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"CLIVE OF INDIA”—KING'S

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The great pictures of to-day ars war pictures without war,

Darry F. Zanuck who made "Clive of India, with Ronali Colman, his first $1,000,000 pro- duction for 20th Century Pictures, makes this seemingly paradoxical statement

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"I selected “Clive," he goes on to jexplain. "because the background has the sweeping breadth and dramatic brilliance of war without the roaring of cannon.

The success of my previous production, "The House of Both schild," proved the popularity of this type of film. The story centred around Napoleon's cam- paigns and his final downfall at THE undersigned have received Waterloo, ret Napoleon and his

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Auction.

On Tuesday the 25th June 1935 commencing at 10.30 am. at No. 17, Ynk Sau Street, 2nd Floor, Happy Valley. A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE ****

soldiers were seen and heard for. only a few seconds on the screen.

"Wars are not so important of themselves. for defeated people rise to Sght again... The effects of war on those people is the signi- ficant thing, the thing which makes great drama. Looking back over the big pictures of the past, we find not only "The House of

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THE CHINA MAIL-MONDAY NINE 26 1935

Long removed from the Halian melight by being sent to an African colony as Governor, after capturing world attention with his conduct of a massed sexplane flight to Chicago, Marshal Balbo

attention. He is seen com is again being permitted to claim ducting Italy's Crown Princess on tour of Italian Libya, which she visited with her, husband.

Seventh Heaver' and even "Smilin' realistic picturisation of the co- TWO MEN CHARGED

"Thru'' with war as an undercir-lourful life in a town on the

rent

American border, with its night. "All Quiet on the Western clubs and gambling resorts fre Front and The Big Parade were queated by American-millionaires significant not so much for their and bored society women seeking big battle affects as for their pro-diversion. test against the inhumanity of In this atmosphere Paul Mani, war. The actual fighting scenes in the role of a foreign youth. could have been eliminated to the rises to riches and power as the extent that we minimise them to proprietor of a fashionable night day, and the pictures still would club and gaming hall. Hand- some, magnetic, be is love by have been great.

WITH STEALING

Names Withheld. In Court

BRIDGE NOTES

Double Dummy

Defence

By My Culbertson

The question of the best de-

fence against notrump contracts

RADIO

TO-DAY'S EROGRAMME.

is always a difficult one, parti The following programme will cularly when these contracts are be broadcast to-day from the reached without any suit having Hong Kong, Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 been bid by the Declarer. It is:

a difficult and usually impossible metres (845 KC′3]»^/ matter to locate every missing A TALK ON "CURRENT FILMS

botïour until the later stages of | the hand However, as each trick is played the defence is able to glean more and more in formation, and a player who is at all awake to the situations which arise can very frequently make each one of his plays the perfect one that is, the me he would make if all four hands were exposed.

By DEA.

SZEK, Programmie 12.30-215 pm- European

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12.30 p.m-Recorded Music 1 pm-Local Time and Weather Report.

113 pan-Hong Kour Hotel Ür chestra

1.30 pm Reuter Press Bulletins. Rugby Press News ete* 213 p.m.—Clewe Doms-" 5-3 pan-European: Progra Hotel Dance Orchestra,

5-7 pan-Belay of the Bone" Kont

On the hand below South first chose the best possible. Open- ing lead and followed up this lead by a very fine entry-creat ing play to defeat an opposing|tions. game contract.

Fist, Dealer

North and South vulnerable East and West not vulnerable; ipart-score 30

North

Spade

10

Heart 8 2 Diamond 8 5 3.

· Club 7 10 7A2 Westm

Spade K 94.3.2 Heart 7 347

· Diamond-J92 Club-Q 3. South-

was East

JEWELLERY WORTH £750 INVOLVED

Jewellery valued at £750 In "Clive of India,' which ex-two women, one a fery adven displayed in Maidenhead. Police Grass is Mother Nature's Carpet pleits the daring and dramatic turess who alays her husband to Court recently when a middle-aged provided to cover the ground. manner in which Robert Clive try to win him, and, when scom- there is an abundance of soft green rose from the position of humble ed, charges him with the murder. man and a young more pleasing but it will also be clerk to become England's great-The part is played by Bette Da-names the police did not wish to

jest hero, the

scenes by which he vis, who is said to surpass evex disclose, were charged obtained his victories on the bat-her splendid performance in "Of theft of it. tlefeld are confined to mere Human Bondage"

Detective-inspector

tained one or two-roomed fat. Hong grass Kong side. Must be cheap: Write Bax No. 767, c/o The China. Mail.

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flashes:

whose

Spade Q 7 B Heart-K Q54 Diamond-A 10. Club 9 8 6.

Spade A 8 Heart A 10 9 6.

· Diamond Q-7 6-4 Club A K 5

The bidding (Figure after with the bid refers to numbered explana

tory paragraph). East South West North Whitmarsh INT Pass (1) 25 Pass

Pass Pass

— Closing Local Stock Quota

7.03-7,26-33--Excerpts fruta:

Opects

Vocal Gems-Veronique Me M

Selection --

Les Cloches de Conneville

(Pianozette).

Scrig

Love will find a way (Walm Song)

("Maid of the Mountains (Fraser-Simson)

Waltz Sour ("Merrie England");

(German)

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Gracie Fields" Medley

Gracie Fields (Comedienne). Piano Docts

Ain't she the Dainty

I want a fair and square man

Carroll. Gibbons and John W. Grom 756-8 pm From the Stadia.

"Current Films" by D.F.A. (Film Fanny)

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8 pm Local Time and Weather: Report

803-11 p-A Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre (Chinese) 11 paClose Down 8.30.10

pam Sarepean Recorded. The other woman in the tran

Programme from ZEX on a of 640 Kilwerdes Į quelcy "There is in the life of Robert gular romance is an American said that the evening before he 2NT Pass

walking 1-South's failure to double, in 8.30-8.55 Clive a greater drama then the society woman, who plays with saw the younger man

view of the past-score, umst Band stirring scenes of his conduct in the handsome young proprietor along High-street, Maidenhead. battle. I wanted to find for of the night club, a flirtation

with a parcel under his arm Ronald Colman a story of really which the mad youth takes ser

Asked what it contained, he said: great breadth. When I saw on iously and which ends in trage-Silver artides. I want to sell the London stage that private lifeļdy. Istory of Robert Clive, without any

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Balad fazzal It's a Lovely War Medes Debroy Somers}· 8.55-8.32. p.REA

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Debroy Somer slightly over-conservative de- spite the vulnerability situa. Shipmates Of Mime tion Naturally marking most of Margaret Lindsay, has the role them for my friend."

The elder man was watching the strength, in the Declarer's of the cattle and pomp of warfare, of this woman. The entire cast

He hand, South decided not to open I knew I had found the story is a talented one and includes them a short distance away. was looking for. That is why I such players as Eugene Pallette, was kept under observation by from any of his tenace holdings,

O'Neill Police-superintendent Warren, who but made what seemed to be the 2 selected it as my first $1,000,000 Robert Barrat, Henry

Gordon, Hobart Cavan- instrueld Pc. Bailey to arrest safest lead the club nine. The production for 20th Century Pic-)Gavin

¡Declarer won this trick with the türes."

augh, William Davidson, Arthur

Queen în Dummy and imme- Loretta Young is seen opposite Stone, Vivian. Tobin and Soledad Shortly afterwards Supt. War diately took a heart finesse, play his Colman as the lovely wife who Himinez.

Iren drove a car to the station and ing the nine from his hand. it was found to contain the South won the trick with the inspired Clive's bold deeds, in

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Queen and having noticed his partner signal with the 7 at trick one. continued with the thoms of the London stage hit of The combination of Joan Craw-

When charged with stealing the club 3. The Declarer won this the same name "Clive of India" ford. Clark Gable and lis released through United Ar- Montgomery acting together in jewellery from a person or per-trick in his own hand and enter tists and is now showing at the the same film for the first time sens unknown, the men made no ed Dummy, by a low spade to King's Theatre.

reply. The car had been hired the King, naturally hoping that the heart honours were divided. which the percentages seemed The younger man told the

to favour. When the second bench: "These articles found hear finesse lost, South persist- the car belong to me. When ently continued with his faird At this point a way of

famous

the

from London for the day.

3

(3) Prelude No. 8-Le FŒe Azt

Cheveux de fiz

(b) Prelude No S.Le

Dans la Plaine (DebuSY). 9.12-9.27 pm Albert Bandier

Orchestra. Bisck Eyes Russian Imprentia (Ferrari)

Le Chaland qui Passe (Six).

Love's Last Word (Cremieux) Where the words are green (arr Weninger).

6. Tell me to-night (Spohansky)

27-10 pm. The entire mamical numbers from "He Wanted Adven Gunn, Marie Burke, Hayatend Newell, song by Babby Howes, Judy Wyle Watson, and theatre Chorza. 10 pm Bester Press Balletins 10.05 pm-Close Down.

TRAGEDY AT AIR FIELD

Man Killed While Meeting Wife

makes Forsaking All Others

new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer special which is showing at the Oriental Theatre to-day, one Of the big hits of the year.

The triumvirate of Crawford- said I was selling them for my club. platinum blonde star, has an en- Gable-Montgomery is perfectly friend 1 meant that I was going cutting his partner in had ap tirely different role in this picture cast in the new comedy which to pay back to him the money he peared to him

The Declarer won the third to those she has portrayed in the has been adapted from the stage lent me to pay for the car.

"My friend is in a sound man round of clubs with the Ace and past,

success of the same name with- William Powell, of "Thin Man" out loss of a single bright line of cial position and I have borrowed a cashed his two good quite large sums of money from hearts. Now, for want of any fame, is co-starrod with ber for dialogue. the first time, and supporting is The locale is Park Avenue, him in order to purchase from better play, East led a low dia- Franchot Toze. Miss Harlow is which has given the art directors various sources articles of jewel-mond South immediately hop

Hirschenham this time as a singer and an opportunity to create some of Jery which I hope to sell at a con- ped-up with his King and now

siderable proudy.

laid down the Queen of spade

Jugoslar Wheat dancer, and-reveals unsuspected the most beautiful settings

picture Application by the police for s From the bidding and the early

#separated from talent Fer characterisation of the seen on the motion

remand in custody was granted. play the Declarer was marked

weeks owing temperamental dancer is superb screen.

with only two spades me

agement and wholly convincing.

As a Bght comedienne, left] -{a

Had East held three spades retman to her side Powell can be relied upon, and standing at the altar one minute

to the Ace there was a

time possible gives his usual polished perform and pursued by two handsome which is the neighbours who are chance he would have raise ance Franchot Tone, however,

men the next, Joan Crawford is blood enemies. Woolsey Com

{seen

greater heights than achfeve

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not out-shone and reaches even at her best. This is the first plicates things by falling in love Spades and, still more import betime Joan has attempted pure with the daughter of the enemy and he would probably av

a comedy and she turns in a bril-house and when her father tried to set up the rade suit while entries still remained in liant job. Gable and Montgom covers their secret fireworks for Dummy. Thus the North hand

Bengal

*The Lives

by Victor ery are both well-known as maslow,

fters of light comedy and they vie

to outdo / one mother with many "hilations situations of the

Lob story.

Pendleton.

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