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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930.

ROUND THE CINEMAS

"LORD BYRON OF BROADWAY”

- AN M-G-M. FILM.

PACKED WITH LAUGHS.

AMERICA'S IDLE.

AGAINST FILIPINOS PROPOSED,

SENATOR'S PLAN.

Washington, Nov. 28. The exclusion of all_Filipino

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sticks to its high standards in "Lord Byron of Broadway," its latest all-talking immigrants as well as European and Latin Americans for two musical picture which is showing in fiscal years beginning July 1 next, the Queen's Theatre introducing will be proposed in Congress at two musical comedy stars to the the opening of the Winter session next week by Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania as an un- The stars are Ethelind Terry, employment emergency measure.

| screen,

prima donna of "Ziegfeld's "Rio Senator, Reed believes that tho Rita" and Charles Kaley, frosh unemployment problem is a non- from "Earl Carroll's Vanities."partisan affair and calls for the wholehearted co-operation of all Shilling groups and parties in the search Together with Marlon Cliff Edwards, and an unusually both for amelioration and solu- capable supporting cast including tion.

Given Lee and Benny Bubin, they Reed's plan has already met talk, sing and dance their way with the approval of Secretary through a pleture packed with of Labour James J. Davis. It laughs, - interesting emotional would allow the entry only of

Technicolour immediate climaxes, elaborate

relatives of-im- revues and at least four outstand migrants already settled in the ing song hits.

country,' The story is bullt around the rise "Continuing to admit unlimit of Roy Erskine from.cafe plano ed numbers of Filipinos, who are player to song writer and vaude entering the United States and ville matinee idol and his love settling on the Pacific coast in affairs with five beautiful women increasing numbers would offset The rising young all we have done and all we pro- virtuoso can't make up his mind pose to do in the matter of res- which of the women be likes best tricting the entry of Europeans, until he meets Ardis, who makes up Central and South Americans,' his mind for him in a surprising the senator said. climax,

on the way.

Secretary Davis sald he had The picture was directed under long advocated the passage of the joint supervision of William such a measure to help the un- Nigh and Harry Beaumont who in-employment situation. - United serted the song and dance inter-Press. lades at appropriate moments of the plot without detracting from the continuity. A striking techni colour sequence built around the Mother Goose rhyme, "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe," is one of the outstanding features of the production.

Songs from this picture include "Should 17" "A Bundle of Old Love Letters." "Only Love Is Real," and "The Woman in the Shoe."

"ANNA CHRISTIE.".

HOTEL GUESTS

AT THE HONG KONG HOTEL,

December 8, 1980.

Mr. G. A. Abendanon, Mr. and Mra, A. Anthorny.

Messrs. N. Bradley, J. Back- house, W. M. Bolton.

Messrs. L. Cohen, A. Aug-Chen, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Clark.

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson. Miss M. Davidson. Mesars, Alex

Gerandal,

Mr. and Mrs. B. Harman, Mr.

Greta Garbo broke all long- distance talking records when she Glover. made her debut in "Anna Christie,"

her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer L. M. Hand. starring vehicle, which will come

Mesara, J. E. Joseph, H. E.

on Thursday to the Queen's Johnson, D. C. Johnson..

Theatre.

Her very first scene ran almost nine minutes long, using up most of! the 1,000 feet of aim which is the capacity load for camera magazines. Many of the subsequent scene ran nearly the same length, the average being four minutes, but the dramatic action demanding from six to eight minutes each.

Mr. and Mrs, Fred Keller. Miss H. Lillie. Mr. R. E. Logee. Messrs. R. Myerson, W. W. Murdoch.

Mr. A. W. L. Oliver,

Messrs. A.. E. Phillips, C. D. Parker.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Rohrache.

Messrs. John C. Surh, W. Vander Steen, E. T. Story, Miss E. C. Smith.

Messrs. P. Wood, W. W. Woodcock, Mrs, and Miss Wood-

cock.

GUESTS OF REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

Most talking picture scenes run only two or three minutes of con- tinuous action and dialogue and Garbo, in making her entire picture on long "takes", established a new mark in the Alming. of sustained

December 8, 1930. dialogue without "outs" to break up

Mr. A S. Abbott, Dr. M. E. the reading of lines:

Clarence Brown directed the pic- Aager, Mrs. H. Adair, Miss E. M. turisation of the famous Eugene Adair.

Q'Neill play. Charles Bickford Mesars. H.. P. Bailey, N. C. plays opposite the star. George Barber, W. G. Bree, E. Busch, Marion, who created the father role Mrs. M: Bird, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. on the stage, repeats, his perfor- Blake, Mrs. M. Brennan, Capt. mance, and Marie Dressler la seen and Mrs. L. Brodie, Mr. and Mrs. as old Marthy, her first dramatis A. Brostedt, Mrs. J. Stratton part.

Brown.

"LET'S GO NATIVE!”

Messrs. H. A. Campbell, E. J. Collins, Capt. and Mrs. C. Odatile. Comdr. and Mrs, V. Rivett-Carnac, Miss K. Crombie, Mias K. P.

......

Mr. and Mrs. A. Drouth, Mr. J. V. C. Davies.

A farce comedy with music. must Curtin... have action and that's just what "Let's Go Native" hain't got nothin'] else but, to paraphrase Octavus Roy Cohen.

Mr. D. S. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Edwards.

Mr.

"Let's Go Native" starts out

Misses S. and J. Farmer, with the very well-known action of B. C. Field, Misses E. M. and A. gang of movers and haulers taking Fitzpatrick.

Mr.

the furniture out of the luxurious Miss W. M. Goldsworthy, apartment of Jeanette MacDonald, and Mrs. J. N. Grant, Mr. S. A. modisto, because she has failed to Gregory.

pay her rent. Eugene Pallotte Is Mies F. Hale, Mesars. W. D. the boss of the gang. As you Harris, G. M. Hemsworth. would expect, there is action aplen- Mr. and Mrs. F. W. James, Mr.. ty when they start stumbling over and Mra. C. V. Jensen, Mr. R 9. rugs and spilling chairs down-Jenyns, Messrs. J. E. and F, A. stairs.

Joseph, Miss Johnson.

Mrs. E. P. Kerr.

Then follows the action involving Jack Oakie when he drives his Mr. J. B. C. Lamburn, Mr and taxicab into the front window of Mrs. S. H. Langston.

Messrs. G. T. May, T. Megarry. the police station and the action Involving Pallette when he drives Geo. Mellia, Mr. and Mrs. D. M Miss MacDonald's roadster across Maynard Mr. and Mrs J. W the top of a fire-plug, causing much Mayhew Mr. and Mrs. E. N hilarious wreckage,

Monte. Miss H. Monle

Mr. F. H. Neale.

Mr. T. J. O'Connor, Mrs. 0. Osborne.

There's action galore aboard the vessel that is transporting them ali to South America in the hold where Oakle, William Austin, and Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Pullen. James Hall are stokers in the Mrs. M. A. Rennie, Mr. M. S. dining saloon where they later ep Ross, Messra, C. M. Roberts, D. O.'. pear as walters on the deck when Russell, they all indulge in the great hat Messrs. A. J. Schabeck, A. F.. tossing orgy; in the companionware Simmie, P. Smart, P. G. Smith, and cabins when the ship is wreck R. Stock, Comdr. and Mrs. R ed in the salty wastes of the Shelley, Mrs. J. King Steele, Biss Atlantic when they cruise about In P. Steele, Mr. and Mrs. E. Stone. life-rafts on the tropical isle where Mr and Mrs. B. C. Smith. they find Skeets Gallagher and bis Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tarrant, aun-tanned seraglio of attanded Miss E. C. Tarrant, Lady H. M. chorines from Brooklyn. Tothill, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tully.

Add to this the Irrepressible Miss LM. Vaughan. buffoonery of Oakle and his fellow Messrs. C. Wallace, R. Mackay players, the delectable romancing Wood. Dr and Mrs AD; Wall, of Miss MacDonald and Hall, the Mrs. H. V. Whelan, Mrs. E. K. catchy tunes and the frisky dances. Baddam Whetham, Mr. and Mrs. Then you have a fair estimate of F. J. West, Mita M. West, Miss the grand show that is "Let's Go J. B. Winnifrith, Mr. and Mrs. F. Native," which opens in the Central Wickett, Mr. and Mrs. Man Wel Theatre to-day

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