WOMEN'S ARMY IN CHINA Two Regiments Have Been
Formed
By EARL II. LEAF United Press Staff Correspondent Yennantu, China.
Women are playing an important part in the Red army although they are not specifically trained for com- bat work, according to Mrs. Chu Teh, wife of the commander-in-chief, and a well known fighter in her own right.
Come of
Women in the Red army from all parts of China. Mest them entered the army as a result of various uprisings which they fed
or participated in, Their main work Is in the political and medical de- partments and most are peasants, she explairied.
In the Red army are two regiments of armed women in charge of guard- and various ing communications lookout posts. Their education has been chiefly along poiltleni lines and
and through education
experience
many able women commanders and lenders have been developed. Mrs. Chu anld.
PEASANT GIRLS EDUCATED "Bealdes their regular work, all women comrades have regular hours for study and discussion. This rou- tine has built these peasant girls in- to strong, healthy, intelligent women of high understanding and charue ter."
She recalled one of the bright- est pages in Chinese Suviet history when, in Szechuen, two regiments of
women fighters routed and captured a full brigade of Chinese government troops. Behind the lines during the long civil war, women worked in the
a ride in the other, according to Mrs. Chu.
The Red army women wear
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937.
There May Be Three Baers Soon, Thinks Max
Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery in "China
showing on Friday at the King's Theatre.
OUR GUIDE TO THE
"The Captain's
CINEMAS
Scar"
Kid," (King's very little time to make his name Theatre, to-day). Sybil Jason, known in the cinema world and in threatening to out-Shirley Shirley this, his Brst really important part, Teniple.. As a juvenile genius of the sereen, Miss Joson holds her own he shows very great promise for the with the world's best known talent, future. This is a picture full of wel! and in this Aim she merely enhances timed suspense, good continuity and already enviable reputation. general excellence of production. an Around her is a very competent sup- Gloria Stuart is very happily cast porting cast including Guy Kibbee, opposite the handsome Donlevy. May Bobson, Jane Bryan and others.
"Educating Her Husband
Father" (Alhambra Lies" (Queen's
Theatre, to-day),--A picture provid- cuckles. It reintroduces the Junes! family to the screen and they are more umusing than ever, Good
nt
their hair short and are attired in the chances to offer an interesting tonic for depressed feelings.
Helds, with a plough in one hand and Theatre, to-day).-Ricardo Cortez ing a hundred laughs and as many
long Jagt cast In ຕ
part which gives him some real oppor
Cortez makes full use of tunities.
and entertaining study. Gail Patrick the same uniform as the men,
wife plays intelligently and Akim Tami- The commander-in-chief's
good film. discussed the social aspects of wo- roff iends lustre to
"36 Hours To KB" (Star Theatre. men in the ranks. There is no such
communism in to-day). It has taken Brian Donlevy thing as free love wives, she said, Marriages may be arranged casily, and divorces are not dimeuli to obtain,
NO RANK OR WEALTH
Chu "For instance," Mrs. "All the men in the Red army Teceive no pay. Therefore a girl is not attracted to man because of his wealth or high salary. All the men wear the same uniform regardless of rank, so clothes and appearances have little to do with a girl's choice of a husband. How then does she divorce, they pick out a husband for herself?
"Three Men On A Horse" (Oriental funniest plctures produced for Theatre, to-day).---Easily one of the long time. Frank Mellugh places
himself in the forerunk of screen comedians with this performance, and there are some hilarious studies by Allan Jenkins, Carol Hughes, Joan Blondell and Guy Kịbbee.
"All The King's Horses" (Majestic Theatre, to-day).-Dimpled, singing Carl Brisson, one of the screen's matinee idols, and a fine actor with- in his own right, giving a
wook and wavering or ts he stead- fast in his ideology, what is his past sald.revolutionary record. is he a fierce na able fighter in the ranks an commander in the front, is he ad- mired by his comrades. These are the questions a girl asks and if the answers meet hier own standards, the two can marry quickly enough. If they drift apart and both want stimulating performance. Neverthe- divorce less the main intention of the film is ean get a easily enough, too. There Is no to introduce Mary Ellis, Grand Opera "Well, first of all she Auds out paychological war
them star, who makes an impressive debut.
Good entertainment. about his political standards. Is he and no prejudices."
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SAYS: "WON'T DEMPSEY BE JEALOUS!"
By MARGARET
LANE
MAX BAER'S life is pretty full these days. His newest and greatest excitement is look- ing forward to becoming a father in a few months' time.
("If it's a boy," he said, "Oh, boy!-won't I cable Dempsey. He's only got two girls.")
Then, there's his new scheme for opening a restau- rant somewhere near Piccadilly-circus. "A smart hang- out for the sporting and theatrical crowd"-and making a permanent home in England for the three Baers.
Added to all this (and he spends his spare time looking for available premises for his restaurant) he is working 12 hours a day out at Elstree, making a musical comedy, "Over She Goes," with Stanley Lupino, Laddie Cliff, and Gina Malo, for Associated British Pictures. And-in the intervals that are left-he is. thinking about the coming big fight with Max Schmeling, which his manager is trying to arrange for him.
"DINNER IN BED"
"Y'know," he said, dabbing carefully at his yellow make-up, which had begun to glisten under the studio lights, "I've got so many things on hand I don't know where to turn.
"Oh, boy! Have I got a lot of things to think about? The baby, the picture, the restaurant, the Schmeling fight... Gee, I was so tired when I got home last night. I had ́ my dinner in bed.
"With a nice bottle of Rhine wine, too,” he added reflectively, taking pleasure in the thought of the small luxuries a fighter can allow himself when he is not training.
The non-training period, however, lasts only until his part in "Over She Goes" is finished, which will be another fortnight. Then he gives up his cigar and his glass of wine and gets back to business.
MAX plays the part of a prize- Oghter in his now picture but does not have to fight. "I want to fight Stanley Lupino in the plcture," he explained, "on necount of I'm in love with the girl he's going to marry. He gets the girl away from me-imagine! I give him the first three punches, 'cause he's such a little Keller, see?"
Music
Genius Turns Movie Star
By Dan Rogers United Press Staff Correspondent
London.
"Well, he takes two punches and they don't have no effect, and then Miss Malo tips him off that I'm tick- lish, sec? And instead of taking his
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Poland's third punch he tickles me in the ribs, "George Washington"-incomparable and I go aft into hysterics, and he pianist, one-time President of his wins the fight, It's a push-over." country and more recently author of Fired afresh by the dramatte) a "Best Seller"-made his debut as possibilities of his part he fell into a movie star. a sort of day-dream and began practising his hysterics all over the set, to the discomfort of the elec- triclans.
•
£10.000 plus a percentage of gate The 76-year-old musician was paid receipts, for a picture that took six weeks to produce, comprising four plano selections and 300 words of
THE only shadow on Max's very dialogue,
The picture had its world premiere
Tosy horizon at the moment la that his father is ill with heart trou- bic in California, and he is trying to the London pavilion and brought make up his mind whether he ought to dash over there and back between the end of the picture and the "Schmeling fight.
QS
a new high in the purely cultural aspects of the cinema. Paderewski was not regarded by even the most Imagluative critics
dramatic sensation, but the fim. "Moonlight Sonata, was received enthusiastical- ly by all who previewed it privately. It was a tribute to the little man with the ageless hands, Paderewski's famed lion's mone haircut has grown wispy with age, and he is a bit buid and his eyes are puffy and his skin In deep folds.
But the hands were still the mar- Ivellous Paderewski hands, and all the opplause was directed at them and the genius which enthralled the world for a half century.
The play was simple, obviously a vehicle for the Polish master. Charles Farrell and Borbara Green played supporting roles in the film," directed by Lothar Mendes, German producer. It breaks a few rules of the game, among them a 25-minute opening in which not # word is spoken. Paderewski is portrayed on a concert platform before dis- tinguished audience, playing first the "Polonaise," the "Hungarian Rhap- Body."
As the story unfolds, with a weak dribbling of "Love Interest" in the scant plot, the musician discuSSES music's lasting emotional effects, Summer Skates & the description building up to the picture's climax- given these wheels which have been his rendition of the "Moonlight constructed by an Austrian. They Bonata," which brings Charlle and are put on the feet like ordinary Barbara into happy reunion. skates. Youth in Austria are practis- Ing this sport with great enthusiasm.
The ending in effective and sur- prising. Paderewski's volce 14 un- "If anything happened to the old there is a marked accent.
expectedly deep and cloar, although- man, and I wasn't there, I'd never forgive myself," he said, "I think a "After production was completed, at lot of my father." Then, his face | Dentom, last August, Paderewski, brightened. "Gee, though, won't remarked:
they be glad when they hear about "It is extremely unlikely I shall the baby I was just thinking........." - ever make another."
"Max" Yelled the director sud- He was in Paris when the picture denly, and half-a-dozen, voices took opened, too III to attend the premiere. up the éry: The Big boxer obedient-The fim, will be, distributed in) lý ran off to have his face powdered. America by Unliad Artista,
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