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-Mest this amazing woman! Millions hail ber as the Grat Indy of the Screen.

SARAH AND SON" Ruth Chatterton ·

A Garamount Picture

Millions read the book and raved about it f

Hero's a Way man's. picture every Woman

will under

*stand love.

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"Only & Rose" thrill your heart na Dennis King singe it.

DENNIS KING "The Vagabond King

JEANETTE MIDONALD WAKKER SLAND O.P. REGGIE

a Gramount Fictive

Bigger thin "The Love Parade

Bookings at Anderson and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

$8.00

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1931.

of an external inspiration, of har THE SILVER SCREEN. ing been written for a special occa

BOOKS and READERS ion. They are, indeed, Invely

'CHESS AND MURDERS.

poems, welling from the deep spring of this post individual"] impulse, and we feel that they would have come to light as surely even if Mr. Binyon had never had anything to do with the Oxford Part II. opens with an interesting Festival. Nevertheless it is lucky The detective novel was well represented in this coluinn last chapter on the Arab operations, and for the speakers of poetry that so week, and the examples therein reis followed by a description of the distinguished a poet should have" Binyons grave; and viewed came in for some rather reorganization of the E.E.F. after borne their especial needs in mind; hard criticism. I am, in consc-00,000 officers and men had bech and Mr. unence, very glad to introduce Ma. dispatched to France to help stem gracious verse should prove a noble PorterMack's Ovensioнr (Hodder the tide of the German's last bid instrument for their art,

for victory. The remainder of the same time, though entirely suitable Stoughton 7/0) to you with a hearty recommendation to get and volume. describes that amazing for performance in public, theso which three Turkish pieces, being poems, will yield per It has a most swoop, in read this book.

At the

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

MOVIETONE FOLLIES.

Yola D'Avril, has a prominent role in The New Movietone

U.S. MILLIONAIRE REGISTER.

RECORD TIDE REVEALED BY U.S. TREASURY.

-511 PEOPLE WITH MILLION

DOLLAR INCOMES, "

Follies of 1930, which is showing at die Queen's Theatre. Born in

Washington, Dec. 99.-A record | Paria, Yola went on the stage, at

an early age, and toured Europe tide of millionaires and multi-mil- lionaires in the United States was in Paris s'amuse."

Coming to Amerien to fill a dan revealed to-day when the Depart. ment of the Treasury published wi cing engagement she decided to

But the figures made public by After serving as an extra, she "won stay. struck out for Hollywood,come tax s tistics, her first worth-white part in The Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, the Score

Lenrious quality. The story, parti. armies were not only routed but haps an even intenser pleasure to Dressinaker from Paris." Her latest tary of the Treasury, were for the

cularly gruesome one, is told in so matter-of-fact and analytical a spirit that one has the impression of watchisig an enthralling game of chiess: You follow Mr. Austin Sreeman as he moves his king

Mr.

were exptared almost in their en- the lover of poetry who says "them

W. G. tirety. (their Commander-in-Chief over to himself in the privacy of

his own heart.

caping only by good fortune) nad the remainder of Palestine and the whole of Syria freed at one blow from the long Turkish, domination,

THE CINEMA ANALYSED.

and Born Reckless."

pictures are "Double Cross Roads"

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The feature roles of this year's edition of "Movietone Follies" are enacted by El Breadol, Marjorie White, William Collier, jr., Nocl

year 1928. It is expected that the ranks of the millionaires and multi- millionaires have been sadly deplet. ed by the stock market crashes of 1920 and 1930.

Pottermack-now covering Captain Falls, has done his work The NEW SPIRIT IN THE CINEMA. By Francis, Frank Richardson and tics of the Treasury Department,

him with another piece and now pushing him boldly into the tire battle, and at the same yout watch his opponent's black bishop the unofficial detective who is waiting for an opportunity tɔ check mate, and who cannot be

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admirably. Events are described in proper proportion, the narrative is always clear and easy to follow disputed or difficult points have been dealt with dispassionately and have obviously been the subject of untiring research,

Two factors

Huntly Carter. London: Harold Shayler. Pp. xxxv. 403, 308,

There are in this book almost all

the film statistics that could be desired; there are pailding from publicity departments and quota-

tione from opinians that the author

docs wall to preserve. There are 32

Miriam Seegar

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THE UNHOLY THREE.

In 1928, according to the statis-

there were in the United States $11 persons who paid taxes on incomica of G.81,000,000 or more per year, In 1927 there were in the United In The Unholy Three," Chaney's States 200 persons who paid taxes at talking picture, which will on incomes of G.$1,000,000 or more open on Thursday at the Queen's per year. Theatre Chaney as a ventriloquist The figures show that in 1828 dislodged from his advantageous which had often à decisive effect on illustratione, mostly familiar, and throws his voice into parrots, make more

than 43,000 persons paid isition or forced to move too soon. operations--water and supply were wrongly described by the publishers ing them, talk, and imitating the taxes on incomes of G.$300,000 per This method, like that of Mr. Edgar given their full weight. The writ-as "unique"; and there are, after birds perfectly. In fact, he became year. Wallace, might perhaps be likoned ing has a fiterery quality that to the reporting of a case iu the makes it very pleasant reading, and columns of a newspaper, but it has all these who fought in the cam no relation to senantional journal paigas will welcome Captain Falls'

descriptions of the historical elations of the places through which the E.E.F. passed. The Times.

isin.

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Admirers of Zave Grey will prob- ably enjoy Tur SAEPHERD OF THE GUADALOUF (Hodder & Stoughton 7/6) fer it is quite in his usual manner. There is the goble hero, suffering in mind and body, who finds healing for both in the desert, the lovely heroine, and the mis derstanding between them. The sweet gentle mothers, the harsh old fathers, and the sneering villain are

all according to type.

E.M.B.

ALLENBY IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE.

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR. Military Operations in Egypt and Palestine.. Volume II. From June, 1917, to the end of the War. By Captain Cyril Falls Maps by Major A. F. Becke. (H. Stationery Office. La Two Parts, £1. Case of maps 10s. extra.)

The second volume of the Official

CHINESE CIVILISATION,

so proficient that he practiced re-

During the production Chaney| used to fool Jack Conway, his direc tor, by having the "birds" call Conway names and getting by with it.

Di

vivid

The taxable net incomes report.

Of the total incomes reported in 1993 to the Treasury Department 18 per cent, were those of women.

consideration of films in all Euro- pean countrics, forty pages given to cording his imitations and then re-ed to the Treasury Department Germany alone. Reduced to ossen-cording a parrot talking back, so in 1928 totalled

more than tials, The New Spirit in the that he developed a replica one .823,000,000,000 while the gross Cinema" is the story of how Mr. couldn't tell from the real thing, taxable incomes reported totalled Cartor's faith in the early Western

G. $20,000,000,000, filios was justified by Russia's Turk-Sib." His approach is 50- ciological, and it is treated in terms of Biblical mythology, which fur

Big Tax Refunds. The new picture is CHINESE CIVILISATION. By Marolther expands the book. Not until

Granet. London: Gegan Paul D. 328 is the "new spirit" defined, mystery story, in which Chaney

Belated Christmas prosents were & Co. Pp. xxiii. 444, 255. net. and then it is later compressed into plays a ventriloquist, involved announced by the United States. This claborate study of early the old and original good pur-in a sinister plot with a giant Treasury Department to-day when pose which has remained there and and midget of the show! Ho Mr. Andrew W. Mollon, the Beere- Chinese saaint history is part of an immense undertaking. The His exerted an influence from time to hides from the police in the distary of the Treasury, revealed the tory of Civilisation," in which is time but has never been intentional quise of an old woman, operating names of these who will receive incorporated the Frenely series by expressed. Because it is so ex-bird store, imitating a woman's 1930 tax refunds. "L'Evolution de l'Humanité," pressed in the Turk-Sib" he finds voice and also the voice of tho More than, 19,000 taxpayers are Something like a hundred separate evidence of the good in the cinema, parrots he sells. Lila Leo plays the to receive Treasury-tax refunds. A volumes are in course of preparation, strangely enough, in Russia.heroine of the new story, Harrymajority of them are corporations or publication. M. Granet has had Most people; in view of the evi Enyles the midget, Ivan Linow the and estates whose taxable proper a formidable task. His aim is to dence, agree without thinking giant, and Elliott Nugent the tics were over-assessed: define the essential features of the strange. Indeed, a recognition of juvenile male lead. John Miljan, The tax refunds made public by social system of the Chinese, and, the unutilised good in the cinema Clarence Burton, Crawford Kent, Secretary Mellon "total - G.$126,830,- further, to try to indiente what is what everyone, interested his and others are in the cast. of wide human experience lies hid long been. fighting for. The book den within it by making apparent interests by its soupe, but it is tog

approach to cinema has once again been laid down. It is time some-

the truth that from one civilisation long and costly to win many re- to another it is often only the out-write to its already familiar ideas. History of the Palestine Campaign ward symbols that differ." China, One closes it feeling that the basic cover the period of General Allen-it appeara, is not so entirely isolat, by's command, from June, 1817, ed as is often assumed. M. Granet when he succeeded Sir Archibald is concerned only with the early Murray, to the end of the War. periods culminating in the forma No other campaigns of the late War tion of the Empire. The problem are of such absorbing interest or so of Chinese origins, he thinks, is cu- fruitful of 1:ssons for the future as tirely unsolved, but he puts forward those of the autumn and winter of tentative theory of two principal 1017, which resulted in the capture civilisations, that of the growers of of Jerusalem, and of the autumn of millet on the hill terraces and of the 1919, which brought Sual destrueri on the plains. He shows how tion to the Turkish Armies and rural communities were formed, ended with the adrange to Damas- then small feudal States, struggling ́eua, and 'Aleppo.

founded on a sort

to defend themselves against the Of the two campaigns, the final barbarians, who end by being sh victory in 1913 was more speciace scrbed and becoming Chinese, and lar and may strike the imagination finally the consolidation of thes tore by reasch of its swiftness, and States in the Empire. But behind completeness. But, to the military this history lies the Chinese men. student at any rate, the Jerusalem tality, with its profound belief in campaign of 1917 will make a the order of the universe, to which greater appeal; the combatante man must conform belief in were more evenly matched, the order which issue hung longer in the balanes, of mysticism rather than on reason, there was greater variety in the and which has moulded the obarac. fighting. Also General Allenby had ter of the Chinese gentleman," na opponent worthy of him in von giving an extraordinary value to Falkenhayn, to whose qualities and eliquette and deportment ng means performances in the Jerusalem cam to self-control. Finding clues in paign, Captain Falls pays a high ancient songs and legends, tribute.

Giranet, with all his finmenso learn Part I deals with the Third ing, is able to give a very living Battle of Gaza, the pursuit, through picture of human relations, cus Philistis, the taking of Jerusalem, toms, and ceremonies in China: A and the two trans-Jordan raids in most valuable book to students.

L. B. the early part of 1918.

General Allenby had the full aup- port of the authorities at home, but von Falkenhayn, as Captain Falls points out, had to win his first battle against his Allies, and the delay caused by these dissensions was fatal to his chances of success. Captain Falls has a great admira

M.

LAURENCE BINYON'S THREE

SHORT PLAYS,

In

CENTRAL THEATRE.

“SARAH AND SON."

Sarah and Son," now play

333.

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Heading the list is the potent United States Steel Corporation which receives a tax refund ̧; of G.$15,000,000. Eight other corpora- tions will receive tax refunds of more than G.81,000,000 each.

The list of individuals who will

receive tax refunds is headed by Ruth Chatterton demonstrates her John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He will masterly craft in a manner more be handed a Treasury Department fascinating than ever before.

Sarah and Son" is a great

one followed it perhaps Britishing at the Central Theatre. Bliss producers, on whom the author has wise things to say though it is odd that, stressing sociology so much, ho makes no mention of John Grierson's work in England. Other wise the English section is the best in the book, for its virtue is that it needed saying. Most of the rost has been known, if not actually said at such length, lefore.

R. H.

POLICE CHASE IN TRAM.

SUSPECTED FALSE HALF. CROWNS.

cheque for G.8448,000,

Japanese Line to Beneflt.

the

theme. It concerns the courageous rise to fame of a poor and obscure The Nippon Yusen Kaisha," im young woman. Miss Chatterton, as portant Japanese steamship lire, Sarah, is disclosed as a young will receive from the United States tax refund of upwards of nobody who marries a worthless a man. Because of His squandering. G.8500,000. habits they aro reduced to penury,

It is expected that the tax re- fund policies of Secretary Mellon Their funds are insufficient to pur-will be subjected to renewed attacks chase adequate food for their in when the lame, duck” session of fant son. One day Sarah chides Congress reconvenos next month. her husband for his laziness. In after its Christmas-New Year re- cesk. Senator Smith W. Brook- revenge ho spirits the child away hart, insurgent Republican of And turns him over to a wealthy Iowa, is the leader of the fight to man whose wife is childless and who oust Secretary Mellon

on Smart work by a Battersea con had been planning to adopt a grounds that throughout his long stable, who boarded a tram while in orphan. Then Sarah's husband dis tenure of office be has consistently 'search' of two suspects, and led a "appearing

In the meantime Baral, delivered favoured the appeals from taxation of the country's wealthy corpora- chase through several streets, ended of the yoke of domestic drudgery, fons and individuals. in the capture of two, mên,

sets out to achieve fame as a

Secretary Mellon contends that| They appeared at the South singer. After a spirited battle Western Police Court on a charge against adversity she gains a fair all tax refunds made by his office

success. Always there is the heart- are just and perfectly legal of uttering counterfeit. hall-crowns.

ache for her lost child. One day she points out that only after exhaus-. The final stages of the hunt were sings for a group of wounded tive investigation has proved that witnessed by hundreds of preple in soldiers in a hospital ward. One taxpayers have been over-assessed Battersea Park Road,

of them is ber. former scapegoat does his office agree to refunds. Earlier in the day a tobacconist, husband: He seen her and tells Mr. Lockwood, of York Road, Bat- her where she can find the boy. tersea, told the polios that two men Then he dies had come to his shop, and that after they had gone he found he had re. ceived a counterfeit. coin from one of them, MEDNA

A watch was set and later two men visited the shop of Mr. Peers tabacconist, iņ Battersea Park Road.

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OWEN

1930

El Brendel

making love Majorie White

singing love William Collier,

begging fove

Noel Francis speaking love

Frank Richardson

shouting love Miriam Seegar

cooing love

Benjamin Stoloff

• director

in the romantic com- dy hit of two

gay seasons...

NEXT CHANGE.

LON

HANEY

THE

in

talks

UNHOLY THREE

He can disguise and

chnage his voice now, as he disguises and changes his character!--

The most amazing and exciting screen event in

yeami

A new

Chaney with greater thrill and fasci

nation!

wich

Ho

Lila Lee Elliott.

Nugent

there on Saturday next for an ex- From then on the plot centres on when "The Vagabond King" comes Ler attempts to retrieve her son, the Saturday now a lid of 11 years. She meets Tiro Vagabond King was the n young lawyer who helps her They fall in love. The manner in chicle for Dennis King's greatest which Sarah accomplishes her plans singing achievement. It had a zan- for her son provides the big emotionationally long run of more than a packed climax of this splendid full season's duration in New York tour in romance-drama, It furnishes act and made an impressive tour in A police constable received in-

The music for The Vagabond, formation, and saw two men run-ng, action and excitement of the other cities afterwards.

highest entertainment value.

was written by Rudolph King" hing for a tramcar. He pursued them, and jumped aboard the car.

Friml, whose long, and successful When he told them he would take THE VAGABOND KING," them to the station on suspicion a

Dennis King, who for the past This little pamphlet bontains man jumped from the 'car and ran' tich for von Falkenhayn, who took three short dramatic pieces," God.. off.

Meantime, assistance, had arrived, two ur three years has been rated SCINATIƐULCANIA

donkerodky sritis as the greatest singing front just as the whole structure Desert," and Memnon," which, him. Eventually he was dotaigen, began to crumble under Allenby's their author tells us, word written and he, and a man who had accom. comedy stage will be seen and production have been carried to the were taken to Nine Elma Polics audiences at the Central Theatre gorgeous all colour screen varsion blows, but never lost graan of the for performance at the Oxford Panied the constable from the tram, beard for the first time, by movie all-talking screen in Paramount 1

(Continued at foot of neat column.) of The Vagabond King." Recitations; but they bear, on, trace Station,

sitnation or of his courage,

Trace SHOUT PLAYS. By Laurence Binyon, London: Sidgwick and Jackson. Tp. 47. 2. 6 not..

Harry Earles Directed by

Jack Conway Band on the worst by TOD ROBBINS

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