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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1931.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

TALKIE TALKS

by

Diane

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Arlon in a picture and will play of disappointments. We labour, the part of a gangster, He will be sacrifice, trying to convince our- allowed to act, not merely look the solves that there is some purpose pretty boy, Idol of the flappers. In our existenco, but through all

Blanche Sweet is on a vaudevilla | this-what is Mother Nature do tour receiving $2,500 a week. Hiring? Laughing at the feable at- Tin Tin is also doing his stuff. tempts we make. She gives us the His share of the $1,250 per week instinct

self-preservation, is a good bed and all the bones he when we have served her purpose desires.

she is through with us---WHAT purpose? AH thore is the eternal riddle to which there is no key. Richard Bartholmess says all mon love flattery, they are the vainest things in the world. (This from a man, mark you). Men are happier than women. Companionship it important to a man-because it is

no

John Mack Brown in his firat starring vehiclo-"Billy the Kid," with King Vidor at the megaphone. There has been no more colourful character in the criminal annals of the plains and deserts than this youth who began life as a cattle rustler, tried to go straight, then killed the man who sought the life of his employer. In the Talkiej I sold last week that "Whoopee", larity. Harold Lloyd is amongst version they make it unreal but Ruth Chatterton's ambition is

It tells the story lively. We see him modestly keep chateau in France, and more was one of the biggest Box-Office those present. attractions of the past year-and of a shy shoe-clerk who is in love ing silent about the number of men work after her contract with there's a reason-It IS one of the with n girl he thinks is beyond his he has killed. Wallace Beery is Warners is finished. By that time finest, if not the finest we have had station, so he sets out to prove to the sheriff constantly on his trall. the lucky lady will be the posses- the pleasure of seeing here. If her that he is a rich play-boy. I do not like Kay Johnson, she has sor of over a million in cold cash. repent, Eddie Cantor is a "natural" Much of the story and many of the only ever done one good thing-That is what her new contract will The

taken in the broken-down best gags were

en the "Dynamite." All Hong Kong has bring in in four years' time. Francisco from San motor car and the Argument be-

to seen the trailer-because all Hong mention that Kong has seen "Whoopee"-so you tween the two men with their in- Honolulu (I might numerable illnesses and operations, when the Company actually landed know what exciting times you will although veering toward the vulgar, there, the reception was as warm gee. (Queen's).

accorded H.R.H. { are so screamingly funny that it hebrted as that harms the susceptibilities of no the Prince of Wales-mobbed 'is the

The whole cast pleases, and word). the production is a dream. 1 felt a glow of thankfulness when I look- ed upon such beauty, thankfulness that we have the eyes to see, the ears to hear and the sense to ap preciate. It is when we see these enormous productions which have been a riot on Broadway, brought to our very doors, that we DO truly realize HOW' much we owe America. In this particular show we have

one,

trip

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Little words of wisdom from our favourite stars:

Garry Cooper says almost any problem can be overcome by ignor- If the Boop-a-doop girl, Helening its existence. Snap out of the Kane, appeals to you, go and see her negative state of mind. If a thing Among the adventures is a hair- in "Dangerous Dan McGrew." It needs, decisive action there is raising stunt when tied in a mail starts ont as a burlesque of the always a right time to do it. bag hundreds of feet above the famous poem. Do not ask me to Flattery is a dangerous thing and take it insidious-if you street in an aeroplane, he struggles recount the complications nor the vory.

Hear to extricate himself.

the yarn. Helen boops her way, and passively. If one is not alert one nervous laughter of the audience sings, and Victor Moore, James is liable to believe all those yarns here, talk about thrills. I must not Hall and Stuart Erwin do all they about HOW marvellous you are, forget that the final quarter of the can to help the show along. Alm is almost all in pantomime. (Central).

Charles Harold has agreed with Chaplin and intends talking very

the best of everything-colouring little in future films. He declares

truly

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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.

Charles

Buddy Rogers now

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Corinne Griffith says "No ono ever baked a cake by going to matinee." Mary Pickford makes sure which problem is her particu- lar job, then she works at it t she la satisfied, and it is settled.

delight-unforgettable this to be his last "Stunt" picture. renditions of those two popular There is no need to write the word stands at the crisis of his career. William Powell'says not to ox- ongs by one of the finest little "Recommended." Like the attrac-He is being featured with Richardpect too much of life, it is, so full artistes I have ever seen. Hear tion "Whoopee" there is no doubt

him sing "A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine," and "My Baby just cares for me." The man is an

artiste all through.

Large Fortune.

one

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of success. (King's).

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Boudoir Diplomat. "The Boudoir Diplomat." A Universal feature with Ian Keith, (who can be so Betty Compson,

I have not been be

a Royal house-Beat whether we are

Until the Talkies came he had retired with a large fortune and good, I shall not forget her in "The' intended settling down

Girl"), his Street on

Mary Duncan,!

It tells magnificent Long Island estate. He Jeanette Loff and others. had appeared with Clara Bow in his of the Intimate lives and loves of story first Movie "Kid Boots," but it was a Royal Court, at least as a comparative fallure. One must will have it. hear him as well as

He is hind the scenes in almost on a par with the genius of hold so cannot say

Anyhow it is Charlie Chaplin-inasmuch as he is to believe it or not.

some fairly of the few comedians who beautifully put on, writes all his own gags and helps to witty lines and with the Elinor produce the shows in which he ap- Glyn-Charles Garvice type of story He is a Jew, very happily will give you a good evening's

(Central). married, with a large family. Now entertainment. after, the enormous success he has made in the Talkies, he cannot be allowed to retire--he is too great to I thought the team- be spared. work of the ballet in "The Show of Shows" unbeatable, but when I saw "Whoopee" I was amazed. Give those boys and girls your apprecia- tion

excellence for the

of their work.

See it 'twice at the Queen's

pears.

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KONG MARKET

care.

Conrad Nagel says if a woman is cleverer than a man she should be doubly clever enough to hide it.

Words of wisdom I repeat.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

MARKET PRODUCE.

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I wrote in the Mail last. Monday how much I thought of Nancy Carroll in "The Devil's Holiday."

H It was Give the little girl a hand, strong drama, perfectly acted and directed. If you missed it, you missed a treat. (Central).

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Reginald Denny is so good in the Talkies that he alone is worth see- ing in "Those Three French Girls." Too bad that Mark Twain, the Fifi Dorsay, Yola Davril and Sandra creator of "Tom Sawyer" and Rave! respectively. Dressmakers in jall "Huckleberry Fin," might not see finding themselves landed these entertaining characters with a kind Briton who had help-i portrayed upon the screen by Jackle ed them to throw flower-pots at

Meeting with low-brow! Coogan and Junior Durkin, not. for- landlord. getting Mitzi Green; each one par- friends in before-mentioned jail, fectly acted. The direction is finding themselves in the home of a British Earl, ending with wedding bells.

Jackie Coogan.

under the skilled hands. of John Cromwell-(husband of Kay John- son) who has captured a great deal of the humour of Twain, and his warm kindly understanding of boy- hood. By all means let the chil- dren see it, but book your seat, too. (King's).

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"House Full" signs will be the rule at the King's when Harold Lloyd appears in his second Talkis, "Feet First." This is your first chance to hear Harold. His first Takie was a "wow," but it was barred because in the plot. a Chinese hid some opium in a flower pot, and the Shanghai- populace ob- jected to this and demanded Ite withdrawal, so we were the losers, In this Harold Lloyd has delivered an extra-good comedy, and what is so much to be commended, clean You will be comedy always.. thrilled with his famous stunts, the sort of thing that makes you shut your eyes, and hope for the best. Barbara Kent, a little Canadian girl, is again the object of his shy affections Lillian Deighton and Robert McWade, sen., sive splendid p support. I liked his first Talkie, bat this is better.

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