THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPİL SATURDAY, OCTOBER E. 1986.
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DOUG. FAIRBANKS, LADY ASHLEY TO FLY TO HONGKONG THIS MONTH
Hollywood Star
To Make History On Pacific Hop
BY "FIRST NIGHT"" DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, accompanied by wife (former Lady Ashley) is re- turning to Hongkong.
Due here at end of this month, Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks are making history on their trip.
They will be first paying passengers to cross Pacific by Pan-American Clipper on inaugural commercial flight.
Clipper leaves Alameda Airport, California, on Wednesday fortnight, arrives in Manila on following Saturday,
Other passengers are (according to United Press) Mr. Thomas H. Beck, of New York, Mr. R. F. Bradley and Mr. T. F. Ryan, of San Francisco. Mrs. Clara Adams, of Pennyslvania, Messrs. George I. Brown, G. R. Carter, Jr., and Edward B. Brier, of Honolulu, Mr. Herbert Shipman, of Hilo, Colonel Charles E. Bartley, of Chicago, Dr. Bolivar Falconer, of Marlin, Texas., and Messrs. Louis Weinzheimer, E. N. Backrach and Mrs.
B. M. Lauritzen, Manila residents.
Thomas H. Beck is publisher of famous Collier's Magazine, one of leading magazines in world.
Bolivar Falconer was in Hongkong few months ago on aeroplane trip balked of around world. He was ambition in this Colony and Manila, to refusal of Pan-American owing Airways to carry him across Pacifle, is now setting off on another t tempt. He will probably charter local plane to make crossing, may have Fairbanks and Ashley as co- passengers.
Fairbanks told me when here slx months ago that he intended return- ing to Hongkong for lung stay, may yet, protluce next frp "Marco Polo" here. Script hos Oriental setting, but Fairbanks wants in produce in Hongkong, owing to difficulties in China with authorities
Divorce from Mary Pickford, mar- riage almost immediately afterwards to Lady Ashley, were two of sensa- tlons of flimdom earlier this your.
Lady Ashley was divorced by Lord Ashley, Fairbanks being cited as co-TC, Mary Pickford divorced Doug., is now reported to be engaged to Buddy Rogers.
Fairbanks and Lady Ashley passed
through here early this year on
record-breaking dash to Hollywood from Dutch East Indies, following bust up in United Artists when Twentieth Century quit, went over to Fox Film.
of fimplay Charlie Chaplin SCRIPT
wrote in Far East during recent will not be used for Paulette Goddard's first starring vehicle after all. Chaplin has announced pur- chuse of illin-rights of Englishman D. Murray's "Regency," novel that was recent best-seller. Paulette will take leading role, Charlie will be behind megaphone instead of in front of cumeru-lens.
By purchasing scen
scenario in Eng- land, Chaplin has set precedent for himself, ns hitherto .Invariable custom has been to write own script, or, as in "Gold Rush", "Fireman "The Kid", "City Lights”, just make it up as he goes along.
HONGKONG was lucky to sec
unexpurgated version of Britain's "Ghost Goes West".
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China's New Life Movement lays It down that there's no such things
Ghost,
80 censors in Nanking cut out every reference, every frame containing ethereal Donot. By the me they'd finished, there was no beginning, no end to story, and no- body in Asia outside Hongkong, Japan, yet knows what it's all about. United Artists frantically wired Japan for their unexpurgated copy for Hongkong Manila release. Usually all films shown in Hongkong
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Doug Fairbanks and Wife, The Paclic fan't Terrific.
FILMS
H. G. WELLS' GREAT SCREEN FANTASY
TWO YEARS TO MAKE-COST £300,000
And so the most ambitious movie ever made in England, "Things to come," has finally come before the judgment seat accu- pied by the previewers of Hongkong.
What we saw last night was the most remarkable technical feat
in British film history, surpassing anything of the kind ever done. In this department of technical film wizardry there has never been anything to touch it.
The Wells-Korda vision starts in 1940, with an nerial, war wherein "Everytown" is destroyed the sky is fearsomely black with *planes. Shown on the wide screen, this is as imposing a display of destruction as Hollywood can provide in its most lavishly destructive moments,
Years roll by, and we see Intrigu- ing views of the world back in an almost barbarous stale. Rolls- Air- Royces are towed by horses.. planes stand on the ground rotting. It becomes a war of savagery (repre- sented by a Fascist chief who talks like Hitler) und science-in the per- son of world technicians in league, who drop "peace gas" from gigantle planes on the warring tribes.
Then
un
attempt nt scientific reconstruction-and finally the per- fect man and woman catapulted to the moon to have a stab at starting an intelligent community there-be- cause too much progress makes life dull,
science. It's rather sad that the
only hope is on the moon....
The acting is of high order. But the futuristic characters, especially the women, in whose development and emancipation Wells shows little interest, are cold, remate people, none of whom arouse our sympathy.
What Wells has to say about the future is hackneyed stuff. But the film is an amazing technical curiosity which every one will want to see.
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are first cut by Nanking, but latter Recently returned from America made such a mess of "Ghost Goes with the latest styles G. best West" that unscissored version be- came necessary.
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July the number of
A marriages in Hollywood exactly
equalled the number of divorces for the year, that is fifty-four of each.
Marriages held a lead of one for January, fell back three at the end of February, caught up even with divorces at the end of March, and took a lead of two by the end of April.
June, with a record total of nine- сол marriages and only two divorces, brought the six months' Agures to seventy-five marriages and Afty-six divorces,
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THE NEW SHOP
18, QUEEN'S ROAD, C.
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SHOWS
Gripps, Gloucester Go Gay
TO-NIGHT'S high jinks at
the Gripps and Glouces ter will put the jinx on Old Man Depression.
Happy-fneed Managers told me last night of capacity book- ings, and the frenzied activity of Captains, Clerks and all the Crew to fit in just one more table ut the tearful request of the Boy Friend of a B.Y.T. who'd left booking too late.
Sochlites, Dancers, Three-Ack- Emmas Brove in. Renovatera nove out to-day for Gala openings of 1936-37 season and what a kick-off. Top-notch in-between-dance num- bers advertised for both rendez- vous. New bands,
three months spit and palat, and everybody all Farin' to go places, do things,
to
LOUCESTER announces new
additional cabaret items Queenie and the Hawaiians.
Nina and José, Mexican dancers who can tumble and fall faster than the Mexican dollar, were passing through. the Colony when they cnught eye of Manager Cheesex.
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Over in Mexico, Nina and Jose were billed in local papers as "Lila Jose-nois
-nores de estos dos artistas
-saben dar con sus cuerpos per- fectos la impresion estetica que alupenta toda idea de sensualidad. Estatuas vivientes son como las que cantaba nuestro pacta: 'castas en la
actitud aunque desuotive
British
won't
Conformning to more
standards
they Hive quite this impression to local audiences, nevertheless, their danc- ing is something that is going set Hongkong by its cars.
Queenle and the Hawailans, old favourites in Hongkong, pro.
are
viding the principal entertainment,
UP!
to
on the eighth floor of the Glou- cester, dancing, as I've just told you, is going to be one of the big attractions to-night.
Next door, in the newly-renovated Roof Garden of the Gripps, dancing of the type beloved by all Britons is also one of the reasons why a record number of pre-season book-
we been ings have
made.
No girl in the world can touch .Pat Sykes, the work's Ballroom Dance Champion, for the smooth, rhythmatic and delightful-to-watch Terpsichore that has made her world-famed since 1020.
With Jimmy Andrew 15 n part- of equal grace. Patricia is going
ner
to sweep her way into your hearts at the Hongkong Hotel to-night.
and At the planes will be Bob Bertie Heliman, who drew applause from hard-bitten newshawks when they gave a press rehearsal. t'other day.
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THERE'S bound to be last-minute cancellations of tables at both Gripps and Gloucester by people who have tooth-nche, have Just got married or been overcome by some equally dreadful calamity. So don't let this Page's remarks re "House Full" signs deter you from worrying Managements for 1eservations.
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