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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1931.

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Reviews from Official Sources.

"WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS."

When you are led to expect much from a picture and then find, when you see the picture, that it reveals

ed, then that picture must be A mighty fine one.

RADIO

'TO-DAY'S FROGRAMME.

went to the Unietd States. Hero ho was cast in a part in a production of "Much Ado About Nothing.”

William Randolph Hearst, publisher and film producer, wit- The following programme will: nessed his performance and offered be broadcast to-day from the Hong him a screen part, MacLaren ac-Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. cepted.

on a wavelength of 355 metres:

5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 6-6.30p.m.-Chinese Children's

"DISRAELL”.

"I think Disraeli will find much

Programme.

7-11 p.m.-European Programme

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functiona. To-day-Dinner Dances at Penin

many tomes what you had expect favour with the public and greatly of Columbia Records kindly,eup-aula and Repulse Bay Hotels.

increase the prestige of pictures plied by the Anderson Music Co. because it represents the finest

7.03-7.17 p.m.-Hawaiian Music. traditions of literary crafteman-

Smiling Eyes, Raoul Walsh's Fox production, ship," says George Arlis, veteran Hawalian Love Bird, "Women of All Nations," which is now showing at the King's Theatre, of this Warner Brothers picture atago star who plays the title role yesterday proved mighty fine en-which is coming to the Queen's tertainment.

Its chief fun makers

are the lovable characters **Flaff" and "Quirt," as portrayed by Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, aided and abetted by the bungling đùmb Swede marine, "Olsen," as played by El Brendel, and glorified by the loveliness, grave and charm of Greta Nissen, the most beautiful}

natural blonde of stage or screen.

"MEXICALI ROSE."

The amazing results studio technicians achieve within a limit- ed time are nothing short of miraculous. For instance, during the shooting of "Mexicali Rose," the Columbia all-talking drama of and revenge with Barbara Stanwyck and Sam Hardy coming to the Central Theatre to-morrow, A complete gambling dive WAR created overnight.

love

An hour later Director Erle C. Kenton had done his part by sup- plying the human element The resort was peopled with as hetero- geneous and colourful a collection of personalities as ever graced a resort on the Mexican border.

Theatre to-morrow. "

The literary quality and the dramatic construction of 'Disraeli' are excellent," says Arliss.

"It is a solid, substantial, and tensely dramatic play, and there is

good love story?

"THE SMILING LIEUTENANT.”

Writing to the Film News" a reader says:-

Having всев "The Smiling Lieutenant" at the Carlton, this is

exactly what I should like to do

He is a

King Nawahl's Hawaiians (DB291). Tickling the Strings, Hawallan Capora,

King Nawabi's Huwallans (DB225). 7.17-7.56 p.m.-Musical Comedy.

Song-

Nippy-Nippy, Nippy-The Toy Town Party,

Binale Hale (Soprano) (DB340).

Today Repulse Bay Hotel Dejchans entertainment by Les and William Rimels.

To-day-Tea Dance at King's Restaurant and Lane Crawford's.

Entertainments.

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To-day King's Theatre; "Women of all Nations." To-day Queen's "The Bad One."

Today Central Theatre;

"The Vice Squad.".

To-do▼ - Majestic Theatre; Chorus-

"Up the River." The Maid of the Mountains--

Theatro: Vocal Gems,

Today Star Columbin Light Opara Co. "Our Blushing Briden.”

(DX81).

To-day-World Theatro: "Don Guitar Solo-

Q." Ever-Green-Dancing on the Celling, Ever-Green-No Place But Home,

Len Fillis (DB304).

Song

Mr. Cinders-Spread a Little

Happiness,

Congratulate Maurice and thank him for his charming, clever and delightful performance. sheer joy to watch. Anyone else might have made Niki scem rather Vocal a heartless creature, but Maurice

well, is it humanly possible to renist those twinkling eyes or that marvellous smile?

Tell Claudette Colbert how much we liked her clever characterisa- tion of Franzi.

Similarly congratulate Miriam Hopkins, She makes the difficult part of Princess Anna most freshing to watch.

re-

EXECUTION BY POISON GAS.

"THE MELODY MAN."

Picture audiences, absorbed in the action of a story and in the personalities of players, rarely

Carson City (Nevada), speculate on the amount of time. A "humane" execution by labour and expense involved in

means of poison gas was wit- making the background of scenes-nessed by eighty people peering "sets"-so perfect that they attract through glass windows into a no attention in themselves,

hermetically sealed lethal cham-

Before plans were formulated for ber. sets of "The Melody Man," the Columbia all-talking musical drama coming to the Central Theatre to morrow, the research department spent some time going through the files for suitable models of old New York flats and the Austrian Court.

"THE BAD ONE."

Bennie Halo (Soprano) with Al Starita & His Novelty.

Orchestra. Duet Mr. Cinders-I'm a One-Man Girl, '

Binnie Hale & Bobby Howe with A Starita & His Novelty Orchestra (5384),

Band-

On With the Show, 1980-Selection,

Debroy Somers' Band (DX74). 8 p.m.-Local Time, 7.56-8.20 p.m.-Planoforte Solos. Cradle Song (Palmgren), The Prophet Bird (Schumann),

Myra Hess (2612-D). Kinderacenen (Scenes from Childhood)

(Schumanni.

Fanny Davies (L2321-22). 8.20-8.45 pm.-Orchestral. A Thousand and One Nighta

(Johann Strause),

Felix Weingartner Conducting the British Symuhony Orchestra (LX188). Anaereon-Overture (Cherubini),

Willem Mengelberg and His Concertgebouw Orchestra (L1972-3).

Symphony No. 8-

Allegretto Scherzande (Beethoven),

Willem Mengelberg and His Concertgebouw Orchestra (L1973).

They saw a murderer,' smiling and grimacing, in an effort to. 8.47-9.16 p.m.--From the Studio hold his breath and live as long-A Lecture by Doctor John Lake as possible, and it was not until on "With Pirates and Lepers on a 14min. 5scc. after the poison gas Pirate Island." had been released that the two physicians pronounced the man dead.

The man executed was Louis Cejas, a Mexican, aged 27, who had been found guilty of killing

9.15-11 p.m.-Dance Programme. Fox Trot-

I Wanna Sing About You, Now You're in My Arms... (CB381) Old Spanish Moon,

One Step-

Lights of Paris ..........(CB829)

Ain't That the Way It Goer? One Step-- Fox Trot-

Oh Glory!

. (CB327)

Edmund Lowe, who plays the tough, awaggering Brooklyn sailor a Chinese, Charlie Fong, in Fox Trot- in United Artists" "The Bad One," quarrel over a red-haired girl, starring Dolores Del Rio in her who claimed that she was a Ger- He expinted Countess. first all-talking picture at the man Queen's Theatre, is дол the his crime by the method which dubious possessor of an Atlantic officials of the State of Nevada

-(2008-D) sailor's patola.

claim is the "most humane Waltz

of execution in

It I

Had My Time Over Again, Fox Trot-

"The Bad One" shows Miss Del method Rio as a tempestuous and flirtatious world." entertainer of the Marseilles, waterfront cafes. She avoids men, but then the Brooklyn sailor comes along.

**THE CONQUERING HORDE.”

+

Prussic Acid.

the

I Can't Write the Words, I Apologize

Now That I Have You...(CB323) Sagar. Foot Stomp

Clarinet Marmalade...... (2613-D) Tango

Pli Keep You in My Heart Always,

Wonder Bar-

The gas that is used in these cases is hydrocyanic gas (prussic acid), a single inhalation of which will cause instant un-Fox

not death. consciousness, if

The method of administration is

complete and arrives, fifteen

Tell Me I'm Forgiven...(CB280)

Tro

Blue Rhythm,

Moanin'

Waltz

One Step

Pretty Kitty Kelly,

(2504-D)

Bubbling Over with Love ..(CB277)

Fox Trot-

Beale Street Bluer,

Basin Street Blues ...

(2415-D)

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When You Wers the Blossom of

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"The Conquering the moment care for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con Herde," the feature picture at the cyanide "egga" are dropped into selentious, Artistic Work by Europea King's Theatre to-morrow. Expert, Mr. Alexander.

a bucket which contains a solu- Having failed in mining tion of water and hydrochloric venture in his native England, acid, which is placed beside the MacLaren received a great deal of man. Life lasts as long as he publiefty as a cricket and football, holds his breath. player. George Arlies recognized His last request to the prison him from a photograph in a news-wardera was for "A bottle of paper and offered him a part in a whisky and then a bottle of new play on the condition that he tomato juice on which to sober! was to work alx weeks without pay, up." The prison officials re-Onu Step- while his drawing power was test- fuse to say if they granted his ed. MacLaren agreed, after several requcst.

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1 Hate Myself,

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Leave the Rest to Nature, I'm So Used to You Now ..(CH323)

Cupid's Army,

(Continued in next Column.)

November 14-"Dear Brutus" by A.D.C., Theatre Royal.

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Tell Me Darling Fox Trot-

Do the New York,

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Hikin' Down the Highway (2408-1)) Wallz

You'll Find Your Answer

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in My Eyes....... Just a Dancing Sweetheart..(CH328)

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