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HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND - MODERN.

"I have been trying to think of a word for days and days!"

"Well, why dont you try "week" or month "

"Did

Europe much poverty in

"Yes, indeed. A good deal. In fact, I brought sonte back with me."

Representative of Large Furnish- ing House: "And how would you like this room furnished ?"

Pretentious Profiteer. "What about Quatorze, the Fifteenth ?".

Maanger: "We want a title for the new musical show. It's all about a girl at the telephone ex- change.

Producer: "Then why not call it the telephone operetia' 1"

"What sort of a flat have you" got-furnished or unfurnished

"Well, to tell you the truth, I never know until I get home din the evening. These hire purchase .people are so frightfully fussy."

"On, what shall I do," wailed the woman on deck B.

"That's a beautiful coat she has.” "Yes, she purchased it in Paris, and never drapes it over her arro E anyone can get a glimpse of the label

"How long have you known that girl?"

"I knew her before she shortened her skirts before she lengthened them "again."

"Doesn't that fellow hold some kind of championship ?"

"Yes. He's the father of six ebil dren; he once reassembled a Sug day paper in 10 minutes."

Wife: "Why is Mr. Smithson al-. ways coming in and out of our garden ?"

Husband: "Oh, he hasn't much room in his tool shed, so he asked me if he could keep the tools he borrowed from Brown in ours."

A woman in the suburbs wai chatting over the back fence with her next-door neighbour. "We're going to be living in a better neigh- bourhood soon," she said,

"

"So are we volunteered Mrs.

"Did you lose your passport ""Nextdoor, confidently. asked a stoward. "Or money?"

"Werse than that. I lost the ad- dress book of all the persons I was going to send postcards to," sified the lady.

A motorist, calling on an Aberdo- plan friend who had bought his first car, wag surprised to find him emptying the contents of an oil tan into his petrol tank.....

"What on earth are you doing the visitor asked.

"What Are you moving, too?" "No, we are staying here."

A motorist touring Wales was struck and sometimes amused by the inscriptions in Welsh which he saw in various parts of the coun try.

One morning at a hotel, when the attending, was showing him to his bath, the visitor paused before the "inseription on the mat.

"Why," replied "the other, "d's ken this car will run only 30 miles on a gallon of petrol, while she'll rio about 700, on a gallon of oil"

Tain" tab," he mused; that must be Welsh for Welcome,."

"No sir," said the attendant, "the bath mat happens to be un side down."

CENTRAL THEATRE EParamount's Sound Pictures R

Tuesday Wednesday

Daily at 2,15, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 P.M.

Advice to Wives I See.

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"CHARMING SINNERS”

The problem of the dieting husband! W. Somerset Maugham gives ал istimate glimpse of what goes on behind the mar riage screen! Where the wife in charming, clever! Ала сай outplay her husband at his own game! A brilliant cast in a delightful, all-talking comedy-drama!

-** with BUTH CHATTERTON- CLIVE BROOK WILLIAM POWELL- MARY NOLAN

CHARMING

SINNERS"

A Paramount Picture)

RUTH CHATTERTON Voted by Film Weekly Readers

To Possess The Best Talkie" Voice

NEXT

CHANGE

CLARA BOW

The IT Girl's First All-Talking Picture

DANGEROUS CURVES

Brilliant New Romance-Drama.

BOOKING AT ANDERSON AND THE THEATRE (TICKET BOX-TELEPHONE NO. 26720).

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930.

THE FAMILY ALBUM-DINNER'S READY".

SHUYAS

By GLUYAS WILLIÄMS

SSAR

WIFE CALLS FROM.

RELAYS CALL UPSTAIRS EXPLAINS TO WIFE WHO [KITCHEN THAT DINNER THAT DINNER'S READY IS GETTING IMPATIENT

IS READY

AND GOES ON READING THAT HE'S JUST WAITING

PAPER

FOR THE CHILDREN TO .COME

ARGUES IT'S NONSENSE THEIR SAYING THEY DIDN'T, KNOW IT WAS READY, THEY JUST DONT LISTEN WHEN HE CALLS 6-7

MILDRED FINALLY DRIFTS DOWN. SHOUTS UPSTAIRS FINAL SUM- MONS TO WILFRED ;

REPORTS WILFRED ・・・ WAS WAITING FOR MIL DRED TO COME DOWN AND DIDN'T HEAR HER

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

THE SILVER SCREEN. SEA PERIL TO MAKE

"CHARMING SINNERS" AT

THE CENTRAL.

Seldom has any audience had such

good time watching a motion picture" ta the Central Theatre audience had last night while watching the marital adventures of Ruth Chatterton and Clive Brook in Paramount's all-talking comedy drama, "Charaning Sinners," writ- ten by W. Somerset Maugham.

A FILM.

SIX MONTHS OF GALES

AND HARDSHIPS.

OPERATOR KILLED, IN RIGGING.

"Windjammers," a picture which, is receiving its finishing touches -în the British Instructional Studios at Welwyn (near London), has thrilling story of tragedy

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Ruth Chatterton, as the wise wife,

and human endurance behind it. tired of her husband's philander-

To make it two young Austra- ing, decides to punish him once and for all. She chooses the dignified tians, Ronald Gregory Walker and method of repaying him in his own A. J. Villiers, shipped before the coin by pretending to give her mast in the Finnish full-rigged affections to an old admirer, Wil-chip Grace Harwar-built on the liam Powell. She fools her husband Clyde 40 years ago-at Wallaroo,

GOES TO FOOT OF STAIRS AND DEMANDS WHY DON'T THEY COME TO DINNER.

"REMEMBERS, JUST AS WILFRED DESCENDS,

THAT HE HAS TO WASHI HIS HANDS, AND TELLS) FAMILY TO SIT DOWN, HELL BE RIGHT THERE

As it was impossible to film ac- tual "interiors" on the voyage, this part of the film as a story is be ing, completed by British Instruc tional Films. Mr. A. P. Herbert has written dialogue to fit these scenes, but there is no woman or love interest in the story..

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W, ON 355 METRES.

11 to 11.30 am-Commercial: News. 11:30 am to 12.30 p.m. Chinese

programme.

.

19.30 p.m.-European programme of records selected and supplied by Messrs., Tsang, Fook. 1.30 p.m.-Weather report. Record-

ed programme continued.

2 p.m.-Close down.

in clever fashion, re-awakens some South Australia, for her voyage to 6 to 8 p.m.-Chinese recorded pro- of the romance which appeared dead

to her forever and brings about ́a "re-adjustment in her home which no amount of scandal or ranting could accomplish. Olive Brook as the hus. band reveals new talents in a splen- did characterization. Mary Nolan, as the "other" woman, is delight

ful.

Falmouth with a full cargo of wheat

One bitter night, the 28th day of the voyage," says Mr. Villiers, Walker was killed.

"He was aloft at his work on

the fore lower topgallant yard, when the upper yard carried away

and fell on him.

We could find no sign of hurt upon his body. It was so cold we could not feel whether he lived or was dead.

Buried at Sea.

A group of auxiliary players, re- eruited from the stage, including Laura Hope Crema, Florence Eld ridge and Juliette Crosby, are artfully vast. "Charming Sinners!” is the second Maugham drama to be filmed by Paramount, the frst be- ing The Letter, with Jsange. "When we put a hand inside his Eagels, and never hae this famous oilskin coat to feel for warmth, dramatist shone to such advantage warmth came because of the biting as he does on the talking screen. cold in our hands. But he was For a delightful evening's enter. dead. tainment, see Charming Sinners."

"We brought his body down the rig-ring and watched it for 36 hours, watch and watch by the M.P. MARRIES AT GRETNA light of a hurricane lamp beneath

GREEN.

the focale bead, swinging there eerily in the fog and gloom. L

Then we buried him. We have-

ACTRESS BRIDE IN GOGGLES.the ship to for the service

Walker was the cameraman and the technical expert: Mr. Villioza Mr. John Beckett, Socialist M.Phad to teach himself how to handle for Peckham, and Miss Kyrie Bel- a cinematograph camera.

low, the actress and widow of Mr. Arthur Bourchier, were married over the anvil at the Gretna Green amithy last month.*.

The witnesses were Mr. E. Sand- ham, Labour M.P. for Kirkdale, Liverpool, and Mr. J. Kinley, Bo- cialist M.P for Bootle.

The party arrived by car from Glasgow, and afterwards drove to An unknown destination.A

There had heen 13 hands before the mast, but none of the supersti tions noticed this until after the ship left Wallaros on April 17, 1929. n

For six weeks there was a suc-: cession of gales. There was no dry spot anywhere.

-Swept Overboard.

"In the South Atlantic," says The three M.P.s wore red carna- tions in their buttonholes, and were Mr. Villiers, we had the worat dressed in lounge, suits. The bride blow of the voyage. When we wert wore a brown tweed jacket and at last straightened up to enter skirt and motoring "goggles on a the Trades the second rante broke small hat.

down. One of the Finnish boys was swept overboard in a big sea. The ship leaked and the pumps jammed."

gramme.

8 p.m.-A relay from the s.3. Em

press of Japan of the reception on the occasion of her maiden voyage. At intervals during the programme dance numbers will be broadest from the Staldo.

p.m.-Weather report.

10,30 p.m-Close down.

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY ONLY

Tillies

Fimctured Romance

FIELDS

CHESTER

|CONKLIN

LOUISE

FAZENDA

An EVROUND BITKELLANG

I am terribly tired but thrill: ed," said Miss Bellew after the ceremony. "It was all extremely simple and delightful, Mr. Black At the Equator the vessel was be smith asked up a few questions, calmed. On their 123rd day at sea, we held hands over the anvil nearly starving, the crew were and the deed was done, I give the little for that could be thoroughly recommend Grete sparede goettichething like she used to be Green marriage

lich heratonada De fentember, Mr. John Beckett formerly rea after notren cuding: hardšíùpe, presented Gateshead in the House they anchored at Queenstown

of Commons. He was first elected In the fact of enorinous difficul

in 1924, and changed to Peckham in 1929. He was the first chairman of the National Union of ex-der- vicemen.

tries, however, the film was made. It was desired to make a real re cord of the loveliness of the great winged sailing ships.

Some of us remember Tillie. Most of us have but a vague recollection. She's not any-

leszomance is punctured to an entirely different tune. Circuses and War play great part in her life this time,

WILLIAM FOX Hasents

NIX

Dn

Dames

WITH SONGS

AH ALL TALKING MOVIETONE.

MAE CLARKE ROBERT AMES WILLIAM HARRIGAN. MAUDE FÚLTON GEORGE MAFARLANE

A hilarious comedy

of boarding houso. Bachelors. belles and wary

DONALD

GALLABER

NEWSREEL-COMEDY-MUSICAL

AT THE

QUEEN'S

AT THE

STAR

AT THE

WORLD

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 230, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20

ERNEST TORRENCE.

SIDE

"The SHOW OF LIFE”

from the famous novel.

by W. J. LOCKE

with ANNA Q. NILSON

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At 5.30 & 8.20.

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