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As tough as the armoured car Mr. Sinclair Lewis, the American he drives La his one-man war author, in lecture in New York said against crime, Brian Donlevy that the change in the Brazhan blicts a wreck-proof car, un punc form of Government had beenture-proof tires, behind bullet-proof brought about through the 17- fluence of Portugal, Germany, and Italy.
***This is the first violation of the Monroe doctrine," he said. "Perhaps the United States, Bri- tain and France must fight a war after all."
Mr. Lewis, who is the author of the 'anti-Fascist novel, "It Can't Happen Here," entitled his lecture, "It Has Happened Here."
NEW CAUSE FOR FRICTION
glass--but the heart of this demon driver of the speedway isn't' proof against love. When the devii-may- bare Donlevy
meets Rochelle
Hudson, a girl who loves to dirt with sudden death; life is spiked with danger in "Born Reckless" Twentieth Century-Fox picture opening at the Alhambra Theatre today.
The thrilling screen play by John Patrick, Robert Ella and Helen Logan, adapted from a story by Jack Andrews, maintains a swiftly. moving pace throughout, and in it director Malcolm St. Clair has included some highly spectacular
Shanghai, Dec. 29. The United States Consulate auto stunt scenes. here has been instructed by the State Department to ascertain the latter case, so it is said, the without delay whether the new State Department wishes that regulations issued by the Japanese Consul Gauss inform the Japanese authorities imply that arrested authorities that the new regula- American nationals will no longer tions are bound to produce new Be brought up for trial before friction between Japan and the extraterritorial American courts but United States.— before Japanese military courts. In | Fransoiran News Service.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong.
KING'S:-
'
"King Solomon's Mines." QUEEN'S:—
"45 Fathers."
"The Road Back"
ORIENTAL:-
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Born Reckless."
STAR:-
"Cleopatra"
MAJESTIC:-
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Coming
KING'S:
"Way Out West" QUEEN'S:-
"Angel" ORIENTAL
"Double or Nothing" ALHAMBRA:—
"Merry-Go-Round of 1938"
STAR:-
"Street Scene" MAJESTIC:-
"Captains Courageous".
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
on
A grand picture, positively tops in entertainment, and based one of the finest adventure,in liberature, fills the screen at, the King's Theatre to-day, with the showing of the Gaumont produc- tion. "King Solomon's Mines"
Based сп the Rider Haggard romance of the same name, а story read and loved by millions of people all over the world, "King Solomon's Mines" tells the story of an intrepid band of English adventurer. four men and
woman who brave the jungles and desert and hostile Zulu war- riors to find the lost mines of Ophir,
MIRIAM HOPKINS
STARS
CINEMA TRADE DIARY OF LOCAL
DIVIDED OVER
NEW BILL
Renters
EVENTS
THURSDAY, DEC. 30, Anniversaries
and Holidays.--- Casals born, .. 1876. Mrs. Bloomer died, 1894,
Opposed To Pablo
Council
With unexpected amendments in the Film Bill, and radies!" changes suggested at the last moment by producers, the British film Industry has been reduced to a condition of bewilderment in which it can only mark time, says the "Daily Tele- graph."
Mr. C. M. Woolf accurately sum- med ip the position recently when he said that no two sec- tings of the trade agreed about anything...
Producers, distributors and ex- hibitors are divided amongst them- selves. The producer of £100,000 films for the world market has never had much in common with the maker of quota "quickies." Nor will he have under the new bill, for the spending of £15,000 will not necessarily lift a production out of the "quickie" class.
In the same way there are for- eign distributors and British dis- tributors, whose interests are na- turally different,
Even the exhibitors, who might be supposed to have everything in common, are divided on many issues. Some, under the leadership of Mr. Metcalfe, have fought tooth and nail for a film commission and a viewing committeë to ASSESS- quality. The smaller men are more concerned with securing an ade- quate supply of moderate-priced quota films to serve as second fea- tures.
DOUBLE-QUOTA PLAN
They have decided, in common with producers ke Mr. Loudon, that this supply is menaced by the new bill. For the new bill, with. its insistence on a minimum ex- penditure of £15,000 and its con- cession that, for quota purposes, a flm whch costs £45,000 will count ns. two, was designed to promote quality at the expense of quantity
This, it was hoped, would help British lins to sell abroad, es- pecially if backed up by some ex- fective scheme of reciprocity 'n America.
The maker of quota films, on the other hand, is not unnaturally dis-
Miriam Hopkins, most recently seen in the screen's first all-colour
· picture. "Becky Sharp," plays opposite Fredric March in the movieayed. The bill doubles and tre- version of Robert Louis Stevenson's horror classic. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which opens to-day at the Majestic Theatre.
Blonde, petite Miss Hopkins is
cast as the Cockney girl of the streets who becomes the prey of the evil Mr. Hyde, arid ultimately meets in terrifying fate at his hands.
bles the sum he has been accus tomed to spend. The new Board of Trade proposal to establish a Film Council, with power to refuse a certificate to films considered un-
worthy, will also make it extremely difficult to obtain finance...
For, if this quality clanse stands, foreign distributors inaning quota Alms are bound to insist that the for production shall be passed
Auctions, China, Pony Subscrip- tion Griffins, at the Paddock, Face Course, 5.15 p.m.
Cinemas-(Séé Page 5). Dances-Reel Class for Children, at Hong Kong Union Church Hall. 5.30 pm.
Lectures-Theosophical Society, & P.m. "Understanding Oneself," by Mr. J. Russell.
Malls. (See Page 16). Meetings.-General, of the Hong Kong Development, Building and Savings Society Ltd., (in liquida-|| tión) at Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming's Offices, 6 Des Voeux Road Central, noon. Victoria Chess Club, at Gloucester Hotel, S p.m.; Hong Kong Philatelic Society, in "S. C. M. Post" Board Room, 5.30 p.m.; St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship, 3 pm.
Miscellaneous.- Christ Church Ladies' Guild Sewing Party, at 3 3 Duke Street, 10 am.; Exhibi- 'tion of Chinese Paintings, at China Building, 8th, floor, 10 am-7 p.m.; Annual Inspection and Naval Murch Past, at Happy Valley, "10 a.m.; Playing of Retreat by Sea- forth Highlanders at Murray Parade ground. 6 p.m. "Moon.-XI Moon, 28th. Day.
Religious-Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for the "Quarant Ore," in the Catholic Cathedral, é am-6 p.m. Sports-(Bee Paru 10). Sunrise.-7.02 a.m. Sunsat.-5.48
p...
Tides High at 09.22 and 19.50. Low at 02.27 and 12 55.
• FRIDAY DEC. 51 Cinemas.--(Seo Page 5). Mails. (See Page 16). Moon XT Moon, 29th. Day. Sports-(See Pare 10).
Sunrise 7.02 am Sunset.-5.48
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Tides. High at 08.30 and 19.16 Low at 01.52 and 12.08.
BISHOP SAYS PUBLIC COULD STOP WAR
The average man, in the mass, is all-powerful and could stop war. said the Bishop of Ely, Dr. B. O. F. Heywood, speaking at Ely Diocesan Conference at Cambridge recently.
It is surely right," he declared, to say that the ordinary man, in any civilised country, nas no instinctive desire to a narm
to
the ordinary man of another
nation.
"He may be conscious of his own superiority that is an almost proverbial trait in the character Miss Hopkins considers her role
of the Englishman-but such mild In "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" one quota; and no producer can guar-conceit involves no desire to of the greatest she has ever creat-antee this in advance.
slaughter; and surely, at least ed-possibly because it is such a CONCESSION TO EXHIBITORS until war has ben declared, blood- complete departure from her or- The Film Council, now proposed thirsty instincts ure wanting dinary roles. As the victim of the by the Board of Trade is desirea from the make-up of the average fiendish evil half of Dr. Jekyll's by the whole trade except the man. character, she is a pert little Cock-renters. It is at once a concession. "How different the world might ney girl until the chain of horrors to which she is subjected drives her to bitter extremes.
and an indication that, in dealing with such confusing issues, the Government will be glad to have à body empowered to suggest changes
be if the people in all countries said, 'We do not want and we shall not submit to be killed, and to kill, to satisfy the ambitions. or minister to the pride, of men In any case most good judges who have exalted themselves above believe that the quality test should their fellows; and if there is to go. No two people can be relled be a war, the first to be sent to upon to agree about entertainment | fighting line shall be those who values; and the financing of | have brought it about." " minor pictures will become almost Impossible.
In addition to March and Miss Hopkins, the cast of "Dr. Jekyl! | without delay. and Mr. Hyde" includes Rose Ho- bart, cast as the flances of Dr. Jekyll, Holmes Herbert and Halli- well Hobbes. Rouben Mamoulian directed.
The producers' demand for se- parate quotas for distributors and exhibitors may be explained simply. The object is to ensure that Bri- tish pictures. made or acquired by distributors of foreign alms for quota purposes, shall not rank' os quota for exhibitors,
BURIED ALIVE
THROUGH WAR
Eight Hidden Chinese "Discovered
buried themselves alive in Hong- Eight Chinese who literally had
kew during the Shanghai hostili- ties were "exhumed” by the Muni-
was found dead. although he had lived till one day before help came.
The exhibitors will have to fall back on other probably cheaper, British Alms for quota purposes. production like Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's "A Yank at Oxford, cost-cipal Police last week in "Yalu ing, perhaps, £160,000 would have Road. A ninth to take its chance in the open market without benefit of quota.
The fate of the new two-quotas
Detective Sergeant F., O. Guess the plan is in
balance. The made the strange discovery after Federation of British Industries
a search of two hours. The Chi- and the trade unions are support-
nese, who had hidden since the ing ; many members of the beginning of the hostilities in Standing Committee on films and August, were found lying under the whole Bocialist party are known rags. apparently lifeless. There to favour it as ensuring British were two old women, one of them producers a corner of the market being blind, the blind woman's son, and making for employment.
two other "men, and three children, Even those who have been criti-the youngest being a boy of B. cal would probably withdraw their The one who died a day previous, opposition if the plan could be ¦ of disease and neglect, was a man. harmonised with the desire to en- They all had been marooned be- courage quality pictures which may hind the Japanese lines early in win Britain a place on the world's the conflict, and had lived on a
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Jerusalem, Dec. 27. small store of rice and what water. Two, British soldiers who were mostly dirty; they could gather wounded in an engagement with stealthily outside in the immediate Arab rebels on Christmas Day in George. Fencheff, the Australian vicinity for their houses. Shells the hills of Galilee have died, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and heavyweight wrestling champion, Had:burst about them during suc- At least 30 Arabs are known to Sharron Lynne in “Way Out West” was married at Caxon Hall to cessive bombardments and street-have been idlled in the engagement coming on Friday at the King's ¦ Miss Elizabeth Nicolson, 21, nf fighting had taken placé outside in this area,
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AMERICANS LEAVE Shangoal Dec. 20: Following the advice of the State Depart- ment of Washington, a number of Americans are evacuating Tsingtao for Shanghai to-morrow aboard the US, gunboat Bacramento. The US light cruiser, Marblehead, and the American destroyer, Pope, and EMS. Suffolk,': are remaining in Tsingtao
Reuter.
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