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A GOLDWYN BIBLE STORY

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1933

"SMILING THROUGH" shuttered window with once rich drapes-moth eaten And gray with dust.

CHAPTER II.

"Look at that vase now " Kath- leen said. "Once it was filled with flowers. Can you imagine. Willie-somebody picked 'em in the garden years before we were born, And that chair: A man's room it was. I wonder?

She looked at a high backed

The room with its shuttered win dows was almost entirely in dark- ness. Only a faint gray light creep- ing in here and there picked out certain vague objects. The eerie feeling of the scene was ingressed by a long, menacing roll of thun-chair over which a man's hunting der from without. A light glim- coat was fung. A glove lay on mered in the background."

the seat; its fellow was on the Willie and Kathleen appeared in floor. the doorway to study and paused there, two little, hesitant figures,

Precious" Kathleen said.. Well, they don't burn all night, you know

"Did I see candle cover

there 1?

"Wait a moment!!

"! It's a

bit creepy, isn't it? There's a newspaper and mail," Kathleen said.

"Letters that never were read!" she said, looking close,

"Fetch me the candle!"

The light drew nearer. In ita glow the hand of Kathleen picked

He struck another match. He lit two or three candles.up one of the letters,

"Willie! Did you say that no body had been in this house for nearly fifty years?"

"Um-it's a derelict no one's ever claimed it."..

"Funny!"

She started forward, looking

about her.

said. d love to read it!"

Jered Wayne, Esquire," she

It's a penal offense-tampering with the mails Willie warned.

"Jeremy Wayne

An hour later a small log fire had been built and the flames were

leaping merrily. Kathleen sat on her knees, her eyes fixed in dreamy a stol, her hands clasped about absorption on this dark and in- triguing room,

Kathleen passed slowly around the interesting old room. The flickering light revealed an oak panelled study, dark and solid. The interesting period furniture

"You know, Willie, there's some Was damaged by mildew. Dust sort of mystery here! People everywhere, and one felt that the don't go off and leave a house like draperics might crumple at this flowers and fruit and wine touch. Nevertheless, the room had and what not! Why didn't the a curiously lived-in air."

maid tidy things up-put.. that "If it weren't for all the dust, chair on its legs and the nighties you'd say the family had just pop on the furniture" ped out for something!""

All I know is, we've no busi- ness to be here."

As they spoke, they passed

The cast of Metro-Goldwyn-Ma- yer's super-production, "Dinner at

This is what actually happened couch that stood against the dark oak walls. The cushions were Eight," which George Cukor is di- in Find du Lac, Wisconsin. A carelessly tossed as though some recting, includes Marie Dressler, youngster came along and noticed one had lately rested there. Two John and Lionel Barrymore, Wal- the bill board advertisement of or three pictures were bugh, above lace Beery, Jean Harlow, Loe

it. They were, like others in the Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie "The Kid from Spain" and rip-room, of horses, dogs, or sporting Burke, Karen Morley, Madge ped off the bottom strip exposing scenes. Evans, Jean Hersholt, Phillips part of a religious poster which An opened booked, nibbled by Holmes, Louise Olosser Hale Hihad previously been paated there. rats, lay face downward on da Vaughn, Grant Mitchell, Eliza The result was:

round table; near by were a couple beth Patterson, Harry Beresford,

of old magazines, in the centre, a Phoebe Foster, Edward Woods, Samuel Goldwyn Mayer's produce large vase held the dead branches John Davidson, Edwin Maxwell, tion of "The kid from Spain". of what was probably some flower- Herman Bing, May Robson, Anni Ask your Sunday school teachering tree. The dried petals lay in Duncan and George Baxter.

To tell you the story. the dust about it., Beyond was

E

"Does it matter " "She rosted her chin on her hand; an inspired look came into her eyes.

People were afraid to come in- to this room; Something had hap pened here something that was strange and terrible these things could tell a tala!" "

"Kathleen, you can think up the darndest things

"They closed the door and went away-forever-18 though there were a curse on the house!”.

Her face became suddenly in- tent. With contracted brows, she went, her eyes fixed on some point ahead, on deliberately forward Willie stared after her with un- easy interest.

WHEN LONDON SLEEPS

A. TWICKENHAM FILM

STUDIOS PRODUCTION

HOLLYWOOD STAR IN BRITISH FILM

CONSTANCE CUMMINGS TO ACT WITH MATHESON LANG

[Special Air-Mail Service}

London, May 16. Misa "Constance Cummings, athe Hollywood star, who recently made British International film, Heads We Go," at Elstree, is not returning to America yat..

She has been holiday-making on the Continent, and she is now go- ing to play in a Gaumont-British film at Shepherd's Bush which be- gins this week. The leading man will be Mr. Matheson Lang, who, is returning to the screen after an absence of a year or so,

The title of the film is "Channel Crossing, and the whole of the action takes place on a cross Chan- nel boat between Dover' and "Calais. Mr. Lang plays the part of a financier. The drama concerns the last days of his life, and all the characters are people of different stations of life whose fortunes are affected by the financiaris opera- tions.

Mise Cummings will be his faith- fúl secretary, whose loyalty to him is misunderstood by her sweet- heart.

Gaumont British technicians have been working for some weeks on the Channel boat Canterbury dur ing her passage to secure shots for inclusion in the film.

"You know, you're giving mu the creeps!".

She had paused at the chair over which the hunting cost was flung and stooped to pick up a crump- led ball of paper which lay near one of the chair legs. She smooth. ed out the paper and read. A gasp froke from her.

"Willie'."

"Good heavens! What is it now !"

Willie came up and looked over her shoulder. She thrust the let ter into his hand.

"A wedding invitation!" Willie exclaimed.

He read:

"Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clare of Castle Otway, Wicklow, Request the company of Jeremy Wayne, Esq., at the wedding of their daughter.

Moonycan to

Sir John Carteret, Bart.,

at St. Mary's Purfleet, Sussex, on Wednesday, June 4, 1869. "By jore-Sir John exclaimed again.

Willie

"And my aunt that was-Moon- yean Clare! But they never were married, She died that year! It was the tragedy of his life-Uncle John's and still je!"

She pondered a moment.

"It's all very strange," she. said. "Dp you suppose it could be connected in some way with this house with this man? Sure it must have been. What happened do you think?"

I can't imagine." "Will you look at this When Jeremy Wayne got it he crushed it in his hand and throw it away! Why would be do that?"

He was probably, tight. He'd half emptied the decanter !

Ab, tosh to that! It's a clear as the day! He loyed her too

KING'S THEATRE

COMING SHORTLY!

HOWARD HUGHES' WHITE-HOT THUNDERBOLT

SCARFACE

PAUL MUNI

ANN DVORAK OSGOOD PERKINS

KAREN MORLEY - BORIS KARLOFF

God-less, loveless, heartless, he fought his brutal way up to the pinnacle of pow- er, only to be challenged by a frail woman.

More Thrilling Drama Than You Ever Saw, and More To Think About!

* ■ HOWARD HAWKS

production

Adorsed by Bus Pacht 'Frost ibe met by Ambage Trail

QUEEN'S THEATRE JUNE 8

UNITED ARTETS PICTURE.

A BRITISH TRIUMPH

ROME EXPRESS

TO BE SHOWN AT AN EARLY

DATE!

th

Esther Rakton plays in "Rome Express" the first time she has

in appeared

British Film. Twelve famous stars take part in this Gaumont "British Picture. A man elopes with another man's wife, two lovers meet again, three crooks fight over a stolen master- pisce, there is also a murder and a suicide, a thousand other incidents go with the "Rome Express" watch for the opening date of this great picture. The cast is as follows:

Esther Rakton, Conrad Veidt. Donald Calthrop, Hugh Williams, Joan Barry, Muriel Aked, Harold Hath, Gordon Horker, Eliot Make- ham, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Vosper and Finlay Currie.

HERBERT MARSHALL'S

NEXT

A general in the Chinese Army is working as a bit player in Holly- I hear that Herbert Marshall's wood these days. He is Chu Wong, next film will be "I Spy," to be who plays with Cary Grant, Nancy made by the Gaumont British peo- Carroll and Randolph Scott in pleat Shepherd's Bush He will "Hot Saturday" Cary Grant and figure in an all-star cast which in Randolph, who vie for Nancy Car- cludes Conrad Veldt, Bir Gerald roll's affaction in this picture. A du Maurier, Edmund Gwenn, credible, dramatic story of a girl Madeleine Carroll and Edmand who walked home from a Saturday | Willard. night party and found herself con-

demned anyway. Ruth Brock the

role played by Nancy Carroll, has | ROYALTY PRESENT. always played straight and above

FLICKERS FROM 12

HOLLYWOOD

board. Each week end she spends His Royal Highness, the Prince as assistant manager of the bank of Wales, and a party of friends each Saturday she takes her pay saw "A Farewell to Arms" at the envelope home and dances with the Carlton Theatre, London, last boys at Willow Springs She is week. leval headed and she knows well enough not to take Romer Sheffied's attentiona too seriously. Romer (Cary Grant) is a wealthy young man who has a summer home near Ruths town and has scan dilized. the entire town by keeping a girl at his home. Through a series of innocent circumstances Bath is seen to get out of Romers car at an carly hour Sunday morning. The result in total estracism by the en Dorothy Bouchier, feading lady tire town and a girls bitter facing in the Paramount British Picture, of the fact that people on the "Pure Strings," possesses a uni- whole would rather think evil than que car. It is a Rockne, and Irene Dunne and Ricardo Corter in good of their neighbours, but there are only three of its kind in

"Symphony of Bix Millions." Romer the sophisticate and lober- the United States.

tine turns out to be better than any of them.

Jack La Rue, co-featured with Miriam Hopkins in Paramount's

The Story of Temple Drake," the big brother of five sisters in real life.

Holon Twelvetrees birthday. falls on "Christmas Day.""

she was a`glamorous. thing! This

Compromise, Frocks, letter killed his last hope I'm

Smart Hollywood women. are telling you," Willie, there was ro-wearing compromiso frocks af Frances Dee, the Paramount fea mance in those days! They knew

ternoon frocks nt, every function tured player, was "discovered" how to love !!!

these days. Nancy, Carroll intro- while filming a picture the Her eyes went up to a portrait duces these two in, one dresses, in grounds of California college hanging" above the mantelpiece. her current Paramount picture Hot when she was an "extra"

It was a portrait in the style: Saturday. Over a white dinner of Sir Thomas Lawrence of Jere Fay Wayne, a dark, arresting face. The name was painted on the low- er border of the frame.

Can't you picture him, Wil lie?" said Kathleen. "Reckless and wild1 He'd never take no for an answer! Perhaps he carried her off-like young Lochinvar. No

it couldn't be that!

A

She turned slowly in the direc tion of the desk. Willie pivoted with her, wonderingly."

They stood staring at the desk. Awe came into Kathleen's voice.

"I know what happened in this room! That's why they closed the doors and loft things just as they were. He couldn't face life with out her. They found him here"

(Chapter III.

Bez

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