1931-07-01 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES

Manufacturers & Exporters of

ALL KINDS OF

SWATOW DRAWN WORK

AND

ART EMBROIDERIES-

** SHAWLS

UNDERWEAR

PYJAMAS

KIMONOS.

SWATOW TRADING Co.

6, Pedder St. opp. Hong Kong Hotel Phone. 23303,

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latent in Gentlemen's Outiitling

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE.

PERFECT FIT AND

RELIABLE

SUITINGS.

WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's Outfiltere

54, Queen's Rd. C.

Tel. 21417.

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

1st floor, No 74, Queen's Road

Central: Tel 21255.

TANG YUK, DENTIST.

Successor tu

the late BIEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Street. TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Fres.

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., LTD. 72, Queen's Road C. Tel. 23270.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. 8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay. New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

FRUITS.

AIRSHIP SUNKIST

ORANGES

Also Grapefruita and Lemona Direct from the Growers' Exchange. LOWEST PRICES (in Hong Kong). Wholesale and Retail,

"WING"

BRAND

Coffee, Tea, Hawaiian Jama, Jelly and Fruit Preserves.

WING COFFEE CO.

139, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 25889.

HAIR DRESSERS

ONLY A

TWO

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MADAM KATIE'S BEAUTY PARLOUR.

31, Wing Lok Building,:::

Kowloon.

Tel. 56841.

Tel 58841:

EE YEE Ladles', and Gentlemen's Hair

Dressers & Booksellers No. 12, D'Agullar. Street. Lopposite Queen's Theatre),

Bring Your PRINTING

ems to US.

INDOOR GOLF.

THE GAME OF .GAMES.

The charm of Miniature Golf in that it offers both an equal young and old chance of SUCCES and amusement.

Two Games on the Roof of the King's Theatre Bldg. will pay for your afternoon tea at Lane Crawford's.

JOIN THE MERRY THRONG

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THE KING'S MINIATURE GOLF COURSE,

LITERATURE

BOOKS for k

All

Bibles, Pocket Testaments, Prayer Books and Stationery.

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General Literature Presentation Books

Children's Books a Speciality. THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT Wyndham Street. Next to King's Theatre.

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Agents for

British Foreign Bible Society and The Religions Tract Society..

SWATOW DRAWNWORK.

JUST OPEN TI! LAI YANG EMBROIDERY CO. 2, Wyndham St.

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(above Book & Bible Depot.) Direct Exporters of Swatow Draw Work, Embroideries, Silk Shawls, Irish Linen & Grass Cloth, Handmade Laces & Ladies' Underwear.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone 22232.

38, Queen's Road Central.

SHOES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MUSIC · DRAMA

STAGE PARTNERSHIP STRANGLEHOLD OF

ENDS.

U.S. FILMS.

Jack Hulbert and Paul 'Not Even Masters of

Murray Separate.

Our Own Market.

The-famous-theatrical-partner--| ship between Jack Hulbert and Paul Murray has suddenly been terrhinuted.

The partnership has lasted eight or nine years, and during that time Mr. Hulbert and Mr. Murray have produced only six shows, four of them being revues and two musical comedies.

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These shows have all had very good runs, with the exception of "Follow a Star" one of the musical plecea.

They started with the revue "By the Way," which they afterwards produced in America, and followed this up with the musical comedy "Lido Lady."

Then they produced the.

revue "Clowns in Clover" and "The House That Jack Built," and then came the musical play "Follow a Star," fol- lowed by the highly successful revue, "Folly to be Wise, which is still ruming t the Piccadilly Theatre.

Mr. J. Hulbert spoke with some emotion regarding the ending of the partnership.

"Paul Murray and I" he said, "have been big pals,-a swell as bus!- ness associates, for such a long time that I feel I cannot go into details regarding the reason for the termination of the partnership.

"I shall continue in management; and the running of "Folly to be Wise" will take up a lot of my time. "I have also contracted to do two talkies, and I have a lot of wireless engagements in front of me. ..I am partnered by my brother, Claud. We introduced the Hulbert Brothers to listeners last Thursday for the Arst time, and the turn was auch a big success that

-BRITISH-FINANCE-BAD,"

Remarkable figures disclosing the almost complete stranglehold which the American film industry, has upon the cinemia world have just been published in the yearly statement of the Association of Motion Picture Producers of America.

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FILMS.

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Smith, who has been in New York to pay much attention to our censor- for the deal, has cancelled his pass- ship requirements. Criticisms, age home in order to see how the offered la sorrow, with a sincere now Hays decision affects the "On desire to lead to improvements, the Spot" plan.

have been taken in some quarters

Crime filme have overrun their as showing anti-British blas,

BANKING GANGSTER novelty in America, as in Britain, "I am glad, however," he con-

TALKIES.

An Unlucky Blow for Mr. Edgar Wallace.

Mr. Will Hays_the_“dictator" of. the American film business, has put ban on gangster stories for tulkies.

Welcome as this news will be to the British film-goer who is satiated with crime talkles, the decision strikes an unfortunate blow at a most interesting British-American scheme to film Mr. Edgar Wallace's famous play "On the Spot." According to this statement, ... Arrangements have been conclud- The estimated capital invested Ined for Mr.D. W. Griffith, the pro- the world cinema industry is £500,- minent director, to make this film capital in America la 2400,000,000. 000,000, of which, the approximate

The United States produces 95 per cent. of the world's supply of pictures.

The picture industry is the fourth largest of all the industries in the United States.

Captain in Coast (Hollywood and district) Studio Properties 18 £16,000,000..

Estimated American production schedule for the current year, £40,000,000.

The number of people employed in the industry In America, $75,000,

Six billion lineal feet of film are manufactured and used annually.

About 25,000 miles of film pass through the American film ex- changes each day.

15,000 picture advertisements are placed daily in various media, and the annual cost

of motion picture publicity is £20,000,000.

The weekly picture attendance in the United States is 115,000,000, out of a world total of 250,000,000.

Gross takings in American cinemas yearly are £312,000,000.

This is the problem that the Bri- tish film industry has to face, writes the film correspondent of the Morn we were iming Post. Moreover, it must be mediately offered a series of engage borne in mind that American. Aims ments on the wireless, and we shall imported into Great Britain havė be doing a sort of broadcast tour." usually not only paid off their cost. of production in their native coun- try, but have also returned a sub- otantial dividend. Furthermore, there are various ways and means whereby Income tax or any other tax is not paid on such Alms in

"I WILL GET WELL!"

Crippled Film. Beauty Surprises Doctors.

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and a number of the big Hollywood | tinues, "that there has boon a firm have recently been considering marked improvement in some recent slowing down a production of British Alma, which surpass Ameri- them..

can filme in every department of "On the Spot," it will be remem- production and entertainment value. bered, is a scathing exposure of There is still too great a proportion: *Chicago gunmen's methods. The of poor quality. Even when somS play has been prosented in America. of the latter pass the censorship, distributors will not show them. "That rarely happens to American" filme. It is a pity that British producers exploit the bedroom farce ad nauseaum. The tendency is for smartness and sophistication to overstep the border line of 'öüg-' gestiveness and indecency."

FILM CENSORSHIP.

Australia Denies Anti-

British Bias.

In his annual report to the Minister of Trade and Customs the Chief Film Censor at Melbourne, Mr. Cresswell O'Reilly, denies that in Hollywood by arrangement, with in banning films he has been actuat- the London Galusborough and Bri- ed by anti-British blas. tish Lion film concerns..

The figures of eliminations and Mr. Griffith's organisation, United | rejections in the last few years (he Artists, was to distribute the film says) do not afford much ground for in Ameries.

asserting "that there has been à Mr. Wallace is the chief of the marked improvement in the moral British Lion company which has standard of filma submitted. Aus- filmed several of his atories in tralla is too small a portion of the Britain.

His lieutenant, Mr. S. W. world's market to induce producers

The report shows that of 525 "feature" filma imported in 1980 America supplied. 470 and Great Britain 50; 17 American and four British films were finally rejected.

REASONABLE.

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Here is the brave story of a beautiful young woman, who, after a serious accident some years ago, was told there was little hope for

The figures quoted make it clear her life. Yet to-day, through her why, in America, the biggest banks courage, she is as well as ever.

She is Mias Ann Herriott, of

and corporations have controlling Finchely, London. Eight years ago

interests in the great film produc- when crossing a busy London street tion units of that country. Recent- she was caught between a heavy of the Fox-Film Company, in which Pork Chop

ly were announced the new directors motor-lorry and a taxi.

were included. Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Philip Stockton, Lola President of the First National

So grave were her injuries that the doctors despaired of her life. She was told that even if she lived she would never be able to walk again.

For more than two years. Miss Herriott lay on her back in bed at her mother's home.

By the very strength of her will Pair ake slowly but surely worked her. Black

Brown way back to health. Shoes from $6.00, - Black or Brown Boots from $8.00. Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00. Best styles, most complsta stock ¦ of all sizes, Ropairing a specialty. WONG SID WOON

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SPORTING GOODS

When eventually she was able to atand by her bed her weak body was crooked and bent, as with ago. Three years more patient "willing" was required before she won back to the full vigour of young woman- hood.

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president of the Central Trust.Com- Frank O. pany of Illinois, Mr. Watts, chairman of the First Na- tional Bank of St. Louis, and Mr. George M. Moffett.

This is but one company, and it ia well known that behind Western Electric and Radio Corporation 'are some of the most powerful financièrs in the whole of the United States.

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One other significant fact comes out of this notice of the reorganisa-

Barbel tion of Fox Films. After stating | that Fox owns over 500 theatres in Bream the United States and 90 in Aus

Canton Fresh Water tralia, it is added: "It also contro's But the tragedy of Miss Her-the Metropolis and Bradford Trust Carp riott's long illness was twofold, for Company, Limited, which owns 65 Catfish at the time of her accident she was per cent. of the ordinary share Codfish or the threshold. of what promised capital of Gaumont-British Picture Crabs to be a successful career as a film Corporation." actress. She had just played the

How does the British industry Dah part of leading lady opposite Clive stand against this gigantic indus- Daco Brook in a silent film, "The Loud- try? In production costs, compared Dog Fish water Mystery."

"When" famous doctors and sur£40,000,000 in America, we may

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that I could never apond about $2,000,000. With such recover from my accident" she told axpenditure, how can we hope to a Sunday Chronicle representative, compete with America, and how can THE LIANG YOU CO. determined to get well in spite we hope to get into America in the Gudgeon

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