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Sylvia Sidney and George Raft ap- pear together for the first time on the creen in the Vina Delmar story, "Pick Up The pleture opened yesterday at the Queen's Theatre exhibiting itself as a tender and hu man romance of young Jove, shot through with thrills, and tragedy,
The story of
Schulberg, production
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MOTOR MISHAP.
CITASHES INTO LAMP STANDARD
. A European and a Chinese are nt now lying soriously injured Kowloon Hospital ns the result of n motor accident which occur red in Laichikok Road, Shamshul- po, ahortly after 5 pm. yesterday. According to the report given
driven by a Chinese chauffour with Mr. R. Moore, a mechanical to with cor. Or No. 264. Fook Wing Stroot, Mr. Chung Sut-hon, of No. out, the girl) 33, Caino. Road, and Mr. Wal Po- sheung, of No. 69, Honham Road, as passengers, was returning to Kowloon from Castle Peak Road In Laichikok at about & p.m. Road near Shamshulpe, the driv- or tried to overtake another car which was on the road, but hit a lamp standard. All the glass in the car was shattered,
the Police, motor car No. 04,
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the story of released from prison to shift Herself, sul behind the work is her husband, whom she detests, on a murder charge. Once Ands herself facing starvation. allows a taxi-driver to pick her u achieves a fondness for him, which ripons into love, and has to refuse to marry him because of her previous marriage.
Through her encouragement taxi driver goes into the garage business, waxing prosperous. Becom ing
ociety-minded, he starts chasing girl, only to discover when almost too late, that his "pick-up" girl is the one who really matters.
In a series of dramatic scenes the
to its con swiftly plete bringing in the girl's hus clusion. band, who has escaped from prison to reclaim his wife. The story build to an exciting elimax, in which the love of the girl and her man is threatened. It is a dramate tale of power to which Sylvia Sidneyd George Raft contribute what are probably their finest performances.
"Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp" Supported by a cast including three internationally-famous comedians who recently returned to the screen after AI extended
stage engagements, ส
Jolnon at the King's Theatre to-day,
Serious injuries were received by Mr. Moore and Mr. Chung, and they were admitted to Kowloon lospital in a grave condition. fr, Wal Po-cheung escaped with only slight injurica. The chauf- four was unscathed.
Mr. Wai Po-chaung is well- known locally as a former jour- nallat, who is now with Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, the firm of solicitors.
Inquiries made at Kowloon Hospital last night revealed that both Mr. Moore and Mr. Chung were at in a serious condition.
ist. Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp, upon MANCHUKUO PLOT, the screen for the first time in more than two yente.
Jolson, first In the talkies, intro- duces a new screen technique which in canfidently expected to revolution; ize pleture making. Discarding most of the normal hethods of the mction picture studios, the star presente his new story in what is variously called "Musical dialogue" and "photographie musle."
ATTEMPTS TO OVERTHROW
PRESENT REGIME ·
Harbin, Oct. 16.
A plot aimed at the overthrow of the Manchukuo regime is alleg ed to have been unearthed follow- ing the arrest of a Manchukuo of felal of the Chinese Eastern. Rail- way.
His picture is something like Gu per cent musical, but the music and lyrics are an inherent part of the story in- The identity of the official is un- stead of being songs, as stich. There disclosed. His oflco was pro- is only about ten per cent of spokenviously raided and incriminating dialogue. The story of "Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp", written e pecially for Joleon by Ben Hecht, is brought to the screen with Badge Evans in the rincipal feminine role and with Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin in the principal mas-
culine parts.
With the exception of Miss Evans and Morgan, the entire cast plays strange characters, who glory in such names as Bumper, Exghtend, Captain Hell, Scure, Acorn, Ma Sunday and Apple Mary.
documents are reported to have been found, involving others' whose arrest the authorities are now seeking--Router.
and other such plays-but the role which gave him the greatest pleasure was Tarkington's 'Magnolia" "
In "Moonlight and Pretzels," Car- rillo deserts his Italian dialect and assumes that of a Greek, the role be in that of a big-time gambler. Also among the galaxy of stage, screen and
The story is laid in modern-day New York, against the background of Central Park, Wall Street, the teneri dia artists, are Roger Pryor, youth- ment districts and haunts of the rich. ful Broadway stage star who makes Jolson, minus blackface and playing his pleture debut in this Universal a character totally unlike any he has ausical, Alexander Gray, Bernice aver brought to the screen or stage. Derle Carson, The Four Eton Boys, Claire, Jack Denny and his orchestra, will ine throuhout the picture.
and The songa musicat
Herbert Rawlinson, the famous Frank dialogue are from the pens of Lorenz Hart and and Milt Britton. Klchard Rodgers, well-known cont~ |
Kerm
Helon Tweleraced!"
Bruce Cabot,
poser team of Broadway, and Holly Adrienne Ames, William Harrigan wood. The pair. stumbled upon the of their new musical ideus while working on Chevaller picture, and now they have fully developed the techulane in the Jolson film.
Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp" is Lewis Milestone production.
"Moonlight and Pretzels"
Loo Carrillo is ntore than just one
and Kon-Murray play-the-leading roles in "Disgraced" Faramount's poignant story of a woman who found but she was too modern, which comes Thursday to the Queen's Theatro.
оп
Miss Twelvetreea plays the rule of at attractive model. Cabot, climbing another step or the ladder to star- dom plays the other leading role, that of a wealthy young man-about-town. Miss Ames is cast as a
of the outstanding actors of the Darkented socialite, Cabot's fiancee,
American stage and screen. He is on arts foundation. He can paint, he can draw, he can sculp, he can write. he can sing, he can play, he ie a linguist, and he is an accredital Historian.
Harrigan plays the role of Miss Twelvetrees father, a police captain Murray is the latter's friend.
story centres about Miss Twelvetrees, who
arouses Cabot's Carrillo who has a strong charas interest the moment he sees her. Ho ter role in Univeraal's backstage pays ardent court to her, and she is musical romance, "Moonlight and soc convinced that their love is Pretzels, which opens on Thursday at reciprocal. When he tells her that he the King's Theatre, is now writing n is about to break off his engagement book dealing with the early days of to Miss Ames, she yields to lim com Californin from an historical stand-plately. All thla of course, is kept point. He is A of ability, and from Harrigan, the father. recently produced a volume of vereo
Poet
But shortly thereafter Miss Twelve.
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