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NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
THURSDAY,
APRIL 5, 1931,
are a few of the elements that dis- CONSIGNEES' tinguish "Eskimo," which is showing
Lo-day at the Queen's Theatre, as ong
of the most spectacular films of all
NOTICE.
time. Not only has the grandeur of THE DEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. frozen wastes Geen captured for sight... and hearing, but in addition the ple tuto contains vivid human drama that is heart-stirring in appoalag tender- nuss. Intimate scenes of Eskimos in
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO,* ANTWERP, LONDON and STRAITS.
If you are interested in the grief, you will batall Birould you lie to the little woman" In order to get away for your lodge's convention, sco Laurel tholz loves and hates provide a The Steamship, and Hardy's full-length comody fea-realism that could onlý bo squalled by!
"DÉNWYVIS" ture, "Sons of the Dosort," opening to actual experience among peoples of Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- morrow at the Queen's Theatre. It's the North. And through all this formed that all Goods are being land- a funny story and the comle pair make spectacle runs the love story of Mala, od at their risk into the hazardous It even funnier. As the husbands who Blighty Hunter, who battles the and/or extra hazardous Godowns of have to doceive their wives in order scourge of the white man to protect The Hongkong and Kowloon Whart to attend the "Bons of the Desert" con- the ones be loves. There can be no and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or vention in a distant city, Laurel and praises for his acting, becauso be lives from the wharves delivery may ba Hardy keep their audience convulsed before the camera as do all the other obtained.
tor portrayed than in this exceeding-powerful in
as comic situation after comic_situa-natives in the cant. There is not al No claims will be admitted after tion unfolds to their extreme discom- moment of "camera consciousness" the Goods have left the Godowns, and fart in each case. Stanicy's cry-baby during the entire picture. Josoph all Goods remaining undelivered after tactics and Hardy's disgust at his Sauers, Edgar Deering, Edward Hearn the 8th April, 1934, will be subject: mate's dumimons have never been bet- and other white men in the cast are to rent.
their portrayals: Two All claims against the steamer must ly riotous comedy. It will keep the roles of special interest are played by be presented to the Undersigned on entire family roaring. Hardy's meet. Col. W. B. Van Dyke, as Inspector or before the 19th April, 1984, or they ing with his practical-joking brother White of the Canadian Mounted Police will not be recognized. in-law offectively and humorously and Captain Peter Freuchen To comply with the General Bonded consignees played by Charley Chase, a star in his Captain of the whaling ship. CoL Warehouse Regulations own right, creates laugh-provoking Van Dykes directed scenes while he must have a Rovenno Officer in situations that add considerable foncted and Captain Freuchen author of attendance when damaged duttable to the film. Mae Busch, as Hardy's the book "Enkime," grow a beard and goods are examined. hard-boiled wife, and Dorothy Christy, long hair to keep his part realistic. as the beautiful, if nagging, spouse of Stanley's, prove perfect folls for the
buffoonery of this inimitable duo of
comics.
"Carolina"
In "Carolina, Janet Gaynor wil
Ab
All broken, chafod, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the
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play her seventeenth distinct charac In theatres, cinemas, dance halls terization nincs her great success in and at sporting events, as well as in 7th Heaven". While retaining her trams, buses and trains, we pre con- own personality, Miss Gaynor has tinually exposed to the risk of catch-
cokia, coughs,
and throat managed to enact a diversified set of ing characters, so that she rarely appears affections.
Respiroids, thá năn inhalant twice in a similar role. As Joanna in "Carolina", her next Fox picture, com- lozenges, provide an effective barrier and colds, and ing on Sunday next to the King's against coughs Theatre, Miss Gaynor will be seen as minimise the risk of infection. They
and are Southern settler, are pleasant to take, the daugther of a who introduces tobacco to the South. Jesigned that their curative cloments The difference between this type, and are convoyed immediately to the the farm girl of "Slate Fair la al- nasal passages, throat and lungs, the risk of infection is most the differents between modern whero and old-fashioned farming. She is a greatest. Carry them with you; they young girl in a world filled with a aro convenient for the pocket radle, electrical machinery and con- be prepared for their immediate use veniences, and the other a youngster when you encounter a crowd. who lives on a pioneering establish- pirolda are obtainable from medicine or direct at ment and who springs from the earth, vendors everywhere, returning to it in a single generation. $1.20 per bottle post free, from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 451, Klangsc Road, Shanghai.
"Gallant Lady"
The "Harding voice," eloquent with' emotion and vibrant with sincerity, is the envied of all enviers in Hollywood, and the dramatist whose destiny awards him the privilege of having Ann Harding assigned to interpret his character on stage or screen considera himself blessed of the gods. When Gilbert Emery, noted playwright and dramatic critic, and Douglas Doty wrote the story of "Gallant Lady, they had one actress in mind and sho was that one. This information was passed on to Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck when the script was submitted for their approval, and it was not until they had ascertained that her services would be available for this picture that they bought it
LONDON (via Australia) from £128.15.01 for 20th Century. "Gallant Lady" a (Australian Newspapers on Ale)..
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United Artists release which opened yesterday at the Alhambra Theatre, tells the atory of a girl whose lover loses his life in an attempt to fly the Atlantic, ignorant of the fact that she ไม bear his child. From that tragedy, and the surrender of her són for adoption immediately after his Birth, shò riven to buainess success. Destiny brings three men into the pattram of her life and at length offers her the privilege of reunion with her boy under penalty of silence regarding her true identity. Miss Harding's “guliant_lady is appealing in every way, a girl who has known bath the bitterness of poverty and sorrow, and
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"Eskimo"
Mighty epic of the Arctic; a saga of love and passion that flamed in sub- zero temperature; the greatest film record over made of a native people who defy death in order to live there
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