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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
13, -1937.
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This lorry nearly had a Chinese New Year bath in the harbour on the West Point Praya. It was successfully hauled back to safety.
"Smithy's" ALL FOR War-Time Comrade
SUDDEN DEATH OF LIONEL LEE
Sydney, N.S.W., Jan. 30. Lionel Lee, nirman and. Journalist, has joined his flying "cobber" of other days-Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Lee got "Smithy" his first job in Sydney, with the Dingers Aviation Company,
The late Mr. Lee died suddenly in
mey at the age of Sydney
43. After the
war "Smithy", tired of stunting for the movies and searing ducks off ricefields for a living in Amerlen. returned to Sydney. When he land- ed in January 1021,
"broke." htc svas Lionel Lee, who trained with Kingsford Smith in the same camp nt Oxford, recommended "Smithy" for a job with the Diggers' Aviation of which Lec was then
Compot.
chief
E0
A a remarkable concern, founded on Diggers' wor bonds and that chthusiasm which characteristic of Lionel Lee,
Later, Lee and Kingsford Smith went "
barnstorming" in an old Avros secured from England, and at Dubbo, Wellington, Coonamble, Nanromine and
other towns any residents made their Arst nights with these two pilots.
Lionel Lee enlisted when he was 10, and served with a trench mortar unit. Like "Smithy" he wanted to fly, and succeeded in transferring to the Royal Flying Corps,
He was shot down when over the German lines by an aristocratic German net who, before the war, had been
in the habit of visiting England each year for the grouse
said the German eyeing his victim as Leo emerged from the wreckage of the 'plane, the first little grouse
of the season!"
It was in August, 1917, August
£150
Long Beach (California), Jan. 20,
I there were modal. for
burglars this one would get the highest award.
He crossed a half-mile most of deep water to reach his objective. He found it Sur- rounded by armour 'plaiing six Inchics thick, 11c penetrated that. He met a pairol of hup- dreds of armed men. Ils escaped
these.
WAR
Now to the strong room. This protected by dozens of safely devlees. He disposed of these in minutes.
The safe quickly yielded to his expert touch. He took £150, and made his getaway.
It was the United States cruiser. Chester. anchored in Long Beach Harbour, that he robbed.
3 British
Film Companies
Fail
REPORTS that have been current in the film industry recently of financial difficulties among some of the independent British producing units were followed recently by the appointment of a receiver for Twickenham Film Studios, Limited,
J. H. Productions, Limited, and Twickenham... Film
Distributors,
י
These are private companies in which, therefore, the investing pubile
marks the beginning of the grouse season:-Lee-was entertained-at-the German air officers'
Limited. mess behind the lines, but later suffered the rigours of
German prison camp, Though he was regarded as a good he had several crashes in pilot, he wartime and civil flying, as did every pilot with the unreliable air- craft
of those days.
When the engine of a 'plane falled near Wagga in peace-time, only his expert airmanship saved him from
acat
On the morning of his death he for his usual swin at Manly Beach-which he did summer and winter-before going to the Sydney "Sun" Newspaper Ofee, where he Was employed. collapsed, and all medical efforts failed to save him,
An old war injury, legacy of on air crash, had taken its toll. Altmen in Sydney were shocked to hear of the sudden end of one of the “young ploncers" of commercial flying in New South Wales.
CINEMA NOTES
(Continued from Page 10.)
is not interested.
Such losses as may be suffered will presumably fall on the underwriters or insurance groups which have guaranteed loans made to the com, panies by the banks.
The amount Involved is put fa film Ananice circles Аз around £600,000 on secured loans, and pos- sibly another £100,000 owing to unsecured creditors..
The method of forming private companies with quite small share capitals and then raising relatively huge sums on loans has for time been viewed in conservative City finance circles with misgiving.
some
Of late the banks have not been so keen on granting these advances, al- though, where the credit of the bor | rower has justified it, such loons have
been readily made.
The action of the banks in Individu- cases does not imply a change of lending policy, and those unfts which have the necessary credit will doubtless be able to rely on a con- tinuance of all facilities
Monday and Tuesday. As Astalr's buddy in legerdemain Victor Moore heads the featured cast, Moore is mated with Helen Broderick, another footlight comedy In "Swing
fice,
"Swing Time." Betty
feminine Furness, charmer,
A romantle compleles triangle involving Fred and Glager, Georges Metaxa, singing stor is Fred's rival for Miss Rogers' favour. Erle Blore, who gained a legion of fans as a result of his splendid laugh- making in previous Astaire-Regers shows, offers a comic characterization "Swing Time" Jerome Kern scores "Swing Time," providing "The Way You Look To-night," "A Fine Romance" "Pick Yourself Up." "Never Gonna Dance," "Bojangles of Harlem," and "The Waltz in Swing Time," the filling dance spectacle treats in the ploture.
in
"Tarzan Escapes." Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan are now at the King's Theatre, reunited in their
of the jungle, "Tarzan romance of
latest
Escape thriling adventure drarau
HOLLYWOOD SCALE
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It is expeeled that the Twicken- ham failure will be followed by several since according to evidence placed before the Moyne Committee: of the Board of Trade- £5,344,500 was spent on British films in the inst completed year, and the expectation of income from such productions in Britain is estimated at only £3,000,- 009 in any one year.
The reason generally assigned for this is that our film producers have aimed at emulating the expenditure of United States producers with- out having command of the world market available to Hollywood.
Mr. Julius Hagen, who is in control of the Twickenham Film Studios, re- cently concluded an agreement with Mr. John Maxwell for the release of his flims through Wardour Films, and it was hoped as the result of this agreement that he would be able to carry on production there and at the Hammersmith and Elstrco studios,
of the king of the wilderness and his
the bride from elvilized world. Thrills galore surround the love idyll -the adventure of the giant vampire bats, the quicksand mire of death, the stampede of elephants routing savages, the
the river of
of crocodiles, amazing swings across gorges and
U.S.S.R. FANS JAILED other concentrated excitement. The cast, aside from Weissmuller and Miss
Berlin, Jan. 30. O'Sullivan, includes Benita Hume: D Rita, William Henry as the faithful Several Germans have been jailed cousin, John Buckler as the for ignoring Propaganda Minister treacherous animal trainer, and Goebbels's decree that Germany's Herbert Mundin with á comedy 8,000,000 radio owners must not tune
in to Moscow propaganda talks.
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