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MADGE EVANS ROBERT YOUNG OTTO KRUGER
UNA MERKEL TED HEALY Directed by EDWIN L. MARIN Produced by LUCIEN HUBBARD A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Micture
Bright lights.
dazzling girls
lilting music... where love and mixed Are tragedy and laughter together to make H cocktail called -Life ! Come.... to Paris 1
QUEEN'S
THURSDAY.
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FILMLAND NEWS
£40,000,000 Spent on Cinemas In Year
MONDAY
BRIDAL DRESS
Of Pale Parchment Chiffon Velvet
STRIKING FIGURES DEEP CUFFS OF LACE
The amount paid by the public for admission to cinemas during) Inst year was £10,200.000.
This figure was quoted to the Economic Science Section of the British Association meeting at Aberdeen. recently, by Mr. S. Rowson, of London.
He also revealed that the re venue from the Entertainment Tax) on cinema admissions last year wha 50,700,000,
A detailed analysis of over 300,- 000,000 ticketa bought during the Arst half of this year in more than 2,000 cinemas showed, sald Mr. Howson, that the average price! paid for admission was a fraction over 10d.
In Britain there were 958,000,- 000 admissions a year, or an aver age of 18.500,000 ʼn week, and Ire- land raised the total to 19.250.- 000.
Out of 475 imported Alena registered last year for distribu- tion in Great Britain. 330 were registered by nine American- owned companies directly repro- senting leading American film- producing enterprise. The value of those Bima was 90 or oven 95 per cent of the total. The net value of remittances to the United States in 1933 in respect of films) was about £5,300,000, but against this had to be set the receipt from abrond of £000,000 on account of British filma.
"A Bridal Dress," "A lovely wedding gown..... zons made of pale parchment-colour chiffon velvet, with long filling cuiffe fn face of a slightly deeper tone, and a fluting lace collar which made a charming frame for the face."
"There is no market in the QUEEN'S PUDDING world," said Mr. Rowson, "not;
even the bazaar in the Far East.)
in which the art of bargaining is ONE eupful white breadcrumbs,
OCT
EXPEDITION TO ASIA
DROUGHT-PROOF GRASS WANTED
PROTECTING.
PRAIRIE STOCK
Washington, Oct. 10. Benusg the great drought turned millions of acres of fortilo furm landa nad grazing pastures into a parched sterile flesort the US. Argricultural Department in Rund- ing an expedition Into Central Asia- to search for pasture grasses that will resist drought.
In the present crisis millions of starving cattle and sheep had to be bought and slaughtered by the government because there was no hope of feeding them then. or in the near future. The introduction of a "drought proof" grass would do much to prevent the repetition of such a large-scale dlanster. agricultural exports feel.
Discussing the expedition, the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, said: "On the edge of the Gobi desert in Central Asia are great pasture lands, where the summer tempratures often go above 100 degrees and the winter temperatures more than 40 degrees below zero.
"The rainfall in this area la lead but than 16 inches annually
apparently there are certain pas- turo grasses which through thon- sands of years of natural selection have learned to adapt themselves to an environment as that of our great planes states this past year.
severe
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RESISTING CORROSION. "Most of the rainfall comes in Ithe summer and is sometimes tor- rential in nature, thus causing erosion. We are hoping to
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cover not only drought-resistant
exerelged with such great skill as dessertspoonful moist Hugar, one pasture grasses but also grasses
in the sale of films."
AN UNUSUAL CINEMA.
set.
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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
Across
5 It's a blessing when this creature
Joses its head. 8 Here is
bloom proserved in oil.
One of twelve.
one tablespoonful jam, one
and shrube with root stocks of a teaspoonful castor sugar, one- quarter cupful hot milk, one egg. type suitable for preventing wind Pour hot milk over breadcrumbs and water erosion in dry land and allow them to stand. Well rens.
"As a leader in charge of the The Roval Naval Cinema at grease a small piedish and place! Gibraltar is probably unique in jam in bottom. Separate the yolk current expedition to the Hingan the film world. for its entirely of exy from white. Well whip Mountains and the platus adjoining the property of the naval ratings, yolk and stir it into breadcrumbs, the Gabi, the Department has been concerned, and run for the exclu- adding moist augar. Put this fortunate to secure the collabora- sive benefit of the personnel mixture on top of the jam and puttion of Prof. Nicholas Roerich, the Internationally recognized authorl- stationed on the Rock and their in the oven to allow it to familles.
Meanwhile whip the white of egg ty on Central Asia. to a stiff froth with a little of the "For the last eleven years Prof. It is no "amateur" undertaking, castor sugar. When the mixture Roerich has made extensive but a first-class theatre, showing a set take it from even and cover peditions into Sikkim, Kashmir, thoroughly up-to-date programmer, with white of egg, lightly stirring Tibet, Chinese Turkeaton, Mon- With that thoroughness character the rest of the sugar into the golia and the Gobi Desert and Altai istic of all its undertakings the meringue. Now put dish back in-region where his exhaustive studies HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL; Navy supervises overy department, to the over and leave it until the of the scientific and cultural back-
whlist the audience itself is criti-, meringue is brown and crisp.
grounds of the entire Asiatic Geld have been second to none. cal and good-humouredly exacting,
"Since 1920 he has also been interested in botanical expedition old silent days of 1920, when a Federation, which is organising into Western Tibet, studying the seaplane, shed 'utilised by Ameri-(the movement here.
medicinal plants of this region. 10 The lower the higher, as divers can seaplanes during the war was!
well know. He says: "I am glad to know Because of this background which converted into a theatre. The enterprise was Bnanced by the of the successful result of the has caused him to be held in high 24. A fiery manifestation.
27 Lengthen. undesirable, esteem throughout Asia, w campaign against and restricted to Service men and their films and especially to learn of the hopeful of an unusually fruitful 28- Very frightened familles. With the coming of the valuable and widespread co-opera-expedition.
tion which you are receiving from "Accompanying Prof. Roerich 30 A craftsnian who could mend him talkies the show was temporarily the other dioceses in England and are his son, George Roerich,
an 31 A country upstart one gathers.. closed, but reopened again on the Wales. The campaign seems to expert on Central Asia and H. G. 12 At one. last day of 1931 fully equipped me to be organised on sound and MacMillan and J. L. Stephens of for talkies:
prudent lines, and in a way that the Bureau of Plant industry, who
of Americn Commander I. W. Whitehorn, cannot possibly give offence to any are fundamentally trained in the R.N., the commanding officer of right-minded person. May God, study
United PreRB. H.M.S. Cormorant, the depot ship bless and prosper your efforts."
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The cinema dates back to the
men's own moneya,
of Gibraltar, is president of
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SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE COMPLETES WORK.
Are we
and the effect is likely to be ai film famine.
the committee administering the affairs of the cinema, and Pay-i
Production during the coming master Commander L. J. Graham,
season will, it is stated; reach the R.N., is honorary secretary and Sir Cedric Hardwicke has finish-total of 173 features. The official treasurer. The manger is Chiefed his work on "The King of quota allows for the import of 175 Petty Officer Writer H. Bosher Paris," the British and Dominions, Bima from other countries, but of and the chief operater, Petty satire on stage folk and their ways. these 70 must be silent, so that Officer A. G. Baker.
The shooting schedule was care-the industry will have only 278 The theatre has a capacity of him the chance of making an early supply.
fully arranged in order to give sound pictures for the whole year's over 600, and the entire profits are devoted to benevolent and recrea-start with his theatrical tour, the tional activities of the Gibraltar scenes in which he appears being filmed Arst. Meanwhile plenty of work remains to be done on the film by the other members of the
command.
"CLEAN FILMS."
Cardinal Bourne, head of the Catholic
company.
BRITISH MOTOR RACING FILM.
All the thrilla of high speed motor racing will shortly be seen for the Orst time in a British film. Church in England, GERMANY'S FILM FAMINE. Under the provisional title of "Death Drives Through," Clifford has now given public and oficial
The German film industry is Taylor productions are using this support to the "clean films" cam faced with a serious shortage of theme for a picture which will product. At one time the leading feature Robert Douglas, Dorothy lio has written, sing no, to production country on the Contin-, Bouchier, Miles Mander, Frank Fr. Bernard Whelan, pjest-accret-dnt, political events have given Atkinson. Percy Walsh, and Lilian ary of the Westminster Catholic the industry a serious net-back, Gunn. Edward L. Cahn will direct.
paign.
SALESMAN,
SAM
Howdy Now Warming Up!
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11 The source of swarms of insects.
· 12 This "fence" is anything but an
obstacle to the burglar.
16 Slide in a modified way, 16 When he's a rogue he is a
torrible rogue.
20 A mundane epithét,
own head.
Down
1 Small change perhaps, but of
Uttle valuo.
2 Whatever is this was not "born
to blush unacen"
8 Partly repose but wholly im-
patient.
4 Suitable for an elder's spring
wear.
6 An obstacle of shells.
6 This rub becomes savage,
7 They say Australia is thin with
rabbits. 18 A bit of excitement.
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14 Headless remedies are not bless.
Ings. 17 Skin.
18 The home of an architectural
kem.
20 In this we included shrouds,
21 A weightless Arrtarctic explorer
is n certain bar.
22 You may take it as sald,
2 A mixed dish to me i® 11 Aitm-
mary affair.
24 Japanese island.
25 The contents of this may be
lecharged in time of war.
26 S. American republic.
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