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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, AUGUST 29th, 1931..
BROADWAY GOES TO SEA. “BELGENLAND”. 'SHOW-BOAT FOR NEW PLAY.
The theatre gnus to sen
and the first oceanie "show-boat" is the S. S. Belgenlund, lower left, which will be Some of the principal sen-
the peene of the first night of John Golden's new production, "After To-morrow?
go ug performers are sabove, left to right); Claire Windsor, Treno Delroy, Frances White, and the dancing Team, David and Hilda Murray,
Broadway. Its myrab! Bights throw-streiter with 2 theatre, the first pre-Broadway premiere at show clown; the Murraya, ball- anaemic from lack of exercise, is geendly designed by architects, sea. Ordinarily rehearsals aroom dancers and a dozen other) thing to the sea for its health, with a master of ceremonies and holi in aide-street halls about attractions that have played thé,
michtering places have all the appurtenaners, of the Big Minbatian, although plenty of Palace and the circuits. been rullapsing
at every eurnerStreet.
emply theatres are now available;) These humild evenings, Only two Whereas the convert charge and try-outs, previous In Brond-!
bronzes biow.
of its better known supper clubejéhairs yoen emptily and the aisle way presentation, are scheduled! And even though the gold-and- have tattere i through this famine,, seats, with some few exceptions, usually for Philadelphia, Canden, White show-boats at yesterday and these are preparing to depart enther dust. The turbined night Atlantic City, Boston, Pittsburgh have metamorphosed into a three- until the more stimulating Autuna; spots play to houses of 600 and and towns not far from the main tacked User," "attempts will be
up on each trip; and gents
who stem." thei I had become necustomed to The number of plays has hit resting of "ucker" when they new low for at: time, with but ten entered a gilded basement begin promising to survive the hat spell. to wonder if Tex Gaiman might Scores of theatres are as vacant 404¦ have been right after all. a blonde churine's stare,
Instead have enne the floating cabarets, and now the Arst theatre aboard a 1er.
First
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ANOTHER FAMOUS
CHURCH.
St. Martin's-in-the Fields.
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A.famous church which ia dia- Linguished as much for ita present na for its historic past is St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in Trafal
But ite gar Square, London. world-wide reputation depends not only on its rich tradition but also for its, architecture and for the social service work it is now doing. The door of this church is never locked. All who are wet and cold, penniless and hungry are welcome to enter. Besides shelter for the night, meals are provided until work Ja obtained. Sometimes Ox-
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made to keep something of the by- gone favour, including a street way product for the coming sen-formances both aboard ship and at ford and Cambridge students go to
However, Golden's initial Broad-parade
al Halifax and puri so, "After Tomorrow." will be the "apry hous presented aboard the Belgenlans, i
Morris
Practically all European lines i
St. Martin's when they are hard pressed.
James Gibbs, a Scot, was archi- "By a flame
While not intended, when written! now operate their stor craft on of the so-called "show-by Hugh Strange, for the world's side trips, since continental travel tert of the church. Treats" of the sea is the nerfiral ocean theatre. the novelty
is not all that it might be and ex of genius," one writer has said, Belgenland. And two of the vet-to say nothing of the general concursions are considerably more "Gibbs and his generation were The word "show hout" sullenly spa
CONTIN of Broadway's theatre lifeditions made the experiment:han were once expected.
fired to emulate the ultimate finds itself with a metropolitan are faked with the netivities of possible. The play will open in twist to it. Instead of the pir-¡the liner-thentre: William Morris, New York during August.
The French line operates the splendor of the evolving Gothie turesque old fat bottomed "floating Cone of the oldest of the vaudeville
France and Puris on a triangle styles, And from St. Martin's as palner that churned its way along domes, and dohn Golden, the pro-and general entertainment for the the Cunarders have their fastest but in motive a dream of hope. is booking vaudeville cruise to Bermuda and Canada: majestic, a spire, classic in detail. Parthenon, there rase, slender but
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, j dover.
Pureanic show-boat." Some oferaft running Golden, by the way, is to stage the sea-going performers include nearby points; and there there moves out of Manhattan a
and of reverence, of faith that never Are a fitted oven for a moment scross Frances White, "the splash-me number of other linea, carh with the mind of Greek and Roman, girl," whose varied fortunes have some night-life attraction. .to
The spire has no neok in it made good newspaper copy; Claire say nothing of ballrooms, jazz for man. It leaves man on the Windsor, the screen star of not-me-bands and, of course, bars that are ground, to lonk into the eterni- long-ago; Lester Allen, the music bars!
Lies."
Maddening Moments
to Bermuda
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Eustace Fitzjames was a good husband and a kind father, and his patient weeding of the front lawn was at once the pride and envy of the neighbourhood. Yet here you see him like a volcano in eruption. Its wife looks down. His son looks down. The maid creeps from the room. No wonder! They have just offered him cheese without his "Ovaltine" Rusks. Looking down is the very least they can do. Just think what he's missing that flavour... that scrunchy crispness', thuc general melt-in-the-mouth deliciousness... Can you blame him? Could you put up with cheese without them? Isn't it enough to make any man smash the platen, throw the cheese to the goldfish, and dine at the Club to-morrow? Of course it is, and you'd do just the
sama.
OVALTINE
RUSKS
(APPETISING · DIGESTIVE · &• NOURISHING
WORLD'S TINIEST
THEATRE.
DOLLS WHO TALK AS WELL AS ACT.
The smallest and most unique little theatre ever built now 1:4 doing a flourishing business in Hollywood.
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Th theatre, which draws leaparity crowds at nearly all purs. [formances, sents only 50 persons, And
the
actors are dolls that talk. For the past several years Elis- worth Martin, former technician i in amation picture studio, stages performances with
dolls as a | hobby--although a rather ex- ¡travagant ene to be sure. Then, -
le decided that his hubby emild be turned into a business. So the little theatre was erected. :
Shows Profil.
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Box office receipts at the Theatrei Mechanique are small but still) large enough to show a fait profit to its owner. w who also s theatre manager, ticket weller istage manager, prop boy and jani-į
all rolled into onc. Con-
itor
sequently he has only one salary ་་ pay-his own. And unlike the majority of actors to be found! around Hollywood, his performers inren't the least bit interested in
Their
sole interest is in
viving Food performance. And
they never become temperamental unless one of the ribbons at- tached to them breaks.
"But how can dolls speak luca further than to say 'mama' and nau?"
you might ask,
The answer is in intricate sys- tem of radio and phonograph can- nections synchronized with the make
players in such a way as to
it appear that the dolls netuntly
da the Apeaking. Three or four phonographs are used during each set with each doll's dialogue being recorded on Individunt records. And the dolls are fastened ribbons, permitting Martin to move them at will from behind the acones
on
Perfect-Lighting Effects. Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the entire show, how- jevor, are the singe nettings and
Directing his "actors" in the tinjost of theatres, Ellsworth Martin is shown above with hia miniature cast in a cathednal acene, one of the many "asts" mounted on a revolving stage. The sound apparatus, on which are recorded the lines spoken by the tiny characters, is pictured below.
lighting. Martin has constructed "Everything about the theatrejters appearing on the stage, elaborate stage settings, five or was so constructed as to increase
"Sure I expect to continue with aix of which are built on a huge the illusion of reality." Martin de revolving dinc so that all he has clares. "Tho maliness of the my theatre and if business be- to do in turn the disc between acts theatre, the intimacy of the audi-comes big enough to warrant it, I to obtain a new setting. The ence, the lighting effects, detailed may build another theatre. lighting effects are no perfect as stage settings and the syn-can't increase the seating capacity can be found in any full-sized chronized voices all combine to of this one because a large theatro 'theatre.
'give the Illusion of living charac-'would ruin everything."
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LOIS WILSON'S FUTURE. Tired of Mother Roles.
Lois Wilson, that charming, impression that I want to confine blonde actress who scored such a myself to mother roles, Lois said hit as the mother in "Seed," Is not recently. "I did say I want to ready to be relegated to mother play character roles in the future roles.
but
by that I didn't mean that I But Lois has no small amount of want to play old women. What I scrapping to do if she keeps her moant was that I want to do self out of that class. For one characterizations, parts in which I thing she gave a a marvellous
per really can
act
formance in "Seed." And for an "I'm not ready to be an old lady other thing a statement she recent on the screen yet. In fact, I bo ly made about wanting to do charlieve I am good for leading lady acter roles has been misinterpret-roles for another 10 years yet. I ed to mean that she considers her- 1 still am în pleturos after thatma. self through as a leading lady. then I will be willing to be as old.
"I do wish you would correct the as they want me.”