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Marie
Finer than "MIN and BILL"
DRESSLER
your heart
In a paw and wonderful role
EMMA
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with BICHARD CROMWELL BA JEAN HERSHOLT. MYRNA LOY Directed by
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Edward Everett HORTON Screen's sunniest Comedian
Once
Directed by James. CRUŽE
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
Mies Shanghai,"
Central.-
with Miss Yang Noi Mui.:
Queen'a,
"Emma"
with Marie Dressler.
King's,
"Almost a Divorce."
World.
"Misguided Love."
KOWLOON.
Star.
Daybreak."
COMING.
Contrat.
"A House Divided."
Queen's.
"Once a Gentleman,"
Tell England.""
King's.
"Dancers in the Dark."
"To-morrow and To-morrow,"
World.
Star.
"Reducing."
"Great Meadow."
Strangers May Kins." "Its A Wise Child."
SUICIDE IN A TRAIN.
"PREMEDITATED ACT"
BY YOUTH.
HONG KONG, DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1932.
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Everything that's riotously
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SYDNEY HOWARD & NELSON NEYS
IN
"ALMOST A DIVORCE"
-DON'T MISS THIS GREAT SMILESTORM"
A BRITISH PICTURE.
BESIDE GIRL WHO REJECTED fish and goldfish, which he bred HORTON THE
HIM.
partly as a hobby and partly as a source of income. He was very in- terested in chemistry, and had been
school.
A strange tragedy of disappoint-a brilliant chemistry student at ed lovo was revealed at a Richmond inquest on June 7 on a young man who took prussie acid while in i railway carriage along with a young
woman.
On June 2 he went to town to buy different chemicals in a Hatton Garden shop, including sodium sul phate, magnesium sulphate, cobalt The coroner expressed, his sym-chloride, and nickel chloride, which pathy with her in the ordeal the he had arranged to give me to dope had undergone..
the tank where the fish were kept while he was in Scotland.
The Coroner: The prussic acid found on him, you think, must have been purchased at this shop? It would seem that way.
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Miriam Hopkins Jack Oakie William Collier, Jr. Eugene Pallette
ALMOST A
DIVORCE."
APPEARS IN "ONCE A GENTLEMAN"
SYDNEY HOWARD AT THE KING'S.
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The actors' actor-that's what those who flocked to the King's 'A HOUSE DIVIDED"
they call Edward Everett Horton in Theatro yesterday to see Sydney Howard, the popular British stogo Hollywood.
and film comedian, were not dis appointed.
Moviedom looks, to "Eddio" Horton for recreation-and he gives it to them. His "little" thentre has for several years been a fixture
In "Almost a Divorce," he has quite a new type of role. He will
in the night life of the film city, be remembered for his droll per- and more celebrities than have overformanco in "Splinters," and later been crowded into one picture, fill for the big hit he made in Up for the seats of his popular playhouse the Cup," as a Yorkshire mill-hand of an evening. Despite the strenu- who visits London to see the Cup oua job of appearing in star rôle Final. in the talkies-his latest being Cruzo's merry comedy
'EMMA" AT THE QUEEN'S.
MISS DRESSLER'S LATEST SUCCESS.
LESSON SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
The young man was Geoffrey Hillier, aged 19, of Welley-road, Wraysbury, near Windsor. He was found unconscious at Richmond in & train from Waterloo to Windsor
"Sacrament", was the subject of on June 3, and was dend on arrival
the Lesson Sermon in all Churches The coroner asked if Geoffrey was at hospital.
very much in love with Miss Cork.
Marie Dressler, the surest guar- of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Miss Peggy Cork, a pretty-Fairly well attached to her, 1
antee for a hearty laugh is with us | July 10,
The Golden Text was: Let a fair-haired girl, of Welley-road, think, though at times he did not Wraysbury, was given a seat almost lead us to suppose 50,
"Almost a Divorce" Sydney | again in "Emma" which opened immediately in front of the coroner,
Howard plays the part of Mackin- yesterday at the Queen's Theatre was examine himself, and so let Did he tell you at the beginning James and gave her evidence in whispers."
She said that she lived at home of last week that he had had a tiff" Once a Gentlemen" duo Thurs- tosh, a good fellow, but nearly and those who saw her were unani. I him eat of that bread, and driak of with her parents, and had known with her --Yes.
day at the Queen's Theatre-Horton always more drunk than sober. His mous that she has, in her latest tint cup," (L. Cor. 11; 28.) Geoffrey Hillier for about nino months. They had been going about together as friends.
.
He was not greatly upset 1-He was upset to a certain extent.
Ordered to Keep Away. Mr. Henry James Cork,
house.
the Married.”
In
Gentlemanlier entered a first-class carriage fere with her. Later, said Mr. expert comedian appears in the cussing the ladies of the cast with
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on the train home. His brother Cork, he received a note of apology travelled in another carriage. from Hillier. He knew his daugh
Don't Be Sully." ter had been with him since against
talkie, excelled herself. She playa
The Lesson Sermon also includ- ed the following passage from
Among the citations which com- appears nightly in his own play-performance is astonishing in its
correctness; in fact, it is difficult the part of an old-fashioned house-prised the Lesson Sermon was the Horton leases the theatre, angages to believe that he really is not keeper-stera but devoted-in the following from the Bible: "And as The Coroner: On Monday last (May 30) did you tell him that you
the players, directs the perform drunk, but only acting. If you have family of an eccentric inventor and they did eat, Jesus toca the bread, liked someone bettor Yes, dir.
gave it to them, and, said, Take, And that you only wanted to be
31iances, and usually appears himself ever had that "trying to walk looks after her employer's children and blessed, and brake it, and
in A leading role. Practically straight" folling, and found dif- as though they were her own. friends with him-Yes, sir. He Cork's father, said Hillier had every player in Hollywood is
When later, the family comes into ent: this is my body. And he took was upset at first..
gone frequently to his house. He his friend, which explains the ficulty in pronouncing your words Mias Cork said that Hillier was very often depressed. On June 3 had since ordered him to keep presence of famous stars of the Wa hops you never have!), then money through a successful inven- the cup, and when he had given screen in even minor roles of his you will undoubtedly appreciate his tion, they find that they cannot do thanks, he gave it to them: and
It is interesting to he and his brother met her outside
Hillier had annoyed stage hits. Among his most recent performance. away.- her house, and they left for town to go to a theatre. Geoffrey secm-
"Peggy" by suggesting that she stage productions have been Shaw's note that Sydney Howard is a strict without "Emma" and just as was they all drank of it. And he said in the case in days of old, she still unto them; This is ray blood of the new testament, which is shed for Arthur Varncy Sorrao, who direct- ed quite normal in the theatre, and had talked in the village about "Arms and the Mad" and "Among teetotaler!
nurses the children-now grown up to enjoy the show very much. After him saying he had tried to inter- In "Once A Gentleman" this ed"Almost a Divorce," was dis-
—and bosses" the house general many. (Mark 14; 22-24.) Waterloo she and Geoffrey
ly.. Finally the inventor asks The most interesting ten years of Emma to marry him and it is at role of a valet whose employera journalist, when he remarked: gives him a month's vacation in which to play gentleman. The pre-a woman's lifes are between twenty-
Science and Health, with Key in for although the children are dicament he gets into when he eight and thirty. That's a good this point that complications set the Christian Science textbook, is mistaken for a distinguished one.
to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker colonel provides an uncuding series The story concerns a young mar-perfectly willing to have her as a of laughs, arising out of hilarious ried couple who cannot see eye to house-keeper, they fail to see how Eddy," His followers, sorrowful and novel situations. Lois Wilson, eye regarding hubby's friend, Mac-
af their Master's betrayal, partook George Fawcett, Francis X. Bush kintosh, who spends a lot of time they can have their erstwhile sand, silent, anticipating the hour
vant as a stepmother, man, Ring Baggot and Evelyn emptying whisky bottles and templ- Pierco appear in support of Horton ing hubby (Nelson Keys) to do like
The climax occurs when the in- of the heavenly manan, which of old wise. in this original story by George F. Worta. Walter Woods provided the A picture which should not be ventor dies of a stroke, loving all had fod in this wilderness the per secuted followers of Truth. Their Kereen adaptation James Cruze missed.
of his money to Emma. The gentle directed the production.
and kind-hearted woman now finds bread indeed came down from borself not only the centre of a heaven. It was the great truth of cruel will contest but is also accuspiritual being, healing the sick ed of murder by the children whom and casting out error. Their Mas she has cared for since their child. ter had explained it all before,
and"
now this bread was feeding hood days. This tragic situation gives this versatile comedienne the and sustaining them. They had, greatest dramatic opportunities of borne this bread from house to her, vivid screen chröer.
house, breaking (explaining) it ta
his wish...
She continued: I was looking
"But I thought there would be out of the window. His back was turned towards me.
sooner or later another outburst," I was not
"I hoped by tactful taking any notice of him. When I he said. looked again he had a glass in his handling to get her away from him. band filled with something which looked like water. He said same-I hoped the matter would fizzlo thing about drinking port. I said, ont." "Don't be silly," and knocked his arm. A lot of the stuff in the glass spilled on his clothes and on the sent. The remainder in the bottom of the glass he drunk. Ho spat
some of it out. He came and sat by me and collapsed.........
The Coroner: Why were you sus- picious when he had the liquid in the glass I was not exactly 518- picious. He never threatened to take his life; he bad talked about
it
Since the tragedy his daughter had told him that after he ordered Hillier from his house Hillier said that if she were not friends with. bim he would go into the garage, shut the doors, and run the engine.
The Coroner: Is there any truth
in the fact that this second lever was a bad lot and that Geoffrey. Hillier wanted
her to #240 The Coroner: Of taking poison (Poggy") from him I don't Not of taking poison; of suicide. think so. The three of them walk- Miss Cork said he had been talked about together all the week..
Medical evidence was given that ing-about-a-journey to Scotland. There was no heated-conversation-death was due to prussic keid poi-
soning. or quarrel.'
CHARGE AGAINST
POLICE.
ACQUITTED MAN SAYS GIRL WASPESTERED.”.
JUDGE ORDERS INQUIRY..
It was discovered later in the evening at Crediton. When arrest ed Freemau said he knew nothing about the car.
Freeman giving evidence yester day, said that he was in Exeter, and went by omnibus to Crediton on the evening in question. He was not in Taunton that day.
#Third Dogree."
The vorastilo star is given numeri
ous opisodes in, which to make the others, and now it comforted them- most of her inimitable talents as relves. For this truth of spiritual comedienne for obviously no being, thoir, Master was about to family saga is without its comedyuffer violence and train to the moments. In the present instance," audlances are given laughs-galore- dregs his cup of sorrow. He must port and accidentally become a
victim of the machine which tests of an everlasting victory over- would-be aviators for dizziness shadowing him, he gaye thanks, and
He handed to the judges letter which he said was from the father of the young woman who went with Mr. Justice Avory, at Wells hun to Crediton The Coroner: He seems to have The Coroner said: Ono can only Assizes ardered an inquiry to be Freeman made allegations about had an idea that this person you come to the conclusion that this made into an allegation against the the way the girl had been pestered when, Kiss Dressler visite an air leave them. With the great glory.... preferred to him would not have a young man was certainly, and had police contained in a letter which by the police, and said it was noth good influence on your life. He says been for some time, unhinged in his was handed to him by a man, named ing less than third degree. you and he have often talked this mind. Tho, question of his procur- George Freeman, a motor engineer. Mr. Justice - Avory having readThe famous "Draɛnler brand of fanid. Drinks ye all of it." (p. 33.) over; and says you always wished ing a glass to take this poison looks of Taunton, who was acquitted of the letter said to die in his arms. Is there any like a premeditated act, and the stealing a motor-car
fact of his doing it in a railway The judge said the letter contain- truth in that 1--No.
You did not love him enough to earriage in the company of this ed a very serious allegation.
young girl looks like a thing one It was stated that Mr. Dosson, an marry him-No, A
Youngoutfitter, parked his car in Taunton Edward Charice Hillier, has come acroes before.
Hillier & brother, said he and Geoffrey both people have this somewhat then on the evening of April 22. He and lived with their father. His brother trical way of committing suicide his wife alleged that Freeman was standing near. When they returned had had a previous accidental poi- sometimes. soning about July last year. In a Ha returned a verdict of suicide the car was gone,
(Continued at foot of next column,) laboratory he kept tanks of English while of unsound mind.
"If you wish it, I will see that. humour is also at its best, in the this is inquired into because it is a episode in which the inventor pro- very serious allegation against poles to Emma in a crowded rail-
iful children; in a vivid airplane race. some members of the police force." road station.
There are dramatic moments at made by the youngest son in an Freeman: I think if there is any
takes place during the short-lived truth in it, it is time that the police the death of the inventor which attempt to come to the aid of Emmits
an was looking for another job. The Judge: I will see that it is hoteymoon in the reading of the when she is placed on trial for thoroughly inquired into. You are will; in the reaction of the ungrate murder and in the spectacular
(Continued at foot of next column, murder trial itself, discharged.