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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1929.

RADIO

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

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

b 17 8 19

112

2

3 14

13

15

16

18

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120 21

22

23

27

128

31

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24 25. 26

130

35

36

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37

138

39

HO HI

43 44 45

242

46

48 49 50 151

53

157

54-55

58

160

161

HORIZONTAL

1-A fruit (pl.)

47

52

56

THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.

: HORIZONTAL (Cont) VERTICAL (Cont.) 46-A cartain drum beat 14-Shredded cabbage

16-A liquor (pl.)

e-floyal stats of honor 47-Pronoun

12-Contendad

14-Shoestring

15-Entrancs

10-Exclamation of

regret

.17-Old World annual

parsley family

18-in the middle

19-Sows

21-Boy-

22-Mother

23-Became larger

24-Consume

26-Preposition

27-Makes amanda for

20-A flower 81-Refund

32-Beast of burden 33-Bow

35-Moisture

36-Tear

37-Hand-to-hand fight

4D-At no time

42-Irrigates

*-Exist

45-A quick thrust

48-Man's name (short) 19-Basty

60-Subduers

62-Girl's name

53-Girl's name

85-Becomes brown

20-Reclined

23-Corroded

25-Beliefs

28-Spread to view

56-Allowance for waste 29-A sarpent

of 57-Steam boats

59-French river

80-Thoac who work in

tin

61-Fondle

VERTICAL

1-A school study 2-Throw out beams

3-Bour

4-Fondle

30-Part

32-Make publie 34-Receivers

36-One who gives back

part 37-Charts

88-Properties

39-Lowest

41-Large tub

5-Man's name (short)|44-City In Utah

6-A conjunction to

show comparison

7-Feminine

entertainer B-Musical note

9-Aged

10-Fasten

1-Brilliancy

12-Not often

42-Conflicta

40-Decades

49-Manner

31-A planet

62-A large lake

64-Man's name (short)

68-High peak

(England)

68-Pronoun [59-Musical note

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

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

RATE

SEER.

[WOOS ·DYÊ

HUMOROUS IRONY

THE CHINA

Behind the Scenes →

in Hollywood

In the excitement of waiting for ex- citement to happen, this flicker bureau neglected to report that on June 26 Vilma Banky and Rod La Rocque céle- brated their second anniversary of "I de" And "I will." The couple were married amidst the glare of paragra-

Yuma Banky

phical spotlights in 1927. There were wise whispers that it wouldn't take. Like that first vaccination when you were a kid, the "Signorant" took all bets without giving odds,

Seems it has taken. Vilma and Rod continued to get along like a coupla Siamese twins. Rod asked his Hun- garian Rhapsody what she wanted a new fangled fishing tackle and some sort of "highs" that come from London. Rod ordered it all.

And then gloom came. Buck Pri- vate Banky received marching orders from General Samuel Goldwyn. Sam supervised her wedding, but business is business. She was given miles of rail- road ticket and bundled aboard the iron horse Chief bound for Kanzas City, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and other cities where "So This is Heaven" is unreeling. Vilma wired Rod from Albuquerque that she lost her breath in the desert and has no idea where she'd find it again,

Which agitates her "worser half" no end. He was planning to abduct Miss Bank to Cathalina. The "Delightful Rogue" troupe sails seross miles of wind-blown Pacific for locational pur- poses, but while Rod was using the camera, Vilma would have been rocking in a boat, hanging on to tackle and praying for a bite.

FILM SCENES

J

CHINESE MANAGER FINED IN SINGAPORE

A BAD CASE

'SFUNNY

MAIL,

Recently I read in the public printe that Lewis Stone was divorced from his wife. He isn't, at all.

THE

TALKIES"

THREAT TO SILENT,

.- FILMS

V

BOOMING IN GREAT BRITAIN

"Talkies" are making a bold bid for supremacy in Britain. If the estimates, of leading manufacturers and sup pliers of projecting apparatna prove correct, it is not impossible that by the end of the year nearly 1,500 theatres in Britain will be in a position to pre- sent talking pictures.

Eight years ago, Mr. Stone married The Western Electric Company, who. Florence Oakley, an actress on the New have just opened a factory at Crickle- York stage. It was his second mar-i wood, where the various parts import- riage, Miss Oakley and he had been cd from America are assembled, expect partnera in a stock company years pre- to have equipped 500 theatres by De- vious. After her marriage, Florence cember 31.

permitted her career to fade. She The company point out that they concerned herself with domestic star- have on their payroll 252 employees, ring and Mr. Stone's two children by of whom all but about a score are Bri- hia first marriage, Virginia and Bar

bara.

Time lapsed. A year ago, Virginie, now twenty years old, yearned for the stage. Her stepmother accompanies her to New York. She has gone a

I month or so. She hears from her hus

band daily. When she returns, the thunderbolt strikes.

Mr. Stone desires a separation. His heart has gone to another, it seems. Florence at first refused to believe. Finally, she accepted the inevitable, but the suddenness of it all resulted in her having a nervous breakdown.

A nonth later she left the hospital. Ehe returned to the stage to enact the lead in the Los Angeles production of "The Royal Family." Miss Oakley At gave an excellent performance. this penning, she is playing in Leatrice Joy's flicker, "A Most Immoral Lady." A plucky trouper, Florence Oakley.

-Lupe Velez

PUTTING IT OVER

Her name is Marion Dix. In 1926

A. deliberate attempt to deeeive the the Official Fih Censor was described by Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Singapore, when a Chinose was charged before Mr. she graduated from the University of C.H. G. Clarke, the: District Judge. Washington: She came direct to Holly

The accused, Khiam Choo-hook, wood with diploma in trunk. manager of Tong A Film Company, 34, came to write for the celluloids. Miss Robnison-road, was charged that he, Dix has worked her way through col- on the night of July 22, at the Empire lege by writing for the Seattle "Timca" Cinema, Tanjong Pagar, did cause to

She

be exhibited a film entitled The Uncon- and contributing to magazines. She querable which, after being marked by yearned to do likewise for the silver

sheetpt the Official Censor, had been, tampered with. The accused pleaded guilty.

That was four years ago. Just the Mr. Whitley said that it was a bad other day. she realised her ambition. case. The film in question was subinit. It took all of four years to do it. Dur bed to the Censer on July 18 and passing this time she stenoged in the scen- ed for exhibition on July 22 On the ario department of Famous Players night when it was exhibited it was dis- and worked as script girl on umpty covered that certain scenes which were ump flicks. Her most recent assiga- EX-KAISER WARNED not in the film when censored were be

ing shown. At the end of the first reel scene depicting a Chinese woman at- tempting to murder children was shown

RETURN TO GERMANY LEGAL BUT UNDESIRABLE

The "Berliner Tageblatt," comment ing on the uneasiness visible in certain quarters, considers a warning to the ex-Kaiser to be necessary now that' the Bill for the extension of the time Jimit of the law for the protection of the Republic has been defeated by manoeuvre of the Economic party in the Reichstag recently.

ment was Billy Welman's "Woman Trap

Much to her surprise she received an order to report to an office instead of and another scene showed the Chinese the set before the picture was com scenes were not in the film. woman committing suicide. These pleted. She was then handed "The Mr. Kibitzer story and instructed to put Whitley maintained that the accused it in continuity form. Excelsior! She was guilty of deliberately deceiving the had achieved her ambition. But it took four years to make the grade, and, be- lieve you me, four years is a tough puli,

Censor and the scenes were very un- desirable ones. It was a bad case, Mr. Whitley said, and he naked that the accused be dealt with severely.

The accused was fined $250 and

On July 22 the clause veteing the costs cx-Kaiser's return to Germany was to Similar charges are pending against become mu and void, Although the manager of the Hai Hsin Film Co., Wilhelm will not, according to the 115, Robinson-road When the defen- “Tageblatt,” ride on a white charger dant was called he failed to put in an through the Brandenburger Tr ́s to his appearance, The charges against him realderice, it is as well, knowing his was that on the night of July 22 at the temperament, to warn him already Empire Cinema he caused to be exhibit- "gainst any proposed week-ends in Gered a film entitled Younger Brother

many

GLOBE YARNS

Harry Green teils this 'un.:

Over on the Fox lot they're making

which, after being marked by the Off- a fick yolept, "Morried in Hollywood.”

cial Censor, had been tampered with; "Tis more than a flick, Tis an operetts

that he being the owner of a film en- directed by Marcel Silver and Edward

titled A Disappointed Plotter did fail Royce, with Norma Terris and J.

to depasit the cuttings with the Official Harold Murray both formerly at Zieg

Cantor within seven days of its arrival. fald's "Show Boat-heading the cast. "The first day on the train when IA Court process server stated that it so chanced that a man was want was coming to Hollywood I noticed a on July 24 he served a summons at ed to enact the role of an extra out of chap who seemed terribly disturbed 116, Robinson road, on the måneger work. The casting office dug into its about something He kept ringing his who was upstairs. He asked boy voluminous files and brought forth the hands and moaning: What shall I do?" where the manager was and was name of Joe Mille. Mr. Milla, I am On the third day he had me qute shown a nun wearing spectacles. This told, is a man in his fifties, a man with upset. He seemed to be getting hysteri- man received the summons and after the attributes of a solemn Shakes cal So I went up to him and asked looking at it signed it and the boy pearean actor of old. He has been out

if there was anything wrong put a chop on it. Witness told the

of a job for night-onto-eight month Is there anything wrong he wail manager to come to the First Court

It was to Joe Mille that the part in "Married in Hollywood was awarded Being a Hollywood whimsy, as

point addit

and Deptford

ed. For three days already I've been at 10 am on July 29) Again on July

on the wrong train and he asks me if 25 witness went to the same address b there's anything wrong.

2.15 pm and served another mummoną. on the saine man, who signed it and the boy put a chop out. Witness fold- him that the two cases would be taken on July 29. Witness id he Lad look-

OLD TAYLOR that the courts, but

AGED BY TIME

could est find 197

His Honour beld the process serv to inform the manager again th

hould be in court at 10 am. next day.

Made Ball

Ruth Chatterton

tish. In two months' time they expect

to be equipping theatres at the rate of three every day.

Trade Competitions

British Talking Pictures have al- ready supplied their apparatus to 100 British cinemas and are confident that' by the end of the year this number will have increased to considerably over 300, and possibly to 400. Approximate- ly me-fifth of the theatres now equip. ped are in the Metropolitan area.

"Truveltone," another American ma- chine of which a demonstration was given in London recently, is to be in- stálied immediately in fifty of the theatres under Gaumont-British con- trol, a lead which may be followed by many more theatre-owners.

Other systema which also have been taken up already include British Acoustic, in operation the Marble Arch Pavilion, the German, Klangflm- Tobis, demonstrated recently at the Palace Theatre, and Portable Talking Pictures, demonstrated at the Scala,

Several other systems, new so far as Britain is concerned, are to be shown. in London in the immediate future; of one or two of them great things are predicted.

Mr. Sam Eckman, managing direc ter of Jury-Metro-Goldwin, announced the other day, that, to his kniówiddo, sixty-five different types of reproduc- ing machines eppeared and dis appeared on the American market.

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