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MIGHTY BARNUM

20th Century's First Of 1935 Programme

Hollywood, "Sept. 17. Twentieth Century launched the production of its 1934-35 pro- gramme to-day (Monday) with 'Mighty Barnum" at the United Artists lat, Wallace Beery in title spot and Walter Lang directing. Picture got away exactly one year. after the start of 20th's programme" in 1933, when The Bowery" went. before the cameras,

According to present plans. 20th Century will start four other productions prior to Jan. 1 'Clive in Indis, (Colman); Jack London's 'Call of the Wild, Fredric "March, with William Wellman directing: Folies Ber- gere de paris.' Chevalier starrer: and

"Cardinal Richellen,' with George Arliss

DEL RUTH WILL DIRECT "THE RED CAT"

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In Lieu of Clive Of India

Hollywood, Sept. 17 Darryl Zanuck has assigned Roy Del Ruth to direct "The Red Cat' which 20th Century produces late this year with Maurice Chevaller in top spot.

Del Ruth had originally been pencilled in to direct 'Cuve of In- dia (Ronald Colman), but pro- duction slate carried the two plc- tures too close together.

PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN

Voted Best World Premiere

Chattering gally, the crowds trooped out of the ornate Excel-. slor Palace Hotel at the Lido last week, and hurried, depending on. their circumstances, to their pri vate launches or to the grimy vaporetto to Venice.. After four"

Second weeks of showings the International Motion Picture Ex- position was over.

There were plenty of prizes, but as suspected, the very carnal Czechoslovakian Alm Excstase, even though it so far surpassed every other flm i popularity

the that

Vatican's Cbservatore Romano was forced to publish biting editorials (Time, Aug. 27), won none of them. Prize for the most entertaining Alm went to Frank Capra's It Happened One Night. Douglas Fairbanks' Bri- tish-inade Private Life of Don Juan was voted the best world premiere, For giving the largest presentation of films, the Motion Picture producers and Distribu- tors of Ameriçe got a loving cup. Acclaimed as the world's best cinema performers were Katha- rine Hepburn and Wallace Beery, They Got gold medals. So did Mickey Mouse.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1934.

"THE HOUSE OF

ROTHSCHILD

The House of Rothschild" Talleyrand, and the other Con- should have a long run at the tinental Ministers insult them, King's This is more than a Institute pogiums against their "vehicle" for George Arliss, as people, try to ruin them financial- certain of his later pictures havely. But wars must be fought, and tended to be. While obviously the menace of Napoleon banished designed to have popular appeal, "from Europe. So money—and the it is a stately piece of Almdraft, Rothschilds-win. broadly conceived and admirably executed. If a sub-title were needed I would suggest "Banking Without Tears."

First

Mayer Rothschild. patriarch of the House of the Red Shield in the Frankfort ghetto and founder of the great inter- national banking house, and later as Nathan, one of his ave sons, Mr. Arliss gives the screen per- formance of his life, In years to

LORETTA -YOUNG

Nathan, having given his word that he will back the Allies Anan- tally, places the whole resources of the banking house on the Lon- don Stock Market to balster up the Allled securities when every- one else believes that Napoleon will smash Wellhator at Waterloo. His loyalty and judgment are re- warded in the end.

Perhaps coincidence plays too big a role in this film. Happily,

AND ROBERT YOUNG

IN

"THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD "

come, I venture to think, he will be remembered for his Rothschuid when his Voltaire, and possibly even his Disraeli, have been for- gotten.

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Mayer Rothschild, on his death- bed, calls together his five sons and bids them go to Europe's most important cities and there open separate branches of his banking house. The curtain is just fting on the great Napoleonic drama, in which the Jewish firm is destined. to play sq, commanding a part,

despite the acuteness of the racial problem.

The Rothschilds have money as their only weapon. Metternich of Austria, Ledrantz of Prussia,

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DAVID COPPER-

FIELD"

Child Actress Wins Role In Cast

Marilyn Knowlden, child -act- ress, has a personality that re- gisters off the screen, as well as Ga. She proved it when she ap- piled to David O. Selznick, pro- ducer, and George Cukor, director, for a role in Metro-Goldwyn-May- er's DAVID COPPERFIELD.

Selznick and Cukor remembered her instantly as one of the child- ren in their former picture, LIT- TLE WOMEN. Instead of giving hez the part for which she ap- plied, however, they gave her the role of the child Agnes Wickfeld," one of the most important in the picture. She is David Cop- perfield's foster-sister, whỏm, in adult life, he recognizes as his true love:

According to studio executives, records show that little Miss Knowlden, aged seven, has had more featured roles than any child on the screen. Recently she appeared in IMITATION OF LIFE and AS THE EARTH TURNS.

In DAVID COPPERFIELD :she joins a cast that sparkles with such celebrated names as those of Frank Lawton, who plays the adult David; Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Lewis Stone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Allan, Roland

Young. Madge Evaris, Jessle Ralph, John Buckler, Fay Chaldecott, Hugh Williams,

"THE GAY DIVORCEE"

Astaire Rogers Teamed

PRIVATE PREVIEW BY "HOLLY- WOOD REPORTER”

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Better than "FLYING DOWN TO RIO" by virtue of the fact that there is no attempt to disguise the fact that Fred Astaire is a STAR. How they will watch those dan- eing feet and appreciate his hu. mour and his gentleman-like ways). Make no mistake about it, Fred. Astaire is in pictures' to stay and what a boon to the box-office that's going to be! It's also ber- ten than "FLYING DOWN TO RIO," because there are fewer tricks, slightly more story and this new one has dance numbers that far outclass the first picture. Let us face it, The picture is Fred Astaire dancing, and singing his way to movie glory. The stage has known him long and now mo- vie audiences will have the same pleasure in watching, his work. Then there is Ginger Rogers., Aşü taire must be an inspiration be- cause Glazer outdoes herself in the dance and is really a swell heroine for musicals. Alice

Musical Shorthand"

.........

"Musical shorthand.", to trans-

IT'S A BET

WITH

fer to a notebook in a flash any HELEN CHANDLER

Leeting strain that may run through a" composer's brafo -li the unique method by which the famous songs of Sigmund Rom- berg are built.

The famous composer, now col- laborating with Oscar Hammers- teln at the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer studios on THE NIGHT IS ''YOUNG, glamorous musical ro-

mante of the Royal Opera, uses this odd form of notation, car- ries his notebook with him, and sometimes even awakes at night, to jot down a strain that comes to his mind.

After all. he insists, there's nothing new about it, Beethoven. had a "musical shorthand," and so had Verdi.

The new picture, co-starring Ramon Novarro and Evelyni Laye. is based on Vicki Baum's IN OLD VIENNA.. Edgar Allan Woolf and Franz Schulz, Viennese scenarist, wrote the screen play.

The team of Rembery Composer, and Hammerstein, librettist. colla- borated on the Broadway, stage pro- ductions of New MOON and DE- SERT SONG, Others of Rom- berg's works are THE STUDENT PRINCE and BLOSSOM TIME, "

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Swims-and Reads Shakespeare

WHAT SHE THINKS OF

HEPBURN

Helen Chandler, the pretty American star who is co-starring with Gene Gerrard in B.I.P.'s new flm "It's & Bet," reads Bhakespeare in between shooting sequences at the studio! If It's enough though, Miss warm Chandier often dashes off to the

Swim local Road House for a Miss Chandler is a good swimmer, but admits that she prefers to laze about in a bathing costume on the side of the pool in the sunshine, and sip cooling drinks and get sunburned.

Is OK, and Eddie Horton is gFLICKERS FROM American, she had the

A new English actor. Erik Rhodes establishes himself as "Tonetti." He has a voice too. Watch him! Mark Bandrich has done even bet- ter than usual with his disection and Dave Gould's dances are gorgeous. The big number "Con- tinental is breath-taking. It starts on with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, goes off. into mass Agures, fades into langos, walt- zes, buti fights, hundreds of adagio dancers and finally back to the original couple. Then there is the original "Night and Day” num- ber which is beautifully staged and "Let's K-nock K-nees,"

though, it is mounted with ar- istry and not produced in the exuberant manner in which Holly- wood is inclined to deal with his- torical subjects: Acting—and the cast is exceptionally long-photo-Needle in a Haystack" and the graphy, costumes, all bear witness to the care with which Twentieth Century Pictures have made the Alm.

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Apart from Mr. Arliss, who is seldom off the screen, and whose homely, whimsical gestures are in fine relief to his emotional mo- ments, Aubrey Smith is a vincing Wellington," and · Loretta Young. as Julle-Nathan's daugh- " ter if she has no chance to act, looks" adorably fragile, the colour- ed scene at the end is superb,

MOVIE NEWS

Eddie Cantor has Anished his Intest comedy. "Kid Millions." and.. will be in England in time for its opening there.

Arin Harding will have Charles Laughton and Charles Boyer as her leading men in "Peacock Fea- thers," on which she is shortly to start work for an independent company.

Jean Harlow has announced that she is thinking of adopsing a baby. Her part in "Blonde Bombshell" will have shown her how fat to set about it.

Erich Von Stroheim is to play the lead in "The Crime of Dr. Crespy." "The great Gabbo," which he gave one of his frest performances, has recently been revived and released again.

William Haines's coming picture; "Slim," is based on a novel by an author: named. William Wister Halues. Actor and author are not related.

Wallace Berry who started life as attendant to an elephant, will Mighty Barnum with another follow his appearance, in "The

circus story," O'Shaughnessy's

Herbert Mundin, Jean Cadell, Vio, let Kemble-Cooper, Lennox Pawle and Una O'Connor, with others still to be selected

entrancing "Don't Let It Bother You." There is no questioning the entertainment in "THE GAY DIVORCEE" We consider it one of the finest if not the finest musical we have yet seen. And in Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers you have comedy team, that cannot possibly surpassed

HOLLYWOOD

Wheeler and Woolsey, have just completed “KENTUCKY KER- NEES." They are very much en- thused over this Alm, as it is their first appearance in sympa- thetic roles,

The latest Alm to capture the interest of movie-goers is RKD's “THE GẦY. DIVORCEE It is generally conceded that it is one of the best musicals ever produced. Fred Astaire stars for the first time and is ably supported by Ginger · Rogers, and there appears Little doubt that they will prove one of the-most popular teams in the screen."

Bir. James Barrie's "LITTLE MINISTER” is nearing comple-

Voted the most beautiful notrams of the screen, glamorous Dolores Del ⠀ Bio will make you gasp with delight in Warner's “Madame Du Barry" coming to the Alhambra Theatre. The story concerns the fife and loves of this French courtesan and the cast includes such stars of stage and screen as Reginald Owen, Victor Jory, Osgood Per- kins, Verree Teasdale and Helen· Lowell

Boy," in which Jackie Cooper will co-star.

Lew Ayres will be Janet Gaynor's leading man in the talkie version of Way Down East." The same pair will probably appear in a re- make of "In Old Kentucky."

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SUNDAY at 4.30 PM

tion. This is Katharine Hep- burn's first picture for several months

RKO Radio's comedy-mystery- melodrama boasts of a super cast of comics Ben Lyon and Theira Todd are featured and are sup ported by Pert Kelton,

ton, Chick Chandler, Skeets Gallagher and Walter Catlett,

KARA

RKO 8 adventure thrillex, is nearing completion The story deals with thrilling adventures of treasure seekers in the head-huiter land of British New Quinca.

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Miss Chandier is also a devotee of tennis, but she does not play much. When, the championships were on at Wimbledon recently, Miss Chandler was there every day watching. And incidentally

experience of watching most of 'her country's best players being novel ex- soundly beaten-a perience for America. ·

Helen Chandler's tove ci Shakespeare is due to the fact that when she was only ten years of age, the great John Barrymore '. took her to the New York stage and gave her the part of the young Duke of York who was murdered in "Richard the Third.".. Ten years later she was playing the leading part in one of the most modern and gay comedies of the present school.

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TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMME

Broadcast by Z.B.W.

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on 355 Metres

1 to 1.15 p.m-European pro-

gramme.

I p.--Local time and " weather

report.

1.03 p.m.-Recorded music. 1,15 pm--A relay of the Hong Kont Hotel Orchestra from the Hong

Kong Hotel Gru Room th courtesy of the management), 1.30 pm-Reuter Press Bulletins,

Rugby Press news, etc. £.15 p.m.-Close down.

4.

A to 7 p.m.—Chinese programme. 6 ho 6.15 p.m.-Children's Studio

Concert.

to. 10.40 p.m.-European pro......

graume.

7 p.m.-London and New York stock and commodity quotations. 7.05 to 7.28 p.m.-A Planoforte re-

cital by Sergei Rachmaninof. 1.-Dance of the Gnomes (Liszt) 2.-Etude" Tableau in A Minor,

Op. 39 (Rachmaninoft).

3. Troika en Tràineaux, Op. 37,

No. 11 (Tchaikovsky). 4-Polka de W.R. (Rachmaninoft) 5.-One Lives but once-Waltz

(Strauss).

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7.28 to 8 p. 101. -----

Variety - Vocal-Violet Loraine-Medley... Violet Loraine (Comedienne). Vocal Duet-Arlene. Vocal Duet-Waltin' at the Gate for Katy ("Bottoms Up")--Lay-" ton & Johnstone. Fox-Trot--Love in Bloom. Fox-Trot With My Eyes wide open I'm Dreaming-The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. Song--Give Me a Ring-A Couple of Fools in Love.-Margaret Bannerman (Soprano), Organ Solo In a Bird Store. Organ Solo-In a Clock Store.-

Terence Casey.

8 p.m.-Local time and weather re.

port.

8.03 to 8.30 p.m.--

"From the Studio....... Selections by "The Music Makers" 8.30 to 9 pm-A relay from the Soldiers and Bailors. Home of the First Part of the Concert arranged by Mrs · Griggs (by courtesy of the Committee).

From the Studio

A Taik on "Central Africa: from West to East" by Mr. D. V. Steavonson,

Miss Chandler throws some in- teresting sidelights on Katherine' Hepburn with whom she played in the film "Christopher Strong" Hollywood some time ago. "Katherine Hepburn" says Miss Chandler is absolutely tireless, and can work on and on without' the either feeling or showing

Often when slightest strain. everyone else, including the 9 to 9.30 pm- director and technicians, arë xl- most dropping from ... fatigue, Katherine Hepburn will give her best performances. She pletely dominates everyone" and everything. She is electric! Miss Hepburn is fearless and outspoken, and if she has any criticism to offer she will tell t straight to your face, As a friend her greatest asset is her frank- ness Miss Hepburn I consider to discovery be by far the best Hollywood has made for years and years. She is a great modern star and a typical product of this `generation."

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Miss Chandler, incidentally, is very interested in ballet dancing." Before she took up fim acting as a career she took a considerable. number of ballet lessons, and while she was on the continent she renewed her interest in this fine art

If Miss Chandler is still in Lon- don--and she hopes to be when the Ballet season commences again, she will be one of it's most regular patrons.

Miss Chandler is best known for her performances in "Chris- topher Strong.” “Dracula,” “Out- ward Bound," "The Last Flight," and The Sky Hawk," and has famous anch played opposite. stara" as John Barrymore in "Long Lost Father." and "Mid- night Alb" with Richard Bar- thelmess,

Incidentally, Miss Chandler is married to Cyril Hume, the American author and novelist who has written some of the most- best and biggest films Hollywood has ever made. Including "Trader" Horn," "Flying Down to Rio," and "Tarzan." He recently completed "Lime House Nights" for Para- mount in Hollywood He has come to BIP. to write and will collaborate with Roger Burford, BLP. scenarist. on the adapta tion and scenario of "Abdul Hamid which is shortly staring" at Elstree. Not many men have travelled six thousand miles, to see their wives!

The Right Angwer

A man who believed he knew all about parrots undertook to teach what he thought to be a young, mute bird to say "Bello!" In one lesson. Going up to the cage he repeated that word in a clear voice for several minutes. the parrot paying not the slight- eat attention

At the final Hello the bird opened one eye, gazed at the man and snapped out. Line' busy

9.30 pm-Reuter Press Bulletins. London 1 p.m. stock and com- modity quotations..

9.35 to 10 p.m.-

'From the Studio"

A recital of Russian Songs by ...

Semphini Střelkon (Russian Baritone) accompanied by Mrs. Nura Kanis.

Programme. 1-"Boris Cadounov ".—Farewell My Son, I am Dying (Mous- sergaky).

2-The Propht (Rimsky-Korsa-

kov).

3. Sweetly Bang the Nightingale

(Gler).

4.-Be Lost, Oh Life (Pashenko). 5. Tallandchka (Kuzochtin). 6. Gingle Bells Russian Gypsy

Song.

7-Night (arr. Slonoff), 8-The Pedler-Russian Gypsy

Folk Song.

10 to 10.30 punA relay from the Soldiers and Bailors Home of the Last Part of the "Concert: arranged by Mrs. Griggs (by courtesy of the Committee). 10.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins,

further London stock and com-. modity quotations, Rugby mid- day Press news.

10.40 p.m. Close down,

BERLIN PROGRAMME

9 p.m. Opening announcement Dia

CHOTTEEN FOLK Bong

(German,

· Programmé – Forecast'

English), Letter Box.

2.15 p.m.-Music and Topical Events 9.45 pm-News in English. 10 p.m.--Symphony Concert: Violin

Concerto in A-minor by Max Trapp, Symphony No. 6 in F major (Pastorale) by Beet- hoven Soloist: Erich Robn (Violin).

11:15 pm-News in German. 11:30 pm—"Click, auf” (German:

Miners" - Greeting). A Radio Sequence with Fritz-Klingriet's : Orchestra. Jag sak 12.15 am-News in English, 12:30 am--Close down Dis

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A woman had gone to Scotland": for the first time in her life. On her return to London she, expressed herself as quite surprised at the comparative civiliation of the Nort

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