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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

HIS GREATEST GAMBLF.

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ONE MORE SPRING

Discarding affairs of the heart One of the most widely debated for his daughter's happiness is" questions of private üle. **is the sacrifice which provides the platonte love possible?" is daring-. drama" of "Elg Greatest Gambia" | ¡y answered in "One More Richard Dlx's new RKO-Radio Spring", the new Fox Fim picture picture, ne next change at the j ́which 're-united in romance the Queen's Theatre.

*WO Ntors. Janet Gaynor and Warner Barter.

The answer in this tender idyli of to-day is an equivocal yes- and-no. During the succession of dramatic incidents which "involve the principals, and the close rela- tionship which results, a beauti-

Dix depicts the unse.fish father in this original Alm story by Salisbury Field. Phillip Eden de- serts his paramour "Bernice to jend his care and love to his spirited daughter Alice. When Beralce sets his divorced wife, Florence on their trall, he accl- fut protective friendship deve. dentally kills the woman and is į lops. sentenced to imprisonment. Un- der Florence s domination Allte grows up into a helpless social puppet dented even the whois. som love of a worthy flance. His daughter's repression provokes Phip to break jail. In an indict- fng, climax chock-full of pathos Phil'p revives drama and tears, Alice's former self to send her to her lover.

HOME ON THE RANGE

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Grown into a tall, bronzed and handsome" young man, Jackly. Coogan of "The Kid," fame, re- turns to the screen for his frst adult role in Paramount's "Home.} on the Range," which is showing the Alhambra next Tuesday and Wednesday

at

It is the story or a young woman in search of romance and a job who, while in a park in the dead 01 winter, encounters R strange, homeless like herse f, but keeping

his courage of dreams.

the

Recruited by a penniless must- clans and a ruined banker, they take up their abode for the win- ter in a disused tzolhouse.

Until Spring comes, the couple,

think they are just pals. They have gone through thick and thin, shared their last dime, and belived their fondness to be like

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JANET GATNOz-Warren, Baxter in "ONE MORE SPRING

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that of a sister-brother relation. Werewolf Of London

life

When the buds come out, and is renewed. their platonic love drops drips like a cloak from off them, and they become sweet-

hearts.

There seems to be little doubt that the present-day movie audi- ence as a decided penchant for "One More Spring", is schedut-the gruesome. Werewolf of Lon- at the ed to come to the screen of the don "opened it's season King's Theatre

Theatre yesterday to on Tuesday, In Queen's

houses and the general the supporting cast are Walter packed ging Jane Darwell. Roger Imnot, opinion of all definitely ranks it Grant Mitchell, Rosemary Arnes, among the best thrillers yet' pro- John Gualen, Nick Foran, and ducer. that original comic Stepin Pet-

And fully accoutred with Stetson hat, high-heeled boots and six shooters, Jackle Coogan proves as hard-riding and straight-shooting a Western star as Randolph Scott, Addison Richards. Fuzzy Knight or any of the other three hundred famous cowpunchers who appear chit in the film.

With Evelyn Brent and Ann Sheridan providing the feminine Interest, "Home on the Range" is the story of the deadly feud be tween a gang of crooks and the Tancher-brothers, played by Cogan and Randolph Scott,.

Through devious channels the

HENRY HULL • WARNER OLAND VALERIE HOBSON

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At The King's

MAD LOVE

At The Alhambra

A drama mystery, with a surgi- cal experimentation as its back- Tc ground is being shown at the Mad Alhambra to-day, in "The Love".

Mae West, the "come up'n beu We sometime" girl is with us again, this time in 'Goin' Town" which is attracting capa- city houses to the king's Theatre. In this picture we see a different Mae for in the place of the "belle of the nineties we see a glam- Crous modern miss who does not walt until her man goes 'after

In it we have a new star, Peter. Lorre, who as a surgeon goes mad and uses his profound knowledge to wreck the life of a pianist whose wife he loves. Grating of her but instead "carries the fight" hands of a murderer to replace those lost in an accident by the

berseli.

a botanist The story concerns (Henry Hull) who is bitten by a werewolf willst searching Thibet for a rate flower. The effect on him being a transforma- But these are only a forest fire.

tion into a wolf at certain phases to the blood-tingling preludes

of the moon, with all that ani- norse race in which Jackte Coogan

mal's cruelty

blood-last. and his horse, rides

Midnight, to

Warner Oland portrays his Orient-

There are some grand and ex- crooks victory, after the

haya

al prototype whu strives despar-citing racing sequences in the been bested

ately to obtain possession of cer- Buenos Aires scenes; there is "Home on the Range:* repre-

intrigue, and plotting, and mur- der but Mae West comes out supreme above it a.

crooks get control of the ranchsents the initial directorial effort tain flowers, the only known curt

ex-

cwned by the brothers in order or Arthur Jacobson. who turns in to take possession of the racing

a completely creditable and horses. But Evelyn Brent, who is

citing job; of direction, a member of the crooks' band,

Background music, throughout falls in love with Scott and tures the

tim. is furnished by the former col- supremely fine voice of Joe Morri- son, famous for "The Last Round There are thrilling nghts and a Up." who sings "Home on the hair-raising escape from death in Range"

the tables on her leagues

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The acting throughout, especial- ly that of Henry Hul and Warner Oland, is magnificent and they are ably supported by a cast which

uicludes Lester Matthews, Spring Byington, J. M. Kerrigan, Clark Williams and Louis Vincent. It is highly recommended.--N M.

LEPERS IN

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Goin". To Town"

QUEEN'S:--

"Werewolf of London"

ORIENTAL!--

"Legong"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-"

"Mad Love"

MAJESTIC:

"We Live Again"

KING'S:-

Coming

"One More Spring" "Laddie"

ALHAMBRA:-

"Home On The Range

CRIME OF 1933

A.Turn For The

Better"

(Special Air Mail Service:

London, Sept. 3. Statistics of crime in England in a Blue Book published yester and Wales for 1933 are contained day (Cmd, 4,977, Stationery Office price 38, d.).

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A love story written in

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Fredric MARCH WE LIVE AGAIN MAMOULIAN

PRODUCTION

affected by unemployment. When home conditions are harder aud there is less pocket money available there may be an increased tendency inong the children to pilfer, but the improvement shown in 1933 as orer is did not extend to boys - regards male offenders of all ages under 10."

police of violence against the per- The Oguren i rases known to the

son and of sexual offences are re-

· CASES OF MURDER

The persons found guilty ofgarded as a reliable indication non-indictable offences 1933 that there was practically no numbered 540,955, including 284-change in the course of the five 328 found guilty of road trafic years. offences, and 30,630 found guilty against the Revenue laws-mustly for failure to take out a licence for a car or for a dog. There was a continuous decline in the number of cases of cruelty to children and offences ugainst the Education Acts,

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Acting the role of a cattle planist, the uncanny surgeon baron's widow. Mae West follows, Gogol, attempts a fantastic opera- her man all over the American | tion never seën before, Other continents through Buenos Aires, creepy detalls surround the grip- to the strongholds of society at ping drama in the audacious Southampton, where he surren- plot. ders to her.

The Paris Grand Guignol Theatre, showing its horrors, is also seen for a while.

Lorre bringe 4 new type of screen menace by his strange face. his peculiar expressive eyes and old personality, Francis Drake is beautiful as the wife of the pianist The number of persous found and gave a very poignant por-uilty of indictable offences was trayal, while Colin Clive gives an

62,660, compared with 64,858 in 1932. Of the offenders 88 per cens impressive performance

23 the

were dealt with by courts of sum- pianist.

The mystery is solved by Henry in the ordinary courts and per mary jurisdiction-66 per cent. Kolker who as

the prefect of cent. in the juvenile courts. Of police aided by Ted Healy as a the 40,028 dealt with in the adult police reporter after many hair courts. 75 per cent, were found raising attempts pay brings tion of Offenders Act, 26 per cenL the, murderer to book.

were fined, and 33 per cent. The o'cture on the whole is tion of Offenders Act, 20 per cent being dealt with under the Proba uncanny as it is mysterious and were find, and 33 per cent, were Mount Vesuvius, and an American will keep th audience glved, to sentenced to imprisonment. their seats with its many weird scenes-OMO.

Two songs by Sam Fain and Irving Kaha. "Love Is Love" and "He's a Pad Man" will linger in your ears for a long time. But the vocalizing you will enjoy most Is Mac West's rendition of the arla. "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice", from the opera "Samson and Delilah".

Pau Cavanagh plays the lead Miss West and a thoroughly good job he makes of It too.-F.M.A.

SIAM Opposite

An Alarming Number

"Bangkok, Sept. 14. How many lepers there are in Slam is not known with any ac- curacy, but "some put the figure as high as 20,000.

There are three asylums, one supported by the Red Cross on an old fort on the river bank south of Bangkok. The biggest asylum was started by American missionary

OXFORD EDUCATION

CONFERENCE

PALM PRINTS

"Just As Good

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Palm-prints are as reliable iugerprints for ideatification pur poses, according to a Scotland Yard expert to-day.

During the week beginning on the 12th of August various meet- ings took place in Oxford of the World Education Conference. This the Arst occasion on which was the three organisations concerned the World Federation.of Educa- tion of Associations, the Interna- tional Federation of Associations of Secondary Teachers, and the International Federation of Tea chers Associations have held at Westminster Police Court when Be was giving evidence in a case effort in northern, Siam, and oc-

synchronized conferences. Their man was necused of breaking into cupies an island alte in the river meetings were, attended by 1,500 a house in Rutland gardens, South near the northern capital of

delegates from all parts of the Kensington. 8.W., the home of "Sir Chiengmal. Many thousands of

world. The conference was parti-Harry Lloyd Verney, Sir Harry American gold dollars sent by

cularly valuable from the point of has been private secretary to the sympathisers have, helped to con-view that the delegates had the Queen since 1910 and treasurer vert this island into a very desir-

various since 1832. advantage of hearing able first class settlement,

ideasput forth by different persons In the course of years the in- who have enjoyed years of ex- mates have been taught to weave, perience along different education make cement tiles, grow cotton al lines. The discussions took and spin it. inte thread. This asiyum cares for 440 patients an- nually and the cost per patient is roughly £5 per head a year. REGGING FOR ALMS

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alleged to have stolen an Order of The man, Joseph Sinclair, is the Bath decoration and jewellery valued, at £329. He was remanded. Detectiva inspector Somerset sairl Sir Harry Verney's house broken into on the night of June 18

place in several languages, and much attention was paid to the reports and comments on sich aids--19. to éducation as flims, and, broad- casting.

The purpose of the conference

WON

In 1833 there were known to the police 99 cases of murder. in 40 murderer cases, involving victims, he or suspect committed suicide; in 59 casts, involving đ6 victims, one of whom had died. following an illegal operat.on, 58

arrested In case involving me victim who had died following an illegal operation, no Arrest was made. Of the 19 persons convicted of murder, 11 wern executed, and in eight cases the sentence of death was commuted. tu renal servitude for life..

persons

were

one

Helen Back'.

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A party of tourists were

on

The number of boys and girls and a Briton were gazing into the under 16 found guilty in the crater. juvenile courte of indictable "It looks just like Hell" exclaim- offences was 13,364. Of these 98ed the American.

"What travellers" you Americans

per cent. were found guilty "Well, I never," said the other. uf same form of theft and 86 per cent. were dealt with underare," the Probation of Offenders Act. The number sent to Home Office schools was 1.989, or 9 per cent.

OFFENCES BY BOYS..

Of the persons round guilty of were under 18, and 20 per cent. indictable offences 2% per cent.

higher among males than females, between 16 and 21. The proportion or offenders was nearly eight times

and three or four times higher among boys and youths under 21 than men of 30 and over. The re

that port points out

in the statistics the theft of a bottle of ginger-beer has the same, numerical value as the robbery of a jeweller's shop, and the age groups over 21 include most of the criminals who ure responsible for the more serious offences,

In a comparison of the five year- from 1920 to 1933 it is stated that there was no substantial change in

the

Inspector Somerset said that none

of numbers found guilty of the property had been recovered fences of violence against the Marks found on a kill and window asks fitted the edge and shoulder

person. There was a small de ROAD ACCIDENTS and 55.9 per cent. were pedes

trians. In 85 per cent. of cases In the peninsula in the old city was to secure greater co-ordina-of & jemmy found in Sinclair's pos

crease in the numbers found guilty of sexual offences, and the numbers where pedestrians were killed, the famous in Malayan history astion of closely related activites, session when arrested.

of thefts and frauds increased sole ur main causes of the ac-Ligore (Nakon Sri Tamarat) 1s and the experiment promises last-

each year from 1928 to 1932, but

· ́`RIDGE | CHARACTERISTICS cidents were the Dedestrians located the third asylum, also ing" and useful results. The" ques-

were fewer in 1933 than in 1932. themselves. The pedal cyclists are operated by missionaries. Though tion of physical health took up a

In the library was a despatch box Of the bronking and entering li similar case. They are held to a much younger creation it is also good deal of time in the discus with certain marks on it. This, cases, a large proportion were During the past few years great have been wholly or mainly re- doing a great work

sions. Dr. Boudreau, Chairman said Inspector Somerset, he took to committed by children and young efforts have been made to reduce sponsible for 74 per cent. of the King Prajadhipok has visited of the Health, Section of the the finger print bureau at Scotland

persons who entered unoccupied Yard. the humber of road accidents in the accidents in which cyclists both asylums and contributed League of Nations, advocated ex- Detective inspector Cherrill, of this category showed an improve

premises. The figures for 1933 in Great Britain. Recently an in- were killed. This is all the more generously to both. Government tension of the provision of milk the fingerprint department, said he quiry was made by the Ministry of striking in view, of the fact that supports.

ment on them for 1932, but, com- Both with monetary and school meals for poor child-examined the box on the morningpared with 19:9, there was an in- Transport into their causes and the majority of cyclists are of an grants, but some day the leperren. From the psychological point of June 10 and saw a portion of a

erease of 52 per cent, nearly half, statistics have been issued giving age which has made them familiar problem has got to be tackled by of view it was emphasised that palm print near the lock. He re- of which was accounted for by all analysis of reports of fatal with traffic dangers. Many pedes government and the sight of lepers one of the objects of moders eau-eived from Brixton Prison on offenders, under 18. accidents which occurred during trians, on the other hand, are in the streets begging for alms, at cation is to abolish fear in child-August 19 the palm-prints of the

prisoner-signed by him,

The fact that among males over. the early part of the year. The very young people; or they are of the entrances to markets, etc., will ren. So that their resistance to On comparing the enlarged photo 16 there was an increase in the results are interesting and, to a generation which has survived be no more

misfortune may be strengthened graphs, he found on each 16 ridge i proportion of offenders each yea many people, somewhat surprising, from the days when traffic was al-That the public are not indiffer- and any suggestions or recom- characteristics, which were in agresitom 1929 to 1032, and a decrease.

·They "show 'that, among pedes- most wholly horse-drawn, and ent to the question is evidenced mendations, put forward on this gent. He had no doubt they were in 1023, saya the report, suggests trians especially, there is a serious they have failed to adapt them when recently the resident point were warmly welcomed. On those of the same person.

that industrial depression and lack of what is generally known selves to the new era of speed and physician of the leper asylure in the opening day of the Conference The Magistrate. In your exnemployment have an influence as "road sense,"

trafic... congestion. This latter the peninsula appealed in a local Lord Halifax opened an unique experience, in the science of Enger of the 1,532 persona killed only point is reflected in the statistics, paper for a thousand ticats for bibition, provided by the Board of pression is as reliable as that of the

print identification, the palm-im 4.8 per cent, were uzivers of which show that almost exactly building a new laboratory, and the and explain English educational fingers 19 vehicles other than motor-cycles; half of those killed were 56 years money was subscribed by readers. Education, intended to display 20.2 per cent, were pedal cyclists; of age or over

who' gave from one tical upwards | methods and prätt

Inspector Charrill-Yes sir Binclair was then remanded.

on the gases, for in the year began to fall there was a turn for when the unemployment Sgaras the better in the criminal statistics.

The report adds: "Probably also, delinquency among children in

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