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Wherever the blame

Hardy, the Commander-in-Chief at

PROBLEMS PRODUCER HAS TO FACE

Aldershot, who has been seriously IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW EVENTS

ill is a brother-in-law of Lord; Derby and a son of the Earl of Cranbrook

He owes his success in the Army

tan

LITERALLY

(By Campbell Dixon)

to his own abilities. He has alwaya been a highly efficient soldier,

VERY year there are films-laugh, as one caught mentally rather brusque in manner and im- One Night of Love" is stumming; but all ages-Bright patient of fools.

outstanding and topical Young and Dim Old alike-wish First as Brigadier-general. Gen-example-that succeed, in pleas-it to be thought that they know feral Staff, and inter BS Majoring almost everybody, including their history, A brilliant writer, general, General Staff, he decritics: but they are never very after seeing "The Sign of the splendid work in the war. In numerous, and it is a significant Cross," came out of the cinema real sense he was Lord. Cavan's fact that historical films are notjin a fury, as well he might have right-hand 'man in Italy. amongst them.

done; but not for the reason he

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JAWED ITALIANS

-k: * ་ ་

Mr. Korda made "The Private confided to me. His grievance Life of Henry VIII"". Patriots was that no attempt had been

The Italians stood in considerable saw an. affront to Royalty and amade in the picture to do justice menace to the White Man's pres to Nero's achievements as a awe of him-not without reasone

tige in what Americans (to dis-general! There was one Italian Halsen tinguish it from Maine and Even where the criticism is officer whose duty it was to supply Massachusetts) call the Orient historically sound, it often re- information to the British general. Moralists found Henry's manners veals a lack of understanding of He invariably concluded his report with mistresses and chicken- and sympathy for, the problems with the remark: "I may be wrong, bones unimproving. Historians of the producer. He has not merely to make his characters:"

Isir."

were not amused.

At a particularly serious moment Then someone in Hollywood acceptable, overcoming all sorts. in the campaign this modesty was fastened on Du Barry. She was of preconceived ideas as to how too much for Sir Francis's patience. admittedly a bit of a hoyden, they looked and spoke and ate; "It is not a question of may be The producers tried to make of he must also make them enter- wrong,' he said: "the trouble is you her a slapstick comedienne: the taining. are always wrong."

Your Daily, Smile!

first Mack Sennett girl unless Measuring Entertainment that_title be pre-empted før Mr. "Why," people often ask me, Cecil B. De Mille's Cleopatra. with a sort of tired disgust, "why Making An Historical Film don't these film people turn out and

"Gracie" and Edward," said mother More recently still the Gau-something really accurate sternly to the six-year-old ・・ twins.

A Case of "Havo To"

"you have disobeyed mother. I told mont-British. Corporation has educational?" you. two not to race through the ventured on a life or a cross-The answer is that any num-- yielding to Japanese representa-house like that again. Now you may section of the life of the Duke ber of flm producers would be tions now. For reasons of sit in that corner until I give you per of Wellington; again with dis-delighted to do so because it is. "face" at home and abroad the mission to get up."

A few minutes later father entered concerting results. The story so easy. If not scholars them- Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 31, 1935. Japanese Government dare not the room, looked at his offsprings, in has been denounced for, distort-selves and some of them are even if it would, abandon the surprise and asked, "Why a quiet, ing history, Mr. George Arlias well read as well as clever-there stand against an inferior naval little ones?""

for distorting one's pictures of are plenty of specialists to be Gracie. the nimble-witted. quickly the Duke.

had. Japan And Washington ratio. Trade rivalry under in-

Why pay £10,000 for the creasing restrictions reinforces explained, "We've been arrested for The same thing was said, of flim rights of a novel when you Japan's reply to American these smouldering political anta-speeding."

course, of Miss Garbo's "Chris-can have Gibbon's "Decline and tina." Some objected to "that Fall" for nothing? unwillingness to join in any col-gonisms.

"Why is it that you fat men are flat-faced, flat-voiced Swede" lective alteration of the Wash-may lie, these are the facts. The

The answer is that such a film

The; ington Naval Treaty is a step duty of the Powers, especially of always good-natured?" somebody once playing a Queen of Sweden. would not be "box-office." long expected, having been fore-Britain, who can speak friendly asked President Taft.

Others thought it absurd that an bald truth is seldom entertaining

· Mr. Taft replied: "We have to be

Art. even art. cast from. Tokio in the plainest words in more than one camp,

good-natured, seeing that

can actress so lovely and so gracious It is seldom We neither fight nor run.” From its point of is to strive for reconciliation..

should have been cast for a implies selection-emphasis and language.

So far as actual shipbuilding

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hump-backed,

And, just as a mannish, foul-suppression. view the British Government has

A Long wait

mouthed creature who was cer-photograph is hardly art, so the no particular attachment to the and other programmes are con-

"Lend me Ave pesos, will you?”. limitation treaties." The agree cerned, though the United States

"I will when. I come back from only half sane.

tainly abnormal and probably plain record of any historical

event would hardly be accepted - ments have left the British Navy points the accusing finger

relatively to foreign Japan, the American Vinson

"When are you coming-back?" Making an historical film is as entertainment. Powers than at any time during Bill and the Roosevelt policy of

"Between ourselves, I am not. go- rather like adapting a famous The scenario, writer must tele-

book or play; it has the same scope and foreshorten; he must. the last century and a half, both finding work under the "New ing."

Deal" for American heavy, indus-

obvious advantages and the same build up into a single big scene in number and

formidable difficulties.

a conflict or a love story that ships and in the useful life. of tries are equally and, perhaps, those afloat. Britain, has to look antecedently offenders.

weaker

of gun-power

at

Ameri-

to her relative sea-power in all can demands for collective action

Manila."

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

Dickens On The Screen

may have been spread over years. It is not his business to show. the Hollywood, at present the whole of an age, or even the oceans. as Japan has admitted, to keep the peace. are quite Two cases of diphtheria, two both for protection of trade vitiated by the American refusal

Dickens cycle. "Great Expecta hour and a quarter he can but routes vital to her own existence, to bind herself to any such joint cages of typhoid fever, and four moment, is in the throes of a whole of an individual. In this Jobligations. The mooted Japa-casea of meningitis were reported tions has just reached England hope to distil some essential and for the security of the over-

in the Colony during the 24 hours "David Copperfield," "Bleak essence.. sea dominions.

As history the screen. The world isese "Monroe doctrine" on the

House," and "The Mystery of can ever be reliable, any more patently rearming, even although north-east coast of Asia was first ended Tuesday.

the Japanese

Edwin Drood" (the end of which than the drama can, for both are it be true that much of the recommended to

The R.M.S. leaves Shanghai tois to surprise everyone, including, built on the same fundamental actual and planned naval con-Government in 1907 by President

Theodore Roosevelt. While day and is dus here on Saturday at very possibly, the shade of fallacy-that the part is greater:

7 a.m. She will leave for Manila Dickens) are to come. struction which has awakened

than the whole. anxiety is by way of replacement American public opinion was

Now each of these productions The being aroused against Japan on at 5 p.m.. of ships become obsolete.

Screen Requirements starts with the advantage that, disinclination of all other nations account of high-handed action in

The Hong Kong Philharmonic in theory at least, the whole is very good. It would be even "The Iron Duke," for example.. lead in retrenchment of armament was with methods in no Taylor's Hiawatha will be pre-maily people these days actualyed their books behind them Society announces that Coleridge world knows the books How better if the producers had burn- to accept Britain's exemplary Manchuria, the American Gov- way different violating the. In- ments is some evidence of ruling tegrity of Haiti, an independent duced at the China Fleet Club read Dickens, as distinct from Once Waterloo is over it depends suspicion and political friction State and a member of the Theatre on Friday March 8 and on presenting half-morocco copies to for its interest mainly on the Friction has been engendered

nieces and nephews in seasonal well-authenticated resolve of the notably by the universal trade League. If the United States Saturday March 9 at 9.15 p.m.

need of improving. literature-Duchesse d'Angouleme that Ney position of limited quotas of improvocative treatment of the hours ending at 10 am, to-day was studios care about is ports by one country against question of Philippine Indepen-0.01 inch.

that solve (more dubious, some say) The total since January Dickens is supposed to have alto save him. another. This has been accom-dence? If the objective is peace, is 1.01 inches, as again an average fan following, and the iden is to (Continued on Page 11.)\\\ panied by a jealous fencing by understanding and removal of of 1.21 inches..

cash in on it. about of coasts, colonies, and

What happens? Well, in the spheres of influence by the lead-causes of friction, this political ing Powers against the trade and background to the naval debate! The next General meeting of the first place everybody meaning GAS CARTRIDGES must be investigated. There Hong Kong University Medical So-everybody who has read the the shipping of others.

will be a second "Washington clety will be held on Wednesday, books-has his own idea about So much is true in general of Conference" at a later date February 6, at 9.15 p.m. in the As the characters, derived partly causes of political ill-feeling. In and the thrashing out there,sembly Room, University Union from the author's descriptions, particular, as regards the Pacific, of a new naval understanding when Professor B. Nocht, F.R.C.S., and partly from the highly the Japanese cannot be contra will depend (as it was, always FR.C.P. (Eng.), founder and Di- praised caricatures of human dicted when they declare that bound. to depend)

upon rector of the Institute of Tropical beings provided by Cruikshank consciousness of a world hostility political reconciliation of the Disease, Hamburg, and President and Phiz.

war, latterly aggravated by im- East, what is to be said of the

wishes to assure peace in the Far Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 this hardly concerns us. All the should die, and Wellington's re

Pencil-Like Weapons

Smuggled

YEAR'S HARD LABOUR FOR: UNEMPLOYED

to their nation, however veiled it great Powers in these waters of the International Commission on These the readers cling to with may be, together with Japan'ato presume that they must be Leprosy, 1980, will deliver a paper an affection worthy of better art Appearing on remand, Yau Kame obligations under treaty .to defend the new State of Man agreement, to a race in naval are welcome.

committed, for lack of present on "Chemotherapy." All interested Woe betide the Pickwick whose shu, unemployed, was this morning chukuo, have made them appre-building, is not yet warranted. hensive of the future, The same veiled hostility, as exemplified in

the Manchurian dispute, led to PICKPOCKET GAOLED Japan's leaving the League. The League, in that dispute, attempted to use force rather |than conciliation. It made a tactical mistake by inviting the

District Watchman's

Prompt Action:

BANISHEES RETURN

Nine Months Gaol Sentences

Nine months hard, labour WAS

face is of an inadequate rotun- sentenced to 12 months' hard labour, dity this alone is sufficient to by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central rule out all the famous actors, 1 Magistracy, for being in possession, can think of,, except, perhaps, of two pencil-like weapons, designed Peter Lorre, woe to the Squeers for the discharge of gas cartridges who is not below the middle size, and, for being in possession of 18 or the BDI Sikes, whose calves do gas cartridges without permission not satisfactorily swell. For the from the Governor. professional Dickens, lover one You Fuk, another man charged shortcoming of this kind is sul with the offence, was discharged-on ficient to damn a pleture, just as the application of Sergeant. Fitches.

United States, a non-member, to Pleading guilty to the theft of a imposed on, Funz Yat, unemployed one in which Mr. Bing Crosby Sergeant Fitches said that the des sit at the Geneva, judgment seat, when the United States had in- lady's handbag, Lam Hing, un by Mr E 1. Wynne-Jones at the does not croon Is foredoomed to fendants were arrested at Cross dicated beyond doubt an anta-employed, was sentenced to four Central Magistracy, this morning, gonism to Japan on the Laue, month. hard labour by Mr. E. 1. for a breach of the Deportation

be a flop.

nation has resorted to "saving tracy this morning, for busied for a period of five years on De- face." Because of “face, Detective Bergeant Baldwin stat cember: 18 last year apparently, the Geneva resoli-led that accused

Ideas About History

In the result more than one Wynne-Jones at the Central Magis- Ordinance. He had been banian.It is the same with history, men at the time, but on seeing the

pooring Leung Bre, unemployed,i

tion against recognition of Man-into the pockets of passers-by, by a banished on December chukuo must stand. The United district

States féels that it is expected in him, and eventually China to maintain "face" by not the pực

followed a period of 10 year

w him pick sentenced to nine month

Is Inant. -24% ment for the same.

Street, and they were about to self- them to robbers. There were three

Worse Most eople: longer police they-scattered. think it shame not to have read and, the cartridges were found ^ In

the caught red-

pencl

nd had been smuggled into lightithe Colony.

Alo Bright Youngi Imprison, handed with

ord arily. Dass