1931-03-27 — Page 11

China Mail 德臣西報中國郵報 All

Series Prev Next Source

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931.

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONG KONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL ↑

PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL.

HOTELS,

LIMITED

In association with the Groad Hotel des Wagons Liis, Peking.

THE

HARBOUR VIEW PRIVATE HOTEL.

9-12, Chatham Road, Kowloon. Finest Situation on the Peninsula. Large Airy Rooms with Full Benefit of the Cool Sea Breezen. Unequalled Cuisine.

Phone

Tel. 56734.

ProprietressMrs. Gardiner.

Cable Add. "Harview."

ENCLOSED IN ORIENTAL FERNERY AND EASTERN CHARM.

SELECT PRIVATE HOTEL.

Furnished

with

cyc na comfort

the

Lenants. Luxuri-

อมส

af its

single and

double room 3,

large and

airy:

THE MARBLE HALL

21, Nathan RL, Kowloon.

Telephone 07089.

TYPE also is

“PART OF THE PICTURE "

BEAUTIFUL

PRINTING -

YOUR

OUR business folders, announcements and printing of all sorts will be more retuliful if sypo- graphically more expressive of the

of your business.

nature

We have not only the standard types: but also

a variety of free and sketchy designs that will subtly indicate` qualities of handi- work and craftsmanship.

Modern

rooms

bato- attached

to each ΣΤΟΙ,

and private gar- age benefits moborists.

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

For Better Printing.

Chino Mail Bldg.

DAILY

4 Ja, Wyndhamn St.

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for ecccatonal phonetio spellings, such as harbor, plow, and althe.)

19 110

[14

THE CHINA MAIL.

TALKIE TALKS

Diane

Watch for the opening on Tuga- time they are buying up plaids to day, Make it one premiere to be clothe a few million people who remembered in this Colony. Our will all want to wear it when the newoul Talkie Theatre, the Prince of Merania, who sets the King's. Give the newest acquisi- fashion of the world, appears wear- tion a big hand, A Paramounting them. Golfers will laugh watch- picture with stars we love, Jeanette ing George Sidney and Charlie Macdonald and Jack Buchanan Murray attempting to play Scot (Glasgow's own) in A polished land's grand old game. Kate Price musical, "Monte Carlo," directed by and Vera Gordon, when they take the man who gave, us “The Love too freely of "a new kind of soda Parade." I need not praise. Ernest | water," are quite amusing. There Lubitsch needs no Press Agent isn't much of a plot. The story stuff, because he has come near hangs together by a series of gags, perfection in screen musicals. One but if you are keen about the ad- thing is most noticeable in his ventures of this pair in all parte direction, Bonga advance the opera; of the world, go to the Queen's,'

He keeps they do not hold it up. the story moving whether it be in song or word.

"Madam Satan" dazzled, dazed, amused, and bored the different

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Beef Sirloin .....

踢

Prima Cat......

Corned

Roast

Breast

Soup

Steak

Steak Sirloin Baceages....

Bullock's Brains .....

O Tongue, fresh .....

Tongue, corned

་

Hond

Heart

Hump, Balt

Feet

Kidneys

Tail

Liver

Tripe

patrons of the Queen's. It was SO | Calvar Head & Post

Leg

Shoulder

Saddle.

Bralos

褥

Foot

Fry

Read

Heart

Kidney

Liver

Park Chop

I told you that the story con- cerns the love affairs of a Count de Milish. If the truth be told Matton Chop who masquerades as his beloved's the settings were absurdly fantas- hairdresser. Mark you, it is for the tic. Every one in the cast except [adult, but all the children will go Roland Young acemed buried

just the same: they will not appre-under the de Mille trappings. | Pig's Chitlings clate the subtlety of Lubitsch. Judged by this effort the master There are only two people who director is losing his cunning. count; both aequit themselves with Angela's vow that she will make first honours. Jeanette is in porti- her husband so sick of vice that cularly lovely voice, and her part he will cry for decency, and then allows her her best acting to date, strives by every known feminine Jack Buchanon la fifty per cent.wile to make him lose his head better than he was in "París," and and heart) caused me to smile. It he was dashed good in that. Zazu hit a pretty preposterous note. Pitts, Claud Allister, Lionel Bel- Roland Young was born in Lon-

Roche more, John

and Albert don. He adores reading, loathes Conti make this film run smooth-interviewers, loves animals, ly. Beautiful scenery,

gowns, of an architect, went on the stage women, catchy songs, a most because he was no good at work, sumptuous theatre wo ask so he says. Has a mad hobby for nothing

best con- collecting penquina. Has them all' Qur gratulations to those

whovor his Beverly home, in all Sucking Pigs, to order have helped to make it the beauti-shapes and materials. Kay John-Suet, Beef ful thing it is, and the sincere son, wife of famous director, John good wishes of all the "dyed-in-Cromwell, also of the stage. the-wool" fans to the new manage-Daughter of very famous architect, ment.-(King's).

the man who designed the Wool- worth Building. She posseЯaca charming speaking voice, beautiful figure, and, when given a chance Barbel with proper plays, is a distinguish- Bream

more.

HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.

" - Loin

Son

Fat or Lard

Sheep's Road & Feet -

Heart

Kidney. Liver

▪

杞冉冉油裙柝佛恐栾期洲团办射灵风肝肚脚骨肉什心肝脾團袖脚心肝猪油油肉 # 羊羊羊猪猪猪猪甜甜甜甜甜甜甜羊羊羊 $ # E

豬排

牛羊仔仔

奶牛牛,

March 24, Juno, June,

1981. 1018, 1994.

Ole. Cl. Ct.

lb. 33 24

ور

40'

B. 20

Poultry.

50 60

-$1.20

Chicken Capone, Small Capons, Large

Duck Dover

Eggs, Hen (cooking)..

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

Fowls, Canton Fowls, Hainan

Gleesa

Pigeons, Canton

Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hen Snipe Pheasant Quali Partridges

*****882881282282-8888 1 & 18298818 888ssli #gelaconen81999281eletes:82||

Holhow

DBA

BA ZKKAA #SASSERR

March 24, Juno, Juno,

1981. 1918, 1914.

Cla. Ct. Cla

Ib. GO 80 31

28 - 90 00 28 30

46 22 zi

2o 21

por doz. 36 19

88 25 20

72 38 24

52 85 24

46 24 24

cách 45. Bà

60 81

དྷ『ཛྫི,, ཎྜིན ཝཱ ཝ

#ench 40

pair 3.50

each 45

1.50

Fruits.

杏

16.

金山陶码

Bananas (bride's'

桃山香機

Carambola

Coconuts

Apples (California).

per set 17

cach 75

.. $1.20

16. 24

cách 12

16'

Ib. 24

Bet $1.50 $1.00 $1.00

ib.

Almonda

Per set 3

1b.

each 16

[por set 00

oach 12

16.

Mutton

Vox!

Sausages

No. 1.

Fish.

蚊

ft. lb.

租

Cuttle Fish

Dab

Dace Dog Fish

In letters from Hollywood, I hear Sels, Conger there is a great deal of, distress. Perhaps it accounts for the fact that at the opening of Charlie Frog

Frosh Water

ས

Yellow

Garoupe Gudgeon

Herring

Halibut

Labrus

Losch

"Gold Diggers of Broadway." Having seen this more than once in the States, I cannot but ask is It the same play I remember liking ed actress. Reginald Denny, doing Canton Fresh Water KDNK Į so much when I had the pleasure of excellently in farce, more suited to seeing Ina Claire in the oriit. Now in his late thirties; served Carp ginal part, Now I can only ad-through the War in the Flying Catfish vise you to go and see the gold-Corps; married twice. A big hit Codfish digger, Winnie Lightner. Admitted- In the Movies, but even bigger in Crabs ly she contributes a lot of noisythe Talkies. comedy, but she has the personall- ty that can only be summoned up as "stealing the show." There are others; their names do no mat- ter. Conway Tearle, frowning 28 usual. Nick Lucas sings, and sings, There is colour, but too much of it (if I am not mistaken this was amongst the first); rooms that, are over-stocked with gaudy furniture; orgies where we see chorus girls (as we are told in song and story) who dance on tables and drink out of slippers. Anne Pennington, the perfectly beautiful little dancer, doing a tiny bit. Songs which will haunt you especially "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" and "This Life's a Play from the start; its hard to play through a part 'when there's an ache in your heart all day"-pretty words, pretty music. Go. to the Queen's and boar that audience laugh.

If you go by me, you would only see a "Lady of Scandal" or a "Let Us be Gay,” and those sort of subjects do not make the most popular appeal. Warners have changed the play pretty completely into a musical, Jazzy, lively show, 1 have seen Winnie Lightner on the stage, and

Lobsters

Mackery!

Monk Fiab

Mullet Oysters

Parrot Fish

Perch

Pike

Plaice

Pomfret, White

Pomfret, Black

Prawns

Bay

Bock Fish

Roach

dalmon

Shark

Charlie Chaplin.

Skate

CERS

she can sing red-hot songs. She Chaplin's "City Lights" In the new has conquered vaudeville and Los Angeles Theatre, the crowd Soles revue, and now, since her sucwas in an angry, almost revolution- Tench

in this film, she goes from ary, mood. The spoiled darlings in Turbot

Shrimps Snapper

尾肚水 ##~áda a #2*eca*AOFLARGESTARARRË NË KËS SË SE DE 刷城爲書長黃黃田石白带岛清版花班白楚石馬沙精緻立尤左公斑 OR

魚魚魚魚酶

80 £0.

Lemons, China .......

Lemons (American)

Lichten, Dried

# + each 12

12 lb.

Šeihin each 18

3སྟྲཋ།སྦྲུམཱ ཋ ཧྨ ཎྜ ཊཱ ཚཋ | ཕསྒྱུསྶ ཤྩ

荔枝

Ib.

Orangoz (Canton)

新機機

Oranges

28 +

Pears (Canton)

Peanuts

Plantain

Persimmons, Large

Pumalo, Slam........

Walnuts...***

Grapes..........................

# 4

紅栉大藥

IN A cách 22

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes

Bean Sprout

#8 16.

(Shanghai)

营嶽于

Red

Cabbage, Chinese

Gana Shoots, bunch ..

Cauliflower (Large) ». KLÆĦ

Corry Stuff, Engish.. RAVA

Cucumbers

Ginger, Young

⌘ གླ ༤ ཡ ཡ ཧྨ ༅ ཎྜ | | | ཆ སྐྲམཕྲ། |

each

1b.

5 -

*****-*-*-*-**-**------|| ----

10 24

Long

Beet Root........

Bitter Squash

Brinjals, Gruen

10 17

cách 24

18 27

(Medium) 中梯榮花

20 "

(Small) ·粉哪榮花

18 В

∙10

Carrots

1b.

Celery, Chinesa

***

8 10

Chillies, Dried

辣椒干

Red

12 10

ão

Green

我花椒

8 8

40 20

22 18

Garlic

༈

18 15

32. 13

62 24

18 2

18 9

84 29

80 30

80 45

Potato, Sweet

10 14

Pumpkin Radish

98 HENNBARCANES***~~#~-~*88*@@8953288**=*=***

13 16

22 10. 88 80

8 10

10 10 32 Во

Lettoce

Old

Mandivin.

Horseradish, Shaughal

Indian Corn

Water Chestnuts

Mushrooms, Fresh Okrocs

Onians, Bombay

Parsley

Green

Shanghai

Japanese

American

上阵表

Rhubarb (Fresh)

Shallots

Spinsch

Tomatoes

Taros...

Turnips, Punti (Long)

28 23

£2 28

Vegetable Marrow

12 12

Water Cress..........

1.20

Water Lily Boot

紅蘿蘅

CECEEEEPoke22aar1*«bá■* ***R* ENSKIEEEEESARE

| a'a} l ༄ | * } ༈ | gཎྜ] | } ]

la-õ---||~||_ | Sõnaaalllleállan

20- 60

7 3

14 15

6 15

||214

35 336

HORIZONTAL

1-Lethargy K-Fabulous bird BTree trunk

12-A kind of alcohol 12-An ego

14-An accessory gend-

oovering....

15-Tried

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) |40-Brings-Into fino 142-To pase unnoticed

| 44-00}itarý

40-Scà ̈cante 47-One of the dontl.

A 48-To onaguntor..

49–To band in the

16-Inland group of rty middle A

Buy British West, Indiea] 50-Larga plantigrado

-17-A fragment of the carnivora....

18-A number masak A.

19-Twofold

Z1To relate in detall 25-Pertaining to an

—Man'a,narys „{akort)

Kerform

VERTICAL

·I-A Roman patriot:

2-A Hebrew mensur ̈3A bellevar In armythsolumn="

VERTICAL (Cont.) -Publid speaker 10-Calcined limestone 111-Ardor [104]Auzioni comppaltion for two players

||21-Fish ngga

22-To bring to-a ofose [28-A'cape, aɔuthern-

extremity of 8;

140 Amerlan [24-Have existenos 25-Conducted ?...

- 28-A pet of favoritä" ||31-A fenlilar antiseptic

32-Prefix with |38-T/lavy.or exnet,'as.

Ca tax P

one picture to another. Lives in their gorgeous gowns and ermine Turtles, smal, fr. woker

Beverly Hills with her husband and wraps, whe drove in their Rolls

son. She is perfectly natural, (what Royces, had to park their cars and

The closing of the doors of the is to run a second week in the

an acquisition in a time when walk a long distance fighting their with no speech and this picture is are all posing or studying camera way through a dense mass of

a riot. Harold Lloyd at Chaplin's Bank of Hollywood has hit many Capitol Theatre in New York. angles. She la rowdy and a little people. Windows were smashed, advice, in his' next pisture will picture folk. Stars, directors, Quite a record, it seems. rough, has a marvellous voice, a pockets picked, the crowd would speak as seldom as possible. Time prop boys, carpenters, etc., all saw Elissa Landi, the famous British

not stand back in spite of the alone will prove whether Chaplin their savings "go west." doubled efforts of an enormous has the right Idea. force of Police. A terrible down-} Mak

most infectious grin-one could not be polite enough to call it a smile. Believe it or not, Winnie will make you like "Gold Diggers" even if you think, as I do, that it is a good play spoiled(Queen's.)

•

pour of rain did not mand matters. Carole Lombard and William Chaplin arrived with the famous Powell are seen everywhere · te- Einsteins Seats sold at $10 in the gether. top gallery,

Critics are unanimous fa their verdict that it is the best thing Chaplin has ever done.

1, per-

If you liked the previous experi ences of the Cohens and Kellys, you will most certainly like them in Africa, Charlie Murray, George sonally, do not doubt that more Sidney, Vera Gordon and Kate pictures like this will be made, for Price are at their beat Screaming the big reason that the Talkies are ly funny when they find themselves costing so much more than the in a harem. For this type of play, silents, Some prophets even go so recommended.—(Central).

far as to declare that in twenty years from now dialogue may dis-i appear, but Sound Never. Chaplin arguce for musical accompaniment, This pantomime, and sound effects.

Speech is not missed in this pic ture, BUT there is this to be con- cidered, there is only ONE Chaplin. Only one genius who could write, direct, and act like this man, who stande alone... Take the average picture. Ilke “Divorcee.” As a Talkie,ftcoat |

"Cohens and Kellys in Scot land." The same happy nonsense about two business rivals.

„YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

Dolores Costello,

Ruth Chatterton aims at direct-

around $400,000 to produce, and its fng," and the men she wants to are approximately a direût are Garry Cooper and halt. As a Movie it George Bancroft. Clive Brook is run into at most again opposite her in her newest

lded ten men | ““Unfaithful, and we can

Charles Farrell's weddingto Virzinie Valli has been postponed

to the recent death of KIY

Carmel Meyers, who sings beau- tifully, will have a chance to let us hear her voice in “Trilby.”

At the opening of M-G-M's Miracle. Picture, "Trader Horn," taken in the wilds of Africa, the usual galaxy of stars attended, in- cluding Marion Davies most ex-! quisitely gowned, accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland."

Lawrence Tibbett,

Doloros Costello is to act again, actress, is to play opposite Charlie In spite of the fact that friend | Farrell.

husband, John

against it..

Barrymore,

Neil Hamilton has been with Norma Shearer in her latest, now Douglas Shearer, Norma's goes to play with Joan Crawford, brother, and the famous recorder so does John Mack Brown. A at M-G-M is an expert aviator.

gripping story of a Salvation "-"Indiscrétion" is the name of Army Lass, directed by the man Gloria Swanson's newest vehicle, who knows how to handle Joan, and strong, drama, too.

Greta

Harry Beaumont. Bebe Daniela has signed to Warner's, All these Studios are now so tied up with' each other that one does not know who's who

Marlene Dietrich, Paramount's newest sensation, has returned from her trip to Germany, accom- panied by husband and daughter.

Assensation has been caused in musical circles by the success of the Canadian tenor, Edward John- son. Appearing in "Peter Ibbet son" with Lawrence Tibbett and boʻs latest. Sapho, or. | Lucrezia Börf in the Matropolitan

1931-03-27 — Page 11

Comments

Private Research Note