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PRIVATE LIFE OF
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HENRY VIII
Last Showing, of Bril- liant Film To-day
History, frequently a seandaj- monger, has busied itself to such an extent with the unfortunaté amours the life of Henry VIII that the really intriguing and vital side of This
character · 65 AD intensely human, fun-loving swashbuckling King of the Realm has been almost entirely overlooked:
It is this element of sheer human- ness that provides the keynute for outstanding characterization
of
* bluff King Hal which is presented by charles Laughton in "The Pri- vate Life of Henry VIII, the United Artists release.
Indisputable proof supports the starement that this famous Tudor established o A firin foundation England's supremacy on the sea, u fnet which has been cleverly worked into the story early in its process of undoldinunt.
Another sidelight on the character of this unique-man, in addition, na his love of pomp and display, his pride in his position as England's ruler, and his faithfulness to the tasks which this rulership imposed upon him is his athletic prowess, in which it was always inis accom- plished aim to surpass all comers.
An idea of his qualifications for this feat appear in the measure-
LTD.ments of his suit of armour, which
PIERCE FOG
Infra-Red As Aid To Navigation
EXPERIMENT IN U.S.
LINER.
The United States liner Mughat tan called for a few hours at South. ampton on Thursday night on her return journey to New York. The liner
was recently fitted with
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is still preserved in the Tower of London. Containing 3 pieces, it measures six feet three inches in height and weight D pounds po small consideration to be, added-tu the weight which a man. of his gigantic stature would always car-
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934.
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Spencer Tracy and Ralph Morgan in a dramatic scene from "The Power and the Glory," the latest from the studios of For Film to be produced by the veteran Jesse L. Lásky.
"EXIT DON JUAN"
Douglas Fairbanks Planning Next Picture
was
Douglas Fairbanks, who ground is concerned," says Laugh-mentioned in a cable recently as tony close study of everything respondent in a peer's divorce available regarding the personality suit, announced in London that he of this important figure revealed mean to make shortly a film call some interesting details. I wanted ed Exit Don Juan" a title which to make him a true to life presen-
his admirers will consider rather tation a man with livable qualities, -ahosen in the circumstances. for much he enjoyed..
"Doug" would do well to watch his step. Film: audiences do not take kindly to a favourite star who is divorced by his wife and involved in another divorce shortly after-
"Not only was he a fine linguist and an accomplished musician he composed two complete masses, one of which is frequently performed, even to-day, in addition towards. numerous shorter secular composi tions but he was most liberal in his Patronage of the arts and learned,
men.
"Indeed, he is quoted as saying the automatic development and fin- in a talk with Lord Mountjoy ishing of the photographs is includ after his accession to the throne, without them I can scarcely exist. ed within the body of the camera
It is this lighter, finor side which itself, and the photographic record may be viewed one minute after the have endeavored to make the exposure has been made. The whole basis for my performance. True, apparatus is essentially simple; it his character as a sensualist capable has been installed with a view to of severe cruelty is inextricably testing whether or not infra-red interwoven with these other ele- photography can give sufficiently in- ments, but it has been my effort to creased fog. penetration to be of show him as the man he was rather value to navigators,
than as the despot, he has been The long series of infra-red photo-painted." graphs published recently, in The The chacaters of five of Henry's Times illustrated very clearly the air wives are portrayed in The well-known fact that atmospheric Private Life of Henry VIII". haze is often not recorded on infra Merle Oberon playing Anne Bolyon, red sensitive materials, provided Wendy Barrie playing Jane Sey- that all blue and ultra-violet radia, mour, Elsa Lanchester, Laughton's tions are excluded from the camera wife, playing Ann of Cleves, Binnie by means of a suitable light filter Barnes portraying Katheryn Ho Objects which are visually obscured ward and Everley Gregg playing by such haze nay, therefore, sime- times be photographically recorded on the new materials, Photographers | report, however, that success is not always to be relied upon even when fog bank are all factors which must apparently similar weather condi-be taken into accoun in any thor- tions prevail. It seems certain now'ough onsideration of the problem of that the size of fog particles; their fog penetration. There may be colour, the number present in a others, but these are immediately given space, and the depth of the evident.
Katherine Parr
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A Dancing Display by the pupils of the O'Keefe-Montgomery School of Dancing.
Tuesday, 6th March, 1934., at 5.10 p.m.
Under the Distinguished Patronage of
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His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G.,
K.B.E. and Lady Peol
Part of proceeds to be given to
Karl Haig's Fund for disabled Sailors and Soldiers.
Tickets: $1.00., $8.00, 82.00, $1.00.
Including tax).
Children and Service Men half price. -7.x. (84.00., 83.00., $2.00 only)
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GRETA NISSEN &
THE TIGERS Deceived by Ingeni- ous Photograph
The critics praised "Red Wagon," British International's great Alm of Lady Eleaner. Smith's "etreus novel, but it was from among those well-meaning folks who are not usually disposed to regard nims with flattery that, the most potent tributes came. Throughout its triumphant month at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch. the crowds packed in hundreds every day were happy schoolchildren seeing the circus and the movies in one show. But their whoops of Innocent delight were disturbed on more than one occaision by the censorial of vigilant adults, "who, like the children themselves, were completely deceived by the realism. which Paul Stein succeeded achieving in this film.
On Christmas Eve a packed and excited audience watched-breath- lessly while Greta Nissen went Into the tiger cage where one of the beasts knocked her down and severely mauled her. There was that silence broken with an ex- clamation. of concern, and then she rose and started, to whip the tigers into submission: Imme- Wlately there was aloid profest the stalls.
ADMIRALTY HELP from three people in
FOR B.I.P.
Destroyer Built and “Manned" in Studio
The Admiralty, although unable to permit the filming aboard' a varship of scenes for a comedy fim, have cooperated magnificently with British International in con- nection with the erection and manipulation" of a full sized destroyer of the Crusader type
which has beep büllt at a cost of nearly.it £2,000 for the filme !!Contaband.” in which Greta
"Shame, shame," they shouted. "Why should these poor defence- less animals be treated so cruelly?" The audience remained silent save
to a ser here and there.
The disturberg were asked to
leave, They were obviously in no
mood to leam 'bów/ the scenes to which they objected had in fact- been filmed by Ma
It will be remembered that when
the Prince of Wales had seen the picture on the opening night be complimented' Mis Nissen on" her
work with the tigers, and asged
how she had "faked". It. She did not entirely give away the secrets of the studio!
British International will chal-
Nissen stars with David Manners, lenge anyone to prove that any Hugh Wakefield. Clifford Mollison, tigers during their stay in the aruelty was inflicted upon the Laurence Grossmith, and Camilla Elstree studios, or at any time in connection with the filming of "Red Wagon,”
Horm......
Commander W. R. Richardson, at the Admiralty,
in detail of this gave facilities for the reproduction
latest type of destroyer, and
Commander dé Burgh
has been attending the studio to watch filming operations and to operate the practical tea-
Clara. Bow, the It" giri.Press Officer and Jean Harlow, the Platinum Blonde and the late Jack Pickford, brother of Mary Pickford, and a few other screen stars have had reason to connect a wanina po pularity with unfortunate events in their private lives coming to
Light
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary
Pickford and Jack Pickford visited Ceylon four or five years ago. Doug went to India tiger-hunt- ing last year but on his way back to his home he did not "call at Co- While in India last year lombo he had an interesting talk with a Yogi, who in a way turned his mind to making the new picture, Exit Doug's" Don Juan, which will be first British film.
Said " N. P. Talking of this meeting, Douglas Fairbanks told a pressman recently:
"What The Yogi
"While I was in India I met a
Yog1 and had a talk with him. He asked me what I was doing, I said
Nothing. I have given up ple Lures. I've been a producer all my He, and now I want to be a con- summer, I want to see what other people are doing.
The Yogi observed me with a grave eye and said I didn't know! what I was talking about.
tures aboard.
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Fifty men.just Anished serving theiring in the Navy were also secured through the Admiralty to "man" the destroyer.
A great deal of the action takes place aboard this vessel, and the first three days", shooting consisted of scenes in a dense, tog: Elstree was blacked out with real fog most of the time, but inside the studio they had to wait from time time while "props" made artificial fog by trying sulphate of ammonia in a frypant
to
How the scenes were filmed will not be disclosed to the public, but It is significant that throughout the filming there were present, in the addition to the trainer of tigers, who valuts his animals very
highly, a full camera crew, studio officials. and, in addition, "a "big crowd of extras numbering any thing from 50 to 350
at a time.
Although in the film It appears that the tigern were whipped into submission, no whips were in fact used, nor was any blow struck throughout the filming operations. Animal lovers throughout country may accept this assurance take such steps as' they or may wish to verify the facts.
the
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H.K. WIRELESS PROGRAMME
Broadcast by Z.B.W.
on 355 Metres
3-2-15 pm-European-programme. 1 pm Local Time and Weather
Report:det ve stojan,
1.3 p.m. Recorded music. ::
Kong Hotel Orchestra from the 1.15 pm relay of the Hong
Hong Kong Hotel Gri-Room by courtesy of the Management (During the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio) -
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News, etc. 2.15 p.m-Close Down,
TWO STUDIO ITEMS TONIGHT.
recorded 4.30-7.30p.m.--Chinese
programme.
6-6.15 p.m.---Children's Studio Con-
cert.... 7.30-10.30 p.m.-European program-
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7,30-8 p.m.--Variety,
Vocal Quartet--Take
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full-sized replica of Marlborough Street Court in the 90's, and a list of cases, including one for endanė
bicycle through the streets London at a speed approximating twelve miles per hour!
"Marlborough Street" gering the public by riding
Court at Elstree
WILL HAY SITS AS "THE
MAGISTRATE"
from the River.
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the
Vocal Quartet Young and Healthy The Four Musketeers. The defendant, supposedly 10 Song-Ev'ry Little While. errand boy, who for his time and
Song-Try Gettin' a Good Night's station. had no respect to speak Sleep Frances Maddux (80- of, was played by Ian Wilson, a
prano). Instrumental Pinero's famous old stage farse, clever and excruciatingly funny
I" Cover The Magistrate," began to take little figure seen in zeveral comedy Waterfront.
Instrumental Sweetheart. Dar- For the moment,' he. observed, shape as a British Internationa? cameos in recent British Blms.
lin' Arranged for Eight you're artistically dead. You'll flm immediately after the Christ-The Magistrate," whichis to
Planos. be filmed without any attempt at go on doing nothing until one day mas holidays...
While the real Mariborougn modernisation, has an unusual Vocal Duet-Lazybones. something will "click" and you'l
Street Court was filled to be back again at the old game/
over-comedy, cast. Will Hay, whose Vocal Duet-Like to Go Back in
the
and Evening Layton "That's exactly what's happen- flowing with "cases" arising from first film It represents, is supported
Johnstone, many by H. F. Maltby, Claude Allister. ed," said. Fairbanks.. "When I too many drinks and too
Weather Hoey, dagela, Baddeley, 8 p.m.-Local Time and
Report. was Marguerite Allen, George Graves,
got to London and talked things miles per hour among Christmas Iris
Thomes Bentley over with Korda, the stil, gmail revellers.
click of the Yogi man began to busy. directing. Will Hay in bis Jimmy Godden, Laurence Hanray, 8.3-9 pm-Operatic. make itself telt, and now I think of role as "the magistrate" for which WallyPatch, Syd Crossley, "and nothing but pictures all the time." purpose he was provided with a John Mills.
A
Orchestral Carmen Sulte -
Gypsy Dance (Bizet).
Orchestral-Carmen Suite--Ip-
Song-Traviata Wild my Dream of Youth(Verdi). in dev Sung-Lixia-Tomb of my Saint- ed Fathers (Donizetti).. --- Beniamino Gigil (Tenor),"% Orchestral - Carmen - Soldiers
Changing the Guard (Bizet). Orchestral Carmen March
the Smugglers (Bizet)Phi- adelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokow- "ski.
9-9.10 p.m.-From the Studio
A Radio Playlet entitled "Two of a Kind" (A.E.R. Dyer) by the
9.10-9.24 p.m.-Selections by the
Radio Voices
Leder String Quartet, “ (a) Gavotte Pale
Transcription
(Gluck, Brahms, Trang, by ..Weiner). (b) Barcarolle- Transcription (Tschaikowsky, Trans. byi Weiner). t
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(c) Minuet-Transcription (fram Sonata in ) (Schubert, Op. 78).
(d) Moment Musical No. 3— Transcription (Schubert). 9.24-9.30 p.m.-*
Fantasie "The Storm" (Lem- mens) Harry Goss-Custard (Organist),
9.30-10.30 p.m.-From the Stüdio.
Selections by The Cheero Band.
Programme
1. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad
Wolf?
2. After You.
3. Oh Master Carpenter. 4. The Last Round Up. 5. After "Twelve O'Clock,
6. Around You-Waltz,
17, Look What I've Got!
8. The Day You Came Along.
9. I Had to Change the Words. 10 Weep No More My Baby. 11. Willow Weep for Me. 12. Moths Around the
Flame..
Candle
10.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press ***: News.
10.35 p.m. Close Down.
When W. C. Mycroft, Director of
termezzo and Les Dragons Productions for BLP. returned d'Alcala (Bizet)-Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed
by Leopold Stokowski,
forets
from Paris where he spent his Christmas holidays, he visited the
Song Jeanne d'Arc-Adieu, studio set of Marlborough Street (Farewell Ye Moun- Police Court (year about 1890) and noticed that the ladies in the tains) (Tschaikowsky).
not wearing "No petticoats in 1890,”
Song-Herodiade-11 cat doux, il public gallery were
est bon (He is Kind, He is petticoats. Good) (Massenet) Marta" he exclaimed, "impossible; better
.and stop the film Jeritza (Soprano);
get some." Orchestral-Faust-Ballet Music There were no petticoats in Elstrec, so another scene had to be filmed (Gounod)-Royal Opera Or- chestra, Convent Garden, con- while the dress department made ducted by George W. Byng. some!:
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Friday, February 23,
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