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MR. BALDWIN'S CAREER
Once Was Nearly Speaker
SIR CHARLES PETRIE'S REVELATION
Cinema Notes
THE CHINA MAHL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936
The Theatres
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LA VIE PARISIENNE --KING'S
STIPATES
the screen.
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One of Offenbach's most popular] and vivacious' operettas, "La Vie The following programme
Air. Baldwin, but for the fact Parisienne," has been brought-to be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.BW. that he was considered too vala- on a wavelength of 355 metres.able a departmental Minister by the Coalition Government, might} ($45 K.Cs).
to-day have been Speaker of the House of Commons instead Prime Minister.
Children's Concert from Studio ZEK Programme 1230-215 pm-European Record-
ed Programme."
12.30 pm.-The Philadelphia
phony Orchestra
of
As the title indicates, the action takes place in Paris. Á gay story of romance is interwoven with en- chanting and lively comedy. Paris This is one of the many side-in the springtime is indeed a de
lightful place for young lovers.
The picture seres to intro- Sym-lights on politics during the last!
revealed for the first duce Max Dearly, the 60 years
famous 1 P-Local: Time Signal and time by Sir Charles Petrie in the French comedian. to British an
life of the late Mr. Walter Longdiences. Dearly has been a star Weather Report
Recital by Elsie 1.03 p.m.-A.
the Conservative statesman, after-|
in his native France for nearly 50 Suddaby (Soprano).
115-p.Musical Comedy Gems.wards the first Viscount Long of 1.30 pm-Reater Press, Rugby Wraxall, which appeared recently, years, and during this time has When Mr. Speaker Lowther appeared in many stage produc- tions of the operetta. The starr-) Press, Local: Weather forecast, Time,
later Viscount Ullswatar-resign-| ed in 1921 the names of Mr. Whiting honours are shared by two well-known Hollywood players, ley. Sir Frederick Banbury and Conchita Montenegro and Neil Mr. Baldwin were among MPs. There is now little Hamilton Included in the sup double, in Sir Charles Petrie's Porting cast are Eva Moore, Carol Goodner. Austin Trevor and Tyrïl view, that Mr. Baldwin
Davis. favourite for the position. He was the President of the Board! of Trade.
and Announcements.
58 p.m.-European Programme.
1.40 pm-Variety
and Dance
Music
215 pm-Close Down
5 p.m.Dance Music
from
the
Hong Kong Hotel
6 pm-Children's
Studio
Con-
cert
6.30 p.m.-Concert Waltzes. Evening on the Rhine (Bichartz) In Dreamy Night (CM. Ziehrer) Moonlight on the Alster--(Fetras) Wine, Women and: Song-(Strauss) 6.45 p.m.-Cinema Organ Music...
Sidney Torch. Film Hits ***** I Hate Myself
Sidney Torch
Quentin M. MacLean
Parade of Parades
* p.m. A Light Concert Pro-
Kramme.
Piano Solos-
Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
(Chopin)
canvassed
S
In reply to a letter from Mr. Walter Long. his old friend. "Sir! William Bull, a most infuential¦ Conservative M.P., wrote:
"BAR 20 RIDES AGAIN”.......... ALHAMBRA THEATRE
This is a better picture than either "Hopalong Cassidy" or "The Eagle's Brood," its two predeces- We should be delighted to have Stanley Baldwin, but the Goversors. It surpasses those eminent. to go bely successful six-gun dramas not cause they feel he is more useful only because it is a better-round- where he is and I agree.
ment will not allow him
Balfour's Successor
ed story, but for the reason that
William Boyd, of course,
to
Toby Wing; the screen actress, displays a smart Antum, `COS- tume of grey with red and black Times forming squaces. in in ported woollen. The cost is ・ worn over a simple grey wool-
bee dress
COULD NOT SEW
A BUTTON ON
Her Hands Were Helpless
At one time she thought she would Hlose the use of her right hand. “But **blessing in the form at Kras |chen Salts-pat ben right argininas
*I was sure in a bad state,”``she. writes, "In fact, I could not do my Įhousework, I was 'no bad with rheo",
matism in my-arios and hands. could not sleep at nights, and had to set up and heat water to ease my pain and numbness. I took all kinds of medicines. I rabbed it and plastered it but it was still there. I thought I would lose the use of my right hand I could not hold any. thing, nor could I sew a button on My arm would go dead. I was ad- vised to try Kruschen, and inside of three weeks I found such a change. have kept on taking it, and now sleep all night-thanks" to Krus- chen's help and relief.”—(K2) 1. H.
•Two of the ingredients of Krus- "schen "Salts "bave the power of dis- solving uric acid crystals; which are responsible for rheumatic agony. Other ingredients of these - salts assist Nature to expel these dissolved crystals through the natural chan- nels
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Two Women With Same Delusions
RARE DISEASE OF
“FOLIE A DEIX
two
Herbert E. Groh (Tenor).the Unionist cause up to Dutch fly in the front rank of cow-worki.. He is first seen as a work-in giving evidence at Liverpool|
Violin Solos...
Tarantelia (Pablo de Sarasate) Abendlied (Schumann)
Songs-
Tramping Through
side, (P. Allison) The Drums Are On Parade"
Liverpool ***These two the action so vital in a Western "MODERN TIMES” — ORIENTAL
women have de- Mr. Long, "ihe Last of the is as fast-moving and realistic as
Mveloped a mental disease known "na: THEATRE
affects Mazurka in A Flat Major, Op. 59.
folie a dent, which Squires" the country gentlemen it is possible for directors No. 2. (Chopin)
waison. It is seldom Ignace Jan Paderewski, who ruled England for three cen achieve.
Written, directed and produced people in
found apart from husband and turies--and a member of an his-
is by Charlie Chaplin, Songs
"Modern
|wife." Gentle Zephyrs (Jensen)
toric Wiltshire family, might him back 35 the slow-spoken bat Times" introduces the familiar The Fairy Tales of Ireland
Essic Ackland self have been Prime Minister. sharp-witted "Hopalong Cassidy serio-comic little figure of the This statement was made by Dr. (Eric Coates)
he had not refused, in his own There can be no question that tramp in the baggy trousers, der-J. H. Murdoch, medical officer at Song
words, to "be a party to putting Boyd has established himself by and huge shoes into Only For You (Docile, arr.
a new Strangeways Prison," "Manchester, Amberg)
auction." he would almost certain-boy stars.
Miss er in a big steel factory, tighten-police-court recently when ly, Sir Charles Petrie reveals, In "Bar Rides Again" weling bolts on a moving track The Myfanny Hughes, aged 34. ลด have been leader of the Conserva-find "Hopalong" at the ranch tam-factory. with its fantastically evangelist, and Mrs. Jane Ranger, Manuel Quirogative party in succession to Mring a wild horse when a message huge and complicated machines, aged 42, were charged with steal- the Country-Balfour, later the Earl of Balfour arrives from Jim Arnold, asking is like an evilly enchanted forest ing goods valued at £45 from four
When Mr. Balfour suddenly re for aid against a crafty and ruth-to Charlie, and he gets into all Liverpool stores. signed on November 8, 1911, the less band of rustlers headed by a sorts of hilarious difficulties here
They were also accused of being (Keville). Peter Dawson-names of both Mr. Long, and M. man called "Nevada.”
before the monotony of his work in unlawful possession of a new- Instrumental-
Austen Chamberlain
(now Sir "Hopalong" and his young rid-j"gets" him and he goes temporar- ber of articles believed to have La Paloma (Yradier)
H. Squire Celeste Octet Austen Chamberlain) were put up ing mate, Johnny Nelson, take the ily balmy.
[been stolen. for the vacant leadership. Tord situation in hand, with Johnny Thereafter, his life is a series 7.30pm-Closing Local
Balcarres, now the Earl of Crewmore than casually interested be of adventures and misadventures, At a previous hearing Hughes | of furd and Balcarres, the Chief Gov-cause of Jim Arnold's attractive in the course of which he wanders said: "We have gone to the shops pm-The Band
erament Whip, supported Mr daughter. Before the boys of into and out of jobs (ranging by the Lord's direction." Chamberlain; Sir Harry Samuel the Bar 20 can act, however, "Ne-from night watchman to singing
Formerly A Schoolmistress and Sir William Bull supported Mr. vada” and his gang strike at the waiter) and gaol with an admir-
Dr. Mardoch stated that both Arnold Ranch, wounding its own-able impartiality, and manages women were of unsound mind. Long.
These latter were. firmly con-er.
along the way to play knight-er- Hughes was formerly a school- vinced that if Mr. Long consented Boyd and Jimmy Ellison again rant to a lovely little gamine of mistrese, but gave up her occupa- to stand he would get in. But be-jare hard-riding stars in this pic-the water-front. This role intro tion because of religions delusions.
Charlie's beautiful and She became ford approaching him they con- ture Jean Rouverol plays the doces
an evangelist and ducted an exhaustive canvass of rancher's daughter with fine gifted new leading lady, Paulette went to live with Ranger, who was the conservative and Unionist effect, and one of the finest char Goddard, who brings a fresh, 13" of a lower standard of intelligence. members. This gave Mr. Long, acterisations in the film is that of diant young personality to the Ranger was influenced to such an 11 p.m-Close Down
extent by Hughes that she also 805-11 pa-European Programme if it came to a ballot, a majority Harry Worth, the villainons "Ne-screen.
"Modern Times” offers a get-|became insane-- Broadcast by ZEK, on a frequency of at least 70 over Mr. Chamber- vada." of 649 kilocycles.
Lain.
erous supply, of the most novel They had carried out the thefts and hilarious situations Chaplin upon instructions which they be has ever concocted. The. comedy,lieved to be a Divine revelation, in which such old familiar people and upon which they were eager as Chester Conklin, Henry Berg-to set.
Quotations
7.33
Coldstream Guards.
Martha-Selection (Plotaw).
War March of the Priests
(Mendelssohn).
Stock
HLM
Softly Awakes My Heart-"Samson
and Deliah" (Saint-Saens).
Raddigore--Selection (Sullivan
Winterbottom)..
Old Panama (Alford).
arr
8 pin Local: Time Signal, Wes- ther Report and Announcements.
205 pm Chinese
cert.
Stadio Cap-
8.05 p.m.Symphony No. 3 in F Major" (Brahms) (Op. 90).
8.78 paSongs by Georges Thill (Tenor).
1 Spanish Serenade (Bicet).
2. Nuit D'Espagne (Massenet). 3. Enlevement (Boordese and
vade).
4. Barchetta (Hahn).
Mr. Long's Refusal Mr. Long had devoted over 30
years of his life to the Conserva-
tive cause and might reasonably
Le-expect the reversion of the leader-
8.50 p-Wagneriana”—Fantasia
on Themes of Wagner (Seidel).
9 pm-News and Announcements from London
9.20 p. A Variety Programme.
Piano Solos-
Love's Romance
Stay Close to me
Vocal-
The Trial of the Lonesome Pine
Instrumental-
"THE MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN”—QUEENS THEATRE
The picture is based on a story man and Hank Mann play impor-1 "Their lives are being complete ship. On the other hand, his by Mignon G. Everhart, an author tant roles, is released throughly controlled by delusions which heath was bad and he disliked in-famous for hair-raising mysteries United Artists. tersely the idea of an “undignified that
are practically unsolvable
ballot for the leadership of the until the very end.
great Unionist cause."
In this picture the plot is woven Lord Balcarres tried to per-around a strange new. anaesthetic suade him to withdraw in favour which the head of a drug com-
“FOOTLIGHT” PARADE” — MAJESTIC THEATRE
they believe to be Divine com- munications, and the time has come when, for their own safety, they should certifed.”
In view of Dr. Murdoch's state-1 with There are one hundred and ment the charges were
..Fred Stein of Mr. Chamberlain; Sir William any claims as his own, but is twenty-five chorus girls in one drawn
Bull and Sir Harry Samuel to the bone of contention of a num- of the lavish Warner Bros musi- fight Hours passed while beber of doctors who have worked cal numbers. The Hill Billies fought his struggle with himself on the formula.
At last Mr. Long declared:" "I Drifting and Dreaming
1)
For one number," five hundred thousand rhinestones) In the unweaving of the story were bought and were
used
Songs-
to
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Instrumental
Leslie Hutchinson.
The Scene Changes
Sweet Georgia Brown.
Harry Boy's Tiger-Ragamuffins.
Wabash Bites
Band
There never, be another You Song
The Pretty Girl is like a Melody
Orchestra
Big Broadcast of 1935-Sel Every Night at Eight--Selection
10 p.m. Big Ben from London. Dance Musice
11 pm Close Down
"THE-PREVIEW MURDER
MYSTERY”—STAR SAHLAAKE
·berlain will do so also, and then strangely vanishes, as though into These rhinestones were sewed Bonar Law can be mazimously thin air, and the doctor who was on to flesh-coloured net. In the] The story has to do with a new- elected Jeader of the Dionist party." He then turned to Sir to have operated on him is found right places. And a goodly share ly-found star whose first picture Barry Samuel and said: "Harry, mysteriously murdered by a surgi- of the four thousand or so al-is just being finished as we come you've, got to see this for me." cal instrument.
lotted to cover up each girl went upon him. He has received notes
This was more than the other Underlying it all there is am-into the making of caps, bracelets threatening his life, but friends could stand, and he exclaimed: "Ellmantic love story between an in- and anklets. Silver wigs, which and fellow-workers have laughed be damned if A¢will **** **% Am I your leader?" mapped Mr. Long. Yes, terne and a nurse accused of the are really bathing caps moulded them off as the work of a crank. sir." "Why, in God's name, don't murder. Kay Linaker, new to of silver rubber to look like hair The picture is previewed before you obey me there" se
the screen, but a well-known under the glittering caps, and sûl- an audience that includes", the;" Mr. Long then sent Sir Harry Broadway stage star, has the ver bathing shoes" make up the star, director and other members Francis Day, Samuel with a message to Lord leading role, that of a nurse who rest of the costume. The girls go of the acting company--and when Balcarres with the words: “Now is the chief suspect in the crimes into a glorified swimming pool the Tights go up and friends turn then, you go and do as you're told committed. Ricardo Corter, play-with these costumes on. And they to congratulate the star, they and and don't let me hear another ing the part of an interne who is do not sink.
him dead--poisonedf word." "The message was to the in love with her, believes in her The scene is called “By
Hysteris rips the studio after effort that if Mr. Chamberlain innocence.
A Waterfall breath-taking this incident. But it is nothing would withdraw Mr Long Mary Astor, a nurse, is also spectacle that far surpassEN KIYA SEKS would do so, too. Mr. Chamberlain one of the suspects, she being thing seen in "42nd Street and compared to the
follows when first a studio police- red and Mr. Boger Law be the divorced wife of the slain Gold Diggers of 1933.” came leader of the party and sub-doctor. Joan Blair in the role of James Carney, Joan Blondell, man, and then a prominent direc
are found murdered. sequently Prime Minister
the doctor's widow, is sus Rugby Keeler, Dick Powell, "Walter Lang, and His Times," by pected because she is having an Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee and A cast including many favour Sir Charles Patrie, Bart, (Hutchin affair with s
Claire Dodd bead the all-star castites Reginald Dermy, Gail Pa 30.188.)
acted by Gordon
for the picture, which is a retrick, Frances Drake, Conway mance of backstage life. Lloyd Tearle, Rod LaRoque, George Bar Bacon directed the picture from a bier, Ian Keith and Jack Malhall
creen play by Manuel Seff and ames Seymour, while Busby and keley staged the
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