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A CUP OF KINDNESS

Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, with their associate auster, Ben Travers, have established definite reputation with their highly popular brand of farce-comedy, and A Cup of Kindness," their latest effort is cast in the sapie happy, hilarious mould.

And story, concerned with the enmity between two suburban families, is filled with complica- tions which lead to riotous fan, with dialogue witty to the extreme, Each phase of tue story is turned to good account, the lively footing of Walls and Lyun and their team of players, which include Robert Ho Hare, Dorothy Hyson, Clande Hulbert and Eva Moore, making the picture one long laugh.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE BEHIND THE SCREEN

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KINGS:-

"She Couldn't Take It" QUEEN'S:--

"Ship Cafe". GRIENTAL:-

"Wings In The Dark"

ا نیه

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :-

"His Night Out" MAJESTIC:~~~~

"She Gets Her Man"

STAR:--

"A Cup of Kindness"

KING'S:--

Coming

"Barbary Coas!"

QUEEN'S:-

"Rose of The Rancho"

STAR:-

"The White Cockatoo"

ROSE OF THE RANCHO

"Rose Of The Rancho," Para- mount's new musical romance which Comes to the Queen's Theatre shortly boasts the first original operaña-type "score" ever written for the screen. And the picture has "more new songs than any other film ever made-eleven, to be exact, plus four Spanish

dances.

IN HOLLYWOOD

Two million dollars have gone | into the making of Charlie Chap- ila's newest picture, "Modern Times"

"Modern Times" has been two years in production, with half of that time taken tor a complete preparation of the script, Shoot ing from a prepared script is un innovation with Chaplin, and is responsible for the fact that only ten months were required for the actual camera work instead of the usual eighteen months to tur

years

Among the settings used in the Alm are a factory complete with machinery, a cafe seating hun dreds, three separate streets for outdoor scenes, a jail, correct from the warden's office to the mess hall and the ong tiers of cells, a shack and a hospital.

Of particular interest is the fact that the Arst sequence in a Chaplin flm to be shot directly in sound will be seen and heard in "Modern Times"

It is in this scene that Chaplin performs a pantomime of the old French song, "Titina." and comes closest to letting his voice be heard

from the screen.

Since the Chaplin studios have never been equipped for direct sound reproduction, the recording of this sound sequence presented numerous difficulties Not the least of these was the street car that runs just outside the studios gates. The scene had to be made at night, with the street-car time- sahedu.e assuming as much im- portance as the "Modern Times"

script itsel!

The remainder of the Blm, in accordance with the famous come-

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Cantor's selection for the hondur came as a result of a statewide "vote, and in His Invitation to the comedian Governor B. B. Moeur said that it was the sentiment of the entire "state of Arizona that "your name be placed at the top of the list of men who could ade- quately replace our beloved friend Will Rogers in helping by your to fill the stockings of presence eight thousand deserving children. In, the eyes of our children your as the acceptance will live long deciding factor in their Christmas for 1936."

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Cantor. In his reply to the governor, declared with character- Istic modesty: "No one could re- place Will Rogers. I consider it a great honour to fum."

substitute

for

One or the publicity boys from the Goldwyn studios dropped into the Walt Disney studios the other day to show off a new "gag" It was an aluminum coin about the size of a Afty-cent plece. The face of the coin bore the repre- sentation of an athletic-looking robust young man, a true picture

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of virility.

On the other side of the com was the likeness of a tiny mouse. The press agent explained that hundreds of thousands of these novelty coins have been distributed throughcut America as "gags" in connection with Strike Me Pink," the new musical film produced by Mr. Goldwyn and starring Eddie Cantor.

He said that the original com is used to great humorous advan- tage by the comedian in the film. A rather meek young man, Eddle takes up the study of personal dian's tradition, has been photo-magnetism, and in order to sub- graphed as a silent, with synchronstantiate his ideals, carries in his ized sound and musical effects! added later

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new

"Rose Of The Ranoho” marks the screen debuc of Gladys Swarthout, beautiful Metropolitan Eddie Cantor, star of the opera star, and of the new comedy | Samuel Goldwyn production, team of Willie Howard and Herb Strike Me Fink" recently showed Williams. Miss Swarthout sings further proof of his right to the five songs whip John Boles, who

soubriquet, "Puble Benefactor No. plays opposite her, has three, and

1," a title bestowed on him last they sing a duet together. WELC year by the Foreign Press Associa- Howard has two songs.

tion of New York.

pocket this talisman with *ts legend-"Are you man or mouse?" Wherever

confronts a situation him in which he is uncertain how to proceed, he flips the cain-and it shows the man face up. Eddie bristles with virile assertiveness. If, on the contrary, it falls in such manner as to show the tiny mouse, Eddie trembles and regis- ters complete defection.

Miss Swarthout departs for the The goggle-eyed comedian ag

During all this dissertation, not first time from ber accustomed cepted an invitation to become the a word was heard, from Mickey operatic arias and sings frankly successor to the late Will Rogers as himself, but when someone asked popular" numbers in at least two the headliner at the annual Walt. "What would Mickey, Mouse instances. Her other two songs Christmas benefit for 8.000 under- | have to say about this?" Walt re- are of the operetta type. Her two orivileged children in the state of pied with a grin: "That's easy.

melodies are popular

which Thunder f Arizona

took place at He'd say-Ha! ha! Who wants to Over Paradise" and "Don't Tell A Phoenix, the state capital

ibe a man!" " Secret To A Rose."

During the Spanish flesta scenes,

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the star sings "Where Is My Love?" SURVEY OF FILM

"Vigilante

WORK

Her other Songs BIC Song” which servés to summon the Spanish Dons to fight invading American land-gabbers and "The Padre and The Bride;" Boles' num- bers are "Little Rose Or The

There is so much activity in the Rancho" "Theres Gold In Mon- film studios, that it is not an easy terey a drinking song with a matter to know where to begin a chorus of miners, and "I Met Her orlet

current survey of

On The Prairie The duet number writes a correspondent.. is "If I Should Lose You," and

Willie Howard's tWO songs are

I has been making her first Ameri-

can picture, is to appear in Gainsborough comedy directed by Charles Relaner. Gaumont-Blrtish recently brought over Charles Reisner from Hollywood,

In the next Will Hay picture for G.B. Alice White will have the WOLK.principal woman's part, Sir Sey-

mour Hicks will also be in the

Perhaps the most interesting of cast. the new films is "The Beloved "Got A Gal In Californ-I-A and vagabond," which Toeplitz is

SHIP CAFE

The snobbery of the suburbs has keen a theme for many pens and is now the subject matter of the Tom "The Lone Cowboy'.. Walls Ralph Lynu" "A Cup of Kindness. The Tulta spusider the Ramsbothams. inferior beings and their reaction when one of the younger Tutte woos a girl of the Ramsbotham family lead to me y complications which bring in their train happy laughter..

role as ship stoker by spending will play in both versions, and 50, ducted by Reginald Foresythe, The Tuts are represented by Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Claude Hul. much of his time with the "black of course, will Maurice Chevalier, bert and Marie Wright; the Ram-gang" in the stokehold of a ship, in the name part.

in order to get the proper feeling shothams by Robertson Hare, Eva.

A stage star who, after playing making at the Ealing studios, with exteriors in France. This is the several small roles in films, is now second bi-lingual picture to." be to take a leading part, is Alastair made in England, As soon as a Sim. He will, I believe, achieve in- scene has been shot for the Eng-ternational- fame. In "The Big ilsh version, the players for the Noise," which he is making for Carl Brisson, Paramoun; actor, French one will move into the Fox-British, he will have the sought realism for his new screen set.

Betty Stockfeld

(Joanna) chance of singing to a band con-

The cast is worth further at-

Sydney Horler's *Romeo and

Moore, Dorothy Hyson and Gordon and background of his part. "ention because it includes Mar-Julia" will become "Two's Com

James.

WHY FILM STARS

DIE YOUNG

Too Strenuous Life: Not

Enough Rest: Rich Food

Rome, February 24. Alarming but unconfirmed news; are reported by the paper "Picolo," according to which the. Negus ofį Abyssinia is seriously ill, and had to leave the High Plateau of Abys Why do so many film stars de sinla on account of heartweakness young? and insomnia, The paper further Dr. J. F. Pomeroy, for 20 years prints the report that the Negus county health officer in Los An- has bought a villa in the French geles, who has seen most of the port of Jibouti and that the Em-staro rise and set, says!-

and

This exchange of stars directors is becoming so persistent, and they come and go so frequent-

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The Danish star is featured op-garet Lockwood (Banquette), a pany in the film version, in which posite Arline Judge in Paramount's nineteen-year-old girl who is re- Ned Sparks makes his first English comedy drama with music "Shipgarded as one of our most pro-screen appearance. He is featpred Cafe" which opens to-day at the mlaing young stars, and Desmond with Gordon Harker and Mary Queen's Theatre,

Tester, who is only sixteen and Brian, and the director is Tim The story deals with the adven-was chosen to play the boy king,Whelan, who made Cicely Court- tures of Brisson, a sicker, who be- Edward VI in the Gainsborough neldge's film in Hollywood, comes the bouncer in a waterfront production of "Lady Fane Grey." dive and makes the place an over- night society rendezvous by knock- Paul Robeson, whose performance ing out a champion boxer who in "Banders of the River" was so visits the club one evening with a much admired, is to take the ly: that booking agents need a kind party of high-brow friends, leading part in "Song of Freedom, of "Who's Where supplement to

When the regular featured en- watch has a West African back their date books tertainer in the cafe takes it one ground. Robeson has lately been

The use of the same stars. 1 bight, Brisson steps into the. in Hollywood making "Show Boat"

"English and, American films has breach and himself becomes the and "Uncle Tom's Cabin.”. restaurant sensation.

led some people to fear that pic A countess Another prominent actor who tures may lose their "National" takes an interest in him, promises has been signed-up for a British character, but in a recent sym- him a huge salary in a swanky film is Maurice Schwartz, geposium on this subject, there was a press is already residing there. The high mortality among night-club and promptly makes rally regarded as the world's

film stars is due to a combina-him, her gigolo.

greatest Jewish character actor sufficient "Nationalism" would al- tion of the too strenuous Hite insufficient rest, and rich food, Many hilarious episodes results recent season with his own all of which affect the heart wher. Brisson la brought to company at His Majesty's Theatre ways be inherent in productions. A practical, comment on this and produce the bodily environ-realization of his position, and was one of the outstanding suc- meat in which disease four- renounces his benefactress. Direct cesses of last year. He is to take point is to be found in "The Ghost ed by Robert Florey, the support-a leading part in the Joe Rock Goes West," which was directed and that in consequence, the Negus Among the victims of the stren-ing cast includes William Frawley, Production, "The Man Behind the in London by the French René decided, to" abdicate. The reson-uous life Dr. Pomeroy includes:- Mady Christians, Inez Courtney Mask" the cast will include Jane Clair with American, Eugéne Pai

lette, in one of the principal parts. sibility for these reparts must Jack Pickford. who died at 30; and Eddie Davis, well known night Baxter and Donald Calthrop.

singer and owner of the

My conclusion is that the na- naturally rest with the paper men- Rudolph Valentino, at 31; Mabel club

Cicely Courtneldge, having re- tional favour in films can be left Normand, at 35; Wallace Reid, at famous night club, "Leon and 32; and John Gilbert, at 38.

Eddie's" Manhattan, night club." turned from Hollywood where she i to look after itself.

This villa is, according to the pa

per, destined to be a place of re- fuge for the Negus and his family, in case of need,'

The paper also reports that serious divergencies exist, between

the Negus and the Crown Prince,

tioned.— Transocean Nows Service

ishes.

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