HEDE HONGKONG: ELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, APRIL 28,
1938.
SPARE MOMENT PAGE
The Story of·
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
sin LEÓ McCAREY'S Production of
"THE AWFUL TRUTH"
Adapted from The Screen Play by VINA DELMAR Based On A Story by ARTHUR RICHMAN
Setialization by ALBERT DUFLY
A COLUMBIA PICTURE —
WHAT HAS GONE BETOTUE;
When Jorry Warrinor 'Toturna from a vocation and discovers that his lovely wife, Lucu, has been out all night with her voich teacher, he will not believe that he car broke down and they had. to slay at an inn. Loy and Jor- ry quarrel and that feads to a divorce, tolth Top winning an Interlocutory deeroo. They "both still love each other but are too proud to admit it. Jerry starts running around with Toote Bina- shanger, an exotic night club dancer, and in retaliation Lucy quickly announces her engage- mont to Dan Lesson, handsome young Oklahoma oil magnate. Dan's mother hears of Lucy'a escapado with the vocal teacher and she asks Jorry about it, Jer- ty denies it and atoutly main- taina that Luoy's reputation ta of the beat. As he is leaving Lucy murmura her thanks. Hó sinka at her. "Finest bit of perjury I've done in years,” he whispers.
one thing I will say for Jorry. Tio's nover Jüll”
"But he's so slily," Lucy sold. "I know ha expected to find mo in Ar- mand's armis, Ho must have been terribly disappointed,"
"You know," I'aisy said pointedly, "you-and-Jerry have ́· Find · poma grand times together. It's a shamo twee them go. But then, a girl really wants dependability and so- curity, doesn't she?"
Lucy sighed. "I supposo no,”
"Then she should buy an annu ly," was. Patsy's biting comment. "It would be more fun than Dan Lecson. But why should I talk? I'm not going to marry him."
Lucy suddenly made a decision, "Nolther am 1" sho announced firmly. "I can't. I'm still in love with that Junnila bollwavil who acts like a maniac."
Lucy strode to the phone, called Armand and asked him to come to. her apartment right away. Wallo nhe was waiting for him to arriva aho wrote a note to Dan breaking their engagement.
"Will you plenso give this to Dan?" she naked Patry. "I simply
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORT, can't faco him."
Chapter Four
Beveral days lator Aunt Patsy looked across the table an Lucy alp ped her breakfant coffee. "Seen the paper this morning?" she asked. Lucy shook her head..
When Armand arrived, abo ex- plained ber decision to him. "You aoe," she smiled, "I still love my husband" Armand shrugged his nhoulders. The whims of American women were beyond his kon.
"Will you please talk to him, Armand?" Lucy piended, "Try to convince him that the night wo spent at the Inn was entirely inno- cent. It means so much to me."
"Well, take a look at this," Patay ald, handing the paper to her
"How much does it mean?" Ari niece. Staring out at her from the newspaper page. Lucy saw a photo and asked algnificantly, Lucy graph of Jerry and a beautiful stared in amazement. I cannot help young girl. They were wearing ten-it," Armand protested. The pupils nis clothes and carrying rackets. are not so plentiful and -- weil, I The caption naked, "Lovo Dot?" must eat, you know."
Lucy was startiod, of course, but Without a word Lacy wont to her sho tried to conceal it from Patay.handbag, took out some bills and "Oh yes," she said nonchalantly handed them to Armand, "Here" "That's Barbara Vance. You know she said coldly. "This is all I have." who she is, don't you?”
Armand bowed. “You are very."
"Quick! Hida, in the bedroom? (Posed by Irene Dunne and Alexander D'Arcy.)
Mr. Warriner immediately -
Patay nodded, "The madcap generous" he said. "I shall go heiress. Isn't that what the papers usually call her? What I want to know le, what is she doing with | Jerry?"
to
The doorbell Interrupted him and they hoard Aunt Patsy greeting Jor- ry in the foyer.
"Entertaining him, running "He mustn't see you here,” Lucy around town with him and, I ex-whispered. "Quick! Hido in here." pect, falling in love with him." Lucy pushed the bewildered Ar- "You can't tell all that from Just mand into her bedroom and shut looking at this picture can you?" the door. Bho turned to great Jerry. Patay asked.
"I've come to apologize for my behavior at Armand's" Jerry zald humbly, "I was a prizo lunatic and I'm sorry."
"I enjoyed st
"No," Lucy said, "but some of our mutual friends have been telling mo || about them. Seems Jerry's having a pack of fun with her.” "Lucy snif- "That's all right," Lucy smiled. fed. "She shouldn't have her head turned by that, though. I've seen him have fun with a jumping jack."
"Well," Patry commented, "sho| red." looka nit right to me."
"It must be that guy Armand. Every time I think of him I seo
Lucy laughed again.
"Then you'll accept my apology?"
"There's one consolation, nt least, Lucy maid, "This will keep Jerry persisted. "I know I made a him away from that awful Toots | biuo ribbon anp of myself and I' person."
suro I embarrassed you beyond Patay smiled wryly, "One more words." bonsolation like that," she opined, "and you'll burst a blood vessel."
Lucy stumped into her bedroom and slammed the door.
At three o'clock that afternoon Jerry pushed the bell at the apart ment of Armand Lovalle. A Japan- sua house boy answered his lag.
"My namo's Jerry Warrinery Jer- ry explained. "My wife heroT
The Jap looked blank, "Please -- I do not know," he enld.
"Well, I'll soon find out," Jerry sald and started to push past the| Jap. The servant barred his way. You cannot go in there, plosao," he remonstrated,
Jorry glowered, "Who's going to stop me?" ho demanded.
|
“Of course I secept it. Forget 11," Lucy assured him.
The bell rang again and Aunt Patey greeted Dan Lesson and his mother, Jorry jumped from his chale, startled.
"Oh oh, he whispered. “I've cauacu you enough trouble for ono | day, They'll have a fit if they know you're entertaining your ex-hus band. I'll duck until they're gone.” Ho tiplood zwiftly to the bedroom door and, before Lucy could stop him, ducked inside.
Lucy, Dan Lesson and his mother had hardly finished exchanging greetings when thero"came a loui crashing noise from the bedroom, “What on earth was that?" asked the startled Mrs. Locson.
"Mo stop you," the Jay explained. Jerry tried to push by again but the "Oh - someone la --- someone is Jap grabbed his arm, twisted it ex- cleaning up in there," Luoy ex- nortly, and Jerry found himself plained. There was a sound of atretched out on the floor.
splintering wood, the crnah of glass- Very sorry, please," the Japware and suddenly the door burst apologized. "I told you
open and Armand looking much tho Jerry Juraped to his feet and worse for the wear, came tearing grabbed the Jap around the waist. | out, "Don't forget to touch second," “ke jul jitsu, too," he said, “Ban-| was Patsy's placid advice as ho flew 241!" And ho tossed the Jap into a part. Jerry pame rushing out in
hot pursuit. cornce..
Jerry threw open the door and
Mrs Leeson rose with foy calmi, strode into the living room. Instead | "Welll” she said. “Never did I ex- of the intimate scons he expected | pect anything like this from you, to find, Jerry stared at a room full | Lucy." Dan Léoson bounded to his of people listening to Lury sing|fect and shook his finger at Lucy, while Armand played her accom-
"If you came to me on your knees
paniment. Embarrassed, Jorry wouldn't forgive you for this," he quickly sat in a chair at the rear stormed. "Our engagement in offi of the room and tilted it back
As Dan and his mother started ngallist the wall. It slipped on the for the door Aunt Patry, detained polished floor and Jerry crashed to them. She handed Dan Lucy's note "Honestly, Patay" Luay told her breaking their engagement, ou aunt later, he was a scream, If can't fire us," she said. “We quit.” you'd seen him when his chair top-
the floor.
Dlod over" Luey went off into a gale of laughter.
Palsy nodded approvingly. "That's)
(To be continued),
✪ 1137-Dolebia Pietarne Cup
COUNT THE
“TELEGRAPHS". EVERYWHERE
By Paul E
HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
ROMAN IMPERIAL OFFICERS. ALMOST DAILY POSTED BULLE- TINS OF IMPORTANT NEWS IN THE FORUM. SCRIBES COPIED THESE NOTICES AND SOLD THEM TO WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WISH TO STAND IN THE CROWDED FORUM IN ORDER TO READ THE NEWS. THIS WAS THE BEGIN- NING OF DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
A THORN IN THE SIDE
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT TO UTTER. THE REAL NAME OF ONE'S WIFE WOULD BRING DISASTER. SO IN TALKING OF HER, A HUSBAND WOULD CALL HER THE THORN IN MY RIBS," ALLUDING TO THE IM- PLIED THREAT OF THE GODS. HENCE THE ABOVE PHRASE TO MEAN ANY PERSISTENT ANNOYANCE,
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NE of my theories, to which I cling obstinately through
the
years, is that no film is worth more than two shillings to see. As it happens, not many people, in proportion to the whole, have to pay this.
Indeed, value for money was never more graphically exemplified in the his- tory of entertainment than at cinema box-offices. Sam Goldwyn spends £400,000 on a picture. The luckily pros- perous are milked of 8s. 6d. to see it in London's West End; but the same picture can presently be seen by the Irish peasantry for threepence!
This, and a thousand other telling facts, I glean from the 25th issue of the Kinematograph Year Book (Kinemato- graph Publications, 105.).
Film production, for instance, goes on in countries from which I never ste a picture. Japan, for example, turns out more pictures than Hollywood, and there are, apparently, active studios in Norway, Jugoslavia, Greece and Turkey.
To-day, there are 5,179 cinemas in the British Isles, ranging from the 4,000- seat super-palaces in Glasgow and London to the 50-seat barns in the Highland wilds, where films may arrive for a once- n-week show.
All these people can see Garbo, Robert Taylor, and Donald Duck. Such Is screen celebrity.
After alt years." Scarface," with Paal Munt, and Karen Morley, has been revived at the Carlton Theatre, London, because of the shortage of good flims. It was the Alm which made Munt famous and oddly enough he is in London now.
WHAT'S NEW
Merrily We Live
STARS: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne. Luxury comedy. Empire, to-day. You come away from this with the feeling of having been to a teetotal cocktail party.
The unshaven tramp who be- comes arst a butter and then a social asset has been used before; but Mr. Aherne gets full flavour out of the role, and Miss Bennett, In dazzling frocks, wags her blonde coiffure and is nimble for the first time.
The wealthy, crazy domesticity where nobody seems to work for a living is very funny. Thanks are due to a lively pace,, grand work from Alan Mowbray ay a
hurty butior, Billie Burke as a wander witted mamma, Patay Kelly, Ann,
I See Ice
STAR: George Formby,
MOST successful of all British
broad comedians for the last year or two, George Formby, with his Lancastrian dimdence and ukulele, here plays CL Presa cameraman who gets unauthorised pictures at a rink fiesta.
Breezy and animated, the story 13 well cast, does not make the mis- take of allowing the star to monopollee the screen, and cul- minates in that hearty skating horseplay which has always been laughable since "Tillie's Fune- tured Romance." Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard and
·Marsh are kept busy, and 'Garry' the generous production is packed with well-tried popular. Ingro-
Dvorak, and much crisply frivolous • diontà,. I can't say fairer.
dialogue. Most of us will wish wo
could spend an hour or so (not more) in such a prosperous and:
preposterous household..
Dangerous To Know
STAR: Akim Tamiron. Gangster
* drama.
SEVEN years ago Edgar Wallace's
best play, "On the Spot," mysteriously falled to got on the screen. Here it is at last, but en- tirely rewritten except for the end, and that is the only part spoiled.
In the Charles Laughton role. drastically altered, Akim Tamiroff gives a magnincent performance as a racketeer eplef resolved to wed a society gifi (Gall Patrick). Anna May Wong watches and wait; Marvey Stephens is nearly. killed; Porter Hall and Anthony Quinn dispense villainy, and Lloyd Nolan for once is on the side of law and order...
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ACROSS
1 A board associate (8).
5 Half this adviser is more than
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9 Rule confederate, as a rule (8). 10 This is boring (0).
11 Keep entire (8).
12 We will call him an English- man, just to annoy our neigh- bours (0).
14 A mixture of smart hotes (10). 18 Its beams are certainly not
heavy (10).
22 This creature seems to show that mother is in danger of be- ing dyed (6),
23 Hardly first-class advice
guide the old (8).
to
24 The motte of the vendetta? (0). 29 Call on an insect for a poetie
guest (8).
20 A bob of sorts(0).
27 The fellow who jumped off the spring board against orders? (B).
DOWN
1 People on one spot constitute something to be guarded against
effort is
speady
2 Most of this
before you (8)./ a Even less generous (0), 4 This new entertainment fea
tures not only one of the tribes but its ancient homo na well (10). A
6 Curse the river container (8)) ¡7 A nümber (8) Sep, Dodat
8 Put spirit in your stirred up tea and muse on the result (8). 13 In America he's a rustler (two
words--5, 5),
15 It's very nice just to breathe
hard around the fields '(B).
16 One can understand this mak
ing us single! (8),
17 Wirat the soldier on the march
must not do (8).
19 Most of this contrivance is
gripping (6),
20 This rumour is false (6).
21 Owing to others he put his bed
up on a hill (0).
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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