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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1931.

WHAT IS PIRACY ?

COUNSEL QUOTES MANY AUTHORITIES,

"NOBBERY AT SEA."

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ROUND THE CINEMAS in "Monsieur Beaucaire," has she had an opportunity to display auch emotional depth.

WELL-PRODUCED DRAMA

THE QUEEN'S.

IN

THE ART OF GRETA GARBO.

There is a charm and sparkle about the picture that captures the audience's fancy from the first moment. Lloyd Hughes in the role of a swaggering sailor, makes his debut in talkies as a singer and pleases with an exceptionally good

Holding that he found they What does the film public want? film magnates, with had a case to answer, Mr. R. E. Plutocratic Lindsell, at the Central Mugis-ears long attuned to the music of voice. tracy on Saturday morning, com-the cash register, tell us that they

A feeling of spontanelty accom

the songs throughout the play; at no time do interpersed they seem merely injected between lines in the dialogue without apper- ent reason.

mitted the twelve men, compris-alone know. Which means that panies ing the crews of two junka, who the public doesn't. And sometimes are charged with acts of piracy on one is almost inclined to think the a cargo junk, for trial at the next nignates are right. Assizes.

Which reflection arises from the Mr. Somerset Fitzroy conuuct-behaviour of a portion of the

Bebe's voice grows in beauty and ed the Crown's case, and all the audience at the showing of

range with each succeeding dlm she prisoners were defended by Mr. "Romance" in the Queen's Theatre makes. When she sings the song Hin-shing Lo (instructed by last night. "Give us drama, give "Love Comes Along." straight to Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist). w life," goes up the cry of Alm her lover at the gay fiesta, and later Legality of Charges. enthusiasts; and, having got it. when It reaches him over the water In his submissions for the de- many of them fail to recognise it and brings him back in time to res- fence, Mr. Lo argued at great What is worse, their ill-timed cue her from the island's dictator, length on the legality of the hilarity serves to spoil the enjoy-Montague Love, she imbues it with charges against the men, inment of others. Some of the a warmth and appeal that strikes a connection with the piracy dramatic situations, în "Romance," coresponding note In one's heart. jure gentium. (Counsel dealt with admittedly Victorian, may appear a Ned Sparks furnishes excellent the two references the Crown's little ludicrous to the disciple of comedy, and the direction shows case relied on, "Stevens' Commen: jazz. But it is seriously suggest-the fine hand of Rupert Julian.

It

tary on Piracy" and "Hallsbury," ea that he restrain his mirth, inis his first talking picture, and he He argued that a mutiny only consideration of others who have has made one well worth seeing. became a piracy when the mutin-lso paid their entrance fee. eers gained full control of the: bridge. Shooting in the air did ed. not constitute an act of piracy, care. jure gentium.

ber,

"Romance" has been well produc- The cast has been chosen with

The staging is thoughtful.

But (on the seems to

drama as

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Miscellaneous.

"Rushes" in foreign languages the Advance publicity kept operators in the projection Robbery at Sen.

producers' part), rooms in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Counsel quoted from a book on

have been poor. studios in hot water during the pleas by Hawkins, and said that it One is quite prepared to hear that filming of "Men of the North," explained piracy as a robbery ai sea, similar to a felony on land. Any given talking picture is "which will open on Thursday in the

deep as your soul," "a Queen's Theatre. He also cited passages from tale of tears and laughter," of Stevens "History of Criminul "clouds and sunshine," and so picture which Hal

Every night the five casts of the Roach directed Law" and quoted Halleck'y, ex-

But if the publicity for in English, Spanish, French, Ger- planation that piracy is robbery at see, and a pirate is a sea rob- "Romance" had concentrated upon man and Italian, showed in at the conveying something of the atmos-atudio projection rooms to look at "What It Isn't.”

phere and period of the play to the the "rushes." The operators put

To-day-Annual Inspection of His Worship, intervening, republic, instead of regaling it, as on the different reels and usually a

St. John Ambulance minded Counsel that all the usual, with the cost. of the "sets." wall came from the Spanish cast quotations had told them what the unquestioned beauty of the star, that it was looking at a German and South China piracy was and not what piracy and other irrelevancies, the success from the German that it was look-Ground, 5.15 p.m.

haveing at an Italian film. presentation might Counsel next quoted from been greater.

Dan Greg, chief cutter, admitted Hershey, a famous American As to Greta Garbo, there is that keeping the foreign rects

of straight in "first cuts" was judge, who had stated that more of Greta in the film than piracy must be robbery with the temperamental opera star she moat intricate task he had had in Which his department for months. Al- violence. Dealing with the three is called upon to portray.

detriment-rather the is no

re-though a different cutter was em- charges, Counsel said that in re-

verse. Nor is it necessary to make į ployed for every language, the continual semi-apologies for Greta's 'uboratory and projection room "accent." It is less unnerving technicians found the varied sound

wasn't.

"Can I go to the circus,

mother?"

"Why do you want to go to the circus when your aunt Emma is hero?"-Aussie, 3ydney,

of the

the

than that of many native Broad-tracks a source of continual worry. way stars. But "Romance" is not The picture, a drama of the the vivid thing that "Anna North-West by Willard Mack, was Christie" was. There is less directed in all five languages at action, and what there is drags at once, each cast doing scenes in suc- times, through no fault of anyone cession. The English-speaking in particular.

cast includes Gilbert Roland Of the merit of the play, and Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, Garbo's acting in particular, there Robert Elliott, George Davis, Nena lo no question. But must she al-Quartaro and Robert Graves, jun. ways be cast in such sombre parts*

Is there not somewhere a role for her with a little more light and shade? Until one can be found for her, we have not seen the best of Garbo.

Miss Garbo le finely supported by

UNREST IN PORTUGAL.

Signs of Trouble.

Brewing.

Lisbon, Dec. 13.

Lewis Stone and Cavin Gordon. Every day brings fresh revela- The latter has a difficult part which tions of the ramifications of the he plays with fine restraint, even recent plot to overthrow the Gov. though thero is a tendency in cerernment. The number arrested tain quarters nowadays to regard including prominent officials, now gard to the first, which, was one anything connected with the life of exceede 300, while the police are of attempted piracy, and questions clergyman as broadly humorous. stili discovering hidden arms and was whether or not to accept the Why this should be so is a mystery large quantities of ammunition, master's evidence, or the evidence Gordon survives the ordeal very which it is declared, must have of the other witness. He recalled well, and Stone contributes soma beca shipped into the country a case in 1915, the King v. Robin-polished acting.

Much Doubt.

with the connivance of the Cus-

Bon and went on to say that an "Romance" is well worth seeing, toms authorities. attempted piracy was only a mis-from every point of view. But it demeanour.

would appear that the days of "Idiocles of 1931," "The College His Worship agreed that there Cat" or "Plucky Me and Scrub was much doubt as to an attempt-bable You," are unfortunately not ed piracy, but added that because yet over.--"TENNES," there was that doubt that thero

was a misdemeanour.

Replying to the Bench, Mr.

Fitzroy said that he could find

no case of an attempted piracy,

"THE FLYING FLEET."

Ramon Novarra, Ralph Graves,

and, opposing Mr. Lo said: "Mia Gardner James, Carroll Nye, Ed- demeanour" cannot be applied in ward Nugent and Summer Gotchell a Court sitting in Admiralty are the featured players in Metro- Jurisdiction."

Goldwyn-Mayer's picture, "The Legally Defective.

The Flying Fleet," which is the Counsel for defence concluded current attraction in the Star his argument by submitting that Theatre till Wednesday. The film the three charges were legallyla featured with many intimate defective, and according to Interscenes dealing with the intricacies national Law, wholly unwarrant of aviation but, all the same, does ed. Since the authorities had not lack its bit of romance. This ruled against Common. Law, is well supplied by Novarro, and submitted Counsel, the Crown Anita Page, who is the leading lady. had to fall back on International "The Flying Fleet" gives an or other law grounds, and this interesting survey of the study of they did not do. He asked for the the airman of the U.S. Navy, from prisoners' discharge.

the time they enter the Academy as midshipmen in Annapolis to the time they are` commissioned as Lieutenants in San Diego. A good view of the air station at Pensacola, Florida, is shown.

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"LOVE COMES. ALONG.”

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