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CENTRAL THEATRE EParamounts Sound Pictur‹ R TO-DAY, at 2.30, 5.10, 7,15 and 9,20 p.m.

THE GREAT CHEVALIER COMES TO YOU-

Singing! Dancing! Enthusing!

MAURICE CHEVALIER

CreateNTS OF

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-MUSICAL ROMANCE

MIGHTY DRAMA-

AUNIVERSAL

PICTURE

Inspired By That Historical War Song "LA MASEILLAISE"

LAURA

La PLANTE JOHN

BOLES

CAPTAIN GUARD

Hear JOHN BOLES, hero. of "RIO RITA" sing the flaming French battle song and soothing love songs.

Laura La Plante, star of "THE SHOWBOAT" as

the "Torch"

THE

A 1930 UNIVERSAL SUPER-PRODUCTION.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1930.

BOOKS and READERS.

It is romance not love, that ninkes the world go round, and yet how Badly mis-used a word is 19. Romance is the spur which urgen ench of us to go through, not only dangers, they are for the fow, Lut the daily round and common task in the hope of finding something exciting n the other side, ronance that makes us see the end as mais janua viti

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HUMOUR, HORROR AND

ROMANCE.

"A" VIKING EPIC,

THE SON AVENGER.·' By Sigrid

Undset. Translated by Arthur. G. Chiter. London: A. A. Knopf

The work of Mme Sigrid Undset is now well known to English read-

THE SILVER SCREEN.

** INNOCENTS OF PARIS.”

Sylvia Bercher, red-haired and ers in Ealation, and The Sonpetite, playa-the-lendisig-feminina. Avenger, which is the fourth and role opposite Maurice Chevalier in concluding youme of the tetralogy the continental favourite's motion covered by the general title The

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GOD IN THE Surus." (Hodder & Stoughton, 1/) is a small well Master of Hestviken is charac, picture, "Innocents of Paris," got up book describing in an inter-teristic in its imaginative power which is now showing at the Central and amplitude of style that is Theatre Miss Beecher was chosen coting and human fashion some thing of the work of the Salvation.

nover permitted to degenerate, inte mero verbosity or overcrowding of from a group of several scores of Army. In its pages you will and

detail; it is also characteristic inpandidates of stage and soreen who humour, horror and romance, often

its revelation of the author's deep all three on one page, and what is more they are all human episodrá.

human understanding and drama-

were given tests for the leading tio sonso, by which the last part feminine role in the production. not more imaginative flights. High Redwood has attempted a none too

of the Titanic epic of Olav Aug Her greatest success so far has eney task and he has brought to his dunsson is made both poignant and Among the pile of books for book a freshness which takes thrilling. Olay's venerablo figure been on the speaking stage. She is only one of many that are set was playing with "The Marriage review this week is one which right out of the tract class anl

against a stern and rugged hack Bed" company on the west const in its title proclaims it to be makes it well worth reading.

THE UNFORESEEN." (Hodder ground spread before us "romantic". in the most hack-

fourteenth-century Norway. His when she attracted the attention noyed senso of the word. "Italian & Stoughton, 770) by J. C. Love" (John Murray, 7/0) is a Snaith, is an oxcellent detective daughter, Cecilia, looms pictures et Paramount officials. Prior to collection of short stories by Mra story. It is marred somewhat by qualy also; and so does his faster. Vonnetto Herron. All these tales strong personal feeling on the part son, Eirik, who has discovered that that she had a small role in Wil- bis real father wag put to death liam Wellman's" The Legion of the stand somewhere, between the film of the author, who has not been able and the pseudo-historical stories of to resist a littin Tory tub-thumping by Olav for the soduction of Olav's' Condemned," and was also cast in a

tréatoherous act Marjorie Bowen. They are, as the in his description of the trial, but, betrothed, dust cover proclaims them, colour apart from that the first part af which, committed during Olay's minor part in a Tim McCoy pro

sence from the country, has for duction. ful and romantic," and will doubt the book is interesting and engress-

The hero David Oxley is a ita fruit Eirik himself. How Eirik tender young | ing.

The plot of Innocents of Paris" hearta beat the faster and bring likeable young man and his quixoticavenges" himself on his foster- tears to many bright young eyes. action is made credible and reason father provides the superb and has to do with the rise from ob- But let me add that the stories are able. The latter part, the clearing really lovely climax. "Mayhap," scurity of a peor youth of the up of the mystery, is written, prob says Eirik, as he and his foster streets. He gains an opportunity woll written and that I found an

with the evening spent

very ably with intent, in a minor kay sister sit by the dying bed of the romantic young persons who people and while this is artistically right old chieftain, "maphap hig sin was to appear on the stage with his done to show forth an example-songs, and he is on the threshold them nost refreshing after a long it nevertheless spoils the tenseness

the rest of us take eg little heed of success when circumstances forch sequence of crooks and crime detco of action which is so necessary in

of our misdeeds. And God made tivos, oven though I did weary a story of this description, somewhat of cestatic description

(Hodder & choice of him to do full penance,, Jim to encrifice the life of his IN MANNEQUINE."

since. He know.

heart dreams for the noble thrilldom of of that most lovely city, Florence Stoughton, 7/0) Valentine

love. lions takes his readers to that stronger and more faithful than we poor wreiches who would not THE PEERING ONK." (Hodder haunt of the novelist the Riviera.

Richard Wallace directed the & Stoughton 7/6) has a very Here you are introduced to Jace able to swallow one drop of His

It is Mme) Undeo's film. The story was written (by different atmosphere. In place of queline the girl from Herons justies. the scented salons of decadent the mannequim of the title. "Jack" triumph that this astonishingly Ernest Vajda, Hungarian play modern Florentines, Evander Muris a buman little person and her civilised utterance, coming from ray takes us to darkest Africa, to quick temper and undoubted charms the mouth of one who is hardly wright. a deserted house which is haunted mark out the path of misunder-generation removed from nor by a cnnst unsavoury smell. This is standings, dangerous situations and thern savagery, should appear the scene of a wall worked-out passionate love making, proper to wholly natural and indeed inevit mardor story with an unusual plot. You may guess who was the villain, but I do not think you will guess exactly how he perpetrated his villajuy. The hero and heroine are pleasingly natural and ordinary people, and thers

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just enough creepiness in the story to make you feel glad to be tucked up safely in bod after finishing the book, and too much to allow you to put it down unfinished.

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"TIME TO TIME." (John Murray, 7/0) is a love story in a modern Marjory. setting, The author, Booth, has tried to make it some thing more the study, in fact, of a woman with opposing inherited instincts, but she has not really succeeded in working out her theme. There is much compensation, how ever, in the delightful picture of the menage of Cairol the artist, who ran away from respectability, And his gypsy lady-love, Kate, Kato has been drawn with am-under- standing far beyond the delineation of time other characters, in fact, for clever etching with so few and so well chosen lines Kato might have stopped from the pages of one of the. Sheila Kaye Smith's earlier novels.

Within so short a time of the A.D.O. production of the play of the same name it was pleasant to find "The Middle Watch" (Hodder & Stoughton, 7/0) by Stephen King Hall and Ian Hoy, waiting my attention. The book followa the script of the play vary closely, with only a little padding hors and there to cast it into story form, but you nicet old jokes in a new dress, so to speak, in seeing them in print instead of bearing them spoken. As nearly every witty remark is witty in more ways than one you will find new things to laugh at besides the memory that will take you back to the Theatre Royal.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FIRST SEE LORD.

SIR JOHN HAWKINS. By Philip Gosse. The Golden Hind Series. London: John Lane. Pp. X. 200. 128. 6. net:

This is a valuable addition to an' excellent library of the lives of explorers. Mr. navigators and Gosse gives us a full and pisin story of a seaman who has been over shadowed by the figure el Drake, Sir John Hawking was a bold follow who made a deal of money stealing negroes and solling them as commodities, and be also assisted equally able commanders when the Spanish invasion of the Channel hind to be tackled; but most people know more of Grenville, mainly be cause of Tennyson's poem. last fight at Florea is better known than the fact that but for Sir John Haaskius the Spanish Armada. might might have had a clear course to its objective. The exist ence of an English feet, and that its principal craft were greatly better at sailing and fighting than the Spaniards, was owing to Sir John

That

Lord Burghley appointed him Treasurer of the Navy: and he had as master shipwrights the famous Peter Pett and Mathew Baker. Burghley knew what he was about ten years before the Armada camo the Board of Admiralty was as corrupt with graft and jobbory as any secluded spending depart ment of a Government well could be, Sir John was given the word; he exposed the Board and cleaned it up. Mr. Gosso has paid a proper tributa to a great seaman and nd- ministrator for whoso labours the English are much in debt. H.M.T.

GREENLAND,

UN GREENLAND'S CLOSED SHone. By Isobel W. Hutchison, London: W. Blackwood and Sons.

It is not easy to visit Greenland, for in recent years the Danish Government has closed the country entirely to strangers. Nono but Danish Government vessels touch its ports, and person, other than cfficials can obtain a passage only when engaged on sciêntific work.

able.

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HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.

LORDERS HY TUc toy. Ma, z. D. C: WOLFE, C.M... INSPECTOR- GENERAL OF POLICE.]

"CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.”

The biggest scene ever attempted in an all-sonnd pieture using the largest number of players, was photographed during the making of Captain of the Guard," Univer- sal's romantic and dramatic pro.... duction of the French Revolution, co-starring Laura La Plante and' John Boles, which comes on Friday to the Central Theatre. More than 8,000/men were used to make up the Royalist and Revolutionary armies in the huge hatt scopes directed Rovolver Practice. Thero wily John Ilobertson. Sam de Grasse, be no revolver practice at the James Marcus, Lionel Belmore,

Evelyn Stuart Holmea,

Hall, Kennedy Road Range to-morrow,

Richard Cramer, George Hacka thorne and other screen favouritos are prominent in the supporting ráles.

General.

Police Training Schocl. The weekly classes for Police Reservists at the Police Training. School, Kowloon, will be hold as usual to-day. All members of the Chinese Company, and of the Flying Squad who have not yet passed Part 2 of Training of Course should attend.

Chinese Company,

New Territories Agricutural Show 1030-1931. Members of the Chinese Company detailed for duty at the Agricultural Show on Saturday and Sunday, December 27 and 28, will report on both days as follows:-

First shift men will draw arms, cape (if required) and railway ticket the Central Police Sta tion at 8.15 a.m. sharp, and will board the 10.00 am. train at Kowloon, returning from Shoung Shui by the 2.35 p.to, train,

Second shift iner will draw arms, cape (if required) and rail way tickot at the Central Polica Station at 12.30 pm, sharp, and will beard the 1.18 p.m. train at Kowloon, returning from Sheung Shui Uy the 54 pm triền.

Dress Blue Uniform, cap with white covor, bat (without frog), whistle and truncheon. Black cap cover also had better be carried. All those in possession of badge shall carry same, as arms will only be issued to trained men. -

Tiffin and tes for the first and second shift men respectively wil I provided at Shoung Shui.

Indian Company, Btrength. Constablo R.249 Mehna Deen bas been permitted to resign having completed" one

(Bgd.) D. L. KINO, D.S.P. (3.).

dor a new long-term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, for whom he started in "Free and Easy," "Spite Marriage" Cameraman."

It was with a view, to studying the year's service with effoot from flora and making collections of December 16 1930. seoda that Miss Hutchison made Lor two journeys to Greenland. One was for a summer only. The other entailed a wintering in the settlement of Umanak The two visita gavo her the opportunity of sooing all the Danish trading settle. ments from Cape Farowell. to Upernivik on the west and also Angmaganlik on the onst Miss Hutchison clearly fell under the spoll of the Arctic There is tear- dely an incident over which sho is not enthusiastic or a day which she did not enjoy. The mass of trivial incidents which are describ ed at least give a vivid picture of life in the Danish settlements, and will help to dispel the delusion of necessary hardship in life in Pony regions. Beyond this aspect, of Greenland there are scattered notes on the vegetaton but littlo. about the mural history. It is a pleasant, discursivo volume, oc-

Laura La Plante, whose perform- ance as "The Torch" in "Captain of the Quard" adds to her screen inurels as notably as did her

"Magnolia imortal Boat," was born in St. Louis. At

in

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NOT DAMAGED

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LOIS MORAN

WALTER BYRON ROBERT AMES INEZ COURTNEY

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THE UNITED ARTISTS'. FEATURETTE

SZAMPA "

NEXT CHANGE,

BUSTER KEATON

the age of 14, she became the bread- winner of the family, and after spending some years in clerical and ba similar positions, she became a film "extra at Universal.

Becoming a star in her own right, she made many features which established her screen popularity as

comedienne,

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but it was not until Show Boat" that she really show- ed her great ability as a dramatic star.

"NOT DAMAGED."

Another newapapor man makes good in pictures," might well be the caption on this report of the success of Chandler Sprague, direc tor of the Fox Movietone comedy romance, "Not Damaged, it ront attraction at the Queen's

Theatre.

Sprague, until a few years ago, was star reporter and later man- "ging editor of the Los Angtice aaminer. He went into pictured in an executive capacity and fin- ally became scenario editor for Fox.. Then he was made an associato producer, supervising the work of

directors.

"Pro done nearly everything else in pictures,” he gaid, ""And now I'd like to direct a picture myself." So he was given his chance to make a takie of the story by Richard Connell which ap peared in one of the larger ma- gazines,

Sprague proved to have a trus gift for telling om intersting story. on the audible screen and" "Not Damaged" is hailed sa nu outstand- ing success wherever the film is showp.

In the cast are Lois Morn, Wal- andhetar Byron, who are co-featured, the other prominent players being Robert * Amos,- Inez Courtney, George, "Red" Corcoran, Bhadu Cross and Ernost Wood. Miss Courtney and Corcoran are dis coveries of Sprague and promise. to to the comedy sensation, of the YOBT.

The now Keaton comedy is a satira on army life, directed by Edwards Bodgwick with Bay Eilors heroine, and a cast which includes Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy, Victor Patel, Arnold Korff,

liam Steelo,

Frank Muyo, Pitzy Katz and Wil Two cong numbers. "Nothing's Goan Hold Us Down" and, "Whis The comedian in soon as a miper You Love Me," ura incorporat lionaire's son who finds himself in

ed in the picture. khaki as a result of accidental cir cainstances. The hilarious efforts of the pampered scion to adapt himself to army life and the be wilderment of activities" in the

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"DOUGH BOYS."

Keeton got out of the On competion of his fickt ah

Iverson, however, are not its strong- bret comody to date, cosa trennis-Je ten a new contruct... est feature. Many of the illustra- Two songs will be heard in the talking comedy, Dough Boys,

production, a popular battle song which will open at the Queen's called "Sing" sung by Cliff Ed.Thentre to-morrow, the straight- wards, and "Mister Military Man," faced laugh gotior was placed un- composed by the director.

(Continued on Previous column).

tans are from drawings by the author. Unfortunately, the map has been so much reduced as to be almost illegible. 1. N. RAB.

DOUGHBOYS"

with UKELELE IKE SALLY EILERS