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OBITUARY
SIR IL DRAKE-BROCKMAN
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MONDAY, JULY 17, 1933.
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In the revolution in Hungary In and in graphle datall portrays the 1918, Lugosi was one of the principal lower East Sido and upper Park Houtenants of Count Karoly, who | Avenue, seized the reins of government.
"Soon afterward, however," says Lugosi, in recounting his adventures during those hectic days, "the royal- ists regained control of the govern ment, and whenever they could find a member of the Kardiyi party, they proceeded to hang him. I escaped into Austria, then went to Germany: and finally proceeded to the United States.
There is a love background running through it, plenty of wholesome comedy with a thrill or two, and the whole is portrayed by a youthful cast of beauty and charm.
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hot rhythm pictures and talkles that spout sex. They are going back to the kind of wholesome, störles that made Mary Pickford, and love tales with a modern realistic background. Such a story is "The Silver Lining” mado by Patrician Pictures and London, July 15, Fugitive from a hanging squad, directed by Alan Crosland, which Announcement is made of the with a price on his head! This was comes to the King's Theatre as the doath of Sir Henry Vernon Drake-the rather unwelcome role which a next atraction., Brockman, the barrister-at-law, few years ago was forced on Bela This is a story of New York-the who, for more than a quarter of a Lugost, the famous Hungarian actor two extreme sides of New York life contury, has been actively as who is now appearing at the King'spent house luxury and tenement sociated with the Judiciary in Theatre in the United Artists plature, poverty. It records the lives led by India. Our Own Correspondent.
"White Zomble,"
the ultra rich while the poor starve, Sir Henry was born in Madras In 1806 where his father, Mr. H. J. Brockman was Crown Solicitor. He returned to England for his education, attending Charterhouse as scholar and exhibitioner and St. Petor's College, Cambridge. In 1886, he gained his First Class Law Tripos and went to India in
Maureen O'Sullivan plays the lond- the same year, From 1886 to 1890
ing role. John Warburton is op was Assistant Commissioner
pearing. In his first screen role, direct from the Broadway stage. Betty in the Indian Civil Service and
Campson, of beloved memory, has the during the two following year was Under-Secretary to the Chlof
second feminine role, Montagu Love, Commissioner, C.P." In 1802 he
the suave and polished villain of many was appointed Commissioner of
a screen presentation, is also in the Excise, a post he hold for two
In addition there is pretty Mary LONDON yours. In 1895 he was made
youthful atage brunete, and a Deputy Commissioner at Wardha,
bevy of Hollywood beauties, and and from 1896 to 1901 hold the
When a picture such as "Platinum snappy boys from the cinema capital. office of Divisional and Sessions Blonde," opening on Thursday at the It is a picture built for entertainment Judgo at Nerbadda. His next ap Queen's is being filmed, dowagers and purposes only, and the scones are ald pointmont was that of Deputy debutantes come into their own in the in New York's tenement district. LIVERPOOL SERVICE Commissioner, Raipur, In 1901, and flim capital. They are highly paid fashionable Park Avenue, aboard a he officiated as Judicial Commis- extras, a limited number out of the yacht and In smart, Westchester DARDANUS 28 July sioner in 1903, 1905 and 1906. In sixteen thousand odd registrants at Country.
| NEW YORK SERVICE 1900 he became Judicial Commis-the casting offco who can successful.
GLAUCUS sioner of the Central Provinces y wear the clothes and observe and Berar, India, a post he held nicelles of social behaviour commonly
accredited to the leisured class. until 1981.
He
"Platinum Blonde" practically ex- haunted Hollywood casting offices social registers.
bo
wan
created a Knight in 1913. He leaves two sons, a wife predecensing him by two years.
Sir James Craig
London, July 16. The death of Sir James Craig, of 18, Merrion Square, Dublin, marks the passing of one of the foremost and most able members of the medical profession in Ireland. He was M.P. for Dublin University in the Dail Eireann.
At the time of his death, Sir James held many appointments, amongst them being King's Pro- fessor of Medicine at the School of Physic, Trinity College, Dublin; Physician to Sir Patrici Dun's Hospital; Consulting Physician to Dr. Steeven's Hospital, to Crooka- ling Sanatorium for Consumption, und to the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda; ex-President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; and Lecturer on medicine to the post graduate classes at Trinity College, Dublin.
|| "Platinum Blonde" - Dowagers and debutantes ara cost. social classifications in New York, but in Hollywood they are jobs Doran, wanted.
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"Platinum Blonde" has #4 pro-
Durante and the, Kangaroo tentious cast headed by Loretta Young, Robert Willams and Jean Round and round the ring fled Harlow. Supporting roles are play- Jimmy Durante, followed by a trained ed by Louise Closser Hale, Donald boxing kangaroo, intent on putting Dillaway, Walter Catlett, and Halli-him down for the count. well Hobbs. It is Frank Capra production.
n
Thus "Schnozzle" got his greatest thrill to date in a talking pleture. It happened in "Hell Below," Metro- "The King's Cup"
Goldwyn-Mayer's spectacular thriller The Central Theatre is showing of submarine warfare, now playing st "The King's Cup", the air thriller the Queen's Theatre.
Jimmy braved being under from the British and Dominions
water studios, produced by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Bouchier and Harry Milton.
There are some really remarkable lying stunts to be seen in this picture, culminating in the famous King's Cup race actuaily Bined during last year's race when Captain Hope won the cup. The result is fascinating in the extreme, giving as it does some wonderful shots of familiar stretches of country receding below the plane speeding at over one hundred miles an hour.
around Britain, which
The story is a romantic one con- the love affair of a pretty
Sir James was born at cast- lecatt, Rushmills, Co. Antrim, in October 1861, the Academical Institutuated at shop-girl for a good-looking pilot, and how, when he is disqualified after a raine, and Trinity College, Cam: nasty crash, she gets her pilot's cer- bridge. In 1885 he graduated with tificate and enters for the King's Cup. the B.A., M.B., and B. Ch, degrees
Dorothy Bouchier, looking, lovelier of the Dublin University.
than ever, makes a charming heroine, Since that time he has held many and the handsome Harry Milton, medica! appointments
amongst them being the following: Assistant expert pllot is particularly well cast
as the hero. physician (1886-02), Visiting physician (1892-1910), at the Meath Hospital, Dublin; Demon-
in
aubmarine for fifteen days and was funny ns ever. But when they put him in a comedy sequence with the boxing kangaroo in the Italian carnival sequence it was funny to everybody but Jimmy.
The brute wanted to knock
I
scen the
my nose--the nage I got insured!" says Jimmy. "He wanted to batter my career flatbut gleam in his eye and keeps away. This here kangaroo could jump ten feet in the air. I hate to think what me-only I didn't stop. he'd done to If I never see another kangaroo it'll be too soon!"
the
Jimmy playa "Ptomaine,"
vivid drama of life with a submarine flotilla in action, based on Commander Edward Ellsberg's novel, "Pigbonts," Robert Montgomery, Walter, Huston, Mndge Evana, Eugene 'Pallette, Robert Newell and others are in the cast.
Young
Edwin Styles, David; Much of "Hell Below" was filmed on actual submarines in action at Pearl Harbour. The torpedoing of "The Silver Lining"
ships,
anti-aircraft operations, the blowing up of a fort and bottling up Motion picture producers are move of a harbour are among the details strator of Anatomy at the Irishing-away-from-gangster-Alms,-red-which-create-a-spectacular back- Royal College of Surgeons; Extra lecturer on medicine, Carmichael College, Dublin; Assistant Physi-
clan at the National Children's Ireland from 1897-1910, and Censor Hospital from 1886-96; Honorary and Vice-president from 1914-14; a Secretary of the Leinster branch member of the Council of Trinity of the British Medical Association College, Dublin, from 1913-16. from 1895-1906; President of the General Secretary and Editor of branch in 1906; a member of the Transactions of the Royal Academy Central Counell of the British of Medicine in Ireland, 1904-10; Medical Association; Vice-president of the Medical and Neurological Sections of the B.M.A., and member of the Irish Committee of the same Association; Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians,
MEET ME AT THE QUEEN'S.
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External Examiner in Medicine at Queen's University, Belfast, from 1916-20; and Examiner in Medicine for entrance to the R.A.M.C. from 1002-05.
Sir James has, contributed
to many periodicale including the Dublin Journal of Medical Science, and Transactions of the Royal the Academy of Medicine. Ini British Medical Journal he has con- tributed numerous papers norvous, gastric, haemic and other diseases.
оп
He married in 1906, and leaves a widow, three
sons and one daughter-Our Own Correspon-
dent.
Mr. Edwin Ward
London, July 16.
The death is announced of Mr. Edwin Ward, director of the Royal Scottish Museum, at the age 53,- Our Own Correspondent.
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