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HUNG

KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935.

CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

DARING YOUNG MAN

James Duan gues to jail today! it the Fox Film actor will

alone in his incarceration how er. 44 Mae Clarke, Warren Hymer, Sidney Tolar, Jack La Be. Raymond Hatton and other well-known screen players will ac pany him; at least for part of isentence.

Since Dunn and the others are prisoners only for the sake of art, their fans teed not worry over their imprisonment. It is all for hilarious sequence in "The Dar g Young Man," the romantic comedy of newspaper life which upens to-day at the King's Theatre. Dunn's jail-going is done on the order of his editor, who wants to get an inside story' on what is really going on within the přison walls.

NAUGHTY MARIETI A

Haunting music of Victor Hee- bert, blended with thundering drama of the founding of a great city, and with a delicate love romance running through it; much- is "Naughty Marietta spectacular- translation to the screen of Victor Herbert's masterpiece. playing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. "Jeanette MacDonali, who never

Was

an

inare beautiful nor sang so divinely, and Nelson, Eddy, young operatic baritone, who makes his but as a screen hero with a per formance that indicates he" is on the

td screen

head stay. aborate rast, The

stury is stuge spectacular scule,

gorgeous COALITIES, and intease dramatic actio eteshing speh song hits Willig A. Seiter directed "The

us "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," During Young Man," which, in addition to these mentioned, ha'm Falling Love with Somboue,"

Neil Hamilton, Madge Bellamy, Arthur Treacher and Frank Met

ton in

supporting the

A

"Cinusonette,

"ibe italian Street Song," and other immortal Herbert music.

1. S. Van Dyke, directing in- William Hurlbot Winte the serem

deft play from the original story by jected y

touches of Claude Binyon and Sikuyartistry into the romance of the Skolsky.

French princess who flet to New Orleans to escape a state marriage, and there found romance in શ young English army officer.

ton

THE RIGHT TO LIVE

George Brent should

know

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A specially elaborate cast sur rounds the two principals, includ

"Elsa Lanchester

Gorgeous photography by Willion Daniels, and masterftit handling of the orchestras by Her bert Stothart ilo much to enhance the glowing Herbert masterpiece. hailed as one of the five greatest uperatas ever composed.

- beautiful woman when he sees one

for beginning with his first bigg acreen role opposite Ruth, Chatter-Charles Frank Morgan Comedy The Rich Are Always is provided by Edward Brophy With Us," down through his most und Harold Huber. recent part with Josephine Hut- chinson in the Warner Bros. Pic- The Right to Live," showing today at the Alhambra. Brent has been learling man for many of the

green's most beautiful stars.

He has shared honours with Jiarbara Stanwyck in several pic

tostudiy tures,

The Purchase Price;" with Joan Blundell he made "Miss Pinkerton." Loretta Young appeared oposite Brent in They Call it Sin. Bei Daniels and Ruby Keeler, were with bus in 42nd Street.'

WING'S IN THE DARK

I saw the pre-view of this some- what far-fetched flying Melodrama at the Queen's recently. It is a most entertaining film full of well-staged Aerial thrills. Myrna Loy is a trick plot and Cary Grant is also an aviator who has in- rented a device for blind" flying. He is blendid th an accident before this invention is tested. Myrna -understakes a non-stop flight from Moscow to New York and loses her bearings in a fog off the American Coast. Whereupon Cary Grant goes up in a plane and guides her to the Airport by means of his in- vestion.

Greta Garbo personally demandi ed that Brent be her leading man in "The Painted Veil." Myrna Loy and he were an admirable team in The Stamboul Quest." He played with both Bette Davis and Ann Dvorak in "House-wife."

In "The Right to Live," Brent' appears upposite Josephine Hut. chiuson whom he terms one of the

most talented of newer players.

The

picture 15 BN intensely dramatic story with an unusual romance in which two brothers love the same wonnun. The picture based on the stirring drama, Sacred Flame"

Both Cary Grants and Myrna Somerset Maugham, anthor of "The Painted Loys performances are excellent Tell" and "Of Human Bondage." and the film is well worth seeing.

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A ROYAL CRADLE for her children, and subsequently

Loan By The Queen

(Special Air Mail Service

London, July 29.

To the many Royal relics in the London Museumi, most of which have been the gifts or loans'ef King and Queen, a notable addi- tion has now been made. The "Queen has lent a cradle which was used for three generations of the Royal family. Made for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter in 1840 and used for all her other children, .it... was given irst to Queen "Alexandra, as Princess of Wales,

to the Queen; when Duchess of York in 1894. and used for all her family.

This cradle, or swing-ent, stands 7ft high and is of mahogany ernamented with glit and with inset panels" of embroidered satin. Mattress, pillow, and brocaded hangings complete it.

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 8.30 PM.

A LAUGH REIDINGER ¦ and is hums wish excitement!

The

DARING YOUNG' MAN

"A FOX Picture with

JAMES DUNN

MAE CLARKE

*** NEI UHANGE

with CHARLES

CLAUDETTE in "PRIVATE WORLDS” * OVER

COLBERT

PUBLIC HERO NO. 1

A Thriller

I attended u pretview · of · an

amazing thriller, entitled ""Public Hero No. 1, and for a fast moving

and exciting story there has not been anything to approach dt. This picture will be released

at 50011

the Queen's Theatre, and I advise all who like excite- ment not to miss reeing "Public Hero No. 1."

For some time past, the film fan has been shown a glut of pictures depicting or rather glorifying the gangsters in their battle of wits (and, guns!) against representa- tives of the law. with usually the latter having the worst of the en- counters. "Public Hero No. 1" as the title leads one to believe, still, travels over old ground, but and this is important, it glorifies the law and not the gangsters. absolutely full of tense scenes in which machine guns and re-. volvers

against machine guns and revolvers, and the amount of rounds (blank of

are

matched

It is

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-JAY a. 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.80 THE INSIDE STORY OF THE

GOVERNMENT WAR ON CRIME!]]

Dramatic dynamlis, “as you ↑ follow the blazing exploits of the man who daly desih in thưở

war on crimm

Public Hero

NUMBER

Lional Barrymora-Jaan Arthur Chester Morris-Joseph Calleia Paul Kally+Lawfa`Zooma

Meyer wom

BRITAIN'S NAVAL

POLICY

Only Hope Of Limitation

(Special Alt Mall Service)

London, July 29.. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ask- ed in the House of Lords yesterday what was meant by the abandon- ment of ratios and the substitu- Non of a policy of programmes in reference to naval limitation.

Lord Bondonderry, Lord Privy Seal, replying for the Government, said during the conversation with the United States and Japanese representatives begining in Geto- ber. 1934. His Majesty's Govern- mens in the United Kingdom

conclusion that it reached the would not be possible to make any agreement in replacement of the London Naval Washington and Treaties, which contained an ex- pression of the principle of ratios of naval strength.

In the option of His Majesty's Government, the only hope of pre-

SIR SEYMOUR ·

HICKS

Tribute By Friends

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, July 29. Six hundred of their friends gave a complimentary luncheon at the Dorchester, yesterday to Sir Seymour Hicks and Lady Hicks (Miss Ellaline Terriss) to celebrate the Knighthood which the King recently conferred upon Sir Seymour.

Mr. J. H. Thomas proposed the toast of the day, and he said to the guests of honour:

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:--

"The Daring Young Man"

QUEEN'S:-

"Public Hero No, 1"

URIENTAL:

"Under Pressure”

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Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:—

"Right To Live":

MAJESTIC:-

"Biography of a Bachelo

Girl"

KING'S.-

Coming

"Private Worlds"

QUEEN'S:

"One New York Night" M.HAMERA:-

"Murder In The Clouds"

MAJESTIC

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ANN

HARDING"

KANĒRA

MONTGOMERY Biography

BACHELOR GIRL

WITH

BOWARD. EVEREST HORTON; EDWARD ARNOLD UNA MERKEL

tentio

Metro-

Mayer

is paid to German and that the number of pupils taking Spanish is all too small The re

the

LANGUAGES AND French, tended

COMMERCE

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port, while not minimisirig importance of the study ol the to deplore tradition that made it the first modern language to be studied.

But when the Committee came to deal with the amount that could be studied and what langu- (Special Air Mall Service)

ages should be taken they were London, July 29, clearly in a dilemma. It is in the problemas concerning

It would appear almost that to fact, almost. Impossible within what the normal curriculum to begin languages should have pride of thréE languages simultaneously place in the secondary schools and keep them going right there is no real solution, The through the secondary course. issue is no longer clearcut. It is Inevitably, therefore, they were "His Majesty the King has not a question of ancient versus driven back on the desirability honoured you, we are proud of modern, but concerns rather the of dropping altogether, a classical the honour, and we say to you. amount that can be done within language, Seymour and Ella: "Thank you the school lifetime of the over-

VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE: for your past services. May you age pupil in the secondary depart live long to bring still further

Faced with this the Committee Recently the Committee expressed themselves as reluctant great happiness and Joy to

on Modern Languages set up by to make "any recommendat.on the millions of people who love you the British Association for Com adoption of which would have the In this country and would like mercial and Industrial Education effect of diminishing the impor- to be present here.""

Issued report. The scope of the tance attached to Sir Seymour, who was deeply inquiry which this Committee un-

the study of moved when be rose to speak, dertook

Latin, since they were convinced WILS clearly defined. ot the educational value of know- the war when he was in danger tions of the Prime Minister's Com- civilisation. That being so, they of bankruptcy his wife threw mittee on Modern Studies (1918) somewhat, almely concluded that. all her money and gave him and with those of the Committee nevertheless, many pupils would £15,000 worth of Jewellery to

on "Education for Salesmanship derive great benent from: the.. save him.

(1930), this body.. composed as to study of two modern languages, about half its members of persons Interested mainly in business, pro- unwise to dogmatise. Much

On a matter of this nature it is ceeded to consider how the me- pends upon the facilities in the de-

"ments.

course) that must have been ex-serving some form of quarititative revealed that at the beginning of \ Starting with the recommenda- ledge of a classical congue, and

pended during the filming of this picture. must run into the thou-

sands.

the

Not only are the "battle" scenes exciting to the extreme, but they This is where are so realistic.

picture scores So heavily. Everything-the gaol scenes, with a desperate breakaway as a climax, and the subsequent movements of the leader of the "Purple Gang" in company of a Federal agent. who had gained the confidence of the former by impersonating a "crook are remarkable for their sustained interest.

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Chester Morris could not have been casted in a better role, which I think is the finest I have seen him in yet to date. While to Lionel

Barryicore the chief honours must go for his charac- "terisation of a drunken doctor, who is in the employ of the gangsters to "patch" them up after the many scraps they have with the Police.

Imitation lay in eliminating from any future treaty figures which appeared to constitute a ratio as between the various signatory Powers, and to substitute for these existing

engagements on that point a system under which each

Power would give a voluntary and

unilateral declaration of its con- struction programme for a period of years say 1937-1942.

NOT CONTRACTUAL

." OBLIGATIONS

or

It was proposed that these, de- clarations should not have the force

form of contractual obligations: Nevertheless, the con- struction figures appearing in the programmes would require to concerted beforehand between the

"I have given it back to er and now there is a trustee guard ing it so that I shall never take it away again." (Laughter" and cheers.)

On such occasions, he remark- ed, people were supposed to say, "I don't so much mind about my- self, it's for my wife."

very

"But," declared Sic Seymour, "I do mind. I do mind much. I like it tremendously and I think it's grand.”

Bir Seymour recalled be

started life as a call boy. "But," he continued, leaving to myself, I became an undertaker's mute.

Powers, and it would further be necessary that each Power should undertake in its declaration not to modify its announced building

programme

year "Els performance is well nigh perfect.

Jear Arthur, in spite of the galaxy of talent around her, is not overshadowed. In the least. Her portrayal was splendid, and just lent that air of romance and "solt stuff" to relieve the tenseness that might otherwise become too pro- longed,

I strongly recommend this plc- ture. Finally I think I am right In saying that the scenes depleting the capture of the leader of the "Purple Gang," are what actually Occurred when Dillinger was final- ly brought to justice in real life. This in itself should be a sufficient guarantee of the grimness of the picture "Redincam."

CAUGHT NAPPING

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, July 29. The Government majority in the House of Commons yesterday reached a new low level. On Naval Review day last week it fell to 45. Yesterday it slumped to 29.

...

A late sitting on Thursday com- bined with the sunny weather to keep M.Ps away at the beginning" of yesterday's sitting.

The result was that when Bir Stafford Cripps forced a "snap division" soon after the sitting began the Government could only muster 60 against the Opposition's 31. 2

to

that be

Better

a

***This job came to a sudden' end. I was without giving pre-

walking behind vious notice of, say, at least one hearse when heard a band play

other Powers making in the distance, and, absent- similar declarations.

"mindedly,, opened the door und "This proposal," said Lord Lon- called out: "The overture begins, donderry.

made *was

the please." to Japanese and United States re- presentatives before they returned to their countries, and has been described to the other signatories of the Washington Treaty.

MR. THOMAS'S JEST Mr. Thomas raised. 2 great laugh by referring to his listeners as "fellow-actors."

thods could be improved. -giving prospective and active recruits to commerce a competent knowledge

of

school; much upon the ability of the pupil; a great deal upon the pressure of other subjects. modern languages and ar some schools it is hardly possible acquaintance with the civilisa- to arrange a curriculum that can tion and nature of the peoples have more than two language sub- using these languages.

jects. But in others where the re- They asked a large number of sources are adequate genuine at- raportant firms engaged in trade temps are being made to do what and Industry whether they were this. Committee desire We are at dissatisfied with the qualifications one with them in stressing the im-" in foreign languages of their staff | portance of orgl work and of mak- educated in this country. They ing the study of modern languages inquired to what extent men who

as realistic as possible. have gained skill in the use of foreign languages derived benefit But for commerce the genuine either Anancially or otherwise; avenue of advance lies through the to And what commerce colleges set up for after- and they sought languages should, in their opinion, school study. In practically every be included in the system of city in Great Britain the facilities are abundantly provided, and it general education which precedes employment and in the system of is to these colleges rather than to specialised education for those the schools that we should look for advance in reference to language who have entered employment.

study for commercial purposes. Much, too, could be done by foster- In the report there is much ing day classes for employees. To that is of interest, though com- expect the schools to turn out paratively little that is novel. We pupils of high quality in two mo-

INTERESTING "REPORT

GENUINE AVENUE

For 48 years Bir Seymour nud "There has been no change in

occupied and adorned the stage. the policy of His Majesty's Govern-

"You have both played a great ment, who, ao far as they are and noble part in a great pro-ret, for example, the impression dern languages, in addition to the tinuation of the system of limita-piness concerned, would gladly see a con- fession. You have given hap- that quantitatively the number study of a classical language, is

as well as amusement to tion embodied in the Washington niilions

needed business who who know to ask for something that within of people, and in the foreign languages really well is. Treaty, but, if we are to avoid a hour of distress you have never comparatively, not large. We are

the scope of the daily round in race in naval armaments after the hesitated to give your services."

the schools is barely possible. It assured by the reporters that is more than significant that when naval treaties have come to ап Lady Hicks also thanked the "commercial French German faced with the central fact of the company, saying: "I have been o..Spanish ought not to be taught matter-yiz, the dropping alto- with you all and have known you while the pupil is still at school,gether of study of the classics this all for many years, and I can say

a point of view that will be gene- Committee, composed largely of to you that I have had such a rally accepted. Furthermore, men of eminence in the business happy day as I never had be from the replies received it be world, decided against recom

end in 1936, account must obvious ly be taken of the desires and susceptibilities of countries hold- ing other views.

- CERTAIN GUARANTEES "The purpose of His Majesty's | fore." Government In recent negotiations

In the absence through ill- has been to evolve, in consultation health of the Earl of Derby, Sr with those Powers, a system of Noel Curtis-Bennett: presided. limitation which while avoiding Lady Curtis-Bennett presented to the expression of contractual form Lady Hicks a bouquet of 42 roses. of a definite relationship of naval strength between the various naval for every year of her mar Powers, would offer certain guarantees against the resumption of unrestricted and competitive ["building,

"In addition to this proposal for quantitative limitations to replace those in the treatles which expire on December 31, 1936.***

The Museum already has on loan from the King three other cradles, ́of which one, of late seventeenth- century German workmanship in carved and gilded wood, was also used for the children of Queen Victoria at earlier ages to judge from its size. Another to the cradle, with hangings and cover let, made for Princess Amelia, the youngest child of George II, and Queen Charlotte. The third, from These inap dividons" prove Chepstow Castle, was traditionally nothing and have no results. The last successful snap division supposed to have belonged to They have been rare of recent was in 1930 when the Labour Henry TV. and to have been used years because, the Government Government were defeated by five by his son, afterwards Henry V. majority has been too large to give votes on the Education Bill

ried life.

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Definitions

Young nephew: Uncle Jim, what does keeping on the Gold Standard mean?

Uncle: Well, my boy, I can't tell sou all that it means till you are older but still for most people it the tactics any reasonable chance means wine, women, and song of muccess.

Young nephew," Yes: but what does going of it mean? Uncle (raminating). pose it meari

Hunt and the wireless)

came clear that far too little at- mending any such course of action.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

ALHAMBRA

BY THE AUTHOR OF OF HUMAN BONDAGE "THE RIGHT TO LIVE

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