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China is once again in the throes of civil war, the war lords in the North evidently being determined to oust Marshal Chiang Kai-shek by hook or by crook. Heavy fighting has been reported, but negotiations are still in pro- gress by which it is hoped to prevent the spread of the ferment on a big scale. In any event the history of the whole trouble is faithfully chronicled in this week's OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.

Locally great interest has been manifested in the annual and extraordinary meetings of shareholders in the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, Limited, at which differences were aired regarding the farming out of the Company's business. The proceedings were animated throughout and resulted in the Directors being outvoted, but a poll has been demanded. A verbatim report appears in this week's OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.

Owing to exceptional foggy conditions at ses quite a number of shipping mishaps, fortunately none of a serious nature, have been chronicled during the week. These will be found in this week's OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.

Education again is featured, both St. Stephen's College and King's College having their annual Speech Days and distribution of prizes, full reports of which appear in the OVERLAND. CHINA MAIL.

The annual meeting has been held of the Kowloon Res sidents' Association, a body which has an appeal of its own both to local residents and those at Home on leave. An account of the meeting is published in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.

The annual Race Carnival has come to an end after a record breaking meeting. Results of the fifth day, together with special reports of all other forms of sport, will be found in this week's OVERLAND CHINA MAHL

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THE

CHINA

Behind the Scenees

in Hollywood

KING OF HOLLYWOOD| | ON CHARLIE'S FUTURE

'HE MAY BECOME A CHARACTER ACTOR'

MAIL.

FOX FILM PLAN

Shareholders Agree to £12,000,000 Scheme

FILM PERSONALITIES

By Durothy Herzog.]

Hi numa is Wiley Hill. He's a Montana rancher with a herd of 700 cattle roaming his . Montana ranch. He also owns a ranch just below Noah Beery's Paradiso Trout Ranch In the mountains 90 miles from Hollywood.

He Ha a stocky bult man. spent his youngest years riding herd, whooping it up in Wild West ahows, touring the country In his UW! show, and mooching In the New York, Yesterday. movies. He has anttled down now, NEW PICTURE SOON

It is announce that the ballot more or less. He supplies horses Mr. Joseph Schenck, head of the of shareholders of the Fox Film to the sturdier souls who travel to

Noah's Ranch. resulted in the

And frequently he United Artists' Corporation, and the Corporation has

regales his guests with stories of most important man in Hollywood, | approval of £12,000,000 for the re- was leaving London in mall week, financing

the West of yesterday. plan advocated by after a mouth's visit, having ar

We were eltting below the water- ranged for the purchase of a site William Fox and the Banca America falls and Hill got to talking. near Piccadilly on which to build and the Blair Corporation Banking recalled. Will Rogers at a party in London's biggest picture theatre. Group-Reuter's American Service, the days when Will was a cowhand

in Oklahoma.

He has also started negotiations in a score of provincial towns for the building of big theatres in the next few years (writes an Evening News correspondent).

"I cannot tell you exactly the site we are buying, because there is one lease the purchase of which is not yet quite completed,' Mr. Schenck said to a reporter.

£300,000-A-Year

He

Mr. William Fox, the film magnate, There was dancing on the side- answers, in an affidavit filed with the walk and tables set to ene side for United States District Court, the non-dancing guests. Around one. charges made against him in aults for table sat Rogers and Hill and a receivership against the Fox Film couple of cronies. A lady friend of Corporation,

Hill walks over and he asked her He states that the company and its

to dance. She, in turn, confessed subsidiaricu have net assets of $13,000,000, with estimated earnings

she would like awfully much to So Hill did the this year of £2,714,800, and denies that meet Will Rogers. "The site alone is costing

And Will asked ter She bought some 300 British theatres introducing. £800,000, and by the time the owned by the British-Gaumont Co., to dance. theatre is built we will have spent and valued at £1,000,000, without con- Will was a mean hoofer even in not less than £1,500,000. Our sultation.

This purchase was neces- those days. The lady was wide- rental alone there will be £2,000 asary, he says, as protection, because eyed with astonishment. week, so we shall certainly have to when the theatres were offered for sale "I didn't know cowboys could play to packed houses to

his company was receiving from them! get our capital back.

film rentals of about £100,000 a year. dance so wall," she exclaimed."

He expected a profit of £300,000 a "Sho, that ain't nuthin'" grinned

Rogers. year from the deal,

Biggest in London "It is a magnificent site that wa have got, and we are putting up a theatre that will accommodate 3,700 people, quite the biggest in Lon- don, and it will be equipped for the showing of talking pictures.

"You will have a superb film of Charlie Chaplin's here soon.

"I say soon, because I hope it will be soon but it may not arrive be-, fore our new theatre is built, os Charlic is a terror in the matter of producing films.

"I'm sometimes afraid that his loading lady may become an old woman by the time he finishes his film. You

has 920, when he practically finished a film, he is liable to start all over again if it does not please him.

"He insists on doing everything for himself writing the scenario, the sub-titles and everything else. We would very much like to take the trouble and work of making the fim away from him, so that he could just devote himself to his own wonderful neting; but he won't do it.

"No Head For Business" "Charlie has no head for business, Many years ago he had a contract with me.

I provided the money, an amount that he could draw, and we split the profit fifty-fifty.

"I was staying in Florida, when I got a cable from him asking me to release him from the contract. He had a right to ask to be released, and I could have réfused or con- sented just as I wished. I don't believe in coercion. I wired to him telling him he was released.

"He then made ten Alms from which he earned £120,000. Had he remained under contract to me he would have made four times that amount, and a simple sum in arith metic would have told him that be yond doubt.

"Everyone is fond of Charlle, and none more than I am, for I have known him for many years and admire his genius more as the years make us both older. He is the greatest pantomimic genius in the world.

SOMETHING NEW

"But how do you learn?" she persisted.

"Well," calculated W. "I reckon

we learn from the cows!"

Mary Lawlor-She who will sing

And then there was Tom Mix. the lead in M.G.M.'s musical talkie, Hil recollected the time he saw "Good News"-has leased a home Tom do a scene that called for him in Beverly Hille. She has also to gallop his horse down a road, had calling cards printed.

In one A rope stretched across the road. corner are the initals: "S. P."

It caught Tom in the pit of the "What does that stand for?" she stomach. The horse galloped on. was asked.

Tom rung on the rope and dropped to the road unconscious. It took a few minutes to revive him.

Miss Lawlor arched brows: "Why swimming pool, of course."

"I

The director took great pleasure "That was more'n I'd do," said in telling him that his set musi-Mr. Hill, histing up his sombrero clans had discarded their blatant and scratching his head. Oriental tunes in favour of modern wouldn't do a stunt like that for music. About this time, the di-California, much less for $7,500 a rector was ready to shoot anup-week!" that scene. The bride and groom were ready to walk down the aisle to the altar.

Wedding

"Play the

March," shouted the Chinese director. And the musicians swung into the tune with "Parade-of the Wooden Soldiers("

IN THE ORIENT

Nikita Balioff has come to town. Bulleff is the Moon-faced "Chauve,

to prepare Souris" impresario hig

cash new show for the customers. During his absence from Los Angeles, Ballsff has done quite a bit of travelling. Shang- hai was one of his stops. Whilst there, he visited Chinese film studio.

BABY'S FIRST WORD-?

Joan Crawford was listening to Benny Rubin talk more than a little bit about hit new baby. Benny concluded with a serious:

"I won- der what the first word she saya will be?"

Joan shrugged and supplied with abbreviated emphasis; "Gimmie!"

become an indigent actor having to earn is living playing character parts, depite his genius, so simple is his equipment in matters of com- monsense business.

"He is not extravagant par

"I have seen him, when, amusing the boys In Hollywood, play the part of a matador in a bull-fight, and al- though he never spoke a word you could take your oath he was swear-sonally, and if he were to invest ing in Spanish half the time.

"Pantomime is an art by itself, apart from acting, and I am a great admirer of it. Chaliapin is an other great pantomimist.

His Friend's Fear "But

Charlie's friends are frequently afraid that he may yet

million dollars he could live on the Interest-£10,000 a year and have a big margin left over in the most expensive place.

"But many of his friends doubt if he will have the common sense to invest money like that, as all other successful pepole do."

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guard of a sword 48-Pallid 45-Empty

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