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EXCITING FINISH WITH
ARMY PLAYERS.
There was an exelting finish to the cricket match on the Hongkong C.G. ground yesterday when the Hongkong Volunteers played their second game of the week against the Army. They
again had the Arst use of the wickets,
but their batsmen were not na success. ful ne against the Kowloon C.C. on Sunday. At the elone of the inning only 138 runs appeared on the board. N. A. E. Mackay, claiming 32, H. Owen Hughes, 26 and R. 11. Geßthe 22.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931
CINEMA NOTES.
"LET US BE GAY" AN INTRIGUING FILM.
Norma Bhearer hands out soma more cinemalle packages in her now taikle, "Let Us Be Gay," which has been transferred delightfully to the screen from the epicy stage hit of the
same namNO.
Norma has dared to do more things in pictures than any star we know of inred to be so very daring in "Tho Divorcee," and we never dreamed believe it or not she would face her publle as she does In the opening rool of her now Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which is showing at the Queen's) Theatre,
The exquisite star walks right out in front of the camora and the whole, wide world without a speck of make•
BOXING
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Thursday, 5th March, 1931, at 0.15 p.m.
MAIN EVENT
Middle-Weight Championship of the Colony
stand for the sixth wicket which put up, her hair in kid curlers, pinch-nose "JOCK" CRICHTON
The Army had a disastrous open- ing, lasing their first wicket with only four runs on the board, and five for ba runa, but Fry and Salmon made a on Gi russ before the pair word 61 runs separated, Fry scoring Williams and Penny went out for a win but after the former was dismiss ed the last two men were unable to keep their ends up until the necessary runs were scored, the last wicket falling when only one run behind the Volunteers' total.
Scores:
Volunteers.
J. E. Richardson, b Williams
N. A. E. Mackay, e Meehan, b
Davies
I. II. Griffithe, e laalowond, b
Daviva
W. It. G. Genter,
Davies
spectacles on her lovely nose and a dowdy wrapper ta complete this ensemble. Ah, to be suro domestic she makes up for it when she everges from a divorce as a butterfly from a coreon, more bonuitfully-gowned and before: a nore toileted from ever glamorous Norma than we have ever
known.
And daring too is the theme upor which this picture is motivated, not xo naughty, perhaps, ne her last picture, but inclined ever so spicily intrigue, smart sophistication reminiscent of
(SHANGHAI)
Welter-Weight Champlon of the Colony VERSUS
A. B. EWIN
(H.M.S. KENT)
Imperial Services Middle-Weight Champion 1925-28
things gayly Continental. Happily; Middle-Weight Champion of the
this is one of Miss Shearer's finest performances, certainly, one of her smoothest anil most adept characteri- entions. Again Robert Z. Leonard is credited with direction. Leonard, we are reminded, also screened "The Di- vorcee," with which this new pleture has something in common-marital wreckage based upon infidelity.
Taiklo Camera Invades North,
7
32
22
Salmon, h
Dayles
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20
K. I. Batger, run out
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10
A. Reld, e Penny, b Cole
&
G. E. R. Divett, e Whitefield, b
Fry
12
A. F. Green, run out
0
Extras
Tutal
Bowling Analysie,
M. 1.
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ed by A. F. Erickson, is said to bel
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Army.
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Gul. Davies, burnett
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Burnett
Spr. Whitelleld, e Owen Hughra, b
Burnett
When a red-blooded, he-man sort of film play, crammed with action and adventure, also contains one of the must unusual love stories ever brought 136 to the screen the combination in hard
to beatl
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Lleut, Haslewood, e Owen Hughes.
b Divett
12
11
Lieut. Storker, c Gouter, b Divett
1
L/C Fry, and b Owen Hughes
51
Pir. Salmon, b Baker ...
10
Sig. Williams, e Sub,, b Reid
Sig. Penny, pot out
Driver Cole, run out W/O Pamplin. b Reid
Extras
Total
Bowling Amulysis.
That's exactly the sort of picture "Rough Romance," Fox Movietone all
Colony
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Lalking drams of the anowiande direct- ADRENA
Queen's.
Helen Chandler, heroine of "The entire aren of Los Angeles for several Sky Hawk," plays the wistful cour-hours. And many of the hundreds of ageous little Marna Reynolds of the lumberjack.
"
ghts used were equal in power to the modern biggest searchlight on battleship.
Because "King of Jazz" is essen- Linlly a musical picture, with Paul his, who happens to be the suavels Whiteman and his entire band in the
How Miss Chandler "gets her man" proves quite as interesting to watch As the elforts of the sheriff to get
sinister Antonio Moreno,
starring role, elaborate measures "Rough Romanes" was filmed al-were taken to ensure a sound quality most in its entirety in the foothills of which has proven to be incomparably the Cascade Range in Washington on superior to anything hitherto heard on
the sound scrocu the slopes of Mount Rainier: a
12 country internationally famous for its|
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FRIENDLY SOCCER.
RADIO CLUB DEFEAT A BANK TEAM.
"Why Bring That Up."
Because of toothache, Charles
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0 Besides O'Brien Chandler and Mack is famous to-day.
Moreno, the cast includes such well- Throughout the world the team of
known players as Noel Francis, David Hartford, Harry Gording, Eddie Borden, Roy Stewart and Frank Lanning.
"King of Jazz."
Only a modern motion picture studlo could possibly have procured the vast resources necessary bring into Nich
super-spectacle as Universal's "King of Jazz," the all-dancing, all Technicolour "revue of revues," now playing at the Central Theatre.
Moran and Mack, the Two Binck Crows, is known because George earnestness and Charles Mack can be Moran con talk with such pitiful
a dumb in such a woeful, sleepy voice. Mack explained how he got this way. One day he had a toothache. kept right on smiling and doltur his vaudeville turn. Finally he was miserable he didn't care whether he worked or not and in this frame of mind he went on the stage. "I startet in real sad like because I was, and the audience began to snicker. As aven and heard upon the screen. The sicker I got, the sadder I spoke the "King of Jazz" is the superlative and the more peevish I appeared, the in entertainment. But in order ta jouder
they laughed. I answered build and present such a production,seven curtain calls, wanting to go to technical problems which would have sleep on the stage ench time." He been insurmountable in any other has been talking that way ever since.. Industry were met and solved.
In their first motion picture ap Since the entire film was photo-pearance, Moran and Mack, the Two The Radio Sports Club met n Mer- cantile Bank eleven in a friendly game graphed in Technicolour, a tremendous Black Crows, present somewhat their of soccer yesterday at King's Park,ant of electric energy was neces-early life and how they happened to the final score being 4 to 1 in favoury to bring out the impressive team up together and form this beauty of the huge acts and the hilarious funmaking team. The picture of the Radio team.
delicate shadings of the thousands of has been aptly titled after that famous The game on the whole was fost and interesting both teams went all costumes. Batteries of hundred high-pression of theirs "Why Bring That
powered incandescent lamps were Up?" uut from the start, the Radio menassembled. As much as 4,000,000 Why Bring That Up?" was wrlitch having better control of the game candle-power was used at one lime on by Octavus Roy Cohen, the author Though fielding only ten men, they opened the score through Elms, who the tremendous "Melting Pot" set who made Birminghant famous with his "darktown characters." He has put over a pretty one from the wing.
Throughout the picture, which con-Black Crows, into a sweeping tale. The Mercantile tried hard for a Riste of eight musical numbers in taking them from obscurity to fame. equalizer, and were rewarded through addition to speelalties and blackouts by "Why Bring That Up?" will be both their inside loft, who, by the way, famous stage and screen stars, enough seen and heard at the Central Theatre
rugger player, this being his first light was used to illuminate the on next change,
attempt at soccer.
In the second half the Radio-team were all over their opponents, and obtained their second paint through G. Singh, who a fow minutes later scored again from a pass by Hanib, and scored again through a pass by Elms.
On the losing side, Rocha and Eddlo deserve much credit for keeping the acore down. They were hard workers and did well at their positions. For the Radio Club, G. Singh was the lian of the team, which was well supported In the back no by Guest, Winch and Gilchrist. Had the shooting of the forward line been more accurate the scors might have been greater.
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