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Veterans Of The Air Mail

FLYING 8,000,000 MILES

“MY AMERICAN WIFE

QUEEN'S THEATRE

Cinema Notes From The Theatres

-EARTHWORM TRACTORS": -KING'S THEATRE

Francis Lederer has never been Never has Joe E. Brown ap- given a better screen role than his peared so funny as in this picture When the Guild of British Air current one in the Paramount filmjaar has he been given so many Pilots and Navigators recently romance, "My American Wife, opportunities to display his comic awarded its reliability trophy to nor has the star ever been pro-jantics as in this comedy, the story Major H. G. Brackley (Air Super-vided with a better screen mate of which has been taken from the intendent of Imperial Airways) than his co-star in the present Saturday Evening Post by Wi-

flam Hazletts. and eight of the senior Captains picture. Ann Sothern.

Probably no other comedian of My American Wife" is light-i in the Company's service, tributes were paid to the wonderful re-footed romance, brought to the stage or screen could have come so close to being the personifica- with a flair which only tion of Alexander Botts, natural cards of pioneer air-pilots on the screen

Lederer and British commercial routes.

a star of Miss torn super-salesman, in his own! The eight Imperial Airways Sother's type could provide. The mind, whose luck is so phenome- Captains whose names were asso-story itself, from a Saturday Ere-pal that even his consistent and ciated with that of their Airning Post feature by Elmer Davis, collossal blunders turn out to. his Superintendent in the Guild's is refreshingly unique, and the advantage.

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Marguerite Churchill, Gordon Elliott and Lyle Talbot" "have leading roles in Mignon G. Eberhart's new mystery thriller “Murder by An Aristocrat," which will be showing at the King's Theatre next week.

award were O. P. Jones, L. Acast lined up behind the prin Joe E. makas Alexander Botts, Walters, W. Rogers, A. S. Wil- cipals is unusually capable. Head-lane of the most comical herves of cockson. F. Dismore, F. J. Bailey, ing the list is Fred Stone, veteran fiction. live and breathe the H. H. Horsey, and A. B. H. Youell player who appears 83 277 old scream as Joe has lost none of his and figures which have just be-Arizona pioneer with * Western rim and pep as the greatest fun

available show that these contempt for the spargies and sirs maker of the time. eight fiving veterans have, be-of foreign nobility. Billie Burke. Joe E's two leading women. tween them, now spent a total of Ernest Cossart and Grant Mitchell merit special comment. They are of them intent on using Miss Whit-THE-NEW ADVENTURES OF just over 30,000 hours in the air are outstanding among those that June Travis and Carol Hughes, Iney as a means of crashing into

come

This means that they have flown

a total distance of approximately 8,000,000 miles.

20 Years Of Flying. The figures for Captain O. P. Jones show that this veteran has now spent more than 12,000 hours.

follow.

One of the troupers

as Cummings Romance sets in

both of the brunette beauty type, the movies.

There is a talented supporting is Cummings cast with Guy Kibbee giving

*

CIVIL AVIATION hilarious performance as a can-tries to persuade Eleanor to take

IN CANADA

in the air. The hours spent aloft Romance Of Air-Borne

by Captains Horsey, and Rogers exceed a total of 11,000. Captain Youell's total now stands at a figure of over 10,000 hours; while close behind him in flying hours come Captains Bailey, Dismore, Wilcockson, and Walters.

Freight

ORE BUCKETS IN CRATES

its

"THE GHOST GOES WEST"-

ORIENTAL THEATRE

TARZANTM-MAJESTIC THEATRE

The most striking feature of the Guadalupe celebration, Major Baker says, is the Devil Dance- not only because of the rythmic fas- cination of the dancers' move-

The production details of this menta, but because of the pictures- picture that kept the London que costumes they wear. Many of

December is the season for many estas in Guatemala, and one of tankerous and partially deaf old part in a school show to which the gayest is the Fiesta of Guada- lupe, according to Major Frank man to whom Joe tries for long her father is to be invited.

Members of the skilled in vain to sell tractors.

sup-Baker who, during his location include William trip to Central America as a mem-' Dick Foran is excellent in his porting cast role as the successful rival of Joe Frawley and Roscoe Karns, who ber of the "New Adventures Of in love, playing his part straight provide plenty of laughs; Johnj Tarzan" company, has gathered Patterson, much interesting information and acting as a foil to Joe's an-Halliday, Elizabeth

Ann Borg about the country. tics. Gene Lockhart, the famous Grace Bradley, Veda stage comedian, gives a good ac-and Billy Lee. It was not long ago that the count of himself as the rival sales- little far-northern township of +421 of Joe E. in the tractor

on the mouth of the field. The accumulated experience of Aklavik such airway veterans as these may Mackenzie River, received be judged when it is mentioned mails

once a year. Now, thanks "THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE"

ALHAMBRA THEATRE that Captain Dismore, who began to the development of civil avia- fying more than 20 years ago, hastion in Canada, it is visited once now carried over 60,000 passen-every three weeks by mail-planes Lining up an array of talent un-Films technical staff on its toes these costumes are elaborate and gers; that Captain Yonell first which, after they have delivered matched in many months, "Three were the construction of an an-beautifulis made garments of red learned to handle an aeroplane at their letters, return with bales of Cheers for Love" has everything cient Scottish castle, providing and blue velvet, lavishly decorat- the perfect tune-film needs. Dance authentic furnishings for same,ed with spangles and embroidery. one of the pioneer British aviation for. schools, and has been flying ever The value of the seroplane in teams are exceptional; the chain- and the handling of an army of With these, the dancers wear devil O. P.developing the resources of lightning feet of Eleanore Whit-1445 extras for a huge Highland masks with horns. Many of these since; and that Captain

all are cleverly are matched with Robert battle scene and another huge are hideous but Jones has, during his air career. Canada was proved not long agojney

a brilliant ballroom constructed. handled more than 50 different by the opening-up of a mine Cummings, masculine lead, and crowd for

The particular. Devil Dance a trans-Atlantic which was situated 400 miles from the phenomerial steps of Olympe scene staged

which Major Baker saw, took pince" types of aircraft.

the nearest rail-head. A few Bradna, new French dance sen-lixury liner.

town of San For a masquerade ball scene, in the Guatemalan years ago this particular area had sation, are matched by those of hardly been prospected; but now Louis De Pron, himself no slug one of the huge sound stages on Cristobal, and will be shown in full in this new Edgar Rice Bar- the mine is in fall production, sup-gard for tap-speed.

the London Films lot was trans- plies and other necessities being The music of "Three Cheers for formed into an ocean-going ball-roughs feature. carried to it by aiz

Love" includes the three hit songs room. More than 300 colourfully

INSPECTION BY MAHARAJAH

Aerodrome Lighting At Jodhpur

PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES

"PADDY O'DAY”—STAR THEATRE

The picture, which follows the

of

a said to be one of his most brilliant Givot-the Greek ambassador of radio-in the strong supporting pieces of scoring.

cast.

It is estimated that during a}"Where Is My Heart,” “Long Ago garbed actors strolled the set, in- recent period of 12 months not far and Far Away," and "The Swing cluding the principals, Robert Do- short of 20,000 prospectors, all of Tap.” Chorus numbers, including nat, Jean Parker, Eugene Fallsfte them engaged in exploring hither-a novel and intricate fencing and Elsa Lanchester.

With a twinkle in her eye and a saucy Irish brogue in her song. to untapped territory were com-idance, are smoothly executed. ~The Ghost Goes West" was di- little Jane Withers heads a stellar plete with all their necessary kit- The picture has a light, fun-

rected by Rene Clair, famous cast of fun makers in her joyous In order to inspect for himself carried out on their surveys by filled plot, which moves almost as the aerodrome lighting which has Canadian aeroplanës.

rapidly as Miss Whitney's feet. French director of "A Nous, La new Fox picture "Paddy O'Day been installed at Jodhpur, night Previous Records Beaten The girl appears as a Hollywood Liberte." "Sous Les Toits de flights have been made recently by An idea of the importance of youngster, daughter of a picture Paris," "Le Million," and other in-fascinating adventures This Highness the Maharajah

air freight transport in Canada magnate, who is sent to a supernational cinema hits. One of motherless little girl from Ezin to by her the first to interpolate the original the strange city of New York, Sahib Bahadur.

may be gained from the fact that posed "nishing school"

and amusing use of music in films, presents Pinky Tomlin, Rita Cax- The whole night-lighting sys recently an order was placed for step-mother.

Clair's score for this comedy is sino, Jane Darwell and George tem is controlled from a panel in the carriage by aeroplane from student body of chorines and

The school, it develops, has 2 the tower which is fitted with Gold Pines to Casummit Lake of push-button switches. The two approximately 500 tons of freight, faculty of vaudeville actors, all landing floodlights consist of three. One of the big cargo-planes em- banks of three 1,000 watt lamps,ployed-known as the flying box- the total candle-power being car can carry a freight-load of 1,200,000. The illuminated wind from 2 to 21⁄2 tons. Large con- T embodies a deyice which causes signments can be transported in the lamps to flash intermittently the bigger types of cargo-plane should the wind fall to a speed such for example as ore buckets| which is negligable from the view- and machine units in crates. point of landing. The boundary Buring a period of approximate- lights are on the perimeter of aly one month, recently, in aero- 3,000 feet diameter landing circle, plane freight operations in the and are of a conical type, the mid-west mining area, loads total- whole of the cone, in addition to ling over 1,000,000 Ib. were air- the globe, being flooded with borne-a figure far exceeding any orange light from the one lamp.

previous total for a similar period.

The aerodrome guiding beacon, mounted on the roof of the ad- facent State Hotel, is of the re- volving type with a lamp of 1,000) watts, and has been sighted by zirmen from a distance of 100

alles.

MAGIC CARPET OF TO-DAY

Hong Kong On The Air Mail Map

AIR AND RAIL SERVICE

To Help The Busy Housewife

SEA

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The story of “Paddy O'Day" fol- lows the trail of a little lass who goes to the United States on the steerage of a big boat, and "who captivates the hearts of all her fel- low passenger.

THE WORLD OF WINGS

New High Altitude Stations

Figures dealing with. civil avia- tion in the United States have be- come available up to July 1, 1936.

Wheeler And Woolsey Rose on that date there were 2,402 air-

As

In Horatio Alger

Story

ports and landing-fields in the United States; and 1,403 licensed and 1,764 unlicensed-aircraft. Out of a total of 15.204 pilots licensed

For the convenience, of house- wives, the American Railway Ex- press Agency, operating in con- A newsboy from Paterson, New Jersey, and a jockey from to fly, 7,162 were transport pilots, junction with the internal air-Cincinnati, Ohio, have become the screen's famous comedy team is proposed to add many new lines of the United States, has Bert Wheeler, the pathetic little man who sings, and Robert meteorological stations along the organised a rapid air-and-rail ser- Woolsey, the funny-looking fellow behind the big cigar, are 3 United States air routes, while vice which is called "air shopping." couple of living Horatio Alger examples. By dogged persistence additional high-altitude: observing Forecasts published in Hong Within a few hours of a tele- they worked their individual ways to fame on Broadway and stations are also contemplated. Kong 21 to the development of phone order, exotic foods and their subsequent success on the screen.

"Down Under" that city as an important air-port flowers, and list-minute fashions,

on the dying routes of the world can be delivered at one's door in They were thrown on their own the film colony to build a desert Figures which have just been picture the day as not far distant any of the 200 chief cities resources as youngsters, and fought home at Palm Springs. Wheeler's made public show that at the end when it will be possible for a throughout the United States up through medicine shows, third- home is in Beverly Hills - but passenger starting from Hong It is calculated that within rate stock companies, and cheap he spends most of his spare time 1935 there were 368 aeroplane Kong to make a complete air cir- less than 24 hours, by air express vaudeville to a fort-hold in the crusing over to Catalina or driv landing-grounds in Australia, these including Government and ing to New York and back cart of the globe, says a Home and rail, the following ingredients New York theatre. correspondents.

for an elaborate dinner could be But, curiously enough, in private Both stars collaborate for weeks emergency grounds as well. 2 na The air journey from Bons got together Florida guavas, or life they are as far apart as the in preparing tags and comedy public aerodromes. The number Kong to London is estimated to gumbo from New Orleans; stone poles. Wheder likes

activity lines and situations befre a pic of pilota in Australia, private and days. Then from London crabs from Bimini or rock lobstere social life, travelling, itement tare goes into production To commercial, reached a total of 69%.

to New York the time oc- from Miami; turtle steaks or Vir-Woolsey prefers quiet, cupied would be 2 days; "after ginis baked ham, hearts of palm out in public and likes which a period of 8 days is allow salad from Florida; candied fruits home and

eler, wealde

ed for the crossing of America to from the same State; brandied handles the business alta

and the ocean voy-peaches from the: South, and rare

disco back to cater down, from the heights of a round of

Woolsey was one of the first

have made 19 feature During 1936 Canadian Airways

Iztext for RKO Limited dew 674,018 mies

Boy carried 14,540 passengers.

in 1935-—as compered

vious year -- the volume of matter incressed by over 70