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June 8, 1940.
ENTERTAINMENTS
Montgomery says he's
never
acted
FILMS by
"FIRST NIGHT"
"The Earl of Chicago."
Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold.
IF YOU WERE to meet Robert Montgomery, he would tell you that of all his pictures (and he has made forty-two pictures in eleven years, which is four more pictures than the number of years he has been Mont- gomery) his best acting occurs in "The Earl of Chicago."
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And, for once, the actor is right. Montgomery has made an Issue about this actoring business, and Lam on his side. He says that screen stars should be allowed to act occasionally. (He has made forty-two, been allowed to be an actor twice.) He went to London, saw Emlyn Williams's "Night Must Fall," went home, and made the picture.
He went to London to make "The Earl of Chicago," and only Mr. Chamberlain's broadcast on September 3 prevented him from doing what he wantted to do then. I give him credit, too, for going home when he
was told to, making the picture in California, and coming straight back here. He'll probably settle down in England, which is a coun- try he likes.
Montgomery is a Chicago. Dend End kid who becomes an English earl In this film. When he was n Dead End kid he was In a boat runningt Ticor between. Canada and Detroit in prohibition days, and the two men who run the boat get drunk, fight it out with gains, and the boy who's left sees them die slowly.
Krows
That makes him allergic to guns. When he (He can't stand them.)
up to be a big shot in Chicago he still can't stand them. and he has his liquor business run
He won't
on strictly legal lines.
stand for any income-tax
which tripped Al Capone.
rap,
A London lawyer hits the town with the information that he is the heir to the carldom of lawful Gorley and an entailed estate, gift will a grateful nation which always remember that the first cari saved the country from a gangster called Cromwell, who bumped off the Brst Charles.
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When the latest eart hears this he is flipping an elastic band at the silken leg of an unnamed, un- seen floozie. He reckons it's a new racket, comes to England to clean up on the ten million bucks lying around,
The-rest-of-the-picture shows the gradual creep up on the new Lord Gorley of the tradition of England.
He says: "When I want to k!!
I don't leave And he says: "Honesty is like being left-handed. You can't help it."
guy crush hun.
iltic holes in him."
But when his sponsors lead him to the Woolsack to be sworn in as a peer of the realm he swents in terror. And finally, because he kills another gangster (the sleek Edward Arnold), he is tried by his peers at Westminster, is condemned to dle, and walles to the scaffold at the Tower in satin breeches and silk stockings, with his head up, like the Gorleys did before him.
Montgomery plays this part with a whinny of moron delight and a staring, sulien determination.
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better
She ought to be worth knowing--but this
is all you see of her in "The Earl of Chicago'
WHAT'S ON
TO-DAY
QUEEN'S: "Sweethearts" MAJESTIC: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
ORIENTAL:
That Falled."
"The Light
KING'S "Rose of Washing- ton Square."
ALHAMBRA: "The Earl of Chiengo,"
TO-MORROW
ALHAMBRA: "Sweethearts" KING'S: "Rose of Washing- ton Square"
age"
ORIENTAL: "Disputed Pass-
MAJESTIC: "Mr. Smith Goet to Washington"
QUEEN'S: "The Earl of Chicage."
"Rosc
Film:
Square," Star: Alice Fape, Al Jolson." Verdict: Kind you like.
of Washington
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THE American cinema's flair for reconstructing. fairly recent past is exercised againt in "Rose of Washing- ton Square."
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This begins at the end of the last war, with Kongs and details costume, carriage, and manners that will arouse a feeling of sweet nostalgia in the hearts of many. The heroine is stager. She is foolish enough to fall in love with one of those handsome weaklings who always hover between honesty and its opposite, and stubbornly refuses to give him up. A reforma- tion scene helps to make a fade-oul,
happy
Alice Faye's vivacious personality is one of the attractions here; en- other is her singing of a good many songs, some of them old favourites. Al Jolson stages a come-back, with black face, white gloves and sweet. sentiment as before. Mr. Julson's technique is certainly not that of those who eroon fashionably into a microphone, but his vitality cannol
As this Blm had no academy awards 1 give it three: (1) To Montgomery for being a flm star who gets away with a large lamp of acting; (2)
be denied. Hollywood for Το turning out such fine British pro- paganda in wartime :
Film: "Mr. (3) To pro- ducer Victor Saville for playing the
Washington.** final execution scene in the Tower with as much balance as a light- rope walker, so close is he between tragedy and a giggle.
I rate this flim outstanding.
Film: "Sweethearts,"
Stars: Jeanette MacDonald,
Nelson Eddy. Verdict: Good,
A DELIGHTFUL musical
romance based on Victor Herbert's operetta dealing with the married love of stars of successful musical comedy.
A friend engineers a quarrel to prevent them going to Hollywood but they are eventually reunited through a dramatic critique,
There is a pleasing succession of romantic Incident alternated with claborate stago
song-and-dance sequences put over in an artistic únd convincing manner.
"The stoging" has been enhanced by the dolledcy of the Technicolor: photography.
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are both. In splendid voice and their work as a team is particu- larly effective.
Supporting portrayals are com- petently handled by a number of Well-known players.
Excellent entèriainment,
Smil
can
again I take my hat off to a nation whose screen
be used in ridicule of its Own cherished institutions,
Just now I fear its showing puts - a weapon into the hands of those who are opposed to democracy in
Of its practice.
entertainment value there is no question.
Film: "The Light That Falled." Stars: Ronald Colman, Walter
#naton.
Verdict: Very good.
RUDYARD Kipling's novel,
now filmed for the third time, gives Ronald Colman a splendid role for the exercise of his personal charm and
· histrionic range.
to Gocs
Star: Jomes Stewart, Jean
Arthur,
Verdket: Delicious.
HERE is ace director Frank
Capra's follow-up to "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," and very brilliantly made it is. Theme is that of the presumed docile nonentity who asserts his independence-a young leader of Boy Rangers whom the wire-pulling party poli- ticians think a safe Senator.
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But he opposes their grafting BUI for a dam, boosts his camp site instead, and defiantly makca speech In the Senate against his expulsion, which lasts 23 hours. His chief opponent then publicly recants and resigns; and Mr. Smith is a hotional hero.
James Slowart and Jean Arthur, as his secretary, are immense; and Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Eugene Pallette and Harry Carey Get with polish.
Production is dynamic. But the story, a debunking of a
great nation's system of government, is very American and rother cynically shocking to British nudiences.
I found it. therefore, more monstrous thari amusing; but once
As a painter threatened with the loss of sight, he paints a London slut, who destroys his masterpiece The full in fit of temper. anguish of his discovering this when blind has been missed. Forbes- Robertson, in the role, felt a lush- ed canvas with his Angers; here disfiguring paint has to be men- tioned to him.
Walter--fusion, Looking the Rarnsay MacDonald, is admirable as his war-correspondent pal, a part first played by Aubrey Smith, and Ida Lupino does well as the scorned trollop. Muriel Angelus makes a very good Hollywood debut as the girl he treats rather and Dudley Digges' role is unexplained. I don't like blindness us a dramatic theme, nor is Colinan. rightless, taking part in a fatal cavalry charge, very credible. But it is a sincere, excellent production with lots of light and shade,
Re the Tower Bridge: It is time Hollywood resisted the temptation to put this London landmark Into stories of a perlod before it was built.
Film: "Disputed Passage." Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Akim
Tamiros,
Verdict: A la Lamour,
THIS is
П
matter-of-fact story of a cynical old scien- tist's efforts to sunder romance between a promising student and a Chinese girl.
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The theme of science versus sen- timent breaks no new ground, while the narration is mostly a matter of dialogue rather than material incident.
CHARLES Laughton has been
telling America that he wants to play the part of George Washing- ton in a Hollywood film. The suggestion seems to have been met with some ribaldry by the United States Press,
So now Laughton says he'll be Benjamin Franklin instead.
If he can't play with his Hitle hatchet, he'll play with his little kite.
UMMER is here. Walkin' thru
Mockin' Bird Lane is the best tune I've heard this year, if you take to it, too, try one or two recordings-Joe Loss on H.M.V. and Barney Gibralth's Coconut Grove Quartet on Parlophone.
WILLIAM Farnum onto signed u
Wpicture contract worth half a million. Recently he staged hin comeback: Ho recited a poem called "But the villain still pursued her," standing in the middle of bar-room floor. This sceno is sup posed to be pathetic, the only straight plece
'elaborato
in
un
burlesque of "The Drunkard."
I'd say palietic is right.
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LESLIE Howard, who hasn't been
fram wurk since he came Hollywood last suminer, now, hab two pictures on hand. One is the Ministry of Information Scarlet Pimpernel story, based on a Gov- ernment Blue-book. The other is "The Man Who Lost Himself," which he'll do for Grand National Pictures.
I've got a little list of British screen Stars who, for one reason or another, are unemployed. I'm lad to cross Howard off it hope the next name to go may be Will May's.
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BATTLE of talents, sirst
Britain's two greatest film. thiefs, are cast to appear in the sume picture. Emlyn Williams and Robert Morley, Willams has stolen every, Aim from every stur he ever upplored with. Morley's record is shorter but equally lethal. He
pace in Hollywood oppeured with Norma Shearer, snatched Marie Antoinette," for what it was worth, from under her nose. (They parted the best of friends.)
Now Morley plays Lesile Stuart, the great tunesmith, und Williams plays his servant. Film story of the "Lily of Laguna" mun will be called (coyly, I think) "You will Remember,
Morley wrote R. They'll both act it.
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OE Gail is going to be a great big
stor, her hale is red, her age"is" eighteen, she comes from Johannes- burg.
She has the hair and the curves. of Clara Dow, the nose of Simone Simon. She has swing in her Anger tips and hell's bells in her
toes.
Zoe swings two numbers in the Maschwitz revue at the Comedy, "New Faces." I liked her, and now enthuse over her, because she's cute and she's tough. Ninety-nine per cent, of British stor discovetles crook their ille Angers over the teacups. Zoe looks as though she enjoys life.
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AMERICA'S noblest show accolade, the front cover of picture magazine Life, goes to West Ham's Anna Neagle. To get the pleture he wanted the cameraman had the floor so shiny that Neagle fell over four times. She didn't grumble, went on dancing.
Commented the lensman: "That dime looks better falling down than most of them do standing up."
Mrs. Charlie Kunz died at Bognor recently, after seven months' ill-
ness.
Harry Brandt, American elno- exhibitor wito etarlied everybody by issuing a list of stars who are "box-office poison" (Dietrich, Hepburn Cagney, Crawford figured In his little list), has now amended by issuing another list of box-offẹc Jife-savers-Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Deanna Dur- bin, Tyrone Fower, Spencer Tracy, Myrnn Lay, Jimmy Stewart Jean Arthur.
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A · Look. Through The "Telegraph”
50 YEARS AGO
June 8, 1000.
The "noble game of golf has lately attracted a great deal of attention, A Roo many previously attractive leaths and common Dave been spoiled by it. a good many previously unknown tailore have made their fortunes out of it. A book has also been written upon the sub-
·ject. Altogether it has been puffed and ndvertid a good deal. So I though! I might employ" with advantago some por- tion of the recent holdays getting up the subject,
I find upon cateful and most painstaking Investigation on the field or rather on the "links"-thai golf in a game which haw been called Into existence to incet a real want. It is a game especially-and inay almost say Providentially-adapted to that. enorino section of civilised humanity which I will describe as the over-fleshy.
25 YEARS AGO
June 8, 1913.
The Admiralty announces that a Zep- pelin visted the East Coast of England inst night. incendiary explosive bombs were dropped and caused two fres, that resulted in Ave deaths and injuring 45 people.
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Mr. Winston Churchill said: "Peace in Impossible In Europe til German militer- IN IN RO shattered that it is unable in any way to resist the will of the con- quering power. Therefore, the whole nation mul bo organlaed and mohillkes, and the Government must bateri such control that everyone will do his or her fair share.. As the grand reserve of the Allied cause we must advance as one man and Britain's might hurled unlled into the confict will be irresistible."
10 YEARS AGO
June 4, 130. Mr. Douis Jenkins, Consul General for the United States of America In Canton and Doyen of the Consular Body here. has just been advised from Washington D.C.. of his transfer to Hongkong ab Consul-General. Mr. Ballantyne has been Appointed to succeed Mr. Jenkins Consul-General for the United States of
America in Canton.
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Mr. Culver II. Chainberlain, at present | 9697 Consul for the United States of America in Yunnan-ft will come to Canton to succend Mr. McKenus As Conn.
5 YEARS AGO
June 8, 1833. The departure of the Japanese Harrison force, which was scheduled to be relieved by jew troops arriving in Tientsin an June 1. hns sow been postponed. Thus, Torces will be the "flentin garricon doulie for an indefinite period. Reports received in Tokyo from Shanghal atato thet Janse mittarists who have wide latitude in action, intend to present i early and definite ullimatum to Nanking unless the Chinese change their attitude towards the Japanese demanils.
Prime
Mr. Hamsay MacDonald, the Minister, is expected to resign, 20-marro after the House rises at 4 o'clock, mediately afterwards, Mr. Sinnley Maid- win, now Lord President of the Councli. will be summoned to Buckingham Palace and will hand to is Majesty a list of Minister.
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A German version of the fate ul the Lusitania was published in the "Veelkis- cher Neobachter" on Mny 7. the anniver. sary of the sinking of the ner by n U-boat. Caploin Karl Scherb, who was officer of the watch in the submarine U-20 when it encountered the Lusitanis off stie forest of rond, told the story of the r's end in a'long article, endiled “The sinking of the English auxillary cruiser Lunitania, account helps to clear up several points that have been debateu for many years,
Captain Scherb recalls that in retalia- tion of the blockade Germany declared or February 10, 1015, that she would destroy every British merchant vessel encounter- ed in the waters bround Great Britain and Ireland, At 1 a.m. an April 30 the U-20. commanded by Captain Schwieger, set out From Emden with orders to torpedo n transport known to be leaving the Mersey during the next two days.
Captain Scherb describes how, whlie keeping watch on May 7, be alghted at 3.20 p.m. At the two matis, then the four funnels of the Lusitants. At first he thought they were the masts and fungals. of a British cruiser, but Roon realised that they belonged to a trans-Atlantle iner,
Qulekt submerging, the U-20 Walted at denth of 30 feet. Every few minutes the periscope was raised above the sur← face for a bilet while to watch the oncoin- inst ship, which it was agreed soon after 3 p.m.. could be only a British vessel mak- Ing for Queenstown.
Preparations were made for attack, and at 3.20 p.m. Captain Schwieger commanded that the bow torpedo should be released. Thirly Ave seconds later the Lusitania was ctruck omifships on the starboard side.
Captain Scherb then relates how, wille the Lusitania heeled, blowing off steam. he discerned the gold letters "Lusitania" on the starbbard bow, "Now we knew." he writes. "England's biggest merchant vessel, What a tremendous event, After fulfilling his duty with iron determination, the commander leant agathat the peris- cope, moved deeply as a man.'
ACCIDENT SEQUEL
Admiralty Losos Action Agair Hotel Company
Judgment for defendants, with costs, was given by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Court yesterday in the action brought by the Commissioner for executing the office of Land High Admiral of the Unlied Kingdom against the Hongkong and Shanghal Hotels, Ltd.
The action arose out of a motor accident in which Commissioned En- gineepW. A. Jones was to criously injured that he had to be invalided
Home,
The Admiralty claimed £1,200 45. 7d., in respect of pension payable to the offer concerned, his passage buck to England, his pay and allow- ance and medical expenses.
The accident occurred on the road to Fanling, opposite the 1241⁄21⁄2 mile- stone, on July 24, 1938, and it was alleged by the Admiralty that it was due to the two "smooth" tyres of the rear of the car which was hired out by defendant company.
The defence was a denial of negl- gence, maintaining that "Bmooth!"" tyres were not dangerous,
The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, in- structed by Hastings and Co., was for the Admiralty, and Mr. Eldon Polur, .., instructed by Deacons, repre sented the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels.
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