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Greta-have you met her? Norwe ginn, Miss Nissen born in Oslo. She studied muste, dancing and dra-
General Managers.matic art in the Royal Opera House. Hongkong. 15th June, 1932.
| Copenhagen, Denmark. When only
six, she played a tiny angel in t
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Sales. Cements (l'ombined) $18,40,
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Everyone has his ups and downs while he's trying to get the swing of things.
a new feature in
Hier
latest
is
of an intri- guing siren In "Ambassador Bill,"
Will Roger
to-day at the
the
up to
"chentre. "owing
in which
faned comedian portrays a home- spun U. S diplomat who hilariously lives
to his name, Miss Nissen is mistress if the dancing art from tap
Log, including the
Scandinap
CLFC
Jor
She insists she doesn't clothes which is somewhat ambiguous, but those she wears she wears. Greta's [growing in favour every day. Her art As an actress matches her skill as a danver. She is nimble at both entis, a shiver, a quiver. In kissin, Nissen; isn't tissin'!'
"The Perfect Alibi."
THEATRE.
Commencing SUNDAY, 26th JUNE.
A GRAND DOUBLE
́ ATTRACTION!
ALSO
BETH BERI
DANSEUSE
Miss Beri will appear with the usual picture
programme on Sunday, 26th and at 5.10. 7.15 27th inst. and 9.30 p.m. only from Monday.
-
"THE
MAGNIFICENT
LIE'
with
RUTH CHATTERTON RALPH BELLAMY
and
STUART ERWIN
A Paramount Picture.
Prices as Usual.
PLANS NOW OPEN,
A. A. Milne, muthur of the play, The Fourth Wall," from which the suming attraction at the Queen's Theatre,
The
Perfeet Alibi," is taken, is one of England's foremost writers, credited with several success fully-produced plays, and a number of novels which have enjoyed tremendous kering. Regla Toomey instantly de- serted lovely Miriam Hopkins; Direc everywhere, As ik
Lar Marion Gering and other folks en
aged in production, sprang their chairs to bolster the ranks of the self-appointed wricome
circulations isinge play,, "The Perfect Alili" enjoy en highly successful run for two years. Some of Milne's other better kanwn plays me "The Dover Road," "Mr. Pin Passes By," and "The Ivory Hour," the last of which ran for ten months in New York.
Mine is world-famous for his series
the
from
com-
mmittee, Virginia Lee was only six months, two weeks and one day old on this occasion, and looked decided- ly fetching in her fluffy ensemble and pillowing of pink and white. How of hooks for children. The Christo-over, she proved herself a real trouper, pher Robin series, the main character doing her part to the complete of which is his seven-year-old son, is satisfaction of director. She still widely-rend; one of the books, cried
once, and that fortunately, Winnic the Pooh was one of the out
was part of her
her role. The young standing best-sellers in the United
petress was accompanied on the set States alone. "Now We are Six" and by her mother, Mrs. George Picker- "When We Were Young," two other ing, a nurse, and Rachel Smith head books in the serien, were likewise best- of the child welfare department In sellers.
Paramount's Hollywood studio. At the conclusion of her scene in the picturization of Louis Bromfield'a best-selling novel, Virginia Lee was accorded a privilege which never has "A been granted any other person: limousine was driven up a ramp and through seldom-opened special doors directly onto the sound stage, to take her home in the style beltting the furore she created at the studio.
"Arrowsmith" at the Central "Arrowsmith," Samuel Goldwyn's
"The Perfert Alibi," which will be shows at the Queen's Theatre this week after "The Bigger Student" is a Basil Dean production relensed by Radio Pictures, Cast in the film are
Robert Loraine, Frank Enwton. Doratliy Boyd, C. Aubrey Smith, War- wirk Ward, Ellis Jeffreys and others.
24 Hours."
A tribute rated by few, perhaps no other cinema neophyte, wan that ne corded Virginia Lee Pickering, petite, blonde and blue-eyed, when she made picture starring Ronald Colman na the her initial entry on the Paramount crusading young doctor, now at the set for her role in "24 flours," dialo-Central Theatre to be shown at 5.15 gue edition of Louis Bromfield's papu-end 9.30 pm. only for the next two lar novel which the King's Theatre days, is acknowledged to be the will show, beginning next Wednes-masterpiece of Sinclair Lewis who is day.
the first American novelist ever to be awarded a Noble Prize. Even before he received that world-wide honour inst year, he had been known for ten years 115 A leader of American
Clive Brook left Kay Francis in the middle of a secne to greet Miss Pic
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TO SUNDAY, 26th JUNE.
COLD SUPPERS, AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS. MUSIC SELECTIONS BY RADIO.
literature.
The notion of writing a novel about a plagae-fighting hero came to him from Dr. Paul de Kruif, the fainous bacteriologist and eminent writer on medical subjects. All of the --- thentic material contained in the book and the picture was
"Microbe Hunters" and "Hunger Fighters" have been best sellers almost popular as Lewis' own.
De Kruif, whose broke by De
£19
"Arrowsmith" was one of the issues which led to the famous quarrel inst year between Sinclair Lewis and. Theodore Dreiser at the Metropolitan Club, Dreiser claiming that the pro- ject had been
been offered to him before it was to Lewis and that he had refused
il.
Howard, the Pulitzer Prize
B who has done the adapting
to the screen of all Ronald Colman's talking pictures, asserted, after finish- ing the adaptation of "Arrowsmith," that Sinclair Lewis' method of writing Bankes his bouks ideal from the the technical I point of view for the
screen. Their vivid characterization, episodic treatment and rapid nction, lie said, left the adapter little to do but con- entute the action and cut out minor de trils,
John Ford, director of the famous The Iron Horse, tad charge of the production of "Arrowsmith," n United Artists picture, for Samuel Goldwyn. Besides Ronald Colman in the leading role, the cast contains Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A. E. Anson, Beulah Bondi and Myrna Loy.
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Insurances,
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Shipping.
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H.K. Steambonte, $211⁄2 n2 Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $45, n. Union Waterboats, $20 n.
Mining.
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