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As Bancroft stood in a narrow but-board cabin of a 4,000-ton sea- going vessel, for one sequence of "Derelict," he knew that the action required a second tessel of equal tonnage to crash, bew on, through the steel bulkhead of the hull at
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME,
The following programme will his side. Yet he stood feigning be broadcast to-day from the ignorance of the terrific crash, Hong Kong Broadcasting Station while camerus watched his reactions Z.B.W. on awavelength of 355 with pitiless eyes. A second in-metres: stance requiring complete nerve- contrel, came when Bancroft stood on the deck of the vessel waiting for 26 tons of water to come sweep- upon him from a trap ng down tank 85 feet up a steep incline at his back.
In neither case could Bancroft
'CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON."
To-day is the last oppurtunity to see this, film at the King's Theatre and those who have not yet seen it should not allow the opportunity to slip past. It is decidedly good entertainment, combining drama and thrill with
a live vein of romance and great good humour, Charlie Chan'a quaint, but apt, set himself for the blow, or give aphorisms capture one's faney. Their any indication that he anticipated triteness and appropriateness are its coming. The ship collision scene striking.
wins filmed far out on the Pacific, off the coast of Lower California, and, according to Lee, is one of the most spectacular scenes ever made for a motion picture. It is record- ed in full sound, a special recording laboratory installed on a lower deck of one of the vessels capturing the Xound.
At this stage there is little more to be said of this picture, for all that can be said has already been sald, and repetition of the obvious is wearisome. It seems there are few better or more Interesting and entertaining ways of spending a couple hours than in watching "Charlie Chan' on the tria! after Scotland Yard officer has been put
out of action.
The action of the picture is fast, and there is a rapid succession of scenes, such as might be seen on a trip round the world.
From Other Sources..
"STEPPING OUT."
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a Hollywood patie,' Building
a terraced swimming pool, and garden inside the walls of a great studio sound stage was one of the elaborate engineering feats in con- nection with "Stepping Out," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's filmisation of the stage success. The picture is now showing at the Queen's
Theatre.
It is a comedy-romanes of Holly: wood, and Caliente, directed by Charles F. Riesner.
The caat includes Charlotte Greenwood, Leila Hyams, Reginald Denny, Lilian Bond, CT Edwurts Merna Kennedy, Harry Stubbs,
The storm
huge waves sweep over the side of sequences, in which the ship on which Bancroft and his were filmed by men are standing. Paramount at San Pedro harbour, California Six mammoth
trap
6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 6-6.30 p.m.-Chinese Children's Programme.
Pro-
A
7-9.45 p.m.-European gramme of Victor Records.
7.05-7.40 p.m.-A. Concert, Orchestrul-
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms), Hungarian Dance No. 4 (Brahms),
Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra,
Song-
Comin' Thro" the Rye (Old Scottish Air),
Marion Talley (Soprano). Violin Solo-
Gavotte (Beethoven), Menuet (Bach-Winternitz),
Song--
Fritz Kreisler.
Old Black Joe (Stephen C. Foster), Uncle Ned (Stephen C. Foster),"
Lawrence, Tibbett (Baritone). Piano Solo
Etude Tablenu (Rachmaninoff), Dance of the Gronies (Liszt),
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS · ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.
Theatre;
Entertainments.
To-day King's "Charlie Chan Carries On."
To-day Queen's Theatre; "Stepping Out."
Today Central Theatre; "King of Jazz."
To-day Majestle Theatre; Lord Richard In The Pantry."
Theatre: Today Star "So This Is Collège."
Sports.
See Sports Diary on Page 4.
Home Mails,
Tó-morrow-Inward from Europe
via Siberia (Ningpo);` via Suez (Haruna Maru).
Lammert's Auctions. September 4-At Ahmed Din's Store, Kowloon, gentlemen'a wear, 10 a.m.
Miscellaneous..
Friday-Philharmonic Chorus Re- Sergei Rachmaninoff.hearsals, 8.45 p.m. Song-
Do Not Go My Love (Hageman)}," Homing (Salmon-del Riego),
Marguerite D'Alvaros (Contralto),
tanks were constructed, one a tower 65 feet in the air, each tank holding approximately 1,000 gallons of 8 p.m.-Lacal Time. water, weighing in excess of eight 7.40-8.10 p.m.-Organ Solos tons. The traps were sprung in
You Forgot to Remember, succession, sending huge.
Sleepy Time Gal...Jesse Crawford. waves Always, down an incline. to strike a deflect Dinuh
...Jesse Crawford. ing lip and be thrown onto the deck St. Louis Blues where Bancroft and his crew were Lenox Avenue Blues.Thomas Waller.
8.10-8.35 p.m.-Orchestral. standing.
Hungarian Fantasia (Liszt),
The force of each wave was auff-
..
Arthur de Greef and the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra.
cient to knock the men from their feet and to sweep them to the op- posite side of the ship. All of The Rhinegaki-Entrance of the Gods them, Including Bancroft, were severely bruised and battered by the experience.
FIRST TIME SINCE 1263.
A King Lands In The Shetlands.
King Alfonso, travelling incog-
Richard Tucker. Kane Richmond nito as the Duke of Toledo, and ac-
and Wilson Benge.
"MEN CALL IT LOVE." Ever cocktail shakers have gone modernistici
companied, by the Duke of Miranda, was one of 450 passengers on board the P. and O. liner Viceroy of India which called at Lerwick on August 3 on her summer cruise.
into Valhalla [Wagner),-**
Symphony Orchestra under the Direction of Albert Coates, 8.35-9.45 p.m.-Varlety. After To-night.
Bert Lown and His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra,
One Night Alone With You,
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, Money Musk, Medicy of Reels, ..
Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orchestra.
Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark, To-morrow is Another Day,
Jackie Taylor & His Orchestra,
Ted Florito & His Orchestra.
Telling it to the Daisies,
Under a Texas Moon,
Gene Austin (Tenor).
Ho motored to the south end of If You Should Ever Need Me, the islands, where he displayed Oh, How I Miss You, keen interest in important excava- Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra.
I'm Theu' With Love,
In keeping with the modernistic motif in the bachelor apartment used by Adolphe Menjou in "Men Call It Love," which will open to- tions being carried out at the ruins With That Gali morrow at the Queen's Theatre, the Jarishof by the Royal Commis- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer property de-aion on ancient monuments.
This is the first time a king has partment, designed
landed at Shetland since 1263, shaker.
The shaker, which figures pro-when King Haco of Norway rested minemtly in the picture, has no at Lerwick on his way to meet King curves or roundness whatever, be- Alexandra III. at Largs.
a
cubistic
ing made entirely of square modernistic lines with a set of glasses or silver cups to match.
Edgar Selwyn directed the pro- duction, which is a pleturisation of
AUGUST RAIN.
The record of rainfall during
the stage hit, "Among the Mar-August at the Botanic Gardens is
ried." -The cast
includes Leila Hyama, Norman Foster, Mary Duncan, Hedda Hopper, and Robert Emmett Keane..
"DERELICT."
September 4-Reception for Misa Marion Hewlett, Helena May In- stitute, 11.89 a.m.
A WEEK'S DISEASES. Fevers, Diphtheria and Tuberculosis.
The official return of diseases and deaths during the week end- ed August 29 is na follows:-
. Cases Deaths
Typhoid fever.. Diphtheria..... Cerebro-spinal fever Puerperal fever Tuberculosis
4
0
4
1
I
11
1
1
49
One case of typhoid fever was imported.
Summary to August 29,
The returns from January 1 to. August 29 give the following figures:
Cases Deaths
Typhold. Small-pox Scarlet fever Diphtheria
128
35
14
9
3.
86
28
Puerperal fever.... Paratyphoid fever Tuberculosis
Cerebro-apinal fover
15
7
11
7
1
- 1,866 Eighteen of the typhoid cases
Gene Austin (Tenor). were non-Chinese, as were three- scarlet fever cases, one small-pox case;
cerebro-apinal fever case, and 26 diphtheria cases.
Jig-Time, Egyptian Ella..
Ted Weems & His Orchestra. Dr. Cheer,
Johnny Marvin (Comedian). Buffalo Rhythm. On the Beach With You,
Henny Hendrickson's Louis- ville Serenadera. Down the River of Golden Dreams, Ro-Ro-Rollin' Alang.
Johnny Marvin (Comedian). 9.45 p.m. From the Studio—A Recital by Miss Maud Edmondson and Major Edwin St. Clair Wren. (1) Pianoforte Solos-
(a) The Two Larks (Leischitsky), (b) The Musical Box (Leadoff),
By Miss M. Edmondson.
(b) The Old Refrain (arr. Kreisler),
Le Cygne (Saint-Saers), Moment Musical (Schubert),
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On Monday one case of typhoid fever and one of puerperal fever were notified. Both were Chinese,
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dard time of the 120th Meridian
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August
2,12
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5
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(2) Song-
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(a) Invictus (Hahn),
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Physical hardship, labour, techni- cal difficulties and actual danger involved in the filming of "Derelict," George Bancroft's masterful drama of the sea and sea- faring men, made this picture, which will show at the King's Theatre, to-morrow, the most gigantic undertaking of the star's vivid career.
11
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12.
1.05
By Major E. St. Clair Wren Accompanied by Miss Edmondson.
data now available--whether It September
its power to should exercise exemption
or modification given
a.ru.
T.M
2
6.06
6.40
3
6.06
6.39
13
2.10
(3). 'Cello Solo-
14
.06
15
.82
16
2.76
[(4) Songs-
Pablo Casals,
17
.16
18
.36
(a) A Dream (Bartlett), (b) Because (D'Hardlot),
19
1.00
20
.03
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4
6.07
6.89
5
6.07
6.38
6
6.07
6.37
7
6.07
6.85
8
6.08
6.84
9
6.08 6.83
10
6.08 6.82
11
8.08 6.81
12
6.08
6.80
Filmed on a scale of epic propor-. tions, "Derelict" called for such courage from the he-man hero of "The Wolf of Wall Street" and he Ladles Love Brutes" as even was unconscious of possessing, ac- cording to Rowland V. Lee, director of the picture.
.26
.33
(5) Violin Solo
Dr. Pope seconded.-Carried.
13
6.09. 6,29
14
6.09 0.28
27
,31
15
6.10 6.28
28
.12
16
8.10
6.27
29
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30
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(b) On the Road Mandalay
(Oley Spenks),
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6.11 6.26
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Total.
18.64
7) Songs-
By Major E. St. Clair Wren Accompanied by Miss Edmondson.
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6.11 6.25
10
6.11
6.24
20
6.11
6.23
10.35 p.m.—Close Down.
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6.11
6.22
BRINGING
By Major E. St. Clair Wren Accompanied by Miss Edmondson.
La Ronde Des Lutins (Bazzini), :
(0) Planoforte Solos-
Jascha Heifetz.
(a) River Gardens (Berly),
(b) Sing a Song of Sixpence
(Livens).
By Miss M. Edmondson.
(a) Little Drink (from "Flame"),"
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