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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1930.

MUSIC DRAMA · FILMS

INTERNATIONAL HUMMING AS VOICE

FILM AGREEMENT.

IMPROVER.

Straits Settlements for Hint to Music Teachers:

American Group.

Change of Voice.

an

Mr. Cyril Wing his Majesty's An agreement among talk-film

Board of Education, concerns has been concluded in Inspector, Paris, says an Amsterdans message speaking at the summer course in The participants on the one hand are music teaching at Oxford, said:

"People who teach in elementary the Kuchenmeister International for

Britain are

better off Acoustics, Amsterdam, the Tonbild schools in Syndicate, A.E.G., and Siemens than those in secondary schools. Halske and on the other, the Amer. where they never seem to have a ican Electre Technical, Concern, noment to themselves. When the Electrical Research Products Cor school age is raised to fifteen I hope poration (Western Electric), Radlo we shall have better opportunity for of America, Phato Films and the culture, and much more musical and dramatic work in the new regime, principal producers of talking films.

The American and Dutch-German At present the only outlet for the talk-film interests have thus laid the adolescent seems to be the picture is awful pity, base for the development of the talk- house. This film Industry and for an extension Musical and dramatic work are ex- of operations on the whole work cellent outlets for the emotions of the adolescent as well as adults. If market. The Dutch-German con- cern has made arrangements with these 'emotions do not have outlets the leading French, Gaumont and in the right way they will in the The Paris agree-wrong way. therefore it is part of other concerns.

our job to see these things are ment provides, for the division of the world's market into territories attended to. and countries in which both groups can work together in free competi- tion on the basis of wholesale inter- changing of patents, the stopping of all pending lawsuits and the intro- duction of inter-exchange of Alms and apparatus.

Allocation of Åreag. The following countries (among others) have been allocated to the Dutch German concern, in which it Italy, may operate exclusively: Dutch East Indies, Germany, Aus- tria, Finland, Czecho-Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rou- mania.

To the American group these countries have been allotted: United States, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand. Straits Settlements, Aus- tralia, India and Russla. In all of will the countries both groups operate in free competition.

As regards Great Britain, a special pool arrangement has been concluded, according to which the income out of licences will be divided in a proportion satisfactory to both parties. This pool agree. ment will go on for four years, and after that period Great Britain will become a so-called free country for both parties.

A

general 15-year agreement, which is still being worked out in detall by legal advisers, has also been provisionally concluded.

TALK-FILMS.

"Ordinary people have not yet been given a change in music. We have had a Beggar's Opers, so why shouldn't, we

have a Dustman's

Opera or a Butcher's Opera. Quite possibly there are embryo Wagners or Schuberta in our elementary schools as well as Gracie Fields, so that with our advanced musicai methods there is no reason why a dustman who has learnt music at an elementary school and has a flair for melody-making should not write a dustman's opera.

Value of Humming. "One fool-proof method of teach- ing singing is to make children hum. You cannot make a mistake or do harm with humming. The value and beauty of really soft tone seems to have gone, for you hear very little of it these days. Most sing- ing is a sort of muddy mezzo-forte. It sometimes gets loud and strident, but seldom really pianissimo, but you can always get it by humming, also take off to any and you can vowel from humming without strain. It is fatal to practise always on the vowel sound. Do you all know that sort of curious sound which we get in village choira where everything is coloured by it? It is not music, I don't know what you could call it except a sort of horrible bleating noise."

Touching on modal scales, Mr. Winn, said he had discovered a curious fact regarding them, al- though he had not fully proved it. This was that so-called tone-deaf MUSICIANS AND WORKERS OUT children who cannot sing an ordin-

ary scale con sing modal scales, OF EMPLOYMENT.

"I have tried many times to get these tone-deaf children to sing a

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MISSIONARIES BAR "MOVIES,"

Veterans Still Preaching Against Theatres.

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· GIRLS' | WALK IN SHORTS.

French Gendarme's Objection.

HOLY ROSARY.

ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS IN KOWLOON.

↑ IMPRESSIVE SERVICES.

The Rosary Church, Kowloon, wag. London, July 30.

the venue of a gathering of thou- Shorts and silk pullovers may be sands of Roman Catholics of the all very wall for the Thames river Colony yesterday afternoon, to take girls or the belles on Brighton part in the impressive religious beach, but English holiday-makers ceremony held in celebration of the in Brittany must be more careful, feast of Our Lady of the Holy as two London girls who have justRosary. returned from a stay in Rocheneuf,

clergy.

5.

Peking, Sept. 3. While American, "talkies"

Four Messes were said in the making rapid strides in China, and new theatres are being opened in village near St. Malo, have found. morning, each being well attended One of them is Miss Phyllis and large numbers of the faithful the larger cities at frequent inter- vals, a little band of old-fashioned Morgan, aged 19, daughter of the took Holy Communion. The last Was A Pontifical American missionaries are fighting Town Clerk of Acton, and her com morning service

rear-guard action against the adpanion was Mrs. Edith Bowle, aged Mass at which His Lordship Bishop vent of moving pictures, which they 20, wife of the Rev. W. T. Bowie, an H. Valtorta officiated, assisted by the

Acton Baptist minister.. consider wicked.

Most of the younger missionaries The day before leaving for Eng-! The afternoon celebrations open- theatre-attendance, and they were walking down the ed with the recitation of the Holy do not oppose and even go themselves on occasion. tiny main street of Parame towards Rosary in the little Kowloon Church But two or three hundred veteran St. Malo in shorts and silk pullovers which was filled to capacity and missionaries, many of them In the when they attracted the attention of many of the faithful had to follow remate interior of. China, are still a gendarme, who decided that such the prayers in the ground outside the preaching against theatres, and a costume would not do for Brittany. Church.

Misa Morgan said that; when

Following came the procession in varn their Chinese converts that they risk divine disapproval by a she and her friend were stop-which the statue of Our Lady of the ped they were taken to the police Holy Rosary was solemnly borne tending the "talkies" or "movies."

The point of view of the "bitter station, where the Commissioner shoulder high through the streets surrounding the Church. The pro- enders" among the missionaries is pointed out that the village had a expressed in a letter to the "North law which forbade any one wearing cession was headed by the Band of China Star," American-owned news in the village such costumes as they

whilst the Band of the Portuguese paper in Tientsin, from Marcey had--white shorts and silk pullovers the St. Lousis Industrial School, the large Dituanson, an American missionary without a wrap.

Philarmonic Society led in Inyi, a city in the interior of Honan province. Mr. Ditmanson

body of the faithful who brought up writes as follows:-

A Novel Standpoint.

"The law," she said, "evidently referred to bathing costumes, and although we stated that our dress was not a bathing costume ho insist- "I think you have a fine papered that at least it was similar." but it is made to please men and "We told him that we had been not God, as most magazines and walking through all parts of the newspapers are nowadays. In your district in our costumes, and had not paper I think God dislikes the been stopped but he allowed us to theatre advertisements and pictures. go only on the understanding that

We went straight back to I suppose you do get money by putting them in, but you get it in hotel."

a wicked way.

LOSE SUIT FOR WAGES AGAINST PRODUCER.

our

"There is as much harm done by putting them in as it is for a saloon-39 MOVIE “EXTRAS.” keeper to give people beer and whisky, because by advertising the theatres you get people who perhaps have never gone to a theatre to get interested in them and little by little they are led farther from Christ. By going to the theatres, does it lead them nearer to Christ?

"No matter how many times you searched the world you would not be able to find any movie star that could compare with Jesus Christ in kindness, greatness or anything By advertising these different then tres, you only get people to lose their lives in sin.

"The Second Commandment says Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lard will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain. This not only means we should not swear or say things we should not say, but by writing in words or pictures what is wicked,

the rear.

After the procession, the celebra- tions were brought to a close by s the Church and in the sermon Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrument.

LESSON SERMON.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.

"Unreality" was the subject of oll the the Lesson-Sermon in Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, October 5.

The Golden Text was; "Tarn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face, to shine; and we shall be saved." (Psalm 80; 7).

Among the citations which com-

Manila, August 28. The suit filed some time ago by the bureau of labour with the muni- cipal court in behalf of 39 American Frised, the Lesson-Sermon was the movie "extras," who sought to col-following from the Bible: "No man from Petronilo Tolentino, proprietor he will hate the one, and love the lect their allegedly unpaid salaries can serve two masters; for either of Central Film Producer, pioneer other; or else he will hold to the city, has been dismissed by Judge cannot serve God and matamor." movie picture corporation of this one, and desplee the other. Jose Bernabe, of the first branch of (Matt, 6; 24). the municipal court.

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The Lesson-Sermon also included from passage The judge, after going over the the following evidence, both oral and documen- the Christian Science textbook, tary, presented by both sides, ruled "Science and Health, with Key to Action. It was ruled that the Eddy; "Either Spirit or matter is that the plaintiffs had no cause of the Scriptures, by Mary plaintiffs, veterans and well-known your mdoel. If you try to have two cldtimers, did not actually work for models, then, you practically have none. Like a pendulum in a "We should rather try to keep the defendant.

The plaintiffs, in whose behalf clock, you will be thrown back and people from going to movies and theatres. You call Charles Chaplin the production of a locally made forth, striking the ribs of matter The sweeping advance made by scale, starting at D," he said; "n and some of the movle people great,film, "The Tragic Death of Generall and swinging between the real |

but they are not a kind of great Luna," was dragged into court, and the unreal,” (p. 360), nearly all cases they have sung the

ccple. People who fear and honour numbered 39. They sought to col

talking-pictures in London is spread- ing all through the provinces, where many theatre managers are perturb- ed by the invasion, although they

modal scale."

their best in the

God are the true kind of great lect P331.50 at P8.50 each.

The veterans alleged that they people.

were hired to "fight" before the Tool of the Devil.

connection "You have quite a good news-camera on June 4, in

scenes in the paper, but I think it has too much with filming of war movie stuff in it. I am not criticis production in question purporting ing your paper. I am just saying to re-enact Filipino-American bat- that the theatre is a tool of the ties during the Filipino Insurrec devil to draw people away from tien. Without any legitimate cause. It was further alleged, the "extras" Christ."-United Press:

were not used at all. They were ADVICE TO SINGERS. not paid either.-Manila Bulletin.

The Change of Voice. As regards the difference between regard the new form of entertain-girls and boys' voices Mr. Winn ment as only a temporary rival.

For instance, in Birmingham the said: "It is little short of criminal advent of talk-films has thrown that when we make them sing in about 350 skilled musicians and a parts we give the boys the lower part and the girls the higher. Boys' large number of general workers cut about eleven years of age are at of employment.

upper regions. There are 74 cinemas in the city. Nearly all our songs are written too Four others are being built, and three more are planned, while the low, certainly for boys' voices. If

you are doing part songs, domain of vaudeville is about to be descants, boys must have the upper invaded at the Grand Theatre, 1 nine-months preliminary lease of parts. The old masters realised this which has been acquired by Uni- and wrote accordingly. When boys get to the age when their voices versal Pictures, Ltd.

change I do not think any harm is

Mrs. Henderson, wife of Mr. Birmingham retains four theatres for "egitimate" production and two done by letting them go on singing, for variety, otherwise it is a provided, of course, they are not A. M. Henderson, organist to the allowed to strain their voices. I University of Glasgow, speaking at "Cinema City."

think it an awful shame that boys the Oxford Music Conference, said should give up their singing. So astounding things could be done often they never take it up again,with the mediocre.colce. and that, I think, is partly why it'

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In Nottingham one theatre and one music-hall have been converted into picture houses; there are now 24 picture houses in the city, one legitimate theatre, and one music

hall.

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The opinion that the domination

of the cinemas will become even

F. Carlton, honorary secretary of the Manchester Cinema Exhibitore

.Mail..reporter:

VALUE OF MEDIOCRE VOICES.

People with good yoices were so did not

is so difficult to get men into choirs often content that they and choral societies.

worry further, with the result that people with mediocre voice who made the best of themselves, often

"Girls, too, have a corresponding stage to the boys change of voice, when they get husky and breathless. came out of 107.

more absolute was expressed by: Mr. It is a purely natural thing, and we "There are very few good singers cannot belp or Improve it. We can who will last," she continued, "for only see that they do not strain the simple reason that they will not Association, who said to a Dally their voices, and just let them go on spare the time to do the spade work, singing and making rather funny wanting to sing before their voices So many theatres are going over sounds in their husky breathless are ready. The result is there are to talk-films that soon only the way until it passed

more fine instrumentalists than singers to-day. But training in teachers some humorous singing speaking will help in singing. exercises which convulped them Massage for Vocal Chords. with laughter. "Jove," he shouted, "If you have threat trouble and that sounds like the lest chord, but lose your voice, instead of resting It completely, hum up and down just

biggest theatrical productions will Mr. Winn gave his audience of

be in demand. The smaller theatres will probably all go over to films before long, with the result that amall revues and variety companies will be driven off the road.

One of the most striking, changes in Ireland is the turn over of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, to talking picturs. The Theatre Royal Has long been the musical revue and variety theatre

In the opinion of Sir Oswald Stoll, the entertainments tax is at present, the worst enemy that the entertainment industry has to con- tend against He said to s Dally Mail reporter,The amount. the receipts from the public pald the Treasury by almost every ma agement would tors

we ought to get a little fun out of the exercises we have instead of a little. This act as a kind of sticking on the dull stodgy ones in massage to the vocal chords, and the the way we are apt to do." volo usually returns quicker than

If left alone. topsy-turvey-dom in the older Dr. Adrian Boult the B.B.C established forms of entertainment, musical director, said that a healthy but from this the theatre la sort of nervousness was a necessity emerging very well and maintains at performances. No great artist an enviabla position among all the had been able to go on a platform newest forms of entertainment, without feeling nervous, but there

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