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THE
HONGKONG
SHANGHAI RACES
MISTER CINDERS WINS
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY
THE CHAMPIONS Mister Cinders, with Mr. H. Malt- land in the saddle, carried off the Shanghai Champions on the fourth day of the Spring Meeting of the Shanghai Race Club yesterday, The Dour Bird was necond and Alligator third.
The winning number in the big
resulted as follows:
CINEMA SCREENINGS.
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
5. 1932.
REFLECTIONS OF A GERMAN STATESMAN
(Continued from Page 6.);
The popularity of the Nancy Cardestroying Germany, he assots, brus falled, and no fat-acoing roll-Fredric March team as a roman- tic duo has been responsible for the fact that Paramount has again cast statesman can possibly doubt the them together in one of the most in-complete recovery of her position portant dramatic romances of the ns a Great Power. Despite the The Night Angel," "which viecissitudes, the set-backs, and Reason, comes to the King's Theatre
next
sweeps conducted on the Champions Sunday, March and Bling Carroll the,errors of the past decade, her
Mister Cindera,
and Nos. 27004
The Dour Bird. Noa. 34200 and
Alligator.
Non, 10911
34885
51237
and 58300 The full results of yesterday's rices, obtained through the courtesy of the Hongkong Club, were: The Kiukiang Cup.. Seven Furlongs,
Jim's Super Rapkl Extra (Judah)
R. II. McNair's Vecherock (Rothe) We Two's School Boy (Maitland)
Time: 1.52.
The Wuhu Cup. One Mile.
Elaor's Royal Bee (Janssen)
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. White's White
Sanda (Pote Hunt) ...................
R. II. McNair's Wedding Eve
(Rothe)
Time: 2.12.15.
The Chlukiang Stakes,
Nine Furlongs.
N. A. B.'s Tommy Atkins (Judah)
I
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3
to
feet are on the upward path. "Un- were last seen
"Laughter" together in the story of & show girl who mar- der wise political guidance, ried money and then regretted that what heights might not this won- she had over deserted her musician derful people rise?" It is doubt- boy-friend. In The Night Angel" ful whether Kuhlimann himself, Miss Carroll, in the title role, is the who has long exchanged diplomacy daughter of an
operates take an active share in such crea- ller scapegrace cabaret in her home city of Prague tive leadership. But in these gay capital of Bohemia, and Nancy
of and countes. for business, will be called on to
in the chief entertainer in this colour-stimulating chapters he has ren- ful resort. March in the rising youngdered a valuable service to his lawyer
of the town who is clected elty countrymen in their days of af- the fiction by exposing the errors of He decides That prosecular.
them of countess is responsible for a number the past, by reminding of mysterious robberies which have their achievements since the cal- taken place at her night club, Ac-lapse of the old regime, and by cordingly he, han her arrested
ent to jail, incurring
and
the hatred of expressing his unshakable con-
Nancy,
In his sympathetic way helence by the resurrection of the tries to reform the fiery young chat- Fatherland.
mer, but meets only with a villainous
វ
2
3
plot to disgrace him which is per- petrated by Alan liale, husky
houncer
at the cabaret, nad Nancy's jealous Un." their first great musical hit. lover. The result is a series of grip-directed "Delicious," which features in events mixed with incidents of the east, El Brendel, Raul Roulien, highly enational character the end. Lawrence O'Sullivan. Manya Roberti. Wirginin Cherrill, Olive Tell und scores of others,
j
Fash's Ugly (Neela)
R. II. McNair & N. A. Bott's
Sunny Joy (Wade)
3
Time: 2.32,
The Changsha Handicap "A." Eleven Furlongs.
Stone's Greystone (Parkin)
1
Robson's The Trench Bird
(Marshall)
W. A. White's Guardsman
(Maitland)
Time: 3.04.4/D.
The Changsha Handleap "B." Eleven Furlongs.
C. & F.'s Argonaut
(W. L. McCann) Lindsay's Sunlight (Needs).... Mr. & Mrs. A. V. White's White Turban (A. V. White)
Time: 3.05.
The Wachang Handicap "A." One Mile.
Fash's Black Velvet (Encarnacao) Me's Follow Me (H. Colla)
A. S. Henchman's Sandy Lodge
(Clark)
Time: 2,07.3/5.
Wuchong Handicap "B." One Mile.
Billy Reynell's Discarded Dick
(HOURC)
Morn's Silvery Morn (Noodt)
S. A. Judah's Four Eights (Judah)
Time: 2.11.3/5.
The 'Shanghai Champions.
One Mile and Quarter.
We Two's Mister Cinders (H.
Maitland)
Robson's The Dour Bird, (W. L.
McCann)
Tocg's Alligator (J. Pote Hunt)
Time: 2. 41.3/0.
The Jockey Cup. One Mile and Quarter.
Glen Lochay
Miss Adn Law's
(Charleton)
Morn's Rosy Morn (Reiber) Massachusetts Mongol Boy (Fer-
Kukan)
Time: 2.47.
The Ichang Cup.
Nine Furlongs.
Jeroml's Pop (House)
W. A. White's Sarchedon (W. L.
2
is a happy one. Edmund Goulding, the author and and director of "The Trespasser"
wrote and "The Devil's Holiday" directed "The Night Angel" at Para- Among nunt's New York studios. the prominent Broadway actors who play important supporting roles are Phoebe Fuster, Alison Skipworth, Donald Metk, Cora Witherspoon, Clar ence Derwent and Estelle Winwood.
"Danger Lights."
What impressed me most about the production of "Danger Lights" while
Their Mad Moment." Delightfully illustrating once againi the age old theory that love contains more than a little touch of madnens along with its proverbial blindnosa, "Their Mud Morent." charming Fox Films romance of Basque life and love featuring Warner Baxter and Dorothy. Mackaill, opened to en- at the Centrall thralled audiencea Theatre to-day.
ed
In a role differing radically_from
1 on location in the north and middle his former successes, Warner Baxter west? asks Louis Wolheim. A landrines beautifully to the demands plac- upon him in bringing to the gpeak- charac- slide where tons and tons of earth
ing screen the fascinating and rocks went rolling down across terization of a fiery Basque lover.
puffing Dorothy Mackailla blonde lavell- railroad tracks where
Was almost speeding freight train amotness, in the role of a fortune.seek- buried, stopping just in tinte-wasing. American society butterfly, was So was the scene never more strikingly contrasted than effective. very
train rushes where a fast express
2
2
3
by
down and strikes me during a very in this portrayal opposite Baxter's
compelling appeal. of dramatic situation. If either one
The story in the picture version of those "shots" had been miscalculated Elenner Mercesin's widely read novel, a split second it would have been "Baquerie," which was adapted to the end of both Armstrong and me. I've got a steady heart, last it stopped the speaking screen by Leon Gordon, beating twice in this pleture. One pir-noted dramatist who will be remem nensational stage suc- bered for ble this is ture as full of thrills as
"White Cargo." cess, enough to last me for some time.
It deals first with the frivolous set
ensinos
In
tho
But while these episodes were start- of pleasure seekers who haunt and ling, the greatest scene to me was beaches, gambling one of no danger to anyone. A scene luxurious hotels of Southern Europe taken at night--railroad washout during the husband-hunting season. a rainstorm. There it was.
It in while engaged in this never-end- swollen creek eating roadbed away, ing search that Dorothy Mackall is seemed like a living thing," maddened
attacted by Baxter, whom she be its lieves to be Jennicas who changed the creature glat
English- bont
Ita destroying gcourse,
Her engagement to a Peasant. It raged and man is railroad.
soon thereafter by enemy-the
who step-mother, is of its foc. her scheming tore at the vitals
for match
Dorothy's de- And through the haze that came
B
1
2
McCann)
T. Tollefsen's Den Dochy (Strij
waky)
3
Time:
2.90.1/6.
The Chungking Cup.
One Mile and Half,
on
mainly make thy!
from the smoke of
of torches which litsire to make a
up
the scene, a monster stood pant- the girl,
But by Zagu Pitts, in of close
ing and heaving, gasping and groan-an excellently played role
is tormented the thought
by
ing. It was the first incomotive of friend, of the folly of throwing away the stalled trains. dimly, save for a glimpse now and then as the breeze would lift the
agrees to hla ples that she ac- smoke for an instant, when the flash company him to his mountain farm,
One could see romance, ster up forever.
of light from its polished steel would hit the eye like a blow,
"Delicious."*.
of
She
thinking the trip will be a romantic Interlude before her impending mar. riage. There follows dramatie riage, twist in the story that brings "Their climax. Blad
Moment" to a surprison and! What is and to be a new technique Directors Hamilton
in the presentation of songs in on Chandler Sprague have shown tare pictures
"the
in "Delicious," occurs
new Fox musical romance, starring ability in their handling of this
and Charles
ries Farrell, drama. Nunce O'Neil, as "Le Mere" 1Janet Gaynor
Baxter's grandmother and head of
splendid
perfor: showing at the King's Theatre to-day. III
Morn's Sleepy Marn (Sokoloff)
Matsumoto's Nationalist
(Judnh)
Las Bad Lad (Encarnacao)
Time: 3.21.3/4.
MAMAK HOCKEY.
WINNERS TO PLAY "REST" ON SATURDAY
2
3
the Maniak The final match of
between the Bockey Tournament winners (the Radio Sports Club) and the the "Rest" will bo played an Y.M.C.A. ground Thry kind permission) at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday next. The Shield will be presented to the win- Rogers ners by Mrs. W. Waiton (wife of the President of the Kow- loon Residents' Association) at the conclusion of the match, at the Cen- tral British Association pavillon:
The Radio Sports Club will be re- presented by the following players:
Surjin Singh; Parduman Singh, Joginder Singh Grewal; M. H. Has- san, G. Jack, Mohinder Singh: A. E. P. Guest, Gurbachan Singh, J. T. K. Gilchrist (cont.), Kalwant Singh and Harbhajan Singh. Reserves: Spary, Atwa Singh, Jaggeet Singh and F. A. Kemp.
A,
The "Rest" will field the following team:
R. H. Wong (St. Androw's), Khungi Mohamed (Police), F. V. Wong (St. Androw's); N. Beitrne (Incognitos), W. A. Roed (Incognitos), capt., T.S.D. Whitley (Central British Associa tion); C. C. Francis (Central British W. G. Johnson (Central Association), British Association), Lieut. Whiteway Wilkinson (Signals), E. V. Rood (Incognitos) and D. Davis (Central
Association).
Rosorvce: British
R. Blackburn (Police), Sergt. Hurst (R.A.S.C.), R, C. Rood (Incognitos), Pte. Buckland (R.A.8.C.)
Referees: A. A. Dand and Cpl. Knight.
Friendly Match.
The Radio Sports Club entertained
team defeated a
representing and
fant H.M.S. Bridgewater in a very and sporting encounter on the Radio ground at Caroline Hill on Tuesday. The Radlo were victorious by fivn clear goals, G. Singh notching four and H. Singh the other.
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Am: 0. Finance Corp., $25 n.
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Cements (com.) $18.75 n. Ropes, $14 b.
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DEATH LEAP...
GERMAN BANKER JUMPS FROM WINDOW
The prominent
Berlin, May 4.
banker, Karl
In addition to "Delishious," the pic the clan, gives Pitts in seen to Blum: was killed instantly to-day ture features five other songs special- mauni fino advantage in an im- when he jumped out of the fourth ly composed by George
of
inmance, while Zasu
her
Law-floor window of the building in Grant, as the elderly millionaire
on portant character portrayal.,
I which is his newest contion to
Berious music, the "New York Rhap-ival of Baxter for Mackalil's hand which he had just been examined re- nody," said to be a companion plece is superb. Others in the cast worth Harding alleged Megal transactions
to his immortal "Rhapsody In Blue."
David Butler, who directed Afisa
Gaynor and Farrell in "Sunny Side ker. Mary Doran and Leon Janney. of emergency decrees.-Router.
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