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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

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

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20

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HORIZONTAL

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b 7 16 19 10

13

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HORIZONTAL (Cont.). VERTICAL (Cont) 51~Hastaned

19-Decay

6-Pertaining to a fool-152–Vassel made with

Tess animal

12-To expect

13-Gǝrent

14-A city of China

18-A fiquid measure 17-An eagle

12-And not 20-Interjection-con-

tempt 21-Muscle-twitching 22-Stem of a water pri plant.

£4-Wanderer 25-Ta presega 28-8mallest in piza 28÷Once mora Šian 30-To be sorry for 81-Termination 82-Türkish felt cap

· 34-A deep hola 27-A metallic element 19-Ona who has domią

mitted a folony

42-Story VATA

446A birdharbinger åt

staves and hoops

54-Capital of the

British Empira 156-Mahammedan

prince. 57-A New England'

Stats 68-Endured 59-One who, fences

VERTICAL

1-Another name for

a black knaken 2-Cognizant 3-A kind of soft cox! 4-Outst of tools 6-Noted English

ahpol

7-An Egyptian god,

8-Greasy liquid

atomic theory 9-Originator of

•-10-A

plant of the arum

20-A vegetable 23-German for "the" 25-To command 27-Tool for baring:

,holes

29-lock of start on

which metal is forged 32-Enemy 33-African akunk-IIRa

carnivore

24 Pertaining to pun-

keishmant 35-High rocky pln». Minnacle (Eng.)...,” 28-A Moorish tabor. 87-Sounds loudly, an a

trumpet

38-Negative 39-A falsehood: 40-Pertaining to the Majblond people of 41 Mient

N. W. Europe

43-A tropical Uxard

48-Obsolete spelling of

dupring Pamily A 48-A river of Frands

43-Girl's flower nams 11-8aldier armed with

47-A Turkish.titis

Appropriate

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ples inavian peoples? As-To soak, as flai

16 Deep ravine

THE CHINA

Behind the Scenees

in Hollywood

BORN IN CHINA.

"JOURNEY'S END."

MAIL.

In this manner a large part of the original production can be repro- duced abroad for a small portion of the Arst picture's cost"

Lesser ng Opposition.

Dear heavena, and we are asked to this litigation seems to assure the

duction to pictures was in Paris, love our neighbours as ourselves.

where she got a job with the First National Exchange. But the fu- ture held no gleam, so after serious conference with finances she sallied forth to the U.S.A.

Last year was notable in that: it saw the settlement of several anti-American moves in various countries. In some cases opposi tion to the American filma melted [By Dorothy Herzog.1

I don't know what the audience away because of the obvious Her name is Winifred Laurence. reaction to James Whale's outloud failure of home companies to She was born in China some twenty version of "Journey's End" will meet the demand of the cinema- years ago. The Chinese staged a be, but last eve I went to see the going public while in others revolution and rather than con- British stage troupe now offoring quota agreements were made that tribute to a chop suey.course the play locally, Behind me sot satisfied both American and for- Winifred and family fled to Russia, two wonien who made much noiss eign producers. har mother's native country. They with candy during most of the The most spectacular phase of lived in St. Petersburg until the first act. Their criticism of the the industry in the past few Russians ate marital yeast and did second act was: "I wish he didn't weeks has, of course, been the a little rising of their own. Again drink like that.". This referring | litigation in connection with Fox the family fled, this time to Paris. to the stellar character, Captain enterprises, involving vast sums

Miss Laurence is now an aasia-tanhope.

of money. The present status of tant director at RKO. Her intro-

payment of the $49,000,000 of obligations which are due during the next six weeks or two months, and the various court hearings Richard Barthelmess

have served to show the enormous and his

these wife voyaged from Paris to New earning power of

pro- It was while in New York that York on February 13. Thence to perties. There has been much she got in touch with the M. G. M. California and the flicks, Dick is other litigation in the industry scenario department. Her ability to star in an aviation story written during the past year, particular- to speak and to read French like by Howard Hawks, who will also y suits brought by the United a Parisian made her valuable.

direct. If this department may be States Government for alleged in- By and bye, M. G. M. signed a pardoned its step into the personal, fringements of the anti-trust laws. Russian Director. He and his wife it would like to congratulate Mr. These have not apparently injur arrived in New York, unable to Hawks for the grit that will enable ed the companies concerned, ai- speak English. Miss Laurence was him to make the picture. Mr. though they have caused worry to recruited to travel West with Hawks lost his brother Kenneth, them and to work with him at the also a director, in a recent airplane studio in an interpretative capa-amash,

city.

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Luck collapsed after 3 few months of this. Miss Laurence found herself out of a job. She tried extra-ing as a means to a meal. But extra-ing, at its best, is precarious. So she chucked pic: tures and went to Glendale where she proceeded to work in an oil factory or isn't there such a thing as an oil factory?

AVIATION STORY.

U.S. AMUSEMENTS

SHARES.

CINEMAS DRAWING ROOM RECORD ATTENDANCES.

broken.

shareholders.

Position of Shares. The weighed index of seven leading motion picture shares compiled by the Standard Statis- tics Co., shows them to stand at 37 points above the 1929 low, al- though still 35 points below the 1929 high. Few share groups can aqual this showing. at this time. Conditions In this Industry change too fast, and investors in Great Britain or the Continent are too far away from the scene of action, to warrant them in trading in the Fox shares.

TALKING PICTURES.

A few months of this and she

On the brighter side of tho abandoned the job to return to American Stock Market picture Hollywood and clerked in a bank. the amusement industry is shar- Famous Playera gave her a calling the centre of the stage with this field is Paramount-Famous- Probably the soundest share in one day and put her to work. She the tobacco companies. later became a script girl and is record-breaking year in 1929, it pany owns or leases about 1,200. After Lasky Corporation. This com- now an assistant director at RKO, seems certain that the present theatres, and its helping to transpose talkies into quarter will again see all records ceedingly strong, whether viewed position is, ex- French and German.

Miss Laurence is young and en- real truth about the extent of de tion, distribution, strategic situa- Whatever may be the from the standpoint of produc- thusiastic and intelligent. Shepression in the United States, it tion,, or cash. has covered many miles in her life has not been enough to prevent

Warner Brothers and absorbed colour and atmos-steady increase in cinema attend- This company owns the Vitaphone is another outstanding share.. phere galore. One of these days, ance. she'll be a director. She's the only assistant woman director in Holly- the technique of the talking ple next fifteen years

Through rapid improvement in ing patents extending over the

Corporation, and royalties cover

wood. She's due to be the third ture, the extension of sound ple- other

owned by an- directress. Lois Weber led the tures to opera, the use of colour amount to $95,000,000. Earnings subsidiary are said to Dorothy Arzner carried on. better relations between produc-are high and management good. There'll be a niche for Winifred era and the acting profession, and Laurence. Her courage and deter the breaking down or settlement also being taken

Much share market Interest in mination smacks of a Horatio of anti-American measures in for This company is Involved in the in Loew's Inc. Alger go-getter. Fighting it alone eign countries, the industry Ands Fox difficulties to some extent In a strange land is no cinch. And itself in a position to expect re- from the fact that Fox owns about if you'll please notice, 'I don't add cord earnings this year. Out of 40 per cent. of the common shares 20,500 cinemas in the United of Loew's, but its financial posi States, approximately 9,000 had tion and management- been wired for talking pictures and earnings are on a high level. are good by the and of 1929. All others There are maay other American

way.

-even for a woman.

"MADAME SATAN.”

The week that Cecil DeMille of any but the smallest size are film securities, but in no case is starts his forthcoming operetta: being wired as rapidly as avail the outlook so clear as in the "Madame Satan," promises to be a able equipment will permit, while case of those mentioned above. busy one. His daughter gets in the British Isles, France, Ger- married the samo week, Cecilia many, and elsewhere wiring is DeMille, to a young Los Angeles being pushed at a rapid rate. business man. Well, if DeMille in- sists on beginning his picture that week he should be busy and no sympathy in the paragraph..

A Widening Public. The fact that technical develop ment has now raade it possible to produce opera on the talking pic ture medium has resulted in draw- NOT A STAGE TRICK.ing within the ambit of the bet Actress Strikes Man in clientele. Thousands who former-

the Stalls.

Miss Jean Collins, leading lady in the revue "High Toppers," left the stage at a Bath Theatre and slapped the face of a man in the stails.

This incident followed interrup tions and "cat-calls" during her song with Gack Mayo.

Misa Collins, Interviewed, said that the man whom she struck was one of several who were sitting to gether in the front stalls.

"I tried to carry on, but the dis- turbance was too much," she said. "It was the first time that any- thing has ever made me cry on the stage; if such a thing occurs again

ter class cinemas an entirely new

ly scorned the silver screen have been converted by the results which the new group of produc ers have been able to achieve. Rapid as has been the perfecting of the talking picture, all the leading producers are known to possess patents which will result in much strengthening of the position of the talking picture in the general field of public amuse- ments.

There is now a disposition to make fewer and better pictures. and this appears to have worked greatly to the advantage of the industry's earning ability.

No Language Troubles. The language question which. when the talkies were first intro-

I should feel justified in taking the duced, waa thought to be an al lame action."

resentment.

most Insurmountable problem, The man who was struck is in-seems well on the way to solu- dignant because, be contends that tion. This has greatly strengthen- he was not responsible for the con-ed the export side of the big duct which aroused Miss Collins's American producing companies and, unlike so many other Ameri "Someone sitting two or three can Industries, this year's export rowa behind me (I was in the front values are again expected to set row) passed rude remarks about a record. A well-informed report Miss Collins," he said and it was on the situation says:-MAI those which brought her down. "Although the movement to- "Unfortunately, she singled out ward wiring of theatros for Bound the wrong man. I shall expect an motion-picture showing has been apology from horn writing he much slower abroad than in the added, "and If It is not forthcom United States,, it is, nevertheless, ing Ishell consult my, solicitor." making progress, Domestic pro ducers, in consequence, have been "YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION analysing the situation, and are planning changes in production: ODIN

methods to meet the new demand PATR

Exports constituting a consider able factor la total business, It Ja Important that steps be taken to keep this division on a profitable

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It is probable that the langu age barrier will be satisfactarily. overcome in talking production. Reproduction of an American movie In A French studio, for ex- ample through the substitution of an entire French; cast, 'I one the feasible methodas aug

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