

its nature and indicate in

the clearest manner that the

one of the most famous spots of the was effect, and by its thoroughans nöt

fim version of "The Christaly decline to be made a pawn in the game i

of Indian politics, but in internal politics re-

EVERYWHERE

for the Goldwyn Compan use Trafalse to be dictated to and overridden by RUTTONJEE AND SON.

authorities

Mr. Maurice Toureur, is in London

lucing His suggestion that bo gar Square as a studio staggered the

with its audacity

They things differently over the water. In America a kinema producer can borrow, s Government

ment battleship, or film

meeting of legislators for screen play; but here the official eye still looks askance at the moving-picture

actor Full permission, bowever, was eventually obtained not only to turn Trafalgar Square into a giant fiim stulio, but also to take scenes in While Ball, in the shadow of Big Ben, and on

Westminster Bridge.

those in London who are ignorant or in- different

to local coaditions. do It was declared that such action as will be taken will be persuasive in character as far as possible, physical pressure only may be required being resorted to as far is intended to be acted upon." The ent to show that the persuasion being exerted anttens to be formed will formulate a plat designed to care" out the policy of the solutions, and Europeans, under clause of one resolution, bind themselves support the Central Committee in steps considered necessary, and to ober all instructions.

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The incidenta in the story for which Trafalgar Square was desired are those in the book, tries to pacify a crowd of people who are waiting for the end of the world they believe him to have predict. He suc ceeds persuading them that he thus been misrepresented, when a gang of ruffians, hired by villain of the piece, incites the mob

to attack the plinth and chose Storms out of London. Twenty arclights and spot were ncoder! to flood Trafalgar Square withere

light sufficient to enable photographa to be taken. They wen

were placed on the National Gallery balcony... und

The Nakuru meeting also passed a re- solation against the continuance in office of Mr. Ormsby-Gore as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

KING DAVID'S PALACE.

HOPES OF FINDING TOMBS OF JUDAH'S KINGS.

The remarkable End by Lord Carnarvon at Luxor has given a stimulus to the in- terest in the forthcoming project to find not

parts of the Square. Even the Admiralty aly the actual site of King David's palace

eral

battle

tferusalem, but the actual tomb of the king himself.

Dr. E. W. C. Masterman, hos, secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund in an interview speaks hopefully of the outlook.

Much has been done in the past, he said, some valuable discoveries have beca and and, but work has necessarily been of A, a intre or less scattered character. great deal of the work has fallen upon the British pioneers, who have already made notable progress there.

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Arch had its battery of lights to the background which included Big Ben The air was fall of the throbbing of lorries with motor-generatiors to make the electric light Tea filmcameras were donapecial

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Assistant. The leaders were shown a should have the exclusive rights, but that' marked plan of Trafalgar Square and various nations should unite to carry on rehearsed in their parts beforehand. These this work. Great Britain will detailed plans called for no interforance Fund,

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It was a good-humoured crowd which got a good deal of fun out of its four hours job in the rain. The police authorities up-

Mr. Weill had been doing some excavation work which was stopped by the wLT.

Our great ambition is to send out Pro- fessor Robert

plied a special body of constables to help undertake the Rister this summer to

These

become mixed with the film polico- men with amusing restita. "Don't touch that one. It's real," said a young woman from East End to her escort who slapped a

Ramilarly on the back. And none i

side of the work:

Before anything is allowed to be done, the Palestine Government insists upon a Suvating will last for at least three guarantee of a minimum of £5,000 As the

ANCIENT JERUSALEM.

but the "policeman" know whether it was year, I am anxious that the British 80 ог not. It was the most "ugly mob I should find this £5,000, the two other main bodies raising like sums, so that the work bave ever seen-even on "the pictures" wrote the journalist of the scene. Cloth may go forward without a hitch. capped men with broken noses and brutal faces

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finery Kay of the East End Fainting ancient Jerusalem before it began to extend women were filmed, and there was a special in King David's time. The site in question number of little kiddies who is known as the Bill of Ophel; and there is were thoughtfully cared for at the company's an advantage in the fact that there are now

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PRINCE COUNTED OUT." AMUSING INCIDENT WITH “DIGGERS" NEAR CAIRO.

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