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ROMANCE AND DANGER IN A STIRRING DRAMA OF RUSSIA IN THE THROES OF REVOLUTION
Cecil B. De Mille's
production
"The VOLGA
BOATMAN"
WITH
WILLIAM BOYD-ELINOR FAIR VICTOR VARCONI-JULÍA FAYE
THEODORE KOSLOFF
The story of the supreme love of a Princess for a peasant boatman in storm-swept ssla - Romance, danger and thrills in one of the most absorbing films of the season.
Produced by the Director of -“THE TÈN COMMANDMENTS.”
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1928..
THE CHINESE POST OFFICE, SHANGHAI.
PROCESS OF CLEARING A PARČEL.
1
OVER AN HOUR TO WAIT AT "SLACK TIME.”.
INEFFICIENCY AND INDIFFERENCE.
SHANGHAI, September 4th.
Many a tale is woven about the. Chinese "Post Office at the present time, says the North-China Daily Neer. These range from the curious slackness, which goes on behind the scenes of what was ́ once the pride and model of efficiency in the Republic of China to actual facts regarding the arrival of important letters a week jor so behind the schedule appointed for them by Nature and man. The good-natured condone and the business man grows sarcastic, both Chinese and foreign. Discourtesy is said to be the routine and inefficiency the inevitable. And added to that the tax officials. As a result of having overheard
The Clerk's Week-end.
'THE LIGHT OF ASIA."
INDIA'S SELF-REVELATION TO THE WEST.
AN ESCAPE FROM FILM TRADITION.".
"The Light of Asia" showing at the World Theatre till Wednesday departs entirely from the "fim tendition which is to entertain. In it one feels that India is express- ing herself and her religion to the West. She has chosen this mediumi, not willingly, but because it is one that the West can at least anderstand. This is" the story of our Great Tercher, and we show you also ourselves." One knows. sets" or artificial lakes
that no and palaces or hired crowds have been necessary. It is the India that Buddha himself looked upon, and it is the India that we know to-day,, the place of straw villages. walls and stairways. of amazing palaces, of crumblingt
of the caustic remarks A long wait began. Nobody dropped by those in the habit of seemed to mind the least. One making frequent use of the parcel noted with faint interest the post department for clearing small "Smoking Prohibited" notice paint parcels, and of having observed ed throughout the room, and with The elephants move with their their embittering effect upon the even more interest the two or three pathetic dignity like the uncouth Vulean of the Pantheon: there are staker, a representative of the clerks in the department who the beggars, the holy men whom North-China Daily News paid a were enjoying their after-breakfast the kings fear and the multitudes visit to the Post Office and watch cigarettes while regaling their who matter not at all, the same
then as now, ed the chief clerk of a local" Grm friends with choice anecdotes.. clear his parcels.
Leartfelt exclamation of gratitude was rendered that the visitor did not have to make frequent use of the service in the ordinary routine of life. The sort of slackness which accounts for the bad impression created alike on foreign and Chinese consigarea of parcels were clearly
in
One young man, awinging his legs The visit was a revelation and a from the table, carried оп
animated conversation for the bene fit of his partners in leisure and the two humble attendants await ing the parcels. The young man displayed a magnificent surburn of forearms and took audible pleasure in contrasting this with the paler shades of his upper arm and the narrow band betrayed by his wrist week-end which showed no signs It bespoke a profitable
of sudden termination. Having pro- perly impressed his audience with his sunburn prowess, this expres. sive young man moved further on, leaving the subject hanging about
visible.
Arriving shortly past 10 a.m. we found the hour not "rash. A group of small parcels, some bear ing silk stockings and other items of wearing apparel specified as
luxurious formed the burden the quest.
watch.
the counter with an unbrokea ennui for another quarter of an hour, it being by this time 45 minutes since the treacherous yellow slips had been sent off on their un- known quest.
·
Buddha's Great Renunciation of wife and power is told with a forcë redlected in the silence not only
crowd.
in the theatre bat of the dispersing It makes one uneasy and the sum effect is of tragedy.
3,
That'
Those interested. in the East should certainly go there, and again those to whom pictorial. beauty and pageantry appeal, but the Light of Asia is not the film for facile amusement. Many of the India. Community were is better catered for elsewhere.
present and were, we think, not disappointed at what their fellow countrymen had achieved in the newest of Western arts,
R.B.
"HOT HEELS" AT THE QUEEN'S.
THE IRREPRESIBLE YOUNG MAN,
[BY OUR FILM CRITIC]
Needless Trouble For Consignee.
Yellow notification slips had been sent previously by the Post Office to notify the consignee of the Something Happens Åt Last. arrival of these half-dozen or 30 parcela. No identificatnon mark
Finally, however, rumbles of a was included on the yellow slips parcel track struck a sympathetic. A such as the name and address of glow in the hearer's mind. the sender in order to assist the coolie, in the last stages of listless- "Hat Heels" is a tale of Améri consignee in checking with his in-ness it is true, but nevertheless a can youth. The hero (Glenn Tryon), voices and sending forthwith his perceptibly progressive coolie, ap would be considered rather an im clerk or coolie to pay the duty as proached from inner room push-possible young man by most of the estimated from long practice from ing a parcel-laden truck ahead of older type of English people and the invoices. It was, necessary,
him. The parcels he flung upon the one wonders what his own people! therefore, for the consignee to sign floor and then took his dolorous think of him as a hero. He is the for the parcels on each of the way back to whateve doom await- sort of person who is always show
ed him in the room beyond. yellow slips, return them with a
ing off in the way that small boys clerk who in the ordinary course One by one, the Customs clerk of 3 or so years do, and on whom of things would be obliged to pre- picked the parcels up and made snubs have no effect at all, we sent the slips at the counter, get quick meatal notes. In the course have met him before in American all the parcels spread about him, of another quarter of an hour, the films and undoubtedly shall do so copy off name and address of slips attached to the Customs' again so it is perhaps better to lock senders and return to his office with memo were shoved along to the on his antics with a lenient eye. these essential details. Then after luxury, and surtax counters and, checking with the invoices the clerk allowing a not unnatural length of could go again another day, to time for these matters to register clear, the parcels by paying duty. on the consciousness of those in Having arrived at the laat, or charge, seventy odd dollars changed clearance stage, the clerk banded | banda and clearance was effected. in his signed yellow slips which were taken absent-mindedly by a post office clerk, until then sur- reptiously reading a Chinese news paper tucked away inside the drawer of his section of the counter, In return for them after a supreme
effort at tearing himself away from the printed page, the P.O. clerk handed out a brass disc with
the were
number corresponding to the aur ber he had put on each yellow slips. The Jatter thereupon fung into an aerial pulley contrivance and sent gliding back into an inner room, from which the clerk awaiting the parcels assured the visitor they seemed always to find great difficulty, once there, in ever returning,
HONG KONG IMPORTS. MARKETS QUIET.
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Hot
Mr. Tryon is quite un éccm- plished acrobat and has a repertoire of varied parlour tricks some of
very amusing. which Heels shows him as the pwper manager of a small town hotel which it fitted with ingenious, and Only One Hour To-day. -
we must say ingenuous, gadgets of "To-day, "very good," said the his own invention. Patsy Ruth 13.15 a.m, and exy anations were staying in the hotel, and the hers clerk viewing his watch, showing Millar and a troupe of actors are launched regarding the whole and is persauded to sell out and buy half days which had been spent her contract. The party sail for waiting in the parcel room because Cuba for a 5cticious engagement it was a rush day, or because and, when he funds he has been minor mistakes such as duty tricked the hero not unnaturally charges in gold dollars on parcels suspects Patsy, with whom he is from France, etc., had been made already in love of pre-knowledge. to cause delay and irritation to the He has only one hope of recuperat- consignee.
ing himself in entering the pro- In any case we pointed out hap.perty horse Hot Heels for the pily, after a comparatively simple Havana Steeplechase. He rides morning, arch supports or benches Hot Heels to victory and the pic- are strongly recommended for those tures ends with a kiss between hero forced by circumstances to clear and heroine. their parcels in Shanghai.
The whole production is lively and amusing and there two really good episodes, one the steeplechase which is extraordinarily thrilling Nominal quotations are as fol- and the other a dance scene on lows:-No. 10s at 8170 to 8188: board the steamer.. Patsy and one No. 128 at $180 to $193; No. 108 of the troupe' have an Apache at 8196 to 8200: No. 90s at 8900 dance turn and our irrepresible. The fortnightly price current and to 2205. Arrivals, nil; shipments, hero takes the man's place. When market report issued by the Hong sales, nil; unsold stocks, 1,400 the lady after & few steps dis- Kong Chamber of Commerce states: bales; bargains, 8,300 bales.
covers the exchange she is furious, COTTON PIECE GOODS AND FANCY
RAW COTTON.-Nothing doing, and the imitation rage and rough- COTTON GOODs-Since our last re-
ness of the Apache dance becomes METALS. Our market has shown the real thing. The here, who never port sales of white and grey shirt- inge have been made but as regards round is only moderate.
no improvement and demand all at any time shows much considera- fancy cloths practically no business
tion for the feelings of the lady he has been booked and the market are a shade easier.
loves, knocks her down and swinga generally is very quiet. Deliveries FLOUR REPORT.--Stock: Ameri- her round in
A way which the of new cargo are satisfactory. Man-can, 230,000 bags; Canadian, 100,000 original Apache who inspired the At one chester prices are a little easier bags; Australian, 60,000 bags: dance might, have done. where forward shipments are re- Shanghai, 20,000-Total 410,000 period, while she is seated on the quired.
bags.
Prices
floor he does some acrobatic dancing Another report states:-Buying Market Practically no change on his own which, although a little of Spring season cotton goods is since last reported Prices of drawn out, is clever and amusing. Bow practically ended. Manchester American flour have dropped a prices do not tempt the dealers and little. Shanghai, Australian and the decline in exchange rates bas Canadian prices remained the checked the small amount of busi- same.
which
Here He is Again!
THE snappy star of "Painting the Towa" and A Hero for a Night" in his latest Comedy hit-
GLENN
TRYON
With
PATSY RUTH MILLER
"HOT HEELS" NOW
THE ESCAPADES and tribulations of a
country hotel keeper who buys the contract of a travelling theatrical company with startling results!
AT THE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
QUEEN'S At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
THE story of a regal prince who put aside the luxury of a splendid court to lead the life of a beggar among the poorest of his people I—
THE
LIGHT OF ASIA
Being the Life of Buddha set among the very scenes amid which He passed His Life on Earth.
AT THE
TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY
Interpreter.
WORLD Orchestra
5.15 iz 9.20. 2.80 & 7.15.
THE HAPPINESS AND HEARTACHES
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THE PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
World Theatre, To-day to Wednesday:-" The Light of Asia."?
Thursday to Saturday:- Spoil ers of the West," an exciting story of frontier perils.
CINEMA NEWS.
"The Volga Boatman," ness that was in progress in white WINDOW GLASB.-Quiet. shirtings. Predictions are heard. SUGAR-Java: Bough White, Re- "The Volga Boatman," of a heavy decline in raw cotton ported sales 86,912 picais.. Spot; was inspired by the well-known' prices, but these prophecies-may-be-48,610-picule to arrive during Sep song will be shown at the Queen's intended to deter dealers from pur- tember, October, November, Decem- Theatre from Thursday to Saturday chasing British goods whilst the ber, January, and February. Java: next. The story tells the love of anti-Japanese boycott prevails. Fine White, 2,215 piculs, Spect; a peasant, boatman of the Volga WOOLLENB.A few repeat, orders Rough Brown, 12,540 piculs, Spot; for a beautiful Russian princess
Queen's Theatre, for Wool Venetians, Union Cash- Rough Brown, 6,930 piculs to arrive who loves him in return. The big meres and Gaberdines have been during August, September, October, scene is a great ball of the aris
To-day Hot Heals," a comedy booked, but it is too early for the November and December; Molasses, tocrats which is interrupted by the of sweethearts and sweep tickets.
Star Theatre. regular buying for shipment July 19,028 "picule; Crystal No, 24, shells of the "Reds," crashing With Glenn Tryon and Patsy Buth
To-day: Little Annie Rooney," August, 1920, to begin. The woollen 87,200 picule; Crystal No. 18 through the roof. The leading Miller.
one of Mary Pickford's pictures. market bas opened for the new 15,600 piculs; Soft White, 2,500 players are Willian Boyd, Elinor
Tuesday and Wednesday: "New
Tursday and Wednesday:-"Alias- Benton very quietly. At present picula; Brown, 22,750 picula the demand is limited to Kwangai, Iloilo: No. 1, 400 picuis; No. 2,
York," a melodrama of New York the Deacon, a screen version of the stage play Saturday:-" The other centres remaining very quiet. 600 picule; No. 3, 3,300 picula; No
life,
Thursday to Saturday:The Thursday to COTTON YARN.-Market continues 4, 2,900 píouls; No. 5, 1,800 piculs. quiet and we have nothing fresh to Bingapore Candy, 400 picule.
Volga Boatman," a drama of the Fair Co-ed," a comedy of university. Russian Revolution. report. Prices are unchanged. BALTPETRE:-Market steady..
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Fair, Victor Varconi, Theodore Kos. loff, and Julia Faye, with a big supporting cast directed by Cecil B. de Mille, who produced "The Ten Commandments,
(Continued on next Column).
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