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"All American Chump"

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A French pilot suspicious that bis observen is

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A PICTURE FILLED WITH GRIPPING SITUATIONS!

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TO. MORROW

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THE SHORT FILM'S FUTURE

The proposals for encouraging the production of Better British fims which were laid before Par- liament just before it rose will not be debated in the House for some time. Meanwhile within the in- dustry the case for amending them at certain points is being vigorous ly urged says the "Manchester 'Guardian."

"The Lady Escapes" MAJESTIC:-

"Libelled Lady"

ALL AMERICAN CHUMP

Starting with chuckles and end- Ing with unrestrained laughter, an audlence progressed through the various stages of "All American Chump," the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer comedy which is on to-day at the King's Theatre.

The story concerns a small town lightning calculator who is in- duced by the astute manager of carnival to join the troupe. He agrees and on the train going east employs his prodigious mathemu- tical talent to defeat the bridge champion of America. not know- ing who he is.

When the story is flashed across the country, the rural calculator is hailed with neclaim and bewil- dered by the ballyhoo. An official match is arranged but gangsters kidnap him and he encounters various hilarious adventures be- fore he thumbs his way back home to find the carrival manager's pretty daughter waiting for him.

ESCADRILLE

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Marking radical departure from previous aviation pictures of the world, RKO Radio's "Escad- fille" showing at the Oriental Theatre to-day and to-morrow.. emphasizes human drama rather than action drama and thereby achieves a real novelty in film an- nals!

In the real drama Ites the human relationships of its three principal characters-Paul Muni, "who plays an unpopular and em- bittered pilot in the French flying corps; Miriam Hopkins, his wife, and Louts Hayward, Munt's young observer, who falls in love with Miss Hopkins' without knowing she" is married to his friend.

WILD MONEY

A fine cast of comedians, aided by an excellent script by one of America's premier writers of light fiction, combine to provide a tho roughly satisfying and sometimes hilarious comedy in "Wild Money." which opens at the Queen's Thea- tre today,

The cast is headed by Edward Everett Horton and includes Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Lucien Lit- tlefeld. Benny Baker, and many others. Louise Campbell, New York stage beauty, makes her initial film appearance in this picture. She is a sterling beauty, is an accomplished actress and shows splendid promise.

capital is at stake, imagination can be given play and Innovation higher quota. The point is of im- risked. Properly encouraged It portance to the filmgoer, for, faced would afford an admirable train- with rising costs of production, the ing-ground for young and able combines are considering abandon- producers and might yield more ing their double-feature pro- films of distinction, than does the grammes and relying on conventionalised production of shorts. "feature" alms.

more

If there is no stronges encour- At present the short British film agement to use British shorts they The picture they offer for the is offered an exhibitors' quota of will tend to make up with the short film, which includes the 5 per cent, rising over a ten-year plentiful scraps which the Ame- documentary, is particularly Im- period to 15 per cent. As against rican producers are quite ready portant, for this is a branch of this the long film on which to "throw away with the tea- production in which British pro- minimum of £7,500 has been spent ture" It will be phfortnate i ducers have won a well-earned starts with a 15 per cent quote now that the prestige among the intelligent at rising to 25. Those who believe develop a hopeful branch of Bel- home and distinction in many in the merit of, the short British tish production it is ignored, and International film exhibitions. fim at its best maintain with rea- the point should be borne in mind It is a field, moreover, in which, son that this arrangement tips the when the new Cinematograph Film Sinca no vast expenditure of balance against it and plead for a Bill is produced.

chance occurs to

an

Edward Everett Horton in Wild Morey, showing to-day at the

Queen's Theatre.

FILMS THE BEST SALESMEN

Influence on World Commerce

There is a lesson for Great Bri- tam in facts recently gathered by American, Cameron Rogers, showing the importance of the screen as a factor in selling goods. After travels In Mexico. South America, and other countries; Mr. Rogers describes Hollywood's out put as "among the foremost in- fluences on world commerce."

"Bette Davis." he said, 'is shown using a garage whose door opens with an electric eye. Joan Blondel is pictured lounging in a

room with indirect lighting. Both in Europe and South America an im- mediate demand for such devices arises.

"Sylvia Sidney plays a secretary using £ noiseless type writer. suddenly, from Scandinavia, orders for similar, machines pour In upon American firms."

In the same way American plumbers have cause to be grate- ful to Mr. Cecil B. De Mille for so widely advertising the amenities of the American bath-room"

Realisation of the vital impor- tance of the screen as an advertis- rig medium is one of the reasons behind the Federation of British ludustries' Insistence on adequate protectionfor British pictures.

The FBI is anxious that an effort should be made to counteract the unceasing “plugging" of Amer!- can goods and fashions through this subtle advertising medium.

Natty Culotte Rig

Fine sa-colored sando creates the culott skirt and brist jacket which Gl Rogern wears for scenes of h current co-starter with Fred Astaire, RKC Radio's "Shall Wo Dance?" The skirt is cat high in front, rising to two points and fun tened with two suede buttons. Gib ger's blouse in éû from an imported sheer rough woor in dark brown. criss-crossed with belge thread. Notice the faunty way, in which the ́steovas siu'puskað up above the ef bow. With the smart ports outAL the RKO Radio star wears band sown gloves of the same quede, and sand-colored low-beelad manki shoes of suede, made with a cuidan “

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PALACE BECOMES MOVIE SET

Hollywood's famous Polar Palace. where all of the screen stars do their lee skating. was, turned into a studio" sound stage for ten days during the making of "Flashing Skates." Columia's exciting 'story of a hockey championship, featur- Ing Charles Quigley and Rita Hay- worth.

The plcture required the making of hockey scenes for four distinct games included in the story and two complete hockey squads from the University of Southern Call- fornia and Loyola University were.. used to enact the play.

The immense rink, which is the size of most of the larger studlu sound stages, had to be equipped from top to bottom with regulation lighting, camera and sound equip- ment. A broad parallel twenty feet high was constructed along the rafters to support sixty "sun- ares" for top lighting and more than a hundred additional lamps of various sizes were installed to take care of the floor illumination:

Three generators were required to supply the power to run the lights. Half a dozen sound-booma with microphones to pick up the background noise were, "arranged at various points in the ice arena, with lines leading to a central sound-booth where the "mixer" sut at the controls

Gala decorations bedecked the boxes and a special bandstand was built to accomodate a forty plece band that played in some of the "scenes.

More than two thousand extras were used as an audience.

HOT MONEY

More nonsense

than has been seen on the screen in many a day. has been packed into the latest Warner Bros. comedy romance.

"Hot Money." which was shown at the Majestic Theatre yesterday

for the first time locally.

start

William

and

The screenplay by Jacobs is a riot of laughs from to Anish. There is fast action, sparkling dialogue many surprising turn of events.

The story deals with high pres sure promotion by men who are slick talkers but not over particu- lar as to what they promote. The plot centers about the sale

of stock for a substitute for gasoline that will run an automobile for a cent a gallon.

An unique character and a great actor makes his bow on the Amer- ican screen in this picture in the person of Paul Graetz as the mad Inventor, Graetz was once one f the most famous of Germany char- actur

actors, but was forced to quit the stage in his home country because of present day conditions.

William McGann has done unusualy fine job of direction, keeping the picture' on a high pitch, of excitement throughout. The screen play was based on an idea by Aben Kandel.

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FAMOUS HARPIST Maritza To Visit Singapore

Maritza Seller, the famous Euro-

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WILLIAM POWELL IN "LIBELLED LADY

AN OLD FAVOURITE FROM M-G-MI

HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTIONS IN MAKING

"The Four Marys," with Myrna "Spring Fever" with Maureen the East under the auspices of Loy, Franchet Tone, Rosalind Rda- O'Sullivan: "Ensenada" with Ray the French Concert Guild, and is sell and Melvyn Douglas; ""Malden | words, "They never come back." due to give a recital in Singapore Voyage" with Myrna Loy and Ro- Milland and Dorothy Lamour: “This 1 November.

bert Taylor; "The Wright Bro-La my Wife" with: Leonard Pénn; thers" with Gary Cooper;

"Wagons- Westward" ' with Cary "Europe" with Clark Gable, Grant;

and Spencer Tracy

Jeannette

Maritza, as she is generally known; made her debut in Paris 1928 and won the unanimous pralar

she

#wife, Doctor and Nurse"" with

or the critics, From 1930 to 1936 Macdonald: "The Badge of Police- Warner Baxter, Virgina Bruce and made tours of Europe and man O'Roon," with Bing Crosy Loretta Young; and "In Ola the United States. She was agrist- and Katherine Kane; Brother | Chicago" with Alice Brady, Tyrone lug artist with Rosa Ponselle and Rat" with Wayne Morris; : "No- | Power. Don Ameche, and Alice Giovanni Martinelli, of the mething Sacred” with^ Carole Lom- Faye; are among the productions tropolitan Opera Company of New bard, Fredric March and Frank at present set or contemplated in

Fay:

Hollywood.

York,

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