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Blue Eyes In Ceylonese Temple
GENETICIST ASSERTS A THEORY
A pair of blue eyes in Dalada Malagawa, the Temple, of the Tooth, at Kandy, Ceylon, has confirmed a British geneticist in his theories about physical characteristics being hereditary.
He is Professor R. Ruggles Gates, of London University, recently returned from a preliminary blood-grouping survey of isolated tribal entitles in the East.
GENERAL
NEW MALIPIERO OPERA PRODUCED AT FLORENCE FESTIVAL
Today's
VENETIAN COMPOSER DOES WELL
Screenings WITH SHAKESPEAREAN THEME
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"The Gul of The Golden
QUEEN'S:
"Fools For Scandal""
ORIENTAL:
“Tip-Off Girls"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Fools For Scandal" STAR:
"Wise Girl"
MAJESTIC:
"A Yank At Oxford"".
KING'S:
Coming
"The Woman Alone" QUEEN'S:
"My Heart Is Calling" ORIENTAL:
"The Bad Man Of
The only novelty of this year's music festival in Florence Italy. was the performance of "Marcantoulo é Cleopatra, by the Vene- tian composer, G. Francesco Maliplero.
Taking his theme from Shakespeare's tragedy, Maliplera wrote his own bretto, and by elimination and skillful compression. suc¬ West" ceeded in retaining the essence of the Shakespearean drama, ren- dering it in three acts sub-divided into several scenes, and, to link the aets, explain the sequence, and bridge over any hlatus, adopting a brief comment or announcement spoken, as by a herald or chorus announced, from behind the scenes.
Brimstone
"Professional Soldler"
ALHAMBRA:
"Mysterious "Avenger"
STAR:
"Submarine D.."
"A Tale Of Two Cities" MAJESTIC: ·
"Arsene Lupin Returns"
A YANK AT
OXFORD
The piece follows closely the scene laid on Pompey's Oatley in Shakespearean drama. In the first the Port of Rome, and the ban- act Antony leaves Cleopatra to quet offered to the three Trium- return to Rome after two inter- virs, Mark Antony. Octavius Cae- views expressive of the consterna-sar und Lepidus, during which tion and distress of the Queen. Mark Antony is made uneasy by A symphonic intermease fellows. the way in which the others ques Interrupted by mysterious voicestion him as to events m Egypt. warning of the faithlessness of Cleopatra then arrives with her Antony, who has been persuadedį galley and induces him to aban- for political reasons to marry Oc-aon his troops and fly with her tavia. sister of "Octavfus Caesar: to Egypt. an act of weakness and the act closes with the an- which he afterwards bitterly re- nouncement of the marriage, by penta
means of a messenger from Rome The third act develops entirely to Cleopatra, and with her des-on Shakespearean lines, to the pair, and closes on her cry. to tragic and pathetic end of this i Charmian. "Pity me. Charmtan. "pair so famous." but do not speak to me."
"PAIR SO FAMOUS"
act opens with The second
Personality Mix-Up
Way out in Nebraska. U.S.A., Univer- sity authorities decided to ex- amine students' knowledge of current affairs, One question was: "Who is
Robert Taylor is to be seen at the Majestic Theatre today in "A Yank at Oxford," the story of an athie tics-puffed-headed college boy from America who studies at the famous English university under a scholar-Simone Simon? ship.
(the glamorous
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Although the extensive use of recitative, with long declamations a seldom broken by lyrical passages. tends to produce a monotony which at times becomes burden- some and heavy, the work is nobly conceived and ably developed.
A simple and authentic deliuea- fim star) and Sir John Simon tion of life in the old university, what nationality? U.S., French or the picture shows how Oxford posing as either?"
COLOURFUL SETTINGS Marto Rossi obtained admirable results with the orchestral per- formers and the singers. Maria Carbone sang the part of Cleopa- tra with life and colour Gabriella Gatt gave a good rendering of Charmian and was genuinely mov- ing in the final scene Parmeg- glan's fine tenor voice was heard to advantage In the part of An- tony. and Vincenzo Guicciardi (Enobarbus) and the other numer- ous characters contributed effec- tually, to the success of the per- formance.
The designs for scenes and cos-
changes the young American's One Nebraska lovely answered on tumes. by Gino Sensan!, supplied Ideas on life. The film is full of her paper: "Simone Simon is Eng- a good setting, the scene of the gentle humour and human in-tish, and is England's Chancellor of banquet on Pompey's galley being cidents, and is thoroughly satisfy the Exchequer.",
especially colourful and rich.
ing.
Maureen O'Sullivan heads the Imposing supporting cast, which includes Lionel Barrymore, Edmund
Gwenn and Vivien Leigh.
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EVENTS
TODAY..
Anniversaries
and Holidays.-- Great Heat. (Ta-shy). St. Appolin- aris, Bishop and Martyr.
Lectures.-Gas Mask Drill Volunteer Headquarters, 10 s.m, to
noon.
`Malls—(Sco Part 101.
· Miscellaneous--Garzison Filde: Children's School, Hong Kong, Prizegiving, Garden Road, 10 a.m.
Moon.-VI Moon, 26th. Day. Social Whist Drive and Tom. bola, Sergeants' Mess, R.A.F. Sta-
31. Metal 32. Chinese
measure.
33, Former US.
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measure.
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equal quantity. Tombola.
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plant. Sports(568 Page 10).
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London.
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TOMORROW
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The majority of Kendy natives, temper
sight is and "second have black-brown eyes, -80 .when gathered, it will be sent for tabu- Professor Ruggles Gates noticed lation to the Bureau of Human the bright blue eyes of his guide Heredity Gower Street, W.C., world at the temple, he sought out the centre for the survey of facta history of the man's family, con- about neredity, of which Professor firming his theories.
Ruggles Gates is chairman. TRIBES CLASSIFIED
Already the hereditary nature of While in India. the Professor many diseases is fully documented visited tribes in the remote hills in the files of the bureau and on and forests." taking hundreds of the basis of a patient's family his- photographs of the people. At the tory he can be advised how to same time he made arrangements | check a disease and prevent it de- for classifying tribes according to veloping in his children. blood-groups during the absence. "But this vital work is handi-Low at 11.05 and 21.34.
"India la a living museum for capped for lack of funds" said the anthropologist," he told the Professor Ruggles Gates. "Our News Chronicle. "No other coun- need of the moment is for £500 try has so many human types. to make a complete world survey "Many of the tribes are so izo- of the facts about cancer and Fated that they are practically un-tuberculosis, à mixed. The Todas, ancestors of "Two research workers in two the pales. would furnish the years could bring our knowledge artist with models, of Biblical men to such a point that the path of and women, and the people of prevention of these diseases would Rachral Island have been inbreed-plainly indicated, Ing for 1,000 years with only a
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As information about tribal in-temple's famous relic, is genuine, heritance of characteristics of all "It is far too large, to be a hu sorts-from colour of eyes to bad man tooth," he said.
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