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"CORONADO" with JOHNNY DOWNS-BETTY BURGESS
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BRIGHT LIGHTS
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LAUREL HARDY Bonnie Scotland
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how they use it
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EVERY
NIGHT EIGHT
A Foramount found with
FRANCES LANGFORD PATSY KELLY
THREE RADIO ROGUES “
TO-MORROW
WINIFRED BOTTER
- LILIES. OF THE FIELD"
GIANT DEFICITS
London, Jaz, 7. America is the land of records in just anything, from non-stop salcon dancing and skyscrapers to Budges, deficits.
TRAVELLING SALESLADY
**Travelling Salesiady," First National Picture, a rolleking new comedy romance, is coming to the Queen's Theatre at an early date, with Joan Biondel heading an all star cast.
a
It is an up-to-date story of young giri, who refused an oppor- tunity to enter the business office of her father a toothpaste manu- facturer who has become rossilized, signs with his rival to sell a paste with cocktail flavours, an idea submitted to her by an inebriated
inventor.
She herself goes out on the road to sell it. beats her father's
star salesman at every turn, and after nearly ruining her
fond parent, falls in love with her rival *salesman. Joan Blondell has the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1936. TO-DAY AT THE THE PROSPECT OF 1936
CINEMA
" Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Charlie Chan's Secret" QUEEN'S:—
"""Ceranado"
"Bright Lights"
ORIENTAL:-
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :~-~-
"Top Hat MAJESTIC-
"Whispering Shadow"
STAR:-
"Every Night At Eight"
Coming
QUEEN'S:-".
Travelling Saleslady"
ORIENTAL:-
"Bonnie Scotland" ALHAMBRA :-----
"This Is The Lute"
"Lilies Of The Field"
STAR-
"CORONADO”
THE LEAGUE AND THE OUTLOOK
عيد
Moral Cleavage In Europe
ידי
(BY SIR EDWARD GRIGG, MP.)
London, Jan 5. st.tution sense) irresponsible oli- by: nu aingie The New Year has dawned on garchy, dominated
will Militariam in Europe under heavy skica. But passionate
Germany to-day, as the Warden, the challenges of this new year to
ol. New College points out in the Christendom do not spring from
final pages of his "History of the centre of Christendom alone.
Europe," is no longer the creed of Far East we rea Gf
the a caste; it la
creed ́of an Chinese students rowing aga.nst
equalitarian democracy under des- we surrender of further Cainest potle rule. "The kind of revolt- provinces to virtual foreign con tion," he writes, "which made trol The Nava. Conference is
as a miktary France.. formidable about to resume: but the Japanese State in 1792 makes Germany a attitude is rigid, and there seems nation in arms, in 1835. This be but lite hope of re-estab: the new fact, of which Europe ishing the only successful limita-and the world must take account." tion of armaments achieved since
The parallel
fluminating. 1919. Whatever all this may per Germany's is by far the most for- tend. it does not permit ús to midable
challenge that suppose that 1936 dawns, upun a the moral system of the League world rendered safe for democracy. such as, we dreamt of but sxteen
is
menaces
years ago Only balf a genera- To the depth of that challenge
tion. so little and no more, has let Mr. J. G. McDonald bear wit- elapsed since those days of hope ness. Els letter of resignation. Is the sar system on the wane and confidence when the victor- iets out the causes for which Jews ious Allies, in the name of Peace and "non-Aryans" are being perse- in Hollywood?
The
comes question
a husky fortune has just
w be successful
romance,
The two
קנן
as and Freedom. made the world cuted in Germany, and the forma. These been] anew.
New Year's Day is proverb-which persecution takes.
players without
do?
EUROPEAN DISUNION
of
laid on the Une in the bellef that ally a time for looking after and unhappy people are being made and outcasts, without a picture without big names in it before. taking stock of the past parans
The film is and planning that, course into the civic rights, without legal pro- ParamounJ'S elaborate musical future which may best lead us section of any kind, in the "Coronado." which is where we desire to go. There has State to which. they have, most of now delighting audiences at the been no recent New Year's Day on them, for many generations be- which that salutary exercise was longed. Their hold, on life in Ger- Queen's Theatre.
Britain many is at the best precarious; This picture boasts a top-flight more obviously required
has the leadership, whether she nearly all means of earning a liv. dance band-Eddie Duchin's, a
desires it or not. The League has ing are denied to them, and they seta 'famous director, expensive and flocks of Lovely dancing gir reached a critica fork in its car- are not safe at any time, however Yet two unknowns have the leader. What is British leadership to harmless, against brutal maltreat- ment in many forms. But they ing roles.
without Germany cannot leave sacrificing four-fifths at the least "Names" are. Johnny Downs and The darkest icature the of any property they possess.
"When domestic policies (writes situation is unquestionably this that in place, of the moral unity Mr. McDonald) threaten the de- which we sought to express moralisation and exile of hundreds College Scandal," "The Virginia the Covenant of the League a few of thousands of human beings, Judge," and more recent "So Red years ago there is now a profound considerations of diplomatie cor- those of The Rose." But his name is still oral cleavage between the end-rectness must yield to
The common humanity. I should anything but familiar to move-ing nations of the world.
first blow at the Covenant was recreant I did not call attention: going public.
leveled, instinctively and unwit-to the actual situation, and picad Betty Burgess is an absolute tingly by the people of the United that world opinion acting through
all her prettiness States.
when they refuted to the League and its' Member-States and cleverness. She is an 18 year-ratity the Treaty of Versailles, and other countries, move to avert old girl, who, until she was sum- and thus to become members of the existing and impending trage- moned to the Paramount studies the League. The greater dreams dies"
Betty Burgess, Johnny, truo enough, started his film career in the original Hal Roach "Our Gang" comedies and had parts in
"outsider, for
"
for "Coronado" had never seen a which went to the "foundation of
More moving evidence ut the movie camera. She was awarded the League can never materialise profound raoral disunion now mi the feminine lead after production until that breach is in some way in Europe there could not be. officials had given tests to more repaired. The American demo- than 40 girls, including five Baby cracy, spread over half a con- Wampus star.
of
the blow
·ITALY AND THE LEAGUE
country
Ing
resolve,
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Edward Everett - Hartor, Hcion Broderick, Erik
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"This is the LIFE!
AYA MERUM W
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·JOHN MCGUIRE,
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BELA LUGOSI WHISPERING SHADOW
There can be no question, then, that administration in Abyssinia must be reformed, and that re-
tinent, moves slowly, but it moves,
It is not, however, Germany's fɛ- and there is no principle "LES MISERABLES** British polley more vita: than to defiance of the Geneva code, but
Italy's, which stirs this facilitate the coming of the day Fredric March, Charles Laughton when the United States will take most deeply at the present hour. and Sir Cedric Hardwicke head its place as an effective factor in The League and Italy will be the main topic of foreign debates in the brilliant'
Les maintaining the peace CELST of
both Houses of Parlament Miserables" Darryl Zanuck's 20th world. The second heavy Century production of the Victor was levelled by Japan. No red some time to come, and that sub- our judgment and Hugo classic, which comes to the to recapitulate the many conside-Ject will test King's Theatre on Friday.
rations which explain and mitigate good, senke in, the eyes of Europe in Manchukuo and as nothing else can, except the March is seen as the hero, Jean her action Valjean, who spends five years in Bhanghal. When "all is said. the measures which we take to make prison for the theft of a loaf of fact remains that she has torn up our defences equal to the leader- bread and finds his whole life more than one Treaty, repud'ated ship. which falls on us and to the the Covenant. and left the vast responsibilities which we bear. shadowed by this petty crime,
used the Public opinion, anxious, that Bri-
Abyssinia is manly, picturesque. Laughton is cast as Javert, the League; that she has
únd historically Christian, but fanatical detective who bounds sword without any adequate effort tain, should stand by the League
uone the less primitive and bar- him and Hardwicke plays the secure her legitimate aims by with virile faith and beneficent Bishop Bienvenu whee other means; and that she is now brought about two changes in the barous. Well-meaning though the. kindness and trust launches the one of the Great Powers whose post of Foreign Secretary during present Negus undoubtedly is, he brutalized convict on the road to spirit is in fundamental oppostion the old year. The mantle has now one of his own race, and he will
to the Genera code in international fallen on Mr. Eder, the Arst of not transform that race single affairs.
his generation to take responsib-handed or within his generation Rochelle Hudson, Frances Drake,
ity as head of one of the four into anything else. Speaking in. done must be done under the aegis Florence Eldridge-who is Mrs. RE-ABMING GERMÁNY
greatest offices of State under the the House of Lords debate before and supervision of the League: Predric March in private life,-T
Germany's turn came next. She Crown. There is not a section of Christmas, Lord Cranworth des and the League must choose ite Jessie Ralph and Httle Marilynne Knowlden head the feminine con- nad become a member of the opinion in the new Parliament scribed what he saw himself in tingent of the supporting cast League; the Reparations quest on which does not wish him well, and those Abyssin'an lages which while John Beal, who scored in the had been settled she was gaar he will need all the help which housed the mutilated remnants of the Italiana captured at Adowa title role of The Little Minister,anteed by Locarno sgainst aggres can be given him by reasoned and and Ferdinand Gottschalk are sion from the west." The question clear-sighted discussion, in all
a leg. I have seen something my- prominent among the supporting of her rearmament remained to quarters that innuere thought, of They were all without an arm and side of the past three American males in this keeph M. Schenck be solved No doubt and no the problem which he has to solve self of the effects of Amuarls rule, and I say with deep con- released through wonder-there were delays. She Eudgets is approximately-hold presentation
would not wait, and the reason United Artists.
There is no desire amongst the viction that the League will be she would not wait les patent in vast majority in this country to false to the principles enunciated the Nazi creed, which is national drive the dispute between Italy and in Article, XXII of the Covenant aggrandisement through, the cult
European control
title role with William Gargan. In the part of the star salesman. Glenda Farrell, is the other side of the triangular love affair. - Others in the can, include the ever funny Hugh Herbert, as the enebriated inventor, Grant Mit- chell as the conservative manu- facturer, and Al Shean, his modern
rival
your breath:-
£1,600,000,000
In England we are expecting a smail “surplus" in the next. Budget
We struggle on. We try to pay our
a nobler 111a.
8 10.
form will not be achieved without
orbe considerable measure European control. Whatever is
of
instruments. The process will be costly, if slavery is to be abolished.
far more costly than any revenue` derived from the provinces with- out extortion can possibly meet, Economic development is possible," but that means outlay rather than Income for a long time to come, It
"decision be-
la here that the choice before us THIS IS THE LIFE
of arms. The facts, no longer to the League to extremes; but there if that system is not brought un- narrows down to one or other of two alternatives. Is the League to Jane Withers, who is featured in burked, are that Germany is as a deep and strong determination der effective way. Once a year, the Chancellor Fox Flim's "This In The Life," ready powerfully rearmed. that in to show that the League and the Let us hope that in England this concede to Italy any preponderant of the Exchequer commends our which comes to the Alhambrs on a very short time her effective collective judgment of its members imperative duty will not be cloud share in that administration, ex taxpayers. They complain, cer- Wednesday, started her profes-military strength, based
cannot with advantage be debeded by false sentiment. The whole penditure, and development, or Amharic race probably does not must it, in defence of its honour tainly. But they pay. Some sional career at the age of three natan-wide industrial organisa Can we achieve that aim be ans times. as the Demand Notes pour as a radio performer. She aption and reserves of all the mate- form of conciliation which does not greatly exceed in number the and prestige, confide the charge to in, they wish it were possible to peared on the stage at the age of rial necessary for war, will be involve us in stultifying and de- European "non-Aryans who are other Powers? That is the issue live amongst the fantastic figures four and now, all of nine years double what it is now; that her moralising compromise? Or must exposed to persecution in Ger on which the League's brandished (or concealed) in old is a motion picture star, central aim is to increase her we leave the fasue to coercion, many Whatever course may between conciliation and coercion countries where they live on bor- "This Is The Life tells the story national, resources of men and tended or at any rate prolonged in taken by the Italian campaign, it will be found to turn. If Italy is rowing.
of a child vaudeville performer material, first, by uniting all out such a way that Italy must either cannot indict a tithe of the suffer to be excluded from Abyssinia, and who gave up a life of riches and lying German communities in make war against hopeless odas oring already undergone by highly reform in Abyssinia entrusted to public acclaim to find happiness Europe under Nazi direction and suzer her strength to be mapped cultured adults and sensitive other hands, there is no hope for in poverty. She is supported by control, and then by further ex- till exhaustion supervenes? That children under the physical and conciliation, and John McGuire, ex-football star attending her boundaries whenever is the question. We have con- mental bludgeoning of Nazi into ever the cos Santa Clara University, and wherever opportunity may demned Sir Samuel Hoare's at lerance in the cause of plain Its
The remainder of the cast in smile that her whole youth is tempt to answer it The question humanity which we have as a Lemma
nation profoundly at heart ouring fall that the path so far followed. The cludes Gordon Westcott Baily being remorsey indoctrinated remains
moral indignation should really Least We must not bore our readers objective we understand is Blane, Gloria Roy, Francis Ford with the cult of way as an instru
not concentrate on Rome with 100 many figures. Few read: solvency. To us it looks a long and Sidney Toler. Joseph Engle ment and an ideal; and that this
exclusion of Berlin There Fewer still understand way off. But they move swiftly in was the producer and Marshall huge engine is subject to the con-
in broader fatkéri, Nellan directed.
trol of s small and (in the con- them. But the sum on the wrong the UB.A.
Figures for the scal year end ing in June have been submitted by Mr. Roosevelt to Congress. It may be that tals American pride in records will be flattered by the defcit of E647,000,000.
them.
Mr. Roosevelt at any rate seems
to be quite happy about it. He speaks of the "fundamental sound ness of his polley, of increased tax receipts and declining expen- ditures, of moving steadily along
REALITIES IN ABYSSINIA
ruling
Let us deal in realities, The
Ambaric Oligarch
clon what
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