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THE PHANTOM OF THE

ORERA

Ten tanks, each holding 700,000 gallons of water, had to be built for the scenes in The Phantom of the Opera," the pieturs which is now showing at the Central Theatre. From the contents of these five tanke, the five underground cellars, of the Opera House are flooded by the Phantom's evil trickery. The construction and the stiging of this flood scene is one of the biggest en- gineering feats over attempted in motion pictures

In order that the flooding, could bo successfully done, the cellars had to be netually built underground, in the base of the largo hill on the Universal ranel. For the excava tion, twelve pneumatic drills were worked continually for weeks, under th direction of a group of mining engineers and a number of miners brought from the famous Palisades, mines in the Northern Sierras." When the five tiers of the collurà were 'oxcavated they had to be, re inforced with steel and concrete and completely, wired for electric light-

For the flood scenes, the ten tanka were nanged in a circle about half way up the hill, above the level for the excavations, directly over ten specially built tunnels lending into the cellars. The tanks were con- structed that, at a signal, traps

ED in the bottom were release, and seven million gallons of water rush. ed with terrific force into the ex cavations. A whole battery of cameras and cameramen were sus pended on scaffolds and on rafts in

order that the scenes might be

photographed with certainty, as it is obvious the scene could not bo rehearsed nor taken over again.

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

GENERAL CRACK".

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1931.

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The

DANCERS

FOX

Movietone

of the Saphis-

ticated stage success

Featuring

LOIS MORAN and a brilliant support

PICTURE

NEXT ATTRACTION COMMENCING TO-MORROW

MEN ON CALL

Booking at the Theatre.

KING'S THEATRE.

THE DANCERS."

The Dancers," a frank portrayal

EDMUND LOWE

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Coast Guardsmen. These she wore for several days, finding ample time. between scenes to play and rest on the sunny beaches that line the bay. When the time came for her to asi

ontfortable

utilizing Const Guard persqunel, stations and equipment.

William Harrigan, Warren Hymer, Sharon Lynn, Jog Brown, George Concoran and Ruth Warren com- plate the brilliant supporting cast.

Tom Geraghty and Andrew Bex- aison, veteran writers for the audible screen, are credited with the original story.

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aume the filmy chiffon of the dress- "General" Crack," John Barry of the reasonings and reactions of ed-up heroine, Miss Clarke kept her more's initial Vitaphone talking modern youth where the emotions Coast Guardsmen's outfit. Now she picture for Warner Brothers, now are concerned, is the Fox Movietone playing at the Queen's Theatre, now showing at the King's Theatre, auit of beach pajamas in Hollywood.

is claiming the most was adapted by Walter Anthony

Chandler Sprague, notepaper man John Blystone, who made "So and J. Grubb Alexander from the who deserted the public prints for George Preedy novel, a stirring the more colourful opportunity of

This Is London," for Fox Tilms, story of romance and adventure in screen story telling, directed the

directed" Men On Call," filmed the Europe of the eighteenth cen- picture as his successor to Not with the assistance and co-operation tury, during the reign of Leopold Damaged," also a, story of moderns ¡ of II., of Austria,

with the same featured players and "General Crack" depicts the mnds an excellent thing of it. fiery loves and hates of a youth Lois Morna and Phillips Holmes born of a gypsy princess and the as the romantic leads, with Walter Duke of Kurland. Many imposing Byron, who "sored heavily as the battle scenes are presented in the lover in "Not Damaged," and the film, while glamorous scenes of care celebrated Mrs. Patrick Campbell free gray life, contrasted with the also have important parts which poing of Austrian court, form im- they portray with fine understand portant backgrounds for the swift

ing. action, much of the play being film

"The Dancers is the Fox ed in natural hues by the techni Movietono adaptation of the famous colour process.

Principles in the cast Marian Maurier and Viola Trec. Its screen. stage play by Sir Gerald Du Nixon, Armida, Hobart Bosworth, version retains the fine qualities of Lowell Sherman, Andres de Segu-the original. The story deals with rola, Otto Matiesen, Douglas Gerthe ideal romance of sentimental Fard, Philippe de Lacy and many others. Alan Crosland directed.

youngsters who glight their love in f the Gypsy fashion. Lois Moran is It was revealed at Bow-street. the girl who pledges fidelity as a that robberies at "jewellers" shops maid, only to find that a three years have recently been committed he separation from her sweetheart, breaking windows with a calapult Bringing a stage play to the combined with family objections and and large leaden bullets. speaking screen and at the same the frankness of modern life, is too time making it of absorbing interest | much of a temptation for her to keep; and entertainment value to the her vow *** Released from prison only a week audience might seem a difficult task. When her sweetheart returns the after serving thres months for win but Victor Fleming has accomplish decides to withdraw from his life, dow breaking at 10. Downing ed it with his production of "Com-leaving him to marry the dancer, a street, the official residence of themon Clay," with Constance Bennett clever role by Mac Clarke, whom he Prime Minister. Lewis Colville Miller (61) was charged at Bow- enacting a leading le, which opens has met in Canada. street with breaking another win- to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre. happily. dow at the same place.

Taken from Claves Kinkend's Harvard prize play of the same tiamo," Common Clay" presents in Vivid fashion the drama of a girl

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PRISON PHILOSOPHY.

THE WINDOW BREAKER AT DOWNING-SAREET..:...

The gaoler said that Miller had been to prison several times for breaking windows at 10 Downing- street, and for damaging a valu able picture at the National Gal

Miller told the magistrate that he was penniless and, the only alterna tives open to him were suicide, the workhouse and prison. He added:

Suicide was repellent

The conversation of men in the workhouse was unbearable ang

In prison he had at least the pri- vacy of a cell of night, where he could consider his own thoughts.

He went back to prison for two

monthside

COMMON CLAY.”.

But it ends

"MEN ON CALL.

Mao Clarke, who will be seen at

of the poople, whose love for gaiety the King's Theatre on Thursday in

GIRL IN FLYING SQUAD CHASE.

•POLICE STORY OF

CATAPULT.

In the dock was Frank Chapman (21), of Short's gardens, WG., WIL liam Burke "(46), and the latter's wife, Peggy Burko (22). They wore charged charged with possessing housebreaking implements by night.

A member of the Flying Squad said that for nearly an-bour after,

zenith:

LIPE VELEZ

Jean Hersholt

John Holland

midnight he and other officers WORLDS

watcher the defendants from a police sar, and eventually arrested welke vera them by the doorway of a shop on which were jemmy marks corres. ponding with a jemmy found on one of the defendanta.

"After the defendants had been

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JANET GAYNOR

and dancing leads her into an ever-support of Edmund Lowe in the fightening web of circumstances thrilling Fox Movietone drama of driven to Bow-street, three bullets CHARLES FARRELL Miss Bennett is said to surpass even Coast Guard life and love. Men,ware found in the police car, and her notable work in.“ Son of the On Call," is a hearty supporter by catapult was thrown under the Gods by her performance in this the bench-pajama-ind, for women,

decat in the charge room. offering, and Lew Ayres, who leaped While on location at Monterey to fame in All Quiet on the Bay during the filming of the story Western Frnot," plays the masculino | hør rúfa called for hör to be dressed lead opposite her

in the wide trousers and blouse, of

The officer added that ferite dim charged by catapult had been found

jewellers windows which recently been robbed

a

The magistrate ordered a remand, for inquirién."

SUNNY SIDE UP

EXPLORING SPACE.

(Continued from Page 1.)

will happen to them in a shell swervingar fluttering as

it leavon

Aun

muzzle

le ab ten miles, or about

50,000 feet, per second, not to speak

of the shell-rotation at perhaps 10,000. per second due to the riffing in the barrell They would become! a bit dizzy. Unless fundamentally: now knowledge is discovered there is no prospect of either man, or bia Corpse escaping off the earth. Even if he escaped and remained alivo ho would have to compass very

complicated astronomical naviga. tion. He would have to have ar- ranged to be shot so as to come within the gravitational field of attraction of the planets he wished, to visit, Though perhaps the num- ing of the gun would not. I

be im- possible, the chances of the gun shooting sufficiently accurately to achieve a planetary, "hit" would be extremely small. Even if this were achieved and the shell with a man inside came within the at traction of the moon or Mars, bo would require to carry an elaborate landing apparatus, for he would hit the moon with a-velocity of a milo or two second, not being able to break his descent, with a para chute because the moon has no at- mosphere...

Exploring the Upper Air. Escaping from the earth is really fantastic proposal. Exploring the upper atmosphora is an activity of an entirely different kind. One

notices that if one explores the at- mosphere with a ballon one depends on the existence, of the air in order to rise. With a balloon one can ris only in the air; one cannot rise beyond the means of rising. Thus balloon ascents offer no prospect of escape from the earth. Extending the exploration of the atmosphere la the modest object of balloon ascents, such as Professor Piccard's. Until recently man could penetrato thoso regions only where, the air pressure did not differ beyond, a certain amount from that at ses level. He could not rise much be

yond 10,000 feet into the ait, or sink

much below 200 feet below the sea because of adverse physiological offects of pressure. He could pene- trate farther only by proceeding to note that last year Mr. W. Beebe and Mr. Olis Barton sank more than a quarter of a mile into the Atlantic Ocean inside a steel shell.

Many interesting phenomena are investigable by high balloon as

cents. First, the nature of the atmosphere charges at a height of about 35,000 feet in British lac tudes. The air temperature falls steadily until that height is reached

and then remains stationary for miles higher. Lengthy direct obser vation of the air, at 50,000 feet'might

Fat

foxtend knowledge of this pheno

menon. There is also some evidence that large scale weather changes may originato in high latitude

changes. Further knowledge of the behaviour of the upper atmosphero might improve weather forecasting.

Professor Piccard's great achieve.

ment is in rising two or three miles: bigher than human has risen

& before, and in proving that, the mechanical problems of ascending in

BUT Men

'n metal shell which retains a normal air pressuro are soluble. In the future the atmosphere" may be thoroughly explored up to

or two higher still-unti

set by the deanties of:

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Buonas ka "Tockalcater

VITA

Owing to the length of the, feature, the performances will commence punctually and patrons are requested to occupy their sents well on time,

TO-MORROW

That powerful clash between

love hungry lad and a respectability seeking girl

[Harvard

play by Cleves

COMMON CLAY

Constance Bennett Law Agras

COMING SHORTLY EDNAN FERBER'S COLOSSAL

ARROA

and of the earth

RICHARD DIX