1932-06-10 — Page 11

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932.

WATER DISTRIBUTION |

SCHEME.

Additional Sum of $60,000 Required.

PROVISIONAL VOTE APPROVED.

That an additional sum of $60,000 is required for the carry-

scheme forl ing out of the new

the distribution of water was an- nounced at yesterday's meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council.

Speaking on the matter. the Colonial Secretary said:-

"At a previous meeting of this Committee you approved of the

THE CHINA MAIL.

TALKIE TALKS

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one day)

by Diane

GEORGE O'BRIEN GOOD IN

"THE

GAY CABALLERO ”

ESCAPE" DUE AT STAR.

"Mata Hari" Coming to Queen's Shortly.

BIG LIST FOR KING'S.

King's Attractions, "The Greeks had a Word for them" started the craze for stories: of successful golf-diggers. One of the best of its type was, "Girla About Town". We have another on its way, NOT so good. "Good Sport". Something about Linda | Watkins' mouth that I do not like, and I really do think John Boles 50 wooden. A story of Vienna without a beer garden' Impossible No, when you see Charles Farrell and Madge Evans in "Heartbreak" as they are real society, we do noi see bear gardens. One great film,' |""Touchdown" a football story with Dick Arlen and Peggy Shannon ! then Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Bellamy in "The Magnificent Lia",

Dark"-and

In "Possessed," we have Joan the theme song, "How long will it Miriam Hopkins and Jack Oaklę in expenditure of $25,000 for cer- Crawford as the beautiful heroine last?") and acts splendidly. Wal-Dancers in the tain extra work, arising out of who has all the lucky breaks. As lace Ford, Skeeta Gallagher, and Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette the water shortage,, for the dis- Skeets Gallagher tells her, the East John Miljan do well in minor parts. Macdonald in "One Hour with You". tribution of water. The $25,000 River is full of pretty girls who Good story, grand acting, perfectly All due at the King's-more later.

M. G. M. Riots for Queen's further examination was were as optimistic as she was. If produced and directed by Clarence found to be insufficient and I will you can believe the beginning of Brown. Full marks to M.G.M, An- ask the Director of Public the story you can believe the rest. other Box Office winner. (Queen's) paring for crowded houses for Works to explain the position." Joan meets a handsome hero, plain- Hon. Mr. Creasy: "The pro-ly tells him the truth, and gets away -visional-amount originally ap with it. (This is a film story!)

on

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"The Gay Caballero"" "The Gay Caballero" is the best

is the

In the sister theatre they are pre-

three M.G.MM. releases. "The Champ" with Wally Berry and Jac- kie Cooper, Garbo and Novarre in "Mata Hari", and then the picture

proved by the Finance Com-She asks him point blank if he isthing of its kind we have had for with the star cast as long as your mittee for the installation of the rich?-and Clark Gable, the suc-some time, George O'Brien shares new group street fountains was cessful Attorney, is not the least bit honours with Victor McLaglen and are. "Grand Hotel"-We should $25,000. After this scheme was ashamed of her cheap clothes. He a new man to me, who looks like see them next month. Due at the introduced it was realised that escorts her to a fashionable restau- a good-looking Lawrence Tibbett, Queen's.

"She's My Weakness.” many additional extensions were rant, where she orders roast beef in Weldon Heyburn, by name. Ban

"She's My Weakness" might necessary to provide a better dis-ja loud voice, and he, (toujours la dits, horses, rescues and one great tribution of fountains clear to the politesse) does the same. Comes fight, all on the border line com- amuse if you are not looking for 'main lines of traffic. This in-then a most useful calendar, only munity where law is almost un anything too great. Arthur Lake volved additional lengths of pip-marking the years, pulled off by a known. C. Henry Gordon, & fine contributes a good performance. If "ing, more particularly in the beautiful-be-jewelled hand, and actor,

menace. Conchita the pouting Sue Carol appeals to Kowloon Peninsula. The value of Then we see Joan dressed in the Montenegro is attractive, but not you, and you are keen to see Wil- stores (piping, taps and fittings) height of fashion, ordering Gable's beautiful except in the hero's eyes. liam Collier do a nice bit of act- drawn from stocks at the Gov-expensive dinners, not forgetting-Do take the kiddies, a treat for ing, with Helen Ware and Lucien

Littlefield as the fussy parents ernment Store was approximately "Wines chilled to the temperature them. Linda Watkins, whom you AND you do not mind seeing a

will see shortly as the star in $43,000. In addition some $6,000 of the room".

1930 release in 1932, then go to was expended on local purchases, She speaks French, and German "Goud Sport" has a fleeting ap-

the Queen's. making a total of $49,000. The and plays the piano. Not bad for pearance as the American artiste. revised estimate for the work a little factory girl who had left There is a "short" featuring the (Including labour, etc.) is now school so early that she had not best little comedienne in the Sennet -$60,000.

learnt how to spell the word Studio, pretty, clever, Marjorie "It should, however, be under-REGRET. She deserves all the Beebe, worthy of better material. stood that, after the water good things of life, for being auch (King's), emergency period, stores (piping studious little girl. The hero is etc.) to the value of at least chosen tu "run" for Governorship.|

"The Flying Fool." $40,000 will be returned to store, NATURALLY, he cannot have a British al-The Flying Fool", and will be available for issue on mistress in the offing. I forgot to with an exaggerated atory, but in other works. Thus the total tell you that he had been married tensely interesting, and the acting work in his Broadway show. sum chargeable to the Water and (the feminine element in the above the average, with Henry pretty lady changed her name to Benita Hume Lucille le Séur, and earned a few Emergency vote will ultimately audience will hardly believe this) Kendall the beat, be approximately $20,000, which his wife had preferred his chauf- and Ursula Jeans are attractive. It extra dollar a week by appearing It was at is well within the amount the feur, and his good name, there is done with the aid of the Imin night-club shows. Finance Committee was origin-fore, had been dragged through the ally asked to approve."

Press,

later date."

HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.

Do You Remember When?—

Billie Casson, (her real name) was dancing in the chorus of a Cabaret show in Detroit, and Jake Shubert saw her, and gave her

The

perial Airways, so you see the Harry Richman's most exclusive genuine machines, and no studio Club, that she was noticed by an stuff. Worth seeing. (Queens).

M. G. M. scout, given a picture test, re-named JOAN CRAWFORD, and the rest is film history f

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years ago.-***

Mr. Hallifax: "We must have Be Hits Her Only Once. your authority to enable us to You do not then wonder

******The Miracle Man" draw on stores to a total of why he keeps Joan wear- $60,000 including the original ing

The long-awaited version of thai |

Irving Pichel was studying medi- bogua wedding ring- $25,000. A formal vote for the Lover

great silent picture which thrilled cine at Harvard University, and of ex-gingham factory audiences thirteen

threw it up to become dramatic $60,000 will be put forward at a days turns up to ask favours The Miracle Man," is directed by writer on a Boaton paper?

The provisional vote was apmeant for her, and does the noble inspired treatment of the old Faith "Girls About Town", used to be

Norman McLeod, and he gives an proved.

womanhood stuff. Despite what healing theme. We, who remem with Lew Cody in Broadway shows? Mr. Noel Covard would have you ber the movie cannot help compar

Boris Karloff earned $2.50 for YOUTHFUL VIOLINIST PRAISED. think well-bred people do, the hero

& plek and only slaps her once, when she liesing the present cast with the ori- ten hours work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin."

ginal. Who will ever forget the shovel crew?

Clark Gable was acting in that!

Joan overhears conversation not

man.

have played the part we loved of

Alan Dinehart seen here Inj

acreen

Victor McLaglen who might have done great things In the

to him, I won't tell you any more, late Lon Chaney as the Frog? Bobby Konrad, 11-year-old son of but the finale is one grand thrill-Betty Compson gave the greatest sordid story of prison life, "The Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Konrad, Milwau ing scene. These two stars form work of her career, and Sylvia Syd- Last Mile" and was seen by Lionel kee, has been called the most the mainstay, and I do not know of

the ney in her place does not resists Barrymore and given a promising violin student of his age anyone I admire more than

quite so well. Gary Cooper was to tests?" Gable by Mischa Mischakoff, concert mas- Crawford girl and tor of the Chicago Symphony Or Dressed by the best tailors, with his Thomas Meighan's but he went to chestra. Bobby not only excels at extraordinary nice voice, manner, East Africa for his health, and pugilistic world-he fought Jack playing such compositions as Tar-looks and acting, Gable puts over tini's Sonata in G minor and Spohr's the beat work to date. Joan looks Chester Morris does great work in Johnson and was not beaten?

Betty Compson was stranded. in his place. Hobart Bosworth is concert No. 11, but composes con- beautiful, sings charmingly, (Vle- certos and sonatas himself.

tor have a pretty dance record of Robert Coogan, Irving Pichel, (pro-nurse-maid? and the same rich

convincing as the Patriarch, young San Francisco and became nounced Pitchell) Boris Karloff, family, are still her friends. (the Englishman, who has made

Joan Crawford- used to win all

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Charles Farrell appeared in sup-| peal to old and young, and it port of Rin-tin-tin? teaches a beautiful lesson. NOT to Victor McLaglan was Privy-mar- be missed. (King's).

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Pictures for Star.

George Raft (Dancers in the One of the early picturas of Dark) was a professional dancer, Constance Bennett "The East-and was given a cigarette est Way," wherein Clark Gable lighter by the Prince of appeared in a small part as truck Wales for teaching him some driver married to Anita

Constance dance steps? Pago.new Adolpe Menjou and Bob Montgo Bennett married husband No. 1? mery steal the picture. Followed fellow student at Col by Sir. Gerald du Maurier in "Elege. Anita Page made her ap- cape" (British picture) then. (Re-pearance in Hollywood under the captured Love," with Dorothy Bur helpful guide of the famous Harry. gens and John Halliday, and at the Thaw?

week-end Ziary Astor and the labe Lilyan Tashman, Marion Davies, Robert Ames in "Behind Office Pessy Hopkins, Joyce and Nita Doors", wherein takas the part of

Naldi were in the Ziegfeld Foilles bumptuous salesman, and the together?

pretty Astor girl his ever-helpful Secretary. All due at the Start

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