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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN |
DROOD
BORN TO BE BAD
A motion picture camera in the role of private detective!
The largest motion picture, set since the making of the famous
It may sound fantastic, but it "Hunchback of Notre Dame" was
is based on fact. "A camers is bullt at Universal studios for the seen in this capacity in "Born to Alming of "The Mystery of Edwin be Bad." the 20th Century picture Drood," the sensational and spine-showing at the King's Theatre. tingling mystery drama which with Loreta Young and Cary comes to the King's Theatre next
Grant' sharing stellar horiours. Sunday with Claude Rains in the Starring role, support by a brilliant
cast.
In this original story by Ralph Craves, a motion picture camera- man is employed furtively to take motion pictures of a small boy at play fighting, wrestling, running and romping.
An entire English village of the Victorian period was built, streets. stores, a beautiful cathedral, a young ladles Antshing school all! Later the pictures are shown in absolutely authentic as to every
a courtroom to the utter conster- particular were constructed, and nation of the boy's pretty and when one stepped into the village unscrupous young mother, play- streets he felt as though he haded by Miss Young, who has sued been transported to another coun- a wealthy man for heavy damages
try.
The furnishing of the interior settings for this picture, which is fald in the period of 1864. required months of research and search for the proper furnishings. There is one living room. for example, that is decorated for the Christmas, holidays. Great care had to be taken to make certain that every thing in that room was absolutely true to the time.
CARNIVAL
"Carnival" is in town and to-day is your last opportunity to see this Columbia production at the Queen's Theatre. An Interest'ng story of a puppeteer played by Lee Tracy this is said to possess thrills. pic: ure romance and action enough for everyone in the family. Jimmy Durante, Sally Ellers and little Dickle Walters, 23 year old child who makes h's cutstanding debut In this picture have the principal parts in this production. Walter Lang directed from the story writ ten by Robert R'skin, who gave us such famous hits as "It Happened
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on the charge that truck owned by his firm had maimed her small son for life.
This Ironic episode is based on an actual case in the Los Angeles Courts.
A man had 'sued...a cer- tain famous screen star for heavy damages, claiming he had been seriously injured by the star's auomobile,
The screen actor hired a motion picture cameraman. who perched in trees and other vantage points near the plaintir home and took motion pictures of
the man frolicking about his back
yard. with subsequent courtroom developments. rather clorely fol- lowing those in the film.
"Born to be Bad" from the pen of Ralph Graves, is the story of an unscrupulous "customer's girl" in the cloak and sult trade, de- terred by no moral qualms from entering into fraud, conspiracy, blackmail or minor decelts and trickeries.
One Night," "Broadway Bill," "Lady for a Day" and "The Whole Town's
Tolking."
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AGE OF INDISCRETION
En Age of Indiscretion " the Metro-Goldwyn-Maye production opening to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre Paul Lukas has what is probably the most sympathetic role
HOME-WRECKERS
Women "home wreckers" were denounced before 6.000 British mothers recently.
Dr. P.. Downey, Archbishops of of Liverpool, did the denouncing. He was
addressing the annual rally and coming-of-age cele- of his career us the idealistic pub-brations of the Catholic Women's lisher whose deep devation and League in Blackpool." loyalty to a faithless wife, played Dealing with modern by Helen" Vinson, wreck not only bis own life but of the Bible, who lived for plea- sure and excitement had their
threatens to
women, he said that the foolish women
also that of the secretary who counterpart to-day. secretly loves him. Lukas, who "The woman of the Bible who scored such a personal. hit in was described as glamorous, full "Little Women" has proved to be of allurement, and knowing not a prime favourite probably because hing at all, talkative and wander- of the fine quality of dignity and ing, not bearing to be quiet, not restraint that is always so ap- able to abide quietly at home, but
parent in his screen love-making pulling down with her hand that and because he personifies to the which she also buit, could be nth degree the polished, courtly,
found in the present day." Dr
considerate lover that all women Downey added.
admire.
By her splendid protrayal of the difficult dramatic role of Agnes
Mrs. Charlotte Despard sister
of the late Earl of Ypres, and a
The accusation that women are homewreckers can be disrniss~ ed as too ridiculous to need dental she said
in David Copperfield." Madge pioneer suffragette, who at nine- Evans has definitely established. ty-one is conducting a specking herself, as an emotional actress of tour, made a sharp reply to Dr. proven ability and undoubted Downey's criticism......... promise. Now, in Age of India cretion "
she has another highly dramatic role as the loyal self- sacrificing secretary who is com pelled to stifle her, love for & man who considers, liimself bound by inoral obligation to a faithless wife, a role which should enable this beautiful and talented actress to add many new admirers to her
creasing fan following.
The fact that women are now able to enter the professions and careers has choose their own helped, and is helping, Es build belter homes and a better na tion !
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1935.
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YOUNG, HEALTHY- and FEMALEI ・・・ Men fought for her charm even though the cheated, lied, and
double cromad
thami
Then life got even
' with bac, when she
ired to be good!
ORIENTAL TOURING
PARTIES
Shanghai, July 23. One of the four Orientul tour parties which arrived in Shanghai yesterday is that headed by Miss Jean Lane of Seattle, Washington, escorted groups to Europe, Alaska, veteran tour conductor who has and around the world since she was a college airt
Although this is her tenth or twelfth (she cannot quite remember which) trip to the Far East, it is her first trip in the role of a tour director. Her party, which she points out is not just a summer sightseeing group, numbers American
soup teachers, workers, and club women who have made the trip to look into things as well as shop."
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LORETTA YOUNG
BORN TO BE BAD
LETTER-WRITING SUICIDES
Two Send In Burial Instructions
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MYSTERY EDWIN DROOD]
CARL LAEMMLE PRESENTS A UNIVERSAL PICTURE WITH
CLAUDE RAINS
DOUGLASS
MONTGOMERY
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VIOLENT TYPHOON
Rapidly Nearing Wenchow
Shanghai, July 23.
A typhoon of violent intensity was reported yesterday to be some Shanghai, July 23. 200 miles off the China coast, The first letter has seemingly travelling rapidly in the general 'started a bad habit among would- Į direction of Wenchow. This is the be suleides here for philanthropic typhoon which has been travelling organization in the French Con- nurth and north-west during recent cession, the "Dong Jen Fu Yuen, days, from east of Luzon, skirting received two more the east coat of Formosa, and now letters of instructions." This in- it has apparently turned sharply to stitution recently received the let-the west-north-west, ter signed by C.V.Y." in which It was expected yesterday, that the writer declared he would by the storm would hit the coast - in then have committed suicide by the neighbourhood of. Wenchow drowning himself in the Whang- some time to-day, in all probability poo. With that information he about noon. Should it do so it will presumed on the good graces of
have a very definite effect on the charity organization in asking Shanghai's weather conditions, and Biccawet Observatory has already predicted strong easterly squalls here to-day.
that men should be sent to recover
The party includes Mrs. Irene Lansing, Miss Martha Hague, Mrs. Maude Chamberlea, Miss Jewel Tozier, Miss Myrtle, Chamberlen, Miss Bernice Smith, and Miss his body and give his remains de Isabel Anderson, Seattle, Wash.,cent burial. Miss Marian Dalmazza of Losi Of the two other letters received, Augeles, California, and Mrs. W. the requests made were similar in H. Lott, Portland, Oregon, club nature. One was signed, by Fei woman ana regent of the Yamhill Tien Ven and stated that he had Chapter, D. A. B.
been a businessman in Shanghai for the past. 20 years and that he had decided to end his site on ac-
In line with the party's program- me of investigating things all mem- bars visited the legislature while in the Philippines and two of the
members devoted yesterday to study of business conditions in Shanghai.
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count of financial dificulties. He was to be dressed in a long gown of white silk and asked the or-
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TO DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"Born To Be Bad"
QUEEN'S:
"Carnival"
ORIENTAL:-
"The Gay Bride"
Kowloon
MAJESTIC:-
“Caravan”.
KING'S.- ་་
Sunday
"The Mystery of Edwin
Drood
QUEEN'S-
"Age of Indiscretion” MAJESTIC:-
"David Copperfield"
ORIENTAL:-
"Kid Millions"
PLEA TO SPREAD ENGLISH
Prince On Nation's Shyness
A plea for developing the use of
English abroad was made by the Prince of Wales when he received at St. James's Palace the British Couauli sor Relations with Other Countries
Tue Prince is patron of the Counc.).
Owing to our national shyness and insularity; said the Prince, this country was the last in set
ing up a proper organisation to spread a knowledge of its lang axe, literature, art, and science.
He urged that overseas students 'should send abroad distinguished
courses at uur
universities and
Still another typhoon is reported, It was first noticed near Yap and yesterday was to south of Guam, technical colleges, and that we travelling fairly rapidly in a west-snould send abroad distinguished north-westward direction.
speakers, actors and musicians.
The temperature in Shanghai I more palmy days, said his yesterday was very slightly less, Royal Highness, we were led owing than that of Sunday, the maximum to our national shyness and in-
recorded at Siccawel being 91,9 de-sularity, to believe that the for- grees Fahrenheit as against Sun-eigner would come to us in any day's 92.1. It is still, however, con- event, and that there was no need siderably higher thari on July 22 to offer him any special induce- last year, when it was only 84 2 ments, nor to care now muen or now little he understood us, and degrees.
our somewhat haphazard way of doing things,
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SPECTACULAR in its lavish 'splendor":
EMOTIONAL
in its impetuous romance
JOYOUS
in its musical rhythm AN ERIK CHARELL PRODUCTION.
CARAVAN
A POX Pictuer with
CHARLES BOYER LORETTA YOUNG JEAN PARKER
PHILLIPS HOLMES LOUISE FAZENDA EUGENE PALLETEG. AUBREY SMITH' CHARLEY GRAPEWIN - NOAR BEERY
ÉLHOLTIVA PRODUCER: ROBERTY MANCH DELICTED BY BRIH CHAZELL,
FAMOUS PEARL COMPARED
Prince And Duke Confer
The owners or two famous pearls
met at the Russian Art Exhibition in London to unravel the mystery surrounding their possessions. The gems are: * :-
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The Peregrina, belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Aber- corn, and
La Pellegrina, owned by Prince
Youssoupoff of Russia,
It was owing to the similarity of the names and appearance of the jewels that the confus on had arisen.
Mr. Alexander Polovtsoff, the ex- pert on Russian art, who was pre-
sent at the discussion, said:
"It is evident that the Duke of Abercorn's pearl and Prince, Yous- soupoff's bath came from Spain.
"La Fellegrina formed part of the Crown Jewels of Philip IV, of Spain, who gave it to his daughter; Marie Theresa, and it was not heard of aga'n until it was bought by Princess Youssoupoff
The party, registered at the Cathay Hotel, will visit Soochow to-day, proceed on to Nanking and Peiping, and return here before continuing to Japan and bome.
Because she loved to travel, Missganization to remove his boay for Lane has conducted tour parties since her school days in Boston. burial in the event of its recovery from the river. The second letter She" now is a high librerian in Seattle during eight or nine
was signed in English by "Choa" months of the year but a traveller who stated he was a student just Intermittent showers during the during the remaining months. out of college. After laying his early morning yesterday culminat
decision to commit suicide was also ed about noon in a short but tor- "TOURISTS' MANNERS for financial reasons, the writer (rential downpour "that assisted
"It is true that ance the war asked the organization either to materially in keeping the tempera- better travelling facilities abroad bury his body after it had been re-
ture down. It was not accompani- and a considerable improvement in covered, or to insert an advertise-ed by any great wind, nor thunder the manners and attitude of our ment in the newspapers, addressed and lightning, and it is not be- own thursts have done much to to Mr “E,” his father, asking him
lieved that any damage was caused k' the Legend that the British all to come and remove his son's body, by it,
wear Knickerbockers and have The writer stated in his letter that
The only heat stroke ambulance i prom'nent" teeth." went on the her death he took it back to Spain. he would be dressed at the time of
case of the day occurred at 3.26 Prince but we are si misun- his suicide in a sult of white serge D. yesterday when at. Tunsin derstood in foreign countries. There is no truth in a sugges-shirt, and black neck-tie. The or-
foreign-style clothing with striped Road, near Avenue Foch Gardens, a male Chinese collapsed in the tion made that the Royal Ajr
ganization has notified the Nantao street. He was taken to hospital Force display is to be be abolish-
Life-Saving Bureau asking for an
where it was found he was suffer- attempt to be made to recover the
ing from heat exhaustiori, The display is not "air
bodies of the two men.. circus." its original name of pageant was changed to avold any such suggestion. The items represent the culmination, of the year's work, and the types of duties which the Air Force would normally carry out on active ser- vice.
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It suicides continue to choose this particular institution as the executors, of their last wishes, ir would have little else to do.
Ability through long practice to For example, the spectacular fly almost wing tip to wing tip close formation dying by squa-1 essential enable men to fly drons and wings is exactly the through bad weather to a distant kind of technique bombers would objective "without losing sight of use in flying over enemy country, each other.
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Too True! | "Some people thirst after fame others after wealth, others after love." said the romantic young
man, with a sigh.
The object of his affections was not in the same mood, however.
"And there 18, something all people thirst after," she said,
"Yes?" asked the lover eagerly. "Salt Ash!" was the crushing reply.
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The Duke of Abercorn said that the Peregrina originally belonged to Philip I of Spain, who present- ed to Mary L of England. After
advance h's claims in France, he acid the pearl to the first Duke of Abercorn, then Marquis of Alber- corn, about 1848
According to the tradition in the Abercorn family, the Feregrina" "While our financial reputation came into the possession of Joseph is universally respected. a better Bonaparte, from whom it passed knowledge UI Our commercial to his 'ster-in-law, Queen Hor methods and institutions cannot
tense, and then to her son, after- fall to overcome the tendency towards Napoleon III. think we are old-fashioned, from During his sojurn in England which our pernaps noisier rivals when he was needing money to have not failed to profit. "Our object is to assist the largest number possible to appreciate fully the glor'es ut our literature, our contributions to the Arts. and Sciences, and our pre-eminent con- band of Princess Youssoupon, who
Prince Youssoupon is the hus tributions to political practice was awarded £25,000 damages This can best be achieved by pro- against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pic moting the study of our language tures Ltd. in 1934 for alleged libel abroad, by encouraging students in the nim "Rasputin." Prince from overseas to pursue a course Youssoupor deciared during the of general or technical education action that he killed Rasputin. BC one or our Universities or Technical Colleges, and by sending
abroad
distinguished speakers,
I hope that one day your Coun- ell may be able to found a British Institute in Cairo, to set as a meeting place and information centre for all those interested in the Brtidan cultural tradition,"
actors, and 'musicians.
the support of other leaders in the The outstanding example of realms of literature, learning and what we have lost by our lack of commerce, Buch as the Poet appreciation of the importance of Laureate, the Warden of New an educational philosophy is Egypt, College, Sir Alan Anderson, and where, despite the special position Sir Eugene Ramaden. we have occupied since 1882 and
They had been encouraged in the fact that British trade with their undertaking by a grant from: Egypt is of far greater volumehe Treasury of £6,000, by the ac- than French, the French language tive collaboration of five other still remains the official medium of Government departments besides communication with foreigners. the Foreign Office, and by gener- ous donations frem⠀⠀⠀ Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Sir Herbert Grotrian and Mr. William Graham. The Importance of assisting the growing use of the English langu age in Poland and in the Baltic GRANT FROM TREASURY States was receiving their atten- Lord Tyrrell, chairman of the tion, while in Portugal, alded by Connel, sumbitting a report of the the generous response to a local activities, of the organisation in the appeal to British Arms trading to first seven months crits existence that country. English departments sa'd that the Council had been in the two leading Portuguese ur established at the nce of the versities were in process of forms- been for tion to which the council hoped as his vice- to lend its active support. The Balfour, who same might be said of the British on to Egypt Institutes in Florence, Paris and person and had also secured Buenos Aires,
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