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QUEEN AT CINEMA. |‘WHAT PRICE GLORY' BUYING OF PICTURES

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The Queen was present special performance 01 The Legend of the Willow Pattern Plate," given at the New Gallery, Regent-street, in aid of the Queen Alexandra wing of the New Mid- dlesex Hospital and St. Monica's Home Hospital for Children. The Queen, who was attended by Mabell Countess of Airlic, Lady Joan Verney, and Mr. Gerald Chichester, her assistant private secretary, was received on arrival by Lord Ash feld, the Downger Countess of Gosford, the Hon. Ursula Lawley, Lady Bland-Sutton, Sir Richard Mathias, Captain N. A. Pogson, and Mr. Herbert A. Bromhead. Miss Ursula Laird presented a bouquet of flowers. In the front row of the Royal enclosure, in the company of the. Queen, were the Princess Royal, Princess Arthur of Con- naught, Lady Maud Carnegie, Prin- cene Helenu Victoria, and Princess Marie Louise.

The film, which was presented by the Gaumont Company, in conjunc- tion with Captain Pogson, follows the legent of the willow pattern pinte as it is told by word of mouth to-day in China. It is entirely Bri- tish in conception and production. Acenario was drawn up by Mr. The W. H. Jansen, the producer, who de- cided that its presentation should be Chinese in every possible detail. The interior scenes were done in the Shanghai stacios and the exte-

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FILM THAT MAY PROVOKE CONTROVERSY.

BRUTAL LOVE-MAKING.

"What Price Glory," the un-] abashedly realistic film which be- gan its run the Plaza, Lower Regent-street, Piccadily Circus, is not so much a war film as a pic ture of life in the United States Army, writes the "Daily Mail's" Alm eritle. It shows in all its in- tensity the long rivalry between two first-rate professional soldiers. Their enmity flares up first when they are stationed in the Phillip pines, breaks out again in China, and reaches its culmination behind the lines in France.

Both these military heroes, are vigorous and recognisable types. Fingg, while conscientious and fine as a soldier, as a man is a great, loud-laughing, owencing brute, with a tiny core of son: ment lurking in- side his gigantic frame. Quirt is but more polished, more crafty,

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EFFORTS TO REVIVE A НАВІТ.

Sir William Orpen, R.A., presidet at the first meeting, held at the Arts Club, London, of the commit- tee of eminent artists who are to select pictures for the national series of exhibitiona promoted under Sir Joseph Duvcen's' achemo for helping lesser-knowa British Д market for artists by finding

Conway, their work. Sir Martin chairman of the executive commit- tee of the scheme, recapitulated its main outlines, and described it as calculated to improve the market, not only for the work of lesser- known artists, but for the work of all British artists. The picture- buying habit, which was strong twenty years ago, had dropped out in the face of fierce competition from other luxury commodities. To revive that habit was an essential) factor in any practical scheme to help British artists.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1927.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

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In the discussion that followed qually oflcient at his job.

the only question raised was whe- They respect each other in a way, ther the limitation of exhibita But each fancies himself as a tady-pictures of not more than £50 in killer, and it is during their gross, price would prove derogatory to the almost repulsive attempts at love incomes of batter-known artists! making that their quarrels occur. generally. The answer made to this They both regularly pursue the point was that it was idle to assume same "skirt"; and the fact that that picture buying could be re- of highly- their aaveethearts are of the oncom- established by means ing type and confer favours on both priced pictures. If the market was to be recovered at all a certain con- men only makes things worse.

cession was needed for the

pur. poses of business promotion or mar- frms

definite set naido ket creation. Just as big business

for business creation, 80- the nrtistic

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could recover lost markets without some concession. The buyer to-day of a

of next year's tential buyer small cheap motor-car was the po-

this year's buyer of a £50 picture luxerious limousine, and similarly was the potential buyer of next The habit or The photo-year's masterpiece. graphy, too, is beautifully clear and appetite must first be created, and round, and helps the illusion that to do this every effort and, if neces- the action takes place in the worldsary, every concession

made. of men and not in a film studio.

Unstinted princ goes to Mr. rior scenes at Hangehow. A num- Victor McLaglan, former boxer, miner, Guardsman, and British film ber of Chinese, who had had no previous experience of film work, actor, for his magnificent perform were engaged and special trained ance as Captain Flagg. e rivets the attention of the audience for the various parts. There was a delightful and a very natural re-throughout by his naturalness, his presentation of pretty Kin-chi sincerity, and the power of his (Mary Lee), the heroine, of Chang-acting. Mr. Edmund Lowe is only

just less good as Sergeant Quirt. the lover with whom The production of "What Price

than rather Tab-jin, und of Glory as a whole is broad, sweep- the other characters that go to ing, stuffed with character, atmos- make up a singularly beautiful phere, and reality. piece of work. The story ends with the self-immolation of Kin-chi on the body of her husband and the aseent of their anula to heaven in the form of doves. Mr. Kitchen. the musical director of the New Gallery, gave a special programme The play of appropriate music. has been running in China and Chinese-speaking countries since the beginning of the summer. The first performance was witnessed outside the countries of the Far East, and at the end the Queen expressed herself as having enjoyed it very much. Before her Majesty left a short film was exhibited showing her arrival at the cinema a little more than an hour earlic.

must

be

The committee then discussed

Even the careful pictures of sol plans for allocating among them diers "mouthing loud oaths" con-

selves the work of, icture selection tributes to this effect.

But the film will not please every--a task which, in view of the large one all of the time, though it may number of participants provoke more discussion than any scheme, promises, to be

heavy one. picture since "Intolerance,"

as

Forced Sentiment. Individual incidents, such Flagg's pushing his way along the trench heartening his men, Kiper's detection in giving his officer "the bird," and the dramatic game of at the end are finc.. But cards there are other tedious moments, and some rather disgusting onca.

And while the picture has been acclaimed in America for its anti- war propaganda and for its senti- ment, both will be regarded here as slightly forced. In any case, The Lord Chamberlain, Lord one short scene in the British film

"Mademoixalle from

Armen Cromer, has--for the momenttieres that of the Old Soldier and refused to grant a licence for the the Young Soldier, before they go public production in London of

version the stage

of Miss Anita Loos's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."

"GENTLEMEN PREFER

BLONDES."!

Mr. Edgar Selwyn, the Amer- ican manager who has come to London to present the play in Mr. Gilbert association with Miller, said:

I understand that the theme is considered permissible, but that certain of the lines are not. I am hopeful that the lines in question may be altered or taken out..

The play is to be done in London next month if the Lord Chamberlain's permission can be obtained. It is hoped that Mr. G. P. Huntley, who has not acted in London for some years, will be in the cast.

For the parts of the two girls, Loreli and her friend, Mr. Selwyn has in mind Miss June Walker and Miss Edna Hibbard, who played in the American production.

£5,000 FOR TAPESTRY.

A late Gothic tapestry, 10ft. 6in. square Burgundian, early 16th cen- tury, was sold for £5,000 at Messrs. Sotheby's to Mr. J. M. Botibol anti- que dealer, Hanway-street, W.

It is silk and wool, woven with a scene of a queen on throne and surrounded by her Court, handing a letter to a messenger, while her maids of honour are handing other letters to another messenger.

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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)

A PROMISING MUSICIAN.

But propaganda and a good deal of unnecessary and brutal love- It cannot be often that a school- making apart, the film is praise- boy has performed on the organ-of worthy, because it puts the the Chapel Royal, St. James's, but screen rough heroes in whom we such is the promise of young Gor- can believe wholeheartedly, men don Thorne, aged 13, that he la grimed with blood and dirt, noisy allowed this privliege. He has been with curses, but able now and then a choir boy, has passed the asso- to thrill us with the crude nobility cinted board examinations for the of their kind.

lexander Zamansky, formerly a member of the Imperial Russian Opera, dressed in rich native Russian Boyar costume and accompanied by two other fair masqueraders enlivened proceedings at the great Fete de Nuit which is featured every yest in Quebec City and was this year one of the out- standing items in the program of the Winter Sports Season which has had a very successful ten weeks run at the Ancient Capital, The trio are shown standing just outside the Chateau Frontenac Zmamenaky took part in the singing of the old French-Canadian Talk-songs while rockets and fireworks of all kinda lit up the old fortifications and the citadel. Ski and Snowshoe Clubs sent out large contingenta in costume to swell the ranks of the man- queradery and this year's carnival was by universal consensus of opinion" described as ons of the best ever staged in Quebec.'

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