FIRST NIGHT HEARS THAT
Clark Gable Is Coming To H.K.
THE HONGKONG TELKURAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY M, THR
ENTERTAINMENT
IJOT news-straight from Hollywood,
Gather around, all you Clark Gablo
fans.
Chief mutineer of the Bounty, Holly- wood's No. 1 thrill-seeker, is making plans. to seek new thrills in China,
He will travel to Macao by. Pan- American Clipper, via Honolulu, Guam, Midway, Wake Island and Manila.
Hongkong will be stepping-off point for tour of East.
Plan, long-cherished dream, is no longer a dream, Clarkie avers. It has been carefully arranged and will become a reality within two months.
"The beginning of my vacation in China depends upon M.G.M's. plans for me," he said in a letter to Far East representative.
"I have just completed work on 'Wifo yeraua Secretary, and have only one more picture to before I'm free.
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"I have 'toured Europe. I have down over South America, so I'm secking a new itinerary.
"Tell my friends in Hongkong. Shanghai and other centres that ever since boyhood, it's been my
dream to see China. It opens a new vista for me, and within three months my dream will be a reality."
Gable has just left Hollywood for a fortnight' holiday in Mexico to hunt and fish, before commencing his last picture prior to visit to Far Enst.
He is not the only star who has promised
visit this year. Ginger Rogers is coming; 8O Rre Wheeler and Woolsey, Douglas Fairbanks, and our own Wendy Barrie.
We'll give them all a right royal welcome.
FLASH! Warner "Charlie Chan" Oland will
STAR OF THE WEEK NO. 10 is girl who is making talkie debut in current production at Queen's. "Rose of the Rancho," Name is Gladys Swarthout, safe to say that before end of year whe'll be Gladys Sweetheart to multitude of cinemaddicts. Pretty and popular young unkrard of. Boru plays
King's Message From Daventry To-morrow
CHIEF radio event of forthcoming week
will be broadcast through Daventry. to-morrow of King's Message to Empire, mentioned elsewhere on this page. King's speech will commence at approximately midnight; will be of uncertain duration. Will be preceded by special musical broad- cast, interspersed by announcements every ten minutes. ZBW relays original broad cast at midnight to-morrow; transcription at 9.25 p.m. Monday night,
Back to past week to record appreciation of two outstanding broadcasts, Chief was that of Helen Lockhart, whose deep, rich contralto was heard for first time in many moons dast night. Mrs. Lockhart's return to Colony is great boost for ZBW, who should make every effort to please listeners by asking her to again become regular
| sopranos are rare enough Day 51 years ago, liken to cook kidneve
artiste. pretty and popular young contralton almost
paly
skis. An abler musician than most opera singers, she has 11 mother who dabbles in concert management, a sister who teacher ringing, a husband, Frank Chapman, Jr., toho took up singing after he resigned from editorial staf of well-known U.S. publishers, met Gladys | in opera house in Florida,
-talking oF TALKIES
HOLLYWOOD FINDS
A REAL STAR OF SONG
ROSE OF THE RANCHO
Queen's. To-day. SEEING Gladys Swarthout at a preview on Thursday made me wonder why Hollywood had not long ago signed her up for a long term contract.
She has all the Grace of la Moore, the Charm of a Carmen, the Glamour of a Garbo, the Beauty of a Beauty. Furthermore, she is introduced to a cinema public in Charlie Chan in Shang, a vehicle, revival of a famed stage success of same name, hal" (banned in Hongkong) in reality that ensures success before a camera is turned. within fortnight. Accompanied by wife, he is enroute to East, transferr- Ing Thursday from her Malolo to Dollar skip. Itinerary includes Hong-
THE Number One Metropolitan
Opera star has a Latin ap-King George-
kong. Manila, staying week in each pearance well suited to the story
centre. Annie May Wong, who has of Spaniards in California and played opposite Oland in several ple their efforts to hold their an- tures, will probably meet him in Shanghai Sho leaves Ilongkong for cestral-estates-against-carly
northern centre to-morrow,
land grabbers. Furthermore, the dual roles of Rosita Castro and Don Carlos, masked leader S most people do when they come of the Spanish vigilantes, enable to Hongkong, Anna May Wong her to maintain a tradition has developed a slight cough. And, which she inaugurated at the as most people do, she blames the Metropolitan Opera as the page abiquitous cigarette. So, just to curb in "Romeo and Juliet", of ap- My Lady Nicotine, Anna May has taken to smoking the most expensive pearing in masculine costume,
cigarettes on the Hongkong market.
You'll like the story but, beat of
They cost us two cents each, but they all, you'll like the times when, with
cost her 12 cental
and without the somewhat tremulous
King Edward
Film To-morrow..... CONCURRENT with presenta»
tion of "Whipsaw," Alhambra Theatre is screening Cavalcade of Life of late King George, in cidents from life of King Edward VIIL
REGINNING of big things xeon in
broadcast last Wednesday night of ZBW Dance Band. Studio dance orchestra often been mooted at 2BW, never accomplished until this week. It will be a regular feature, nug- mented да time goes on. Should bo decided asset
In
Next week will be quiet one ZBW studio, where announcers will have to company. Outstanding broadcasts scheduled for next seven days are relays from Daventry, chief of which is to-morrow's. Much of to- night's programine will also be taken up with Daventry relays in connection with Dewi Sant's Day (St, David to you!). Dewi Sant la to Taffy what St. Andrew is to MacWhirter, but there are important differences. The farther the Scot gets from his native heath, the more fervently he cele brates his national day; Teffy, on the other hand, celebrates his national day quite as onthusiastically in Wales as in any other part of the world.
Since March 1 falls this year on
Sunday, celebrations are being held tu-day. St. David's Ball has been cancelled in Hongkong for first time In many years, due to death of King over ambitious programme. Keynote
George V. But Daventry is putting will be Wales in action, Welsh music,. Welsh literature, Welsh industries,
Welsh Youth.' '
Two studio items aro scheduled from ZBW studio on Wednesday, First is Jazz plano recital by In- imitable Bill Cameron; second is Recital of Russian Songs by Maria Moskalenko, whose soprano pleased listeners greatly on her first mike ap- pearance short while ago.
-Radio Star No. 3: Lị Chor Chỉ is one of ZDW's really talented auter, tainers, always sure of big unscen audience whenever programmed. Cut his public teeth an ZBW's microphone and was one of first to broad- cast from station on opening night more than five years ago. Those were the days when studio was in Post Office building, and rumble of passing trams and traffic used to make listeners gnash teeth. Hlas talent- ed brother, Jamca Zeemin Lee, whom you saw in Hellywood's "Kennel Murder Mystery", whom you would have seen in M.G.M's "Painted Veil if censors hadn't got busy. Incidentally, James is ravisiting H.K, this year. Both are Australian bort.
THE KING'S MESSAGE
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Daventry broadcasts of Ila Majesty's speech will be follows all times being Hong- kang Times:
TO-MORROW NIGHT CSD, 11,750 k.c, 25.53 metres GBG, 17,700 k.e, 16.86 metres GSF, 15,140 kr., 19.82 metres 11.30 pm. Afusic, with frequent an
natuncements.
12 a.m. approx. King's Speech.
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Electrical Transcriptions will broadcast on Monday as
follows!
6.30a.m. Transmission IV, 8.50 a.m. Transmission V, 11.10a.m. Transmission VI. 9.25 p.m. Transmission II. Relayed by ZBW. Relayed by ZEK.
FOR
GRAMOFANS
Gripping King George's last broadcast, at Christmas Inst year when he gave his message to the Em- pire. It preceded his death by four weeks, Published by H.M.V.
Baldwin's moving
Two of ZBW's leading behind-the- scone personalities have booked pas Augus by luxury-liner Empress of Britain next month. They are. Mr. Serious: Mr. M. J. Breen, Postmaster General, Mr. oration on the King's death-broad G. Madgwick, Engineer, P.W.D., both cast on January 21-now published in off on leave. To Mr. Breen gues mest "His Master's Voice" records. It oc of kudos for present non-technical cupies six large sides. Profits from efficiency of local broadcasting: to records go to charity. with
Mr. Madgwick equal kudos for tech-. nical side.
With exception of news reel of King's funeral, rushed from Lon- don, this is first film acreened in
Hongkong in connection
recent death of the King. It was rushed to Far East from Unistates as soon as King's illness began.
"I'm cutting out cigarettes," she accompaniment of John Boles, Gladys come to found the first San Francisco said firmly. (Haven't we all7)
Swarthout Binga "It Should Lose newspaper: Mary Rutledge (Miriam You," "Little Reso of the Rancho," Hopkins) has come to get what she to "The Vigilante Song," "Where is My can.
Love".
And hero's the way she's going
do it.
Purpose of departures is Home Leave. Butholidays will be bus men's type, because both are going to investigate broadcasting in Unia- tates, Unikingdom, elsewhere. They will return in time to see ZBW's now 2 k.w. transmitter take the air in October or so, and will almost do- The man she was to marry is dead, finitely bring back lots of suggestions Two cents to buy the cigarolfé. 'But By her singing In this film, Miss and so she attaches herself to Louls for improvement of local broadcast ten cents towards the Anna May Swarthout makes it clear that in the Chamalls (Edward G. Robinson), ing, already, at bigh level through Wong Cigarette Renunciation Fund current eperatle sweepstakes, she will owner of the most notorious gambling their enthusiasm.
not be outdistanced by the Hollywood saloon and the wealthiest man in the field. She is Josa bouyant than city. And while Chamalis robs Columbia's Grace Moore, but she has
the She sighed, and let me feel the mora, chic, M.G.M.'s Jeanette Mac- those who complain too loudly of his minera of their gold and murders weight of a pleasantly full money box. Donald may do better in her under methods, Cobb tries to publish the One thing, I'm sure saving money," throat muscles do nat wiggle. Over neds corruption too strong. Edward but Contrallo Swarthout's truth about him in his paper, but RKO-Radio's little Lily Pons, she has G. Robinson is at his best in a part the definite advantage of being able such as this, and gives to Chamalis to talk English..
a coarse, swaggering conceit, while "Rase of the Rancho" of carries Miriam Hopkins agta with spirit and As I elcsut the door I heard the this page's heartiest recommendation. conviction as his mistress, who, in the faint tinklo of falling money.
for each one she smoken.
"Does it work?" I asked.
sho said by way of reply.
"Have a cigarette," I said.
I prepared to depart.
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FACTS: Gladre Swarthout made debut at age of 13 at nekoal recital. Audience Included wealthy Kanas Citylles who affered to finance
NEXT time I see "Previewer". NEX
of musical, aducation. Theresfier nào heesma NS.. C. M. Past, I'm going to suge where betweentimes the saTE
aldent at Book Conservatory in Chicago. Hata theatre gest that next year's popular "alm titelt, sololied with Minneapolis Armphens. became miner member of Chicago Civic Opera star content be turned into an UN- Company. After summer in Europe and three POPULAR Alm star contest. Then seasons with Ravins Opera Company in US Hetropolitan Opera Company, made de- people wouldn't be able toʻgrumble bat sa biind mether in "La Giocanda.". about the wrong person winning
Idea wouldn't be now. It was tried
BARBARY COAST
spector whom she ruins at the tables. end, falls in love with a young pro Carrice this page's recommendation.
WHIPSAW
· Alhambra, To-morrow is se gangsters. At least, the gangs
gangster film without ters you'll soo are tame ones, duo to little misunderstanding with `the
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censors.
Social Activities
Funny: Stage dialogus for the gramophone is risky adventure. night at 8.80" double-triptych en to Noel Coward has put two of his "To- II.M.V. records; one excerpt fails, the other is gloriously funny.
dialogue between two of the kind of "Red Peppers" (H.M.V. C2815) is a music-hall performers you love beat. the fifth-rata ones. Gertrude Law- rence and Coward cracking such Jokes my wife." as "That wasn't no lady--that was "Shadow 'Play" is not so successful (H.M.V. C2186).
MAKE YOUR BOY FRIEND YOUR GUEST TO-NIGHT TO-DAY is big-day in feminine world--it happens just once in
every four years,
If you see a lot of announcements of engagements In to February 29. morrow's papers, if price of diamonds go up, blame Saturday,
Local girls, Judging by bookings at Gripps, have avidly seized upon idea, suggested by this page a month ago, of reversing ordinary procedure, taking boy friends out instead of vice versa,
minute, Gripps were unable to arrange for cabarot items for co-night's gala. Because negotiations with entertainers in Shanghai fell through at last But what you'll loan in entertainment will be made up by fun and frolic. Bands are all pepped up for occasion, chat has made mupremo effort and it's just the weather for dancing.
TN addition to the numerous private Leap Year Day partles, four public functions are advertised for to-alght. First and foremost, of course, is the Gripps and Peninsula, rendezvous of the upper 800. Dance, while a Plain and Fancy Dress Carnival is scheduled at the China KOC always purveyors of bright entertainment, are holding « Gala Flost Club Theatro, St. Andrew's Hall will be scene of social gathering. proceeds of which will go to charity,
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net long ago in London, where 124,-
King's To-morrow. Despite cuts--they don't matter 000-odd people sent in their votes. MÈRICAN, studios go far afield much-"Whipanw" is a slick gangster in search of material for their meledrama with Myrna Lov at her Doubtless the character played had films, but they're always at their best "Thin Man" heights, Spencer Tracy something to do with the judgment when they're concerned with their lately, Myrna is cast as alluring Fact remains that on balance of own country.
also way up above much he has done number the list of most disliked
erook belonging to gang after famous women was headed by-Mas Westi In "Barbary Coast'", as in "Rose string of, pearls. The loot is duly of the Rancho, we see life as it lifted and the rest of the film is Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Joan was lived in San Francisco in the taken up with the adventures in con- Crawford Constance Bennett and middle of last century, when the gold nection with its return, DUROPEAN Y.M.C.A. is proceeding quietly with arrangements for Inter Marlene Dietrich followed in order rush brought a lawless moh givan,
"the moh to West in search of a fortune.
In between there is a wealth of sensori,; and promises to be jollcat evening YM.C.A. have attempted for
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rational Night next month...It will be one big splash to end winter APONTA delightful by play between Myrna Jimmy Cagney was on the top of deep la mul, money was quickly made
ing, cliquedsm that once threatened to wreck all social activities. These days the most disliked mon's list. - Lob and more quickly lost, human life was dominating the admirable blend of Tracy came next; and then Adolphe cheap, and a white woman almost tic comedy, Myrna Loy is strongly
the Women's Section works In with the men al good time is had by all". alick gangsterdom nad genial' Menjou and George Raft.
unknown,Through the thick fog reminiscent of Thin Man, Spencer hanging over the harbour a aniling Tracy shows himself the pastmaster More than 80 per cent. of voters in gers with vary different aim, cllimax will give you plenty of some function to farewell Mr. Miss Ingram leaving for Here's hint for local theatros, ship picks its way to land two.passen of pacudo-truculence. A well-knit in Gloucester Bulidine in ureparation for dance and social on March 12, AUSTRALIANS, Enzadders, are polighing up floor of Association Rooms Landon questionnaire wanted organ
when President Dr. H. D. Matthews will be farewellat. Opportunity, will playing to be feature of cinema-pro-Colonel Cobb (Frank Cravon) is pense grammes, replacing, canned, overtures. A journalist and an Idealist, who has Carrion this page's recommendation.
Australia welcome. Harald Brokenshire, one of the founders, Just returned from South.LAN
READERS WRITE TO "FIRST NIGHT”
About The Lack Of British Films
HAVE been deeply in-
terested in your Enter- tainment Page, especially "First Night's" comments from time to time on films. -.-.
On the whole, Hongkong is quite well served with pictures; wo.seem to be gotting more up-to-date films than over before.
But what about a fow more British- pictures, especially those in which Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn appear?. It's a long time since we've seen the Aldwych Players on the screen local- ly. After all, Hongkong is a British Culony. So what about it?
.
And let me make a plea for morg Nature Study shorts. Occasionally we got one or two worked into local prokrammes, but not nearly enough. One that I saw the other day, entitled "Neptune's Mystories," depicting real- ly marvellous under-sca, life, - waa most entertaining and Instructive. The same is true of another which showed the strange Hittle creatures which came to life after, a wisp of straw had been placed in a tumbler of water. This typo of film is of marked educational value. Can't wo have more of them 2-FILM FAN. Clara Butt Records
ZBW should watch the passing of the great; take a leaf from Daventry's programme. Fine opportunity for reellal of records was missed when Dama Clara Butt died Inst week-- even now I am hoping that we can hear some of her records. Similarly, when Rudyard Kipling died, surply someone could have given a recital of some of his works-J.M.
Tiny islands Empire Will their
of our hear
new King
THE King's voice when he broadcasts to-morrow will be heard by many more people than were able to hear the voice of his father two or three years ago.
Radio develops fast on the outposts of Empire. In twelve months places that were cut off from all communication with the civilised globe have been brought into contact with it. New radio stations have been opened; more powerful amplifiers employed.
Now the voice of the new monarch of an island race can reach his vast Empire of islands in the Pacific, the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,
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For example: The descendants of the crew of the Bounty who mutinied in the reign of George III. will listen in. Eighteen members of that crew the non-mutineers-were put off in a longboat and travelled 4,000 miles before they were picked up. In the end the mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island. The Inst of the Bounty's crew, John Adams, died there in 1829, but the tradi tion of loyalty to the flag is carried on.
Our Empire of Islands dres not station which has been rehabilitat- consist of little stretches of ground ed. New Zealand now administers like the Isle of Man. There is New Nauru. The Germans there are: Guinea among them. It is the few and far between, and the other inhabitants have long fallen under largest island in the world.
the spell of the English language. By Air To The
This radio station, originally, In- Goldfields
tended to flash the messages of the
came.
have a radio station at the mines and another at Rabaul.
There soldiers
from Fort St.
Its vast stretches of forest, jungle Katser to his marauding cruisers in and marsh Infested by reptiles, the Pacific in 1914, will in 1936 be beasts of prey, with here and there harnessed to hear the volco of King. a village where cannibalism is still Edward. practised, wore a closed book to the white man till the airplane George and sailors from Fort
Now every morning the miners leave for the distant gold- Hamilton will gather with the fields by air, and return each night coloured populace outside the white to Rabaul, the capital. A few white terraces of Government House to people, however, are left behind in hear the voice of the King-through charge during the night.. They the powerful Admiralty nerial.
Not far from whore Napoleon was laid temporarily to rest in St. Britons living in the midst of Helena there now soar high above the world's lust cannibals will re- the willow trees the tall masts of main awake until 3 a.m. to hear the radio station. There is ro the voice of their King. We in mance in that. The King's voice Hongkong will hear him at mid- will come, floating over the emply alght.
grave at Longwood, over which n A powerful radio station has Empire which is alive will speak to Tricolour files day and night. An
been set up at Nukalofa, the capital, one that changed. of the Friendly Islands, where, in the grounds of the Queen's palace, without the firing of a shot or the During the Silver Jubileo year, is still preserved a tortoise present- ed to her great-great-great-grand into the British Empire the ancient sacrifice of one life, there slipped father by the celebrated Captain State of Hunza, situated on that Cook.
frontier where India, China and Near where the famous navigator Russia meet.. was housed, Queen Saloto will wait
for the voice of King Edward. She Descendant Of Is the Empire's only reigning Queen. Her dynasty was reign Alexander ing before the Norman Conquest part of the British Empire. over a vast domain of islands now They Passed The "Hat Round
Tho' Mir of Hunza claims descont from one of the captains of: Alex- ander the Great, Hò has blue eyes and golden hair. His palaconis stocked with Greek sculptures which
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands, was once held in thrail by Alex
Englishmen have dug out from the valleys to prove that that territory also in the Pacific, recently passed ander the greatest figure of the
country a contribution of about Sinco $150 for strongthening the Royal strategio reasons last May a radio Britain took control for Navy Fifty years ago the father station has been erected. The voice of our new King, thon a cadet of the new King will reach over aboard the Bacchante, visited these the Himalayan snows, to the new remote domains of his grandmother, outpost of the British Empire. A Queon Victoria.
ozzole half-dozen Britons, surrounded by In Nauru, In the Samoan group, Mongolian coolies will wait a thore is a powerful Gorman radio listen,
In those days the streets were foot Loy and Spencer Tracy, their work many moons. Noticeable in Y.M.0.A. functions lately, in absence of bleker the hat round: and sent the home ancient world.
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