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A Star
Ginger, Without Astaire
Ginger Rogers
"IN PERSON".
THE
HE film which started
the rumour that the Astaire-Rogers song-and- danco combination had broken up has come to town. Rumour lied. Radio has explained that Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire will continue to make two pictures a year together, and there will be no inter- vention by dancer Harriet Hoctor, : ,
But Radio also thinks that Miss Rogers can stand on her own pretty legs and reach the stars, So do I. Henco "In Person, which is at the Alhambra ΠΟΣΤΟΥ.
to-
There is something about Ginger. that this sage, for one, has always. liked. And after seeing "In Porson" ho likes her better than ever. So he bege permission to line up on the opposite side of the fence from the American wise-acres, who say Gin- gor is no star without Astaire.
There is Bothnayac it but it's one at all new in the picture, If you of those pictures that don't ask to be
analysed.
It's the old
"Toming
of the
Shrow" plot, with
GINGER ROGERS
modern variations. "twice as good because she
All you are asked
to do is to watch doesn't seem to think she's
Ginger, a film star
one
neurotic
too much
anything much."
fame, undergoing the taming process In a log cabin, with George Brent on the handle end of the whip.
The spectacle is a thoroughly agree. able one. It is human in a good, in- consequent way, it has aparkic, it is ingenious, and it moves with
com. mendable briskness from twist to twist. And Ginger, though at first disguised with fearsome jutting front tooth, is a treat to any eye and ear that know a treat when they meet
one.
She seems to have caught from Astaire that pleasantly modest -quality that is so rare in movie stars. She is good anyway, and twice as good because she doesn't seem to think she's anything much.
Team-work by Brent, Alan Mow- bray, Grant Mitchell, Louis Mason, and assembled company is of the best, and we can guarantee you a lot of laughs.
"In Person" is not a "musical" in the accepted sense; it has three or four songs and a dance or two, but it puts its trust in story and situation, especially situation, this being the
well-proved one of two young and at- tractive people of opposite sexes_bo- ing placed together in primitive sur roundings.
Sometimes they have been ship wrecked on a desert isle, sometimes they have boen marooned by their own rigid regard for convention in an apartment house. In this picture they'
and- they being Ginger Rogers George Brent) attain a picturesque leolation in a shack in the mountains. Miss Rogers, playing the part of a moving-picture actress, succumbs to a form of neurasthenia, known na agoraphobia or fear of public places
Anyhow, belleva it or not, the actress is so scared of autograph hunters that she changes her face to avoid recognition.
This facial change is a shattering thing!
makes one realise that Helen
of Troy and the Ugly Duchess wore
PANEGYRICS, PRAISE FROM PLAYERS
HONGKONG GETS EM THAT WAY
THIS WEEK THE ENTERTAINMENT PAGE, IN THOROUGHLY COOD HUMOUR, WENT ABOUT THE CITY GATHERING: BOUQUETS, H
CHARLIE CHAPLIN UNLEASHED ONE JUST BEFORE HE DEPARTED FOR SINGAPORE, AND BALI.
WARNER OLAND WAS STILL MUTTERING A MIX- TURE OF CONFUCISMS AND CONFUSED PANEGYRICS AS THE EMPRESS OF ASIA BORE HIM DOWN THE HARBOUR ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
ANNA. MAY WONG IS JUST BEGINNING TO ENJOY. THE REAL HONGKONG THAT HER FAMILY HAS BOASTED OF IN THE INNUMERABLE LETTERS THAT FINALLY DECIDED HER TO VISIT THE RIVIERA OF THE EAST.
To the Hongkong public a bouquet from no less a personage than Charlie Chaplin for the courteous manner in which they let him thoroughly enjoy his short holiday in the Colony.
The Travel Association henceforth has a strong ally in Mr. Chaplin, who intends to tell his flan-mobbed friends of Hollywood that there's one place in the world where the hand of main, woman and child is extended for a clasp instead of with an autograph book.
Charlie has by no means finished with Hongkong. Ife likes it so much, in fact, that the intends to return In alx weeks, and will spend at least a week here, reading, probably, on the Peak. That depends on the weather.
I hear from one source that Sir Robert Ho Tung, entertainer of most people of note who visit our Colony, has offorod Charlie the exclusive use of one of his palatini residences. During Charlie'd visit last week he was, as you can see from photograph elsewhere in this lasue, entertained by Sir Robert.
Meanwhile, we newspaper people are getting all hot and bothered about press preview of "Modern Times", which will be unleashed for our consumption soon, for yours on May 6 (at King's). London is still raving about it, says it's really something out of the bag.
IN
the midst of packing the large collection of jade and curios boughti In Hongkong, Warner Oland paused long enough on Thursday to rhapsodize about the Colony and utter Confucian sentiments that were ochood' in different words by Mrs. Oland.
Broadcasting? Oh! SO expensive!
DOLORES AND THE
NEWSHAWKS
Hongkong journalists rush- ...ed in force to meet President Coolidge on arrival from Manila..
Some waited throughout day on Kowloon wharves, for fog to lift,
Three magic words in pas senger list were cause. In- cluded in passengers was one "Dolores Del Rio",
False alarm! She was a Manila-resident. Hongkong-.. bound for holiday,
Reporters kicked each other In panta.
by "FIRST NIGHT"
THE Broadcasting Committee spent $45,300 last year. This year your programme will cost $56,500. That's not counting the cost of new plant, etc., service of officials of the P.W.D. etc., for maintenance.
How was this money spent last year: how will it be spent in 1936.
Take the case of a mythical Miss Peakpotts, soprano, who wants to broadcast.
She applies for an audition ..
"Hongkong peoplo mlas one thing that we tourists get," he said.
"You've lived here so long that you've become satiated with all the beauty around you.
"Flim stors who've returned to Hollywood from tours of the Orient have often told me about Hongkong, and It was mostly they who decided me to visit your part of the world thin time instead of my own country (Warner Oland is a Scandinavian).
"Our publicity people may exagger- ate a lot, but I find that my friends have not done so. Their descriptions of Hongkong have erred on the sldo of caution.
"Don't leave it to returning Alm stars to tell Hollywood about Hong- keng. Confucius said, 'The cautious seldom err, but Confucius never - vizited---Hongkong-and-he-also-said— receives a form from a $200 "When you know a thing, to hold that
you know it, this is knowledge', ' a month assistant secretary,... goes to studio.
"Let the world know about your Two officials (salaries totalling
beautiful city."... perhaps $750 a month) hear her... pass her. A $200 a month typlat fills details, typen out the pro- gramme for the newspapers,
-DANCES, DIALLINGS, DRAMA-
LOTS OF FUN FOR THE BRITAIN'S MILLIONAIRES
SEVEN good reasons why President Coolidge is popular liner to travel on along route to San Francisco are Eddie Harkness and his boys, who comprise orchestra aboard. No newcomers to Hong- kong, they have often been heard here, provided dance music at Gripps last night, will do so again to-night. If you're not a night owl, you can sit by your fireside, switch on your radio, and hear Eddie and his Orchestra from ZBW's studio from 7.30 to 8.30 to- night.
:
Comes the day of her broadcast. She goes along to the studio,
I told him that Hongkong consora had killed his latest picture "Charlle Chan in Shanghai,
"Heavena! Why 1" he exclaimed. But on some subjects, oven, news- paper-men are ignorant.
An announcer, receiving anything
"You must have some dictators from $200 to $500 a month, here,” ho observed. "Some parts of ceives her...a $25 a month cools the world are like that. It not a takes her hat and cont...another $25 very good Hollywood
for your country." coolle disperses cocktails.
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The announcer puts her at her, caso in front of the microphone... 36 or TUIE time has come to talk about Paulotte Goddard. She is, as you $10 a night accompanist is ready at know, Charlie Chaplin's leading lady the piano, and a $250 to $400 balance. In "Modern Times, and with mother and-control man juggles his dials in is accompanying him on present. Far East jaunt, In London 'reviews' nha another room.
rates as much attention as does hor Pauso a moment. She is preceded great mentor, an by a news balletin. It costs, in fees
For the very simple reason that to Reuters alone, the tidy sum of Charlie's leading ladles are always £600, or just under $10,000 per annum now and always news, while Charlie. (almost a quarter of ZBW's total sometimes isn't. licence fees from listeners).
DIGGEST function of past week was annual Empress of Britain gala at Pen. attended last night by all the big nobs and lesser nobs aboard Emprens of Britain. What you miss in cabaret items at Pen, you gain in unrivalled cuisine, service and atmosphere. Pity they haven't done more in social line this year at Kowloon's leading hostelry. Anyway, there'll be another opportunity to-night to attend extra spocín! function at this fondezvous, for Mino Host Dimond is putting on special dance for Britain and
You will have gathered by now that Paulette (who is going to be a star) Coolidge passengers!. Passengers from latter ship, numbering about 100, aró A telephone relay line conveys our started way back in the old Ziegfeld living at Fen. while their ship is in lock.
Third function within week will be held on Tuesday, when Empress soprano's voice from the studky to chorus, kicking a shapely leg way up tired Broadway of Britain passengers will be farewelled.
the station at Hung Hom...more over the heads of
business men. And they were tired) money for the lease of the lines.
then.
OST semi-old hands of Hongkong recall delightful Symphony Concerts that used to be held in Peninsula every Sunday night.. They've finished, sistors under the skin and not very. worse luck, but commencing to-morrow something similar will replace them, far under. The 'comely Miss Rogers, Through courtesy O.C. and Officers, Band of 2nd Bn. of the Lancs, will enter by inserting Lon Chaney fange in har tain in Lounge to-morrow night. Let's hope it will be forerunner of many mouth, and wearing glasses and a black wig, becomes one of those wo-concerts."
on with whom it is an embarrass- ment to talk over the telephone, pro vided one has a soupeen of Visual imagination.
FOOTNOTE: Virginia Regis intended
be a school teacher,. It te an appalling thoughi that at this moment she might be trying to explain the Arst principles of; geometry: ta mame brate, in' Tama2lantead of demonstrate Ing.biz Aguro, to the world, Mark -
Tke, school-touching ambition "did" nət⋅ xo very far. The crow for the Churlowton-broke “tand on what a break for, us) and Miss Rogers
www.lba, championship ver Texan, The
"Troms vandeville te Hollyweed "and" into the meme në Astalen In “day Direitos, *)"Roberta" *w** **Top: 181*23, om, glad that. She Rogore
I nat a school teacher.
Engineers at the station are all It was about then that Paulette waiting to receive the voice frequency, married a stockbroker. A nice min, signals from the studio and put them who really doesn't come into this, tale, on the air. The engineers may get since the marriage didn't take, anything from $100 to $800 a month, depending upon whether he's a Euro
Paulotte, head on high, aimed, for, pean or a Chiness.
Reno with girl friend and got her. divorce. Whereat the girl friend and MILITARY bands are becoming increasingly popular in Hongkong, and I
Also, lots of Government engineers Paulotte hired a Rolls and headed for can see reveralon to olden days, when everyone used to go to the park (salaries from $400 to $1,209 a California, South, with particular bent to listen to tham., Hongkong sadly mlasos those parka, where in between deras you could canoodle the girl friend or follow her with appreciative eyes, month) spend lots of their time slay toward that spot called Hollywood. depending on whether you were married or not Concurrent with Bonding, researching, putting up new And thu gals were lucky, because Concert at Peninsula to-morrow night, you'll be able to hear similar function transmitters, pulling down old trans after thoy, arrived.
Joseph Schenck mot them shortly from studio of ZBW when R.U.R. Band will commence first of series of fort mitters, shifting aerials, even shifts nightly studio broadcasts. Tline is 9' to 10 pm
ing sites, in the effort to bring Miss And Mr. Schenck, whole the soul Peakpotta volce to the Hongkong of bosultality, invited them to take a bite of fresh air aboard als famous 77BW's big day this coming week will be Wednesday, when Studio Variety public in the best manner possible. yacht for, the week-end AFAVO with the men are mind the bad hair danced Concert scheduled for 9.30 to 10,16% Artletes will include Bill WHAT KAPPENS ?
Cameron and George White in piano duos, Colleen Parker, Doreen Ma and
He invited Charlie Chaplin too. And others. ZBW Dance Orchestra will follow..
Charlle nevar rofuses a Bohèrèk, In- hunger and taken plac
So, with the entire wright of the "vitation." Hongkong Government behind, hér,
TAG: The Nat of that story you can work, microphone to full her $10 engage. ment Sheemile the frati shrill find Ihle importants notes. What happens Four thou Charlie liked 'MiLyGadd sand. three pihundred and; eighty all they'll matr. Muselike, hands reach out hastily for the radio But Cimarile a current i switche But that, in how the money, maka Mlak Godákyuk # ata.
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out for yourselves." Alwi studio from 10.16 to 11.16 Tuesday nights
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