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No. 22877. f**** **A*** HONG KONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1931. N BRAJEREZHGAĦER

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TIME-TABLE.

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DIARY OF LOCAL YOUR CHILD IS

EVENT'S.

TO-DAY.

(November 20)

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THE CINEMA.

AD. C. Prasonis Dean Brutus," A REPLY TO MR. COMPTON

Theatre Royal,

Queen's Theatre: Hold Every

thing."

· World Thentre: "Emperor Chin

Lung travelling Kiang

episode (Chinese film);"

Stay Theatre: "Lord Byron, of

"Broadway."

King's Theatre: "The Brat." Central Theatre: "Ladies- of Leisure."

The Schneider Trio at Helena May Institute, 9.30 p.m.

Peninsula Hotel Rose Room, Les Dejahans at William Rimola

MACKENZIE.

BY HERBERT WILCOX,

THE WELL-KNOWN BRITISH FILM PRODUCER.

ترم

Mr. Compton Mackenzie, in his Toa Dances se King's Restaurant, thoughtful article on children in the Lane, Crawford's and Hong Kong cinema, has some hard things to Hotel; Dinner Dances at Peninsulay about the film industry-things Hotal and Hong Kong Hotel.

European Mail Inward Europovin Siberia (Kashgar), Outward: Europe via Siberia

Corfu) 1.30p.m..

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"H" Mr. Mackenzie writes, "I found that a visit to a cinema had induced & boy to pawn, his father's dress suit, to exchange his mother's. which strike more deeply to the silvas thimble for in ounce of roots of the business than the sweets, to blackmail his sister's single question: Should children be young man out of half-n-crown allowed to go to the pictures and to eat what was left of the I cannot hope to rival Mr. Mac- tinned tongue in the fatgily Jarder kenzio as a literary pamphleteer, I should believe, winte deprecating but many years' experience of the the particular forms this boy had ftm business has taught me a few chosen to express his energy; that things about the fitness of the the cinema could exert a positive cinema for this or that type of influence for good upon the growing audience, Mr. Mackenzie is no bay.

SATURDAY. (November 91.) Lawn Bowls, Closing day at Tai- Cricket-First Division Hong Kong C... Royal Artillery (L.), Indian R.O. . Civil Service (L), Kowloon Cricket Club v Craigen- Kower (F.). Second Division: Civil doubt aware that this is not the Service Indian R.C. (L), Folice first time the mind of the flm trade Hong Kong CC (L.), Craigenhus been exercised on this issue. gover . Kowloon C.C. (F.).

Hockey: Pelise » RAS.C., At least one important experiment in children's cinemas has been made Football: Lai Wah Cup: Civilians. Navy (Kowloon F.C) in London and failed to receive ade! 4. Second Division: R.Aquate support from the educational Eniversity, Navy Kowloon, Club authorities. Others, on a similar

. "Argylle, MAOC. 7. S.W.B. Third Division Recreio Fuccessful.

scale, have been scarcely more RE RS.C., S.W.B. v. St. Joseph's.

p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "Held Every- thing,"

World Theatre: Emperor Chin ang travelling Kinng Nam," episode 9. (Chinese film).

Star Theatre: "Lord Byron of Brondway."

THE PARENTS.

I am glad to see, however, that Mr. Mackenzie does not place the whole of the blame for the present situation on the film industry. He King's Theatre: "The Brat." blames the parents for letting their Central Theatre: Ladies of children go to the "pictures, and, Leisure."

Peninsula Hotel, Rose Room again, he blames democracy and Soupé Dansant, Nellie Farren's America. Troupe, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Ten Dances at Bong Kong Hotel and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel.

European Mail:-Outward Europe in Suez (Kashgar) 10.30

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SUNDAY. (November 22.)

"J

Last Sunday After Trinity. Races at Macao."

Queen's Theatre: "Hold Every- thing,"

OPEN-AIR FILMS.

Will Mr. Mackenzie pretend, that splendid open-air files like "The Virginian," boyishi adventures like.

or "Skippy," Tom Ehwyer" sentimental romances like "Merely Mary Ana, or the bold, bad antica of Mr. Douglas Fairbanks are “ab- sorbing the superfluous energy IN OF our youngatars? I run no risk in leaving this issue with the parents whom Mr. Mackenzio condemos. It is a question of Wardour Street versus "'Sinister Street."

Mr Mackenzie quotes the eR ampic of the London headmaster who fears to let his pupils go to the pictures in caso their minds became clogged by amusement." That is On any or all of these grounds he Į a charge against nge the rather than may be right, though it is so part the cinema, for a whole network of of my business to look after parents new amusements has sprung up and democrats. But Mr. Mackenzie simultaneously becomes more controversial" when

After all, is it not slicer prejudice.

ho refers to the "stultifying effect to declare that, so far from boys they (the films) must have upon still being boys, they are.all simply any kind of netion at all." He de-filmgoera? Doen Mr. Mackenzie be- sires a cinema which will inspirelieve that our children, lured forth children to action, to a kind of to the memoralising spectacle of the charge of the Light Brigade, or-ab movies, are keener on sitting still for a couple of hours than ċn run- the other end of the scale--to some

ning about outdoors? jolly form of crime.

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