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CURLY TOP
Edmund Lowe resumes the wise-
From the duti and drab life of cracking and last-romancing that
a small town orphanage to a sauny, has made hum famous, in Dashiell palatial mansion in Southampton story adequately sums up the quick rise Dynamite" opening to-to luxury and happiness enjoyed by Shirley Templo in her new pie
the Lure Curly Top," now King's Theatre,
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In this new Fox Film comedy drama with music, Shirley, along Rochelle Hudson, who
Hanımeit's "Mr. morrow at the Queen's Theatre. Lowe portrays the rule of dynamic detective who solves a series of bang murders in one of the biggest oltics in Amertes, The film produced by Universal with contains some of the most unique portrays the role of her big sister, situations
aare adopted by John Boles and Ever written ir..o
taken from an orphanage to his murder mystery story. Elaborate- ly produced and cleverly directed palatial summer home. by Alan Crosland. one of Holly- wood's "ace" megaphonists. "Mr.
array Dynamite boasts an beautiful sets. Including a gam- which 15 bling establishment
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Shirley and Rochelle outer upon tliir new life with all the joy of two youngsters in a dreamland of happiness. Shirley's new-found lappiness blognoirs forth into laughter, song and dance and soon patterned after the famous Casino her charm and childish pranks at Monte Carlo. Much of the from the foundation of a delight- action takes place in the beautifulful romance between John Boles and costly mansion of a celebrated, and taken from an orphanage to concert pianist who is murdered his palatial summer home. while playing the organ home.
This picture serves to Introduce Jean Dixon, noted broadway stage, star, who begins a long term con-
tract
in
his
with Universal with this
In "Curly Top," Shirley's talents are given full sway and au diences will come under her en- chanting spel when she sings "Animal Crackers in My Soup" and "When I Grow Up."
John Boles sings two of the hit production. It also marks the numbers in the film. They are biggest screen role to date for All So New To Me" and the Verna He newest Universal theme number, "Curley
Top." contract player and the American Rochelle Hudson, who makes her of Victor Vareont, singing debut in this picture. popular silent screen star.
sings The Simple Things in Life,"
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WINGS IN THE DARK
Motion picture studios like to do things in a big way. That is why the patients of a prominent Holly wood optican. Dr. Henry Nesburn recently received notice that the doctor had temporarily discon tinued his practice for three days. His entire office and every bit of equipment had been transported bodily to a sound stage at the Paramount studios.
WELCOME HOME
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attentions of James Lug select
some embarrassing and provide
incalculable situations and am number of rib-tickling laughs for Fox Film's comedy picture, "Wel- come Home" which comes to the Alhambra to-morrow,
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THE FILM WORLD
British Studios Attract The Stars
Mary Pickford May Appear Again
Miss Desni is a Russian, and inds her pationallty something of
LONDON BLAZE
Hundreds Watch From Boats
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London, Sept. 30.
While tongues of flame were leaping from windows, and crash-
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London, Sept 30. Mr. Lloyd George has accepted an invitation by the Curriers Com. pany to unveil an oll-painting, of Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief The cere- Justice, on October 10. mony, will take place at the Cord- wainers' HII, London. Lord Hewart is a past master of the Curriers Company...
Mr. Lloyd George will give an "Politics on
and the
ing roofs were sending up cascades address
of sparks, 400 firemen yesterday Church" at Whitfelds Tabernacle rought the most spectacular fire Tottenham Court Road, London,
on Sunday afternoon, October 20. in London for many years.
(Special Air Mail Service).
London, Sept 30. The captains and the queens of cinema are descending" upon Lon- don in ever-increasing multitudes. Mr. Sidney Kent has come tntations require intermittent retirals heroic efforts of the Aremen, who elaborate the plans 01 Fox to the Continent at inconveniently Twentieth Century, who propose to frequent intervals, but she, too, spend million on British-made has put ner faith in British rather films next year. Mr. Jesse Lasky, than French or American studios. thari whom there no more in- On the Continent her Russian telligent and colourful personality facility for speaking many tongues in the whole film business. has (French, German and Italian) has announced his partnership with set a premium on her services, but Miss Mary Pickford, with whom she prefers England, "where films he will make a picture, at Denham are made more calmly."
London Films' new studios) in
bed, and, owing to the low tide. could not be moved. Altogether 20 lighters were in peril.
For hours flames had been lick- crane at the top of ing round a the warehouse, and when it fell there was a chorus of cries of "Look out."
The fire broke out about 3,30 p.m. in an eight-storeyed ware- & handicap in pursuing a film bouse at Colonial Wharf, Higb- Wapping. Despite the career. Ministry of Labour regu-street,
poured water on the flames from river-foats, water towers, and 40
outbreak engines, the
was still burning early this morning.
Just before midnight it seemed Bremen
By this time occupants of neigh that the efforts of the would be rewarded. The fire wall bouring houses had left for safer had stood up to a tremendous quarters. They included Mr. J. blaze. But then it apparently at- Love and his family, of the Turk's tained such a white heat that the Head, one of London's historic
the other side
Inns, which in olden days sup- plied ale to pirate condemned to die. £1,000,000 CARGO
lessened The blaze, which had
The inn is near the site chosen considerably, heightened, and fresh for the execution of highwaymen hoses were quickly brought into and pirates. Capt. Kidd was exe operation by the brigades, and thecuted there. In July it was decid- firemen were increased in num-ed to close it as redundant, after bers, It seemed that the whole it had held a licence for 400 years stock, which
Cargo Mr. Love then pointed out that t would not shut down for at least 12 months.
There is only one sound-studio.cargo on May next. The film will be at Wembly, and that not very fire. "Casanova,"
new dis- large. One was deeply impressed by starring a
a tenor the Ingenuity with which every covery, Nino Martinez, whom Mr. Lasky says he discover available inch of space was used. ed, lost, then found again-on the There was a hall and staircase, a radio set in his car.
drawing-room. and а library, Naturally, one of the first ques- There was a theatre set and the tions put to him was-Will Miss interior of a first class carriage. appear on the screen Outside, on the Fox football pitch, once more? His "reply, "Perhaps a rallway cutting was being pre If she can find a story suitable to pared with real sleepers and woo- her present age, appearance, and den rails. On the floor there were personality," was only to be ex-actors, the director and his stafi. pected.
Pickford
a
carpenters and electricians, troupe of dancers rehearsing on the theatre set, and all with 3 tenth of the confusion that I have seen in larger, studios. Certainly
there was less waste,
LAUGHTON IN "LES MISERABLES"
contained
caught
valued at nearly £1,000,000, might be burned before the conflagration ended.
were
Flames shooting 100ft high and leaping across the streets made an MORE CRITICAL PUBLICT
awe-inspiring sight. The thorough- fares were bathed in a red glow Mr. Lasky is delighted at the
London Bridge, Tower Bridge and emergence of British films from
both banks of the Thames obscurity to world prominence,
Kined many feet deep, with specta- He has some winplimentary things
tors.
4 to say about Mr. Alexander Korda
Pleasure boats, with hundreds of and his position in Hollywood": Next week
in" "Les passengers, heralds
anchored in mid- esteem (Mr. Korda is now on the Miserables"
(Hollywood version). stream. They were surrounded by board of United Artists) and some This is a remarkable fim in several rowing boats laden with sightseers. interesting things about picture respects. First, for the way in From the river the outbreak re- production.
which A. P. Lipscombe has ex-sembled an enormous firework dis- The public, he Ave13, IS
tracted the essentials from grown sharply critical. Its interest bulky a tale and compressed them into the air.
so play as the showers of sparks shot
: Alms
has grown. to a point
a "normal within the compass of
MOLTEN RUBBER where it can actually "sense" a
film. Secondly, for Boleslavsky's
In the warehouse were: before it has been
direction. strong and colourful
40,000 cases, containing. 400 shown. This is proved by receipts Thirdly, for Charles Latighton's
tons of rubber, New York premieres, which
Javert implacable
and Cedric remarkable discrepancy A
As a charming scoundrel, the brains and boss of a quartette of Engaged as a technical adviser trick swindlers, Dunn comes nomi on "Wings in the Dark" starring to Elmdale. the little town from good film
the started out into the Myrna Loy and Cary Grant, which Nesburn discovered that one scene world. The first person he sees tsat called for a "Slit lamp" was a Rosina Lawrence, the girl he had show
Since one paratus. "Slit lamps" in Hollywood was in his possession, he volunteered it. hurry
The picture Wings in the Dark"
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complicated piece of optical ap forgotten, but with whom he between a first-rate first night and Hardwicke's lovely cameo of Bishop
of the
few
Bienvenu.
renews.
old acquaintance
a
ane. The closest
is closing today at the Queen's in on a Theatre.
The home town boys rope Dunu grandiose scheme for into luring an old millionaire
an indifferent
Fredric March tends to over-act attention is being paid to British in the leading role, but when tastes witress "Copperfield,”
under control almost reaches "Bengal Lancer," "Clive of ludia,"
The other Laughtonian levels. and the "Tale of Two Cities" and players are completely subordinat-
the Bounty' yet tä
ed by this trio. Critics of
films Mutiny of come. The latter picture cost
are prone to over-easy enthusiasms
80
of his work.
".
THE COTTON CONFERENCE | IN BRUSSELS
But
Thousands of chests of tea, Hundreds of case of wines and spirits in bona..
These were soon ablaze. Rivers of tea, boiled by the flames in water from the bases, flowed into the streets and flooded hundreds of bouses. Lighted streams of molten rubber ran from the windows. The blue and green
names of
touch to the scene.
With the aid of a daredevil putting his money into the town. aviatrix who loves him. Grant, as and Dunn sends for his old assu
We see about good acting. the aviator, Anally vindicates his clates to help him put over the £400.000, and M.-G.-M. rely on experiments and sera the truimph deal. When they arrive, they turn recovering the bulk of its produc-much that is bad and still more the wine and spirits gave an errie
out to be Raymond Walburn, ation costa from Britain.
not acting at all which is Sighteen months ago very few
after "Ruggles stock swiridler; William Frawley,
of Red Gap." stars would have who prospects gold from teeth hebig American
the press Laughton's Javert establishes him pulls as a phoney dentist, and unequivocally assured
that they wanted to make British as one of the greatest and most Arline Judge a smart girl
versatile screen stars of our day. Of course, Miss Judge objects pictures. To-day
"LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ”· "Lawrence of Arabia" is a rea- of interesting record sonably achievement, but fragmentary and uneven in quality, and one which will cause the apostles of Grier- sonian "documentary" to wriggle
Robert
there are few (Special Air Mail Service) to Dunn's attachment for Rosina who will not. By way of exchange, Jessie Matthews and her London, Sept. 30. Lawrence, and the boys go to Miss
of the work on the local citizens, Boon] husband soch leave for Hollywood. The English members Committee of the International they have themselves involved in She will play opposite
than they ean Montgomery, with Clifton Webb as Federation of Cotton Spinners and more trouble Manufacturers "Associations leave handle, and Dunn's brains and her dancing partner. England to-morrow morning to at-luck are put to work saving them. tend a meeting of the committee in How he does it is revealed in a Brussels on Monday. Among the chuckle-alled surprise climax, subjects to be discussed are "The effect of monetary policies upon
AT THE FOX STUDIOS
Five hours after the outbreak began at 8.30-the eight floors of the eastern portion of the ware- house were "ablaze, and the 8- storey wall fronting the river
fell,
The fire had burnt its way down- through seven floors and wards undermined the bottom of the wall "As the 30ft-high pile of
in their seats. The recording is masonry, more than 20ft wide on I paid a brief visit to the Fox profoundly uninspired, the facts the river front, began to totter, Studios at Wembly last Monday recorded quite absorbing. With tremen on the lighters on the river writes a correspondent. Fox are there is a revival of "The Vaga-caped for their lives.
With a roar like that of thunder the first of the quota-makers to bond King." one of the best, early realise that the £6,000 "quota-musicals, and a very interesting the stonework crashed over the with wharf into the river, almost bury- filmsing three Hghters. A tremendous quickle" is not good enough, They contrast in
great deal "Naughty Marietta." Both
blaze followed, and a vivid light are now spending u
played across the river.
technique
the cotton trade" and "Cotton F. Ashurst, secretary of the Cotton Farn conventions, both of which Spinners and Manufacturers As- were left over for. further discus-sociation; Mr: John Pogson, hon, sion from the congress in Rome in secretary, and Mr. N. S. Pearse more time and money on a series star Jeanette Macdonald.
of melodramas. Mixs Tamara Mr. Wentworth
a Desni, who has appeared twice Mr. W. M. Wiggins, president of
Federation Master Cotton member of the English Federation with Jack Hulbert, is the star of a the Spinners, who is also president of General Committee,, has been co-lm about the Jealousy engendered
May.
general secretary.
Schotteld,
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Censored
the International Cotton Federa-opted a member of the Interna between two brothers by a dancer. Here lies the body tion, will occupy the chair. The tion General Committee, has been Mr. Hugh Brooke wrote the story acts Br important part. English representatives accom-co-opted a member of the Interna- and panying him will be Mr. Fred Hol-tional Committee for this meeting Among others on the set, I saw royd, a past president of the In-to order that he can take part in Mr, Charles Quaflermaine, Miss ternational Federation: Mr. W. H. the discussion on monetary policles Olga Lindo, Mr. Morton Belton, Catterall, an ex-president of the--a. subject on which he spoke be- and Miss Viola Compton Mr. Her contribution contained
Bernard Vorhaus directs. Master Spinners' Federation; Mr. fore the Congress in May.
Of our little poet. Sam. He wrote a little. verse, And used the word And here lies our darling,
Clever Bttle Nell,
That awful word.
As the tide rose the Are Дoats were able to get closer to the blaz ing building. The powerful jet from the Massey "Shaw, London's latest are noat, which was attend- ing its first big fire, was rein- forced by those from two other floats.
LIGHTERS ON FIBE Five lighters caught fre. They were all on the mud of the river
One of the occupants said: "For a time we thought we would be gate, but it was soon evident that the are was being blown our way by the wind, and we thought It best to leave."
TO DAY AT THE
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CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:—
"Curly Top" QUEEN'S:-
"Wings In The Dark"
ORIENTAL:
"Mark of the Vampire-
Kowloon
ALHAMRRA:---
"The, Murder Man"
MAJESTIC
"Folies Bergere"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Thunder In The Night"
QUEEN'S:---
"Mr. Dynamite" MAJESTIC:—
"Under The Pampus Moor. " "ORIENTAL:-
"Great Hotel Murder"
lutely refuse to budge from their homes or to recognise any danger."
HEROISM AT WHARF Firemen showed great gallantry. At considerable risk some took hoses on to the roofs of adjoining wharves, and others worked from tall water-towers, from which they had to be culled away because of their danger.
Hoses had to be carried across vessels drawn up by the wharf side. Gas masks had to be worn
because of fumes.
All the time the tremen were in
SCENE OF DESOLATION The building was still blazing at 2.m. although it was stated that there was now no danger of
when coping stones crashed many the fire spreading. The scene was er from falling brickwork, and one of desolation. On the wharveshad, narrow... escapes. Fireman and surrounding roads were piles Oliver, of Shadwell Brigade, was of 'masonry and partly burned
injured, but was able to go home. after treatment at St. George's cargo. while the streets were coat- ed with a rubber covering caused by the molten rubber settling down,
"
Nothing remained of the eastern portion of the building, which ex- tended more than 100 yards.
Scores of hoses, on shore and on the river, were still pouring thou- sands of gallons of water into the blazing Interior. Every possible jet from the mains and powerful streams from the river, pumped by the fire floats water.guns, were playing on the building.
A fire brigade officer told a re- presentative of "The Daily Teler graph" that the difficulties of the Aremen were increased because bil stored on the top floor was con stantly seeping down into mer- chandise, also ablaze, on the floors below.
Firemen steadily drove the flames down floor by floor. The brigade will probably be at work until late this morning.
PEOPLE'S FORTITUDE Mr. Barnett Janner, Liberal M.P. for Whitechapel, spent more than nine hours in the vicinity of the fire, reassuring local residents and providing assistance. He stated 'there was no fire engine in the
Wapping area.
"I have repeatedly agitated for an engine, or engines, to be ata- cloned there." he said "but without result "*
"The nearest brigade is at Shad- well, but Shadwell is separated from Wapping by, bridges, and there is always the danger that these bridges may be congested,
"The fortitude of the people in the thickly populated residential area surrounding the building has been remarkable. They have had many hours of quite serious dan ger and, inconventerice, and abso
Hospital. Wapping...
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