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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

CENTRAL HARD AT WORK.

THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7 15 & 9.20 p.m.

Gay, Giddy, Glamorous!

GERTRUDE LAWRENCE

*The Battle

of Paris"

a

Guramount Gicture.

with

Charles Ruggica

- Directed by- ROBERT FLOREY

NEXT CHANGE

Return Engagement

MAURICE CHEVALIER

AND

JEANETTE MACDONALD

in

"THE

LOVE PARADE"

Bookings at Andersons and

CITY LIGHTS.'

NO THOUGHT OF CUPID OR "WILD" PARTIES.

I have just been chatting with Miss Virginia Cherill, the "mystery star," who is Mr. Charles Chaplin's leading lady in his latest Alin, "City Lights," writes au Evening Standard correspondent. ...

Until, Mr. Chaplin "discovered?! hor in romantic circumstances, lias Cherill had never acted either on the seroon or the stage.

"I am sorry to have awakened you," I began, for it was 0.45 4.in. in Hollywood when Miss Chorill received my call.

Don't let that worry you," she replied. "I am using any bodsido telephone.

"I do not know why I am sup- posed to be a mystery, star-my story is really a very simple one.

"Mr. Chaplin saw me two years ago, when I was at a boxing match in Los Angeles with my brothers. I suppose he decided that I was thie type he needed to play opposite him in City Lights'-I am fair, you know, and rather tall.

Introduced by a Friend. "A friend. Introduocd us, and roon afterwards I sigued a contract. to appear in the now picture.

"That was two years ago, when I was 20. "In City Lights' the part of the girl is only incidental, Mr. Chaplin gave me every chance to show what I could do. He was wonderfully kind.

"At present City Lights is un- dergoing the usual process of

cutting, so I am unable to say just how important or otherwise my

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1931.

DIFFICULT DECISIONS

BGLUYAS WILI

THE SILVER SCREEN QUEEN'S

QUEEN'S THEATRE..

SONG O MY HEART.

TO-DAY 70 SATURDAY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7:15 & 0.20. World Sensation!

GLUYAS WILLIAMS

TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER A CERTAIN SUSPICIOUS DARKNESS IN THE REGION OF THE LEFT EAR IS A SMOOCH OR A SHADOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE LITTLE SHORT OF A CALAMITY TO WASH YOUR FACE WHEN THERE WASNIT ANY REAL NEED FOR IT (Copyright 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

(Oontinued from Page 2.)

work will be in the finished picturo, 7.29 to 7.50, p.m.-

"But I am naturally fioping that audiences, both in America and England, wll see enough of me to ferin an opinion, of my acting.

"Of course, it is a wonderful hdvantage to a young actress to have been chosen as Mr. Chaplin's leading lady,

Her Next Picture. '. "Six weeks ago I signed a con- tract with the Fox company to play a starring part in a new picture directed by Raoul Walsh, who made

The Big Trail.'

"Although nobody know me when I began film work-far I had come from Chicago, where I was born- I soon found that I had many friends in Hollywood.

"Gloria Swanson has been very kind to me; so has Marion Davies, whose acting I admired long before

we met.

"My own greatest ambition is to become a serious dramatic actress rather than to appear in comedy.

"Who is my favourite male film slar Why, Mr. Chaplin, of course!"?

Misa Cherill as a house in Holly- wood, where she lives with her

other

1

Although she has many friends, she is not engaged to be married.

Operatic. Carmen-The Toreador Song"

(Bizet). Harold Williams, Tannhauser-0 Star of Eve" (Wagner). Harold Williams. The Beggar's Opera "-Selections (Gay and Austin)-The Regi mental Band of H.M, Grena- dier Guarda,

"Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan) -Vocal gems. Columbia Light Opera Company.

7.50 to 8 p.m.-

Band Music,

MISS AURIOL LEE.

EXPLANATION OF AIR

CHIEF'S WILL.

state-

12-5

OBSCURITY IN LITERATURE

A MODERN NOVELIST ON HIS COLLEAGUES,

The film you've heard

so much

about-

From the porting scones of Song O' My Heart" to the Anál notes of the voice of its star, John McCormack, atita

close, the audienco which heard and saw it at its first performance, in tho Queen's Theatre yesterday trea sured every moment of it. In the waited skill with which the voice of the

so long. great tenor has been recorded, in

to see. Fox movietone, in the export direc tion by Frank Borzage, and in the fine human elements of the story itself, this rates as an exception!" picture and splendid entertain- ment.

Those who saw the opening per formance were inoved to alternate, laughter and tears, and frequent bursts of applauso signified to the intensity of their appreciation of the vocal numbers,

Wo are introduced to John Mc Cormack as a talented singer în a Ittio Irish village, saddened by an early disappointment in love. The girl, following the dictate of a demineering aunt, married another. The role is beautifully enacted by Alice Joyce, and Maureen O'Sulli van and Tommy Clifford, givo de lightful performances as her two children.

Ultimately, McCormick goes to Amerien as a world-famous singer, and finally returns to bring hap pinoes to the daughter of the woman he loved, by aiding her in marrying the man of her choice.

Excellent performances are con

"GOOD NEWS.

Mr. David Garnett, the novelist, who lectured to the Manchester tributed by J. M. Kerrigan, Farrell Southampton-Miss Auriol Lee, branch of the English AssociationMacDonald and the entire cast, the actress, to whom Sir Sefton school of thought at Cambridge, with unusual beauty:

on the subject said that a certain and the picture is photographed Braneker, Director of Civil Avia-believed clarity to be essential to tion, who was killed in the R 101 literature. But there was a great disaster, left bis estate, landed at.

mass of English poetry, including Southampton recently from

parts of Shakespeare, Milton, the Vaughan, and Blake, which was Cliff Edwards just can't seem to United States.

lacking in clarity, and where, after land a role that will fit into some

brains to get at the meaning. A his movid debut in "So This Is delight, one bad to cudgel one's like most nating folk: In making the first gasp of amazement and portion of his personal experiences.

recent critio had gone so far as to Collage," Cliff was a glee club say that ambiguity was essential loador. Then he went into to great poetry. It was certain that we must educate our powers of appreciation; we must not be pub off because a writer aroused our of responso alive, and our minds prejudices,, must keep our power. football trainer. and hearte elastic. If we loved literature, we must bring sympathy and goodwill to appreciate it. But if we could not discover either where a writer was setting out from or heading for, we were loat indeed.

mcat

She made the following

"It is actually a heavy obliga tion, for Sir Sefton has loft me" all his dobts and an enormous legacy duty,

The Middy March" (Alford), There are, too, his personal The Regimental Band of H.M.papers, which are very valuable, Grenadier Guards.

Groat War, diaries, and a for they include his history of the private record of aviation from 1010.

"War Marching Songs."-Debroy

Somers' Band.

-

8 to 10.30 pm-Chinese Studio

concert.

10 30 p.m.-Close down.

CLERGYMAN'S SON FINED.

DRUNK AND ASSAULTED POLICE.

Theodosius Boughton-Leigh, the

the Theatre (Tel. 25720). I'm much too interested in my 18-year-old son of the Rev, Mr.

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work for anything like that," sho assured me firmly.

Those Hollywood Parties,

I asked her whether it was true that she was a talented musician, She' replied: Ma

"I'm afraid not. I play the piano, but not very well. In any cose, boing a musician would not have helped me much in City Lights As you will so when the picture comes to London, it is silent with a musical accompani- ment"

Busy though she is, Miss Cherill finds time to attend an occasional Hollywood party

"But you mustn't believe what you read about parties in Holly- wood," she said. They are "just" like parties anywhere else-at any rato, I have never been to a 'wild one,

When work permite, Miss Cherill will pay her first visit to England, which she has wanted to do for some years.

Good-bye, London," she said when our talk ended. I'm going to have another bour's sleep now there's a hard day's work shend at the studio.

Boughton-Leigh, of Adelaide ères cnt, Hove, was convicted at drunk and disorderly and assault Brighton Polico Court of being ing four police officers. He was fined £12. Boughton-Leigh gave notice of appeal

offences, and said it was pure im. He emphatically denied all the agination. He alleged that "the police had a knife in him," and added.

ton.

"Overlooked the Money." "They came into my possession in a strange way. I am a portuer ina literary agency, and was a great personal friend of Sir Sef- I often flow with him.' "In 1927 he was going on a ra- ther dangerous fight, and thought he would like to protect his books and papers. He said to me: I am leaving them in charge of you and Jones-meaning Major H. Air Ministry, who was his excent Jones, the personal secretary at the tor.

Marianne as a doughboy and switched to a cowboy part in "Montana Moon." Now he's in "Good News," gone collegiate as

I've never seen the inside of a college, don't know which and of a gun to shoot out of and don't bridle goes on," he waited. "Can't know which part of a horse the somebody be satisfied to let me be just another ukulele player?!

Gannett, "n Scotsman, for whomzation of the famous stage hit which "I have a friend," said Mr. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's picturi Bessie Love has the leading role

Edward Lear's Nonsense Rhymes will open on Sunday at the Queen's mwan nothing. They are outside Theatre. his philosophy of life altogether) Included in the supporting cast indeed he seems to think they are aimed specially at him. I mysof Dorothy McNulty, Lole Lane, Gus are Mary Lawlor, Stanley Smith, feel much the samu about Miss Shy, Frank McGlynn, Billy Taft place that I can't be bothered with Gertrude Stein. I feel in the first and Tom Jackson, her writings, and secondly that thore is very little to be got out of them."

CENTRAL THEATRE.

THE BATTLE OF PARIS."

cessary for methetic satisfactim, losing the sympathy which is 319- "All symbolists are in danger of

"Sir Sefton merely loft things much trouble, and he has to re showing at the Central Theatre in like that, and seems to have over-member when he has got well into the form of "The Battle of Paris," merely left th because they put the reader to A now type of picture is now. looked the money side of the mat-

the work that the characters are, which will remind most ex-service ter.

such a hurry that I do not think should from Blake, because I re- comedy star, combines beauty,

"Everything was arranged in

not real people, but abstract con- mon of very pleasant memories. coptions. I cannot get all that I Gertrude he gave the financial side a mealise he is not addressing me at grace, voice, humour, dignity, act.

Lawrence, ment's thought, and little imagin all, but is living in an absolute ing ability and immense charm into musical

ed that he would place me under mental solitude. We have some such a delightful hodge-podge that any obligation

huif-hearted symboliste to-day, but you can't resist her appeal, none of them, with the exception of D. H. Lawrence, has apy los ringly presented in a new comedy "The Battle of Paris is stir son to deliver."

style, music and faultios, dialogue, Mr. Garnett sald he felt Eliot in tempts that have been made to Speaking of Mr.T. H. Eliot, but it is far superior to many at- his writing tried to leave the wide bring such a style of story-telling world out in the cold; his was to the screen, for it is really quite Mies Lee intimated that she in-the poetry of a mind which tried engrossing. A coffoostall keeper in Queen's tends to publish Sir Sellon's book to make dark references and there road made a remark about my shortly, and said that it will was therefore in his work much who sells music on the streets of pork pio hat and people round the

The story is that of a young waif stall laughed. I laughed in is de very discreet treatment." that was portentious and decult. Paris before the war. Zizi (Charles

"I have are the Bench before on been, charged with anything else. motoring offences, but never have I was not drunk, and I did not jump into a sandbip exclaiming

I'm the King of the __„Ale.'

"

In a Police Box.

To Take on Every Debt, "I am, however, prepared to take on very debt, and I should like it to be known that the fast thing I need is anybody else's money," and

den to produce plays, but intends to return to the United States later in the year.

Miss. Lee has returned to Lon-

risive manner. A constable told me not to be impertinent, barged into mo, and would listen to no explanation. I was arrested and

Sir Softon Brancker left pro- taken into a small police box. A struggle took place in the box..perty of the gross value of £0,000 I resisted arrest. I did not left everything to Miss Auriol Lee, with net personaty £5,044. He deliberately kick any officer. I Lady Brancker was awarded a do not know if a policeman's hand civil pension of £300 a year. She was under my foot.

was married in 1007, and has one Bon.

The Home Secretary is still pre- Cross-examined by Mr. J. G. pared to consider the setting up of Drow Boughton-Leigh said that he an inquiry into the Lottery Laws, was of good birth and education, if there can be shown to be a anb and he expected to go on to Cam Juction into the House of Commons stantial demand for it. The intro- bridge. He had born at Harrow of a Bill to legaliso sweepstakes for Shown a sheet of papers Bough charity will possibly give Mr. Lon-Leigh denied that he used the Clynes the occasion for a statement words written on it. He said that on the question, and it would not it was an entire invention on the be surprising if be announced his part of the police, who had a knife. intention, to nópont, & commitige le dialiradanana 3 m

from James Joyce."I don't know scurry before a police raid Georgie what that means," he said, "and (Gertrude Lawrence) meets a young Mr. Garnett then read an extract Ruggles) is her partner. In the

I don't want to know. If I had American artist Tony, and when the time and energy I'd rather she leaves she takes his wallet with earn Spanish and read Colderan her. Returning the wallet to Tony, tion of the visible external world remain and model for him. They in the original. If it is descrip the next day, she is persuaded to you are looking for, one page of fall in love. Wat is declared and Goorge Moore is worth the whole Tony enlists, Georgio keeping his of Joyce put together."..

It is always necessary to un-While nursing in a large hospital

apartment until he returns, derstand the intention of an vare tist, "enacluded Mr. Garnett, "and of three strange friends, the throe in Paris Georgie becomes the pot

that he had nover seen his son the to appreciate him. That involves rushes to his apartment to meet to believe that what he is doing musketeers: She learns that Tony" Boughton-Leigh's father mid is worth while, if you are going is in Paris on a two day leave and worse for drink. He added:

very often, much offort of mindim, but Tony fails to put in his "I have tried to get him to have As a writer, my criticism is vitiat appearance, so she goes in search home, hat he has always refused. first of all those writers whin do

glass of wine with his moals afe because I cannot help loving of him, finding him in the arms

very feebly Is is for you, ne road aid but her efforts fail; she is hired perzochy wine am trying to do The three musketeers, come to her

to sympathise, to forgive, and to joins the three friends in their ers, to make every possible effort awny and made a prisoner Tony condone, in the hope, that a blind search for her. It will spoil the

one in the house, and very domes

of inquiry. The proposed Billis Two young men who were withiented. I have never heard hin

private one, which will have no Boughton-Leigh when he was aruse had language chance of passing without the help restod said that he was not drunk Mr. Baily (the presiding 108- don Leigh's age he would have been

and approval of the Government, and did not jump

but it will serve na a basis for dis-bin, into the sandgistrato) said that, but for Boughing frash of beauty may illumine picture to tell you the rest, but we

cussion of the whole, question. (Continued at fout of next column.) sent to prison.

n work which you were ready to will say this much, the action is as throw aside.

stirring as you can imagine.

and heart

John

McCormack SONG O MY HEART

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