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5.30-6.30 p.m.--Programme
Chinese Music cords).
of
(Columbia Re-
7.48 .m.-Evening Weather Re- port.
* p.m.-Evening Programme Columbia Records supplied through the courtesy of Anderson Music Co., Ltd.).
"Virginia" - (Waher & Tunbridge).
Selortion .......London Theatre
Orchestra.
Invitation to the Valse",
Chant Sans Paroles”,
J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. "Lities of Lorraine" (Grey & Connor).
"Just Because the Violets
Tenor,
William Heseltine. "Wait Til You See Ma Cherle”. "Louise", American Duettisis-
Layton and Johnstone.
The Wedding of the Painted Doll", Wistaria". Piano Solo Billy Mayerl. "Miniature Musical Comedies","
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Billy Leonard, Mark Daly, Emmie Joyce, Raymond Newell, Norman Williams & Chorus.
Suite Overture
Noisette",
Miniature,
"Casse Noisette", Suite—March
(Tathaikowsky).
B.R.C. Wireless Symphony Orch. Conducted by Perry Pitt.
(a) Danse De La Fee Dragee:
(b) Danse Des Mirlitom:
(c) Dange Chinoise;
(d) Danse Russe, Trepak;
(e) Danse Arabe;
(f) Valse Des Fleurs.
"I'm Thirsty for Kisses Hungry for
LOVE
"It Wain Meant to Be",
Contralto Betty Bolton. "(a) Where Be You Going?", "(b) (ill Clothes and Fine Clothes", "Messinntes", Bass...Norman Allin. "The Enchantress",
"The El King" (Schubert),
Thelma Todd
" DYNAMITE "
THE CHINA "MAIL,
Behind the Scener in Hollywood
By DOROTHY HERZOG
Hollywood. Her name is Jean Harlow. She hails froni Chicago and has lived with her parents in Bev Hills for a year. She's tall and slim and very blonde. Naturally blonde.
Hal Roach glimpsed her about 1welvo months ago and promptly signed her to A five-year contract. But Miss Harlow's grandfather had his own ideas about the cinema. He told her flatly
she muted in single pidure he'd cut her out of his will. And he was wealthy. So Jean cogitated and de- cided to agree with her grandfather. Mr. Roach very agreeably saw her angh and destroyed the contract. Thal was a year ago.
She
Misa Harlow's aged grandfather passed away some months ago. inherited a plump sum of do-re-nie. She had forgotten pictures. Until-
Just recently, Billy Joy-Leutrice's brother, was introduced to her in the lobby of ye Roosevelt hostelry. Billy has turned agent, and, therefore, scout. He igured the blonde a 9-s-swell bet.. Subsequently she signed a contract
with him.
The first supervisor to get a glimpse of her was Bernie Fineman at Famous Plajera. Bernie remembered a long forgotten enthusiasm. The result: Miss Harlow was signed pronto for a prominent role in Clara Bow's new reeler, "The Saturday Kid."
That's Imovies,
Cecil DeMille's initial taky effort, "Dynamite," exploded in the Car- thay Circle Theatre t'other eve to the approval of a resplendent audi- ence wise with the wisdom of Holly- wood premiers. The picture's rich- ness mirror a pre-godly DeMille. There's a modernistię bathtub and a conventional stove.frivolity and seriousness; rakish fems and Puri- tanie dittos; and triangle and a sec-¡ saw love race,
The first half of the reeler is good entertainment. The second half is
the way to break into the
Pauline Stark
Bary Brian
option. Say, you smoke swali nicotine." Misa S. (gralefully): "30 delighted
joined with the Polish air forces after the armistice. He was a Tree agent, restless with wander- Just, when he ran into the tall lanky Schoedsack some place in Australia, or thereabouts. The meeting WAS auspicious. Schoed- sack had been making foreign films for an American organisa- tion. One or the other had heard or the strange peoples in mysteri nus Asia. Together they set forth to film them. Two years later motion picture theatres "Grass."..
saw
The team of Murnau and Flaherty is a more cosmopolite one. Their expenditure. to the South Sea Isles to produce "King- dom of the Pearl" lacks the rug- ged verve of a Cooper-Schoedsack expedition. Yet from it should come a beautiful offering. Murnau thinks through the eye of a camera. His platures think) camera-ly, with bits of condensed but vital drama that unita, usual- JP, into an impressive climax. Flaherty thinks in terms of rip- pling scenic and gentle human in- Iterest effects.
They
Screen audiences have stamped so-called travel pictures with ap- proval.
remain, however, fastidious as to the methods of presentation,
you like our cgarettes. Do fill yourporation sold their offices in Sluga- prockets, Loc. (Applicant obliges).
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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Now about the option. How much will pore to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer but also in Japan, and Java, it is now that be?"
The latter, under the Applicant (casually): Five dollars disclosed. has
Mr. deal, will sell United Artists' pro- or a twenty dollar cheque.
duct in these territories. For some Waite produces pictures, don't he?"
Miss S. (writing cheque for $20): time United Artists has been "Um."
handling distribution for M.-G.-M. My in these Far Eastern countries. Well,
The servant problem perturbs the colony greatly. It reached the stage of hysterical care Iesness where a visiting guest may be heard asking downright impertinent questions about her hostess' cook. In- deel, the physical aspects of domesti- city may evolute frisky nerves into collapsible dios any moment.
Take, for a specific example, the case of Pauline Starke. As Pauline she en- joys lite. As Mrs. Jack White, super- visor of a Bev, Hills home, she has her troubles.
Polly stems unable to find servants with adhesive qualities. They come and they go Exactly like ad-
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The following is an interview 'twixt Miss Starkeer, pardoning you, Mrs.
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Pauline Stark
Courulto ......Muriel Brunskill. sacrificed to a mine cave-in reckon-White-and an applicant for the cook- "Allegretto", Organ Solo,
Edouard Commette.ed to twitter dull nerves and pal-ery job. "OLovely Night",
pitate all hearts. You may like it. "Parted, Contralto.....Doris Vane. It cost a tremendous lot of money. "Burlesen "Minuetto" Malami Instrumental
Quartet.
"Death and the Maiden" (Schubert), "The Organ Grinder" (Schubert),
.Norman Allin.
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"A Kiss Before the Dawn", "My Inpiration is You"
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J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. "If Ever I Meet the Sergeant", "Time To Go" (A Shanty Ballad),
Robert Easton.. "Faust" (Gounod), Vocal Gems,
Miriam Licette and Chorus. 10.30 p.m.-Close Down.
TALKIES
MR. FISHER'S ANTICIPATIONS
IN SINGAPORE
Butler shows applicant into charmi- ing drawing-room. She is a nice look- Her mouth arouses sus- The significance of "Dynamite" to ing woman. this writer, however, is Kay John- picion. It indicates stubbornness. Her Other than that, son in the role of the heroine, hands are smooth. Charles Bickford, also a newcomer Enter Miss Starke, flowing in agri-
no comments.
to the screen, gives a fine perform cot negligee. ance, but Bickford portrays a
Miss Starke (glancing at letter from straight characterization, whereas applicant): "You are Mary Smith?" Miss Johnson plunges through an
Applicant (nonchalantly): “Yes.” emotional labyrinth. Julia Faye 30ss S. "Whom did you cook for gives a good account of herself. last?" Conrad Nagel enacts the other im- portant role.
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The picture belongs to Kay John-
Applicant: "Miss Starlet, I left be cause I didn't like the hour."
Misa S. (distinctly apprehensive): What are your hours?"
Applicant: "Breakfast 7.30. I
son. It ushers her from the re- can't have my golf interfered with. stricted audiences of Broadway Luncheon for no more than four. No theatres to the wider range of tone. Dinner at sx. No more. If you
It does more.
The Bioscope of August 14, dis- movie houses.
It give any parties at night you gotta get
closes that it has received an in-establishes her on the first rung of extra help."
teresting letter from Mr. Joe stardom.
Fisher, the well-known enterprising
late representative of First Nation-
Miss S. (surprised): "Well! That's beautiful. I think we can do busi- nesi"
al Vitaphone productions in the To "Dynamita" Miss Johnson Applicant (unamotionally); “I must Far East, upon the "talkie" posi- brings a voice chummy with ema-have a car for my own use and gas tion in Singapore.
tion. A graceful screen presence thrown in."
He states that every effort is and a humorous sophistry.
being made to introduce them but
it is anticipated that they will not
be seen in Singapore for another
She Miss, S.. Um! Tell me, do you ex- you isn't the ordinary picture type Sheet one and me to provide 3 isn't beautiful. She's tall and slen-with golf equipment 7
der. She wears the usual DeMille! Applicant: "Nope, I got it, and as
six months to come. Singapore has frocks, but one isn't conscious of for the halls I can pick those up my-
self"
them She suggests audacious Miss S.: "What is your salary???
Applicant: "Well, I'm really Equity,
long had its censorship difficulties feminineness one jump ahead of
Applicant: "That's the pans. gentleman friend is an actor. goodbye. Glad to have met you,"
Included are branches in Tokyo,
"Thank you. Good morning."
Miss S. (on the verge of collapsing): Aomori. Kiushu, and Osaka in Japan, frem which is handled noti Door closes as Miss Starke's maid, only this latter country but India who has been hiding behind a Japanese and the Philippines as well. In telephone and Java, M.-G.-M. secures the United seven, rushes to the rings the doctor.
Artists offices in Weltevreden and in the Stalts Settlements, the ex- For the South Sea
change at Singapore which, also F. W. Murnau and Robert operates all through the F.M.S., Flaherty are either en route or Indo-China and Siam. preparing to be to the South Sea The necessity for the exchange Isles. Here they will habitat in arose, it is understood, at the time definitely with camera and cellu-Jit became known that the Singapore jold, returning with a completed office was being taken over by film yelept "The Kingdom of the MG.-M., out of the fact that United Pearl."
Artists have abandoned silent pro- &duction..
Schoedsack, of Cooper Schnedsack, is bound to a little known part of the world to shoot another offering. He goes alone. Cooper, remains in New York, as- sociated with an aeronautic firm. Whether or not the dissolving of the famous team that gave us "Grass" and "Chang" is in any measure due to Hollywoodising "Tour Feathers" is problematical.
Four Feathers" Like its two dramatic and pictorial
"Four predecessora, Feathers" is rich with extraordin- ary jungle scenes. Its nature realism, however, has yielded to story and human actors. Once again the white man plays the ua- witting role of heavy in his civilisation and softening of stack reality. The pellmell dampede of hippopotami fleeing from a jungle
Greta Garbo
he writes, and considerable discus- romantic danger. Naturally the but they ain't to know I'm working te and diving into the river is sion is going on as to how the cen: box office excitement is: Will she during the strike. So I'll cut my salary soring of sound. productions will effect the situation. Mr. Fisher miss the next jump.
states that the matter is being taken up with the censor beard with. a view to inducing them to work along the same lines as are employ
ed in Great Britain.
Drive a Trusty
“TRIUMPH"
the Motor that never fails you
acrificed to reat extent to
to $150 a month. I gotta have a con- successful tight of hers and tract though."
Miss S. (dubious): "Contract?" friend to safety. The gorgeous Applicant, taking a cigarette from shots of monkeys racing from the gold box. Miss Starke crosses over fire into the river is also sacrifice and lights. It for her. She node thanks: ed. One could only lament bitter. "Yeah, I gotta have a 'contract. I'll by and fecall the divine Bimbo, in sign up for three months with an op
Chang
Miss Johnson has takez residen-. tial root in Beverly Hills with her husband, John Cromwell, the direc-a tor. M.-G.-M. has her under a five year contract.
tion. If you're a right I'll renew my At all events, Schoedsack goes
She went from school to a drama-option."
ape alone to a scantily kuwi part of tic ditto. Thence to the stage, Miss S (coughing as applicant blows the world. And one regrets the where she made good. There's smoke in her face): "I see. Now cup. nothing particularly remarkable pas you leave me your telephone non-severing of this herde box and about Miss Johnson's career. She ber and I'll ring your to-morrow about camera team knew what she wanted. She set, the job."
forth to get it. And she did. Per haps the remarkable part of it is she knew what she wanted
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Their joining forces took place years ago in a manner as Casual Applicant, filling her lacquer it was impressive. Cooper, as cigarette case from the gold box: “That I recall the story, was an Ameri- suffs me, but you gotta pay me for the can officer during the war. He
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