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MANY STARS APPEAR IN "WHOOPEK."
The greatest names of stage and screen combine in the widely-herulded production of "Whoepro", the Samuel Goldwyn-Firenz Ziegfeld musical riet which is showing at the Queen's Theatre. Its sponsors are reapretive. iy the greatest pioneer of the motion picture in Amerlen und the musical comely kind of the American stage.) It stor, Hello Cantor, is known wherever
are Lifentro no a Lemle artist of genium. In its stage foam, produced by Mr. Ziegfeld in New York, with Cantor i the end, I ran over a year and a half.
Ineforled try its east are Elentior Hunt, the risk-haired bematy whom Sammud Goldwyn von idors one of his greatest Ands, Dorothy Knupp, famed “molt bountiful girl in the world", Paul Gregory. $25,RIO tenet, Ethelt Shutta, and which famous Ziegfeld glorified girls as Jeanne Morgan, Mariel Pinley and Virginia Bruce, Thoynton Freeland. briliant why director who is known as one of the Thatest riving people of 1ollywood, Hirested this peetups,
The stage production of "Whonjen“ minde New York gasp by its lavish beauty. In the free median of the talking serien. "Whospay" has out. done even its stage incarnation.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23,
SUGAR MARKET.
THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.
The following cable at the close of the sugar market yesterday has een received by Messrs. Pen- treath and Co.
London Terminals. March 1932 7/2 up 2d. May 1982 7/43, up 2144, August 1931 6/64 up 2d. December 1931 6/10% up 2d. New York Terminals, March 1932 1,56 up 2 pla. May 1931 1.23 ap 2 pts. July 181 133 up 5 pts. September 1931 3.40 up 2 pts. December 1921 1.47 up 2 pts. New York ̧(92/4/81).---Wa beriimate this year surplus of Cuba town above United States
irem sl4 590,000 tins.
A GLUT OF GOLD.
HUGE ACCIDIULATION
IN AMERICA.
New York, Apr. 22. Such There is more manetary gold in mes naturally famous beauty spots the United States to-day than at
Zion National Park furnished the fany time in its history. Backgrounts for the matrloor seenes, The vaults of the Federal Ke- All the technient rinner of the serve Banks hold about 42 per cent Boldwyn Bund Ziegfeld staffs consumed, of all the monetary gold in the were bred to make euch detail breathe world, which is more than tavice infoveliness, Semps of the amount in Fenner, and seven beautiful ghely selected from pun times the amount in Great Britain.
Thost angsicants by Mr.
Goldwyn and Mr Ziegfeld personally, Wender's American Service.
the expenditure of nearly two maillon dollars, and months of careful pr
patan make "Whoop mark
" and erosted such characters A
w era in pirtnce spretaede, ColourFarkleberry Finn. Beky Thatcher,
es used erishly throughout le trich Aunt Polly and Muff Pofter he reld these installededd effects.
Conrely have dreamed of the modern Seventy-four •lustiger of seen talkies" in which the people in one chances of costume, of the best-loved inks of fiction Paramount rene in which fom and five hundred would really come to life,
weye concerned, stre figures has achieved a faithful reproduction, which give some den of the sente und Mark Twain's orginal is beauti- with which the Goldwyr-Ziegfeld com.fully and impressively translated to Chination have gone about bringing the the wormen
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wit of their store t into forum for this one pieture
"By the Kid."
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In the hand of such capable yung ;laསྟུ་་༣༣
Mitzi Jaelan Cogan, Daven and Jon Hurkin the story is cellently told. When it we first
The perfect lady of the stage or luced it was call, of the "talkie" getting mighty few
pirtent that kind on the ticking sereen!
e
lepotted with being e
at the st enjoyable things to come All of which refers to Kay Johnson, of Bodyword for a Fae time. I: the blinde "r" of King Vidor film that will theill The young- exetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" pietra, and adults will find refreshing ture. "Billy the wid," which will open oporowent in the vigorous dosings of on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre for child character 4 days.
In Dynanote" she was the bile
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In "The Spoilers" she played the immortal "Cherry Malloite."
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"The Bosdair Diplomat," The Boudoir Diplomat” 14 agein Miss Johnson, tall, slim, wellbred.
Seldom. screen. gained fane on the stage largely info the talking. "society" parts, such n the leads infintlerd, dues the theatre goer have an Little Acrident" and "The Free Soul" opportunity to enjoy such a sparkling When the talkies grabbed her, bit of entertainment, as this Universal lowever, the film predugers an insereen play, which opened an engages Miss Johnson excellent frosini mt yesterday at the Central Then- Sophisticated and clover, its material for the rough, tough kind
|chasweters are men and women of the dramatic situations.
world, and its dialogue is brilliant,
The
*"The Boudoir Diplomat are laid in a European kingdom, and the story dents with the involved love affairs of a nobleman And now, in "Billy the Kid“, she is why is attached to an embassy in the plunged into the midst of the "wild capital city. This Baron Valmi, a west" taring its mest stirring years, philandering bachelor, is nirendy deep !
Billy the Kid" is a talking sereen in an affair with Helene, wife of the adaptation by Wandu Tuchock of the Ambassador, his superior in the life story of Willinto Ronney. a diplomatic service. And the 19- twenty-one-year-old desperado, inspecting Ambassador, as a means ing, handsome daring, who became of influencing on important decision the must dangerous man in the west. of the War Minister, instructs Valmi | As" "Crire", Кау Johuson copies to to lavish his customary passionate Lincoln, New Mexico, storm contes of) woning on the person of Muna, pretty eletal. The entlemen' war in which Bonney young wife of the Cabinet Tis
of Since the artistic Valmi makes a The death participant. Tunston, Claire's fiance, forins the practice of painting a nude miniature stacting impetus for the bitterest feud of each new dame. Helene's jealousy the of Southwest knew. And as aroused, and she appropriates the romantic interest develops between undraped little painting alimady, made
ghe Kid" and De hrauly Iron
tommt, intent ng showing it to England.
her husband and thus bringing down is rue on the head of the inconst Jani bachelor,
So, mislead of drawing room and Lonerups. Miss Johnson is ressed inte an atmosphere of gunfire and met
rama. She is a participant in the three-day siege of the Meßween hume at Lineola, the must notorious event in all "wild west" history,
A remarkable cast interprets this highty enjoyable comedy drams. Betty mason is seen as the stately but endent Helene.
Mary Duncan as Mona is another charming creature less inclined to John Mack Brown And Wallacealousy, perhaps, but surely no less Beery have the principal roles in the plent, Jan Keith ps Valmi appears as new Valor proslction, Brown playing binge, magnetic figure, and the the pott of "The Kid" and Birg Rising an oatsfiwling shagarterization as Sheriff Pat Garrett, Karl Hane is neen as a camie enwlery,
"Tom Sawyer."
A
affeetion which he inspires in the tw
entenling married women in quite understandnile. Jeanette Loff. Enw- Pure Grant and Lionel Belmore br thoroughly praiseworthy in other im- turtant roles, and round out a enst America's leading child netor, which is truly all-star, Jackie Coogan, and America's lend-† Malcolm St. Clair has done a tine ing child.actress, Mitzi Green, are bit of directing, and "The Boudoir be seen together for the Brst time on Diplomat” will even enhance his re- the screen, in "Tom Sawyer" whichputation as a man who is particularly Jopens at the King's Theatre. to-day. successful in the realm of light, When Mark Twain wrote his famous sophisticated comedy. Carl Laemmle, book "The Adventures of Tom Saw Jr. produce the picture.
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CHILDREN'S BODIES IN LOCAL STREETS. REPORT FROM GOVERNOR
OF HONGKONG.
London, Apr. 22.
death was due to violence; whilețin 1929," Dr. Shiels would call for 51 of the ensea were due to small-fa report on the remaining 127. pox.Our Own Correspondent. corpacs, and whether in any case
death was due to violence.
Detailed.
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Apr. 22. The finding of corpses of children in the streets of Hongkong was
Mr. Graham
Dr. Shiels replied that out of the 127 bodies, 98 were children of over three years, and 29 were infants of unknown sex.
The Under Secretary for the again given attention in the House Colonies, Dr. Drummond Shiels, in of Commons when
In reply to an enquiry by Lord the House of Commons to-day. White asked whether, seeing that Pansfield, the Governor had stated stated that the Governor of Hong-some official information is avail-that in no case was it found that kong had reported that, in 1,851 able with regard to 1,724 out of death was due to violence. The cases of dead children being picked 1,851 corpses of children, aged three deaths of 581 children were ap- up in the streets of the Colony, noland undor, picked up in Hongkong parently due to small-pox-Router