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CINEMA NOTES.
"IT A GREAT LIFE" IN- TECHNICOLOUR.
1930.
popular forty or more years ago. It is distinctly a new type of en- tertainment on the screen, for in addition to its vital, forceful drama, it presents a complete minstrel show such as our grandparents de- to see when they were Wonderful music, catchy
The talking and singing movies lighted Thanks to the initiative and enter. brought to. Hollywood an entirely young. prise of the United Services Recrea-new group of experts-writers and songs, spicy jokes and the glitter- the drama of tion Club, there is to be in the future, directors of dialogue, composers of ing pageantry of negro entertain-
ladies' open doubles lawn tennis lyrics and songs, ballet masters and ment supplement
this remarkable achievement in championship of the Colony.
sound technicians of all varieties. The competition 15 the Hongkongflm as the next major development
organised Now; with the natural colour the field of audible films.
The two featured players, Helen the auspices
and will thus be officially of the seven, the colour director Twelvetress and Fred Scott, are recognised as championship event.
With men's, ladies' singles and mixed looms as an all important fieure players of signal ability. Miss Twelvetress is a Broadway stage in about the studio. doubles championships already existence, the need for a ludies' doubles The importance of this personage favourite, while Mr. Scott is famous title has been felt, and the U.S.R.C., first gained significance during the as a concert singer. He is good- in their decision to create and organise making of the lavish technicolour looking and his fine tenor voice re
be doing-d
a Great Life"gisters beautifully. such a tournament,
scenes in "It's great deal for increased popularisaetro-Goldwyn-Mayer's talking and ing cast includes Richard Carle, two famous musical comedy star, Marie tion and general improvement of musical film starring the ladies' tennis in Hongkongber and famous Duncan Sisters, which will Adtaire, Tom Malone and Jimmy It is to take place conducted by be shown to-day at the Queen's Aubrey. Every player in the cast
December, and is to be
of
the U.S.R.C., under the rules of lawa Theatre.
The support-
is ideally cast, the result being ex- regulations % of the The colour director of "It's a ceptionally fine character portray- tennis and the
Mrs. Jals. Hongkong L.T.A. Entrance fee for Great Life" was a woman,
is $2.50,
The story deals with a minstrel each competitor
and, except Natalie Kalmus, wife of Dr. Her
who irins success, but for the semi-finals and final, which
be played at the U.S.R.C.,bert T. Kalmus, president of Tech-singer
the organization through the influence of an evil on any grass nicolour, Inc., court, the choice resting, weke named pair in cach
matches may be played th the first-which is changing the screen from woman, sinks to the dregs, a drunk-
It is
proposed to play the final be- splendor. fore Christmas, and the dates by which the previous rounds are to be with the Failure to
any match on the date specified will render
Competitors must
completed will be anna plete
draw
both pairs liable to be
new
Dunlop balls for each match except in the semi-finals and final, when they will be
be provided by the organisers. Each match will be the best of three sets, and any match
drab black-and-white to prismatic (en sot. He is salvaged by's board- ing-house slavey, and she succeeds Weeks before "It's a Great Life" in, making a man of him. There went into production, Mrs. Kalmus is tremendous drama in the deve held conference with Director Samlopment of the theme and the Wood and his aids and gave inclimax is one of unsurpassed inter- valuable advice upon the colours of est.
"The Grand Parade" will have its the costumes to be worn by the Duncan Sisters and the large en-final showings to-day and to-night
women who at the Majestic Theatre, Kowloon.) sembles of beautiful
Tanned Legs. appear in the revue scenes of the the technicolour film. While
Mrs. were shooting, Kalmus had a chair on the set and director, with the co-operated cameramen, lighting experts, make up men and the art director, so that the most effective colour values might be obtained from the lovely costumes and backgrounds.
completed must be remaining un-cameras
from the point where it was discontinued.
Any questions or disputes which may arise shall be decided by the ternis sub-committee of the U.S.R.G. whose decision shall be final.
Should less than ten entries be re- ceived, the promoters will exercise to whether the their discretion as championship shall be proceeded with
vor not.
"Tanned Legs," a sparkling musical comedy of vivid youth produced by Radio Pictures, opens at the Central Theatre to-day,
It is one of the first tuneful shows to bo
to written directly for the screen, with ave original song numbers and a chorus of
of 40 Hollywood beauties. The outstanding cast of film cele- "It's a Great Life, the all-talking brities is headed by a little new-comer vehicle selected by Metro-Goldwyn named June Clyde. She had been in All entries, together with entrance Mayer for the Duncan Sisters, is a pictures but two months when RKO communications, story of the life of a "sister act" infficials chose her for one of the most
coveted and other
roles of the season. Her pert should be addressed to Paymaster vaudeville.
Parsons, H.M.S. In the supporting cast are Law-personality, lovely voice, and the fact Commander S.S.C.
in filmdom are responsible for her Tamar, whilst competitors are asked rence Gray, who recently was sign that she has the prize pair of limbs in send not only their names and ed up for a long term contract fol- selection. addresses, but where possible, tele-lowing his success in "Marianne", phone numbers, thus facilitating the Benny Rubin and George Periolat. wark of the organisers in the arrange- ment of matches, etc.
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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The Tollowing is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:
Banks:
Hongkong Bank, $1535 sa. Chartered Bank, £17 n. Mercantile A. & E., £261⁄2, n. East Asia $111 b.
Insurances.
Canton Ins., $1,080 s. Union Ins., $450 8. North China Ins., Tls. 160 b. Yangtsze Ins., $50 r. China Underwriters, $2.80. b. 'China Fires, $400.b.
H. K. Fire Ins., $1,080 n.
Shipping.
Douglases, $271⁄2 B.
H. K. Steamboats, $28 b. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $30 n. Union Waterboats $311⁄2 b.
Mining.
Benguets, $8.70 n. Kailans, 37/6 n. Langkats, Tls. 8% n. S'hai Explorations, Tls. 1.30 b. Raubs, 24 8.
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Docks, etc. Kowlon Wharves, $160 s. Whampoa Docks, $32 n. China Providents $5.15 b. (Old) Hongkews, Tla. 285 b.,
New Engineerings TIs. 7.80 n. Shanghai Docks. Tls. 122 b.
Cottons. Ewo Cottons. Tls. 12.15 b. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 82 (old) n. Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotel, $11.50 b.
H. K. Lands, $7034 b. (Old)
do. $75 b. (New) S'hai Lands Tis. 305 b. Humphreys, $10 n. Realtics, $8.40 b. Chinese Estates $87 n.
Public Utilities. Tramways, $17.70 a. Peak Trams, (old) $13.60 n. Star Ferries, $81% 3. China Lights, (0lä).$25.3 b. H. K. Electrics, $78.60 b. Macao Electrica, $23 n.. Telephones $35
China Buses, Tls. 181⁄2 n. Singapore Tractions, 7/9 b. .. Industrials. China Sugars, 80 cts. s. Malabona, $27 11.
Cald: Macg. Ord: Tls. 10.40 n. Canton Ices, $3 a.
Cements (Comb.) $17.75 b. Ropes $10. b United Asbestos $5.
Stores, etc.
Dairy Farms, $26.40 b. Watsons, $11.80 b. Der A Wings, $1-n. Lane Crawfords. $3.85 b. Mackintosha, $19 m. Sinceres, $11,60 m.
Miscellaneous. Amusements, $29 n. Constructions, $2.40 m. B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 64% b.. H.K.G. Loan 74% Prem.
The next general meeting of the Arts Association of the Hongkong University will be held on Friday, in the Union Assembly Hall of the University at 8.30 p.m. Mr. CA Braine-Hartnell will lecture on Dr. Johnson. The lecture in open to the public.
"The Rogue Song." Because music creates, through the ear, the consciousness of beauty that colour conveys through the eye, the debut of the first major star of opera on the talking screen has been arranged with the use of both.
"The Rogue Song". Lawrence Tibbett's introduction to talking pictures, which Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer will present, on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, is not only re plete with special song numbers, written for the great baritone, But has been filmed entirely in colour. The undertaking involved many obstruse scientific problems in the matter of photographing sound on film which at the same time kept natural colour values, and the com- pletion of the work was hailed as one of the greatest triumphs for Technicolour process.
Ann Pennington, famous Ziegfeld star and owner of the $100,000 knees, will be seen in several specialty dances with Allen Kearns, also a Broadway favourite.
Albert Gran, the beloved old taxi driver of "Seventh Heaven." portrays Binally the fast-stepping pappa, brought to his senses by his youthful daughter, Tanned Legs" Reynolds
June Clyde).
The super-sound spectacle is replete with laughs, thrills, and melodies to keep feet tapping that promise during every performance next week. Victor Baravalle and his orchestra furnish the music with n counter melody played by the Pacific Ocean.
Journey's End.**
"Journey's End," the war play that hnd played around the world before it was a year old, and that raised an obscure author to fame, defies the biggest dramatle convention by not. having a woman in it or a love-and yet it is crammed with a vital love interest.
In the Tiffany all-dialogue produe. of this R. C. Sherriff master- soon to the Central coming
tion
Tibbett sings songs ranging from Theatre, a key of romance is struck numbers of operatic magnitude with
a symphony orchestra to simple when Licut. Osborne, gray-haired and three years it war service, tells love songs. Elsa Alsen, dramatic:
Lieut. Raleigh, young and just arrived soprano, a women's chorus and in the front line trench, to think of large chorus are other elaborate it all as romantic-it helps." musical details of the Russian The first love interest shows in the
ero worship of drama.
the schoolboy Raleigh comes Stanhope. He The filming of the songs was done for his
enches
and his idol
finds in a specially prepared set of sound into the
clay feet, but he understands stages. The orchestra in each case wery and how he became a drunkard was housed in a "horn", or thin why and wood orchestra sheil, in which three and still sees him as his hero.
Second is the love of Stanhope for microphones of different fre- Raleigh's sister. She is never seen- 115, quencies were placed. Herbert not even her photo is shown to Stothart,
heard but if she were there before you you conducting,
more poignant love Tibbett's voice in the set outside could not have a
than is told you with her absent. over earphones as he conducted the story
Third is the love for home and the accompaniment. Voice and music
nice things of life to which every were put together or "mixed" in a
man has a right-that all these monitor room insulated, so far as
had before the hysteria of nations sound is concerned, from both sets. sent them to war-before they were "By filming action in colour one is herded in dark, damp, rat-infested, able to blend harmonies in hue just vile-smelling holes underground-and
men
ns one blends them in music, and then sent out to be blown to destrue- then blend them together in a per- tion in fect whole."
the Lionel Barrymore, patriotism! me of love of ecuntry "James Whale-directed "Journey's director of the picture, stated re- End." story that he knows probably cently. "It is in this regard that even better than its author, for he colour can be so valuable in the has directed many of its stage pro- filming of music."
ductions. George Pearson supervised
Photophone and RCA
recorded. "The Grand Parade.". Colin Clive, by special permission of Different in many respects from Maurice Browne, Ltd., plays the role. the cut-and-dried picture romance, of Capt. Stanhope, David Manners Raleigh, Tan Maclaren is "The Grand Parade," a Pathe displayeye and others are Billy Bevan,
Osborne logue production featuring Helen Anthony Bushell," Jack Fitcairn, Twelvetress and Fred Scott, is a Thomas Whiteley, Charles Gerrard story of blackface minstrels so and Warner Klinger.
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