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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

ELINOR NORTON

Nearly every ac ress on the Fox Film contract as put in a bid for the title role, and agents for free Every once in a while there ap-fance players buzzed for weeks pears on the Hollywood horizon a

around Wurtzel's office. story of such merit that if the right player is cast in the leading fole, a new star is almost sure to be the result

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Sol M. Wurtzel, Fox Film pro- ducer, believes that "Elinor Nor- ton", by Mary Roberts Rinehart. coming on Wednesday to the King's Theatre, is one of thos pictures.

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The adaptation by Rose Franken, author of "Another Language," and Philip Klein, is said to be a masterly one. "The screen play. as it stands, is certain star making material." That is the Hollywood verdict.

4 SHOWS

7 DRIL:

120–515

7,15-8.30.

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At last Claire, Trevor was select- ed and it is this young actress, in the opinion of Wurteel, Director Hamilton MacFadden and others, on the Fox lot as a result. who is destined to be the next star

The Mary

Roberts Rinehart story requires an actress of un- limited dramatic range.

In the option of the prophets. Claire's performance more than justines every opportunity afforded by this outstanding rule.

"Elinor Norton" is the story of a" girl whose life is motivated by three men. Al of them love her in their separate way's one cruelly. one disperately, one unselfishly.

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HONG KONG RAVES:-- Speed, and colour are the key- notes of the Tropical Express Non-Stop. Revue now showing at the King's Theatre to packed bouses. -HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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A travelling "League Nations, the revue is one of the most attractive to come to Hong Kong and is well worth

seeing.

-8. C. MORNING POST.

The Tropical Express Revue Company sets a much higher standard than the Marens Show. -OHINA MAIL.

Those who have not yet seen the show should not on any account, miss it as the "Non. Stop Revue" are an excellent company.

-H.K. DAILY PRESS.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935.

LAST TWO-DAYS 12.30 to 5 P.M. Contianously EVERY GIRL'S DREAM COME TRUE}

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WRAY LUKAS The COUNTESS

OF MONTE CRISTO,

SPECIAL 70 ets. PRICES Oncle.

WEDNESDAY

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STALLS

ELINER NORTON"

with CLAIRE TREVOR-NORMAN FOSTER A. FOX PICTURE

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-JAY at 2.30, 6 10. 7.20 & 8.30

∙Life, Love and

Laughter in Gay Faree, the Romantie

Capital of the World

PAT

Hass "slow" and 3 other W Gordon & Raval Boss Hits

S IN SPRING

A termasuk Pizture with

MARY ELLIS TULLIO CARMINATI IDA LUPINO LYN.NE OVERMAN

Directed by lawse Allastunu

NEXT CHANGE

JAN KEPURA'S "MY SUNG FOR YOU

THE ALHAMBRA PARIS IN SPRING

Gentlemen Are Born

ang agama with plenty

romances,

now

A

At The Queen's

picture Alled with music, romance, galety and daughter is now being screened at the Queen's Theatre in the picture" "Paris. In Spring."

In it are starred Mary Ellis and Tulito Carminat! who are both | volved, in a song filled story of a quadrangle of romance:- Carminati threatens to jump of the Eiffel Tower because Mary Ellis does not pay enough of attention to him and Ida Lupino has the al-

saine notion' because of romantle com- plications with James Blakeley and this pair instead of going through with any part of it" they get together and start of dh a wild whirl in the night life of

WA auklitc Al gay music. 30% quding fammar cuege songs are. found in the First Nalonal produc- mum "Gentlemen Are Born anowing at the Alhambra Theatre.

the ad- ine picture" treats of ventures and love affairs of four college graduates who encounter tremendous difficulties that make for intensely" dramatic situations In their lives.

Three distinct though woven together in the same plot are unfolded. There is an all star cast headed by Fran- chot Tone

and three leading ladies, Jean Mulr, Margaret Lind- say and Ann Dvorak Miss Lind- say has the romantic lead oppo- site Tone in a love tangle that nearly ruins both their lives.

The other two romances Are between Tone's pal, a part played by Ross Alexander and Jean Mair, and Ann Dvorak and Nick Foran. Robert Left plays the fourth.

The picture s

good. clean. wholesome entertainment and will please-Redincam.

THE NON STOP REVUE Saturday night at the King's Theatre was an extremely enjoy- able affair and the many people who went must have come away Glasgow, August 5. Mrs. Lily Wallace Duus is a

with the happy feeling that it was Scotswoman. And since she is a

money well spent. The Non-Stop Scotswoman she thinks that there Revue were at their best and the is no job too big for her to tackle. result may easily be imagined. Her husband is a London elec-The one thing I liked about the trical engineer who lives at Fam- milla, which is on the outskirts of Calers in Chile:

Calera is the centre of the iccal cement industry. The labourers. and the quarrymen who live there have the reputation of being "tough"-even for South America, Last May Calera found itself in a, deplorable state. It had just been swept by floeds: and it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

show was that it was so true to its name, for the audience were never kept waiting, not even a minute, between acts,

There were so many turns that it would be hard to describe them alt but to my mind the "acroba- t'cs" must stand out as the best, not forgetting the leading lady's turn, riding a bicycle round a wheel! "Mr. Garbaldi" provided plenty of amusement while the ""yodelling gentleman " to, was

Four Mayors (all of them ment had tried and falled.to put things |· 800d. ·· straight.

The town had no money--not a

penny. It was hopelessly in debt. Something had to be done. Calera did it. It made Mrs. Duus the Mayor.

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Mrs. Duus got to work.

"I start with empty coffers she said, "but I am out for honest government."

The previous Mayor had no record of the money that bad- been spent, and said he had re- ceived none from his predecessor. For 12 months Mrs. Duus "bas been in complete charge of Calera. And in those 12 months she has put the town on its feet again.

Press) Mrs. Duus has retired.

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There will be a complete change of programme to-day and if the

new turns are going to be up" to the standard of the ones I saw on. Saturday then they will be worth seeing. The Company will be bere until Friday so that there will be plenty of time for you to go and see them during the week.-F.M.A.

ITALY CRITICISES BROADCAST.

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London, Aug. J. Mr. Eden's broadcast was heard by very few people in this country Last night. Those who understand Now (says the British United English Idescribe it as very and

by no means riendly to Italy.". And the town, solvent again,

Criticism of Greau Britain for has celebrated her retirement by what has happened at Geneva is giving her a banquet, out or prominent. It is argued that the

British Government has been mak gratitude"

Mrs. Duus is 48 years old. Sheing a tool of the League against has one childi" She s the daugh-ends.

this cuntry and for its own selfish ter of the late Mr. Andrew Wal-

The defence of Abyssinia is de lace, an Edinburgh methant, who scribed as but a cloak to Britain's settled in Chile,

Her husband was formerly with the Chilean Electric Company, but inherited a fortune.

Paris.

the

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

Tropical Express Non-Stop

Rerue"

"The Countess of Monte

Cristo"

QUEEN'S:~t

"Paris In Spring“

ORIENTAL:-

"Flirtation Walk"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Gentlemen are Born"

MAJESTIC:-

"Naughty Marletta"

THE KING'S

KING'S

New Innovation Popular

Two reasons may we avanced for the big crowu chat went to The first

King's Theatre yesterday. picture was on for The Coun- was that an excelent

tess of Monte Cristo" with Fay Wray and Pau. Lukas must de- initely be classed amongst the "excellents." The other reason is

that the theatre nit upon the rea of having a continuous show from 12.30 p.m. till five o'clock, and very popular innovation it proved too..

Coming

"Tropical Express

Non-Stop Revue"

"Eliner Norton"

QUEEN'S:

"My Song For You" MAJESTIC:-

"Whoopee"

TESTATOR'S JOY

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London, Aug. 5.

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Among the pleasures of old age few can compare with that of wili- making. To insert, to strike out, to insert again, to devise conditions and to tighten them up, to study, expectant faces and to keep people Dealing with the picture itself, guessing, to drop half-hints and to It is a story of a little am extra lead the gullibly greedy up the who rides out of the scene and garden path, these are the pas- Their respective sweethearts be-studio, and leads a gay

life. times that give savour to the most come jealous," police accuse Car- having the best of

Limited everything,

and invalid existences minati of Kidnapping Miss Lupino and poses as a countess Com

There has just taken to the streets. and there's a mad chase that plications, not unnaturally, set, in

of Budapest. a young man whose winds up at the mansion owned by Miss Lapino's grandmother. Here

and she becomes involved in all

uncle's will has left him £30,000, grand-ma takes a hand and afternally, being implicated in

sarts of embarrassing situations.

but on conditions. The fortune

the

may only come to him after it has ahilarious night of romantic arrest of an infamous criminal."

-been spent on firewood, and no one comedy the loving couples.

can eat firewood. The legatee can brought together again.

Fay Wray plays her part ex-only sell the firewood after he has The story on the whole is well tremely well while Paul Lukas as chopped it with his own hand, day blended The cast acquitted usual, is good. They make in by day, and he must sell it person- themselves well and what with gay Parisian song and comedy the picture is well above the average and is worth seeing-"C"

ETHIOPIA MORE CHEERFUL

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London, August 5.

are

As the radio service čloses here at mid-day, it is impossible to comment on the League Council's decisions, but there is far greater optimism strice Professor. Jeze's official report was received to-day. The Emperor sent a messenges to the Wallame and Konta troops now quartered in native tukuls outs.de Addis Ababa, and number- tons of the last three days, order- ing about 60,000 with the addi- ing them not to enter Addis Ababa, but to "eat your bread and

instead of coming to the Palace drink your mead in the country lie the Kulo troops last Sunday because the League is sitting and we do not want à warlike show." Hence the only demonstration to day was that of the Jeunesse d'Ethiopie; whose meeting In the Place Saint Ghiorghila patriotic but peaceful.

·was

The Emperor, with typical im- passivity, is sending down to Majj a new young Governor, Fitorar Zawde Ayale, to govern it in the manner of governing Asba Tafari” (capital of Chercher, the first model province under the E- peror's system of administrative reforms). But the path of the reformer is not smooth, as is

illustrated by the case of the young sub-Governor, Lij Ferada, of Chercher, who was shot in the ear by a mutinous soldier in the Danakil country' last week.

the verbatim reprt of the speech which was published in The Daily Telegraph of July 8.

edition which offend official opin- Chief points in the "apooryha!”

unfriendly attitude towards in' Bre: Italy" because sha fears the con- sequences to her own colonial em pire when Italy has conquered Abyssinia.

MODERNS ARE JUST ILLITERATE.

ideal team and provide sume ally. Another nephew, and á law- really good entertainment. The

yer at that, la appointed by the supporting cast which includes will to watch what happens, and such players as Patsy Kelly, himself becomes the heir to every- Reginald Owen, Carmel Myers, thing If he can prove a breach of Paul Page, John Sheehan, Robert the conditions. It almost looks as McWade and many others, all help thought his nephew inclined to to make the picture a success-indolence. The report says that Tse.

they were not on friendly terms, and the beneficiary should not complain too loudly. Once the terms of a will are known, the liv

ng can make alliance against the dead, and bargains can be strick. It is when the wily testator keeps disclosing his mind little by little- that there is nothing to be done. Some years ago a moribund' Pole Most people, to-day, are phy-wrote a very clever will which can- sically, intellectually, socially and sisted of envelope within envelope. politically illiterate. Mr. M. Lwith inscriptions. "To be opened Jacks, headmaster of Mi twelve months from to-day" and, School, London, says so, and Mr. Inside that, another one with To Jacks blanfes the examination be opened two years from to-day." "fetish" for many of our troubles.

and so on, keeping the next gen- "You have only to look at a

eration on tenterhooks for the city crowd," he told the Barnet estate was considerable until (Herts) Rotary Club yesterday,

about ten years after the death the

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 30.

final envelope was reached; and left everything to accumulate for 100 years before being distributed among whatever heirs there might be.

"to see how physically uneducated they are. They do not know how to walk, stand, sit, move or even breathe properly and most them look anything but happy.

"We play games, as we say, to be fit, but there is no such thing as fitness. You can't, just be ft. You must be t for something. We have only just begun to think any description of his failings ap- about educating our bodies."

Regarding the "fetish" for more examinations, he said that he Belleved education was killed by

FAMILY GATHERING

been fortunate to escape without The Hungarian nephew has also

pearing in the will. The family

Mr. Jacks advocated the estab-gathering and the family lawyer's Kahment of a physical education

voice have often proved an irresis- department on a scientific basiz ble temptation for fively home in every school.

truths. Few have been so sweep- ing as the Frenchman who left all his money to the people of London, examinations, and particularly "a sea a mile from the English and ordered his body to be buried that bugbear of teachers, the coast, roundly declaring the French London Matriculation.

to be "nation of dastards and "Business mén, more than any foola" (The French Courts refus- body, seem to believe that if a boy ed to invalidate the will or to say has passed the London Matricula that he must have been insane). tion that is evidence that he is Perhaps the best implied criticism fit for a job," he said. "That is of everybody was that of the Finn utterly absurd

who left his all to the Devil. The Courts, would not uphold the be quest. But many a testator has commented in detail on the people with whom he has spent and there is no way of etting the

CERTIFICATES FOR ALL.

"Clever boys who are admirably fitted for "business life, are being kept out of business because of this idiote fetish.

Court to set aside an

tificate examination at the age of wit

"I should bet boys alt for a cer Breen, but I should not allow any failures a

Abyssinia, which you are going to conquer, we shall have totally We shall not be content with partial concessions and if she dare The apocryphal " version of resist our formidable strength we Signar Mussolini's Eboli speech will put her to pillage and to fire published abroad a day or two ago You will have formidable arma is still being circulated secretly monts that nobody in the world here. Signor Mussolini's own pe suspects. You will be strong and "I don't know, but I'm sure it the work of anti-Fascists in Italy the five Continents of the worldfects

per, the Popool d'Italia," it is invincible and soon you shall see isn't the same man that makes and abroad. The Popolo fol-bow down and tremble before the the loana

lows this with a version resembling Fascist power

Another Man "Who writes the advertisements for the bank?”

cate

what

checks exuberance in

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WHOOPEE"

£408,000 LOSS

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London, Aug. 5.

A loss of £400,000 on the first years working of Las recently formed Cunard-White Stat, Ltd.,· is reported to day.

The financial results of the operations following the merging of the Cunard Steam Ship Com- pany Ltd., and the Oceanic Steara". Navigation Company, Ltd into Cunard-White Star, Ltd., are con- tamed in ärst report of the directors or the new company, to be suliinitted the first ordinary general meeting on Friday" next.

The report states that the com- pany, become responsible for the " operations or the parent compan.es in the Atlantic trade as from the commencement of the year 1834 though merged operation did not commence until September 1.

The proft and loss account is stated as from the parent com panies formally agreed to tradefer their ships and other assets, to the company namely, June 18, 1934— and shows a loss of £408,089. 168" "od, which is carried forward.

"It is to be noted that the prac tical effectiveness of the merging of the companies' operations was not obtainable in any considerable measure before the commencement of 1935," adds the report.

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QUEEN MARY PROGRESS "The share premium account of £10,000,000 has been debited with the losses incurred by the twa parent companies in the Atlantic trade prior to the date of the pro- and loss account-namely, £853,199 38 Id-and also with £774,480 1za. 10d., being the set in book, values of certain assets oc- quired.

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The report mentions that work on the Queen Mary is proceeding: satisfactorily.

wills more than anything else is the presence of solicitors, who are "not, as a tribe,' gifted with flights.

of fancy or inclined to enter into: the idea of making the world at up. If it became more fashionable to take a pride in the literary aspects of the will-and it well might, for it is the best chance that most people have of compell- ing attention-a new profession. for 'terary men and rhetoricians tright emerge. General comments are too frequently limited to re- flections on the night burden of taxes which have overshadowed life, but there is much more to say than that, and, however long- winded a man, may choose to be, for once h's listeners" cannot afford to skip;

ALHAMBRA

THESTER

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.80, 5.20. 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

The Season's Smartest Comedy Drama

Gentlemen Are Born

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