WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1931.
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"CALL OF THE FLESH" STILL SHOWING.
NOVARRO'S BIRTHDAY.
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Ramion Novarro, though car were considered by Mr. John famous star, had to work on his 44. McEwen in his prestential ad-rthday during the making of his new picture, "Call of the Flesh," dress in the Conference of the In- corporated Society of Musicians,
the showing in at Rhodes House here to-day."
Thentre, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
2014
Queen's
popular actors in pictures. He enjoyed a most successful career to silent pictures and, before he was taken ill, appeared in two talking filma, "Hix Captive Woman" and "Barker."
GLEE SINGERS.
PRAISE FROM THE MANILA PRESS.
་
MEMORABLE SEASON.
Sills is featured with Dorothy. | MacKaill and Kenneth MacKenna. He plays the character of a speak-
At the Grand Opera House.
fagy
Westminster who Dwner
Glee the Manita, the menaces romance of a boy and girl who Singers concluded A memorable fall in love as the result of an
yeason in Manila. In the space unusual meeting.
of a fortnight they have given ten ferformances in Manila and two in Bagulo before consistently large and enthusiastic audiences. It is a long time since any visit- ng attraction has given such gen- eral satisfaction, and the greatest credit is due to the veteran direc-
Fentured roles are also played
with James Bradbury, jun., Oscar Apfel, Edythe Chapman, Harvey Clark and Lew Harvey completing
He pointed out that the advent duetion schedules are no res-by Sharon Lynn and Roscoe Karns,
But he of boudcasting and its regulation pecters of such events. by the State foreshadowed a con.had a birthday party just the Charles Brabin, his direc- raferable change in the status of me.
ter Dorothy Jordan, Renee the professional musician.
Ernest Torrence And
Music, which had always filled | Aduree, in important part in the incial other members of the cast saw to life of the community. had until tit
When Novarro arrived on the recently been left in the hands of
tiny private individuals and associa-set he was greeted with a Lons. Mr. McBien said. The albirthday cake" about two inches across, decorated with candles. sence of any official connection Between music and the State in
When the laugh over that had sub- This country had led foreigners sard, the real cake was brought ith the delusion that there was no musfest life here.
in and the entire company paus-
ed for a moment to do honour to The day and to wish Ramon "many happy returns."
THE CHARLATAN.": Universal's film "The Charla-
ta" in which are starred Holmes Herbert and Margaret Livingston, is being screened in the Star Kowloon, for the last time to-day. It is an extremely interesting picture. and should
Theatre.
not be missed.
the cast.
The screen play was adapted from Ben Ames Williams's story, "A Very Practical Joke." and was directed by Berthold Viertel, who made the phenomenal Fox Movie- tone success, "Seven Faces."
Edward Branscombe for hav- ing evolved and perfected a uni- a type of entertainment which is at once musical in the highest seuse, artistic in the form of its presentation, humorous-at times even hilarious-and, above all, New York's famous Academy of popular in the sense of appeal- Muste lived again in the dazzlinging to all sections of the commun-
lory it knew in 1865 when the opern scenes for "Romance" were Elined by Clarence Brown,
"ROMANCE,"
ity.
Philippine audiences will not easily forget the charm of the fresh, unforced voices of the boy sopranos, and the combination of these with male altos, tenors and cases,
combination
rarely
of
Wales. - Nowadays there Is an Ever-increasing appreciation these beautiful melodies, many of which are being utilised in all forms of composition, including very important works for orches- tra. There is no doubt that our ace, the world over, is becoming more alive to the wonderful musi- cal literature which is our national heritage, although, as far as the younger portions of the Empire aro concerned, it will first be
to necessary
alienate people's minds from the "jazz" and "rng- inu" obsession. Community sing- ing is an interesting development
which clearly indicates a' very widespread demand for something in the nature of genuine music. It should never be forgotten that the British race is, and always has been, pre-eminent in choral singing. Nowhere in the world can be found anything at all com- parable to the Cathedral choirs and the famous choral organisa-} tions of Great Britain.
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the concert platform here. mark:- The part singing of the whole company was a revelation
to the minst hardened concert-goers. Ob-
on
"But he added, "there are not wanting signs that point to the development in this country of a different attitude and a different
Brawn screened these scenes in view of the relations between they
a huge auditorium erected in the State and many things which so
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio from the original floor plans and archt- far have not come under its direct control. I have never joined the
getural prints of the show house, the stage settings and costumes harys of those who attacked broadensting, and my personal
all faithfully copied from pro- descriptions ned old inion is that properly directed,
ramme photographs. the broadensting of music
Greta Garbo is starred in the The picture opens in the pala picturisation of the famous stage viously it is the result of years have nothing but beneficial effects
pth the att
rooms of Holmes Herbert, and the artist. al But I do empimasise the fact that who pases as a Hindu fortune-play by Edward Sheldon, which wil) open on Sunday in the circus teller, being formerly clown, but whose wife (Margareteen's Theatre. It is her second
had the supporting cast,
Lewis Stone and Gavin Gordon
includes Elliott Nugent, Florence Armetta, Mathilde Comont, and Lake, Clara Blandick, Henry Countess Nina de Liguoro.
b
the
enn
and
there must
direction Arection of a proper kind.
Livingston) runs away from him Largest Purveyor of Music.
with their daughter, and marries "Until recent times the profes-tocklite Fellowes. In the years na musician was not, strictly tint pass. Ilerbert comes in con- shenking, in the position of an tact with his wife, who is n-client. aples, but the advent of broad- He reveals her horrid past in the casting And
arrangements crystal, and, at a dinner given in made by the State for regularis her house, Herbert is called upon to ng: this new factor of life fore- do the enbinet disappearing trick. shadow a considerable change in
The trick is performed, but not the status of that individual. To- successfully, for the fortune-teller's day, the State, through, its deputy, wife is found to be poisoned. Sus- the British Broadcasting Corpora-picion falls on Herbert, and the tion, is, the largest purveyor of District Attorney (Crauford Kent) music and the largest employer of sends for the Palice. musical labour in the country, and arrive Herbert and his performing Before they rless adequate safeguards and troupe bind and gag the Attorney, cheeks are operative, this is a condition of affairs, which carries attorney, and in the office reveals to Herbert disguises himself as the in is heart the seeds of profes-the household a secret love affair sional and artistic degeneration. between his wife and a young doc- "Underlying that professional tor (Philo McCullough) who is solidarity which finds "expression married to Anita Garvin. It would h: such a society as the incorpor- be unfair to disclose the murder, sted Society of Musicians there is and so it is left to the reader to implicit the realisation of the pro- see the film himself. fession
organisation de-
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dicated to the service of the public, and that between the rest
comes to
"THUNDERBOLT." Tense suspenseful drama, in of the community and the mera-setting as intriguing as any ever hers of the profession the rela- brought to the screen, tions of employer and employed the Central Theatre to-day, when have hitherto been exceptional and Thunderbolt." George Bancroft's abnormal. It seems probable that new all-talking picture shows the establishment of such a rela here. The gripping situations, tionship as the regular condition surpassing the tremendous episodes of musical life will tend to induce of "Underworld," pulse with life- degeneration both in the status of giving dialogue and sound. the musical profession and in the Hariom, New York's, Negro dis- delegated body associated with It.trict, with all its sinister, hidden "Such a development would tend underworld, is revealed on the towards the substitution of an acreen as it netually is,, Bancroft organization preoccupied with a portrays the part of a hard-fight- combative assertion of claims to ing gang boss in love with Fay wages and material comfort for Winy, Eric von Stroheim's beauti professional association conscious ful herpine of "The Wedding of its own dignity and animated March." by an interest in the good of the croft and, in an effort to go The girl repulses Ban- community. From both sides this straight, turns to Richard Arlen. association of employer and em They fall in love, but Arlen incurs ployed suggests the need for care: the enmity of Bancroft.
ful consideration. Difficulties and That is the big climactle situa- dangers foreseen can be forestalltion. Bancroft, the virile he-man ed, and it is hardly any exaggera of the screen, has sworn to kill tion to say that what is at stake young Aries, the likeable hero- is the whole musical future of the country."
Most Popular of Arts. Dr. F. H. Dudden, Vice-Chancel lor of Oxford University, welcom ing the conference.
Baid: "You have excellent material to work un. The average Englishman is certainly not a lover of thought.
aviator of the famous, "Wings." They are together in Sing Sing's death house, Will Bancroft kill the youth? Will he let Arlen bo sent to the chair? Will Bancroft go to the chair? Suspense! Tense, hard, cold, breathless drama and a love theme that keeps the heart beating fast.
It has often been said that if a Josef von Sternberg, the man new idea is presented to him he who made "Underworld," in which lites it. But the average Eng-Bancroft made his initial great lishman fa a lover of music.. hit, made "Thunderbolt. It has "Music, I believe, is the most everything that made "Under- popular of all the arts, and never world" famous and
a great deal has it been more zealously curiore. It's all-talking.
tivated than at the present time.
The best musle is now available
n the very homes of the people,
"MAN TROUBLE." After a year's retirement from
and music to-day is very differ the films on account of less, ent from what it was in mid-Vic- Milton Sills returns to the screen torian times, when it signified for in the Queen's Theatre to-morrow the generality of people little in Man Trouble," Fox Movietone inore than a feeble performanco | drama. Sills is one of the most on the plane by mild young ladies after dinner."
Syne" defeated him, and "The Mr. C. B. Allen, speaking on Vicar of Bray he had never problems confronting music mas hard of.
ters in public schools, complained of the growth of gramophone that boys, from preparatory and wireless music he said, “I schools were "badly grounded." think one can have too much of a "You ask a boy what tunos-he good thing. Boys have a new knows" and you are surprised habit of switching on the wire- that he knows no tunes at all, or less, even when they are doing. perhaps he may mention some their prap. ber jazz tube, "My lips are longing "The ether seems so overcharg for you, dear, which you never ad with music, good, bad, and in- heard of MRS ... different, that it defeats its own
He told the conference of his end I dulls the perception and own experiences in questioning latening powers of the young. 1 young boys on music, and said think something should be done to that one boy had not heard of give us rather lens broadcasting
Job Feel He did know "God music. You cannot get away from Save the King," but "Auld Lang
talkie.
which
"REACHING FOR THE MOON."
New Fairbanks Talkie.
of constant practice and assiduous attention to the most minute de-i tails, Nevertheless it is present-
ed with an air of the most natural | spontaneity and informality, an evidence of the showmenship of) Mr. Branscombe, The rollicking English county songs and Sallor Shanties were probably the most popular features of the Westmins- ters' programmes.
Relying entirely upon British singing, they have entertained. amused and even enthralled sev eral thousands of people, many of whom might previously have been New York, Dee. 30.
accounted inaccessible to réal Every theatrical celebrity in the music. In this respect Mr. at the Criterion Theatre last night earned the gratitude of all who ity was present at the premiere Branscombe's merry company has
of the film "Reaching for the have at heart the improvement of banks and Bebe Daniels,
loon," featuring Douglas Fair- public taste in entertainment. It is pleasing to record that they
takes place aboard
Much of the action of the play have met with the success that modern de luxe liner, where the cide to pay a return visit to these ultra- they deserve, and if they ever de- leading characters imbibe cock Islands, they may be assured of tails, breath," with somewhat surprising Ex.
described 23 "angels' an extremely cordial welcome.-
results.
an
A staid banker, impersonated by Fairbanks, leaps into the air, climba ropes, and performs other stants. Bebe Daniels, whose sing musical talkie "Rio Rita," has ing was much admired in the
"overal songs.
National Music. The main object of the West- ruinster Glee Singers' world-wide tours is to revive an interest in the national music of the Old
folk-songs and traditional airs of i Country in the form of the old
England, Scotland, Ireland and
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